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371. James Hambleton Marquis HADEN225 was born on 6 December 1822 in Howard County, Missouri.1 He died on 11 January 1890 at the age of 67 in Dresden, Navarro County, Texas.1
Land patents to James H. Haden 1 Oct 1845 and 3 Aug 1848 in Greene Co MO
By 1850, James had moved back to Howard County.
1860 Census. Chariton, Howard Co MO, Hh 690
James served in the Confederate Army. After the war, these families whose sympathies had been with the South, were disenfranchised if the refused to take an oath of allegiance. Many, simply moved to Texas, including James and family.
1880 Census. Navarro Co, TX, Hh 336
Buried Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co TX
FindAGrave.com has posted online this brief obit:
James Hambleton Marquis HADEN and Priscilla Francis JANUARY were married on 11 May 1852 in Harrison County, Kentucky.1 Priscilla Francis JANUARY, daughter of John Marshall JANUARY and Mary C. TAYLOR, was born on 11 June 1826 in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky.1,513 She died on 9 December 1885 at the age of 59 in Navarro County, Texas.233
Priscilla is also buried Dresden Cemetery, Navarro Co, TX. Her stone has been read with a death date of 1885 instead of 1895. Since her husband's brief death notice mentions no spouse in 1890, I suspect the 1885 date is the correct one.
James Hambleton Marquis HADEN and Priscilla Francis JANUARY had the following children:
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Flames GM Treliving on Setoguchi: 'There's upside and value here, we've got a player eager to rebound'
On Saturday afternoon, the Calgary Flames announced the signing of right winger Devin Setoguchi - a one-time 30-goal scorer who has seen his stock fall precipitously around the league since he managed 65 points as a 22-year-old with the San Jose Sharks.
Now 27, all Setoguchi was able to procure on the open market this summer was a one-year, one-way deal worth $750,000.
"The last few years of his career have not gone the way he's wanted them to go," said Flames general manager Brad Treliving of the Setoguchi signing during an appearance on Sportsnet 960 radio in Calgary. "He's taken complete control of that, and he's been upfront and honest about that."
Calgary's rookie general manager described the process by which the club and Setoguchi came to an agreement, and it sounds like the interview process was rigorous:
Really this goes back a few weeks where I've had a chance to get together with Devin, y'know personally, wanted to see sort of where he was mentally and pose some quite difficult questions to him - in terms of the commitment level and what steps he's taken over the summer.
I can tell you he's really committed himself, he's in fantastic shape, and he really has an understanding of what we're trying to build here in terms of the work ethic and the culture. He's a guy who is looking to restart his career, we felt that the contract and the contract number that he came in at keeps our flexibility here and provides us some low-risk with, in my mind, some upside.
Though Setoguchi's production has fallen off in recent years, Treliving sees an opportunity for the club to accrue good value with this no-risk gamble.
"We've always tried [...] to look for value," Treliving explained. "There's a reason his contract comes in at what it comes in now. And sometimes those are motivating factors for players, they take a hard look - maybe they took some things for granted - and there's a little bit of a wake up call.
"But again he's shown that he can play in the league, he's had some success in the league. As I told him - by no stretch of the imagination are we expecting him to come in [...] and save the world for us, but it's a player that gives us some depth, (and) adds some competition."
Concluded Treliving: "I think there's some upside and value here, and we've got a player whose eager to rebound."
Setoguchi is clearly on the downswing of his career, but he's still likely a credible top-nine forward. All of which makes this is a steal of a bet, the sort of no-lose proposition that in recent summers hockey fans had come to expect. Not from the Flames, but from Treliving's former club, the Phoenix Coyotes.

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text: 'Power poses' like Bolt's may make you a champion in the workplace With news that Olympic track superstar Usain Bolt will soon hit Aussie shores, studies have revealed there may be something more to his trademark 'lightning bolt' pose than putting on a show – and business leaders should take note. One of the Jamaican track star's signature moves after winning each race at the Olympics was to extend one arm skywards, as though to shoot a lightning bolt into the sky. Now, what has this got to do with leadership or HR? Well, it turns out that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to power poses. Several studies have found that adopting such poses can increase confidence and mental functioning, helping leaders become better at their work. "There's not as much separation between body and mind as we once thought," Dr Sian Beilock, psychology professor at University of Chicago and author of Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To claimed live to air on CNN. "A lot of research shows that how we move our body and hold our body affects how we think. It affects our confidence. It can even affect how other people perceive us," she added. In another study by professors from Columbia and Harvard's business schools, it was found that certain "high-power poses" can help people feel more powerful and increase the "dominance hormone" testosterone and a decrease in cortisol, a hormone that produces stress. Power poses can also increase a tendency towards risk-taking, a trait often found in leaders. The poses that appear effective are the ones where you take up as much space as possible. Power posers who know what they are doing tend to stretch out their limbs with their feet on desks, interlace their fingers behind their heads with their elbows pointing outwards, or perhaps lean commandingly over tables. Conversely, those who sit hunched over, their arms pinned to their sides or fold their hands on their laps, experience a declining sense of power. "The pose itself doesn't appear to matter," explained Dana Carney, the study's lead author, who is now a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. "If I have to go into battle with someone in a board meeting and this person is always arrogant, I want them to feel a little intimidated," Carney said. "I might want to use power poses, not only for my own wellbeing, but to make them shrink a little bit so they chill out and everyone else can get their ideas heard." SHARE


text: Ok, get ready for a looooong post! Well some of you may have known that my car has been in the shop for 5 days for some work. What a long 5 days it was to be with out my baby. First the bad news, I am missing some dyno sheets that are sitting back in the shop at Excessive. But the good news is I have the dyno sheets that count. I will go back to Excessive later this week, print them and then scan them. Now, let's start with the X pipe, I know all of you saw my post, but I will include it here so it is all inclusive. Before this round of mods, I had a Magnaflow dual kit with Y pipe. Details as follows: X Pipe Gains • 193.9 RWHP SAE (before) • 195.8 RWHP SAE (after) Sound: She is somewhat deeper, and I can hear more of a throaty sound at higher rpms. But she does thin out at really high rpms. To get really deep at all RPM's, it looks like MSP's write up was accurate regarding the prochamber. And the MRT mufflers might help as well. So pretty much 2 RWHP gain on NA. Following this, I decided to change the whole approach of my car. Now all of you are familiar with Scrming's kick butt car, and mine is somewhat similar. 4.10s, Zex, Auto, etc. Well, I needed Excessive to fix the gear whine in my car. They said they couldn't do it because the first shop that installed them wrong and now that they are broken in, they will whine forever. Just great. So after hearing that darn whine over and over again, I told Excessive to put in new gears. But this time, I went back to my original plan. After seeing other unnamed individuals video's of bad tire spin at the track, I decided to take it down a notch and put in FRPP 3.73's. Test drove the car, no more gear whine and still launches good on my auto. Tunable Induction Tune • 195.8 RWHP SAE (before) • 197.5 RWHP SAE (after) So they loaded up John DeMolet's tune and netted another 1.7 RWHP and 3.3 RWTQ SAE. Not bad, every bit counts. John's tune designed for the NKG spark plugs I have, so his runs at 13.4 AF, while the Excessive tune I had runs at 12.7 AF. Now, for the fun part (and I got the dynos for this one coming!). Now it's time for the 100HP shot of N20. Well, right before we do the N20, I had a PHP Alternator Pulley order and sent to Excessive to give me that tiny little 4HP edge Scrming posted about awhile ago. So Chris put that in, and spent an entire day tuning the car for Nitrous, and making sure the AF levels were good, timing good, checked my spark plugs, test drove it, etc. So here is the configuration I have with the N20: Zex 100 HP Shot • FRPP 3.73 Gears • PHP Alternator Pulley • Zex 100HP Shot • Excessive Tune • 278.2 RWHP SAE (for you STD lovers out there – 285.9) • 362.1 RWTQ SAE (for you STD lovers out there – 373.2) When Chris and Larry came back from the test run, they were grinning ear to ear. Chris said it will smoke a stock GT any day of the week. I didn't solicit this response from him, as I got my sights on some import tuners. But he said it without prompting and was quite proud of it. There were two cobra owners in the shop today and hearing it thought it was an 8 and Larry was like, no that's a 6, one of the few we work on. Then he rattled off the numbers and their eyes went wide. It was cool. In fact they were great mustang owners, giving me tips on lower control arms, telling me not to go with over aggressive lowering springs as it will hurt my track times. And they gave me a lot of good information about the local tracks. For those of you that live in the DC/VA/MD area, the cobra guys suggested SumerDuck dragway, they said mostly stangs hang out there and they are all good people. http://www.sumerduckdragway.com/ That's about it; I will be posting some dyno sheets tonight once I get to the office. Now, there is only one problem, I think Excessive forgot to do a before/after tune on my PHP Pulley, but I will call them, it might be one of the sheets that was left behind. But I will definitely get my Zex sheet up, I actually made them print it out in SAE before I left. So all in all it was a long 5 days to wait, but I am extremely happy. PS: I can't resist….John (Scrming); you may want to tell Lidio that he has to beat 278. LOL. I think that MRT may just do the trick! The arms race continues!!!!!


