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I picked this camera up just before christmas. I am very pleased with the images that it takes. The only problem I have with the camera is that it hasn't worked properly since i bought it. It froze up in auto timer mode on me twice. Now that may have been a battery thing because i was running regular AA's. I don't know for sure. After about a week of shooting pics with it the LCD messed up on me. I had to turn it off then on off then on off then on and finally it came on and worked. That happened to me 3 times then I took it back to Kerrisdale Cameras in Vancouver BC to exchange it and they said that they would have to send it off to Nikon in Toronto to get it fixed first and that they wouldn't exchange it because I had opened the software to try it. Which the sales person had told me it was ok to do. So far it has been an absololute nightmare. We'll see what happens over the next couple of days and then i will reply to this site. To let you know what happened.
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Residents were represented at the planning committee meeting by Sean McDonnell who said the proposals were "not sympathetic to the needs or requirements of the area" and would exacerbate parking problems in the area.
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There has always been an overlap between art and film. From surrealists such as Man Ray, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali to Cindy Sherman (Office Killer), Matthew Barney (Cremaster) and Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly), a steady stream of artists have crossed over into film-making.
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(2005 Vintage) The flavors and aromas are immense, round, mouthfilling and long-lived with a luscious blend of rich blackberry, black plums, meatiness from the Syrah and a dose of blueberry from the Petite Sirah. The tannins are ripe and long-lived, with a lengthy, pleasing finish.
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Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines(2001 Vintage) 19% Petite Sirah. "Relentless" would seem a good name for a Syrah that just keeps on coming at you with concentrated, deep, compelling blackberry aromas tinged with notes of creme brulee, espresso and saddle leather. It is full in body and certainly high in tannin, yet it never loses focus or continuity, and its finish is as tasty as its fancy beginnings. There is no faulting the youthful rusticity that is so evident at this point, but a half decade of quiet cellaring will see the wine open up an...


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HE WILL play his 304th game tomorrow, has already won two Brownlow Medals and three club best-and-fairest medals, but on the eve of his record-breaking game in Launceston, Adam Goodes believes he can still improve.
The Swans co-captain will pass his close mate Michael O'Loughlin as the club's games record holder against the Hawks tomorrow. But with another year after this one left on his contract, the 32-year-old is by no means winding down.
''I still think I can improve as a player. Some people might think that's silly, but I still think I can improve and that's the reason why I rock up day one of pre-season, to get better,'' Goodes said yesterday.
''If I'm not here to get better I'm making up the numbers, and I still reckon I can get better and I think I can help others get better. That's why I'm here.
''I'm contracted until the end of next year and I'll keep running around to my best until then and we'll readjust after that.
''We play to win premierships. That's why I am still running around right now. I believe we have another opportunity to win another premiership while I am still here. There is no doubt we have started building a little bit of momentum at the start of the year.
''There are a lot more challenges coming up for us which is great and I see the way we overcome those challenges as a group as the really good challenge, and there could be a lot of success going forward for this group if we want it.''
Goodes says you try not to compare years, but he conceded there was a distinct feel at the club right now that is similar to how it was in 2003 when Paul Roos took over as coach, where the middle tier of players, the younger players, drove the playing group forward.
''It's that group of young guys, the middle-range guys, who are really helping drive the playing group, and you need those guys week in and week out to win you games of football. I believe we have that middle tier of players that really want that success and really want to take the club to the next level.''
Goodes admitted his first season at the club was a ''real eye-opener'' to see what was expected of a professional athlete.
''There is no doubt I was quite lazy with my training standards when I first arrived. I wasn't the best tackler - some could argue I'm still not the best tackler going around the footy club - but my weaknesses were made aware to me very clearly, and that's the one thing I like to do is work on my weaknesses.
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Super spy Sam Hunter was once Byzantium's greatest asset – her deadly skill set and disarming beauty made a lethal combination. But now the upper echelons of London's top private security firm have joined the queue of those wishing her dead.
Secretive colleague Aidan Marsh (Adam Rayner) was once Sam's best ally – their close working relationship giving way to something altogether more intimate. The liaison offered her a chance for a new life far from the high adrenalin, higher risk, confidence tricks Byzantium tasked her with daily. Sam's survival instinct kept her alive when she was hunted and vulnerable and protected her when she bolted underground to recover. Now she is deliberately breaking cover to draw out her pursuers. Her return to the heart of Byzantium will force the hand of her foes. Which of them will be first to draw?
Melissa George (Alias, Triangle) takes the lead in The X-Files alum Frank Spotnitz's brand new British drama. The writer/producer found both mainstream and cult success with multiple seasons of the sci-fi smash and its darker cousin Millennium. Now he has brought his conspiracy-centric sensibility to these shores.
Hunted finds its feet early with a cinematic double-cross in Tangiers leaving its heroine headshot, lying dead in the gutter. It may be a little unconventional for the lead to die in the opening moments of a new series but it's an effective attention grabber. With nearly two dozen episodes of Alias under her belt, and a gutsy turn in 30 Day of Night, Melissa George has all the ass-kicking credentials her role demands and she utilizes them ably. She is, perhaps, a tad too pouty for some tastes but Sam Hunter has reason to pout so those moody lips don't entirely go to waste.
While Byzantium hardly rolls out the red carpet for Sam's return, they have need of her services. Her task is to infiltrate a paranoid family, gain their trust and access insider knowledge of the patriarch's business before a big stakes bidding war begins. The old team is reassembled to begin the assault on the Turner household, granting Sam the opportunity to work alongside each of the suspects in her own betrayal. However the mission takes an unexpected turn – the honey-trap set to snare Jack Turner's son instead captures the heart of his grandson – the youngest Turner needs a tutor and Sam is swiftly moved into the family home. Her teammates are alarmed to find her breaking rank and powerless to bring her back in line. A year spent in hiding has changed Sam irrevocably and it has changed the way she plays the game…
Hunted's strengths lie in the pantomime brilliance of its 'baddies'. Byzantium's boss Rupert Keel is played with ill-disguised disdain for humanity by Stephen Dillane. You may enjoy him at work in our exclusive deleted scene below. His more recent turn as Stannis Baratheon probably allowed more fantastical room for evil but he does beautifully with the material here – I enjoyed disliking him terribly. Patrick Malahide's Jack Turner was pantomime-perfect too. Turner is a proper East End villain done good with fingers in more crooked pies than a Bethnal Green waitress. His ruthless, joyless, pursuit of revenge was a nice foil for Sam's more emotional journey.
