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MAKING STRIDES: Attendance was up for the week, and that in itself is cause to make a tournament director smile. But on Saturday morning, Anne Worcester was grinning the Cheshire Cat grin as another successful Connecticut Open tennis tournament was coming to an end.
"There have been a lot of positive changes," Worcester said in her annual "state of the tournament" press conference before the singles finals. "The Connecticut Open is off to a great start. We're rebuilding and growing the event. It's been a remarkable year of transformation ¦ the state stepping in to purchase the WTA sanction, and we've been looking at all areas of the event and how we can strengthen the tournament."
Along those lines, the tournament upgraded its food services with several new vendors and added a men's "Legends" event featuring Fairfield's James Blake playing Jim Courier one night and Andy Roddick the next. That, according to Worcester, was "exceedingly successful."
Thanks to a Saturday final crowd of 3,285, the 2014 event finished with an overall attendance of 47,140 -- up 1,344 from the 2013 total of 45,796. It was a small increase but a step in the right direction.
"Attendance is up, so we're happy about that. We hope that we're reversing the trend and we can begin to grow it back year by year," Worcester said. "There's a new kind of energy. People are excited that the event is still here."
Long-term plans for the tournament, and specifically the Connecticut Tennis Center, include the installation of a new heating/air conditioning system, switching from electricity to gas, building a permanent kitchen/catering facility and the construction of permanent sky boxes/luxury suites.
"This year a lot of the (state) bonding money is going toward the `back of the house' things," Worcester said. "But part of the budget is going toward (future) design to see if we can make this into a more multipurpose facility."
DOUBLING UP: In the doubles finals Saturday, the team of Andreja Klepac and Silvia Soler-Espinosa defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja and Marina Erakovic 7-5, 4-6, 10-7 (super tiebreak).
"For me it was so exciting to win," said Soler-Espinosa. "To win this ¦ this is an amazing tournament. We had such a good week together. I'm so happy."
It was just the second time that Soler-Espinsoa and Klepac have played doubles together, but their chemistry was solid, especially in the tiebreaker, when they won the last three points to take the match.
"We spoke and we said, `We're here (in the finals) because we've played well all week," said Soler-Espinosa. "We are trying to be aggressive, let's continue playing the same. That was most important. Then it all came together."
"I'm very happy with the way we played all through the week," added Klepac. "Every match we improved."
Klepac and Soler-Espinosa were playing at an ITF event in Bastad when the two started talking about playing doubles together for the summer hard court season. They agreed to play and teamed up for the first time last week in Cincinnati.
"We are looking forward to playing more tournaments together, of course," Klepac said. "We improved in every match in this tournament. We played well."


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Welcome to the double planet
SMART-1 is Europe's first mission to the Moon. Scientists taking part will soon have a 21st Century view of our companion in space, which makes our connection with it more intimate than ever.
The Moon is already no longer seen merely as a satellite, but as Earth's daughter, forming a 'double planet'.
When humans first went to sea, many thousands of years ago, they monitored the phases and motions of the Moon to know the state of the tide in various harbours. More subtle shifts, up and down the sky, fascinated prehistoric experts who wanted to predict eclipses.
Computing the first Full Moon after the spring equinox defined Easter in the Christian calendar. And before modern lighting, convenors of meetings chose dates with predictable moonlight, to help participants on their way.
Such ancient technical interest in the Moon never conflicted with the admiration for its beauty, from pagan worshippers of Diana the Huntress to writers of modern pop songs. Nor need it do so now.
The fact that humans have walked on the Moon, and will again, should not diminish but enhance the sense of wonder. In the modern perspective, seeking a lunar foothold for science and technology could be a natural step after establishing bases in the harsh but splendid landscapes of Antarctica.
Beauty and science go hand in hand. The artist Leonardo da Vinci was perhaps the first to figure out 500 years ago that the subtle glow on the dark part of a crescent Moon is due to light from Earth.
Now astronomers and space scientists measure that 'earthshine' to gauge variations in our planet's cloudiness, and the role of clouds in climate change.
The Moon is almost as wide as the planet Mercury, and 27% of the width of Earth. Compared with its planet, it is relatively far larger than any other moon in the Solar System.
Our neighbour Mars has two small moons, and Venus none at all. The geology of those planets is totally different from ours. So it is not far-fetched to ask whether the Moon's existence gives Earth qualities especially suited to life.
According to a leading theory, the Moon was formed by a collision with a huge object when Earth was very young. SMART-1 will investigate this idea. The spacecraft will also examine the craters of the Moon that chronicle a prolonged bombardment of the double planet by comets and asteroids.
There is a particularly large basin near the Moon's south pole, which SMART-1 will scrutinise. Our own planet suffered even more severely from such impacts.
Earth and Moon have shared a common history for 4500 million years. Knowing the Moon more thoroughly will help scientists to understand our home in space. Then we may be better able to safeguard it.

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The FUCT kids line, Flake, was released for Summer 2009. The Japanese brand worked on a collaboration with the band Suicidal Tendencies. We have seen the pattern before in a Vans x Suicidal Tendencies collaboration and now its back on a kids outfit, consisting of shirts and a matching tee. The t-shirt comes in three colorways and the shorts only in black.


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Clashes in Egypt Kill One, Injure Scores
At least one person is dead and 85 are injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi in the city of Alexandria. WSJ reporter Matt Bradley joins The News Hub from Cairo.
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Grenades, weapons found near Calif. Marijuana grow
Law enforcement officials in Humboldt County say they called in a bomb squad after finding inert grenades and weapons near a Northern California marijuana grow.
The Times-Standard of Eureka reports ( https://bit.ly/UG9v5s ) the Humboldt County Drug Task Force called in a bomb squad on Tuesday to investigate a marijuana grow behind the former Eel River Sawmill, north of Rio Dell.
Officials say one wing of the building had been converted into an indoor marijuana grow where they found 576 plants, two grenades and six firearms and $5,800 in cash. Officials say three people were arrested in the raid Tuesday morning at the defunct sawmill.