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I listen to those commercials--and mock them...with their "resulting in stroke which could result in death" stuff.
According to Sumath Reddy, WSJ, July 18, 2104, and a doctor at Duke, people hear those side effects and get them. Or they look up the medicine on Google and get the side effects listed.
I look up stuff AFTER I feel crappy--how to they 'splain that? I once had to take Flagyl--was sick as a pup and looked it up--ooops, Flagyl effect. It had a name!
One-third to a half of those with chronic conditions (in my case atrial fib, arthritis, and weird kidney function), are noncompliant with meds.
I am noncompliant with about everything else, but if I agree to take a med, I take it. But, I swear downing five pills in the morning leads to hours of queasiness and malaise and intestinal difficulties.
But, naturally, they did a study and people on the placebo had side efx. So--don't believe yourself.
I do find docs don't take all this seriously. I am allergic to calcium channel blockers--I get a rash. One cardiologist gave me this anyway and showed his assistant my "verapamil rash." How fun for them.
In another study, some patients were leery of pancreatitis from a drug--and some of them stopped it when they got sick. The doctors said they just has an upset stomach, silly puppies.
So you have to decide--believe the TV (they are required to list those things, some of them vanishingly rare) or give the drug a try.
As one doc told me--all drugs have side effects and sometimes the effect is to help the condition. Your call.


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Listening to Scott McNealy and his team go through the paces during Sun Microsystems' big Monday presentation in San Francisco, I closed my eyes and tried hard to believe that this wasn't going to be just another slick sales pitch.
In between taking the usual pot shots at Microsoft for its supposed addiction to shoving hairball technology down the public's collective gullet, Sun rolled out all the right lines--and sounded earnest, if not believable.
A lot is on the line. Although Sun has been talking about how the network is the computer, the fact is it's late to the Web-services game behind Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, and (gasp!) even Microsoft.
And that's got to grate on McNealy and Co., which is desperately trying to shake the image that Sun remains a hardware supplier. Beaucoup shekels are at stake, and the company needs in the worst way to convince the world it has a comprehensive development framework.
So it was that one exec followed another onstage, armed with a numbing array of slides to reinforce the image that Sun was all about offering comprehensive Web services for programmers eager to write Web-enabled applications. But all the market-speak and PR bloviation aside, I would have really been swayed if Sun had done something really radical to bury its silly rivalry with Microsoft.
In this Mad Magazine takeoff of scenes we'd like to see, I would envision McNealy taking the stage to announce a long-term plan to embrace all the leading protocols -- perhaps even encompass rival technologies -- all in a bid to get over the hump and make this junk truly interoperable.
Then management would have a really interesting story to sell. But it would also mean burying the past.
The fact is that Sun and Microsoft continue to play their little games. Microsoft is wooing developers away from Java. Sun will repay the favor by converting code developed using Microsoft programming tools to Java.
So much wasted effort goes into jockeying with rivals, particularly Microsoft, in a tiresome war of words over direction. Pardon my ennui, but do users really care which company first came up with the vision of Web-based computing?
And McNealy didn't disappoint, using the opportunity to take several potshots at Microsoft and its "hairball" technology, at one point referring to .Net as the hairball on the Net.
So when Sun offers up the now-familiar professions of unwavering commitment to open industry standards, my BS detector points off the charts. (The same goes for the Microsmurfs up in Redmond, but let's save that diatribe for a future column.)
I'm not so naive to believe that McNealy or any other CEO would have the brass to stand up on stage and level with the audience about what's really going on--though that would be refreshing. Sun remains a hardware vendor where Job Number 1 is to sell gobs of hardware. The company talks about open standards but Java essentially remains Sun's own captive software technology.
In this business, the only real open industry standard in the computer industry is Linux, which thankfully remains beyond the clutches of the moguls. Everything else is hokum designed to lock developers (and by extension, customers) into proprietary corners of the computing constellation.
That's the way business gets done.


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MENDEZ-SANCHEZ, Nahum et al. Prevalence of type C and B hepatitis in blood donors at a third level hospital of Mexico City. Salud pública Méx [online]. 1999, vol.41, n.6, pp.475-478. ISSN 0036-3634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-36341999000600007.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and B virus (HBV) in blood donors attending Medica Sur Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 9 099 blood donors were tested for hepatitis B and C viruses from 1994 to 1998. A questionnaire was used to collect data and HCV and HBV were detected in serum. We obtained percentages and assessed statistical significance using the c2 test. RESULTS: The prevalence of HCV and HBV carriers was 0.47 and 0.11 per cent. The main risk factors were dental procedures (11.6% for HCV and 20%, for HBV), and unsafe sexual practices (20%) for HBV. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate a low prevalence of HCV and HBV infection in this population.
Keywords : hepatitis B; hepatitis C; blood donors; Mexico.


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Rovio releases info on upcoming Angry Birds Fight! game…sort of
Aaaaand there back…again, in the ultimate attempt to milk the $#%% out of a franchise Rovio has announced Angry Birds Fight!. Angry Birds Fight! is a mash-up of a match-3 game were you will be solving puzzles and challenging other players from around the world. Apart from the "Spring 2015" on there site there are no release date details as yet. For your viewing pleasure we have attached the 2 launch videos. Related Links: Angry Birds Fight!