One of the first things a ballerina learns is to focus on a fixed point as she turns. Misinformation, double-dealing deceit and plot twists are the staples of any espionage story. Yet, too often, elaborate pirouettes prove their downfall. They distract the viewer from the point of the story. Hunted's weakness is quite the opposite problem. Despite numerous sub-plots and a long meander into Sam's sketchy memories of her past (Mum murdered/Sam kidnapped/a labored metaphor with a storybook) the series feels rather insubstantial. It suffers from ticking too many familiar spy thriller boxes without ever daring to try something new. As a result any potential for a more original and contemporary tale is lost.
Touches of Frank Spotnitz's genius are still evident and joyfully encapsulated in the person of Scott Handy's Blank-Faced Man – a relentless assassin with a penchant for syringes and a fixation on our heroine. Creative use is made of less familiar corners of London and the juxtaposition of old and new, rich and poor, is played with nicely. There are (frustratingly underexplored) hints about the past of love/lust interest Aidan too but they are left as cards unturned, or saved for a theoretical second series. It is a pity that Hunted had such a strong poker face because the stories left untold were the ones that grabbed me most.
There is nothing to deeply dislike here, although the repetitive gratuitous boob-shots did begin to grate. The series is entertaining if insubstantial and the narrative thread well-maintained. As a fan of the darker things in life I would probably have watched an episode or two for the Blank-Faced Man alone but I can't honestly say I would have tuned in week-by-week without a stronger incentive to return. My only real quibble is this: as spies go these guys are just a bit…rubbish. They keep getting shot, compromised, blackmailed and kidnapped. It's a handy device for driving the action but one wonders how such an agency would ever win contracts at all.
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A do-it-all four-season pole.
Black Diamond's Expedition 3 Ski Pole is designed to do it all, from skiing to hiking to backcountry sword fighting with the formidable sasquatch; ruler of the snow. Furthermore, it's made with tough aluminum and has dual FlickLock adjustability, so you can hit the snow or the trails with confidence and personalized comfort. It comes complete with small-diameter trekking baskets and 100mm powder baskets, as well as an extended foam grip for easy use on switchbacks and steep terrain, Not to mention, the Expedition also has an aggressive hook on the handle for flipping A/T binding risers and boot buckles.
- A four-season pole for hiking, skiing, or sword fighting
- Lightweight aluminum is also tought
- Dual FlickLock makes adjusting to your length easy
- Comes with trekking and powder baskets
- Extended foam grip offers easy handling on steep terrain
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Adjustable strap is quick and easy, as well as durable. Extended foam grip works great when I don't want to adjust pole length on switch back terrain while hiking or skinning. Hook handle does what is needs to do on my snowshoes or ski bindings . I do need to tighten the phillips screws on the FlickLocks after each use for confidence the pole won't slide while weighted, but on a positive note I did win a javelin contest due to its great aerodynamics.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
No doubt that BD always makes great poles, but I specifically bought the Expedition 3 because I'm a splitboarder. Most poles that break into 2 parts and while stashed in your pack they still stick out of your pack too high. With 3 parts, I can comfortably minimize the length and I don't have to worry about it snagging on a branch while riding a treed run.
The toughness is nice especially when I have to thwack at my boot to knock snow/ice out of my bindings, smack a sticky skin or knock a dead branch out of my way on the skin track. Also, I like being able to slide my hand down on the upper side of a slope and still have good grip. Flitlock is the way to go! Easy to use while still wearing a glove.
I've used this for bikepacking with a tarp too. All you need to do is remove the baskets and it becomes a summer trekker!
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Great gear
They are easy to use & light enough. Quality is good and I like the Dual Flicklock mechanism a lot. The handle is also comfortable and very convenient to use when touring.
Love em!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Functionality and practicality. They're lightweight and packable. I use them for splitboarding and when I'm ready to ride down, I collapse the poles, shove the handles in the water bottle slot on the outside of my pack and they both fit perfectly in just one.
Great poles
Easy to adjust and use for touring. No complaints thus far.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
The goods news?
- Collapses to a very manageable length for strapping to your pack when you don't need them.
- Light weight - great for touring.
- I really appreciated the extended grip. It allows you to choke up on the poles temporarily without fully adjusting the height (e.g. when you are crossing an uneven slope).
Now for the bad ...
- Continual collapse of the poles due to flimsy flick lock system. Every time I go to release the heel on my frame bindings, my pole halves itself.
- Lost basket due to a very obtuse attachment method. Do they shove on then screw on? Who knows, don't ask my lost powder basket up off Chair 4.
- Uncomfortable grip (no 'nub' for your pointer finger, poles are handed which can be obnoxious).
I would just like to make some observations in relation to some of your cons:
The flick lock has been generally good to me. I know that if I ever get a loose connection, a turn on the screw always tightens them back to original strength.
Baskets DO need to be screwed and pushed on. I've noticed a few people who only screwed, and didn't shove the remaining way, and their baskets don't last. It's a common basket attachment.
Poles are only handed because of the straps, but its more of a suggestion. I can use the R pole on my left and not notice a difference.
Knowing how to maintain/assemble these will go a long way in overall satisfaction.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This is a reliable pole. It locks into place quickly and stays. The handle works great with my voile climbing ascenders, making tours easier.
good pole
I used this on my first tour the other day and the poles left me with a good feeling. Highly adjustable length for varying conditions, light weight, big baskets keep them from sinking. The only thing i dont like is that when they are completely contracted, the tip end does not stay locked and slides out about an inch before locking.. I thought at first it may just be my pair, but a few friends have the same pole & the same issue. Not a huge deal for me but it might be a deal-breaker for some.
Great pole
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
While I bought these for touring, I've only used them so far for hiking/snowshoeing. That said, they are extremely comfortable to use given the adjustability. They feel are extremely light and pack up very nice and out of the way, but also feel durable and sturdy when in use. All in all they saved me on a long heavy hike into a Yurt the other weekend. As some of the reviews below mention, make sure you push the baskets up all the way. It took me a minute to realize mine were not on all the way and I could see loosing them a pretty easy thing. Highly recommended!
