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Jeff Bone was named Principal at Landon Bone Baker Architects in 1999. Jeff and the firm learned early on that not all clients are the same; developers are well-versed in the design/build processes whereas non-profit community-based organizations are armed with a clear vision but don't necessarily always have an architecture vocabulary. Jeff has nurtured the firm's "grassroots" approach to help nonprofit clients translate their vision. He and the firm regularly engage the community through charrettes, community art projects with archi-treasures, and stakeholder meetings and planning sessions.
Jeff has managed the design and construction of a wide variety of affordable multi-family developments, supportive and senior housing projects, homeless youth shelters, community centers, and non-profit agencies throughout Chicago area, including the recently completed Harvest Commons Apartments, an 89-unit development that employs green strategies for the historic preservation and adaptive reuse of a 1920s-era building and incorporates an urban farm and teaching kitchen for residents. Currently, Jeff is working on the Diplomat SRO, a 51-unit development providing residential and supportive services for people confronting homelessness, and La Casa Norte's comprehensive community center with permanent housing in Humboldt Park.
Jeff also directs Knothead Furniture Company, an ongoing collaboration with Landon Bone Baker that designs "Simple Furniture Built to Last" for single room occupancy buildings, supportive housing projects, affordable daycare centers, and residential homes. Together, with input from craftsmen and clients, the firm designed a custom furniture line with affordability in mind and regularly designs furniture into their architectural projects. The result is a warm, stylish, yet simple approach that fits into residential as well as commercial and institutional settings.
Jeff initiated and leads the firm's participation in the AIA 2030 Commitment, a growing national initiative that provides a framework to help firms evaluate the impact design decisions have on an individual project's energy performance. He is a current board member and founding collaborator with archi-treasures, a non-profit collective of artists, architects, educators, and community organizers who serve Chicago neighborhoods. He organized and led tours for the City's Great Chicago Places and Spaces event, including "Fortifying Affordable Housing," which studied the collaborative effort between building management, residents, architects, and artists in the rehabilitation of Barbara Jean Wright Courts on the near west side of Chicago. Jeff served on the City of Chicago Code Committee and was chair of the Chicago AIA Education Committee. He currently serves on the Design for Aging Committee and is a volunteer member architect for Home Free Home, a national non-profit providing pro bono architectural design for accessibility.


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Lucifer Furnaces: New Line of High-Temperature Ovens
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A new line of high-temperature recirculating ovens -- the 4099 V series -- is now available from Lucifer Furnaces, Inc. These models are ideal for the tempering, annealing, stress relieving, shrink fitting and heat treating of large workloads. Designed for 1400F operation, these heavy-duty models are equipped with a high CFM stainless steel fan for recirculation. The fan assembly is roof mounted, providing a vertical airflow pattern and uniform temperature throughout the chamber. Larger model sizes are equipped with two fan assemblies for maximum airflow.
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Lexmark MX410 41X0917 ADF Separation Roller Replacement Guide
Below you will find the Lexmark MX410 41X0917 ADF Separation Roller Replacement Guide. This is a pretty easy job that anybody can handle. The roller just unclips and comes out and the new pops right back in. The roller even comes with instructions on how to replace it in the box.
These rollers are rated at around 200,000 pages but they tend to only last around 150,000 pages and they start to have some feed issues as they become flat spotted and the document feed starts to have misfeeds and other jam issues.
Below you will find the replacement instructions along with links on ordering in the parts needed for the repair. I've also included a link for the pick up roller assembly as I like to replace them at the same time as the separation roller.
ADF separator roll removal
1 Open the ADF top cover.
2 Squeeze the latches to release the separator roll.
3 Pull away the separator roll and remove.
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This extremely light chainmail is made of very fine mithral links. This armor is treated, in all ways, like light armor, including when determining proficiency. The armor has an arcane spell failure chance of 20%, a maximum Dexterity bonus of +4, and an armor check penalty of –2.
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Did you know that exfoliating your skin regularly is the right way to ensure baby soft skin?
Exfoliating your skin regularly can help you remove the dead layers of your skin. It cleans up your body and after you have exfoliated your skin, you need to ensure that you have applied a good quality moisturiser.
- Whenever you use a scrub to exfoliate, ensure that your body is wet. The scrubs spreads well in a wet body. You can use a scrub even in the shower.
- Do not mix facial scrubs with body scrubs. Body scrubs are harsher and can damage the sensitive skin of your face. And the facial scrubs are milder so they may not really exfoliate your body well!
- While using a body scrub, take a generous amount and dab it on to your body. Use circular motions to exfoliate the dead skin. And once you are done with scrubbing, leave it on for at least 2-3 minutes.
- Elbows, knees , heels need that extra attention, so scrub a little more on those parts. If you have cracked heels, use a mild baby shampoo along with the scrub. Use a foot cleaner tool and massage your heels with it. Apply a nourishing body oil on your heels post the bath.
- Rinse off the scrub completely. You can follow the exfoliation regime at least twice a week for a softer skin.
- On the days that you do not use the scrub, you can invest in a good soap that has a mild scrub. The soap and scrub will clean the dirt and the grime really well.
- Use gentle and natural scrubs that will not be very harsh on your skin. As I mentioned earlier have separate exfoliators for your body and face. You can buy some good natural and organic scrubs here.
- You can also try body polishes as well as face polishes. I have tried the Auravedic Sandal and Turmeric Skin polish that works wonders for any type of skin. You feel really refreshed post its use.
- Do follow it up with a good quality moisturiser that will keep your skin soft all through. Remember not to go overboard with the moisturiser because it is summer now! Too much of moisturiser may just make you sweaty!
- Clean your feet : Excessive sweating can cause your feet to smell, so use a good quality foot soak that will not only ensure that you do not have smelly feet, but also relax those tired feet at the end of a hectic day.
- Don't miss the lips! Use a mild scrub to exfoliate your lips regularly. If you can't find a lip scrub, you can try this DIY scrub which is very easy to make.The Sugar and Cinnamon Lip Scrub. This is something that I tried out when I saw a cinnamon and sugar lip scrub in the market. Take half a teaspoon of very fine sugar and one-fourth teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Mix this with a teaspoon of olive oil. Scrub your lips with this to exfoliate them. Wipe it off with a tissue paper or with warm water. Your lips will feel moisturized.
About the author: My name is Pratibha and I am guest blogger with Natural Mantra. I have made a conscious move towards everything organic and natural. And I like to review products that fall under that category, mostly beauty products. I also share some DIY recipes that are absolutely simple and easy to make. Why make things at home? That is because my days are crammed with working from home, managing the daily chores and two hyper active twin boys vying for my attention all the time. I'd be lucky if I could save my sole lipstick from the ever inquisitive kid of mine who is keen to know how the lipstick fits in the case!!


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Identity Thieves Busted By BSOPosted on October 14th, 2013 No comments
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Following a two year investigation, the Broward Sheriff's Office says it has busted a major identity theft crime ring operating in South Florida and throughout the state.
Eight people have been indicted on federal charges and six are in custody, according to BSO Sergeant Rich Rossman, of the Organized Retail Crime Unit.
"This was their business," Rossman told CBS 4′s Carey Codd. "I get up and go to work for the Sheriff's Office they get up commit identity theft, credit card fraud, just fraud in general."
The ringleader, Rossman says, is Andrew Ware. Photos provided by BSO show Ware showing off his riches — cash, jewelry — along with an assault rifle at his feet.
"They're showing off," Rossman said. "They mention they've got other weapons."
BSO says Ware and 5 others have been arrested — David Tilus, Alex Dontfred, Latanya Ware, Latonya Ware and Sherika Rowe. Investigators say they hope to arrest two others – Jaqwayn Henry and Fritznel Etienne. Rossman says the group is accused of stealing the identities of dozens of people and using credit cards in victim's names.