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2012 Biologics Recalls
|Brand Name
|Product Description
|Whole Blood Collection Sets
|Y Connector
|The purpose of this letter is to inform customers that there is the potential for a leak to occur, at a very low frequency, in the flexible Y connector of the donor line in some Whole Blood Collection Sets.
Braintree, MA
|MTS™ Anti-IgG Cards
|Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. (OCD) has received complaints of an incomplete foil seal for specific lots of ID-Micro Typing System™ Gel Cards. They have isolated the issue to the lots listed above.
|Micro Typing Systems
Pompano Beach, FL
|MTS™ A/B/D Monoclonal and Reverse Grouping Cards
MTS™ A/B Monoclonal Grouping Cards
|Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. (OCD) has received complaints of an incomplete foil seal for specific lots of ID-Micro Typing System™ Gel Cards. They have isolated the issue to the lots listed above.
|Micro Typing Systems
Pompano Beach, FL
|Bio-Rad Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Test
|Bio-Rad Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Test
Catalog Number 25228, Lot number 114284
|Bio-Rad Laboratories has received reports of decreased reactivity accompanied by a faint speckling appearance on cartridge membranes when using some vials of Conjugate in the Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Test, kit lot number 114284.
Redmond, Washington
|Evicel and Evithrom
|Product codes and Lot Numbers for Fibrin Sealant (Human) Evicel and
Thrombin Topical (Human) Evithrom
|Ethicon, Inc. is notifying customers of a manufacturing process deviation that may have potentially led to the production of vials of Thrombin with decreased potency.
|OMRIX biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. Israel
|Recall of Typhim Vi, Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine
|Prefilled syringes (NDCa 49281-790-51)
20-dose vials (NDC 49281-790-20)
|As a precautionary measure, Sanofi Pasteur is voluntarily recalling some lots of Typhim Vi vaccine (prefilled syringes and 20-dose vials). The vaccine met all release requirements at the time of distribution. Sanofi Pasteur is taking this action because these lots are at risk for lower antigen content.
|Sanofi Pasteur SA
Marcy L'Etoile, France
|Recall of Thymoglobulin [Anti-thymocyte Globulin (Rabbit)] 25mg/vial
|Lot # C0072
|Genzyme is initiating a voluntary recall of Thymoglobulin [Anti-thymocyte Globulin (Rabbit)] 25mg/vial. This recall was initiated when one Thymoglobulin lot (C0072) failed a periodic stability test for the molecular size distribution test.
|Genzyme Corporation
|M-M-R® II (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live)
|Lot # 0851AA
|Merck is voluntarily recalling M-M-R® II due to the inadvertent shipment of doses from the lot to US customers. These doses were distributed between May 17, 2012 and May 25, 2012.
|Merck & Co., Inc.
Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human), 10% Solution
|Product Code 1502797
|This recall is being conducted as a precautionary measure due to a labeling error noted on the product vial label and unit carton. The labels on the unit carton and product vials indicate an incorrect manufacturing date and expiry date.
|Baxter Healthcare Corporatioin, Westlake Village, CA
|Plasma Bottle with Saline Adapter
|Lot 1201553B
|Haemonetics recently discovered a label discrepancy on the outer carton of Haemonetics' Plasma Bottles with Saline Adapter lot 1201553B. An undetermined quantity of product from lot number 1201553B contains an incorrect expiration date on the outer carton label only.
|Haemonetics Corporation
Braintree, MA
|Blood-Pack Unit with Flex-Excel Red Cell Filter
|Product Code 4R1583
Lot Number FM10J08050
|Fenwal identified a labeling issue with one batch of Product code 4R1583 in which the label for the whole blood collection container incorrectly identifies the contents as leukoreduced red cells.
|Fenwal, Inc.
Lake Zurich, IL
|Blood-Pack Unit with Flex-Excel Red Cell Filter
|Product Code 4R1582
Lot Numbers
|Fenwal identified a labeling issues with three batches of Product code 4R1582 in which the label for the leukoreduced red cell storage container incorrectly identified the contents as non-leukoreduced red cells.
|Fenwal, Inc.
Lake Zurich, IL
|Blood-Pack Unit Whole Blood Filter, Fenwal Express System
|Product Code 4R3307E>Lot Number: FM10F02019
|Fenwal identified a labeling issue with the 4R3307E Blood-Pack unit in which the label for the satellite bag incorrectly identifies the product as Whole Blood.
|Fenwal, Inc.
Lake Zurich, IL
|Blood-Pack Unit
|Product Code 4R3459
Lot Number FM11J03027
|Fenwal identified an assembly issue with the 4R3459 Blood-Pack Unit in which the satellite bag used for the storage of platelets was PL146 instead of the expected PL2209 plastic bag.
|Fenwal, Inc.
Lake Zurich, IL
|Prevnar 13 Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine
|Prevnar 13 Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine 0.5mL pre-filled syringes
|Pfizer Inc voluntarily initiated this recall when it was determined the lot was formulated and filled with expired serotype 3 conjugate material.
New York, New York
|Trima Accel System Disposable Tubing Sets
|CaridianBCT has become aware of a defect that occurred during the manufacturing of Trima Accel tubing sets
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Lakewood, CO


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JUDAH Kelly, Mackay's own X-Factor star, has made it through to bootcamp of the grueling talent program.
The year 11 student of Mackay North State High School belted out Ronan Keating's personal favorite, I Won't Let You Go by James Morrison after he revealed that he struggled with bullying in high school because of his looks.
Nerves caused Judah to forget the words part way through however Ronan Keating leapt to his aid, helping him through.
Judah has had plenty of support on Facebook since last night's airing of his performance.


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Remember when Michelle Obama tried restricting cafeteria lunch servings to a maximum of 850 calories for high schoolers as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is, y'know, plenty of calories for one meal to sustain life? And those high schoolers promptly began dropping like flies claiming that the new meal plan was starving them to death? And making whiny viral music videos to the tune of Fun.'s "We Are Young" entitled "We Are Hungry"?
Well, PS 244 in Queens recently overhauled their cafeteria to an all-vegetarian menu, and guess what? No Pre-K-through-3rd-graders are crying about it. According to the Huffington Post, in fact, "Principal Robert Groff said Tuesday the kids gravitated toward veggie offerings, including black beans and cheddar quesadillas served with salsa and roasted potatoes."
And guess what's probably cheaper for cash-strapped public schools? All-veg menus. And guess how you can probably fit more/filling foods into a meal that still complies with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act's calorie maximums? All-veg menus. And guess who isn't dying of iron deficiency? Any of these kids in Queens.
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"Manos: The Hands of Fate is a bizarre film that almost defies the idea of 'good' or 'bad' … a true cult phenomenon." – Worst Movies Ever Made
"It's Shocking! It's Beyond Your Imagination!" Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for a young family on their vacation road trip, including running afoul of an insipid Devil cult and tangling with a cranky creep named Togar in this legendarily inept shocker that has become the textbook example on how to make a hilariously awful movie. Shot on location in sunny El Paso, Texas by first-time (as well as last-time) filmmaker Harold P. Warren on a bet that he couldn't actually make a motion picture, Manos: The Hands of Fate is a thoroughly puzzling cinematic experience loaded with surreal action, shockingly inept production values and a head-scratching "surprise" ending that somehow makes all that has come before it even more wonderfully terrible. An annoying family is lost on the highway and unable to find a hotel, so naturally they stop at a mysterious house that reeks of danger. They are told by the disfigured handyman Togar (who suspiciously has the body of a satyr) that his cape-wearing "Master" does not like visitors, but with no other shelter in sight, the oblivious family decides to spend the night anyway. Of course, their annoying presence ignites the fury of a Devil cult that preys upon their innocence (or more accurately, their stupidity), and the family is forced to suffer interminable psychotic rituals, including watching a bunch of clumsy women wrestle one another in white nightgowns. Will they be able to escape? Existing within a bizarre universe all its own, Manos somehow combines the mysteriousness of a silent horror film with the absurdity of a bad stag flick and the deliriously apocalyptic awfulness of Plan 9 From Outer Space. Lost in obscurity until it was memorably roasted on MST3K in the early '90s, Manos is the cinematic equivalent of eating pop rocks with soda … fun, but it may permanently damage your innards! (Dir. by Harold P. Warren, 1966, USA, 74 mins., Not Rated)


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HP OpenVMS Systemsask the wizard
The Question is:
In testing an ACL, I need to remove some process rights from an id. I have tried "SET RIGHT_LISTS <right> /DISABLE/ID=<pid>". I get a change Kernel mode error. Is there another command or am I issuing the command incorrectly? I am a senior developer working with our Sys. Admins. I have posed the question to them as well. Any help would be appreciated.
The Answer is :
$ help/message NOCMKRNL NOCMKRNL, operation requires CMKRNL privilege Facility: SYSTEM, System Services Explanation: A command or program requested a system function that requires CMKRNL privilege; the current process does not have this privilege. User Action: If the message is in response to a command entered interactively, verify that a command or a qualifier was not used for a particular command that requires a specific user privilege. If the message occurs during the execution of a program, determine the system service call that resulted in the error. Verify that a service or an argument was not used for a particular service that requires a user privilege that you do not have. In either case, correct the command or program so that you do not request the privileged function. If you determine that you need the privilege for an application, ask your system manager to give you the necessary privilege.


