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Hotel Villa del Lauro, Ragusa
- Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi
Main amenities
- 15 guestrooms
- Outdoor pool
- Bar/lounge
- Airport shuttle
- Childcare
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Garden
- Laundry service
- Meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Babysitting or childcare
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
What's around
- Palazzo Bertini (0.2 mi / 0.2 km)
- Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista (0.4 mi / 0.6 km)
- Iblean Archaeological Museum (0.5 mi / 0.8 km)
- Museo Archeologico Regionale Ibleo (0.5 mi / 0.8 km)
Hotel Villa del Lauro, Ragusa
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $95
- Deluxe Quadruple Room
- Superior Double Room
- Deluxe Triple Room
- Deluxe Double Room
- Deluxe Double Room Single Use
- Superior Double Room Single Use
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 15 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-11:30 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-in/out
24-hour airport shuttle service is available on request. Contact the property in advance to make arrangements.
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets stay free
- Restrictions apply *
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- No parking
- Free nearby parking
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In the hotel
- Free buffet breakfast daily
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Outdoor pool
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Pool sun loungers
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- One meeting room
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Year Built 1890
- Garden
- Television in common areas
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Rainfall showerhead
- Shower only
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport.
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.50 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for EUR 30 per night
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 130 per vehicle (roundtrip)
Airport shuttle service for children between the ages of 1 and 14 costs EUR 130
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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April K. Sipprell has been a faculty member at Queens since 2010. She is a North Carolina native who teaches Microbiology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Foundations, Writing for Biologists, and other biology courses.
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Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Decks have been cleared for allotting the Indu Mills land in Dadar for a world-class memorial dedicated to Babasaheb Ambedkar, the "father of the Indian constitution", according to officials here Tuesday.
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who had been camping in New Delhi with the single-point agenda of getting the 12.50 acres of mill land allotted for the memorial, notched success on the issue which has been raging for the past few years.
Union Textile Minister Anand Sharma will make the announcement in the Lok Sabha while Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla will make a similar announcement in the Rajya Sabha Wednesday, the eve of Ambedkar's 56th death anniversary. He died Dec 6, 1956.
After Chavan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Anand Sharma, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other officials, the issue was finally clinched, an aide to the chief minister said.
"We met the prime minister today and after clearing out all the formalities, it has been decided to construct a befitting memorial for Dr. Ambedkar. The prime minister assured us of full support and all help required for the purpose," Chavan said.
Dalit leaders in the state have hailed what they termed "a historic decision" on the part of the centre to allot the land for the Ambedkar memorial.
"It is a victory of the Dalit masses and not of any single political party or leaders. We must welcome it and ensure that a magnificent memorial is erected for our great leader," said Ambedkar's grandson, Anandraj Ambedkar, who had spearheaded an agitation for the memorial since last year.
Republican Party of India chief Ramdas Athawale, who had warned of an agitation on the issue, said that if the announcement was made in New Delhi Wednesday, then the Thursday agitation call would be withdrawn.


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WHEN the sixth Test of the summer concluded at the SCG last week the national selectors immediately fell foul of broadcasters and punters by naming a one-day team with a view to the next World Cup in 2015 rather than next Friday. Even folks over 35 used social media to express disappointment.
It is a fair point that Michael Hussey deserved better treatment, including a farewell lap of Australia's cricket grounds, but it was even more salient that the paying fans deserved a little consideration, too.
While the 50-over caravan pitched its tent at the MCG on Friday night, George Bailey (he now captains two of Australia's three national cricket teams) marshalled his eclectic group well and Sri Lanka stumbled at the first hurdle.
Debate has raged over the form and fitness, batting order, reliability, and age of the squad. I am a big fan of David Hussey, who will be close to 38 at the next World Cup, but what the heck - this is a team in development.
Brad Haddin, who is the same age as Hussey junior, looked like the best wicketkeeper in the galaxy on Friday night but apparently he is only the second-best in the country. Haddin keeps wicket very well to spinners, while the Test incumbent Matthew Wade is having a difficult time standing up to the stumps. Bear in mind, in the four-Test series against India wicketkeepers will be doing some heavy breathing into the stump microphones.
Stumpings clanged, edges shelled and tactics obfuscated can cost matches in the dust and heat of the subcontinent. Will the selectors take the best to India or find themselves justifying growing pains yet again?
But all this is a distraction from the main course - the Ashes, which begin in Nottingham on July 10. The entree will be served with a splash of chilli in India starting in late February.
The Tests on slow turning tracks at Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai (Mohali is usually grassy and quickish, more like Australia pitches) will be a litmus test for Australia's Ashes chances. England recently came back from losing the first Test to win the four-Test series in India 2-1, out-spinning and out-batting the host on its own turf. Victories of that calibre are only perpetrated by outstanding teams with massive doses of belief.
At almost the same time, Australia lost a home series to South Africa and if Sri Lanka had eked out 50 or so more runs in Sydney it might have celebrated a win.
The signs of frailty against spin were clear. Rangana Herath never played a significant role in the three Tests because his batsmen did not get enough runs to allow him a bowl late in matches on wearing pitches. Given just a quarter of a chance at Sydney, Herath showed what he has and what Australia doesn't (he took three of the five wickets to fall in Australia's second innings).
By contrast, Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann rolled India, and Pragyan Ojha and Ravi Ashwin troubled England.
As the Indian season progresses the pitches will get drier and grippier. By late February-early March, the decks will be bedraggled, bare and worn, pleading for the monsoon like Warnie seeking an lbw. If you cannot play spin or bowl spin to the highest level then the Indian examination can be excruciating.
The Indians don't care about the Ashes. Beating Australia has greater import after the England loss. They will be serious opponents.
Michael Clarke mentioned during the Sri Lanka series that he was focusing only on the next Test and the Ashes would arrive soon enough. That was wise counsel. If the eyes divert even momentarily from the prize in India there will be only second place.
Australia's unconvincing batting line-up, now minus Michael Hussey, have an opportunity to prove to the selectors they are worthy of a permanent spot; and prove to themselves they can get the job done consistently and away from the comforts of home.
Nathan Lyon will be under fire from batsmen who are weaned on slow stuff. He must find some new tools and smarter ways to use his current ones, while the contest for the second spot is wide open.
A strong performance for the spinners even in a series draw or loss in India will provide valuable experience; a bad loss could be paralysing with the Ashes 10 weeks later.


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The Novelist in the Fly Lab Aifric at Imperial College LON, Jan 26 My fourth novel, THE DRIVE, is a literary take on Artificial Intelligence that explores changing definitions of love and attachment in the age of technology. THE DRIVE has its roots in Ovid's Pygmalion which tells the story of a sculptor who falls in love with his own creation. Fiction is a powerful means of illuminating the emergent ethical issues of AI, but the novelist's challenge is how to weave scientific research into the story that will engage a diverse readership. This talk describes how my conversations with mathematicians and engineers at Imperial College (and beyond) helped frame and resolve the problem. The solution was inspired by Professor Holger's research into the flight behavior of blowflies that might pave the way for a new generation of flying robots.
