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Curtiss Allen Sr., who founded the Redlands Fourth-of-July Band in 1981, bought the Morey House in Redlands in 1968 and lived there for about a decade. Following are his reminiscences of his family's first few months in the 1890s Morey House, leading up to their first Christmas in the house.
By Curtiss Allen Sr.
Christmas has always been a special time in the Allen family. My grandfather loved the tree and lit the candles only on Christmas morning.
It was thus: The sliding doors between the living and dining rooms were closed. The only fireplace was in the dining room, so the stockings were there first thing, but not the main presents. The family had to sit at the table and eat breakfast.
Then Grampy By (our name for him) would go around to the living room and light the tree. Finally he'd slide the doors open to expose all the splendor of Christmas morning and they all went in to see their presents. According to Uncle Jack, the breakfast was never enjoyed, only endured.
My wife Phyllis and I heard that story only after we'd moved into the Morey House and Uncle Jack had come to dinner. When we heard it, we all laughed uproariously and Phyllis and I decided we'd handle our tree that way. But now I need to go back.
From the time we found we'd be able to buy the Morey House, Christmas was always in our minds and plans. Willard and Florence Wiseman, from whom we bought the place, pointed out the big alcove in the drawing room and recalled how they immediately knew where their tree would go. There was even a special outlet on the floor for the tree lights.
We moved into the great old Morey House on Aug. 19, 1968 — Phyllis and I and our two boys, Curtiss Jr., 21/2, and Stephen Todd, seven months. The place was pretty much in its original condition — no air conditioning, of course. The wiring was the original "knob-and-tube" style of a very heavy gauge and the wires well-spaced. The exposed wires in the attic were near and under the eaves and protected by a wide band of chicken wire to prevent pushing trunks or boxes onto them.
We had a professional inspector go all over the place before we bought it and he felt there were no causes for concern. In fact, the heavy gauge would carry plenty of amps and the wide spacing would allow it to cool and never permit contact or arcing. I remember John Shaddy, the inspector, saying the house was so strong he'd like to build his house on top of it to get that view from the roof.
We moved in on a fairly mild day for August, but it was pretty hot that evening. I went around opening as many windows as I could, finding many stuck or too heavy to lift. Many had no screens. Eventually I found most of the missing screens in the carriage house and attic and put them back when possible. I also found many of the window blinds in old cabinets in the attic, some from 1890.
My dad came over and showed me how to replace the sash cords, those heavy cotton ropes that run in channels next to the sash and are attached to the window and go over a pulley to tie to a big, heavy cast-iron sash weight counterbalance. Those downstairs windows were full quarter-inch beveled plate glass and "weighed a ton." You might manage to get one up with only one of the weights but it was risky — you really needed both, one on each side.
Once the windows were operable, we developed a pattern of opening everything possible when it got cool at night and then closing up tight in the morning to capture the cool air. By working with the window blinds we could keep the place fairly nice with its 12-foot ceilings and its 96 windows. When closing in the morning, we pulled down the window shades on the sunny side. Later, when the sun moved to the other side, we lowered those shades and raised the first. In that way the house was never gloomy. And when the sun came in on a slant, it came through the art glass transoms, the beveled pieces breaking the light into rainbows all over the rooms, floors and walls.
By the time we got to fall, things got wonderful. Cool nights, warm days, magnificent views of the mountains and valley and the smells in the air of autumn. But as the days moved on, a chill came into the air and we left most of the windows closed. The house became very snug, unless the north wind blew.
As Christmas approached, we learned to operate the ancient boiler and hot-water radiator system as it was installed by the Cheneys around 1905. I had a big set of books, "The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building," from about 1909, and it really helped me manage and understand that museum-piece of a house. I learned to bleed the radiators — to release the air in the system that would prevent circulation of the hot water.
I learned what that funny tin tank was up in the attic, the one with the gauge glass (tube) on the side like a big restaurant coffee urn. The water had to have a level a few inches above the bottom when the system was cold. When the boiler came on, that water all expanded and the level rose in that tube. You didn't want it too full, just right.
There was a very large valve in the wall of the stairs to the basement, just inside the kitchen door. On the boiler, there was a big, shiny gauge like the kind you see on steam engines that was labeled "Altitude." The black needle pointed to marks in feet and there was a second preset brass needle pointing to the pressure at the top of the system. When the two needles matched, the system was full up to that expansion tank.
To fill the system, it was best to have someone at the boiler watching the gauge, someone at the valve in the wall to control the fill and someone up in the attic with all the doors open so you could call up and down the back stairs, the attic stairs and the cellar stairs — a team effort, but really fun.
Now we were ready for cold weather, and on it came. The 1968 winter was very cold in December and one of the last causing extensive smudging. It was fascinating that as I looked out over the groves from my front veranda — piazza was the word they used in 1890 — I could see the heavy bank of smudge smoke coming right up to Terracina Boulevard, but no farther. There is an air current that keeps the smudge away from the Morey House, sited on its "plateau" surrounded by the driveway. That's the reason most of the original wallpaper was still up and really presentable.
In early December I opened the main gas valve to the boiler's two burners, then lit the pilot lights. The system was such that you could use one burner for some heat and light the second for more in the coldest weather. The boiler had first been fired by coal, later switched to gas with remote-controlled gas valves operated from panels both upstairs and down. The indicator lights still burned to show which burners were on. But they didn't show if the burners were lighted.
Phyllis and I worked together to check out the first firing of the system. She pushed the button in the downstairs lobby as I waited in the basement. The gas came on and away it went — second burner, too. She pushed the off buttons and the burners went out. I came back up to the kitchen. Then I pushed the on button and went down to check. The non-safety pilot had blown out and the burner's gas was pouring into the cellar. We shut it down at once and opened the coal chute window to air it out own there. The pilot light was only an eighth-inch pipe in a T shape with one gas cock to control it — no safety cut-off in those days.
From that experience we developed a safety system. One of us, usually me, would operate the button. The other would stand at the top of the cellar stairs in the kitchen and listen. If we heard the roar — and those burners did roar when lit — all was well. If not, the listener would call to the operator to shut down and go down cellar to relight that pilot. Fortunately there was always a good draft flowing through the cellar that kept the unburned gas from the blown-out pilot from blowing the house up. It was a real mark of maturity when Curtiss Jr. was old enough to be the listener.
One Saturday morning that winter I was upstairs and Phyllis was cooking breakfast. I heard a loud explosion and a terrible crashing sound. The house shook. At first it sounded as if an airplane had hit our roof. I ran up to the attic and it was OK, then headed down the stairs to check the boiler. As I passed the landing window I looked out and saw a big column of black smoke in the grove about 200 yards north. It was a plane from Norton Air Force Base that had crashed.
The pilot had avoided Redlands Community Hospital by just a whisker. He and his fellow had ejected. One came down in the trees. The other came down on the edge of the burning wreckage and was pulled clear by a neighbor.
I liked to say it was the biggest event out there on Terracina since they took the street car out.
Next week: Christmas in the Morey House


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Just an FYI for anyone who hasn't discovered (and likes pmw):
I just discovered that a new version of pmw was released last year, pmw_2_0_1 (took me a while).
I haven't used it lately because I thought it wasn't being supported anymore, but have been playing with it for the past few days.
