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THERE was a mixed picture from city- centre shops on Christmas Eve as some reported brisk business while others reported a quiet lead-up.
Footfall in December is understood to have been down overall on last year with retailers relying on last-minute sales.
Frank Wood, chairman of York Retail Forum and deputy chair of City Team York, who also owns Braithwaite Jewellers in Goodramgate, said it had been an unpredictable year once again because of the weather.
"Thursday was a washout and the late night shopping was even worse," he said, but the weekend got busier and the morning of Christmas Eve was very busy. But he said it was too early to tell how it compared to last year.
He said: "Some people do have to go out shopping in the heavy rain, but it does dampen spirits and makes people more miserable.
"Christmas is always a busy time of year and always will be, but the weather has always been a factor. We were frozen solid a couple of years ago and that was even worse."
Darren Lovatt, the manager of the markets, said they had not been as busy as usual. However, he said he was aware that some larger shops and department stores had been doing very well.
He said: "The markets have not been as busy as usual but Saturday was really busy, according to one or two. The Christmas fair was the best one yet according to traders. It's the second time we have done the festive fair but they are saying it's a massive improvement on previous years."
But Adam Sinclair, chairman of York Business Forum and owner of Mulberry Hall on Stonegate, said: "I'm hearing it's the most difficult Christmas in our lifetimes. I think there's a profound consumer recession and people's disposable incomes have been eroded for many reasons and their job security is at an all time low.
"An awful lot of high street business is still moving onto the internet and all city and town centres are under pressure in terms of relevance and being able to compete with the internet and out of town shopping.
"We could blame the weather every year but it doesn't get to the core of the issue. It's not just about the numbers, it's the spend. People can be here without spending any money. That's York's challenge through the year. It's all very well having people here are, but are they actually spending money? It's spending that sustains businesses and jobs."
He said some retailers had started discounted items heavily before Christmas to encourage more sales but that it was likely national retailers reporting results over the Christmas period would announce store closures, redundancies and administrations across the country. He said Christmas was such an important time for retailers, it would be "almost impossible" to make up for a poor Christmas during the year.
Last week, The Press reported disappointing footfall figures in the city centre. A total of 658,919 people were recorded shopping in Coney Street in the first 17 days of December according to City of York Council figures, compared to 733,009 last year. In Parliament Street the markets have proved popular, bringing 484,218 shoppers compared with 479,278 in December last year.
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HOUSTON - A man was shot to death at a game room/restaurant in northwest Harris County on Friday, investigators said.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said the shooting happened at Cafe Chieu Tim around 3 p.m. in the 8200 block of Antoine and West Gulf Bank.
"Two Asian males entered the business," said Sgt. Spurgeon. "They sat around there for a little while like they were going to rob the place."
Detectives said the two men ordered everyone to the ground and fired shots at 47-year-old Tuan Tu, the manager of the cafe.
Tu fired back, firing at least one shot before he died, investigators said.
"The owner displayed his weapon, and a shootout ensued between the owner and the two suspects," said Spurgeon.
The men fled the scene into a neighborhood behind the business and entered a brown colored Toyota Camry with faded tinted windows. Officials said the vehicle was parked on Enchanted Forest Drive directly behind the center.
Tu's wife, Van Nguyen, said she got a phone call to come to the restaurant, where she was told her husband had been killed.
"Your husband died. You can come right away," said Nguyen. "I don't know what happened."
No one else was reported hurt. Next door to the cafe is a student driving school.
"I've got a lot of bullet holes on one side of the wall," said Debbie Trevotich, owner of Safety First Driving School. "They're on the side of the wall where the shooting was taking place. I don't want it to be a place where the kids will be afraid."
Detectives describe the first man as about 5-foot 7-inches to 5-foot 8-inches tall, with a thin build and mustache. He wore a dark colored hooded sweatshirt with tan pants. The second man is 5-foot 5-inches to 5-foot 6-inches, with a medium build, bald or close cropped hair, and wore a baseball hat and sunglasses. He also had a thick padded ski jacket on, said detectives.
The two men also speak with a distinctive Northern Vietnamese accent, said detectives.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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Solar Companies Lemoore
The first place to try to find solar companies that can provide the power, is to look through the Yellow Pages for power companies. This can be an excellent route to make things take place quick.
Owners of Solar Installation Business Lemoore are declaring that APS and SRP companies have actually surpassed their time-line goals to adhere to the Arizona Renewable Energy requirement to produce 15% percent of their retail energy from eco-friendly sources by the year 2025 with a percentage of that energy coming from business and property solar panel installations owned by individuals besides the corporation. They state now that SRP and APS lead the game they have terminated reward programs until more notification. Solar Companies have united and are working to produce ways to conserve their companies while they await the energy companies to reallocate the rewards. In the mean time, the majority of the manufacturers validate they're getting heaps of need, and the majority of it is originating from utilities. SRP, for one, is looking specifically at photovoltaics for power plants.
Phoenix Arizona has over 300 warm days, laws that support the development of solar power development, and countless candidates on waiting lists for photovoltaic panels; all the ideal aspects to develop a sustainable solar industry. A research study carried out by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Solar Companies Lemoore Association declares Arizona is doing really well in concerns to solar installations. Nevertheless, Shayle Kann from GTM Research, contradicts the research study results and makes the declaration that utility business are both the cause and problem with the potential future for the solar market.
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The finest solar panel installers Solar Companies Lemoore needs to provide, have actually teamed up to find solutions to the present solar industry difficulties. Although the conditions in Arizona appear perfect for the solar industry, energy companies are dimming the future for residential and commercial solar setup companies.
There are lots of things to bear in mind, the first is that of requirement.