Broke; Terrible Customer Service
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These snapped in half under about 20 pounds of pressure on the fifth use. Customer service was impossible to reach (one 3-sentence email response in 18 days) and has so far refused to honor the warranty. Extremely dissatisfied, especially for the price.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These poles are great for skiing. Make sure when putting on the baskets you push them all the way up (I lost mine on the first day out this year). Great to be able to shorten the poles for travel. I am looking forward to using them in the summer for hiking as well.
Better hiking pole
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Even though these are designed primarily for skiing, I find these are a better hiking/approach pole. These are solid and strong but a little heavy. The grips do get a bit slick when snow gets on them. But I really like the secondary grip below the top handle when the terrain does get steep and you need to choke up on a shorter pole length. The flicklock adjustment is solid as always and overall a good pole.
Touring Essential
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
In need of a great ski touring pole, but don't want to pay an arm and a leg? Black Diamond has one just for you. The Expedition 3 has been a great addition to my ski closet. The 3 piece construction makes it adjustable for just about anyone, and allows you to tour anywhere…. All in a super lightweight package. An added plus is anyone that comes to visit for skiing can use these! I like that they come with both powder baskets and baskets for hiking, which I plan to use in the summer months on backpacking trips. I wouldn't suggest these to splitboarders, as they don't collapse quite enough to be carried on a pack- if you are a splitboarder, check out the Black Diamond Compactor Backcountry ski pole.
Tough and durrable
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
The adjustability is very handy in the backcountry when skinning up and then skiing down.
What tip protectors work with these poles? I bought the BD trekking pole tip protectors but those do not fit the expedition 3 poles.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Canisters of frozen bull semen that fell from a Greyhound bus caused a minor scare when emergency officials found them emitting vapor by the side of the road near downtown Nashville.
The canisters fell off just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday as the bus traveled around the curve of a ramp to Interstate 65. Metro Nashville police and fire officials were called to the scene because of reports of a foul odor coming from the leaking canisters.
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The Windsor Official Visitor Guide app is the quick and easy way to discover things to do and places to stay, eat, drink and shop in the Windsor, Maidenhead and Ascot area.
Crowned by Windsor Castle and linked by the River Thames, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has a rich mix of history, culture, heritage and fun. With internationally renowned events, superb shopping and dining and a range of accommodation to suit all tastes, this is one of England's most famous short break destinations.
Located less than 30 miles west of London, close to Heathrow Airport and well connected by the main road and rail network, the area is ideal for short breaks, weekends away and day visits.
Enjoy world-famous attractions like Windsor Castle and LEGOLAND® Resort Windsor plus Changing the Guard, the Savill Garden, Ascot Racecourse, Royal Windsor Racecourse, historic houses, guided walks, sightseeing bus rides, boat trips on the River Thames, horse-drawn carriage rides, beautiful countryside and much, much more!
All the Official Visitor Guide content is supplied and chosen by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to ensure you get the most out of your visit to this historic and exciting destination. Once downloaded, the app will put you right in the middle of all the best things to see and do.
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Updated regularly by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, this is the app for both Windsor visitors and residents alike.
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Pretty sure this now deleted tweet went over like a sack of mud: UPDATE: Culprit located – UPDATE 2: "We were hacked! Or something!"
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The Abbott government is considering a crackdown on online piracy, including forcing internet service providers to block websites that allow users to illegally stream or download movies, music and TV shows.
Attorney-General George Brandis flagged the government may also implement a ''graduated response scheme'' to force internet service providers to suspend the accounts of users who ignore notifications to stop downloading illegal content.
He said the growth of the internet should not be allowed to erode the principles of copyright law.
''The government will be considering possible mechanisms to provide a legal incentive for an internet service provider to co-operate with copyright owners in preventing infringement on their systems and networks,'' Senator Brandis told the Australian Digital Alliance forum on Friday.
''This may include looking carefully at the merits of a scheme whereby ISPs are required to issue graduated warnings to consumers who are using websites to facilitate piracy.''
Senator Brandis said stakeholders had also raised the idea of giving the the Federal Court the power to force ISPs to ''take down'' websites hosting infringing content.
Australia's second-largest ISP, the Perth-based iiNet, rejected both proposals as costly and ineffective.
''We do not support graduated response schemes or blocking websites,'' iiNet chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby said. ''They are pointless, cost-generating proposals with no benefit.
''The content industry says copyright infringement costs them thousands of millions of dollars a year, yet they are not prepared to fund this work.''
Australians are among the most avid users of pirating websites in the world. Australia reportedly had the biggest number of illegal downloads of the Breaking Bad finale despite it airing on pay television.
The Australian Screen Association, which represents film and television content creators and distributors, said it fully welcomed both of Senator Brandis' proposals.
''Right now there is no efficient or practical way to protect creative content online should criminals located outside of the country illegally monetise this content without the creators' authorisation,'' ASA executive director Neil Gane said.


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Traditional-payback threat issued as Krakouer brothers face assault
Andrew Krakouer arriving at the Fremantle Court.
ABORIGINAL AFL player Andrew Krakouer has been threatened with traditional payback by family members of a man he is charged with assaulting in Fremantle.
The Richmond player, 23, and his brother, Tyrone Krakouer, 21, appeared in the Fremantle Magistrates Court yesterday charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm.
Justin Robin Martin, 24, sustained head injuries in an incident in Fremantle on Friday night. He is in the intensive care unit of Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
About two dozen police stood guard outside court amid fears of reprisals by more than 20 friends and family of Mr Martin, who is also Aboriginal.
"What goes around comes around 10 times worse," yelled one woman as the brothers drove away under police escort after their court appearance.
Inside the court, lawyers for the Krakouers said their clients were likely to plead not guilty.
Andrew Krakouer's lawyer, John Prior, asked for his client's next court appearance to be on January 4 because of his footballing duties. "My client Andrew Krakouer is a professional footballer who plays for Richmond and he's due to return to Melbourne now," Mr Prior said.
The brothers will appear in Fremantle Magistrates Court for a committal mention on January 4. Andrew Krakouer was granted bail with $10,000 surety and ordered not to approach Mr Martin.
Mr Martin's grandmother, Theresa Walley, said outside court that there could be traditional Aboriginal payback against the Krakouers.
