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- Global demand will continue to be strong for smartphones: Pyramid Research forecasts a 13.7% CAGR in unit sell-through from 2013 to 2018, resulting in a 2018 total of 1.9bn units. This trend is driven largely by the projected decline of the average selling price at a -10.8% CAGR over the same period, reducing the price to $189 in 2018.
- By 2018, Asia-Pacific will be by far the largest market for smartphones, with over 54% of global smartphone unit sell-through; China and India alone will account for just under 40% of the global total.
- By 2018, revenue from smartphone sales will account for 94.6% of total handset revenue, highlighting an almost complete transition to the technology.
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"In the beginning was the word and the word was God. In the beginning was God and all else was darkness and void, and without form, so God created the heavens and earth. He created the sun and the moon and the stars, so light might pierce the darkness. The Earth, God divided between the land and the sea, and these he filled with many assorted creatures. The dark, salty, slimy, creatures which inhabited the murky depths of the ocean he called Sailors.
God dressed them accordingly, they had little trousers that had bells at the bottom and their shirts had cute little flaps on them and they wore funny looking hats. He gave them long sideburns and beards and nicknamed them "squids". They were banished to a lifetime at sea so normal folks would not have to associate with them. To fully identify these unloved creatures, he called them "petty" and "commodore" instead of titles worthy of red blooded men. The flaky creatures of the land God called soldiers, and with a twinkle in the eye and a sense of humor only God could have made their trousers to short and their covers to large.
He made their pockets oversized so they could warm their hands. To adorn their uniforms God gave them badges in quantities only a dime store owner could appreciate. He gave them emblems and crest and all kinds of shiny things that glittered. (When you are God you tend to get carried away) On the sixth day God thought of creating some air creatures for which he designed a greyhound bus uniform. He discarded the idea during the first week, and it wasn't until years later that some apostles resurrected this theme and established what we now know as the "wild blue yonder wonders".
On the seventh day as you know God rested. On the 8th day at 0530, God looked down upon the Earth and was not happy. God was just not happy !! He thought about his labors and in his divine wisdom, God created a divine creature. This creature he called "Marine" and the Marines, God created in his own image were to be of the air ,land, and sea. God gave them wonderful uniforms, some were green and some were blue with red trim. In the early days some uniforms were a beautiful tan. He gave them pracitical fighting uniforms to wage war against Satan and evil. He gave them service uniforms for there daily work and training. He gave them evening and dress uniforms...sharp and stylish. He also gave them swords so people who were not impressed could be dealt with accordingly. On the 8th day God looked down upon Earth and saw that it was good. But was God happy? No God was still not happy, because in the course of his labors he forgot one thing, he did not have a uniform for himself. He thought about it and thought about it and finally satisfied himself in knowing that we'll......Not everyone can be a Marine!!!!
"The Drill Instructor Creed"
"These recruits are entrusted to my care. I will train them to the best of my ability. I will develop them into smartly disiplined, physically fit, basically trained Marines, thoroughly indoctrinated in love of Corps and Country. I will demand of them, and demonstrate by my own example, the highest standards of conduct, morality and professional skill."
Young or old every Marine has memories of his Drill Instructor. From the moment a recruit gets off the bus and is told " You people are the lowest form of animal life in the universe, you are even lower than whale shit, do you know how low that is? At the bottom of the ocean"!!
The next 3 months , the recruit will be introduced to a fast paced madness that will cultivate a new mold. The Drill instructors will instill the art of drill and physical fitness daily, he will remind them that he is not there Mother or Father ,and that their soul may belong to God but there ass belongs to the Corps!!.
The Marine Drill Instructor will find all weak recruits and instill a sense of motivation. History of the Corps will be pounded in there brain. Disipline and teamwork will be a every day schedule. The D.I. cover with the Marine Corps emblem in front of a recruits face , screaming out orders , is a memory that will be embedded in their mind for the rest of there life. The mystique of it all is mind boggling for a young recruit. The D.I. has the responsibility to mold young civilians into Marines in a short span of time. It is an awesome job. Nevertheless the job has been going on for many years now and history has proven it has been done well.