A version for Python 3.4 is available using pip
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pip install Pmw
Some of the supplied widgets are slick, and make resizing windows easy
I modified one of the examples from Grayson's book to use python 3.4 just for
chuckles, it uses the ScrolledFrame widget (basically a root window, Frame with vertical and
horizontal scrollbars all in one) which would be a good starting point for many applications.
There is also a really great demo (in the tar version) which allows you to trace the tk calls, and show the source
code instantaneously. It's a great time-saver for development.
It's not as voluminous as Qt4, but I think it's probably going to be open for a lot longer. Qt4 seems
to be moving to a commercial product lately.
It's also written 100% in python.
I will be using this at least for a while in my applications.
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from tkinter import *
import Pmw
class App:
def __init__(self, parent):
self.parent = parent
self.row = 0
self.col = 0
self.sf = None
self.frame = None
self.sf = Pmw.ScrolledFrame(self.parent, labelpos=N, label_text='ScrolledFrame',
usehullsize=1, hull_width=400, hull_height=220)
self.sf.pack(padx=5, pady=3, fill='both', expand=1)
self.frame = self.sf.interior()
for i in range(250):
def addButton(self):
button = Button(self.frame, text='(%d,%d)' % (self.col, self.row))
button.grid(row=self.row, column=self.col, sticky='nsew')
self.frame.grid_rowconfigure(self.row, weight=1)
self.frame.grid_columnconfigure(self.col, weight=1)
if self.col == self.row:
self.col = 0
self.row = self.row + 1
self.col = self.col + 1
def main():
root = Tk()
app = App(root)
if __name__ == '__main__':
I think if it gets used more, it's life expectancy will be greatly improved.

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They started the season as the budget team $200,000 under the ARU salary cap but the bargain ACT Brumbies are on the brink of ruining their arch rival's Super Rugby finals hopes.
And while few knew them at the start of the year, the Brumbies will have extra motivation with Wallabies spots up for grabs when they take on the NSW Waratahs at Canberra Stadium tonight.
The Brumbies will attempt to continue their amazing resurgence when they aim for their sixth victory of the season.
Coach Jake White said ''people would have laughed at us'' at the start of the year if he had suggested his team would be at the top of the Australian conference.
But that's exactly where it sits.
The clash with the Waratahs is the biggest of the Brumbies' season.
The Brumbies have beaten just one team in the top 10 on the competition ladder - the Otago Highlanders.
But they have shown their unknown squad is capable of producing performances no one thought possible and their ''big brother'' Waratahs are in their sights.
''The thing about the team we've got at the moment is it's not about rock stars or anything like that, it's about the team performance,'' captain Ben Mowen said.
''Whatever tag comes with that is fine as long we stick to what our team principles are, which are working hard for each other and making sure that work ethic allows us to play the way we want to play.
''Belief is something that grows and good results reaffirm that. It doesn't change the amount of belief, but our guys are definitely growing in confidence.''
The two-time champions boasted just three established Wallabies at the start of the season and half of the 35-man squad was preparing for its first Super Rugby campaign.
In contrast, the Waratahs had players with Test experience and a host of others capable of stepping up to the next level.
While most expected the star-studded Waratahs to fire this year, it's the Brumbies who have ignited the competition. And they've done it all with a budget roster which comes in more than $200,000 under the salary cap.
Instead of chasing stars when he arrived in Canberra, White invested in untapped talent.
He gave fringe players a chance to test themselves and now the former World Cup-winning coach is reaping the rewards.
Fullback Jesse Mogg started the season on a $50,000 contract in the extended player squad - which is funded by the ARU.
But having played every match and bolted into shock Wallabies contention, Mogg has been upgraded to the full-time roster as he continues his rise from the club ranks to a potential Test player.
Mogg, Christian Lealiifano, Nic White, Sam Carter and Dan Palmer are all a chance to make their Test debuts this year.
Former Wallabies coach John Connolly had no doubt the unknown Brumbies had catapulted themselves into Wallabies calculations.
''They bought moderately in the off-season or had what was left when some of the other states picked their teams,'' Connolly said.
''In the past the Brumbies have had the bulk of the money spent on them with the George Gregans and Stephen Larkhams.
''It's a credit to the organisation what they've done, their identification policies and the coaches as well.''
The grudge match against the Waratahs will be the Brumbies' first game since returning from their most successful South African tour in a decade.
They have scored 16 tries in their past three matches and have conceded just four.
If the Brumbies beat their interstate rival, they can set up a run to break a seven-season finals drought.
A victory tonight would put them two points clear in the conference race for a guaranteed finals spot.


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Another NC redistricting lawsuit filed in Raleigh
Posted November 4, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. — A second legal challenge to new maps for North Carolina's legislative and congressional seats was filed Friday by civil rights and election watchdog groups, alleging the Republican-written boundaries are an "intentional and cynical use of race" to harm black voters.
Lawyers for four groups and 27 registered voters sued in Wake County Superior Court, less than 24 hours after Democratic elected officials and voters filed similar litigation in the same court in Raleigh.
"We will not allow North Carolina to be politically re-segregated," said Rev. William Barber, state president of the NAACP. "We will never go back, and we shall not be moved."
The two lawsuits makes very similar allegations: The boundaries approved in July by the legislature for the state House, Senate and congressional delegation illegally cluster black voters to decrease their overall electoral power statewide and to divide communities. The districts lines cross too many county boundaries, and more than 500 voting precincts are split, affecting 2 million adults, the lawsuits contend.
"The number of split precincts is unprecedented and far exceeds alternative plans that comply with federal and state law," the lawsuit reads. "They have the design and effect to segregate voters by race."
According to the lawsuit, black voters are 50 percent more likely to live in a split precinct than white voters. One street in Durham, for example, has four different ballots in one block.
Splitting precincts makes political organizing more difficult and makes voting take longer because there are so many different ballots. That requires more staff, more training and more money.
Republicans have countered that the federal Voting Rights Act demands that they draw majority-black districts whenever feasible and that federal attorneys have suggested that restricting the splitting of precincts actually could reduce for black voting power. But the authors of Friday's lawsuit say Republicans have misconstrued the Voting Rights Act deliberately for their own political benefit.
The boundaries are "an intentional and cynical use of race that exceeds what is required to ensure fairness to previously disenfranchised racial minority voters," the lawsuit read. "The plans violate North Carolina voters' rights to equal protection under the law by assigning voters to districts based on their race beyond what is required by the Voting Rights Act."
Groups challenge new voting maps
"This is serious business," Barber said. "It goes right to the heart of our democracy. Our democracy should look like this. it should not be driven by these ideological, race-based schemes to re-segregate voters."
The plaintiffs want a three-judge panel to prevent the maps from being used starting with the 2012 election and tell the Republican-led majority to try again so that they comply with the state and federal constitutions. Otherwise, the 96-page lawsuit reads, the court should adopt its own plans that pass muster.
Plaintiffs include the NAACP, the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, the union-affiliated A. Philip Randolph Institute and Democracy North Carolina.
The two lawsuits were filed just after U.S. Department of Justice attorneys said they wouldn't oppose the maps on the basis of certain racial discrimination grounds – giving Republicans a significant legal victory.
Sen. Bob Rucho, who led the legislative panel that drew the district maps, said the federal approval makes the racial argument in the two lawsuits moot.