The federal indictment says the majority of the crimes took place at WalMart store. Rossman says Ware and his group had inside help.
"They had people on the inside obtaining pertinent information — Social Security numbers, dates of birth all of the various things that would be necessary to commit identity theft, credit card fraud," Rossman said.
Rossman says the group also committed tax fraud — filing phony tax returns — and in all brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Late last week BSO rounded up Ware and several others on federal charges including wire fraud. Sgt. Rossman says this case began as a routine fraud case two years ago then spiraled into a lengthy investigation.
"They're real bad guys that we've just taken off the streets," Rossman said.
Investigators say identity theft groups like this one are sophisticated and take time to take down and they warn everyone to safeguard their personal information.
"If these people get a hold of a Social (Security number), and a name and date of birth they can do a lot of damage," Rossman said.
The suspects in the case are facing significant prison time if convicted.
Rossman says that identity theft remains a huge problem. Investigators offer a few tips — like protecting your passwords, shredding important documents and making sure you secure your wireless network at home. Also, when you use a public wireless network be careful of the websites you visit and don't reveal any private information.Identity Theft Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Identity Theft News, Shredding Company South Florida, Shredding Confidential Documents
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This self awareness is as defined in the context generational awareness and re-evaluation of self as an extension of community growth. The self defined aware young person will be shown that success is achieved through a cooperative community effort and failure is found in selfish actions. The MOER Foundation wishes to contribute to the resolution of this national delimea as a facilitator of constructive change through the re-construction of the change agent- the young people.
Mission: The objective of MOER is to encourage and foster the ideas of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular to encourage and foster: The advancement of International service understanding, charity, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. Our first step is to identify and develop a network (both local and national) to structure an in-depth understanding into the minds and subsequent behaviors of youth. To challenge current assumptions as regards to gender performance as a means to develop effective and meaningful (to affective youth), as well as teaching and learning methods, including conduct and oral/visual presentation.Our youth will define our national behavior and culture - indeed, our relations with others. Current events, both national and international suggest a less than balanced approach to relationship building. What future has our children and grandchildren? Our task is not only to turn away from a fear-based culture, moreover to re-construct a community that struggles to build young people of good character- all young people.
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Garda security chiefs are concerned at the return to Ireland of families from war-torn Syria and Iraq and the "challenge" this will pose to policing, welfare and educational services.
The head of the Garda security service said the children of these families, particularly young males, may have witnessed "some of the most appalling crimes known to man".
Speaking to media at an major Interpol conference in Dublin yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of Security and Intelligence, Michael O'Sullivan, said:
Mr O'Sullivan said there were an estimated 2,000 foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq and there was a concern internationally where they may go next.
He said a small number of Irish people are still alive in Syria and Iraq, that "quite a number are deceased" and that some are missing.
He said those who are alive could go to other theatres of war, such as in the Philippines or Africa.
"Of concern to us certainly would be families returning and that is a concern for a lot of jurisdictions. These may have been families not involved directly in the war but whose children, particularly young males, may have witnessed some of the most appalling crimes known to man.
"They will return and they will become a challenge for a multi-agency effort — not just An Garda Síochána but other agencies as well. If and when they return, how they are managed from a welfare, education [point of view], so that is probably more of a concern at the moment than returning fighters."
He said lone wolf attacks were "probably the greatest concern" for all police and security services throughout Europe, adding: "It is a concern for us".
He said the Muslim community here was "very law-abiding" and there was a lot of work going on through Garda ethnic liaison officers and community gardai.
Based on exercises and two actual incidents, he said he was "quite happy" with the response time (between three and five minutes) of armed units.
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When someone asked my former manager David Treadwell what he did on a daily basis his answer was "Go to meetings and delete email". Unfortunately that often describes my life as well. It is always challenging to manage your time. I want to ensure I'm spending enough on technology, people, customers, etc. To make this easier, I'm using the Categories feature of Exchange to code each meeting I have (these are my custom categories):
At a glance I can then tell what kind of meeting I'm headed to next. But I still need a way to understand how I'm spending my time every month. What would be great is to collect all the category data from all my meetings and then get the ratios. This blog covers a sample that does that.
There are several ways you can get your calendar data. In this case the task is very simple: collect all calendar items in a given month including the category setting. The easiest way to do this is to use Exchange Web Services support to ask the server for the data directly. The sample has a library which can be used to connect to EWS and collect all the calendar items and a console application which provides an easy way to drive the program logic. The following shows the overall structure of the sample code (click for larger image):
The diagram was generated using new Generate Dependency Graph feature of Visual Studio Ultimate. The graph is created by shredding the binaries themselves so we find everything.
There are a few key areas to look through for EWS code. The first is the GetExchangeProxy helper which sets up the connection to Exchange using ExchangeServiceBinding. In this case we are using integrated Windows security so that a userid/password is not required (you could supply them as an alternative):
The next interesting helper method is BuildQueryFilter which is responsible for creating a FindItemType filter class. This class allows you to construct a query for the server to find the data we care about. The code builds up a series of arguments to scope calendar items between the start and end dates. For example, this snippet of code sets a criteria of all dates greater than or equal to the start date:
A similar block of code sets the filter for less than or equal to the end date. Finally these two conditions are combined with an And clause to essentially mean ">= start AND <= end":
Once the filter is set, we can retrieve all of the calendar items we asked for. In this case I'm returning the array in our own CalendarItemList which will allow us to enumerate the data from the client code. The GetNextItem method will then strip the full Exchange calendar item (with over 100 fields) down to just a handful we care about and return the data in a CalendarItemData instance. There are a huge number of fields available for return. You can use the DebugTraceCalItem helper method to dump the entire type if you are interested in pulling back more data.
The console application then becomes pretty easy: parse and validate all the arguments, connect to the exchange server, then write each calendar item out in a comma separated view (CSV) format. The output can either be written directly to a file or to the console for redirection to other locations. At that point it is very easy to simply open the file directly in Excel where you can edit it, create charts, analyze it, etc.
I've included a sequence diagram in the project which demonstrates the core logic of the Run method (click for larger image):
(Note that generating a sequence diagram with VS Ultimate is very easy: just place your cursor in the method and right click to run "Generate Sequence Diagram")
Running the application is now very simple:
timespent /start:9/1/2009 /end:9/30/2009 /out:c:\temp\sept09.csv /mailpath:https://mydomain/ews/exchange.asmx
"mydomain" in this case is the domain address for your Exchange server. You can get this from your exchange administrator (it will likely match the path you are using on your phone to sync your mail over the air).
You can download the Exchange SDK from MSDN here. You can download a full copy of the source code here.


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Good Midnight folks!
Life has been very busy and hectic. My mom's been in the hospital since last Saturday night, hopefully she'll come home tomorrow.
I haven't written much in these last few weeks, however I do have some good news to share with you! A short story of mine has been published amongst a group of awesome literary submissions in The Sirens Call eZine August 2014 Issue #16 Apocalyptic Fiction! You can download it for free here,
Titled Uirusu, the story reveals the origins of a mysterious virus that has ravaged the world. It begins on page 76 of the eZine. Thanks to Sirens Call Publications for publishing my story. They always have submission openings for their publication so check them out and submit! Also check out their blog right here on WordPress.
I will give you a hint about this story: it's related to my novel I, Darcy: Evolution! Speaking of my novel, as you know I finished writing it a couple of months back. Currently, I'm in the editing phase and I hope to have it published in the near future. Whether through a publishing house big or small, or me self-publishing it, I, Darcy: Evolution will be published (I'm also gathering my notes for the sequel to the novel I, Darcy: Revolution)!
That's all in the writing news front. I hope to get back to writing new entries for Musings of a Blerd soon. Alright until next time!


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Liberal group says Eric Cantor wants to eliminate Social Security
A new television ad taking aim at U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor's position on Social Security gives us a sense of deja vu.