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Many young people are starting to use alternative social media platforms, other than Facebook and Twitter. These forms of social media log everything that someone does on their account from the moment it gets created. This log is not something that young people want their friends to see anymore, and they also don't like the idea of posting on someone's wall so everybody else can see it. This is why SnapChat was invented. This is a new application that people use to send disposable messages to their friends. Once someone receives a video message, they have to push and hold their screen to watch it, which also gives them the ability to cancel the message instantly by removing their finger. Once the message is complete, it is gone forever.
If you want to Learn More about this new application, then check out a SnapChat Review on ReviewFuse. This website provides an in-depth SnapChat Review and talks about what people use it for today. Because the messages are disposable, it's common for people to send inappropriate messages to one another. There's no risk of the video being posted anywhere else on the internet because it's impossible to save it, which is why it's preferable for private messages.
In addition to the private message feature, SnapChat also provides users with a live video chat option. It's very simple to have a video conversation with your friends because SnapChat alerts you if that person is in the same window. This means they are available for a video chat, and you can start streaming by pushing the chat button. Your friend can do the same and you will have a live video conversation going in seconds.
SnapChat also has a friends feature where you can add a list of your buddies to chat with regularly. Also, many celebrities and internet bloggers have SnapChat accounts where they post vlogs on a regular basis. SnapChat makes it very simple to keep up with your favorite bloggers because you can add their username and instantly start watching their blogs- they don't need to accept your friend request in order view them. It's also possible to post your own stories on your account so your friends can see a short clip of what you're doing. These stories are also disposable; they will only be attached to someone's account for 24-hours, then they are gone forever. These stories are able to be viewed an unlimited number of times during the 24-hour period, but they still cannot be saved. Check out this new application if you are interested in a more private way of messaging and keeping up with your friends.


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I love pillows. Old news, you say. I make new ones when I feel like. This one I decided to make months ago. Now it´s done. Spent a couple of hours in my attic trying to figure how to sew the zipper on. I decided not to stop before it was done. It´s a first time for everything. So I did it my way. I used an old zipper from my grandmothers treasure box. Felt great. It´s a pillow for nursing. Someone say I won´t need it. But I had to have one. I had to make a cool cushion. I used the old one I bought 2.hand as model. I bought this Marimekko fabric in Helsinki just for this! I know. I´m a sucker for design. And so it is. Now it´s done. Next: baby basket.
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At first glance its hard to miss how much these look like the Urban Decay Ink For Eyes Eyeliners. But I'm gonna throw this out there right away - I like these better than Ink For Eyes.
For starters the Hard Candy Hot Smudge comes with two shades and only costs $6. I tried Rebel - a bright blue and a clear primer with hint of sparkles. The brush that comes with the product is all I use. It is great to draw even a very thin line. The liner itself has a creamy texture but not very ultra creamy like Ink For Eyes. Those ultra creamy ones smudge and are not good for liner purposes. But this one works perfectly well as a liner and as a base for shadows.
They didn't smudge or touch my crease like the Urban Decay ones did. This is good stuff , man.
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All you do then to prepare for the next launch is get the chute. The sled returns to meet the chute at the starting point, as shown in the video below. This was taken last weekend at a local contest where we were demonstrating the OneWinch.
I received mine. Unfortunately it hit at just the wrong time.
I had a 2 day Eastern Soaring League DLG contest this weekend. Took Second in Sportsman on Sunday and third on Saturday. I will be in Boston next weekend at an Eastern Soaring League unlimted sailplane contetest. I plan to take it to Boston with me and see if we can get a bunch of people trying it out. |
I am in Sudbury MA with my friend Mike. We are here for a 2 day Eastern Soaring League TD contest at the CRRC field. We arrived Friday around 3:30. While I set-up my 122" 60 ounce Thermal Dancer, Mike set up the onewinch. The box was opened for the first time. Mike took a quick look at the instructions and headed to the field. Neither of us had tried this before but Mike said it was very easy to set-up. There was very little breeze so this would be a good first test with no real wind assist. We did not use the belt for this test. It seemed better to have one focus on the Onewinch and one on the plane. On the first launch he pulled while I launched. I have to say this thing works very well. It was like a good hi-start launch. The plane went up steadily and I got a mild zoom at the end. Mike only had to pull back about 20 feet or so and said it was not hard to pull. I was pretty pleased. Now we switched. He launched while I pulled. Note that I have my tow hook set at a pretty agressive position so the plane tends to climb pretty steeply. You have to keep up the pressure or the plane will stall due to this hook position. Whether my pull was not steady or he got off angle, the plane went well off track and pulled hard enough that I felt I was stalled and should not pull any harder, I just kept the pressure on. Maybe I could have pulled harder, but this was a first test so I did not want to risk breaking anything. We did about 8 launches and everything worked well. I think I am going to like the Onewinch. As the pilot the feel is very more like a hi-start than a winch. But you don't need as much room on the field. Also you don't have the long stretch walk and no holding the plane aginst a hi-start's pull while you get ready. So in that respect I like it better than a hi-start. DON'T FORGET TO BRING A CORDLESS DRILL I forgot to bring a drill. While we had no trouble winding up the line, and the pricess is very easy, the attachements are provided to use a cordless drill. The drill would make the take down and wind up a piece of cake. This process was well designed and very well thought out. If we have time after the contest today we may try to do some one man launches using the belt. First impressions are very good. |
Forward would be the same direction the plane is moving.....making it imposable to take the slack out of the lines. Also if pulling forward from the waist, your body would lean forward; therefore, you would be hard pressed to see your plane.
