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Cannot remember if I posted this previously in this thread or another. I would be satisfied with the online help if I could adjust the font size for viewing - especially UPWARD .
Thanks Mike, for again considering our input.
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Cannot remember if I posted this previously in this thread or another. I would be satisfied with the online help if I could adjust the font size for viewing - especially UPWARD .
Thanks Mike, for again considering our input.
Al Cantley
FYI, you can print out a chapter in the manual by right clicking on a chapter in the table of contents. You can print the whole thing out at once, but if there is a need for that we can enable it by moving the whole TOC down one level, so that there is only one base item in the contents. Not sure if that's a good idea though. Given the print ability, I am not sure what value a PDF has.
Actually, that doesn't work correctly. When I do that I get the following when asking to print the heading and everything under it:Originally Posted by MBushell/!\ An error has occurred in the script on this page.
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כִּי עֶזְרָא הֵכִין לְבָבוֹ לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־תּוֹרַת יְהוָה וְלַעֲשֹׂת וּלְלַמֵּד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט (Ezra 7:10)
You've confused the definition of "needed" with the definition of "desired"Originally Posted by vr8ce
The manual may be desired, but it's not needed.
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I get the same thing, but if I click "yes," it prints ok.Originally Posted by Dale A. Brueggemann
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Cant we all just get along...?
I'm new to Bibleworks as of version 6 -yes I've upgraded to 7 - and I'm still finding it amazingly useful. (including the digital manual).
I will not blindly stand and defend "My program", "My superior qualifications", or any of the BibleWorks staff, however I pray that God bless the bibleworks staff and help them to continue building upon an already awesome tool for studying HIS word. Thank the Lord that we have this tool and the good folks who continue to develop it for us.
No, actually, I haven't.Originally Posted by Adelphos
v. require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable. (Oxford Concise, 10th ed.)
In my case, it is both essential and very important. For others here (from their posts, not trying to speak for anyone), it is one or the other. For others (including you, apparently), it is neither. However, the fact it is neither for some does not make it so for everyone.
No trolling please.Originally Posted by Adelphos
I'm sure Mike has taken note of your desire, as well as the others, just as he did when he polled people about this matter.Originally Posted by vr8ce
Of course, if a printed manual was needed, BW would have included it, for BW would not ship a product that was missing something that was actually needed. But since the help file is the same as a printed manual, only more up to date, this supplies the need, if not the desire of some.
Naturally, if someone could give a good reason why they can't legitimately access the help file, then that would certainly be important, and would provide a greater motive for spending time and money producing a printed manual. However, if one can access the help file containing all the information -- and then some -- of the printed manual, that would make the printed manual less of a must.
I wouldn't cry if BW sent me a printed manual, but as I said before, I'm much more interested in the new modules and other enhancements to the actual software than I am for a printed manual, and I'd hate to see those projects delayed because of a printed manual that can already be found in the help file.
Finally, every dollar that BW spends in the development of this program is ultimately going to affect the users. As of now, BW absorbs a whole lot of royalty and other costs that they do not pass on to us. That is significant as far as I'm concerned. And very much appreciated.
Accordingly, I not only want to return the favor by helping BW avoid extra costs when I am capable of doing so, such as in the production of a printed manual that I don't have to have, but furthermore, I don't want to have to pay more for the program and its modules in the future because BW was forced to spend money on items that are not absolutely crucial to the program, at least not for the vast, vast majority of users, for I suspect that most users would not claim that a printed manual is crucial for their use of the program.
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Scott, I'm glad you don't need a manual, but please stop asserting that your lack of need translates directly to others lack of need. As has been communicated by multiple people on this thread, a help file does not supply the same need as a printed manual.Originally Posted by Adelphos
BW now has more input than they had originally how users feel about the manual, and they can decide what to do. We all understand how the resource allocation process works, and for some of us, we would nonetheless like them to produce a printed manual.


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Cafe Society: Vietnam's Traveler Cafes Offer More Than Coffee
By John M. Edwards
With rolls of communist red tape and only a rudimentary tourist infrastructure, it's still quite difficult to get there and travel around Vietnam. The two official government tourist agencies, Saigon Tourist and Vietnam Tourism, offer prohibitively expensive and restrictive organized tours and accommodations in overpriced luxury hotels. The mushrooming private "tourist agencies" are often corrupt. Fortunately, independent travelers can turn to "traveler cafes." Evidence of free enterprise–in a country still ruled by hardline communists–the cafes are more than just places to socialize and have a cheap meal (starting at around 5,000 dong).
Café Tours
They are also centers from which to take cheap trips throughout Vietnam, including areas that are difficult or impossible to reach via the anarchic public transportation system. Foreigners can swap news and post messages; arrange transport and cheap accommodations; obtain visas to neighboring Laos and Cambodia; and rent motorbikes ($5-$10 a day) or bicycles ($1 a day).
It's possible to travel from one end of Vietnam to the other for less than $200 using a combination of cafe tours. Most of them offer an open ticket that lets you get on and off wherever you want.
The most common route is Saigon to Hanoi (or vice versa) via Dalat, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, Hoi An, Da Nang, and Hué, using these stopovers as bases for shorter day trips. Because trips are mostly in crowded minibuses, it's best to use them for short hops rather than long hauls.
Traveler Café Locations
To hook up with the loosely associated traveler cafe network, jump in a cyclo (about $1) in one of Vietnam's two entry points: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in the south and Hanoi in the north, with the name and address of a cafe in hand.
In Saigon, the two main traveler cafes offering organized excursions and transport are within walking distance of each other and near a cluster of budget hotels.
- The Sinh Cafe
246 De Tham St.
Tel: 824-2457
The most popular travel cafe outfit in the country (T-shirts sporting their logo can be spotted throughout Southeast Asia), offers one- to three-day tours of the Mekong Delta ($8-$27), three-day tours of the idyllic hill retreat of Dalat and touristy sea resort of Nha Trang ($20), and 10-day tours to the ancient former capital of Hué ($140), among others.
- The Kim Café
270 De Tham St.
Offers a day trip to the Cao Dai Temple at Tay Ninh and Cu Chi tunnels ($4). The colorful rococo Cao Dai Temple is the center of a uniquely Vietnamese religion combining Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Laoism, and Catholicism; the Cu Chi tunnels are a network of underground tunnels begun in 1948 by the Viet Minh in their struggles against the French and expanded by the Viet Cong.
Mekong Delta Boat Tour
The highlight of my cafe travel was Kim Cafe's boat tour of the Mekong Delta ($19). Our guide was a former SVA interpreter (who after a stint in a "reeducation camp" drove a cyclo until 1989). One passenger was a returning Viet Kieu exiled in New Caledonia who had fought with the French against the Viet Minh. Many villagers we met on the riverbanks had survived the war by living underground as Viet Cong "tunnel rats."
In Hanoi, tours can be arranged through a number of cafes, including:
- The Queen Café
65 Hang Bac St.
- Green Bamboo Café
42 Nha Chung St.
- Tin Tin Café
14 Hang Non St.
- Meeting Café
59 Ba Trieu St.
Lonely Planet Café
33 Hang Be St.
- Kolo Friendship Café
24 Mai Hac De St.
- Love Planet Café
98 Ma May St.
- Old Darling Café
4 Hang Quat St.
(Don't confuse the Old Darling Cafe with the Real Darling Cafe, on the same street.)