"We drew fair and legal maps, and we followed the letter of the law," said Rucho, R-Mecklenburg. "We will win those lawsuits."
A three-judge panel, chosen by North Carolina Chief Justice Sarah Parker, will hear the challenges filed in state court. The cases could wind up at the state Supreme Court, as the maps drawn following the 2000 Census did – that time a Republican lawsuit over boundaries drawn by Democrats.


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- As the ETF industry becomes more expansive, providers are going to ever greater lengths to produce funds that will generate interest from the broad investing public.While many funds manage to catch on right from the get-go, many more end up falling by the wayside. Interestingly, some funds that have struggled to gain popularity actually track interesting slices of the broad market. In this piece I will highlight five products which, while illiquid, have caught my attention. Please note all the funds highlighted below are considered illiquid and therefore potentially subject to greater spreads. Risk tolerant investors looking to try their luck with any of these products listed should keep exposure small and maintain a very close watch on their performance. Claymore/Sabrient Defensive Equity Index ETF ( DEF) With economic concerns stoking fear in the hearts of many investors, investors are increasingly on the prowl for the best way to play defense. While in the past I have highlighted bond funds, gold, and dividend players like iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund ( DVY) as ways to combat against economic threats, DEF is another interesting option. This Claymore fund is designed to track the Sabrient Defensive Equity Index. Comprising this index is a number of stocks, ADRs, and master limited partnerships which will aid investors in their attempts to ward off economic headwinds. Top holdings include Tomkins PLC ( TKS), Linn Energy ( LINE), Oneok Partners ( OKS) and Enterprise GP Holdings ( EPE) . The fund is diversified; together, these positions represent only 5% of the fund's index. And although it changes hands less than 20,000 times per day, it has still managed to earn five stars from Morningstar ( MORN). Aside from providing investors with sanctuary against market downturn, DEF also provides an annual dividend valued at close to 3% and has beat the S&P 500 Index in the past year and year to date. Global X China Technology ETF ( CHIB) The smartphone showdown between Apple ( AAPL) and Google ( GOOG) continues to rage in the United States. However, the outcome may ultimately be decided on which of these companies can holds the crown among the growing population of Chinese mobile users. Launched in late 2009, Global X's CHIB is part of the firm's unique suite of sector-specific China ETFs. Designed to encompass the nation's tech industry, this fund boasts exposure to popular names including Baidu ( BIDU), Tencent and Foxconn. Telecom giants including China Unicom ( CHU) and China Mobile ( CHL) also make appearances among the fund's index. These companies are all well positioned to benefit from the growth of the smartphone and Internet sectors of the Chinese economy.


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50-disc spindle, 700MB, 52x maximum recording speed, white hub-printable, glossy finish TuffCoat with Water Shield surface. The Water Shield surface protects discs from snow, rain and spills with its highly-water resistant printing surface.
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Medium for development of bee cell cultures (Apis mellifera: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
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A media for the production of cell cultures from hymenopteran species such as honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was developed. Multiple bee cell cultures were produced when using bee larvae and pupae as starting material and modified Hert–Hunter 70 media. Cell culture systems for bees solves an impasse that has hindered efforts to isolate and screen pathogens which may be influencing or causing colony collapse disorder of bees. Multiple life stages of maturing larvae to early pupae were used to successfully establish cell cultures from the tissues of the head, thorax, and abdomen. Multiple cell types were observed which included free-floating suspensions, fibroblast-like, and epithelia-like monolayers. The final culture medium, WH2, was originally developed for hemipterans, Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, and leafhopper, Homalodisca vitripennis cell cultures but has been shown to work for a diverse range of insect species such as bees. Bee cell cultures had various doubling times at 21–23°C ranging from 9–15 d. Deformed wing virus was detected in the primary explanted tissues, which tested negative by rt-PCR for Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV), Kashmir bee virus, acute bee paralysis virus, and black queen cell virus. Culture inoculation with IAPV from an isolate from Florida field samples, was detectable in cell cultures after two subcultures. Cell culture from hymenoptera species, such as bees, greatly advances the approaches available to the field of study on colony collapse disorders.
KeywordsBee Colony collapse disorder CCD Hymenoptera Leafhopper Psyllid Virus
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OECD Workshop on Genetic Testing: Vienna 2000 (Special Issue: 'community Genetics 2000, 4)
Special Topic Issue: Community Genetics 2000, Vol. 3, No. 4 Genetic tests are being developed at an impressive rate and a significant number have already reached the market. Substantial involvement of the private sector has led to unprecedented growth in commercial genetic testing services and in the trade of such services. This trend is expected to increase as knowledge gained from the mapping of the human genome and of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is applied to the identification of disease-causing genes and of inherited differences in drug response. The potential socio-economic impacts are staggering. Drawing from the OECD workshop Genetic Testing: Policy Issues for the New Millennium , held in Vienna on 23-25 February 2000, this special issue provides the reader with a state-of-the-art review of advances in genetic testing and the main international policy concerns. It is highly recommended to medical geneticists and genetic counselors, and is indispensable for genetic policy makers, agencies governing the distribution of funds for genetic studies, and specialists in public health and social medicine.
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An investigation for BBC News 24 has found that whilst many people may have signed up by mistake, others could be the victim of scams.
The premium rate regulator ICSTIS states that in most cases the customer WILL have subscribed - for example by taking advantage of a free offer without reading the terms and conditions.
However it admits some adverts are misleading and that responding to a marketing message - even with the words "no thanks" is read by a computer at the other end as consent.
Have you been affected by texting scams?
This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below.