The Campaign for America's Future, a liberal advocacy group, has aired the television ad this month in Cantor's 7th District saying the congressman is a threat to the retirement dreams of Americans younger than 55.
"Congressman Eric Cantor wants to eliminate Social Security," the narrator intones in the 31-second spot, based on a comment the majority leader made in a March 21 appearance before the conservative Hoover Institution.
The ad supports the claim with an audio snippet of Cantor's response to a question from the audience. Speaking about entitlement programs such as Social Security, Cantor said it's important to protect benefits for those 55 and older.
"But for the rest of us, listen, we're going to have to come to grips with the fact that these programs cannot exist if we want America to be what we want America to be," Cantor said.
In recent weeks, scads of liberal politicians, organizations and bloggers have been pouncing on the same statement to argue it's evidence the GOP is showing its true intentions to end Social Security.
One of groups, Americans United for Change, used the comment to argue Cantor wanted to eliminate Social Security and Medicare.
In an April 1 Truth-O-Meter, PolitiFact national rated that claim False, pointing out that in other public appearances Cantor has called for changing, not abolishing entitlement programs like Social Security.
Seconds after making the Hoover statement that sparked the frenzy, Cantor added:
"We're going to have to accept some changes as far as the rest of us, and what we're saying is for those 55 and older (they) do not have to worry about changes in benefits, but for the rest of us we will," Cantor said.
There are other statements showing Cantor envisions a future with Social Security:
*In a Feb. 19 op-ed in Politico, he said the country's entitlement programs "will not be available for our children unless they are modernized and reformed."
*In a March 16 interview with CNBC, he said, "If you look at these entitlement programs, what we've got to admit to ourselves is they're not going to be around in their current state unless we significantly alter who we are as a country." He said that for workers 54 and younger, Republicans were going to insist on dealing "with the fact that if these programs are going to be around, they're going to have to look a lot different."
*In the April 13 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Cantor again said if programs like Social Security are to remain viable, they must change for those under 55. "We want them to be around because we care about those who need our help," Cantor said. "We want a safety net in place that actually is there for people who need it, not for those who don't."
Robert L. Borosage, the co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, sent us an email insisting Cantor does want to end Social Security and saying his comment at Hoover isn't the only proof.
Borosage sent us a link to a portion of an April 10 appearance Cantor made on Fox News Sunday. While talking about the Republican 2012 budget plan and entitlements, Cantor said "I know those programs are not going to be there for me when I retire, just like everyone else 54 and younger. They can't. We can't sustain that kind of trajectory."
But a review of the full interview on Fox showed that as Cantor talked about the House GOP 2012 budget, he also said Republicans are "talking about changing the way that the entitlements work in this country for the future while protecting today's seniors."
Cantor has been short on specifics about how he would reform Social Security.
Let's recap:
The Campaign for America's Future used part of a comment Cantor made at the Hoover Institution to argue the congressman wants to eliminate Social Security for those under 55..
But Cantor had a made a number of statements, previous to the ad, which show that is not his position. The Majority Leader has said the program must be changed to remain viable, not eliminated, even though he has been short on specifics about how he would reform Social Security.
It would have been easy for the Campaign for America's Future to find those statements before they ran the ad. Instead, they cherry-picked a Cantor comment and gave it no context. We rate their statement Pants on Fire.


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Drug: Provigil
Company: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (via Cephalon buyout)
2010 U.S. sales: $1.059 billion/$1.120 billion global
Impact: 10.6% of Teva's U.S. sales, 49.4% of Cephalon's
Exclusivity expires: April 2012
You might say Cephalon dodged a bullet on its Provigil patent loss. The company was set to lose almost half of its U.S. sales when the blockbuster narcolepsy drug lost exclusivity. Provigil amounted to almost 40% of Cephalon's worldwide revenues, too. Although Cephalon had a follow-up drug, Nuvigil, already on the market, the company knew its numbers would take a big hit.
Cephalon raised Provigil's price to capitalize on the brand as much as possible--and inspire patients to convert to Nuvigil instead. It struck deals with generics makers, some of which attracted scrutiny from antitrust regulators. It sought new indications for the wakefulness drugs--and found itself under investigation by the Justice Department for potential off-label marketing violations.
Now, Cephalon is part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Suddenly, the loss of Provigil exclusivity isn't as big of a problem. The drug's $1 billion-plus sales do amount to 10% of Teva's North American revenues, but the company has other big growth plans to compensate. In fact, Teva agreed to divest its generic version of Provigil in Europe--and to sell one-year generic rights in the U.S. to Par Pharmaceutical. No, Teva's biggest patent worry isn't Provigil. It's Copaxone, but that's not until 2014.


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Running Cumulus Linux 3.3 on Mellanox 2100 switch with a 40GB QSFP optical module and MPO to 8xLC breakout cables.
net add interface swp1 breakout 4X
I can only breakout into a maximum 4x. Is it possible to breakout into 8x ? The upstream connections in this case will be 1Gb.


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January 1, 1996
Web posted at: 11:00 p.m. EST
From Correspondent Jeanne Meserve
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Despite the partial federal government shutdown that has 280,000 employees idled, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole and Bill Clinton left Washington for the New Year's holiday, with a promise of more budget talks beginning Tuesday.
But while the president spent the holiday teeing off in Hilton Head, federal workers spent it teed off.
"The bottom line is we are here working, and they should be working also," said Lisa Stevens, assistant curator of mammals at the National Zoo.
Stevens is part of the skeleton staff keeping the animals at the zoo fed and clean -- a job that must be done, holiday or no holiday and paycheck or no paycheck.
"The animals need someone to take care of them and I take that responsibility very seriously," said zoo biologist Melanie Bond. "I just wish some other people did." (77K AIFF sound or 77K WAV sound)
This New Year's Day is not a happy one in households relying on federal paychecks. It's also the first of the month, and bills are due. Federal employees like Greg Chicca know the checks they get this week will be reduced, and they don't know when they'll get another.
"Well, you got mortgage, utility bills, car payments, and because of the holiday we got some shopping bills for Christmas," lamented Chicca. "You're going to do what you can with this half a pay that we're getting."
Some federal workers vented their anger and fears at a demonstration in Chicago.
"It's really a mental strain that I am going through and I know a lot of people are going through," said Department of Housing and Urban Development employee Evone Poindexter, "because we don't know what is going to happen." (136K AIFF sound or 136K WAV sound)
And back at the zoo, "furloughed" sea lions let out a roar -- perhaps voicing the opinion of federal employees most succinctly.
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Siloso Beach Party Countdown 2016/2017 Aftermovie
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Pelophylax esculentus
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Amphibia • Subclassis: Lissamphibia • Ordo: Anura • Subordo: Neobatrachia • Familia: Ranidae • Genus: Pelophylax • Species: Pelophylax esculentus
- Pelophylax is a taxon understood either as a separate genus of True frogs (Ranidae), or as a subgenus (or synonym) of the genus Rana.
- Pelophylax esculentus does not represent a "real" biological species but a hybridogenetic klepton (therefore also written "Pelophylax kl. esculentus / Rana kl. esculenta") as a result of hybridization between the parental taxa Pelophylax lessonae (Rana lessonae) and Pelophylax ridibundus (Rana ridibunda)
- Contrary to most hybrids, these ones are able to exist and reproduce themselves without the syntope presence and the participation of specimen from the parental taxa. (But in case they are present, hybridization regularly takes place.)
- In Central Europe, Pelophylax esculentus is by far the most common and abundant form of waterfrogs.


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Sharia-compliant website offers Muslims relationship advice
DUBAI // The founder of a website offering relationship and sex advice for married Muslim couples says he is trying to change attitudes across the region.
Karaz.me was launched in Palestine three months ago and has already attracted much attention, but its chief executive, Ashraf Al Kiswani, insists all of its products and services adhere to religious standards.