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Drogba won't rush return to Chelsea team
Didier Drogba has vowed to return fighting fit for Chelsea - but only when he is ready.
The Ivory Coast striker, 30, has been sidelined with a knee problem which kept him out of the pre-season tour to Asia and Russia as well as the start of the new campaign.
Drogba continued his rehabilitation with a run-out for the reserves in the 3-2 win over Arsenal on Tuesday night, but maintains he will not rush back into action too soon
'I had good feelings, but it is a bit early to say I am in good shape,' Drogba told Chelsea TV.
'It is really hard because this is the first time for many years I have been out for three months and it is really difficult to come back.
'I need time, but the good thing is the club understand I need time to be fit because they know when I am fit, I will give everything for the team.'
Most of Chelsea's first-team squad are away during the international break.
However, midfielder Michael Ballack has been ruled out of Germany's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Finland because of a bruised foot.
'The original diagnosis of the Chelsea doctor has been confirmed. It means that I will be out for at least two weeks,' he said.
The 32-year-old suffered the knock in Chelsea's opening-day victory over Portsmouth on August 17, which caused him to pull out of Germany's 2-0 friendly win over Belgium.
Ballack returned to action against Wigan, only for the injury to then flare up again.
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, meanwhile, must now plan for life without top transfer target Robinho after the Brazilian instead joined Manchester City in a shock £32million move on deadline day.
However, the former Portugal coach - who had already landed midfielder Deco during the summer - will look to make at least one more addition when the window re-opens in January.
'Now I know the balance of the team, what I need if I have injuries here or there. Before I didn't know very well what was happening with the players,' he said.
'In January, maybe, I'll have one more player in, or one or two leaving.'
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text: What is the deal with the tags I've seen on the inside of suit jackets? I've seen Jhane Barnes with Nordstrom tags and Hugo Boss with Neiman Marcus tags. Are those suits made for sale specifically in the respective department stores or do the department stores just brand them to get their name out?


