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Beating fellow pals Taylor Mackenzie, Harry Stafford and Danny Webb is all part of the fun for Kent who grew up racing them in local mini-moto competitions, but he did admit that the 'best young rider in Britain' tag is something he aspires to.
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Sepp Kober has worked at Freestyle (Charlottesville, VA) since the mid 1990's, before purchasing it in 2000. Now Freestyle is owned and operated by Sepp and Measi Kober. His love and passion for the sport of skiing was passed on to him through his late father. Sepp Kober Sr is regarded as the Father of Southern Skiing and is honored for this as a member of the National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.
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|August 7, 2014, 03:32 PM
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serial number check when pulled over
I have a question for any law enforcement out there. when I get pulled over here in Georgia, I usually get the "do you have any guns in the car?" question. I usually just comply and they take the firearm back to the cruiser and run a serial number check. they say its to see if its in the stolen database, but do they do anything else with that info? like tag me that I carry a gun, or put a name to a specific firearm? or am I just being paranoid? I don't mind much if its just for checking if its stolen, I like hearing stories of firearms that were stolen years back and finally get returned to the owner. I have gotten pulled over after shooting with a trunkload of guns and had a cop run the numbers on ALL of them. also, the last time I handed over my pistol, the officer took all the bullets out of the magazine, whats up with that? theres no HP law here, I thought that was a little bizarre
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|August 7, 2014, 03:50 PM
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4Th. Amendment ???
Have to admit that I am mostly uninformed as to each states, laws. My impression is that it is not legal unless they ask and you give permission. In Iowa, you are not even required to show your permit unless your are asked and then, it's just the permit, that gets presented. ....
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|August 7, 2014, 03:53 PM
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I sincerely doubt that they "tag you as carrying a gun."
That said, wow! I've never heard of officers taking a firearm back to their car to run serial numbers to look for stolen guns. Never, ever, ever, and I deal with a lot of police.
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|August 7, 2014, 04:01 PM
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skizzums, I wouldn't be surprised that some states will link CCL holders with drivers licenses, so if they do, I could see the police asking if you're carrying if they pull you over. Although, IMHO, checking the serial number on your gun constitutes a search. But, IANAL. I heard it's common for the police to take control of your gun until they check you out and/or send you on your way.
Here in NJ, I've heard stories about the local polizei wanting to see someone's guns, presumably to check the serial numbers, and access was denied and the cops went away.
|August 7, 2014, 04:24 PM
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Something similar to this discussion came up a while back over the NY SAFE Act, I think about just how much they could do to search your firearm for the 7 round limit during one of these stops.
As for taking all the rounds out of the magazine, was he looking for hollow points or was he looking to see if you had a little baggy of a little something-something hiding under the follower?
|August 7, 2014, 04:25 PM
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In Arkansas, all CHCLs are linked to DL#s. If I run someone's traffic record in ACIC (Arkansas Crime Information Center), the record tells me if they have a CHCL.
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|August 7, 2014, 04:31 PM
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The serial number on my carry gun is covered up by the grips, and the grips are not easy to remove.
Running the serial number without a warrant and w/o probable cause to suspect the gun is stolen is an illegal search -- but what are you going to do about it, call Eric Holder?
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|August 7, 2014, 04:42 PM
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Never known of it done with regularity on every stop. Only times that a serial number is regularly checked around here would be if the stop was connected to a crime involving a possible stolen firearm, say a vehicle description seen leaving a breaking and entering which had firearms stolen. The other reason would be incident to arrest.
|August 7, 2014, 04:43 PM
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Way back when i used to be in LE in Nevada, your CCW was gun specific (as in THAT S/N). Couldnt be any Gun... Had to be that serial #.
I never bothered to match S/N's with the permit. I figured if you went thru the hassle and expense and BACKGROUND needed to get a CCW, then you were not a badguy and hence not someone i needed to spend a bunch of my patrol time with. Other folks needed my attention much more
Since getting out of LE i have been stopped for traffic violations a number of times (i still drive a little fast) no LEO has ever even asked to see my pistol
|August 7, 2014, 04:48 PM
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Texas links CHL to DL or official ID.
In the OP's scenario, a case could be made that any data sent over a digital link is recorded, and therefore traceable back to the stop, the DL and CHL/CCW that was run, etc.
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|August 7, 2014, 05:15 PM
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So you're carrying and he wants to see it.Do you draw the gun , unload and present it to him ? Very dangerous to him !!
Or do you let him take the gun from you ,out of the holster and check it ? Could be very dangerous to you. especially if he's unfamiliar with the gun !
Here in NY I would show him the permit if he asks. I might show him the gun but I wouldn't touch it or permit him to touch it !
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|August 7, 2014, 05:25 PM
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It may not exactly be your option to not let him touch it. And I wouldn't count on them letting you hand it to them. If they want it, and they have reasonable suspicion to take it, they'll be the one taking it.
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Surpise, Surprise !!!
So many times, these situations happen and take us by surprise. The LEO, is ready with his rehearsed "Innocent" request and you are not really ready with the proper answer. "Sir, would you mind if I look at your handgun?". Well no, I "guess" not. After all, you have nothing to hide..... Right ...
No, officer, I'd rather not show you my handgun and have shown you my permit. Now, if you really haven't done anything wrong, he has no probabl cause. ..
My six year old Grandson, dialed 911 while we were watching him, one evening. Just about the time he told us, one of our local LEO's, pulled into our driveway. At the front, I informed the LEO, that our grandson had dialed 911 by mistake. The LEO stated that because it was a 911 call, he had to come in and question our Grandson. Well okay, come in and in the end, it all worked out well, although he scared the crap out of our Grandson. ....
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|August 7, 2014, 07:24 PM
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let me state that all these stops took place before a year ago when I got my carry permit. in GA your allowed to carry in your car without a permit, I honestly cant recall getting pulled over and not being asked if I have a gun, I don't have any stickers or anything that would tip it off either. I have only had a permit less than 8months and have not been pulled over since then, before that the gun would be in the glovebox or center console. I would just tell the cop where it was and he would ask me to hand it to him.
this happened on 3 occasions, two times just getting puled over for seatbelt/speeding, and once when me and my buddy had a noise complaint, we got pulled over leaving our friends private property
now that I have a permit, I figure I will just hand the permit to the officer with my license, maybe, I dunno
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|August 7, 2014, 07:42 PM
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That's the suggested way of doing things.
|August 7, 2014, 08:09 PM
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Pennsylvania is notorious for such abuses, too.
