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The Two Realities of Life
MarketWatch columnist Brett Arends and Mean Street host Evan Newmark discuss two realities in life: market reality and reality for the rest of us. Photo: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images
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What is zakat al fitr | Sadaqa e Fitr – Zakat fitrah calculator
What is Zakat fitrah | Zakat al fitrah calculator : Zakat fitrah is a religious tax | alms, paid on the day when Muslims break the fasting period at the month end of Ramadan. Zakat fitrah calculator for a person is given on a weight of three kilograms (one sa'a) on any food commodity like wheat, barley, rice, millet. It will be better to ... Read More »
Zakat Calculator – How To Calculate Zakaat
Zakat Calculator, 1/40th portion of the state and effects (nisab) in possession for the span of one complete year. Rupees. Rs. Ps. (Zakat Calculator in Indian Currency) 1) 100. – 2. 50 2) 200 – 5. 00 3) 300 – 7. 50 4) 400. – 10. 00 5) 500. – 12. 50 6) 600. – 15. 00 7) ... Read More »
Zakah | Zakat On Sayeema – Camels, Cows, Goats – Zakat
Zakat on Sayeema (herds and flocks) : 1) Saeima is understood to imply camels, oxen, goat and other animals which subsist for the greater part of the year upon pastures and which are kept for milk, breeding or fatness. If they live half the year in pasture grounds and fed for the other half upon grass (with cost or without ... Read More »
Zakah – Rules For Zakat On Goods of Trade – Zakaat
Rules For Zakah Zakat On Goods of Trade (2) 1) Zakaat is due on any goods of trade 2) The nisab of the goods of trade will be according to the price that means if the price of those goods reach the nisab of gold and silver zakah will be obligatory on it otherwise not. 3) In goods of trade ... Read More »
Zakah – Zakaat On Sliver And Gold:-
Zakat on silver and gold:- 1) On silver and gold zakah is absolutely obligatory (1) (in whatever form it may be in the shape (2) of coins, gold coins, jewelry (3), utensils (4), etc. 2) 40th part of silver and gold is to be paid as zakat. 3) The prescribed limit of silver is 200 dirham (425 grams and 285 milligrams) and on ... Read More »
Zakaat – Conditions for Correct payment of Zakah
Conditions for Correct payment of Zakat:- Note:- Sound conditions to whom the zakaat is payable. Zakat correct payment 1. A muslim (not an unbeliever) 2. Sane (not insane) 3. Major (not a minor) year(1) : According to the lunar month. due on it (2) : Even though it is acquired a day before the end of the year. 4) Intention:- ... Read More »
Stipulations Of Zakat – Conditions For Making Zakaat Obligatory
Zakat Conditions: Stipulations of Zakah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ibTecXEyI 1) Zakat is an individual duty on every muslim, sane, major (man or woman). 2) The denier of zakaat is an unbeliever. 3) The evader of zakat is a transgressor, abator of payment is a sinner and a person preventing it is liable to be killed. Zakat Conditions: for making zakah obligatory : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf0gpxUsuhk ... Read More »
What Is Zakat | Zakah In Islam – Defination
Zakat Info | Zakah In Islam – Definition : Zakat info: Zakah is commonly referred to as either a tax or as charity. Neither of these is accurate as Zakah is a divine duty. Zakah is considered a right of the poor over the rich. Withholding it is tantamount to depriving the poor of their God-given right. Allah (SWT) says of the wealthy in ... Read More »

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Holistic Health on Denham opened in January 2013 in Rockhampton. The Centre is set in relaxing gardens at 186 Denham Street, Allenstown and is situated close to Rockhampton City Centre, Allenstown Plaza Shopping Centre, Rockhampton Base Hospital, and CQIT.
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Holistic Health on Denham is owned by Chris Galinovic and Cameron Wust.
Having experienced kinesiology many years ago, and feeling a shift, I knew that this is what I wanted to do. However, at that time, I was not in a position to be able to study. Nearly 8 years ago I was at a crossroad, contemplating my future. During this time, kinesiology came back into my life and I decided to pursue a career. Working full time and studying was very rewarding. Knowing the benefits of energy medicine, I also investigated other modalities and am now able to provide a range of services. It is my firm belief that through kinesiology and working with essential oils, I am now able to live my dream of owning a natural therapies centre and working with like-minded people providing services to help you achieve your own goals and improve your health and wellbeing.
Cameron is a Biology teacher at The Cathedral College. He has a degree in Human Movement Studies-Exercise Physiology, has previously owned his own gym, and has worked in local medical practices and in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department of the Rockhampton Base Hospital as a Certified Exercise Physiologist. Cameron is also an accomplished singer/guitarist who plays regularly at the local clubs and restaurants.
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In this story, a young couple who are about to marry seek advice from their respective parents for their individual problems. The boy told his father that his feet smell really bad and this could irritate his wife. On the other hand the girl told her mother that her mouth emits awful smell when she wakes up in the morning. Read on and find out what ideas did the couple get from their parents and what happened when the ideas backfired.
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Top 3 Reasons Disney will Continue to Grow
As Disney's (DIS) stock tops the $50 mark this month, it is not only making a 52-week high but rather an all-time high. This growth is likely to continue for 3 fundamental reasons.
- ESPN: The ESPN networks represent 45% of Disney's value. Consisting of a myriad of cable channels, radio, and website functions, ESPN continues to refine its products and grow. Subscription fees are on the rise and ad revenues continue to jump. The growth of the NFL and NCAA football have contributed to much of the success and these sports are only getting stronger. ESPN has been smart to stay clear of overpriced NHL and MLB contracts while still giving their views talk and perspective on the sports. Last quarter, the ESPN segment of Disney missed its revenue targets due to some revenue recognition timing but full year outlooks remained strong.
- Avengers: With the Avengers, the income of Disney's film studio unit grew from $49 million the year prior to $313 million. Disney will continue to monetize the Avenger craze as they signed Joss Whedon (writer of Avengers) to write a second Avengers movie. To go with it, a new ABC (who is owned by Disney) series based on the Marvel comics characters is also being created. I have yet to mention the deals made to create 4 addition movies over the next 2 years like IronMan 3 and Thor: The Dark World. To further capitalize on the viewership of the Avengers craze, Disney is adding the Marvel characters to its theme parks. Through various channels, Disney will be able to cash in on Avengers for years to come.
- Bob Iger: When Mr. Iger took over as president and CEO of Disney, the Disney brand was struggling. He showed up to his 1st board meeting with a plan to buy PIXAR and Disney has not looked back. Iger is also responsible for the Disney acquisition of Marvel which is the reason for the Avengers craze mentioned in #2. Not only that, but Iger has increased the global exposure for Disney. The Disney channel is now broadcast in 167 countries and a foothold into China is just beginning. Maybe the only negative that Iger brings to the table is that he will resign as president in March of 2015.
With these 3 tailwinds behind Disney, the stock should continue to grow in the years to come. For a comprehensive rundown of Disney Q3 numbers check out Zacks research.