Beth Hendry and Nathan Titchener, both 28, as well as 21-year-old Ben Titchener were taken into custody at the scene. Their hometowns were not immediately available.


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text: Home > Business US Fed hammers home message against inflation ABS-CBN News Posted at Jun 11 2008 01:24 AM | Updated as of Jun 11 2008 09:24 AM Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reuters WASHINGTON - Top Federal Reserve officials hammered home on Tuesday the US central bank's determination not to allow inflation to get out of control, cementing views that interest rates will rise later this year. The remarks by two regional Fed presidents followed hard-line comments on Monday night from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Fed would "strongly resist" any deterioration in inflation expectations. Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher, one of the most anti-inflation members of the interest rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee after three dissents against steep rate cuts, echoed Bernanke. "We want to make sure the message is clear ... that we will not countenance building inflationary expectations," he told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. A second policy-maker, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren, also warned that inflationary pressures were being stoked by soaring energy and food prices, and after aggressive Fed interest rate cuts since September. "The effects of significant increases in food and energy prices are still feeding through the economy, as are the impacts of appropriately aggressive monetary and fiscal policy responses to the recent financial turmoil," he said in a speech at a conference on Cape Cod hosted by the Boston Fed. The remarks helped tilt odds in financial futures markets to an 80 percent likelihood that the Fed will hike its overnight fed funds benchmark by a quarter percentage point to 2.25 percent at its meeting in September. Investors see rates back at 3 percent by next March. The Fed slashed borrowing costs aggressively to shield the US economy from a housing crisis after the collapse of the subprime mortgage market last year, which sparked a global credit crunch that has chilled US growth. Fisher said he wanted to draw the line at 3.5 percent for benchmark rates and made plain that recent signals on inflation expectations were causing him some concern. "The anecdotal evidence, the headlines that we're reading in the newspapers, and the survey data, is not encouraging," he told his audience in response to a question. "That worries me a great deal. It's beginning to work its way into expectations, and when you begin to work your way into expectations, business and consumers behave accordingly and then you have a problem. "So you want to make sure that is not encouraged and we will do the level best we can to do so," he said. The Fed's last rate cut was accompanied by a statement clearly hinting that the easing campaign had been paused while policy-makers waited for the benefits of lower borrowing costs to filter through into the economy, and as emergency Fed steps to calm spooked financial markets healed frayed nerves. Since then, the Fed has also noticeably stiffened its rhetoric in support of the dollar, which notched record lows against the euro this year as the US central bank slashed rates while the European Central Bank stayed on hold. Foreign exchange market conditions will be reviewed by finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of Eight rich nations at a meeting in Japan this weekend. In advance of this gathering, remarks by ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet that euro zone borrowing costs may in fact have to rise have buffeted the dollar further. But Fisher dismissed talk that the Fed and ECB were at odds over policy. "I admire Trichet's emphasis on price stability. We are not competing against the Europeans," he said. Share Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Business Read More:


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Lenze Denmark
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Lenze A/S is the head office of Lenze Nordic that also includes Lenze Sweden, Lenze Finland and Lenze Norway. We have our office near Copenhagen and offer you sales and technical support within drive and automation systems.
Lenze is a leading automation company for the machine-building industry and a specialist in Motion Centric Automation. As a systems supplier with solutions competence, Lenze works for and with its customers to create high-quality mechatronic products and packages, powerful systems consisting of hardware and software for machine automation, as well as digitalisation services in areas such as big data management, cloud or mobile solutions, and software for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Lenze is one of the few providers in the market who are alongside you for the entire development process of your machine - from initial ideas all the way to after-sales, from the control system all the way to the drive shaft. This partnership brings in the latest drive & automation technology, makes your projects run faster and gives you more time for your particular design expertise. We supply complete drive and automation solutions including HMI, controllers, drives, motors, and gears. All these components are of course also provided separately as well as electromechanical brakes and couplings.
Our offer is unique on the market in its diversity. Our products are of high quality, innovative and perfectly coordinated and can be easily extended or combined. This consistent scalability helps to avoid over-dimensioning and save costs - not only for the initial investment itself, but also later during operation. The product range of Lenze is extensive allowing many of our customers to make Lenze the single source of drive and automation.
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Celebrities from the music, entertainment and sporting fields have shown their compassion and support for animals confined to factory farms. Just like everyday Australians across the country, these stars are taking action to ensure that animals are given a voice.
In our groundbreaking television commercials and exclusive online content, these famous Australians explain in their own words why they are against factory farming and why they have thrown their support behind the Make it Possible campaign.We've gathered many of them together in our inspirational extended Make it Possible web video, available for you to watch and share here.
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If you are an Xbox 360 owner and you've been online in the last week, the odds are that you have seen at least a few of your friends playing Gears of War 3. The game is officially a grade-A bona fide hit, but we already knew that—the only question is how big of a hit.
Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive Gears of War 3 has sold more than 3 million copies in its first week, making it the highest grossing game of the year. It also pushed the franchise past the one billion dollar mark, making it the first Xbox 360 franchise to achieve that.
Now, there are two big asterisks on that stat. The first is that Gears 3 is the highest grossing game released in 2011, but Pokemon Black and White on the DS has sold more copies–3.6 million since March in America alone. That game was originally released in Japan last year though, and it costs significantly less as a DS title. The bigger asterisk is for the rest of the year.
With over a dozen major releases due between now and the end of the year, Gears 3 will likely drop a few spots. The smart money is on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to take the top spot for the year, with several contenders—notably Battlefield 3—jockeying for second place.