Is it REALLY that hard to walk backwards??? You will be going back on a known path that you can check before hand for holes debris and general what-not. Checking for tripping hazards is just part of the set-up. Besides all that.... if the thing let go for any reason I'd rather land on my ass than on my face (and radio). Backwards IS the right direction. |
Backwards would not work at the field I usually fly at. We share the field with horses and gofers. The ground is very uneven and rough and the holes are hidden by tall weeds/grass. Even scouting the path ahead of time is no guarantee of not stepping in a hole.
Walking forward is hard enough |
A carpet remnant 18 inches x 20 ft would likely solve 90% of those issues...that would probably roll up barely bigger than a foot around. Heck you could even make it 30 feet and mark it as a landing tape Two birds - one stone!!!
That is what I would do, but that's me, not you. I often back-up upon launching my plane from a winch so that the next person can step up to use the winch, so backing up is not a problem. And when I fly in contests I often walk backwards in order to move from the launch area to the landing area as I am looking up to fly my plane. I guess taking a few steps backward while you fly is an acquired skill. With a little practice I think you would find it pretty easy. Follow-up to my report above. We did not take the time after the contest on Saturday to set up the Onewinch. It was a long day and we were tired. Sunday, as the contest came to an end it began to rain, so no Onewinch on Sunday. Hopefully next weekend. |
You guys havent spent much time in a horse pasture have you? Especially one thats not groomed.
Im not talking a nicely groomed field where the basic ground is flat with nice even grass. Im talking about a wild, rough, uneven field thats never been leveled or plowed. Its not a matter of scouting out a hole or two or even ten and finding the nice smooth path just a couple of feet away. Its a matter of gofer holes and mounds every 3 feet in any direction, horse hoof prints going inches deep every few inches pluss rolling ups and downs and dips and hills and humps of one foot to 12 feet more all over the field. This is a rough field - not a groomed field. Add to that deep weeds/grass that hide many of those holes and dips. Im not kidding when I say its hazardous just walking forwards. You think you're stepping onto the next nice flat spot and you sink into a hole several inches or more deep instead. Id challenge anyone to walk 20feet backwards in this field without ending up on thier butt |
OK....skip the carpet and pack a shovel rake and hoe to carve yourself a niche
I guess we all can't have our cake and eat it too Anther suggestion......Have you considered getting a sled dog? MUSH - MUSH |
Okay you have a horse pasture... With horse's in the pasture.. The way see it tie the launcher to the horse. Then smack him in the butt and you will be at 4000000 feet before you know it.
Just saying easy and simple. Use what you have... |
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Our plan was to spend two days in Berlin, with a day apart, but the Berlin Welcome card gave substantial discounts and unlimited train/bus/tram travel over a 48 hour period, which squeezed our visit into two very tiring days. The campsite ran a free shuttle bus to the tram terminus, a 20-minute tram ride takes us to Potsdamer Hauptbahnhof, then a 30-minute fast train into the heart of Berlin. Whilst the U- and S- Bahns (underground and suburban trains) in Berlin are excellent, the trams seem to cover only the old East German quarter and the buses, if you can work out which one you want, were all packed anyway. The situation is compounded by the geography of the city. The Reichstag/Brandenburg gate area, the Museum Insel (Island) where the main museums and galleries are and the new Cultural Centre, where the concert halls and galleries are, are not served by U- or S- Bahn, whilst the Hauptbahnhof, Berlin's new, ultra modern all singing all dancing international train station is built in the middle of nowhere, a twenty minute walk to the nearest place of interest. Fortunately there are other stations at which to leave the train.