Another alternative, is to go through the publications that deal with alternative energy around the house or home enhancement publications. Generally you will find ads for firms that offer the items.
What about if you desire to purchase photovoltaic panels or other items that can enable you to set up solar energy in the home, and get its benefits?
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Energy business that put a freeze on the solar rewards, fluctuate their reward program rates, and in some cases decline to pay cash assured to customers, adversely affect the solar installation market in a variety of methods:
Sales teams can not in excellent faith quote the cost on panel setups.
Less people can manage solar installation when the utility business don't supply the incentives.
Public trust decreases since of the confusing incentive programs and reports of people not getting the rewards they were promised.


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Friday, December 20, 2013
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The Prioress of the Carmelite convent of Katowice, Sister Maria Dorota of the Holy Eucharist, wrote thanking you, our supporters: "We are full of gratitude for the help you have given us over so many years, and we thank God, through Mary and Saint Joseph, that your charity exists and grows. We pray for you and your benefactors, that the good God may reward you many times over for what you have shared with us."Contemplative religious devote themselves entirely to prayer. By doing so, they bring the needs of the whole world before God. At the same time, their contemplative life in the seclusion of the convent enclosure makes it difficult for them to support themselves by everyday activities. That is why ACN has always helped contemplative religious Sisters throughout the world, and not least in Poland, where we have been supporting the contemplative communities for almost 50 years now.The Carmelites continue to have new vocations to this day. In fact, the Carmelite convent in Katowice had so many new vocations that they founded a new convent in 2001 in Tarnow, which started with 15 nuns. Today there are 19 of them, and their average age is just 35 years. As a result they have already been able to "export" Sisters from here into some of the smaller convents in order to strengthen the convents there.The Sisters live a very simple life. They wear hemp sandals which they make themselves, and they sleep on hard plank beds with sacks of straw for mattresses. The very basic furniture in their cells is made of rough wood. The food on the table is mainly the fruit and vegetables from their own convent garden. The Sisters partly support themselves by sewing and embroidering religious vestments and by making plaster figures of saints. Nonetheless, they are still dependent on annual help from ACN. Thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, we were able to help this year again, with the sum of $3,900.


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Burrell boys basketball team ready for move back to Class AA
With plenty of senior leadership, athleticism and size, Burrell appears to have the tools to make a successful transition from Class AAA to Class AA boys basketball.
But don't hand the Buccaneers a section plaque yet. Hold the applause and save the pats on the back for later.
"I told them to check their egos at the door," Burrell third-year coach Rob Niederberger said. "This isn't like football where you have 11 guys. There's only five out there at a time. We have to form chemistry to make this work."
Burrell went 10-11 last year, including a 4-10, next-to-last mark in Section 1-AAA. But after two years in Class AAA, they're back, arguably, where they belong.
The last time they played in Class AA, in 2009-10, they finished second in Section 1-AA and made their last playoff appearance.
Scenery will change significantly in that same section alongside Apollo-Ridge, Deer Lakes, Ford City, Summit Academy and West Shamokin.
"We don't have any superstars, but we have a lot of guys who are good players," Niederberger said. "If they can work together, the potential is there for us to do some good things."
Nine seniors will lead the charge.
"We have a lot of guys who played; some either started or lettered for us," Niederberger said. "Of the nine seniors, eight have started at some point. We hope to be well-balanced, but we don't have a true go-to guy."
Burrell probably won't be confused with a finesse team. Enforcers are abound.
Among them are notable football players Matt Hess, a dependable tight end, James Liput, who played quarterback, and star running back Cole Bush, who did not play basketball as a junior.
A swingman, Liput missed time last season with a concussion but should provide leadership in a healthier role.
Hess and Bush are a formidable — and bulky — post pair. Hess is 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, Bush is 6-2, 220.
Hess is the team's top returning scorer (11.2 ppg) and rebounder (7 rpg).
Add linemen-turned-forward Nick Nitowski (6-0, 215) to the post rotation, along with 6-3 Ryan Puchak, and the Bucs have a committee-led paint presence.
The backcourt will be led by senior guards Alex White and Pete Spagnolo, a duo who could share time at the point.
Senior 6-0 guard Jake Prefling also should figure in at guard, along with sophomore Joey Cox and junior Mitch Pollino.
Kyle Saylor, a 6-4 senior forward, could make an impact later in the season when he returns from a knee injury.
Burrell was strong defensively last year, tying Section 1-AAA champ Hampton for the section's lowest points-allowed average (48.1). More offensive pop will be needed to improve on the team's 47.6 points-per-game average.
Foreseeing unpolished potential, Niederberger toughened the Bucs' non-section schedule. It includes Central Valley, Quaker Valley and Clairton, as well as a trip to the State College holiday tournament.
"We have a lot fo work in front of us," Niederberger said. "We're raw, but the ability is there. But we haven't done anything yet."


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Microsoft Employee: Ballmer Gets Some Office for iPad Credit Too
Satya Nadella is collecting many kudos for delivering a shiny new Microsoft in his first 60 days as chief executive. But not every new path was necessarily set by the new boss.
Reddit, a taste maker for things online, held one of its popular "Ask Me Anything" chats Tuesday with members of the team that worked on Office for the iPad. Nadella had introduced the long-awaited Office apps for Apple's tablet at a media gathering last month in San Francisco. The event became exhibit A of his willingness to ditch Microsoft's old ways.
One of the company's product managers reminded in the Reddit Q&A what many people have been saying: Nadella wasn't the one to green light the move.
