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TechRadar Verdict
Media Suite is a good option for those who wish to create digital content but without the high price demanded by some competitors. A well thought out and usable package
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DVD upscaling
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Blu-ray support (Pro and Ultra editions)
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Most media suites like to think of themselves as your one-stop shop, but it's rare to see quite so much packed into a single box. Cyberlink's offering comes in three different versions – Centra, Pro and Ultra (ranging from £50 to £120) – with the main difference not being which products you get, but which features are enabled.
The excellent PowerDVD, for instance, is in all of them, along with its TrueTheater system for upscaling and polishing your movies, but you'll need the Ultra edition to watch Blu-ray.
Similarly, while both Pro and Ultra are capable of authoring Blu-ray, the basic £50 Centra version is restricted to DVDs. The number of products available makes picking an edition somewhat confusing as it takes some research to find out exactly what is and isn't enabled for each app on each edition.
Sound and video
The programs make a powerful toolkit. Taken individually, there are superior tools – for instance, we'd take Adobe Premiere Elements over a copy of PowerDirector any day – but together they cover an impressive range.
In no particular order: PowerDVD is the best DVD player available for PC, especially with its aforementioned upscaling options. They're not going to make an old film look like a remastered Blu-ray disc, but they do mitigate the pain of having to drop back to low-res DVD every time you dig a classic film out of your disc pile.
The same technology is offered in PowerDirector 8 as a way of fixing up your own video clips. This is especially handy if you're filming with something like a handheld Flip camera instead of a dedicated HD camcorder, although again, software can only do so much.
Other features include a particle system for adding a bit more life to still images and goofy weather effects to snowy scenes, plus easy control over individual clips and direct publishing onto Facebook and YouTube.
On a smaller scale, PowerProducer is another video based app, this time geared around video capture, burning to discs and making basic menus for DVD and Blu-ray, depending on the version you're using.
On the organisation side, MediaShow handles image and video cataloguing, plus quick fixes and face tagging. Its photographic fixes are the standard ones, from red-eye removal to boosting saturation, but it also handles a number of video-based edits, including removing or reducing camera shake and dialling down the noise and murky colours. Both kinds of fixes are easy to apply to multiple items, making this a good timesaver for batch-editing files.
And the rest…
Those are the headline acts. The rest of the disc is made up with less interesting fare, including a basic sound editor, CD burner, label printer and back-up tool, with the whole suite controlled from a basic launcher application, PowerStarter.
This lets you pick the ones you want to use as favourites and ignore anything that you don't. Its menu is useful if you're learning the ropes, however, focusing primarily on tasks rather than applications so that you don't need to remember what everything in the suite does.
The only thing missing from the set is a decent image editor, although since Cyberlink doesn't make one, its absence isn't much of a surprise.
This is a comprehensive package, especially for the price. All the tools are the full apps that you'd buy individually rather than special editions or cut-down versions, and the low price means that you can easily ignore any that you won't use instead of trying to work out what fraction of the purchase price is going wasted.
All of them make for a decent way to get started, without necessarily acting as a step-up on existing products if you've already bought a couple. As for complete newcomers, while none of the programs share an interface, the main tools are similar enough that jumping between them isn't tricky.
Each features extensive help and access to Cyberlink's online community, complete with plenty of downloads and other assistance.
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Stephen D. Doe
New Horizons: May 2004
Obey Your Leaders and Submit to Them
Also in this issue
by Larry Wilson
by Danny E. Olinger
by John V. Fesko
Machen Memoir: Fifty Years Later
by John R. Muether
It may be that the commitment least understood and hardest to keep when people profess their faith as they join the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is the fourth membership vow:
Do you agree to submit in the Lord to the government of this church and, in case you should be found delinquent in doctrine or life, to heed its discipline?
What does this membership vow mean? Is it biblical? Is it important? Is it possible to keep?
As we look for answers, let us listen to Hebrews 13:17:
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
This certainly sounds like the government of the church, but who are these "leaders"? The New Testament speaks of church leaders in a number of ways. There are overseers (bishops) and shepherds (Acts 20:28), elders (Titus 1:5), pastor-teachers (Eph. 4:11), and governors (Rom. 12:8). In Hebrews 13:17, there are "leaders" (the "going-ahead-of-you-ones," the participial form of hegeomai), men whose activity is characterized by being out in front. Just as a shepherd goes ahead of his flock and leads them (Ps. 23:2; John 10:3-4), so these leaders in the church are the first people out of the gate, spiritually speaking. They lead the way in spiritual matters, and therefore are to be remembered (Heb. 13:7), submitted to and obeyed (Heb. 13:17), and greeted with honor (Heb. 13:24). It seems most likely that Hebrews 13:17 is referring to what we call pastors and elders.
These leaders are to be sleepless or watchful. "They are keeping watch...." The Greek word used in Hebrews 13:17 has the idea of chasing sleep away. Christians are to be watchful regarding Christ's return, always alert (Mark 13:33 and Luke 21:36 use the same word), and these leaders are to be attentive like a soldier on guard duty. Because the lives of his buddies depend on his watchfulness, the man on guard duty will struggle against sleep, listening for the sounds of danger. That picture of alertness captures how pastors and elders are supposed to be.
Notice that you are the object of the leaders' careful watch. "They are keeping watch over your souls...." These leaders are concerned for the spiritual welfare of those whom they guard. We are not used to thinking of government being concerned about our spiritual well-being, yet here are men who have a duty to be sleeplessly guarding the health of our souls. We might ask ourselves how much we consider the health of our souls to be worth. Do you value your own soul as much as God tells you to (Matt. 16:25-26)? How gracious God is to give us leaders who are committed to "soul watching"!