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Only three games remain in the NFL season, and two of them will be played Sunday. The biggest question those two will answer is the one we've been asking since the summertime: Who will play in Super Bowl LI?
But Sunday's conference championship games come with plenty of their own questions that need to be answered along the way. Here's a look at four of the biggest.
Will the Packers have Jordy Nelson back? And does it really matter?
With receivers Randall Cobb and Jared Cook mimicking Nelson's boundary-play magic, QB Aaron Rodgers looked as unstoppable and invulnerable as ever in Sunday's fingernail-shredder in Arlington, Texas. Getting Nelson back from the injury he suffered in the wild-card victory over the Giants would obviously help the Packers win a shootout, especially if No. 1 Falcons receiver Julio Jones is out or struggling with his foot injury. But Rodgers could be on a historic roll that's impervious to outside forces, as if he were the central character in some kind of football-themed Harry Potter reboot. State Farm commercials aside, nothing has gone wrong for Rodgers in months.
Can the Falcons' defensive team speed make the difference?
QB Matt Ryan is playing at an MVP level, and you especially like his chances of matching Rodgers' offensive output at home. But what stood out about Atlanta in Saturday's victory over the Seattle Seahawks was how dynamic and energetic the Falcons were on the other side of the ball. We're not used to thinking defense when we think of the Falcons, but their young defensive stars have been difference-makers down the stretch. Green Bay has one of the best pass-protecting offensive lines in the league, and Seattle had one of the worst. But that doesn't mean Falcons coach Dan Quinn & Co. can't scheme ways for the Falcons' defensive team speed to make a difference in coverage or by chasing down Rodgers outside of the pocket better than Dallas did.
What do the Patriots have in mind for Le'Veon Bell?
Patriots coach Bill Belichick has a long-standing reputation for taking away the opponent's No. 1 weapon, and there's no doubt that Bell is the Steelers' main man at this point. New England's run defense is one of its strengths, and Bell is unlikely to find life easy between the tackles. But Belichick obviously knows the Steelers can find creative ways to use Bell in the passing game as well. It's not as if the Steelers can't find other ways to win, but the design and effectiveness of the Patriots' plan to stop Bell will tell a significant portion of the story of the AFC Championship Game.
How effectively can the Steelers get to Tom Brady?
Pittsburgh's pass rush has been as good as any in the league since October. Whitney Mercilus and the Texans were able to get some pressure on Brady on Saturday. Historically, the way you beat Brady and the Patriots in the postseason is by generating pressure with your pass-rushers up front and dropping as many as you can into coverage. And while the Patriots' offensive line is protecting Brady better this year than it did last year, when Von Miller and the Broncos knocked the Pats out in this game, the Steelers are disruptive at the line of scrimmage. If Brady isn't comfortable in the pocket, that puts Pittsburgh in position to steal one on the road.


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Tag Archives: defective products
Following on from Wilkes v DePuy International Ltd [2016] EWHC 3096 (QB), the High Court has confirmed the approach to be taken when determining whether a product is defective under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 ("the Act"). In Gee & … Continue reading
Fipronil egg scare: implications for corporates
On 7 August 2017 the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) announced that 21,000 eggs imported into the UK from farms in Belgium and the Netherlands were contaminated with the pesticide Fipronil. The number of contaminated eggs … Continue reading
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Developments in New York products liability law
In this article, we present a summary of significant products liability cases from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2016. Our article covers a range of developments concerning failure to warn claims, the exercise of personal jurisdiction, federal preemption, expert … Continue reading
Filed under Product safety, United States
High Court provides guidance on the interpretation of "defect" under the Consumer Protection Act 1987
In a landmark judgment on the meaning of "defect" under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 ("the Act"), Mr Justice Hickinbottom in the High Court case of Wilkes v DePuy adopted an objective test for safety by reference to what the … Continue reading
Court of Appeal considers meaning of notification wording
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the Commercial Court that found an insurer could not rely on a notification condition precedent to avoid liability under a public and product liability policy. The judgment in Zurich Insurance PLC … Continue reading
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End-user of defective product prevented from bringing a claim when it has knowledge of the defects
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that where an end user has knowledge of the defects in a product, it is not able to bring a claim for any subsequent loss resulting from that defect. It held that an end … Continue reading
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Emerging Legal Issues in 3D Printing and Product Liability: The View from the U.S. and the UK
In this article, published in Law Journal Newsletters, we consider who will be held liable if objects created through the use of 3D printing technology, and distributed to consumers and other users, turn out to be defective and unreasonably dangerous from … Continue reading
Our new guide to product liability and product recall insurance in the UK
In this guide, published as a chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability 2016, we consider the types of liability to which producers and distributors of defective products may be exposed, and the scope of product liability … Continue reading
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Recent developments in US product liability
There have been a number of significant product liability cases in the US in recent months. Thomas E Riley from our New York office has prepared an article which was first published in the annual survey issue (51-2) of the Tort … Continue reading
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Focus on 3D printing – the legal implications of an emerging technology
In this article published in PLC Magazine June 2016 we consider the effectiveness of the current law to deal with the competition that 3D printing presents for traditional manufacturing as well as the opportunities 3D printing provides for rights holders … Continue reading