"Steve Ballmer approved the plan to ship Office for iPad," said an employee who identified himself as Kaberi, a technical product manager for Office on the iPad. "Since Satya has been CEO, he has been very supportive of the effort."
The question Kaberi was answering: "Is Satya the MSsiah [sic] like the tech media is portraying him? How much of the recent headline-making moves can be credited to him, and how many were Ballmer's?"
Still, when Ballmer had said Office eventually was coming to the iPad, he didn't give any sense of when that might be. Microsoft had been developing the software for years. Nadella, in being at the helm when the product finally saw the light of day, gets to reap the rewards.
For how long, though, is the question. While Nadella is still basking in the honeymoon period, he still faces thorny questions, like what Microsoft plans to do with its $7 billion Nokia acquisition.


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Being trying to get my wee blog up the google ranking? Can you do this by writing the title of each post a certain way?
For example, I notice another blogger did a review of an recent episode of the office, for the title of his post hewrote
'The Office: Lotto' Review
He is now the second page when you search for a review of the latest Office episode.
When writing reviews for the latest episodes you have seen, does it help in your google page rank touse icons such as ",:() in the title of your post.
Or was there other reasons this blogger was ranked high. For my review of the office I just wrote The OfficeLotto Review
Any help or tips would be appreciated.
it depends on the competition. for low competition kws it would be lot easier.first thing to consider is on-page seo. and then off page seo e.g. link building.
on page seo could include title, meta description, use of tags for seo etc.
This is an SEO question and not a question about blog content. Thread moved.
Well here are few things I have done for my blog -
No. If there was an easy way to get to the top of Google, everybody would be doing it, so it wouldn't work any more...
Using punctuation marks as separators in the title or headings makes no difference. Google is interested in the content of your site, not whether you've used a colon rather than a dash in your title.
Or was there other reasons this blogger was ranked high.
Yup Maybe it had better content. Maybe it had more inbound links from reputable sites. Maybe it had better site navigation. Maybe it had better quality code. If you want general advice on SEO, we've got a huge great SEO FAQ that answers most of those questions already.
When you are going to start working on any keywords. You must need to take first step that tell you competition level. If competition level is to then it is easy for you to get top ranking. Other wise you will face lot of problem to get it on top raking of google
You can easily be on the Google rankings if you have less competitors for that keyword. You also need make sure that the content of your blog is unique and a copy and paste in your blog.. Also do an off page optimization ( link building ) promote it into different sites and it is also a good idea if you make an account in social networking sites that promotes your sites.
Being technical personalI would suggest(if not done),to get seo plugins of wordpress first...there are many ,do a research...
These plugins will take care of most of onsite optimization and some offsite optimization as well.then the other things suggested above applies...
Review writing is one strategy... Titles does play a role but there are many other major factors.
Quality of your content and backlinks is the first thing to consider.
Second thing,. jump in to social media optimization. Social media is a great channel for driving traffic to the website. Moreover, Google consider social media reputation for assigning SERP rank to the websites.
I agree
Can you verify or provide references for the claim..
1) There are lots of blog directory you can submit you main keyword that target your blog URL.2) With daily updated content and title you can improve your blog value 3) Promote your blog in social media sites
Google ranking I increase just via link building and content marketing. But ranking will not increase if they are created automotive via some tools. You can start posting in other blogs and put there your URL. Maybe this will help.If you want to enhance your website traffic just start doing Social Media Marketing like FB, Twitter, YouTube.
This thread is over a year old and the OP has never bothered to return, so let's not bother resurrecting it now.
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Barneys New York: Carine Roitfeld - irreverent - Barneys New York Exclusive Edition
At the beginning of 2011, Carine Roitfeld resigned from her position as Editor-in-Chief of French Vogue. Arguably, she has become even more famous since, igniting the curiosity of those within and without the world of fashion. Within "irreverent" she speaks freely of her career, life and style, accompanied by ample photographic documentation. This particular edition comes complete with slipcase and signed poster of the style maven herself. Yes, a coffee table book in size and form but one unlikely to gather dust.


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Making a name for yourself in the jewelry business isn't easy, especially in New York, but Julie Nolan has not only survived but thrived in the fashion-obsessed metropolis that's overflowing with so much innovation. Designing for ten years, Nolan began her formal training halfway through with a course in fundamental jewelry techniques. After that, she apprenticed under Hannah Clark and then Randi Mates of Aesa Jewelry. It wasn't until Nolan started her own line in 2009, and sold her work at street fairs, that she experienced what she described as "character building."
Apparently, "It's not so easy conveying an air of sophistication and mystique when you're sandwiched between the World's Softest Socks and a Mozzarepa booth." With those days now behind her, Nolan has sold pieces to more than a dozen stores across the country and has forged more than a few high-end lines. With her new-found success and an interest in ancient texts and calendars, she has perfected her line of astrological pendants for all to enjoy and cherish.


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SMWC Cross Country team races to nationals for the third year in a row
November 9th, 2011 | SMWC
SMWC has not one, but two titles to defend at the 2011 USCAA Cross Country National Championship in Lake Placid, N.Y. The team will leave the starting line in their dust on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at 11 a.m.
"We're ranked in the top three," said Cross Country Coach Danelle Readinger. "Right now it's a very tight race."
The championship will take place on the cross country ski course at the U.S. Olympic training facility in Lake Placid. The team, only three years old, blew the competition away at the past two nationals by bringing home both championship titles.
"We have more of a target on our back this year," said junior Stephanie Runyon, an education major from Noblesville, Ind.
The team's nerves are high, but their strength and dedication is even higher. Runyon said the support of the College community, from professors to classmates, goes along way to boost their confidence as returning champions.