Aifric In the Wall Street Journal, Dec 2016
On April 3, global news outlets simultaneously released 11.5 million confidential documents from a Panama law firm that exposed how the rich and powerful conceal wealth and evade taxes. The dump, described by Edward Snowden as the "biggest leak in the history of data journalism," name-checked politicians, plutocrats and sports stars and highlighted the urgent need for regulatory reform of the secretive offshore financial world…
Irish writers: where we set our novels, Irish Times 2016
Aifric addresses Brexit summit, Nov 2016
My take on Trump Irish Times, Nov 10 2016
0335 Dublin, the witching hour. I'm singing Woody Guthrie as a defence against demons. This land is your land /This land is my land / From California to the New York Island…….. 0445 I make a list of the American writers and poets who have sustained my entire life……READ MORE
Aifric reviews VERSAILLES Irish Times Oct 2016
My take on Brexit : Irish Times 6/2016
"The real crisis in the UK is the widening gap between rich and poor, between opportunity and despair."
Why bankers need book clubs: my OpEd Irish Times 6/2016
"The truth is that novelists were picking up on troubling long-term trends in the financial sector long before the strategists."
The Story of Skin: Aifric in conversation with Dr Paul Sharad: Zurich Dalkey Book Festival June 2016
The Global Novel: Aifric in conversation with John Banville & Neel Mukherjee: Zurich Dalkey Book Festival June 2016
What STEMM students at Imperial College discover in Creative Writing studies Feb 2016
"Writing is an act of confidence" Aifric in Grierik
I came to Brussels to start my fourth novel. In fact I came to write it – to "get black on white". I am always dishing out Hemingway's blunt advice to my students because it's true: without text there is nothing, there is just the idea in your head.… DOWNLOAD pdf
Scientists outshine arts students with experiments in creative writing: Aifric in the Guardian 2014: On creativity at Imperial College
With no publication angst and a killer work ethic, science students easily match their peers in the humanities in the art of creative writing. It even makes them better scientists, writes novelist and teacher Aifric Campbell…
"Stop being a woman" Aifric's guide on how to do business 2014
According to a recent article in the Harvard Business Review, senior female executives are failing "to assert themselves in high-level meetings". So why do many women founder? A failure to prepare and practice, says investment banker-turned-writer Aifric Campbell Download pdf
On the Floor long listed for the Orange Prize 2012
What the critics are saying: ..the smartest financial novel since The Bonfire of the Vanities, and the first with a fully drawn female heroine – Frank Partnoy /.. brilliantly combine[s] the best elements of the modern financial thriller and the nineteenth-century coming-of-age story to create a commanding work of fiction—Stephen Amidon / It's that rare work of fiction in which the financial world functions as more than a mere backdrop – Bloomberg / Campbell, a former managing director at Morgan Stanley, punctures the seamy darkness of banking with acute observations- Publishers Weekly / Of all the contemporary heroines, Geri Molloy might be the most badass. Watch out, Lisbeth Salander. —Marie Claire
Aifric spent 14 years at Morgan Stanley where she became Managing Director on the London trading floor. Her first novel, The Semantics of Murder (2008) was inspired by an unsolved murder of a brilliant mathematician in LA. The Loss Adjustor (2010) tells the story of a woman who is haunted by the loss of her childhood friends. Short fiction: New Irish Short Stories (2011), The Book of Men and the Irish Times. FILM: C.K., (2012) inspired by the real life case of an Amsterdam accountant who embezzled 16mill euros and disappeared.
"An appetite for risk is key to success: – Aifric speaks at the Global Economics Forum 2013
Visit Aifric's Channel
- Aifric's story ARSENAL published in The Irish Times Jul 2014
- Dalkey Book Festival 10 global trends that will change your life
- Aifric speaks to Women in Auto, May
- Oslo, Irrgronn lit festival March
- Washington Post reviews On the Floor
- Aifric's short story published in The Book of Men
- SLATE reviews On the Floor: " smart, caustic, moving"
- Aifric in Wall Street Journal:" the female universal no longer exists"
- Aifric's 60 seconds YouTube on writing her 4th novel
- Financial Times: "City stars who write novels"
- Interview on WYNC July
- On the Floor "compelling" financial fiction, The Millions Oct 2013
- VOGUE USA: Summer's Best Mystery Reads: On the Floor
- Do writing and Wall Street mix?
- Shelf Awareness interview
- Wall Street Journal, June
- New York Journal of Books
- The drama within a power career, Sentinel
- Financial Times: Aifric on women in banking
- From Banker to Writer – Aifric writes in Publishers Weekly
- Daily Beast hot reads:On the FLoor
- LA TIMES: On the Floor is Summer Reading
- Publishers Weekly Interview
- Publishers Weekly, Review
- Visit Macmillan's site to read an extract from ON THE FLOOR and a full list of reviews
- Are women welcome in the City? Aifric in Directors 2013
How do you tell stories about financial markets? Aifric speaks at London School of Economics Feb 2013
TV3: Aifric on life, work and what women want WATCH
Aifric grew up in Dublin and moved to Sweden where she read Linguistics and lectured in Semantics at the University of Gothenburg. After 14 years in investment banking she decided to focus on the fiction she'd been writing since childhood. She received her PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 2007 where she has also lectured. Her writing has won awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, a Thayer Fellowship at UCLA and various writing residences at Yaddo in New York. Aifric teaches at Imperial College, London and has previously taught at the University of East Anglia and the University of Sussex. Her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, The Irish Times, ELLE, Tatler, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Business Post. She lives in the UK.
- Aifric's new fiction on finance, IRISH TIMES, WATCH July 2013
- Listen: Aifric in conversation with Colm Toibin, Donal Ryan & Fintan O'Toole RTE 2013
- ON THE FLOOR in the MILLIONS LIST 2013
- Aifric in interview at Cheltenham festival 2012
- Orange Prize for Fiction: ex-City trader on longlist – Telegraph
- Dow Jones Financial News people of the Week
- Orange Prize longlist 2012
- Newcastle University, Centre for the Literary Arts
Watch TV Interview with Wim Brands, leading Dutch arts prog
- BLOOMBERG interview
- Irish Times interview (subscriber only)
- Aifric on SATURDAY NIGHT live (vid n/av)
- NEWSTALK radio interview
- SUNDAY BUSINESS POST by Aifric, Banker v Writer
- IRISH News, interview and review
- Examiner, interview
- Aifric's LIVE WEBCHAT Oct 2013 MASTERCLASS
- Independent review
Aifric on BBC R4 TODAY: Does finance make good fiction?
- DUTCH Launch of translation On the Floor = STOP!
- Observer Interview
- Review, Independent on Sunday
- "Hard Times for High Finance", AGENDA interview
- TV 3 interview 2012
- C.K. movie dir. Barbara Visser, script by Aifric 2012
- ON THE FLOOR exclusive, UEA website
- Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
- CITY AM Feb 2012
- Irish Times Feb 2012
- Bookbag, Feb 2012
- Books to Read in 2012, Irish Times
- Sunday Independent interviews Aifric
- Independent: Boyd Tonkin's One Minute with Aifric
- Why I wrote The Loss Adjustor, Irish Times
- The Daily Mail take on Aifric
- Aifric in the Guardian
- Aifric in interview with Bookarmy
- 'A wild wave of new Irish writing,' Independent 2011
- Aifric on Belgian radio
- My Favourite books of the year, 2011


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Helping Bryan / College Station area buyers and sellers with the successful transfer of home ownership is, of course, at the heart of our business.
And, since well-informed consumers make better, happier choices, we've filled this website with area information links, buyer and seller checklists, definitions, blogs, the home search function and educational articles to help Bryan / College Station home buyers and home sellers become familiar with the process.
But if that wasn't enough Home buyers and sellers who are interested in one of the many awesome Bryan / College Station subdivisions have had a difficult time sorting through MLS listings to find information specific to each subdivision. So we eliminated that frustration with our subdivision Facebook pages.