Now he is hoping to attract customers in the UAE after the site made its debut at the Arabnet conference in Dubai.
The website offers articles and blogs in Arabic and English on improving sex lives, leading to more fulfilling relationships.
"Our aim is to provide a range of tasteful products to help rekindle the purity and passion between married couples," the site states.
"Karaz is proud to help foster healthy relationships and open communication by offering a wide spectrum of marital aids that help husbands and wives achieve and maintain an intimate lifestyle."
The website's blog shows a picture of the fatwa that permits the site's activities.
"There is in general a lack of education and a discomfort for professors and teachers talking about this subject openly, so that is why we launched Karaz," said Mr Al Kiswani.
"It provides marital and sexual aids that are within the realm of Islam, so they have to be acceptable by Islamic guidelines – anything for sexual enhancement, like creams, lotions, pills, massage oils and lingerie, things that can enhance the playfulness between husband and wife.
"Islam promotes anything that helps bridge the gap between husband and wife and it is a firm belief that sexual intimacy is built on strong communication.
"It helps make a happier environment at home."
Mr Al Kiswani said that with divorce rates climbing in the Arab world, Karaz.me aimed to help couples in a constructive way.
"We have a blog section that has a wide range of topics including sexual health, sex in Islam and relationship advice and tips to make the overall experience for husbands and wives more happy," he said.
"We want to reduce the cases of infidelity. If they are happy and trying new things, then there is no need to go and look for it elsewhere."
Mr Al Kiswani said that despite some initial fears from the community about the concept, he was usually able to convince his customers.
"We have a fatwa to say that this is acceptable in Islam," he said.
"This is a Sharia-compliant website and we are trying to bridge the gap between husband and wife.
"Once I tell them that it is not haram then it is usually fine, and a lot of them think it is a great idea."
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Google now presents you a new Artificial Intelligence bot AutoDraw for its users. Sketching lovers can avail meaningful sketches out of Doodles with this Google AutoDraw feature. This Google's AI-powered bot can be played on Google Website and is accessible on a Smartphone, tablet, and PC.
This Google's latest innovation is based on learnings from its earlier Quick, Draw! Mini-Game which used neural networks to recognize doodles. Google AutoDraw analyses your drawing and suggests different sketches and objects based on it from its database and neural networks.
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AutoDraw provides a white canvas to scribble, and a bar just above the canvas shows all possible matches to your drawings. Also, it allows you scribble anything without any Google suggestions along with options like text box, shape, and fill color. These doodles and individual shapes and lines can be resized as well.
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For instance, Google will suggest objects like an axe, barbed wire, a rail track if you draw two lines crossing each other. If you click on the suggestion, it converts your doodle into the artist-provided shape. You can also share the result on your social networks if you like what Google AutoDraw provides. Google used designs from artists for its initial rollout and mentioned in its blog post.
In addition to that, Google's AutoDraw accepts experiments from artists which will be featured as suggestions. Users will also be able to request objects that show up as suggestions.
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Got a blank wall. Stuck in the habit of decorating? We have all been there, listening to the thrum echoes through the empty space, wondering how on earth I fill this space and where I started.
Here are five ways to improve or jump and conquer the creative block that houses the head designer at:
1}. Go on Home Tours
What better way to learn what you like (and dislike) than to look at how others do it? With the summer season upon us, realtors are opening the doors of all their listings, welcoming everyone inside to take a peek.
Even if you are not in the market for a new home, consider walking through some open houses in neighborhoods you admire. Note the way the home is staged, the colors they choose and the way the furniture is placed. If there is something you admire, perhaps take a picture so that you can mimic it in your own home.
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2}.Pin Till Your Fingers Hurt
Perhaps you feel uncomfortable walking through a bunch of open houses—especially if you aren't in the market for a new home. Sites like Pinterest and Freshome are the next best solution.
Create boards on these sites and gather images of all the housewares and designs that catch your eye. Remember, you are in the learning stage. The purpose of all this browsing and pinning is to learn what your eye is drawn to. It is imperative you become acquainted with your own unique style before you begin to decorate.
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3}. Window Shop and Browse, But Don't Buy
Yes, more looking, but like we said, it is better to look and become acquainted with what you truly love before buying. Decorator showrooms are great sources for browsing high-end furnishings and housewares.
These showrooms are usually decked out in all the latest and greatest design trends, showing you a vast range of decor styles, allowing you to gravitate to the ones that speak to who you are. The things you like may surprise you. You may discover a style you never even knew you had. Stop yourself from buying at first sight because the next section below will tell you how to get these showroom designs at bargain prices.
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4}.Hire a Designer
There is a myth that only wealthy people can afford to hire an interior designer. This is untrue—anyone can hire a designer. No matter your budget, there is an interior designer or decorator out there who can meet your needs—even if it's just an initial small job of choosing paint colors for your home. You just have to do your research first.
Here's the other great advantage of hiring a designer: they can get you all those showroom pieces at a discount. Designer showrooms usually offer a designers discount of up to 40-50%.
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There's something to be said about making mistakes—sometimes mistakes are the best avenue to learning. Sometimes this is what it takes to get it right— trying, discovering something is still wrong, and then trying again till you get it right.
Depending on the scale of your design project, this can become costly and it can test your patience. However, for those with an adventuresome spirit; those who are willing to make a few mistakes along the way, this can be a great experiment to discover what your design sense truly is. So go ahead and paint your walls that daring red. You may discover your new favorite color, or perhaps you will make an epic fail and learn never to make that mistake again.
Do you feel a little more creative now. Simply step forward and begin the adventure of your decor. It takes time and a lot of browsing to find your own unique design taste,


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Stop Fighting The Awesome
Have you ever noticed how much little children like themselves? They love to play and laugh, they think their bodies are cool and fascinating, and they are never afraid to ask for what they want. They know how awesome they are and have a great sense of self-worth… until they are conditioned out of it.
You are naturally awesome. Deep down you know this this is true, but you are fighting it. You have bought into negative programming for so long, that you would rather deny your Inner Awesome than give up the identity you have built on a foundation of lies.
No one can blame you. You were not taught that you have the option of rejecting a belief that feels bad, so you hold on to it, even if it causes you to create emotional pain for yourself.
And it is painful to deny what's awesome about you, isn't it? Your goodness is constantly rising to the surface, but you spend great deal of energy trying to push it down.
When you sabotage yourself just as you are beginning to see results, you are fighting the awesome
When you put having fun on hold, you are fighting the awesome.
When you squash your own joy with judgments and mean self-talk, you are fighting the awesome.
You can stop now.
A former client who was working on releasing the habit of self-sabotage once said to me, "Actually, shining comes quite naturally. I'm seeing that it takes a lot of work to NOT be shining."
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Security Blog Log: Data storage bills go to extremes
This week, lawmakers miss the middle ground when it comes to how long electronic data should be stored. Meanwhile, a hacker defaces electronic subway signs to suggest prime minister is a monster.
At one extreme is Republican Congressman Joe Barton of Texas, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is responsible for Internet and telecommunications legislation, and Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado. At the other end of the same legislative body is Democratic Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts. The ultimate goal of Barton and DeGette is to crack down on child pornography, while Markey's mission is to protect consumers from data fraud.
According to media reports, Barton has vowed to work on legislation that would require Internet providers to keep records on customers' activities. The concept, commonly known as mandatory data retention, has the backing of the Bush Administration. One media report suggested Barton's committee will roll DeGette's amendment -- to require Internet service providers to retain information about subscribers for at least one year -- into a more sweeping bill.
Markey, meanwhile, has filed the Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data bill, which would require owners of Internet Web sites to destroy obsolete data that can be used to individually identify a consumer, including credit card numbers, bank numbers, and date of birth, home address and Social Security numbers. The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to set standards and enforce this act, according to Markey's Web site.