God values our souls highly. Therefore, he appoints watchmen to warn us of spiritual danger (cf. Ezek. 3:16-21). We face many grave dangers, like the danger of apostasy (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26-31) and that of false teachers who act like savage wolves (Acts 20:28-31). What a blessing it is to have watchmen looking out for the safety of our souls, shepherds who search for the straying, nurse the sick and wounded, and comfort the frightened or confused among God's flock (Ezek. 34:1-24; cf. 1 Thess. 5:14). The pastors and elders are tools in the hands of the Chief Shepherd and Overseer of our souls, the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 2:25). He knows every sheep by name (John 10:3). He never slumbers or sleeps (Ps. 121:4). And the way Christ ordinarily shepherds his beloved sheep is by his Word and Spirit working through faithful leaders whom he graciously gives to the church (Eph. 4:11).
Why would anyone willingly lose sleep over the spiritual well-being of others? Parents watch through the night when the child they love is ill. A friend may sit for long hours by the bedside of someone who is dear to him. This is the type of love that Jesus Christ shows his sheep, and he shows it through faithful pastors and elders (cf. 1 Thess. 2:7-12). For this reason, the calling of a pastor or elder involves not only love, but also accountability. Hebrews 13:17 tells us that the Lord will make church leaders answer to him for their stewardship. "They are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account." On the great Day of Judgment, there will be a reporting of the faithfulness of men called to be pastors and elders. What have they done with the souls entrusted to them? Have they discharged their duties faithfully, or have they slept on their watch? Have they fed the sheep or fed themselves? Have they been concerned for the spiritual growth of the sheep in their charge, or have they been preoccupied with budgets and schedules and the like? The Lord will hold them to account.
This accountability should make any man tremble. It should make him consider carefully whether he truly desires to be a pastor or elder (1 Tim. 3:1). It is an unbearable burden unless Christ makes a man willing (1 Pet. 5:2), promises a crown of glory to a faithful watchman (1 Pet. 5:1, 4), and sustains him by his grace. But Hebrews 13:17 mentions something else that he gives: joy. "Let them do this with joy...." There is joy for pastors and elders in seeing children added to the covenant community, and then hearing those covenant young people profess their faith. There is joy in seeing God's people use their gifts for the edification of the body. There is joy in encouraging homes to develop according to biblical principles and seeing the church manifest the love of Christ for one another. There is joy in unity, and there is joy in seeing saints persevere in the faith through hard times of life. There is joy in having God's people submit to the spiritual oversight of pastors and elders because church members know they are thereby submitting to Christ.
Submissionthe word sounds so oppressive. We tend to find it difficult to say yes to the membership vow that calls us to submit. We tend to find it difficult to keep that vow. Yet this is exactly what God himself commands: "Obey your leaders and submit to them...." This is not the implicit obedience that a dictator demands, unquestioning obedience without reservation or doubt. This is obedience set in the context of a church governed, not by the opinions of men, but by Christ himself speaking by his Spirit through his Word. The authority of pastors and elders resides with the Bible. They are to minister the Word of God and declare what it declares, not propound their own ideas and opinions. They may not bind consciences where Scripture does not. Such submission to the leaders, therefore, is ultimately submission to Christ himself, working in our hearts by and with his Word.
Hebrews 13:17 gives imperatives or commands. "Obey your leaders and submit to them...." The fact that these commands to obey and submit are placed first in the verse shows that obedience and submission receive special emphasis. What do these words mean?
There are two things that are involved in our response to the care of pastors and elders. The verb to obey (peitho) means "to be persuaded" or "to follow freely." Obedience is not just blindly following orders. Rather, it indicates that, having trust or confidence in those over us, we follow their lead. It is important to understand that this is much more than mere trust or confidence in men, for the very best of men will fail. Instead, it is ultimately a confidence in the exalted Christ, who gives pastors and elders to his church and works through them for blessing. The second verb, to submit (hypeiko), means "to cease resisting" or "to yield," like one knight yielding to another after a battle.
There is an important difference between these two words. The first means to follow trustingly because you have been persuaded. The second means to follow trustingly even when you disagree. In the second case, you yield to Christ through the men he has given to lead the church by terminating resistance. It is one thing to obey pastors and elders when you are enthusiastic and think they have a great idea. It is another thing to submit to them when you disagree with their decision. In the second case, we submit because we are acting in faith. By faith we trust Christ himself to rule over us by his Word and Spirit through these pastors and elders.
Think of Paul's epistle to the Philippians. For most of the letter, Euodia and Syntyche would have gladly obeyed Paul's commands. But could they submit to his specific admonition to them (Phil. 4:2-3)? They both might have said, "You don't understand how difficult she is to get along with, Pastor Paul." Were they ready to yield to Paul's authority and act against their inclinations? If they did in fact agree with each other in the Lord when it was hard to do so, then they understood submission to the word of Christ as declared through his leaders.
Hebrews 13:17 indicates that the quality of our obedience affects the whole church. "Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." If we are constantly criticizing and complaining about the pastor and elders, we will cause groaning, not joy. When someone is resentful and critical, believing that the pastor and elders are unworthy of respect or honor, then he is like a burden or weight. Picture yourself sighing because you are wearily facing a thankless task. You scrub the kitchen floor, only to have people keep tracking in more dirt before it even dries, and so you feel tired before you even start. When pastors and elders continually deal with critical people, they can lose energy or desire for their calling. If they are faithful to Scripture, however, the real loser ends up being you! Hebrews 13:17 tells us that when we are unsubmissive to our leaders, it is unprofitable (literally, "no pay") for us.
John Calvin's comments on this verse are very penetrating:
Let us therefore remember that we are paying the penalty of our own obstinacy whenever our pastors grow lax in their duties or are less diligent than they ought to be.
The Scottish commentator John Brown also gives wise counsel:
Put the question, Has he said anything that Christ has not said? If he has, disregard him; if he has not, blame him nothe has but discharged his duty to his Master and to you; and recollect, you cannot in this case disregard the servant without doing dishonor to the Master.... The heart of the minister is discouraged, the great Master is displeased; the tokens of his favor are withdrawn; spiritual barrenness prevails; and the clouds seem, as it were, commanded to rain no rain on the unfruitful vineyard.