The following comments reflect the balance of opinion we have received so far:
I never, ever, answer text messages if I don't know who sent them. They are deleted immediately. I also do this with emails, which I screen at server level. It is incredibly simple not to fall victim to these scams, just ignore them. Unfortunately, I culture of greed and material desire means that there will always be people for whom promises of easy money are too enticing. And so the scams will go on.Jennifer Hynes, Plymouth, UK
The quickest way to solve this is to make the phone companies liable and make them refund the costs, I guarantee that some means of stopping this fraudulent activity, and that is what it is, would appear very quickly!John, UK
Reverse charge text messages really should be banned outright.Myron, Rochdale, UK
Sorry but I have no sympathy for people fooled by such obvious scams. I just wish I could meet them all. I'd be rich!Andrew Carter, Southampton
I have been receiving premium rate text messages that I never requested for about two months. When I got the bill for December I had been charged £36 for these messages. I phoned my service provider to complain and was assured that my phone would no longer be able to receive (or send) these messages. However I continued to get them and had to change my number to stop them. I am now fighting with my service provider to try and get the money back for the text messages I have received since my initial complaint (£42 worth!)Claire Moffat, Broxburn, West Lothian
Whenever I get these spam SMS I report them online to ICSTIS. The more evidence and complaints they gather the stronger their role. The worst ones are the fake "You have voicemail, read now" which look very like the real thing - especially confusing for the older user. Rachel, Cambridge
I lost my mobile last year. Someone must have picked it up and subscribed for these text services. After I reported my phone lost, I got a new phone with the same number, and kept on receiving these texts. I didn't think anything of it as I thought you would only get charged if you replied to a text. However, I was getting charged for receiving these texts as well. About £100 went down the drain.Hemal Shah, London
There should be legislation passed which requires the network provider to bar all these rip off calls. These are similar to spam mail and it should be the responsibility of the network provider to install a 'firewall' to stop them.Paul, Edinburgh
I've been receiving texts offering me free ringtones every couple of days for the last month or so. A bit of a nuisance, press delete, and that's the end of it...or so I thought. Got my bill today - at £2.56 each, it's a very expensive nuisance, especially when I didn't request them in the first place. Laurence, London
If something is too good to be true, it usually is, if you reply to these ridiculous "free lunch" texts then you deserve all you get.Dan, Hemel Hempstead
It happened to a friend who was charged £20 for receiving a series of texts after voting in a competition. The terms and conditions stated the cost would be £1.50 full stop. Basically, text scams are legalised criminality. You text a number for an agreed cost, then they text you back repeatedly for much more than you agreed, regardless of the terms and conditions. It is then your responsibility to complain. And even if your complaint is valid, the punishments are mild and you still won't get your money back; the company wins if you don't complain and doesn't lose if you do. My advice: get your phone companies to bar premium rate numbers from your home and mobile phone, and never, ever text to a 5-figure number unless you are sure you trust the company.Steve, Exeter, UK
I was scammed by a car spares finder on the web. I entered the part I was seeking and expected, as promised, an e-mail back from them informing me of any suitable local suppliers. The site also asked for my address and mobile number. I was very surprised to find I received two useless premium rate SMS from them. I complained to my mobile supplier that quite apart from the unwanted and expensive texts anybody's mobile number could have been entered and thus land an unsuspecting party with costs. They seemed disinterested.Peter Willis, Bristol, UK
Something like this happened to my 12 year old daughter who was on pay as you go, and puts £5 on per month. A ringtone merchant started 'stealing' her credit. However, as the 'phone company had not actually passed the money over to this third party, all you have to do is to instruct them not to do so, and to reinstate your credit. That way these third parties will soon go out of business.PJ, W. Yorks
These scams only work because people are silly enough to fall for them. It's very easy - if you don't know who it's from delete it!Benjamin Raine, Oxford, UK
18 months ago I fell for a 'you've just won a prize worth £2K'. Obviously the prize never arrived and I learnt my lesson. Once bitten, twice shy! Do feel a bit stupid for falling for it but all was not lost. I used my girlfriend's house phone to ring the prize line.Paul R, Bournemouth
I had a mobile last year. I received a text one day saying that I had a secret admirer and if I wanted to know who it was I should reply to this message, so I did! On my bill the following month I was charged £84.50 for calling this number. Watch who you text or phone because it could cost you an arm and a leg!Rob Mould, Wenvoe, South Wales


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Lately it's been feeling as if we live in a surreal world, from the recent election to newfangled illusory dishes like the raindrop cake. It's like we exist inside a Salvador Dalí painting. Actually, depending on whom you wanted to win the presidency, you either want to drown your sorrows in comfort food or throw an over-the-top celebration as only a man adorned with a cape, walking stick and upturned waxed moustache like Dalí could. Dalí loved extravagance, and his penchant for opulence is captured in his 1973 cookbook Les Dîners de Gala, which has just been rereleased by TASCHEN. His esoteric guide to cooking has 136 recipes, many illustrated by Dalí, over 12 chapters (one of which is dedicated to aphrodisiacs and another to snails and frogs). Get his timely recipe for Turkey with Roquefort after the jump for a taste.


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Counter Rush (リベンジラッシュ Ribenji Rasshu?, lit. "Revenge Rush") is a technique exclusive to Ventus in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix. It allows the user to unleash a flurry of blows after a successful block.
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Solari Update: Coming Clean: The Ins and Outs of Vaccine Exemption with Alan Phillips
"We are changing our genetic code through vaccination."
--Guylaine Lanctot M.D.
There is nothing like a fine lawyer when you need one - particularly when the issue is sensitive and complex and the stakes are high. So I am delighted that we will be speaking this Thursday on the Solari Report with attorney Alan Phillips, author of The Authoritative Guide to Vaccine Legal Exemptions.
Alan joined us on the Solari Report in 2009 when many of us were concerned about efforts to mandate a swine flu vaccine. Since the failure of those efforts, the pressure to mandate vaccines for health care professionals has grown, as well as the pressure on parents from school systems.
'Coming Clean' is our theme for 2013. This Solari Report is part of our 'Coming Clean' series. Subscribers have said they wish to avoid vaccines, but don't know how to handle various legal, regulatory and professional obstacles. At your request, we have asked Alan to return to help you understand the law and latest developments in this area.
This will be an important Solari Report - I hope you will join us!
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Surveillance cameras are ubiquitous, especially in the U.K.. and in the United States, Congress has already approved the use of drones for domestic surveillance. Then there's the 'Stingray' tool used by the FBI to track cell phones. It's enough to make even those who've gotten nothing hide feel nervous. New York-based artist Adam Harvey doesn't like it one bit. So he's taken it upon himself to design anti-surveillance clothing to foil government snoopers.
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SOPA, ACTA, the criminalization of sharing, and a myriad of other measures.
Coming Clean Beyond the Fiscal Cliff
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This Solari Special Report includes (22) challenges we must address to put our federal fiscal house in order.
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What was that? I span around to see a shrieking woman with a crying baby in her arms and a furious Lord raising his whip. I run. How can I let a young mother and possibly new born be trampled by a raging horse and have a whip crack on their backs? I just can't let that happen! I shove the woman out of the way and shout to her a single, yet sharp word, "RUN!" I feel a slash across my back like a burst of fire. I struggle to keep from screaming out in pain. I roll out of the way just in time to miss the hooves of the horse as they thrash the ground next to my head. I scramble up as the Lord curses and throw his fist in the air as he lays another burst of flames on my spine, but this time I don't fall, I keep running. I run with all the strength I had left after the woman who's slowing from the weight of her baby. My back is screaming in pain! I know it's bleeding, but I have to get the two to safety. I catch up with the crying girl and snatch the babe from her arms and cradle him in one arm while grabbing the hand of the girl in the other. I hear harsh voices and trampling hooves behind us. They are catching up to us. We turn into a dark alley and hide behind a stack of boxes and crates as we hear the guards ride past. The girl looks at me surprised that a twelve-year-old girl just saved her life! My back is screaming and we are both gasping for breath. I hand her the sleeping babe. "Thank you, for saving us," she said.
"You're welcome," I reply as I check to see if the guards have found us. They haven't.
"What's your name?" she asks. I have a bleeding back, out of breath and she wants to know what my name is! I don't mean to be rude or anything, but what would really be useful right now would be if she could bandage up my wound.
"Sam," I simply say instead of the other remarks I really wanted to say.
"I'm Elizabeth and this is Peter," she said as she hugged her baby tighter.
"Do you know where you live from here?"
"Then you should probably get there as soon as possible, before the guards come back."
She nods and says "I hope we meet again," then she ran off with Peter asleep in her arms. "
"I really doubt that will happen," I mutter under my breath. My eyes follow her until she turned around the corner and vanished.