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Which phone creates the highest radiation?
Continuing our cell-phones radiation discussion, I recently found some interesting statistics about the highest and lowest radiation cell-phones.
check it out
20 Highest-Radiation Cell-phones:
20 Lowest-Radiation Cell-phones:
Important to know:
If you're concerned about limiting your SAR exposure, you can take a few easy steps beyond purchasing a handset with a low SAR:
1. You can text instead placing a voice call,
2. Use a wired headset or speakerphone whenever possible,
3. carry your phone at least one inch from your body.
4. Avoid using your phone in areas with poor coverage since phones emit more radiation when searching for a signal.
5. Children, which have smaller and thinner skulls, should limit cell phone use,
6. Children and adults, should not sleep with an active phone next to their bedside or under their pillow.
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama opened this year's congressional election season with a State of the Union message centered on economic inequalities, a theme harder to sustain in scattered House and Senate contests.
Mapping out his goals to assist those struggling amid a broader recovery, the president in last night's address called for extending unemployment benefits, an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 from $7.25, a new retirement savings program, and more affordable college education.
"Corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better," Obama said. "But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by –- let alone get ahead. And too many still aren't working at all."
Democrats are echoing such themes on Capitol Hill, yet political strategists say they may not be as potent as they were in 2012 when Obama ran against Mitt Romney, a multimillionaire former private-equity executive caught on videotape suggesting that 47 percent of Americans view themselves as victims dependent on government checks.
"It worked great for the Democrats because Romney was the very profile they were running against,"said Stu Rothenberg, a Democrat and the editor of the Washington-based nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report.
Midterm voters
Income-equality themes are also stronger in presidential years because a broader swath of the electorate typically participates, while midterm voters tend to be wealthier and more Republican.
In the 2010 midterms, 64 percent of voters nationally had incomes of $50,000 or more, compared with 59 percent in the 2012 presidential election, according to exit polls. Those surveys also show 42 percent of 2010 voters described themselves as "conservative," significantly higher than the 35 percent who said that in 2012.
Republicans are also sticking with a once-winning message: attacking the Affordable Care Act as too expensive and unworkable. Public concerns about the health-care law helped them retake control of the House in 2010.
This year, the U.S. Senate is the prize. Republicans need a net gain of six seats to win control of that chamber. The results will shape the final two years of Obama's presidency and determine how much resistance he'll encounter from Congress.
Republicans beware
Mike Murphy, a Republican consultant who has advised several presidential campaigns, said his party can't ignore the potential power of Obama's message and simply propose tax cuts as their sole idea for economic opportunity.
"We should take the president's campaign offense seriously," he said. "Our connection to voters on economics has been slipping, and we have to address that."
Obama told Americans they essentially have a choice between a nation where all have a chance to improve their lot in life and one where prosperity is achieved by just a few.
With national unemployment at 6.7 percent — down 1.1 percentage points since Obama took office in January 2009 — the economy remains the top issue for most voters and Democrats see economic fairness as a winning message.
"Opportunity is who we are," Obama said. "And the defining project of our generation must be to restore that promise."
In his call for an increase in the minimum wage, Obama pointed to polling that shows support for a boost and sold it as an economic development tool — and a campaign mantra.
Campaign mantra
"This will help families," he said. "It will give businesses customers with more money to spend. It does not involve any new bureaucratic program. So join the rest of the country. Say yes. Give America a raise."
Representative Paul Ryan said Obama's plan would backfire on workers.
"It's bad economics," the Wisconsin Republican said on CNBC today. "What we want is more people to enter into the workforce. We don't want to make it more expensive for employers to be able to hire people."
In all, the president announced a dozen actions that he said would help push against the economic forces that have left lower- and middle-income Americans suffering from the worst recession in more than seven decades. He also said he's enlisting companies, including Apple Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., to help solve issues from expanding broadband in schools to hiring the long-term unemployed.
Republican opposition
Obama appealed for cooperation from the divided Congress on other priorities, including immigration, corporate taxes, trade, transportation and an expansion of the earned income tax credit to aid the working poor.
The president's message is designed to shore up his support among Democrats rather than winning over the independent voters who decide most elections, said Whit Ayres, a Virginia-based Republican polling consultant.
"It is totally a Democrat base play," he said. "They are going back to a timeless class-warfare play to try to distract people from Obamacare."
Democratic polling expert Geoff Garin, who worked for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008, countered that Obama's message will be a strong one because Americans increasingly think it's hard to stay in the middle class and even harder to get there.
Unequal opportunities
"Mitt was a soft target and the reality is that those don't come along every day, but the Republican brand is still deeply identified with favoritism with those at the top and corporate interests," he said. "Democrats are much more identified as the party of the middle class. The pump is pretty well primed for voters to think that Republicans will be on the wrong side of these issues."
Respondents in a Bloomberg National Poll last month said by a margin of 64 percent to 33 percent that the U.S. no longer offers everyone an equal chance to get ahead.
With stock portfolios recovering — the Standard & Poor's 500 Index has more than doubled since Obama took office — the wealthy have shaken off much of the recession.
The top 10 percent of earners — those with household income above $114,000 — collected more than half the nation's total income in 2012, according to a research paper published last year by University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez. That's the largest proportion since the government started gathering such data in 1917.
Slow growth
The study also found that those with the top 1 percent of incomes saw their earnings grow 31.4 percent from 2009, when the recession ended, to 2012. The bottom 99 percent saw growth of just 0.4 percent.
Vin Weber, a former Republican House member from Minnesota who is now managing partner at Mercury Public Affairs, a Washington-based government relations consulting firm, said he sees at least a small opening for bipartisan compromises in 2014 on such things as education and job training.
"There is unhappiness with the economy and Obamacare, and that gives a lot of advantages to the Republicans," he said. "Yet if Republicans want to maximize their opportunity in 2014 and be competitive in 2016, they need to spend some time on a positive agenda."
Ron Kaufman, a senior adviser to Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, said Republicans need to improve their message on economic opportunity to compete with Democrats.
"We have to do a better job of saying the best thing we can do for people is to grow the pie," said Kaufman, a member of the Republican National Committee from Massachusetts. "What Democrats want to do is make the pie smaller and the pieces bigger."


