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Unlimited calling for only $19.99 -- per YEAR!!
If you've thought about getting rid of your landline service because of high phone bills, magicJack may be for you. For $39.99, you will receive the magicJack unit, which is about the size...Read complete review
If you've thought about getting rid of your landline service because of high phone bills, magicJack may be for you. For $39.99, you will receive the magicJack unit, which is about the size of a pack of Tic Tac's. It comes in pink or blue, and includes a year of calls with purchase. Calls are only $19.99 per additional year, yes *year.*
Setup is a breeze: Simply plug the magicJack unit into any USB port in your computer and the software automatically loads. In seconds you will be assigned a phone number (you will soon be able to transfer your current number). Plug any standard landline phone into the magicJack's phone jack and you are ready to make calls. You can also forego the phone and use magicJack from your computer with your microphone or headset.
MagicJack comes with all of the features you have come to expect with landline service: Call waiting, 3-way calling, voicemail, caller ID, 911 service, call forwarding and even free calls to 411.
Call quality is generally exceptional, but there is the occasional call where you can hear an echo, or times when the other party says you sound soft. I haven't concluded whether or not this is from the magicJack or from the internet connection.
The only real downside to magicJack is that your computer must remain on at all times to receive phone calls. You also must have an active internet connection. In addition, there have been a few times that I've called my magicJack number and received an automated message saying "All circuits are busy."
Overall, this is a great product for the price, and even with the occasional quirk you can't go wrong for $19.99 per year.
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"Magic Jack - Product has some issues!"
Hello, Today I'd like to tell you about some of my experiences with the "Magic Jack" ...Read complete review
Hello, Today I'd like to tell you about some of my experiences with the "Magic Jack" My fiance' and I had seen the advertisements for the "Magic Jack" and we became very interested, It looked like a great money saver in today's tight economy. We were the first of all of our acquaintances to purchase the "Magic Jack" and try it. We had purchased 2 of them, and at first they seemed wonderful and we began recommending them to everyone we spoke with. Myself, taking on new technology at a rapid pace. My fiance', an I.T., amongst many other things. Now that we've used the "Magic Jack" for over 6 months - Our opinion is starting to change a bit. We do understand that "Magic Jack" is a new-ish product and of course there may be some issues. For those of you who haven't heard of it or are thinking about trying it, I'd like to give you some information about it. "Magic Jack" is a voice over IP, one end plugs into your USB port on your computer and the other end connects your phone line. It gives you phone access through your computer, with just about all the features of regular phone service. You can plug it into your laptop on the go and have phone service. You get a number for your local area code assigned and that number is yours forever through "Magic Jack". Once you have purchased "Magic Jack", Then you only need to pay for the service once a year. This saves you a high monthly phone bill, long distance charges, fees and taxes throughout the year. It can be used for personal or business. Now, to my review. While "Magic Jack" does save you alot of $$$ both monthly and yearly, it does have its issues. Things you can deal with are: Line static at times, dropped calls, having to unplug and replug or reset, and when it goes out you get their "Welcome to Magic Jack info screen". Monitor off at night, I've had that screen pop on over 15 times during the night. Do their upgrade- may work okay for a while and back to the chalkboard! Talk to someone-You get their virtual help agent, we located an 800 number- It was for billing! If you are not computer and technology savvy, you may have problems and be totally lost! They guarantee to replace them if you have problems, but who wants to keep sending them for replacements and there goes that phone line temporarily! And there is also a worm issue with them. I personally love the savings but the product development and technical needs some work. I've begun to call it the "Magic Jack---!". We've read some other reviews recently and I'm not the only one calling it that. Overall, Great for portability and savings-But the "Magic Jack" needs some work on it's customer service and issues. Most times when it works it works alright for a while. I hope this article has been informative and of some help-Let me know! LynnD-
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We barely ever used our home phone and felt like it was a waste of money paying for it. We started to use magic jack and paid the fee of $20 a year for an emergency line for our children. We liked the fact that we still had access to a home line for emergencies yet not paying an arm and a leg for a service that we did not use. The add ons for this service are great and mostly being able to keep your old telephone number was a major plus. This is a great way to have a back up phone system. We recommended it to all of our family who like us mostly used their cell phone service but wanted a back up line.
Call Quality
The line does break in and out at times but usually do not have a hard time with it.
Customer Service
Was easy to set up and use.
There are extras that you can add on to this service which is nice, but even the basic plan is great.
Calling Features
Nice add ons.
Ease of Use
Very easy to read and set up. Does not take a lot of time to set up and not complicated.
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I have family that lives out of the country and phone cards/phone bills can get really expensive, so I thought hey this is great.....later I found out that the Magic Jack would drive me crazy. Magic Jack is a good concept. I watched videos about it and thought it sounded perfect. I was glad to be saving money. It did that, but the communication was horrible. Customer service wasn't good either. If you want help with this then don't expect much. This goes into your computer and is kind of like a Skype thing once it's plugged in. It was nice to be able to talk to people. My problem was that sometimes it would just knock me off of conversations, start echoing, it would be fuzzy and multiple times I could hear someone else's conversation in the background. The connection might be better depending on where you live, but I eventually just gave up on this. Luckily most of the time I would be talking to a family member and so it wouldn't be so bad to call them back again and again, but if you are making important calls this wouldn't work. I ended up eventually getting rid of the service and throwing the Magic Jack out. I hope that you have better luck with it then I do.
Call Quality
It just depends on the day and phone call. Sometimes it's good and other times it's horrible.
Customer Service
You don't get a whole lot of customer service. They won't help out much.
It's just alright.
Calling Features
I do remember that it had voice messages and I'm not sure about call waiting. It's features were okay.
Ease of Use
It was pretty easy to use. You just need your computer on and ready to go then you plug the Magic Jack into your USB and it should start up shortly after.
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When I firs purchased the magic jack it worked alright but had many flaws. If I was online when someone called, I would have to close my browser or it would get "hung up" and just keep repeating one word over and over until I closed my browser. Of course, when I chatted with magic jack customer service, they would blame it on my internet speed or my router. I even purchased the magic jack plus when it came out, thinking they probably had all of the bugs worked out, and I had even more problems. I could make phone calls but once it was idle for about 3 minutes, it was like the program went to sleep and I could not receive calls. If anyone called my magic jack phone, it would go directly to voice mail. Once again, when I would chat (THEY DON'T HAVE A PHONE NUMBER YOU CAN CALL) they would blame the problems on everything except for their selves. They would literally keep me on the chat for 2 or 3 hours and never accomplish anything! They would always tell me to reset my router, which meant... you guessed it, I had no internet connection during the reset and I would have to get on chat and start over!! They refused to send me a new device to see if my device was defective. The only reason I gave them a 2 is because I was able to make outgoing calls.... most of the time. Overall, I was NOT satisfied with the product or customer service.
Customer Service