"If 2005 was the year of the data breach, I am going to make sure that 2006 is the year of safeguarding the privacy of American citizens by introducing legislation to prevent the stockpiling of private citizens personal data," Markey, the ranking democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement.
The bills got the attention of Isaac Scarborough of New York-based Chapell & Associates, an auditing company that helps enterprises comply with privacy laws. He questioned the workability of the legislation in the Chapell & Associates blog:
"I'm not saying that I advocate [Markey's] proposed alternative, but the impetus behind [DeGette's] proposed bill isn't all that clear to me," Scarborough said. "In fact, it seems the opposite extreme: instead of requiring businesses to delete a great deal -- if not all -- of the data they collect, ISPs would be required to retain customer information for at least a year."
The need to crack down on child pornography is hardly a position that can be argued with, he said. But he doesn't see why this should require ISPs to hang onto customer information for a year after the customer leaves their service.
"As Congress debates a new and updated telecommunications bill -- the first since 1996 -- many provisions are likely to deal directly with the Internet and online privacy," Scarborough said. "It's worrisome, however, that recent legislative proposals dealing with consumer privacy have taken one extreme (required deletion) or another (required storage
In the end, he said, online privacy is always a matter of balancing business and government needs against consumer interest. Markey's bill went too far in the latter direction, while DeGette's does just the opposite, he said.
"As things stand, telecommunications law generally specifies that ISPs -- like most telecommunications companies -- must retain information for a limited period of time, and only upon government request," he continued. "Perhaps this is restricting the government's ability to prosecute certain offenders. But there are definite risks associated with the broad collection and storage of consumer data, something that seems to have gone missing in the DOJ's (and now, Congresses') drive to have such data available to them as needed." )."
How to hack an electronic subway sign
Somewhere out there is a hacker who isn't fond of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Russell Dean Vines, president and founder of The RDV Group Inc., a New York-based security consulting services firm, noted in his RDV Group InfoSec blog that suburban Toronto railway travelers recently got the following headline from a scrolling message board inside a commuter train:
"Stephen Harper Eats Babies."
The board usually reports on train schedules or public events, but this time it was referring to the recently elected prime minister of Canada, Vines said, citing a report in The New York Times that the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA) had received five other sightings of the bizarre notice.
What happened?
"Evidently, the seven-year old transit reader signs had been hacked by an infrared hand-held, and the software was never configured to require a password," Vines said. "And it's not clear that the software has the capability to use passwords." The GTTA has since turned off the signs and is installing password software.
"And friends of Mr. Harper say he's never eaten a single baby that they know of," Vines said.
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2 Dow Jones Industrial Average is an unmanaged, price-weighted index of 30 of the largest, most widely held stocks traded on the NYSE.
3 "Lessons Learned 10 Years After the Global Financial Crisis Serve as Power Reminders for Investors," Fidelity Investments, 10/26/2017
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There are schools offering hospitality degrees in South Dakota!
Schools Offering Hospitality Programs in South Dakota
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Each year, roughly 0.0% of South Dakota students graduate with degrees in hospitality. That means an estimated 2 hospitality professionals graduate from South Dakota's 3 hospitality schools each year.
Top Schools
Black Hills State University, which is located in Spearfish, is the top-ranked school in South Dakota that has a hospitality program. It received a ranking of 81st in the country in 2010. In 2010, Black Hills State University graduated 1 students from its hospitality program. The tuition rate at Black Hills State University was $6,951 per year.
National American University-Rapid City, which is located in Rapid City, is the second-ranked school in South Dakota that has a hospitality program. It received a ranking of 87th in the country in 2010. In 2010, National American University-Rapid City graduated 0 students from its hospitality program. The tuition rate at National American University-Rapid City was $12,038 per year.
The third-ranked school in South Dakota that has a hospitality program is Sisseton Wahpeton College. Sisseton Wahpeton College, which was ranked 91st in the country in 2010, is located in Sisseton. 1 students graduated with degree in hospitality from Sisseton Wahpeton College in 2010. Sisseton Wahpeton College charged in-state students $3,960 in tuition fees per year.
If you choose to attend a South Dakota hospitality school, average tuition will be $7,650 per year. However, tuition at your particular institution may range from $3,960 per year to $12,038 per year. The South Dakota hospitality schools with the highest tuition rates in 2010 were:
- National American University-Rapid City - located in Rapid City, students are charged $12,038 per year
- Black Hills State University - located in Spearfish, students are charged $6,951 per year
- Sisseton Wahpeton College - located in Sisseton, students are charged $3,960 per year
The hospitality schools in South Dakota that charged the lowest tuition rates were:
- Sisseton Wahpeton College - located in Sisseton, students are charged $3,960 per year
- Black Hills State University - located in Spearfish, students are charged $6,951 per year
- National American University-Rapid City - located in Rapid City, students are charged $12,038 per year
A hospitality degree from a South Dakota school... what next?
Some of the most popular jobs hospitality graduates in South Dakota pursue include restaurant manager, sous chef, dietary cook, line cook, and delicatessen cook. If you decide to work as a hospitality professional in South Dakota, you will be joining the ranks of approximately 8,230 South Dakota hospitality professional as of 2010. This number includes 170 hotel managers, 690 restaurant managers, and 50 sous chefs. The following counties have the largest number of South Dakota hospitality professionals:
- Lincoln County - 2,310 hospitality professionals
- Beadle County - 2,210 hospitality professionals
- Meade County - 1,120 hospitality professionals
On average, hospitality professionals earn a salary of $30,407 per year in South Dakota state. In 2010, however, some South Dakota hospitality professional earned as little as less than $15,480 per year or as much as more than $62,920 per year. On average hospitality professional earn the most in the following South Dakota counties:
- Meade County - $29,435 per year
- Beadle County - $29,032 per year
- Bennett County - $26,974 per year
The following counties in South Dakota have the lowest average salaries for hospitality professional:
- Aurora County - $19,490 per year
- Lincoln County - $26,528 per year
- Bennett County - $26,974 per year
On average, the highest paid hospitality professionals in South Dakota were:
- Hotel Manager - $47,530 per year
- Restaurant Manager - $47,020 per year
- Sous Chef - $36,490 per year
The hospitality professionals with lowest average salaries in South Dakota were:
- Delicatessen Cook - $18,860 per year
- Pizza Maker - $18,310 per year
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The charts and graphs below have additional South Dakota statistics regarding a career in hospitality. Take a look and compare salaries with various related fields such as hospitality or culinary.
Here are the different levels of study available for you to explore.
- Associate's Degree in Hospitality in South Dakota
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will not cooperate with a United Nations inquiry into alleged war crimes by government forces and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the final phase of their 26-year war, its foreign minister said on Monday.
The UN, through a United States-led resolution, last month set an international inquiry into the alleged war crimes and human rights abuses after the island nation's government had failed to investigate them properly.
Sri Lankan government has rejected the allegations.
Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris said the government had not accepted the UN investigations due to concerns over its legality, fairness, and some conflict of interest issues.
"Where the government is required to do anything to support the investigation or to participate in it, the government will not do that," Peiris told a Foreign Correspondents Association (FCA) forum on Monday. "Nobody can come here without the cooperation of the Sri Lankan government."
However, the government will not prevent anybody from giving evidence to any such investigation as there could be various views from different people, he said.
A UN panel has found credible evidence that around 40,000 mainly ethnic minority Tamil civilians were killed in the final phase of the war due to indiscriminate shelling, mostly by the army. Sri Lankan authorities have rejected the allegation.
Citing concerns over resurgent of terrorism activities, Sri Lanka last week banned 16 Tamil organisations including the separatists Tamil Tigers. Most of the banned organisations had been pushing for an international war crimes inquiry.
It is still not clear how the UN would conduct its probe, Peiris said.
"They will have to tell us what they want to do. But the clear policy decision had been taken that we do not associate ourself with the inquiry and we do not submit to the jurisdiction of the investigating committee," he said.
