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I've been working on these embroidered linen napkins as a Christmas gift for a lovely someone who will appreciate a handmade Nana style gift from yours truly. They are simple but sweet and I've put together a little how to for anyone interested.
You will need:
Napkins - you can make them yourself or pick them up from a craft shop. I found mine on sale at Spotlight.
Embroidery needle
Six Stranded Embroidery thread - you could use white as I have, one colour or multiple colours
Embroidery hoop - slightly larger than your design, but not too large, so it isn't cumbersome
Washable Erasable marking pen - from a craft shop
You will also need designs for you napkins of course. I drew these myself, using a tin to trace around for the circles and decorating each one differently, six in total. You can draw your own or search for free Christmas embroidery patterns online. (If anyone is interested I can scan my pictures and add them to this tutorial.)
Print or draw your designs in a dark colour, lay your napkin in your desired position over the design and trace with the washable marker. If you have a light box you can use this. Or you can tape both pieces in place on a window with light coming from behind and trace it there. Mine was easy enough to see as is.
Place work in hoop, gently tugging on the fabric all the way around to pull it tight. Tighten the thread on the screw at top so everything is secure. Cut a manageable length of embroidery thread. I tend to use about a 40 - 50cm length. Divide the thread in half, so you are left with three strands in each half. Thread your needle with the three threads, make a knot at the end and start stitching.
I used back stitch and French knots on my napkins, but you can be as inventive as you like and use as many stitches as you like. Stitch happily each night for a bit of couch craft or sneak in some stitching while children nap or friends visit.
Pull your napkin out of the hoop, wash and iron it and admire your handiwork. Consider keeping it for yourself. Wrap it up beautifully with your other completed napkins and gift lovingly to someone special.


text: As long as we're journeying back to 2001, how about another shot of Scout as a kitten? This one has never been online before. I'm outside with the cats at the moment, Sam and Scout are playing in the catnip while Emma remains a little more dignified and is off exploring on her own.

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Emails Show Inaction on Flint, Mich., Water Crisis
DETROIT (CN) – Emails released to show who knew what, when, in Michigan about Flint's water crisis show state officials knew nearly a year ago about the link between the contamination and a spike in Legionnaires' disease.
Gov. Rick Snyder publicly confirmed the link just last month, but Snyder's aide Jim Henry received an email about the connection on March 10, 2015, according to reports by the Associated Press and the watchdog group Progress Michigan.
"The increase of the illness closely corresponds with the timeframe of the switch to the Flint River water," Genesee County's environmental health supervisor wrote. "I want to make sure in writing that there are no misunderstandings regarding this significant and urgent public health issue."
Henry, who served as Snyder's director of urban initiatives, received the note in an email forwarded by the Department of Environmental Quality.
Though DEQ spokesman Brad Wurfel noted the "uptick" in Legionnaire's cases, he was reluctant to rely on Henry's assertion about a connection without more testing.
Wurfel said it was "highly unlikely" to find the bacteria in the water but encouraged all involved agencies to "share what information we have and develop a response … before the weather gets warm again."
The reports coincide with news that Darnell Earley, the embattled former emergency manager of Flint, will appear before Congress later this month to testify about his knowledge of switching the city's water supply to the corrosive Flint River.
Earley, a former emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools, refused to appear at the first hearing on the crisis held Wednesday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Earley's absence prompted Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to order that U.S. marshals "hunt him down and serve him that subpoena."
Assuring the Detroit Free Press that Earley was not ducking Congress, attorney Scott Bolden said the first subpoena simply did not give them enough notice, calling on Early to testify within 12 to 14 hours.
Bolden said he was glad another one was issued.
"This gives us time to view documents and prepare so the information we share is accurate and complete," he said. "These are not easy issues. There are a lot of complex issues that the committee will be interested in hearing."
Bolden maintains the water-supply switch occurred before Earley was installed into power, and that Flint leaders approved the move.
The Virginia Tech professor who helped draw attention to the high lead levels in the water testified before Congress that the blame lies with state environmental workers.
"One-hundred percent of responsibility lies with those employees at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. There's no question," Marc Edwards told the committee
Edwards also called out Susan Hedman, the former Environmental Protection Agency official in charge of the Midwest, for her actions on internal memos calling attention to the lack of chemical treatment to the water.
While Democrats in the U.S. Senate derailed an energy bill Thursday for its failure to include funds for Flint, the Michigan Senate unanimously approved spending of $30 million to help Flint residents pay water bills that have become a point of contention since the water is unusable.
"The entire state continues to demonstrate unity in coming together for the residents of Flint, and I greatly appreciate the acts of cooperation, bipartisanship and good will that are advancing Flint's recovery," Gov. Snyder said.
Some Democrats lamented that the city and its residents need much more.
"We're appropriating $30 million to pay off water bills because it's the right thing to do, but paying off a water bill doesn't address the issue of lead in the body of children in Flint," Sen. Curtis Henfel Jr. of Meridian Township said.
Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, said further funding discussions were welcome but wanted to provide some help as soon as possible.
"What we're dealing with right now is immediate relief for responsible rate payers," Meekhof said.
The spending bill now heads to the Michigan House of Representatives.


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You have probably heard of sites that give away free iTune codes but there is usually a big goose chase involved so you must take care. As far as finding sites that give away tons of free ITune codes they are actually tough to find. Some firms have iTune promotions where you can get a free song if you enter the code found under the cap on a soda bottle but you still need to buy the item so you really don't come out ahead all that much. Another option is that you can attempt to find folk who don't care about the iTune codes and will give them away. There are websites and forums that are set up where people can swap different codes on a great number of service and goods. Try searching on google by typing in 'itune codes + forum' without the quotes and you'll find folks swapping codes like it was some form of an underground economy. A lot of folk in a plan to get free music resort to downloading songs from the various file sharing sites that have popped up across the web. While these are for the most part free they are common with fake and dangerous files and the quality of the downloads leaves much to be desired. Thinking you are getting a steal by downloading songs, films and and other things for free might come back to bite you when your pc crashes or your personal information on your hard drive has been compromised.
The best way to centrally store your music and video files is iTunes. You can download your music and video files from iTunes, Internet, or from your CDs. The choice of music files you can have access to and download is limitless, but as you begin to store these file in your iTunes you will begin to realize that iTunes is not as orderly a music library as it promises to be. You will find duplicate songs that will occupy needed space and make your library look bigger than it actually supposed to be. Album artwork will be missing or wrong, and songs missing tag. These are the problems associated with iTunes.
So many software companies have tried to fix these problems with the development of iTunes organizer software. There are so many versions of iTunes organizer software in the market with all of them promising to fix all these problems. There are even free versions which make the same promise as the commercial one. But, how many of them meet with the expectation of their end users? I have tied a couple of them myself, and the result was the same frustration I got with iTunes Free Gift Card Codes. I decided to resign to fate not until I found out about the smartest iTunes organizer called Rinse my music.
Rinse has the features and functionality to fix the entire attendant problems associated with iTunes. No matter what you are looking forward to achieve with an iTunes organizer, be it trying to overhaul your entire music library, or you wish to download album images, Rinse iTunes codes organizer is the solution to your iTunes challenges.
Rinse is compatible with both Mac and Windows. So, the type of computer you are using is not important with Rinse. When you download Rinse and run it on your system, there so many things you should expect to achieve with it. Some of those things are:
- Rinse can delete duplicate songs. The software will scan through your music library and detect which song has the highest bitrates and delete the rest. This will allow you to effectively do away with songs you do not need, and leaving you with songs of higher quality in your music library. Most end users of iTunes gift card are looking for ways to get album images with their song. Everyone loves images. Don't we? It will not be convenient for anyone to go online each individual album art for all the tracks in you music library. With Rinse installed on your PC, it will not only automatically download the image of the album art work, but go ahead to download the highest quality it can find.
- With Rise intelligent data base it is always possible to have the correct information which is updated automatically for genre, date and tracks.
- May be you are looking for iTunes organizer to help delete duplicate songs, or you are looking to get art images next to your song tracks or to just simply put a perfect organization into you iTunes library. You don't need to look any further. Rinse my music iTunes organizer is the perfect solution you need.


