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Recently, we had the chance to check out the Seblat Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in northern Bengkulu in the... Click for More.
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Towering over the Sumatran landscape, Mt. Kerinci demands respect. At 3805 meters tall,...
Kerinci: Renah Kemumu Forest Trek
This is a long and moderately challenging trip through the jungle to the forest enclave of Renah...
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Plunge into the jungle to visit the 7 caldron Pools of Bukit Daun, with colors ranging from sky...
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This active volcano, in the southern end of the valley, gets its name "Kunyit"...
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Legends Of OZ: Dorothy's Return - New Trailer
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Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale may have left OZ like a homesick hayseed, but she's getting a hero's welcome in the new full trailer for the 3D animated musical family comedy "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return."
"Glee" star Lea Michele voices the dog-toting homespun heroine, who is once again magically transported back to the rainbow-colored world -- only this time around, she must team up with a royal marshmallow guard (Hugh Dancy), a porcelain princess (Smash's Megan Hilty), and a giant owl (Oliver Platt) in order to save her former yellow-brick cohorts -- the Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer), the Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd) and the ex-Cowardly Lion (James Belushi) -- from a tyrannical jester (Martin Short) who has taken control of the Emerald City.
Dorothy returns to Kansas to find it devastated by the tornado that sent her to Oz. Before she can react to the destruction of her home, she is transported back to Oz, where her three friends (Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man) have disappeared. She meets a charming man made of marshmallows who cant quite think for himself, a tiny china doll princess whose bossiness is a cover for her fragility, and a tugboat with as many personalities as he has pieces. Dorothy must help this group band together against the Jester, a wicked new villain who believes that all of Oz should be under his control.
Legends of OZ: Dorothy's Return stars the voices of Lea Michele, Martin Short, Kelsey Grammer, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Dancy, Megan Hilty, Oliver Platt
Release: May 9th, 2014
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London playwright Polly Stenham today laughed off rumours linking her to Hollywood heart-throb Robert Pattinson, after facing a frenzy of speculation on the internet.
A picture was posted on social networking site Instagram showing her with her arm around the Twilight star with two other friends on a night out in New York. Pattinson split from girlfriend Kristen Stewart and moved out of their home last week, with another website citing his friendship with Stenham, 26, as a "potential cause".
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PrimeCoat Film and PrimeCoat Size
ANDRITZ film and size presses are used to apply sizing suspensions and coatings simultaneously to both surfaces of paper/board web.
Film and size press
The ANDRITZ PrimeCoat Film is a film press for simultaneous double-sided paper sheet coating and and/or sizing of paper and board. Different suspensions and weights can be applied on each side. It can also be used for single-sided applications. Due to the compact design, the film press requires very little space and allows a fast change of the applied weight. The PrimeCoat Size is a device for simultaneous application of sizing to both sides of paper and board only.
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HOMER-CENTER: School board agrees to welcome Purchase Line to ICTC
The Homer-Center school board on Thursday agreed to accept Purchase Line School District as a partner and member district of Indiana County Technology Center.
Purchase Line is the last of the districts based in Indiana County to join ICTC, and it must be approved by all the other member districts. The agreement calls for Purchase Line to contribute $1,021,234 for an equal share of ownership, and to make 20 yearly payments of $51,062 without interest.
Board member Gerald Bertig hesitated to support the language of the agreement, calling it "overly generous" to Purchase Line — because the payment plan is interest free, for example.
"I think the deal could have been better for the other districts," Bertig said, before joining a unanimous vote of approval.
In other business, the board:
• Hired Lisa Golec as a certified school nurse effective Aug. 18 at a salary of $50,516.
• Hired Kara Waltenbaugh as an elementary guidance counselor effective Aug. 20 at a salary of $52,656.
• Approved Sharon Mechling as head girls' softball coach, Sarah Fyock as junior high volleyball coach, and Matt Wilson as assistant boys' basketball coach for the 2014-15 school year at supplemental salaries to be determined by the teachers' union contract.
