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RE: Australian Uni« on: June 16 2005 21:06:00 »
The topic seems hot here so I will keep the kettle boiling. I am heading down from Canada to Aussie for school and have the choice of the following Uni's: Griffiths Uni, Uni of Queensland, Uni of South Australia, Uni of Melbourne, Curtin Uni (Perth) and Uni of Newcastle. Primary goals are to get some schooling in, and find lots of waves in the process. Can any of you give me any input on the top choices in terms of low surf crowds + good waves + uni life (gals and good night life). Cheers all.
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #1 on: June 22 2005 04:06:00 »
hey guys, there aint no uni down at inverloch in victoria but there r some sick surf spots down there, i mean its got 1 of the best right handers in australia ( freight train ), which is out on the bar, its fair a fair paddle but its way worth it, and a sick left when it works on the low incoming tide. some of the reef breaks r ok ( eagles nest, suicides and twin reefs, and also some sick beach breaks like the oaks ), so guys i would consider coming down to invy and havin a session. blake
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #2 on: June 23 2005 20:06:00 »
newcatsle has sick waves and a uni like 15km from the beach. newys a hell joint....
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #3 on: August 21 2005 14:08:00 »
Wollongong university.......there is no other uni to consider!! This place rocks. Don't listen to any other comments
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #4 on: August 23 2005 22:08:00 »
If you are going to Bond Uni on the Gold Coast, surf is 5 mins away we have some of the best breaks in the world including Rainbow, Snapper, Dbah and Kirra and Burleigh Point. Burleigh being one of the best and only 5 mins from Bond Uni
Hope this helps Blair
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #6 on: September 11 2005 18:09:00 »
Hi, Canadian Girl
First of all "Get one of these homophobe closet gays to tell you honestly the name of one good Sydney surfing beach", Manly, Cronulla, Bondi, sure they are great beaches if you have an inflattable blow up single bed so you can sleep while listening to these drama kings talk about how the 2ft sets are the greatest on earth!
Newcastle is also clicky as every surf scene but the truth is that place is cheap as chips to live there & apperantly has the most beaches in Austarlia over 20!, their are beaches that are deserted & of course crowded city beaches!, their is one beach that stretches over 4 miles,
Everytime I go surfing there I am amazed at the sheer selection, if there is no surf in one beach go to the otherside of the city & Boo Ya, there is Surf!
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #7 on: September 11 2005 18:09:00 »
Gold Coast does have the some of the best breaks inthe world "Frickin' Heart Breaks", that place is a massive toddlers pool, I would only go there to piss on the locals for bragging such nonense!
Name one World Title Surfing Holder that came from Gold Coast, forgive my ignorance if there are any, but as far as I know you can't get world title experience from swimming in Puddles, Try a real beach with waves!
Sorry Dude from Gold Coast but am I right or am I right?
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #8 on: September 13 2005 06:09:00 »
Hi Canadian girl,
I lived in Canada a while and surfed Tofino and Sombrio. I think if you want to go to uni here you can't go past the Gold Coast. I grew up here and there are hundreds of surf spots. tha is why the majority of sponsered Australian surfers live here. Sure you will have flat days but it sure beats catching a bus or three if you lived in Sydney. The population is about 500 000 and Sydney is over 2 million and there are 10 times more surf spots. You have Bond Uni which is 50% international students and Griffith uni. Bond is closer to the beach. Buses are frequent too.
Half Canuck
RE: Australian Uni« Reply #9 on: September 15 2005 01:09:00 »
Bond is a shit uni. It is widely known that you pay for a degree - especially in the areas of law, engineering, business... (i could go on).
Griffith Uni is close to the beach, pubs etc and is more worthy than Bond. Plus you can spend all the money you would save from not going to Bond on beer....and milo.


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1. cepcamba (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
Wait....... this was supposed to be the best gaming smartphone right? Wada-F?
11. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Tegra 2?
2. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
no hardware keys like the Play? Tegra 2?
get the nexus 7, same price, better processor, better/larger screen, which i think will make gaming experience better than a 4.3", while retaining the same exclusive Nvidia Tegra games privileges..
I really thought the Gaming phone will be something really extraordinary, but this is mediocre mid-range phone at best..
3. Elvis. (Posts: 25; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
Is this some kind of joke? Because I don't get it...
4. bohdan4ik13 (Posts: 111; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
don't see GPS ^_^
5. buccob (Posts: 2736; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
This is definitely an ironic post PA.
If is not, the writer must live in a bubble without access to coworkers and internet.
This phone is, spec wise, almost exactly to what I have held on my hand for more than a year.
BS article
7. smartphonemad (Posts: 42; Member since: 10 Jul 2012)
Its supposed to be a "BS article". They are clearly taking the piss out of ZTE who over hyped the phone. Ever heard of sarcasm?
12. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
me thinks this is an ad not an article.
6. randomguest (Posts: 20; Member since: 26 Jun 2012)
What the... did you just copy/paste some of their commercials?
8. Cyan3boN (Posts: 446; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
this post is meant to be sarcastic...u dont get it guys
9. thunderising (Posts: 232; Member since: 25 Nov 2011)
This is utter rubbish.
Gaming phone my foot
10. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
What the..mr. author, you WERE trying to be sarcastic with this article?
This phone laughable POS!
13. Googlethis (Posts: 179; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Uuuuh how is this a gaming phone? Unless it has some major software that enhances the gaming experience. They either forgetting to mention some amazing gaming set up like being able to use the sony game market from the psvita (don't care if i spelled it wrong) or the microsoft arcade market was mysteriously integrated with this phone. I am kind of thinking this is an ad like squallz506 said or they are extremely sarcastic when writing this Either way I am confused.
14. asdfasdfasdf123 (Posts: 11; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
well its a steal for $295
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its going to be a hardcore gaming device if it does not have a game pad attached to it.


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Here are the challenges you face as a viewer to a new work you may encounter: most artists do not want to spell out their intentions for you on plaques; they hope that you will work a bit to try to figure it out, which they believe will make for a more profound experience for you . In Lori's case though, she tried hard but still could not "decode" the work. Understandably, she needed some assistance…the images were too esoteric, and she found no assistance at the work itself.