Now you can find all the information you want and need about Bryan / College Station subdivisions by visiting my blog and clicking on the subdivisions of your choice.
Leasing & Property Management
Owning rental properties has made millionaires of thousands of people over the years, but managing those properties can take the fun out of the profits. And that's why we at Connective Realty, LLC have expanded our services to include leasing and property management for Bryan / College Station area property owners.
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Because we're involved with the Bryan / College Station housing market each and every day, we monitor the changes – making sure that your rental properties are priced right in today's market.
We use Texas Apartment Association Leases and keep current with all the laws affecting the rental industry. Our diligence ensures that you're always in compliance with State laws as well as Federal Fair Housing Laws and the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Selecting good tenants is vital to your bottom line, so we provide extensive tenant selection services to ensure that we are accepting only qualified applicants. Checking credit scores, verifying employment, following up with references, verifying current and previous rental histories, and doing criminal background checks are all part of the screening process.
Once a tenant is accepted, we conduct property inspections with them so that both we and the tenant agree on condition before their tenancy begins.
To protect your Bryan / College Station investment, we offer a 24 hour emergency maintenance line for residents and we impress upon them the urgency of letting us know the minute there's a problem that could cause damage to your property.
We also monitor leases and stay in touch with tenants to resolve any issues that might unnecessarily bring an end to their tenancy. Resident retention keeps your cash flow steady and eliminates the cost associated with make-ready turnover, so our goal is to keep the tenants happy while protecting your investment. Toward that end, we also check to ensure that the property and the residents are meeting any HOA guidelines.
When repairs are necessary, we work closely with our vendors to ensure quality workmanship and the best prices for our client owners.
Rent Collections and Accounting
Collecting the rents and imposing late fees when necessary is just the beginning of our service. We also provide safekeeping for tenant security deposits and provide you with an accurate accounting of income and expenses. You'll get a monthly report to make it easy for you to gauge the profitability of each of your properties, and to make it easy for your tax accountant come year end.
Although we do all in our power to ensure that you have the kind of good tenants who won't need to be evicted, sometimes people's lives change.
Should it become necessary to evict a tenant, we'll handle all the eviction proceedings.
Homeowner Association Management
We'll help you from project planning all the way through to the transition from developer/builder to homeowners.
Visit our Homeowners Association Management pageto learn the scope of this service.
The Connectivity Realty, LLC Goal
Your Satisfaction and Peace of Mind Whether you wish to purchase or sell a Bryan / College Station home, or need good management for your rental income properties, our goal is your satisfaction.
We strive to provide all of our clients with a high level of professionalism and commitment that goes above and beyond other real estate companies. When your real estate transaction is complete, or when you leave your rental management in our hands, we want you to enjoy complete peace of mind – knowing everything has been done or is being done to your benefit.


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Swann Video Camera and Recorder DVR4-1500
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The recorder box is 23x19x4cm with cables inserted. The supplied camera is 16x5.5x5cm.
This kit provides everything you require and as a kit you get two manuals one for the security camera and one for the recorder unit.
If you need more than one camera it can be supplied with two, three or four cameras.
When you first look at the camera you think it is fixed in a line from the three screws so it will only point straight ahead, in fact it can be articulated into almost any angle as it can be adjusted in no less than three places to get to any angle.
The PRO-510 has a 1/3 inch CMOS with a resolution of 648x488. In daylight or lit areas at night the images will be in colour at night with no lighting the image via infra red will be monochrome. The viewing angle is close to 70degrees.
The camera is suitable for mounting both indoors and outdoors. It is stated to function between -20 degrees Celsius and + 60 degrees Celsius. The camera weights just over 250grams.
The recorder unit comes with two manuals the first an A5 offering consists of 56 pages and covers installation and usage. But importantly also covers advanced configuration.
The second a 96 page A4 offering is more advanced and likely to be useful for those monitoring several units. It also covers the client software on the supplied CD-ROM.
I suspect most 'normal' homes will be satisfied with a camera that stores data on a memory stick and like most forms of insurance you hope you never need it.
The supplied video recorder can record up to 320GB of data. As it has a VGA out among others it can output video to almost any recent monitor or panel. It can also out to USB or a network. While the kit I was sent has only one camera the video recorder has four inputs on the back so the same unit can take several inputs.
The camera (or cameras) can view up to 20 metres away. You can set the motion detection to work at predefined times and also set it up to send email alerts etc.
I managed to fit this myself without any great difficulty but I see Swann do offer a fitting service if required and if you have a business to protect the extra cost might mean less hassle from an insurance company should a claim be needed and the coverage or images be less than perfect.
I was perfectly happy with the quality of images captured in both lit and unlit areas. Although the culprits – I am pleased to say caught on camera where local wildlife with a range of cats or foxes being the main visitors along my driveway.
The Swann DVR4-1500 is available from the link below for £159.99 with free delivery.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 21/8/2009 (2921 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Manitoba Teachers' Society website takes a shot at the province's compulsory grades 11 and 12 phys ed credits in a current online feature entitled Mowing for Marks.
It's often quite humourous, and talks about how students can mow the grass or do housework to earn high school credits without breaking a sweat.
And those really are on the list of more than 100 government-sanctioned activities to promote and encourage physical activity among senior students.
But at the risk of publicly endorsing government initiatives in education, I'm going to defend the government's compulsory phys ed — oh gosh, someone get Peter some smelling salts, eh?
First of all, there are no marks for grades 11 and 12 phys ed, simply a complete or incomplete.
The government added two credits to the previous minimum of 28 credits to earn a Manitoba high school diploma, so phys ed credits do not replace credits in science or math or other core subjects.
The whole idea is to help sedentary kids who are already at risk of obesity and lifestyle-related illnesses to find ways to be active while enjoying themselves, and to encourage trying new activities that students can pursue throughout their lives. And also to help active kids to find other enjoyable activities that they can pursue long after high school team sports have ended.
Some kids are so far gone by Grade 11 that pushing a lawn mower or wielding a vacuum cleaner may actually constitute exercise.
And those activities are easy targets for ridicule.
But there are more than 100 activities on the provincial list, and students and their phys ed teachers sit down one-on-one and discuss a variety of activities that each student will pursue and log. Parents sign off on those logbooks, and students and teachers meet to review how it's going.
The government's plan is a good one, with good intentions, and as weird as it may be for the Socialist Hordes to see me praising the government, and for the NDP's enormous fan club over at the teachers' union to be dissing it — wait, hold on, reception says there's a Mr. Mulder and a Dr. Scully downstairs waiting to see me, and they want to know what the aliens have done with the real me.
And here comes a very helpful public relations firm in Arizona, which wants me to write about a client organization which "gives us insight into how moms feel about the hottest school issues including spending, cell phones and homework. I thought you might have interest in sharing with your readers..... a hot website that lets moms tap into the wisdom of other moms on key parenting issues. With over a million topics and answers posted, it really reveals the pulse of the mom community."
No, I won't name the organization, or help this PR firm perpetuate gender stereotypes.
You want to let me know what parents think about school issues, you know where to find me.
Just past my birthday, and here's an email to my WFP account from Hallmark, informing me that someone has sent me an Egreeting. All I have to do is click on the link, and I'll do so right — hmmmmmm..........would Hallmark use a template that spells 'received' incorrectly so many times?
And here's another message to me at work, informing me I've won one million Euros, if I just send my personal financial information to this enormous European banking institution.
You'd think that they'd know how to spell Madrid correctly, wouldn't you?