I decide that the coast is clear and stroll out the way we came in a while ago. As I turned around the corner I quickened my pace…. Big mistake! I ran into a huge man, a guard! He shouted something I didn't understand and the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by about fifteen guards and in the middle of it all was the angry Lord! His face was as red as a cherry and his belly as round as a pumpkin! Lord Cherry Face was huffing and puffing with anger and exaggeration. He points is sausage finger at me and says," She's….. The… one. Give….. Me… the…. Whip!" One guard hands Cherry Face the meanest looking whip I've ever seen! The Fire! Its pain was like nothing I've ever felt before. I try to escape only to be grabbed by two guards and have another flame catch on my back. The pain is way too much for me! It splashes again and again! My knees give way from beneath me and I collapse on the floor. The dark is closing in. I don't think I can take it anymore!
"Stop!" Who was that? Well, whoever he is he made Lord Cherry Face stop the whipping. I struggle to stand, my knees are shaking, my back is screaming, tears are rolling down my face and the blood from my back is seeping through my shirt and will probably be bloodstained until I find another one in the garbage. I look up and see a man. An important looking man on an important looking horse. As the rest of my tears fall, I notice a crown sitting on the man's head. King Richard! I study his features. His beard was neatly trimmed and his clothes were elegant, but the thing my eyes kept falling on was his eyes. I haven't seen eyes look at me so tenderly and lovingly in a long time. When people do look at me all I can see is "look at her," "oh look, another street rat." But these eyes spoke something different. They showed love. Love that I've only seen looked on another, never on me. I never wanted him to stop looking at me like that.
"What is your name, child?" He spoke, in such a loving tone.
"Sam," my voice was nothing more than a squeak. I cleared my throat, "Sam."
"Ah, Samantha. I saw what you did to protect that woman."
"Yes, um… Sir. I, uh…." I stammer.
"And I congratulate you! It takes great courage to give your back to save another. You will be rewarded greatly."
I was shocked! "Um… that's not necessary, sir."
"Hmmm, I see," he's pondering over something. What? How he's going to punish me? How he's going to make my life even more miserable than it already is? No, his eyes speak differently.
"Samantha, do you have any family?"
"No," I say softly. I look at my feet and try to forget the question.
"I'm sorry to hear that," he scratches his chin and again I wonder what he's thinking. "Samantha, do you know my wife, Penelope and I don't have any children?"
I really wish he stopped calling me Samantha. Wait! What did he just ask me? "Yes?"
"Would you like to be our child?"
That question made me forget all about Lord Cherry Face, my bleeding back and even Elizabeth and Peter. Have a family again, with the king! I haven't had a family in four years! Now I have the chance to be in one again. Am I going to pass up an offer like that? No way! I put a smile on my face and answer "Sir, I would love to be part of your family."


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Leaving Las Vegas
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Samsung looking to change its smartphone naming scheme
The world's second largest cell phone manufacturer, which grew its smartphone business with the mind-numbing 500+ % for just a year, might be looking to simplify things, or make them worse, depending on the point of view.
We don't know where the source got this info from, but here below is allegedly a new naming scheme for the Galaxy line of devices, which looks like something that came out from a brainstorming session at Samsung's sales and marketing department.
The name of the future high-end Galaxy phones will have the letter S, followed by a number, like now we have the Galaxy S II. We will also have R, W, M or Y series, depending on the price range. "R" indicates phones for $420+ (EUR 300+), "W" is for $280-$420 (EUR 200-300), "M" for $180-$280 (EUR 130-200), and "Y" is for the sub-$180 (EUR 130) category.
Bada OS phones will also receive a change in their naming scheme - the Wave brand will be spared, with the high-ends being Wave 3, Wave 4 and so on. The other bada phone categories will carry the letter "M", while entry level ones will be designated with "Y".
That leaves us with the Windows Phone handsets, which will keep the Omnia brand, again followed by a number for the best of them, but will have "W", and "M" and "Y" designations as well, from more to the less powerful. The numbering scheme for the high-ends will apparently change with Microsoft's consequent versions, like Windows Phone 8, for instance - then we will have Samsung Omnia 8.
On a side note, if all of this rings true, it looks like Samsung is planning to have more categories in its Windows Phone portfolio than its bada devices, which is pretty telling, and might be indicative of WP truly going downmarket with mid-range versions, possibly running the rumored Tango update.
Within all those classes, there will be a coherent naming scheme for outliers, like "Plus" for some extra specs thrown in, "Pro" for QWERTYs, and "LTE" for phones with such radio.
What do you think, does it make sense, or should the marketing team go back to the drawing board?
source: Mobili.lt (translated) via UnwiredView
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1. district11 (Posts: 125; Member since: 17 Apr 2011)
Samsung looking to copy its smartphone naming scheme from apple :)
2. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Apple looking to copy Galaxy S2 with iPhone 5 !
3. JayRaj (Posts: 54; Member since: 31 Oct 2010)
I guess Apple just names its cellphone as iPhone. I don't think there's anything like "naming scheme" in that!! :P
9. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
how is that copying apple...why is when someone does something it always copying apple
14. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
So lets get this straight. Apple and Apple only can have numbers at the end of their devices and Apple and Apple alone can make white and black devices. You sir are a fool.
4. bayhuy (Posts: 320; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
M=Magical? I smell a lawsuit....
5. Knicknevin (Posts: 151; Member since: 18 Mar 2011)
I think this naming scheme will quickly become more confusing than anything currently around.
6. DROIDX0430 (Posts: 469; Member since: 24 Nov 2010)
district11--how is this so? we are talking phones here--not computers.. the iphones names have been iphone, 3g, 3gs and iphone4 and next iphone5...how is this copying apple?
7. district11 (Posts: 125; Member since: 17 Apr 2011)
Apple is suing apple for being a fruit xD
8. district11 (Posts: 125; Member since: 17 Apr 2011)
And one more thing.... How is motorola copying iPad 2 :O ?
10. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
its a rectangle with a display thats how..
12. district11 (Posts: 125; Member since: 17 Apr 2011)
And you are retard, so apple should sue you because you copy Steve Jobs !!!
11. jytype (unregistered)
pointless really since us carriers like to rename variants to cool names such as photon, hercules, super duper cosmic epic touch
13. Postal Jim (unregistered)
Maybe Apple should finally spread out and vary their phones. They could then name them: Fuji, Jonathon, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, and so forth. The Granny Smith could be a phone partnered with the Jitterbug!
15. dandirk (Posts: 187; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
I can see what samsung is trying to do... They are trying to brand the Galaxy name, more so then just including the Galaxy word...
Though that graphic looks like a graphic designer is really trying to get in the pants of the hot new marketer... M=Magical???? Apple get so much crap for that term... (as they should)... ha ha ha
I agree that this will become a mess for consumers... They have sort of the right idea, I think. Use Galaxy as a line of Android products, but instead of letter + # they should just come up with other names like they currently due... Galaxy SG II, Galaxy Zoom III, blah blah blah...


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A number of local representations were made recently regarding the new electoral boundaries for county Meath, and in particular the future of the Dunshaughlin electoral area.
The submissions were made to the Local Electoral Boundaries Commission, which is responsible for advising the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan on how the new electoral areas should be divided for the 2014 local elections.
Meath County Council have not made any specific recommendations in their report, but did put forward a request that Meath will get sanction for the maximum number of 40 county councillors. The county is currently represented by 29 members.
Under the boundary commission guidelines, each electoral area within the county should be of similar population level and should be designed around existing municipal centres. The number of local representatives will be based on the population of the area, with one representative for each 4,830 person in the population.