• Approved a contract with Smith Bus Co., of Blairsville, for student transportation for seven years, through June 30, 2021.
The district had invited Smith and four other companies — Tri County Transportation Inc., A.J. Myers & Sons Inc., Stewart Bus Lines and STA/Krise Bus Service — to submit proposals for busing Homer-Center students.
Three of the companies met with district officials, and two placed bids on the contract before administrators and the board settled on retaining Smith, which has been serving the district for many years.
• Accepted the retirement resignation of maintenance supervisor William Bonya, effective Sept. 12.
• Approved Jerry Rossi, Paul Pohley, Jason Buggey and Rob Worcester as volunteer girls' basketball coaches for 2014-15.
• Approved a sabbatical leave for Tammy Menk for the first half of the 2014-15 school year
• Raised the prices of cafeteria lunches by 10 cents, to $2.20 for the elementary school and $2.45 for the high school.
• Approved a proposal for worker's compensation insurance coverage by Old Republic Insurance Co at a premium of $49,189.
• Contracted with McCrory & McCrory CPAs to perform the 2013-14 audit for the district for $12,500.
Chauncey Ross is the Gazette's fixture at Indiana Area and Homer-Center school board meetings, has been seen with pen and notepad in area police stations and courts, and is something of an Open Records Act and Sunshine Law advocate. He also manages the Gazette's websites and answers your questions about them.
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Monday July 23rd, 2012 4:09pm
The Canisius College women's lacrosse team won its second-straight game, defeating Binghamton on Wednesday afternoon, 13-11. With the win, the Griffs improve to 3-2 on the season.
"I thought we showed good poise down the stretch today," said Canisius head coach Scott Teeter. "We responded well from a bad first 20 minutes to earn this victory. It is nice to see your team get 43 shots off but we need to work on quality and not quantity. I thought their goalie played really well today and did a good job of keeping them in the game. We are slowly moving in the right direction."
Junior Ashley Curtis led the Griffs with five goals on the afternoon, while Carly Quinn added four points on three goals and an assist. Sophomore Megan Oosting netted two goals, while senior Brett Poissant and sophomores Rachel Brand and Theresa Walton rounded out the scoring with a goal each.
Junior Allison Daley stopped eight shots in goal. Senior Marissa Brown posted a game-high three caused turnovers with classmate Alison Rusak collecting a team-best five ground balls in addition to two caused turnovers.
The Griffs started the contest strong, netting the first two goals of the game and keeping the Bearcats off the scoreboard for more than 16 minutes. Poissant opened the scoring off a feed from sophomore Kristy Wilensky 2:27 into the game and Curtis tallied an unassisted goal four minutes later.
Binghamton (0-3) answered back and used a 4-2 run to knot the game. Curtis once again gave the Griffs the advantage, scoring her third goal of the half with 1:34 remaining. However, Binghamton sent the game tied into intermission when Lis Zuern tallied a free-position goal with 38 ticks left in the period.
The teams traded two goals to start the second stanza to keep the game deadlocked. With 15:10 remaining in regulation, Brand scored a free-position goal to give the Griffs the lead for good. Quinn and Curtis then netted goals 45 seconds apart and after Binghamton scored once, Quinn added two more goals to stretch the Canisius lead to a game-high four tallies, 12-8.
Binghamton attempted a rally and scored three goals in a 2:55 span to pull within one, 12-11, with 1:28 remaining in the contest. However, Poissant won the ensuing draw control and the Griffs held position until Oosting sealed the victory with her second goal of the game with two seconds remaining.
The Griffs held a convincing advantage in shots, 43-22, but Binghamton's Lauren Scott stopped 21 shots in goal. Canisius also had a 16-10 edge in draw controls, including a 12-3 advantage during the second half.
Beth Moore led the Bearcats with five goals on the afternoon.
Canisius returns to action on Sunday with a road game at Albany. First draw is scheduled for 1 p.m.