"If the court doesn't give justice, there will be payback," Ms Walley, who describes herself as a Fremantle Nyoonga elder, said.
"You can't walk out into the street, or go into a pub and have a drink, without a crowd wanting to bash you up." She said Andrew Krakouer and her grandson had been friends who played local football together.
The Krakouers left court via a back entrance, with Andrew driving one car and a police vehicle providing a security escort.
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Another cleanup in Amed, Bali
On March 29th - 30th our Blue Season Bali Divemaster interns conducted an underwater cleanup dive in Jemeluk Bay, Amed (see photo)
Diving in Amed is truly a lovely experience. It has some great dives right of the beach, with a lot of artificial structures to attract fish, and a very pretty coral garden with lots of gorgonian sea fans. Our team of local PADI Divemasters even found 15 pygmy sea horses in only 2 dives!
On our overnight trip we did some mapping dives as part of the PADI Divemaster course, and our AIDA Freedive Instructor Oli also took us on a AIDA 1* Freedive course.
To conlude this trip, we conducted an underwater cleanup dive and found numerous items such as a clothing fragments, food wraps and fishing lines.
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Pretoria - The establishment of an inquiry into National Prosecuting Authority boss Mxolisi Nxasana's fitness to hold office is at an advanced stage, the presidency said on Friday.
"Progress is also being made with regards to identifying persons who will constitute the inquiry at various levels, and also to conclude the terms of reference," spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement.
"An announcement will be made as soon as the processes have been completed."
President Jacob Zuma announced his decision to institute the inquiry on July 5, after reports emerged that Nxasana had apparently not been given a security clearance because of past brushes with the law.
This included being tried for murder about 30 years ago. He was acquitted on the charge based on his version of self-defence.


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That's the way the cupcake crumbles
America's cupcake trend has fallen out of favour
America may finally be souring on a once-sweet trend.
Shares in Crumbs Bake Shop, a New York-based chain of gourmet cupcake shops, dropped 34 per cent this month, falling to an all-time low of $1.70.
When the company debuted on the NASDAQ in 2011, it was the first cupcake bakery to go public, and its shares quickly rose to an all-time high of $13.
While store closures during hurricane Sandy have been blamed for the recent drop, many observers argue gourmet cupcakes were a trend doomed to fall out of favour. The craze began in the early 2000s, when another New York cupcake shop was featured on Sex and the City.
The first Crumbs location opened in 2003 at the height of cupcake mania, selling its creations for as much as $5 each. Analysts cited in the Wall Street Journal blame over-saturation as the root of the industry's problems. Or perhaps customers realized it's just as easy to make cupcakes at home.


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Google made a pretty big reveal today at a Project Glass developer panel at SXSW Interactive today. We've seen a number of videos showing what it's like to wear Google Glass, but today Google showed off a number of apps that would run on Google Glass. The pics don't show a ton of detail on what to expect, but they do show off the UI direction that Google is taking with the product...
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1. Mozarrt (Posts: 301; Member since: 08 Oct 2011)
Why the hell would I need those apps, I just want to read Power levels.
4. jcarrigan (unregistered)
Google has always been in my opinion a great innovative company but until the prices of google glass can be more relavant for middle class people...it wont be too popular.
8. dragonscourgex (Posts: 307; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
I don't recall them releasing a price for the retail version yet.
10. jcarrigan (unregistered)
true but I forsee it being pretty darn expensive
6. Synack (Posts: 682; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
Some people's power levels are under 9000.
7. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
What about Google Underpants?
2. WyclefJean (Posts: 44; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)
Power Levels?? Its over 9000!!!!!!
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not if we can stop apple from buying the dragon ball franchise to stop them suing Google


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Beretta Px4sc 9mm
Hey guys, I'm new to this forum and this will be my first gun. However, my brother has owned a 92FS Type F for a few years now and I've been around guns and shooting basically my whole life. I lived in El Salvador and that prohibited ownership, so I shot my Uncles' and grandmother's guns.
Anyway, I got a Full Size Px4 for Christmas but wanted the Sub Compact instead . Went back to my gun shop and asked them to swap it. They had it overnighted and will be in tomorrow.
The story behind the Px4sc is that I was looking up guns online and noticed that everything was being compared to it. I wanted a comfortable range gun that would be decent as a CCW. I wanted it to be decent at HD as well as cheap to shoot as a range gun. I went to a gun shop near Virginia Tech (where I go to school) and it just fit right. I'm a little over 6'5", 230lbs and very surprised that it fit well.
I decided on the Px4sc 9mm because it's smaller than the compact so it's easier to conceal. 9mm because it's cheaper to shoot. The flip-down thing makes it fit my hand perfectly well. 13 rounds of 9mm ammo had BETTER be enough to get me out of any situation I'm in....just saying! Also, my brother has had such a good experience with his gun AND dealing with Beretta that I truly trust them with my life.
Now for the help I need. I'm considering getting a 15 or 17 round magazine to give my pinky something sturdier to sit on, but just for range shooting. I want to upgrade the sites, either with something like Trijicon or dabbing some Glow-on onto the dots. I also want a flashlight, strobe, or laser that's easy to remove for HD that I can pull off. On campus, CCW isn't an option and it'll spend most of its time between the range and my nightstand...so the extra bulk doesn't hurt it. I've done the G conversion on it already. Any upgrade or modification ideas are truly appreciated. I'll try to answer any questions you ask, but enough people have reviewed it that a full review would be redundant.
I own both the full size & sub compact.
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I like the both guns but shoot much better with the full size.
I do not have any experience with the mags that stick out below the grip bottom.
I would not my mag sticking out below the bottom unless it had the little finger rest that the stock Subcompact mags have.
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Kathmandu, July 5 (IANS) To extend support to Nepal's election process, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is coming here Tuesday on a two-day visit, it was announced Friday.
Nepal's foreign ministry and the Indian embassy said separately that Khurshid's official visit was in response to an invitation from his Nepali counterpart Mahdav Ghimire.
Khurshid will meet Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and the chairman of the Interim Election Council, Khil Raj Regmi, as well as leaders of major political parties.
Khurshid will be accompanied by senior Indian officials, Nepali foreign ministry spokesman Arjun Bahdur Thapa said.
"The visit shows that there is strong international support, particularly from our neighbours, towards Nepal's election process," he said.