Under the current divisions the Dunshaughlin electoral area has the greatest population of the five areas in Meath, with 46,822 recorded in the 2011 census. Some re-drawing of the boundaries seems likely, as the populations of the Kells and Trim areas both fall below the 30,000 mark.
Meath Fine Gael have made an independent submission which recommends dividing Meath into six electoral areas. Under this proposal, Ashbourne would become the municipal centre of a new area, which would include Kilbrew, Tara, Kentstown, Ardcath and Stamullen. Dunshaughlin, Dunboyne and Ratoath would remain in one electoral area.
Sinn Fein have proposed that Meath remain with five electoral divisions, but they have suggested re-drawing boundaries to give similar population profiles to each area. Under this plan, Ashbourne, Ratoath, Dunshaughlin and Dunboyne would remain as one electoral area, but all of the rural areas to the west and north would become part of other areas.
The commission is due to make a recommendation before June, after which we will learn more about the future of our electoral area.


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The Importance of User Experience – Do You Understand It in Your Bones?
Business Week had an article earlier this week on Cloud Computing that made a complete hash of the subject. However, there was one paragraph that was right on the money:
Apple and Google understand in their bones that simplicity and ease of use are essential to broad adoption of products and services. That lesson doesn't come so naturally to Microsoft and IBM.
That's why we integrate user experience design into the agile development process, and that's why we advise our clients to release the simplest software they can early, so they can learn from real user feedback and continue to make improvements based on that learning.
It's like John Gruber writes over at Daring Fireball:
"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system."
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If there's a formula to Apple's success over the past 10 years, that's it. Start with something simple and build it, grow it, improve it, steadily over time. Evolve it.
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Mt. Pleasant rallies to beat Greensburg Salem
Mt. Pleasant shook off a sluggish start and found some timely rhythm on the road to beat Greensburg Salem on Friday night, enhancing the Vikings' run at a WPIAL playoff spot.
Cody Monroe scored 19 points in the 70-66 victory, completing a season sweep of the Golden Lions, who lost coach Craig Mankins in the fourth quarter, when he was ejected after receiving two technical fouls for disputing the officiating.
Mankins also will miss Tuesday's scheduled game at section-leading Laurel Highlands, according to WPIAL rules.
Mt. Pleasant (11-8, 6-4), which trailed by as many nine points in the second quarter, won for the third consecutive time and moved a game and a half ahead of idle Derry for third place in Section 3-AAA.
"This was a big win for us," Mt. Pleasant coach Tony Splendore said. "We've got a good shot to be in the playoffs."
Luke Liprando added 16 points, and Ryan Gumbita scored 15 for Mt. Pleasant, which also won the first game between the teams, 58-52, on Jan. 8.
Greensburg Salem (3-15, 3-7) watched its slim playoff hopes dwindle. The Golden Lions, who were led by Simeon Stevens' 23 points, played without ill forward Max Ponzurick (11.5 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) and injured reserve point guard Antonio Ferrari.
Denzel Jackson, who scored 19 points for Greensburg Salem, was hobbled with a leg injury.
"We feel like our guys are getting tougher. We're pretty inexperienced, but we're getting there," Mankins said. "This has been a tough year. Obviously, it's been frustrating. We absolutely came out tonight with a purpose, and we outplayed them early on."
Greensburg Salem led, 25-16, on a 3-point shot by Stevens before settling for a 31-28 halftime lead when Jackson connected on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Mt. Pleasant, which won despite shooting just 22 for 41 from the free-throw line, took its first lead with 5:01 left in the third quarter on two free throws by Malara, making it 37-35. The Vikings steadily pulled away and led by as many as 12 points (58-46) in the fourth quarter on a three-point play by Monroe with 5:10 remaining.
"He did a good job of creating plays for us tonight," Splendore said. "He's our only senior, and he's playing like it. His biggest asset is that he plays good defense."
Monroe was forced to leave the game late after taking a hard tumble out of bounds, where he was chasing a ball and slammed into the Mt. Pleasant bench, injuring a knee.
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Guest Post: Robert Sutherland Smith on AstraZeneca
Robert Sutherland Smith started his City career the year before I was born. He is, I think, 157 years old. He and I have worked together for almost eight years at t1ps.com . He is my friend and he is a very funny and intelligent chap. He is now branching out to celebrate his 158th by doing some freelance writing over at TradingResearchPoint on FTSE 350 Income stocks. He is a great one for focussing on yield. RSS today looks at AstraZeneca.
Astra Zeneca (AZN) is not as other pharmaceutical companies are: or rather, it was not as other pharmaceuticals are! Until last year, Astra Zeneca was operating a singular business model in which it sought to reduce R&D costs by outsourcing much of it in collaborative deals with outside companies. That left it, in theory at least, to simply generate cash with which to pay shareholders dividends or buy back their shares. The City did not buy that model and the shares sunk to a level where the yield was phenomenal. Change was needed and now, under new management, it is returning to being a more orthodox 'big pharma' which by convention, does a significant quantity of its molecule discovery, research and development in house – incurring the costs of such activity.Read the full article on TradingResearchPoint | Comments


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What the publishing industry needs is a strong trade association, akin to the RIAA, which will go after criminals in the same manner that the RIAA has so admirably done in the music world. The problem is, at present, that there is nobody in the publishing world to take on these criminals.
What the publishing industry needs to do is to take the digital world seriously by seeing the potential that lies there, not criminalize people because the publishers (as the music and film industry in america) aren't able to follow the new current.
Tor.com is a real example on seeing the potential that the publishing industry have if they start taking the internet serious. They have a site where authors have blogs and can add entrys, users/readers can add comments and talk to the authors. Readers can make their own blog entries, so that tor.com can get input on important issues if the readers aren't happy with something tor.com does. Tor.com provides ebooks (and are making more of their book backlog available as ebooks.) They don't DRM their ebooks, hopefully because they see that if somebody has purchased a book, they should be allowed to read it whenever on whatever they want. Tor.com comes with sample chapters on books, to entice their readers.
To put it simply, tor.com taps into the potential there is in internet marketing and business. They don't try to criminalize readers that read copyinfringed material (which usually are of low quality), instead they make their books attractive so people wants to buy and read.
What you and the publishing industry needs to realize is that there will always be piracy, and that there are several ways to fight piracy without criminalizing people. Tor.com has realized this, have you?
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Table tennis, an Olympic sport, is usually named ping pong in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The ping pong ball is utterly hollow. It turned out made mandatory the fact that diameter with the ping pong ball really should be 40 mm and the weight should be 2.7 gram, exactly what is widely represented in here.
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London (CNSNews.com) - Prime Minister Tony Blair returned to Britain on Monday after reaffirming calls to stand up against Iraq during a weekend summit with President Bush.
Blair still faces some opposition from his own party over military action against Saddam Hussein, but said Sunday that there should be "no let up" in the war against terror.
"To allow weapons of mass destruction to be developed by a state like Iraq ... would be grossly to ignore the lessons of Sept. 11," Blair said in Texas. "We will not do it."
Blair hinted that unlike in the Gulf War, the ultimate goal of a future allied mission would be to remove Saddam from power.
"I have been involved as British prime minister in three conflicts involving regime change -- Milosevic, the Taliban and Sierra Leone," Blair said. "If necessary, the action should be military and again, if necessary and justified, it should involve regime change.