Berlin can best be described as a fascinating city of extreme contrasts. The former East German suburbs are depressing and glum. The Eastern part of the city centre is full of new building, wealthy and vibrant, and well maintained historical buildings, like the museums and university. The old Western part is similar, but a bit older. Between the two are derelict buildings and building sites. It was impossible to view a superb masterpiece of ultra modern architecture, of which there were many, without seeing dereliction next door. As someone once said of Rome, "it will be nice when it is finished". The centrepiece is Potsdamer Plaza, which was the hub of pre war Berlin and was split by the wall. Re-united it has become a centre for astonishing architectural experiment, largest of which is the Sony Centre, which Lesley described as "Blade Runner without the rain"!
There are fragments of the wall remaining, as memorials and as tourist attractions. Behind the longest section is a building site where they are building a huge memorial museum, the Topography of Terror, on the site of the old SS headquarters. In the meantime along the side of the wall is about 100 yards of photographic displays of the atrocities committed by the Nazis. A very moving experience, and many looking at these were reduced to tears.
Nearby was Checkpoint Charlie, so named because it is there to make a Charlie out of any gullible tourist. It is a poor copy of the original building, 50 yards from where it should have been. There were touts dressed as American and Soviet soldiers willing to have their photos taken with you, for a fee of course, and it was possible, if you were prepared to stand in line, to have your passport stamped, again for a fee.
But walking north from there, into the heart of the old East Berlin, the shops and restaurants become smarter and posher and more and more expensive, culminating in the corner of FriedrichStrasse and Unter den Linden, where the Ferrari shop is over the road from the dealer showing off Bentleys and a Bugatti Veyron in his window. Like so many of the former Iron Curtain countries, it seems that some of Germany has made a lot of money out of re-unification, whilst the proletariat still suffers, perhaps even more than of old. We read in the Times recently (hastening to add that this is not our paper of choice, we have to take what we can get in Europe), that there is a block of flats being built in East Berlin where each flat has its own glass lift, large enough to take the family car, so when you spend so much money on your Bugatti, you can at least look at it form your living room.
Berlin has over 150 museums and galleries. We managed only three. To see them all would take weeks, particularly given the queues at each one. The Pergamon museum contains almost all the Pergamon Altar, making our custody of the Elgin Marbles look like petty theft in comparison. The Altes Museum has a wonderful display of Egyptian relics, including a beautiful head of Nefertiti. The Gemaldegalerie, in the new Cultural Centre, is a state of the art modern building with a wide range of masterpieces.
Overall our impression of Berlin was glad to have seen it but we had seen enough. We would not have missed it, but it is not on our list of must go back to's. The same would not be said of Potsdam. A beautiful, relaxed and peaceful city. Described as the Versailles of Berlin it has a huge park containing not one palace the size of Versailles but two, plus three other large buildings containing state apartments of one sort of another. All set in a park which makes Windsor Great Park look like the Queen's back yard. It took us four hours to wander round, and that is without going into the two main buildings.
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Is George Osborne's deficit-cutting a necessary evil – the pain we must endure to ensure longer-term hope of a future for the next generation?
In a climate of economic tension, the most vulnerable require more care. In the long run, they will end up costing more as their unmet needs will generate crises. My understanding is that the entire value of cuts in children's social care is equivalent to the amount required to build speed bumps in a year; now, wouldn't it be wiser to refrain from building those spine-chilling bumps and instead prevent further depletion in the lives of children who are already surviving childhood in Britain?
Will struggling individuals learn to cope with austerity?
Do they have a choice? The question suggests there is a skills deficit in the management of poverty. Hunger aches; you freeze without a winter coat. A third of the children coming to our street-level centres are sleeping on the floor; 18 per cent don't have underpants; 33 per cent don't have a bed. Homeless kids work out clever ways of helping each other, like putting one friend in a suitcase, carrying her past the receptionist at the hostel so that she can sleep the night on the floor of their room; they will all get evicted if she is found. You can call it what you want – learning to cope, or survival.