It IS a search, and IMHO it's an unlawful search. Unless they have some reason to believe the gun might be stolen, they have no justification to check whether or not it's stolen. Terry rules apply.
Suppose you have a high-end camera on the front seat, in plain sight? They have serial numbers, and they are often stolen. Same for notebook computers. If the same cops don't "run the serial number" for a camera or a computer, they obviously have no justification for doing it with a handgun.
PA is possibly worse than GA. The PA State Police maintain a "database" of all firearms sales through FFLs. If they run your gun and it's not in their database, there's a good chance they'll confiscate it until/unless you can prove ownership ... even if the gun isn't on any stolen firearms list. How do you prove ownership of something you bought (legally) in a face-to-face transaction 10 or 15 or 20 years ago?
Everyone knows the PA database is incomplete, because face-to-face sales are legal with no reporting required. The PA State Police even argued in court that their "data base" isn't illegal because it's not complete, and therefore it's "just" a database, not a registry.
But the state police and many county and local officers in PA treat it like a registry.
|August 7, 2014, 08:48 PM
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I'm retired law enforcement. I got pulled over by the Ohio Stte Patrol for speeding.
I was speeding. I fully expected a ticket being as Ohio is a state patrol agency & enforcing traffic laws is 95% of what they do.
I showed by drivers license and concealed carry permit. He ask that I hand him my pistol butt first.
I did. He went to his car, ran a serial number check, came back with a
"warning" ticket for speeding, & asked me to open my trunk. I did from the inside remote switch.
He closed my trunk said "slow it down" and left.
I checked my trunk & there was my Sig 9mm tossed in the trunk, the ammo all over the trunk, the magazine under the spare tire!!!!!
He asked for my police i.d. & I gave him that too so he knew I was a cop.
Why he unloaded the weapon, & tossed all in the trunk is beyond me.
It ticked me off as I'd have never treated anyone like that.
Maybe he didn't like cops?
|August 7, 2014, 09:02 PM
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I've never had a regular cop (city/county/state) do it, but I've had Fish and Game deputies run my firearms a few times.
Each time, it was obvious that they planned to waste my time and give me a hard time (or get super nit-picky and look for violations), if I didn't give them permission.
So... I let them use the radio for 2-3 minutes, and then go on about my business.
Even though it's a big irritation, it gives me some time to get friendly with the Fish cops. Having them on your side can be a very nice thing (and may even be a HUGE advantage if the natural balance of the area I'm hunting has been upset in the last few months ... 'cause they know where the animals went).
You have to keep an eye on them, though. Many LEOs have absolutely no respect for firearms of any kind. So, your $3,500 custom rifle with a pristine rust blue finish and custom stock may just get thrown on the hood of their truck / trunk of their car, if you don't let them know that they need to respect your property.
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Georgia doesn't register guns, nor are guns attached to carry licenses. The only thing the officer can verify is whether the gun is in the GCIC database as stolen.
So, unless the officer has reasonable, articulable suspicion that I'm in possession of a stolen firearm, I'm not going to hand it over. Sorry, but I'm choosing not to comply. He can call his supervisor if he needs clarification.
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|August 7, 2014, 10:18 PM
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I've had mine checked once.
My first instinct was to tell them to pound sand............but, since I was parked in a no parking zone, at 1 am, in an area they have a lot of drug use, burglary, and vandalism according to the officers (picked up the ex-wife from a bar, and pulled over at a convenient spot to have a chat about the bills she wasn't paying, didn't know the area, and choose a poor spot to stop), I gave my consent when they asked if they could run the number and check if it was stolen.
I was civil with them, and after chatting with one of the officers about a good spot to go elk hunting for a few minutes , the sent me on my way. It was worth it to my that time to try stay on thier good side and avoid escalating the incident.
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|August 7, 2014, 10:50 PM
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Under the OP's scenario, the initial traffic stop was legitimate under Terry v. Ohio. He then apparently consented to handing his gun to the officer. That is an exception to the warrant requirement. Assuming the serial number of the gun was visible on the frame, then the serial number was in "plain view." This is another exemption from the warrant requirement. Thus, the officer was allowed to read the serial number off the voluntarily surrendered firearm and run the number to see if it was stolen.
Asking questions not related to the stop does not make the stop unlawful "so long as those inquiries do not measurably extend the duration of the stop." Arizona v. Johnson. There is no bright line rule as to how much time constitutes measurably extending the duration of the stop. Certainly a couple of minutes would not be enough.
Now what happens if the driver or passenger does not admit to having a gun or does not voluntarily turn it over? If the officer has reasonable suspicion the driver (or passenger) is armed and dangerous, the officer can search the passenger compartment for weapons so long as passengers remain in the car or, more likely, order the occupants out of the car and pat them down.
The Supreme Court case that ties all this together is Arizona v. Johnson, 555 U.S. 323 (2009) available at http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/htm...2.ZO.html#2ref
Note: corrected typo on citation to Az v. Johnson.
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Just wanted to mention that while legally they cannot do a search if there is no suspicion, it is just possible that they are just telling you they are running the ser# as a pretext to control the weapon during the stop.
Police are people too, some good at knowing and following all the rules, all the time, others, not so much....
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|August 8, 2014, 05:50 AM
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Beyond that point, I disagree. First, a serial number is not "in plain sight" -- you have to look for it. Second, even if you can read it without squinting and shining your tactical flashlight on it, there is nothing about a serial number by itself, absent other contributing factors (which, under the rules set by Terry, must be "clearly articulable), to generate a reasonable suspicion that the gun is stolen. Accordingly, calling in the serial number to check it is an unconstitutional search.
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This is how it would be used. In practice, my left hand would be holding the casing on the nozzle and pushing down on the whole thing to anchor it:
I'm fortunate to have access to some fairly good metalworking gear.
The main syringe body is a six-inch length of 3 inch diameter stainless steel tube. The nozzle is stainless tube with a 5/8" outside diameter, which means the sausage mix gets forced through a hole little more than 1/2" in diameter. Both tubes are welded to a common bit of stainless steel flat plate.
