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User talk:IBAlex
how are you? Glad to see a Internet brands person on wikitravel! --Snedka71 14:05, 12 October 2012 (EDT)
Good faith edits by casual editors
I realise you have a tough job battling automated spam robots and commercial touts right now, IBAlex, but I would like you to cut our casual editors (who make good faith edits by adding useful information for travellers) a little more slack.
Here's an example of the sort of edit I'm talking about.
This IP editor improved our article for the traveller by adding five separate "eat" listings (where before there were none at all) and consequently, is very unlikely to be a commercial tout. By reverting all these painstaking edits you are likely to have at least two negative effects:
1) The traveller reading the article now has no "eat" information to view
2) The casual IP editor may be discouraged from ever editing again!
In these sort of cases, I believe it's much better to let the (improperly formatted) edits stand - but mark them by perhaps adding a {{style}} template so that somebody more experienced can come back later and do a copy edit (retaining the useful information. --W. Franke-mailtalk 15:28, 15 October 2012 (EDT)
Request for 2 hour block of IP
We currently have an IP editor that is not willing to consult our Manual of Style [1]. I would request a 2 hour block to give the IP time to read and inwardly digest, Aleksandra.
(It is also a moot point whether the external link to the IP's own website is an appropriate warning to travellers or harassment...) --W. Franke-mailtalk 14:17, 16 October 2012 (EDT)
Deleting a user's talk page
Thank you for restoring the talk page.
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Marathi Wikitravel
Hi IBAlex,
I am user from India and would like start work on Indic languages. Pls. let me know what needs to be done to start Indic Wikitravel like Marathi Language, Bangoli language, Gujrathi language etc. Kalakar 12:19, 28 October 2012 (EDT)
Recommendation of the administrator(ja)
Hello Mr. Alex. I am the administrator of the Japan Kentagon(ja's name 木更津乃風).
Recommended as an administrator of three users(ResTpeRoc、NY066、白銀) in Japan Wikitravel. I think they are in normal activities, such as participation in discussions for the maintenance and development of this site, and there is a suitability as administrator.
Therefore, according to the rules of Japan Wikitravel, We are planning to hold a vote of administrators nominations for 14 days. Please be aware.--Kentagon 09:55, 30 October 2012 (EDT)
Granting administrator privileges on three peple, thank you. Since the selection was over, I moved past the log.--Kentagon 07:25, 20 November 2012 (EST)
You should look at the user contributions of User:Phidias81, Aleksandra --singaporeAlice 17:41, 2 November 2012 (EDT)
Hello, I'm not a spammer, I'm just a new user, and I was trying to add an external link related to the topic. My fault that I didn't read all the guidelines before doing it. Btw, I don't get why you think that on the page http://wikitravel.org/en/Jukkasj%C3%A4rvi it was inappropriate to add "Ice Hotel" under the things to see (if it was you to delete it), when the field is completely empty? While on the things to do I see a commercial offer that wasn't deleted and that is even pointing to a dead link. Quite difficult to understand to me the criteria used.
Chinese Wikitravel
Hi Alex, on the Chinese Wikitravel, can you remove the docentheader and aboutdocent from the sidebar? Thanks. –sumone10154(talk) 16:23, 4 November 2012 (EST)
Reply to question on my user talk page
Hey Alex, I just replyed to your question on my user talk page User talk:Dangrec and I wasn't sure you'd see it there if I didn't put a comment here. Sorry, I'm not up with the WT procedure on that. Thanks, Dangrec 20:21, 5 November 2012 (EST)
Removal of map contributions
Hi Aleksandra. I'm just curious as to the reasoning behind this edit. It seems that user made a comment back in 2008 offering maps for Wikitravel, yet you have removed them. Any reason? 22.214.171.124 01:02, 7 November 2012 (EST)
Hi Alex, i saw that you unprotected a couple of joke articles. Is there any interest? I would like to see them protected as they have been a lot of fun and i would like to see them proected in their original way. Any objection? Jc8136 05:40, 9 November 2012 (EST)
Paul, got your point. IB does not control on the weekends and during at least 12 of 24 hours Mo-Fri. I would like to keep that historic article - i guess there will never be updates to Morder ;-) - protected because i'm pretty sure it will get worse. Call me old fashioned but unprotected history with limited patrolling is inviting spambots to target such a high profile page. Jc8136 14:02, 12 November 2012 (EST)
Which Wikitravel:Community policies do you think need changing?
With this edit you removed my e-mail address which I wanted an editor in Iran to have in case help was needed in improving our Na'in article.
The sad thing is that (perhaps because you have been under the tutelage of IBobi) you may really believe that is acceptable (or even normal behaviour here). If you read our policies you will find that, almost from the inception of this Wiki, we have had some very clear policies about how user talk pages are to be used:
Your edit comment was, quite bizarrely, "Dear Singapore.Alice, why are you engaging in this kind of "edit wars" on other user's page?" and the entire section that you arbitrarily removed was:
"==Na'in== All travel articles MUST have a lead. Read here, please: Wikitravel:Article_templates/Sections#Lead_section --singaporeAlice 05:11, 16 November 2012 (EST)"
Is it really not clear to you, IBAlex, after reading Wikitravel:Article_templates/Sections#Lead_section, why I kept putting back the lead section? Refreshingly, our editor in Iran has now understood our firm MoS policies about having a lead section and, I am pretty sure, did not consider me to be "edit warring". --singaporeAlice 21:21, 16 November 2012 (EST)
The Wikimedia foundation have already established it but a new (secret) Wikitravel policy is not to ever mention its name.
We hope that things will get better here, but so far User:IBobi seems to ignore all the good advice he has been given.
But, if you're Iranian, I'm sure you are used to the situation of having ostensibly rational dictators act idiotically and can deal with that easily enough.
I have some colleagues at Singapore Airlines who speak Farsi so if you can not ask questions in English about how to do things properly here at Wikitravel, you can email me in Farsi to Singapore.Alice[AT}gmail.com and they will translate.
I think it will be great to make Wikitravel's Iranian articles better!
Edit warring can not take place on User Talk pages since the registered user whose talk page it is retains the final right to remove harassing edits and nobody should edit or redact another's words (except in circumstances described at UUTP). --singaporeAlice 15:22, 19 November 2012 (EST)
Main Page - Date formats?
I think it best that our Main Page follow our date formats and policies - otherwise why do we bother with having a Manual of Style? --singaporeAlice 21:21, 16 November 2012 (EST)
Conflict in Gaza (November 16, 2012) Leonid Meteor Shower 2012 (November, 16-17 2012) Gang violence escalates in Sao Paulo (November 15, 2012) Perfect Storm on the East Coast (October, 26 2012) Ceasefire in Syria (October 26, 2012)
--singaporeAlice 13:57, 19 November 2012 (EST)
my pleasure
Hi IBAlex, it's my pleasure to help expand Guangzhou and please let me know how I can further improve the page. --Winstonlighter 15:53, 19 November 2012 (EST)


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When I am running up the road or walking around town, I often hear a high-pitched, "Hiiiiii."
It's usually coming from children or herd boys and can be one of the most annoying sounds when you are already agitated.
The PCV fable is that Basotho will take a higher register to greet white people because they believe that is what we sound like. Sometimes it feels as if the greeter is trying to mock me – and I've been mocked on several occasions for my clothing or poor Sesotho – but other times I know it is the person trying to connect to this strange creature.
There are other times when Basotho attempts to reach out to me feel more like an insult, like when they call me a lakhoa (not sure if the spelling on that is correct and there is no one around to ask), or white person. Another example is when I am asked for money or sweets from people I've never seen. These moments infuriate me and I usually act on an impulse with anger and rudeness. Then, guilt overcomes and I wish I would have handled the situation with a bit more understanding.