They would blame every problem on my internet connection, my router, or try to say that the settings on my router was blocking it. They would even tell me how to change the setting so it would allow incoming calls and it still didn't work... so I don't believe they have all of the bugs worked out.
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Okay well here is my story. We have a business, for the business we were using our personal cell phone. Then we had our office. I got my phone disconnected because I had problems with my wireless company. At which we came across the obstacle of communicating with my step-dad ( the owner of the business). We quoted with many different companies for telephone service at the office, but all were so expensive since the package was for business then we came across Magic Jack. We bought it and at first I was amazed at the experience I was having with it. It is good in concerns of saving but sometimes I can't hear the other person. Sometimes if I disconnect it from computer and connect to socket I wont receive or make calls. Obviously if I turn off my computer magic jack wont work since it has to be connected to the internet but if I connect it to the modem then it still wont work. Sometimes calls get disconnected in the middle of conversations. I guess I would recommend to someone who wont use it too much and who is willing to leave their computer on the whole day.
Ease of Use
Very easy to install
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I loved the easy installation process. It was easy to setup and the clarity of the calls is great. When setting up account you get the choice of picking your phone number for 10 dollars. The only con is that the caller id doesnt display name unless its registered as a contact. The pros are the easy installation, call clarity, and overall the price is unbeatable.
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My daughter has a heart monitor & we needed a land line phone for her to transmit the monitor to her cardiologist. We kept going to the local hospital 3-4 times a day. The volunteer at the hospital told me about Magic Jack. We went to Walmart & bought one, It has been a life saver for us. She can bring the Magic Jack with her when she babysits. I don't know many people with land line phones anymore. There would've been times she would have to walk to the hospital & I didnt want that. She has health issues. Also, with the weather getting colder outside, having the Magic jack makes life so much more easier for her. I also LOVE that we don't have a monthly phone bill. The first six months are free then I can pay for a yr at a time. This is an awesome purchase!!! I am glad the volunteer told me about Magic Jack.
Ease of Use
Easy to use. We connect it to the modem & the phone & walla--we have a landline phone. I like that she can take it with her & it will work anywhere when hooked to a modem.
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Magicjack is a great backup phone system or a second line phone. It cannot be used to call every number since magicjack has not entered into agreements with all carriers. You never know when this may happen. You have to have it connected to an "on" computer.
Call Quality
I have never had a call quality issue. I have heard that the person on the other end hears occasional interuptions in the voice, but, have never heard this on my end.
Customer Service
You have to jump through a few hoops before reaching a live person via chat. They take a very long time to attempt to solve your issue. They have not always been successful. However, if you have no problems, then customer service is not an issue.
The device has worked on my xp, vista and windows 7 computers without problems.
Calling Features
I like being sent an email with a voice message attached for playback. I also like call forwarding. The magicjack android app is great. You can use your magicjack to make and receive calls anywhere your phone is connected to the internet.
Ease of Use
The device has to be connected to an awake computer to work. Magicjack plus is a significant improvement over the earlier magicjack. It would be even better if it was wifi compatible.
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I ordered Magic Jack Plus online because $19.99 a year sounded too good to be true. Turns out, it was too good to be true. The website does not have a lot of information and what they do have is not easy to find. Before ordering I searched the FAQs on how it worked to make sure this was something I could use. All you need is internet it said, so I ordered it.
When I received the MagicJack i followed the directions and saw it needed to be plugged into my modem. Since I was switching my phone from AT&T but keeping AT&T's internet service I did an online chat with Magic Jacks tech support to verify that if I unplugged AT&Ts phone line and plugged in Magic Jack to the modem it would work. They said it would. So I ported over my AT&T number, plugged everything and LOST EVERYTHING! No phone and no internet. Turns out that AT&T internet needs a phone line to work... Magic Jack needs internet to work... the two cancelled each other out.
Now I have no internet and no phone. So on my cell I go to Tech Support chat again and ask if they have a phone number for help. Guess what, no phone number for support, internet chat only.
As I attempted to chat with tech on my phone they were not understanding the issue. It took almost 2 hours of chat for them to finally get it, it was not going to work. I wasted half a day between chat, registration and set up only to find that it does not work with what I have.
They have no support, are not very knowledgeable and not helpful at all. There is no way to know for sure if it will work for you as I chatted with them before I switched over and they said it would work, even though it did not.
I cannot recommend a company or service that does not support it's customers much less give them all the information they need upfront.
Customer Service
Was not able to assist after almost 2 hours of online chat. Gave misleading information that this product would work.
Does not work with AT&T internet service
Ease of Use
No real instructions come with the product
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I got laid off from my job last August, and wasn't working there long enough to collect unemployment. Since I no longer have any source of income, and my savings have been dwindling away to nothing I can't justifiy paying the phone company an exorbitant monthly bill. I therefore invested in magic jack. It really should be free after buying the hardware, but it's not so instead of paying the $19.95 per year I took their special offer of 5 years for $69.95. Hopefully I won't get a bill for 6 years, as your first year is included with your initial purchase. I've also discontinued my satellite TV. Maybe someone will give me a job for the new year.
Call Quality
It's just like talking on a land line phone
Customer Service
I've only had to use it a couple of times. The only thing I don't like about it you have to do a live chat on their website. I'd rather speak to some one on the phone if I have a problem.
Calling Features
When I first bought it one of the features was three way calling which I use a lot. They removed this feature and I really miss it.
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I had the cheapest ATT landline available . plan 500 I think it was called. I only have it to call our cell phones to find them in the house when misplaced. My ATT plan went up to $31. or $370. a year. For 40 years I paid for a landline. Now I can cancel it. Funny how ATT is there to add services 24/7 but to cancel or downgrade you must call week days, certain hours , talk to 4 reps and plan on over an hour. All the more reason I am thrilled to report magic jack plus is the answer for me.
Key points.
I paid about $61 to have the magic jack delivered to my house.
1st year service included. I bought on their web site.
then $21 to have my phone number used. (ported ).
One reviewer said you need high speed internet. I was worried, I have the bottom of the line $22 slowest cheapest ATT DSL.internet and mine works.
If I could only get my family to be happy with an antenna vs $60 a month to comcast for non high defination cable, I might be able to retire one day.
almost forgot.. I have a friend that has Ooma where there are NO fees but initial costs are more. I felt Magic Jack Plus was easier.
THE " PLUS" allows you to plug into the modem/router eliminating the computer hook up.
Customer Service
never used them.
plug and play.
Calling Features
dont care, dont need them.
Ease of Use
works just like the ATT $30 a month except have to dial area code for local calls.
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Richmond, Virginia had quite an experience going on this past weekend. While Film Fad was there to cover Wizard World, I saw that one of my favorite comedians was in town and I decided to spend Sunday evening at the Altria Theater. After performing the previous night in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian Bill Burr packed the theater and I was sitting in the front row, center stage. I have watched just about every stand up routine he has done, so of course I was excited and my expectations were high.Read More


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Little Lovelies from England
I totally forgot to show you the lovelies mother brought me back from England. A Cath Kidston clothes peg bag, a toast rack, again from the Queen of All Things Good and a tin of syrup. I know this all seems rather meager but I have eaten all the other goodies. Oh, and the oilcloth all this is sitting on was lugged back by father. It is adorable with cherries, pears and strawberries. I believe they purchased it at John Lewis. There were chocolates, my favourite Jacob lemon sandwich biscuits that are a devil to find here in Canada and of course, candy galore. Really the best candy comes from England!
Why is it so many wonderful things come from the UK or Europe? I want a Cath Kidston shop in town, a Greengate across the road, a stall that sells cornish pasties on the corner and a Jacob's biscuit factory just close enough so I can smell the cookies being made. Honestly, is this too much to ask for?
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Only downside is the cyclists…no offense to any cyclists but it's damn scary when they come up behind you hauling ass. And there were a ton of them. I thought we were gonna die a few times..no joke. So for that reason i do not think this will be our new jogging trail. The search shall continue!


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Ecuador: Presidential Elections Go to Runoff
In Ecuador's Oct. 20 general elections, retired Col. Lucio Gutierrez (Partido Sociedad Patriotica, Pachakutik, and the Movimiento Popular Democratico, MPD) surprisingly came in first among the 11 presidential candidates. He will face banana magnate Alvaro Noboa (Partido Renovador Institucional Accion Nacional, PRIAN) in a runoff Nov. 24.
Ecuador, the world's largest banana exporter, is also rich in oil, but about 79% its 13.4 million people live in poverty. The next president will inherit a cash-strapped nation still recovering from a 1999 economic contraction of 7.3%, which led the government to default on part of its debt and dollarize the economy.
In the election, voters chose a president, vice president, 100 congressional deputies, city councilors, provincial leaders, and Andean Parliament representatives. The next president will succeed President Gustavo Noboa (no relation to Alvaro Noboa) on Jan. 15 for a four-year term.
The Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) said Gutierrez took 20.43% of the vote, and Noboa took 17.37%. In third place was Leon Roldos of the Partido Socialista (PS), with 15.43%, and in fourth place was former President Rodrigo Borja (1988-1992) of the Izquierda Democratico (ID) with 14.1%. Final results in the congressional races are still not in.
After leading in the polls for months, Noboa's support dropped significantly just ahead of elections, and experts had predicted he would not make the runoff. Conversely, Borja was widely expected to emerge as one of the two finalists. Most speculation was on who would compete against Borja in the second round.
Turnout was 66%--extremely low in a country where voting is mandatory and absenteeism is punishable by fine. The turnout was also the lowest since democracy was restored in 1979. The vote, and the low turnout, showed a great deal of apathy by an electorate turned off by years of political turbulence and corruption, rising crime, inflation, and unemployment. But they were also a strong rejection of the traditional parties.
The results "illustrate that the Ecuadoran people will no longer tolerate the traditional parties...responsible for the corruption that has destroyed Ecuador," said union leader Fausto Dutan.
Gutierrez seen as untainted by politics as usual
Gutierrez, 44, joined indigenous leaders in storming Congress and ousting President Jamil Mahuad in January 2000 (see NotiSur, 20000-01-28). The following day, the junta that formed an interim government appointed then vice president Gustavo Noboa as head of state.
Gutierrez spent five months in prison following the coup and was freed through an amnesty by Congress. Along with about 20 other former military officers, he formed the Partido Sociedad Patriotica 21 de Enero (see NotiSur, 2000-06-09).
Gutierrez has degrees in civil engineering, administration, and physical education. During the campaign, he said the nation's enemies were poverty, illiteracy, and lack of competitiveness. He said he planned to encourage foreign investment by cracking down on the corruption that has scared away foreign investors.
"The perception of corruption is putting the brakes on foreign investment," he said. After the election, Gutierrez said it was significant that he and Noboa were not professional politicians.
"It is a sign that the Ecuadoran people are tired of the same old politicians," he said. "Who is responsible for the country that we have? We have one of the most corrupt, unjust countries, with the greatest inequalities and greatest migration in Latin America and the world. The moment has come to tell those politicians who do not understand the true concept of democracy: Enough."
Gutierrez said he was opposed to any involvement in Colombia and said US use of the military base in the port city of Manta in western Ecuador should only be for anti-drug trafficking operations. …


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NICEVILLE — D.J. Funderburk drove into the crowded lane, letting it collapse around him, waiting until the absolute last second to strike.
With little room, he fired a pass between two defenders to Karim Ezzeddine, cutting backdoor. Ezzeddine laid the ball in softly. Funderburk flexed toward the home fans, letting out a roar of approval.
The Raiders had woken up, and Coastal Alabama - North was in trouble.
After a sluggish start, Northwest Florida State beat the Eagles 91-73 Tuesday night at The Arena in Niceville to finish its nonconference season with an unblemished 17-0 record.
"We need to play a little harder, a little more motivated," Raider coach Steve DeMeo said. "I think it's the last nonconference game at home, and the guys were lookin' forward to the conference play, which starts on Saturday."
After playing the Raiders within one possession for much of the first half, Coastal Alabama (7-8) had gone almost four minutes without scoring — a death sentence against the No. 1 NJCAA team in the country.
"I think we woke up from a little nap and decided to play some defense," DeMeo said. "Chris (Duarte) was a big part of it as was Adres and D.J. and Kelvin (Robinson) and Karim and Tray (Boyd III)."
The Raiders forced the Eagles into 21 turnovers and picked up 12 steals. Despite being outrebounded in the first half, NWF State finished up 34-32 on the boards, including 14 offensive rebounds.
"Overall, we had a balanced effort from everyone," DeMeo said. "Chris performed well again, as he always does."
Coming off the bench, Duarte finished with team-high 23 points on 9-of-10 shooting and a team-high eight rebounds in 26 minutes. He scored the Raiders final seven points over the last 3 1/2 minutes of the game.
"Was good, was good," Duarte said. "I was pretty excited about that."
Playing their first home game since Nov. 18, the Raiders couldn't shake Coastal Alabama for much of the first half. The Eagles opened the game on a 6-0 run before NWF State got on the board with a corner 3 to kick the offense into gear.
The Raiders took their first lead shortly thereafter. Immediately after Robinson's steal and breakaway slam tied the game at 10, Funderburk again took the ball away from the Coastal Alabama offense and barreled over the Eagle defense at the opposite end for a bucket and the foul.
After playing much of the first half within one possession, NWF State began to pull away with two minutes to play in the half. Boyd scored on a 3-pointer and a fastbreak layup before Duarte slammed home a two-handed dunk to finish the half on a 7-0 run and head to the locker room up 43-35.
With conference play coming up, Duarte said he hopes his recent string of performances leads to more playing time.
"I'm looking forward to get the opportunity to play more minutes," Duarte said. "To prove myself."
The Raiders entered Tuesday's contest having already beaten the Eagles twice this season. NWF State won a close season-opening contest 83-78 on Nov. 1 in Monroeville. Boyd III had 30 points and Feliz had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Nine days later, the Raiders welcomed Coastal Alabama to The Arena and crushed the Eagles 84-67 behind a 20-point performance from Funderburk.
The top-ranked JUCO in the country, NWF State has played three games since returning from an 18-day holiday vacation. The Raiders showed little in the way of rust, besting Gordon State College and East Georgia State College on Friday and Saturday, respectively, before Tuesday's victory.
Up next, the Raiders begin Panhandle Conference play with a matchup against Pensacola State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Pensacola. DeMeo said he likes his chances.
"We have a good nucleus of guys who play," DeMeo said. "When they wake up and play hard, we can beat people."


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– about the space: space craft (SPACECRAFT), launch vehicles (LV), artificial Earth satellites (AES); spacecraft (SC), orbital stations (OS), automatic interplanetary stations (AWS);
– about the history of space research in Russia and abroad.
Educational . formation of scientific Outlook of pupils in the course of exploring the history of human knowledge. Patriotic education while getting acquainted with the outstanding role of Russian science and technology in space development. Polytechnic education and labour upbringing in presenting information on the practical application of space exploration. Continue reading
The whole history of cosmonautics in one place
Somehow it happened that I visited Kaluga in sufficient regularity, usually either passing through some of the local estate. or just cases.
Never got to walk around the city, and even more so to see the State Museum of the history of cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky. But once again it so happened that I had to go to Kaluga for one printing, meaning we had to ride 100 miles for 5 minutes. In the end, as in Kaluga, I got the idea to finally carry out his wish.
The state Museum of the history of cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky in Kaluga — the world's first and Russia's largest space Museum. In its creation participated personally famous designer Korolev and Yuri Gagarin. Last June 13, 1961 laid the first stone in the Foundation of the future Museum:
And after 6 years, the new Museum welcomed its first visitors. In the Museum you can get acquainted with the domestic history of cosmonautics, from the first artificial satellite of the Earth to modern long-term orbital stations. However, many of the original machines that had been in space you can see with your own eyes. Continue reading
Solar system
Solar system is the planetary system that includes the Sun. and all the objects orbiting it – planets, moons, asteroids. comet. a large number of meteoroids, gas and cosmic dust .
But how was Solar system formed? The universe formed through the Big Bang. There is the Big Bang theory, which says that long ago the universe was small and hot lump. Suddenly it exploded, expanded space, the temperature of the particles decreased considerably. Due to the force of gravity began to gather clouds of matter, the result of which was formed all the galaxies and stars. It took about 8 billion years after the Big Bang, before the Solar system was formed. The matter is unevenly distributed in space and began to attract the dust and gas. Formed dust and gas clouds, they eventually formed star, the Sun. From other particles of the cloud formed other objects.
Components of the Solar system are divided into categories:
1. Planet
3. Small body
The center of the Solar system is the Sun . It accounts for almost all of the bulk system – 99,87 %. Continue reading


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เป็นไปได้ไหมที่ทีวีจะมี Google Search Is Google Search Coming to Your TV?
Google is testing a new television programming search service in conjunction with Dish Network, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The service, which appears to be very much in a limited testing phase, runs on a special set-top box and apparently searches content from both the Dish programming guide, as well as web video services like YouTube (YouTube).