What is the impact when ministers praise "hard-working families" but demonise anyone without a 9-5?
Can you imagine the assault on your dignity? There aren't enough jobs for the unemployed; they are already socially and economically challenged as a result of not being able to work. On top of this, very subtly, they are depicted as "lazy" and "greedy" because they may have to collect benefits. Piece by piece, you are shoved into the margins of society, not only isolated by a lack of a work environment but also by the derogatory discourse that is used to describe you.
Could welfare reform be "positive" for disabled people, as Esther McVey, the minister, claims?
I have heard the minister refer to the new "fitness to work" tests as "positive", but I have yet to grasp how they are going to benefit sick or disabled people. Perhaps disabled people should be the individuals who test "fitness to work" – they might have a better understanding of strength and difficulty and greater sensitivity in presenting issues.
We've got through 2012 without riots. Is it something to celebrate?
I believe there will be riots again, as none of the social issues which generated them has been addressed. It is a smokescreen to describe them as "manifestations of mass greed" or a "shopping orgy". The primary driver of the riots was a sense of people feeling profoundly discarded by society.
Does the media exaggerate the risks children face from sexual predators?
If anything, the media underestimates it. Come to the ghettos of British cities where thousands of children are being assaulted in street gangs. We have generated so much violence and perversion around children that now children are assaulting each other. It's a sad fact that, in Britain, 12-year-olds are engaged in prostitution.
Nurses are to be given training in compassion. But is it something that can be taught? Do we all need lessons in it?
Most people who go into the care professions aspire to do good. Sustaining a compassionate attitude is possible only if the care-giver believes they can actually help to transform depleted conditions. When the ability to deliver change is frustrated, the care-giver becomes despondent and the recipient is disappointed. The compassionate exchange is made rotten. Repeated failures make carers feel ashamed as they experience a discrepancy between their aspiration to do good and poor delivery. Our nurses are not supported enough and work in a conveyor-belt culture which does not prioritise tenderness. Compassion cannot be taught; it is a personal journey. Like a domino, when the nurse is taken care of he/she passes on the caring to the patient. When the nurse is forced into survival mode through stress, the patient is perceived as a burden. So if we want compassion in our hospitals, we need to generate it through tenderness, not by putting a cheap poster on the wall.
Is changing the royal succession to allow a first-born female to succeed to the throne a progressive, or relevant step?
With apologies to Her Majesty the Queen, one must address all genital eventualities when it comes to royal succession!
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But the process is not unique; it can be seen happening with other - and very varied - habitats.
The Arctic: The edge of the Arctic Ocean ice, which in summer has been fairly near the northern shores of Alaska and Siberia, is retreating farther away as it melts in warmer water.
This means that the ice-edge is now over much deeper water, and walruses, which use the ice-edge to have their pups, are no longer able to dive for the shellfish on which they feed, while polar bears are getting stranded on land and are unable to find their own food, ringed seals.
Last summer, a Greenpeace expedition found the ice-edge had retreated 150 miles from the Alaskan shoreline. "The Arctic wildlife is going to be in deep trouble because of this," said Steve Sawyer, co-ordinator of Greenpeace's arctic project.
Coral Reefs: Coral animals in their tropical reefs live at the edge of the temperature which they can support. Last year, the hottest in the global record, saw sea surface temperatures of up to 2.5C above normal. Large swaths of coral died as a result. Destruction of the world's coral reefs would be a huge blow to fishing, to tourism and to marine wildlife.
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Among the pile of DVDs we have at home lies a 30-year-old video remastered into a DVD of the Little Miss series. My three-and-a-half-year-old daughter loves it, which is unfortunate, because (being from the early 1980s) it is packed full of negative female stereotypes that no little girl should be exposed to.
There is Little Miss Splendid, who cares only about hats and things looking nice; there's Little Miss Trouble, who gossips and spreads lies about other Little Misses and Mr Men; Little Miss Late, who keeps saying "sorry" in an Essex girl voice by the actress Pauline Collins; and finally there is Little Miss Bossy, a blue ball of stroppiness with a passive-aggressive daisy poking self-righteously out of her bossy little hat. True, there are plenty of negative characters in the Mr Men books – Mr Lazy, Mr Greedy and so on. But because I have a daughter I loathe the Little Misses so much that I may have to become Ms Clumsy to drop the DVD into the path of the oncoming Dyson.
You would think, then, that I'd be all for the new campaign by Facebook senior executive Sheryl Sandberg, Beyoncé, Victoria Beckham and Michelle Obama to ban the word "bossy" because it is applied only to women, negatively. The hashtag #BanBossy won the campaign wide support on Twitter. Sandberg said she wanted to launch the campaign because a teacher had told her when she was younger: "Nobody likes a bossy girl", and laments that little boys who are assertive get called leaders instead. Sandberg says: "Words like bossy send a message: don't raise your hand or speak up. By middle school, girls are less interested in leading than boys – a trend that continues into adulthood. Together we can encourage girls to lead."
I am in no doubt that, by secondary school if not earlier, girls are putting their hands up less than boys in the classroom. I also agree that there are certain words, such as "feisty" and "airhead", which are used only to describe women and girls. But banning the word "bossy" is wrong. For a start, it seems an awful lot of money and effort to spend on something that is impossible – arbitrarily banning words when language is so organic and is ruled by forces stronger even than Facebook, if that's imaginable, is not going to happen.
Yet, if the real intention is not to impose a global ban but, as seems more likely, to empower girls and women to object to its use, I am still against this project. Girls are afraid of putting their hands up in class out of a lack of confidence, not because they fear being called "bossy".
Second, there is an unintended consequence of this campaign, which has already happened – that it is sending a message to girls that they should not be assertive.
Finally, Sandberg seems to be pinning her own experiences to her big projects – her book and movement of last year, Lean In, was the result of her own timidity earlier on in her career – but has it not occurred to her that these experiences have helped to make her the high-flying achiever she is today?
Because, perhaps instead of wanting to ban words, a stronger, more empowering message to girls and young women would be to embrace adversity. She should say: I was called bossy at school, while my fellow male pupils were not, but I set out to prove that bossiness can work for a woman, that it is just another word for assertive, that it is good to be exacting and demanding of others – and now look where I am.
We should embrace the adversity life throws at us, especially in those younger years when we are so sensitive and impressionable. Women should embrace "bossy", reclaim it for positive use. The counter-campaign, #BeBossy, is more sensible, if a little less star-studded. My own daughter is certainly assertive and wilful. She is even, dare I say, bossy. But I don't want her to grow up believing this is a negative word, which is what would happen if it were banned. It is good to be bossy, I will tell her. But first I have to get rid of that Little Miss DVD.
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The visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by David Cameron seemed to pass off successfully, prompting the question why he didn't go to the region earlier in his premiership, but waited nearly four years. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were frequent visitors when they were in Downing Street. I am told that it was to give US Secretary of State John Kerry diplomatic space to get on with the latest peace initiative, but that surely should not have prevented Cameron from going earlier.
Anyway, there was much interest in Cameron's meeting with Blair in Jerusalem – the official picture showed them sitting rather awkwardly about 4ft apart, and the PM insisted afterwards he was "not friends" with his predecessor. But this was all for the optics, as they say – it suited both men to not seem too cosy, with Blair about to donate to Labour to help Ed Miliband try to win the election, and Cameron desperate to assure Conservatives – who are already panicking about the next leadership contest 14 months before the election – that they could still win. Yet, I understand, relations between them remain warm.
Cat-and-mouse game
Last week, the House of Commons authorities rejected a plea from MPs to bring in a cat, offered by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, to get rid of the mice that, more than ever this year, are plaguing the Palace of Westminster. It was claimed this is because MPs cannot be trusted to look after the moggy. I was cursing this decision on Thursday when, sitting in my office overlooking Parliament Square, a mouse jumped up on to my leg before scampering under the table. Perhaps the authorities will reconsider if I offer to take personal responsibility of the cat.
Canteen shock
Fresh from this incident, I walked down the dimly lit corridor of newspaper offices just above the Commons chamber to steady my nerves with a cup of tea. Just as I got to the press gallery canteen, a utilitarian place which is not a patch on the Old Bar which was demolished a few years ago, I found myself walking behind PR chief Roland Rudd and Blair's former gatekeeper Anji Hunter. I assumed they had got lost on their way to a more salubrious dining room where MPs and peers have lunch. From the looks on their faces, I think they were surprised too.