Many rights organisations in the past have complained that Sri Lanka had rejected their visa requests, but the government has rejected the claims.
The U.N. resolution urged Sri Lanka to investigate all alleged attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, members of religious minority groups and other members of civil society, as well as on temples, mosques and churches.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said an economic boom in the post-war north could help reconciliation and many allegations by the West and international rights agencies are are spread by Tamil diaspora groups.
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Managing Economic Policy in a Multipolar World
It's no secret that current account imbalances exist around the world. In many cases, these imbalances may be benign and merely reflect market-driven differences in savings and investment or differences in stages of development. In other cases, persistent global imbalances may be unsustainable and may threaten growth in the long-run. Thus, it's no surprise that addressing imbalances has been a key focus in recent G-20 discussions. Nor is it surprising that the World Bank and IMF are working with key partners such as the OECD, ILO, WTO, and UNCTAD to provide technical inputs to help coordinate economic policy among the G-20 members.
Despite a brief decline during the global financial crisis, current projections show that imbalances could widen again as the world economy recovers. In the most recent Economic Premise, the World Bank's research series on good practices and key policy findings, author Zia Qureshi explores the relationship between global imbalances and growth. In his note, "Rebalancing, Growth, and Development in a Multipolar Economy," Qureshi argues, "In a progressively multipolar world economy, the goals of global growth, rebalancing, and development are increasingly interlinked." He continues, "Looking ahead, developing countries will likely continue to lead growth in the global economy."
Indeed, the increasing role of developing countries in fueling global growth is precisely what Marcelo Giugale and I highlight in our recent book, The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World. In the near future, we can expect to see a switchover in the drivers of global growth, with developing countries emerging as the new locomotives of growth. To be sure, in 2010, developing countries and emerging markets contributed close to one-half of global growth.
Against this background of global imbalances and the increasing economic power of developing countries, Qureshi highlights key policy recommendations that will ensure a win-win result for rebalancing and development. By investing in infrastructure in developing countries, ensuring consistent capital flows to emerging markets, pursuing financial sector reforms under the Basel III framework, and supporting open trade, policy makers can better manage imbalances and augment development.


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Solfest 2017Friday 25th to Sunday 27th August 2017
Tarnside Farm, Tarns, nr Aspatria, Cumbria, CA7 4NQ, England MAP
currently £109 for the weekend (+booking fee)
A non-commercial music and arts festival with a warm atmosphere set between the Solway Firth and the Lake District mountains in picturesque West Cumbria, as always it features a massive range of musical and cultural adventures.
Solfest returns over August Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th August, 2017 and offers something for everyone, with music as well as a children's area with workshops to amaze, educate and enthral kids and adults throughout the day.
Confirmed acts include Dub Pistols, Beans on Toast, Serial Killaz, Chainska Brassika, Stanton Warriors, The Undercover Hippy, and more.
For all the details so far please see the line-up page.
Tickets are on sale, currently at the following prices:-
Adult Standard - £109
Young People Standard (age 12-17) - £69 (Must be ordered with at least one adult ticket)
Child Tickets (age 6-11) - £20
Babies & Toddlers (age 0-5) – FREE but still need a ticket
Thursday Camping (per adult ticket) - £10
Live in vehicle pass £25
The festival policy is "to appeal to four generations of people, from the tiny babies through to the great-grannies and great-granddads (and everyone else in between) and have them all partying together at the same time - and lovin' it!"
Fancy dress
Saturday is fancy dress day at Solfest, this year's theme has not yet been announced.
On site
Solfest is expected to include free camping (quiet and noisy!); free parking; plenty of food from around the world; a licensed bar (or you can bring your own); sculptures; a healing area; adult workshops where you can try things such as belly dancing and wood turning; craft stalls; walkabout performances and theatre; a baby area; fire performances; an acoustic music session tent, and friendly and helpful stewards.
The Solfest Workshop programme offers a wide range of activities to educate and inspire.
For kids
Solfest has an action packed kids area for children of all ages, from the Baby Chill-Out with facilities for feeding, changing and resting.
Plus fun things like painting drop-in sessions, circus skills, musical workshops, craft workshops, ultraviolet sandpit, wood lathes and green woodworking, facepainters, songs and stories, Hula Hooping workshops, water play, bubbles, and other toys and activities.
For older kids and teens expect the return of the Trailer Trash Games Emporium, a mobile youth club featuring activities like table football, table tennis and other games and activities.
Early entry
The 'Shoreside' field (Noisy Camping) is open for public arrivals between the hours of 5pm and 10pm on Thursday evening. There was no access to the main festival field or any of the other camping fields until the Friday.
More information will be here when available.
Solfest 2017Friday 25th to Sunday 27th August 2017
Tarnside Farm, Tarns, nr Aspatria, Cumbria, CA7 4NQ, England MAP
currently £109 for the weekend (+booking fee)
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Motoring groups fear the decision will lead to local authorities hiking parking charges to fill a funding gap caused by spending cuts.
Since 2001, town halls have been forced by Whitehall to set the local cost of parking at levels which encourage people to use alternative forms of transport.
While ministers hope that scrapping the advice will leading to lower parking charges, it is feared that some councils will exploit the increased independence to boost their own revenue.
Eric Pickles, the Local Government secretary, said: "We're getting out of the way and it's up to councils to set the right parking policy for their area.
"From now on communities have the freedom to set competitive local charges that bring shoppers to the high street, proportionate enforcement and the right number of spaces for new development."
Officials said they hoped that councils would not use the opportunity to push up parking charges for other motorists.
Department for Transport rules say it is "unlawful" for councils to use charges to "raise revenue or as a local tax".
However the move was criticised last night by the Automobile Association, which said it feared councils would use the new freedom to treat motorists as "cash cows".
Edmund King, the AA's President, said: "Cash strapped councils may see drivers as a soft touch and look to increase parking charges. We would advise them not to do this as it could provoke a backlash."
Mr King said a 20p increase in parking charges in Edinburgh had prompted a big drop in people visiting local shops.
He said: "Even a slight increase will deter drivers. They will vote with their wheels and go to 'out of town' shopping centres where there is free parking."
A spokesman for the Local Government Association, which represents councils in England, said: "Money raised from parking is retained locally for funding things like road maintenance, street lighting and parking enforcement. The motorists who pay for parking benefit from the things it pays for."
"Councils can't use parking as a revenue raising exercise but they should have the freedom to set charges at a level which covers the cost of providing parking. That cost varies in different parts of the country and councils will make decisions based on local factors."
As part of other changes to be announce today, Mr Pickles is axing limits on the number of car parking spaces which developers can attach to new homes.
Planning restrictions on parking spaces meant that many new residents had to leave their cars parked on the street.
Officials said these rules "unfairly penalised drivers, led to overzealous parking enforcement and increased unsightly on-street parking congestion, putting the safety of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians at risk".
Mr Pickles said the Government was "calling off Whitehall's war on the motorist".
He said: "Whitehall's addiction to micromanagement has created a parking nightmare with stressed-out drivers running a gauntlet of unfair fines, soaring charges and a total lack of residential parking.
"The result is our pavements and verges crammed with cars on curbs endangering drivers, cyclists and pedestrians, increased public resentment of over- zealous parking wardens and escalating charges and fines."
Philip Hammond, the transport secretary, added: "This is a key step in ending the war on the motorist. For years politicians peddled the pessimistic, outdated attitude that they could only cut carbon emissions by forcing people out of their cars."


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EDGE is currently celebrating twenty years as a source of gaming news and opinion. As part of this anniversary EDGE is releasing special covers for the magazine, looking at some of the most influential games in the past two decades.
Not only that but they've listed the top consoles of the last twenty years, and Sony's PlayStation 2 has taken the honour of first place.