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Circadian rhythms affect the incidence of coronary stent thrombosis, with more events occurring during the early morning hours, according to new research published in the February 2011 issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
The analysis was only the second study conducted on circadian (24-hour) variation in coronary stent thrombosis and was the first to also examine seasonal patterns and weekly variation. Its findings associate coronary stent thrombosis with several other adverse cardiac events that also follow a circadian pattern, such as stroke, unstable angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and sudden cardiac death.
"Most studies that have addressed circadian variation in cardiovascular disease were conducted in the eighties and early nineties," said Karim Mahmoud, BSc, one of the study's authors. "Since coronary stents are a relatively new phenomenon, circadian variation in stent thrombosis had only been investigated in a single study with a small sample size. Stent thrombosis is a feared complication of coronary stent placement, however, as it usually presents as AMI or sudden death, and even if patients are rapidly treated, the outcome is often unsatisfactory. Therefore, it remains essential to expand our knowledge and optimize prevention and treatment of this condition."
Seeking to find this additional insight into the patterns and triggers of stent thrombosis, the research team from Mayo Clinic — Rochester conducted a retrospective analysis of 124 patients who presented with stent thrombosis at the Mayo Clinic between February 1995 and August 2009.
By conducting medical record reviews and examining information in the clinic's registry, the team determined when the symptoms associated with stent thrombosis occurred and what the patient was doing prior to symptom onset. Specifically, the researchers determined the time of day, day of week and season of year that the stent thrombosis occurred and recorded when potential triggers were present. In addition, the team categorized each stent thrombosis as being early, late or very late based on the number of days it occurred from the initial stenting procedure (early = 0 to 30 days, late = 31 to 360 days, and very late = more than 360 days.)
The researchers found a significant association between the onset of stent thrombosis and the time of day, with a low incidence at around 8 p.m. and a peak at approximately 7 a.m. (p = 0.006). However, when the team divided the analysis into early, late and very late stent thrombosis, only the association between early stent thrombosis and time of day remained significant (p = 0.030, p = 0.537, p = 0.096, respectively). The team did not find any significant association between stent thrombosis and day of week, but they did discover a seasonal discrepancy in stent thrombosis rates, with higher rates in the summer months, including a peak incidence between the end of July and the beginning of August (p = 0.036).
In search of potential triggers, the team was able to establish the physical activity level prior to stent thrombosis onset in 62 patients. Of these patients, 33.9 percent were sleeping, 25.8 percent were lying or sitting, 29 percent were engaged in light-to-moderate physical exertion, and 11.3 percent were engaged in heavy physical exertion. Other medical conditions were also identified as possible triggers among the full 124-patient study sample, including medication noncompliance (5.6 percent), hospitalization for surgery or invasive diagnostics (4 percent) and acute infections (4 percent).
According to the authors, "several physiological processes" may contribute to the increased rate of stent thrombosis in the morning hours. These include hypercoagulability and hypofibrinolysis during this time; a higher activity level of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone hormone system between 6 and 8 a.m., which causes higher blood pressure and heart rate; a higher degree of blood viscosity in the morning, which is magnified by sitting upright after a night of supine sleep; and lowered levels of antithrombotic medication in the morning just before the patient awakens and takes a new dose.
The team also postulated that the lack of an association between stent thrombosis and day of week—which is unlike other adverse cardiac events, such as AMI, in which higher occurrences have been found on Monday—may suggest that mental stress from employment plays a more limited role in stent thrombosis. A higher rate of stent thrombosis in the summer months, meanwhile, may be attributed to patients' higher activity level in warm weather, the researchers explained.
According to Mahmoud, although the data on stent thrombosis triggers "should be seen as explorative and require further investigation," several potential associations were found, including a connection between heavy physical activity and symptom onset. Specifically, the authors wrote there is "indeed circumstantial evidence" of this connection, even though heavy activity came behind the three other activity categories, because "surely it is unlikely that 11 percent of a population is engaged in heavy physical activity at a certain point." In addition, the team found relatively high rates of medication noncompliance and acute infections in the study sample.
The authors admit there has been a decreasing incidence in stent thrombosis across recent years — largely because of dual antiplatelet therapy and improved stent design. But they add that the consequences of this adverse event remain severe, and that the study's conclusions may help improve outcomes "by optimizing medical treatment during high-risk intervals throughout the day, week, and year."
"The most practical implication of these study results is that it may be of benefit for patients with coronary stents to take their antithrombotic medication in the evening (rather than in the morning) to prevent nadir levels of medication during the hazardous morning hours," Mahmoud said.
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Who Is Behind Rescue Hearts?
Rescue Hearts was started by Art Fyvolent, who is founder and CEO of IDEAS4, a full-service marketing, branding and web design company based in Tampa, FL. Art, along with his wife Lisa, has also been involved in pit bull rescue for the past 6 years, saving animals and offering his marketing expertise to local rescue centers. Art and IDEAS4 provide free logo designs, fliers, posters and very low cost websites for rescue centers.
Art thought there had to be a way to bring rescue centers and businesses together to help save more animals and celebrate the rescue families who save a pet's life by adopting from a shelter. From this idea was born The Rescue Hearts Project.
How Do I Get Involved?
The most important thing is to get the word out to your local businesses, rescues and shelters as soon possible. You can:
- Download the consumer brochures, business brochures and marketing materials from our Marketing Materials page, print them out and take them door-to-door to encourage businesses to join Rescue Hearts. The bigger it gets, the more animals we can save.
- Do an e-mail blast to your friends and business associates and encourage them to participate.
- Put the Rescue Hearts information on your website. When rescues and shelters enroll, their links will include an ID so they get credit for sales.
- "Like" our Facebook page – http://www.Facebook.com/RescueHearts.
- Share our Facebook page information to your Facebook page for your friends to see and participate.
- Tweet about us on Twitter.
- Spread the word to all the rescues and shelters in your community. They can sign up for free!
Where Do I Buy A Rescue Bracelet?
The Rescue Hearts bracelets are sold by participating rescue centers and shelters in your community. If no rescue centers you know have signed up, encourage them to enroll at www.RescueHearts.org to order a few bracelets to get started and put the link to the Rescue Hearts store on their website.
The bracelets are also sold on the Rescue Hearts website. We provide a button and link to each rescue center (that has their unique ID) that enables them to link to the Rescue Hearts store so the proceeds go directly to them. If no rescue center was selected in the sales process, the proceeds go into our medical fund for the animals. (See the FAQ "Where Does The Money Go?")
What Does A Business Get Out Of It?
The business component of the program benefits participating retailers in several ways. First and foremost, the rescue families will take advantage of offers from supporting retailers and become new customers of those businesses.
Second, a business that is recognized as a "Rescue Friendly" establishment, enhances their brand, not just to rescue families, but everyone that walks in their door.
One of the best parts of this program is that your business can offer as little or as much as you feel comfortable giving to the bracelet-wearing rescue families. There is NO UP FRONT FEE to participate! We make it easy for everyone to participate in order to achieve our ultimate goals of getting more money to the rescue centers and saving more animals.
How Do The Rescues and Shelters Participate?
The Rescue Hearts Project is about social networking with other rescue families and fundraising by rescue centers and shelters. By signing up on the Rescues page of our website, the rescue center or shelter gets a Rescue Hearts account that includes an affiliate number and code they can use to sell the bracelets on their websites. They can also buy the bracelets wholesale and sell them at the retail price of $10, keeping 100% of the profits.
Where Does The Money Go?
The rescue centers and shelters that participate in the Rescue Hearts Project get the bulk of the revenue from bracelet sales. Rescue Hearts makes a small amount to maintain operations, do marketing, and keep the doors open. The balance is in product cost.
For bracelets that are sold on the website, the proceeds will go into a medical fund for animals that need immediate medic care but don't have the funds to pay for it. We will help as much as we can to reduce the suffering of as many animals as possible.


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LEGO Haunted House Set
LEGO has recently released images of the upcoming LEGO Monster Fighters set "10228 Haunted House". This set is expected to be released this September and will consist of 6 minifigures: 2 glow-in-the-dark ghosts, Vampyre, Vampyre's Bride, Zombie chef and butler! The set will contain 2064 pieces and will cost $179.99 USD. What do you think about this set?
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Ages 14+. 2,064 pieces. US$179.99, CA$199.99, DE €149.99, UK £119.99, DK 1499 DKK
Enter the Haunted House at your peril!
The crooked Haunted House is home to the scariest ghosts and monsters. Tremble in fear as you open the gate, go weak at the knees as you step onto the porch and gasp in horror at the fireplace, kitchen, office, folding staircase, bedroom, potion room, music room and collection of other creepy objects. Dare you enter the Haunted House?!
• Add to your LEGO® Monster Fights Collection with the first officlal LEGO® Haunted House!
• Includes 6 minifigures: 2 glow-in-the-dark ghosts, Vampyre, Vampyre's Bride, Zombie chef and butler
• Features unique 'crooked' design featuring boarded up windows and working front gate.
• Haunted House opens to reveal detailed interior with 3 floors.
• First floor features fireplace that swings open and displays a ship in a bottle on the mantle.
• Cook up a ghoulish meal with the Zombie chef in the kitchen complete with old-style stove, jars and table.
• Write letters from the Vampyre's haunted office.
• Pull the lever hidden in the chimney to release the drop down staircase and access the top floor.
• Top floor features gramophone, records and newspaper LEGO® elements.
• Customize the Haunted House with new stickers for wall hangings, spider webs and curtains.
• Measures 15.4" (39cm) high, 9.4" (24cm) wide and 7.5" (19cm) deep
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I just finished reading a post my dad wrote about homemade tomato sauce vs. store bought and thought to share it here on my blog. My dad makes a meatless spaghetti sauce and yesterday we enjoyed a pot full. It was one of the best batches - he even added big chunks of carrots which are stewed in the sauce and pick up all the wonderful flavors for one delicious bite!
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See my sister's take on our homemade spaghetti sauce and a delicious Spaghetti bread recipe: http://sabbathsupper.blogspot.com/2010/12/we-call-it-spaghetti-bread.html
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There are several key areas we focus on to achieve corrected health. First we have to make sure your body is functioning the way it's supposed to. Every function in your body is controlled via your nervous system so therefore we have to remove any interference that can contribute to a loss or decrease in proper function within the body (i.e. the digestive system, cardiovascular system, etc.). Once we address and improve every function of the body, then we prescribe a corrective care plan including nutrition, corrective home exercise plans and traction training that will allow you to get the maximum benefits out of your chiropractic visits.
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Dr. Bagley is one of only 6 chiropractors in the state of Texas certified to practice the advanced form of Chiropractic called Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP). At Corrective Chiropractic, we utilize state of the art equipment and techniques to not only improve your symptoms but to achieve spinal alignment correction so that you get long term, sustainable correction of your spine, structure, and posture.
When this correction is achieved the tensile or compressive forces that occur on the spinal cord and nerves due to bad posture and misalignments of the spine and structure are removed, resulting in the brain being able to communicate with the body without interference. This in turn allows the body to heal, function, and operate like it was designed to.
Chiropractic Biophysics is the only technique to have published clinical trials of SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN structural based spinal alignment correction WITHOUT SURGERY. This advanced form of chiropractic care goes well beyond the relief of pain by focusing on the restoration and rehabilitation of the spine. The ultimate goal is to return the spine to its normal structural alignment, which in turn will also result in reduced muscular tension, improved muscular balance, inhibition of early degenerative joint disease, and a noticeable improvement in optimal nervous system function and overall performance.
Chiropractic Biophysics technique is supported by more research in peer-reviewed scientific (medical) journals than any other chiropractic technique in the world. Noted journals included but not limited to Spine, Journal of Spinal Disorders, and Clinical Biomechanics. For more information on this advanced form of natural healthcare go to IdealSpine.com.
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Monday, 2 April 2012
The Hungarian nationalist Jobbik party leader Gabor Vona accused the European Union of threatening the freedom of Hungary and colonizing the nation, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and war of independence last month.
'If Hungary's freedom is threatened by the EU, there is a need to fight against the EU which colonises the country and enslaves Hungarians,' he said.
Vona said that Jobbik demanded freedom, justice and order, which are all missing from present-day Hungary.
Addressing a crowd that filled a 100-metre section of Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Avenue, Budapest, Vona called Hungary a 'a totalitarian regime dominated by money, where we only have the right to make a choice between the right-wing liberal Fidesz and the left-wing liberal Socialists every four years'.
The Jobbik leader criticized the government for not yet passing a land law and added that the moratorium on foreigners buying land in Hungary would expire in 2014. Vona said that if in 2014, 'foreigners put their hands on even a tiny piece of land, there will be great trouble', according to the website politics.hu.
'We will organize not a peace march but a military march,' he added, and the crowd responded by chanting, 'To arms.'
Deputy head of Jobbik and deputy speaker of parliament Zoltan Balczo said the party would launch its 'spring campaign' in and outside parliament for the protection of Hungarian land. When the moratorium expires in 2014, 'they will want to pull out the sovereignty of Hungarians from under their feet', Balczo warned.
Hungary will either keep its EU membership or its farmland, he added.
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A year ago a Johannesburg based company called Travel Noba decided to capitalise on putting African countries on the map. At that time it seemed like a hard feat, especially because travel seemed to be more of a luxury and the perception that only the rich take trips did not either. Then there was the issue of South African travellers being bowled over by other top international destinations that made it hard for them to choose an African holiday. Today, the company has successfully managed to get over 90 percent African (Black, Indian, Coloured) customers to travel.
The owner of Travel Noba,Singatha Hlazo, said African countries were quite travel friendly and encouraged more people to visit. He said Mozambique and Zanzibar were firm favourites. He hoped to place more emphasis on destinations like Kenya and Rwanda by the end of the year.
"There is something about Africa that is so amazing. When I started this company in June last year, my aim was to center more people to Africa and for more African people to travel more.
"There was a gap in the market for African travellers and we wanted to promote and encourage this. Today we around 90 percent of our clients are African people, " he said.
Singatha's must visit African countries include Morocco, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
"The beauty of Africa is that it offers so much of different options. There's something for everyone, " he said.
On his dos and don't of African travel, he said that people should never exchange their currency through informal traders. Hlazo found during his visits that many informal money traders had large sums of cash on them that they hoped to exchange with tourists. However he advises tourists to change their money at reputable businesses so that they would not be scammed.
He also advises those driving across borders to be vigilant about who they are handing their documents to as there were many people who were masquerading as officials when they were not.
"Rather be safe than sorry and drive to the border before handing out your documents. Many tourists are impatient and that could lead to many problems if the matter is not handled right.
"Travellers should also read up on a particular African country as certain countries handle matters differently. Always be respectful of the different countries as understanding a culture and knowing more about it is part of the experience," added Hlazo.


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For your consideration is a large AE playpal doll. This doll is approx. 35 inches tall, has long blonde hair and blue open/close eyes. She is a walker doll, if you hold her hand she will walk with you. She can be dressed in childens clothing. I see no cracks or breaks on her body. Her eyes open and close great. Her eyes appear as if they could use a cleaning. I am not for sure how to do that, so I will leave that to someone who knows what to do. I did wipe her body off and it appears to be clean. I recently purchased this doll from a doll show, she was filthy but I could not resist her, I had to rescue her. I have cleaned her the best I can. I think she is very pretty, if I had the room, I would keep her myself. Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have. Thank you for looking.