"Some possible support from the Indian side will be discussed during the visit," Thapa said.
India and Nepal will also review their bilateral relations during the visit, the official added.
Some projects which are under discussion at various levels between Nepal and India will be discussed, an Indian diplomatic source said.
Then Indian external affairs minister S.M. Krishna visited Nepal in April 2011.


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By GERRY STEELE
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A baseball league for adult players is being formed in Baker City.
Brandon Torres, who works for Oregon Trail Electrical Co-Op, is attempting to form a National Adult Baseball Association league.
andquot;I'm looking for a minimum of three teams, and hopefully four teams to form what would be considered a competitive recreational league,andquot; said Torres, who has already done the paperwork with NABA and has contacted two local businesses about a working agreement for the purchase of uniforms and equipment.
Torres said he is looking for at least 48 players to form the league. The territory he is responsible for covers all of Eastern Oregon.
andquot;I have already heard from one player in Crane who is contacting other possible players and will get back to me,andquot; Torres said.
According to the NABA website, www.dugout.org, the NABA is organized nationally into groups categorized by age. The largest division, which the Baker City league would be included in, is the Open Division for players age 18 and older.
Torres said he hopes to receive enough interest to get the league up and running by the fall.
andquot;I would like to be able to play some games in September or October if we can get enough interest and get organized,andquot; he said.
Torres said he also would need four people to manage the teams, if organized. He noted that those people also could be player-managers.
Anyone interested in joining a team, or wanting more information, should call Torres at 403-1721.


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President, Congress Spar over Iraq War Funding
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JUDY WOODRUFF: From the president on down, Republicans spent the day chastising Democrats for going nine weeks without approving emergency funding for the war in Iraq.
GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States: Sixty-four days ago, I said to the United States Congress, "These troops need funding."
SEN. JOHN ENSIGN (R), Nevada: Readiness of the United States Armed Forces will be hurt by the delay in approving the supplemental.
SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R), Texas: It's just unconscionable to me to tie the hands of the very troops that we all say we support.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The Democratic majorities in the House and Senate narrowly passed separate versions of a $100 billion-plus spending bill late last month, each including timetables for withdrawing U.S. troops. But a final bill can't be negotiated until the House returns from its spring recess next week.
The delay prompted frustrated Republicans to shoot off a letter yesterday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urging her to bring the House back early and warning that "our troops have been put at risk."
President Bush echoed that sentiment this morning during a speech at an American Legion post in Northern Virginia. He also reiterated his threat to veto any bill sent to him that includes troop withdrawal timetables. The delay, the president said, has forced the Army to make costly adjustments.
GEORGE W. BUSH: In March, Congress was told that the military would need to take money from military personnel accounts, weapons, and communications systems so we can continue to fund programs that protect our soldiers and Marines from improvised explosive devices and send hundreds of mine-resistant vehicles to our troops on the front lines.
These actions are only the beginning. And the longer Congress delays, the worse the impact on the men and women of the Armed Forces will be.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But Democrats maintain that the president and his congressional allies are overstating the consequences. They note that a recent report from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service stated that the Army has enough financial flexibility to pay for operations in Iraq well into July.
This morning, Majority Leader Harry Reid said the president must understand that Democrats will place conditions on further funding of the war.
SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV), Senate Majority Leader: Things are not OK in Iraq. As the pope said on Easter Sunday, a slaughter is taking place in Iraq. The pope further said nothing good is coming from Iraq.
The president must realize that he has to deal with Congress. We are an independent branch of this government. And by our Constitution, we have equal say that he has. And he's got to listen to us, because we are speaking for the American people. He isn't.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Some Democrats have signaled a willingness to compromise with the president, and he now says he wants to talk. But the White House says it will not be a negotiating session.
The power to declare and wage war
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, what history tells us about the president and Congress and the conduct of war. For that, we are joined by three of our NewsHour regulars: presidential historian Michael Beschloss; Richard Norton Smith, presidential historian and scholar in residence at George Mason University; and Ellen Fitzpatrick, professor of American history at the University of New Hampshire. Also joining us is Julian Zelizer, professor of history at Boston University.
Thank you all for being here.
Michael Beschloss, to you first. Refresh our memory of the Constitution and of American history. Who has the power to declare war and to wage war?
MICHAEL BESCHLOSS, Presidential Historian: Well, the framers of the Constitution were very worried about having another king of England, and they were worried about the penchant of the executive to go into war, which history had shown them, so they carefully divided the powers.
They said that Congress has the right to declare war and support the troops when they're in battle, finance them, and the president had the right to be commander-in-chief and to run the conduct of the war.
But you go through history, there's been a tension, almost a see-saw goes back and forth, just very quickly. In the 1930s, this country was very isolationist.
It felt that President Wilson had made a big mistake getting the country into World War I, so that, by 1937, not only were people worried about a president going into war, there was actually an amendment that was voted on in Congress, almost passed, called the Ludlow amendment.
Had it passed, it would have required, under the Constitution, Congress to say, if a president wants to go into a war, the country has to have a referendum. It might take 30 days, except for in case of attack.
Then, after World War II, things swung very much the other way. The last 66 years, very strong presidents in war-making.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Why, Richard Norton Smith, why hasn't it been clear-cut? Why has it gone back and forth? Why have there been these continued arguments over whose call it is?
RICHARD NORTON SMITH, George Mason University: Well, it's the ultimate policy decision, you know, and the whole debate over who controls foreign policy is really who controls what kind of country we want to be.
Where do we want to be in the world? What are our values? Do we project force? Do we lead by example? That tension, as Michael says, has gone back to the very beginning.
In the 19th century, Abraham Lincoln, when he was a congressman, introduced famously something called the Spot resolution, which would demand that President Polk name the spot on the map where Mexican aggression occurred. That was the rationale the president used for the Mexican war Lincoln opposed as a war for the expansion of slavery.
Now, when Lincoln became president, he had a very different view of congressional attempts to micromanage the war. But I think the thing that's really different in the 20th century, and particularly since Harry Truman in Korea, is presidents don't go to Congress to ask for declarations of war.
And particularly in the wake of Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, I think Congress decided that it had ceded too much of its power, however you define it constitutionally. And ever since, there's been this effort to chip away at a kind of unbridled executive authority.