And so I delete my million Euros.
Moving to yet another unrelated topic.....
Every year since 1997 I've had this delightful day each September, covering the U of M annual board of governors meeting.
This is the public event, alternating between Fort Garry and the medical school, in which a bunch of profs and a few students sit in a really comfy lecture hall and listen as a series of vice-presidents with nifty visual aids outlines all the great things that happened at the university — the year before.
All those great things, of course, are in the glossy annual report which people received as they checked out the coffee and baked stuff out in the hall.
Pretty much everything at the meeting was already known and reported months before.
And I sit there, hoping that when they finally get to the president, that there'll be something new said.
Or if not, that someone will put a question at the end, either live or by closed-circuit from the other campus, that will produce a story.
And after two hours, I usually hustle down to the front and ask the prez a few questions, and get a story.
Hang on for some bad news... race yourselves... if you've already been planning to camp out at the box office to get good tickets, there'll be no — gasp! — annual BG meeting this year.
Instead, reliable sources at UM tell me — oh wow, I love that newspaper talk — that president David Barnard will instead speak to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Sept. 17.
Resume boring mode...
I want to make a couple of apologies... first, to people who live around U of W. Yes, only an idiot could trigger a car alarm while sitting in a company car with the key in his hand.
Second, for almost being late to my soccer match in Selkirk. I made two consecutive green lights while driving through Winnipeg, and pulled off the road to phone the Guinness Records folks.


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32GB Nexus 7 priced at $349.99, hits Verizon starting February 13th
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Last Friday, we told you that Verizon would be offering the Nexus 7 (2013) starting on February 13th, so it might not be much of a surprise when we tell you that this is now official. Verizon says that it will offer the 32GB Nexus 7, in Henry Ford's favorite color (black), for $349.99 starting this Thursday. Sign a two-year contract and the tablet is yours for $249.99. The slate will be available from both Verizon's online stores and its physical retail locations...
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1. XperiaOptimusOne (unregistered)
Where's our Nexus 8 Google!?
6. __0__ (banned) (Posts: 242; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)
Lg Glad gpe
2. Birds (Posts: 1171; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
That's a big ass cell phone. LOL.
4. NoFanboy (Posts: 300; Member since: 18 Nov 2013)
.....But you can get it for $150
5. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Rip off - a little discount for a 2 yr contract with the carrier that charges the most money.....awesome!!!!
7. TruPatriot (Posts: 110; Member since: 27 May 2013)
That is so over priced. What a rip off.
8. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I mean, think about it - I can get service with Uverse or Warner Bros - get 250GB a month for 12 meg speed for around 40.00 a month - buy the tablet for 230 on Amazon or Walmart - use it on wifi at home where I would mostly use it - if I take it with me - say I go shopping, then most stores give you free wifi...and restaurants, too...


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Larry Augustin, CEO of SugarCRM, explains to K2 Advisory's Dr Katy Ring that his company wants to become better known for its functionality than for being open source.
Open source has, of course, always offered an interesting non-commercial model for the IT market, but possibly because of this lack of a corporate business wrapper it has always presented itself as a slightly geeky sub-sector of the industry. In the UK public sector the Cabinet Office is mid-way through a three-month period of consultation on open standards to be used in the government's G-Cloud initiative and open source is high on the agenda. Indeed, Liam Maxwell, Cabinet Office director of ICT futures, has been out and about over the past few weeks saying that open source has grown up and it's time to dispel lingering misconceptions about this technology and development process.
But I have seen some truly awful presentations by open source companies arguing that their functionality is mainstream while simultaneously being handicapped by incompatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint. When I mention this to Larry Augustin, CEO of SugarCRM, I get a wry smile in response. Augustin met me recently when on his way to a meeting with Francis Maude as part of the Government consultation process. He commented that, "many open source companies have a very strong technical background and this is often given more weight internally than business skills."
Augustin should know this better than most: he became CEO of SugarCRM in 2009 and since then the company has become an IBM Global Alliance Partner, as well as becoming cash positive for the first time in its seven year history while promoting the "commercial open source" tagline.
SugarCRM was set up in 2004 to develop a new generation of CRM applications and its founders chose to use open source to do this. Augustin sees this as a positive because open source creates distribution for a new entrant in terms of the freemium model. This enables a good ecosystem to become established from which it is easy to build market mindshare and develop a business pipeline. However, the downside to this is that SugarCRM is better known for being open source than for anything else. Augustin commented, "we are selling to sales directors who are looking to increase revenue and sales satisfaction and who want to have a full view of the customer. They don't care about the open source!"
Augustin wants SugarCRM to become better known for its functionality than for being open source. For many organisations barriers to use of open source include the perception that open source licenses are viral, lack of formal support and training, the velocity of change, and a lack of a long term roadmap. SugarCRM is an interesting example of an open source company evolving into a corporate software vendor. The relationship with IBM is part of that evolution, SugarCRM's approach to Cloud is another part: it can operate in a client's secure data centre, as it does for a large central government office in the UK, or it can offer services from its own public Cloud or from other infrastructure providers' public and private Clouds.
As Augustin puts it: "we are not 100% open source, 100% Cloud, 100% freemium or 100% inbound marketing. We are a commercial company with commercial offerings, which happen to be less expensive to buy and more flexible to use than those from most competitors."
But in the public sector, for the time being, that open source label is the one that will open doors.
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In ancient Oceania we meet our latest Disney princess and animated girl-crush: Moana.
The adventurous heroine, with her wild hair and sassy character will be hitting our screens this year as she sets off in search of a fabled exotic island with the help of demi-god Maui.
After the huge search in Elsa's and Anna's post-Frozen, will Moana be the number one girl's name of 2016?
Whether we're listening to a banging playlist whilst working out down the gym, or playing chill out tunes at a dinner party, we love our chart kings and queens for bringing that little bit of sunshine into our lives.
The likes of Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor, Nathan Sykes and Ed Sheeran keep us toe-tapping and smiling from ear to ear, so it's no wonder we want to name our kids after them.
Amongst all of the bad news that's beamed into our living rooms each night, our favourite comedy programmes help to keep us cheery.
Let's face it, in the '90s it wasn't just Rachel's hair we were stealing.
Nowadays, shows like 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'New Girl' mean we're totally going to be nicking Jess, Nick Penny and Leonard in the future...
From Benedict Cumberbatch to Helen Mirren, we're having a bit of a love affair with homegrown actors and actresses at the moment... and we're not embarrassed to admit it!
Don't get us wrong, we love everyone else too, but it's nice to champion our talent every now and again too. Pick a name from the many brilliant stars who inspire you and let's hear it for the Brits!
We're pretty spoilt for great tele at the moment. From drooling after Tom Hiddleston in 'The Night Manager' to biting our nails in suspense at 'Undercover', naming our sproglets after our favourite dramas on the box is a no-brainer.
It might seem like a contradiction in terms, but as the nation celebrates 400 years since the great Bard's death, traditional names that he made popular are set to make a comeback this year.
Parents to be can pick from heroines including Helena, Imogen and Cymbeline and heroes such Frederick, Orlando and Lysander.
Love 'em or loath 'em the Kardashians have had a HUGE affect on popular culture.
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Josh Thompson has just released the video for his latest single, 'Cold Beer With Your Name on It.' The song is the debut single from his upcoming album, 'Turn It Up,' on Show Dog-Universal Music.
The Wisconsin native shot the video in his favorite bar, D&S Mainstreet, in his hometown of Cedarsburg. In the video, Thompson loses the woman he loves to the bright lights of Hollywood, but promises her if she wants to return, he has a "cold beer with your name on it."