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An excellent Primary School near Wolverhampton is looking to recruit an outstanding Primary School Teacher to take over their Year 2 class for September. The teacher must be confident in their ability and will ideally have previous experience working in a CofE Primary School.
This school has an excellent reputation in the local area and pupils within the school are hardworking and have an eagerness to learn. The school is a cohesive community, underpinned by its faith ethos. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding is comprehensive and they are very keen to expand their knowledge. The schools performance has increased considerably in recent years and has now achieved a 'good' Ofsted report.
This would be a very rewarding and enjoyable place to work for any hardworking and dedicated teacher. The school has a large group of staff that are very supportive and always happy to help, positions at this school are a rarity due to the fantastic relationship between all members of staff and enjoyable atmosphere within the school.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we told you that one taste is worth 14,000 farms? That's how many farming partners we have depending on us to do the right thing. By purchasing our delicious and beautiful products, customers partner with us to sustain the farmers, the land, ancient traditions and the environment.
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Sunday, March 20, 2016
A Dining Room Chair and other Thoughts
God's been pressing on my heart for a few weeks now to pull out my computer and write, but I've put it off because I just haven't known where to start or exactly what He wanted me to write.
I've had lots of thoughts that jolted me awake at night or raced through my head as I fell asleep, but they've felt distanced and disorganized and I just could not figure out how they all connected. I've felt like I had bits and pieces of about four different novels circulating through my mind and somehow the tie that binds them had been severed.
My husband and I went "thrifting" yesterday. In other words, we perused a few thrift stores trying to find some chairs for our new dining room table. We had fun stopping to play some pianos that were way out of tune and rifling through old records stashed in plastic tubs.
At thrift store number three, we found tons of chairs, but none that were in a set of four, which is what we needed for our family. We weren't even being picky. I wanted to find some old chairs that I could paint so I didn't care about the color, only that they were sturdy.
Finally, we found two pairs of chairs that we liked at thrift store number three. They looked nothing alike, but something about each pair appealed to my husband and I so we decided to mismatch and call it a day.
We ventured to Hobby Lobby (which my husband secretly loves; don't let him tell you otherwise) and through the process of elimination, settled on a neutral coloring pairing that would contrast our dark table.
This afternoon, after church and that mandatory Sunday afternoon nap, I sat down in my art corner to put the first coat of paint on two of the chairs before I had to leave for choir practice.
As I was painting the first chair, I started chipping away at the layers of paint on it. Currently, it was a navy blue and before that it had been a farmhouse red. Below that was white, which was as far as I got. I found myself wondering how old the chairs were and how many families had sat down in them for a meal. I pictured them sitting around a small table in their original days while a family proudly enjoyed a new meal in them. I pictured them being loaded up to go to a new family when the one that they had sat with for so long had grown old or moved away. I imagined many different things that they might have seen on their journey to my apartment where they are undergoing a makeover.
I wondered if the first family that owned them ever thought that these chairs would one day have such a big job to do. You see, for me, painting these chairs for our new table in our new home is a really big deal. Family meals were never a concern of mine because I struggled with anorexia since my teen years. My goal was always to avoid meals, not create them and celebrate the fellowship. The new home, the new city, new jobs, new table, new (to us) chairs, are all symbolic of this new chapter. The makeover of the chairs is, in a way, symbolic as well.
As I painted the chairs and had some praise and worship music going on my Pandora station and my husband was sitting at the table working on his current project, I couldn't help but smile. These chairs and this table and this home, are ready for new memories. They are ready for the task of housing a family and serving as the gathering spot for fellowship of our family and friends. They are ready to be used by a family that has been broken, but restored by Calvary. They are ready to absorb conversations between a husband a wife, a mother and father, mother and daughter, father and daughter, sisters; conversations between a family and the Jesus that they were saved to serve.
Like the chair I was painting, people don't always know where we've been. Sometimes, we aren't even quite sure of where we have been. Maybe when the place you are serving is no longer where God wants you and you're unsure where your next "home" will be, you're afraid and hesitant. You get cracked and your paint chips along the way, but every home you land in is the right fit for that time. Sometimes, God will allow you to be broken down so that He can build you back up. He allows you to be broken, so that your need for Him and only Him becomes so strong that you can't help but chase after Him with a desire that only He can quench; until our
desire is to be used by Him to glorify Him and to further His kingdom. Until our only desire is to
Jesus and to make Him
Sometimes, God has you go through that journey so that you can see that you need Him and that you need the support He graciously gives us through our friends and family and fellow believers. In that journey, we discover who we are, not as a personality or a career or title, but as a fearfully and wonderfully made, exponentially loved, child of God.
Sometimes, He uses a beat up wooden chair with chipped paint from a thrift store to speak to you and organize the thoughts He has given you. Sometimes, there is a miracle to be found in a dining room chair.
Praise God that get a new coat of paint. We get a makeover.
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- clean/organize linen closet: check!
- clean/organize craft room: check!
- complete my wedding scrapbook album: check!
- clean/organize the room that houses a spare bed and my clothes:
NOT finished! I still have a small amount of time for this; although, I'm not sure I'll get it done considering we're having a small gatherieng for the Lions' game tomorrow.check!
- purchase/hang a coat rack near the back door:
purchased, NOT yet hung! As long as Rich finds the motivation, this project should get finished tomorrow.check!
- complete a craft project found on Pinterest: check!
To complete this project, you'll need:
- 4 small tiles (4.25" x 4.25")
- 4 scraps of coordinating scrapbook paper
- Mod Podge (no more than a small jar)
- clear acrylic spray
- sticky felt squares or circles, or cork sheets
As I mentioned before, I have enough scrapbook paper on hand to wallpaper an entire house; but you can find pages that will coordinate with your own decor at places like Michael's JoAnn Fabrics, Hobby Lobby, Meijer or Target. I chose 4 coordinating sheets of paper and cut a 4" x 4" square out of each.
Next, I applied a thin layer of Mod Podge to the front of the tile and pressed each square of paper onto its own tile. Before the glue dried (Mod Podge sets quickly), I made adjustments to the paper, making sure it was centered on the tile with the same amount of tile exposed on each side. Once the paper was firmly glued down, I applied a thin layer of Mod Podge over the top of the entire tile including all four sides. Depending on the look you're going for, another coat or two of Mod Podge might suit you well. I chose to stop at one. It takes about 30 minutes for the glue to dry completely. I let the tiles sit over night before moving on to the next step.
Luckilly, we've had some mild Winter days, so the next step was easy to complete. Outside on the grass, I applied two coats of clear acrylic spray to the top and side surfaces of the tile. It's unnecessary to spray the bottom of the tiles because you'll be gluing felt or cork to them anyway. Wait about 15 minutes after the first coat to apply the next and then another 15 minutes for them to dry completely.
Once the tiles are entirely dry, it's time to apply either felt or cork to the bottom. This helps the coaster slide and eliminates the possibility of scratching the surfaces of your tables. Originally, I purchased a sheet of white felt with adhesive on the back. The felt was down right cheap at $1.17. I cut small squares in half diagonally and applied each triangle to the corners of the tiles. I wasn't happy with the outcome, so I followed the suggestion of my aunt to purchase a roll of cork from Hobby Lobby. This was the perfect solution. I cut the cork into 4" x 4" squares and used super glue to adhere the squares to the back of the tiles. I think over time, the felt would have frayed, and it left the grout lines exposed on the back of the tiles. The cork squares eliminate both of these problems.
Overall, I was very happy with the outcome. This project was extremely simple. I expect to make these in the future for housewarming gifts. Check out the finished product below!
|Hi Sugarplum!


