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TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority's security services foiled a large-scale terrorist attack in Jerusalem on Friday, a Palestinian security official told Breitbart Jerusalem.
The attack was to be carried out against Israelis while hundreds of thousands of Muslims gathered in the city to mark Laylat Alqader, the 27th night of Ramadan, on which Allah allegedly handed over the Quran to Mohammed.
The official said that the would-be perpetrator, a young Palestinian from the Nablus area who was recruited by the Hamas leadership in Gaza, was arrested.
The official also emphasized that Hamas has made significant efforts before to recruit young Palestinians in the West Bank, especially former Fatah loyalists. Equally, he said, Hamas have been trying to purchase weapons from Fatah activists, because they have more access to them, by virtue of working for the PA security, or because they under less stringent surveillance.
Even though Hamas has yet to take responsibility, the first successful recruitment of Fatah activists and arms was in October last year, when an Israeli couple were killed in a shooting near the West Bank settlement of Itamar, the official said.
A few days after the attack, Israel announced that a Hamas cell was arrested in connection to the carnage.
The Palestinian official said the detainees were Fatah members who carried out the attack on Hamas' behalf.
He said that Hamas is following closely the Palestinian Authority's slow decomposition, especially in central areas like Nablus, and that the Islamist group is attempting to exploit their loss of control to step up hostilities.
Hamas, just like everybody else, saw hundreds of gunmen take over the streets during the funeral of two Palestinian security officers who were killed while trying to break up a scuffle last Thursday, he said.
The gunmen were exceptionally defiant, and took to the streets bare-faced while shooting in the air. The official said this kind of behavior was unheard of up until recently, but in recent months, marred by corruption scandals, the PA's ability to impose order has been significantly undermined.
The official said that given the increasing prospects of a popular revolt against the PA and President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian officials have began to hire private gunmen to protect them and their interests, and to prepare for an impending succession struggle at the top.


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Many people live with visible leg veins, making them feel self-conscious and uncomfortable when wearing shorts, skirts, and swimsuits. In the past, this problem could only be solved through painful, tedious procedures or surgery. Thankfully, those days are long gone.
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Cottages in Northumberland offers a great range of coastal, country and premium holiday cottages in the Northumberland area, including a superb selection of dog friendly properties. From a summer holiday by the sea to a relaxing short break in the country, you will find an excellent choice of self catering holiday cottages, houses and apartments. Visit us online to view our full range of properties and to book or, if you would like some assistance, please feel free to call us on: 0191 231 3020 and we will be happy to help!
Deemed the most tranquil county in England by the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Northumberland is truly something special. Bordered by Scotland to the north and Tyneside to the south, this region is the least populated, least developed county that England has to offer, and it is for this reason that it has become such a popular destination for those who want to find some peace and quiet, but still want plenty to do.
A designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the one hundred miles of unspoiled coastline provides plenty of fantastic walks, as well as horse riding, fishing, bird watching, scuba diving, surfing and boat trips to see puffins, seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales.
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In defending against a class action case where patient information was found online for months without being secured, the insurance company was found to have a duty to defend the defendant, who held an insurance policy that covered the publication of patient information. The case, Travelers Indemnity vs. Portal Healthcare, is important because it's one of the first decisions to rule on whether data breach litigation is covered under commercial insurance policies.
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Geb: Land of the Dead
The ghost-king of Geb
Geb is a powerful necromancer whose magic is in the tradition of ancient Osirion. He is from a noble house that was exiled from Osirion, and he became the ruler of the southern land of Geb, a country which now bears his name.
His overriding passion is his rivalry with the Archmage Nex. Their respective lands first went to war in -892 AR.
Both used powerful magic to extend their lives, so the conflict lasted for centuries. It was responsible for the creation of the Mana Wastes.
Geb won the contest in 576 AR when Nex disappeared during a magical attack on his capital of Quantium. Uncertainty as to Nex's exact fate ate away at Geb, and in 632 AR he committed ritual suicide. However, his obsession with Nex could not be ended so easily; Geb rose as a ghost, unable to find rest until he can convince himself that Nex has truly been defeated. Nex has not been seen for four millennia, but Geb still worries that his rival has somehow managed to survive.
In 3890 AR, Geb stole the corpse of Arazni from the Knights of Ozem and reanimated her as a lich. Nowadays, Geb rarely appears before his people. Arazni, the Harlot Queen of Geb, rules in his stead. However, he still takes a personal interest when his realm is threatened. For example, in 4329 AR, he turned an invading army of warrior women to stone, creating the Field of Maidens.


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Discussion in 'NDS - Flashcarts and Accessories' started by lookout, Dec 3, 2006.
little too bright.
That is awesome, I love it
Good mod, but too bright.
How'd they manage to stick some LEDs under the buttons anyhoo?
Nice mods, drain batteries faster I wonder?
Pointless mod.
Looks nice, but it's too bright and probably drains the battery.
I read this somewhere that the mod uses clear button's, and there is no difference in battery life.
The way they flash just like the DS power LED during wireless communications looks like it would quickly get hella annoying! I hope they implemented an on/off switch for that mod.
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This course is designed to provide an awareness of the risks associated with Legionella and Legionnaires' disease, the history of the organism, the required management systems and control measures that should be in place to meet UK legislation, best practice and a review of recent outbreaks. The course content specifically relates to the risks presented by the operation and management of cooling towers. Training will be carried out by one of our experienced and qualified Water Consultants. The course is theoretical and delivered by PowerPoint presentation. An assessment of participant knowledge is carried out.
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For 6 weeks, four News4JAX anchors tested five different types of pillows:
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The first anchor, a side sleeper, liked the foam pillow the best, although she said that the MyPillow "was great too".
Another anchor said that the MyPillow changed everything:"I get a better night's sleep, it's apparently very comfortable, and it keeps her from snoring. So, I love it."
Another anchor, who sleeps on his stomach "loved the MyPillow".
And the last anchor, who sleeps on his back, said "I felt the "MyPillow" gave my neck enough support that I didn't wake up feeling sore".
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JAKARTA - PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk (MSKY) received Contact Center service Excellence Award 2017 Pay TV category. Through Indovision brand PT MNC Sky Vision achieved award as a company which has served customers with very well through by call center.
Adita Widyansari as Subscriber Management Director said, with social media ease and transparent to interact, making role of contact center increasingly important and dominant. PT MNC Sky Vision emphasized to provide the best service for customers.
"This transparent also be a challenge for company to provide contact center capable for providing a positive customer experience," she said at Hotel Mulia, Wednesday (4/12/2017).
This award is the second time received by PT MNC Sky Vision. Previously, in 2012 this pay TV company from MNC Group received the same award.
Adita continue that this award is a motivation for PT MNC Sky Vision to always give best services for customers. In addition two alternative call center numbers can contacted by customers, 021-21500900 and 1500900, PT MNC Sky Vision also undertakes various services innovation.
Through tree IVR menu, PT MNC Sky Vision undertakes innovation to shorten menu, so that making easier for customer to talk directly with customer service. "In addition, for provide convenience to customers, we provide Web Chat menu at www.indovision.tv website on this April 2017," Adita added.
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I Received an Authentic Registered Personalized night light from Light Affection. This light is Based a photo of yours, carved in an everlasting one-of-a-kind piece. The carved pieces are put into photo frames that you can choose from and come with a light behind the created caving to create an unique illuminated personalized photo.
These are great for gifts of any occasion or just to get for yourself. I love the way that mine came out and it makes a great night light for walking around in my room when need be in the dark. I love how the carved photo magically comes alive when illuminated from behind. It's all in the thickness of the translucent material that makes the photo illusion come alive from it's original picture image.
Rather then the old way of showing your pictures in a photo frame, Light Affection brings to us this great way of showing off are photos and preserving them as well, alone with the personalized lighting. I have two of them now, one is of my dog that's the one I have in my room as I mentioned and the other one is in my bathroom of my eldest cat.
The bathroom one lights up just enough that I don't have to turn on a big bright light at night. I would greatly recommend for anyone to get their personalized authentic one of a kind creation from Light Affection today, They also come with a registered number that list as yours.
So get one or maybe as many as you would like to have around the house. These are brighter and safer to have then candles all around the house and to me look a lot better also, along with making a safer home to live in.
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Letting someone else worry about it
So it wasn't just me. Other people have noticed my change in demeanor. My supervisor noticed that I have been happier. He said something to me while I was making copies yesterday. He said he has noticed for about a week now I have been really happy, is it because of the 4th and I will be off? No, but yes that is a good thing as well. I just feel a weight has been lifted off of me now that I am with an RE. I am not going to Pee On A Stick (POAS) anymore! I don't have to guess when ovulation is based on ambiguous lines or missing the smiley face. I am not going to guess if this is a pregnancy symptom and pray that was a false negative. Being with an RE that is monitoring you and tell you what you have to do feels so much better than me being the baby dance Nazi to my husband or loosing my mind guessing if we hit the right day. I decided I have worried for a couple years about getting pregnant, let someone else worry about it now! So, Dr. R. and your fine nurses can worry!
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|Quick masks are helpful for creating quick, onetime selections. In addition, using a quick mask is an easy way to edit a selection using the painting tools.
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Although I am based in sunny Lancashire, I am available to photograph weddings all over the UK, and abroad! I love working at new and different venues, and in my free time my favourite thing to do is travel, so photographing weddings outside of Lancashire / Cheshire area isn't a problem for me!
Please get in touch with me to discuss your wedding even if it isn't anywhere near me, or even in this country!
Q) We are thinking of getting married abroad, but we aren't sure where yet or how it all works etc, would you be available to photograph our wedding if it was abroad, just so we know whether we can include you in our plans?
A) Yes, absolutely! All I ask is that you let me know with as much advance notice as possible to be sure I can secure the dates required. Just remember that I would need at least a day each side of your wedding date to get there and travel etc.
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The 10×20 party tents can be very perfect for many different occasions, including weddings, anniversary celebrations, cookouts, and parties. There are going to be dozens of different places where you can get party tents but you will not want to get one from just anywhere. Liri Tent 10x20m party tents are a kind of fabric structure designed with performance, flexibility and affordability in mind. You'll impress everyone with the architectural beauty.
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Dr. Aniko Szabo is an Associate Professor and Director of the Biostatistics Consulting Service. Dr. Szabo's research interests are in statistical modeling of biomedical data. She has worked on analysis methods for PCR and microarray data, developing tree models of oncogenesis, nonparametric models of clustered discrete data, and population level models of the effect of screening on prostate cancer incidence. She collaborates with biomedical investigators across the entire spectrum of translational research from analyzing cellular assays, animal experiments, and observational studies in patients to designing prospective clinical trials and evaluation of policy impacts in national databases.
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CES, Inc. Named One of the Best Places to Work in Maine
BREWER, MAINE – CES, Inc., a Maine-based firm of engineers, environmental scientists, and land surveyors, is pleased to announce that it was recently named as one of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Maine. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of the Society for Human Resource Management – Maine State Council and Best Companies Group. Partners endorsing the program include: Mainebiz, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Maine HR Convention.
This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Maine, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses. The 2017 Best Places to Work in Maine list is made up of 80 companies in three size categories: small (15-49 U.S. employees), medium (50-249 U.S. employees) and large (250+ U.S. employees).
"We are thrilled to once again be named one of the Best Places to Work in Maine," said CES President/CEO Denis St. Peter. "Our policies reflect the respect and value we place on our employees because they are the backbone of our company."
To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:
- Have at least 15 employees working in Maine;
- Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity;
- Be a publicly or privately held business;
- Have a facility in the state of Maine; and
- Must be in business a minimum of 1 year.
Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Maine. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final rankings. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Maine and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.
CES will be recognized at the Best Places to Work in Maine awards ceremony on October 10 and will be listed in a special publication by Mainebiz. The final rankings will be announced at the event.
A 2015, 2016 and now a 2017 Best Place to Work in Maine, CES, Inc. provides civil and environmental consulting and land surveying services to clients. In business since 1978, CES employs approximately 70 professionals across seven offices located in Brewer, Bar Harbor, Lewiston, Machias, Presque Isle, Saco and Waterville.


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Why are Filming Services important?
Capturing the moment in a tangible reusable medium has been a goal of humanity since the beginning of time. Today we are lucky to be able to utilize the combination of audio and visual memory capture through the power of filming technology. The term filming was coined originally because "film" was the tangible asset that moving images were stored on, today we use the term filming to encapsulate the capturing of moving images and audio capture.
Filming ranges from employee/customer engagement, education and testimonials in order to produce genuine personal connection with your target audience. The art of filming starts with the proper recording device (camera), lighting, sound, etc. and the technical expertise of a cinematographer (defined as a camera and other equipment expert and operator). Once you have all of the technical aspects worked out, our true expertise come into play.
With years of emotional storytelling experience we are able to get the highest quality psychologically resonating content out of our filming subjects from a visual and audio medium. Our director's ability to ask the hard questions and our cinematorgraphers' drive to go above and beyond to capture even the hardest shots, llows us to get everything we need for our editors to take over and produce the best video content.
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First, we listen to your filming needs and put together a filming plan. This includes putting together a shot list, making a list of interviewees (if needed), filming locations, deciding how many cinematographers are needed and if a director needs to be present at the shoot.
Primary filming.
Also, known as principal photography in the film industry, this is the phase of filming where everything that is planned and scheduled to be filmed is filmed. Our cinematographers and directors (as needed) will either film in our studio or on location based on the filming plan.
Secondary filming.
Additional shots are sometimes needed that weren't initially planned for or captured in primary filming. Therefore, we are prepared to capture all of the additional shots that need to be filmed and will repeat this step until everything is captured to create the best story.
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August 2013
TEDCO Invests More Than $1.1 Million in 14 Maryland Startups
Organization awards funding and announces record-breaking investments during fiscal year 2013
COLUMBIA, Md. (July 22, 2013) – The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) announced today that 14 companies have received a total of $1,109,990 in funding from the organization's Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF), formally the Maryland Technology Transfer and Commercialization Fund, since Sept. 2012. The funding will be used to advance the companys' technology and product commercialization efforts. Funds were awarded to startups representing a wide-range of industries including medicine and disease treatment, healthcare, biopharmaceuticals, software development and systems integration. Common Curriculum LLC, Diagnostic Biochips, Inc. and Firejack, Inc. were each awarded $100,000. Authentik Solutions LLC; Brain Sentry LLC; Clear Guide Medical LLC; ConverGene LLC; Cordex Systems LLC; Pregmama LLC; SameGrain, Inc; TimberRock Energy Solutions, Inc. and Vasoptic Medical, Inc. each received $75,000. Magpie Sensing LLC was awarded $74,990 and Weinberg Medical Physics LLC received $60,000 through TEDCO's TCF program.
Fiscal year 2013 was a record year for TCF, and for TEDCO. The organization received nearly 600 applications for almost $30 million in proof of concept and seed funding, as well as 171 applications for more than $50 million in Maryland stem cell research funding. As an organization, TEDCO interacted with more than 1,200 entrepreneurs and supporters at events, continues to grow its Entrepreneur Resource List and launched an interactive funds selector to better assist start-ups in determining which TEDCO programs may be available to them.
"In the past year, TEDCO has made strides toward becoming more sustainable by adding new sources of income, and has awarded more than $19 million through our various funding programs," said Rob Rosenbaum, president and executive director of TEDCO. "We strive every day to assist companies in bringing their ideas and products to market and the Technology Commercialization Fund is one of the best examples of how TEDCO accomplishes that mission."
TCF provides funding to companies that want to develop technology-based products or services in collaboration with the universities and/or federal labs in the State. To be eligible for an award, companies must be collaborating with a federal lab or university, be located in an affiliate incubator company in the State, be involved in either the ACTiVATE® or INNoVATE programs, or participate in TEDCO's Rural Business Initiative (RBI²). In addition, companies must have fewer than 16 employees, be a university spin-off less than five-years-old or have venture investments under $500,000. All companies must have more than 50 percent of their employees present in the State.
Since the program's inception, 176 companies have received TCF funding and completed their projects. With an investment of more than $12 million these companies have gone on to receive more than $532 million in downstream funding from angel and venture investors, federal awards and other resources. Companies that have been awarded TCF funding since Sept. 2012 include:
- Authentik Solutions LLC, located in Annapolis, was founded to bring to market innovative Biometric Systems that adapt to multiple locations and work sites.
- Brain Sentry LLC, located in Bethesda, created a helmet-mounted sensor that detects impacts that could cause a concussion, helping to prevent injury or death.
- Clear Guide Medical LLC, located in Baltimore, developed an ultrasound-guided needle intervention guide that can be used in various medical settings from needle biopsy to emergency medicine.
- Common Curriculum LLC, located in Baltimore, is an instructional planning collaboration software system that allows teachers to build strong professional learning communities.
- ConverGene LLC, located in Gaithersburg, is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering novel cancer drugs that target root regulatory mechanisms within cancer cells.
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Square Enix fans are going crazy over the soon-to-be-released book CLOUD, however, what people are mostly waiting for is the included DVD that comes as a bonus. A few weeks back there was an on-going rumor that claimed the DVD features all-new trailers of Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Today that rumor has been confirmed by a Japanese shopping website.
The contens of the special DVD have been posted on the website, and what we've been waiting for is there:
1. FINAL FANTASY XIII (PS Premier? Trailer)
2. FINAL FANTASY Versus XIII (PS Premier? Trailer)
The book is scheduled for release in Japan on December 14 so we're going to get the new trailers soon.
This is the first I have heard of this Art book.
Anyone happen to have a link for this? To purchase, or read up on it?
i hope its new!! i cant stand it i dont want to wait another year for these game..


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It was the summer of 76 - and it was boiling!
The hottest weather on record and the on-fire West Indian test team blazed a trail across the country. It was Tony Grieg who got his fingers burnt that series, not Clive Lloyd's super cool squad. England melted under the blue blue skies.
Back in 1976 Britain was in the grip of what was thought to be worst drought of the century. The whole country was affected by water rationing as temperatures soared.
In August of that year a few drops of rain stopped play at Lord's for a quarter of an hour - prompting the crowds to start cheering.
For some it was a minor inconvenience; cars went unwashed, a few tomato plants withered and died, people were told to share bathwater.
Yet for those involved in professional sport - cricket predominantly - the situation was much more serious. Long days in the field were physically draining for all the players. But for umpires it was torture.
|The sweltering summer of 2008 brought back memories of '76.
"You have to remember that a lot of the first-class umpires are no spring chickens" says a sprightly enough David Constant today. "Back in the sweltering heat of 1976 we were all struggling but the likes of Bill Alley and Tom Spencer were in their early 60s. We could be standing in the heat for seven hours a day, five days a week, without any shade and still be expected to get every decision right. It was hellish. Some grounds had water rationing which meant you couldn't even get a cup of tea."
As the season reached August and the heatwave got even more intense umpires began to feel the pressure like never before.
"There were no statutory drinks intervals like they have today; you had to wait until lunch or tea or the close if you were thirsty. Also we were capless. The TCCB said that we were not allowed to wear any headgear even when it was 100 degrees out there. I honestly thought someone was going to die before the summer was out. I just didn't expect it to be me."
David Constant was then one of the youngest umpires on the circuit at just 35. During one match at Canterbury he collapsed with heatstroke shortly after tea and had to stay in hospital overnight. After discharge a groggy Constant vowed to make his feelings known to the powers that be.
"I rang the TCCB and asked them what they intended to do about it. They replied that there was nothing they could do and that was that. I was livid. I decided to take the matter into my own hands."
Constant sent telegrams to all of the umpires on the first-class list (this was in the days before mobiles) and asked them to meet him at a hotel in the midlands. To his surprise most of them turned up on a rare day off; angered at the inhumane conditions they were expected to work with unquestioningly on a daily basis.
|Constant consoles a worried Dickie Bird after learning that non driver Arthur Fagg is behind the wheel of a truck full of radioactive nuclear waste.
"Arthur Fagg came all the way from Cumbria, dear old Cec Pepper and his wife came from Wales, Jack Crapp, Dusty Rhodes, Don Oslear - it was a great turn out. We all had a few drinks, a Ploughman's and then I told them my idea. There were a few puzzled faces I can tell you when they found out what I intended on doing" laughs Constant.
Constant had become a big fan of the current craze of the day - Citizens Band Radio - and had already invested some of his umpiring earnings into a state of the art CB rig. "By using CB I got to know a lot of the truck drivers who were into cricket. My handle was 'Rubber Duck' because they all felt I was a bit harsh on new batsmen."
At the hotel his fellow umpires listened intently as 'Rubber Duck' Constant outlined his plan. He would use his contacts in the CB fraternity to allocate each umpire a truck which would meet on the outskirts of London to form the biggest convoy of trucks this side of the Atlantic. The idea of the 'convoy' - a long line of slow-moving vehicles driven in single file as a form of solidarity or anti-authority demonstration - had already become popular in American culture and Constant was sure it could work this side of the water.
"The idea was that we would give the TCCB a list of demands such as drinks breaks, floppy hats and free sun cream. If they said no then we were prepared to unleash a monster convoy onto the streets of London all the way to Lord's on the day of the Gillette Cup final. I honestly thought they would agree to our wishes but it was an unequivocal 'no'. We were left with no choice."
On the morning on the 4th September 1976 - when Lancashire were due to play Northants for the trophy - a group of 16 borrowed trucks of all shapes and sizes each driven by a first-class umpire converged at the Watford Gap service station at 6.00am. A quick fried breakfast for sustenance and they were off, each newly christened with their CB name or 'handle'.
|Arthur 'Pigpen' Jepson puts out a 10:4 to the Convoy warning them that Tom Spencer has lost his Yorkie.
Barry 'Golder' Meyer, Jack 'Loada' Crapp, Harold 'Dickie' Bird ("he'd always been plain old Harold before that" recalled Constant), Cec 'Saltan' Pepper, Bill 'Tin Pan' Alley, Arthur 'Pigpen' Jepson, Don 'Reefer' Oslear to name but a few.
As the vehicles made their way towards the capital they were joined by around 70 other drivers who had come out in support. Word of this unprecedented mass gathering of trucks making its way to Lord's soon reached cricket HQ.
"It wasn't our intention to get the match postponed. Bird and Arthur Fagg were due to officiate the game and we planned to get them there on time. We just wanted to make a protest and make things a bit awkward. As we got closer to the ground it was obvious that things were getting pretty serious. There were Bears everywhere".
'Bears' is CB slang for stewards, who are also known as 'Smokeys'. Constant had to give his fellow umpires a crash course in CB lingo so that they could follow proceedings over their radios. In addition none of the umpires had ever driven such huge lorries before and some found it quite a challenge. Arthur Fagg, in fact, did not have a driving licence of any description and had never been behind the wheel of a moving vehicle before. It wasn't long before his truck - which contained a potentially lethal cargo of radioactive waste - veered off the road near Hatfield.
As the convoy approached St John's Wood there was a tangible sense of tension in the air.
|David Constant today
David Constant remembers it clearly to this day. "We had taken the TCCB by surprise. They had no idea what was happening. I think they were scared that the game would have to be cancelled because there were no first-class umpires available. We wanted to make sure this didn't happen; we were always going to make sure Dickie and Arthur got there in time. There had been a bit of a problem with Arthur because he kept crashing his truck - in hindsight we should have given him the lorry containing toilet rolls instead - but more by luck than anything else he managed to get to Lord's without wiping out the entire population of the South East."
"At Lord's the Bears (stewards) had formed a human chain in front of the where the Grace Gates are today. Parking is always a problem so we had planned to just drop off Dickie and Arthur and go on our way but the Bears had blocked our escape route and there was nowhere for us to go. We were left with no choice ..."
With their exit blocked by a human barrier of white coated stewards across St John's Wood Road, the leading vehicle of the convoy driven by Arthur 'Pigpen' Jepson suddenly turned sharply right towards the Grace Gates scattering the stunned spectators and ground officials before bursting through the barriers.
"Once the first three or four trucks were in the ground we were able to get Dickie and Arthur Fagg into the umpires' dressing room and the game started on time. I know that the TCCB were not best pleased but I think everyone else in the game respected our actions and supported what we did" says a reflective Constant today.
Although the TCCB publicly criticised the umpires' actions as 'irresponsible and not in the spirit of the game' it was Constant's men who won the day. All of the umpires' demands were quietly met in full, although it came too late in the season to benefit Constant and co. "It absolutely chucked it down from early September onwards."
But that wasn't the end of the matter for David Constant.
Shortly after the season ended Constant and a musician friend CW McCall entered Abbey Road studio to make a recording of a song that the pair had written about the infamous episode. Although Constant's version record never got released an amended version was recorded in the USA and became a massive hit worldwide.
"I guess I wasn't cut out to be a pop star" says Constant ruefully "the money would have been good but I don't think that having groupies running on the pitch whilst I was trying to umpire a match would have been very fair. Maybe now that I've retired I'll give it another go."
[On the CB]
Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck. You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon? Ah, yeah, 10-4, Pig Pen, for sure, for sure. By golly, it's clean clear to St John's Wood Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig Pen, yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy. Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
Was the early morn just after dawn
In a Kenworth pullin' logs
Don Oslear with a reefer on
And Jack Crapp haulin' hogs
We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh
'Bout a mile outta Watford Town
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.
"And I'm about to put the hammer down."
'Cause we got a little convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a little convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
And we gonna cross our swords.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the town to Lord's.
[On the CB]
Ah, breaker, Pig Pen, this here's the Duck. And, you wanna back off them hogs? Yeah, 10-4, 'bout five mile or so. Ten, roger. Them hogs is gettin' in-tense up here.
By the time we got into Kentish Town,
We had eighty-five trucks in all.
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;
They even had a bear in the air!
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck.
"We about to go a-huntin' bear."
'Cause we got a great big convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a great big convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
And we gonna cross our swords.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the town to Lord's.
[On the CB]
Ah, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen? Negatory, Pig Pen; you're still too close. Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses. Mercy sakes, you better back off another ten.
Well, we rolled up the M twenty five
Like a rocket sled on rails.
We tore up all of our swindle sheets,
And left 'em settin' on the scales.
By the time we hit that Camden town,
Them bears was a-gettin' smart:
They'd brought up some reinforcements
From the Robo Steward school of guards.
There's armored cars, and tanks, and jeeps,
And rigs of ev'ry size.
Yeah, them chicken coops was full'a bears
And choppers filled the skies.
Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Seaxe members
In a double decker London bus.
[On the CB]
Ah, Rubber Duck to Tin Pan, come over. Yeah, 10-4, Tin Pan ? Lissen, you wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get.
Well, we laid a strip for the Grace Gates
And prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a dog-goned dime.
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.
"We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll."
So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight
I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4."
'Cause we got a mighty convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a mighty convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
And we gonna cross our swords
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the town to Lord's


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31 to 60 minutes - �0.033596 per minute;
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Daily max. up to four days �18.00 each day;
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After leaving your car, make sure to lock the doors. Take the ticket with and put it in a safe place. Remember your parking space number.
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Pay the parking fee prior to removing the vehicle. 29 automatic payment machines are located in the terminal lobbies, at the pedestrian entries to the car park and on the ground and second floors (next to the airbridge) in buildings PA and PC. After payment, remove the validated ticket from the machine and go to your vehicle. You have 20 minutes to leave the car park. To leave, insert the ticket in the ticket machine located in each lane.
If you have lost the ticket or you have any other parking problems, request information by pressing the button available on all of the automatic payment machines or go to the information center. If your car battery does not work, the car park operators will start your car free of charge.


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1. Graco Pack 'n Play- This is a necessity. Well at least in our house it was. It has this amazing bassinet that can be removed and placed anywhere in the house. Kitchen, bathroom, living room, or anywhere else you need baby to be. And the attached changing table makes it just perfect to put in your bedroom before baby moves to their nursery.
2. Fisher Price Rock 'n Play- Raegan quickly grew out of her bassinet in her pack 'n play and the rock n' play was the next step. She slept in it until she was 4 months old. For awhile next to our bed then around 3 months we moved her into her nursery. Then transitioned to her crib around 4 months.
3. Halo Bassinest- I've heard this guy is the bomb! It sits right next to your bed and has a side that bends down so you can easily bring baby into bed to nurse, then back into the bassinest. AND the dockatot (the next item) fits in in perfectly!
4. DockATot- This guy is NEW NEW NEW! And I want one! Must have, I don't know. But for me, I want it! I like the idea of the bassinest, but I know baby would need to feel snuggled and comfy, which is where the dockatot comes in. Keeps baby nice and snug and can be moved to their crib when they are ready too!
EDITED: Now that Hudson has been born, I can't say enough good things about it. You can move it anywhere so baby can sleep anywhere. Including when we aren't at home. He can easily sleep anywhere. It's kind of like his lovey. I am actually getting the next size up next week. It is a little pricey, but worth it and can be used over again for future babies.
5. Summer Infants Monitor- For me a monitor is a top must have. I like being able to look at Raegan whenever I need and I can link multiple cameras to the video monitor so all we have to do is buy another camera for Hudson's room.
6. Angel Care- Raegan had severe sleep apnea when she was little and worried about not breathing throughout the night. With her sleeping in the rock 'n play she was elevated which helped her breathe, but when she moved to the crib and chose to sleep on her tummy, I was a wreck, until Angel Care. It goes under the mattress and detects if baby stops breathing. An alarm goes off so you can attend to baby right away. I'm sure we will use it with Hudson too when we move him to his crib.
7. Aden and Anais Swaddles- I loved wrapping Raegan in these. Now girlfriend was way too good at breaking free, so we didn't use these to sleep in, but we used these for naps and in the carseat. She was a summer baby and these were thin enough that she didn't get too hot.
8. SwaddleMe Swaddles- These were the best! They velcro and baby is nice and snug!
9. The Miracle Blanket- Once Raegan started breaking out of her swaddle we moved to the miracle blanket. If you have a houdini who can get out of any swaddle, this is the answer to your prayer. It's like a double swaddle. Baby's arms are swaddled down next to them then swaddled around them. It does take some practice to get it right, but once you do, it's all worth!
10. Boppy Lounger- This is a great little pillow for baby to hang out on and take cat naps on. Especially when they are a new born.
11. HoMedics Sound Spa- Raegan is 15 months and still sleeps with this one. She loves it and it helps drown out any extra noise around the house. For Hudson, poor guy, it'll be drowning out Raegan's screams more than likely.
12. Wubanub- This paci is the best! I loved the little stuffed animal on the end because when she was first born, I could swaddle it into her swaddle and it would keep the paci in her mouth. Then it kind became her thing, her wubi as we called it. She was never found without it.
13. The Ollie Wrap- This is not an item we've used yet, but I've heard great things, so I'd love to try it with Hudson.
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Records Management Services (RMS) supports the efficient management of University information by providing free, centralized record management services to University offices including: secure destruction and records center storage.
RMS offers free centralized paper records storage and reference services through the University Records Center, a university-owned facility with 20,000 linear feet of secure, climate-controlled, high-density records storage space. The originating department retains ownership of records stored in the Records Center. Departments are responsible for approving the final destruction of the records (a process which occurs biannually, at the turn of the calendar and fiscal years). Folder-level reference services are available through campus mail.
Records transfer procedure
- A Records Transfer Request must be completed online.
- RMS reviews the transfer and issues box labels through campus mail.
- Transferring departments can deliver approved, labeled boxes in person or arrange for transport to the Records Center through the Moving & Hauling unit of Building Services; your department has the responsibility to deliver the boxes to the University Records Center within 30 days, or your transfer will be cancelled.
- Records must be packed in standard records center storage boxes appropriately sized for Records Center shelving.
- You will realize substantial savings by purchasing storage boxes from Records Management Services. Boxes are available from RMS through Hokie Mart at $1.50 per standard box (10"H x 12"W x 15"D) and $1.00 per half sized box (10"H x 6"W x 15"D), and can be picked up at the Records Center.
- No hanging files are allowed unless they are laid horizontally in the box.
- Please place only one year's worth of one records series (one type of record) in each box
- When you receive your labels from RMS, affix them in the lower right hand corner on the short end of the box.
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- Since boxes cannot be sent through campus mail, it is the department's responsibility to return or pickup boxes. This can be done by department personnel or by Moving and Hauling (1-4300).
- Overstuffed, poorly packaged, unacceptable boxes, or badly damaged boxes will not be processed.
- Please contact the University Records Center directly (1-0224 or firstname.lastname@example.com) for other questions regarding appropriate boxing of documents for storage
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- Please use the Records Service Request form to request box and folder reference services for records currently stored in the University Records Center.
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We believe that discipleship is occurring all the time at New City Church; in our missional communities, at the Worship Gathering, when we serve together, and as we live as the family of God together. At some point, God calls us to a more intentional and in-depth life-on-life kind of discipleship as Jesus modeled in Scripture. At New City Church we have gender-specific discipleship groups that meet throughout the year.
Our discipleship groups are mainly formed over the summer and typically launch in September at the start of the new ministry year. (We do start some groups throughout the year based on demand.) Most groups meet every other week and last about a year. These groups require a high level of commitment and a desire to be vulnerable and grow in Christ. Generally, we consider our groups a place where new discipleship leaders are formed.
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Enjoy the day in the beautiful Door County! Includes a stop at Door Peninsula Winery and some free time in Sister Bay!
Enjoy the day in the beautiful Door County! Includes a stop at Door Peninsula Winery and some free time in Sister Bay!
Enjoy a day in the beautiful Door County! Our first stop will be at Door Peninsula Winery. Since Door Countys climate was too cold to grow conventional grapes, the winerys initial products were made from locally grown fruit. Since the early 1900s, the county had been famous for its cherries, so cherry wine was a natural starting point, with apple, strawberry and plum wines following shortly thereafter. Although it has since expanded its range of offerings, Door Peninsula Winery still offers a variety of products made with these original four fruits and flavors like Plum Loco and the apple-and-cherry-based Sunset Splash remain some of the more popular wines it produces each year. Enjoy a tour, tastings and some time for shopping.
Then we are off to Sister Bay for some free time. Complete with a beautiful marina and breathtaking shoreline, delectable restaurants for every budget and palate, and opportunities for shopping and outdoor recreation, the Village of Sister Bay is northern Door Countys year-round vacation destination. Within the span of three square miles, visitors and residents enjoy a lifestyle unique to the northern end of the Door Peninsula. Spend your afternoon however you would like!
Main Photo Credit: Door County Visitor Bureau
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
|Contact Details
|Allenton Park & Ride
| Hwy 33 & US 41
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| Badger Bus Tours Office - West Allis
6759 W. Greenfield Ave West Allis, WI 53214
|College Ave SW P&R
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A few years ago my sister in law asked me how my books were coming and I replied (in typical angsty artist mode) that things were terrible. I had hit a wall and could not think of another idea to save my life.
She smiled and suggested, "What don't you write a book based on your life?" A story about a princess whose life is invaded by dragons? "
This was brilliant! Why hadn't I thought about it? My 5 year old daughter had been a good sport about her life being invaded by twin brothers but it had pretty much taken all of the pink and purple and replaced it with diapers and crying.
The story flowed. My agent liked it, we made revisions. and more revisions and a few more. Then I created a book dummy filled with drawings. Revised those. Created two finals paintings that went through a few revisions as well.
Finally, it was ready to go out to editors. I made a list of whom it was going to and daydreamed about the publishing houses I would work with in the future. We even used the book as inspiration for our family Halloween costume that year.
We got a few passes, then a few more and finally we realized that the book was a no go. Something was missing.
I would like to say I handled this in stride but the truth is that chocolate and a lot of whining saw me through those days of despair. I loved that book! Why didn't anyone else? Then, life intervened in the form of three children. I put the book in the special waiting cabinet in the back of my mind (it's red with wooden handles) and went about my motherly duties.
This was in the Fall so along with colorful leaves, cool weather and school , the germs arrived. Stomach flu germs to be exact. After a hellish week where I was the last to succumb, I laid in my bed, too weak to do anything but close my eyes and try to drift off to sleep, when it hit me.
Flip the Plot.
Instead of a princess whose land is invaded by dragons, how about a land of dragons that is invaded by a princess or two?
At this point, I would love to tell you that I sent the story to my agent, revised and sold it a few months later. Unfortunately it took about a year and a half later with much life stuff happening in between.
BUT, it did sell. To the first editor who saw it.
"Dragons Rule" (Little Simon, 2017) is the title and the story, drawings, characters and yes, especially the plot is so much better than my original idea.
The point I learned through this? Sometimes, we have the brilliant ideas that pop in our heads and sometimes it takes blood sweat, tears and years to get it right.
And, sometimes you can speed things up by trying to flip an element or two of your story to make a much more interesting book.
Courtney Pippin-Mathur grew up in small towns across East Texas where the days stretched long and hot. She would alternate playing outside with hanging out under the air conditioner reading books, creepy gossip magazines and watching cartoons. She discovered she could draw when she impressed her little sister with a drawing of the Genie from Aladdin. She discovered she could draw for a career when she took an extra curricular class in Art History and immediately transferred from Government to Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin. After that, she got married, had a baby, moved to the east coast, had two more babies, and drew and painted and wrote in her spare time. (She still misses Tex Mex)Her first book, Maya was Grumpy was published in 2013, by Flashlight Press.Her second written & illustrated picture book, Dragons Rule will be released in 2017 from Little Simon, Simon & Schuster. You can learn more about Courtney at http://www.pippinmathur.com/
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Desiderii Marginis - The Ever Green Tree
01. The Ever Green Tree
02. Hibernation
03. Legends
04. Stalkinghorse
05. Hallmark
06. This Vale Of Tears
Desiderii Marginis, ever since their first release has ranked among the best dark ambient acts. Before this album I would have written this review saying that they follow with great talent the Cold Meat traditional sound (which is already not so bad consdeitng the overall quality of the label). But with this I have to amend my thought and say that they Define the Cold Meat sound rather than just following it. This album is pure simple beauty, dark ambient in all it splendor, with the judicious addition of acoustic guitars. What diferentiates this albums from other excellent acts (like Sephiroth or Raison D'Etre maybe) is the simplicity of the writing. They do not need to create complex structures and gurgling noises, and they can allow themselves to be melodic (which is often a trap in this genre). To prove my say, one of my friends who's absolutely not in this type of music liked it instantly when he heard it. This is the differnece between talent and genius, and genius, Desiderii Marginis have a lot.
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I circled the word Change on my bulletin today. I put it there. I was writing words as fast as I could to keep up with the spoken words flying from the pulpit. It was not because Pastor Don was talking fast, because he wasn't. He was purposeful and almost slow in his speech. You could hear his heart loud and clear in the message. You could also feel the urgency and the necessity in the sermon he titled, "Why We Can't Stay Here". His voice and words asking not for what is impossible, but what may be considered difficult to do. "We can't stay here and do the things the way they have always been done", he tells us. Us pew sitters listening as he talks. He lets us know that we're losing people. We're losing children. We have to step up. We have decisions to make. We have to decide to change the bitterness and hurt residing in heart,head, and spirit and apply the healing balm of forgiveness. We have to change in more ways than one.
Personally and in general, I'm always up for change. So I liked circling the word, Change. I liked staring at it all bold and beautiful squeezed between the lines of the order of service in the bulletin. I feel like I am often in some kind of sick minority where members seem to enjoy a change of pace, a change of scenery, a chance to travel to somewhere new. I like the challenges change can bring and the problem solving that ensues. I like seeing what's around the corner and I love seeing how change can make what is good even better. Now, don't get me wrong, I like some things the same too. I like knowing where I head to work every Monday through Friday. I like knowing what bed I sleep in at night. I love having a husband who doesn't really like change at all and keeps life stable. I've also noticed that some of my best friends are of the steady sort and I figured out over the years that I must need and enjoy the balance that they bring to my life.
The message today, though, is not about me and my need to change, although I most certainly do. It wasn't about any one individual. It was vision casting laid out courageously. It was a call to our church to change. Really, all of us have to, any organization, any church, any people group that is trying to not only stay relevant, but to grow. Today, change is rapid and change is required. Here are some social media statistics from the book, Socialnomics, How Social Media Transforms The Way We Live and Do Business.
1. Over 50% of the world's population is under 30.
2. 96% of Millennials have joined a social network.
3. 1 out of 8 couples who are married met via social media.
4. It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million users. It took TV 13 years to reach that same number. It took the internet 4 years, the Ipod 3 years, and Facebook added 200 million users in 1 year. Ipod application downloads hit 1 BILLION in 9 months.
5. Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the combined population of the following countries: Sweden, Israel, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway, and Panama.
6. Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passe'. Enough so that some universities have stopped distributing email accounts.
7. You Tube will load 100+ hours of video in 4 and 1/2 minutes.
8. Kindle books outsold paper books on Christmas.
9. 24 out of 25 of the largest newspapers are experiencing a significant decline in circulation.
10. Social Media isn't a fad, it's a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.
So all this brings me back to that sermon today. That message I heard. That change that needs to happen in our church. That shift that needs to change in the way we communicate God's truth. Yes. My church. My place of worship, in the town I live, and where my kids have grown up. How will we continue to reach them? How will we reach their children? How will we reach other children? How will we not only say we are willing to change, but also show that we are willing to change? I see other words I wrote on my bulletin this morning while I was listening. While the Holy Spirit was prompting. While my toes were being stepped on in that really good way when truth gets sent out and finds it's target. Words that say, "Our faith needs to be active and alive"! Yes. It does. Indeed.
You can find more about Forgiveness here: https://livinginthemomentsthatmatter.com/forgiveness/
You can see the Socialnomics video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUeL3n7fDs
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Archive Or Delete - What Should You Do With Your Data?
In an age where data is exploding in size, primary storage is a premium and there are threats from every angle, it is important to manage data more effectively. For a Network Manager, it can become a time-consuming task simply deciding which data to keep and what to remove. So how do you understand what's on your network and how best to manage it?
What is Data Archiving?
Data archiving is the process of moving data that is no longer actively used to a separate storage device for long-term retention. It is likely to be used on data that needs to be kept for long term retention or for industry or company regulations.
- Long term retention may be needed for
- Legislation – legal documents may have to be retained for seven years
- Company policy
- Sensitive types of information
What are the different types of archiving:
- Tape Archiving– The more traditional approach to data archiving. Involves backing up to tape or other means of 'offline' data storage. As the tape can be removed, tape-based archives consume far less power than disk systems. This results in lower archive storage costs.
- Cloud Archiving – The more dynamic form of data archiving, utilizing the power of the cloud. Cloud archive service is to provide a data storage environment as a service that is optimised for long-term data retention, security and compliance with data regulation policies.
Why delete data?
In a similar vein to archiving data, organizations may choose to delete data to reduce the strain on primary storage units. However, unlike data archiving, once the data is removed from the primary store it cannot be restored. When choosing to delete it, it may be down to the following reasons:
ROT – redundant, obsolete, trivial data. Data that isn't used can be separated into three categories. Redundant, obsolete or trivial.
Redundant information exists when it is duplicated in multiple places, whether in the same system or across multiple systems. This often leads to issues with different versions and confusion about which is the "right" version. When there are multiple copies it is important to establish a 'right' version.
Trivial data is data of little to no importance; it is created in our daily activities that do not meet the standards of a record (evidence of business activity or historical value), of corporate knowledge (information about how things work), of business insight (analytical data and reports), or of any other value category. This is the data that does not matter and should just be deleted when no longer needed.
The 'O' in ROT can mean one of two things; outdated or obsolete. Data that is outdated is "no longer in use or fashionable". This term is fine when applied to content on websites or intranets. If your top news article refers to something that happened three years ago, that is outdated. Get rid of it.
Obsolete data refers to data that is "no longer in general use". Information can become obsolete for several reasons. It can be outdated (as defined above). Or it can be replaced (superseded) by other information. Or it can be incorrect or incomplete. Obsolete is a bigger category than outdated. Whatever the reason, obsolete information can lead to confusion as well as actions or outcomes based on bad information.
Benefits of reducing data volumes
Data archiving and data deletion can work in tandem and as part of policy-driven business processes, they are an effective way to manage data. Data that is archived consists of older data that is still important to the organization and may be needed for future reference, as well as data that must be retained for regulatory compliance. Once the data has stretched beyond data retention requirements, it's time for it to be deleted. This might be because it has been archived for the amount of time required by law, or because it has been stored indefinitely, but has not been looked at for months or years.
What are the benefits of archiving data?
The greatest benefit of archiving data is that it reduces the cost of primary storage. Primary storage is typically expensive because a storage array must produce a sufficient level of IOPS to meet operational requirements for user read/write activity. In contrast, archive storage costs less because it is typically based on a low-performance, high-capacity storage medium.
Archive storage also reduces the volume of data that must be backed up. Removing infrequently accessed data from the backup data set improves backup and restore performance, and lowers secondary storage costs.
What are the benefits of deleting data?
The benefits for deleting data: it helps to reduce the cost of primary storage and in doing so reduces the costs associated with the providing the sufficient levels of operational requirements. Deleting data – in a similar vein to data archiving – reduces the volumes of data that needs to be backed up, reducing the costs associated with backups.
GDPR and the Right to be forgotten.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is new data protection legislation that was approved and implemented by the European Parliament in April 2016. As European Law, it will fully take effect after a 2-year transition, ending May 25th, 2018.
GDPR replaces the previous European Data Protection Directive (DPD), adopted in 1995, and in the UK, it will replace the Data Protection Act (DPA). One of the initial differences between GDPR and DPD is that GDPR is a regulation, not a directive; as a regulation, no additional legislation must be passed by governments of member states for it to come into effect. While containing many prescriptive requirements, such as documenting IT procedures, performing risk assessments, defining data collection and retention policies and notifying authorities of breaches, the GDPR is more descriptive than prescriptive.
Businesses of all sizes will need to prepare for GDPR and be able to demonstrate compliance. One of the main differences between GDPR and the Data Protection Act (DPA) is the transparency that businesses will need to provide to the enforcing authority. In the UK, this authority is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the above grounds applies.
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In April 2017, it was a pleasure attending the Music Video shoot for local 'Dirty Pop', Southend – on – Sea band the Arcaves. MTMTEFILM filmed a Behind The Scenes shoot for the Arcaves latest Single 'Familiar Stranger'. Filming took place at local surroundings including Two Tree Island and St Mark's Anglican Church of England. The full music video can be found here.
The Arcaves were recently named BBC Introducing Essex' 'Sound of 2017', and 'Familiar Stranger' has been named by Record of the Day as their Record of the Day, and also their Record of the Week! 'Don't you love the Rain' will be the band's highly anticipated next single which we were fortunate enough to film the official music video for! Filming took place a couple of weeks ago in London, stay tuned it's coming soon! 'Don't you Love the Rain' promises to be another hit on an album, which cannot come soon enough.


text: Region: Barossa Valley, SAThe Glug credo is to buy great wine when it is offered cheaply. I add that developing your range of tastes in measured amounts is the correct way forward. Thus this recent creation from Benjamin allows you to go deeply into the joys of Barossa Grenache with little risks and genuine Barossa under $10 is a bargain.


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'Dazzle Urn IV' by artist Jane Hawkins.
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Top executives at large enterprises expect to bring on more data-minded leaders in the near future, though CEOs could use some guidance on aligning the role data and digital goals with their overall business strategy, according to a new market report from Gartner Research.
In its report, entitled "CEO and Senior Executive Survey 2013: As Uncertainty Recedes, the Digital Future Emerges," Gartner assessed the answers on data and digital plans in queries of nearly 400 senior business leaders from businesses registering more than $250 million in annual revenue.
By a four-to-one ratio, these large enterprises plan to increase IT investment in various ways this year rather than cut it. Further out, more data-minded executives will be joining the C-suite, according to Gartner. The report found that 19 percent of business leaders anticipate bringing on or promoting a Chief Digital Officer by 2014, and 17 percent expect to have a defined Chief Data Officer role.
Less obvious are the responses from senior business leaders when it came to their digital strategy. Fifty-two percent reported that they "think" they have a digital strategy. While viewing this leadership viewpoint as a positive start, Gartner recommended that CEOs and leadership must "crystallize" what having a digital strategy means through executive subgroups and connection with the broader business roadmap.
In a release accompanying the report, Gartner VP Mark Raskino said business leadership stands to gain in the near term by "investing bravely and deeply" in their IT capabilities.
"After more than a decade of modest investment and sorting out the basics, it's time to think ahead. Business leaders tell us they recognize the need to invest in e-commerce, mobile, cloud, social and other major technology categories, and the capabilities they enable. That can't be done from within existing IT budgets alone," Raskino said.
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The War Against Bad Cops
by longformphilly
David Gambacorta | Philadelphia Magazine | October 2015
IT WAS TIME for Chuck Ramsey to tell everybody a story. Philadelphia's police commissioner is an artist behind a podium, as comfortable as an old guitarist on a concert stage, shifting effortlessly between folksy charm and eloquence.
But there was no trace of Ramsey the showman on this July morning in 2014. The conference room in the Chestnut Street headquarters of the U.S. Attorney's Office was lousy with reporters, all of us speed-reading a jaw-dropping 42-page indictment and pounding out one-sentence highlights on our cell phones. The commissioner stood quietly, looking miserable and exhausted, like a gravedigger at the end of a busy day.
Ramsey told us the case was one of the worst examples of police corruption he'd ever seen. And he's seen plenty. In a nearly 50-year policing career that has taken him from Chicago to Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, Ramsey has encountered just about every crooked-cop trope imaginable — the drunks, the wife-beaters, the shakedown artists and thieves. He's kicked at least 160 cops to the curb in Philadelphia alone, but that number really doesn't begin to tell the whole story. Each case is maddening. Each one gnaws at Ramsey.
Some of the lowlights have stood out more than others. In 2010, officer Kenneth Crockett was caught stealing $825 from a Frankford bar while responding to a burglar alarm in the wee hours. Small potatoes, maybe, except for the fact that the bar was Pat's Café, where officer Gary Skerski took his final steps before a shotgun blasted him in the neck in 2006. A cop ripping off a bar was bad enough, but that bar?
Then there was Ron Dove, a walking, talking plot of a Lifetime movie. After his girlfriend allegedly stabbed her ex-boyfriend to death in 2013, police charge, Dove — a veteran homicide detective — went off the deep end. A grand jury found that he fed one line of bullshit after another to detectives who were investigating the murder, working overtime to cover his girlfriend's tracks. His acts of devotion allegedly included stashing her car in a garage, secreting her away in a hotel in upstate New York, and supplying her with a burner phone from Walmart. (Dove has yet to go to trial.)
Even the bosses, the people Ramsey relied on to set a straight-and-narrow example, were the source of double-Excedrin migraines. In 2012, the Daily News uncovered a string of sexual harassment allegations that had been leveled against an array of commanding officers, including a captain and two inspectors — all of whom kept climbing the career ladder despite a litany of lawsuits and complaints.
The crime allegations and embarrassing behavior knew no boundaries, which suggested that a larger, systemic problem was plaguing the police department, eating away at its credibility. Were people acting this way because they thought they could get away with it, because they'd watched others do the same before?
That was the poisonous notion Ramsey hoped to dispel for good when he took to that podium in 2014, alongside members of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office, and excommunicated six Philadelphia narcotics cops from the law-enforcement world — Thomas Liciardello, Brian Reynolds, John Speiser, Perry Betts, Michael Spicer and Linwood Norman.
According to the indictment, they weren't just bad cops; the squad was a Martin Scorcese fever dream come to life. They were accused of beating, robbing and kidnapping suspected drug dealers across the city during a six-year reign of terror, using their badges as battering rams as they pocketed $500,000 worth of cash, drugs and loot. You wouldn't play ball and tell them where the cash was stashed? Bang! Goodbye, teeth, the indictment alleged. Or maybe you'd be more cooperative after being dangled over the side of an 18th-floor apartment balcony.
This was way more than just a public relations dumpster fire that needed to be stamped out. The entire case shouted not only that corruption was tolerated within the police department, but that it flourished. The arrests of the six officers were supposed to represent something big, a decisive moral victory in a battle Ramsey had been fighting since he got here — a battle for the soul of the department.
Their badges, Ramsey later said. We'll destroy them. Melt them.
Writer bio: David Gambacorta, a Philly native, wrote about crime, police corruption and politics at the Philadelphia Daily News for more than 10 years. He joined Philadelphia Magazine as a senior reporter in 2016.
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One of three Birmingham men accused of planning a terrorist attack joked they were "suicide bombers driving around ready to take on England", a court heard.
No target was set for the alleged would-be rucksack bombers, who are accused of planning eight simultaneous explosions bigger than the 7/7 attacks.
Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, both 27, deny all the terrorism charges against them.
The men were covertly recorded by anti-terror cops in September last year pretending to be Formula One commentators covering a race, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
But in the middle of the conversation as they drove a VW Passat through Birmingham with Ali's brother Bahadar, it is claimed Khalid said: "It's the four suicide bombers driving around ready to take on England.
"Oh my God... take them out."
The three men are alleged to have been ringleaders in planned suicide attacks that the prosecution say would have been bigger than the July 7 2005 atrocities in London.
Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, told the jury: "There you have, in the middle of the conversation, Khalid, clearly in his mind, it's 'the four suicide bombers'."
The court heard allegations earlier this week that the trio posed as collectors for the Muslim Aid charity, in order to collect thousands of pounds to fund the attack.
They also lost a large chunk of the stolen money after unsuccessfully gambling on foreign exchange markets, prosecutors claimed.
They jury was also told on Tuesday that the men discussed welding butchers knives to a truck and driving it into crowds of people.
The court heard yesterday that the three men and an accomplice also applied for loans worth £33,000 from two branches of Barclays bank in Frederick Street, Jewellery Quarter and Stratford Road, Sparkbrook, to boost their terror funds.
Ashik Ali allegedly tried to get £15,000 from one branch in Stratford Road by claiming he was starting a double-glazing business.
The three men are charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts between Christmas Day 2010 and September 19 2011.
Naseer, from Doris Road, Sparkhill, and Ali, of White Street, Balsall Heath, are alleged to have planned a bombing campaign, collected money for terrorism and recruited others for terrorism.
Naseer and Khalid, of Timbers Way, Sparkbrook, are also accused of travelling to Pakistan for training in terrorism, and it is alleged that Naseer also helped others to travel to the country for the same purpose. The jury was told that the finer details of when the attacks would take place and the intended targets had not been discussed before police made the arrests.
(The case continues)