The alternative to this conflict is to submit to lawful direction from the pastor and elders with a deeper trust in the Head of the church ruling his people through these leaders. This attitude brings joy to the pastor and elders. Why? Because they get to throw their weight around? No, a faithful pastor or elder has joy because God's people are growing in the truth of the gospel. They rejoice when Christ is honored and when people are repenting, obeying, and believing, for then they see that their labor is not in vain. So there is joy for the entire church.
Is this membership vow easy to keep? No, not always. Is it biblical? Yes, because Christ himself rules his church by his Word and Spirit through the pastors and elders. Is it important? Yes, conflict, joylessness, and the frustration of our Lord's ideals for us and the church often arise because we neglect or refuse to submit to the means that Christ provides for our spiritual well-being. We learn about sovereign grace as we see that Christ uses flawed tools, these leaders, to accomplish his good purposes for his church. He can and does use sinful men because the purpose and power are his. When we scripturally submit, ultimately we are in faith yielding to Christ himself and learning that we cannot rule ourselves.
Thus, it is possible for us to keep this commitment, but only by God's grace and only through faith in Christ. This commitment springs from God's grace, and it requires us to trustreally trustChrist, the Head of the church. But through believing submission, Christ richly blesses both us and the church.
The author is the pastor of Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church in Fredericksburg, Va. Reprinted from New Horizons, May 2004.
New Horizons: May 2004
Obey Your Leaders and Submit to Them
Also in this issue
by Larry Wilson
by Danny E. Olinger
by John V. Fesko
Machen Memoir: Fifty Years Later
by John R. Muether
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This post is created to help you detect if the legitimate page Gstatic.com is imitated by a real malware that might be infecting your PC and remove it permanently so that your computer is safe.
Computer Trojans are the ultimate form of spyware out there which aims to also remotely control your computer system from distance. And the Zeus Trojan is no exception from this rule. It can remain undetected on your computer system for a very long time, while being disguised as a legitimate program. If your computer shows any signs of having the Gstatic.com imitated by a malware or other threats, we strongly suggest that you read this post to learn more about it and how to protect your computer immediately and in the future too.
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What Does Gstatic.com "virus" Redirect Do on My Computer?
Adware or ad-supported software is a category of programs which are created to show different types of advertised content on your computer system. This content includes displaying pop-ups, redirecting tabs from your web browser to web pages that are unfamiliar and may cause your PC harm.
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How Bad Does Gstatic.com "virus" Adware Affect You?
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- Gstatic.com "virus" installed as a suspicious browser extension, that pretends to be legitimate.
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OCEAN CITY – The Park & Ride's fare will be increased to match the Coastal Highway bus system's fare increase that went into effect almost a year ago.
Last February, the ride-all-day pass for municipal buses in Ocean City increased from $2 to $3, along with an option for one-time boarding cost of $1.
On Tuesday, Public Works Director Hal Adkins said as the department wraps up upcoming budget submissions for the forthcoming fiscal year, fiscal year 2013, officials took a look back on how the new bus fare structure did.
According to Adkins, there was a projected 30-percent increase in revenue from the bus system in FY12 but currently there is only an increase of just fewer than 10 percent. He said that more passengers have chosen the $1 per board fare over the $3 ride-all-day pass. Also, the discounted ticket booklet revenue, which a customer can purchase 20 tickets at the cost of $15, is also down from its projected income.
On the other hand, the Boardwalk tram and bus advertising revenue is up. Recently the Mayor and City Council approved additional advertising on the Boardwalk trams and the bus system that Adkins said will further increase revenue.
"Not good news but I want to tell you I don't personally feel it is terrible," Adkins said. "We are at the mid-year point where I think we make a couple changes we can move forward and we can meet our revenue estimates for FY12 and we can get a feel of what we might experience in FY13."
Moving forward, Adkins made a couple of recommendations. First he asked for some assistance from the Tourism Department and the town's advertising firm, MGH, to create an advertising campaign to emphasize the "Best Deal", which is the $3 all-day-pass.
Adkins' second suggestion was to change the Park & Ride's fare so that it matches Coastal Highway's bus fare, $3 ride-all-day pass or a $1 per board, from the current fare of $1 for all day.
"When we changed the fare of the highway months ago, we did not touch the Park & Ride," Adkins said.
The Mayor and City Council voted unanimously to accept Adkins' proposal to create an advertising campaign for the bus fare structure, as well as change the Park & Ride's fare to a $3 ride-all-day pass and $1 per board.


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Note-Taking Tips
Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well on all your schoolwork — everything from taking tests to researching a paper. Here are some tips on how to take good notes.
Write down key facts. If you have a teacher who writes notes on the board, that's a bonus: You can copy them down. If not, write down the most important points from class. Does your history teacher mention the date of a key Civil War battle? Does your English teacher give examples of Shakespeare's use of dramatic irony? Does your math teacher go over a particular formula? Write it down!
It can take time to learn how to listen for the main ideas and key facts, so keep trying and don't give up. Some teachers may mention lots of dates and facts in class, but only write the key ones on the board. Other teachers might not write anything down, but may repeat a certain date or piece of information. That's a clue that it's probably important. After a while, you'll get to know a teacher's style.
Don't overdo it. Don't go crazy taking notes, though: You'll be frantic if you try to write down every word that's said in class. And if you focus too much on getting your notes right, you might miss listening to what the teacher is saying. Some people actually learn better by listening, writing down a few key points, and then going over the material after class when they have more time.
Ask. Don't be afraid to ask the teacher to repeat something you miss. If the teacher's going too fast, chances are your classmates will also be relieved to hear the information again. If you don't want to ask in class, see your teacher afterwards. It's much easier than wondering if you got the notes right as you study.