Another problem is that some artists are trained in visual language and are not very good at verbal language, so they would shy away from words anyway. A third problem is that arts commissions usually wish to abide by the artist's wishes, but sometimes will publish brochures that include artist's statements about their work, or the arts commission's explanation of a work. Such a brochure was indeed available for a time at the International District Station in the 1980's for example, but 30 years later no one has the budget or inclination to reprint it. To me this is an error of judgment by the arts commissions, who have a responsibility to continuously educate the public about their collections. This would also serve to broaden their support base if more people understood what they were doing!
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As you know, I am an active sculptor and public artist, and I try to practice what I preach. Check out my own website and take a look at the large entry plaque to the Seattle Fin Project: http://faculty.washington.edu/jtyoung/fins.html. I think it was important to include a good explanation for that particular project to assist the public in understanding the layers of meaning in that work.
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Wallace (bro) was involved in a lot more than just the sucker punch. I'd have been very upset if they hadn't gotten him.
I can't imagine what they'll charge freddy with, but it can't be much. He clearly went into the stands as a peacemaker and got attacked from behind. He may have thrown a punch as he escaped, but intent has to count for something.
What kind of charges do we face?Ones that could see Ron ,JO and Jack serving jail time?? What happens if they do?We probably get even worse suspensions.Well good ol' Kobe played while being accused of RAPE...............
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Fines will be about it.
Of course, with no paychecks, that could be rough.
It's amazing how piston officials didn't know Wallace's brother has a guess credential.Or are they trying to cover there own tracks.
I wonder what Ben would do if his brother is banned from the arena. What he did isn't any less than the other two did.
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This news will, I think, get the Pacer players off the hook. The Pusstons and Stern don't want anti-Wallace press getting out there, so grandstanding prosecutors will drop as much as they able.


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Fun and silly hoodie! Comfy organic cotton. Lightweight for Summer.
Each W.E.O.T.R. is one of a kind, handmade from deadstock or salvaged crew sweatshirts.
Organic, made by hand, soft all that great stuff! Simple and clean black hoodie that will not out-date itself.
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just plain looks cool!! Hoodies are a necessity now, so why not get a unique, fun and graphic one instead of some boring run of the mill?! And unless you're making a real statement, keep the words off, IMHO.
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UAE shares traded cautiously on Tuesday and booked some profits, especially Dubai, as traders await greater clarity on US monetary policy.
The US Federal Open Market Committee completes its policy meeting on Wednesday.
The Dubai index ended 0.14 per cent down at 2379.49 per cent while Abu Dhabi index ended slightly on the positive side at 3659.54 points.
The DFM index bounced back from a 2.3 per cent fall on Sunday to close 1.6 per cent up on Monday.
Among the gainers, International Financial Advisors rose eight per cent, followed by Arabtec by 2.36 per cent and CBD by 2.36 per cent.
Arabtec shares advanced for the second day and gained the most in June after winning the Dh4 billion Kazakhstan contract.
Among the losers, Gulf Finance House fell 4.43 per cent followed by Ekttitab by 4.31 per cent and Al Salam Bank — Bahrain by 3.93 per cent.
Of the 29 companies traded, seven rose, 19 fell and three remained unchanged.
About 352.69 million shares worth Dh521.91 million were traded.
Gulf Finance House was the active volume leader while Arabtec was the active value leader.
In Abu Dhabi, Finance House was the biggest gainer while National Marine Dredging Co was the biggest loser.
Of the 38 companies traded, 20 rose, 10 fell and eight remained unchanged.
About 228.80 million shares worth Dh469.50 million were traded.
Aldar was the active value leader while Methaq was the active volume leader.
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Android's lead security engineer Adrian Ludwig reflected privately after his talk at the RSA Conference about the announcements of other companies' security flaws that are always timed to coincide with security conferences.
"I feel for them because we were in a similar situation last February when we learned of Android Masterkey Vulnerability. We knew from Google's Play Store and [Google's on-device malware scanner] data that the vulnerability had never been exploited, but public exposure would inform bad actors and could cause harm."
It wasn't an expression of schadenfreude; Ludwig was sincere in expressing an overriding industry concern and explaining the motivation for the improvements to Android's security.
Vulnerabilities are publicly announced and amplified in the press with the pageantry of a public hang'n in the Wild West. These reports seem to increase around the time of security conferences like RSA and Black Hat. But they lack the discipline and statistical perspective used in the field of epidemiology. Imagine the panic and chaos that would follow a Center for Disease Control's announcement of a newly discovered disease without disclosing how lethal it is, the rate of infection, and what to do if symptoms appeared. In his talk, Ludwig explained the Android security response like an epidemiological response to an outbreak, with an emphasis on effectiveness without causing public panic.
Ludwig spoke in retrospect about the highly publicized Android Masterkey Vulnerability (AMV) to explain how the Android security team operates. He spoke about his group's approach to detecting and responding to vulnerabilities. He disclosed for the first time at RSA a new technology named Safety Net that inspects apps more deeply and uses predictive data analytics to identify apps infected with hard-to-detect malware. Ludwig wants to not only patch vulnerabilities found but, use each experience to improve Android security systematically and spare the consumer the anxiety provoked by unquantified reports of vulnerabilities. It's important to understand that Android security is free, so high-profile malware reports won't send customers stampeding to pay Google for protection.
Ludwig's data indicated that the AMV had not been exploited from the time Google was notified by an independent security researcher in February 2013 until its public announcement in July. From the time AMV was announced, it took less than a week for the first exploit to surface and be detected by Google. A month later, Google's response capped installations of the exploit to fewer than 8 per million apps, all downloaded from alternative app stores, none from Google Play.
Looking closely at the timeline above reveals the new Android security component Safety Net. Its distribution was so stealthy that independent researchers were surprised by warnings when they installed the AMV even though they had Android's antivirus scanner turned off. Like Google's on-device anti-virus scanner, called App Verify, Google released and distributed Safety Net without accompanying marketing fanfare.