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No One Else In New York Is Allowed to Make This Turn: Bob Sheppard (1910-2010)
Like anyone who set foot in any iteration of Yankee Stadium over the past 60 years - Yankees fan or tourist - I'm greatly saddened to learn of the passing of public address announcer Bob Sheppard. The New York Times obituary's first sentence says it all:
Sheppard was 99 years old and had been in ill health since calling his last game on September 5, 2007, so ill that he had to forgo attending the closing ceremonies of the old ballpark in 2008 and the opening ceremonies of the new one in 2009. Yet his presence remained a vital part of the Yankee Stadium experience in the form of an absolutely indelible prerecorded introduction, one delivered in an unforgettably graceful cadence that seemed to boom down from the heavens: "Now batting for the Yankees, number two, Derek Jeter, number two."
Jeter has requested that the introduction be used so long as he's a Yankee. One has to assume his desire accounted for the contingency of Sheppard's passing, but as of yet, no official announcement has been made. [Update: Not only will Jeter continue to use the recorded introduction, it will accompany him to Anaheim for the All-Star game.]
According to Keith Olbermann (via Jon Weisman), Sheppard invented the role of the modern sports public address announcer:
LoHud's Chad Jennings has a good rundown of Sheppard's career, while New York Daily News' Jesse Spector unearthed this fantastic, goosebump-induing tribute video which was created for the dedication of Sheppard's addition to Monument Park in May 2000:
Over at Bronx Banter, Layton's successor, the current Yankee organist Ed Alstrom has his own personal remembrance, from the Banter's "Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories" series, concluding:
I think the quote that sums up Sheppard best comes from my favorite part of Roger Angell's A Pitcher's Story: Innings With David Cone, in his description of Sheppard's postgame ritual:
No one else in New York is allowed to make this turn - that sums up how unique and exceptional Sheppard was. All of us who experienced Yankee Stadium are honored to have shared some time in the presence of that voice. May he rest in peace.
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Thank you for this wonderful reminder of how much Bob Sheppard added to the Yankee Stadium experience. I'll go to sleep tonight with "Shi-ge-to-shi Ha-se-ga-wa" ringing in my ears.
Jul 11, 2010 18:00 PM
As a Met fan and Yankee hater, that was a wonderful article. What makes the Yankees special is their resolute respect for history and tradition, which the treatment of Sheppard and Layton was a large part of. They never worried about not appealing to 16 year olds, the game didn't have to come to them, they would come to the game. Would that other franchises had that respect.
Jul 13, 2010 11:08 AM
Employee of another club here, and one who absolutely loathes Yankee Stadium...yet Bob Sheppard was and always will be total class, a gentleman and representative of the game cut from a singular mold. What a soothing and instantly-recognizable stage he set for us all from just a few simple words.
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LAWRENCE, Kansas -- Jon Cornish rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns and Kansas took advantage of an assortment of turnovers in a 39-20 victory over Big 12 Conference rival Kansas State.
Cornish carried 25 times, including a 13-yard TD run in the first quarter to give Kansas (6-5, 3-4 Big 12 North) a 10-3 advantage. He added a 12-yard touchdown scamper in the fourth to cap the scoring.
The Jayhawks were leading, 13-10, in the second quarter when Russell Brorsen recovered a fumble by Wildcats quarterback Josh Freeman in the end zone to make it a two-score game.
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When VeriFone decided to pull out of the mobile payments game earlier this month by cancelling its SAIL solution, many were surprised by the company's decision.
Ken Paull, CEO of ROAM, was not one of those people.
In an interview with Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster, Paull spoke candidly about what he viewed as VeriFone's shortcomings with SAIL, his reactions to VeriFone's claims about the industry and how ROAM's business strategy follows a different path.
Paull said that while VeriFone's decision to pull the plug on SAIL did not surprise him, its initial decision to enter the micro-merchant foray did. He characterized VeriFone's strategy of direct competition with Square as a major one, and said it simply represented a company trying to do and be too many things at once.
"You can't be everything to everyone, to make good hardware, good software, a good mobile platform, do solid customer acquisition, and all the things that work with it: those are too many core competencies to think that you can do all yourself," Paull said. "I think that's just too much for someone to take on, and I'm surprised that Verifone did attempt to take it on."
Paull said he disagreed with two of the assertions VeriFone made as it announced the suspension of its SAIL program: that all micro-merchant acquiring is "fundamentally unprofitable," in the words of VeriFone CEO Doug Bergeron, and that solutions for much merchants must come with additional services, such as wallets.
To counter the first point, Paull pointed to the various successful companies within the industry, and said the problem lay not with the micro-merchants, but with VeriFone's business strategy.
"It's a high volume game: you can't go after small volume merchants without [getting] a lot of them, and I think that's what didn't add up. VeriFone needed to do high volume in the space and they didn't, but there are plenty of folks out there that we can attest to, including ourselves, that are doing some pretty good volumes in the space and doing it profitably," he said.
For the second point, Paull conceded that over time, offering additional solutions to basic payments functionality would likely be necessary. But for right now, he said there is "no proof" that such additions are needed.
"All the other people succeeding in this market are not doing so by wrapping services around it right now," Paul said. "I don't know how you can say that you have to wrap those other solutions to make money, because really, no one is doing that very successfully."
Asked what he thought of VeriFone's decision to switch lanes back into upmarket mobile retailing solutions, Paull gave a pointed response.
"I never underestimate a company the size of VeriFone with the brand awareness they have. They're very respectable on the countertop," Paull said. "But in the mobile space, they really haven't been relevant, to be honest."
Paull also said that some in the industry might be reluctant to deal with VeriFone as it tries to partner with companies with which it was competing through SAIL.
"The people I'm talking to are not happy at all with the arrogance demonstrated, VeriFone's willingness to go sell against them and now try to embrace them again, Paul said. "For all the channel partners they've tried to disintermediate in the process, I don't think they'll get a warm embrace back as they attempt to partner with those same companies, which you really need to do to move upmarket.
So I think they will be challenged, but I never underestimate anybody."
To hear more Paull and Webster on VeriFone's SAIL collapse, ROAM's business strategy and the unique micro-merchant market, listen to the full podcast below.
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Researchers included only participants that quit smoking without the aid of nicotine supplementation and prescription drug therapy, and who had succeeded for at least 12 months. They discovered that on average participants gained 10 pounds, with majority of the weight put on within the first 6 months. The results also show that there was great variability. For instance in France 25% of the quitters lost weight or gained less than 2 pounds, while another quarter gained more than 17 lbs. Therefore the study author and professor at Hôpital Paul Brousse, Henri-Jean Aubin, feels that it would be inaccurate to produce an average weight gain number for those who wish to quit smoking. He mentioned, "Although our study has confirmed that there is substantial weight gain on average during the first year of continuous abstinence, a prediction of average weight gain will be wrong for most individual smokers." Nearly 20% of the smokers actually lose weight after one year of continuous abstinence and weight gain seemed to stabilize after three months.
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Kwanzaa runs from December 26th to January 1st. It is not a religious holiday, but a holiday of reflection--an opportunity for African Americans to celebrate their African roots. Join Burt Wolf as he uncovers the epicenter of African American culture in the United States and takes viewers on a tour of Harlem. We'll also stop in to the Apollo Theater on Amateur night, explore what faith means at Abyssinian Church and pickup some down-home recipes.
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Get an overview of this hotelAll-suite Richmond hotel with complimentary breakfast
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Near shopping center
This all-suite Richmond hotel is within a mile of Merchants Walk Shopping Center. The Shops at Willow Lawn and the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden are both 3.2 miles away.
Breakfast provided
Embassy Suites by Hilton Richmond offers an onsite restaurant and a bar. Breakfast and evening receptions are complimentary. A complimentary shuttle takes guests within 5 miles.
Sofa beds, wet bars
Suites at Embassy Suites by Hilton Richmond offer sofa beds, separate living area, microwaves and refrigerators, wet bars, and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Pool
- Convenient parking
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
- Guestrooms were a little noisy
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Hotel Amenities
Embassy Suites by Hilton Richmond features complimentary breakfast and hosts complimentary evening receptions. Coffee and newspapers are complimentary in the lobby. WiFi is complimentary. Guests are also offered a business center with tech support staff and a computer station.
A complimentary shuttle takes guests within 5 miles (8 kilometers) of this Richmond hotel. In addition to a 24-hour fitness facility, the hotel has an indoor pool, a sauna, and a spa tub. The hotel has a gift shop and offers dry cleaning and laundry facilities. This is a smoke-free property.
- Computer station
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Number of meeting rooms - 12
- Meeting rooms
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Sauna
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 8
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Total number of rooms - 224
- Luggage storage
- Express check-in
- Laundry facilities
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 961
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
- Express check-out
- Free WiFi
- Free reception
- Year Built 1986
- Free area shuttle
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 10339
- Free train station pickup
- Conference center
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Separate living room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Laundry facilities
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Cable TV service
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Private bathroom
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Free weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- MP3 docking station
- Separate living room
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Breakfast is complimentary and cooked to order at Embassy Suites by Hotel Richmond; enjoy a made-to-order omelet. In the evenings, the hotel hosts a complimentary manager's reception, serving drinks in the hotel's atrium.
Atrium Grill - Casual restaurant, serving lunch and dinner. Menu offers European and Asian dishes. Located in the atrium.
Nearby Things to Do
This Richmond hotel has a heated indoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. A fitness facility is available 24-hours.
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, fitness facility, or spa tub without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 2:00 AM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
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- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15 per night
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George Clooney: The Attractive American
Clooney: A celebrity and a commentary on celebrity
George Clooney has been called an old-fashioned movie star — because of his clean good looks, his self-deprecating charm, his easy grace — but in fact he is a new-fangled star, a man whose very fame is partially a commentary on being famous. He is a celebrity who is complicit in the notion of celebrity, a man at the centre of Hollywood and at the same time out on the edges, looking in with amusement.
He can look a bit like Clark Gable — "I think Clark Gable just literally, just now, turned over in his grave," he said a few years ago when someone made the comparison — but Gable never had to put up with the 24-hour-a-day microscope of paparazzi culture. Clooney understands how to use his fame and then stand back from it.
It helps to be funny. At the Cannes film festival a few years ago to promote Oceans Thirteen — Clooney's career is divided between larks with famous friends and serious films — someone asked him about screenwriting today as compared to that in Hollywood's golden age.
"I'm glad you asked me that question on this film," Clooney answered. "This script, for instance, may go down in the history books as one of the greatest screenplays of all time. This film is basically a cry for peace."
Clooney's new movie, The American, is a more serious film, or at least as serious as a movie about an assassin on the run can be. He plays Jack, a killer who has to hide out in Italy. There he befriends a priest who says to him, "You're American. You think you can escape history."
If the movie's title is meant to be ironic (the American gunman fumbling through a foreign culture), the priest's accusation is an irony within that irony, because no actor has a deeper appreciation of history than Clooney. He's the American as he might be: handsome, rich and famous, but also committed, smart and self-aware.
Clooney didn't do press interviews for the film, but just before its opening he was at the Emmy awards, getting a humanitarian award for his work in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina and in post-genocide Darfur
"It's important to remember how much good can get done because we live in such strange times where bad behavior soaks up all the attention and press, and the people who really need the spotlight — the Haitians, the Sudanese, people in the Gulf Coast on the five-year anniversary, people in Pakistan, they can't get any," he said.
"Here's hoping that some very bright person right here in the house — or at home watching — can help find a way to keep the spotlight burning on these heartbreaking situations that continue to be heartbreaking long after the cameras go away. That would be an impressive accomplishment."
After a standing ovation, he said, "Don't do that because then I feel like maybe I'm sick and I don't know it."
It was a typical combination of sincerity and then pricking the balloon of self-regard that sincerity can inevitably create: famous people frequently conflate the worth of their charities with the power of their own influence. A few years ago at a press conference in New York City for his film The Good German, Clooney said, "You don't make policies. That's a mistake that happens sometimes. When you're famous and people are willing to hear you, you sort of start thinking that what you say can change things. And what you realize is that your job is not to create policy but to shine a light on good or bad policy and help the policy-makers." Cate Blanchett, his co-star on the movie, noted that he "uses his powers for good rather than evil."
He does the same in his movie choices. Instead of making endless Oceans films (although Oceans Thirteen did push the goodwill envelope), he uses his movie-star power to make films like Syriana or Good Night and Good Luck that have social — and liberal — messages. Like his buddy Brad Pitt, he seems slightly uncomfortable with his status as a sex symbol (although not enough that he didn't appear shirtless in The American, showing off a buff if thin body).
And if that makes him just about perfect, it also makes him unique in the world of just-about-perfect men in that he has the grace to be offhand about it. And his quick wit makes all of it — the good looks, the easy affability, the compassionate instincts — easy to take. My favourite moment at a Clooney press event came at Cannes when someone asked Oceans 13 co-star Matt Damon about a scene where a love potion has an important role. "What's your favourite aphrodisiac?," the reporter asked and Damon responded, "Don Cheadle." Clooney looked out at the press conference and said, "He thought you said Afrodisiac."
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Maybe it's just that time of year -- post-holidays, post-CES, pre-SXSW -- but I've been thinking a lot about the role gadgets, gizmos and cloud computing are playing in our lives and in our business.
Every year the percentage of new products on display that feature some degree of connectivity seems to grow. As advertising executives lay hands on each new gadget, this silent question is begged: "What does this portend for the future of media consumption and how quickly do I need to start worrying about it?"
We have been through the year of the smartphone and the year of the tablet. This year, however, I think the most important new force will not be tied to a particular device, but rather to something much more nebulous. I'd dub 2013 the year of the cloud.
The cloud is something that will not be prominently on display at trade shows like CES per se -- it's not something that you can see or touch. Nor is it entirely
new. However, the pipes are finally in place for it to begin more meaningfully impacting our lives. Broadband capabilities are now sufficient and ubiquitous enough to make cloud-delivery of content a
reality. And it is fueling many of the devices being touted this year -- from transparent wall screens akin more to wallpaper than traditional televisions, to connected washing machines that can tell
you if you're using too much laundry detergent and perhaps, suggest a new brand of fabric softener.
The introduction of cloud-technology into our daily lives sets up a bimodality of delivery approaches. On the one hand, you have devices, such as the iPhone, capable of housing incredible amounts of intelligence and content. On the other hand, the cloud is able to hold infinite amounts of intelligence and data. With the cloud, as long as there is a powerful enough Wi-Fi or broadband delivery system in place, the device doesn't need to be quite as "smart" -- or in some cases, not as physically large. Take, for instance, the aforementioned transparent screen. It's simply a difference between "local intelligence" sitting on a device, versus "cloud intelligence," on a satellite hundreds of miles away.
That said, the full realization of cloud-technology will change everything -- from the way we consume content to
the devices that we consume it on. The promise of the cloud has always been the ability to seamlessly access data wherever and whenever -- across place, time or device. And that promise seems to be
coming true.
Although we've been talking for some time about the increasing ability to access content anytime, anywhere, there are still limitations. For instance, a movie downloaded to a tablet remains housed on that tablet. Or a game accessible via an X-Box is not simultaneously accessible on your computer. Cloud technology removes these remaining barriers, ushering in an era of constant connectivity.
What will this mean for the media world? A cloud will benefit consumers, media owners and advertisers in tangible ways.
For consumers, cloud-based delivery of news and entertainment content will allow complete flexibility in terms of simultaneous or sequential viewing of content across devices and provide a better user experiences.
For media owners, this continuity will allow greater insight into a user's viewing habits, thus improving the relevancy of programming offered to that viewer. For instance, if you know that a given user prefers to watch headline news in the morning on their tablet, receive stock market quotes or sports updates in the afternoon via smartphone, and view adventure movies in the evening via connected TV you could program accordingly, helping your audience find and enjoy what is most relevant to them. In turn, by building a better offering, media owners will attract more users more often, resulting in greater monetization opportunities.
For advertisers, this seamless delivery will help brand marketers and their agencies to finally break down the barriers that prohibit holistic messaging across devices. These media silos exist partly because of operational inconsistencies between various platforms. Ad technology has been working to get around this problem in various ways. The cloud, however, will accelerate and facilitate this process by removing these inconsistencies and delivering seamless data sets across devices, eliminating silos, improving efficiencies and achieving unprecedented total campaign ROI measurement.
In short, life in the cloud means that intelligence is no longer tied to a particular device. It can now follow you around the house, into your smart car, and to the corner kiosk. As an analogy, on the moon, you need to carry around a special tank to get enough oxygen. On earth, we're surrounded by it. With cloud-enabled delivery, our days of space exploration are over, and the era of device-agnostic 1:1 consumer engagement has finally landed.