Compare. Keep your notes handy when you're doing your reading assignments. Compare what you wrote with what the readings say — you can add to your notes as you read.
Going over your notes with a friend and comparing what the two of you put down can help reinforce what you're learning. It also can help you remember information when it's time for the test. And going over your notes will alert you and your friend to any errors.
Copy. If you've scribbled down notes in a hurry, you might not be able to read them when it comes time to prepare for a test. Look over your notes when you get home, and recopy them if you need to. Copying them also helps you learn and remember what you wrote.
Organize. Keep notes for each subject in one place so you can find everything easily when it comes time for a test. This could mean keeping a notebook or section of a notebook for each subject as you take notes in class.
Some people combine the copying technique with organization by using just one notebook for class notes and then copying these notes into a notebook for each subject when they get back home. The trick to making this technique work is to be sure you actually do it regularly. If you don't, your notes will be all over the place and things will get totally crazed when it's time to study for the test.
Good note-taking takes time. But the time you spend writing and reviewing notes pays off. Taking time to recopy your notes each evening saves time later when it comes to studying for the actual test.
Note-taking gives your mind a chance to absorb the material it needs to learn. Not only can this help you to do better on a test, it's also a great confidence booster when you're studying and find yourself saying, "Hey, I remember that!"
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It's Christmas time and Monica tries tipping with cookies, rather than cash, with mixed results. Phoebe learns that the guy in the pictures her grandmother keeps around is not her father but the Macy's photo frame model. She tries to track down her real father, but in the end she feels that she is not ready to meet him. Chandler and Joey wait too late to shop for presents, and are forced to buy gifts from a gas station. Ross asks Rachel to make a...
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Capcom announced today that we can expect to see one more Street Fighter release later this year, in the form of an all-out collector's set featuring Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition, and Super Street Figther II Turbo HD Remix. Every game included comes with all available DLC as well, and even more enticing is an included documentary on the history of the franchise, an 11-disc soundtrack set (11 discs!), a 64 page hardcover art book, a Ryu statue, a replica of Ryu's belt, and a Certificate of Authenticity to top it all off.
This massive set will retail for 149.99, and will be available on September 18th, 2012 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Full details in the press release below!
Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced the limited edition Street Fighter25th Anniversary Collector?s Set, which will be available in North America on Sept. 18, 2012 for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. A hyper combo-powered milestone, the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary festivities will continue throughout 2012 (?The Year of the Dragon?) and will include the Collector?s Set and a series of high stakes global tournaments with over a half million dollars in support, the highest the fighting game community has ever witnessed.
Honoring one of the most popular videogame franchises of all time, the Street Fighter 25thAnniversary Collector?s Set is a must – have for Street Fighter? video game aficionados. Created as a celebration and tribute to its fans, the limited edition set is individually numbered and jam-packed with Street Fighter games, video, art, music, and exclusive collectibles. The items are housed in a specially created chest complete with a certificate of authenticity.
The limited edition Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector?s Set includes:
- Past and Present Street Fighter Games ? Playable on current gen PS3 and Xbox 360 console systems, the four critically-acclaimed titles selected from the star-studded catalog are: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition with all costume DLC, and Street Fighter X Tekken including all character and Swap Costume DLC.
- Exclusive Video ? The two-disc Blu-Ray set includes a documentary that highlights the profound influence the franchise has had on fans – and vice versa – throughout the years. The collection of videos also includes Street Fighter?IV and Super Street Fighter IV Anime movies as well as all episodes of the Street Fighter animated series and Street Fighter?II: The Animated Movie.
- Light-up Ryu Statue ? A specially commissioned and highly-detailed collectable Ryu statue stands prominently at 8? tall and features the iconic character in mid-Shoryuken, with flames lit from below.
- 11-Disc Soundtrack ? Street Fighter game music spanning the past 25 years, in addition to remixes and fan-created music inspired by past Street Fighter games .
- 64-page Hardcover Art Book ? A tribute to Street Fighter game fans from all over the world, the art book includes fan pieces submitted by professional and aspiring artists alike.
- Ryu?s Belt ? Created to regulation specs, the full-size martial arts black belt is a replica of the one Ryu wears and even includes his classic "F?rinkazan" in kanji!
- Certificate of Authenticity ? Each Collector?s Set comes individually numbered complete with a certificate of authenticity.
Further bringing the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary celebration to its fans, Capcom is currently organizing a series of tournaments throughout the year in locations across the globe that will include over $500,000 worth of cash, non-cash prizing, and amenities. This high-stakes tournament series will culminate in a grand finals event held in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2012 and will include players who qualify in the preliminary tournaments throughout the year. The tournament series will feature the following monumental titles from the past and present: Street Fighter X Tekken, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
Revealed today, the list below includes the most current dates and locations (subject to change) for the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary global tournament series:
? July 28-29 in Austin, TX
? August 11-12 in the NY area (location pending)
? August 26 in Taipei, Taiwan (location pending)
? Mid-September in the Tokyo Region, Japan (date and location pending)
? September 27-30 in London, England (in conjunction with Eurogamer Expo)
? October 13-14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil (in conjunction with Brazil Game Show)
? October 27-28 in Los Angeles, CA
? October 31 ? November 4 in Paris, France (in conjunction with Paris Games Week)
? December 8 Finals in San Francisco, CAAdding an extra level of white-knuckled excitement to the competition, the first-place Street Fighter X Tekken player will be crowned champion and be handed the keys to an all-new custom designedScion FR-S Sports Coupe. Capcom has partnered with Scion, Five Axis and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), to create a one-of-a-kind Street Fighter-themed sports car, complete with video entertainment hardware from SCEA and a modified exterior from Five Axis including a custom FIVE:AD aero kit, spoiler, wheels, as well as many more premiere components from leading automotive aftermarket companies.