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Recipe for Mustard Based BBQ Sauce
If you are a pork lover, there is something about using mustard with it that works. It is great for slathering on a large pork roast or piece of loin that will seal in all of those lovely juices and just make it tender and delicious. In South Carolina, it is dang near a requirement to have a mustard based bbq sauce with your pork, but many BBQ enthusiasts all over the world are starting to enjoy the flavor and work with mustard.
Making the mustard sauce bbq recipes are rather simple and if you do some searches, you will find many variations of the same one that originated in South Carolina from German immigrants. The tanginess from the mustard and a bit of sweet from the sugar, just make it work well together. Here is a simple and tasty recipe that you can work with easily for your next BBQ.
Mustard Based BBQ Sauce Recipe
1 cup yellow mustard or Dijon style mustard
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
In a large saucepan combine together all of the above ingredients in the order they are given in the recipe, stirring after each ingredient addition. Bring temperature up to a boil and then reduce heat to medium heat. Simmer BBQ sauce over medium heat, stirring often for 10-13 minutes or until done.
You can use this sauce as a marinade for pork or as a dipping sauce. It is best used before the meat is done grilling or smoking so as not to burn due to the sugar.
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Well I have just opened an account with Halifax, and that has come with internet banking. I was registered for this when I opened the account in branch, and was given a user name and chose my own password. I also got given memorable information but because I didnt write that down I have forgotten it already! I then went through the system to reset my password, but then you have to phone up and have your card details ready. Thing is, I dont have my card yet as I only opened the account this week, so when I phoned, the automatic system wouldnt let me through to reset my password and memorable information. I will have to wait until the card is sent through. This seems a bit of a faff just to change my information, although I understand its a security thing.
The site generally is easy to navigate, to log onto your banking theres a direct link from the homepage. They also have all their offers advertised including £100 to open an account or have your stamp duty paid for first time buyers. I think that this is a great way of seeing what they have to offer as a bank.
The site loads quickly on my broadband and Im looking forward to being able to use it properly to transfer money and have all my banking stuff set up. I am coming from Santander whose online banking site is very easy to use and understand.
I like the way the site is set out, although I tried to originally sign up for an account online, and after entering all my details the site told me that there had been an error, and that I must go into the branch to open the account. It took me quite some time to fill in everything and I wish it had told me that nearer the beginning of the process to save me the time.
Halifax-online.co.uk is the website of the bank, Halifax now part of the Lloyds Banking Group.
Halifax's online application allows customers to access details of their accounts without having to telephone their head office or visit their local branch.
In order to access your accounts online you will first need to contact Halifax directly (either your branch or their call centre) and set up your user ID and passwords, you will usually recieve your password in the post for security reasons.
Once you are set up you can access your accounts 24 hours a day 7 days a week, meaning you can keep track of your accounts whatever the time of day.
You have the option to transfer money between accounts online, so if you go overdrawn on one account you can transfer money from another account (i believe before 3pm) to avoid paying a daily overdraft fee.
Some other lenders don't give you the option to see your mortgage online; however, Halifax do so whichever product you have with Halifax (current account, savings account, mortgage, loan or credit card) you will be able to keep track of it online.
With their online service you can also apply for further accounts should you wish to.
The only downside I find is that they only show 3 pages worth of transactions for their current accounts and it would be helpful if they allowed you to track transactions further back.
I use Halifax online banking daily, I find it a complete god send to be able to switch on your computer and access your bank details from the comfort of your own home.
The homepage is very clear and you should be able to find the link for the service you require quickly and easily.
Halifax has a 1 page log in unlike other on line banks that often have 2 log in pages.
This doesn't deter me or make this site feel any less secure to me.
Log in requires your user name, password and the answer to a personal question, which you logged with them on signing up for your on line banking. This page is case sensitive.
When you have successfully signed in you are taken straight to MY ACCOUNTS. On this page you can display and manage all your accounts with Halifax.
You can make transfers between your Halifax accounts quickly and easily and most accounts transfer your money immediately. Some accounts like the Saver Reward can take up to 48 hours for the money to be transferred.
This page also gives you links to applying for further accounts and services (home insurance, credit cards, mortgage).