"Anytime you defend a title there is pressure," said Jennifer Hughes, junior, accounting major, from Lyons, Ind. "The third year in a row does add a little more."
Junior Lauren Sutton turns that pressure into power. She gets across the finish line by using her nerves to her advantage. "You get pumped," said the professional writing major from Noblesville, Ind. "You turn those nerves into energy." From Kentucky to Ohio, the team, whose season began in mid-September, has trekked up and down the Midwest.
"We've all had our good days and bad days," Runyon said, "but those good races will be in our heads at nationals." They are anxious, excited and invigorated, ready to show the world exactly what Woodsies can do.
"We're out there to do one thing," Readinger said. "Run the best race we can."
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Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears
I ordered the white chocolate variety of these a few months back, and fell in gummy love. I love all chocolate, but have a weakness in the white chocolate arena more than any other. I wanted to order these milk chocolate covered gummy bears as Christmas gifts for some peeps at work, but of course had to try them myself first ;) Needless to say, if you dip a gummy bear in chocolate, it's a really good idea.


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A 66-YEAR-OLD rapist who has committed serious sexual offences throughout his adult life has been jailed for 19 years for abusing two young girls.
Christopher Benton raped both children when they were aged about ten, or younger, as well as carrying numerous other sex offences against them.
The perverted pensioner, who has a previous conviction for rape from the 1970s, repeatedly molested the first of the victims in the 1990s.
He then carried out a similar campaign of abuse on the other victim during the early part of the current decade.
And when they were out of his clutches he resorted to downloading indecent images of children to satisfy his sick lust.
Benton, formerly of Fullers Avenue, Cricklade, forced the victims to go through the harrowing experience of giving evidence by denying all of the charges.
But following an eight day trial at Swindon crown court a jury convicted him of all 21 charges - including the indecent images which were found on his computer.
Robin Shellard, defending, told the judge he had no mitigation for the offences after fighting the trial, but pointed out he would serve two thirds of any sentence.
He said "The reality is that the sentence Your Honour passes today, of not a life sentence, is almost as makes no difference."
Passing sentence Judge Tim Mousley QC said "You have been convicted by a jury of 21 counts relating to your sexual activity throughout nearly all of the 1990s and again between 2010 and 2012.
"In the 1990s you would have been in your 40s, you are now in your 60s. You have previous in 1977 for rape and attempted rape when you would have been in your 20s.
"You have been committing serious sexual offences for most of your adult life. These offences relate to your abuse of two young girls.
"They at least have got justice or at least a measure of it and as a result of them having the courage to give evidence before a jury, painful and difficult thought that obviously was.
"At least being believed and seeing you convicted they have one hopes perhaps taken an important step in their attempts to recover from what you did to them.
"But their lives are ruined and that is due to what you did. They were very young at the time. One was less than ten years old and the other not much older.
"Your predatory conduct towards them was prolonged, persistent and frequent.
"They are permanently scarred emotionally and psychologically to an extent that many of us simply cannot imagine.
"Some years after you resorted to watching indecent images of young girls on your computer to satisfy yourself.
"These offences themselves are so serious because the girls in them have themselves to be the subject of gross abuse."
As well as the lengthy jail term he also told him he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Prosecutors said at a later date they will be seeking a sexual offences prevention order to restrict his liberty when he is finally released.


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PALM COAST, Fla. - The wife of a Flagler County School Board member pleaded guilty Thursday to leaving the scene of a crash 15 months ago that took the life of a 76-year-old Palm Coast pedestrian.
Investigators said Jamesine Fischer, 56, struck Francoise Pecqueur as she was walking her dog in Palm Coast on Columbia Lane about 6 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2011.
Pecqueur died two days later.
Fischer did not call for help until nearly 12 hours after the crash, then misled law enforcement about her involvement in the crash. The sheriff's office handled the call as a medical problem and did not send a deputy for about six hours. After a three month investigation, Florida Highway Patrol traffic homicide investigators determined that Fischer left the scene of a crash involving death.
Fischer, of Palm Coast, is married to School Board member John Fischer, which raised questions over how the sheriff's office handled the case.
Fischer was facing a March 25 trial and could have faced up to 30 years in prison. In the plea agreement entered Thursday, her maximum sentence would be three years in prison followed by followed by 10 years of probation. Her driver's license would be suspended three years after she's released.
As condition of her probation, she is not to consume alcohol.
Sentencing will take place April 10.
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Where have all the private sellers gone?
By TIM HEALY
Tim Healy is a senior vice president and partner at
Linsalata Capital Partners
. He has responsibility for acquisition searches, negotiations, due diligence and portfolio company oversight, and also coordinates the firm's marketing, intermediary activities and deal sourcing efforts.
"Slow start to the year," "year-end hangover," and "refilling the pipeline" are all phrases we have heard over the last few weeks in regard to the lack of new acquisition opportunities available in the merger and acquisition market today.
While it is true the second half of 2012 was extremely busy and the "beat the tax clock" frenzy of December had many firms and service providers nearly overwhelmed, there is another element to the slow deal activity at the outset of 2013: the disappearance of the private seller.
To say private sellers have disappeared entirely is injecting a little hyperbole, but since the onset of the recession, the number of sellers that can be categorized as private, or non-institutional in ownership — particularly at $50 million or greater of transaction size — has dropped considerably in our estimation. Without a doubt, the recession took its toll, with many business owners just now finding stability and the confidence to again accelerate the growth drivers of a business.
The distinct majority of platform acquisition opportunities we see today are what the market terms secondary trades, with one form of institutional owner selling to another — largely one private equity firm to another through an auction process led by an intermediary or investment bank.