Safety Net is a nice consumery name for Google's on-device monitoring of app behaviors that detect malware that otherwise would evade identification with antivirus scanning technology. Behavioral monitoring on the device isn't new, but it is not widely used. Scanning apps when developers upload them to the Play Store, and scanning apps for viruses before installation, reduces the number of potentially harmful apps that get installed. But not all harmful apps can be detected with these kinds of tools, especially polymorphic malware that continuously changes its signature, like the malware used to steal credit card data from Target's cash registers.
This additional layer of defense that monitors app execution behavior was added as a push update to Google Mobile Services (GMS) in the Play Store app. It compares how apps behave to Google's repository of behavioral graphs that grows with the addition of 15 million new pieces of data per day, including apps, developers, app behaviors, relationships and third-party analyses.
An app need not register positive from a malware scan to become suspect. Google's data can be used to single out an app that may be harmful. In the spirit of Google's analytical core, more data means better security. Ludwig would not go into specific detail, but in response to a question about how Google assesses developers' reputations as a predictor of malware, he suggested that the data available to the Android security team extended beyond just Android:
"How we do it is something of a secret sauce, but Google has a lot of historical attack data from people attempting to violate our systems."
As the creator and a contributor to Map Reduce, Google is experienced in distilling massive amounts of data into meaningful conclusions. Using the data derived from the hundreds of millions of Android devices and Google's security experience, many signals can flag an app as suspicious.
Building a defense through containment isn't possible with an ecosystem of the scale and diversity of Android. Looking for a needle in the haystack by scanning, monitoring, and using massive amounts of data with predictive analytics to detect vulnerabilities and remediating them is the only way that Android can be secured.
Not surprising for a Google talk, Ludwig shared a lot of data to explain Android's security methods. In retrospect, the AMV is only exploited 35 times per million app installations downloaded from outside of Google Play. More interesting than the tiny number of exploits is that the Android security team has visibility into what kind of apps use this exploit. As it turns out, more than half of these exploits are performed by knowledgeable users on their personal devices to install a Nintendo game emulator.
If the Android security team's work prevails, and with a little luck, Ludwig will still be speaking retrospectively at the next security conference about the AVM, and not a new vulnerability.


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This Helmet Rocks!
I bought this helmet because I was wanting to get into caving. I had just bought a Black Diamond Half Dome and was very disappointed. The half dome was uncomfortable and the chin strap was barely long enough for me. I sent the half dome back. It was way overpriced for what you get, which is an expensive and flimsy bicycle helmet. I ordered and received this Ecrin Roc and WOW. $40 extra bones, but it was well worth it. Some gripe that this helmet is heavier than the current bike helmets out there, but I didn't feel the diffence. As a matter of fact, this helmet is nice, , light but strong, comfortable and WAY better than all those $59 helmets out there. Spend a few extra bucks and get yourself a real helmet. You won't regret this buy!


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For those of you that have sold gear on eBay are there any disadvantages? I'm looking to sell my ESP and it is definitely the best way to advertise it, however I have no prior experience with eBay. So any help would be appreciated.
For those of you that have sold gear on eBay are there any disadvantages? I'm looking to sell my ESP and it is definitely the best way to advertise it, however I have no prior experience with eBay. So any help would be appreciated.
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The only real disadvantage is the fee that you'll pay to Ebay and also to Paypal, if the buyer pays that way. The other thing is that if you are new to Ebay, some people are reluctant to buy from sellers with a feedback rating of 0.
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Ebay and paypal costs. If I remember right, It eats up roughly 5-10% of the value. Also, If you have no experience with ebay, It probally will not sell (or sell for next to nothing) because of you not having a feedback rating. If you want to sell, I suggest you buy a few things first so you can get at least a little feedback. Feedback allows buyers and sellers to know about you and your practices on ebay. Mainly honesty and things of that sort.
eBay charges quite a bit (especially on higher end items). Paypal sucks as well, so I always ask the buyer to pay the 3% fee.
I have sold on eBay before because it's easy and you get results. People trust eBay and when you're selling, they trust you (as long as you have good feedback). I always do my best to make the best impression I can to build upon.
Another problem with Ebay is time wasters - people who bid, win and then don't pay. They seem to be a common occurrence given he amount of things I see relisted due to none paying bidders.
Also watch out for scams usually involving clearing funds through Western Union.
Having said that Ebay is still a good place to buy and sell.
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I'm going to be selling a lot of my gear on ebay within two weeks. I'm going to be listing it all on ebay. I have never sold anything on ebay before either, but here is what I'd recommend from what I've seen:
If you have an item you know will sell (like the Boss RV-3 I'm selling), say "No zero or Negative Feedback bidders". You can then cancel the bids of anyone with no feeback (chances are 75% of zero feedback users are going to be non-paying bidders anyway).
How significant is the eBay fee and how do you pay it? I don't have a credit card, so I was going to accept money orders only, so how would I pay the eBay fee?
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I've actually sold to zero feedback bidders a few times, with no problems. But in general, people are reluctant to deal with zero feedback users, whether they're buying or selling.Originally Posted by joelap
I have my credit card registered with Ebay, they just charge me once a month for any selling fees I've incurred. I think you'll need some type of credit or bank card to sell on Ebay.
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A few other things, gotta remember everyone starts with a zero feedback rating, it's more of a problem for those buying than selling - if you really want to make things happen you can offer to cover the shipping costs (pick some smaller items to sell first) to get established, believe me you'll sell your stuff. Take good pictures, fuzzy crappy pictures are almost as bad as none at all. Give detailed information, if you selling a pedal and you put velcro on the back say it in the description, some people will zing you later (after you've given them good feedback) because you didn't mention something about the item they have a problem with once they get it. Screw paypal, I sell everything with a condition for a money order or cashiers check - and I say I ship once the payment has been made to my bank (no more than a day or two). Ebay does charge, naturally the higher dollar value of the item the more you pay but I've sold things for twice what I could get selling them through a local recycler magazine or the newspaper classifieds so paying a three percent charge on a thousand dollar item (thirty bucks) is well worth it. The biggest thing I dislike about selling on ebay is having to package the item up and ship it, pain in the butt - but that's about it. You may have a buyer who bails on you, that stuff happens but you can fill out the non payment information and relist your item, it's happened to me once (I did have to pay the special features fees which amounted to about a buck for extra pictures).