"This was definitely my favorite video to make," Thompson says." It has such a cool vibe. Can't wait for everyone to see it."
'Turn It Up' comes four years after his 'Way Out Here' album, which spawned three Top 30 songs, including his debut single, 'Beer on the Table.' But while the wait may have been long, the 36-year-old says he is anxious to share the new set of tunes.
"There's a lot of excitement on my end surrounding this record," Thompson says. "I can't wait to release new music, let fans see another piece of the many sides I have yet to show. Add another dimension to the live show and gain some new believers along the way. I'm pumped and can't wait for you all to hear it."
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A plaque to commemorate author Anthony Burgess was being unveiled in Manchester today.
The blue memorial plate is the first monument in Britain to Burgess, who grew up in the city.
He wrote 33 novels including the controversial work A Clockwork Orange.
This year marks the book's 50th anniversary, which has sparked renewed praise for the writer.
The plaque was being unveiled at Manchester University, where Burgess studied English literature between 1937 -40. The ceremony, at the new School of Arts, Languages and Cultures building, included the world premier of a trumpet fanfare he wrote as a birthday present for his son – Andrew Burgess Wilson. The music was recently discovered by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation (IABF), also based in Manchester.
Apart from a plaque outside his flat in Monaco, where he lived for 17 years, no other monument exists to the author.
The son of a music-hall dancer and a shopkeeper, Burgess grew up in Harpurhey and Moss Side before winning a scholarship to Xaverian College. Some of his earliest poems were published in the university student magazine The Serpent, including a love poem to his first wife Llewela Jones, whom he met as an undergraduate.
A Clockwork Orange, first published in 1962, is his most famous work - a violent vision of the future based on extreme youth rebellion.
It was made into a film by director Stanley Kubrick nine years later, but was withdrawn from British cinemas by Kubrick himself amid controversy over alleged copycat attack. Burgess died in 1993.
Dr Andrew Biswell, director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, said: "Although Burgess was one of the great English-language writers of the 20th century, he has always been neglected in the country of his birth.
"Burgess was awarded major public honours by President Mitterand of France and Prince Rainier of Monaco, but in Britain he received nothing except a cheap plastic trophy presented to him by Mrs Thatcher at the British Press Awards. So I'm delighted that the university has decided to install the first British public monument to Burgess, 50 years after A Clockwork Orange was first published."
The plaque was unveiled by Prof Jeremy Gregory, head of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, to mark the launch of the school.


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Now there's your real pollution, Sheila, too blasted many people per million are professional busybodies and dogooders who believe everything tastes better if they piddle in it! -- L. Neil Smith
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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"We may be starvin' but we got tunes!"
In fact, we have a lot of them, and we can play them really loud...
Meet the Pioneer SX-1250. 160 RMS watts of loud. Enough loud that OSHA wants to have a few words with me.
Enough loud that Son, upon visiting the Holy of Holies (otherwise known as the basement) decided that ear muffs were a good idea. I can't help it if the kid doesn't care for Def Leppard. (Pour Some Sugar On Me, if you're curious. He missed my Joe Elliot impersonation. God, I loved the 80s.)
I traded someone a small TV for it. I think I won that one.
Some men, when they hit that dread mid-life crisis, buy a sports car, bail on the family and get a trophy wife. Me, I buy guns and stereo equipment. Anyone know where I can score a pair of JBL 4312s?
Edit, 1/25/2010 2003: Found 'em. They'll be here in a few days. Eardrums beware!
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- Mtn Man said...
I could loan you my muchly zoot Cerwin-Vega speakers if you think it'd help.. but Def kitty? For shame. Fine stereo equipment MUST be properly broken in with Zeppelin and Seger before playing anything of lesser worth.
I still enjoy the heck out of putting a lit candle in front of the big speakers and watching it blow out the flame..
- The Freeholder said...
Actually, it was broken in with Steely Dan's Aja album.
- Mtn Man said...
well, that's pretty good stuff. One of these days we really need to combine collections and do some file swapping...
- jed said...
I still have a pre-Superscope Marantz receiver. Sadly not in use, as it needs some repair. Goes well with my old Dual 721 (also needing repair, but unlike the Marantz, won't get it -- at least not from me).


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Today we celebrate Easter; so, sure it is a day that there will be plenty of chocolate candy in the house and decorated eggs in the yard.
Many houses will contain a Lily for Mom and the whole family will sit down for a special meal. The day will end and we will all go back to our routine lives.
But, Easter is much more than all of that. It symbolizes a love that was so strong that a father would give his only son in a sacrifice that would make all of our superficial celebrations possible.
Of course we don't need one day to be able to understand that through his death, Jesus Christ opened a door that would allow all of us a chance to someday earn real happiness.
In the meantime he gave us a blueprint to run our lives. If we follow that blueprint the leaves will be greener, the oceans bluer and our love for each other will be truer.
We thank our God and our Lord today for loving us so much.
All of us here at the newspaper respect that the fact that times are still tough for many people, and urge you to remember that this will pass and the future will be bright.
Enjoy your families today, please say a prayer that includes all of our community and take a few moments to look around you and you will understand what the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ really means.
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Free State Stars put another dent in Orlando Pirates' Absa Premiership title aspirations on Wednesday night, holding the defending league champions to a 1-1 draw at Charles Mopeli Stadium.
The result is Bucs' sixth successive draw in the league and sees them miss out in the chance to significantly cut the gap to log leaders Kaizer Chiefs. As for Ea Lla Koto, the draw ends a run of three successive defeats.
Both sides found their rhythm relatively quickly in the game, but a lack of incision in the final third of the field meant clear scoring chances were hard to come by in the first half hour.
Stars saw midfielder Sihle Mpuqa head over from a corner kick routine, while Pirates created a couple of half chances for the likes of Takesure Chinyama and Onyekachi Okonkwo.
On the half hour mark Bucs had the first clear opening, with Okonkwo's lob over the defence sending Mpho Makola through on goal, but with only Kennedy Mweene to beat he pulled his shot wide of the target.
On 32 minutes Ea Lla Koto punished some slack defending and broke the deadlock. Pirates dealt poorly with a corner kick and Paulus Masehe was left free to drive home a half-volley from a tight angle to make it 1-0.
Stars should have gone into the half time break two goals up, as winger Luyolo Nomandela had a great chance in injury time, but a heavy touch when through on goal allowed goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa to smother the ball.
Pirates started the second half brightly and Daine Klate threatened a couple of times, first curling a cross/shot just off target and then a few minutes later shooting on target with his weaker right foot to force Mweene into a good save.
While Bucs had more of the ball in the second half, Stars remained dangerous on attack and substitute Dove Wome almost doubled the home side's advantage on 74 minutes with a low shot that flashed across the face of goal.
Four minutes later Pirates were handed something of a gift when Mpuqa was harshly penalised for hand-ball in the box, handing the visitors a spot kick. Substitute Collins Mbesuma converted the penalty to make it 1-1 with just over ten minutes to play.
On 83 minutes Mbesuma should have put the Soweto side ahead, as he powered a header wide of the target from close range after a great chipped cross from the by-line by Makola, and a short while later both Anver Esterhuizen and Moeketsi Mvula missed out on a glaring opportunity for Stars.