"He (Saddam) has to let the inspectors back in - anyone, any time, any place the international community demands," he said. "We will proceed, as we did after September 11, in a calm, measured, sensible but firm way."
The two leaders also discussed the situation in the Middle East during the summit over three days at Bush's ranch in Crawford. In his concluding speech Sunday, Blair indicated support for a Saudi-backed plan that would trade recognition of Israel by Arab states for a withdrawal of forces from the occupied territories.
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Blair's statements received a mixed reception from British lawmakers Monday. Around 150 members of parliament have signed a motion expressing "deep unease" at any strikes against Iraq. One cabinet member, International Development Minister Claire Short, has reportedly threatened to resign over the issue.
Professor Kevin Theakston, director of the Institute for Politics and International Studies, said Blair wouldn't shy away from a direct confrontation with his left-wing detractors.
"Many of the critics expressing their displeasure now are the people who came out against the Gulf War," Theakston said. "It could be that when the time for concrete action comes around, in whatever form that takes, the rebels might be marginalized."
"The worst-case scenario from Blair's perspective would be a major rebellion and a split in the cabinet," he said.
While a sizeable contingent, the group of dissenters is nowhere near a majority in parliament and some experts questioned whether they could even force a vote on possible action. Most of the opposition has come from Blair's side of the House of Commons, and a key battle could come during a Wednesday meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
By contrast, the opposition Conservatives staunchly supported the prime minister's weekend statements. Tory foreign affairs spokesman Michael Ancram said Bush and Blair adequately spelled out conditions for the Iraqi leader.
"They made clear the objective, which is the removal of these weapons, and they made it clear that they will pursue whatever means are necessary in order to achieve that objective," Ancram said in an interview.
Iraq has continued to show no sign of willingness to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors. Tariq Aziz, Saddam's deputy prime minister, was quoted in a German magazine as saying his country is "expecting the worst and preparing for it."
"In recent weeks I have visited 14 Arab states and all of them have assured me that they will support us in the event of an American attack," he said.
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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced an octal, 12-bit, 100-MSPS analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that provides the lowest power consumption in its class. The ADS5295 uses less than 80 mW per channel, which diminishes board heat and power dissipation in higher-channel-density applications. It incorporates TI's unique digital processing block, which combines commonly used digital functions to help improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and filter harmonics while reducing output data rate for narrow-band applications. The ADS5295 can be used in phase-array architecture systems with higher channel counts, such as ultrasound, security x-ray and non-destructive testing (NDT) applications.
Key features and benefits of the ADS5295:
- Lowest power per channel for the speed, with low noise: Using only 80 mW-per-channel at 100 MSPS and eight channels, it enables designers to increase channel count without increasing power dissipation high-density applications, while still achieving a low noise of 71 decibel full scale (dBFS) SNR.
- Reduced system cost and complexity: TI's highly integrated digital processing block integrates commonly used digital functions, such as a low-frequency noise suppression mode, digital filtering options and programmable mapping of low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) output pins. This lowers FPGA cost and simplifies LVDS output routing, reducing the number of printed circuit board (PCB) layers and bill of materials cost.
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Banning Plastic Grocery Bags Persuasive Essay by Quality Writers
Banning Plastic Grocery Bags
A persuasive essay on the need to replace plastic bags with compostable or paper bags.
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This paper looks at San Francisco's decision to ban plastic bags in grocery stores and points out that other cities may soon follow San Francisco's example. The paper then explains why banning plastic bags may not be the ideal option and discusses how stores could replace plastic bags with compostable or paper bags.
Consider the Facts about Plastic Grocery Bags
Why Banning Plastic Bags Is Wrong
What Happens If Plastic Bags Are Not Banned
Action to Solve the Problem of Plastic Bags
Consider the Facts about Plastic Grocery Bags
Why Banning Plastic Bags Is Wrong
What Happens If Plastic Bags Are Not Banned
Action to Solve the Problem of Plastic Bags
From the Paper:"Imagine the number of plastic bags used throughout the United States. Charlie Goodyear (2007) for the Chronicle states that it takes over 400,000 gallons of oil to manufacture 100 million bags. San Francisco voted ten to one that plastic bags used at grocery stores be banned. While San Francisco is the first state to ban plastic bags, more cities may follow their example. Consider the facts about plastic bans, compare the facts about compostable bags and paper bags, and decide to take immediate action about these plastic bags. "
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- Ban plastic bags? San Francisco might. (2007). MSNBC.com Retrieved June 22, 2007, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17517200/.
- Frisco bans plastic bags. (2007). PlasticNews.com. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2007/03/frisco_bans_plastic_bags.html.
- Goodyear, C. (2007). S.F. first city to ban plastic shopping bags. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/28/MNGDROT5QN1.DTL.
- Gonzales, R. (2007). San Francisco nears ban on plastic grocery bags. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8888798.
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At 7:30pm we will be showing the documentary "Rockabilly: The Johnny Powers Story"
Music will begin at 8:30pm
Chris Casello will be playing with Johnny Powers…
Powers confesses that his first love is performing the music in front of live audiences. Each visit he says results in a growing legion of international fans. One of his favorite memories is playing a country music festival in France, which was hosted by a TV star, Patrick Duffy. The enthusiastic audience response resulted in Powers receiving an invitation to the event's VIP tent, where high-ranking French politicians and celebrities entertained him.
Powers' reputation as one of Michigan's preeminent progenitors of rock 'n' roll was secured by a May 1999 article in the Detroit News, in which he was included with Bob Seger, Berry Gordy, Jr., and the MC5 in a "Michigan at the Millennium" list of the state's musical heroes. Powers is perhaps best known as the music legend who recorded a rock 'n' roll classic seminal hit,
"Long Blond Hair," a song that continues to thrill rockabilly aficionados witnessing Powers' live performances, listening to reissues of the original recording, or tapping their feet while enjoying the song's appearance on the soundtrack to the ShowTime Cable Network's film, Reform School Girls.
The song's infectious popularity is evidenced by the anecdote Powers relates in which he was approached after a Detroit gig. "I just finished a show with Aaron Tipin, and a fan told me he finally got a chance to hear me do "Long Blond Hair." It was one of his all-time favorite songs." The fan turned out to be Ed Salamon, Westwood One's radio network president of programming at that time.
Johnny Powers performance of a song "Say It" is in the film production of Mosquito also on DVD which airs on SiFi and Cable Networks and it continues to air on U.S. and International Television Networks today.
Chicago-based trio, The Dyes, infuse 60s inspired garage-rock with infectious 50s rockabilly undertones to create a punchy and melodic, yet raw rock n' roll sound. By digging up the roots of influences such as: Hank Williams, The Cramps, Wanda Jackson, and The Flat Duo Jets, this female-fronted trio is sure to catch the ears of a wide-spectrum of music lovers as they toss hints of punk, surf, blues, and country into the mix, and stir it up with their own unique twist.
Hear the high-lonesome sound of Hank Williams, Sr., the rocking tenderness of Buddy Holly, and the soul-pop stylings of Arthur Alexander whenever I step to the microphone in my Stetson and boots, trusty guitar in hand. I am Kent Rose, the Voice that Remembers. Get to know the music and mystery of this hillbilly singer from Glencoe, Illinois, and how I survived a career at the post office while creating a catalog of classic original tunes, as well as mastery of familiar gems of the Americana roots genre.