The only real issue is shipping the item and the risk of damage.
Ebay allows you to advertise all over the world for a small fee. If you own a hot item you are guaranteed to get more on ebay than in a local store. Also you can sell something quick. Time is money. Sure there are fees, but if you go to a newspaper you have to pay fees. Imagine the fees to advertise in all of the papers across the country
While ebay/paypal have their problems, they are still an amazing tool.
advantages: you can sell for a lot higher price on ebay than you could get typically in the newspaper. its fairly safe but time consuming. Check out other peoples auctions for the same item, if you dont like the price those sellers are getting for their same gear dont bother selling yours if its the same exact thing. do your research on the item and the price you should get for it be4 selling
I sell on EBay all the time and its a great way to get rid of gear you don't use anymore. Yes there is a fee involved but considering the cost of putting an AD in the paper or getting ripped off by Guitar Center trading in your gear its definitly a better way to go.You don't have to use paypal but can request the person to pay by check or money order.
The only real hassles are waiting for payment and then boxing up your gear and lugging it to the Post Office or UPS. And as others have said, beware of people winning the auction and not paying. The good thing with that is Ebay has ways of dealing with those people by either suspending there accounts or billing the person through them.
Usually 95% of Ebayers are honest, and have had good experiences buying and selling gear.
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oh yeah, first rule of ebaying.....NEVER EVER EVER EVER SEND THE ITEM BEFORE U GET THE MONEY!!! JUST DONT DO IT!!
If I'm not in a hurry to sell things, I'm more inclined to list on Harmony Central or GBase or on boards like this. To do that, you need to have a good idea of fair market value. Even if I can get a few more bucks on evilBay, I figure that after paying fees, it's about even. I figure there are fewer professional/chronic scam artists on places like HC than on eBay.
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I too am not in a hurry to sell my guitar and thus like aleclee I have listed it on HC and several other boards. I just thought it wouldn't hurt to toss it up on eBay. Everyone's great advice on what to watch out for has been great.
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I've sold small ticket items on eBay (under $100 U.S.) and did fine. I've always worried that if I sold something for like $500 and the buyer paid with paypal if they could in some way get paypal to refund thier cash after I shipped the item. Is that an unwarranted fear on my part? Because I sold an amp asking for payment via money order and I think I could have got maybe another $50-$75 more if I accepted paypal on that one.
I get the most responses and highest prices for my items I sell on Ebay. It's the way to go...even though I don't like or respect the way the greedy folks who own Ebay actually run Ebay. Lew
That brings up another good point. Always transfer the money out of your Paypal account immediately after you receive payment. Ebay and Paypal don't really care about settling disputes fairly, they just want to get it over with as quickly as possible. Even if the buyer does receive the item, all he has to do is claim that he didn't, and Paypal will take the money out of your account and refund it to the buyer, no questions asked. But they can't do that if the money has already been transferred to your checking account. I heard about a guy who lost $2000 and his PRS when a scamming buyer claimed he'd never received the item, even though he had.Originally Posted by gOgIver
Originally Posted by JOLLY
I have had many good buys and sells on eBay. The things I don't like are that if I sell i then need to pack up whatever it is that I'm selling. And, yes, the eBay fee eat up a bit of your earnings. I sold a guitar for $265 + $30 for shipping and eBay charged me $16. I guess it isn't to bad as I got what I paid for it originally.
You should try Craigslist.org. Check out if they have one in your city or near you. It is much like posting a classified in the newspaper
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(1) Clause 4, page 4 (lines 7 to 15), omit the clause, substitute:
(3) In particular, it is the intention of the Parliament that this Act protect the rights of traditional owners of Aboriginal land within wild river areas to own, use, develop and control that land.
(2) Clause 5, page 4 (line 20), before "The", insert "(1)".
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(3) Clause 5, page 4 (after line 22), at the end of the clause, add:
(2) For the purposes of this Act, an agreement with native title holders in respect of native title land is taken to be an agreement with the owner.
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(2) Any dispute arising under this Act with an owner as defined in this Act that is not governed by the Native Title Act 1993 is to be governed by a dispute resolution process specified in the regulations.
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(5) Clause 7, page 5 (line 7), omit "6 months", substitute "12 months".
(6) Clause 7, page 5 (line 7), after "Act", insert "or after a further period of 6 months if the Minister determines that an extension of time is warranted under the circumstances".
(7) Clause 8, page 5 (line 13), omit paragraph (2)(a), substitute:
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By Jimmie Ferguson
Killeen Daily Herald
When Marie Santiago sets up her block party Tuesday at 119 Ball Road in Harker Heights, she believes she is going to make history.
It has never happened on this side of town, said Santiago, who resides in the eastern part of the city. I have participated in National Night Out every year, but it has always been at other addresses on the other side of town. Its like the forgotten side of town.
In preparation for Tuesdays shindig, Santiago has been going from house to house alerting her neighbors that it is on.
She plans to have live music by T.J. and Mr. Lowrider, barbecue hot dogs and hamburgers and a lot of entertainment and games for the children.
But the party is for everyone, Santiago said. I just hope it will be a success.
National Night Out is a crime prevention program that encourages neighbors to lock their doors, turn on their lights and get outside to meet one another, said Tammy Moseley, the Crime Prevention coordinator for the Killeen Police Department.
The National Night Out program is an outstanding campaign to help build neighborhood unity and strengthen police-community partnerships, Moseley said.
On Aug. 3, we invite citizens of Killeen and neighborhoods nationwide to join forces with us to give crime and drugs a going-away party. Its also a chance to have a really good time!
Santiago will not be alone Tuesday. She will be joining neighborhoods throughout the local area in celebration of the annual National Night Out observance, held each year on the first Tuesday of August.
Barbecue pits and grills will be lit up in Killeen and Copperas Cove from 7 until 10 p.m.