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Pirates: Meyiwa, Jele, Lekgwathi, Gcaba, Phungwayo, Masalesa, Okonkwo, Makola (Bester 86'), Masuku (Mabena 55'), Klate, Chinyama (Mbesuma 66') – Backpage Media


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Killer whales are a type of aquatic mammal. They are known for being toothed whales, one of the few species of whales that actually have teeth. They commonly prey on sea lions, but they rarely attack humans, just as with most other species of whales.
Despite their name, they are actually peaceful creatures, [2]not killers, and they are actually not just whales, but they are part of the cetacean family known as dolphins.
Doctor Pelagian used three killer whales to attack Superman and Aquaman, who were searching for him in the Atlantic.[3]
King Plasto made a robot killer whale out of FRERP, a type of plastic. Aquaman encountered it in the Pacific and referred to it as an "overgrown sea pachyderm."[4]
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- ↑ As seen in The Lava Men.
- ↑ As mentioned in The Weather Maker by the narrator.
- ↑ As seen in the Season 1 episode Dr. Pelagian's War. (Note: The so-called "Killer whales" were actually sharks, but this was apparently a production error. See the discussion page.)
- ↑ As seen in The Fantastic FRERPs.
- ↑ He was referred to as such, although he looked nothing like one.
- ↑ Windbag was actually not a real whale, he was a robot made of FRERP.


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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's dollar was little changed against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday after soft U.S. jobs data offset the currency's overnight surge to a seven-month high.
Weighing on the currency was U.S. data on Thursday that showed jobless claims fell slightly last week but a trend reading rose to its highest since January, the latest sign of a weaker pace of healing in the still-struggling labor market.
In testimony before a Senate committee on Wednesday, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney repeated that domestic economic conditions have improved to the point where "it may become necessary that some of the considerable monetary policy stimulus in Canada may need to be withdrawn.
That followed the Fed's renewed pledge to hold interest rates near zero until late 2014 and Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that the central bank would not hesitate to resume asset purchases if necessary.
"The interest-rate picture is favoring the Canadian dollar at this point," said Matt Perrier, a director of foreign exchange sales at BMO Capital Markets.
"The market pricing of a move by the bank has been moved up and yesterday's comments out of the Fed suggest that they're still on hold by late 2014, barring any changes, so that's a positive for the Canadian dollar over the near term."
At 8:42 a.m. (1242 GMT), the Canadian dollar was at C$0.9832 versus the U.S. currency, or $1.0169, little changed from Wednesday's close at C$0.9835 against the U.S. dollar, or $1.0168. Overnight the currency hit C$0.9806, its highest since September 19.
The currency's gains were also pared by data that showed euro zone economic sentiment fell more than expected in April, driven by more pessimistic industry and services sectors, as the economy sinks into recession.
Perrier said the holding below the C$0.9850 level was significant for the Canadian currency, which has been locked in a tight range for the past four months. He said the currency may test its September low of C$0.9736 before finding strong resistance.
"We have broken through the bottom of the range," Perrier said. "There's some short-term possibility of a correction, but overall the trend still favors a strong Canada."
Canadian government bond prices were higher across the curve. Canada's two-year bond rose 7 Canadian cents to yield 1.395 percent, while the benchmark 10-year bond climbed 22 Canadian cents to yield 2.078 percent.
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Launching its new reality show 'Make Me a Supermodel' on Thursday, January 10, Bravo TV let out hint about the 14 contestants on its site.
A new competitive reality show for Bravo TV "Make Me a Supermodel" will be launched on Thursday, January 10, 2008. Arguably, it would be "America's Next Top Model" meets "American Idol" because the control of the show is put in the hands of the public as the viewers have to vote each week to determine who stays and who's out.
The show that starts shooting on January 4 will be hosted by Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford. In the show, the two hosts will give out inputs to the aspiring supermodels-to-be helped by two actual judges, Jennifer Starr, who is the most prominent print fashion casting director in the country, and Cory Bautista, the youngest Director of any modeling agency. Somehow, the format of the show resembles the Tyra Banks' reality show. However, in the case of "Make Me", the contestants will be consisted of 7 males and 7 females instead of Banks' all-female contestants.
Based on the popular British TV series hosted by Rachel Hunter, "Make Me" is a reality show in which 14 beautiful and talented men and women will compete over a 12-week period for $100,000 and a modeling contract with New York Model Management, a professional modeling agency that brought Elle Macpherson to be a supermodel. The show will follow the 14 hopefuls as they live together in a New York City apartment and explore friendships, romance and naked ambition while undergoing a series of creative challenges designed to test their professional modeling potential. Meanwhile, Bravo has revealed the show's 14 finalists which can be previewed below.
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Part I: Raid Finder Mode Sets (ilvl 483)
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The class-specific Tier 14 sets are comprised of five pieces, each of which may be purchased with a specific token, following the same system as Tier 13 from Dragon Soul. In addition to the core set pieces, each set has at least one matching belt, boot, and bracer item.
All of the items comprising the Heroic mode sets are item level 509 drops, distributed between the three raid instances available upon Mists of Pandaria's release: Terrace of Endless Spring, Heart of Fear, and Mogu'shan Vaults.
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In the Matter of a Warrant to Search a Certain E-Mail Account Controlled and Maintained by Microsoft Corporation, No. 13 Mag. 2814 (SDNY 04/25/14) presents the issue of the validity of a warrant issued under the Stored Communications Act for metadata and e-mail contents which Microsoft maintains is located in Dublin, Ireland. The magistrate judge found otherwise and refused to quash the SCA warrant. (Those researching the case must use Case No. 1:13-mj-02814-UA.)
The legitimacy of the magistrate judge's order was reviewed and affirmed today by the District Court but it is unlikely that the issue will be resolved without appeal to the Second Circuit. Certainly with Microsoft as the future appellant, and Apple, Cisco, AT&T and Verizon as likely amici curiae (as they are in the trial court), the matter is not likely to be dropped for lack of funding.
And indeed, the case is likely governed by financial considerations. The administration of an e-mail system is crucial to understanding the case. The e-mail sent over a Microsoft system is stored in regional data centers within and without the United States. Where the information is stored is partially governed by quality of service considerations, with most accounts assigned to the nearest data center, in this case, Dublin.
Some non-content information is retained in the United States when an account is assigned to a non-US data center. Certain non-content information is retained in a data warehouse in the United States for testing and quality control purposes. Second, Microsoft retains "address book" information relating to certain web-based e-mail accounts in an "address book clearing house." Finally, certain basic non-content information about all accounts, such as the user's name and country, is maintained in a database in the US.
The warrant at issue authorizes the search and seizure of information associated with an e-mail account that is "stored at premises owned, maintained, controlled, or operated by Microsoft Corporation, a company headquartered at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA." The specific items sought are listed in the Appendix to this article.
Microsoft complied with the search warrant to the extent of producing the non-content information stored on servers in the United States. However, it claimed that because the warrant was issued for content information outside the US, the warrant was invalid.
The key provisions regarding the warrant are contained in the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2712. The SCA authorizes the Government to seek information by means of subpoena, court order, or warrant.
The first device, an administrative subpoena, is aimed at obtaining basic customer information, such as the customer's name, address, Internet Protocol connection records, and means of payment for the account, unopened e-mails that are more than 180 days old, and any opened e-mails, regardless of age. The Government may obtain by subpoena the content of e-mail only if prior notice is given to the customer.
A court order yields all of the above and "record[s] or other information pertaining to a subscriber [] or customer," such as historical logs showing the e-mail addresses with which the customer had communicated. In order to obtain such an order, the Government must provide the court with "specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the content of a wire or electronic communication, or the records or other information sought, are relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation."