The plunger end is made from some inch-thick plastic (nylon? polyethylene?) cutting board. The plunger shaft is just a 3/8" stainless bolt. The plastic plunger is tapped with a screw thread to take this bolt. The plunger assembly is reinforced with the stepped sleeve and bit of tube shown in the middle picture. I didn't have these two items for a start, but when I saw how much force was necessary to move the sausage through the small hole, I figured I needed them to stop the plastic thread getting stripped. Of course I could have used another idea to make a stronger shaft, but I had these two items on hand.
I had hoped that all I'd need would be the syringe body and plunger, but I was wrong. With my strength being distributed over the relatively large plunger diameter, I could barely get the meat moving.
By using a bigger diameter nozzle and a smaller diameter syringe tube, less force should be required to extrude the sausage mix....but less volume would have to be loaded for a tube of the same length. As it is, this system holds probably less than half a kilo of mix.
When I first made the plunger, I allowed only a few thousandths of an inch clearance between the plunger and the bore of the syringe tube. While this was good in theory, I found that the tube was slightly out of round and the plunger jammed. So I had to make the plunger substantially smaller. I thought that I might have to fit an o-ring to the cylindrical surface of the plunger to make it seal properly, but I found that the chunks in the mix made an effective seal...so the o-ring is not necessary. Perhaps if I had a very liquid mix, I would have to think about adding an o-ring.
Finding it virtually impossible to force mix through the nozzle with just the simple syringe arrangement, I had to make some sort of a 'machine' to help me. An elaborate stuffer might have a 'rack and pinion', or screw jack system, but I wanted to get going quickly with minimal expense and effort. I made up the frame pictured from aluminium channel section, a short bit of aluminium angle section, some bolts, and a couple of stainless pipe spacers.
At the rear of the assembly (the nozzle end is the front), I have four bolts spaced along to match the 'travel' of the plunger. I use a bit of stainless steel flat bar as a lever, using each bolt as a fulcrum point in turn.
This stuffer isn't simple to use, but it does the job for the quantities of sausages I will be making as I experiment. Today I made up a relatively coarse, dry Boerewors mix, and I found that I could extrude it through the machine....although it wasn't easy. Sometimes I would have to apply considerable pressure...then I'd get a great 'ejaculation' of sausage meat flying out.
Boerewors strikes me as being a relatively dry, stiff mix. With a fattier or wetter mix I imagine that the extrusion process would be easier.
Also, if I'd somehow fabricated a tapered nozzle I MAY have found that the machine took less force to operate. But a tapered nozzle isn't simple to make compared to a bit of tube, and more mix is left in a tapered or bigger nozzle once the plunger reaches the end of its travel.
My main current sausage-making goal is the production of Droewors. So I need something like this with a small nozzle.
Anyway...I just thought I'd share the results of my experiments. I'm considering the option of buying a nice commercial stuffer, but meanwhile this will keep me going.


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Uh-oh! It looks like we might have to update our list of the best holiday songs ever. Jessie star Debby Ryan just posted an amazing cover of the classic holiday song "Santa Baby" that we're totally obsessed with — and so did Ariana Grande, with some help from her former Victorious co-star Liz Gillies!
We think both versions of the tune are totally fantastic, but we want to know which one is your favorite: Debby's more rock 'n roll take on the holiday hit or Ariana and Liz's playful duet. Listen to them both, and then tell us which star you think nailed it in the comments!


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Supporting Our Future & Theirs Too
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Washington, D.C., January 30 - For the second year in a row, Our Washington Nationals spent the final day of The Winter Caravan touring a facility close to our team's heart. Maybe, the most important visit of the entire week's activities. In 2007, The Children's National Medical Center in N.W. Washington was chosen by The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation as recipient of one of their core community projects--a Juvenile Diabetes Care Complex. $5 Million dollars is needed to complete the project. The much needed children's center was kickstarted with a $2 Million donation by The Dream Foundation three years ago.
Unfortunately, $3.75 Million is needed to break ground on the state of the art facility and in a down economy, donations have been sluggish--meaning The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation's pet project has yet to begin construction. But that hasn't kept the spirits high for what can be accomplished. Today, Ryan Zimmerman led Nyjer Morgan, Adam Dunn, Josh Willingham, John Lannan, Jason Marquis, Matt Capps, Craig Stammen, Brian Bruney, Tyler Clippard, Our Manager Jim Riggleman, MASN's Rob Dibble and My Best Friend!! Screech!! on a special "Meet & Greet" with many sick children in the Atrium of The National Children's Medical Center. Then, headed off for private meetings with those kids that could not leave their hospital rooms. A little love and attention never can do anyone harm and on this cold, snowy and dreary winter Washington, D.C. day--13 Members of Our Washington Nationals brought some sunshine back into these needy kids' hearts and left leaving smiles on their faces and the hope--most important of all--that all is not lost.
If Our Children are truly Our Future then the construction and final completion of The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation's Diabetes Care Complex at The Children's National Medical Center in NW Washington should be set in stone on a calendar date in the very near future. Those children deserve the support and Our Washington Nationals are making every effort to bring a healthy future back into their lives and to the many families that love them--unconditionally.
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Mrs. Beight was born April 8, 1917, in Minneapolis, Minn. She moved to Los Angeles when she was 10 and graduated from St. Agnes High School and then L.A. Business College. She married George Beight in 1939. At age 47 she began a career in deep space tracking. She lived in La Canada, Calif., Sequim, Wash., Vancouver, Wash., and Tigard.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years; and a son, Joseph. She is survived by children, Giorgia Marsh, Tigard; and Jonathan Beight, N.Y. and their spouses; five grandchildren; brother, Patrick Grady, Gorham, Maine; sisters, Eileen Pruitt, Woodland, Wash., and Rita Hargett, Ridgefield, Wash.; and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17 at Holy Redeemer Church in Vancouver.


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Many Jewish communities of the South have sent in advance payments toward the $3,100,000 Emergency Fund of the United Jewish Campaign, David A. Brown, national chairman, announced.
The United Jewish Campaign of Memphis, Tenn., has sent in a check for $8,000 representing its full share of the emergency fund.
The United Jewish Campaign of Arkansas has forwarded a check for $5,000 toward the emergency fund.