Those hosting block parties in Killeen are: Brenda Brown at 2700 Verbena Drive; Christie Cosper at 2110 Southport Drive; Richard Gonzales at 4704 Aurora Circle; Mandy Hollinger at 907 Illinois Ave.; Sandra OBrien at 211 Prather Drive; Jeannie Voss at 1402 Carrolton Ave.; Jayne Wade at 4706 Fawn Drive; Doretha King at 1305 Violet Ave.; Paula Brooks at 3309 Zephyr Road; Janis Taylor at 731 Wolf St.; Janis Taylor at 1202 E. Avenue E; Linda Person at 1101 Twin Creek at the Veranda; Gloria Anthony at 2602 Marlin Drive; Shirley Peterson at 2907 Sierra Drive; Edith Navarro at 2505 Lain Drive; Sasha Green at 507 W. Green Ave.; Fred Ibanus at 2903 Greystone Drive; Terry Garcia at 405 Wisconsin St.; Katrina Ivery at 1305 Saddle Drive; Christy Severn at 1701 Terrace Drive; Juanita Jones at 4307 Menard Drive; Tony Peter at 4402 Captain Drive; Denise Gaston at 2406 Napier Drive; Ethel Cook at 3001 Zephyr Road; Irene Speer at 1202 Illinois Drive; Ethel Wright at 2009 Starlight Drive and Sergio Corona in the 300 block of North 10th Street.
Anyone with questions, should contact Moseley at 501-8805.
Copperas Cove
The 11 block parties in Copperas Cove will also kick off at 7 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m. They are scheduled at: 510 Del Mar Drive; 504 Grace Louis Circle; 401 Juniper Circle; 1201 Virginia Ave.; 703 Cedar Drive; 502 N. 23rd St.; 204 Allen St.; 204 Texas St.; 408 John Henry; 902 Kelso Drive; and 2015 E. U.S. Highway 190.
Anyone with questions should contact CCPD Lt. Danny Austin at 547-4274, ext. 541.
Fort Hood
All 13 family housing areas at Fort Hood will conduct special activities as part of the National Night Out program Tuesday.
The Community Life buildings in Comanche I, II, III and IV, Liberty, Kouma, Mont-ague, Venable and Walker housing areas will each be the center of activity from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Pershing Park residents will meet at their Community Life Building from 6 to 9 p.m.
Patton Park, Wainwright, Chaffee and McNair Village residents will celebrate at the Bronco Youth Center on Tank Destroyer Avenue from 2 to 9 p.m.
All housing area villages will have free hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones and soft drinks for starters.
Giant inflatable rides and dunking booths will also be available.
Volunteers and youth officers will also be on hand to treat the kids to face and hand painting and to take their fingerprints and photos for Kid Care ID kits.
Children will be able to participate in demonstrations by Emergency Services, mounted and canine MP units and the Fire-House.
Residents also may be entertained by local youth and adult dancers, McGruff the Crime Dog and with all kinds of music.
In addition, Montague Village will provide pony rides for the kiddies, while Comanche III will be having a basketball tournament starting at 6:30 p.m. Patton, Wainwright, McNair and Chaffee villages will join to host a fun train for children to ride in.
Venable Village will have pony rides and a three-on-three basketball tournament, and Pershing Village will feature a three-point shootout and a football toss.
Block parties are scheduled in Harker Heights, but the names and addresses of those participating were not provided to the Herald.
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Ali Fedotowsky Explains Why She And Roberto Postponed Their Wedding
"We had a date set, and that date has now passed. The decision to postpone [the wedding] was very difficult. I definitely shed some tears. But I want to walk down the aisle—I don't want to limp down the aisle. In my mind, Roberto is my husband. We live together; we do everything together; we plan for the future together; we fight just like a good old married couple. The only thing that's not saying 'I'm married' is another ring on my finger and a piece of paper."
—Ali Fedotowsky, the "Bachelorette" of yesteryear, explains to People that she and Roberto Martinez had set a wedding date, but decided to postpone it until after Ali recovers from the surgery she had on her femur on July. Glad to hear that this wedding postponement isn't about needing more time to figure out their relationship because that is usually a prelude to a breakup. And I like these two crazy kids together. [People] Want to contact the writer of this post? {encode="[email protected]" title="Email her"}!


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The imperfections of the human soul provided British writer C. S. Lewis plenty of fodder for his classic novel The Screwtape Letters, a humorous story told by a tempter in Hell offering instruction on the art of deception. Now, to mark the 50th anniversary of Lewis's death and to celebrate his life and works, Theatre Arts Professor Norm Jones has teamed up with English Professor Mark Stevick to present The Screwtape Letters on stage, opening Oct. 25.
"Lewis has had such a profound influence on so many of us in the Gordon community," Jones said. "We wanted to honor that impact by staging this unique and insightful adaptation of his novel to correspond with this anniversary."
Adapted by Stevick and directed by Norman Jones, the production integrates three works by Lewis: The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce and Poems. The staged version dramatizes a series of letters written in Hell—where the souls are food and the stakes are high—by a senior tempter, the rigorous and ironic Screwtape, to her niece Wormwood. It features a cast of 17 student actors, some of whom play several characters. Jones' production transforms The Screwtape Letters into an 80-minute cosmic—and often comic—tour of the battlefields where the struggle for souls is waged.
The show opens in the Margaret Jensen Theatre of the Barrington Center for the Arts on Friday, Oct. 25 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 2 with nightly performances at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 4 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general admission, and $8 for students, senior citizens, and faculty/staff of Gordon College. Tickets can be purchased here.


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Naomi at the reception give us perfect treatment, well done!
cons:hard to find it. we got lost for almost an hour to find.
note it was little bit chill at end of Oct.
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A controversial scientist, who failed in his attempts to clone a human in January, has met further scepticism over his latest cloning claims. US fertility doctor Panos Zavos says he has created a cloned embryo using tissue from dead people. Experts said such actions would exploit the vulnerability of grieving people who had been bereaved. But the Royal Society questioned "a lack of evidence" behind Dr Zavos' claims. Dr Zavos told a press conference in London he had successfully combined genetic material from three dead people with cow eggs to make embryos that were an identical copy of the deceased. He said he took DNA from blood samples from an 11-year-old girl who had died three days earlier in a car crash. The other corpses whose tissue he took included an18-month-old toddler who had died following surgery, and a 33-year-old man. Two of the three experiments were successful, creating embryos that Dr Zavos claimed would be "potentially viable" if left to grow in the human womb. Dr Zavos said he had not done this yet and had stopped the embryos' development at an early stage when cells begin to divide and multiply rapidly. But said his current work was a major step forward showing this could be way to clone humans in the future.