While these deals are widely accepted and have been taking place for decades, privately held (i.e., founder, family and entrepreneur) opportunities are the ones that always get deal pros excited with the perception that improvements, growth and value creation will be easier to achieve than a business previously owned by private equity.
With the current merger and acquisition market flush with equity capital, readily available acquisition financing and purchase prices for good companies approaching or exceeding pre-recessionary levels, it would seem like an opportune time for the private seller to initiate a sales process. Yet, we have not seen the level of activity we would expect.
Is it the lingering effects of the recession and slower growth, the fiscal cliff and Washington politics, continued economic uncertainty, or simply the knowledge that reinvestment in one's own business might produce the best return?
When you find where the private sellers have disappeared to, please ask them why they're so absent. The private equity community would like to know.
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Watch out Angry Birds. Those Bad Piggies are hogging in on your territory.
Yesterday's update to the one and only original Angry Birds game for iOS and Android finds the piggies snorting it up in 15 of their own "pig-themed" levels.
Borrowing from the Bad Piggies game released a couple of weeks ago, the new levels prompt you to build various contraptions to coax the pigs along from start to finish.
The game's Surf and Turf level has also been spruced up with 15 new levels, each with the usual arsenal of sling scopes, king slings, and super seeds to give you a helping hand.
The update is free for existing Angry Birds owners. People new to the game can download it from the App Store for 99 cents or from Google Play for free. The Angry Birds HD edition at the App Store doesn't yet offer the new levels, but hopefully that version will get updated as well.


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A discussion about me? No. This is a discussion about how you've broken with tenants you've claimed to hold dear- like "balance". It's also not (because you've decided to go that way) about how you're indicting folks as "gutless" because they don't follow your methodology....which, of course, isn't at all balanced so it seems.Originally Posted by RFS62
Dislike me all you want, man. But it doesn't change the fact that I'm not claiming to be something I'm not.
And if my "style" means that I'll take things head on, then I'll take that as a compliment. Because you certainly don't.
BTW- Calling me out due to a comment you heard I made in chat? Does that mean it's open game to use anything you've ever PM'd me? Or anything that someone has said on the Hall of Fame forum? Do you seriously want me to sink to the depths of using your own PM's against you?
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It's that time again... we'd love to hear what subjects you'd like to read about. Do you have an idea for a SitePoint book? Now's your chance to let us know.
I've been spending a lot of time learning social media API's. It's worth the effort, because every home page deserves a collapsible chromeless youtube player and custom twitter feed, but it took me ages to figure it all out. A Sitepoint book (or even just a small pdf guide that changes as the API's do) would save a lot of time for a lot of developers who are building applications like this.
This is a great idea, and exactly what I came to suggest.
Social network APIs, like Twitter's OAuth and Facebook, Foursquare, Google, etc, including best practices, like ready made scripts that most people use versus recoding your own.
Drupal 7
Django 1.3, Ruby on Rails 3.1
Django and Python would make for a fantastic book, although my knowledge of both is limited it may be better to wait for when Django can use the newest version of Python.
One book I would love to see is one covering the latest version of ASP.NET MVC. There are a ton of guides out there, but there is definitely a gap in the market for a extensive book (especially as an ebook) covering everything a novice would need to know for writing a MVC application.
In addition to that idea, WordPress gets a lot of love on here, but there are plenty of other fantastic CMS's out there that deserve some much-needed attention. Hell, in the .NET world the likes of Sitecore and Umbraco have huge communities and a book on building a full website in Umbraco would be extremely profitable.
Damn, someone beat me to it, I will go with ASP.NET MVC3. Or, a Flash and/or Silverlight book. For that matter, RIA's in general. Coving all RIA's.
Would love to see a book on how to make a good news site on any specific subject I want, possibly how to integrate a forum with the site too.. I'm a newb though and this is probably basic.. (or there is already a book, if so point me there! :p)
I always come across many threads (not just here, many places) of people wanting to code their own login/registration system in PHP too.. something along those lines would be great..
Anything on Zend Framework would be cool... Especially using it to implement a RIA.
Ecommerce using Magento or something similar
full application development in Drupal, rather than the usual boring web site stuff, how to create full blown/featured apps, like hotel reservations/room bookings, building a portal to allowing individual customers to see all their previous bookings and history, embedding drupal with windows live services (you can do it with Moodle so why not Drupal). you have a list of 30 things to make the site do and you build it out
In-depth Joomla and Drupal. I've seen books on both at the bookstore but not impressed.
All of the above
But I was going to say Drupal or Joomla :lol:
Social Media APIs sounds good too.
Let me change my mind. I agree with this guy, an E-Commerce book would be sweet. I can be written for ASP.NET MVC and PHP developers with code examples in both languages. I think that book would be a hit.
I would like to see a ASP.NET MVC3 book and one around Webpages (Razor) & Sqlcompact.
Also working with and managing php on an IIS server.
Website life management, how to upgrade and not lost search engine placement, move from html to extensionless urls and all the other redesign issues in one place would need to cover url rewriting on apache & IIS.
Source code management & backup guides - maybe around git
and lasty HTML5 & CSS3 in the real world guide, what todo now and things to watch for.
Hope this list gives you a few ideas
Building your own MVC Framework with OOP in php!
Also a course on this avaliable in the courses section would be tops! :cap:
Form processing with PHP.
It might, at first glance, seem like a small topic; but judging by what I have thus far discovered in my very long-running attempts to understand PHP and properly solve this question, I am sure that it could fill a book.