The State of Alabama during the past week increased its previous total advance to $15,000. The Louisiana Campaign Committee has increased its remittances to this fund to $10,700. Texas has increased remittances to the Emergency Fund to $13,000.
Kansas City, Mo., has to its credit to date a total of $10,000 toward the Emergency Fund.
Simultaneously with the contributions from the South, the Western and Eastern States that have already made partial payments, are continually increasing their totals. The State of Iowa has to its credit to date the sum of $12,000. Wisconsin has transmitted $15,000. A similar amount has also been received from the Committee of Detroit. The Committee of Paterson, N.J. has increased its advance to $9,000.
With a total of $644,000 thus far received in response to appeal issued by Mr. David A. Brown, another plea has been made by the National Chairman in the form of a letter which is being sent to various communities throughout the country that have not as yet participated in the Emergency Fund.


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I became interested into IBM's (NYSE:IBM) shares ever since Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) bought stock in the company for the first time back in 2011 – and he kept on buying shares to this day. Nevertheless, I never found a price point where I would be interested to buy the company's shares until now. After disappointing fourth quarter results came up, IBM's shares took a plunge (the stock is down by 4% since quarterly results were unveiled) leaving the company at an attractive valuation point for a company which is growing its EPS and buying back shares.
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IBM's fourth quarter was indeed disappointing. Results were again weaker than expected as revenue dropped 5% year-over-year (yoy). Despite weak revenues, and thanks to cost cutting initiatives, share buybacks and a lower than anticipated tax rate, net income grew by 6% yoy.
All the above being said, the company remains a software and IT solutions powerhouse that can be trusted by CIO's across the corporate world making it a great Free Cash Flow machine that cares for its shareholders – the company has a strong share buyback plan and keeps on increasing its cash dividend yield - now at around 2%. Besides, IBM's management has reiterated its EPS guidance of $20 in 2015 earnings which makes it an increasingly attractive asset from a price to earnings perspective.
Selling under performing businesses
On the other hand, IBM seems to be focusing in its most promising businesses and is willing to sell those segments that are not compelling from a ROIC standpoint. A great example of this is IBM's recent agreement to sell the company's x86 server business to Lenovo (LNVGY) for approximately $2.3 billion ($2.0 billion in cash and $300 million in Lenovo stock) or 0.5 times 2013 sales. On top of the cash and stock price, around 7,500 IBM employees shall be hired by Lenovo.
Even when the price tag looks low relatively to what IBM initially wanted for its x86 business (around $5 billion), the IT giant is removing from its P&L a business that added no significant synergies and generated a pre tax loss of $37.4 million a year.
On Valuation
From a valuation standpoint the stock looks progressively cheap even when its top line growth has been more and more disappointing. IBM sells for 2014 10 times earnings and 7.8 times EV/EBITDA at a time when the company is growing EPS and its operating cash flow per share. Other IT giants such as Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) sell for 2014 13 times earnings and 8.8 times EV/EBITDA. Vmware (NYSE:VMW), a leader in cloud computing and a competitor to IBM in that segment, sells for 2014 27 times earnings and 19 times EV/EBITDA.
Bottom line
The oracle of Omaha might be right once more. IBM's management seems committed to keep on transforming the tech giant from a hardware provider to an IT services company committed to giving back cash to its shareholders. Maybe the shares could go down even further but, for sure, IBM looks like a company any value driven investor should keep on his/her watch list.


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[17 January 2012]
PopMatters Associate Events Editor
Re-releases are, inherently, anti-climatic. This is especially true in America when the original release was more than 12 months prior, and also when that original release was – gasp – not in America at all, but in the United Kingdom. Don't blame us, we've been trained to want everything first. Now. Before anyone else gets it. It's true: Americans can be selfish.
So be it. At this point in our nation's history, we may as well reconcile to the fact that we will not always be numero uno. Sometimes, and maybe it'll start happening more and more, someone else will get something before us and then let the hand-me-downs trickle down into our waiting arms when they think we're good and ready to accept them.
This is one occasion where we better step up and accept what is being given to us. No, it is not a political decree or a financial plea. It is the Bees (or, for us Americans, Band of Bees, due to a licensing conflict that simply cannot be avoided). Though they have already gained solid ground in their own home on the other side of the pond, they must now begin to dig their feet into the US soil and start all over again. To them, it really is unfair. For us, it is a gift. As they have recently signed with ATO Records, Band of Bees can become more accessible than YouTube videos and delayed import shipments. So begins the reason for this review – an official US release of an album that was released in the UK one year ago, Every Step's a Yes. However, it should be noted that the US release has five additional "bonus" tracks that the Brits didn't get on the original (Hah! We win again).
Being the diligent and international fans that we are, PopMatters.com has already reviewed the original release, but I'll still quote some of that and give a brief rundown of my own before going into those bonus tracks. Here's the quote from our very own Crispin Kott:
"The first gentle toe in the water was "Silver Line", a delicate and plucky number with haunting organs and haunting background vocals and a tingly feeling like sitting in a bathtub filled with warm honey. Then came the single, "I Really Need Love", which also opens the album. And I don't know if you have love or want love, but this really is how it might feel, what with the acoustic strumming and the little bridges with their soaring harmonies and desperate pauses."
To add to Mr. Kott's words, Every Step's a Yes is an album full of love, from the 70s psych-pop of "Tired of Loving" to the Pink Floyd-ish ambience of "Island Love Letter". The tune "Winter Rose" also deserves a loud (perhaps the loudest) shout out, with a calm island groove, a light horn intrusion, and a refrain that you'll be humming at your desk for hours at a time.
As for the bonus tracks, there's "Go Where You Wanna Go", a Byrds-esque tune of harmonic freedom, and the starkly different, ultimately refreshing "The Dink", a soulful groove complete with horns and lasers and a hi-hat funk that will make you feel like you're sitting on a trampoline in a light wind. It sounds remarkably like that 1996 Beastie Boys album The In Sound From Way Out!—coincidentally a radically different output from that band than they are known for as well. "The Rip" is a melancholy tear at your heart, perhaps best referenced as "art rock" but with true, not manufactured, sadness. The live version of "I Really Need Love" brings the sitar out front a bit more, the remix of "Winter Rose" shows their proclivity and talent for a mixing board, and the instrumental reprise of "Island Love Letter" is a lovely send off.