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A month-long amnesty that permitted people to turn in illegally held weapons to police on a no-questions-asked basis yielded 7000 unlicensed fire arms of various types during August, police spokesman Mordechai Tavor announced today. Tavor conceded however that there were still tens of thousands of illegally held weapons unaccounted for though he termed the amnesty a marked success.
He said police were still accepting unlicensed weapons without questioning the owner provided that the latter offered a reasonable excuse for not having turned in the fire arms during August. A reasonable excuse, he said, was illness or absence abroad.
Tougher penalties for the illegal possession of weapons are now in force. Tavor said that more than half the weapons turned in so far were pistols. There were 952 sub-machinegun, 1770 rifles and 660 hunting rifles. Tavor said that half the persons who turned weapons in had applied for permits which were now under consideration.


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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: MSC Poesia Cruise Review by hopken
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
We had done the online check-in procedure and so our registration at the terminal was quick and painless. Our luggage was handled by the off-site parking facility we had previously reserved. We were processed and allowed on the ship well in time for lunch aboard ship in the buffet/cafeteria.
The Poesia is an attractive ship with the usual assortment of public areas such as lounges, library, card room, and similar. There is also a Spa and a casino.
The main restaurants are on the 5th and 6th deck with comfortable seating in both. The cafeteria has a bountiful buffet located on the 13th floor next to the pool area making it convenient to grab a casual lunch and sit poolside in the sun. There is also a Japanese restaurant offering More sushi for a charge as well as an Italian themed restaurant with a surcharge. We tried neither so have no comment. More discussion of meals later.
MSC is Italian owned and there is a decided European flavor on board ship. Announcements are all multi-lingual. Many of the guests were European during our cruise. The Poesia is large enough to be quite stable during sailing. The staff seemed to be predominantly from Indonesia. There were occasional language difficulties but nothing that couldn't be resolved. Guests are charged a daily service charge of $12 per person which is shared with waiters, room attendants, and similar to avoid the messy decisions about how much to put in an envelope for your waiter the last night of the cruise.
Our balcony cabin was spacious and comfortable with adequate storage. A nice feature was that a crew member could unlock the panels separating the balcony between our cabin and our friends so that we could conveniently visit with each other on our respective balconies.
There were two pools which surprised us with salt water rather than fresh and quite cool--this might be the European influence. There were four hot tubs which were pleasant but tended to get quite crowded. The deck area around the pool had loungers rather than chairs which we found uncomfortable for reading although there were many round tables and chairs suitable for reading or enjoying a cocktail. There are two soft serve ice cream machines which were kept quite busy. Deck 14 has a walking/running track for those who have had too many ice creams. Get your walk/run in early-- after 9:00 a.m. this area is also filled with sun loungers.
The spa is located on the 13th floor at the front of the ship. The "gym" is located within the spa and has a nice assortment of exercise machines, weights, etc.It's fun to be able to eat an ice cream cone, and then hop on an exercise bike. There is no charge for the use of the exercise equipment. There are three hot tubs within the spa. The spa itself offers a wide range of beauty and health services at what I (as a man) consider exorbitant prices. Not surprisingly, as we neared the end of the cruise, the spa began offering several discounted specials, two for one, etc.
We enjoyed an entertainment show each night with singers, dancers, and acrobats, all of whom performed very well and were quite enjoyable.
Many excursions are offered at each stop. We took some of the ship's excursions in some locations and at others simply reached an agreement with a local taxi driver once ashore. The ship's excursions were well organized and convenient but not inexpensive.
Our itinerary consisted of six ports of call and three and a half sea days. We were disappointed to have a very short time in St. Martin which seemed to offer some of the best shopping of the entire trip and yet no time to enjoy it. We were also unhappy that nobody told us that all of the shops on Martinique would be closed on Sunday, the day of our arrival. We wasted a cab ride into town only to find that everything was shut down on Sunday. Drats.
Well, that's some of the good and the bad. Let's talk about the ugly. Many (not all) of our meals were very disappointing. Meat in particular was often questionable. I gave up on beef after having a couple of thin steaks that were tough and full of gristle; literally inedible--strictly utility grade meat. I didn't know there was such a thing as "tough" leg of lamb. Well there is on the Poesia. My friends one night opted for scallops. They were ridiculously small, almost microscopic. I chose the "King prawns" one night. Now, I know the term "prawn" is more an advertising phrase that a food description but what I was served could not even be called "King shrimp." Any mediocre restaurant on land would serve a better shrimp dish than what I had. At one point, I considered trying the special (surcharged) Italian restaurant even with the $20 surcharge until I reviewed the menu and saw "King Prawns." That was the end of that. I have been on four other cruise lines and never had meals as bad as some that I had on the Poesia.
Now, to be fair, the buffet offered an excellent assortment of fruits, salads, desserts, breads, and a choice of entrees, that often beat the main dining rooms. In particular, the buffet offered a different international choice each day including a wonderful seafood paella which made me forget all of the horrible beef. We also discovered that smoked salmon was readily available in the main dining room for breakfast whereas it was not available on the buffet.
I have always felt that ship board dining was "special" both in quality and presentation. There was nothing special about Poesia dining.
Ultimately, we had a good time, saw some Caribbean islands that we had never been to before, and did it all at a fair price. Apart from some lousy meals, we had a great time. Less
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude rocked a portion of Alaska's eastern Aleutian Islands on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was anticipated and there were no reports of damage, officials said.
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God of War is a series which has always lived up to its epic title, and Sony looks set to capitalise on this when the third instalment makes its PS3 debut on March 19th.
Players will once again lead ex-Spartan Kratos in God of War III, which promises a whole new single-player story, weapons, enemies and game engine with the most realistic graphics in a God of War title.
"We are expecting this to be a strong seller – the God of War franchise has always performed well, and this is the most epic God of War yet," says Sony's UK product manager Claire Backhouse.
"We have already seen strong pre-order numbers and this is prior to our marketing activity kicking in."