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Last Updated: 6 mar 2015
Year: 2015
A weak formulation for the so-called "semilinear strongly damped wave equation with constraint" is introduced and a corresponding notion of solution is defined. The main idea in this approach consists in the use of duality techniques in Sobolev-Bochner spaces, aimed at providing a suitable "relaxation" of the constraint term. A global in time existence result is proved under the natural condition that the initial data have finite "physical" energy.


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The irony about the whole faith based arguments that support the anti-abortion movement (known as "pro-life") is that the very faith that they use to espunge their opnonents is based on choice.
Christianity and other major religions realise that faith is choice that one makes on a PERSONAL level, based on individual spiritual conviction. It is this personal application of spirituality and religion that then dictates the life of the persons who are led by faith.
A faith-based life is a CHOICE. God does not force himself on man... he gives man the ability to choose his own destiny and make his own daily decisions. God could be looked on as the Chairman and the Board would be the spiritual books; bible, koran, etc, whcih are guides... but when it comes down to the nitty gritty... you are the CEO of your own life.
Those who are not living a faith-based life operate as a sole-directorship which gives them sole shareholdership.... they make their own decisions and are accountable only to themselves.
I think that religious fundamentalists often get so bogged down in what the spiritual books say and their own halo of holiness that they forget that their mission, is to spread love and peace across humanity. What is God? God is love. How can you be so mean and evil and war-like against people who differ in opinion and conviction and still say that you are a child of God?
Did God not say "Love your enemies" and "Do good to them that hate you" and "Love your neighbours as yourself?"
Did he not also say "Vengeance is mine" and "Judge not that ye be not judged?"
I think the problem is that religious fundamentalists and extremists are trying to make matters of personal choice their collective domain. Reality check... we aren't in heaven yet. This is earth. And people are free to make their own choices. We will always have disagreements. What's important is that we love each other in spite of them. Maybe if they spent more time loving people, then so many people would not be looking for love in the wrong places and wind up facing the dilemma of termination. And who said abortions were just birth control?
A woman, her partner, and her doctor have the right to make a choice based on matters of mental, physical and spiritual health. It's never a cut and dry situation. We have enough bad parents in the system and children in public homes who have been failed by unfit parents.
Maybe instead of picketing, they could all come together to adopt these children and show them the love of God and give many women even more choices. Even though I am not sure I would hand over my baby to a pack of freaks.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
A woman's right to choose
Posted by Sheer Almshouse at 10:26 am
Labels: abortion, women's rights


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Briton of the Year
Inspired by a piece in yesterday's Telegraph, in which they selected as their Briton of the Year HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Now while the Duke is in many ways a splendid man, I'm not sure he quite warrants this particular accolade.
My choice for Briton of the Year would be Richard Parks who, in less than a year, scaled the highest peak on each continent (seven all told) and trekked to all three Poles to raise money for charity. A quite amazing physical feat.
Who would your choice be (feel free to substitute other nationalities as appropriate)?
we're all pretty great
can't we all win?
Sounds like a dangerously egalitarian idea.
Also, by that argument we'd have to include my plumber who is not, and never can be, described as 'pretty great'.
- blimeycharlie, marilyninthesky, and commitsar this'd this
- marilyninthesky this'd this
Others on the Telegraph's shortlist
include James Corden, the lady who designed the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress and, inevitably, the Prime Minister. Full list here:
Tony Sale, RIP
One of the most infectiously enthusiastic people I can ever remember meeting.
The Times had Alex Salmond
they basically said *big twat, but doing well; fair dues*. I'm inclined to agree.
On a related note, whilst recounting this to a friend recently, I managed to convince them it stood for Scottish Nazi Party, through a large number of lies about what Nazi meant as a technical term.
I actually went as far as to type "wee eck", but thought better of it. This time last year, it looked like his days could have been numbered. Now? Well... bring on the local elections.
Your friend is a momo and/or ten out of ten for effort.
He just has no knowledge of non-local/nimby politics
and gave up History before GCSE; it is like someone with a strong interest is biology something really, really stupid or unbelievable - if they kept a straight face and gave a convoluted reason I'd probably believe that Chinese pigs had purple skin or something, just because we all buy tha sor of thing.
How do you think his 2012 will play out? I think if he was going for devo-max rather than full independence he'd be pretty much unstoppable, but I don't know enough about it.
I read that subject line and thought you were on about AS.
Got a bit miffed for a mo. :-)
2012 (and beyond)? Wouldn't wanna call it in any detail. There are some specific (and some might say audacious) targets being aimed for up here in May. Things will probably start to take shape after then. If it all happens according to plan (and there's a confidence that it can) then I guess it's a case of keeping the momentum going.
All told, I don't think devo-max* would be seen as an unequivocal loss, in the same way that, say, the AV thing was (and the English locals, and Holyrood were) for the LDs.
*(whatever that might be, I kinda see it more as a Calman-centric term, and a little bit separate from what would be semi-campaigned for, as a 'not quite full independence option' - full fiscal autonomy feeling more like an appropriate term to describe such a thing)
But the three option, two question ballot thing is a funny one to unravel in terms of tactics. There's an (imo, underreported) element of brinkmanship. Up here, the Unionist side (i.e. Lab, basically) would do well to start talking about what they DO want, rather than dilly dallying and pretending things are going away. They might find that if they spend too long looking aloof, the thing will boil down to a yes v no. And I can't think that the Union peeps would truly want that (unless the Cons have some serious Machiavellian thing going on, with one eye on England as a Tory utopia!).
The rumblings of Dave C jumping in there first and pushing the issue sounds like ill-advised madness to me (Wendy Alexander found that out, pretty quickly). Calling a separate/UK referendum must /surely/ just be a thing of idle political chatter? A Con-led gov (with fewer MPs around these parts than there are Chinese pandas, ffs) barging in and laying down the law? Nah. Also, on the whole, the Scot media narrative of "when? when?" has finally died down. It was silly to start with seeing as the date was defined pre-election as second half of the term of parliament.
Hey, take what I say with a tl;dr pinch of salt. I'm a million miles away from a mouthpiece or authority. Just a lay guy who's in broad brush agreement with a particular party for the time being.
sounds like a great man
enjoyed reading that!blimeycharlie this'd this
Geek subject factor aside,
(he could've been talking about tapestry, plants, or whatever for all I care) his bit was the last thing I saw at Bletchley Park*, and I left beaming from ear to ear. A proper old school, but everyman, elderly gent, on a (slightly eccentric) mission with a vision.
Genuinely got a bit near-weepy when I found out about his recent passing a little while after the event. I was looking forward to going back and revisiting.
*everyone should make the effort to visit Bletchley Park. It's really, really good. Really.
- TheWza this'd this
Telegraph gives Briton Of The Year to a Greek. Interesting.
The Duke Of Edinburgh's done nothing though, apart from get taken to hospital. In a year with more 'news' than just about any other, I think everyone would have to admit that it's a laughable decision.
My nominations? Probably Nick Davies/Alan Rusbridger for uncovering and pursuing the phone hacking scandal. It's still not over yet, but the bravery shown to break ranks against the closed-shop newspaper industry will, in the long term, be in Britain's best interests.


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Gaming Target says: "Harmonix has announced they will be adding The Grateful Dead to Rock Band's lineup of "super groups" when the game ships this holiday season. Eighteen Grateful Dead master tracks will be available for download shortly after the game's release. Harmonix didn't reveal all of them, but did confirm that the following six will be downloadable: "Casey Jones," "Sugar Magnolia," "Touch of Grey," "Truckin'" and "Uncle John's Band."
the grateful dead in a video game......i've officially seen everything.
Not the BS offered from the Guitar Hero games. I hope they do this for other bands too.