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TEN years ago he moved for £3 million to the most-watched league in the world.
But now Garry O'Connor's fall from grace is complete after he was fined £200 for stealing clothes from an upmarket department store.
It's been a decade since former Hibs striker O'Connor left Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow for Birmingham City – and in that time the 33-year-old has suffered a humiliating and public downfall.
Once pocketing £20,000 a week, a court heard yesterday that he was unemployed and being supported by his wife, who is thought to work in a tanning salon.
He admitted stealing clothes from Harvey Nichols and was ordered to pay the St Andrew Square store £700 compensation for a stolen jacket that was never recovered.
The conviction marks the latest in a long list of offences for the ex-Hibernian player, who scored 46 goals during his time at Easter Road.
Despite early success on the pitch, O'Connor was drawn into a lavish party lifestyle that saw him squander his estimated £4m fortune on a combination of alcohol, drugs and a collection of fast cars.
Now the ex-footballer – who also had a stint at Lowland League side Selkirk as a player/manager – has swapped his £1.3m mansion for a £65-a-week council house in North Berwick.
Colm Dempsey, O'Connor's defence solicitor, told Edinburgh Justice of the Peace Court yesterday that the theft on November 25 last year had been "unsophisticated" and that O'Connor "bitterly regretted the incident".
O'Connor, he added, had no outstanding cases and although there were previous convictions, there were none for dishonesty.
Nonetheless it marks a fresh instalment in what has been a troubled journey since O'Connor was catapulted to fame in the early 2000s.
Reports of his antics quickly spread, with O'Connor previously admitting he snorted cocaine up to three times a week, spent £2m on Ferraris and Bentleys, thousands on designer tracksuits and all washed down with £100 bottles of champagne.
He was eventually cut loose from Birmingham City, failing a drugs test in 2009 and later spent £35,000 on a stay at a US rehab clinic in an attempt to hide his cocaine habit from the public.
At the height of his career it is thought O'Connor was earning up to £18,000 per week but the heavily-tattooed footballer – dubbed "Garry O'Cocky" by the tabloids – said it was the pressure of performing which led his life into freefall.
He said in a previous interview: "I feel bad that they [my kids] don't have the inheritance that they should have.
"I always found myself in the company of people who had coke on offer all the time – it was too easy to take the drug on a night out.
"I knew I should never have put myself in that position but when you've got that much cash sloshing around you get carried away.
"My life was out of control but I kept it quiet."
From hero to zero...
SINCE his rise to fame Garry O'Connor has had his fair share of court appearances.
After crashing his Ferrari Spyder in Tranent in April 2011, the shamed footballer appeared in court in 2012 accused of trying to swindle £93,500 in insurance money for the wrecked car.
O'Connor, who was 29 at the time of the trial, was subsequently cleared of the charge.
The previous week O'Connor had been convicted of possessing cocaine and obstructing police officers who spotted him snorting the powder.
He was found guilty of attempting to run away after officers saw him taking the drug in Edinburgh, and it emerged he had tried to tell police his surname was Johnstone when stopped.
A 200-hour community service order followed, with this in turn leading to a £500 fine after O'Connor failed to turn up for a number of shifts.
The striker appeared in court again in 2014 charged with driving his £35,000 Chrysler 300C in Port Seton after taking an unknown substance.
He was stopped by police officers on the B1348 at around 8pm on June 19, 2013. The charges were later dropped by the prosecution.
Later the same year O'Connor was fined £300 for pleading guilty to cocaine possession.
The conviction came after he was spotted on Leith Walk with a bag of white powder in his hand, which later turned out to be 0.03g of cocaine.
This week he was fined £200 for shoplifting from Harvey Nichols in November last year. He was also told to pay £700 in compensation.


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Developing an Application with JSF 1.2
In this JSF tutorial, we will create and execute a simple web application with JavaServer Faces 1.2. This is most suited for those who develop a JSF application for the first time. This may look terribly descriptive for those who are already familiar with creating and running JSF projects. I am not going to the details of JSF technology here. There are lots of other sites and books that does it. Here my intention is to help you create your 'first' JSF project running on our PC.
You can find ,one of my favorite JSF books here at Amazon.
Just like any other Java Web application, we need Eclipse (I am using version 3.5.1) with Apache Tomcat 6.0 set up in our system.
First thing first, let's start with creating a new Dynamic Web project.
Select File -> New -> Project
Select Dynamic Web project in the Wizard, as shown below, and click Next.
Give Project name BasicJSFProject. Click New button to select the 'Target Runtime'. In the popup window(screen shot is not provided) select the type of runtime environment as ApacheTomacat v6.0. Specify the tomcat installation directory and click Finish. Select the dynamic web module version as 2.5. In the configuration section, select the JavaServer Faces Project v1.2. Click next.
Click next.
Check Generate web.xml deployment descriptor and Click next.
Click download library
Select JSF 1.2 (SUN RI). Click next. Accept the terms of license. Click Finish.
Select JSF 1.2(SUN RI) and click Finish.
Your BasicJSFProject has been created. Note that the web.xml file has been updated with the Faces Servlet and servlet-mapping, a stub JSF application configuration file (faces-config.xml) has been created, and the build path has been updated with the implementation jars. In your eclipse window project explorer will look like this:
Now we are all set to start our coding. But before that we should have a clear idea about what we are going to build. It's a simple web page which receives 4 input from the user and displays the result on the same page on successful submission.
The following screenshot illustrates how our page will be rendered at runtime:
Now, we will create a backing bean UserDetails.java file. It's a simple Java bean with four attribute(name,age,email,dob) and setter/getter methods for the four attributes. The bean simply captures the name,age,email,dob entered by a user after the user clicks the Submit button. This way the bean provides a bridge between the JSP page and the application logic.
In the wizard , enter the package as, com.user.details and the Name of the class as UserDetails. Click the Finish button.
Add attributes and generate getter and setters
Select all four attributes to create getters ans setters and Click OK.
Our UserDetails.java file looks like this.
package com.user.details;
How page navigation works in JSF?
How to use resource bundle in JSF?
How to implement Internationalization and Localization in JSF?
How event handling works in JSF?
JSF Request Processing Life Cycle with example.


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I used to like Noah and the Whale, then everyone got wind of what a great little band they were, which put me off somewhat. When one discovers something special, one hopes one can keep the gift a secret from the masses. The last thing I'd want is to like a song at Number One. I've got a reputation to uphold here.
(Having said that, I do love Cheryl Cole and I'm not ashamed to say it. Although I think that says more about her hair extensions than her singing.)
Anyway, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. His name is John Robins and one day, when he's Michael-McIntyre-famous, a stadium sell out mega star, remember that you heard it here first. I liked him back when he compering gigs in Bristol pubs, a comedy whippersnapper.
Cesca and I were very excited about seeing John Robins again on Friday night at the Hen and Chickens, our local comedy box. We'd both stalked him on Facebook, I'd even gone so far as to befriend him - then sent Cesca a victory screenshot to prove it.
Then I'd cashed in on the fact my sister runs a comedy night by casually mentioning it to him via the safe-stalk which is Facebook. (Hey man, he let us be friends, it's legal.) It was a low ebb, but what's a girl to do? JR is the kind of comedian that you sort of feel is your friend. He's just one of your mates, up on stage, being funny. I have to remind myself that John and I are not actual friends, try as I might. I really ought not even refer to him as John, so casual and familiar as that is. 'Mr Robins' would be more appropriate.
Fast forward to Friday night, and due to my penchant for falling asleep at comedy nights, I have recently made the bold decision not to drink during comedy gigs. The combination of gin, a dimly lit room and a stuffy lack of oxygen, meant even the front row wasn't a guarantee that I wouldn't head-nod. See Russell Kane, Lee Evans and Micky Flanagan for examples. I'm like a budgie with a cloth over the cage. Sobriety was an investment in my consciousness.
But, it makes for a slightly less gobby, less confident Kim. Old JR might have been slightly confused that the girl who last time pinned him up against the wall with the force of my banter alone and got so excited when he asked my friends and I if we'd like to join him for pizza that I nearly broke a glass was now too shy to even look him in the eye. (The pizza invite really did happen, I'm not dreaming. Friends did not let me accept the offer, for fear I'd make a tit of myself. I liked them less after that. Stupid friends looking out for me, ruining my chances of being friends with a funny person / making a fool of myself. How dare they.)
Cesca and I were embarrassingly early to the gig on Friday. We even beat the bar staff to the door. At least we had Gareth with us, so I didn't look too insane. 'John Robins, John Robins, look, your favourite fans are here, but we're not mental, we've got boyfriends,' was the kind of message we wanted to get across. Gareth was my token insurance of sanity. Crazy stalkers don't have boyfriends, JR! Be friends with us!
From said front row seat, I did not fall asleep, hurray, what an achievement. However I was in his direct line of sight when he announced that, sorry ladies, he now had a girlfriend. Bit awkward. But I still think he's one of the best comedians alive today / love him very much. The line is blurred.
Anyone a fan of Flight of the Concords? That's me. Crazy stalker lady. Husband in tow.
Monday, November 14, 2011
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 10:07 AM
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.
The court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to pay for campaign ads. The decision almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns and threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states.
The justices also struck down part of the landmark McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that barred union- and corporate-paid issue ads in the closing days of election campaigns.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — About three weeks ago, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins began fiddling with a 1-3-1 zone defense.
Kansas State wishes he never got that idea.
After struggling to contain the Wildcats' penetration all night, Huggins slapped the zone on in the closing minutes of the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The resulting defensive stops got the Mountaineers back in the game, and Esa Ahmad provided the go-ahead free throw with 20.2 seconds left.
More stingy defense on the Wildcats' Kamau Stokes kept him from getting off a decent look as time expired Friday night, and the Mountaineers escaped for a hard-earned 51-50 victory.
They'll play No. 23 Iowa State in Saturday night's championship game.
"We didn't do very good job on our man (defense)," Huggins said. "We decided to try a little bit of the 1-3-1 — I'm not very smart, but I'm smart enough when it works keep doing it."
The sixth-seeded Wildcats (20-13) mostly controlled the game until Tarik Phillip tied it with a 3-pointer with 1:41 to go. Kansas State came up empty at the other end, and Ahmad was fouled in a scramble for a rebound moments later, clanking his first free throw before making his second.
The Wildcats brought the ball up court and called timeout with 10.2 seconds left.
After they inbounded to Stokes, he headed across to the right wing, where he inexplicably picked up his dribble. Tightly guarded as time ran out, he heaved a shot that hit off the rim.
"West Virginia just played good defense at the end of the game. We didn't make the play," Stokes said, "and just credit them for playing defense."
Ahmad finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Phillip had 13 points to help the second-seeded Mountaineers (26-7) reach the final for the second straight year. They are going for their first conference tournament title since the Big East in 2010.
Wesley Iwundu had 13 points and Stokes finished with 10 for the Wildcats, who can only hope their quarterfinal win over No. 9 Baylor will be enough to get them into the NCAA Tournament.
"We play in the best league in the country. We play the best teams in the country we've beaten them. We played the other ones close," Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. "It's just disappointing we couldn't win to get in the championship game."
The way the first half played out was reflected on the benches.
The Wildcats were hustling up and down the floor, skinning knees while diving for loose balls and then laughing about it afterward. On the sideline, Weber was hopping up and down like mad, a fountain of encouragement in the din of an arena packed with purple-clad fans.
Meanwhile, the Mountaineers were openly frustrated every time a shot clanked off the iron or a whistle blew for a foul. On their sideline, Huggins spent the half ripping into everyone from his own players to the officials, often pointing out to them the foul disparity.
The Wildcats went to the line 10 times in the first half. West Virginia never did.
The sum of all that was a first half dominated by the Kansas State defense. It held West Virginia to 6-for-32 shooting and was the biggest reason the Wildcats led 25-16 at the break.
The Wildcats kept the Mountaineers at arm's length most of the second half, but the Press Virginia defense finally started to force turnovers. And when Kansas State began struggling against the zone, the Mountaineers seized an opening and clawed back to tie the game.
Then their veteran poise allowed them to make the plays that mattered in the final minute.
"We're always in the game," Phillip said. "It's just because of the style that we play, we create turnovers and stuff like that, but we're always in games."