Even though a deluxe version of an already released album may seem like just another publicity stunt and an easy introduction into a new market, perhaps you should look at it another way. Think back to the last time you ordered a hamburger in a diner, but when the kind waitress asked if you'd like to make it a deluxe, you thought about it for a second and ultimately decided that you weren't that hungry. But then, just as you were taking your last bite of that hamburger, sans lettuce or tomatoes, and looked down at the unusually tiny plate, you realized that you needed those fries to top off the meal. You're still hungry and you just wanted a little bit more to make it complete. Well, here's your chance. Get the fries.
Published at: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/152417-band-of-bees-every-steps-a-yes-deluxe-version/


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Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair of Sweden gets serious with their Spring 2009 Collection. An examination of the wears and looks from forthcoming season show some prizes. Our favorites include the Windstopper Pu shirts with zip up details, a great collection of spring suit jacket and slacks, and the lightweight nylon Elasta bomber jacket (shown above). Consistency is what Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair brings season after season. Just watch!
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Marine from Camp Lejeune killed in Afganistan
Posted February 2, 2012
Camp Lejeune, N.C. — A Camp-Lejeune-based Marine died Wednesday while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Lance Cpl. Edward J. Dycus, 22, of Greenville, Miss., died Feb. 1 while conducting combat operations in the Helmand province, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation.
Dycus was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.


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At Chamoxa, We caught sight of the Xeon 3.6GHz based on the Nocona Core from
Intel, featuring HT technology and a 1MB L2 cache.
A-Data DDR400 CL2.5 value RAMs going for 39bucks per strip!
Sanyo's latest series of Rechargable Batteries and Chargers!
Zooming into the Pink and Blue chargers by Sanyo, my buddy, Booest, personally
bought one of these.


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Check Merino Wool Poncho with Fox Fur Trim
- A Merino wool poncho made in Italy with a solid colour on the outside and complementing check on the reverse. Fox fur adds warmth and a lustrous detail.
- 140 x 140cm/55.1 x 55.1in
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Patrick Marleau scored the tiebreaking goal 6:59 into the third period and the Sharks eliminated the two-time defending Western Conference champion Red Wings from the playoffs with a 2-1 victory Saturday in Game 5 of their semifinal series.
Joe Thornton scored the first goal for San Jose and then set up Marleau's tally with a pass from behind the net to help the Sharks advance to the conference final for the second time in franchise history.
Marleau and goalie Evgeni Nabokov are the only two players left from the 2004 team that lost to Calgary in six games, and both came up big in the series clincher against the Red Wings.
Nabokov survived a blitz late in the second period to keep it tied at 1. Marleau then came through with his second winning goal of the series when Thornton found him all alone in the slot and he beat Jimmy Howard.
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First Period—None. Penalties—Franzen, Det (interference), 12:42; Franzen, Det (hooking), 18:27.
Second Period—1, Detroit, Rafalski 3 (Franzen, Bertuzzi), 2:40. 2, San Jose, Thornton 3 (Heatley, Demers), 4:54 (pp). Penalties—Stuart, Det (elbowing), 4:47; Pavelski, SJ (hooking), 5:32; Bertuzzi, Det (holding), 7:36; Boyle, SJ (tripping), 12:11; Vlasic, SJ (kneeing), 16:01.
Third Period—3, San Jose, Marleau 3 (Thornton), 6:59. Penalties—Boyle, SJ (holding), 19:07. Missed Penalty Shot—Pavelski, SJ, 3:12 third. Shots on Goal—Detroit 6-14-14—34. San Jose 15-3-14—32. Power-play opportunities—Detroit 0 of 4; San Jose 1 of 4. Goalies—Detroit, Howard 5-7-0 (32 shots-30 saves). San Jose, Nabokov 8-3-0 (34-33). A—17,562 (17,496).
Fleury, Penguins push Habs to brink of exit
PITTSBURGH — Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves, Kris Letang scored on a power play after accidentally setting up Montreal's decisive goal in the previous game, and the Penguins got a 2-1 victory over the Canadiens in Game 5 of their East semifinal series to move within a victory of eliminating Montreal.
"It felt good to have some shots and make some saves," Fleury said. "I felt useful (Saturday), you know, to do something. I was doing something, not just standing there."
Defenseman Sergei Gonchar also scored as the Penguins positioned themselves to close out the series in Montreal on Monday.
Montreal rallied to win the final three games in the opening round against top-seeded Washington. Pittsburgh hasn't blown a 3-2 lead since the 1996 Eastern Conference final against Florida.
"Obviously, everybody still believes," Montreal goalie Jaroslav Halak said. "We are still in it. We've been in this situation before."
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby remained without a goal in the series, and Evgeni Malkin also didn't find the net — he did set up Letang's pivotal goal late in the first period — but the Penguins had enough offense without their stars to support Fleury's best game of the playoffs.
Halak also played another strong game, making 23 saves, but he showed one weakness: one-timers from above the circles. "Against these guys, one mistake here or there and they'll be in the net," Montreal forward Scott Gomez said.
Letang, so upset after Game 4 that he wouldn't talk with reporters, got the important first goal with a shot from the left point at 18:18 of the first. Malkin carried the puck out from behind the net to open a shooting lane for Letang to score Pittsburgh's seventh goal in 16 power-play chances to that point.
Gonchar made it 2-0 midway through the second period while playing behind a makeshift line of Malkin; Mike Rupp, who missed Game 4, and Mark Letestu, who spent most of the regular season with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. (Wings Ruslan Fedotenko and Alexei Ponikarovsky were healthy scratches.)
Gonchar took defenseman Brooks Orpik's cross-ice pass a few feet in front of the blue line and drove a shot past Halak.
"The defensemen did a great job of getting the shots through," Rupp said. "If we don't do that, we're not going to score on this guy (Halak)."
With wing Bill Guerin back after sitting out two games with an undisclosed injury, the Penguins also did a better job of crowding the net to make it difficult for Halak to see the puck.
"They had the traffic all the time in front of me, and we didn't (in front of Fleury)," Halak said. "We made it easy on their goalie."
Montreal played most of the final period without top defenseman Hal Gill, who sustained a leg cut while colliding with Penguins wing Chris Kunitz. Gill was to be evaluated today.