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This is a small promontory fort crowning the highest northern spur of an isolated hill. It rests above steep slopes except on the south, where it faces the relatively level hilltop. The site was extensively excavated in 1954-9 when much early medieval material was recovered. The excavator considered this to be an early medieval fort occupying the site of an open Iron Age settlement, all overlain by a massively enclosed earthwork castle. The many caveats attending this interpretation make it problematic.
The fort is a roughly oval 0.08ha enclosure mostly defined by a broad ditched rampart with a palisade on the north. The entrance was at the north-west extremity and would have been approached along the rocky spine of the steep slopes below. There are three additional lines of ramparts on the south, one of which may have continued around the west side. The inner rampart was revetted in stone and appears to have had a timber-framed breastwork. The second rampart, also ditched, is relatively insubstantial. The two outer ramparts are again massive and appear to have been conceived as a pair, the inner again stone revetted. Traces of two rectangular buildings up to 7.5m wide were recorded in the interior.
The finds were mostly early medieval, but also included Roman material and fragments of a twelfth century pot. The ramparts overlay deposits containing Iron Age pottery. The fort does not resemble a medieval castle, but rather a later Prehistoric style hillfort and may have been established as late as the Roman period. It was clearly occupied into the early medieval period and the internal buildings could relate to this or else to an ambiguous phase signalled by the twelfth century pottery.
A bank and ditch (Bank V) running south from the fort is an old field boundary shown on the 1st edition OS County series (Glamorgan. XLVII.5 1880) and may have been connected with the enigmatic 'causeway'.
There is a second defended enclosure 130m away on the southern edge of the hilltop (NPRN 307785).
Sources: Alcock 'Dinas Powys' (1963), University of Wales Press
RCAHMW Glamorgan Inventory III.1a The Earlier Castles (1991), 95-100
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Increase In Drinking Since September 11th
There are definite
indicators that the terrorist acts of September 11th have significantly
increased the use of alcoholic beverages within the United States.
More people are drinking alcoholic beverages and they're drinking more
frequently and heavily. As more information on alcohol
sales is becoming available, the initial indicators suggest that we will
see a dramatic rise in people seeking treatment for alcohol abuse and and
alcoholism and in alcohol-related crimes. Here's the story from the
New York Times.
a Stressed City, No Room at the Bar
York Times
December 5, 2001, Wednesday
By MARIAN BURROS (NYT)
THEY were three deep at Guastavino's bar last Thursday night,
downing flirtinis, cucumber martinis and patriots, a red, white and
blue martini suitable for the times. Bartenders kept up a steady
beat -- mix, mix, mix -- while waiters rushed to deliver trays of
frothy daiquiris and coffee martinis.
It wasn't unusual.
Almost three months after the terrorist attacks, New Yorkers
are drinking more than ever. Even as restaurants struggle with
empty seats and fewer diners willing to pay high tabs, liquor sales
are climbing at bars, restaurants and some liquor stores
throughout the city.
At a few places -- a diverse list including Pravda, the
Regency Hotel and McSorley's -- liquor sales were 25 percent higher last
month than they were in November 2000. And as the holiday season
gets into full swing, the numbers are bound to increase.
''People who were drinking three drinks are now having four
or five,'' said Richard Schertzer, a senior bartender at Pastis, the
brasserie in the meatpacking district. ''They are drinking more
martinis and fancy cocktails than before, even late at night, at 1 or
2 in the morning.''
''The mood is different,'' he added. ''Once people get out
and see a few smiling faces around, they take it as a nice escape and use
it to have a bit more fun.''
Whether people are drinking to relieve anxiety and stress, as
psychiatrists believe, or because they want to socialize more and drinking
is part of that, all over town bars are fuller and livelier. There's more
hard liquor and less high-end wine; more big groups
and fewer singles. People are staying later, locked in late-night
conversation rather than giddy revelry.
The dramatic rise in consumption of alcoholic beverages
immediately after Sept. 11 was a nationwide phenomenon, liquor
distributors and others in the business say. But nowhere was it
more evident than in New York. After the first couple of weeks,
there was a significant drop -- until last month, when business
came back, with a vengeance. Not only was it up in Manhattan and
in some of the boroughs but also in nearby Long Island and
Connecticut suburbs.
Discus, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States,
plans to release national consumption figures next year. But ACNeilsen,
which also tracks national retail sales of wine and spirits,
reports that the sales volume of alcoholic beverages has been up every week since Sept. 11 compared with last year. For
the week ending Nov. 3, the most recent figure available, volume rose 4.2
''At first, people felt a little uneasy and didn't want to
appear to be celebrating -- now I think there is a certain nervous fatigue
that propels people,'' said
Kurt Eckert, the wine director for Jean-Georges Vongerichten's five
New York restaurants, where liquor sales were up 3 to 4 percent.
''People are a bit relieved, but the recent plane crash, anthrax in
addition, have left people a bit shaken.
There has been a drop in the number of
people dining, but they are ordering more wine.''
At Guastavino, business in the restaurant is
down, but business at the bar last month was up 10 percent compared with a
year ago. The
restaurant is staying open later on weekends and has installed a disc
jockey. At McSorley's, where the average customer drinks 8 to 10 glasses
of ale, business has picked up substantially in the afternoons, according
to Matthew Maher, the owner.
''If you walk into Smith & Wollensky, you think it's a
great night because you can't get near the bar,'' said Alan Stillman,
chairman of the Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, ''but the
restaurant is not full. More liquor is being
consumed by fewer people.''
And at many places, the cast of characters is quite
different. Guastavino, for example, was long known as one of the best
pickup spots in town. Since
Sept. 11, the revelers have been coming in groups of three or five, even
eight, eager to be with their friends.
Like Karla Koontz, 27, who is unemployed. ''I think I'm
hanging out more because I want the company,'' she said. ''It's not so
much partying at clubs late, it's more good conversation.''
Many, who at first laughed nervously when asked if they were
drinking more, and wanted to make certain no one thought they were
drinking too much, eventually acknowledged that their consumption had
increased, if only because they were going out more. For a lot of people
-- even 20- and 30-somethings, who in the past thought they were immortal
-- Sept. 11 was an awakening.
''I used to be health-conscious,'' said Mark Booker, a
36-year-old real estate investor, sitting at a table in the Pastis bar.
''I used to work out; now I
don't give a damn. I used to go out twice a month; now I go out twice a
week. It's friends coming together to embrace each other. And the reason I
am drinking more is because I'm out more.''
Sitting with two friends at Guastavino's bar, Marty
Majchrowicz, 33, the president of a medical education company in New York,
said he was spending a lot more time with friends. ''I'm feeling less
inhibited and feeling less guilty about going out and drinking,'' he said. ''I'm feeling an obligation to spend more money in
the city. I'm eating out more often, about four nights a week, and
drinking more cocktails, two or three.''
Others say they are drinking to relieve stress. ''Boy, are
you at the right table,'' said Esther Gweft, 51, a lawyer who does public
relations for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. ''I'm a
two-glass-of-wine person at home, but now it's three, three and a
half glasses. My staff is stressed. Everything makes them anxious
because of 9/11. I have two kids, and my son got very anxious.
You get stressed trying to keep everyone else cheerful.''
At the Regency Hotel, ''people are coming at 5 o'clock and
staying all evening,'' said Clark Wolf, a consultant to the hotel. ''Since
Oct. 1, sales have been hard core: cocktails, manhattans, bottles
of wine, vodka on the rocks and martinis -- no flavored martinis,
just the real stuff.''
At Excelsior, a bar in Brooklyn, ''people are definitely
drinking more,'' said Richard Kennedy, the owner. ''Our figures are up 8
percent over last year.''
Jean-Claude Baker, the owner of Chez Josephine, is stunned
that his bar business is up 25 percent over last year. ''The past two
months have been the best ever in 15 years,'' he said.
Retail sales in New York are less uniform. Michael Aaron,
chairman of Sherry-Lehmann, the East Side wine merchant, said that
even though sales in September were down 25 percent from last year,
and in October were down 20 percent, they were up 15
percent in November. And he said he was selling much more expensive
wines than a year ago, which flies in the face of what is
happening in restaurants.
At Acker, Merrall & Condit, a West Side merchant, the
number of people buying wine and spirits is up 15 percent for October
and November. But at Gotham Wines and Liquors business is flat, and
at Garnet Wines and Liquors, Marty Laufer, an assistant
sales manager, said: ''It definitely is not what it was last
November -- we are seeing more hard liquor but not so much high-end
Based on interviews with alcoholic beverage distributors who
sell to markets around the country, the picture is mixed elsewhere.
The overall impression is that the precipitous drop in sales in New
York immediately after Sept. 11 was felt in a few cities,
particularly those dependent on tourists and business travelers,
but that those places have rebounded and that business has
remained strong elsewhere.
Kerri Madigan, president of Rosenthal Wine Merchant, said
business was very good in November. ''Retail and restaurants
finished off very strongly compared to last year in New York. The
East Coast was way ahead of last year, up about 15 percent
on both coasts. The middle of the country stayed very
And some distributors have noted that in places where
restaurant and bar sales are off, sales at retail stores are up.
Lee Schrager, director of media for Southern Wine and Spirits
in Miami, the largest distributor in the world, said he did not think
Sept. 11 had as much impact on the rest of the country as it did in New
It is hardly surprising. New Yorkers have been through a
For certain people, like recovering alcoholics, the problem
can be very serious. Joseph Califano, president of the National Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, is worried about
them. ''With a more traumatic and intense tragedy than Oklahoma City, I am
concerned that we will have a greater increase in alcohol abuse in New
York than was experienced in Oklahoma
City,'' he said. ''And that was substantial.''
People do a variety of things to ease discomfort, said James
Bernard, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in New York. ''Drinking or
self-medicating is just one of the behaviors,'' he said. ''One of
the central ingredients in people I've seen is a feeling of
helplessness, which is one of most intolerable feelings for most
Dr. Gail Saltz, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who is
chairman of public information for the New
York Psychoanalytic Institute, said she had seen a definite increase in
alcohol use in her patients. ''People aren't often aware when they
self-medicate for anxiety,'' she said. ''They are also using it because
they can't sleep, and the reason they can't sleep is anxiety.''
At Pastis, Chris Horn, 43, a casting director, ordered a
second bottle of wine while the first was still half full. He said he was
definitely consuming more these days.
''When you sit down to relax and start talking, you don't
realize it,'' he said. ''Usually we have one and a half bottles. A year
ago, it was one
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Rest assured Jeff, this blog will continue to offer absolutely no informational value. There will be no rhetorical, philosophical, political, intellectual benefit to reading what I write. With just a little less profanity, you'll be getting just a little less nothing.
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This week was my cousin's 30th birthday. Ever since I remember, she has been obsessed with the Wizard of Oz. So, of course it was the first thing I thought of when I was planning her cake.
When it came to the actual cake, there was only one option. It had to be a (somewhere over the) rainbow cake! This was my first ever seven layered rainbow cake. I wanted to keep the layers nice and thin, so used a five layer recipe and then divided it into seven colours. I then used a very thin layer of buttercream to cover the cake. I loved how it turned out.
For the decoration, I decided to give fondant another go. I know it is not my strong point, but practice makes perfect, right? Well I've a lot of practice to go, but some strategically placed yellow brick roads and poppy fields covered any holes and made this cake look pretty presentable.
But the most important part is, the birthday girl loved it! And she sent me this snap of when she cut it open. It looks pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.
(adapted from Raspberri Cupcakes)
355g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
225ml milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
400g caster sugar
225g butter, softened
4 eggs
Food colouring
Preheat oven to 180ºC and grease and line your tins. I only had 2 round tins, so had to bake this in batches. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside. Mix milk and vanilla together in a measuring jug and set aside. Using an electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in a large bowl until pale and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mix and milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture (Add 1/4 of the dry mixture followed by 1/3 of the wet mixture at a time). Beat until smooth, occasionally scraping bowl with a spatula. Divide mixture evenly into 7 bowls and add a different colour of the rainbow to each bowl. Pour batter into prepared tins and bake each layer for about 10 minutes or until a skewer into the centre comes out clean. They're very thin layers so keep a careful eye on them. Cool on a wire rack.
Vanilla Buttercream
150g unsalted butter, softened
150g unsalted butter, softened
225g icing sugar
2 tbsp hot water
1 tsp vanilla extract
Beat the butter until light and fluffy. Add in half the icing sugar, half the water and the vanilla. Beat until combined. Add in the remaining icing sugar and water (if needed). Beat until combined.