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Monday, July 26, 2010
Poly out?
Although there are differing opinions and disagreements about the popularity and acceptance of Polyamory in society today it is still a somewhat misunderstood lifestyle by many people. For those reasons Poly is often lumped into the Alternative Lifestyle category right next to GLBT, Swing, and even repetitive cheating. I'm not trying to categorize or discriminate against anyone here, just providing perspective for the rest of this article.
Let's agree for a moment that Polyamory is still an Alternative Lifestyle. Like other relationship designs in that category there is generally a certain amount of assumption and discrimination against the lifestyle. This causes many people to stay "in the closet" about their true lifestyle.
Reasons for staying in the closet include; poor treatment from family or friends over the lifestyle, possible discrimination at work, difficulty acquiring work or loss of professional relationships, and even discrimination in everyday life activities.
My question here is; when do you come out of the closet?
Most polyfolk I speak with are selectively open about their lifestyle. That is to say their family might know but co-workers don't. Or maybe co-workers and friends know but their family doesn't. Maybe their online life shows their lifestyle whereas their real daily life doesn't. The combination of people who know vs. those who don't seems to be almost endless. And as with the combinations, the reasons vary widely as well.
Personally I don't go to great lengths to hide my lifestyle. I also don't advertise it either. At the same time, I often don't answer questions. For example my friends may have seen me at parties and events with one of my loves and may now see me with another. Many won't say a word about it and I won't volunteer an explanation. Others will ask, "Did you and Lucy break up?" And I simply reply "No". If they let it go, great. If they don't and imply I'm cheating on Lucy I say only "Lucy knows Ethel is here with me", and let it go. I don't avoid the question but I won't volunteer more information than I think someone needs to know.
Part of my behavior is based on a very simple belief; My personal life is my own and nobody, again NOBODY, has a right to know or judge my personal life but myself and my partners. With that in mind it becomes much easier to respond to questions in a manner with which I am comfortable.
The equation becomes a bit more difficult in my opinion when children are involved. With friends you can exercise a right to privacy and let them decide what to believe. They are adults and will probably make up their own mind anyway. When children are involved, and you are in a parenting role, it becomes more difficult. Do you want to lie to your kids about your lifestyle? And if you do what kind of message does that send to them as a parent? Nobody wants to emotionally damage their children but when they are being taught monogamy in school and it is represented as the "proper" lifestyle choice in everyday life how and when do you present your poly lifestyle without creating confusion. Add to that the resiliency of most children and their blanket acceptance of things their parents tell them (with younger children) and the question becomes even more confusing. Does your 5 yr old actually need to know technically how Poly works?
What I'm curious about here is how "out" you are. Who are you out to and why? Or maybe your lifestyle has always been public and you have never needed to come out. Have you made mistakes being open about your lifestyle? What would you do differently about coming out if you could go back and do it again? Or do you think your private life is private and feel no need to come out to people? Are there situations where you always hide your lifestyle no matter what?
Tell me what you think!!
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Brethren, pray for us. 1st Thessalonians 5:25 (New American Standard Bible)
Children of military parents are constantly having their roots pulled up and moved to wherever the government wants their mom or dad to serve. The kids have to leave friends, school and hometown to be put in a new place where they will need to adapt to new people and ways of doing things. And there is an even greater hardship if they have to deal with a foreign language and culture if their parents are stationed overseas.
When Christians leave for the mission field there is culture shock they endure in their new "home" wherever that may be. In a different culture there may be the sense of offense if something breaks and they ask that the situation be remedied immediately as we have come to expect in our own culture. That can be very frustrating if it's the middle of winter and your heater breaks and within the local culture there is the feeling the landlord doesn't need to move quickly. Repairs or replacement could take weeks. There can be additional worry if the missionaries have children.
While financial support is indeed important to missions the greatest thing they need is our constant support through prayer. Satan's own mission is to destroy the works of God and he has an arsenal of means to do it. Prayer is a Christian's power and praying for our missionaries helps them stand firm and finish the task God has given them. Dropping a check in the offering marked 'missions' is a good thing and praying daily for our missionaries is even better. Satan believes he has no boundaries to attack until he comes up against the bulwark of the power of Christ. And the most effective means to make the best use of that bulwark is prayer. There is no other force on earth that can do the same. When it comes to our missionaries 'pray without ceasing' intensifies that need in a very real way. When we do He will be faithful and we can praise Him for all His glorious works. When it comes to our missionaries let us truly pray for them without ceasing. It's our greatest mission to missions.


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Thursday, January 22, 2009
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- The Spokesrider said...
Looks good. In January 2002 we spent a weekend in Lafayette so I could get in some bicycle rides before a surgery scheduled for the week following. It was cool, but a lot better than back in Michigan. Last year we came for a weekend in mid-February -- and it was not at all suitable for riding. But I'm glad to see you got temperatures in the 40s this week. It means I'm not completely crazy to think of Lafayette as a winter bicycling place. Hope you get in some more good rides.
- Roger said...
Nice photos there, Dan!


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It's also immigration which props up the very institutions (like the National Health Service) which the nationalists accuse immigration of threatening.
We have an ageing and unhealthy demographic, with a ticking timebomb of soaring health and social care demand and lower tax receipts. Immigrants, by their very nature tend to be young, healthy and fertile...and working and paying tax.


text: The Railroad Revival Tour is over, but the memories live on. Check out this VH1 video of traveling folkies Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe And Old Crow Medicine Show covering original wandering minstrel Woody Guthrie's "This Train Is Bound For Glory" during a Railroad Revival stop in Austin, Texas. It's a special hootenanny you won't want to miss.


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