Offers a two-day trip to Ha Long Bay ($24), a three-day trip to Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Island ($38), a four-day trip to Sapa ($48), a two-day trip to Mai Chau/Hoa Binh ($25), plus daytrips to Hoa Lu/Tam Coc ($15) and Perfume Pagoda ($17). It also offers discounted tickets ($2-$4) for the ancient Vietnamese art of roi nuoc (water puppetry) at Thang Long Water Puppet Troupe.
The pinnacle of my trip was a visit to Ha Long Bay, where some 3,000 cave-riddled spiky chalk islets rise up from the crystal-clear waters. It is almost impossible to tour this region independently as cheaply. I met two intrepid travelers who somehow made it there on their own, only to get stranded on a deserted islet (where they were forced to pay an additional bribe of $100).
Ha Long, which means "Where the Dragon Descends into the Sea," has a jagged karst topography similar to Guilin in China and Krabi in Thailand, and its own version of the Loch Ness Monster, dubbed the "Tarasque."
So, if planning a trip to Vietnam, become a member of the Café Society and discover the cheapest and easiest way to see the country!
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If you have made it to the theater for The Dark Knight Rises then you were treated with the first official trailer for Zach Synder's Man of Steel. Well now Warner Brothers has released not only that trailer, but another with a change in the voice over. Check them out after the jump.
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Two fathers talking over the same footage for two equally great first looks at the newest Superman adaptation. Every time I view these trailers I can't help but think that Nolan has been a large guiding hand through Synder's movie. Oh, and the lens flare over 2013 added a lot.
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It is kind of odd to see the sea scenes. One guy, sitting behind me at the theater, kept going on and on about how an Aquaman movie would be stupid until he finally saw that it was Supes.
First off, I don't think it an Aquaman movie would be as stupid as the guy complaining about it.
Second, I will be a little disappointed if Smallville is taken out or moved seaside.
Those scenes are exerts from the time between Smallville and Metropolis when Superman is supposedly walking the Earth to find himself.
Did… did Gandalf die in this movie, too? That music… I'm… so… sad.
For the voice over with Jor-El I guess I hadn't realized that Russell Crowe was playing that part. But I do have to say that it is kinda neat having Crowe doing it. So yeah I this might be a great movie. Can tell by the trailer its gonna blow TDK:Rises out of the water….because Superman is awesome.
I love that Jor-El's dialog is lifted completely from All-Star Superman.
really did they do this?
Other than the jittery hand-held camera style, this looks good. Wasn't sure about the actor but seeing him in this trailer, I think he could make a good superman.
It will be interesting to see how this old, old charakter will be relevant in 2012?
superman is a whole year older than batman(superman debuted 1938,bats 1939),age doesnt seem to make batman any less relevant today.
It's interesting to notice the Lord of the Rings music – though it's not unusual for studios, when they fall on hard times, to "rent" assets to other studios. You'll often see this in trailers for movies that aren't far enough along for the musical score to have been recorded, but the most extreme case was the studio that did the movie "Tora Tora Tora"… they lost so much money on the picture that they sold the special effects many times over – watch this movie first and then watch 'Midway' and they used battle scenes from TTT over and over without alterations! They also used the same battle scenes for the tv mini-series "Pearl" and I've even seen the battle footage used in documentary films!
I'm glad for the explanation about the scenes in the trailer being Kal-el wandering the globe because my first thought was "what – are they making Pa Kent a norwegian fisherman???"
The music, while from Lord of the Rings, is a variant of Adagio in D Minor. It was used in Sunshine, Kick Ass and The Walking Dead to name 3. The main difference is the female vocals which aren't in the others.
The other thing that's interesting is how the two different voice overs change the emotional response to the exact same footage! Very clever! Reminds me of how much better a movie Blade Runner is without the voice over from the theatrical release – but it's the same exact movie footage!
hey theres a dude named byrne on IMDB played by some guy named Brad Kelly could it be? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/fullcredits#cast
I'm with aerohalen1 on this one. I love Henry Cavill (no, I mean seriously – I *love* Henry Cavill), but Emo-Superman has absolutely no appeal to me whatsoever.
Russel Crowe's voice-over makes it even worse. I could buy into a forelorn and lost Clark/Kal-El/Superman trying to find himself in a world with no real knowledge of his Kyrptonian heritage and where Ma and Pa Kent:
A) never were, B) died young, C) took him in for the foster child money which they then blew on cigarettes and alcohol
But what I get from these teasers is that, just like Donner's Superman, he was told from the time he was a fetus he was special and meant to inspire lesser humanbeings to greatness yada-yada fishsticks, develops incredible powers beyond those of normal men, and – let's face – grows up to be a hottie and is *still* all sad and bent out of shape about his life.
To which I say: tough sh*t; I wish I had your problems. At least Peter Park was a wuss with acne and coke bottle glasses before he became a super-stud.
I'll watch this at the dollar theater.
Superman, Terrence Malick style.
Funny. I watched the first one and thought, "Aw. They switched the teaser with next season of 'The Deadliest Catch.'"
The idea of a "more down to Earth" Superman movie is that it could go either way. Supes is one of the most NON-down-to-Earth characters out there. But if they do it right, they can easily build him from humble Kansas boy to interstellar bad ass in a way that works. In any case, I'll have to wait to see more.


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Detached Four Bedroom Barn Conversion with Stabling, Livery Yard, Sand School and 13 Acres of Land, Cloakroom, Lounge, Kitchen, 4 Bedrooms, Master with En-Suite, Family Bathroom, Oil Central Heating and Double Glazing.
Entrance Hall
Enter via uPVC part glazed exterior door, double radiator, under stairs cupboard
Fitted pedestal wash hand basin and low level WC, double radiator
14' 6" x 13' 2" (4.42m x 4.01m)
Laminate floor, feature stone fireplace to corner with multi fuel burner, double glazed French doors
Kitchen/Dining Area
19' 9" x 15' 1" (6.02m x 4.60m)
Stone flag floor, sink unit, fitted base units, double radiator, walls part tiled, stable type exterior door, boiler serving central heating and domestic hot water
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Plumbing available for possible En-Suite
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Abu Dhabi: The trial of more than 90 Emiratis charged with forming a clandestine organisation and plotting to overthrow the government will start on March 4 in the presence of the media, Gulf News has learnt.
The 94 defendants, some of whom are affiliated with the Al Islah Society, will be tried by the State Security Court, part of the Federal Supreme Court. The trial will be presided over by Chief Justice Falah Al Hajiri. Al Islah Society is traditionally known to have links with the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood.
The majority of the defendants are in custody but a number of them are at large, sources said. Those at large will be tried in absentia and there will be arrest warrants issued by the Interpol against them.
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Anna Nichols (English '09) had her first book, Bountiful Baskets and Abundant Tradition—a Southern Family Heritage, published in 2009. She currently is teaching English and American culture in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Read a message from Anna here.
Ginny Phillips (Political Journalism '97) had her first novel, The Well and the Mine, published by Hawthorne Books in 2008. In 2009, the book won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and was re-released by Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin Books. The Well and the Mine was released in the U.K. in 2009, with editions to come in Germany, Italy, Brazil, Korea, and Taiwan.As a freelance writer, she interviewed John Cleese, George Stephanopoulos, James Carville, Sally Ride, DeeDee Myers, Karen Hughes, and Letitia Baldrige.