I would love to read a book that could take me through everything that is directly related to form processing, including: structuring the script, creating a well-formatted e-mail, sanitising the data, dealing with security exploits, filtering spam, example regular expressions to copy (and advice about modifying them), managing errors, dealing with Unicode… It is a long list and most of it is much harder than it ought to be.
Please plug this gap in the market.
A coffee table book about coffee tables.(sorry, couldn't help myself)
How to Design a Website That Works
I've had an idea brewing in my head for a long time to write a "usability" book that deals with actual use-cases, conversion optimization, and overall site usefulness for a long time. I have a good concept for it, a good basis for the concept with real psychological research, and a good plan to write it...
I've also got some good real-world techniques I've been using that have afforded me up to 80% conversion rate on PPC traffic!!! This is an astounding figure that can be obtained by anyone with the right knowledge and tools, and I think a book is a good tool for sharing it (as it could profit me for giving away my techniques).
What I don't have is time to write a book! Do you guys have a basic outline or plan for book writing that simplifies it for prospective authors?
I've been doing just that for the last few years... would love to make a book out of it!!


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Indians rise for seven-run seventh to rip Tigers
Kipnis clubs two HRs, including go-ahead, after Tribe's six quiet innings
DETROIT -- It played out like a classic boxing match on Friday night for the Indians. Cleveland did what it could to survive early on, waiting until the heavyweight tired before striking. The Tribe's moment of attack arrived in the seventh.
Following six stellar innings from Detroit starter Anibal Sanchez, the Indians pounded out seven runs in an overwhelming seventh en route to a 9-3 victory to begin the season's second half with a bang. The offensive outpouring -- led by two homers from Jason Kipnis -- backed another solid effort from Cleveland right-hander Trevor Bauer.
"It's not just one guy doing something," Kipnis said. "It was top to bottom, the lineup was coming around, guys were swinging the bats. Like we've always said, we have a lot of guys in this lineup that can put up crooked numbers at any time. So, if we can get going, hopefully this is a catalyst for something else."
After pulling into the All-Star break with an even record, the Indians (48-47) understood the importance of their first road trip following the intermission. In a span of 10 days, Cleveland will play 11 divisional games, including four this weekend against the American League Central-leading Tigers.
Every series matters from here on out, but every date with the Tigers is a chance to gain ground in the standings.
For most of Friday night, it appeared as though Detroit (53-39) would have its way with Cleveland once again. Bauer played damage control through the first four innings, limiting the Tigers to three runs on five hits. In the third inning, Detroit loaded the bases with one out, but Bauer held the opposition to a sacrifice fly from Ian Kinsler.
The Tigers opened the fourth with three straight hits, including an RBI double from Torii Hunter, who later stole third and scored on the play thanks to a wild throwing error by catcher Yan Gomes. Cleveland leads the Majors with 77 errors, which is an area the club knows it needs to clean up over the course of the final two-plus months in order to contend.
Bauer felt fortunate to keep the score as close as he did.
"It was a struggle for me," Bauer said. "I felt out of sync a little bit. I couldn't locate my fastball up in the zone. Everything was down and the offspeed was up, which is generally not a good combination for me. But I hung in there."
Sanchez headed into the seventh armed with a 3-0 lead -- one that felt larger than the scoreboard indicated. The Tigers right-hander was greeted by the heart of Cleveland's lineup, which was getting its third look at him of the night. All-Star Michael Brantley, who had four hits, led off with a single, Carlos Santana drew a walk and Lonnie Chisenhall added a base hit to load the bases with no outs.
Nick Swisher then drove a pitch from Sanchez into the right-center-field gap, scoring two and cutting Detroit's lead to 3-2. Tigers manager Brad Ausmus then handed the ball to reliever Ian Krol, who surrendered an RBI double to pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn, who sliced the offering down the right-field line to pull the contest into a 3-3 deadlock.
"[Sanchez] was real crisp up until that point," Ausmus said. "It was almost like he hit a wall."
The Indians kept the onslaught going against reliever Al Alburquerque, who nearly escaped the inning with back-to-back strikeouts of Gomes and Chris Dickerson. With two outs, though, Kipnis launched a 1-2 pitch from the reliever deep to right for a three-run homer, ending a power outage of 218 plate appearances for the second baseman that dated back to April 21.
"I mean, I haven't even done it in [batting practice], I feel like, in two months," Kipnis said with a laugh. "So, it was nice. They were like, 'You were sprinting around.' I was like, 'I forgot what it feels like. I don't remember.' It's good. It was good just because it was a big time in the game."
One pitch later, shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera drilled a home run of his own -- his ninth shot of the season -- to push the Tribe to a 7-3 advantage. When the smoke cleared, Sanchez was charged with four runs on six hits in six-plus innings, in which he struck out seven and walked one.
In the ninth inning, Kipnis collected his second home run of the night and fifth of the season, helping the Indians to an 8-3 lead. It marked the first multi-homer game for Cleveland's second baseman since May 26, 2012, against the White Sox.
"He's such a good player that, even when he's not swinging great," Indians manager Terry Francona said, "he still has a presence at the plate and he's going to battle. He'll get real hot. Maybe today is the day when you start seeing not just hits, but a lot of production with it."
Bauer (4-4) earned the win behind his six solid innings of work, which included five strikeouts, one walk and six hits scattered. The seven-run rally allowed the right-hander to bow out of the ballgame at 101 pitches, setting things up nicely for Cleveland's bullpen to deliver the knockout.
Francona laughed when asked if he would've prefered having his offense score a little earlier in the game.
"As long as we score before we have to go home," said the manager.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Queensland Police Service is urging Queensland beachgoers to avoid handling silver canisters washed up on beaches and to immediately call Triple Zero (000) to report them to authorities.