God of War III has already received nine out of ten in Playstation Official Magazine, which describes it as "inches away from scoring ten out of ten, the biggest God of War – and if it's the finale, then it gives Playstation's toughest hero the send-off he deserves."
Previous God of War games have received favoured reviews. PS2's God of War II was awarded an average score of 93 on review aggregator website Metacritic and the original achieved 94. Sony is confident God of War III will have similar praise placed upon it.
"The hype and anticipation for this title is huge, and from what we have seen so far, the game will not disappoint", says Backhouse.
God of War III offers players a fast-paced gaming experience which "envelopes the gamer in the world of brutal Greek mythology," adds Backhouse.
'Brutal' is a correct choice of word for the God of War universe, as the 18-rated title allows players to pull off some devastating special moves and wield a variety of weapons, including Kratos' classic double-chained blades.
This time the game's protagonist scales the heights of Mt. Olympus and the depths of Hell itself to claim revenge on those who have betrayed him.
Sony says Kratos "must take on mythology's darkest creatures while solving intricate puzzles throughout his merciless quest to destroy Olympus".
The PS3 exclusive boasts an all-new game engine to increase realism and visual effects, while giving players the chance to take part in battles four times larger than those in God of War II.
An Ultimate Trilogy Edition will also be available at release, featuring extras such as an art book, exclusive downloadable content, soundtrack and remastered versions of God of War and God of War II (see 'God of More').
Sony aims to deliver a marketing campaign to raise further awareness and drive sales with what it considers to be a "mainstream audience".
Press ads have been placed in a variety of magazines including Total Film, PSM3, T3 and Edge.
An online pre-order and competition campaign with Eurogamer and CVG, which includes homepage takeovers and advertising, kicked off on February 22nd and will run until the game is released on March 19th.
Backhouse adds: "We are running our TV spot across 16 to 34 year-old male television shows, as well as a competition in conjunction with Kerrang and Five USA where you can win the chance to live like a rock god, or a god of action."
Sony will also be supporting God of War III in retail outlets and online stores. It plans to target films in cinemas such as Clash of the Titans and Legion, which it says will appeal to God of War's target audience.
Sony's special God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition includes a mammoth collection of additional content in Pandora's Box-style packaging, including:
– God of War III
– God of War II in HD
– God of War in HD
– A replica of Pandora's Box
– Art book
– God of War: Unearthing the Legend – a documentary about the history of God of War
– Downloadable music, including a heavy metal album inspired by God of War
– A three-CD soundtrack of the God of War trilogy
– Access to the God of War Combat Arena
– Seven in-game challenges
– A new in-game environment
– Four new character skins for Kratos – Dominus, Apollo, Phantom of Chaos and Forgotten Warrior
– Postcards
– Additional downloadable content via PSN
The God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition is due to be released on March 19th for an estimated retail price of £109.99.
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June 26, 2012 10:00 pm
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Last night, Bob Davidson screwed up a double switch in the Cardinals-Marlins game, costing the Cardinals Allen Craig for an inning. It was another in a long line of umpire mishaps that will only increase the calls for robot double switchers, though it could've been worse. Davidson admitted that he'd screwed up, and the Cardinals won the game. Dustin Parkes wrote about the incident here. One of the things he wrote was this:
May 10, 2012 12:15 pm
The tater trots for May 9: compared to previous injured trots, Matt Joyce's twisted ankle trot was still remarkably quick, even if it is the slowest trot of the year.
The next night after a big home run day like Tuesday's is always a letdown. From Josh Hamilton's four home runs to only twelve home runs hit leaguewide? Yeah, that's going to feel a bit boring. And it might even be a legitimate feeling - if it weren't for one special trot last night.
October 8, 2011 11:51 pm
2010-2011 umpire data and ball/strike charts for the umpire crew for the 2011 NL Championship Series
I worked up some umpire data for Mike Ferrin and the MLB Network Radio show for the National League Championship Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals, and I thought some of you might be interested in seeing the data.
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August 30, 2010 9:00 am
Mark Teahen bubbles onto the list as Michael Street looks at other fringe VP options.
Another solid, SLG-heavy week from the Value Picks list means just one change, swapping a newly injured third baseman for one recently healed. Edwin Encarnacion hit the DL Saturday with a wrist injury—a timely move, as he'd have been dropped from the VP list anyway. Since ending a ten-game hit streak on July 27, EEE's hit just .241/.300/.398 in 90 PAs, with only two multi-hit games. His strong 83% contact rate wasn't enough to overcome his tepid 6% walk rate and a career-high 30.7% swing rate at pitches outside the strike zone.
His injury allows us to promote Mark Teahen from the bubble, where he's sat the last two weeks. Teahen returned from a fractured finger on August 13, and he appears to be hale and hearty after bruising that same finger and missing a game. He hit .417/.500/.583 the rest of the week, continuing a strong return from injury, as he's hit .343/.378/.571 since coming back, despite striking out 10 times in 35 ABs.
June 30, 2010 8:00 am
The Red Sox retrench, the A's fritter, and more moves made on the AL side of the beat.
Placed OF-R Lou Montanez on the 15-day DL(strained oblique). [6/25]
Recalled RHP Brad Bergesen from Norfolk (Triple-A). [6/26]
Designated 1B-R Garrett Atkins for assignment; activated RHP Koji Uehara from the 15-day DL. [6/27]
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June 3, 2010 11:25 am
Jim Joyce would not be the villian in the Armando Galarraga near-pefect game saga if MLB took full advantage of technology.
On Wednesday night, Jim Joyce blew a call at first base. It wasn't the first call he's gotten wrong, nor will it be the last. Other umpires also made bad calls yesterday—some because they were out of position, some because they've consciously decided not to enforce baseball's rules exactly as written, but most because the human eye and brain are fallible. Everyone who's played a sport of any kind knows this—as a player, you can be sure a volleyball was out, not just barely out but out by a foot, only to have every one of your teammates tell you they were sure it hit the line. None of this is news, and none of this is a tragedy—or at least it wouldn't be, had the men who run Major League Baseball not consciously decided to ensure that it would become one but putting Jim Joyce alone on an island without any help.