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Ok this may be silly.... but I read in someones post .....(I dont remember which one because Ive read so many) that it is illegal to sell liscensed character cakes? should i be worried...????
I mean whats the difference between buying a cake pan shaped like a character (which we pay for), VS. buying Toys and putting them on a cake( again which we pay for) and finally going thru a wholesale company like deco pac and paying for there toys and gadgets?
I went to bed last night and started thinking about everything and started to confused my self...........
or am i making way to much of this....
supposedly you only buy the right to those objects for your personal use... not to resell....but for the most part the people whose characters they are wont do much to the little guy, but may if it becomes more then a home maker making cakes for people.... I am also afraid to charge for these cakes.... I ask only for the cost of the stuff I use, or have them buy everything for the cake and I will do it that way... I always get what I paid for the stuff and since they are friends of mine, they do slip extra for my time.... I am still only making 20 (if that) for a 9x13 usually double layer. Now I do want more for a cake that isnt character themed... I will still ask for the money back for the ingredients, but then I do tell them I will add another 10 dollars on top for my time.... I think thats the reason why I very rarely get an order for something other then character theme....
that makes sense but the more i thought about it....then i started thinking about www.decopac.com they sell ?toys? and they are used for cakes for selling to the public.
yeah, thats true, but they have a commerical/businesslicense to do it, the exec of the companies sign contracts and such...its confusing, but I only had to worry about if it was ok to have in the store.... its like walmart kmart etc...they have a license to sell stuff the company makes...they cant say have character cookies or whatever made from an employee at home to sell there...thats a little farfetched idea I know but I think you'll understand that.....
you can not sell licensed character cakes, except by permission. but, since there are soo many people doing it, they can't go after everyone. i make the
licensed cakes for people and charge them according to my time, but i won't post the prices on my web...only when they call for a price list.
ya know I didnt think of it at the time I wrote my last post on this, but when i was painting on the walls at time for tots here on base, I tried to contact the people of sesame street, disney, and nickelodean.. just to see if it was ok since it was in a public place... I didnt hear back from disney, but ss and nick asked if any money was exchanging hands I told them no, all the paint was donated and I was going to do the drawing I just didnt want to to do anything I shouldnt...they said (off the record) by rights its no, but as long as no money exchanges hands we arent breaking any real "rights" and for the most part companies dont have the time to go after the little guy, it would cost them more money to do something then it being worth it...if it were playskool or fisher price doing it oh yeah they'd be going down"
but like I said I dont really charge for character cakes persey just the ingredients and I have the parent bring those to me for the most part...or if they will they can give me the pan if it is a character pan cake they want.
I believe it's okay to use the toys on top of cakes although some of the companies that make the character cake toppers will only sell to licensed bakeries. The only company I know of that takes this stuff seriously is Disney. They've sued people over the use of characters on merchandise like one couple who was making yard signs with them to sell at flea markets. They've also sued daycares. The Barney people are the same way. They've sued daycares over wall art. Whether you sell a cake or not, using the characters/logos is infringement. Most companies won't sue over it, it's bad press. Disney has become know as a scrooge when it comes to this kind of stuff.
Hi Everyone, I didn't know that it was against the law to sell the character pans until one day I posted some of my work on Wilton's Forum and was asking how much I should charge. Wilton e-mailed me and told me that it was against the law to sell these character cakes because the companies are not getting any of the PROFITS. And that the pans were not made for commerical use, only home use. They also told me that you can not do drawings, transfers, etc. of the characters whatsoever on cakes that you are selling.
Yeah ......you know after reading so many post this was one of the things that i started to think about. It all makes sense but the more i thought about it I was like ...Hey they do get there money when we but the product.....but i guess we dont make the rules they do?
Gosh, this is good to know since I am just starting out.....I haven't had any ordes for character cakes, just regular decorated ones, but if someones asks me to do one, I'll know what the rules are now. Thanks for bringing this out!
I don't think it is illigal, they just tell you that to scare you. Check out the web site www.tabberone.com for more information. But here is a quote regarding the first sale doctrine..."The whole point of the first sale doctrine is that once the copyright owner places a copyrighted item in the stream of commerce by selling it, he has exhausted his exclusive statutory right to control its distribution."
Justice Stevens, delivering an opinion for a unanimous Supreme Court in the case QUALITY KING DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. L'ANZA RESEARCH INT'L, INC. (96-1470), 98 F.3d 1109, reversed. Therefore, once you pay for the licence in purchasing a character pan, the seller loses all copyright. Therefore, for my understanding, you can make what you want. In addition, I know several bakeries that sell character cakes and cakes with items purchased on it. I see no reason why you can't do the same. Granted, it may take you some time to fight it in court, but I think the law is on your side.
I think the laws can be confusing but I've looked into it and this is what I found. The characters/logos are copyrighted/trademarked. If you use the trademarked image for profit (like selling a character cake or if any $ changes hands), you've infringed on the trademark owner's rights. Trademark ownership lasts indefinately. Trademark ownership can be lost though if the owner doesn't protect the trademark.
If you have been licensed to sell trademarked goods (like Wilton), you pay a royalty to the owner and the owner get to control how the trademark is represented.
So unless you've been licensed to use the trademark, you're breaking the law.
Here's an example How To Sell Rugrats
and more info
Here's where I'm still confused. Decopac is licensed by these companies to sell character cake toppers. You buy the cake topper and use it on a cake. You're not copying a trademark...that was done by decopac who was licensed to do so. The royalty for that product was already paid and indirectly paid by you when you bought it. I don't think it's illegal to sell cakes with the cake toppers or toys on them but I just don't know. Does anyone know?
Grocery store bakeries use these toppers but it's my understanding that they have to be arranged in a certain way (control of the trademark image stuff).
See thats what i was thinking.....because I have a catolog from decopac and I dont see much a price Difference between the sets in there and the toys at the store....I havent sold my character cakes but i usually make them for my niece, daughter, or brothers and sisters but after the last couple of cakes Ive had a couple of request......
I dont own a bakery but I do own a business... Im a photographer and I decided since mostly i do weddings I would slowy break in to other areas of the wedding Industry....like Invitations and now cakes.....
So thats why I was like ok Im a normal person ....(cakes not offically my thing) and I can buy from decopac so ....Can Is sell them???? And then most of the time. I like my own designs I think of better....
I'd rather design my own cakes than use a decopac too. There are a lot of bakeries and people like you and I doing it (their own cake designs). I don't see a lot of fear or lawsuits. I think we just need to be aware that it's not legal and decide whether we want to take the risk.