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Magnetic Island is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. This mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville, with 2,107 permanent residents. The island is accessible from Townsville Breakwater to Nelly Bay Harbour by ferry. There is a large National Park and bird sanctuary and walking tracks can be taken between the populated bays and to a number of tourist destinations such as the World War II forts.
The island has long become established as a holiday destination with many hotels and several resorts in operation to cater for all levels of service. The public facilities and infrastructure on the island are managed by the Townsville City Council. The island is part of the electoral district of Townsville in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The island is also part of the Federal seat of Herbert, which is represented by Ewen Jones.
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OrangeMite Studios to Present THE ADVENTURES OF THE MYSTERIOUS TIGERMAN, 8/3-12
Join OrangeMite Studios this summer for the organization's fifth original musical, "The Adventures of the Mysterious Tigerman". Written by William Wolfgang and Jesse Rupp (the minds who brought you "Heavy Lies the Crown" and "Starcross'd"), this show "combines Rupp's knack for song writing with Wolfgang's story and characters, which he starting writing at the age of four."
This show is described as "for all who dreamed of becoming super heroes as children, and for those who still aspire to be more than they are. With child-like wonder, a moving story, and gripping characters, 'Tigerman' brings the excitement of Hollywood's superheroes from the big screen to your local stage. This production is truly an unprecedented theatre event for the York County area, and is not to be missed."
The show runs August 3-5 and August 10-12, Fridays & Saturdays 7pm, Sundays 2pm at Dover Area High School, located at 46 West Canal Street, Dover, Pa. Tickets are $10 for adults/$8 for students and are available at the door. *Saturday performances are SUPER SATURDAYs! Tickets are half off for those who come dressed as superheroes. Pictures on stage with the cast after the show.
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THE FIREBUGS and More Highlight Classic Theatre's 2012-2013 Season
The Classic Theatre in San Antonio has announced its 2012-13 season, kicking off with The Firebugs and closing with Scapin, with some great selections in between. Check out more details below!
The Firebugs by Max Frisch
October 12-28, 2012
Directed by Diane Malone
The Firebugs is a dark comedy by Swiss playwright Max Frisch. Gottlieb Biedermann, a cautious German businessman, discovers that the two men who have entered his home disguised as salesmen are the arsonists who have already burned down much of the town. He and his wife, concerned only with saving themselves and their home, lodge them, feed them a sumptuous dinner, and provide them with all the matches they can possibly use -- all of which serves only to postpone the inevitable holocaust.
It's a Wonderful Life, A live radio play by Joe Landry
November 9, 10, 16, 17.
Directed by Diane Malone
Four Performances ONLY! Start the holidays off with this beloved American holiday classic brought to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. An angel helps the despairingly frustrated George by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.
(It's a Wonderful Life is a special engagement, in addition to the regular season. Season pass holders receive a discount through September 30th but must purchase tickets separately.)
Painting Churches by Tina Howe
February 8-24, 2013.
Directed by John O'Neill
Painting Churches, written by Tina Howe, was a finalist for the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Mags Church, a successful artist, is determined to paint her parents--her flaky, jabbering mother, and her absent-minded father who is tumbling into senility. But when Mags attempts to paint the Churches, she is forced to confront her complicated feelings for the two unusual folks who raised her, overcome her childhood neuroses, and permit an honest portrait to come into view.
Scapin by Moliere adapted by Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell
May 10-26, 2013.
Directed by Matthew Byron Cassi
Scapin, adapted by Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell from Moliere, is based on the Commedia dell'Arte archetypical Scapino character. Scapin constantly lies and tricks people to get ahead. He is an arrogant, pompous man who acts as if nothing were impossible for him. However, he is also a diplomatic genius. He manages to play the other characters off of each other very easily, and yet manages to keep his overall goal — to help the young couples — in sight.
Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. All performances are at the Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex, 1400 S. Alamo. The theatre is handicap accessible. Call 210-589-8450 for special arrangements.
Tickets are $25 for General Admission; $20 for Seniors (+65), SATCO, ATAC, MIL w/ID; $10 for Full time students with ID. (It's a Wonderful Life includes $15 children's tickets.) For group rates please call 210-589-8450. For tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.classictheatre.org.


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David Hicks sits with his defence counsel in the US military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay on Monday in this sketch.
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AUSTRALIA'S most famous accused terrorist entered the courtroom with military guards on each arm. He exited 6½ hours later, flip-flopping out of the courtroom in thongs, significantly closer to freedom - or at least home.
Hicks's first words to the military commission hearing could have been an attempt at a joke. Asked by the judge if he could speak English, he said he did, but still might need a translator.
"It's my Australian English, sir. It's different," Hicks, wearing a light green outfit and thongs, told Colonel Ralph Kohlmann.
If Hicks walked off a Qantas jet tomorrow, he might be able to leave customs unrecognised. He looks nothing like the photos that have become familiar to Australians. He is surprisingly short, and you could call him chubby. His father prefers the term puffy.
"He's definitely changed in the three years since I last saw him," Terry Hicks said after an emotional reunion with his son.
Hicks's brown receding hair reached to his shoulder blades. He spoke in a low, loud grunting manner. The overall impression was of a small version of Ozzy Osbourne.
The judge had warned Hicks's military lawyer, Major Michael Mori, that his client should not appear in prison-type clothes, but in a suit or "business casual" attire.
Hicks seemed in reasonable spirits at the start of proceedings but appeared to become worried when the judge effectively ruled out two of his three defence counsel before he was even asked to plead.
The judge said Major Mori's assistant, Rebecca Snyder, could not, at least for the moment, represent Hicks because she was not a serving member of the military. Nor could she represent him as a civilian lawyer, because she was on the Department of Defence payroll.
Hicks's civilian lawyer, Joshua Dratel, could not represent Hicks because he had not signed a form demanded by the court saying he would conform to the regulations governing the conduct of legal counsel. Mr Dratel protested strongly, saying he could not sign the form because the regulations governing the conduct of attorneys had not yet been formulated by the Secretary of Defence. He was not going to sign a blank cheque for his ethical obligations.
Hicks told the judge: "I'm shocked because I just lost another lawyer."
The judge also refused to follow the defence's suggested schedule of hearings, saying it would mean the trial would not get under way until next year.
Hicks smiled faintly as the judge read out his names: David Michael Hicks, Abu Muslim Australia, Abu Muslim Austraili, Abu Muslim Philippines, Muhammad Dawood. During more than 2½ hours of hearings he did not turn around to see his father, sitting behind him.
It was an eye-opener into Hicks's life in the past five years. Observers were subjected to five searches to enter the building. No metal was allowed, down to banning spiral-bound notebooks. Reporters were restricted to one pen each. One had the wire in her bra checked and another had to disrobe because of a knee brace.
It is hard to say whether a man who did not finish high school could have followed the legal manoeuvres. But Hicks got the gist: he said he hoped to get more lawyers so he could have "equalality" (sic) with the prosecution.
As he headed for the exit door, Hicks saw one of his more vocal supporters, Tim McCormack, a professor of international humanitarian law at Melbourne University, in the court.
"How are ya, Tim?" he asked.
"Good to see you, mate," Professor McCormack said.
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