June 2, 2009 3:14 pm
A look at the moves made by the middling quintet in the AL's middle, plus updates on the Rays and Orioles.
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December 14, 2008 3:59 pm
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December 15, 2006 12:00 am
Jim reviews who was best at getting on base, and finds a record that may never be touched.
Baseball's three most-famous "clubs" are the 300-Victory, 3,000-Hit and 500-Homer. If pressed, I'm sure that we could all name a good percentage of the members of those esteemed bodies because we are good citizens and it is our duty to know such things. Because they are counting stats subject to the vagaries of time and space, though, are they really the most prestigious clubs to which a ballplayer can belong? In light of the power explosion of recent times, is membership in the 500-Homer Club the laurel it once was? Should it represent a golden key to the front door to the shrine at Cooperstown? That the question is even on anyone's lips illustrates that we need to call attention to other clubs.
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John Gehring, director of communications for the Washington-based Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, sent us the following report from the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.
USCCB Official Laments Polarization in Catholic Church
The American Life League, who last summer sold "Bury Obamacare with Kennedy" signs just days after the late Sen. Ted Kennedy died, sparked controversy in Catholic circles last week when it questioned Carr's pro-life commitment because he formerly served as board chairman at the Center for Community Change, a Washington-based organization that focuses on poverty, housing and immigration issues. In a Feb. 2 e-mail, the Center for Community Change said: "As always, the Center speaks out on issues of poverty and does not apologize for its views. That said, abortion has never been and is not currently an issue on which the Center either now or in the future focuses its resources. Thus, when the far right claims that, 'reproductive rights and homosexuality' are among 'CCC's core advocacy focuses,' they are simply purveying a blatant falsehood."
Expressing gratitude for the letters and calls of support he has received in recent days from bishops, pro-life leaders and others across the ideological spectrum, Carr lamented the growing divisions within the Catholic community.
"The political polarization of our society is now moving into the Church, he said. "It raises some questions. Does your faith shape your politics or the other way around? Are you more Catholic than Democrat or Republican?...I'm fearful that this is all leading to 'war rooms' and attacks ads. This shouldn't be happening. We are a community of faith."
He noted that Fr. Frank Pavone, the Director of Priests for Life, was the first to call him and offer his support even though, as Carr noted, "we don't always agree on how Faithful Citizenship (the U.S. bishops' election year political responsibility statement) should be applied." Several bishops have also strongly defended Carr in recent days, including Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., who chairs the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. He described what happened as a "very sad, sad commentary on the honesty of some people in these pressure groups."
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Carr also addressed recent attacks against the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops' initiative that for the past four decades has empowered community organizations to help low-income citizens. The American Life League, Human Life International and the Bellarmine Veritas Ministry launched a Reform CCHD Now coalition that encouraged a boycott of the national collection in Catholic churches recently because it said grants were funding organizations with positions contrary to Catholic social teaching. Carr defended the campaign and related the work of CCHD to the core themes of justice and charity emphasized by Pope Benedict XIV in his encyclical Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth). "The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the institutional example of charity and empowerment of the poor," he said
In contrast to the divisions perpetuated by some in the Catholic community, Carr applauded the hundreds of leaders gathered in the nation's capital this week for the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. Organized by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the annual event features workshops and lobby visits on Capitol Hill. It is co-sponsored by a broad range of organizations including Catholic Charities USA, Just Faith Ministries, the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, Catholic Relief Services and the Catholic Health Association.
"You know how unusual it is to get so many elements of the Church working together like this," Carr said. "To come together across these lines is unusual and essential."
The snowstorm that hit the mid-Atlantic dampened the annual gathering, which is sponsored by 20 Catholic organizations, including five offices of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Catholic News Service reports that attendance was cut in half.
One keynote speaker, Ray Boshara, a vice president and senior research fellow of the New America Foundation, couldn't to fly to Washington to deliver his remarks in person because of the snowstorm, but he spoke from the kitchen of his home in St. Louis via Skype, an Internet text, phone and video service.
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REHOVOT, Israel, September 28 /PRNewswire/ -- BioView Ltd, from Rehovot, Israel, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared for marketing in the United States its automated scanning microscope and image analysis system, the Duet (TM) System, for amniotic cells stained by FISH (using direct labeled DNA probes for chromosomes X, Y, 13, 18, and 21).
The Duet(TM) had previously received FDA clearance for hematopoietic cells stained by Giemsa stain, Immunohistochemistry or ISH (with bright field and fluorescent) prepared from cell suspension for in-vitro diagnosis use, as an aiding tool to the pathologist in the detection, classification and counting of cells of interest based on particular color, intensity, size pattern and shape.
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A few days after the Duke's visit we were pleased to receive Wig and Ian. Wig and I go back decades, five in fact. We met when we signed up for a bi-lingual secretarial course which was being offered by a college in my home town at the time, Weymouth. We have kept in touch over the years and last year we celebrated our fifty years of friendship at the home of another contemporary.
Whilst they were with us we enjoyed a bit of walking and some good occasions around the dining table. Sunshine allowed us to manage some meals out of doors. As a thank you our guests treated us to an evening chez Fuchsias where we dined well, seated at the round table in the conservatory which looks out onto the gardens. From my kitchen I offered them seafood bisque, fish pie, scallops en croute and oysters. We spent a happy time.
Back in Winterborne K we enjoyed some quality time with villagers. The Roses laid on a Bookish Lunch to which we, the Shaxsons, Sallie O and Jan D were invited. Everyone enjoyed the occasion. In the evening I joined my Bridge bunch then on Saturday evening we met Christine and Malcolm for a curry at Namaste Gurkha in Blandford. The restaurant is bijou, the food was good and extremely good value. We met ostensibly for Christine and I to talk Books but in the event Nick hijacked the evening and he and Christine talked politics and current affairs. That was a turn up for the Books!


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Tweets: New Vehicles for Meme Replication
Are you, like most newbies, asking yourself what's up with Twitter? There's no doubt that Twitter has captured everyone's imagination, but what's really happening on Twitter? And what's really different about Twitter? The short answer is very fast replication of culture in the form of memes through a highly efficient vehicle called Tweets. Think Tweeme.