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Grafana Data Source Plugin for CrateDB
What Is CrateDB?
CrateDB is a SQL database that makes it simple to store and analyze massive amounts of machine data in real-time. CrateDB customers have reported improving predictive analytic query performance of machine data by 20x more than MySQL, while reducing database hardware costs by 75%.
Here's how CrateDB makes this possible:
- Combining SQL & Search into a single DBMS - allowing you to process any data structure...time series, geospatial, JSON, full-text, etc.
- Distributed query innovations - that deliver real-time SQL performance
- An auto-scaling architecture - grow CrateDB with less DBA expertise
- Dynamic schemas, adhoc queries - quickly adapt to data structure changes
For these reasons and more, CrateDB is your perfect datasource for Grafana.
The CrateDB Datasource Plugin for Grafana
Enables CrateDB clusters to act as data sources for your Grafana deployment, providing real-time analytical and time-series data with SQL.
- Grafana > 3.x.x
- CrateDB - All stable versions are supported by this plugin
The screenshot shows a connection to http://localhost:44200 which is a test database for the purpose of this tutorial. CrateDB's default binding is to http://localhost:4200.
- Click on the Grafana icon on the top left.
- After the menu opened, you should see a link
Data Sourcesbelow
- Click
+ Add data source.
- Select
CrateDBfrom the 'Type' dropdown.
Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
CrateDB supports cross-origin resource sharing and if Grafana is running on a different origin (e.g. another domain), it is required to configure CrateDB accordingly. For example by this is the minimum required configuration in your
http.cors.enabled: true
http.cors.allow-origin: "http://mydomain.com"
Replace http://mydomain.com with the domain Grafana is running on, or use a "*" if it's OK to allow any domain to access CrateDB
For further options look in CrateDB's documentation
The CrateDB Data Source
|The data source name.
|Set this data source as default for new panels.
HTTP Settings
|The URI to any node in your CrateDB cluster.
|Via Grafana backend (proxy) or directly from the browser (direct).
|Basic Auth
|Enable basic authentication (only available via NGINX proxy in CrateDB).
|Not available in CrateDB.
|Not available in CrateDB.
CrateDB Details
These are specific settings for the CrateDB data source and it's required to set a fixed
table, and time series column per data source.
|CrateDB schema to query from (defaults to
|Table to retrieve the data from. Has to be available in the previously defined schema.
|Time Column
|Time series column, has to be of type
timestamp in CrateDB.
|Default grouping interval
|The grouping resolution (can be changed by query).
Grafana will not check (yet) if the
time column, the
schema, or the
tableexists. Be sure to double check these values to avoid running into problems later.
Querying CrateDB
After adding a new dashboard and having the query editor open, define and run the queries you like - it's just like other SQL databases. For example we have added the NYC yellow cab data set in our cluster to show you something interesting!
This graph shows the number of yellow cab pick ups between on a weekend in August 2013.
Debugging Queries
Grafana runs queries almost immediately after change and it will also auto-complete columns or previous values. However, sometimes queries might still be invalid and Grafana will then show a small exclamation mark in the top corner of the graph. Clicking on it will give you the error message.
The CrateDB data source for Grafana supports a great range of scalar functions and operators. To read more about them, install or scale a cluster, or even to contribute to Crate, please have a look at the official Crate documentation
- This plugins is made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0.


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How did I fix it?
I bought this touch screen in Ebay and I followed this video for changing it.
Well... The original touch screen is integrated with glue to the LCD, then you'll break the LCD too, as I did :(
First try, fail!
But I tried again.
I bought this LCD + Touch screen in AliExpress (including a temperad glass as present), for 30,80€. It arrived really early ~18 days from China.
I followed the same video again: Be careful, about these points:
- The battery (2:02) is not easy to remove, because it has glue. Don't be careful about the battery, you'll remove it.
- The connector (4:01) is really weak and it's complicate to insert again, you can leave it connected.
- A bit complicate to put again (4:09) this connector.
- You will need glue for this new screen (I used superglue) and a small precition screwdriver will be OK.
As resume, forget to repair just the touch screen by yourself. Change the LCD+touch screen is not complicate.


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Dawn Lacallade is a social media practitioner whose projects include Dell Community Forums, Ideastorm and currently the SolarWinds communities.
Dawn has a passion for releasing the full value of a completely integrated community and clearly demonstrating the results. She is currently chasing this passion with the deeply integrated communities at SolarWinds, where community is one of the core tenants of business. As the Community Manager at SolarWinds, a Network Management Software company located in Austin, Texas, Dawn is responsible for the Community strategy, direct integration of Community in the SolarWinds products, growth of Community product extensions, Community engagement and implementation of all Community projects. The SolarWinds community, called thwack, has more than 25,000 members which represent many of SolarWinds%u2019 85,000 customers. Using the Community, SolarWinds has revolutionized the Product Development lifecycle which is a key contributor to the company%u2019s success. Dawn is a repeat speaker at the Community 2.0 Conference, a founding member of the Community Roundtable, and is active in the Social Media Club and Social Media Breakfast.
Before joining SolarWinds, Dawn was the Manager of Ideastorm and the Dell Community Forums. She led the evolution from the focus on support forums to a broader integrated community including the Forums, Blogs, and Ideastorm. In this role included the technology, management of the Community Liaison team, idea evaluation, and driving business action on innovation. At the time, Dell%u2019s vibrant online community consisted of more than 20 properties with over 22 million monthly views.
Dawn%u2019s nine-year history with Dell also included management roles in the Corporate Business Group Escalation Team, Manufacturing, and Global Program Management and the Technical Support Call Centers.
Dawn is a proud Aggie and holds a BS from Texas A&M University (Whoop). Currently Dawn calls Round Rock, Texas home and enjoys kayaking, photography, jewelry design, hiking, rock hounding, pyrotechnics, breeding badgers, embarrassing her teenager and%u2026 (of course) practical jokes.
Dawn will be our keynote presenter for academic administrators and faculty on March 10.
One of my dearest friends and an all around great human being. She is also a great speaker. If you have a chance to see her please take the opportunity to do so. You will not be disappointed.