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How To Invite All Friends On Facebook Page In One Click – In 20 Seconds
Hi, Everyone. As we all know social media platforms (Facebook, twitter, Pinterest, Instagram) gain popularity day by day. Facebook is one of the best social media networks where one can share, update, make friends, send messages as well as create brand, company & industry page as well.
Every Company has their own Facebook page and even On Time It Solution has a Facebook page. After creating Facebook pages, immediate thing you do is invite all the friends to like page. If you have a large list of Facebook friends, then it becomes a headache to invite all the friends one by one because there is no invite all friend option offers by Facebook officially. As we have already written about 5 ways to Improve Facebook Page's Organic Reach. You have to do it manually that is time taken.
Luckily, we have Two Methods to invite all the friends to Like Facebook Page & invite all friends to Facebook event.
- Invite All Friends To Like Facebook Page (Chrome Extension).
- Invite All Facebook Friends To Like Page By Using Script.
First Method – Invite All Friends to Like Facebook Page (Chrome Extension)
I am going to describe all details with images. So just follow these simple steps and invite all your Facebook friends in a single click.
Step 1 – First of all searches for Invite All Friends on Facebook Chrome Extension and install it.
After Installing this Extension a small icon will aspersing in ride upper side of the chrome browser.
Step 2 – After that open your Facebook account & Go to the Business / Event Page for which you want to invite to like your list of friends. A Pop up window will appear with all your friends name & then just click on this icon.
Step 3 – Now, wait for a while, invitations send to all your friends.
Step 4 – Done!! Invitation sends to all your friends.
I hope who have a huge list of Facebook friends, Just love this chrome Extension because it is the easiest way to invite all Facebook friends at once.
Second Method – Invite All Facebook Friends To Like Page By Using Script.
Step 1 – Open the Facebook account and go to the page, you want to invite to like all your Facebook friends.
Step 2 – Click on Invite friend's option, A Pop Up window will appear.
Step 3 – Now, Click F12 via keyboard, chrome console window will appear.
Step 4 – Now, copy the below given code for inviting all friends in a single click.
var inputs = document.getElementsByClassName('uiButton _1sm'); for(var i=0; i<inputs.length;i++) { inputs[i].click(); }
javascript:elms=document.getElementsByName("checkableitems[]");for (i=0;i<elms.length;i++){if (elms[i].type="checkbox" )elms[i].click()}
Step 5 – Just paste the code in the console and invitation to like page are sent successfully to your friend list.
If one is using this method and facing nay problem during implementation, then comment here, I will surely reply.


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Tarry: A mentor early on gave me great advice: "Take something
from every situation, even if it's a bad one." I have worked on so
many challenging assignments over my 18 years in restructuring
consulting. On every one of them, I learn something from the client,
from my colleagues or from the other stakeholders that has made
me a better professional and a more empathetic person. And the
bad ones—that's where I learn the most!"
Pilar Tarry
Consulting: What'sthe best advice(consulting orotherwise) you'veever received?
BC—before consulting—Pilar Tarry
was an investment banker, helping
management teams buy their companies. She worked on one particular
deal where the client turned out to be
distressed, unbeknownst to her at the
outset. That management team needed a lot of support and there were so
many challenges. "I was so energized
by that deal," Tarry says. "After it
closed, my partners said 'never again.'
But I knew I had found my calling!"
That calling now incudes helping
large and middle-market companies devise and implement complex restructuring solutions, both in and out of court.
Tarry, a Director in Chicago, brings
more than 15 years of expertise to bear
helping clients with contingency planning, case management, negotiation of
debt obligations, and the design of crisis communication programs. She also
leads vendor management programs
and implements restructuring transactions, primarily section 363 sales and
recapitalization transactions.
"I get to work with tremendous peo-ple in unbelievably challenging situa-tions," Tarry says. "I get the most en-joyment out of the exchange of ideasand the energy that comes from tacklingcritical issues and making high impactdecisions. Watching a diverse groupof people with different approachessynthesize into a cohesive team with acommon goal—now that's fun!"Tarry led the execution and imple-mentation of section 363 sales and re-capitalization transactions at WalterEnergy, Dana Corporation and Cable &Wireless. She also led contingency plan-ning and case management processes atAppvion Paper, Triangle Petroleum andWalter Energy, among others.
"Every time we can be part of help-ing a client get a second chance whenit really matters, it's an achievement;and it makes me proud and renews mycommitment to this very challengingwork," Tarry says. "I couldn't lookat any one success as more rewardingthan another—can I say I am proudestof my body of work?"Ask her what advice she'd give a fe-male consultant just beginning her ca-reer and she'll say to create your ownrole model. "Don't limit yourself to justone person when looking for someoneto emulate," Tarry says. "You are uniqueand the combination of factors that workfor you will be as well. You may see el-ements of yourself and the consultantyou want to be in several people—andthey may not all be women! Pick andchoose where it works for you."Meanwhile, Tarry says to be in thecompany of such accomplished wom-en is such a high honor. "And to behonored for client service excellence,which at the end of the day is the coreof what we do in consulting of anytype, is icing on the cake."
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People are being urged to challenge each other's thinking about hate crime as part of a campaign to coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day next Wednesday.
Chichester District Council is one of several local authorities supporting the campaign which is themed around the idea of Don't Stand By.
Councillors are asking people to think about what they can do when they know or see something happening which concerns them.
Holocaust Memorial Day encourages people to remember the genocides of the past and reflect on the importance of learning lessons from history.
The campaign aims to make people realise that they can take a leading role in challenging and putting a stop to discrimination in order to make their communities safer and healthier places for everyone.


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text: Nursing & Residential Home care The Downsvale Nursing Home in Dorking, Surrey is set in 1.5 acres of beautiful, secluded gardens with beautiful views to Boxhill. Opened in1986, this independent care home with an caring and homely atmosphere. Our cheerful and highly qualified staff are on hand 24-hours a day to enable the very best quality of life for our residents.


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Stormy weather Wednesday forced Lynwood officials inside but did not prevent them from holding a ground-breaking ceremony for a proposed $1-million project to renovate the city's 40-year-old community center.
The Lynwood High School 70-member marching band performed, and Mayor Paul Richards and other officials spoke during the ceremony in the gym at the center. The Recreation and Parks Department provided several wheelbarrow loads of dirt and some trees anchored in buckets for the affair.
The community center will be rehabilitated to include a transit center for the city trolley system and the Southern California Rapid Transit District.
An architectural design for the new center is to be prepared by early next year.
To pay for the remodeling work, the city is using $570,000 of Proposition A funds, the half-cent county sales tax for transit projects. The remaining funds will come from a federal block grant.