Funding the war
JUDY WOODRUFF: Ellen Fitzpatrick, help us understand why Congress ceded. I think most people do acknowledge that that's what's happened over the last decades. Why has it happened?
ELLEN FITZPATRICK, University of New Hampshire: Partly I think the Congress relies, and particularly in the post-World War II period, when we've seen the rise of the national security state, and so much more of the authority over formulating foreign policy has been centered in the executive branch, the assumption is -- and you had the creation of the CIA, the Department of Defense, the National Security Council -- that the executive has access to knowledge and should be able to move in a quick and supple fashion, because of the overwhelming dangers that we faced in a nuclear world.
And so, during the Cold War and with the ideology of anti-communism, many I think in Congress believed that the president knew things that the rest of the country didn't know. Certainly the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that gave Lyndon Johnson the power to wage the war in Vietnam was based on military intelligence that didn't go unchallenged until very late in the game.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, Julian Zelizer, coming into this period right now, into this Iraq war period, is the weight of history then with the president?
JULIAN ZELIZER, Boston University: No, I don't think so. I mean, in fact, I think, while we have seen an expansion of presidential power, we've also often seen an oppositional Congress, a Congress that can be very aggressive and cause political problems.
We saw that in Vietnam. After the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, we had Senator Fulbright dragging the administration in front of hearings. We had Frank Church and others using the power of the purse to create political pressure on the president.
And I think we have a comparable situation right now. While Congress is not yet willing to bring an end to the war, I think you've seen a shift in the political winds since 2006. And Congress is using a very large power that it does have, even in the 20th century, the power to create immense political pressure on the president.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Michael Beschloss, is that how you see the forces of history?
MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: I guess I probably see it a little bit differently, because if you look at Vietnam, the escalation in Vietnam began in a big way in 1964, '65. The big demonstrations against the war began in '67.
The polls began to turn. The American people turned against the war in a big way, but, despite all of this, it took Congress until 1970 to vote on something called the McGovern-Hatfield resolution, which would end the Vietnam war by the end of 1970. It failed miserably, didn't pass.
And the reason it didn't -- this has a big resonance now in 2007 -- is President Nixon at the time framed the argument in terms of, "You know, you guys want to vote for this resolution? Go ahead. But you will be putting the American men and women who are in Vietnam, in Southeast Asia, in harm's way. You'll be doing something that many people almost consider almost treasonous."
And in a debate like this, it's very hard to get people to vote for something like that. We've seen very much the same thing in recent months.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Ellen Fitzpatrick, again, I think this is a variation of what I asked a minute ago. Given all this, why has it been so difficult for Congress to rise up and to challenge the president?
ELLEN FITZPATRICK: I think you have a situation where no one wants to be in the position when troops are on the ground -- and particularly when a war is not going well -- of taking responsibility for it.
You know, John F. Kennedy liked to quote the saying that defeat is an orphan. You know, victory has a thousand fathers or many fathers. And I think, in this instance, the notion that we would not provide the funding, the material, for our troops when they're in a war zone is not a decision that the Congress has been willing to make.
One thing I would interject here that I think is very important is to realize that there are some 58,000 names on the Vietnam wall memorial, and most of those men were dead before the U.S. Congress voted to restrict funds for military operations in Vietnam.
There was an effort after the invasion of Cambodia that succeeded in restricting funds for the operations in Cambodia. But, in point of fact, not until very, very late in the Vietnam War were those decisions made.
It wasn't because there was a lack of opposition to the war. There was plenty of it. But the Congress was reluctant, I believe, even though it held hearings, and even though efforts were made, to really argue that there should be a withdrawal or restriction of funds so as to appear that they were not supporting the troops.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Richard Norton Smith, pick up on that point and also on this whole question of the role that public opinion plays in this tug of wills between the White House and the Congress.
RICHARD NORTON SMITH: Well, it's interesting. Michael made the point about the pressure that came to be brought to bear on the Nixon White House in the early '70s. And yet Richard Nixon used the bully pulpit, most people think quite effectively.
The silent majority was, in fact, an attempt to rally a cultural majority of the American people to push back, if you will, to rally the upholders of traditional values, the flag-wavers, the hard-hats in New York.
And so although Nixon was under, to some degree, escalating pressure, he could tell the American people, "Look, I'm actually pulling troops out of Vietnam. I have a strategy for phased withdrawal, for peace with honor." And so the argument went on; the president, frankly, with access to the bully pulpit, had the upper hand.
Speaking for the people
JUDY WOODRUFF: Julian Zelizer, why isn't that always going to be the case?
JULIAN ZELIZER: Well, that's always part of the case. I mean, the president has the bully pulpit. The president traditionally has this argument about supporting troops and congressional opposition being a threat to the troops, not just a challenge to the war.
But, still, I mean, Congress, if you look in the White House, there's often great frustration with the Congress. We have to remember, Vietnamization, the gradual pulling out of troops was in part a political response from a very political president, Richard Nixon.
And part of what he was seeing back then was a Democratic Congress that was becoming restive. And if you look at the archives and the conversations, that was part of the calculation he made.
So Congress has different powers. And sometimes it's very slow to use it. It's also hard to extricate yourself from the war. That's the bigger question. A war this deep isn't going to be ended very quickly; that's what we saw in Vietnam.
So the president does have that power, but I think, as President Bush is learning, it's not always all-powerful.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Michael Beschloss, from an historical standpoint, we heard Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, say today say, he said, "We are speaking," meaning the Democrats, "We are speaking for the American people. He isn't," referring to the president. Who throughout history has determined who's speaking for the people?
MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: Well, it varies from time to time. But the problem with all this is, if you look through history -- and I think there's something that we really learn that really is a lesson, and especially a lesson from Vietnam and also the war in Iraq, and that is this: What we're seeing now we saw it in what Senator Reid said today. He was even citing the pope, I think, to get some additional moral authority.
But what we've seen is that it is very hard for Congress to bring itself to vote to extricate the country from even a very unpopular war like Iraq, because oftentimes they could be made to look unpatriotic. What's the lesson? The lesson, I think, is, therefore, let's go back to the Constitution, which says, "The president should ask for real war declaration."
It didn't happen in Vietnam. It didn't happen in Iraq. If you do that, you have a big debate, and so people know in advance that this war might last a long time. People know what the cost might be.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Can you go back, Richard Norton Smith, to the Constitution at a stage like this one?
RICHARD NORTON SMITH: I don't know. But I know -- I think one thing that people on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue would agree on is that the War Powers Act, which was passed in 1973 in an attempt to finesse this issue, has not met that need. So maybe we can go back.
The other very quick thing is, where did today's generation...
JUDY WOODRUFF: But who's going to be the advocate for that? I mean, you're saying it hasn't met the needs. Somebody has got to be pushing.
RICHARD NORTON SMITH: Well, I think that's something where public opinion plays an enormous impact.
MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: And members of Congress.
RICHARD NORTON SMITH: And members of Congress, who, after all, very answerable, every two years, to the electorate. And guess what? We're about to have a debate. It's called a national election, a presidential and congressional election. This might very well figure into that debate.
Gradual pressure on the president
JUDY WOODRUFF: Ellen Fitzpatrick, is it time to go back to basics here, to debate the War Powers Act all over?
ELLEN FITZPATRICK: Well, I don't know that the War Powers Act needs debating, because, in fact, if you look at the Iraq resolution, you read it carefully, it was clear that there was much that was larded into it that made reference to an ongoing threat that Iraq posed to the national security interests of the United States, and in the context of the war on terrorism.
I think the problem is that, as the president defined things today, that, if we are in an ongoing war, a war without end, traditionally the Congress has ceded powers to the president in times of war and taking them back, that's possible. Congress has the power to end the war, as well. It can commence a war, and it can end a war.
Harry Reid's point today is interesting, because what the founders argued was that the reason that the war-making powers should reside in Congress was that they believed that the representatives were closest to those, the people, who would have to pay for and die in a war.
And, therefore, any effort to commence a war, to, as Madison said, to commence it, to continue it, and to conclude it, should lie with the people and their representatives. And so this debate that is going on is very much a part of what one could argue constitutionally should occur.
JUDY WOODRUFF: I'm going to put a big burden on your shoulders, Julian Zelizer. We've got less than a minute. But given the history here, given the constitutional history, given how this has played out, how do you see this resolving itself?
JULIAN ZELIZER: I see gradual pressure incrementally building on the president. I think it is inevitable that there will be a withdrawal and that this will come to an end.
It's going to be slow. It's going to be, as 2008 approaches, more politicians in the Republican Party are going to start to get nervous. But, unfortunately, there's going to be a lot of death before that happens, and that's the tragedy of the situation.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Julian Zelizer, Ellen Fitzpatrick, Michael Beschloss, Richard Norton Smith, thank you all for making us a lot smarter about all this.
MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: Thanks, Judy.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Thank you.


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Google's Nexus concept overhaul due in November: lead phones with stock Android, manufacturer UI on the side
0. phoneArena posted on 04 Oct 2012, 02:47
Pesky manufacturer UIs will be a thing of the past with the new Nexus program about to be introfuced by Google in November, say sources. Each lead phone will have to ship with stock Android and strict hardware guidelines...
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This could mean future Android versions will be more like Windows Phone. Manufacturers will only have limited availability to customize the OS, which will mean Google can send the updates to whatever phones that can handle the update. The biggest complaint about Android today is the turtle's pace at which manufacturers handle OS updates. This will also probably allow users to pick and choose what apps they want from other OEMs, similar to how HTC Sense for WP was "ported" to other, non HTC WP devices.


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The number of affected passengers currently stands at 577 (18.9 percent).
(3:40 p.m. EST) -- Passengers onboard Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas are facing a small outbreak of an unspecified gastrointestinal illness, the CDC is reporting on its website.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of January 24, 2014, 281 of 3,050 passengers (9.21 percent) have reported Norovirus-type symptoms, as have 22 of 1,165 crewmembers (1.15 percent).
Cruise Critic first learned of the outbreak from member island284 who quoted from a friend's email: "The captain canceled the Welcome Back reception for tonight... We are not stopping at Labadee but continuing on to San Juan. Will get there at 8 pm and stay there until 10 pm the next day."
In response to the outbreak, crew have increased cleaning and disinfection procedures, as well as public announcements notifying passengers of the outbreak and encouraging hand washing and case reporting. A CDC Vessel Sanitation Program environmental health officer will board the ship in St. Thomas to conduct a health assessment, evaluate the outbreak and response and take samples.
The ship's next sailing, January 31, will be delayed for extensive shoreside sanitation.
Explorer of the Seas is the second Royal Caribbean ship to be hit by Norovirus so far this year. Less than 2 percent of passengers and crew on a recent Majesty of the Seas sailing were hit by the bug.
Norovirus is a gastrointestinal illness that causes flulike symptoms, including vomiting, low-grade fever and diarrhea. It spreads quickly when many people are confined to a small area, such as a cruise ship -- but also hotels, schools and hospitals. The best way to avoid catching the illness is to wash your hands thoroughly before and after eating and when you use the bathroom.
--By Dori Saltzman, News Editor


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Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 Laptop
Lenovo IdeaPad Y510PCWorld Rating
Lenovo's ThinkPad line is synonymous with business class, but the company's newer IdeaPad series tries to fly coach. In fact, Lenovo's sub-$1000 IdeaPad Y510 vaults into the upper reaches of our most recent
The Y510's firm, responsive keyboard doesn't bow to fingertip pressure--this is a good thing, since
Lenovo piled lots of extras into this $900 notebook: A capable Web cam sits atop the display and works well with the included facial recognition software. The Dolby speakers deliver good high and midrange tones, and
A host of touch-sensitive shortcut buttons line the wide keyboard, and a handy Novo button serves as a one-touch power management tool. The Novo button isn't quite as handy as the ThinkVantage button/software suite used in models such as the Lenovo ThinkPad X300, but it's not bad.
Still, the laptop's 1.66-GHz Core 2 Duo T5450 Intel CPU delivered only middling performance, earning a score of
The Y510 also posted an average mark for battery life, surviving for 3 hours, 42 minutes on a single charge. Interestingly, this Lenovo matches the Acer Aspire 5920-6954 almost step-for-step, despite costing about $100 less.
The Y510's 1200-by-800-pixel resolution display is marred
Despite the display dilemma, this model represents a solid effort by Lenovo to court a more consumer-centric audience. The Y510 delivers a nice array of multimedia features for a good price.