Bank statements and paper free documents can be accessed from this page.
Setting up standing orders and making payments is simple, go into the account you wish to make the payment from, select the option for transfers, direct debits, standing orders and pay bills and create the details for the payee. This really couldn't be made any easier to do.
I really like that you can manage your overdraft through MY ACCOUNTS page, this isn't always available to do in such a simple way with other banks.
Halifax times out after a period of inactivity, about 5 minutes I think.
I currently have online banking with 3 different banks and Halifax online banking is by far the simplest and easiest to use, I find some of the other bank sites quite frustrating to use having to open up different windows for different requests.
I would recommend Halifax Online Banking, easy and straightforward to use.
Halifax's online banking service is all right I suppose, but they recently performend very poorly in a security poll for internet banking sites which was widely reported in the newspapers. (If memory serves they came about 4th out of the top five most popular banks, and together with one of the other banks, received a special notice for their lack of online safeguards).
Accordingly I find there is always something of a frission of poor-mans' Russian-roulette-style tension when I log on to my online account with them....will what remains of my current account suddenly turn out to have been stolen by internet fraudsters and / or identity thieves?
The problem as I understand it is with keystroke recognition programmes that may or may not have illicitly installed themselves on your computer. Because, with the Halifax, you have to manually type in a selection of letters / numbers from your chosen password in order to log into the account, there is a possibility that if your computer is infected with a keystroke recording virus "some hackers" could over time - if they record enough keystrokes - gain access to your full security details. Internet banks like, say, Cahoot, which let you select letters from your password from a drop-down menu on the computer screen are apparently much more 'secure.'
Apart from this (probably quite real) potential security issue Halifax's online current accounts work quite well. The over-riding advantage with internet banking that I find is that by operating my accout on-line I avoid having to deal with any Halifax personnel whatsoever. In recent years the Halifax have taken to making their staff 'hard sell' other Halifax products to their customers; this invariably happens now whenever I visit a branch or phone their customer service line - if I've gone in just to cash a cheque someone will always try their damndest to sell me card protection schemes, or home / car insurance, or a meeting 'to come into the branch for free a savings review' etc. etc. etc. (They even cold-call me in the evenings sometimes in their attempts to get me to take up some of this superfluous stuff.) When I did want to look at new mortgage deals, I had an 'informal chat' with a Halifax advisor which led to her setting up an acutal mortgage for me (!) (!!!) that I hadn't wanted or in any way even agreed to in the first place! So, even if their internet service isn't the best available, anything that means you can avoid dealing with Halifax staff in person is in my book, a good thing.
I have had my internet account with the Halifax for several years and although they are a slight pain to set up if memory serves - as you have to apply to the Halifax for an online account and then wait for 'set up details' to be sent to you by post which takes about a week at least - once you are registered with the bank you can operate your account in the same way that the operators who you speak to on Halifax's telephone banking service do. You can set up one-off payments, standing orders etc. to other accounts inside and outwith the Halifax, and you gain detailed information on incomings and outgoings from your account. Like all internet bank accounts, this is a very handy service to be able to access indeed.
Personally I prefer to manage my bank account myself so internet banking in general is a good option for me; however I know that other people - eg. family members of mine - are terrified about internet security surrounding their accounts and prefer to use telephone banking, or even to operate their accounts in person from high-street branches of their banks. I can't understate the element of human error that can surround relying on bank tellers - if, say, you are unfortunate enough to have a local branch that employs only incompetent half-wits. A close relative of mine for example has had years of trouble with a branch-operated account, from relying on 'that nice man from the Abbey National' - who consistently cocks up all their transactions. And despite having lost considerable amounts of money due to bank charges incurred as a result of standing orders etc. not having been correctly set up at the right times, this person refuses to take responsibility for their own banking activities by taking the obvious step of setting up an online account. It's craziness, in my opinion.
This is a review of the Halifax online banking website.
I joined Halifax bank about 18 months ago, enticed by their £100 offer for opening a current account. Even though I have banked with HSBC and Barclays in the past it is with Halifax that I first used online banking.