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Great Phone,Wonderful quality camera,and loud superb mp3 player,I recomend to anyone!
i just bought it last monday...jan 8...i was wondering...does the m2 adaptor is included when you buy it?? please hit me back thanks in advance,,,
Hi,id lyk 2 ask how loud the music is with the speaker.i knw its gud quality.tnx in advance
i think this is a gerat phone with a brilliant camera. the looks arnt the best but with a camera like this in a phone who cares i rate this 9/10
i just got the silver k800 its pretty nice. i was wondering if it's possible to get gps on this phone?
my collegues phone just died. wont charge or even turn on...
software upgraded needed. he just turned it off then back on, and nothing...
few days later my v630 had the same problem.
we have had these phones for about 6 months now.
the w800i is basicly the same phone as the k750i, i have a w800i and i think its amaing, i hope they make a 'w' version of this phone
i rcv a lot complaint sek800i users unable to call to toll free hotline no. can anybody help me???
This phone is fantastic, as with most sony ericssons battery life is great and so is the camera.
The best deal I saw was only £199.99 at o2 stores, with £20 off when you trade in.
i am tinking about changing my n3230 to tis K800...aft reading the comment that u guys gave..i am tinking if tis K800 can support tha scandisk m2 memory card...cus SE memory card is ex...also does tis phone restart automactically like wat i experince wif my n3230 whan using halfway...
I've used this phone for approx 3 months. Regarding this phone.....
The good:-
-Excellent quality photo...the best for me so far.(better than N73 and N80)
-Vivid display
-Camera is like a real digital camera....plenty of functions(eg. macro,best pic etc.) Can also take pictures in almost all kinds of conditions.
-Flash uses xenon flash. Very bright and perfect for low light condition in close-ups pic.
-As we all know, Sony's sound is the sharpest unfortunately it screeches a bit when applying in max volume but it still provides a good quality.... far better than Nokia's.
The bad:-
-Video quality SUCK BIG TIME. It uses 3GP format. Trust me,it's horrible.
-Front camera can only be used for video call, not for taking pictures.
-The body of the phone is not plastic....more like soft rubber. So there won't be a firm grip. Must buy crystal case to protect it.
-This phone uses Memory Stick Micro(M2). I bought 512MB for almost RM 200. Very expensive. M2 is still new and very unpopular. So,it's expensive.
-Last but not least......the KEYPAD buttons. It's not comfortable pressing it coz the keypad too,is covered in a thin layer of rubber. Pressing the buttons especially with long finger nails will cause the layer of rubber to come off. It then leaves a hole. Very hideous.
A good phone. THE BEST OF THE BEST for IMAGING at present day. Only the video recording and the memory card causes this phone big time problem. A 3.2MP camera but uses 3GP format for video recording. Other than that it's alright la. Just be gentle when using this phone.
there is a 2gb memory stick now? i saw it on ebay but its sandisk, sandisk m2 2gb memory stick anyone tried it does it work?
I mean there is no phone out there with an operating system that is perfect and has no bug.
I have encountered that kind of problems like it displays F4:2322 or something blah blah blah its a software bug like most phones i just turnee it off then on again. There is no phone there that has a bug
ive been experiencing that as well. never tried reformatting though coz it normally didappears after a few seconds.its no big a deal but since somebody asked that...is it really normal and what could we do to prevent that "error"
I've been using this phone for awhile and im having abit of a problem.the menus are appearing weird to me,i mean i didnt pay for a phone with language i couldnt read.what the heck is F4:1034,F4:3023,also deleting ends up Feleting,Write Message ends up Frite.
i've sent my phone to be reformatted once but its still the same.
Anyone had the same problem or has a solution?


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Devil's Nose / Cross County FERC No. 8759 and No. 8144 Water-Power Project, Volume 4, Appendix E-6, Part 3 Supplement: Ethnographic Resources Investigation.
Author(s): C. M. Blount; D. J. Theodoratus
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The company CEO and founder Jaron Lukasiewicz states that his company is entering the market as a platform that offers the reliability which according to him is fundamental to sustain high-volume and high-performance trading.
Mr. Lukasiewicz is also of the opinion that though people are able to buy and sell Bitcoins, there is an absolute lack of a platform that gives them the comfort to actively trade millions of dollars on it. However, according to him Coinsetter being a transparent Bitcoin company has been able to provide the best trading option for traders with increased accountability.
Apart from accountability, the safety of the platform also matters a lot for traders; the CEO of Coinsetter assures about the same and says that though no company is immune to hacking, it's a very high priority that his organization is focusing on regularly and for it, it has even hired outside firms to do comprehensive security audits of the platform.
What is being preferred a lot by traders in Coinsetter is that in comparison to other platforms, it brings capabilities such as shorting and margin trading. With these services Coinsetter is all set to fill voids and bring offer abetter Bitcoin trading experience in the long run.


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@ joy jetsson pretty much answered it. But just to add, both the n95 and the n82 can record well in any environment, either for low level voices in an outdoor environment, or for very loud indoor environments (like bars, concerts, etc). Dictaphone works very well
The dictafone records upto 1hour but I guess that is dependant on the siz of micro SDHC you have. I have 8gb in mind and trhe quality is good. The micorfone can detect the TV 50mtrs away!
@father of all
wait another 5 Years then they will be a N-Series Phone like that !!
loong way to go
from father of all
thank you Jetsson
but father of all wont nokia is the best at all
we see some china mobil with TV function ,double sim, battery 2000 mah ,touch screen and price less than 100 $ some koria mobil with wi max and so we need nokia number 1 in all things
from father of all
Please, tell me how is the dictaphone quality? Voice is loud and clean? And how long may I record on N82 dictaphone? More than few minutes? Any limits?
Sorry for my basicly english
been using my n82 for a couple hours now. I switched from n95-3 for the xenon flash and smaller form factor. So far, everything is great! No regrets about switching, but if you are thinking about getting one, keep this in mind- the keypad is high quality and solid, BUT the keys are seriously so small! Granted, i have larger hands/fingers, but these are tiny! Also, the navigation key setup does not feel very solid and kind of worries me. Other than that, it's amazing! Oh yeah, i also got a gps lock while indoors in less than 10 seconds! (and thats from a cold start!) - my n95 always took over a minute! I posted this using the phone, so obviously text input is not that bad, but if you have any questions and think i might be able to help, post it up and i'll do my best.
Father of All,
I agree it would be nice to have those features. Nokia has bought the WiMax cards (WLAN n) unfortunately its no use when a region network infrastructure has not been setup. Hence, its not worth it in Europe or western world. WiMAX is most ly used in areas where GSM or 3G line of sight is inadequate.
Having a TV in the mobile is already available via the use of 3G. Check and google Telenor in Sweden or "TV i Mobil" we have had it for well over 6mths now and they are having an offer of 3mths free. We're not taling about YouTube or anything like that. Its cable and satellite TV like MTV etc...
Touch screen is so over-rated I have used windows PDA's and there are issues over time. it becomes inaccurate and can be more trouble that its worth. I do welcome the evolution but personally not for me.
All the other suggestions I would welcome this as an upgrade. We just have to wait and see what Nokia has in store as Evolution
from father of all
Nokia n82 is good but we need only 7 items more
1] size 100 x 50 x15 and wt 100 g
2]display 640 x480 pixels 2.6 inch touch screen
3]memory 300 mb internal memory and microsd up to 32 gb
4]wlan wi-fi and wi-max
5]camera 7 mp 3200 x 2400 pixels
6] working as tv mobile
7]battery 2000 mah
from father of all
I think that will be here in Greece one of the best mobile phones. The N95 have problems with maps but this model have good procesor and probably won't stuck any more. I'm waiting to wotk it and hope my network-Vodafone bring that!
Go Vodafone!
No Point upgrading from a N95 to this
it would be more a Downgrade, besides the Xenon Flash
Perfect Keypad
2.6 Inch screen
Memory up to 32GB microSD
CandyBar Design
2.4 Inch screen
Xenon Flash
i already have an n95 lol. so is there a point in upgrading from my other fone samsung d900 to n82, or is it more worthwhile going for g800, k850i, lg viewty or one of the 6500's or 6120. i need help LOL. upgrade is in 2 wks, i need 2 decide on fone so vodafone can give me the best tariff for me, at the cheapest price.lol
cheers ppl!
Kenneth, So why did Ericsson sell its mobile division to Sony??? because it cannot compete with the other big boys in the mobile telephony market. And I live in Sweden the home of Ericsson. Can you please substantiate your findings with a glimmer of proof, instead stating something unconfirmed?? Why is it the Nokia hold the top world market share and yet SE holds I think 3rd or maybe 4th of the world market share. So which is the best phone again??? If you want stock market proof please respond and I will gladly supply the balance sheets.
The N82 is NOW available in Germany:
It's also available in The UK Online Nokia Store at www.nokia.co.uk
This phone truly looks like a SonyEricsson phone with all the features just like any other SE Phone. Too sad it doesn't beat SE's battery life. Just shows you SE is the best on planet earth now!
Ozzy B,
I'm not gonna tell you what to get like other people do but I'm gonna ask you a few questions to help you decide.
What would you use your fone for the most?
Business or pleasure?
Do like to take photos on a point and shoot with good quality?
would you like to browse the internet and read your emails.
Would you like to use GPS?
Would you like to expand your memory upto 32gb with the use of Micro SDHC?
Would like to use blutetooth stereo headfone not just headsets?
Would you like to open office documents that are attached to you emails?
Would like to browse the internet via wireless LAN?
Would you like to make free phonecalls with the use of SIP with services like "voipstunt.com"?
Would like to take pictures in the nightclub or in low light areas as a point and shoot camera?
Would like to expand the possibilities of your phone by installing applications?
Would like to have the possibilities to play N-Gage or graphic intensive games?
If you have answered "YES" to 5 or more of these questions look no further.
I have this phone for well over a month and I have used SE and this phone is well worth the money.
Goodluck with your decision!
hey guys,
can neone plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
tell me if u can install .sis apps on n82????!!
Hello everyone,
You all (haters) have no idea what nokia has provides us. There isn't any Company which can give lots of functions and tools. Very shame to those who don't like nokia. SE and W Series have never had a 5 MP Camera with Xenon Flash and also no (30 fps) video recording. So shut your mouth ok.