It turned out they had just come from the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for the late Sir David Frost and there was a lunch for some of the guests in the canteen. Joan Bakewell arrived amid the queue for tea and biscuits. There must have been a separate do for more glamorous guests such as Sir Michael Parkinson and Princess Beatrice. I hope a Commons mouse didn't disturb their lunch.


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- Mark said...
I too experienced the same problem. I installed Quicken 2011 Premier today on a new Dell Windows 7 64 bit machine and was surprised to find I had no sound. Using Quicken for over a decade, you become accustomed to the Open sound and the "ca-ching" of adding a transaction.
I tried the fix you listed as well with no success. I'm wondering if a solution has been found. - 8:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
Same for me. Exactly. I have tried Quicken support through chatting. I have checked all available advice from their website. It should be a straightforward installation, but the sound simply will not work. Sound files are available and will play if one clicks on them through windows explorer, but they will not play through Windows control panel sounds applet. The download and replacement of "Windows 7" sounds through the Quicken website also does not work. Extremely frustrating.
- Phil said...
Same exactly. Support has not been helpful. Every suggestion or download has failed to fix the problem. No sound for Quicken 2011.
- Phil said...
Exactly same problem.
- KauaiMark said...
Me also. I finally found a partial fix. By "partial" I mean only the opening sounds when you open Quicken 2010. (ie: The "register" sound effect doesn't work when you enter a check)
..Mark - 5:21 PM
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A Day in Jim Thorpe – March 2011
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A Day in Jim Thorpe – March 2011
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Christen Croley
| Feb 18, 2011 7:21 PM
Jim Thorpe never watched the sun rise over the mountains from the corner of Broadway and Susquehanna. He didn't hear the rumble of the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway as it rolled crowded passenger cars into the Mauch Chunk station on Lehigh Avenue. He never walked the narrow corridors of downtown or stood in the glare of the Victorian townhouses lining millionaire's row.
Moments after the swift curve of Route 209 descends from Lehighton into the borough of Jim Thorpe, however, the Olympic athlete's disconnect from the coal patch village bearing his name becomes irrelevant. The view from the square on Broadway as it winds west toward Pisgah Mountain captures the eclectic vibe of a town revitalized from the ashes of its turn-of-the-century glory days and repurposed for visitors from as far away as New York City.
Josiah White led the first settlers into the wilderness of Old Mauch Chunk (now the town of Jim Thorpe) in 1818 after realizing the potential wealth buried inside the surrounding mountains of the Upper Lehigh region. The "charter citizens" of Mauch Chunk carved river routes and dirt roads out of the mountainside, and the town's legendary Switchback Gravity Railroad rolled shipments of coal from the mines 900 feet above to the docks of the Lehigh Canal.
The town flourished throughout the 19th century as a tourist destination second only to Niagara Falls. The Switchback Gravity Railroad attracted visitors eager to ride the 18-mile track through Mauch Chunk's sprawling forests. The Victorian architecture lining Broadway echoed the sophistication of the town's burgeoning millionaire population.
The petroleum boom of the early 1900s dismantled Mauch Chunk's railroad and tourism industries and sent the area into 50 years of economic distress. Desperate, each family in Mauch Chunk donated five cents a week toward an undecided revitalization project. The resulting $30,000 fund caught the attention of Patricia Askew, the widow of legendary Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe, who had famously lost a battle with Oklahoma officials to erect a monument in Thorpe's honor and saw opportunity in Mauch Chunk's program. Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk merged to form the new city of Jim Thorpe and built a monument to the athlete overlooking the Lehigh River from Route 903.
The newly established borough didn't recuperate from the name change as planned. But in 1972, a newly constructed dam solved the town's reoccurring floods and created Mauch Chunk Lake Park. An influx of outdoor enthusiasts flocked to the lake and spurred the Downtown Main Street Program, reawakening Jim Thorpe's tourism industry with art galleries, specialty shops, restored hotels and restaurants.
Historic Attractions
Today Jim Thorpe recalls its "golden age" along the winding streets of its historic downtown. The
Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center
towers over West Broadway in the old St. Paul's Methodist/Episcopal Church and provides an in-depth portrait of the town's past through family heirlooms and artifacts. Photographs of local families, functioning models of the Switchback Gravity Railroad and unearthed Native American tools tell of Jim Thorpe's journey from untamed wilderness to cultural gem.
Mauch Chunk Opera House
, a few blocks south of the museum, follows the curve of West Broadway as it twists toward the mountains. The Opera House's 130-year reputation for excellent acoustics and vaudeville charm attracts nationally acclaimed musicians, comedians and actors to the 390-seat theater each year.
Old Jail Museum
looms amid the rainbow-colored Victorians and stone churches of West Broadway. Seven Irish coal miners who belonged to an organization of local coal miners known as the Molly Maguires were hanged in the prison cell block between 1877 and 1879, accused of murder. One of the accused prisoners placed a dirty hand print on the wall of Cell #17 as a testament to his innocence. The print remains, despite attempts to repaint. Tours run daily from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Jim Thorpe caters to a diverse mix of crowds with specialty shops boasting antiques, local artisan crafts, books and more. The
Dreisbach House
on Broadway serves as the ultimate in consignment clothing and jewelry. Pashminas, hats, clutches, fur coats and an entire room dedicated to antique jewelry abound inside the carefully restored mansion, complete with hand-stenciled walls and a gold-painted ceiling.
Soapothecary Spa & Salon
, a few blocks down Broadway, features biodegradable body oils, fragrances and soaps designed for allergy-sensitive skin.
Emporium of Curious Goods
, near the square on Broadway, showcases an interesting collection of whimsical décor, religious statues, capes, robes, swords, incenses and a library of metaphysical literature. According to shop lore, a phantom cat sometimes wanders around, surprising unsuspecting customers.
The old-fashioned spirit of Jim Thorpe couldn't exist without the
Mauch Chunk 5 & 10
on Broadway. Underneath the original tin ceilings, an inventory of souvenirs and unusual gifts transports visitors into a different time and place.
The restaurants sprinkled along Broadway and Race Streets cover a spectrum of dining experiences. The
Molly Maguires Pub & Steakhouse
occupies the first floor of the Hotel Switzerland in Hazard Square. Booths and cafe tables tucked inside an intimate European-pub-style setting reflect the restaurant's 180-year-long downtown presence. The menu delivers modern twists on bar food staples, including nuclear chicken wings, crab and Parmesan dip, and a Guinness New York strip steak.
Broadway Grille & Pub
on the ground level of the Inn at Jim Thorpe oozes Victorian charm, with elaborate woodwork climbing the walls of the narrow space toward an original tin ceiling. The extensive drinks list ranges from domestic beers to specialty cocktails like a Danishtini or Broadway Cosmo, and the bar features a chalkboard countertop with messages scribbled between drink specials by past patrons.
The locally sourced menu at
on West Broadway features organic and seasonal ingredients from farms throughout the East Coast. The 1850s restored wire mill also maintains art galleries and hosts photography, painting and yoga classes.
Strange Brew
coffee shop on Broadway impresses not for its latte and espresso selection — though the white chocolate latte garnished with whip cream and white chocolate chips was a nice touch — but for the hand-painted mural of rock legends such as the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, covering the entire left side of the store. A small stage complete with microphone and a set of couches provides a comfortable pit stop along the downtown strip.
Rainbow's End
, ornate Tiffany-style lamps enhance the rows of candy-stuffed jars, glass cases filled with chocolates and fudges and a selection of vintage treats, from Turkish taffy to candy cigarettes. At the back of the store, an ice cream cooler and soda fountain feature Hershey's ice cream scoops, shakes, malts and root beer floats.
Art Galleries
The foundation of Jim Thorpe's unique cultural aesthetic lies in the handful of art galleries along Broadway and Race Street. Each features local artists and covers a range of styles. The abstract paintings of Joel Le Bow at
Hazard House Gallery
and the mix of handcrafted jewelry, clothing and art at
Galerie B at Opera House Square
showcase the extensive talents of Jim Thorpe's resident artists.
Black Diamond
Gallery on West Broadway features the limestone-based lithographic prints of Ron Chupp, whose eye for landscapes dominates his work.
Gandy Dancer
on Hill Road sits tucked behind the bustle of Broadway, but its collection of art deco-style railroad photographs and snapshots of modern-day Jim Thorpe makes the shop a worthy cause for deviation from the main streets.
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The Deep Impact mission seems to have produced an impact crash beyond the expectations, but not the hopes, of the science team. "Obviously it was a very big impact, presumably we have a large crater," said a weary but triumphant Principal Investigator A'Hearn.
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