Lastly, a new Street Fighter 25th Anniversary website will be created which will allow fans to share their stories of how the Street Fighter series has influenced their lives, and will host all details of the anniversary celebration including how to register for the tournament series. The new website will be released soon and will be located at: http://www.streetfighter.com/sf25
The Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector?s Set carries an MSRP of $149.99.


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"In the absence of a clear statement of Russia's intent, the perception of its strategy has been shaped by rumors, by strident coverage on state news media and by statements of Russian lawmakers vowing solidarity with Ukraine's ethnic Russians and questioning whether Crimea, which the Soviet Union ceded to Ukraine in 1954, should rightfully be Russia's. The military exercise, which began in earnest on Thursday, added an ominous element of volatility. Aleksandr Golts, an independent military analyst in Moscow, said the exercise theoretically could disguise a more general mobilization of Russia's military in case a conflict erupted over Ukraine. "In my view it's very bad, even if there are no plans to use the military, that maneuvers are being held with the goal of testing the nerves of others," he said. To critics, especially in Ukraine, the Kremlin's hand is seen in many of the most disturbing turns in the unfolding situation, including visits there by Russian lawmakers; reports of Russian passports being handed out to Crimea's citizens, as happened in Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia; and the mysterious seizure of the Parliament building in Crimea. They see the downward spiraling of events as evidence that Mr. Putin intends to splinter the country and retake Crimea as Russian territory." NY Times
To say that this situation is confused would be an understatement. IMO there is a contest of arguments being made to Putin as to what he should do. It seems likely that a strong policy regarding the Crimea is advocated by many in Moscow. The resemblance to the Georgian situation is clear and drift toward intervention is likely. pl


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By Jonathan Holmes
The head of the Commonwealth public service has just made an extraordinary decision, with profound implications for the independence of our public broadcasters – and nobody, so far, is blaming him for it. But we should.
Whatever you think of Kevin Rudd's competence as prime minister, he surely is entitled to be regarded as one the least narrowly partisan holders of that office since Federation.
This is the man who appointed Peter Costello to the board of the Future Fund, who retained Amanda Vanstone as our ambassador in Rome, appointed Tim Fischer to be ambassador to the Holy See, Brendan Nelson to the European Union.
In 2008, just months after he won government, he championed amendments to the Acts governing the public broadcasters, designed to ensure that partisan political appointments to their boards ceased.
They'd been going on for decades. Both parties have stuffed the ABC and SBS boards with their supporters – either as a reward for past loyalty, or to try to ensure that the broadcasters' output better reflected the views of their side of politics.
The Howard government's appointments to the ABC Board were especially blatant. The prime qualification of columnist Janet Albrechtsen, for example, appeared to be her frequently declared conviction that the ABC was all but irredeemably biased to the left.
Under the Rudd government's new rules, recommendations for ABC and SBS Board appointments are made by a Nomination Panel, which is obliged to draw up a shortlist on the basis of competitive merit, against selection criteria laid down by the minister for communications.
Members of that panel are appointed, not by the government, but by the aforementioned head of the public service, the secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, who is currently Dr Ian Watt.
The four members of the panel, until now, have been precisely the sort of people you would expect: public servant and diplomat Ric Smith; networker and Mr Fixit extraordinaire David Gonski; former ACCC chairman Allan Fels; former governor of Queensland Leneen Forde. All people of eminence and achievement, with no obvious political leanings.
But now Dr Watt has replaced Fels and Forde, whose terms have expired, with Albrechtsen and Neil Brown QC. Brown is, if anything, an even more partisan detractor of the ABC than Albrechsten. A former Liberal Party deputy leader and minister of communications, he fulminates in the Spectator Australia most weeks about the Corporation's manifold sins and wickedness. In fact, he reckons, it would be simplest to sell it off and start again.
Albrechtsen and Brown are two dyed-in-the-wool culture warriors from a long way to the right of the political centre. All the evidence shows that only a small minority of Australians share their views about the ABC.
Their appointment to the nomination panel is announced in a bald statement on the PM&C website. Dr Watt does not explain his choice. Under the legislation, he is under no obligation to do so. But he should.
If he really thinks that these two are the most suitable people in Australia to ensure that appointments to the ABC and SBS boards are, and are seen to be, merit-based and non-partisan, he is profoundly stupid.
After all, according to the spirit and the letter of the legislation, he is supposed to make these appointments according to his own judgment. The views of the prime minister, or of the government in general, should have no influence on him. The minister for communications, Malcolm Turnbull, tells us that "you have to assume" that no such influence has been brought to bear.
So, in the absence of any other explanation, we are entitled to draw the conclusion that Dr Watt is either profoundly stupid, or pusillanimous.
If he really thinks that these two are the most suitable people in Australia to ensure that appointments to the ABC and SBS boards are, and are seen to be, merit-based and non-partisan, he is profoundly stupid.
If, on the other hand, he has made the appointments at the unacknowledged insistence of Tony Abbott, he is pusillanimous.
What he should have done is to say this:
"No, Prime Minister. Under the legislation, it is I who must make these appointments, not you; in my view, the people you suggest are too partisan themselves to be likely to recommend candidates for the ABC and SBS boards on the basis of merit alone, and the public will think their appointment absurd.
"If you do not like the process laid down by the legislation, then repeal or amend it. If you don't think you can get such amendments past the Senate, then the law must stand, and I will make appointments that accord with that law, and my own judgment.
"Of course, you are always at liberty to require my resignation, and if you do so, I will feel at liberty to explain why I have been sacked."
But you didn't say that, Dr Watt. Well, it's your reputation. But it's our ABC.
Jonathan Holmes is an Age columnist and a former presenter of the ABC's Media Watch program.


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For Pope-to-Be, Choice of Name Means Plenty
Even before he utters his first words in public, the new pope who emerges from the conclave this week will send Roman Catholics around the world a message encoded in the name he chooses.
It may not be one they immediately understand. Picking an unlikely one from the distant papal past – for example, Hilarus or Zephyrinus – would send Catholics scurrying to their history books to see what it could mean.