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But, as the song goes, school's out for summer (we'll just go ahead and skip that next line declaring school out forever). And, as summer begins to come to a close (at least in the summer break sense—if you prefer to go by the astronomical seasons you still have almost two more months, yay!), it's time to start thinking about getting back to those backpacks, lunches and busy days.
The beginning of a new school year is an exciting time. Whether it be the first day of kindergarten or senior year of college, it marks a new time in the never-ending quest for knowledge.
While a new school year is an exciting time of beginnings, it's also a stressful time. That's why our August issue of Vinings Lifestyle aims to provide a little help with our back-to-school guide.
I snuck in a little suggestion for a little getaway. It's not the beach but is far enough away to feel like you're not at home. Let's have one last hurrah before the school year starts up again.
To all the teachers joining us this month: thank you. None of us would be where we are without you.
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In the relentless onslaught of bad news, North Korean Nukes, assaults on DACA children, one hurricane come ashore and another on its way, now is the time a group of Evangelicals (who claim that they are "Christian") have chosen to release a statement to affirm that LGBT people are icky, and to add that anyone who supports LGBT people's rights can't be "Christian". Because apparently, this small group of Evangelicals are gatekeepers to Christianity. And hatin' on the homos is raised to the level of doctrine in this "Nashville Statement".
There have been robust pushbacks from a variety of geographical locations, as more liberal Christians stand up to this. OF course, the media mostly ignores them, because we all know that the <20% of Americans who identify as Evangelical Christians get to define Christianity for everyone else. It's a bit like letting ISIS choose who is Muslim.
Writer and pastor John Pavlovitz has had enough. He translates what the Nashville Statement is really saying.
Evangelical Christians are at the precipice of extinction—and we know it. We are a profoundly endangered species coming to grips with the urgency of the moment, of our impending disappearance, of the whole thing going sideways here in the Bible Belt—and we're in a bit of a panic. ... we forgot that people aren't stupid, and they see the disconnect between the President and the Jesus we're trying to simultaneously claiming allegiance to—and we desperately need a distraction to muddy the waters; we need an easy battle to regain the credibility we've forfeited as we've sold off our souls and built our personal empires.
...We've chosen to wage cheap war on innocent and vulnerable people in order to feel mighty again. We've done this because regardless of all our lip service about love and Grace and compassion—we really just like to pick fights that give us that intoxicating rush of superiority and a small dose of the control that we've grown addicted to. ...
We've made this "statement", because those still listening to our message, aren't interested in loving their neighbors as themselves, or caring for the least, or being the merciful Samaritan, or welcoming the outsider or washing people's feet (or any of that annoying Jesus stuff). They just want an enemy to wage war with.Remember, there are pathways to roll back the hard-won progress of LGBT community. And these people will be cheering all the way, and claim it is CHRISTIAN. You'll know they are Christians, by their love.


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The Australian city of Cairns, located in the province of Queensland is well-known for its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef. Tourists flock to the city nestled between the Coral Sea and Great Dividing Range on the Cape York Peninsula for world-class reef tours and the warm beach weather. While the Reef is no doubt one of the great natural wonders of the world, Cairns has other attractions that should not be missed by travelers planning a trip to the area. For those who would like to witness a synthesis of natural beauty and man-made technological might, a trip along the Kuranda Skyrail is just what the doctor ordered.
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Built in 1993 and opened in 1994, this 7.5 kilometer long skyrail takes visitors over the Barron George National Par, a UNESCO World Heritage listed rainforest. The cable car route begins in the Cairns suburb of Caravonica, and after stopping at two rainforest mid-stations, continues on to Kuranda, Queensland. Guests can choose a one way or round-trip ride, taking approximately 1.5 and 2.5 hours respectively.
At the mid-stations there are rainforest boardwalk trails for visitors to walk along, with guided tours, informative placards, and an information center to educated guests on the flora and fauna of the rainforest. In the run-up to construction there was some hesitation by locals out of fear that it would damage the forest, but the seven years of planning paid off and the Skyrail has now become a fully integrated and appreciated feature of the beautiful setting.
When it comes to riding the Skyrail, there are a variety of tour options available to fit any schedule and budget. In addition to the cable car ride and skywalk, there is also a nearby Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Experience, Kuranda Wildlife Experience, Rainforeststation Experience, Djabugay Aboriginal Guided Tour, and the option to combine your Kuranda Skyrail experience with a guided Great Barrier Reef tour. Every option offers something unique, and given the relaxing nature and scenic beauty of the cable car ride itself, choosing to do multiple packages is a great way to book end a once in a lifetime trip.
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The Kuranda Skyrail has been recognized on numerous occasions for its sustainability, winning the Excellence in Sustainable Tourism award in 2008 and 2009 at both the Australian National Tourism Awards and Queensland Tourism Awards. Internationally it won the British Airways "Tourism for Tomorrow" International Environment Award in 2000. The sustainable nature of the project is truly a reflection of the prolonged planning process mentioned earlier, and the care that went into making sure the Skyrail did not do any lasting damage to the beautiful landscape that it was meant to share with the world.
In addition to the awards for sustainability, the Kuranda Skyrail has also been recognized on numerous occasions as a world-class tourist attraction in its own right. From 1996 to 1998 it won either one or both of the Best Major Tourist Attraction Awards at the Australian National Tourism Awards and Queensland Tourism Awards. Offering visitors a stunning panoramic view and a comfortable seat to take it in from, the accolades collected come as no surprise.
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While the Great Barrier Reef and Karanda Skyrail may be the big attractions that draw people to Carins, it is the city's welcoming atmosphere and laid-back style that keep them coming back. Even after you've spent a few days snorkeling at the reef and riding through the rainforest canopy, there is still plenty to see, do, and explore in and around the city. Founded in the 1870s as a mining settlement, and used as a base for launching airborne operations during World War II by the Allies, Cairns has a rich history. During the famous Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942, key combat missions were flown from the city in support.
Traveling around the city is simple with the extensive public transport system, with connections to Kuranda, and the Atherton Tableland as well. If you are looking for a base of operations for some more far flung outback adventures, Carins' railway station is the main terminal for the Queensland North Coast railway line. Additionally, the Kurand Scenic Railway operated from Carins, giving you plenty of options when it comes to exploring the neighboring regions.


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Hitachi Humanizes with Online Video
I'm rather proud of this high production video series that Hitachi has put together, it really shows how technology is being used in a human way to solve real flesh and blood problems.
Two of the five shows are already live, the first one is focused on how fiber has connected a community in Oregon. The second show, focused on how technology is used in crime sleuthing has some neat angle shots. This kind of reminds me of the BMW films used a few years ago, pretty interesting.
Even though I'm going to Podtech in a few weeks, I'm still going to be a Hitachi fan, it's a good people that are reaching out to tell their story.
Blogs are great for a fast transmission of content, podcasts are a great for mobile and ambient mediums, but nothing conveys emotion and the human experience better than video.