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Adds a new domain to the list of domains blocked for federation. By definition, your users are not allowed to use Microsoft Lync Server 2010 applications to communicate with people from the blocked domain; for example, users cannot use Microsoft Lync 2010 to exchange instant messages with anyone with a SIP account in a domain that appears on the blocked list.
New-CsBlockedDomain -Identity <XdsGlobalRelativeIdentity> [-Comment <String>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-InMemory <SwitchParameter>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]
New-CsBlockedDomain -Domain <String> [-Comment <String>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-InMemory <SwitchParameter>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]
Federation is a means by which two organizations can set up a trust relationship that facilitates communication between the two groups. When federation has been established, users in the two organizations can send each other instant messages, subscribe for presence notifications, and otherwise communicate with one another by using SIP applications such as Lync 2010. Lync Server 2010 allows for three types of federation: 1) direct federation between your organization and another; 2) federation between your organization and a public provider; and, 3) federation between your organization and a third-party hosting provider.
Setting up direct federation with another organization involves several tasks. To begin with, you must enable your servers running the Lync Server Access Edge service to allow federation. In addition, the other organization must enable federation with you; federation cannot be established unless both parties agree to the relationship.
To establish a federated relationship you might also need to manage two federation-related lists: the allowed list and the blocked list. The allowed list represents the organizations you have chosen to federate with; if a domain appears on the allowed list then (depending on your configuration settings) your users will be able to exchange instant messages and presence information with users who have accounts in that federated domain. Conversely, the blocked list represents domains that users are expressly forbidden from federating with; for example, messages sent from a blocked domain will automatically be rejected by Lync Server 2010.
The New-CsBlockedDomain cmdlet enables you to add a domain to the list of blocked domains.
Who can run this cmdlet: By default, members of the following groups are authorized to run the New-CsBlockedDomain cmdlet locally: RTCUniversalServerAdmins. To return a list of all the role-based access control (RBAC) roles this cmdlet has been assigned to (including any custom RBAC roles you have created yourself), run the following command from the Windows PowerShell prompt:
Get-CsAdminRole | Where-Object {$_.Cmdlets –match "New-CsBlockedDomain"}
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain to be added to the blocked list; for example, "fabrikam.com". You can use either the Identity or the Domain parameter (but not both) in order to specify the domain name. If you use Identity, the Domain property will be set to the same value assigned to Identity. If you use Domain, the Identity property will be set to the same value that is assigned to Domain.
Note that Identities must be unique: if the specified domain already exists on either the blocked or the allowed list, the command will fail.
Optional string value that provides additional information about the blocked domain. For example, you might add a Comment that explains why the domain has been blocked.
FQDN (for example, fabrikam.com) of the domain to be added to the blocked list. You can use either the Identity or the Domain parameter (but not both) in order to specify the domain name. If you use Identity, the Domain property will be set to the same value that is assigned to Identity. If you use Domain, the Identity property will be set to the same value that is assigned to Domain.
Note that Domains must be unique: if the specified domain already exists on either the blocked or the allowed list, the command will fail.
Switch Parameter
Suppresses the display of any non-fatal error message that might occur when running the command.
Switch Parameter
Creates an object reference without actually committing the object as a permanent change. If you assign the output of this cmdlet called with this parameter to a variable, you can make changes to the properties of the object reference and then commit those changes by calling this cmdlet's matching Set- cmdlet.
Switch Parameter
Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.
Switch Parameter
Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.
None. New-CsBlockedDomain does not accept pipelined input.
Creates instances of the Microsoft.Rtc.Management.WritableConfig.Settings.Edge.BlockedDomain object.
-------------------------- Example 1 ------------------------
New-CsBlockedDomain -Identity "fabrikam.com" -Comment "Blocked per Ken Myer."
In the preceding example, the domain fabrikam.com is added to the list of blocked domains. To do this, New-CsBlockedDomain is called, along with the Identity parameter, which is assigned the name of the domain to be blocked. In addition, the Comment parameter is included in order to add a comment to the blocked domain. Note that this command will fail if fabrikam.com is already on the blocked list or on the allowed list.
-------------------------- Example 2 ------------------------
$x = New-CsBlockedDomain -Identity "fabrikam.com" -InMemory $x.Comment = "Blocked per Ken Myer." Set-CsBlockedDomain -Instance $x
Example 2 demonstrates how you can use the InMemory parameter to create a new blocked domain that initially exists only in memory. After you modify the property values of this in-memory-only domain you can then call Set-CsBlockedDomain to add the domain to the blocked list.
To perform this task, the first line in the command uses New-CsBlockedDomain and the InMemory parameter to create a blocked domain with the Identity fabrikam.com. Upon creation, this virtual domain is stored in the variable $x.
In the second line, the Comment property of the virtual domain is modified. After that, line 3 uses the Set-CsBlockedDomain cmdlet to add the virtual domain to the blocked list. Without line 3, the virtual domain would exist only in memory and would never be added to the blocked list. Instead, the virtual domain will disappear as soon as you end your Windows PowerShell session or delete the variable $x.


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by Bruce Strand, Sports editor
Cathy Smith and Tracey Grill, a pair of office friends who were non-athletes before they started playing golf together four years ago, emerged as champions of Elk River Golf Club's Companions Classic on Sunday.
Smith, of Maple Grove, and Grill, of Nowhen, shot a net 62 in the best-ball format on Saturday and 134 net on Sunday to pick up the title by one stroke, with Mona Deiley and Krista Murray second, among 13 entrants in the women's division.
"I never played high school sports, but my daughters played volleyball at Elk River," said Grill, of Nowthen, meaning Kirsti and Jessica, who were all-conference hitters and played college ball. "Golf is something I picked up after the kids graduated and I have more free time."
Grill is office manager for a Minneapolis law firm. Smith is an attorney there, and recently made partner.
Smith, who grew up in Korea, said she did a little tennis and swimming as a child, but that was about it for sports until she took some golf lessons with Grill four years ago. Soon she and her husband were ERGC members along with Grill and her husband.
They've played the Companions meet three times. This marked the first time they've placed in the top five.
Asked if that felt pretty good, Smith grinned, "You betcha it does!" showing that a little of Minnesota has rubbed off on the native Korean.
On Saturday in the best ball format, retiree Peg Van Donsel and 25-year-old Melissa Jackson opened a big lead with 56, six strokes ahead of Smith and Grill. They were paired up at the last minute when Jackson dropped out of a running event at the state fairgrounds she'd been signed up for. But the second day didn't go as well and they wound up tied for fourth.
Smith shot 100 on Sunday – "My second-best round ever" — and Grill shot 102, for a 134 net with handicaps of 37 and 31 respectively.
Their highlight came on 15 when Grill drove into the water and took a drop, then hit a pitching wedge shot within a couple inches of the cup and tapped in for a four.
"The ball just popped it right up and anded right by the pin," marveled Smith. "She was the only one of (the foursome) to get a four and she's the one who landed in the water."
Murray, who's from Elk River and works at ERGC, and Deiley, of Dayton, are also both late starters in golf, joining because their husbands have always played.
It's Murray's third year of golf and just her second tournament, and Deiley's second year of golf and her first tournament. They met during league golf.
"If you know anything about golf, our handicaps are nothing to be proud of," chuckled Deiley, who has a 48 while Murray has a 40.
The idea in a net tournament is to beat your average and the runners-up certainly did that. Murray had birdies on three holes while shooting 107 Sunday. Deiley shot 115.
"When you can get a birdie with a handicap like I have," said Murray, "that's phenomenal. It means I took a two on each of those holes."
Michelle Olson and Kerry Lamp were the best gross shooting team in the field and placed third with 200 net. The best gross rounds on Sunday were Olson with 81, Lamp and Gloria Jenson with 84, and Patty Christensen with 85.
Top five teams among 13
Cathy Smith, Tracey Grill ………………………. 62 – 134 – 196
Mona Deiley, Kristy Murray …………………. 63 – 134 – 197
Kerry Lamp, Michele Olson …………………… 68 – 132 – 200
Candace Johnson and Diane Sanford …. 66 – 137 – 203
Peg Van Donsel, Melissa Jackson ……….. 56 – 147 – 203