Murray Dunlap (English '98) earned his MFA at the University of California-Davis, working under the celebrated writer Pam Houston. His fiction has appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review, Post Road, Night Train, Silent Voices, The Bark and many others. His stories have been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, as well as Best New American Voices, and his first book, "Bastard Blue," was a finalist for the Maurice Prize in Fiction. He is currently working on a novel and recovering from a life-changing car accident in the summer of 2008.
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The bottom line is that you need to go with whatever sounds the best to your ears. Sorry about the rant...you hit a nerve.
Only chance to do that is by blind testing, I'm afraid
Tubes add less "stuff" to the signal than any transistor can. In fact, certain triodes are still the most linear discrete voltage amplification devices that exist. It's all about circuit topology. The picture is complicated, but the short story is that transistors have poor linearity but are small (think IC) and cheap. So you can create nearly-ideal amplification circuits using many transistors using various types of feedback loops and so forth. How this circuit is designed and how it recovers from overload/etc is where the differences lie. Some of them are really good. Many of the amp ICs found in consumer electronics are not so great. When combined with cheapskate power supplies, they are awful.Tubes are large and expensive. You can build a fairly complex tube amp that has nearly perfect linearity using similar techniques as above. I have built many. The only sane way to get high power (> 20W) is with a push-pull topology, which will inherently need global negative feedback and some careful design choices. Sometimes you can use local feedback and get away from global feedback (the enemy of overload recovery). One amp that I built does this with astonishing ease (and puts out ~100WPC to boot)!The amps you guys are talking about here are single-ended and probably have no or some local feedback. You can get away with this using tubes because they are inherently very linear. SE amps tend to have a dominant second harmonic and low odd harmonics. The human ear also has a dominant 2nd harmonic, and it is believed that this may be why SE amps have that "warm", pleasant sound to them. Push-pull amps will tend have dominant odd harmonics and therefore need feedback to quell them. Odd harmonics sound "harsh".Anyway, I'll get off my tube soapbox....
Have any of you peeps tried the super-cheapo-plastic-fantastic Superlux HD668b? It's shocking how good they are for $30. I mean... old news I think, but I picked up a pair last month, modded them a little (took out filters + opened up the backs) and these things sound GREAT. The only bad point is that there is no isolation... at home though, or where people don't mind hearing them - they are ossum.
Oh man those are gorgeous. Moar plzz. Are those 300bs getting gassy inside or are they just painted to look like that. The blue glow looks like they might be wearing out.
I am not too sure about the maverick tubemagic but the nuforce icon hdp is a pretty good dac/amp combo too that you might want to consider!
saving for hd800 + WA2 +_+
You can get away with a FIIO with those cans, they're good amps that are cheap and if you do something like the e7 and e9 you get an amp and dac under $200. 240s don't really need it though, aside from the extra volume, they're pretty efficient, like the 271s.
I love the combo, it gets used almost everyday. I use an O2 desktop at my comp but when I want to relax for a while I head to the Woo. (Attachment Link) 49897[/ATTACH]nice pics rknize
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/luscious-denon-ah-d2000-ah-d50000-and-ah-d7000Before you buy a D5000, take a look at that then decide if it is worth it.I personally like the HD600 more. I wouldn't call 650 veiled, but it is a bit less exciting sounding.
on second thought, i have hd600s. i believe hd650s launched at 350-ish, so prices still have gone up, but not as much as i thought. 300 for hd650s is quite a deal.
The Headphone thread died. Long live the headphone thread.To review, I got a pair of Sennheiser HD 558 cans the other day. The open/airy sound was weird at first, but I got over that. It reminded me of an old pair of headphones that I had many years ago. I think they were Koss or Awia. They were open-back with thick, fluffy foam pads. Awesome bass. I also found the Audio-Technica MD-50s and they rock by comparison to the HD558. I bent the headband a bit to make them more comfortable, but they still get hot.After a day or so, I didn't like the HD 558s anymore. They seemed kind of lifeless even though they are very detailed. I put them in my drawer at work overnight with di.fm streaming to them at high volume. That helped a bit. Yesterday, I did the foam mod (to make them more like the HD 598) and it made a significant difference. They actually have good bass extension now and are even more airy. They go deeper than the MD-50s, though are not as bass heavy. The detail makes them pretty good for playing games, too.I attempted to order a Matrix Cube, but they were out of stock. They offered to upgrade me to their Mini-i for free, so I went with that. In the meantime, I'm using a Fiio E17. Not bad, once you get the aluminum shavings out of the PCB.
Thanks for the link. Will give it a read.mkawa, will take a look at HD600. Another option would be SKG's K701, which is still around $280. Maybe I should not go to far high end and get something in the $200-$300 range before I get spoiled. :-)
I'm having a hard time deciding what I should listen to next.
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Tim Jefferson's punting ability has given the Air Force coaching staff an effective new option on fourth down.
Jefferson practiced punting throughout August, and it looked like a decent gadget play. Now it is a big part of the playbook.
Jefferson punted three times against TCU, and eight times this season. Six of those punts have been downed inside the 20-yard line. Jefferson's average is 46.6 yards per punt, which would rank fifth in the nation if he had enough attempts to qualify.
Opponents don't know how to react when Jefferson is in a shotgun formation on fourth down.
If a team drops a punt returner deep, Air Force could run a normal play and battle 11 on 10.
TCU kept its defense on the field for all three of Jefferson's punts — and because there was nobody deep, Jefferson's line-drive punts kept rolling.
"Most of those times it was fourth and 1," TCU coach Gary Patterson said. "I wasn't going to take a chance."
The threat of Jefferson punting can limit one of the opponent's best players.
TCU punt returner Jeremy Kerley, an elite returner, was on the sideline for Jefferson's three punts last week. Utah's Shaky Smithson averages an astounding 23.3 yards per punt return with two touchdowns this season.
Air Force plays the Utes this week, and they have to make a decision: Keep one of their best playmakers on the sideline on fourth down, or risk Jefferson calling an audible at the line and running a play.
The latter happened against Wyoming. Calhoun said when the Cowboys dropped a player deep, Jefferson checked off at the line.
"We were able to run, convert it and go and score a touchdown," Calhoun said.
Teams are well aware that Calhoun isn't bluffing. Last season, no team in the nation went for it on fourth down more often than Air Force.
Jefferson might have punted some last year too, but he hurt his knee early in the season opener. He's having a lot of fun kicking the ball this year.
"I like it a lot," Jefferson said. "I've done it all my life going back to rec ball when I was 8 years old. It comes naturally to me."
Every time Utah leaves the talented Smithson on the sideline this week as Jefferson lines up in the shotgun in fourth down, that's an advantage for Air Force.
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Two Perspectives Answering the Top Ten Cruise Questions Asked on the Internet
Written by: Kuki
I was contacted by a representative of Ask.com. Apparently 50 Million people each month visit Ask.com to seek answers to their questions.