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Caribbean Seeks to Climate-Proof Tourism Industry
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jun 30 (IPS) - The tourism industry is the key economic driver and largest provider of jobs in the Caribbean after the public sector. Caribbean tourism broke new ground in 2016, surpassing 29 million arrivals for the first time and once again growing faster than the global average.
CTO Secretary-General Hugh Riley (left) and CDB President Dr. Warren Smith share a light moment during the signing of a partnership agreement at CDB headquarters. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS
Visitor expenditures also hit a new high, growing by an estimated 3.5 per cent to reach 35.5 billion dollars. And the the outlook for 2017 remains rosy, with expected increases of 2.5 and 3.5 percent in long-stay arrivals and between 1.5 per cent and 2.5 percent in cruise passenger arrivals.
But tourism officials say Caribbean islands are significantly affected by drastic changes in weather conditions and they fear climate change could have a devastating impact on the industry.
They note that the Caribbean tourism sector faces significant future threats related to both competitiveness and climate change impacts. And for a region so heavily dependent on coastal- and marine-related tourism attractions, adaptation and resilience are critical issues facing Caribbean tourism.
"The impact of more severe hurricanes and the destruction of our most valued tourism assets, our beaches and coral reefs, and the damage to our infrastructure threaten to reverse the developmental gains that we have made," Dominican Senator Francine Baron said.
"Our efforts to attain the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations cannot be achieved without dealing with the causes of climate change."
Baron, who serves as Dominica's Minister of Foreign Affairs, made the comments as she addressed a forum on the issue of climate change at the general assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) held in Mexico recently.
In the face of these threats, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the Caribbean's tourism development agency, has received a much-needed boost with a 460,000-euro grant from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to implement a project to increase the Caribbean tourism sector's resilience to natural hazards and climate related risks.
"Global climate change and its impacts, including the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, pose a significant risk to the Caribbean region and threaten the sustainability of Caribbean tourism," the CTO's Secretary General Hugh Riley said.
"The CTO is pleased to have the support of the CDB to implement this project which will contribute to enhancing the resiliency, sustainability and competitiveness of the region's tourism sector. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) strategies in tourism development and planning is our duty to our member countries."
The CDB/CTO partnership was formalized at a signing ceremony held on June 22 at CDB's headquarters in Barbados.
Speaking at the event, CDB President Dr. Warren Smith noted that the tourism sector makes an enormous contribution to the region's socioeconomic development.
"Tourism generates high levels of employment, foreign direct investment and foreign exchange for our borrowing member countries and, given its multi-sectoral nature, it is a very effective tool for promoting sustainable development and poverty reduction," Dr. Smith said.
"However, maintaining this critical role calls for adequate safeguards to be erected against the enormous threats that climate change and natural hazards pose to the sustainability of our region."
Funding is being provided under the African Caribbean Pacific-European Union-Caribbean Development Bank-Natural Disaster Risk Management in CARIFORUM Countries programme, which aims to reduce vulnerability to long-term impacts of natural hazards, including the potential impacts of climate change, thereby achieving national and regional sustainable development and poverty reduction goals in those countries.
During the 19-month project implementation period, the CTO will support the region's tourism entities with policy formulation, the promotion of best practices in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, and the development of tools to enhance the tourism sector's knowledge and awareness of disaster risk reduction strategies and the potential impacts of climate variability and climate change (CVC).
A training component will also be included to strengthen the ability of public and private sector tourism stakeholders to undertake adequate mitigation and adaptation actions to CVC. The CTO secretariat will also benefit from institutional strengthening to help provide technical assistance and ongoing support for tourism-related climate services.
The project is in keeping with 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, which has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly.
At the CDB's Annual Board of Directors meeting held in Turks and Caicos Islands last month, Governors noted the acute environmental vulnerability of the Region and urged CDB to continue to play an important role in helping its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) build resilience.
Smith said CDB's commitment to this role was evidenced during the meeting, at which CDB signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the second Climate Action Line of Credit (CALC).
"This will facilitate increased climate proofing of critical infrastructure in the Caribbean. The Line of Credit for Euro 100 million is the largest single loan made by EIB in our region. We are very encouraged by the strong statement of confidence in CDB that this line represents," he said.
Eligible investments under the Climate Action Framework Loan II include climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, road transport, water infrastructure and community-level physical and social infrastructure that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to the impacts of climate change.
"We are delighted to be signing this new climate action loan with CDB, which is the result of a fruitful partnership that lasts for almost four decades, to support new projects in the Caribbean," said Pim Van Ballekom, EIB Vice President.
"This partnership is currently supporting CDB's efforts to mainstream climate action to help its borrowing member countries (BMCs), which are all considered Small Island Developing States, to adequately tackle risks related to climate change. Caribbean countries face economic and social challenges which must be addressed whilst ensuring resilience to climate change," he added.
To date, CDB has committed the total resources under the ongoing Climate Action Line of Credit (50 million euro), for nine projects. This co-financing is associated with total project financing of approximately 191 million dollars (from CDB loans/grants, EIB CALC, counterpart and other sources of financing).
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She is butch, but I want to be her. I hope she never reads my blog because she could totally kick my ass up and down the street and then do a few suicide runs afterwards. I always hated suicide runs so much. They are generally performed during sport practices. You start at one end of a basketball/volleyball court, run to the first line and back, run to mid-court and back, run to the end and back, with no breaks in between. I think it was the stop and go part that I hated. When you're running and you build up momentum, only to have to stop and go the opposite direction...maddening.
One thing that bothers me about her book though is the diet plan she puts you on. There are 3 different diet plans depending on your metabolism. I am a balanced oxidizer, meaning that I have medium metabolism. She even supplies you with a grocery list...that is 3 pages long. Yes, true story, 3 pages long, possibly 4, I'm not sure because it's not in front of me. So I'm glad I only spent $4.60 on this book because I was very put off by this. (By the way, this book is normally $22.00 dollars in stores, but due to some Bing.com magic, I was able to buy a used one from some online book company that I assure you I will never find again. Since I was a first time buyer, I got free shipping, just to clarify why her book was so cheap. You won't find it anywhere else for a price like that, I just got lucky.)
The grocery lists are broken down into fine categories. Things such as beans, fruits, veggies, nuts, meats, seafood, etc. Really though Jillian? This is a $400.00 grocery list. Seriously. The seafood group aren't things like cans of tuna, but swordfish filets, Mahi Mahi, and Ursula from the Little Mermaid?...Things that are virtually impossible to find at normal grocery stores. I cannot travel thousands of miles under the sea to Atlantica or wherever that fatso lives to cut pieces of off her mystical cartoon tentacles' to follow my diet plan correctly. Come on Jillian. You know that would be suicide.
Ok, that was obviously made up, but octopus and swordfish were on the menu. I wouldn't know the first thing about preparing a swordfish, and especially an octopus? Seriously, I don't understand why people eat things like that. Would it bother you to just get a little Long John's once in a while? Man.
So even though Jillian has STRONGLY advised you do not skip ANY part of her book, and must follow it word for word, I am disobeying her and skipping through the 30 day diet plan. I figure this will seriously defeat the purpose of the book, but I am sorry, I am not going to drain my bank account on groceries that for 1) I have no room for, 2) Will most likely be pick through by my boyfriend before I get a chance to use them, 3) I 100%, absolutely do not have room for. I believe after viewing this list, that it is designed for yuppie soccer moms that have nothing else to do but sit at home and eat pink wafers, and drink lattes, and cook these recipes in pink polka dotted dress with a Chihuahua named Pierre in the front pouch of their pink frilly apron. I'm buying groceries for two, I live in a small apartment and am making minimum wage. Don't forget the utility bills and putting gas in my SUV. Please Jillian, please tell me how you expect me to buy all these things?
But, I digress. Getting back to what I was saying, I am skipping that portion of the book and moving on to the work outs. I did not get to the work outs last night though because I was trying to watch Wheel of Fortune, and Ben was listening to music on his laptop louder than normal for some reason. The cat was also sitting in the rocker next to the couch, and was just close enough to me to attack my arm with his talons a few dozen times for no apparent reason, so I was a little distracted last night. I could not figure out who I wanted to slap first, so I picked the cat since he was closer.
For dinner last night I ended up making melted Reuben's. I hate to say it, but I cannot find anything nutritiously good about those, and I was reminded again why I don't like sour kraut. It's like eating sour soggy lettuce that's been sitting at the bottom of your fridge soaking in vinegar and pee for two years. But the sandwich itself was tasty, and I did use fat free Swiss cheese. Big whoop though. I had a side dish of a very tiny potato...you know...that last little potato that nobody wanted, so they keep pulling it out and going, 'nah' and just sticking it back into the cabinet? I'm guilty of that. I've pulled something out of the fridge or cabinet before and put it back in hopes that maybe the cabinet will be hungry one day and eat it, and nobody will have to worry about it anymore. Or that one drunk person that stumbles in and blindly dips that last lonely hot dog into some whipped cream one night unknowingly, and you're like, "Yes, someone finally ate that last hot dog...God, that thing has been in there for like 3 months, I thought it would never go away." The mystery of why some people don't throw things away has been boggling scientists for centuries (not really I just made that up). They don't want to waste food, so they leave it sit for years. "Maybe next time Uncle Beatrice and Big Pat come over they will eat those rock hard cookies that have been haunting my cookie jar since October '05, they like cookies..." I kind of hope not though because you know where they'd go after they ate those cookies...ON MY ELLIPTACLE. God I hate them! But yeah, this potato was seriously the size of a golf ball. But I loved it all the same, putting my usual skim milk cottage cheese and pepper on top.
Today, I had a packet of oatmeal for breakfast, and for lunch, a veggie burger again, no condiments on whole wheat with some garlic rice. White rice is frowned upon, but I just can't get over the whole wheat rice's texture, it kind of reminds me of eating...wool or something. It's so chewy and uncomfortable in my mouth, I just don't like it.
For dinner, Ben is ironically making Mahi Mahi.
Bye for now.