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Think Selena Gomez will show up, too?
Teen pop phenom Justin Bieber will make a special appearance at the BET Awards, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm. Airing live on June 26, the singer, 17, joins previously announced performers Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Drake, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, DJ Khaled and Jill Scott.
Last year, Bieber received his first BET Awards nomination in the Best New Artist Category following the success of his album My World 2.0.
Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson, 40, and Grammy winner Ne-Yo, 31, are slated to present at the annual awards show, held at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium.
The BET Awards will air live at 8 p.m. EST on June 26.


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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Dubai hotel in Beach & Coast with 4 restaurants
Popular property highlights
Located in Beach & Coast, this hotel is within 12 mi (20 km) of Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Burj Al Arab, and Wild Wadi Water Park.
Hotel Features
Along with 4 restaurants, this hotel has a marina and an outdoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free manager's reception are also provided. Other amenities include 4 bars/lounges, a health club, and a coffee shop/café.
Room Amenities
All 360 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and 24-hour room service. For a bit of entertainment, TVs come with cable channels, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Beach
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Guestroom size
Ramada Plaza Jumeirah Beach
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a marina, Ramada Plaza Jumeirah Beach features an outdoor pool and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 4 bars/lounges. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a children's pool, a sauna, and a rooftop terrace. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Ramada Plaza Jumeirah Beach has designated areas for smoking.
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Year Built 2012
- Tours/ticket assistance
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 360
- Number of floors - 43
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of bars/lounges - 4
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Free WiFi
- Designated smoking areas
- Laundry facilities
- Marina on site
- Meeting rooms 3
- Multilingual staff
- Rooftop terrace
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool sun loungers
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Beach towels
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Snack bar/deli
- Free self parking
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Free reception
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Steam room
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Slippers
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Television
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Fogueira - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in Brazilian cuisine and serves brunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required.
Speakeasy Bar and Restaur - This bar specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Shores Restaurant - This buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
The Lounge - This coffee shop specializes in international cuisine. Open daily.
Sama Lounge - This restaurant specializes in Middle Eastern cuisine. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A marina and a health club are featured at the hotel. An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for AED 150.0 per day.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Tourism fee: AED 15 per accommodation, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: AED 105 for adults and AED 52.5 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: AED 180 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: AED 150.0 per day
Hotel Name
- Jumeirah Ramada Plaza
- Ramada Jumeirah Beach Plaza
- Ramada Jumeirah Residence
- Ramada Plaza Beach Residence
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- Ramada Plaza Jumeirah Beach Residence Dubai
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


text: The truth is we need more than one first round pick. We need D'Brickashaw and we need Reggie Bush but we also need our second round because it will probably give us a chance to get Trueblood or one of the other LT's in this draft. So with that in mind here's an idea with some guessing involved. 1st overall - Trade to Cleveland for their 1st this (3rd overall) and next year. Trade with 49ers (2nd overall) for our 1st next year and second this. 2nd overall - Take Bush. 3rd overall - Take D'Brickashaw. Trade next years other 1st and a 3rd form this year for a mid round 1st this year and take McNeill or Scott. Use all remaining picks on defence mainly LB's and CB's.


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Skip to comments.From the Back of the Pack
Posted on 10/18/2007 10:51:59 PM PDT by dano1
...its quickly clear that Huckabee is as good a campaigner as anybody running for president this year. And before too long it becomes easy to come up with ( seven ) reasons why he might have a realistic shot at winning the Republican nomination:
(snip, snip, snip)
Huckabee has some significant flaws as a candidate. His foreign policy thinking is thin. Some of his policy ideas seem to come off the top of his head (he vows, absurdly, to make the U.S. energy independent within eight years).
But Huckabee is something that the party needs. He is a solid conservative who is both temperamentally and substantively different from the conservatives who have led the country over the past few years.
Hes rising in the polls, especially in Iowa. His popularity with the press corps suggests he could catch a free media wave that would put him in the top tier. He deserves to be there.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
When I read the title, I was thinking McCain. I'm suprised to see how well he's rebounded from exile.
I guess Huckabee's abysmal record on taxes was overlooked by this writer? Huckabee gets TERRIBLE ratings from fiscal conservatives and he is the "consensus" candidate?
This guy is rooting for Huckabee because he knows he couldn't beat Hillary.
They forgot about his open borders stance, as well.
And this?
"He condemns immoral C.E.O. salaries"
If that's the going price, that's the going price. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to get ticked off about that. Not that I'll ever be a CEO.
I was a bit surprised to see the following, though:
"His Legislature in Arkansas was 90 percent Democratic"
Is that true? Geez! I knew Arkansas was a bit odd at times, but this takes the cake! I looked, and presently, there are 8 Republicans and 27 Democrats.
The House is 25:75, as well.
Money quotes:
""He is... both temperamentally and substantively different from the conservatives...
Huckabee is the one candidate acceptable to all [liberal] factions...
unlike the first generation of politically engaged Christian conservatives, Huckabee is not at war with mainstream America...
on global trade he sounds like a Democrat...
His popularity with the press corps suggests he could catch a free media wave...""
Hucksterbee, another Shyster from Hope, Ark.
NannyStater and pro amnesty
Ahh, yes, the liberals are telling us, yet again, that a guy that's as liberal as anyone in the 1980's is a 'mainstream' choice for Republicans.
Mitt, Huck, John, and the other
seven or so dwarves,
need to get off the stage
I like him, too, but this is going to be an uphill battle...
If I have to read one more time in one of these liberal newsrags that Huckabee is their definition of a "Conservative" just because he is a minister and is pro-life....I'm gonna puke all over my keyboard. He has two conservative positions. On the other 150 he is a complete liberal. No wonder the Times likes him.
To be added please FReepmail me.
"Huckabee has some significant flaws as a candidate."
An understatement if there ever was one.
McCain's rebounded? The last few months of Rasmussen Reports numbers show him between 8% and 15%, the vast majority of the numbers are 10-11 range, especially this last month. Even Mitt is usually higher than that, and he still leads the IA and NH numbers, there is no state that McCain leads in, or even comes in second, if I recall correctly.
But back to Huckabee, the lamestream media would love to suck votes over to this nanny stater. Their fondest wish is a divided Republican convention, to contrast with Hillary's coronation that will take place earlier in the summer of 2008.
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"Sabor Latino" at The Museum of Latin American Art This Weekend
So you're not so keen on going to Irvine, spending the afternoon in the sun and eating Greek food at the Greek festival at this weekend? How about schmoozing inside a museum a while watching a performance by something called the Sirena Serpentina Fire dancers.
This Friday evening at 7 p.m., the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach is hosting a wine and food event with 20 wines "carefully hand selected by local sommeliers" and tastings from restaurants including Gaucho Grill, La Española, Lola's Mexican Cuisine, Alegria Cocina Latina and Café Viva.
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