1. PlayStation 2
2. Xbox 360
3. PlayStation
4. Nintendo 64
5. Gamecube
6. DS Lite
7. PlayStation 3
8. Wii
9. Xbox
10. Dreamcast
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The ten best consoles of the past twenty years
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Ten amendments
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These games are now, retrospectively at least Edge [10]s even though they didn't print the number they refer to them in the past tense.
Ten best consoles of the past twenty years
10. Dreamcast
9. Xbox
8. Wii
7. PlayStation 3
6. DS lite
5. GameCube
4. Nintendo 64
3. PlayStation
2. Xbox 360
1. PlayStation 2
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January 24, 2006
Tiddlywinks To Be Olympic Sport at 2012 London Games?
Everything you always wanted to know about the sport of Tiddlywinks was included in Lori Aratani's most enlightening article in the January 21 Washington Post, where it appeared above the fold on the front page of the paper's Metro section.
Must've been a slow news day.
Anyway, among the tidbits in the story was the news that Dave "The Dragon" Lockwood (above, on the right, locked in a fierce battle) — rated #1 in the world in 2001 and training furiously now in an attempt to recapture that spot — "is hoping to persuade Prince Philip, reportedly a tiddlywinks aficionado, to suggest that tiddlywinks be chosen as a demonstration sport during the 2012 Olympic Games in London."
Here's the article.
- Family's Game Is No Joke
Silver Spring Father and Sons Revel in Competitive Tiddlywinks
Dave "The Dragon" Lockwood has heard it all before.
He has seen the smirks; he has heard the jokes.
But as a former world champion, he has also basked in the glory of a sport that some describe as just the right mix of skill and intellect.
And now he is passing that on to his children.
NASCAR has the Earnhardts; baseball, the Ripkens; and football, the Mannings.
Now competitive tiddlywinks has... the Lockwoods.
From his Silver Spring home -- where tiddlywinks practice is wedged among homework assignments, soccer games and wrestling matches -- Lockwood is grooming his own dynasty.
Even as he hones his skills -- hoping to recapture the No. 1 ranking he last held in 2001 -- Lockwood is busy schooling his children in the ways of the squidger.
All five of his children play tiddlywinks, and of them, Max, the middle child, appears to have the most potential to join his father in the top echelons of the wink world.
At 12, Max was one of the youngest players ever to hold a world title.
At 16, he is currently ranked 52nd in the world in tiddlywinks.
But his brothers, Jon, 13, and Ben, 10, also have potential, their father said.
"Strategically, Max probably has the most experience," Lockwood said.
"But Jon and Ben have been coming along fast."
In fact, Jon and his father are slated to compete in April in England at both the world pairs championship and the English pairs tournament.
The Lockwood children said it was only natural for them to take up the sport.
They grew up watching their dad compete, and last year -- the 50th anniversary of the modern game -- Lockwood took the entire family to England for the festivities.
"Tiddlywinks doesn't sound very serious,'' said Max, who participates in other sports, such as wrestling, and who started a tiddlywinks club at his school.
"But you start playing, and you realize how different and challenging it is to do each shot. There's so much strategy."
Added Lockwood, the father: "Sometimes it's hard to stand up and take the ridicule that comes when you say that you take tiddlywinks seriously. But it does have a physical element.''
The elder Lockwood was a freshman at MIT when he was handed a list of activities he could participate in.
On the list: tiddlywinks.
"So I checked it off, along with baseball and skydiving,'' Lockwood said.
"I didn't think they were serious."
But a few weeks later, the captain of MIT's tiddlywinks team called.
And kept calling.
Lockwood went to a meeting and discovered that he had a knack for the squidger (the tool used to launch the winks).
Two years later, in 1972, Lockwood was on a plane to London, where the Americans battled the English.
Much to the dismay of the Brits, the brash Yanks won.
Lockwood's skill would eventually earn him a No. 1 ranking from the English Tiddlywinks Association.
Lockwood is hoping to return to the top of the sport this year.
He seems to have the momentum. Lockwood teamed with son Jon for the North American Tiddlywinks Association pairs tournament, held recently in the basement of a Potomac home.
Around the room, more than a dozen winkers -- mostly boys and men, from middle school students to adults -- warmed up.
They set up the tables and smoothed out the felt pads.
Lighting was adjusted.
There was laughter and a bit of backslapping.
Phrases such as: "It's a good potting squidger," "If you're on this, you boondock" and "The blue's over the yellow -- I could consider double-booning" filled the air.
When tournament play began, the atmosphere grew tense.
Tiny distractions -- the slightest movement or even the click of a camera shutter -- drew angry glances.
As he and Jon played, Lockwood dispensed advice like a Jedi master: "Just focus on the shot. Don't worry about the situation." "Quick and continuous motion. Quick and continuous motion."
And like a young Jedi, Jon sometimes rolled his eyes and made faces at his father.
But the father-son combination proved to be a winning one.
The two Lockwoods won first place, and Dave Lockwood moved up one notch to eighth in the world.
Max, partnered with another player, came in second.
Ben, the youngest Lockwood, made it to the semifinals before being knocked out.
When most Americans think of tiddlywinks, they probably envision a brightly colored Milton Bradley set procured from the local drugstore.
Lockwood said real tiddlywinks, which involves two or four people, is played on a 6-by-3-foot felt mat.
Winks come in four colors -- blue, green, red and yellow -- and two sizes: two large winks and four small ones in each color.
And there's a pot, generally a red cup, in the middle.
The winks are shot using a squidger (a disk that is one to two inches in diameter).
But to Lockwood, the game is much more than just shooting plastic disks into a tiny red plastic cup.
Players earn points ("tiddlies") for the number of winks they land in the cup (if a player lands all his or her winks in the cup, it's known as "potting out") but can also block opponents from reaching the pot by "squopping" or covering their winks.
A covered wink cannot be played until it is freed or until another player pots out.
Players take turns and are awarded points on the basis of who fills the cup first.
Got that?
Though the sport traces its roots to late Victorian times -- the earliest patent application was filed by Joseph Fincher in 1888 -- most historians think modern tiddlywinks was developed in 1955 by a group of Cambridge undergraduates.
It is not known whether alcohol was involved.
In the 1960s, as many as 37 English universities played the game, said Severin Drix, author of "History of the North American Tiddlywinks Association, 1962-1969."
The game landed in the United States in the early 1960s. In 1966, the North American Tiddlywinks Association was formed.
Most American tiddlywinks players trace their lineage to Cornell, Harvard, Ontario's Waterloo Lutheran University (which in 1973 became Wilfrid Laurier University) or MIT, Lockwood's alma mater.
In addition to schooling his sons in the ways of the game, Lockwood wants to take tiddlywinks to the next step.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the North American Tiddlywinks Association this year, Lockwood is hoping to persuade Prince Philip, reportedly a tiddlywinks aficionado, to suggest that tiddlywinks be chosen as a demonstration sport during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.
Could an Olympic medal be in the offing?
If the Games can have synchronized swimming, he said, why can't there be winks?
Bonus: along with the above story was a sidebar headlined "How to Speak Tiddlywinks"; it's below.
Good news, bad news: the good news is that you can buy your very own set of Tiddlywinks — so you can immediately start training for London 2012 — for $9.95 here.
The bad news?
"Minimum recommended age: 6"
Oh, well — I don't suppose they'll card you so go ahead....
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Kensington FlexClip Computer Copyholder
You don't need a treadmill to find this nicely–designed accessory useful.
It's very simple: a flexible, 9.5"–long device with strong clamps at each end to grip whatever you put there.
You can use it as shown in the photo above or if you're me then you'll clamp one end onto the edge of the cookie sheet still functioning as the net under my PowerBook while I smooth out the rough spots on treadmill desk Version 2.0.
If you've got a desktop computer you can use the included adhesive pad to place one end on the side or top of your machine, as shown
just above and
$5.83 here.