What I've come to realize is that many times Basotho are trying to talk to me in the only way they know how. Maybe they think I do not know Sesotho (I don't, at least not well) and they only English they can muster is "hello" or "give me sweets." They really just want to interact with me and I take their words literally when that wasn't the intention.
The other day, while running five hours (remember, I am training for an ultra marathon), I went through all of these scenarios, including some intense staring. At times, when I felt good with my running, I said hello back or waved my arm. Other times, when my entire body was hurting, I blurted out something not entirely lady like. Each time I resorted to rudeness, I regretted it immediately and wished I could be better.
Now, sometimes, I am being asked for sweets because I am a white person and that precedent was set long before I came here. But more often that not, the phrase is meant as a way to connect, to form a bond between two different people.
Going into my second year in Lesotho, it is a goal of mine to be more understanding and flexible in these situations, an actual volunteer job requirement. I no longer want to fly off the handle, even though this is the sixth child to ask me for sweets today and I just got off a hot taxi ride where no one would open the windows and I could hear people talking about me. I want to smile, understand the situation and move on. It won't be easy and I won't be perfect, but I can put up with a little bit of annoyance if it means a smile for someone else.

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why wont he tell me?Visitor's Question from a 13-15 year old Female
this is pretty long sorry.
So there is this guy at my school and ive liked him for two years now. I met him in my chem class he would always pick on me in a jokingly way. Some how i ended up liking him. Well the next year i had a bunch of classes with him and boy am i enjoying every moment of it but everyone is picking on us more him than me saying that he likes me. even my friend says he does and he has never been wrong. He gets defensive when they accuse him makes jokes to cover it up. Our teacher even picks on him. Hes had a few slips. Hes stubborn i dont know if hell admit it. So should i just do it? or is it now elementery love as my friend likes to call it. Thanks.
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London's Dominance of U.K. Threatens Carney's Aim of Balanced Growth
London's dominance in the U.K. may be the cost of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney's bid to spur the rest of the economy.
Keeping the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.5 percent is inflating London's potential property bubble and boosting banking as Britain's other major cities struggle to catch up after the recession that ended in 2009. While higher borrowing costs may cool the capital's real-estate market boom, they would weigh on the rest.
It's a "classic bind," said Richard Holt, a regional economist at Capital Economics Ltd., a London-based research firm. "The point at which you feel the need to slow growth in the economy to avoid inflation comes earlier in London."
Setting a one-size fits all policy is complicated as the European Central Bank has already discovered in the 18-nation euro area, said Nicholas Crafts, a professor at Warwick University. That probably gives the London property market more room to run.
Cities: Bratton Seeks to Export New York Crime-Fighting Miracle
"The fact that is likely to emerge is that the BOE may be too slow to raise rates for London and the southeast and too fast to raise them for elsewhere," said Crafts, who has written papers on the U.K.'s economic geography.
London's sway is reflected in a run of recent reports. A February study by Ernst & Young LLP warned London's property market is beginning to display "bubble-like conditions," with the average house set to cost almost 600,000 pounds ($996,000) by 2018, three-and-a-half times a dwelling in the northeast. The City of London, the financial hub, created 34 percent more jobs during the three months ended in February than it did in the same period a year earlier, calculates headhunting firm Astbury Marsden.
Skyscrapers Planned
Rightmove Plc (RMV), a London-based online real-estate firm, said house prices in the capital climbed 2.1 percent this month to a record 552,530 pounds, taking the annual appreciation to more than 11 percent. New London Architecture, a policy-research center, projected 236 buildings topping 20 floors are on the cards for the capital, most of them residential properties.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Google Inc. (GOOG) are among international companies establishing outposts in London. Insurance broker Aon Corp. morphed into Aon Plc (AON) when it became the first member of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to headquarter in the U.K.
It's not just multinational giants. BCL Legal, a recruitment company based in Manchester, opened an office in the capital last year after a decade focused on the regions. The new office houses about a half-dozen staff with the expectation it will be the biggest division within two years and lead to a planned overseas expansion, says James Batt, a BCL director who lives near Manchester and regularly takes the two-hour train trip to London.
'Unimaginable Amount'
"The thing that hits you most is you know the market is bigger, but it outstrips everything by an unimaginable amount," said Batt, 38, who jokes he'd be retired by now if he'd set up in London rather than Manchester.
While London has always contributed the most of the U.K. economy, the imbalance has never been greater. In the 1870s, it accounted for about 16 percent, compared to 14 percent for the northwest, where Liverpool and Manchester thrived, according to a 2004 paper by Crafts, who was then at the London School of Economics. In the years following World War II, manufacturing hubs like Birmingham grew faster. Now, amid the growth in services and banking, London accounts for 22.4 percent, up from 19.4 percent in 1997, according to government data.
'Asset Class'
The average price of a London dwelling jumped 345 percent to 409,881 pounds between January 1995 and this year, according to the Land Registry. The average national increase was 171 percent to 168,356 pounds. London Mayor Boris Johnson has called property in his city a "new asset class" for investors.
A Canadian with an Irish passport and 250,000-pound annual housing allowance as part of his central bank contract, Carney for now is signaling an acceptance of London's march as he tries to nurse the U.K. economy back to health. Interest rates are on hold for now, he has indicated.
Carney is fond of saying officials "don't just make policy for inside the Circle Line, but for the whole country" -- an allusion to the underground train route that circumnavigates central London.
BOE Tools
Carney said March 18 the BOE "shouldn't be trigger happy" in responding to house prices, noting the bank has tools it can use in a "proportionate, graduated way." He has already ended incentives to banks for making mortgage loans. A Bank of England spokesman declined to comment for this story.
Deutsche Bank AG strategist Oliver Harvey reckons Carney and colleagues may need increasingly to heed events outside of London when changing their benchmark rate, which has been at 0.5 percent for five years.
His research shows the capital is skewing the performance of the overall economy, potentially masking weaknesses, creating asset bubbles and distorting labor markets elsewhere. While London's economy grew 107 percent between 1997 and 2001, the rest of the U.K. expanded 74 percent, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc data.
The U.K.'s gross domestic product is still 1.4 percent beneath its pre-crisis peak and unemployment tops 7 percent. Inflation is below the central bank's 2 percent target.
Widening Gap
To be sure, London's rise isn't a zero-sum game for the rest of the U.K. The Centre for Economic and Business Research calculated in 2012 that one pound of every five earned in London is redistributed elsewhere. Savills, a real-estate firm, predicts London property prices will soon push people elsewhere. It forecasts the southwest and east will outperform the capital through 2018. Accounting firm UHY Hacker Young said in a report this month the U.K.'s poorest areas, such as Blackpool, are recovering fastest as falling wages lure investment.
The gap between London and the rest, though, will remain wide even in recovery, said Holt at Capital Economics, who sees the London economy expanding 4 percent through 2015, versus growth of 3 percent in the rest of the U.K.
Bristol, Sheffield and Glasgow are among those that lost more than 3,000 private-sector jobs between 2010 and 2012 as London payrolls rose 216,700, according to the Centre for Cities, a London-based consulting firm.
It estimates Hull -- the city with the lowest share of working people, about 62 percent, and the largest count of jobless-benefit recipients -- would need 16,500 of its 260,000 residents to find jobs for it to meet the national employment average.
Imbalance Risks
The risk is that unless the gap is narrowed, the U.K. will fall behind by relying too much on London, once the world's largest metropolis and the U.K. capital since the 12th century.
Centre for Cities research shows it already accounted for 79 percent of private-sector job growth since 2010 and is the source of 19 percent of the country's employment.
It's also drawing talent from elsewhere. One third of Britons between 22 and 30 years old are leaving their hometowns to migrate to the capital, with 12,300 quitting Leeds for London between 2009 and 2012, while 3,200 went the other way.
Such imbalances are rare internationally outside of city-state economies like Singapore. As of 2011, London contributed 13 percent of U.K. output on a gross value-added basis versus 7 percent for New York, according to Deutsche Bank.
"Not enough attention has been given to the two-tier, two-speed economy for such a long time that we're out of kilter," said John Dickson, 52, chairman of Owen Pugh Group, a closely held construction company based in Dudley, near Newcastle. "Whilst London and the southeast and a bit further north is starting to move out of recession, and that process is gradually moving north, it hasn't reached us yet in terms of order intake and work flow."
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Chapter 11
Both of them came to an abrupt stop to see one of theirs best friend in severe damage.
Veer exclaimed, "Armaan!" shocked and surprised, shocked to see his "chuddy buddy in this situation, surprised too cause when he looked around he found no one else but just his buddy.
Both of them ran and in an instant filled the gap in middle, and were confused when they didn't saw Sapana anywhere near Armaan.
The first question Veer asked as soon as he reached near him, "Are you alright?" Armaan tried to say something but, was hard to understand as his mouth was tied up shut. Veer unties the cloth from his mouth and Sukirti gets him free from the tree by untying the ropes tied around his abdomen.
Veer asked, "What were you saying?"
-? "What will he say..."
Veer and Sukirti turned around to see a group of men rather goons (for Sukirti) standing ready to attack them.
Armaan sighs, "That is what I was trying to say."
Veer: "Oh! So, let's see what we got here..." and started counting the men in front of him (rather sainiks as he would call them).
Sukirti rolled her eyes at him, "Really Veer, Really!"
Veer questions rather a question in an exclaimed tone, "What?" continues his sarcasm, "they are just seven and we are two...it's so unfair to them," stressing on the word 'so'.
One of the sainiks stepped forward and said, "Unfair to us? Looks like you are gone crazy, if we are seven and you are just two than its unfair to you."
Veer raised his right eye brow and gave a disbelieving look, "Well, we will soon find out about that..." saying so one of the sainiks and Veer jumped in to action, Veer trying to escape the slashing of the swords.
Sukirti joined in. Veer was playing around; while, Sukirti concentrated on what was going on. After few minutes Veer got serious too. Together they both succeeded in getting rid of everyone...except for two, who somehow managed to escape from the scene.
Armaan stared wide eyed with his mouth dropped open at his best friend, Veer and more at his close friend, Sukirti. Veer and Sukirti walked towards him and Veer pushed his buddy's mouth shut with tip of his finger.
Sukirti said scanning Armaan from bottom to top and again from top to bottom, "Look at you!"
Hearing her Veer also scanned his friend out and asked, "Yeah, what happened?"
Sukirti added, "and where is Sapana?"
Armaan looked away hearing the last bit of the question and walked to a nearby tree at distance and sat down his back leaning against the roots of the huge tree.
Veer and Sukirti glanced at each other, Sukirti gulped down a lump forming in her throat and prayed that her ears doesn't get to hear what she thinks she is about to find out.
Making their way towards Armaan, Veer sat down besides him and kept his hand on Armaan's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we will find her." Sukirti turned around and squeezed her eyes shut, after about few seconds she gulped down her saliva and turned back towards to young men to find Armaan looking up at her.
Sukirti said, "Yes, we will," smiles at Armaan and hoped that she didn't sounded as unsure as she did to herself.
Armaan smiled back and said, "Thanks... Guess we will," and hoped that they do find her and wherever she is, she is safe and sound.
Veer clears his throat and asks, "Do you know where she is or what kind of place or anything?"
Armaan scratched his head trying to think properly, "I don't know what exactly that place is...It is like a cave, deep, dark and creepy, and about the person? I don't know who he is all I can say is that all his men were calling him 'Sultan' (Islamic word for master) which I am sure that is not his name."
Sukirti searched her brains inside out and accidently said her confusion out loud, "Sultan?"
Veer bit his thumb; "In Naaglok...the only leaders of Naaglok could be Naagrani and Naagraj, but now its just Naagrani as Naagraj is..." he faded and looked at Sukirti as bit his tongue and cursed himself for going anywhere near that topic.
Sukirti jerked her head away on hearing 'Naagraj'. Silence fell over the place. Armaan looked at Veer to see why he suddenly stopped and than at Sukirti to see her back. He knew instantly that something was wrong...But, he will have to wait to know what it is, well forget waiting hearing the awkward silence he doubted that he will ever be able to know this mystery.
Armaan said breaking the long silence, "This is Naaglok?"
Veer thanked his friend silently for getting off the topic, "Yeah," after about a moment, "well this exact place is a forest in Naaglok...You know, Naaglok is pretty big."
Veer and Armaan started their chatting, physically Sukirti watched them talking and laughing with smiles sparkling on both of their faces as if they are meeting after ages but mentally she was completely somewhere else.
Does it just happen to be that mysteries are getting bigger? Who is this Sultan? Is Naaglok really that peaceful as it looks from above?
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Disclaimer: obviously I don't own Dragon ball Z or any of the characters related to it. But I do own the characters I create so yay for me! Anyways im sure you don't want to read this anymore so on with the story…
(A/n) So this story is basically about what if Goku had a sister. how much would things really change?(im not good with the summary thing so hopefully you'll get the jist of it when I write more chapters. I'm starting this story when Radditz frst took off with Gohan and Goku is left off to think of a way to get his son back. Also this of before Piccolo arrives to make a truc. This is my first story so bare with me and be gentleJ
Chapter 1
An Unexpected visit
Goku was in shock. If Radditz really was his brother how could he do this to him? Take his son, and then only return him after he takes the life of so many people. No. He wouldn't do that. There has to be another way.
~Meanwhile a beautiful girl sat in her space pod.~
Amoura sat in her lonely space pod. While she quietly thought to herself. I can't believe I finally found him! After I have basically spent my entire life looking for him, on every known plant. I've finally found you. Kakarrot.
Amoura landed her space pod in what seemed to be a farm of some sort. Unfortunately it was a crash landing. At little uneasily she climbed out of the destroyed pod, and searched for Kakarrot's engery. There, she found it but it wasn't as strong as she was expecting, but it was fair enough. His energy was also surrounded by very low and weak power levels. But wait, what was this? Radditz energy? How could he have found him before her? She needed to hurry and get there fast. She took of to the skys.
Goku then stood up with his eyes opened wide in shock. That energy, why has Radditz come back? What more can he do to me?
Krillen(A/n I'm not all to sure how to spell his name, and I'm 99% that's not right. But if you have the right spelling feel free to correct me on that) sensed it to. "Radditz or whatever your name is, why have you come back!"
It was then that Amoura landed gracefully with a slight grin on her face. "Nice of you to think I'm Radditz. I guess I must have lowered my energy more than I thought. But anyhow I'm Amoura and im Kakarrot's big sister."
Krillen " oh great! Another ones of Goku's carzy sibiling is here!" Even though she's really beautiful. I wonder if she would ever go for a guy like me? Hey wait what I'm I thinking! Keep your thoughts straight krillen!
Amoura with a slight look of annoyence on her face relpyed " excuse me, but exactly are you to say that I'm crazy?" stupid little bald man…. " and who is this Goku? And if you would please just tell me where he is?"
It was then that she saw him. She looked at him with tears in her eyes. He looks so, so much like our father. He has the same face, same eyes, and even the same hair. She smiled and walked over to her brother and hugged him. And whispered " Kakarrot, I've finally found you. You look so much like our father."
(A/N)Well that's it for Chapter 1, I know I know cliffhanger. But I will try and update as soon as possible I might even put up chapter 2 later today. I hope you liked it, I'm planning on writing this all the way to the end of the DBZ series. To me GT doesn't exsist so why should I write about it? Anyways please please please review :D


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Shocked Laurence Kinlan has revealed fans have been offering him DRUGS to congratulate him on being in Love/Hate.
The TV star – who plays Elmo in the series – thought a gang of hooded youngsters was going to set on him when they spotted him in a shop this week.
But Laurence, 30, couldn't believe it when they wanted a picture – and then tried to push him to smoke cannabis with them.
He told the Irish Mirror: "Before I went into the theatre there was a load of young ones outside a shop.
"And someone says to their friends, 'It is him – wait for him outside. It bleedin' is him'.
"And then I was thinking, wait outside, they're going to batter me.
"So I get outside and they scream, 'I told you it is him – get in here to a photo'. Then they say, 'Smoke that joint. We'd love to see you smoking a joint'."
And Laurence revealed, ahead of tomorrow night's finale, the show has become so popular that people care more about Love/Hate stars than Oscar nominees.
He said: "When they were shooting Frank here last year with Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal, people walked by – it was a similar crew to our show.
"And they would see Maggie Gyllenhaal, an Oscar-nominated actress, and go, 'Is that Love/Hate? Oh, it isn't. Ah, for f**k sake'."
And Peter Coonan, who plays Fran, admitted in an interview with the Irish Mirror the biggest shock for people on the street is that he still has his teeth.
He said: "People come up you and ask, 'Frano, where's your teeth'?
"They'll then scream, 'It's not him lads. And he's dead posh as well'.
"Then they'll run off. A lot of people also come up and say, 'You don't look as bad in real life'.
"They know you're not Elmo or Fran but they recognise you off the telly and they want to have a good chat about the show."
But Peter, 28, admitted he never expected that his lack of teeth would become "so popular".
He added: "It has its own Twitter account. I was in the dentist having root canal and I was in a pharmacy on Baggot Street getting an antibiotic.
"And the pharmacist and her friend were having a giggle and when she came back she said, 'Well now isn't this ironic'? I'll never live it down."
However, Laurence has revealed that despite all the attention Love/Hate is now getting, it hasn't actually helped them get roles – it's made it harder.
He said: "People presume that because you're on a real successful show, you're going to offers left, right and centre.
"It just doesn't happen like that. Every part you play, you have to fight for, you have to audition for like anyone."
And Peter added: "Sometimes with the success of the show and the characters being what they are, and they span over such a long time, sometimes it can be difficult for casting agents to see you as some other characters."
Off screen, Laurence is good friends with Keith Duffy – with the pair regularly going golfing together.
And the RTE favourite admits he thinks the public has been "quite harsh" in the way they judged the Boyzone star for being on Love/Hate.
He said: "I think he's been really good and Stuart Carolan said he cast him because he was right for the part – and I think he was. I think he played a very understated part and he trained very hard for it.
"He auditioned like everyone else. He didn't get the part because he was Keith Duffy."
So far this season, both Dano and Debbie have been killed off – with yet another major character to be whacked tomorrow.
But Laurence admitted the cast don't feel sad about the actors that are gone – and are delighted bosses decided to slow down the pace of the show.
He said: "We don't feel that upset when cast members are gone. The scheduling is much tighter. You go in and do your scenes in blocks. You don't see them there to miss them. I think the show has been allowed to breathe this year.
"It's been so fast-paced for the past three or four years."
Now they are both waiting to see what is announced for the US remake of the show – and Peter hopes TV bosses will bring in unknown names as in Ireland.
He said: "I would like to think that they would cast relatively unknown actors. That's what happened to me and it would be great if they did that over in the US."
Laurence says it will be a "little bit sad" to sit down to see the final episode of the show's second-last season.


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We've debated HTC's headphone solution in the past, and while some don't mind the mini-USB adapter often found on these handsets, it's all about to change. MobileCrunch recently got this comment from an HTC representative:
"The vast majority of devices we launch after Hero will have a 3.5mm jack. Devices that we have already announced but that still come out after Hero will not necessarily be a part of this change."
That news is music to many ears. I'd expect that the HTC mini-USB port won't be going away on new devices, as it's used for charging and moving data to a computer. But the inclusion of a standard headset jack means you won't need that little mini-USB adapter to plug in your headphones. It's not that the adapters are expensive, since we've seen them for as little as $5 in the past. HTC sometimes includes them as well. But adapters are just one more thing to carry or lose. And the current solution forces your headphones to be plugged into the bottom of the device. For some, that doesn't matter, but I personally prefer a 3.5mm jack at the top of my device.


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To hear some critics tell it, the explosion of patent suits in the smartphone industry is evidence of a patent system that is fundamentally broken, at great cost to U.S. innovation.
Such histrionics, however, ignore a crucial but little known fact: Throughout American history, the buying, selling, and litigating of patents has always been essential to U.S. economic success. Not only that, the truth is that today's patent litigation rate is less than half what it was in the mid-nineteenth century, a period widely recognized as the golden age of American innovation.
To appreciate the role played by patent trading and litigation in U.S. economic growth, remember that our patent system was the first in the world to unleash the innovative potential of ordinary citizens. To create this democratized patent system, the Founding Fathers deliberately designed it to facilitate the growth of patent trading markets. As the economists Naomi Lamoreaux and Kenneth Sokoloff, two of most respected experts on early American invention, have noted, the first U.S. patent law, in 1790, was unique in the world for containing "an explicit provision for the sale of patent rights [that] both the courts and the U.S. Patent Office acted to facilitate."
Why facilitate the buying and selling of patents? Because doing so made it economically feasible for ordinary worker or farmer inventors without the capital to commercialize their own discoveries to still participate in invention, earning income instead by licensing or selling their patents to enterprises that could. This ability to license patent rights—along with application fees that were less than 5% of those in Britain—turned inventing into a new career path for technically creative citizens and sparked a huge surge in invention among the U.S. citizenry.
By 1865 the per capita patenting rate in the U.S. was triple that of Britain, and the vast majority of those citizen-inventors were what we now call "non-practicing entities," or NPEs, who licensed their patents to others to commercialize into new products. Indeed, patent and legal records from the nineteenth century indicate that more than two-thirds of the 160 so-called "great inventors" of the Industrial Revolution, including Thomas Edison, were NPEs.
Their licensing activities were critical to U.S. industrial development. In the 1894 annual report of the American Bell Telephone Company, for example, the company reported that it had licensed 73 patents from outside inventors while developing only 12 inventions internally.
"The growth of market trade in patents raised the returns to invention and encouraged a division of labor whereby technologically-creative individuals increasingly specialized in their comparative advantage—invention," observed Lamoreaux and Sokoloff. "It was the expanded opportunities to trade in patented technologies that enabled the independent inventors of this golden age to flourish—and that stimulated the growth of inventive activity more generally."
Just as with other property rights, of course, patents rights would be meaningless without the ability to enforce them in court. And throughout U.S. history, patent litigation has served to settle the disputed ownership of rights to critical new technologies—the litigation between telephone inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray being the most famous case in point—and provide certainty regarding the value of such rights to entrepreneurs and investors alike.
But with the recent explosion of patent suits in the smartphone industry, where the lineup of litigants resembles a circular firing squad, isn't patent litigation now out of control?
Actually, the facts show otherwise. According to Lex Machina's authoritative "Database of U.S. Patent Litigation 2011," the number of patent suits filed between 2001 and 2010 has held steady at less than 3,000 per year. Only about a hundred of these cases actually went to trial each year, the same number that went to trial 10 , 20, and even 30 years ago.
The evidence hardly suggests, therefore, that patent litigation is out of control today. In fact, according to retired chief judge Paul Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the main court for patent appeals, "It's rather modest for a nation with two million active patents and hundreds of thousands of firms competing against each other."