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First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Letang 4 (Malkin, Gonchar), 18:18 (pp). Penalties—Gorges, Mon (cross-checking), 17:15; Kunitz, Pit (cross-checking), 20:00.
Second Period—2, Pittsburgh, Gonchar 2 (Orpik, Letestu), 9:50. Penalties—Moore, Mon (tripping), 16:35.
Third Period—3, Montreal, Cammalleri 9 (Gionta, Plekanec), 19:29 (pp). Penalties—Subban, Mon (delay of game), 5:31; Malkin, Pit (roughing), 6:27; Dupuis, Pit (slashing), 17:34. Shots on Goal—Montreal 6-12-15—33. Pittsburgh 9-10-6—25. Power-play opportunities—Montreal 1 of 3; Pittsburgh 1 of 3. Goalies—Montreal, Halak 6-5-0 (25 shots-23 saves). Pittsburgh, Fleury 7-4-0 (33-32). A—17,132 (16,940).
Stamkos scores in win for Canada at worlds
Canada defeated Italy 5-1 in its world championship opener at Mannheim, Germany, behind a goal and an assist each from the Lightning's Steven Stamkos, the Flames' Rene Bourque and the Avalanche's Matt Duchene.
"Overall, we did some things well," Stamkos said. "But we have things to improve on: making smarter plays with the puck, getting pucks in, going in on the forecheck instead of making those pretty plays.
"It's difficult when you're playing with some great players. You want to make some good plays. But at the end of the day, when we scored, it was getting pucks to the net, getting traffic in front, getting some dirty goals."
Lightning wing Steve Downie played 9:38 and didn't record a shot on goal.


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NEW YORK (Jun. 19)
Two hundred and fifty young Americans from every part of the United States and Canada will leave for Israel at the end of June and early July to attend the 1957 Israel Summer Institute, a seven-week study, tour and work project sponsored by the Jewish Agency.
The first group of 80 summer institute members will sail tomorrow aboard the SS Israel of the Zim Israel American Lines. A second group of 62 leaves for Israel next Sunday, and a third group on July 14, via El Al Israel Airlines. The students are members of various Zionist and Jewish youth organizations including Mizrachi Hatzair, Student Zionist Organization, Junior Hadassah and Young Zionists (Zionist Organization of America). A fourth group of 70 will leave on Sunday, July 7 via El Al to attend a Junior Institute. This party is composed of members of Young Judaea, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, United Synagogue Youth and Yeshiva University Synagogue Youth.
The Israel Summer Institute is a non-profit project for the purpose of bringing American youth to Israel in order that they might become imbued with the cultural and intellectual efforts of the Jewish State. The Institute meets in Jerusalem. Its members attend orientation sessions, lectures on the Hebrew language and literature and other courses relating to Israel's history and development. The major part of their stay in Israel is devoted to extensive guided tours of the country and a period of work at typical agricultural settlements. The Institute is open to American students, teachers and others interested in the cultural development of Israel between the ages of 13 and 30.


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BUCHAREST (Sep. 23)
Jewish business circles expressed concern over a Government order, effective today, requiring the personal approval of Valerius Pop, anti-Semitic Minister of Industry and Commerce, on all import permits.
Applications for the permits, under the order, must set forth the name and surname of the applicant as well as complete data on the financial status and personnel of the firm.
Jewish circles, pointing out that Pop is known for his anti-Semitic tendencies and is a former leader of the anti-Jewish Cuzist Party, expressed fears that the order might be used to discriminate against Jewish firms.
anti-Semites won a complete victory today in the election of the Medical Council in Constanza. As a result, Jewish physicians stated that it would be virtually impossible for them to establish practice in the city.


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Advice: Do not buy this car until Lexus fixes the engine hesitation problem..The ES ride is soft and the interior is nice. Handling, however, is below average with too much body roll in turns. The transmission often shifts roughly. The much talked about engine hesitation problem when accelerating is frustrating at best and can sometimes be downright dangerous. It is a known problem with Lexus and cannot be fixed. It occurs on 2003 and newer ES models and is computer related (some cars are worse than others and the problem gets worse over time). I had to get rid of the Lexus after 3,500 miles at a substantial loss in value. The Acura TL, while maybe not as nicely appointed, blows this car away in the way it drives and handles. More horsepower, much less roll, no engine hesitation and the transmission shifts much more smoothly. All in all, I should have gone with the Acura.
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TCM Schedule for Friday, December 21 -- What's on Tonight: TCM Spotlight: Ernst Lubitsch
The folks at TCM have the most interesting ideas for their daily themes. Today, they seem to trying a bit of counter-programming, going for the totally unexpected by scheduling a day full of films about nuclear (or biological) armageddon. In prime time, things are a bit more ordinary, with a trio of films directed by the extraordinary Ernst Lubitsch. Enjoy!
6:30 AM -- MGM Parade Show #15 (1955)
George Murphy hosts a special Christmas show featuring Judy Garland performing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in a clip from "Meet Me in St. Louis."
BW-26 mins, TV-G,
7:00 AM -- The Lost Missile (1958)
Scientists try to stop a mysterious missile from destroying the Earth.
Dir: William Berke
Cast: Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Philip Pine
BW-71 mins, TV-PG,
The original director dropped dead on the first day of filming, and his son took over.
8:30 AM -- The Satan Bug (1965)
A mad millionaire bribes a scientist to steal a deadly virus.
Dir: John Sturges
Cast: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis
C-115 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
Though it follows the general plot rather closely, there are a number of differences between this adaptation and the original novel by Alistair MacLean. Notably among them, in the novel the action is set in the UK, Sation Three is called the Mordon Microbiological Research Establishment, George Maharis' character is called Pierre Cavell and Anne Francis' character is called Mary and is actually married to George Maharis' character.
10:30 AM -- The Last Man On Earth (1964)
A deadly virus turns most of the world's population into blood-drinking ghouls.
Dir: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoja, Emma Danieli
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
Although this is much more faithful to the book than The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007) which are based on the same novel, it changes the main character's name from Robert Neville to Robert Morgan, while the other two leave it unchanged.
12:00 PM -- The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
A pregnant woman searches for love amidst the ruins of nuclear war.