Ask.com supplied me a list of the Top 10 cruise questions asked on their site, along with the answers that were supplied to the queries. And I was invited to offer my perpective of this "Top Ten". So, below you'll find their Top Ten questions; the responses Ask supplied; and my "Kuki take" on the questions
1. What is the best cruise line?
Ask responded: The best cruise line is the one that fits a given traveler's interests, budget and travel style. If you're traveling with young children, for instance, you'll likely pick a very different cruise trip than a group of couples.
Kuki's response : The best cruise line is the one that begins and ends all of it's scheduled cruises. Of course you don't know until the cruise ends, if it meets the criteria.
2. What should I pack for a cruise?
Ask responded: When packing for a cruise the best advice is to pack light. What type of clothing will depend on where you are going and what the weather will be like at the ports of call. You may need to bring formal attire for the evenings.
Kuki's response: If you have to fly to your embarkation city wear 5 pair of underwear, a pair of shorts, a pair of slacks and 4 T-shirts (to avoid paying for luggage). If you can drive to the port, pack everything you own, so you have a choice onboard.
3. Where is the best place to stay on a cruise ship?
Ask responded : This is definitely a matter of personal preference and there are pros and cons to each type of cabin. For instance, balcony cabins allow you to experience the outdoors without leaving the comfort of your cabin. Inside cabins are less expensive, but limit in-cabin sightseeing. Cruise lines price cabins according to their location, so budget will be a deciding factor as well.
Kuki's response: I have two personal favourites in this regard. 1- the most expensive Owner's Suite on the ship 2. Whatever cabin that production show singer, with the leg's that don't end, is in. Perhaps 2 could be 1. Either way would be fine.
4. Do I need a passport when I take a cruise?
Ask responded: A passport is required on most cruises that stop at ports of call outside the U.S., and it is a good idea to have a valid passport for any cruise you take.
Kuki's response: A passport is the very best and easiest to use form of identification. It is generally a good idea to use your own passport, rather than someone else's when you travel.
5. What is the largest cruise ship in the world?
Ask responded: The world's largest cruise-liner is Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, measuring 225,282 gross tons.
Kuki's response: Why are you asking? You have to never read, watch TV, or be dead, not to know Oasis the largest ship in the world.
6. How much fuel does a cruise ship use?
Ask responded :The gas mileage for a cruise ship varies depending on the size and type of ship, how many passengers are aboard, and other factors, but many ships move about 30-50 feet per gallon of fuel.
Kuki's response: I'm not sure, but I'd like to know if they use the self-serve or full service pumps. And I sure hope they use a credit card that collects reward miles.
7. Is there a way to track a cruise ship?
Ask responded:
Kuki's response: Of course there is… just climb in a boat and follow behind the ship. You'll always know where that ship is. Take a good set of binoculars
.8. How can I get a refund on my cruise?
Ask responded : Different cruiselines have different cancelation and refund policies. Typically, if you cancel far enough in advance (timing also varies from company to company), a refund is not a problem. Travelers should closely read contracts before signing to fully understand cancelation and refund policies.
Kuki's response: It's impossible to get a refund on your cruise. You can try and stand at the Guest Relations Desk everyday throughout your cruise, complaining about anything and everything that comes to mind, regardless of any of it is true… and you still won't get a refund.
But you may be the sort who views the time spent complaining as entertainment.
9. When is the best time to go on a cruise?
Ask responded: Deciding when to go on a cruise will depend on where you want to go. For example, if you want to go somewhere tropical, you'll want to find out the weather patterns, if the area is prone to tropical storms, etc. Research the area you are cruising to establish the best time of year to take your trip.
Kuki's response: I recommend cruising 4 times a year; one in each season. At least one of those will end up being the "best time to go on a cruise".
10. How fast do cruise ships travel?
Ask responded: Cruise ships travel at an average of between 21 to 24 knots.
Cruise ships travel faster than hurricanes. That's all you really need to know.
You can ask about anything at Ask.com, not just cruising. You can also ask me anything you like; just don't expect a straight answer.
– A View From the Kuki Side of Cruising –
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Posted: July 20th, 2010 under Kuki.
Comment from Paul Motter
Time July 21, 2010 at 7:32 am
Comment from Les
Time July 23, 2010 at 11:08 am
All cruises are great! Some are even better!
Comment from Mike M
Time July 24, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Is the ship's water safe to drink?
No. They poison it in order to kill off every passenger onboard. This lowers the amount of work and the complaints that the staff have to put up with. 🙂
Funny article, Kuki.
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In every sense, it was a "moving" ceremony. On Friday, April 14, 2006, thousands of followers of the Lord Buddha escoted a gold-plated, 2.7 meter high Buddha Rupam from from Nusa Dua to its new, permanent home at the Vihara Buddha Sakyamuni on Jalan Padang Tegal, in downtown Denpasar.A gift from the government of Thailand to the people of Bali, the serene and magestic statue of the Lord Buddha weighing 1.5 tons, was paraded through the streets, warmly welcomed by local Balinese groups, members of the local Chinese community and many Budddhist devotees. The multi-cultural welcome afforded the statue reflect Bali's deeply entrenched tradition of mutual respect among religious groups living on the island and the strong traces of Mahayana Buddhism evident in Bali's history and the Hindu-Dharma faith as practiced today. The Vihara Buddha Sakyamuni, the new home of the Golden Buddha, is open to the public on a daily basis.


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After months of neglect, my back was nothing I wanted to flaunt in public. As tempted as I was to write this trend off and simply admit defeat, I decided to see how much I could improve it in just 24 hours.
First step – call in the professionals.
I feared I was the only one who had been turning my back on my long-suffering back, but I quickly discovered I wasn't alone. Shula Starkey, founder of ARK Age Aware Skincare, admitted to me, "Women do tend to overlook their backs as part of their beauty regime. But skin is skin wherever it is, so it is vital to keep those hard-to-reach bits well looked after.
"My three secret weapons are body brushing in the morning and at night to give you an even skin tone and get rid of the winter layer of skin, investing in a good body wash that doesn't strip moisture and a nourishing lotion.
"Back masks are a great idea, but it would be very difficult to do by yourself so I recommend having it done at a salon. Unsurprisingly, I'm a fan of the ARK Back SkinResponse Facial, £60."
Unless you're blessed with superhuman shoulders, inaccessibility is a big problem for at-home exfoliating too. Fortunately, tanning range Au Courant has come up with an ultra-simple solution so useful it's hard to believe no-one else has thought of it: the Sponge on a Stick, £3.
With only 24 hours to make a wardrobe-expanding difference, I decided the best strategy was to go big on products. Today was not a day to stick with my old faithful favourites. After the initial brush I blitzed my way through a mind whirling number of back improving goodies starting with Perricone MD Cleansing Treatment Bar, £33 which contains glycolic acid and pure olive oil to target redness, blemishes and pigmentation without stripping away all the moisture.
Next I upped the ante a bit more with Molton Brown Warming Eucalyptus & Ginger body scrub, £28. There's lavish amounts of eucalyptus oil mixed into the sea salt, and after splashing it around the shower, my skin felt glowing and properly moisturised.
As the area that sees the sun the most, I followed up the scrub by giving my shoulders an extra anti-ageing helping hand with Ikove Acai Chocolate Body Polish £13.23.
As with a facial, the next step was an intensive mask. Sanctuary Spa Essentials Warming Detox Body Mask, £6.99, contains purifying Dead Sea minerals and heats up on contact with your skin, which is blissfully soothing.