A SCA warrant under section 2703(a) compels a service provider to disclose everything that would be produced in response to a subpoena or order as well as unopened e-mails stored by the provider for less than 180 days. In order to obtain an SCA Warrant, the Government must demonstrate probable cause under Rule 41(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Federal courts are without authority to issue warrants for the search and seizure of property outside the territorial limits of the United States. Therefore, Microsoft argued that because the warrant required acquisition of information from Dublin, it had to be quashed.
The issue is thus whether Rule 41 territorial limits on the issuance of a warrant apply to a SCA warrant. drawn from Rule 41. The magistrate judge held that if the territorial restrictions on conventional warrants were to be applied to SCA warrants, the burden on the Government would be so substantial, and law enforcement efforts would be so seriously impeded that it is unlikely that Congress intended this result.
In ruling on this, the magistrate judge was taken by the fact that the SCA was enacted at least in part in response to a recognition that the place to be searched might not be a residence, but rather the Internet and that the interposition of a ISP between the creator of a message and the recipient might mean that the ISP was the location of the evidence. Congress sought to protect ISP's with Fourth Amendment requirements.
"Although section 2703(a) uses the term "warrant" and refers to the use of warrant procedures, the resulting order is not a conventional warrant; rather, the order is a hybrid: part search warrant and part subpoena. It is obtained like a search warrant when an application is made to a neutral magistrate who issues the order only upon a showing of probable cause. On the other hand, it is executed like a subpoena in that it is served on the ISP in possession of the information and does not involve government agents entering the premises of the ISP to search its servers and seize the e-mail account in question."
Therefore, with regard to the ISP's actions after service of the warrant/order, it must produce information in its possession, custody, or control regardless of the location of that information as if the warrant/order was a subpoena.
Indeed, the magistrate judge relied on the fact that "a search occurs when information from or about the data is exposed to possible human observation, such as when it appears on a screen, rather than when it is copied by the hard drive or processed by the computer."
Thus, "[e]ven when applied to information that is stored in servers abroad, an SCA Warrant does not violate the" bar to extraterritorial application of American process.
Much of the subsequent discussion of the opinion in the briefs of amici curiae rightly goes to the larger context within which the SCA warrant operates. The economic issue centers on the loss of US business attendant to the users' realization that storage of their metadata and content on a non-US server by a non-US ISP with no connection to the US would insure that no SCA warrant could reach them. However, it is difficult to imagine that such a consideration would affect the statutory interpretation of a criminal statute.
Some mention is made of cooperative agreements with other nations which would allow, for example, Irish authorities to gather the evidence in Dublin under a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. Besides the normal bureaucratic delay implied in multinational efforts of this kind, the other state normally retains discretion to deny the request assistance if it deems the request contrary to important public policy or the crime "an offense of a political character." Ultimately, this argument is a mere distraction if in fact Congress did authorize the application of a SCA warrant in this case.
Finally, there is mention of the use of similar warrants by hostile nations such as Russia and China. However, where there is no real rule of law prevailing in a country, that country probably has no interest in the warrant process because it will seize the information without much formality. Where rule of law does prevail, such as the United Kingdom or the EU, there is little reason not to honor it. The inconvenience for the US ISP's is simply another form of economic disincentive for them.
Thus, Microsoft's assertive stance in this case is a blend of constitutionalism and dollars and cents. Whether principles or economics drive the case, Microsoft is adamantine, stating:
"We do not provide any government with direct access to emails or instant messages. Full stop. Like all providers of communications services, we are sometimes obligated to comply with lawful demands from governments to turn over content for specific accounts, pursuant to a search warrant or court order. This is true in the United States and other countries where we store data." (http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2013/07/16/responding-to-government-legal-demands-for-customer-data/)
APPENDIX-Information Sought in the Warrant:
a. The contents of all e-mails stored in the account, including copies of e-mails sent from the account;
b. All records or other information regarding the identification of the account, to include full name, physical address, telephone numbers and other identifiers, records of session times and durations, the date on which the account was created, the length of service, the types of service utilized, the IP address used to register the account, log-in IP addresses associated with session times and dates, account status, alternative e-mail addresses provided during registration, methods of connecting, log files, and means and sources of payment (including any credit or bank account number);
c. All records or other information stored by an individual using the account, including address books, contact and buddy lists, pictures, and files;
d. All records pertaining to communications between MSN . . . and any person regarding the account, including contacts with support services and records of actions taken.


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In addition to the bid he made to Kate Middleton's younger sister, Vivid Entertainment founder Steven Hirsch has reportedly offered her brother James a million dollar for appearing in another scene.
Less than a week after photos of her partying in bra surfaced, Pippa Middleton has got a lucrative bid to star in a porn movie. TMZ reported that Vivid Entertainment founder/co-chairman Steven Hirsch sent a letter to the younger sister of Kate Middleton, offering her $5 million for "just one explicit scene".
"As far as I was concerned, you were the star of the recent Royal Wedding," an excerpt from the May 6 letter read. "As I watched a broadcast of the event, I couldn't help but think that with your beauty and attitude, you could be an enormously successful adult star. This week, after seeing photos of you having a great time at a party, I decided to offer you a role in one of our upcoming movies."
Steven further noted that 27-year-old Pippa would have her "choice of partners". Additionally, the Vivid chief offered another $1 million to her brother, James, for doing a scene as well. "If you would like to bring your brother James along, he could appear in a separate scene for $1-million," so he allegedly wrote.
Back in early May, Pippa made headlines when risque images of her leaked out. One of the pictures captures her dancing with a half-naked man while wearing only a lavender bra and a short white skirt. Another one uncovers her donning a skimpy white dress while being surrounded by several bottles of booze.
Pippa's family believe that the photos were taken by her friends and were sold for substantial amount of money to photographic agencies. A friend of the family said, "The whole family is furious at what they see as a betrayal." It was reported that the Middletons have succeeded in stopping the circulation of the photos by putting the pressure on photographers who own the copyright.
John Camarillo of Zuma Press, an American picture agency, said, "The images were withdrawn from the entire market. They were only on the market for a few days. They got too popular and that's why they were withdrawn."


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I would not suggest this phone to anyone, because RAM memory will drive you crazy. Many small bugs, as messages forget to make notification, screen frozes often after talk. Too slow. ZTE, never again.Build quality 9/10Reception 7/10Call quality 8/10Internet 7/10Multimedia 4/10Camera 6/10UI speed 2/10Everyday usage 2/10Text input 8/10Display 8/10Battery 8/10
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The Local on Roosevelt Row Officially Opens Tomorrow, April 13 (Here's The Menu)
Inside The Local on Roosevelt Row.
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Though The Local has been "soft open" for a few weeks now, and the restaurant has announced it will be officially open to the public as of tomorrow, Saturday, April 12. That means chef Chris McKinley and bar master Adam Hargett have finally settled on a menu of upscale, innovative food and drinks they'll be serving six days a week.
And as a bonus: They'll be doing Sunday brunch.
See also: The Local Brings Upscale Fare and Casual Dining to Phoenix
Roasted bone marrow with lamb bacon.
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We've sampled a few of the bites and drinks that made it onto McKinley's final menu. If you're asking for suggestions we promise you can't go wrong with the roasted bone marrow with lamb bacon and fennel onion jam. Of course, it's hard to ever go wrong when combining luscious bone marrow with fatty bacon, but McKinley's dish makes for a memorable appetizer. The Crispy Pig Ear Pad Thai is also an early favorite, with deep fried slices of cartilage-y pig ears, pickled Fresno chiles, and cilantro avocado yogurt. If you like the pig ears at Crudo, you're going to like these, too.