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727 Wheaton Avenue, Kalamazoo 49008
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08/03/2016 at $62,000
Very nice 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Home has been completely remodeled. Backyard is fenced and there is a two car detached garage. The home is currently rented for $1,050 per month. Would be a great owner occupied or investment opportunity. Great cash flow!
Property Information
- Status
- Sold
- Address
- 727 Wheaton Avenue
- City
- Kalamazoo
- Zip
- 49008
- County
- Kalamazoo
- Township
- Kalamazoo City
- Total Finished SqFt
- 1,470
- Above Grade SqFt
- 1,470
- Garage
- 2.0
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- 2, Detached
- Water
- Public
- Sewer
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- Year Built
- 1875
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- Kalamazoo
- Elementary School
- Woods Lake
- Middle School
- Maple Street
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- Loy Norrix
- Taxes
- $1,984
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- Basement
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- Heating
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- Acreage
- 0.15
- Lot Dimensions
- 39.5x165
- Exterior Materials
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A Winnipeg mom who locked up her her two young kids in a filthy apartment to go drinking faces six months in jail.
The mother, 22, previously pleaded guilty to a charge of child abandonment and appeared before provincial court Judge Tracey Lord for sentencing Wednesday.
She made plans to celebrate her 21st birthday at a hotel bar and left her children, aged two and four, locked in separate rooms of a Manitoba Housing suite in November 2012, Lord was told.
One of the children is disabled, Crown attorney Sharyl Thomas said.
Child and Family Services got an anonymous tip about the unsupervised kids and called police. Security let officers into the suite and they found the children naked and shut in separate rooms, Lord heard.
The apartment was filthy, with feces on the floor and a fly infestation due to a stack of dirty dishes in the kitchen, Thomas said.
The kids were checked out at Children's Hospital. One was found to be anemic and the other had bedbug bites, Lord heard.
The woman got word police were at her home and she left the bar to return. She was told by police to stay away from her kids and she elected to return to the bar, Thomas said. This shows the woman's "absolute callous disregard for the welfare of her children," she said.
"These kids were in grave danger — anything could have happened that night," said Thomas.
The kids have remained in foster care since that night. In the intervening time, the mom has made "great efforts" to address her issues in hopes of reclaiming them one day, Thomas said.
Despite this, Thomas added, a message needed to be sent to the woman and to the general public. She asked Lord for six months of real jail in the case and opposed the idea she be allowed to serve the term at home by way of a conditional sentence.
Given her youth and limited education, the "naive and impressionable" mom wasn't being callous by returning to the bar after coming home to find them apprehended, defence lawyer Ian McNaught said.
"She couldn't see the kids, she had nowhere else to go," McNaught said.
"She didn't want to be in the house in the state that it was in so she went back to the bar," he said. Yes, she made a "stupid decision" to go out that night, but the woman was nearing "the end of her rope" caring for the kids and needed a break, McNaught said. She made efforts to find a babysitter but that fell through, he added.
He said CFS has been "impressed" with the mom's efforts to become a better parent. McNaught asked Lord to give the woman a suspended sentence and let her avoid jail. Sending her to lockup would only destroy the work she's done to rebuild relationships with her kids, McNaught said.
Lord will issue a decision March 11.


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Birmingham City Council has today launched its large-scale, city-wide telecare service in partnership with Tunstall. The service, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, will benefit up to 25,000 people over the next three years and marks a significant milestone in how the city council is supporting more adults to remain in their own homes for longer, reducing the need for hands-on home care or a move into residential care.
As keynote speaker at the event, Paul Burstow MP, Minister of state for Care Services, discussed how telecare can alleviate pressure on services and family members and improve people's quality of life whilst maximising their independence.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said:
Birmingham should be proud that it is pioneering this new approach, which is set to improve the quality of care for service users and increase their independence and dignity, as well as reducing the time they spend in hospital.
It is only by the telecare industry working together with partners such as Birmingham City Council that this will be possible. Their collaboration illustrates the kind of partnership between industry and service providers that the Three Million Lives campaign is seeking to encourage.
Birmingham City Council has invested £14million into its city-wide telecare initiative, which embodies the Department of Health's recently announced '3millionlives' approach. The approach will aim to transform the lives of three million people with long-term conditions and social care needs over the next five years, through the use of telecare and telehealth.
Staff from the Birmingham Telecare Service will be available to provide health and social care professionals with an opportunity to hear first hand experiences from Birmingham Telecare Service users, and offer an insight into how the telecare service will support older and vulnerable residents whilst maximising their independence.
Councillor Sue Anderson, cabinet member for Adults and Communities, said:
We are proud to provide services that mean vulnerable adults across the city can continue to live independently, with the additional reassurance that support is available whenever needs, 24 hours a day. Our partnership marks a significant milestone in how we are improving the lives of adults we support throughout the city and will ensure more adults can remain in their own homes, reducing the need for hands-on home care or a move into residential care.
The Birmingham Telecare Service combines a response service with a range of telecare solutions from Tunstall, including motion detectors and temperature sensors to support older people and those with long-term needs. By extending telecare service provision to more people, the city council intends to create a systemic shift towards early intervention and preventative services, to meet growing demand for increasingly personalised care packages.
The telecare service will be delivered across chosen care pathways, which include enablement of service users, prevention services and assessment and support planning. A Birmingham Telehealthcare Delivery Centre has been set up to ensure services are available locally and developed in conjunction with the voluntary sector. In addition, an independent Citizen's Quality Assurance Group will be established to monitor effective outcomes for users and deciding the future direction of the service.
Tunstall UK managing director Simon Arnold said:
Our commitment to Birmingham City Council is truly innovative in terms of its partnership approach. The Mears Group, for example is supporting us in the delivery of this programme. It brings together parties from the public, private and voluntary sectors to deliver community-based services that will enhance residents' independence and promote self management, whilst ensuring 24-hour care is available.
Alan Long, Executive Director from Mears Group who will be assessing and installing the equipment said:
Mears are delighted to be supporting Tunstall in the delivery of this programme. We are firm believers in the benefits of telecare and telehealth and we applaud Birmingham City Council for leading the way and making independent living for older residents a reality.
To see telecare case studies about the service, please visit http://www.tunstallwsd.co.uk/service-users
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Tel. 01977 661234 (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
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