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Multiple Tesla Model 3 prototypes spotted on test drives in the wild
Tesla's Model 3 has been spotted in the wild.
The sedan, which Tesla is priming to reveal before production starts in July, could make the company — and fully electric cars in general — much more palatable to the mass market with a $35,000 starting price and more modest specs. Right now, cars like the premium Model S make Tesla more of a luxury brand for people living in cities filled with charging stations.
Recently, a white Model 3 prototype was seen on the highway crossing the San Mateo Bridge by YouTuber Northern California Dashcam, who was able to keep up with the test car to capture nearly a full minute of video. The footage itself isn't spectacular, but we get a good look at the release candidate as the Model 3 edges closer to production.
Another prototype was recorded near Tesla's home base in Palo Alto by local news anchor Raj Mathai.
CEO Elon Musk is pushing a bold production strategy to eclipse its more traditional competitors, which could have played a part in recent safety concerns at the automaker's plants.
We'll likely get to see the final production version of the Model 3 right around that July launch, so keep an eye out on Elon Musk's Twitter account. For those of you hoping to spot more unreleased Tesla magic out on the Cali streets, never fear — eventually, the automaker could be testing a semi truck, a pickup, and a roadster, so you'll have plenty of electric goodness to keep yourself occupied.


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Permaculture /6 Core Techniques
Permaculture Techniques For producing Food Naturally and Sustainably
Permaculture as a technique or lifestyle is becoming recognized by many as the means for sustaining the earth and feeding an expanding population. Also it is intelligent planning to have a sustainable food and water supply in the event of a serious long-term emergency. The Prime Directive of Permaculture is the ethical decision to take responsibility for ourselves, our children and our communities. The Three Ethics are Care Of The Earth, Care Of The People and Return or Distribution of Excess.
This Video is a Must See for anyone interested in being intelligently self-sufficient either from a moral viewpoint or a more practical motive of survival in the event of a sooner or later catastrophic event.
This is a long 2 hour presentation that will not bore you. I found it fascinating , educational and the techniques can be applied to a large acreage or to an urban backyard. I am going to follow this technical presentation with two Videos , different families, one a city lot and the other a larger difficult rocky homestead, to show you how these principles were applied. The video contains links to other information you will find helpful.
Watch This Video to learn These 6 Core Permaculture Techniques
The Presentation Covers 6 Core Permaculture Techniques
Forest Gardening / Food Forest Establishment
Creating and Using Seed Mixtures
Lawn to Pasture Conversion
Zone Planning and Implementation
Mob Grazing / Small Livestock Paddock Shift Systems
Developing Regionally Adapted Seed Strains
Contour Based Wood Core Beds
"6 Core Permaculture Techniques – Producing Food Sustainably and Naturally"published by Jack Spirko YouTube Apr 29, 2013


text: Then a Fences is an example of how things can go wrong. I thought that I checked it rigorously, but at some point I must have written off a path that was possible after all. So there was another solution. And why is it in the silo? Murphy's Law worked so that it has slipped there and must be retracted. So the system can go wrong, too. Sorry for the trouble, folks.


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Carabao Cup 2017/18: Chelsea 2-1 Everton, 5 Talking Points
Everton's already dismal week got worse with them crashing out of the Carabao Cup to Premier League champions Chelsea. But despite the result, and the scoreline, Toffee fans can already see light at the end of the tunnel.
The pre-quarters of the Carabao Cup has brought us some incredible games so far and this one was just as entertaining. The hosts took the lead in the first half thanks to a lovely header from Antonio Rudiger before Willian curled a delightful ball into the far corner in injury time.
And while Everton fans - and most football fans - would've predicted this outcome, the game looked a whole lot different than the one on the weekend. Here are five talking points from the game that kept us at the edge of our seats.
#5 Danny Drinkwater loves the air show
Danny Drinkwater finally made his debut for Chelsea after signing for the London club from Leicester on transfer deadline day. That was almost three months ago and while he wasn't at his sharpest and quickest, he did what Antonio Conte got him to do.
Some of those giant cross-field balls into the likes of Willian, Davide Zappacosta, Michy Batshuayi and Charly Musonda Jr were a joy to watch. Perfectly weighted but with the Drinkwater height and pace.
It might still take him a couple of weeks to get back to his best but if he can improve his already-impressive game - as shown today - he'll be a vital part of this Chelsea side's goal to defend the title.