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House by John Lewis Eat 28cm Round Serve Bowl, White
Product description
Product code: 68215130
Serve the main meal, or accompanying sides, in this 28cm porcelain bowl which is perfect for placing in the centre of the table to share with family at dinner time.
Brought up to date with a new design, House by John Lewis Eat tableware covers all bases to suit a variety of households - there are round rim, round coupe plus soft square coupe pieces which bring a vintage touch to the collection.
Our House by John Lewis range is designed to be at the heart of a contemporary home: well thought out, well made and surprisingly affordable. The feel is modern and uncluttered; useful products that you'll love to live with.
Product specifications
- Brand
- House by John Lewis
- Collection
- House
- Country of Origin
- Portugal
- Dimensions
- H9.1 x W28cm
- Dishwasher Safe
- Yes
- Gift boxed
- No
- Material
- Porcelain
- Microwave Safe
- Yes
- Oven Safe
- No
Brand information & size guide
First introduced in 2011, House by John Lewis tableware captures everything that its designer, Robin Levien, believes in: Functionality, Affordability and Beauty. Every single piece of the tableware has been carefully designed to be as functional and beautiful as it can be and with the ambition that it will be easy to live with every day.
House is manufactured in Portugal using the most up to date production techniques in the tableware industry. This enables the wide variety of shapes within the range to be made at the highest quality and at affordable cost.
Choosing the perfect china
All our china is made from clay and kiln-fired for durability. Except for pieces with special trims, everything is dishwasher safe. Below are a few options to consider when choosing your perfect china.
|Strong and practical, perfect for everyday. Its cream colour and low firing temperatures allow for designed pieces.
|Tougher than earthenware and chip resistant. Ideal for heavy use and can often go into the oven to temperatures of up to 250°C.
|Uses a clay with a rich body colour giving the characteristic base colour, and has a low glaze firing allowing bright coloured glazes. Porous body allows for good thermal expansion and contraction properties making it an ideal body for cookware such as tagines and roasters.
|Delicate yet strong. Carefully selected clays give whiteness and translucency. It can often go from oven to table.
|Fine china
|The synthetic bone ash used in fine china makes it a more affordable alternative to bone china whilst maintaining the benefits - strength, translucency & delicacy.
|Bone china
|Bone china is made from 40% bone ash. This makes strong yet thin and delicate pieces which are microwave, dishwasher* and oven safe making each piece ideal for everyday use, not just formal.
*Unless product has metallic details - always check individual item for specific care instructions
More from House by John Lewis
Delivery options
- Standard delivery within 5 working days
- £3.50
- Next or named day delivery
- £6.95
- Named day UK delivery pre-10.30am
- £12.95
- International delivery available
- From Free
- Click & collect
- £2.00
- Click & collect from John Lewis and Waitrose shops from 2pm tomorrow
- Collect+
- £3.50
- Collect+ from a local shop from tomorrow
- Returning an item
If you've changed your mind about keeping your purchase, please return it in its original condition with proof of purchase and we'll exchange or refund it. Unless faulty, this should be within 35 days of receiving your order. By original condition, we'd expect this to mean that you've kept packaging and labels, and that the item is undamaged and unused.
You can return for free in the UK via John Lewis and Waitrose Shops, Royal Mail, Collect+ or MyHermes. If you need to arrange collection of large or heavy items, call us on 03456 049 049. For international returns queries, call us on +44 1698 545 454
You'll find returns information on your delivery note. Exceptions apply to certain products - find out more about our refund policy
- Free
|Ireland (ROI)
|Selected EU
|Rest of World


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A famous experiment of Hsee's asks people how much they would pay for two different sets of dishware:
|Set A
|Set B
|Dinner plates:
|8, all in good condition
|8, all in good condition
|Soup/salad bowls:
|8, all in good condition
|8, all in good condition
|Dessert plates:
|8, all in good condition
|8, all in good condition
|8, 2 of them are broken
|8, 7 of them are broken
Note that Set A is a Pareto improvement over Set B - it has everything in Set B and some additional items as well. Therefore, people should be willing to pay at least as much for A as they are for B.
Nonetheless, people are willing to pay almost 50% more for B than for A. The explanation for this "less is better" result is that the "hard" question of finding the absolute value of the set is subconsciously replaced with the "easier" question of finding the relative value of each item in the set.
A similar phenomenon occurs in population ethics. Consider two populations:
|Population A
|Population B
|Investment Bankers:
|100, very well off
|100, very well off
|100, moderately well off
My guess is that Population A would raise more ire than Population B, even though A is a Pareto improvement over B. Suppose we require our population ethics to follow what is sometimes called "Dominance" or "Pareto Dominance":
If Population A and Population B differ by only one person, and that person is better off in A than in B, then A is better than B.
Note that this is a pretty weak condition: in real life, there will almost always be winners and losers to any policy change, so it's rare to be able to decide things based solely on the Pareto Dominance principle.
Despite being a weak condition, it rules out population ethics that value equality, diversity etc.
Consider an extreme example: we only care about inequality (as measured by say the Gini index). In the example above, Population A had more inequality (higher Gini index) and so it would be worse. But A was a Pareto improvement over B, so a contradiction arises; hence, the Gini index can't be the way we compare populations.
A more general version of this is true:
Suppose $(G,+)$ is a population ethics that obeys the group axioms and Pareto Dominance. Let's say there is also some function $f$ whereby if $pop_a$ and $pop_b$ differ by only one person $\Delta$ then $pop_a > pop_b$ if and only if $\Delta > f(pop_b)$, i.e. $f$ defines the minimum welfare needed for a person to "improve" the total value of the population.
Then $f$ is constant. Specifically, $f(x)=0$ for all $x$, where 0 is the identity of $G$.
In some ways, this is not a very surprising result - it just says that whether your life is good is independent of whether my life is good. But it seems to contradict a lot of things we believe as a society.
Proof: Arbitrarily choose some population $pop$ and consider $pop+f(pop)$, i.e. adding a person right on the "margin". There are two possibilities: $pop+f(pop) < pop$ (adding this person is a bad idea), or $pop+f(pop)=pop$ (adding the person doesn't matter).
Suppose that $pop+f(pop) < pop$. We know that there is some element $0$ such that $pop+0=pop$. If $0 < f(pop)$ then $pop+f(pop)$ is a Pareto improvement over $pop+0$, so $pop+0 < pop+f(pop) < pop$, which is a contradiction because $pop+0 = pop$. If $0 > f(pop)$ then by the definition of $f$, $pop+0 > pop$, another contradiction. Therefore $0=f(pop)$, proving the theorem in the first case.
Alternatively, suppose that $pop+f(pop)=pop$. This means that $f(pop)$ is an identity of $G$, and since identities in a group are unique, $f(pop)$ must be $0$.
Since $pop$ was chosen arbitrarily, we have shown this is true for all populations. QED.


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Julius Peppers and Dontari Poe are splitting the Hoss of the Week award. Sorry folks, couldn't find a way to choose between these two guys, so I decided to split the pig … so to speak. One of my first forays into sports blogging was a post years ago about Peppers. I felt then, and • Read More »
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
WIP Wednesday {11.2.2011}
15 comments:
It seems you have been busy!ReplyDelete
70 farmers wife blocks to go? Way to be positive! That might be my 2012 project. Looking forward to seeing how your Terrain quilt develops. Looks good so far!ReplyDelete
oh wow, can't wait to see that graph paper come to life. That looks pretty cool!ReplyDelete
sheesh! you have a lot going on! i really like the blocks on your design wall. very modern and fun!ReplyDelete
Love what you're doing with that Terrain!!ReplyDelete
Glad to see I'm not the only one with several projects in the works. I really like the layout you are using for the Terrain fabric.ReplyDelete
Wow, I love it all. The bee blocks are amazing.ReplyDelete
I look forward to seeing your terrain quilt. Very niceReplyDelete
Your bee blocks and your FWQAL blocks look so amazing! That FWQ is going to be amazing after all 2000 blocks are done :). And, your terrain quilt is beautiful. I love my graph paper notebook, but I do agree that it is my inner nerd that loves it most.ReplyDelete
I like all your projects! Once again :O). The terrain quilt pattern is very cool, I've got something like that going on in my head too!ReplyDelete
These all look fab (oh, and I have my own nerdy graph paper ;o) )ReplyDelete
Everything is looking fabulous! I love all of your blocks.ReplyDelete
Love your Terrain quilt!ReplyDelete
Your blocks look great! And love the Terrain ones..I have a Terrain charm pack I need to do something with!ReplyDelete
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It has been a long time since I have written here. I began to look at ways of putting together a nice amateur lab to play with. I managed to find a couple of old chemistry sets. One on eBay. The Mr. Wizard Chemistry set. I had one when I was a kid many, many years ago. I always loved to watch his science shows and read some of his science books from our public library. I was quite surprised to find this kit. Now eBay maybe a good source for things but be careful. It is a nice kit, but shipping was expensive. The kit was $10.00, shipping ended up being $12.00. Still for $22.00 that is not bad, except when the kit arrived there wasn't to much of the chemicals left. I did get some glassware, flask, beaker, 8 test-tubes, test-tube stand, alcohol burner, balance, experiment book, etc.
The second one is a Merit chemistry set 50, I think this was a Salter chemistry set when I was younger. I found this at a flee market for $3.00 fully sealed. Now this was a great bargain, it came with 8 different chemicals, test-tubes, watch glass, glass and rubber tubing, etc.
You can see a picture of both sets at the side. So far I believe I am off to a good start on putting together my science lab.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
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program that trains the body and the mind!
become passive, weak, unhappy and resentful adults lacking any true
self-confidence or belief in ourselves. We still live as
children, expecting approval that never comes. We spend our
time living a virtual 'reality', sitting in front of the television
watching others attempt the things we wish we could bring ourselves
to do. We pack movie theatres watching characters in Gladiator, Braveheart and 300 live strong, powerful
lives, thirsting to experience the excitement of living life,
not just surviving life.
You crave to live
heroically. Your time is now. Where
will you start?
the Hero Inside You!
hate feeling stress all the time! I choose to learn to
embrace my fears.
I love the
challenges of life! I choose to excel with my fears.
What's important
is not what anyone else thinks about you: It's what
you think about yourself!
be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to become one. It is
rather an endless struggle that will go on to the end of our lives.
Nobody was born a warrior, in exactly the same way that no one is
born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other."
Carlos Castaneda


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Desktop Hardware Support
OIT Desktop Support provides hardware support for Faculty, Staff and Departments at UT Arlington.
Buy and Upgrade
Repair and Troubleshoot
New Computers
Desktop support recommends that new computers have at least a dual core processor and 4GB of RAM. The Dell and Apple machines listed in the Volume Purchase Agreement meet OIT minimum standards for campus machines, and are capable of running UT Arlington supported software.
Desktop support strongly recommends selected models of Dell or Apple computers, as these are fully supported. Machines from other vendors may have limitations on the hardware and software we can support.
Desktop Support offers full support for Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, and Windows 7 32 and 64-bit.
Desktop Support also offers recommendations for machines not currently on the bulk purchase, and can help match your needs to the best machine.
If you have questions or needs which are not met by the current Volume Purchase Agreement, or want to verify that a computer meets the Desktop Support standards before purchase, please contact the Help Desk and a Desktop Technician will respond as soon as possible.
Computer Upgrades
Desktop support provides research, recommendations, and assistance in purchasing for upgrades to existing systems. Our technicians are skilled in working with our clients to assist in assessing if a system should be upgraded or replaced. Items we frequently specify are RAM, hard drives, optical drives, video cards, displays, and other accessories. Contact us, we will be pleased to assist you.
New Printers
Desktop Support recommends HP network printers and multifunction copier-printers that are durable, cost effective, and use industry-standard drivers. Our Volume Purchase Agreement page outlines units that meet our criteria. These include:
- Integrated Networking
- Universal PostScript Language Compatibility for
Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit, and Mac OS X
- Duplex Printing
- 3-year on-site warranty repair.
- Scan to E-Mail (SMTP) for Multifunction Units
If a unit listed in our volume-purchase list does not fully meet your needs, contact us and we will be happy to build a quote for you.
Setting Up A Computer
For supported computers that are UT Arlington Assets, OIT provides imaging, which includes our standard set of software. For computers that are UT Arlington Assets, which are not supported, we can install our standard software, where applicable. When you receive your new computer, please submit a request at Service Now
Setting Up A New Printer
For network printers that meet our specifications, OIT provides print queues on one of our secure servers to facilitate efficient printing by many users. For network printers that do not meet the standards for print queues, they can be set up for direct printing via TCP/IP. Because of security issues, OIT does not permit workstation print sharing of local or network printers. For printers that are not networkable, we can assist you in setting the unit up directly to your computer. When your new printer arrives, please submit a request at Service Now
Adding New Hardware
Macintosh and Windows systems provide automatic installation of external hardware through plug and play support. For supported computers that are UT Arlington Assets, OIT can install items such as memory, internal drives, video card, and other items. If you need assistance in this area, please submit a request at Service Now
Moving or Repurposing A Computer
For computers that are UT Arlington Assets, OIT can assist in preparing a system for use by another person in your department, or for use by another department. For more information, please submit a request at Service Now
Warranty Repairs and Support
For Apple Macintosh and Dell computers that are UT Arlington Assets, OIT Desktop support provides certified, in-warranty repairs at no cost to the department. Coverage is determined by the warranty of the individual unit. For more information, please submit a request at Service Now
Non-Warranty Repairs
OIT Desktop Support provides non-warranty repairs for supported systems that are UT Arlington Assets. For repairs that are completed in house, repairs are provided for the cost of parts. For non-supported UT Arlington Assets, OIT can facilitate the repairs by a third party. In such cases, the department will be responsible for parts and labor. For more information, please submit a request at Service Now
Printer Repairs
OIT Desktop facilitates HP printer repairs for printers that are in warranty and out of warranty through HP or other outside vendors. Repairs that are covered under warranty, are completed at no charge to the department. Presently, for supported HP printers, OIT covers the labor for repairs we facilitate, and the department is responsible for the parts. For unsupported printers, Desktop is happy to facilitate the repair order, but the department is responsible for the parts and labor. For more information, please submit a request at Service Now
Network Troubleshooting and Setup
OIT Desktop Support provides network set up of supported devices on UT Arlington network and first-line troubleshooting of issues as they arise. For more information, please submit a request at Service Now
Preparing Computer Items for Surplus
UT Arlington requires that computer disks be securely wiped of data before recycling to prevent identity theft. This means computers must be securely wiped before sending them to surplus. To this end, UT Arlington department is responsible for its computers. The use of secure wiping software such as DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in this area. For more information on using DBAN, see our Using DBAN page.
Sending Computer Items to Surplus
Once properly prepared for transfer to Surplus (for more information: see Preparing Computer Items for Surplus in the above section), Departments must follow UT Arlington procedures for transfer of UT Arlington Assets. For more information, see the UT Arlington Business Affairs and Controller page on Inventory Management.


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Lazy Sunday freebies!
Five++ Defrag ProgramsToday at MakeUseOf.com, there's a post titled "Five Free Programs to Defragment your PC" which lists five free defrag programs (duh!) for your PC.
Defragging basically keeps files on your harddisk in order instead of leaving files strewn all over the place. In theory, this should speed up file access as files are located in the same place instead of hundreds of different areas. In my opinion, defragging does help in some way, as my harddisk is always quieter (less seeking) after it has been defragged.
Out of the five, I've used Contig and PageDefrag before and can say that they are wonderful for keeping your PC in shape. The reason I used Contig is exactly why Contig was developed - to defrag a couple of files. Sometimes when you are dealing with large files such as databases or media files, defragging just those critical files can net you a significant performance boost. PageDefrag's story is similar - I've used it to quickly defrag my page file.
If you're looking for more free defrag programs, checkout The Great Defrag Shootout: all the defragmentation utilities I can find @ Insights and Rants. Dozens of commercial and free defrag programs are listed along with their reviews by the author.
WorldCatLooking for a book/CD in your library? Can't find it there? Why not search on WorldCat? WorldCat is
the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.
And it isn't limited to only the United States, Australia or just a single country. The entire world's libraries are at your fingertips when you search with WorldCat. Well, those that participate in WorldCat anyway. :)
WorldCat even provides search plugins/toolbars for you to install in your browser so that search junkies don't need to type in the URL to start searching. If you don't have time to browse through all your search results, simply register for a free account and save your search results into lists. You can also get your friends involved by sharing those lists if you want.
Like many other beta services, WorldCat has some hiccups to take care of. While I was testing out WorldCat, when I clicked on certain results, some redirected me to non-existent sites (holding pages) while others left me at the initial search page of the library (where the material was found) instead of the library's result page. The latter meant that I had to execute the search again, only this time I was searching in some library instead of WorldCat. However I didn't bother to carry out the same search again at an external library page (since that really isn't the point). :)
No more freebies for today! Be back on Monday for more! Yesterday's freebies still work fine!


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Who can submit cars for exhibitions?
- Car Manufacturers
- Coachbuilders
- Museums
- Collections
- Collectors
- Contributors: historians, experts, journalists, archives, registers, clubs, events and exhibitions organizers, auctions houses, sellers.
The contributors aim to aggregate and serve as bridges between the owners and the commission and exhibition curators. Project contributors are partners that have joined a project exhibitions with a specific theme and purpose.
AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES exhibitions lab® objective is to create strong partnerships and support a growing number of contributors.


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To create a website for your Business, can possibly make money online through Blogging.
Do you know that every link you clicked is a part of a website or blog and you can be visiting another page or post on another site?
Well, a website is full of pages (like mine alrenpages.com) with information that have been posted and published online. Primarily with a domain name hosted by a web hosting like www.bluehost.com and www.m2host.com.
To Create a site with your domain name will usually need a domain registration.
A registered domain will cost about $12 to $ 15 only for one year plus the cost of web hosting.
The cost for web hosting depends on what types of account you want to register.
There are four types of accounts to choose with:
- Starter Hosting
- Reseller Hosting
- VPS Hosting
- Dedicated Server.
Check them out at www.m2host.com
You Can Create A Website Through Free Domain Name With Free Web Hosting, But Not Good For Blogging Business
There are free sites that will host your website and designs for free.
You can post photos, videos, and articles or whatever links you put on your site for free. But you know, these are the websites owned by someone else like blogpost.com and another free hosting.
I used a free theme in 2003 on my first website that I created when I took a personal study on how to make a site. However, this was on a free hosting.
However, on the free domain and free web hosting is not okay for your online business. The owner may delete your website anytime without valid reasons.
So it's not advisable to create a website on free hosting.
You Can Create A Website With Already Made Designs In Blogging Business
There are plenty of free website designs or themes, called templates and ready to be edited and republish online.
I have also created a paid domain and web hosting website in 2007 that in just five months it was closed since I was not able to continue to pay the cost for $3.95 every month at the time.
It was a great website, but due to the problem that I had no bank account that was linking to my PayPal account at that point. I was not able to add some funds to the $25 donation sent to me by my friend through PayPal to continue my website.
I was once hired by my friend to create a website in 2008 with a few pages for $70 in a free host domain.
Since then, I came back to the W3 (world wide web) three years ago when I set up pages of advertisements of my small online making money with only a few cents daily paid to click sites and survey sites.
After all, I bought two domain names and its hosts to set up two different blogs.
You Must Create A Website With A Blogging Online Business
I enjoyed the internet; I used www.yahoo.com, www.hotmail.com www.lycos.com in my emails for 15 years already, now I have www.gmail.com.
But I am only a user, and having no profits from them. But just information through exchanges of emails and chatting often.
Not knowing that those websites I have email addresses are worth millions of dollars. They have millions if not billion of users every single day that they could make millions of dollars through their advertising and blogging businesses.
Wow, I have many email addresses. Yes! I used many email addresses with my different accounts before. I maintained three emails today with Facebook accounts, some of my email addresses is expiring for not using them anymore.
Within a few years since Facebook launched out, the young man who owns that website become a billionaire with more than 1 billion users now. That's the reality when you create a website and make money blogging business.
Do you know the facebook owner? He is also blogging. He decided to create a website which is now the facebook for his online business. Today he is one of the youngest billionaires.
Blogging Is To Create A Website For Online Blogging Business
You can Create a Website with this guide Step By Step Guide To Start A Blog
Previously I have posted about three kinds of blogs. Free blog, professional blog, and corporate blog. All of these types of blogs could make money online if used correctly.
But professional and corporate bloggers are expert, and they are good in making money blogging.
I have also posted that great companies of websites like Google, Facebook, Yahoo and the websites I mentioned above are having their blogs.
The blog was popular already more than a decade ago. Today I know what a blog is all about and how it works. And I have read many bloggers who used to blog as a hobby. They do it without monetizing to make money from online.
In my previous posts. I have given some information on how to make money through blogging.
I know there are many ways using blogs to make money. But at least, I have given the basics, and now I am already making money from online business through blogging.
I Can Prove That Creating A Website Will Make Money With Online Blogging Business.
When reading of the reports from experienced bloggers like this young man and the Top 50 Bloggers, how I am impressed with this question in my mind, why in the world I did not start blogging 5 years ago?
But as I look to the future I've seen, there is still hope for the next years.
To create a website and you can be making money online by blogging business, and it is not hard at all today.
Since there are already many bloggers online to ask help, it is not so hard to create a website.
They are of great help for me. I learned a lot from them. If you have problems in setting up your site, you can search on the internet for help.
The Websites Providers
The most two important things if you want to create a website and money online through blogging, are the domain name and a host domain or web hosting.
There is no problem about how to create a website; the problem is where to create.
Most bloggers used the www.Bluehost.com.
If you get bluehost.com, you will receive a FREE Domain, FREE Site Builders, 1-Click WordPress Install and 24/7 Support. They also offer a 30-day money back guarantee.
It is hosting over 2 million websites worldwide. Many consider it as the best web hosting.
The cheapest one is www.m2host.com. It has an amazing quality, great hosting, and incredibly low rates. Hosting over 200k blogs or websites since 2005. In fact, it's the one hosting this blog you are reading.
These are the website providers I can recommend in this post where you can create a website and make money blogging business.
In Closing
Now you know that there are types of websites to make money online from home. For me, blogging is the best, I have already posted on my blogs the many reasons why?
So blogging is sure to make money online if you create a website for your business.
This post is enough for to you to understand why you should create a website for your business. To start with please go my detailed page How To Start A Website The easy way, step by step guide for the beginners.
If you read every detail, you can have a fruitful and profitable blog and start to make money blogging business.


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Quick and Easy Girly DIY Tricks
Do it yourself popularity goes on full speed like all the time today, too! As you know of course home economy is a really important point in our lifes dear readers.
Could you imagine that you can create yourself spectacular qualified lady short pants? Yes, you are not wrong you can do it!
You can design your own amazing shorts to wear in a few minutes only! We will show you now how you create your own short pants!
You only will need a few materials to create it.Do you want to read more about this brilliant idea? Let's go on then!
Needed Materials:
* An old pants or any long pants
* Scissor
* Plastic bottle screw cap
* Pencil
1. Put the bottle screw cap to pants like in picture.
2. Mark around the cap with pencil shaped like in picture
3. Cut the pants carefully from marked sections.
Look at that new short! It's done fastly and ready to wear right now! Have a nice day dear readers..