Cleaned, scrubbed and detoxed within an inch of my life, it was time for some intensive moisturiser. Caudalie Nourishing Body Lotion, £18, contains anti-ageing grapeseed polyphenols plus circulation-boosting gingko biloba to leave skin more luminous, although for a cheaper everyday option, my personal favourite is Jergens Naturals Total Nourishment Body Moisturiser with Acai Berry, £4.99.
Pummelled into some kind of presentable shape, I still wasn't convinced this was the best I could do, so I handed myself over to the trained digits of a professional for a Crystal Clear Backshine Treatment, from £35. The microdermabrasion-based therapy makes short work of pigmentation and spots, without any of the rough scrubbing - and subsequent red, sore skin - you might expect.
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New penalty-kick shootouts make soccer playoffs even more of a coin flip
A quarter of the soccer games (three of 12) on Thursday night ended by going to penalties.
And while a penalty-kick shootout isn't a way most coaches and teams want to end their seasons, it's better than the alternative.
Most coaches I've spoken with are in favor of the 2011 UIL Legislative Council rule change - approved for the 2013 season - which moved away from old-school, MLS-style 35-yard dribble-ups to a standard penalty kick during the shootouts. For one, penalty kicks are universal, used at every other level: club, academy, college and pro. Additionally, penalties are something that players practice away from high school soccer.
The dribble-up - where the ball was placed far out from goal at the player's feet, giving both she and the goalkeeper five seconds to maneuver for a shot - was such a rarity that it required more coaching and preparation to get acclimated, coaches said.
Going to penalties, though, doesn't make it an even field. Dribble-ups offered goalkeepers more of a chance for a save, allowing different options on how to defend the shot. Penalty kicks, on the other hand, depend more on luck. Keepers might be able to discern something in how a player addresses the ball; but more often than not, it's a guessing game: pick a side and hope the kick is slow enough to reach.
Frisco Liberty coach Cissy Blaisure, whose team won 2-2 (4-2) against McKinney North in the sectional round, said the change turns to focus from the keepers to the shooters. If a player hits his or her target, the penalty kick, Blaisure said, isn't likely to be saved.


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My shell is made up of a viewpoint in which I hold myself a separate from others, in which i hold that others won't want me around. This belief of identity is pernicious in that even when others are saying directly, "we want you around"..... I can't/won't hear them. It keeps me from being in the world.... and keeps me in control of the world I live in. I live and die by my own mistakes and choices and I don't have to fear other people.

The shell got put together by me, to keep me safe. probably around age 6. When the world i was forced to go into: the one of school and adults and other people: was occurring to me as a place that didn't want me. And I developed a LAW for myself. that LAW was I DON"T FIT IN... and I started to look for evidence of the truth of that Law. And as I found more and more evidence, excluding evidence to the contrary, I became more and more comfortable inside the warmth and silence of my shell. Where I didn't have to deal with everything that was coming at me. Really that just said it.... it really did. the world i was sent into each day... felt like it was coming at me... and each day brought something new that popped out at me. that scared me, threatened me, and they seemed to come at me fast and furiously....

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This monthly series of articles describes the many steps and occasional missteps we have taken in building our financial advisory business, Garnet Group LLC. Currently, Garnet has eight staff members, more than 90 clients, more than $200 million in client net worth under advisement, and offices in Bethesda, Md., and Boston. Veena Kutler, CFA, and Annette Simon, CFP, are the managing principals in the Garnet office in Bethesda.
We have devoted several columns over the past year to the market fallout and the resulting seminal changes charging through the financial services industry. Some of these changes have occurred so quickly that the news has been hard to fully take in and digest. Yes, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Countrywide no longer exist. But who would have guessed that the words "Merrill Lynch" would disappear from our lexicon? And what will happen to that bull?
As we reflected on our fast-changing world, we were happy to attend the 2009 NAPFA National Conference, and we were confident that many of the sessions and hallway conversations would shed some light on what lies ahead for us. Below are Veena's observations about the conference.
The Venue
The conference was held in the first week of June in an area of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area known as National Harbor, Maryland. Hailing from the D.C. area I was surprised to have never heard of National Harbor. Neither had the cab driver, interesting enough. Turns out that National Harbor is a $2 billion, 300-acre mixed-use convention/hotel/restaurant/marina project set on the banks of the Potomac, with a stunning view of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Its anchor hotel, the Gaylord, recently clocked in its first birthday. I was blown away by the urban planning creativity shown by positioning this development in a less-than flourishing part of the D.C. metro area. With direct access to the Washington Beltway (National Harbor has its own exit/entrance ramp), close proximity to the airport, and easy walking access to restaurants, it may well prove a worthy alternative to D.C. city-based conventions. Several conferences were held during the time I was there, and it was a pleasure to see a new venture apparently busy and flourishing during these depressive economic times.
This year NAPFA offered a full pre-conference day focusing on compliance. This proved of great interest to advisors, and it was a sellout. Some of the panels featured regulators from the SEC and FINRA. I had initially believed that it would be very helpful to catch their "pearls of wisdom," but with the change in administration and the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, the officials were very cautious in their statements, and they did not provide much definitive guidance. Rules on custody are changing, and there is a potential that advisors who fee debit may soon be considered to have custody. This change appeared to be the number one question on advisors' minds. It certainly was on mine! Disappointingly, however, there was little discussion of the issue.
A lively session was a mock trial featuring well-known securities attorney Tom Giachetti, who played plaintiff's counsel. Industry icon and journalist Bob Veres acted the part of a well-intentioned, but sloppy advisor being sued by a client for what in hindsight proved an overly aggressive investment strategy. No allegation of fraud or other criminal behavior was made. The audience watched, torn between shock and amusement, as Bob, displaying his extensive knowledge of our business, portrayed traits and habits common to many advisors. In his role of relentless questioner, Tom showed us the many legal and regulatory pitfalls that even a well-meaning and honest advisor can fall into.
The Conference
As usual at a NAPFA conference, there were so many sessions and choices of breakout discussions that it was hard to make choices. Some of the best ones involved the relationship side of planning, although several of the technical sessions provided new and thought-provoking information.
An excellent session by James Maas on the "power of sleep" urged us all to sleep more and to forgo caffeine. Maas believes that sleep has the effect of antidepressants and other strong medications on certain people, and that sleep deprivation can lead directly to health problems. The encouragement led me to take a short nap and to awake recharged for the remaining sessions that day.
Visionary author Daniel Pink discussed future risks to our economy and way of life. In his view, two of the factors fueling the risk are Asia and automation. A combination of outsourcing and technology will drive down the price of all routine work. This includes taxes, book-keeping, financial planning input, and other routine financial-service tasks that many advisors now believe need to be done on their premises. The one task that can't be outsourced, in Pink's view, is relationship-building. He discussed the high value of empathy and the need for more of us to enhance our emotional intelligence going forward.
A session on the emotions of money by Gary Shunk focused on the importance of active listening in fostering relationships with our clients and with others around us. Active listening sounds easy, but is hard to achieve. It requires openly hearing the speaker without a rush to defense or change of subject on the listener's part. Shunk said that he believes conflict is actually good in a relationship, as it allows for active listening, negotiation, and ultimately the ability to move to a stronger place in the relationship. A long-term relationship without any hint of conflict, in his view, is already halfway to dead.
We have been structuring our practice so that client service and a strong understanding of client needs form the core of the service we provide. So it was interesting to hear that the speakers agreed that while many other functions, including asset management, can be outsourced, two-way client communication can never be.
A session on downside protection via options was well-attended and discussed in the halls. Although this is not a new idea--there are mutual funds, including the Gateway Fund, that have been doing this for years, but there appear to be new implementation strategies. There are exchange-traded funds available that involve options. The session presenters urged advisors to consider trading options themselves to reduce the cost charged by the funds or ETFs.
Behind the Scenes
No conference is complete without the networking and other discussions among advisors. The 2009 NAPFA National Conference was no exception. Some of the discussions focused on unhappy clients and ways to protect on the downside and to set expectations. An advisor who a year ago had mentioned that his biggest challenge was in getting his clients to freely spend the significant wealth they had accumulated acknowledged that the challenge now was related to clients unhappy with market performance. Several people told anecdotes about advisors who were looking for merger partners or other ways to cut costs and shore up their practices. A popular discussion topic was that of buy-and-hold asset management now being over given the market volatility of the last year.
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Avoid one of the most costly entrepreneur mistakes: the Superman complex.
Max Nisen of Business Insider writes that one of the biggest entrepreneur mistakes is that they don't consider the serious dangers that accompany rapid growth.
"The very things that help entrepreneurs succeed," Nisen says, "can end up holding them back." Instead of following the Facebook model, where you get others on board for free to accelerate the growth of your company, too many entrepreneurs suffer from a "Superman complex" in which they're stuck thinking that "they don't need to change with their company."
Nisen cites Gazelles CEO Verne Harnish, who says that "if you look at Facebook's business model, they've said that they have one seventh of the planet working for them for free," and that puts them at a serious advantage, since "whoever gets the most brains on the bus wins." Harnish concedes that a little bit of the Superman complex is healthy at the beginning, since co-founders need ego to get started, but it can also be one of the most crippling entrepreneur mistakes as your company grows.


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ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) has chosen to ignore advice of its two key departments which said that bank guarantee of a foreign company be converted into money for breach of contract.
The two OGDC departments had recommended invoking clause 26 of the organization's May 2009 contract with M/s Valerus Compressor Services USA for the supply of 14 compressors for Qadirpur gas field at a cost of $19.9 million and encash 10 per cent bank guarantee ($2.03 million) and confiscate 5 per cent balance amount of the contract because the supplier had violated the contract terms by supplying modified compressors and indulged in short supplies as well.
Instead of accepting the recommendations of SCM and P&P, the OGDC management has extended expiry date of the bank guarantee – an action apparently meant to give undue favour to the supplier at the cost of the national interest.
When approached for comments, the acting boss of OGDC Basharat Mirza said grant of extension to M/s Valerus is not a special favour and there is no question of encashing bank guarantee. "I am fully aware of the facts of the case in question and will decide whether or not to encash the supplier's bank guarantee," he said.
Basharat Mirza claimed that only one department was demanding encashment of bank guarantee and confiscation of balance amount of the contract.
To begin with, Qadirpur Compression Project had cost the OGDC an unusually huge amount of $42million with the construction work costing $24 million and $19.9 million for procurement of 14 compressors, according to a report, a copy of which has been obtained by the Express Investigation Cell (EIC).
The report said it was probably the only project of its kind whose civil work cost exceeded machinery price. The report further said M/s Valerus Compressor Services USA which was given the contract for the supply of compressors in 2009, grossly violated the provisions of the contract by supplying substandard compressors.
Qadirpur field in Sindh was developed in 1996 and it contributed on average 400 mmcfd gas to the system for over one decade. However, the reservoir showed trouble in early 2008 and the production began going down. This unexpected development needed installation of compressors at wellhead to stop further reduction in pressure. The OGDC instead of rising to the occasion kept on wasting time simply in deliberations on whom to award the contract. It finally picked up M/s Valerus USA which instead of honoring contract commitments opted to make a quick buck by supplying modified compressors. Field manager at Qadirpur reported supply of substandard compressor in December 2011.
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Three and out: Texans' Johnson sits out practice
NFL.com Staff | Tags: Three and out, Andre Johnson, Arizona Cardinals, Fred Davis, Houston Texans, Kevin Kolb, Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams, Washington Redskins
Johnson listed as day to day: With both the Texans and fantasy owners waiting on the return of WR Andre Johnson (hamstring), the big playmaker sat out Wednesday's practice but still has a shot to play Sunday. Johnson has missed the last four games after suffering the injury in Houston's Week 4 win over Pittsburgh. In his stead, Kevin Walter has done a fair job, catching 19 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown. But with a game against Cleveland and its ball-hawking young secondary on tap in Week 9, Johnson's return could be a boon not only for owners who have the receiver but for Matt Schaub owners as well. Even with Joe Haden potentially facing off against him, Johnson is a must-start if he's ready to play.
Bradford misses practice: After missing last week's game, Sam Bradford (ankle) didn't take part in St. Louis' practice on Wednesday. The quarterback is optimistic that he can be ready for Sunday, but if he isn't, A.J. Feeley will once again get the call. Feeley wasn't extraordinary against the Saints last week, but anyone who took a chance on him (which was next to no one) was rewarded with 175 yards and a touchdown pass. This week's opponent — the Arizona Cardinals — hasn't been particularly tough on fantasy field generals this year, giving up the fifth-most points per game. If you're desperate for QB help, you can consider either. Not to be overlooked, with QB Kevin Kolb (turf toe) hobbled, the Cardinals could turn to John Skelton for Sunday's game against the Rams, who have had their own problems stopping quarterbacks in 2011.
Davis out of walking boot: Redskins TE Fred Davis (ankle) is walking without a boot, but there is still no indication of his Week 9 status. Washington hosts San Francisco this week, with the 49ers surprisingly vulnerable against opposing tight ends. However, it's only an appealing matchup if Davis is ready to go. If Logan Paulsen is the choice for Mike Shanahan, feel free to leave him sitting on the waiver wire.
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Frontline: Fields of Thunder Review
Frontline: Fields of Thunder is a World War II RTS that will look very familiar to anyone who's played any of the Blitzkrieg 2 games. This is because it is essentially the same game but with campaigns that are centered on the Eastern Front's Battle of Kursk. Since you get the same game engine as the Blitzkrieg 2 games, you also get all of the same issues. Unfortunately this means that Frontline will only really appeal to the small group of gamers that are Blitzkrieg fans.
Frontline features two campaigns, one for the Germans and one for the Soviets. While ostensibly set during the Battle of Kursk, the game has very little that ties it into the historical events of that battle. The missions tend to call for you to destroy enemy units, capture something, or destroy something else, and are pretty much the same sort of thing that you did in Blitzkrieg 2 so there's nothing really here to recreate the actions of Kursk. There are no mission introductions or briefings; you're pretty much dropped into a mission and given a confusing or vague objective or two and then left to fend for yourself.
The mission structure in the game suffers from the same problem that permeated Blitzkrieg 2, namely they're laid out in such a way as to be essentially very unforgiving puzzles. The maps and enemy positions are set-up perfectly to wipe out your limited forces at almost every step of the way. Since the game is very stingy with reinforcements, you'll feel the loss of every single unit. Making matters even more difficult is that the enemy has been given a greater sighting distance than you, so you'll often watch a tank or two in your column go up in flames before you even see the anti-tank gun with perfect aim become uncovered from the fog of war shroud. There's not really much room to maneuver and flank in the missions, so you're pretty much forced to take on the same enemy emplacements from the same direction each time you play a mission. Successfully completing a mission becomes an iterative exercise in which you will eventually learn the position of the enemy units each time they wipe you out until you can finally try and make a serious go at victory. Knowing the enemy's positions on the map is no guarantee of victory, though, as the game is very unforgiving of mistakes and mistakes are easy to make because your unit AI can be pretty sketchy at times. Pathfinding and target selection are a continual problem, forcing you to carefully babysit your units at each step along the way. To me the game feels more like an exercise in frustration in search of the predetermined route through a mission than a strategic challenge, and that's not what I look for in a strategy game.
In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 58%. Frontline: Fields of Thunder turns all out tank warfare into a tedious puzzle.


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ThePresidency, yesterday, said that the activities of members of Boko Haram, resulting in massive killings and wanton destruction of property in some parts of the country was about the struggle for power, just as it vowed that as a government, it was too big to be disturbed by those it described as a handful of miscreants.
According to the Presidency, the mission of the Boko Haram Islamic sect in Abuja was to intimidate the Federal Government as well as cause confusion in the country.
Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who spoke, yesterday, during a condolence visit to the Abuja office of New Telegraph to commiserate with the management and staff over the death of the organisation's Managing Editor, North, Suleiman Bisalla, stressed that though the incessant bombings worry the Federal Government, it will not rest on its oars. Bisalla died in last Wednesday's bomb blast at Emmab Plaza, Wuse, Abuja.
Okupe, who described Bisalla's death as most painful, said, "this country is not going under because of insurgency. We are too big to be disturbed by a handful of miscreants. In the fullness of time, all those who have a hand in this will pay for it. It is about time we go a step further. Boko Haram is about the battle for the soul of this country; what can be the sense behind killings if not struggle for power? God will help this country to overcome the menace. I want to assure Nigerians that Boko Haram may bomb us and destroy our property, but they cannot win the war. We will prevail, we Nigerians will prevail.
"The activities of Boko Haram are generally incomprehensible, we do not understand what they stand for fully, what they want, who they really are; all we see is wanton violence against our people. No delineation of class, religion or ethnicity.
"By coming to Abuja is to intimidate government, it is not working, it is not going to work.
"At first, we thought it was Muslims fighting Christians, then we thought some Christians have seized the franchise and are also fighting Muslims. Now, we see that Boko Haram is fighting every body. It is fighting the soul of Nigeria,.
"The incessant nature of these bombings worries government, it is perplexing. But government is not resting on its oars and their activities will not dampen in any way the spirit and the commitment of government to protect lives and property of the citizens."
Okupe, who noted that the insurgents took the government and security agencies unawares against the backdrop that terrorism was new to Nigeria, said: "It is true, government was unprepared for it, our security agencies were unprepared for it but we are now ready for it. We will stop it. Let them go into any hole, hide anywhere, we have enough resources, men and material, committed people to round insurgency to the ground.
"What is painful is the attack on Nigerians just toiling for daily living. 95 per cent of them are not connected to politics but they are snatched away by the mindless act of a few."
"We are Nigerians before anything and this is aimed at all Nigerians. I am close to the security agencies. Majority of them go through sleepless night. Which technology can show the heart of a man? If a few people gather together and prepare a bomb and put in a bag, how would you stop them?"
Speaking further on Suleiman Bisalla, Okupe, who expressed the condolences of the president, noted that it was unfortunate that Bisalla died when the organisation and the country needed him most, adding, "Bisalla's death and the many others is quite painful. His death will be most painful to you because, being a new organisation, this is when you need all hands on deck especially a reputable, knowledgeable, very resourceful journalist like Bisalla, who has had well over two decades in the profession.
"I want to, on behalf of Mr. President, myself and my office express our very heart felt condolences to your media organisation, your management and staff. Through you, I also condole with the Nigerian Guild of Editors and the family that he has left behind".
Responding, New Telegraph's deputy editor, Louis Achi who received Okupe on behalf of management thanked him for finding time to pay the condolence visit, just as he explained that the death of Bisalla was a great shock to the entire New Telegraph family.
Achi who noted that Nigeria should not be left to continue under such circumstance of the attack by Boko Haram, said, "A country can not continue like this, some people say hope, but hope is not a plan. I believe this administration has some specific strategy to confront what is happening to us and Nigerians. What is happening is a threat to the unity of the country and nobody prays that they succeed.
"In partnering the fight, the media has an important role to play. I want to remind you that the history of the Nigerian press is one that we are proud of, the contribution to the fight for independence and the struggle."
"The press might not always praise you but must partner society an governance which may not come inform of praises. If we are professional, we don't have a problem, the only time we problems is when we become unprofessional. We will strive to be professional."


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by Timothy J Taylor
Posted in Commentary
"If the evidence establishes the guilt of 19 year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the two Boston bomber suspects, then by all rights he should be held to pay for his crimes in accordance with the law. He should be subject to any just punishment the law allows. That goes without saying. What should also go without saying are the constitutional requirements that this criminal suspect shall not be compelled by government authorities to be a witness against himself, and shall not be deprived of his right to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense throughout the entire process after his arrest and while in custody." (04/21/13)http://authoritycon.blogspot.com/2013/04/trashing-bill-of-rights.html


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NBA Playoffs 2011: Bulls Derrick Rose Defeat of the Indiana Pacers Is a ScreamApril 8, 2017
Despite trailing until 48.4 seconds remained in the game, the Chicago Bulls dismantled the Pacers in the final 3:38 after they fell behind by 10 points.
They outscored them 16-1 in that stretch for a 104-99 victory, with Derrick Rose contributing seven points and two assists, including the three-pointer to Kyle Korver to finally give the Bulls the lead.
It had to be frightening for Indiana fans.
What had to be even more frightening was the way Rose dismantled them despite having an off-shooting night. Pacer star Danny Granger likened it to "a crazy stalker ex-girlfriend."
He continued, "Every time you tell her you don't want to talk to her, she shows up at your door again."
With the opening of Scream 4 this weekend, I prefer to compare it to the horror genre. Whether it's "the shape" in the Scream movies, Jason in Friday the 13th, episode 100 or so, or Michael Myers in Halloween, you can't stop them.
You stab them, burn them, drown them, shoot them; it doesn't matter—they keep coming back to terrorize you, and that perfectly sums up Derrick Rose.
While the Pacers didn't quite go to those measures, they put the body on Rose and sent him to the line 21 times. They also gave him a couple of hard fouls.
Rose objected to one by Jeff Foster in the second quarter and got in his face. The usually passive Luol Deng shoved Tyler Hansbrough in the fourth quarter after he fouled Rose and revved up the crowd after getting hit with a technical foul.
It seems it doesn't matter what you do to Rose; he keeps coming and coming and coming. Looking like a taller and more muscular Allen Iverson, he takes a beating and keeps on ticking.
Pacer coach Frank Vogel likened him to Iverson amongst others with this quote after the game.
"I look at the 39 points and I'm shocked," he said.
"But what do you expect from a player who has Allen Iverson's speed, Jason Kidd's vision, (Chauncey) Billups' shooting touch and Michael Jordan's athleticism? How do you guard that?"
Still, basketball critics around the country are reluctant to give Rose his due.
Bill Simmons from ESPN in a recent column gave Rose his MVP, but said, "This is probably one of those years where there wasn't totally a most valuable player."
Part of his argument was the advanced metrics that has writers like John Hollinger, also of ESPN, constantly putting him down and having the audacity to compare him to Russell Westbrook.
I think Jeff Van Gundy came out this week with the most sensible way to evaluate Rose. He said, "Use your eyes."
What a novel concept. You would think so-called basketball experts watching him play would no longer question his game, despite what the stats say.
I caught David Thorpe of ESPN on the radio yesterday mentioning that he has questioned Rose all season, before finally giving him his MVP vote. He admitted, perhaps after watching Rose's performance yesterday, that he doesn't know what he was thinking when he was reluctant to cast his vote for him previously.
It's that simple. When you watch him, especially on a regular basis, there is no doubt who's the MVP and the best player in the NBA.
It's not LeBron James, who was deferring to Dwyane Wade late in the game against the 76er's yesterday in the Heat's first playoff game with the three amigos.
If you're not a finisher, you're not the best player in the league—case closed.
He was the same way with the Cavaliers, preferring to pass the ball late in clutch situations instead of putting the burden on his own shoulders. Maybe that's why he disappeared in some playoff series like he did against the Boston Celtics and other teams in the past.
Maybe that's why he still has eight fingers and no rings.
If it's not LeBron, and it's not, who is better than Derrick Rose right now?


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Joanna Krupa was very inspired when she didn't found her bra that day she got in the pool. Therefore we ended up with her topless photos and some shots with her sexy ass in bikini. The cherry on the cake was Joanna Krupa naked nipples, and her gentle boobs hug she gave herself. That round tits are awesome, we want more!
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Debbera M. Ransom
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Award: Honoring Our Veterans
Year: 2012
Debbera M. Ransom served our country as a Military Policewoman in the United States Army stateside and overseas. Born and raised in Buffalo, Ms. Ransom is a community activist, mother, grandmother and a former foster mother. She was the first female in her family to join the military, following in the footsteps of her father, a World War II Army Veteran, and her brother, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. Debbera was among the first Military Policewomen to be stationed within the infantry division.
Ms. Ransom's last stateside duty began with the 591st Military Police Company at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas where she received a Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Performance of Duty and several Letters of Appreciation. At 26 years of age, she completed her final tour of duty and received an Honorable Discharge from the Department of the Army and returned to her hometown. She then completed her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at Buffalo State College with the assistance of the Vietnam Era GI Bill.
Post-military, Ms. Ransom has served in the highest leadership positions at two community veteran organizations and is the founding Commander of a new AMVETS Post and President of its chartered Ladies Auxiliary. Under Ms. Ransom's leadership, the newly established post focuses on honoring our African-American veterans. Ms. Ransom was a former mentor for the Honorable Judge Robert Russell's Veterans' Court - the first of its kind in the nation –and is a volunteer for Kids Time Group Family Day Care.


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ALLEN PARK - The Detroit Lions announced the release of cornerback Jack Williams and linebacker Korey Bosworth Wednesday afternoon.
Williams missed all of 2010 with an injured knee, and played in just one game for the Lions in 2009. The 26-year-old, who played at Kent State, was drafted in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos.
Bosworth signed a one-year contract with the Lions last season, but wound up on injured reserve before playing a game.


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The pirate site plans to ignore the lawsuits from Elsevier and the American Chemical Society.
When Stop Means Go
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A survey of trillions of base pairs of microbial DNA reveals a considerable degree of stop codon reassignment.
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A survey of trillions of base pairs of microbial DNA reveals a considerable degree of stop codon reassignment.
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A study shows that the herding dogs can be an effective means of controlling bacterial infections spread by seagulls.
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The overly simplistic notion of a Lactobacillus-dominated vaginal microbiome is giving way to an appreciation of diverse and dynamic bacterial communities.
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In AmE, "Let's go out" means the same thing as "Let's go out together" in BrE (and in AmE too, I assume). It's an invitation to a romantic date.
BrE speakers mean completely different things by:
1) "Would you like to go out?"
2) "Would you like to go out with me?"
It appears that in AmE, 1) also means the same as 2).
Incidentally, the traditional polite term for a man and a woman seeing each other romantically was that they were 'walking out'. For example: "I see John is walking out with Jane these days." And you thought you were confused before .
Back to the question...
I would say: "Fancy a walk?"
Could our American friends comment on how that would sound?
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On the 2nd day of our NYC trip, we took a subway from uptown to the 9/11 Memorial. It was sad...that is all I can say about it...seeing everyone's name and the loss of innocent lives.
From there we walked over to Chinatown. It was interested to see what the shops were selling... especially the fish market.
These are Lychee nuts
Literally around the corner from one of the streets was the entrance to Little Italy. We felt at home!
We wandering around for bit and then stopped in a local pub for some pizza...
Would have liked to try some gelato but a bit full...
And then later we found this cart full of cannolis...don't they look delicious!
Fun to see the Italian shops
We took the subway back to our hotel and later went to the play. Loved it! Very energetic actors and great music...
Afterwards we tried to eat at Guy Fieri's new restaurant but it was closed for a private event - but we did see his car parked out front so we know he was there!
One more day to go and I'll post about that later in the week!


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Halloween is a time for Trick or Treating and enjoying candy. For those who are gluten free this can be a disastrous night! You have to be careful NOT get "glutenized" as it could make for a less than memorable Holiday. Check out this list I put together with Gluten Free Halloween Candy options.
If you or a loved one does get "glutenized" check out this post on how to help a gluten attack.
- M&M's (except pretzel)
- Milky Way (Dark only)
- Almond Joy
- 3 Musketeers
- Baby Ruth
- Butterfinger
- Dove (all flavors except for milk chocolate cinnamon graham/cookies and cream)
- Hershey's Kisses
- Hershey's Bar (plain and almond)
- Mounds
- Oh Henry
- Payday
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (all except for seasonal shaped items)
- Snickers
- Andes Mints
- York Peppermint Patties
- Junior Mints
- Pixie Sticks
- Tic Tacs
- Sweet Tarts
- Spree
- Starburst
- Jolly Ranchers
- Tootsie Roll
- Tootsie Pops
- Laffy Taffy
- Lifesavers
- Lifesavers Gummies
- Fun Dip
- Brach's Candy Corn, Autumn Mix, and Pumpkins
- Peeps
- Caramel Apple Pops
- Haribro Gummies
- Sour Patch Kids
- Ring Pops
- Skittles
- Mary Jane's
- Charleston Chews
- Sugar Babies
- Sugar Daddies
- Charms Blow Pops
- Dots
- Surf Sweets – Also Organic and Certified Gluten Free
- Smarties
Disclosure: I am not giving medical advice. I found these products to be Gluten Free by looking at the manufacturers websites. If you have any questions or concerns always read your ingredient label and check with the manufacturer. At any given time these candies may or may no longer be Gluten Free. I do personally eat most of these candies (not on a regular basis) and have never had a problem.