But one harking back to modern popes – Benedict or John Paul or John – would signal right away the new leader of 1.2 billion faithful wants continuity with the papacy his name refers to.
One name making the rounds in Rome before the 115 cardinal electors filed into the Sistine Chapel for their conclave on Tuesday was Francis, a name Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley might take if he emerges as the new pontiff.
O'Malley is a Franciscan friar who prefers the brown habit and white rope belt of his Capuchin order to his red cardinal's finery. No pope has ever taken the name of Saint Francis of Assisi, the 13th century reformer who lived in poverty and told followers: "Preach the Gospel always, if necessary use words."
Leo – Latin for "lion" – tops a list of bets placed with Paddy Power, a Dublin bookmaker putting odds on the next pope, his name and age.
The name has a progressive ring because the last to choose it, Leo XIII, helped adapt the Church to modern thinking about the industrial age during his papacy from 1878 to 1903.
His encyclical "Rerum Novarum" (Of New Things) was the first on social justice and defended the rights of workers. It argued that both communism and capitalism were flawed and that the state must work for the common good of all its citizens.
The preferential option for the poor that it advocated became a rallying cry in Latin America, which is why a candidate from the region – Brazil's Cardinal Odilo Scherer is the one most frequently mentioned – might choose this evocative name.
The name will first be heard when a fellow cardinal emerges on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to announce "habemas papam" – we have a pope – to the crowd gathered in the square.
Pius, last used by Pius XII from 1939 to 1958, would signal a staunch conservative while John, which recalls his successor John XXIII from 1958 to 1962, could refer either to a compassionate pastor or a reformer.
John XXIII was a jovial type who convened the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) that led to some reforms the last two popes rejected and devoted their papacies to reining in.
Milan's Cardinal Angelo Scola, another top contender, might choose Pius, the second name in the betting list. In a sermon on Sunday, he said the next pope should guide the Church "in the footsteps marked by the great popes of the last 150 years".
There were four popes named Pius in the last century and a half, all of them distinctly conservative and believers in a strong centralised papacy with the most recent of them still a figure of controversy over his role during World War Two.
Pius IX (1846-1878) rejected democracy, Pius X (1903-1914) denounced modern liberal politics and Pius XI (1922-1939) is remembered as an autocratic ruler. Under Pius XII (1939-1958), the Church cracked down on liberal theologians.
While the name might imply a strongly orthodox papacy to Catholic prelates, Jews would most vividly recall bitter inter-faith debates over Pius XII and accusations he failed to stand up to Hitler and Mussolini during World War Two.
Defenders say Pius XII did as much as he could to defend Jews against the Holocaust, so taking the name could identify the new pope as one of a conservative group that has pushed for him to be made a saint. Jewish groups have urged the Vatican not to canonise him, at least until wartime records are clearer.
After his election in 2005, German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said he chose the name Benedict to honour Saint Benedict of Nursia, "whose life evokes the Christian roots of Europe", and Pope Benedict XV who sought reconciliation during World War One.
The Latin maxim "nomen est omen" – a name is a sign – is as valid today for popes as it was for ancient Romans whose emperors took new names or titles when they assumed power.
Key figures in the Bible also changed their names, including Saint Peter the first pope and Saint Paul, the missionary to the Gentiles, so there is a Christian precedent as well.
The first pope known to have changed his name was John II in 533. He was called Mercury by his family but thought the Christian pontiff should not have the name of a pagan Roman god.
This became more common after an 18-year-old with another pagan name, Octavian, was chosen in a rigged election in 955 and decided to take the name John XII. A man named Peter opted for Sergius IV in 1009, avoiding comparison with the first pope.
Cardinal Angelo Roncalli reportedly spent the evening before his election as John XXIII in 1958 thumbing through a list of popes to check what earlier Johns had done. He chose the name because his father had it and it recalled the Apostle John.
When Albino Luciani was elected in 1978, he took the first double name in papal history, John Paul I, to show he wanted to combine John XXIII's reforms with the more traditional stand of his immediate predecessor, Paul VI (1963-1978).
When John Paul I died 33 days later, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland honoured him by taking the papal name John Paul II.
It is unlikely another pope will call himself John Paul any time soon. If Wojtyla goes down in history as John Paul the Great, as his supporters call him, a successor taking his name could risk being known as John Paul the Less.


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By Laura Smith-Spark
(CNN) — The French Senate approved a controversial bill Friday that would give same-sex couples the rights to marry and adopt.
The lower house has already approved the legislation.
The bill, to which 10 amendments were made in the Senate, must still go through a second reading in the National Assembly and a final reading in the upper house.
The date for those readings has not yet been set.
Minister for the Family Dominique Berinotti told CNN affiliate BFM-TV that the Senate vote was a "beautiful victory."
Extending the rights to marry and adopt to same-sex couples in France was one of President Francois Hollande's electoral pledges in campaigning last year.
The left, which includes Hollande's governing Socialist Party, dominates the National Assembly, where the bill passed by a large majority in February. The party has only a slim majority in the Senate.
The plan faced stiff opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, other religious groups and social conservatives, with huge numbers turning out for protests in recent weeks.
It won wide backing from gay rights advocates.
The new law would mark the biggest step forward for French gay rights advocates in more than a decade.
A law legalizing civil unions was introduced in 1999 in France under a previous Socialist government.
Known in France as the PACS (pacte civil de solidarite), the civil union agreement can be entered into by same-sex or straight couples and confers many but not all of the rights of marriage.
French Senate approves a bill that would extend the right to marry to same-sex couples
The controversial bill would also allow same-sex couples to adopt
The move has been opposed by social conservatives and the Catholic Church
The legislation has won wide backing from gay rights advocates


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Dell Rapids Gas Line Explodes
A gas line explosion in Dell Rapids Tuesday afternoon closed streets and forced emergency personnel to evacuate homes in the area.