January 24, 2006 at 04:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Good tech, bad tech — Free graph paper v Opera mini: One works, one fails
Today's been a wonderful day, demonstrating both the very best of internet-enabled technology and the worst.
First, the winner: Free graph paper from incompetech.com.
That's right: free.
Go here, follow the instructions geared to TechnoDolt™–level computer enthusiasts like me and before you can say Bob's your uncle you're printing out all manner of graph paper (above) that's as good as store–bought.
It's like having an engineering school bookstore in your computer.
I just love the domain name: incompetech.com.
Be still my TechnoDolt™ heart.
And their slogan: "Ugly website. Brilliant Content."
Utterly sublime.
And now the loser: the envelope, please.
It's Opera's new Opera mini application, designed to let you browse the internet on your cellphone without having to view degraded versions of websites.
Turns out Opera started offering it worldwide last month (up to that time only residents of some Nordic countries and Germany could download it) but chose not to announce the global launch until today to give itself time to prepare for the increased traffic on its servers.
I read about it in today's Wall Street Journal and got all excited, thinking I could view not only bookofjoe's text — as I can do now, as long I'm as I'm willing to hit "next" about five or ten times to read a single post — but the pictures as well on the 1" screen of my Nokia 6230.
Opera mini has a one–time cost of $2.99 and it's available to Cingular customers, of which I'm one, so I figured let's light this firecracker.
Well, after about 20 minutes of torture and frustration I gave up.
I was able to actually follow the instructions and get the download onto my phone but when I tried to use it nothing happened, just the usual circular rotation back to the previous screen and all.
Now I can't even find the thing on my phone.
So much for that.
The free graph paper is via the inaugural edition of Charles Platt's guest–edited Cool Tools, a smashing debut.
January 24, 2006 at 02:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The Trouble With Chestnuts: Episode 2 — Reader Valerie sorts out the pretender tools from the contenders
Those of you who read the December 4, 2004 post about chestnuts (yes, all twenty–three of you) may recall that when we left the topic, I had noted my reliance up to that time on the Chestnut Critter (below),
a relatively inexpensive ($3.99) device intended to safely score your chestnuts prior to roasting.
I also reviewed the Chestnutter (top), a newer arrival on the chestnut scene, on the basis of a description of the device provided by Jasco, the manufacturer.
Fast forward thirteen months to 11 days ago — Friday, January 13, 2006 — when Valerie, a stalwart reader from back in the day, emailed the following critique of these two chestnut scoring tools.
- Joe,
Almost one year later, I have used my Chestnut Critter and lamented its inability to stand up to the pesky nuts.
However, this Christmas I have received a Chestnutter (also learned about from you).
I LOVE my Chestnutter.
It is sturdier than the Critter with sharp blades that stay put (as opposed to separating from the tool upon wedging in the nut itself).
Oh, the blades do wedge, though - but that goofy-looking second arm [below]
firmly wrestles the nut loose from the tool.
Well-rounded nuts are best to use - they fit best in the tool's bowl and allow for the deepest cut, thereby allowing for the easiest peel.
Avoid the flat ones.
The Chestnutter isn't perfect, as some nuts still resist the removal of all of their skin.
Not that I can blame them.
However, the roasted chestnuts are still worth it - especially with a little butter.
So, I hope you have had the opportunity to enjoy this delicacy during their present season.
And, if you had similar trouble with the Critter, I wanted to spread the good word about an alternate solution.
Happy New Year!
The Chestnut Critter costs $19.99 here.
You will note that it is out of stock there, as is the case with all the stores online that carry it.
This is not surprising considering the holiday season recently passed.
I suggest either visiting a Bed, Bath & Beyond store in person or waiting till the websites restock.
However, if you don't mind paying a $5 premium, the manufacturer will sell you one direct for $24.95 here (Click on "Buy Now").
If I were the cynical sort I'd wonder if Jasco, the company that makes it, is creating an artificial shortage of their device in order to squeeze that nice $5 surcharge/profit out of anyone who wants to buy one in the foreseeable future.
Nah... that's not how businesses do things... is it?
January 24, 2006 at 01:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
'Wonder Bread Unveils Whole Wheat Loaf'
Is nothing sacred?
The last of the iconic food products that are no good for you but satisfy mightily has yielded to the nutrition police.
Yesterday's introduction of two new new whole–wheat versions of Wonder Bread's venerable flagship — since 1921 the closest thing in the kitchen to edible aerogel (below) — puts paid to an era.
Read versions of the sad story here, here and here.
Me, I'm heading for the kitchen to make an old–fashioned peanut butter & jelly sandwich — Jif extra crunchy, Welch's grape jelly and two albino–white, weightless slices of Wonder Bread in its original incarnation.
You will take my original Wonder Bread away from me only by prying the flattened slices from my cold dead sticky fingers.
Which is patently impossible since the bread will disintegrate like the Mission Impossible message tape as soon as you attempt to manipulate it.
January 24, 2006 at 12:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
EaseOut™ Broken Bulb Remover
A shocking development.
Just kidding, ha ha.
Nobody's laughing.
Hey — turn on the laugh track.
Bunch of incompetents around here, I tell you: good help is hard to find.
But I digress.
From the website:
- EaseOut™ bulb remover safely extracts broken bulbs from light sockets.
These plastic pliers don't conduct electricity and their long, sure-grip handle has a built-in safety shield to protect your eyes and hands from glass shards.
What a bright idea!
PVC; 8½ x 5½".
Why am I not excited by what appears in the picture above to be a metal spring between the handles?
$7.98 here.
Doctor's advice: wear gloves anyhow, just for the heck of it, should you buy and use this device.
You know me, old belt + suspenders; I'm the little old lady from anesthesia.
I wonder if you could put your own CD or DVD up there in place of the included "safety shield."
Hey, wait a minute — maybe that's an old Alice Cooper or Beastie Boys album....
This product wins bookofjoe's understatement of the year–to–date award for the wonderful headline on the product's web page:
"Safer than metal pliers"
January 24, 2006 at 11:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Panera Blocked Site Hack
I remarked Saturday on the fact that I couldn't access bookofjoe on my local Panera's WiFi because it was blocked.
Reader Benjamin Tung of the great state of Michigan confirmed shortly thereafter that the Italian–American corporate version of the Chinese firewall is up and functioning in a similar fashion at his local branch of the sandwich/bakery chain.
Benjamin wrote, "Don't make me choose between the cinnamon raisin bread and reading your blog."
I hear you.
In the meantime you can use a nifty workaround submitted by Enoch Choi, a reader who, among other things, is the founder and CEO of medmusings.
Here's his hack, which he put up in the comments section of the Panera post:
- Try this the next time you're at Panera, it works on any blocked site:
Just substitute the URL for any one you'd like to view.
One of the nice things about bookofjoe is that even though I'm a TechnoDolt™ I've got a plethora of readers who, when it comes to technology, know quite well the difference between a hawk and a handsaw.
[via Enoch Choi and medmusings]
Addendum at 4:23 p.m.: Just moments ago I received the following email from Enoch Choi:
- I'm not just a reader... I'm a joehead ;)
January 24, 2006 at 10:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Bicycle Parts Pendulum Clock
From funkmeister Graham Bergh and his merry band of mashup artists up in the Rose City comes another of their signature creations.
Find an old bicycle, take it apart, clean up the parts, put a few of them back together and voila: this pendulum clock.
12"H x 8"W x 6"D.
$84 here (AA battery included).
But let's say you like the idea of big gears and time but you're not about to drop $84 to have it on your desk.
I can see your point of view.
I had my crack research team (Yo, Jack, you still there?) see what they could see and lo and behold they returned a much more affordable iteration (below).
7.6"W x 6"H x 2.5"D.
True, the AA battery's not included; true, this one requires you to read the instructions.
But hey, for $19.99 maybe you can be a little flexible, what?
January 24, 2006 at 09:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack