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Whether it is school or a college, company or any such institution printer is used for printing and other purposes. You can see shops, stores, online websites flooded with every kind of printers from lowest to sky touching prices. There are wireless and non-wireless, colored and non-colored, multifunctional printers. Some popular printer brands include HP, Dell, Hitachi, Samsung, Toshiba, Fujifilm, Robo 3d, OKI, etc.
With digital devices, it is for sure to show one or two signs of malfunctioning or errors. We cannot live in a false notion of getting everything perfect and long-lasting. Technical devices are prone to errors when used frequently and also when they are misused or carried out recklessly.
Such instances created issues in working with the pace and hence there is a need to get them resolved. For any issue with your printer bothering you, contact Printer Technical Support. We assure that your issues will be solved instantly and you will be able to go back to the pavilion within no time.
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Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
- Fully Decorated (Gold): Earn all of the Badges.
- Fastest gun in the west (Silver): Beat Wes Flowers.
- Consistently quick (Silver): Get a fastest time of .50 or less for 20 shooters.
- There's a new Sheriff in town (Silver): Beat the tournament on Sheriff difficulty.
- Quick Draw (Silver): Get a draw time of .30 or less.
- Two for one (Silver): Defeat all the shooters who come in pairs.
- BOOM! Hat Shot! (Bronze): Shoot off Junction Jack's lucky hat.
- Pistols at dawn (Bronze): Finish either 2 player mode.
- Six shooter (Bronze): Beat your friend in a 2 player game 6-0.
- I shot first... (Bronze): Defeat any shooter.
Additionally, there is one secret trophy:
- Premature (Bronze): Foul Out.

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Galifianakis Steps Down From 'Freeheld' Making Way for Carell To Step In!!!by Red Zeppelbon on Aug 27th, 2014
Hey guys, Jana here,
In a not unusual move, scheduling conflicts have cropped up on the set for 'Freeheld'. Zach Galifianakis was originally on tap to play the male lead in the film based on a documentary about domestic partner benefits. The furry, funny man had to step down due to other commitments, making way for Steve Carell to step into the vacated position. The docu followed the story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree as the pair fought to amend the Domestic Partnership Act, which would grant pension benefits to domestic partners of all New Jersey public employees. Ellen Page and Julianne Moore are under contract to play the couple.
Carell will play the supporting role of Steven Goldstein, a passionate advocate for Garden State Equality. He will prove incredibly vital as he aids NJ car mechanic Andree and her police detective girlfriend Hester during their battle to ensure Hester's pension benefits after she is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Director Peter Sollet ('Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist') is at the helm for this production. Scribe Ron Nyswaner who has some extensive credits to his name with 'Gross Anatomy', 'Philadelphia' and a handful of episodes from 'Ray Donovan'. 'Philadelphia' was a real political piece in 1993 when not much was known about Aids. Tom Hanks' haunting portrayal of Andrew Beckett, an attorney fired from his law practice because of the fear that his colleagues could contract the disease, won Hanks an Oscar for Best Actor. 'Freeheld' looks to be a film that has the same political ramifications for today's relevant issues, as Aids was in the early 90's.


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These two guys are really excited to try their new realistic first person shooting game. When a third friend joins them in multiplayer mode, things are starting to get heated. They will experience something that they never forget. Real bullet starting to fly around their living room. Are they going to survive or be kill while playing the game?
Check out the video below:
It's too realistic and fun to play despite their living room in mess. I hope in the future, we able to play this kind of games because it's more interactive. Thank you seecofilms for creating such a awesome,entertaining video :D. I am looking forward for your new video. ( ̄▽ ̄)ノ_彡☆
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On Wednesdays we are thrilled to fling open the doors to all of YOU! We love hearing your dreaming stories…the lessons you've learned, the roads you've walked, the dreams He's planted in your hearts! Today we are excited to welcome back April Ayers to God-sized Dreams. She is sharing a little update on how God has moved in her life recently. Thanks for being here again, April!
I couldn't help but listen to the voice inside me urging me to share my story on this side of "The Dream".
I have posted a few other times, sharing my struggles in the midst of a dream that had been planted in my heart about four years ago. A dream that I was uncertain if it was my own or one that had been breathed into me by my Heavenly Father for His own purposes.
Nonetheless, the dream began after my marriage was restored, and it became a quest that I was almost unable to let go of if I had tried!
My husband and I fervently prayed for a move to a new place. Not just any place though, as this desire of my heart was very specific. A love of nature and the beauty of our Creator's masterpieces have warmed my heart since I was a child.
I grew up in Colorado, and many of my childhood memories are of carefree days playing outdoors. The smell of rain and fresh, fall leaves. The cold of winter snow that made my fingers and hands feel like pins and needles as my mom tried to warm them under running water. Picnics in the mountains. Bike rides and days at the park.
The list of memories goes on and on.
Fast forward through twenty years of living in the deserts of Arizona. A husband and four children later. All immediate family living nearby, but there was this nagging dream that threatened to move us from everything we had ever known. A dream to move back to the places of my childhood memories. A life where our children could play outdoors, exploring the same nature I have always adored.
I had grown to feel like a stranger in the place we called home–like we were supposed to be somewhere different, and I just couldn't understand why.
Well, I am elated to share with all of those still praying for their dreams, that the Lord truly is a Father who cares for the desires of His children's hearts!!
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
He opened doors that could not be shut and even moved mountains, it seemed, to send us on this journey to the other side. He even had a sense of humor when He moved us to a place called Denver that isn't even in the state of Colorado!
He has not only answered our many prayers but has far surpassed them with a place and a life that is greater than we could have imagined.
My senses are overwhelmed with the colors and smells of the seasons, and my husband and I have felt "home" since we got here. Most things good in this life come with a sacrifice, and for us this has been less time spent with family, who are now thousands of miles away. But the peace we feel in our hearts has assured us that this is where our Heavenly Father has called us to be right now.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
I pray that my story can offer hope to someone who is still in the throes of the battle for their Dream.
I know how hard the days can be when they threaten to consume you in the hopelessness of where you are. But God promises, time and time again in His Word, that He has a plan for His children, and He cares for us!
Don't give up! Fight the battle hard and believe that one day you, too, will be on the other side!
April is a wife, mom of 4, a nurse, and most recently a writer. Entering into a new season with her children all in school, she felt God's calling to embark on a new adventure. With a desire in her heart to offer encouragement and inspiration to other women, she has recently started a blog. She holds a passion to inspire women to invite Jesus into their everyday moments as well as the messes. To allow Him to offer healing, forgiveness, and His amazing grace as He makes each story His own.Her prayer is for the Lord she serves to speak through her and be a light to all who He leads her way. You can connect with April on her new website, aprilayers.com
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Hotel Magna GraeciaDassia 1.1 km from city centre 552 reviews
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Oscar HotelDassia 298 m from city centre 84 reviews
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Nothing is out of bounds for liberals and progressives, and that includes attacking Michael Phelps so as to pressure him, and guilt him, into giving up his well deserved honor of carrying the American flag and leading his country's athletes at the opening ceremony for the Rio Olympic games.
Michael Phelps, in the perverse and sick mind of a liberal progressive, is guilty of being the wrong color and the wrong sex…white and male.
It is for that reason that CNN's W. Kamau Bell tried his best to remove Phelps from the opening ceremony, and replace him with the obscure and unknown women fencer, Ibtihaj Muhammad.
After Phelps was chosen by his peers and fellow Olympians to lead team US in Rio, the U.S. Olympic Team tweeted:
.@MichaelPhelps is HONORED to be #TeamUSA's flag bearer in the #Rio2016 Opening Ceremony ?❗
Just 24 hours away! ⏰https://t.co/afA85LUPgf
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) August 5, 2016
Ibtihaj Muhammad, a woman, an African-American and a Muslim came in second place in the team vote.
W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN's "United Shades of America," in an op-ed, described, the now 19 time gold medal winner, as a "tall, successful, rich white guy" who does not "need the honor" of carrying the US flag in Rio.
Does not "need the honor", what about 100% deserves the honor more than any other Olympian alive.
Kamau Bell showed his nasty progressive values by going after Phelp's personal life, in his effort to promote a lesser known, lesser decorated, and less interesting athlete.
"With 22 Olympic medals, you are already the most decorated athlete in Olympic history. You already know how America feels about you. We even forgave that youthful indiscretion of being photographed smoking from a water pipe of the type that is often used for smoking marijuana. And we have forgiven those other youthful indiscretions (even the one that happened two years ago when you weren't that youthful)."
"With 22 Olympic medals, you are already the most decorated athlete in Olympic history," he said.
But American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is a different story.
"Muhammad carrying the flag would be much bigger than your one moment," Bell writes. "It would be a symbol for our country in this moment when we are mostly known for one of the most contentious, controversial, scandal-ridden, hateful, xenophobic, jingoistic, and just generally unlikable presidential elections in recent memory. This is at a time when we could use some more symbols of unity and togetherness."
Bell referred to Muhammad as "a one-stop inclusion shop due to her race, sex and religion. Phelps, on the other hand was something else entirely.
"No offense, but right now America has enough tall, successful, rich white guys hogging the spotlight trying to make America great," he said, in an obvious reference to Donald Trump.
Bell concluded by saying that Phelps' stepping aside in favor of Muhammad was already a done deal.
"Again, thank you again for stepping aside for Ibtihaj Muhammad," he wrote. "During these Olympics, you can win more medals to add to your all-time winning number of medals. But no medal will compare to making room for this."
He was wrong on that one. Phelps carried the flag and led the delegation of American athletes at the opening ceremony.
So there we have it. Affirmative action should be adopted by the U.S. Olympic Committee — at least according to Bell.
Luckily many twitter users did not agree with the pathetic op-ed from CNN.
Michael Phelps Urged To Give Up Position As Olympic Flag Bearer. Next They'll Want Him To Lose A Match To A Muslim. https://t.co/czJ5oFoSXX
— Dreamcatcher (@mikethenice1) August 6, 2016
@TPoliticmanager @colleengourd what? they couldn't find a lgbt muslim? pic.twitter.com/ABA9HSQIRr
— Tang801 (@tang801) August 7, 2016
Liberals Wanted Phelps To Give His Flag Bearer Position To A Muslim Woman https://t.co/6qh0zsNd0n Liberals…all symbolism…no substance.
— fubaglady (@fubaglady) August 6, 2016
Liberal progressives have trouble understanding and comprehending fact and reality.
The fact and reality is that there is no one else better qualified to carry the US flag than Michael Phelps. This is the what the Olympic spirit is all about, honoring athletes for their accomplishments, not their sex, color of skin, or religion. To do anything else would be racist.
Via: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/08/07/cnn-host-says-michael-phelps-shouldnt-carry-us-flag-muslim-americans-furious-375694#ixzz4Gixoh2j0


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I mentioned in a previous post that I'm a WINNER, thanks to a grand opening contest from Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse. My prize is a "closet solution" from California Closets up to a certain amount of money.1 I signed the legal paperwork agreeing to accept the prize (and pay the requisite taxes, of course), so now I'm waiting for my California Closets consultant to contact me to set up an appointment.
The impending professional organization consultation has motivated me to do a bit of pre-emptive cleaning out, and I took a few boxes of clothing and various other items to the Habitat ReStore today. Plus, an "organizing solution" couldn't come at a better time, since I currently have a roommate, which means I had to move
shoes Stuff from my walk-in closet (aka spare bedroom) in to my bedroom.
In the losing category, I've been applying for academic jobs, and I received my first official rejection email.2 Let's be clear here: I fully expect to not get offered an academic job for 2014-2015 (yes, the whole academic job process is long and drawn out and quite unlike the real world). In fact, I have not even emotionally prepared for the possibility of being offered a job and subsequently leaving Athens. Nevertheless, the first rejection email (of many, I'm sure) seems worthy of mention. I didn't really want to move to Kalamazoo anyway.
1. Based upon this company's website and likely price points, it's possible that I will receive a three-shelf bookcase for my winnings.
2. Academics who wish to teach at the college level are generally at the whim of the academic job market. That is, getting a job requires a match of schools needing a musicologist, particularly one who specializes in a particular area or time period, and a location that the prospective employee would be willing to move (because it's generally not the place one earns his or her PhD)… and no, there really aren't that many, and yes, it actually works out sometimes (I think).


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I made a brief trip to Amsterdam last week. I only had a couple of days and most of the time was spent in wholesome, family-appropriate activities, but I got the chance to nip off to the Red Light District one afternoon. I was just so curious to see what it was like! It was daytime so most of the windows were empty but I have to say that seeing those (lovely) ladies standing there made me glad that I don't have to deal with timewasters and windup merchants whilst standing on public display in my underwear! Kudos to those girls for having the nerve to do it.
I visited the Museum of Prostitution when I was there. I can't believe I did this, but I asked if there were any "professional discounts" for actual prostitutes and offered to show them my website as proof. They thought this was very funny and let me in for free!
I thought the museum was excellent. Although it was a bit sensationalist (the S&M dungeon, at least) it really seemed legit and sincere to me. There were model rooms to show what the actual workspaces looked like both in brothels and for the window girls. (The dressing tables cluttered with toiletries seemed particularly authentic to me. That's how we roll!) The very best bit was the high-definition wall-size screen with a looping video that showed what it was like to have tourists and punters walk by, oggling and haggling.
There was a serious bit towards the end – a shrine to the women who have been killed in Amsterdam's Red Light District.
From what I understand, the window scene is pretty much a tourist rip-off. You get very little for your 50 Euros and it's a rushed service. There are also brothels and the locals are more likely to visit independent escorts who advertise online in the same way we do here in the UK.
But if you visit, please take the time to check out the museum – it's well worth the twenty minutes or so it takes to go through it:
I visited a few other museums, as well, including the Rijksmuseum, and the Rembrandt House but most of my time was spent wandering and enjoying the scenery. I was thrilled to discover that the rumours were true: Heineken actually does taste good in Holland! I enjoyed plenty of it while I was there. But that is the last beer I'm having for a while – I'm going to be on a diet for a while and so no more alcohol for me!


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Well I done mine:
— Zooborns is very cute.
— Costume idea for all the Lichtenstein haters.
— DC is the living alone capital of the USA.
— "Last week, I left my Washington home, walked to the nearby Metro station, rode a train downtown, walked to the National Press Club, and settled in to hear Steven Rattner, former head of the Obama administration's auto task force, declare that 'no one has yet invented a substitute for the automobile.'"
— Federal government spends more on electric cars in six months than transit gets in a year.
Song of the day "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Concretes.


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What solutions to provide banking access to excluded people
Bancarisation refers to the number of people within a population using a bank account or banking services. It is an indicator of economic development. If, within a population, 60% of people uses banking services, that means that 40% of adults do not have access to them.
Worldwide, the percentage of adults with bank accounts rose from 51% to 62% between 2011 and 2014, according to the Global Findex study published in April 2015 by the World Bank. The number of "unbanked" people fell by 20% to 2 billion adults.
"Access to financial services can be a way out of poverty. We have set a very ambitious goal of universal access to financial services by 2020, and we now have evidence that significant progress has been made toward this goal", said Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group. "These efforts require the involvement of many partners: credit card companies, banks, microcredit institutions, the United Nations, foundations and community leaders. But we certainly can attain this goal and lift millions of people out of poverty." Despite that progress, there are still severe inequalities. While OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries have almost a 100 per cent rate of use of banking facilities, that rate falls to less than 20 per cent in the least developed countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and in South Asia.
Many obstacles to the use of banking facilities
African banks' fees and charges seem too high compared to the level of wealth of the sub-Saharan population, which pushes 80% of the population to hoard*. For example, in Cameroon, the minimum deposit to open a bank account is $ 700, while the average wage is $ 98 per month.
As we have seen in France in 1969, bancarisation is often fostered by an obligation imposed by the State. In July 2011, the bancarisation of the payroll of Congolese officials forced 700,000 of them to open a bank account.
Mobile telephony and microfinance in the service of access to funding
The Global Findex survey highlights the importance of new distribution channels using, in particular, mobile telephony and the Internet. Worldwide, only 2% of adults have a mobile banking account. In sub-Saharan Africa, this rate already reaches 12%, which represents around 64 million users.
The use of banking services often starts with access to credit. According to the World Bank report, the outstanding loans granted by the 1,391 microfinance institutions (MFIs) identified by the MIX amounted to $ 95.1 billion at the end of 2013 (€ 85.6 billion), an increase of 12.9% year-on-year. And the number of beneficiaries increased by 10.3% to 105.9 million. MFIs play an important role in this first stage of access to banking services. Sometimes they transform themselves into deposit-taking institutions and then into banks. According to the BCEAO **, the rate of access to banking services*** in Senegal rose from 6% in 2010 to 19% currently, taking into account the services offered in the microfinance field. Microfinance usually referred to microcredit (very small loans granted to self-employed borrowers with limited or non-existent guarantees), but gradually this definition extended to other operations that were made possible through such institutions (savings, insurance, payments, money transfers, etc.).
Over time, microfinance institutions have sought to develop products and services that are likely to stick to the specificities of low-income populations. Thus, microfinance uses group loan mechanisms and collective guarantees. The gradual increase in the amount of financing makes it possible to accurately assess the solvency of customers. Today, the microfinance sector continues to work in order to better understand the financial needs of customers with low purchasing power but with a high potential for creativity, to better meet their needs. Microfinance and its ethical approach to financial inclusion represent a major economic and social challenge not only in developing countries but also in developed countries, where poverty is increasing dramatically (in Europe, 6% of people would live below the poverty line). By offering suitable financial services, microfinance can contribute to foster this virtuous cycle if it adopts an inclusive and responsible approach.
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation has chosen to support only those institutions that are part of this inclusive dynamic by respecting four fundamental principles:
- Respect the financial and social criteria defined by the Foundation in its intervention policy
- Pursue consistent objectives of balanced social and financial performance
- Provide remedial processes that enable MFIs to improve their practices and services by themselves and to drive the achievement of their social and financial objectives through normative standards or codes of conduct
- Implement end-customer protection mechanisms (services are offered in a fair, clear and comprehensible manner) including a mechanism to prevent over-indebtedness
* To hoard: put money aside without spending it or making it work, keeping it out of the economic circuit.
** The 8 countries of the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo. They have a common central bank (the BCEAO) and a common currency (the CFA Franc).
*** The access to banking services rate, strictly speaking, is calculated by the BCEAO on the basis of the population over 15 years of age, excluding accounts opened in decentralised financial systems, issuers of electronic money and postal financial services.
Source: Fric-Afrique ; LesEchos.fr ; LeMonde.fr ; Rewmi.com ; Microfinance Gateway ; World Bank


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Slumper Hunting Seats Review
When it comes to hunting tree stands for long hours, nothing else matters except being comfortable. I own dozens of treestands from ladder stands to hang-on's and climbers. Every stand either has no seat cushion or the bare minimum thin seat pad that comes with it. This makes it difficult to sit still for long hours and puts a hurting on my old bones during the course of an entire season. I am here to tell you I have found the solution to this problem and you can hunt comfortably all day long by using a slumper seat.
Slumper Seats are designed to replace your basic seat cushions on just about every model treestand available on the market. They have a variety of products from 4″ thick seat cushions to comfortable back rests. They are made in America, very affordable, easy to install, water resistant, extremely comfortable and whisper quiet. I stumbled upon the slumper seat products when looking for a replacement treestand seat online. I ordered a double wide 4″ slumper seat cushion, a slumper back rest and slumper rain cover for a big game double ladder stand and was immediately impressed with the quality of the seat cushion when it arrived.
I have never hunted in a tree stand so comfortable in my life. This is a complete game changer for me, especially for how many days I sit high up in a tree in a given year. I will start ordering more of these great products and upgrading my tree stand seat cushions from here on out. I also filmed a review video just so you can see the product for yourself. Check it and if you have any questions fire away, I will answer any questions you may have.
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In Copenhagen, the admission by local police officers previously that they lack sufficient resources to adequately address the problem has been seen by many thieves as an open invitation to compound the matter. The capital hosted nearly half of all national bike thefts; a 14 percent rise in the city from the last survey. Aarhus, the country's second largest city, recorded a 16 percent increase in stolen bicycles from the previous year.
Last year's figures, when using calculations based on the average compensation paid out for a stolen bicycle, means that insurers faced a potential bill of some DKK 230 million (USD 45 million) in claims.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Brash-talking Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has been cast as the villain of Super Bowl XLVIII.
Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, a likely future Hall of Famer playing in the first Super Bowl of his 15-year NFL career, provides the sentimental story line.
Lost in the plot, until Monday at least, was the Broncos' Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, the only cornerback taking the field Sunday at MetLife Stadium who has played in a Super Bowl.
Rodgers-Cromartie, 27, created media buzz Monday when he reiterated that if Broncos win the Super Bowl, he might retire. He first divulged those plans to The Denver Post on Dec. 26. Asked if he still plans to hang up his jersey, he said: "Yes, somewhat. Coming out of college, I gave myself a five-year goal. If I could just make it five years, I would be all right.
"Coming from a small school (Tennessee State) and of course playing six years, it has been a long journey and I am weighing my options. I am still a young guy and not a Champ Bailey or Peyton Manning, who have a legacy of going out on top. I had a goal of five years, and I reached that. I will see how I feel after the game."
Regardless of his post-NFL plans, of more relevance this week is how Rodgers-Cromartie plays against Russell Wilson, Seattle's second-year quarterback.
"You can trust him," Denver defensive tackle Terrance Knighton said of Rodgers-Cromartie. "You know he's going to win his matchup. He's probably the most gifted athlete I have ever been around.
"Sometimes we watch him in practice and we are in awe of how quickly he moves and the things he reacts to. When the whole side of the field is shut down, it makes things a whole lot easier for the defense."
Without "DRC," the Broncos' Super Bowl chances likely would have been DOA. Bailey missed most of this season because of a foot injury. And the Broncos lost cornerback Chris Harris to a season-ending knee injury during the fourth quarter of their Jan. 12 playoff victory over San Diego.
Rodgers-Cromartie has been on this big stage before — and failed. As a rookie in Super Bowl XLIII, he was one of three Arizona defenders in the end zone when Pittsburgh wide receiver Santonio Holmes caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger with only 35 seconds remaining, lifting the Steelers to a 27-23 victory. Never mind that the catch was one of the greatest in Super Bowl history, and that Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't the main man assigned coverage.
Five years later, he still thinks about that play.
"Yes, I do. Not to the point where it beats me up, but just to the point that we were that close to getting a ring," he said. "Anytime the Super Bowl comes back around, they tend to show that play. You can't dwell on it. That was the main thing I learned from that game. I am looking forward to playing in this one."
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sunni militants have taken control of most of Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq, an official at the refinery said on Wednesday.
"The militants have managed to break in to the refinery. Now they are in control of the production units, administration building and four watch towers. This is 75 percent of the refinery," an official speaking from inside the refinery said.
He says clashes continue near the main control room with security forces.
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|Rich Dubee confers with Kyle Kendrick on the mound (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Phillies had back to back series where they faced getting swept in the past two series with the Mets and the Nationals. Last night, the Mets succeeded in sweeping the series from the Phillies. Take heart though Phillies fans, it's only the first time since 2006 that the Mets were able to sweep a series from the Phillies (in Philly). * thanks dear reader!
That is a lot of games that the Phillies and Mets have played since 2006, so as bad as it may seem, it's not all that bad in the overall picture of things.
Yes, the Phillies did look bad again last night. They did bang out 15 hits though in the loss, and if you had to blame a part of the Phillies on this loss last night, you would have to blame the bullpen.
Kyle Kendrick, earned the loss (0-3), looked like he was serving up batting practice, he was only in for 1 inning but gave up 5 runs on 4 hits and 2 BB's in his brief appearance on the mound. What happened to the steady Kyle Kendrick? He's going to have to improve his game as his ERA has soared to 7.32, and Jose Contreras has a balloony 8.59 ERA himself.
The Phillies bullpen is in a total state of collapse in the last few weeks, and there has to be something done about it.
The Padres come to town for the weekend, and the Phillies need wins. We'll see if they can turn this downward spiral around. The Phils are now 5 full games out of first place, and solidly in the basement of the NL East.
These type of losing streaks and bad play test the fans patience with the team, and of course the press jumps on the bandwagon as well. Can the Phillies improve and play like they are capable of playing?


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Current balancing in NPN BJT and BSCR snapback devices
In a method and structure for current balancing the emitter current in a multi-finger n-emitter of a BJT or BSCR, back-end or polysilicon resistors are applied between the emitter fingers and the power rail, with the resistors chosen to be larger the closer the emitter fingers are to the collector.
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The invention deals with electrostatic discharge (ESD) device. In particular it deals with ESD clamps and self-protecting devices based on NPN BJT and BSCR structures for BiCMOS technology.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The snapback characteristics of different NPN bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and Bipolar SCRs (BSCRs) are particularly important when devices are used both as self-protecting as well as stand-alone devices.
While the collector in such devices can typically be large, emitter length is limited. Due to self-alignment considerations in bipolar technology, only a few emitter dimensions are supported. In the case of some technologies such as Si—Ge, only a single emitter length is, in fact, supported. The base contact region, which forms part of the self-aligned bipolar design, also faces size constraints. A typical BIT as known in the art is shown in
The size limitations of the emitter 100 limit its current carrying capacity and therefore create problems in using the device in high current ESD applications. In practice this issue is addressed by making use of multi-emitter BIT and BSCR devices to support the high ESD currents. For purposes of this application the term multi-emitter covers individual emitters that are connected together as well as an emitter with multiple emitter fingers. The individual elements of the emitter, whether individual emitters or emitter fingers of a single emitter, will be referred to as emitter fingers for convenience. Different snapback bipolar and BSCR configurations have therefore been implemented by placing multiple bases and emitters between collectors, e.g., C-B-E, C-B-E-B-C, C-B-E-B-E-B-C, C-B-E-B-B-E-B-E-B-C, etc., or around a collector, e.g., B-E-C-E-B. One such configuration is shown in
While multiple emitter fingers and multiple base contacts seek to address the current density concerns during ESD events, test results indicate that the use of multiple emitters or multiple bases results in non-uniform current distribution at high current densities. As a result, for ESD operation, which involves high current densities, the devices will not perform optimally. Typically proper current distribution is only observed under normal operating conditions as opposed to the operation during ESD events. This can be ascribed to the fact that the overall ESD operation depends on the sub-collector design, which is typically designed to provide proper current distribution during normal operation as opposed to during ESD operation.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention seeks to balance the current in multi-emitter NPN BJT and NPN BSCR devices by implementing a back-end or poly-resistor structure to define interconnect resistors between emitter fingers and a power rail. Preferably the resistance of the interconnect resistors varies with distance from the collector. For instance, the closer the emitter finger is to the collector the larger the resistance. Preferably the resistor values are between 0.02 and 0.5 Ohms. To form these resistors, the emitter regions can be extended to define poly-resistors or backend regions can be used to create the resistors. In the latter case, the resistors can be made from poly or metal interconnect layers or metal vias.