Still, asterisk aside, 3 million copies is a major milestone that only a handful of games have reached. And with more and more fans joining the critics in praising the game, those sales totals should continue to climb.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Spontaneous Learning Centre - Taiwan Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Spontaneous Learning Centre - Taiwan Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Taiwan View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sheridanJoined: 15 Mar 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 1:22 am Post subject: Spontaneous Learning Centre - Taiwan Does anybody out there know anything about this school? They responded very quickly to an ad I posted and have interviewed me by phone. They sounded very positive about my application and interview and I would like some independent advice before I accept / decline an offer. I look forward to advice from all you Taiwan vets. Back to top WorkingVacaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 135 Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 3:23 am Post subject: Suspicious I interviewed with them but walked out. They basically didn't ask me any questions, just shoved a contract at me to sign. All the work is on-call, and they'll want you on-call 24-7. The contract has a place for you to fill in your schedule and they'll tell you to leave it blank: "Oh, we do that for you." The pay wasn't anything to get worked up over either--about 500NT/hour I think. There were some other loopholes in the contract I can't remeber. AND, they had about 3 other newly-arrived foreigners in the office filling out applications too. I just got a bad vibe, so I said thanks and left. Back to top AristotleJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1388Location: Taiwan Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 4:41 am Post subject: Working Outside of Taipei Be advised that the labor situation outside of Taipei is very different from the capital. Taipei is considered by some to be almost a civilized place to live. They even enforce some of the laws here. The rest of the Taiwan is, for the most part, a lawless island. In Taipei you may have some rights and job security. Central Taiwan on the other hand, is not for the uninitiated. Back to top sheridanJoined: 15 Mar 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 5:04 am Post subject: Thank you to WorkingVaca and Aristotle for your advice. I will take care before signing any contract. Aristotle - Do you know the location of the Spontaneous Learning Centre? I have checked my emails and realize that none of them state the location of this school. Mr Kwok, my interviewer, did state that it was a school not one of a chain and, if my memory serves me well, he mentioned Taipei. If you know anything to the contary or can confirm the location, please reply. Thanks again. Back to top AristotleJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1388Location: Taiwan Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 5:38 am Post subject: Names Change Many Schools will change the English Name of the school after getting a bad reputation for themselves. If you can get the address, I can run it through our data base for a match. Or the Chinese name, as that is much more difficult to change. A. Back to top sheridanJoined: 15 Mar 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 6:02 am Post subject: Thanks Aristotle I have sent an email asking for the address of the school and await their reply. I only have an email address - [email protected]. Is this any use? Back to top sheridanJoined: 15 Mar 2003Posts: 20 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2003 1:22 pm Post subject: Thank you again to Aristotle and Workingvaca for your help. I have decided not to accept the position with the Spontaneous Learning Centre and I have accepted a position in Gifu, Japan. I may yet get to Taiwan as I expect to be teaching EFL for a long time. 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Samsung officially launched its hotly anticipated Galaxy S4 Android phone last night at an event in Sydney, with the device officially going on sale in Australia from Saturday 27 April.
The Galaxy S4 will be available to pre-order from today through Samsung's Experience Stores in Sydney and Melbourne, while a third pop-up store called the "Galaxy Studio" has been set up at Sydney's Opera House.
The Galaxy S4 will officially be available to purchase outright at these stores from Saturday 27 April for $899. Additionally, it will be available through Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and Virgin Mobile on various contract plans from Monday 29 April, though some stores may have limited stock on Saturday.
The Australian model of the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) is powered by a Qualcomm manufactured Snapdragon 600 processor, is 4G capable and comes with 16GB of internal memory. Samsung will not sell the 32GB or 64GB models of the Galaxy S4 in Australia.
Globally, the majority of 4G Galaxy S4 models come with Qualcomm's Snapdragon while 3G versions are generally equipped with the Samsung Exynos chip.
Samsung Australia's vice president of communications, Tyler McGee, also confirmed a number of local apps for the Galaxy S4. WatchOn is a free-to-air EPG launching at the end of May, while an Australian video-on-demand service that will include local catch up TV services and movies will launch sometime in June.
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I have 4 children, of which are in school currently, and I am just astounished of the schooling system! My 10 year old daughter can't even spell Washington or petals! I have to help her spell those kinds of things that I could spell when I was her age. I was not, at her age, that great of a speller either. On top of that, the school is not even ready to teach any of the children because they had to open the schools instead of waiting until the school was finished. They have no computer hooked up. My eldest is in with the middle schoolers and to make matters worse the teacher, in not so many words, is telling me to do her homework for her and that to get used to technology being the educational means! Trust me when I say my eldest is not maturely ready for a computer let alone to do any learn online! She and her siblings already have broken two computers and we refuse to buy a third if the second one gets broke since we sent it to the factory to be repaired.
I know I can educate them at home better, but I am really unsure of whether or not to do so. I really like my kids being in school getting their social and educational training. But it is really hard to say it is great when you see your child falling behind because of the lack from the educational system.
What I guess I am asking for is opinions about what I should do.
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Well, of course we are going to advocate homeschooling. This is a homeschoooling forum, would be funny if we didn't Regarding socialization - sitting in class is not really socialization. Socialization only starts when school is over, and there are all sorts of things you can do for social activities as a homeschooler. My siblings have done Civil Air Patrol, Tae Kwon Do, Boy Scouts, swim team, various clubs and competitions, etc. Depending on the schools in your area, you may be able to homeschool and still participate in school sports or other school activities as well.
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Miley Cyrus won't be told what she should wear or what she should sing about.
The 17-year-old is releasing new album, "Can't Be Tamed," and is doing it her way, even though some say she is going to too far for her age.
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"I'm not trying to be 'slutty,'" said Cyrus in a recent interview. "I'm not trying to be like, go to the club and get a bunch of guys… what I'm trying to do is to make a point with my record and look consistent, in the way my record sounds and the way I dress."
What she wears has been put under the spotlight recently. Some thought the video for "Can't Be Tamed" was too provocative, and others have criticized her for revealing too much skin in her outfits.
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Cyrus admits to being partial to shorts and hot pants. But she sees nothing wrong with flashing her legs.
"I'm really comfortable with my body, I work really hard to be fit and to know that I can wear whatever makes me most comfortable. I feel more comfortable dressing with a little less, which is just how I've always been," she said.
"Now I'm able to do that a little more freely and, also, I've just grown up to be this way too. It's not like this was me five years ago. It's me now, presently."
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Maturing is Cyrus' current mission.
She'll finally shed the blonde wig of her Disney pop star persona, "Hannah Montana," when it ends this year. Then Cyrus will be free to embrace her solo stardom and sex appeal.
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"When you're 11, the word you would use to describe someone is definitely not sexy, and as you get older I think you grow into that. And I think I've done that but that's not my schtick. That's not what I'm trying to do to sell records. I want people to buy my record because of my music."
"Can't Be Tamed" is out on Monday.
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MythTV can act as a UPnP server, allowing compatibility with many media client devices. This page is intended to provide detailed information on the various UPnP clients available and how they work with MythTV.
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Well, everyone and his dog are splashing the cash! Except West Ham United or so it seems, Do Sully and Co have something dramatic in the pipeline?
We will update this page throughout the evening, but don't hold your breath! - Ed
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 19:33
the rest has been underwhelming and we are looking weak in the same positions as last season.....with the carvalho deal dead rumours of loan for wilshire come up again and miralles loan but everton want permanent deal....so wheres the big club attitude meant to come with the move...still shopping at pound land....expect to hear the same old lines of we tried to sign this player that player but couldn't do it.....come january more panic buys as the club struggle and so it goes on....if you dont learn from your mistakes you are doomed to repeat them.
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 19:44
La Vida Hammer
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 19:51
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 20:00
Same old shit.. Just waiting to hear all the excuses that our board are no doubt gonna spurt out. 3 fckn idiots..
Red Neck Iron
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 20:39
I'm going to bed early imagine my surprise when I wake up to our shiney new signingS.
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 21:54
Mido!!was spotted in westfield earlier this afternoon...
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 21:14
that they cannot see what we are lacking and what we need, how are they so stupid.
Red Neck Iron
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 21:26
If we don't sign some quality tonight, it's the last time I'm gona shop in Ann summers! (Not really Mr gold, I've heard you have got a very nice line in merchandise these days.)
moore 6 legend
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 00:25
No rabbits pulled from the hat tonight red ;)
Betty Swollox
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 22:32
It's hilarious what a non event the whole thing is. SKY look ridiculous telling us about deals that have not happened, 'coming next the full story of why he didn't sign' who cares!? Absolute wallies. Maybe the clubs are taking the power back from the players, who knows? As for Sakho trying the Payet line about personal reasons, its funny ho whey emerged on deadline day, knob head let him rot in the reserves
Red Neck Iron
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 11:45
Betty bbc were doing the same this morning. Going on about what DIDNT happen. In other news. North Korea didn't get attacked this morning by America and Teresa may didn't resign.
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 23:06
Burkie 1
Thu, 31/08/2017 - 23:35
About Allardice i cant remember a section of supporters holding up a manager out placard before albeit away supporters ,not even Roader who in my opinion was the worst .
On Carroll ,its fukin ridiculous, should be well gone .
On the move ,said it from the start its a move we'll live to regret.
On our status ,yep we are lookin a bit ridiculous, i was wearing one of my west ham tee shirts yesterday cutting the grass and a couple of young lads came past with big grins over their boats .
On following west ham ,should come with a government health warning ,haven't been so pessimistic about our future in yonks.
On Billic ,still say it between him and Wenger who walks first .
On Hernandez, we've been lookin for an old fashioned goal poacher for zillions of years ,what happens when we finally get one ?we dont give him the ball of course .
And on the Driscoll brothers ,they saw an opportunity to enrich themselves beyond even their wildest dreams and if it does go tits up they'll just do what every millionaire does ,they'll just walk away
Burkie 1
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 09:25
Become a bit of a laughing stock haven't we burkie?
As much as Bilic is to blame for the obvious, I do think the owners have hung him out to dry.
Btw I always get abuse here in Swansea when I wear my colours (probably even more so now that they've had a very successful window).
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 11:55
Spread the word in the valleys mate!!;)
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 06:24
1..top striker 2.man who needs anger management 3.nervy keeper 4.old peoples home resident......stuck with odemwenge mark 2 after his trek mm better check his hamstrings....so a leaky defence,midfield with one creative player when fit,i wonder just how we are going to get on if we beat Huddersfield a week Monday and on current form that's a big if the wba game away is for me the acid test for rest of the season.
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 08:51
We sold: Nordveit, Fletcher, Randolph, Feghouli, Valencia, and sent out Oxford, Burke, Cullen and Snodgrass on loan, and let go Hendrie, Spiegel, Arbeloa, Calleri, and Tore. That's a huge amount off the wage bill and an income of £22.6M in transfer fees. So that covers the fee for Arnautovic and we're left with about £13M net spend for Hernandez. Take off of that the profit made last January from the sale of Payet (less the £10M for Snodrass) and we are just about evens. No real outlay of cash to speak of. This despite the huge jump in television rights income, the profit from the sale of the Boleyn and the cheap arrangements for rental of the London Stadium. Yes, this is really an AMBITIOUS Club!!! We're going places!!! PFFFF.
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 09:42
Joke of a club.no more to say other than championship here we come
La Vida Hammer
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 10:12
Less time launching new kit and got on with purchasing players we might get somewhere. Another joke of a transfer window
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 11:58
The players have worn on the rare occasions we have won,also their training kits!!is there nothing they wont try to sell us?how about snodgrass"s used jockstrap??
moore 6 legend
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 18:04
Well iv'e just offered em,£4.99 for the 3rd shirt,i told em the deal is on the table take or leave it ;)
Sun, 03/09/2017 - 23:13
Is it true they accepted as long as you take Carroll with it?
Red Neck Iron
Mon, 04/09/2017 - 11:32
Carroll an expensive hat stand.
moore 6 legend
Tue, 05/09/2017 - 01:31
LOL!I heard Andy Carroll has turned down being the new face of L'Oreal hair products as everyone burst into fits of laughter everytime he uttered the words "Because I'm Worth It!" ;)
Tue, 05/09/2017 - 07:33
When Andy Carroll gets to start in Slaven's one-up-front system. Thing is, with Carroll AND Hernandez up front we might have a chance.
Burkie 1
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 11:12
Still we've allways got west ham coffee
Burkie 1
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 11:59
Get it right Burkie!!;)
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 12:33
Burkie 1
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 16:44
Burkie 1
Dartford Bhoy
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 16:13
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 16:52
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 17:45
Especially as the geordies didnt get any players in last night!
moore 6 legend
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 17:59
Well benny ain't gonna be any better off,with our penny pinching lot
Sat, 02/09/2017 - 11:44
Rafa will come in,paraded in front of the cameras doing the crossed hammers..sugo will say - we have one of the best managers in the world,we will back him to the hilt...yeah right!!
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 20:22
All Gold and Sullivan bought into West Ham for was the Olympic Stadium.
They don't give a toss about the club.....only money.
Burkie 1
Fri, 01/09/2017 - 21:44
You think ?
Burkie 1
Deluded Hammer
Sat, 02/09/2017 - 11:06
Burkie 1
Sat, 02/09/2017 - 21:40
There was a referendum? ??
Burkie 1
Sat, 02/09/2017 - 13:15
85% in favour wasnt it,or something like that!!
Sat, 02/09/2017 - 13:29
what are we gonna do. there's talk of banners, but I suppose they'll target Bilic more than Sugo. I can't see Rafa being any happier at West Ham than he is at Newcastle; don't see why he'd come.
Sat, 02/09/2017 - 20:14
Sullivan accused of being a lying parasite
Sun, 03/09/2017 - 06:38
Sullivan should offer the evidence to show that the board were genuinely trying to strengthen the squad. Watching Carvalho playing for Portugal, he was instrumental in creating numerous chances and even ended up scoring. He would have brought some creativity into the midfield and could have replaced Noble.
Sun, 03/09/2017 - 07:19
Two players were offered to bilic by chairman well that sounds Strange surely bilic should be asking what players he wants.something not right at our club
Sun, 03/09/2017 - 10:08
The chairmen are setting Bilic up.
La Vida Hammer
Tue, 05/09/2017 - 09:27
Burkie 1
Tue, 05/09/2017 - 10:44
We're still not certs for the drop
Burkie 1


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Goodnight: 'Jim-Bob' Hamner dies at 67
The youngest child in the beloved '70s television series The Waltons was called Jim-Bob. On April 1, the real-life Jim-Bob– James E. Hamner– who lived most of his life in the family home in Schuyler, died in the arms of his sister Audrey.
For thousands of Waltons' fans who poured into Schuyler to visit the Walton's Mountain Museum and the Hamner homeplace, he was the living embodiment of the Waltons.
"He did represent something, and he tried to live up to it," says family friend Isis Ringrose.
She recalls a constant barrage of visitors knocking at his door. "They looked at him as an institution," says Ringrose. "He was gracious. He represented the world of the Waltons without bringing in any of his pain and suffering."
Hamner, who died from lung cancer at age 67, was born in the house in Schuyler and lived there until last December, when the house was auctioned.
"I've gotten too old, and my health doesn't allow me to do the work that needs to be done," Hamner told The Hook last November.
He moved to an apartment in Charlottesville, and his older brother, Waltons' creator Earl Hamner, thinks the change was a good one. "He'd been living in that house all his life. I think he liked moving into a shiny new apartment. His friends always congregated around him, sitting on the porch. I think that continued."
Sitting on the front porch of the Schuyler house after a reunion of the show's cast members is Waltons International Fan Club president Carolyn Grinnell's favorite memory. The last time she saw Hamner, "We sat on the porch and had a beautiful time," she says. "He kissed me on the cheek, and said, 'I love you, darlin'.'"
Things were not always so harmonic in Schuyler. In 2002, Jim and Earl Hamner had a bitter falling out with the Walton's Mountain Museum after the board of directors voted Jim out as treasurer. Earl withdrew his support– and his memorabilia– from the museum.
Ringrose thinks the animosity with the museum may have been a factor in Jim's decision to move to Charlottesville. "I think he didn't want anyone to see him dying," she says.
Hamner worked for 35 years as a systems analyst in patient financial services at UVA. Even after he retired, his expertise was frequently needed. "He was always willing to help," says former co-worker Frances Coffey. "He loved people asking him questions."
When he was first diagnosed with emphysema, his friends at the hospital, says Coffey, were "devastated," and she admits, "I tried to cure him with my Jello shooters."
Jim Hamner was an animal lover who had a "funny-looking poodle" and who raised golden pheasants in the backyard, says brother Earl, who now lives in California.
When Earl would come back to Virginia, Jim took him fishing and driving around. "He knew people all over the county," Earl marvels. On Earl's last visit home, his little brother took him to Hatton Ferry "and to a place I'd never seen before called Yogaville," says Earl. "Jim was a wonderful guide."
He also was a self-taught piano player frequently sought after to play at parties, according to his brother. "He played those old Baptist hymns," says Earl, "and he had a way with ricky-ticky tunes."
Hamner lived with his mother, Doris, until her death in 1990. "Jim would take in children in trouble who needed a refuge to overcome addiction or bad homes," says Earl. "He'd be tough on them. But he was there when they needed someone to care about them."
"Some people are generous with their money," says Isis Ringrose. "He was generous with his being."
Jim Hamner's absence from Schuyler has been hard on Ringrose, who lives up the road from the old Hamner homeplace. "It's very difficult to pass through there everyday, because he always had the light on welcoming you," she says.
She saw him a week ago. "I still called him Bad Boy, and he laughed," she recalls. "He tried very hard not to give in. He knew he wasn't going to be here long, and he wanted it to be quick."
To the last Hamner child to live in the town made famous by The Waltons, Ringrose offers this simple tribute: "You're talking about the soul of an era."
Siblings James "Jim-Bob" and Audrey "Erin" Hamner.
James Edmund Hamner, June 21, 1936, to April 1, 2004.
David W. Harper played "Jim-Bob" on the Waltons.


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Get the Titanfall Season Pass and extend the fight on the Frontier with three new content packs. The Season Pass expands Titanfall by delivering all three planned content packs as soon as they become available.
Titanfall RU change to English IMPORTANT NOTE:
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Titanfall Release Date:
Titanfall will be released on 11th March 2014 in the US and 13th March 2014 in UK and across Europe.
Titanfall story plot:
Imagine: It's the future. You're caught in the middle of an epic firefight. In the thick of the action you look upwards. Out of the sky drops an enormous 24-foot-tall weaponized behemoth. And it's waiting for a pilot: you.
This is Titanfall, an intense, competitive multiplayer shooter coming this March. The team responsible honed its skills crafting the Call of Duty franchise, so yes, it's in very good hands.
It is no longer soldier vs. soldier in this first-person shooter. Titans are hugely powered and heavily armored, but teamwork and well-choreographed strategy from the Pilots can bring one down.
Pilot or Titan ... how will you dominate in Titanfall?
Titanfall Game Play Key features:
- Pilots vs. Titans: Do you take to the warzone on foot or do you leap into the 24-foot tall metallic monstrosity? Pilots can maneuver through the fight with acrobatic grace, but the Titans are absolutely brutal in strength and firepower.
- Multiplayer-exclusive action: Titanfall is being developed from the ground up as an online multiplayer experience—but with all the characters, story and memorable moments of single player infused.
- Produced by the Co-creators of Call of Duty: Respawn Entertainment consists of key members of the team that lived and breathed multiplayer first-person shooters for years. Titanfall accumulates that knowledge and experience and builds a brand-new take in a whole new universe.


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Missouri slaughterhouse recalling tons of beef distributed by Whole Foods in Connecticut
WASHINGTON >> The Whole Foods beef recall has skipped over the Milford, Conn., location, as the store was not affected by the 4,012 pounds of potentially infected beef distributed throughout the New England area.
Fruitland American Meat in Jackson, Mo., is recalling 4,012 pounds of beef processed at the facility between September 2013 and April 2014 and distributed to New England by a Whole Foods center in Connecticut, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday. The meat processor may have failed to follow federal regulations aimed at preventing mad cow disease, the USDA said.
The recalled meat was packaged in 40-pound cases of bone-in ribeye and quartered beef carcasses, and then shipped to a Whole Foods distribution center in Connecticut that serves stores in New England, as well as two restaurants, in New York and Kansas City, Mo.
USDA inspectors discovered during a review of the company's logs that parts of the cattle's nervous systems may not have been completely removed, as required by law.
Whole Foods spokesman Michael Sinatra said, "We are closely monitoring this issue with one of our suppliers, to ensure full compliance with the USDA's regulations and our own high quality standards for beef. The USDA is classifying this as a 'remote probability of adverse health consequences,' and it applies to 34 of our 383 stores, located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. There have been no cases of reported BSE or any other illnesses associated with this product, and no products currently in our stores are affected. We are seeking confirmation of the age of the cattle, as the USDA believes this may simply be an issue of improper documentation. Our standards mandate that all grass-fed cattle destined for Whole Foods Market be processed by the age of 28 months to mitigate the risk of BSE, which has been found only in much older cattle. The safety of our customers is a top priority, and we take very seriously our commitment to providing the highest quality, most responsibly raised meat available in the marketplace."
Sinatra said the Milford store, at 1686 Boston Post Road, was not affected by the recall, nor were the Whole Foods locations in Danbury or Fairfield County. The Connecticut stores named in the recall are the locations in the Hartford area, he said.
Shopping on Friday at the Milford Whole Foods, Matthew Collins said he was not worried about the beef recall.
"I try to believe that all parties involved will be cognizent in the recall," Collins said. "Does that mean I'll go back in there to buy a nice prime rib? Probably not."
Shopper Dan Kazer, of New Haven, was one of many who was not aware of the recall. However, he said he did not buy beef today and would have shopped at the store even if he knew of the recall prior to his trip.
Today, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., wrote a letter to the U.S .Department of Agriculture asking for a briefing on how meat potentially tainted with mad cow disease was allowed to leave processing facilities for nearly eight months.
"According to the FSIS news release the affected product was produced between September 5, 2013, through April 24, 2014," DeLauro wrote to Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety Brian Ronholm. "On the heels of all these other massive recalls, e.g. Wolverine, El Rancho, etc., which also involved products produced over a long period of time, I question why it took ten months for this error to be discovered. Was this a matter of inadequate staffing levels, poor training, negligence, or some other reason? I want to learn more."
DeLauro requested a briefing from Ronholm by June 27, according to her letter.
Tissues from the nervous system of cows older than 30 months are banned from human consumption in the U.S. because they could be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease.
Mad cow disease is a rare but fatal degenerative disorder that attacks the central nervous system. Humans contract the disease by eating meat contaminated with tissue from the brains and spinal cords of infected cattle.
The cattle in this case showed no signs of infection when examined by a veterinarian after slaughter, the USDA said.
Fruitland American Meat is a small facility that employs 45 people and specializes in processing grass-fed, organic cattle, according to the company's website. It also processes hogs, lamb, goats, bison and elk.
The company touts food safety on its website, stressing that all the animals processed there are locally raised in open pastures.
"Knowledge of the farm-environments allow[s] us to track the animal from birth to harvest," the website states. "Accurate tracking provides a tremendous safety feature that is not found with larger processors."
Company sales manager James Fortner did not return a request for comment.
More than 220 people have been diagnosed with mad cow disease worldwide, primarily in the U.K. and France.
Only four cases have been reported in the U.S.
The most recent U.S. case was confirmed earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following laboratory tests on a patient who died in Texas.
The patient in Texas had traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East, and likely contracted the disease while abroad, the CDC said.
Consumers with food safety questions can ask a virtual representative available 24 hours a day at askkaren.gov or call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Register reporter Kristin Stoller contributed to this story.


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"Fares go up 12/30" (News Briefs -- December 23) should not be a surprise to anyone.
Fare increases are inevitable due to inflation complimented by increasing costs of labor, power, fuel, other supplies and materials necessary to run any transit system.
MTA services are still one of the best bargains in town.
Since the 1950's, the average cost of riding either the bus, subway or commuter rail has gone up at a lower rate than either the consumer price index or inflation. Prior to the Metro Card which affords a free transfer between bus and subway, riders had to pay two full fares.
Purchasing either a weekly or monthly pass further reduces the cost per ride. Thousands of employers offer transit checks, which pays even more of your costs. Perhaps paying a smaller hike now is better than a much larger one later.
Larry Penner
Great Neck


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To the Editor:
Something is terribly wrong when the region has a "ready-made" audience of an estimated 18 million visitors and everyone is singing the blues about lack of business. Either the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway visitation numbers are in error or there's something wrong at the private and public sector with products and marketing.
I think it's the latter.
David Redman


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Join us as we catch up with Karin Muller of Take2 Videos as she shares her vision for the non-profit organization which she created. She was with us last year; it was great to have an update on an incredible initiative which places raw footage of areas of global conflict into the hands of North American students to create PSAs and documentaries. Karin is a world traveler and photojournalist whose work has appeared in such places as National Geographic and Discovery Channel.
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Gear Live Interview: Benjamin Rudolph, Parallels
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Corporate News, Features, Microsoft, PC / Laptop, Software
Parallels Desktop has quickly replaced VirtualPC in the eyes of many a Mac user, as the product works (and works well) on Macs running on Intel chips. Throughout it's beta period, the Parallels Desktop for Mac software grew due to the dedicated help from the Mac community. The product is now out of beta and ready for purchase. We caught up with Parallels' Benjamin Rudolph to talk about how to they to where they are today:
Ben, thank you for taking some time to talk with us today. Tell us a little about what you do at Parallels.
Good to be here! I'll keep this short since I'm the least interesting thing we'll be talking about today….I lead our marketing and communications efforts here at Parallels, including PR, product marketing, and partner relationships.
How soon after the announcement of the Intel Macs did development of Parallels Desktop for Mac begin?
We started thinking about a Windows-on-Mac solution when Apple made the announcement that they were moving to Intel chips. Since our virtualization engine was already compatible with the x86 chipset, it was simply a matter of porting the code over to the Mac, refining the API, and getting devices working.
You guys seemed to have come out of nowhere with Parallels. Many were waiting for Microsoft to release an updated version of Virtual PC, and then Apple released Boot Camp. Within a day or two, word got out about Parallels. Did the Boot Camp release overshadow you guys a bit?
Well, we're a pretty new company! We opened our doors last July and launched our Parallels Workstation for Windows and Linux products in December, but we really didn't hit the "big stage" until our Mac product debuted in April. I don't think that Boot Camp overshadowed us. Rather, I think that it was rather serendipitous that we released our solutions in the same week…together, we broke down the barrier that kept the Mac and Windows communities from working together harmoniously.
So, how exactly does the software work?
Parallels Desktop for Mac lets users build virtual machines – essentially, a virtual hardware set on which you can load an operating system – directly on their Mac OS X desktop. Inside that virtual machine, you're able to work with Windows XP, or any other version of Windows, or Linux, or Solaris, or OS/2, or eComStation, or FreeBSD, or even DOS, exactly like you would on a stand-alone machine. Each virtual machine is networked and has its own hardware, and is very stable and performs at near-native speeds.
Our virtualization engine is hypervisor-powered, which means that it inserts a thin layer of software between the host Mac's hardware and Mac OS X that controls critical hardware resources. This enables guest operating systems (like Windows) to avoid having to "dig a tunnel" through OS X to get to the hardware. This technology helps drive great performance and rock-solid stability. Also, the hypervisor enables us to fully support Intel Virtualization Technology, a new hardware and firmware set that's built in to every new Mac. Intel VT gives Parallels a "turbo boost" by helping us keep our virtualization layer thin, so Windows runs more like it would on a real machine, and less like a traditional virtualized machine.
My personal anecdote is that the Windows XP virtual machine that I run on my MacBook Pro is the fastest Windows machine I've ever used…and its not even real!
Compared to Parallels Desktop for Mac, how are the other Parallels products selling? Has the Mac product become your flagship?
The notoriety that we've received from Desktop has been great for us across the board. Our Windows and Linux sales were always strong, but our newfound fame on the Mac platform has definitely flowed over to our other products. We're seeing great sales and high adoption rates for all of our workstation-class products.
Throughout your beta stage, how essential was the feedback you received from the Mac community? Did they truly help shape what is now the release version?
Absolutely! The feedback we received from our beta testers was invaluable…we really couldn't have done it without them. The beta program included more than 100,000 users from 75 countries. We received thousands of feedbacks on bugs, device support, and how to make the product better. We listened to what our users wanted from the product, and we built the product around those requests We really enjoyed working so closely with the Mac community, and look forward to continuing to do so for years to come.
What have some of the criticisms been that you guys have taken into account before the release of the final version of Parallels Desktop for Mac?
I'd say that 99% of the comments that we've received have been either positive or constructive. Most of the constructive comments were about important features like file sharing, fullscreen mode and USB support, all of which we've included in the final version of Desktop. We've also received a lot of helpful suggestions on how to make the product more "Mac-like".
When Microsoft finally releases an Intel-compatible version of VirtualPC for the Mac, what are your plans for competing with them in this space?
You don't win a race by looking over your shoulder. You win the race by focusing on the course ahead. What I mean by that is this; we're a virtualization company, this is all we do. We have the best team in the business and will remain 100% committed to building the industry's strongest, most user friendly, most cost effective products possible. We're confident that our deep experience in this field will keep us ahead of the pack.
A lot of people have been asking about Vista. Microsoft has released Beta 2 to the public, and people want to run that within Parallels. Why can that be done just yet?
Vista requires BIOS to have ACPI support, which is something that Parallels' BIOS does not yet support. We know that many of our users want to run Vista, so this is something that we're working very, very hard on. You have my promise that Parallels will offer ACPI support before Vista reaches general availability, and that we will support Vista as both a primary and a guest operating system.
What is the update cycle going to be like with the product? How often can we expect to see new versions?
We're going to be moving pretty quickly. The best thing to do is make sure that auto-update is on in Parallels Desktop so you can receive and install important updates automatically. If you're not yet a Parallels user, or just want to stay up to date on what's going on, sign up for our mailing list at www.parallels.com.
So you guys are on the PC and Mac. Should we expect to see Parallels appear in other arenas, like the mobile space?
We're of course going to continue our work on the Windows, Linux and Mac Desktop, but we're also going to be moving into the Server virtualization space with some enterprise-class products later this year. Our ultimate goals is to build a suite of virtualization products that help enterprises of any size, budget or platform perform better and save money. Stay tuned for big things from Parallels!
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If I buy a piece of x86 32-bit or 64-bit software but I don't receive the source code, and I need to modify the software, I'll need to convert the machine code back into a high level language or at least assembly code.
Is there a good utility to go from machine code to C?
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Red Hat is suffering from JBoss reflux, according to a pair of prominent open source software watchers.
Credit Suisse analyst Jason Maynard has issued a fresh report in which he downgrades Red Hat to "neutral" from "outperform" due to what he sees as organizational struggles. The analyst once thought Red Hat's digestion of JBoss would result in a strong sales increase. Instead, Red Hat faces serious challenges learning how to be more than a one-trick Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) pony.
"Our checks indicate that the organization continues to be in a state of flux as the company works through its transition to a multi-product company," Maynard wrote. "These struggles appear to be more pronounced than we had anticipated and will likely take longer to fix. In our opinion, these challenges are largely fixable but it won't happen overnight."
According to both Maynard and pro-bogger Matt Asay, Red Hat looks set to undertake a major reorganization designed to improve its sales model. Maynard expects Red Hat to create distinct business units for each of the company's major product areas - OS, middleware and network delivery. The analyst thinks this transition will only add to Red Hat's near-term woes, while the bogger is more optimistic.
"This seems like a good thing . . ." Asay wrote. "Let the JBoss team operate quasi-independently and meet their business requirements without thinking too hard about the OS business (i.e., support for Windows should be a non-issue). This is similar to how Oracle has managed its acquisitions, to good effect."
(Full disclosure: Asay is part of El Reg's Open Season team.)
Adding to the Red Hat grumbles, both the analyst and bogger reckon that SVP of marketing Tim Yeaton has left Red Hat for a start-up.
Maynard also found time in his note to malign the Red Hat Exchange (RHX) - an online watering hole for open source software tied to RHEL. He says there's not much in the way of adoption going on with the site. We've documented RHX's woes at length, covering both lack of interest and licensing issues, so Maynard's criticism comes as little surprise.
Asay, also an exec at open source CMS maker Alfresco, happens to take part in RHX and is stilling willing to give the effort more time.
"We have continued to work with Red Hat on a range of opportunities related to RHX and I continue to be optimistic," Asay wrote. "Red Hat has been very flexible in re-engineering RHX in response to market demand. Is it perfect? No. But from where I sit I can see a lot of work to improve it, and the customer interest to indicate the changes are moving in the right direction."
Blood bath flowing over the edges of the tub, Maynard delivered one last kick to the groin over Red Hat's failure to buy Zimbra for a ridiculous price ahead of Yahoo!. "Yahoo! acquired Zimbra for $350 million thereby squashing one of the more interesting product line extension and growth strategies for Red Hat."
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In the end, Asay holds out hope for Red Hat's apparent coming transformation.
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For some inspiring examples, check out this index of ballets by dancer Prisca, or this recipe index by chef The Weekend Gourmande. These bloggers used page jumps to create their beautiful, functional indexes.
To try it yourself, just list your headings (whether A-Z or Entrées-Desserts) at the top of your index page. You'll want to make sure you're entering this code in your Text Editor, rather than your Visual Editor. Add the following code to each heading (I've used Side Dishes as an example heading):
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With the archives shortcode, you can control whether your archives list your posts from only the last three weeks or from the last three years, in a drop-down menu or an unordered list, with a post count or without. You can also use the same shortcode in a text widget to create a custom archive list in your sidebar. You can even use this shortcode to create a chapter index, if your blog is really a book!
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Do you use an index to organize your site's contents? What tips can you share for how to help readers easily find their way to the most interesting posts in your archives?
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Obtaining Grenadier Service Records
Message posted: 14 February 2019
RHQ have received numerous requests to check service records for service history. This is to advise of the process for ex-service personnel record requests.
The Archive Department, at RHQ, only now has a record (register) of service numbers and names to confirm an individual was a Grenadier, which the Association SNCCCO can use to check on an as-and-when basis.
However, the process for reviewing service records is now as follows:
All Records of Service (including Officers) have been transferred to the Ministry of Defence and RHQ are no longer able to answer any queries about individuals who have served in the Regiment.
Please send your enquiry to Army Disclosures, Army Personnel Centre, Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street, Glasgow G2 8EX or visit:
- Click Here to Get a Copy of Your Own Service Records
- Click Here to Apply for a Copy of Someone Else's Records (restrictions apply)
If you have any questions, please telephone the Army Personnel Centre helpdesk on 0345 600 9663.
Individuals – or their attorney's/next of kin's – should complete the relevant forms in order to obtain the information required, which can then be disclosed to them for the relevant purposes.
The same process should be followed if Branches need to obtain information for specific purposes (e.g. welfare cases), albeit through an internal request system via the Association SNCO.