Dir: Richard Lester
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook
C-91 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
The words "bomb" and "war" are very rarely said in the dialogue. Instead, with quintessentially English euphemism, the terms "misunderstanding", "unfortunate incident" etc are used.
2:00 PM -- Five (1951)
The five survivors of a nuclear war struggle to build new lives.
Dir: Arch Oboler
Cast: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson
BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC,
The character of Eric, the bigoted quasi-Nazi, was a good warm-up for actor James Anderson, who would take on his most famous movie role, the monstrous Robert E. Lee Ewell, so memorably in "To Kill a Mockingbird" a decade later.
4:00 PM -- Panic in Year Zero (1962)
A vacationing family tries to survive the aftermath of nuclear war.
Dir: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon
BW-92 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
Milland's car in this movie is a 1962 Mercury Monterey.
6:00 PM -- The World, The Flesh, And The Devil (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.
Dir: Ranald MacDougall
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
To film the striking images of a deserted New York City, the cast and crew had to start filming at dawn in order to capture the city before the early morning rush. This gave them no more than an hour or two per day in which to film the sequence.
8:00 PM -- The Love Parade (1929)
A count finds his marriage to a queen less than satisfying.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,
Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Maurice Chevalier, Best Art Direction -- Hans Dreier, Best Cinematography -- Victor Milner, Best Director -- Ernst Lubitsch, Best Sound, Recording -- Franklin Hansen (sound director), and Best Picture
Film debut of Jeanette MacDonald.
10:00 PM -- Monte Carlo (1930)
A wealthy count poses as a hairdresser to romance a financially strapped countess.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald, ZaSu Pitts
BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC,
The song "Beyond the Blue Horizon," introduced here, became Jeanette MacDonald's theme song for the rest of her life. During World War II she changed the line, "Beyond the blue horizon lies the rising sun" to " ... lies the shining sun" because the Rising Sun was the symbol of America's enemy, Japan.
12:00 AM -- The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton
BW-99 mins, TV-PG, CC,
Won an Oscar for Best Art Direction -- Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope
A French-language version was filmed simultaneously, with Chevalier and MacDonald in the starring roles. (As a trained opera singer, MacDonald spoke and sang excellent French.) However, the rest of the cast was replaced with French-speaking actors. Marcel Vallée played the Ambassador (who is played by Edward Everett Horton in the English version).
2:00 AM -- Crumb (1995)
Artwork and interviews trace the career of the pioneering underground comics creator.
Dir: Terry Zwigoff
Cast: Robert Crumb, Alice Kominsky Crumb, Charles Crumb
C-120 mins,
All the artwork by Charles Crumb seen in this movie was thrown away by his mother, Beatrice Crumb, after his death. She didn't think anybody would be interested in it.
4:15 AM -- Antonio Gaudi (1986)
The camera explores the buildings of Spanish architect and sculptor Antonio Gaudi.
Dir: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Antonio Gaudi, Isidro Puig Boada,
C-72 mins, TV-G,
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FLAUZINO, Regina Fernandes; SOUZA-SANTOS, Reinaldo and OLIVEIRA, Rosely Magalhães. Dengue, geoprocessing, and socioeconomic and environmental indicators: a review. Rev Panam Salud Publica [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.5, pp.456-461. ISSN 1680-5348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1020-49892009000500012.
OBJECTIVE: To further understand the disease behavior of dengue by analyzing studies on dengue and geoprocessing, as well as socioeconomic and environmental indicators. METHOD: MEDLINE, SciELO, and Lilacs databases, as well as the CAPES dissertation databank, were searched using the following key words: dengue, geographic information system, spatial analysis, geoprocessing, remote sensing, and socioenvironmental indicators. A manual search of the bibliographies of select articles was also performed. All studies published in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, through December 2007, that focused on dengue, geoprocessing, and socioeconomic and environmental indicators were included. The relevant articles were grouped according to type (serologic surveys or secondary data analyses) and spatial analysis unit (municipality, health district, neighborhood, administrative region, census tracts, and city blocks). RESULTS: Twenty-two studies from Latin America (19 from Brazil) were evaluated. Six were serologic surveys and 16 employed secondary data. Geographic information systems were employed in one survey, and 11 used secondary data analyses. Spatial clustering was similar in both types of studies. Poverty was not a major risk factor for the disease. Spatial heterogeneity of living conditions and incidence was reported by 15 of 16 studies with secondary data. CONCLUSIONS: Since the complexity of dengue is closely tied to the ecological characteristics of the environment, studies based on spatial clusters plus local environmental determinants provide a more comprehensive view of the disease. These studies also allow for the identification of spatial heterogeneity, shown to be a key to understanding how dengue epidemics develop.
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You have a credit score that indicates whether you're a good credit risk. In a similar way, states have credit ratings that reflect their ability to pay debts and the strength of their economies. Six states earn lower ratings than most in the latest list from rating agency Standard and Poor's. California is in last place because of state budget issues, though S-and-P said last winter that the outlook for the Golden State has improved. One rung up from the bottom is Illinois, which has had stubborn budget problems and has heavy pension obligations. Then come three states that have been hit hard by various economic factors. There's Arizona, which has been slammed by the housing crisis; Kentucky, which has been weathering a loss of manufacturing jobs; and Michigan, which has felt fallout from the auto industry. The last of the sagging six is New Jersey, whose finances have been strained by pensions, high debt levels and generous unemployment benefits.
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Located in a stylish area of Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, it is a brilliant 5-star lodging which offers a brilliant view of the city. With a surpassing sense of interior, it has classy restaurants and bars within its premises for its guests. The Rib Room Bar & Restaurant is the most vivacious dining place at Knightsbridge. It has been revamped and appreciated by several connoisseurs of food industry, for its traditional English serves. Besides, its menu has options with over 450 ecstatic champagnes and wines. Simon Young, delightful known for his culinary art, heads this restaurant.
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Just the way grange St Pauls Hotel is known for its luxury, Benihana is known for its delightful Japanese serves. Its menu has everything that will fascinate you as a Japanese food lover. Try the most authentic taste of Prawn Tempura, to Sushi or Shashimi. Besides, it has a whole menu of drinks with surprising taste which will sooth with relaxation.