Since February a number of canisters similar to that pictured have washed up on Queensland beaches.
Police have received reports of them being located along the coastline between Lady Elliot Island in the south to Mabuiag Island in the north with the most recent being discovered at Zilzie near Rockhampton.
The canisters are described as being approximately 30cm high and 15cm in diameter and contain Aluminium Phosphide, which could be fatal if inhaled or ingested.
Aluminium Phosphide is a colorless, flammable and toxic gas. Mild exposure by inhalation causes indefinite feeling of sickness, ringing in the ears, fatigue, nausea and pressure in the chest which is relieved by getting away from the gas and getting fresh air.
The chemical, when exposed to air or moisture, can generate the highly toxic phosphine gas that could also self ignite in the right conditions.
It is not known where these canisters originate.
If you locate one of these canisters, or any similar type of container, police urge you to call 000 to report the discovery. Do not attempt to move or open these canisters.
Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au 24hrs a day.
Crime Stoppers is a registered charity and community volunteer organisation working in partnership with the Queensland Police Service.
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Can you please help me with the issue, my website is not opening on different browsers. It is only opening with Opera. On other browsers it say something like this "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to .."
can you please check , if it is opening with different browsers on your side ? I have tested it from different places and computers , but the result was same, no luck.
can you please check it, and what is wrong with it ?
I have just editied index.php to make it simple, to test if the problem relies on code. But I couldn't open with simple code ( just echo test message )
and ftp account stopped working either
I have checked with proxy, it is opening with proxy . is it blocked here ? how to check it ? what is the problem ?
I have tried to telnet and ping , but failed
Thank you in advance
I would guess it must be something on your computer/network, because it's opening just fine in Chrome and IE for me.
Ditto for FireFox.
I have tested it with another computer but same result. I have tested it with another computer from a different place but same result no luck
Works fine for me, too, in all browsers. When you say you tried it from a "different place", was that on the same internet connection?
No, I have tested from different internet connections
This sounds more like a cache problem than anything else. While IE is a primary culprit, hosts can cache, too, in attempts to speed links from distant servers. It sounds like this is the problem you're experiencing.
+1 - This also sound to me like the culprit here. Unfortunately if your host is doing this and they don't in response to actions or at regular intervals update their caches then your stuck.
Don't some versions of opera, particularly mobile ones, use some sort cloud acceleration?
I'd try and reproduce it on machines and / or network settings until something gives itself away as the culprit.
Yes Opera mobile does indeed use cloud acceleration unless you turn it off (in the settings).


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FOR many of us, summer begins today, when the umpires call ''play'' in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. It's another of those fine Australian traditions that isn't quite what it appears.
As late as 1973 the closest thing to a Boxing Day tradition was for the Victorian Sheffield Shield side to host NSW, the southern team enjoying the bonus of making their hated rivals endure Christmas Day away from family, and in a shuttered-up Melbourne no less.
The following season the MCG hosted an Ashes Test on Boxing Day. It was an instant hit: the attendance of 77,165 was the third largest to watch a Test match at that time. The next summer's Boxing Day Test, against the West Indies, topped even that.
And, allowing for a couple of small hiccups such as the Kerry Packer incursion so entertainingly chronicled in a television miniseries this year, the Anzac-emulating Boxing Day Test was born. Alas Test fans could be excused for feeling a little underappreciated in 2012.
It was a little jarring for ABC Grandstand listeners last Sunday, after the wrap-up of the poorly-attended Hobart Test, to hear the sports commentary team sounding pumped up, to some ears much more pumped up, about the game about to begin at the SCG between the Sydney Sixers and the Perth Scorchers.
Twas ever thus in cricket's endless battle to keep up with the modern world. Donald Bradman in his essay ''Whither Cricket'' in Wisden in 1939 made ''a plea for cricket to adapt itself to the quickening tempo of modern life'' by ''speeding up the game''. He made it again in 1986, six years after the Packer Revolution had reinvented cricket once more. ''Despite my deep feeling for the traditional game … we must accept that we live in a new era … the public are primarily interested in entertainment.''
But we see much reason for optimism for the core format of cricket - the five-day battle of skills called the Test match, 135 years into its history. This optimism is not quelled even at this point in a summer that has been a bit back-to-front for connoisseurs. We have already waved goodbye to world champions South Africa, who emerged 1-0 victors from three Tests in the important but second-tier cities of Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Sri Lanka, a talented side but with a poor Test record against Australia, play the marquee Tests in Melbourne and, on January 3-7, Sydney, having lost in Hobart.
The main meal, so to speak, was consumed before the entree, even if for understandable reasons: the South Africans want their own Boxing Day Test.
As summer winds down, 10 games of 50 overs a side will be played by Australia against Sri Lanka and the West Indies. There will also be three games in the Twenty 20 format, two against Sri Lanka and one against the West Indies. They will not likely be remembered next to the feats of the South African Test team, which defended for dear life and then ruthlessly turned the screws to beat Australia in the Tests.
Now another era beckons, as clamantly as the new reality ushered in by World Series Cricket in 1977.
Last week Cricket Australia called in bankers to help squeeze up to $400 million out of its TV rights. The moves come as the golden era of Channel Nine's TV coverage looks to be approaching its late summer. Kerry Packer is checking out the Valhalla XI's classic catches and no local tycoon has stepped into his shoes. Television advertising revenues are under pressure as never before, which perhaps explains the tawdry spruiking of newly minted memorabilia, not to mention the alarming promotion of gambling.
And while Twenty 20 has not crested, its masters are finding that generating fan loyalty for a bunch of wackily named teams in the domestic Big Bash league is proving a challenge.