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Publicly available database
Lawsuit and district court proceedings
In April 2014 the Fourth Circuit ruled in Company Doe v Public Citizen that a manufacturer could not hide behind a veil of secrecy, even after successfully enjoining the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from publishing an inaccurate report of harm.(1) As a result of this ruling, Ergobaby - a company that makes and sells baby carriers - recently revealed itself as Company Doe.(2) In light of this opinion, manufacturers must tread carefully if the CPSC attempts to publish a suspect report that could unfairly harm the manufacturer's reputation.
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 requires the CPSC to maintain a publicly available, searchable database on the safety of consumer products.(3) The CPSC implemented this mandate in 2011 by establishing the website saferproducts.gov. The purpose of the database is to provide consumers with an avenue through which to report safety hazards about certain consumer products and to enhance public access to product safety information.(4)
Submitters can report a harm or risk related to the use of a consumer product or other product or substance within the jurisdiction of the CPSC. Product manufacturers can then submit claims that a report contains materially inaccurate information. Additionally, manufacturers may submit comments to be displayed in the database along with the report.(5)
Lawsuit and district court proceedings
In 2011 the CPSC received a report of harm that attributed the choking death of an infant to an Ergobaby carrier.(6) Ergobaby filed a claim with the CPSC that the report contained materially inaccurate information.(7) Despite four requests by Ergobaby to have the report corrected, the CPSC refused to halt publication of the original report.(8) Ergobaby then brought suit in the District of Maryland to enjoin the CPSC from including the report in the database.(9) This was the first legal challenge to the implementation of the online database and garnered ample media attention.(10)
In addition to asking for injunctive relief, Ergobaby moved to litigate the case under seal and to proceed under a pseudonym.(11) It claimed that exposing the content of the report through court documents would have the same effect as disclosure through the database.(12) At this time, three consumer advocacy groups - Public Citizen, the Consumer Federation of America and the Consumer's Union - filed objections to the motion to seal.(13)
The motion to seal was pending for nine months and the entire case was litigated in secret.(14) The court granted Ergobaby's summary judgment motion and permanently enjoined the CPSC from publishing the report.(15) Most importantly for Ergobaby, the court ruled that the death of the infant was not caused by or related to Ergobaby's carrier in any way.(16) On the motions to seal and to proceed under a pseudonym, the court acknowledged the presumption favouring public access to judicial documents, but determined that Ergobaby's interest "in preserving its reputational and fiscal health" outweighed the public's "abstract interest" in obtaining information about the lawsuit.(17) The sealed documents included the pleadings, Ergobaby's motion for preliminary injunction and related briefing, the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment and the docket sheets themselves.(18) In addition, the district court released a heavily redacted memorandum opinion.(19)
The consumer groups moved to intervene for the purpose of appealing the district court's sealing and pseudonym orders.(20) The district court failed to rule on the motion before the expiration of time to appeal the underlying judgment, so the consumer groups appealed to the Fourth Circuit.(21) More than three months after the notice of appeal, the district court denied the consumer groups' motion to intervene, concluding that because the underlying merits of the dispute and the sealing orders were "inextricably intertwined", the consumer groups' objections to the sealing order became moot with the grant of summary judgment in favour of Ergobaby.(22)
The Fourth Circuit addressed a few threshold issues before deciding on the merits of the consumer groups' appeal. First, the court vacated the district court's denial of the motion to intervene, finding that the timely filing of a notice of appeal deprived the district court of jurisdiction.(23) The appellate court also found that there was standing for the consumer groups to appeal the district court's sealing orders because the consumer groups had participated sufficiently in objecting to the motion to seal, and the presumptive right of access to judicial documents gave the consumer groups an interest in the underlying litigation when they were deprived of access.(24) Because the consumer groups' interest was entirely independent of the injury that supplied standing for the suit brought by Ergobaby against the CPSC, there was also Article III standing for the consumer groups' appeal.(25)
Determining that the jurisdictional and standing requirements were met, the Fourth Circuit moved on to the merits of the sealing and pseudonym orders. The Fourth Circuit stated that the public and press have First Amendment and common-law rights of access to judicial documents and records.(26) Courts may permit abrogation of those rights only in "unusual circumstances".(27)
Those unusual circumstances did not exist here. The Fourth Circuit held that the right of access under the First Amendment applied to all of the sealed and redacted documents.(28) The purpose of the right, in part, is to oversee the courts, which is impossible if the documents supporting a court's opinion and the opinion itself are kept secret.(29) Sealing the docket sheets is an even "more repugnant" deprivation of meaningful access to civil proceedings because no one can challenge a sealing order if the proceeding itself is secret.(30)
The court then considered whether a compelling governmental interest negated the public's right of access to the sealed case.(31) Given the lack of evidence showing how the sealed information might harm Ergobaby, the claim of reputational harm fell short of a compelling interest.(32) The fact that a corporation's image or reputation may be diminished in a lawsuit is "the nature of public litigation", and does not alone warrant sealing.(33) The Fourth Circuit instructed the district court to unseal the case in its entirety on remand.(34)
The district court also committed an error in delaying ruling on the motion to seal until its summary judgment order. The Fourth Circuit rejected the district court's rationale to delay, declaring that the public right of access is not conditioned on whether a litigant wins or loses.(35) Finally, the Fourth Circuit held that the district court abused its discretion in permitting Ergobaby to litigate under a pseudonym because it gave no explicit consideration to the public's interest in open judicial proceedings.(36)
Although agreeing with the judgment to unseal the court documents and uncover the manufacturer's name, Judge Hamilton wrote a concurrence acknowledging that the district court judge faced a "difficult task" and that the "equities lie with Company Doe".(37) The disposition of the appeal would have been "completely different" in Hamilton's view had Ergobaby supported its motion to seal with expert testimony establishing a high likelihood that denying its motion would cause it to suffer substantial and irreparable economic harm.(38)
Following this ruling, on May 8 2014 Ergobaby acknowledged that it is Company Doe.(39) In addition to informing various media outlets, Ergobaby published frequently asked questions and a message from its chief executive officer on its website, along with contact information for any questions or comments.(40) Although it disagrees with the Fourth Circuit's decision, Ergobaby decided not to appeal the decision on unsealing the records because the district court's ruling on the inaccuracy of the original report remains intact.(41)
The result in Company Doe presents product manufacturers with a dilemma in cases where the CPSC disagrees with the manufacturer's claims of material inaccuracy in a report of harm.
The good news for product manufacturers is that the CPSC can be successfully sued, as it was in Company Doe. Companies can take heart that it is possible to halt the publication of inaccurate and potentially damaging information, particularly on a government-hosted and moderated forum such as saferproducts.gov. On the other hand, such a suit is likely to draw increased attention to the report and to the company. Even if the district court ultimately concludes that the report is inaccurate, relief may come too late, especially with the rapid dissemination of information in what Hamilton describes as the "electronically viral world" of today.(42)
Further, given the limited scope of judicial review of agency actions under the Administrative Procedures Act, manufacturers must assess whether the facts of its case are sufficiently strong to merit taking the risk of harmful publicity from a lawsuit. An alternative to going to court could be to publish comments in response to the report on the CPSC website.
A manufacturer that decides to sue and wishes to proceed under seal should follow the advice of the concurrence and present evidence that denial of the motion to seal would cause substantial and irreparable economic harm. The manufacturer could also detail why and how that evidence trumps the public's right to access and the public's interest in openness.
If a court denies a motion to seal or overturns a grant of a motion to seal, the manufacturer can follow in the footsteps of Ergobaby and attempt to mitigate any harmful effects by publishing its own disclosure before the unsealing of the record. The spotlight is now on Ergobaby, and whether any economic or reputational harm will result from this announcement remains to be seen.
The unsealing of this case may prove advantageous to manufacturers in one regard: it will provide guidance in bringing similar suits in the future and reveal the arguments that successfully proved that a report of harm was materially inaccurate.
For further information on this topic please contact Erin M Bosman, Julie Y Park or Chika Arakawa at Morrison & Foerster LLP by telephone (+1 858 720 5100), fax (+1 858 720 5125) or email (firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com). The Morrison & Foerster website can be accessed at www.mofo.com.
(1) Company Doe v Public Citizen, No 12-2209 (4th Cir April 16 2014).
(2) "Ergobaby in the News", http://store.ergobaby.com/news (last visited May 12 2014).
(3) Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Pub L No 110-314, § 212, 122 Stat 3048 (2008).
(4) Company Doe, No 12-2209 at *5-*6 (citing HR Rep No 110-501, at 34 (2007)).
(7) Company Doe, No 12-220 at *7.
(9) Company Doe, No 12-220 at *8.
(16) "Ergobaby", supra note 2.
(17) Company Doe, No. 12-220 at *10.
(19) Company Doe v Tenenbaum, No 8:11-cv-02958-AW (D Md July 31 2012).
(20) Company Doe, No 12-220 at *12-*13.
(27) Id at *37 (citing Stone v Univ of Md Med Sys Corp, 855 F 2d 172, 182 (4th Cir 1988)).
(28) Company Doe, No 12-220 at *45.
(39) "Ergobaby", supra note 2.


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Donkeys Of The Year: #2 Usher STD Accuser Quantasia Sharpton
Charlamagne awarded Quantasia Sharpton, who accused Usher of exposing her to an STD, for holding a press conference along with celebrity lawyer Lisa Bloom.
To make matters even more complexing, Sharpton did not contract herpes from Usher but claimed she had sex with the R&B after being picked out from the crowd at one of his shows. Putting her weight and appearance aside, the situation seemed suspicious. Just one week ago, Sharpton tweeted "I need some money," which called her motives into question.
After the media did some digging, Sharpton was exposed for stalking and trying to squeeze money out of a variety of celebrities such ad August Alsina, Keith Powers and more.


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Ritual decay for Empusae
"Ritual Decay" is the brand new CD for the young newcomer to the experimental industrial scene, Empusae. After their debut release "Funestus" that offered complex structures and sounds, "Ritual Decay" holds 13 tracks written between 1995 and 2001. Five of these tracks been have re-worked and re-recorded by Empusae for an updated sound and feel, while the remaining eight have been given to other artists to reinterpret. The involved lucky ones were Ah Cama Sotz, This Morn' Omina, Sonar, Synapscape, Flint Glass and Displacer amongst others. To be released on January 19th, it is now available for ordering in side-line.com"