Further, according to the invention, there is provided a method of balancing base current in multiple base contact snapback BJTs and BSCRs, by providing different base resistors for the various base contacts using interconnect or back-end regions or polysilicon material. In the case of back-end or interconnect resistors the resistors may be formed from metal interconnect layers or from metal vias. In the case of resistors formed from polysilicon regions the resistors may be formed by extending the polysilicon of the base poly regions. Typically the resistor values decrease as the emitter-collector distance increases.
In another embodiment, shown in
While the resistors described in the two embodiments of
1. A method of balancing base current in snapback BJTs and BSCRs that include a collector, comprising
- providing the BJT or BSCR with multiple base contacts,
- providing different base resistors for the various base contacts the base resistors being chosen to have decreasing resistance values with increasing distance from the collector of the BJT or BSCR using back-end regions or polysilicon material.
2. A method of claim 1, wherein in the case of base resistors made from back-end regions the resistors are formed from metal interconnect layers or from metal vias.
3. A method of claim 1, wherein the base contacts are formed from polysilicon and, in the case of resistors formed from polysilicon material the resistors are formed by extending the polysilicon of the base contacts.
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- S. M. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, second edition, pp. 169-175.
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 17, 2004
Date of Patent: Sep 14, 2010
Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Inventors: Vladislav Vashchenko (Palo Alto, CA), Peter J. Hopper (San Jose, CA)
Primary Examiner: Steven Loke
Assistant Examiner: David Goodwin
Attorney: Vollrath & Associates
Application Number: 11/016,010
International Classification: H01L 31/072 (20060101);


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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
WIP Wednesday 27 April 2016
Well, it's been an interesting week - a finish, a new start and a restart.
I finished the snowman I was working on.
That finishes the set.
And I started a new Santa/elf.
He will be the second of three. The fabric colour is way off in the picture - it's really a pale green.
And I restarted the sweater. I was here last week
and I realized I had chosen the wrong size - Orin would be well into grade school before it would fit! So I pulled out all 70 rows (plus the ribbing!!) and restarted on a smaller size. So, I'm here at the moment,
about 40 rows plus the ribbing done. Big sigh!
8 comments:
- Faith... said...
Great Snowman finish Bea. Sorry to hear about the sweater but glad you discovered before the problem you finished it!
- April 27, 2016 at 7:59 PM
- Brigitte said...
I'm sure you were restarting the sweater with a big sigh. But from now on you know that the size is perfect.
Great little snowman finish.
- April 28, 2016 at 12:17 AM
- Vickie said...
Oh my. A big sigh is right. I am sorry my friend. The snowman is great!
- April 28, 2016 at 6:36 AM
- Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...
What a shame about the reverse-knitting but at least it's quicker than stitching to start again!
- April 28, 2016 at 12:06 PM
- Melinda said...
I am so sorry you had to rip out all that Knitting. It does look as if you have made great progress. Love your Snowman. It is a great finish
- April 28, 2016 at 1:12 PM
- Cathy said...
Congratulations on finishing the snowman! I'm sorry you had to restart the sweater, but you seem to be making better progress this time.
- April 28, 2016 at 3:34 PM
- Sheryl S. said...
Lovely snowman design and what a pity about having to undo the sweater, very frustrating, but you got a lot done again.
- April 30, 2016 at 9:42 AM
- Kaisievic said...
Oh no, re the sweater but at least you realised before you had sewn it all up! Gorgeous snowman, too.
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This came as the command intercepted over $12.1 million from 14 persons who tried to smuggle money out of the country in contravention of extant regulations in 2012.
Disclosing this development at NCS office at the airport, Area Comptroller, Mr Charles Epowei Edike, identified the passenger as Professor Ofoegbu Charles Ononuju, who claimed to be the director of an oil firm (name withheld). According to Mr. Edike, the professor with passport registration number A04008969 claimed that he was travelling with such a huge amount of money to solve a dispute with Kenya community over oil blocks.
Edike said "the passenger declared the currency both on forms CDF1A and CDF1B, but claimed he was travelling with Kenya Airways flight number QR542 to Kenya, to solve dispute with Kenya community over oil blocks"
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Giving detail of activities of the command in 2012, Edike said in 2012, the NCS, MMIA Command intercepted over $12.1 million from 14 persons who tried to smuggled money out of the country in contravention of extant regulations.


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text: Today started with a delicious coffee delivery and breakfast being made for us. After that was a bit of bike work and then we hit the beach…with our DH bikes. We wanted a berm that would allow us to drag our bars on the ground. We succeeded. For 3 hours we shredded this thing and Adrian took almost 2800 pics. After that we got more coffee and had a marvelous afternoon shuttling fun, flowy, trails around Santa Cruz. We ate fantastic burritos and watched the sunset. Then beers. Then a few more beers. We're packing up the van right now to go to some race thing this weekend. Life is hard around here.


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Rob's new piece, Fragments/Figures, commissioned by Sinfonia Newydd and inspired by Miriam Backstrom's entry for the 2012 Artes Mundi Prize, 'Smile As If We Have Already Won', was performed this week at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and at National Museum Wales. The piece was also featured on BBC Radio Wales's arts show, along with an interview with Rob and Toks Dada, director of Sinfonia Newydd. The podcast of the arts show is available for download for a limited time. The feature on Sinfonia Newydd begins at 26.30. Read about the Artes Mundi exhibition in articles by The Guardian, Art In America, and the BBC.
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The Man From Earthis a 2007 masterpiece, directed by Richard Schenkman and written by Jerome Bixby, about the possibilities that would exist if a man never aged and had existed on Earth for 14,000 years.
The film opens with a simple professor packing up his things and getting ready for a small gathering of his associates from the college where he has taught for ten years. During the party he decides to make a confession to his friends: that he is such a man and has lived for more than 14,000 years, moving every ten years or so, once people begin to notice he isn't aging. His decision to open up to the group results in profound questions, answers and compelling stories that pour from the man (David Lee Smith).
The film has absolutely minimal sets, feeling closer to a play than a film and relies on its underrated and relatively unknown supporting cast and writing to bring about an epic story that is absolutely gripping for the viewer. The highs are just as extreme as the lows as emotions are wrung out of the friends with such skill that the story, along with the questions and concerns of the group become almost too realistic.
The movie can't be recommended highly enough. It's remarkable how little attention it has garnered given its quality, skilled acting, precise direction and a killer script from Bixby. While the movie's themes and stories are intense, it is also totally engrossing for the audience and a terribly enjoyable movie to watch anytime.


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Pig gets colostomy. That was the news that came from the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in Saugerties, NY via the Chippewa Valley Rosebud Review (the newsletter I receive from my home Ostomy Support Group), via the Ostomy News (the newsletter from the Ostomy Support Group from North San Diego County, Vista, CA). The picture is of […] Read more »
Crohn's Disease Management
Crohn's disease management is a topic that is near and dear to the individuals that have this particular disease. When I was diagnosed in 1978 management options weren't that many. We relied on sulfa drugs, steroids, and whatever diet management worked at the time. As a result I lost over 40 pounds in three months. […] Read more »
Helpful Hints for Ostomates
Helpful hints for ostomates are necessary especially during the hot, humid summer months. Summer time and wearing an ostomy appliance can be an interesting and frustrating situation. Keeping the skin around the stoma healthy is important all of the time but can present some problems when it's hot and you sweat. The adhesive might break […] Read more »
My Personal Journey with Crohns Disease
My personal journey with Crohns disease began in the fall of 1978. I think I've eaten a bad Big Mac from McDonalds. I've been vomiting and have had the diarrhea for 36 hours and generally feel like crap. Either that or I've stumbled into a stomach virus that's being stubborn, that happens with me from […] Read more »
Foods to Avoid With Crohn's Disease
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Blyth striker Glen Robson, sent off five times this season, has been suspended for six matches, writes Bob Moreland.
Spartans' boss Paul Baker confirmed the ban today and said: "I am waiting to hear from our secretary Joe Hobin.
"But I expect Robson's suspension to start on Saturday at home to Burscough."
Baker, meanwhile, will watch tonight's Northumberland Senior Cup quarter- final at Newcastle Blue Star's Wheatsheaf Ground.
The Blyth manager is a coach with Newcastle's Academy - and United reserves are in action against Ponteland.
Baker said: "A victory for United would see them at our place for a potentially lucrative semi-final."
Whitley Bay are also on Senior Cup duty tonight with a semi-final against Shankhouse at Hillheads.
Chester-le-Street, beaten only once in eight starts, host Esh Winning in the Albany Northern League First Division and Dunston Fed go to Morpeth.
Ashington chase a Craven Cup tie win over Whickham at Portland Park.
NPAUL Stewart, brother of Blyth winger Steve, has signed for Jarrow Roofing and is set for his debut in tonight's Northern League First Division home match with Consett.


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No Summers At The Fed
Noam Scheiber does yeoman's work explaining why Larry Summers would be a bad choice to head the Fed. Why?
– He's a lousy politician and manager, given to brow-beating opponents rather than charming or negotiating with them:
While a Fed chairman can technically get his way through a seven-to-five majority of the committee—suggesting that a strong-willed, argumentative chairman should almost always be able to carry the day—in practice, the FOMC operates by consensus. A chairman who suffers more than one or two dissents on any given vote is assumed to have been pretty thoroughly refuted.
If Summers were to preside by strong-arming and browbeating those who disagreed with him—a methodology he's been known to favor–he might score a few tactical victories. But he would risk strategic defeat—the FOMC could eventually become ungovernable. Worse, long before then, Summers' Fed would probably lose credibility in the markets (currently seen as one of hisvirtues), since bond traders and money managers would assume that a highly divisive Fed chairman can't make his preferred policies stick. And, of course, these assumptions would soon become self-fulfilling.
– He doesn't have that great a track record in terms of predicting big-ticket economic events or proposing sound policy:
Yellen has a solid track record on this front. As Ezra [Klein] points out, she was early to see that the rumblings in the credit markets back in 2007 could turn into a full-blown recession. She was also an early voice within the Fed for doing more to address the country's escalating unemployment crisis.
Summers has been prescient at times while writing from the remove of academia or the op-ed page. But, as my colleague John Judis observes, he seems to have a weakness for elite conventional wisdom once he gets into positions of power. This was true during the 1990s, when he echoed some of Alan Greenspan's arguments for shielding derivatives from the prying eyes of regulators. And, as I reported in my book on the Obama administration, it was true in late 2008, when Summers recognized the need for a much larger stimulus than most in Washington were calling for, but nonetheless pushed for a far smaller package than necessary because he didn't want to be laughed out of the room by Obama's political advisers.'
– He's overly infatuated with his own status in elite social circles:
My own view is that Summers is too fond of big shots—he's always wanted to be part of the most exclusive club that will have him (which helps explain his close relationship with Rubin and Greenspan). In my book, I describe the pleasure he took from attending dinners with top Wall Street executives as a Treasury official in the 1990s. [fn. The dinners were the informal portion of a quarterly meeting that took place under the auspices of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, a group Treasury convened so it could discuss various technical and legal issues with the leading participants in U.S. government bond auctions.]