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The Archbishop of Mosul has warned that a campaign of violence and intimidation threatens to wipe out the city's last remaining Christians.
Stressing people's growing alarm, Archbishop Amil Shamaaoun Nona described how a sudden upsurge of killings had sparked still more emigration of Christians, raising concerns for the survival of a local Church which dates back to biblical times.
Speaking from Mosul in an interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Archbishop Nona described the murder of four Christians in as many days as part of a politically-motivated drive to force them from the northern Iraqi city.
Emphasizing that the attack had specifically targeted Christians, Archbishop Nona said, "If the situation continues as it has done, especially over the past few days, all the people will leave. It is very difficult to live in this kind of situation."
"It is panic – panic always," the archbishop continued. "The Christians don't know what will happen to them – it is the same everywhere: in the office, at school or even at home. They don't know if somebody is going to kill them."
Archbishop Nona was speaking Thursday, February 18th, barely 24 hours after 20-year-old student teacher Wissam Georges became the fourth Christian to be killed this week in Mosul.
In what Christians are describing as 'a massacre – like Good Friday,' the killing came shortly after Zayia Thomas, an engineering student from Mosul University, was gunned down in the city's al-Tahrir district. Fellow student Ramsen Shamyael, who was nearby, was injured in the shooting.
At about the same time, Catholic agency AsiaNews reported that two traders in Mosul were killed. Another Christian man was kidnapped from his home in Mosul.
Archbishop Nona said the attacks had prompted more Christians to leave the city, reporting that on Wednesday, Feb. 17th alone he had received news of up to 10 families fleeing Mosul.
Underlining that Mosul was by far the most dangerous place for Christians in Iraq, Archbishop Nona said that the city's Christians had drastically reduced in number since 2003, when there were up to 5,000 families living there.
"What we are seeing is an effort to force Christians to leave Mosul. We don't know who is behind the attacks," the archbishop said.
Amid suggestions that the killings are linked to the upcoming general elections in Iraq, he said, "We think that they are politically-motivated – that some group has something to gain if all Christians go."
Archbishop Nona said that the Church had begged the Mosul authorities to improve security but had been told that it was impossible to guarantee the safety of Christians.
The incidents are an early test for the 42-year-old prelate, coming less than a month after he became the Catholic Church's youngest archbishop, replacing Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, who died in captivity in March 2008.
Mosul's Christians have suffered periodic attacks, most notably in September 2008 when a series of killings and abductions forced half the faithful to leave the city. The majority subsequently returned over the following weeks and months.
Meanwhile others have sought sanctuary in the northerly Kurdistan region, where security is tighter. Many are determined to join family and friends in neighboring countries including Syria and Jordan.
Archbishop Nona concluded by appealing for help and prayer: "We desperately need you to pray for us," he said, urging that more media coverage of the plight of Christians in Mosul was "very important."
Supporting the Church in the Middle East is now a priority for Aid to the Church in Need, which recently received a request on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI to support the Church in a region "where the local Churches are threatened in their very existence."


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"Clunking" from front-end. 2004 Lincoln Town Car
This is a new question concerning an issue with my car. I have a 2004 Lincoln Town Car and when I turn the wheel right, accelerate hard or brake hard, it makes a "clunking" sound in the front-end. I can feel the clunking in both the steering wheel and brake pedal. I haven't really had the time to look in the daylight, but I have peeked around with a flashlight. So far, I have been unsuccessful in finding anything "out of the ordinary". I took the car to a shop yesterday and the checked the brakes and front-end suspension; told me "everything is picture perfect", therefore, I'm at a loss. Any suggestions as to what to look at? Thank you!
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Ball joints? http://www.wikihow.com/Check-Ball-Joints
Well, I doubt ball joints. Only reason I say that, is because not only did the shop say they were fine but the problem still occurs upon straight acceleration and deacceleration. I could be wrong though.
I don't believe wheel bearings because they're easier to check than ball joints
Front stabilizer bar end links were noisy and hard to duplicate noise. Then when drive the car in and out of driveways in parking areas they would start making noise again. Even when those cars were relatively new.
Upper A arm bushings will cause this ,, the A arm is sliding back and fourth on its locating bolt/axis.......may just need greased.
A loose control arm that slides when you turn and accellerate or brake could cause this on panther platform cars because the arm shafts were bolted to the frame extension beneath them. The adjusters, if left loose, could break free and slide. also an impact upon the front tire and wheel could break them free to slide. When inspecting for this kind of very unusual condition, you would look down at the upper arms from the top. The shine of the bare metal would be seen,at the caster/camber adjusters. This could happen to the cars 95 and prior for sure. You would have to find that they still use the same configuration.
I still say those stabilizer end links are likely because of the sound they make, the fact they do not show outward signs of failure, and the number of them I did have verification of in their first few years. Eventually the water getting in to the little ball and seat design can cause breakage.
I just googled it and it has been somewhat redesigned for the upper arm. losseness at the adjustment for caster/camber or toe would be more correct. since you have to turn and accellerate or brake ? even moreso for all the part possibilities mentioned. The stabilizer link is activated by the car rising and falling in that response. The adjusters are pulled and pushed against as well. loose adjuster sleeves can result in loss of steering control. that's bad.. oooh that would be bad. Since it is "front steer" it would be at very low speed and just require a call to AAA.
Since the car is 10 ? You still cannot rule out powertrain and engine mount insulators
A The sub frame to frame bolt are loose (there are four of them). One dealer replaced lower control arms, didn't tighten fully. B Body roll accumulator (lower control arm rear bushing) is broken or mal adjusted, and arm strikes floor. Every Dealer sets toe OUT 1/16 and at times they actually un-center the bushing. I return it 1/16 toe in and gripe if they charged me for alignment. I think it's a passive aggressive sales technique to get TC owner out of their RWD cars. C The ball joints could be failing. Camber is .6 negative will reduce to .4 degrees when bad worn.
Toe setting is within tolerance at both measurements you mentioned. cowtowncar. ..There has always been outer edgewear on tires for this model. Changing it more toed out has been the remedy, but choice of tires by tread design has a pronounced improvement in my experience. The z800 was a good tire for these.( -.4) deg camber sounds correct. (-.6) deg is still ok. Any higher, and the SAI ,being as it is, can produce excessive edgewear. especially in the city, predominantly. But we are now discussing the asker's car ? or a different one? what is its build date make, model, and year? the same?
My TC is 09. I have a $30 gauge from Speedway for camber. Rarely fuss with castor. I keep hubs and ball joints torqued. Make sure accumulators forward and rear bolt centered. I prefer toe in 1/16, air 33psi. I get 50k plus from Michelin Energy tires. I hate Toe out, feels vague and causes tire scrub. I replaced upper control arms, lower ball joints and tie rods with moogs cuz greasable. I modded the body roll accumulators by filling air space with polyurethane (Loctite PLS30). It transmits a bit more road harshness but improves precision. It feels like new behind the wheel at 88K miles,
Makes sense to want toe set to where you have it. As suspension moves and tires spread with accelleration, it finds the neutral, the tires roll straight ahead and wear like you want..........however, your vehicle has changes made to it. The factory bulletins from before were helping cars with a different set of parts. I havent looked yours up, but now you put parts or change to the designed intent, you cannot compare them as before. But what part are you referring to as an accumulator? "body roll accumulators" ? When you use terms for parts that were not on the car or called that no one knows.
What I did gather from what you wrote was a problem you experienced with loose bolts between the frame holding the subframe, a bushing out of place and an "arm" that hits the floor board? lower control arm? Certainly could have movement to cause the asker's noise. If theirs is made the same.
But then, their "front end inspection" said things were all "picture perfect" Wouldn't you then, say it is time to have the information provided to their dealer, a road test with a real suspension specialist, some NVH experienced ears, hook up the chassis ear tool, and make the car act up for the technician? Or should they order some parts out of circle track magazine they can pay to grease every 3000miles ?
FWD cars are toe out. RWD are toe in, for a street car. I suppose you could resolve a pull or drift problem, when a part like a control arm is worn but still in spec (not replaceable under warranty). When my TC is set toe out the drive feel deteriorates and tires develop inner wear. It feels like I am driving a bathtub half full of water. The Body Roll Accumulators are the Rearward Front Lower Control Arm Bushings. They come with a new Ford Lower Control Arm. Mevotech makes an after market part.
Toe specs have a range, setting them toed out has never been preferred unless there was engineering involvement in changing the recommendation. ..........ask any align tech that you can find (0 deg) or (0") is preferred. The allowable range is a few millimeters either way, this means causing excessive wear would not be realized.......Front wheel drive cars, because of how they respond to accelleration in driving their front wheels is cancelled by the natural plowing and spreading apart, so... (0deg) then braking forces are yet another thing. If you have a driver of considerable weight ? You have them sit in the car sometime, while it is on the machine at curb weight. How do you allow for that ? The readings can go haywire. You must add weight to the driver's side floor. How many shops do this ? The answer is not unless you get them on the subject. They can't talk about how much a driver weighs. If it is over 150 lbs ? That is outside designed parameters making responsibility for it fall to the customer.
Rear wheel drive vehicles have been set toed in historically till the rack and pinion was in use. for some of the same reasons. But if a car has inner edge wear it has likely been set too far out. If a customer has special needs, you can find the preferred settings for his car, I guarantee the factory specs will include his possibilities. I would point out that any covered item that is found out of specification CAN be replaced under warranty. If you show the service manager the failed part, you look at the inspection technique for the spec you are checking, and you demonstrate the problem with your evidence, he will agree every time, WHY ? That's how he gets his numbers up. listening to people, helping them get what they want, writing an RO, and getting paid.........The trouble would come if he did that for every guy who wanted Moog performance from his factory parts, parts of a different design, or to customize his vehicle using the dealers blank check. That is how he would commit work suicide. The best thing to do, is ask his superiors, another dealer, or Ford themselves. When you speak to engineering hotline as a dealer employee, they can explain anything you have trouble with. They can authorize any part to be replaced, They can send the DSE to see the car and make the measurements. If the tech is wrong? He can charge his time and trip to that dealer. If you have a valid concern, they would correct it. But who pays for all this required time? Certainly not the manufacturer. They have factory time already listed in a book. if the tech has to exceed it ? who pays ? The technicians kids. They get no presents, they eat cheap, they live cheap. This is why, if you have a valid concern? Get a dealer manager to inspect it with you to verify it. He has to sign off on it and submit it for a claim. if it does not get believed or accepted? No payment. Thats the way it truly is.
The factory calls for failed parts to be returned sometimes for study. if they cannot understand or find the failure? or there is any confusion in the customers problem and THAT being the fix? They dont ask, they just take the money from the dealer. Then every person involved is treated as an incompetent. By the bean counters. Please voice your concern to the correct person and get it checked/ corrected. If they dont listen, you can get sent to the dealer they preferr for you in the area. They have a 1-800- number. It is provided when you buy the car, in your owners literature.
You can write them a letter and include photographs and your data, as well as how you reach your findings. If you use their books? and you disagree ? not uncommon, the book a year newer can have the update or correction you seek. Your dealer has it as service manual update or TSB, "broadcast message" or SSM and some other ways they also tell engineering info. If there is no discussion on your concern, that does not mean they cant start one, with YOU
A town car can have greater coverage than the crown vic, for instance. If you exceed 3/36 ? Your owners warranty card has every piece of info you need to request the time and mileage they cover. You can also buy an ESP policy. That covers beyond. call your dealer and provide your info, then ask for their recommendations about finding your symptom. They are nice, but they cannot play by your rules.
The asker of the question at hand just needs to demonstrate his concern for the service manager at his selling dealer. Then ask for help, explain his circumstances, and keep demonstrating his concern for them till they understand and find it.
I have a similar problem where the car jerks everytime I hit the brake. The mechanic said this part broke off the frame. He said it is spot-welded to the frame, and I need get it from a junkyard and cut around it. But I don't know what it's called. Does anyone know what this tea-cup shaped part is called? maybe a collar or dished washer or something? 1999 Lincoln Continental - attaches to the lower control arm bushings.
Use google, mmy and symptom. there are photos and a site thats about those parts for control arms, but i would call the Ford dealer parts people. Thats all they do, their new computers have by application as well as the microfische drawings. numbers off the part can help with a base number. Then the method of replacement that's best can be decided. seems like a body shop or frame shop recommended by them is best if you have further questions about authorized welding on that vehicle frame. They have warned about carbon contamination in welds etc. since the 70's that I know of.
You should start a new question with all of your vehicle info
I found part sets available, WWW.1aauto.com/1998-02- suspension-kit-front...........You could select your part from that set of pics ? you could give the rest of your vehicle info, perspective about part length and diameter for a match is difficult, but your technician should be able to identify with help from a certified Ford parts counterman.
A continental is a different animal, be sure to give accurate data, and receive excellent info about updates, service bulletin possibilites, and procedure changes, you can find them in an automotive database, like alldata, or mitchell. it's free at the public library if you cannot just make a phone call or goto the parts counter at your Ford dealer.
Parts with these type issues from water entry can be corrected during tire replacement , each time it is inspected, Or during a specific complaint about noise or feel. after 16 years, you can bet there is a goto at the ready.
I will look for your full question to come up, having your info about your car, where on the car you find this part and from what position are you photographing it. You should see a picture of my navel without perspective, its a mindscrambler.
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A college education is the ticket to a better future, and no doubt most people are aware how hard it is to get ahead these days without having that degree on the wall. And while a college education is almost a prerequisite to a successful life, it can cost a pretty penny. For those who want to go after that degree while still saving big bucks on their college education, there are a few major points that can definitely help get the job done.
Apply for Loans, Scholarships and Grants
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The first quantities that can be derived from these spectra are k-corrections, i.e., how magnitudes and colours change with the redshift because of the shift of the observed wavelength ranges. These corrections are crucial to link the properties of the local universe with the distant one (see, for example, Peebles, 1993), and their accurate knowledge is important to study the evolutionary effects. Our spectra allow us to compute these corrections in the near-IR filters starting from z = 0 with a greater accuracy than by using simple broad-band photometry as, for example, Cowie et al. (1994). In Figure 7 we show the k-corrections computed for the J, H and K bands. These filters have an increasing importance in the surveys for distant galaxies and in the study of the known high-redshift objects, especially when more 8-meters class space- and ground-based telescopes optimized for the infrared will be available.
Figure 7. k-corrections in the J, H and K bands between redshifts 0 and 2 for each morphological type: E (solid line), S0 (dotted), Sa (short dashed), Sb (long dashed) and Sc (dot-dashed). Our spectra define these k-corrections up to z = 0.3 in J, z = 0.7 in H and 1.2 in K, while at higher redshift they reflect the K96 spectra corrected to match the observed colours.
The k-corrections were computed using Bessell & Brett (1988) filters, more standard that the CIT system. We note that in the K band the k-corrections are almost independent from the galaxy type up to z = 2, reflecting the dominance of giant stars in these wavelengths in all the observed galaxies, as previously noted (Glazebrook et al. 1995). Note that no contributions are included from galaxy evolution or increasing absorption from the intergalactic medium; the computation is limited to z = 2 because above this limit these effects are certainly dominant.
We have compared our k-correction in the K band with others previously published. At low redshift (z < 0.6) we found consistency with the k-correction by Glazebrook et al. (1995) derived from Bruzual & Charlot (1993) model for a SSP with age of 5 Gyrs, and used, for example, by Loveday (2000) and Szokoly et al. (1998) to define the local luminosity function. On the contrary, big differences (up to 0.2 mag) are found with k-correction from 'UV-hot' elliptical model of Rocca-Volmerange & Guiderdoni (1988). At higher redshift (z > 0.6) our k-corrections are 'redder' up to 0.3 magnitudes than previous ones, however at these redshifts they should be taken with caution, and considered as lower limits, due to the possible evolutionary effect on galaxy spectrum.
Important differences are also found with the k-corrections by Poggianti (1997). Regarding the SED of the elliptical, the difference in J is generally about 0.1 and in H is always below 0.2, while differences greater than 0.3 are found in the K band in the redshift range z = 0.3 to 1.3, up to a value of about 0.45 magnitudes at z = 0.4-0.7. Although the differences in the filter response functions adopted here and in Poggianti (1997) contribute to the differences between the K-corrections, most of the K-band discrepancy arises from intrinsic differences in the SED, probably due to the sparse sampling of the Poggianti (1997) models at > 17000 Å. The comparison for Sa and Sc galaxies is less meaningful because of large spectral variations within each morphological class, possible aperture effects (see sec. 4), especially for Sc galaxies, and the presence of emission lines, not included in the Poggianti (1997) model.


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NFL CBA negotiations update...
TV deals could spark discussions
By Len Pasquarelli
ATLANTA -- Securing two more pieces of the television puzzle could accelerate negotiations to extend the collective bargaining agreement with the players, some NFL owners said Tuesday.
But executive vice president of labor relations Harold Henderson warned again that he is concerned by the sluggish pace of discussions with representatives from the NFL Players Association.
As league owners huddled here for about four hours on Tuesday, a scheduled session to update them on the CBA negotiations and other business-related matters, the College of Cardinals elected a new pope. No one expected a puff of white smoke to float above the airport hotel where owners convened. In fact, the alarming thing for owners and league officials is that there has been too much smoke and not enough fire as the NFL attempts to continue the labor peace that has helped fuel revenues.
The NFL on Monday finalized two more broadcast components, with ESPN taking over the Monday Night Football package and NBC a striking deal for the Sunday prime-time games.
"I don't want to create the impression that I'm pessimistic, because we are making progress, but not the kind of progress I had hoped for," Henderson, the NFL's point man in discussions with NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw, told ESPN.com. "We're plodding at a snail's pace. And I'm becoming concerned that some windows are closing on us. We've had opportunities to get this done, natural time periods where it made sense, and those have passed now. And as you get closer to an uncapped year, you worry that there could be a stiffening in some stances."
Without an extension to the current labor accord, no salary cap would be imposed on owners in 2007. The salary cap and one other critical issue discussed on Tuesday, revenue sharing among owners, have been elements in the stability of the NFL and, to some extent, its unbridled popularity.
Both sides have warned about the ramifications of reaching an uncapped year, and Upshaw has allowed that, if the situation reaches that point, the league probably will never operate under a salary cap again. Once out of the bottle, owners conceded Tuesday, the salary cap genie would likely be impossible to harness again.
The two sides met Friday but Henderson said there currently are no further sessions scheduled with NFLPA representatives.
Completing the television deals -- the only element still being discussed is the potential package of late-season Thursday and Saturday games -- provides the league a better view of its fixed revenues for the foreseeable future. The hope is that the players, with a clearer focus of the revenues involved, will be more inclined to make a deal.
Dallas owner Jerry Jones noted, however, that the rights fees for the television deals that were announced Monday were pretty much anticipated in discussions with the union, and that consummating the agreements might make little difference in the tenor of the talks. Another influential owner, Bob Kraft of the New England Patriots, said he felt that the television deals might resolve some of the inertia.
With the latest agreements, the league will average nearly $4 billion annually on all its national television rights fees.
"Let's face it, much of that (television) money is going to go right into the pockets of the players, so you would hope finishing off the deals would make a difference," Kraft said.
Added San Francisco owner John York: "The positive thing is that neither side has its feet stuck in cement. I'm optimistic we'll get it done, although I don't know when."
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said after the meeting, as owners hustled to catch flights, that it is not likely there will be an agreement on a CBA extension by the time owners meet again, on May 24-25 in Washington, D.C.
Almost as dicey as the negotiations with the rank-and-file, however, are the discussions about the growing disparity in revenues between the highest-earning franchises and those at the bottom of the money rankings. Before they move any closer to an extension of the labor agreement, it seems many owners believe the revenue gap must be narrowed, and that was part of the Tuesday meeting.
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank expressed optimism the matter will be resolved, said some progress was made on Tuesday and suggested that there might be several options presented when the league next meets. Blank noted part of his rationale in purchasing the Atlanta franchise was the stability provided by the league's revenue-sharing agreements.
"It's like (New York Giants owner) Wellington Mara said, that before we can agree with the players we have to agree with each other," Blank said. "But I think we will."
Countering Blank's optimism that owners are moving closer to a middle ground in altering the revenue-sharing model was Jones. Asked if there was progress to report, the Dallas owner said: "No, none. None whatsoever."
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i hope they get it figured out
but i think considering the salary cap a pandora's box is a little bit of drama rather than reality.
all the sports leagues are going towards a salary cap
the NFL has one of the more reasonable players assocations ... it will have a salary cap.
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What Pastabelly fails to mention here are three key points....
1) If there is no cap in 2007, teams will be allowed to use both the transition tag AND the franchise tag that year.
2) Currently, three year vets at the end of their contracts (like Fujita and Boe) are restricted free agents, while four year vets at the end of their contracts (like Blaylock and Beisel) are UFA's. If there is no cap in 2007, restricted free agency is extended to include 4 and 5 year vets, so there would be no unrestricted free agency for players who have less than 6 years in the league.
3) Finally, teams who make the playoffs in 2006 will be allowed to sign only a limited number of UFA's going into the 2007 season. In fact, I think the 2006 Super Bowl champ would only be allowed to sign one UFA for each one that they lose.
So there is some incentive for the players to get this thing done. I don't think any of them want to wait an extra couple years for UFA status.
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The service of traditional home health providers--in many ways a reflection of our failing health care system--exhibits some core deficiencies. My business, Onsite Nurse Concierge, focuses on meeting the underserved needs of the frail and elderly at home by addressing those deficiencies. Onsite provides a full array of nursing and phlebotomy services to seniors in the home. Simple to complex, all our services promote health, safety, independence and quality of life. Primarily servicing Southern California, Onsite has developed an infrastructure including proprietary Web-based software to increase portability and fulfill a vision of national expansion.
The senior population is growing rapidly. The oldest baby boomers become senior citizens in 2011. As of July 2007, there were 37.9 million seniors, 4 million in California alone. A significant segment of this population can financially support the convenience of in-home medical monitoring and intervention thus avoiding institutionalization.
Established home health care models limit services to those covered by a third-party insurer, which leaves many gaps, including such essential services as home phlebotomy, medication monitoring and necessities of diabetic care. We provide those services and many more by billing patients directly. It is a "fee for service" model with an emphasis on service. An enormous advantage was gained by being first in our niche and pioneering the operation.
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Washington, DC - The Supreme Court yesterday took the unprecedented step of issuing a stay of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan. This Supreme Court decision recognizes the irreparable harm that would occur in the absence of such a decision. The stay means the rule has been temporarily halted until the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals considers the legal challenges currently being brought against the rule.
The court's decision yesterday gives a clear indication – as it did with its June 2015 rejection of the EPA MATS rule – that the EPA has likely overstepped its legal authority and that the nation's most senior legal authorities have serious concerns with the rule.
However, the practical realities of plans to comply with onerous and costly federal regulations have already played out with EPA's MATS rule. The MATS legal challenges took over three years and the Supreme Court decision to strike it down in 2015 was not issued until after the initial compliance date had passed and decisions to prematurely shut down coal plants had already been made.
Twenty-nine states and numerous other groups are committed to stopping this scenario from occurring again with the Clean Power Plan.
Together with the earlier decision by the D.C. Circuit Court to grant an expedited hearing of the legal challenge of the merits of the case against the Clean Power Plan, the courts are appropriately responding to widespread concerns about the structure, timing, and costly impacts of this EPA rule.
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Claudio Ranieri felt the draw was the right result at the Olimpico. "I saw two teams who wanted to win."
In the 1-1 between Juventus and Roma this evening, possession was identical for each side and there were plenty of chances along with goals from Vincenzo Iaquinta and Francesco Totti.
"It was the right result, as I saw two teams who wanted to win. In the first half we had the chance to go in front, while in the second it was a very open game," said the Giallorossi Coach.
"Having seen Juve's other games, we knew they would sit back and hit us on the counter, so we had to take the initiative, but should've been more clinical."
Roma had a disastrous start to the season, but are now right back up there in the Scudetto race.
"There was the risk of repeating what happened to this club two years ago, when they came so close to the Scudetto and followed it up with a mediocre campaign, but this group of players is hungry and managed to climb back up the hill without letting their heads drop.
"I also had the good fortune and surprise of finding Leandro Greco and Fabio Simplicio ready for action, as they are giving us a real helping hand."
Ranieri even got to make some interesting tactical choices, leaving Marco Borriello on the bench to begin with.
"I am rotating the squad to keep everyone fresh and this time round it was Borriello's turn. They all have different characteristics and Borriello is the only one who fills the penalty area, so when he's out I ask Mirko Vucinic or Jeremy Menez to attack the space."
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Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Oakland University
the 2005 Annual Women's Studies Film Festival and Seminar: Muslim Women,
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This year's women's studies film festival will present movies
by and about Muslim women, as they explore their culture,
their heritage, and their interactions with western societies.
Under One Sky is a documentary about Muslim women in Canada,
some of whom choose to wear the traditional headscarf (hijab)
and some of who do not. The movie explores many issues about
both Islamic and western attitudes toward women, about western
stereotypes of Islamic culture, and about ideological and
class distinctions within Islamic societies that are reflected
in the decision whether or not to adopt western dress.
Kandahar is the product of a collaboration between Canadian
journalist Nelofer Pazira, whose family emigrated from Afghanistan
in the 1980s, and Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. It
is a fictional story, but based on Pazira's own experiences
when she attempted to enter Afghanistan to visit a friend
whom she feared was contemplating suicide. Through the eyes
of her fictional counterpart Nafas, we join her on a journey
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obviously you hate black people. probably mexicans too. in fact, anyone who isn't a part of the master race is probably on some hit list of yours. damn white people always trying to keep the black man down. not being serious.
all the people throwing around racist bullshit in this thread ****ing piss me off. no matter what, if something bad happens to a black person and it is perpetrated by a non black, it is immediately and unequivocally due to race and law enforcement is on the white man's side. facts, or lack thereof, mean nothing.
if there is any chance that all people will live together and be able to co-exists... people (other minorities included) HAVE to stop seeing racism in damn near everything. not to say it doesn't still exist or doesn't still happen but it is not nearly as prevelant as it used to be as the younger generation were mostly brought up without those prejudices.
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look for racism... and you will always find it.
It's all part of the master plan to get a black guy killed and the mexican thrown in jail for it.
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June 8th Fantasy Baseball Update
Entering Friday night's games there are a handful of players I want you to keep an eye on. Some of these players warrant a look if you're fantasy team is struggling or if you're looking to get that late push in a weekly league.
Quintin Berry DET
I'm a fan of this kid, it's a shame he wasn't called up sooner but at age 27, he is doing more than what was expected. His biggest downfall is that he has 20 strikeouts in 62 at bats but when he does make contact (.452 BABIP) he gets on. He's 7 for 7 in steals.
Dexter Fowler COL
With 8 home runs he has already topped his previous career high by 2 (6 HR's in 2010). Like Berry, he has yet to be caught stealing in 2012 (6 for 6).
Justin Smoak SEA
Smoak has never hit over .240 so his current .229 average is not a surprise but the 29 RBI's through his first 53 games may come as a shock to many of us. His 10 HR's are also a tad bit of a surprise. He is, without a doubt, on pace for a career year but keep in mind he only has 3 doubles. Last year, in 123 games, he has 24 doubles and 15 homers compared to the 10 long balls and 3 doubles so far this year.
Lucas Duda NYM
A .262 average is nice but Duda offers plus power. With 5 bombs over his past 8 games, Duda is on a bit of a power kick.
Matt Harrison TEX
7-3 this year is great but a 4.37 ERA is something Harrison owners would like to see lowered in his next start, tonight at San Francisco.
Jarrod Parker OAK
Over his last 21 innings he's only allowed 1 earned run and has tallied 18 K's versus 8 walks. Don't expect a lot of wins but the ERA, WHIP, and K's will be solid.
Yonder Alonso SD
After getting off to a hot start Alonso has slowed down immensely. He is 2 for his last 33, and the home ballpark isn't an advantage.
Carlos Pena TB
He's cold, don't read into it. The story with Pena is the same as always. Hopefully you can beat your league mates to the waiver wire once he heats up again.
Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS
Dice-K will start Saturday (tomorrow) at home against the Washington Nationals.
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From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum
Gung-ho A's outfielder Jonny Gomes does nothing by halves – he and Jon Lester took the Ice Bucket Challenge to promote ALS awareness today – and Gomes had a tractor of ice water dumped on them rather than a bucket.
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SAN ANTONIO — At least the San Antonio Talons did not have to suffer the agony of a last-second loss.
The Pittsburgh Power had six touchdowns before the Talons even scored and rolled to a 70-17 road victory Friday night at the Alamodome.
San Antonio (0-4) lost its second straight game by 40-plus points as its quarterback woes continued. Marcus Jackson and Shane Boyd were a combined 16 for 32 with four interceptions.
Boyd, the former Houston Texans backup who was signed Thursday, was 7 for 13 with a pair of touchdowns in the second half.
"We actually took this game to grow together," he said, "for the guys to understand me (and) me to understand those guys. This is the first time I threw to those guys. Not using that as an excuse; we still have to execute.
"We've got a lot of talent, we've got a good line and we've got a good team. We've just got to get out of that funk and not let losing be contagious."
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After losing their season opener on a field goal as time expired and then giving up the winning touchdown with four seconds left in their second home game, there was no such tension as Pittsburgh took complete control early.
The Power scored on the game's opening possession, with 6-foot-7 quarterback Tommy Grady directing a 44-yard, eight-play drive. Grady found Aaron Lesue open for a 3-yard touchdown with 9:24 remaining in the first quarter.
The Talons gained only 13 yards on their first possession, turning the ball over on downs after just five plays with Jackson at quarterback.
It took Pittsburgh only six plays to score on its next possession, with Tommy Taggart pushing his way in for a 1-yard scoring run. The rout was on.
Jackson failed to sustain a drive for more than six plays during his three possessions, going 6 for 11 passing with an interception.
The ineffectiveness and a 28-0 deficit forced coach Lee Johnson to turn to Boyd, who had not even practiced.
"It's a struggle right now with the chemistry," Talons receiver Jomo Wilson said. "We've just got to fight through the tough times. We've just got to pull it together and keep working."
Boyd's first pass was a strike along the right wall to Wilson, who fumbled the reception to set up the Power's fifth TD of the first half.