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[SOLVED] MS Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 & Slack 12.1
After hours' searching and testing, I got this mouse working under slackware 12.1. But I could not find a way to automatically connect this mouse on system startup. I doubt how I could achive it, because I need to press and hold the bluetooth button on the bottom of the mouse precisely when I issue "hidd --search" for connecting.
Anyone has the same experience?
cat hcid.conf
update: the mouse auto reconnect works fine under winxp. But no luck under slackware.
I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse working fine in Slack-12.1.
Does Microsoft actually make anything, like that mouse, or is
it just rebranded? I've had M$ mice before and they were Logitech
OEM mice with a M$ label.
Here's some information to share with you:
mingdao@jeremiah:~$ dmesg | grep -i bluetooth
mingdao@jeremiah:~$ ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth.conf
mingdao@jeremiah:~$ ls -l /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
mingdao@jeremiah:~$ sudo ls -l /etc/bluetooth/passkeys/default
It works in:
Windows XP Pro
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
Hope this information is of some use and help to you.
Edit: Make sure this file is executable:
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Thanks a lot Bruce. You have real Kongfu to show :)
It seems that "SDPD_ENABLE=true" and "RFCOMM_ENABLE=true" were missing from my /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth.conf
I added them and did a /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth restart and found that my mouse resumed to work after a single press on the bluetooth bottom.
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Lille heading for Champs Lge after Lyon win
PARIS, May 6 (Reuters) - Ambitious Lille moved closer to securing a Champions League preliminary round berth with a 4-0 victory on Saturday over Ligue 1 title-winners Olympique Lyon who effectively fielded a B team.
With one game remaining, the northern side are third in the table on 61 points, two ahead of Olympique Marseille who were held to a 2-2 home draw by demoted Racing Strasbourg.
In the final round of matches next weekend, Marseille will need a win at runners-up Girondins Bordeaux and hope that Lille lose at fifth-placed Stade Rennes.
Lille opened the scoring against Lyon with a 35th-minute goal by midfielder Geoffrey Dernis after a nice one-two with Mathieu Bodmer.
After the interval, striker Peter Odemwingie struck twice in three minutes and Jean Makoun completed the rout in the dying minutes.
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Inhibition of STAT3 expression by siRNA suppresses growth and induces apoptosis in laryngeal cancer cells.
Gao LF, Xu DQ, Wen LJ, Zhang XY, Shao YT, Zhao XJ
AIM: To determine the inhibitory effect of the synthetic STAT3 siRNA on the expression of STAT3 gene in human laryngeal cancer cell lines Hep2 and to investigate the effect of STAT3 siRNA on growth and apoptosis in Hep2 cells. METHODS: A pair of DNA templates coding siRNA against STAT3-mRNA was synthesized to reconstruct plasmid of pSilencer1.0-U6 siRNA-STAT3. Hep2 cells were transfected with RPMI-1640 media (untreated), plasmid (empty), and STAT3 siRNA, respectively. Northern blot and Western blot analysis of STAT3 and pTyr-STAT3 expression in Hep2 cells and Western blot analysis of Bcl-2 expression in the Hep2 cell was performed 72 h after transfection. MTT, flow cytometry, and AO/EB assay were used for determination of cells proliferation and apoptosis in Hep2 cells. RESULTS: pTyr-STAT3 was markedly expressed in untreated Hep2 cells and the vector-treated Hep2 cells, whereas pTyr-STAT3 expression was significantly reduced in STAT3 siRNA-transfected Hep2 cells, indicating that STAT3 siRNA inhibited the activity of STAT3. Transfection of Hep2 cells with STAT3 siRNA significantly inhibited STAT3 expression at both mRNA and protein level in Hep2 cells and the inhibition was characterized by time-dependent transfection. Treatment of Hep2 cells with STAT3 siRNA resulted in dose-dependent growth inhibition of Hep2, this significantly increased apoptotic cell rate, and decreased Bcl-2 expression level in Hep2 cells. STAT3 siRNA had an effect on induction of either early or late stage apoptosis. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that STAT3 siRNA effectively inhibits STAT3 gene expression in Hep2 cells leading to growth suppression and induction of apoptosis in Hep2 cells. The use of siRNA technique may provide a novel therapeutic approach to treat laryngeal cancer and other malignant tumors expressing constitutively activated STAT3.
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After eight years of frenzied blogging at this site, Transition Culture has moved to its new home. Do come and join us, but feel free to also browse this now-archived site and use the shop. Thanks for all your support, comments and input so far, and see you soon.
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31 Oct 1:58am
FUN! What a concept! Paul seems to have his feet firmly planted on the ground. I liked his take overall. I just hope it's possible to have a bit of fun when the turning comes full force.
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Thank you for posting this interview Rob. It is good to hear from someone who knows his "stuff" and is not just being fed by emotion (stop pointing fingers at me 🙂
All prompted by good questions!
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Very intersting interview and a lot of good thoughts from Paul. There is only one point where I think he is way off the mark – he says "efficency won't cut it, we have done all the efficiency measures and noe we are stuffed".
If only that were true! Hopefully it will be very soon, and then we can move onto "less" but unfortunatly at the moment most people are still struggling to get thier insulation done and find low energy lightbulbs that will fit thier requirements. These are the very first and very easy steps. The sooner we stop debating the effectivemss of energy efficiency, but just do it and move on, the better.
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Cotheridge is now a village and civil parish (with Broadwas) in the district of Malvern Hills in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) west of the city of Worcester and a mile north-east of the Leigh Court railway station on the Great Western Railway on the opposite side of the River Teme. The River Teme flows on the southern and south-western part of the village where the land is low-lying and is susceptible to flooding.
The village is small with most of its residents being widespread. It is noted for its 12th century St. Leonard's Church and manor house.
The manor house known as Cotheridge Court which dates back to at least the 16th century stands at the south-western part of the village. The 12th-century church of St. Leonard's stands not very far away.
In 1304 there were two vineyards belonging to the manor. In the late 19th century the chief crops were wheat, beans, and hops with some land used for pasture.
From 1894 until 1974 it was a parish in the Martley Rural District. Since 1974 it has been part of the Malvern Hills District, first in the county of Hereford and Worcester, and then, since 1998, in Worcestershire again.
There is a sketchmap of the parishes of Martley Rural District on the rural district page.


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