You can check out the full menu on the next page. Some other highlights include a Grilled Pork Head Cheese Bahn Mi (seems like McKinley might be a fan of offal!), Braised Oxtail Tortellini, and Chicken Fried Quail with aged white cheddar and poblano biscuits.
The restaurant will be open Tuesday through Saturday serving lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 5 p.m. to midnight. On Friday and Saturday the restaurant will be open late as promised, serving a limited late-night menu until 2 a.m.
The restaurant will also be offering Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. (so you can sleep in if you want). The menu will change weekly.
For more information visit The Local website.
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" Tel: 01637 850793 / Beach Cafe & Bar on Fistral beach in Newquay, Cornwall "
One of the most visited places in Newquay is Fistral Beach, world famous for it's fantastic surf. As you enter Fistral from the town end, you'll be greeted with a few shops and bars where many pause for a bite to eat and watch the waves, but have a little walk along a bit further and there's another little gem nestled in the cliffs. . .
About Bodhis
I have been to Bodhis as it is now a few times, however it has only been going a year. There was another cafe in the same location before this however, so if you've been over a year ago this will have been different management.
Bodhi's is open for brunch 10am - 12pm, Lunch is served 12 - 3.30pm and during the summer they open for evening meals 6 - 9pm.
Bodhi's beach bar is in one of the most gorgeous locations for a café I've ever seen, literally sitting in a cliff, not just overlooking the beach but practically on it! A lovely walk along Fistral beach will get you there but equally if you don't want to get sand in your toes, you can get to it from the road via some fairly taxing cliff stairs!
They have seating both inside for those stormy days and outside on the balcony so you can overlook the Atlantic.
The outside looks very much in keeping with the beach look. It's all wooden, and weathered like a little beach hut. Though is stays on the right side of the 'distressed' look and is not scruffy. It looks cute.
Inside they've predictably gone for the laid back surfer style. It's light and airy, with huge windows so you can get a great view wherever you sit. Classy beach scenes on the walls and modern furniture give this place a simple trendy look which is very comfortable.
There are separate menus for brunch and main meals and bear in mind you will only be able to order from the brunch one before 12.
Brunch - The brunch menu isn't extensive and contains the usual suspects, full English breakfast, scrambled eggs on toast and bacon baps but there are a few more unusual things not served in most of the greasy spoons too. I recommend the Continental Breakfast, which is croissants, parma ham and fresh melon. Yum!
Main Meals - There's about 10 main meals to choose from on this menu as well as some more mains on the specials board. It's quite a varied selection and I think there is something everyone would like. Burgers, Fish and Chips and of course the Cornish Pasty are all here, but there's also Risotto, Pastas, Salad and seafood.
Snacks - Bodhi's encourage those who just want a snack of a coffee and cakes and there is a good selection of sandwiches, light bites such as nachos or soup and some gorgeous looking home made cakes as well as smoothies, milkshakes and hot drinks.
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I've never had bad grub from Bodhi's. As I mentioned it's worth the morning walk along Fistral for the yummy continental breakfast. The portions are of a good size and their ingredients are locally sourced so the seafood is a must try.
It won't surprise you to learn that you pay for the location and views. While you can get a full English for £3-4 in many of the cafés in the town, here it will set you back £7.75. Also cheap burgers are a plenty in town too, and prepare to part with £8.95 here. Sandwiches are £5.75 and most main meals will set you back best part of a tenner. So I guess, a little more pricey for snacks, but not too bad if you're coming here for a main meal, and for the quality of food and the view to soak up, I think the prices are worth it.
I've had mixed service at Bodhi's. The staff here are clearly all friends and get along well. Whilst there seems to be a good atmosphere at the counter, this doesn't always reach the customers. The first few times I went I can't really complain about the service, but the last time the woman serving us was extremely miserable and we didn't even get a hello or goodbye / thank you on coming in and going out -something simple but makes a real difference to me. This isn't a restaurant as such but more a café/ bistro so there is no service included in your bill, needless to say no tips were left that day.
Events / Functions
Bodhi's are putting on various events throughout the summer including live music in the evenings. You can also hire the place for functions such as wedding receptions and parties which I think is a great idea for such a good location!
A lovely little café to sit and enjoy the views after a beach walk. Good food, patchy service but I'd still go back.
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Best primer: Smashbox Photo Finish Hydrating Foundation Primer, $19 to $44 at Sephora (www.sephora.ca). "Water-based and oil- and fragrance-free, this primer works on everyone, including those with hypersensitive, acne-prone or even mature skin." – Bahar Niramwalla
Best eye cream: Kiehl's Powerful Wrinkle Reducing Eye Cream, $44 at Kiehl's (www.kiehls.com). "Containing shea butter, apricot-kernal oil and caffeine, this cream goes on smooth, is ultra-hydrating and acts as an excellent base for concealer." – Marilisa Racco
Best Exfoliator: Perricone MD Blue Plasma, $105 through www.theshopping channel.com. "Unlike many chemical exfoliators, this formula doesn't sting and makes my skin feel smooth and look refreshed." – Megan Kirkwood
Best day cream: Erno Laszlo Firmarine Moisturizer SPF 30, $225 at Holt Renfrew (www.holtrenfrew.com). "This cream, made of spirulina and jojoba-seed oil, is incredibly hydrating. Best of all, it contains SPF 30 but doesn't make it feel like I'm smearing sunscreen on my face." – M.R.
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Best cleanser: Consonant Body Organic Foaming Face Wash, $18 at boutiques across Canada (visit www.consonantbody.com for locations). "Gentle, soothing and non-stripping, this organic cleanser contains grapeseed and tea-tree oil and is pH-balanced, so it won't dry you out." – B.N.
Best serum: Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Serum, $88 at spas across Canada (visit www.dermalogica.ca for locations). "This serum, packed with antioxidants and vitamins to reduce redness and improve the appearance of skin, is like a magic eraser for fine lines." – M.R.
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HOUSTON - One of the worst nightmares a mother can imagine is having no idea where your child is. For Carmen Rivera, of southwest Houston, she didn't know where 5-year-old Valentino was for more than three hours.
"I was just so frustrated. I was scared," said Rivera. "I mean, I didn't know what happened to my child."
Valentino -- who is autistic -- was heading home Monday afternoon from Thomas Pilgrim Academy on Skyline Drive near Hillcroft and Richmond avenues.
Valentino left the school on a bus at 3:10 p.m. and when he was about 30 minutes late, his mother chalked it up to it simply being the first day of school -- lots of people were running behind.
But an hour later Valentino's mother called the school and the bus motor pool after being unable to reach the driver on her cellphone. They finally located the driver by 6 p.m., but Valentino didn't make it home until 7:45 p.m. that night. He was tired, hungry and thirsty.
"The first thing he did, saw a bottle of water," said Valentino's mother. "He grabbed it with his teeth, opened it and drank almost half the bottle."
Houston ISD confirms the driver not only got lost with Valentino on Monday, but on Tuesday the same driver also dropped off another student at the wrong school. The district has taken action.
In a statement to Local 2 a spokesman said, "Drivers are expected to communicate with the driver terminal when assistance is needed. In this incident, the bus driver did not follow protocols quickly enough and as a result will no longer be assigned to a route that includes children with special needs."
Carmen Rivera said her son is now afraid to ride the bus from school. For the time being she will drop him off and pick him up until he loses that fear.
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