But Test cricket, so often derided as the establishment format, is showing itself to be the most adaptable format of all. The next frontier - day-night Tests - is not far from being breached, and bravo for that.
Test cricket remains the fine French champagne that endured the rise of the alcopop. Its tradition and tribalism stares down the backhand sweep and the slogger.
Happy viewing from, as Paul Kelly put it, behind the bowler's arm.


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$712. That's how much people plan to shell out on gifts this holiday season. It's a few dollars less than last year, so it's important to make each gift count.
We asked Geek Girl CEO and founder Leslie Fishlock about some top tech toys this season.
"I think the big thing right now is tablets, tablets, tablets," said Fishlock.
CNET reports the top tablets: the apple mini iPad, the Android Asus Transformer, Google Nexus 7, and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD.
Add a couple apps for some extra gift-giving points. Dinner Spinner allows you to input what you have in the fridge, and it comes up with a meal to make within seconds. You can also save and share recipes.
Avoid a bad credit score this shopping season with the app called mint.com. It tracks your spending, reminds you when bills are due and warns you of low funds and potential fees.
iBody turns your iPhone into your own personal trainer. It tracks your steps, jogs, runs, calories, cholesterol, blood pressure and allows you to team up with a buddy for motivation.
"Fitbit is a great way for women to get into shape. There's a scale that comes with it. It counts how many footprints you're taking," Fishlock said.
The Fitbit Ultra fits on your belt and tracks every step you take, every stair you climb, every chair you sit in. It even studies how often you toss and turn while you're sleeping.
But hi-tech doesn't have to mean high cost. Gift your own tech skills with a voucher. Offer computer maintenance such as updates and scans. Customize windows by installing templates, screensavers and wallpapers.
Pass on what you know. Offer a two-hour, one-on-one course on Photo Shop or Excel. Teach someone how to blog or share photos online. Wrap it up in a gift coupon book you can download and customize for free at kodak.com.
Another freebie that people love: create a flash drive full of your favorite songs and give them out as gifts. You can find free flash drives on freecycle.com or really cheap ones on eBay.
Copyright 2012 by Ivanhoe Broadcast News and News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Crowds flocked to the stone circle at Avebury over the weekend to celebrate the summer solstice.
Around 1,500 people gathered at the ancient landmark for the Pagan celebration, which culminated with sunrise on Saturday.
Hilary Makins, the National Trust's Avebury head ranger, said: "It was very busy with the weather and being at the weekend but everybody seemed to have a nice time. There were a few incidents; somebody fell down a bank and hurt their shoulder, but on the whole it was very enjoyable.
"First thing in the morning, just after sunrise, the place looks terrible. It's covered in litter but the National Trust, some visitors and the Avebury Guardians, which is a volunteer group of Pagans, worked hard over the next few days to clear it up and it's looking great again now.
"The campsite was filled quicker than ever before and we managed to squeeze more cars into the overspill car park than usual.
"There was a general feeling that there were more people than usual."
The event passed peacefully with just three arrests, two for drugs-related offences and one for a public order offence.
Superintendent Gavin Williams said: "We are pleased that the solstice celebrations have been enjoyable events for the majority of people attending.
"The road system worked well, with minimum delays, and many people used the public transport as we advised.
"There is always a small proportion of people who will try to break the law but I am satisfied that this was a successful policing operation and Wiltshire Police continue to facilitate a safe solstice with our partners."


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Kirsten Dunst's 'Big Boobs' in a Bikini
Back in August, Kirsten Dunst, who apparently hangs around chicks as pale if not paler than herself – Well played, Lady Snaggletooth. Well played. – couldn't shut up about how big her boobs are, so here they are in Vegas over the weekend, and I'm not entirely sure I'd call those things "big" considering they're nowhere close to their prior majesty in Spider-Man 2. *adjusts taped together glasses, fiddles with pocket protector, yells "Pretty Lay-dee!"* Then again, I'm looking at this post through a mirror, so all I see is a floating bikini and wondering why the hell I paid money for these. Oh, no, wait in one shot the bikini attacked a plate of fruit someone left out. And now it's in some chick's hair. Haha! This thing's hilarious.
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Awesome wrote:Melampus wrote:AWESOME <> 5-8K = 5,000-8,000 Yeah, I might be a bit off when it comes to kitchen knives. My experience in sharpening comes mainly from straight razors and I would not want to shave off a 5-8K stone.
Melampus wrote:AWESOME <> 5-8K = 5,000-8,000
desol wrote:You could shave with a straight off a 5-8k, just make sure you have some Kleenex ready or, have skin of leather. I tried for months to get my straights as sharp as a cheap Gillette...to no avail. I had expensive, proven stones, compounds, leathers...on and on, spent cash...watched videos from all the honing pro's, honed with different slurry thicknesses, pressures, strops, etc, etc...still couldn't get it as sharp as a cheap Gillette, so I threw in the towel. However, I did take what sharpening experience I had with straights into kitchen knives, and I'm glad for that. If I ran a sharpening school, my students would have to learn to sharpen straights first (up to Gillette sharpness)...then down to lesser demanding things, such as knives.Razor guys are at the top of the sharpening food chain, imo.+1 to Rick and Mel. I touch knives up on an 8k til they need thinning, the edge itself doesn't change (if your using a consistent angle), so there's no need to grind a ton of metal away. Depending on how expensive the knife is and what kind of workmanship it has, tells me whether I even want to try thinning it, or if it needs to be sent to the maker to be properly thinned and restored. If your knife has no Shinogi, then thinning isn't a big deal. Plain Kurouchi knives I have no problem with thinning Japanese style.Progression is all about what and why.
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