Scheiber also points out that for all Summers's vaunted "man in the arena" crisis-management experience, he wasn't actually the man in charge – the key decision-makers in the late-1990s were Rubin and Greenspan, and in the early Obama years they were Geithner (at least formally) and Bernanke.
If anything, I think Scheiber is way too easy on Summers. This point about Summers being "too fond of big shots" is quite serious. Our country continues to suffer from the effects of financialization, and the Fed has important regulatory responsibilities with respect to the banking sector. We need someone in charge who isn't likely to be coopted by powerful people whom he wants to impress. We need someone who greets power with skepticism.
Moreover, Scheiber doesn't mention Summers's involvement in the rape of Russia. Nor does he go into the catastrophe of his tenure as President of Harvard, which ended with his ignominious sacking. And I'm not talking about his political incorrectness. That was more a convenient excuse for dumping him than the real reason he was canned. But even the conflict of interest business wouldn't have sunk Summers if he had a deep base of support among the faculty, or the board, or, well, anywhere, really.
And then there's the politics. Scheiber alludes to disappointment among feminists at how few women the President has appointed to key positions, but there are two other political strikes that are even more important, in my opinion.
First, Summers is a veteran Democratic policy hand, deeply tied to both the current and the previous Democratic administration. The presumption, therefore, will be that he will be a politically "friendly" Fed chair to the current administration – and to its possible Democratic successor. That, in itself, has political consequences, in terms of the strength of opposition from right-wing members of the board of governors and in terms of grandstanding opposition from Congress. Now, that opposition may be worth courting – if, for example, Summers were uniquely qualified, or was going to reshape the Fed in an important new direction. But Summers's views on monetary policy are not materially different from Yellen's or Bernanke's. So why create a partisan conflict for no reason?
Second, Summers is a veteran Democratic policy hand, deeply tied to both the current and the previous Democratic administration. He's already held a number of important posts. On what basis has he "earned" another one? A basis sufficient to deny a new, eminently qualified individual her turn? I don't care much for diversity rationales for hiring to these kinds of positions, but there is some value to diversity in the sense of simply letting new people have a shot. And what kind of signal does it send about the bench strength of the Democrats on economic policy if they appoint Larry Summers . . . again?
I don't want to suggest that I hate Larry Summers. I don't. I think he's a strange individual, but I agree with him about many, many policy matters, and he's obviously a very, very smart and capable man. But he's also a demonstrably terrible leader. Why on earth would we want him running the Fed? Or anything?
Mike Konczal makes the case for Yellen as somebody who not only has the right personality and skills, but who has been thinking about the most important questions facing the next Fed chair for some time. Meanwhile, here's Scott Sumner declaring Larry Summer's flatly unqualified for the job. (He thinks Yellen would be vastly better than Summers, but he also has a list of dream picks that he'd prefer to Yellen.) All together now: No Summers At The Fed!


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Cake followed by a chamber orchestra concert, what an irresistible combination.
The first Musica Viva Coffee Concert of the year was held recently at North Sydney's Independent Theatre, a superb venue for this delightful event. Morning tea began at 10am, followed by an hour of music from 11am, by The Goldner String Quartet, one of Australia's greatest chamber ensembles, who thrilled the audience with Beethoven's exquisite 'Razumovsky' Quartet op 59 no 2.
Another treat was their playing of 'Interwoven', created by emerging Sydney composer Elizabeth Younan, who was recently named Young Composer of the Year by Fine Music FM. 'Interwoven' was created as part of the Sydney Conservatorium's National Women Composers Development Program.
The entire 2017 season will feature The Goldner String Quartet, who will be bringing a couple of guests to the concerts. Musica Viva's Artistic Director, Carl Vine AO said "Only
once before, in 2012, did we devote an entire year of Coffee Concerts to these splendid musicians. It proved to be one of the most popular years since the series began." Guest appearances by Australian pianist Piers Lane and virtuoso cellist Umberto Clerici will add to the appeal of the concerts.
The music was wonderful and I especially enjoyed the selection of delicious cakes. I must confess that I did try a few as they looked so inviting. I would recommend booking for the second concert in the series on 24 May 2017.
What a clever idea to hold the concert series in the daytime, when many people prefer to go out and at a venue that is easy to get to, with street parking available near by. I am amazed that more concert promoters do not follow Musica Viva's lead.
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Help the Robinsons
Jeanne and Spider Robinson need your help.
Earlier his year a brilliant surgeon, Dr. Andresz Busczowski, helped Jeanne Robinson beat back a rare and virulent form of biliary cancer. But it's so rare even he can't say how much time he's bought her, how soon it might recur—and her latest blood tests have been so discouraging they've now decided she needs to start chemotherapy as soon as possible. Besides the prescription drugs to counteract the chemotherapy, she needs special therapies and supplements, counseling, and extensive diet and lifestyle changes, to reduce her stress level and the strain on her liver to as close to zero as possible. All those things are expensive…and like many artists today the Robinsons were already running on fumes financially.
The Robinsons are good people. I met them, briefly, at the Heinlein Centennial a few years ago. Like me, they are big proponents of paying it forward. Now, in their time of need, it's their turn to be on the receiving end of good will. Friends held a benefit auction and concert, We Dream of Jeanne, but it's not too late to contribute via check or Paypal. Also, by way of Mathew Sanborn Smith, all proceeds from the sale of Lord Dickens's Declaration, an eBook by Larry Santoro, will go to Jeanne and Spider. Hurry, though. The last day for this is December 30th.