A private contractor for Golden West Communications hit a gas line near St. Mary's Catholic School. A Dell Rapids man had the misfortune of having his vehicle stall right on top of the gas leak. When he tried to restart his vehicle, the spark set off an explosion. The man was able to escape through a five foot fire wall with only minor burns.
Many roads in the area had to be closed for over five hours as emergency personnel managed the fire until Mid America Energy was able to shut off the line.
Thirty foot flames shot from the broken line for nearly four hours while crews battled the fire.


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Page 463 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 76 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 415 - In sooth, I know not why I am so sad: It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn ; And such a want-wit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself.
Page 348 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
Page 492 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 454 - The slaves are ours : — So do I answer you : The pound of flesh, which I demand of him, Is dearly bought, is mine, and I will have it : If you deny me, fie upon your law ! There is no force in the decrees of Venice : I stand for judgment : answer ; shall I have it?
Page 391 - And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world; Else, none at all in aught proves excellent: Then fools you were, these...
Page 138 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 413 - When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo;...
Page 43 - Mrs. Page. There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns ; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle8; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner.


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TOKYO (TR) – It is no surprise that an adult entertainment broadcaster would be concerned about the spread of the HIV virus and AIDS. But for one satellite channel in Japan known for silly parodies and wacky porn programming, that concern goes beyond immediate commercial interests — to trying to reverse wilting media attention on these debilitating illnesses even as they affect more lives in our communities.
"A decade ago, the AIDS issue was a priority in all media around the world," says Paradise TV President Tsuyoshi Shiba from his office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. "But now global warming — and its consequences, such as rising sea levels — is the main topic. Of course, that is important, but AIDS directly impacts our lives now."
The channel's response is "24-Hour TV: Eroticism Saves the Earth," a telethon to raise funds to combat the growing incidence of HIV/AIDS in Japan.
Starting Saturday evening and continuing through Sunday on satellite network Sky PerfecTV!, the event, in its seventh year, will feature a mix of in-studio attractions and live and recorded shows produced by Paradise TV, whose content includes news broadcasts in which the female anchorwomen are naked and sex-toy shopping segments.
The drive's title is a stab at major broadcaster Nippon Television's telethon "24-Hour TV: Love Saves the Earth," which is transmitted live from Tokyo's Budokan Hall on the same weekend and raised more than 1 billion yen for environmental causes last year.
Critics might deem Paradise's satirical approach to be in poor taste, but Shiba begs to differ. "Paradise TV's main concept is that we have to make things fun," he says. "If the issue is serious, we still have to do it in our own way. A deep, dramatic theme is NTV's thing. For us, we are happy that we can present an opportunity for discussions relating to AIDS to take place."
Last year, the marquee draw for Paradise's telethon gave viewers a chance for viewers to visit station headquarters, enter a special booth and fondle either the buttocks or breasts of two noted actresses five times for a suggested offering of 1,000 yen. Returning this year will be a similar attraction but with three ladies — Mami Hoshikawa, Rika Shibuya and Yuna Hirose, collectively dubbed "Nyus" — offering up only their chests for the cause. (It is worth noting that "Nyus," written with the kanji character for "breast," is a play on words with the talent agency Johnny's Jimusho six-member J-pop act NEWS, who are scheduled to appear on the NTV program.)
Over the two days, Paradise's programming, which encourages contributions by phone or via the Web, will include five of the station's female newsreaders (disrobed, of course) testing viewers' sex knowledge by phone, women's sumo wrestling (perhaps surprisingly, with clothed participants — albeit in traditional fundoshi [underwear]) and 24 hours of phone sex — which will upend convention, so to speak, as male callers try to arouse a selection of female receptionists in the studio into erotic bliss.
Additional funds will be collected through the auction of undergarments worn by popular AV (porn) actresses. In past years, similar on-air sales have topped 50,000 yen.
Those making donations at the studios will receive condoms and red bracelets imprinted with AIDS-awareness slogans.
The event's promotional graphic, penned by Yoshikazu Ebisu, is a cartoon of a bikini-wearing woman atop Mount Fuji exclaiming the campaign's recurring message: "STOP! AIDS." Last year, the same slogan appeared along with the famous manga character Machiko Sensei from a 2006 work by famed artist Go Nagai, which showed a female emerging from the end of a condom.
A lack of condom use and the rising frequency of new sex partners are reasons experts have cited for the higher number of HIV and AIDS cases in Japan. New HIV infections reached a record 1,126 in 2008, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. The number of AIDS cases over the same period was 431, bringing the combined total to 1,557 — also an all-time high.
This continues a trend in which reported HIV infections have generally risen since 1996. However, there is one positive within the demographic breakdown of infections, explains the Japan Foundation for AIDS Prevention, which supports the telethon again this year.
"The number of cases within the general population is not rising," says Yasushi Sawazaki, director of the program operation section at JFAP. "Over the last five or six years, more than 60 percent of new HIV cases were as a result of men having sex with men."
The overall situation remains of great concern, however, maintains Sawazaki. The foundation focuses much of its efforts on educating the gay population, which in Tokyo means working with committees that hand out condoms in bars in the gay quarter of Shinjuku 2-chome. The group also attempts to reach out to commercial sex workers and minorities that might not have access to adequate HIV information.
"Young people and teenagers will learn the basics about HIV in school," Sawazaki explains. "But HIV is an issue related to sexual behavior. . . . We have to intervene and link knowledge to behavior."
Actress agencies require that girls undergo HIV checks once every three to six months. Most male stars are hired on a freelance basis and are tested independently. Paradise requires all actors to wear protection during regular filming. "It is just a matter of common sense within the adult video field," says Shinichiro Fukuyama, a Paradise representative. "We have to do it to protect the bodies of the actresses."
Shiba is committed to continuing the pledge drive into the future, saying that it is a rare chance to show a positive side to the adult entertainment business.
"I feel that in taking a stance on the AIDS problem, we can convey that we are concerned with important issues shaping the world today," he says.
Last year, the telethon raised a total of about 2 million yen. Besting that sum is not a concern for Shiba.
"The donation amount is not a priority," he explains. "We think that raising awareness (about HIV and AIDS) among as many people as possible is the point. We have to help make some noise in Japan. That is what motivates us."
Note: This report originally appeared in the Japan Times on August 28, 2009.


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This is a topic for the Energy & Buildings focus workgroup to tackle. Some peer cities mandate and some incentivize energy waste reduction. Also keep in mind that if the utility companies reach their net-zero goals, that makes our goal easier to attain.
Absolutely. The city uses Midtown Composting company which services municipal, business, and residential customers. Also, there are other companies that offer similar services.
Great point. It's something to keep in mind going forward. Although, there are many low-hanging fruit actions that building owners can take to reduce energy waste and save money. (including no-cost behavioral changes) An energy efficiency education program for residential and commercial buildings seems like a great initiative to get us started!
We are engaging in one-on-one discussions and presenting to the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce to ask the commercial sector to join the energy and buildings focus workgroup or offer feedback in a different format.
The workgroups will meet 4-5 times over the late summer/early fall. Each group will create its own meeting schedule and location. (in-person or online remote meeting)
The main task for the workgroups is for them to vet specific ideas and bring forward the best actions/goals for their respective focus topic, as recommendations for inclusion in the sustainability plan. Stay tuned for the workgroup kick-off information.
This is a substantial consideration within the goals/actions development process. Each focus workgroup will be tasked with vetting their respective topic ideas against several criteria, including affordability.
Yes! Everyone who filled out the Interest Form (linked on www.romi.gov/sustainability) or responded to the focus topic question during the live presentation (and left contact info) will be contacted. If neither of those apply and you would like to partici[pate in a workgroup, fill out the form at: www.romi.gov/sustainability
The workgroups will meet 4-5 times over the late summer/early fall. Each group will create its own meeting schedule and location. (in-person or online remote meeting) Stay tuned for the workgroup kick-off information.
The city only offers one size of recycling toters (large bin on wheels). If you need more recycling capacity, you can also put out your old recycle bin (18 gal. green bin wi/yellow lid) or purchase an additional 65 gal. toter for $50. To purchase an additional toter, call DPS at 248-246-3300 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Just a quick PSA: Garmin has just announced that they are voluntarily recalling 1.25 million nüvi navigation units due to the possibility of faulty batteries. A press release explains that some devices, with a specific printed circuit board design, could contain defective third-party batteries that, "in rare circumstances, increase the possibility of overheating, which may lead to a fire hazard." The nüvi models affected include those with the model numbers 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT. If you want to determine if your nüvi is being recalled you can visit garmin.com/nuvibatterypcbrecall to check. We have the full press release after the break.
Garmin® Announces Limited Recall of Certain nüvi® Personal Navigation Devices
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that it is voluntarily recalling approximately 1.25 million nüvi personal navigation devices (of which approximately 796,000 units were sold in the United States) that contain batteries manufactured by a third-party supplier within a defined date code range and that have a specific printed circuit board (PCB) design. Garmin has identified potential overheating issues when the third party supplier's batteries manufactured within this limited date code range are used in certain Garmin devices with the PCB design. It appears that the interaction of these factors can, in rare circumstances, increase the possibility of overheating, which may lead to a fire hazard.
This issue has been identified in less than ten cases in total involving certain nüvi models. None of the reported incidents has caused significant property damage and no injuries have occurred. Nevertheless, given Garmin's longstanding commitment to safety and customer satisfaction, Garmin is proactively recalling nüvi units with the specific PCB design and with batteries from the specific date code range out of an abundance of caution. Garmin strongly urges customers to go online to determine if their nüvi device is one of the few nüvi models affected by this recall and, if so, to participate in the program. Only the 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT (where xx is a two-digit number) model numbers may be affected. These units were sold worldwide.
To determine if a unit is affected, customers can visit http://www.garmin.com/nuvibatterypcbrecall. They will be asked to enter their nüvi's serial number, and if their unit has the specific PCB design and contains a battery from the specific date range, they will be given instructions on how to return their nüvi at no charge. Garmin will replace the battery and insert a spacer on top of the battery next to the PCB before returning the nüvi to affected customers free of charge. If customers are unable to access the website, they may contact Garmin through one of the phone numbers below:
• In the United States and Canada, call (866) 957-1981
• In North America and South America outside the U.S. or Canada call +913 397-8200
• In Europe, Middle East, and Africa, call +44 870 850 1242
• In Asia, call 886/2.2642.9199
• In Australia, call 1800 113 738; and in New Zealand call 0800 427 652Owners should not attempt to remove or service the battery on their own. To ensure that the unit's battery is replaced as part of this recall, please return any affected unit directly to a Garmin-authorized facility, using the procedure outlined above.
Garmin is making every effort to cooperate with customers, dealers, and regulatory agencies worldwide, and the company apologizes for the inconvenience that this issue may cause.
Garmin does not expect this recall to have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows. The battery supplier has agreed to share the cost of replacement battery packs and all other costs of the recall program.


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Welcome to this site devoted to the study of the Munsee Delaware language.
The author of this website is very much indebted to Ives Goddard, PhD, senior linguist for the Smithsonian and to John O'Meara, PhD Professor and Dean at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Both of these men have devoted much time and effort to the study and preservation of the native languages of North America, including Munsee Delaware. Much of the content on this website is directly or indirectly derived from publications and books they have written. These works were in turn based on field work which started in the 1960s with speakers of the huluníixsuwaakan, the native language.
Xwatanúshiik (huge thanks) to both of these extraordinary men for their contributions to this project.
I also thank my teacher, the late Chohkalihle Jacobs, for his encouragements, expertise and devotion to teaching the language.