~What is good?~
One of the things I find good about Halifax online banking is it's easy login procedure. I now have other online banking accounts and they all have a much more complicated procedure, requiring you to remember complicated number passwords. Halifax allow you to choose your own user name, password and answer one of several questions. They ask you your mother's first name, your father's first name, the name of your first school or the place where you are born. These should be all quite easy to remember and they alternate so that you are not inputting the same details all the time.
I also like the fact that on the main page you can see all accounts you have with Halifax. I can see immediately the balance of my current account, the balance of my savings account and an access point for my credit card information. Next to each account is a drop down menu so you can quickly view the information you want. For example, next to the current account you could choose from the drop down meny to got straight to direct debit/standing order/bill payment information or to go straight to recent transactions on your account and see item by item information.
I also like the fact that on the main page I can quickly and easily move money from my current account to my savings account. At the to of the page there is a 'move money from' box with a drop down menu to choose between your current and savings account. And a 'to' box with a drop down menu to choose which account to are moving money to. And a box to put in the amount you are transferring. The site asks you to confirm the amount, then moves it instantly between the accounts.
You can also choose to receive 'paperless billing'. This is where you are sent electronic statements, which you can choose to print or not. You are sent an Email to let you know when new statements or letters arrive so you can log in to view them.
~What's bad?~
My main gripe with Halifax online banking is it seems to take a long time to transfer money to other accounts, and you have to give 48 hours notice. For example, on a Tuesday I cannot request money be sent to my joint account with my other half on Wednesday. Thursday would be the first day the money could leave my account. It would then take 3 days to show in the account. On the other hand, I can move money from this account to my Halifax account within two hours! It leads me to believe that it is something about the Halifax system rather than the other bank which is being awkward! Bizarrely, it also works like this when trasferring money from your current account to your credit card (paying a bill, overpayment etc) A way to get a little bit more interest out of us?
I'm not sure about their security, it could be coincidence, but twice now when opening an online account with the Halifax, I have immediately been sent a bogus email looking like it was from the Halifax, I was nearly caught the first time. Once is OK a coincidence, but twice? If only twice though, my Farther who is 88 years old just had the same, opened a new online Halifax account and hey presto (within a day or two) a bogus email arrives, he went with it, after he replied he got suspicious called the Halifax in time to stop £4k from leaving his account. 3 times new Halifax accounts and 3 times bogus Halifax emails. Think of all the bogus bank emails we could of had, but these were right on the button 3 out of 3 times. Like the Americans say, if it walks like a Duck and quacks like a Duck, it's probably a Duck.
I have been a customer of the Halifax Bank for over 30 years now. When they first introduced on line banking I immediately signed up to this and what a boon it has been! Signing up is an easy process and you are required to choose a user name and password and to provide answers to several security questions.
Once you have received your logging in details from the Halifax signing in is simple. You just have to log in with your user name, password and the answer to a security question. On gaining access to your acount your account information will be displayed.
It is possible to have most of your accounts included in the online service including current accounts, mortgages, loans, credit cards etc
Once you have registered you are able to conduct most of your banking transactions online including setting up standing orders and direct debits, making bill payments, transferring between Halifax accounts, requesting overdrafts, changes to overdrafts etc.
It is also possible to open web saver accounts easily online. I have opened several for different reasons. One is for a holiiday fund, one is for short term savings and one for longer term savings.
The Halifax have a faster payments service now so it is possible to transfer money within the space of a couple of hours. You are also given the option to choose paperless bank statements and all your staements can be accessed online.
I know that many people have reservations about online banking and are reluctant and reticent to use online banking services because of security issues and fraud. However, the Halifax guarantee that customers who experience online fraud will be fully reimbursed.
To be honest, I would be totally lost if I were unable to access my accounts. I live a few miles from the bank and it is a pain getting there and standing in the queues. I visit the site virtually every day. It is also really useful when you are away on holiday abroad and need to make payments at home etc.
The only thing I can't do is pay cheques / cash into the account! Now that would be good if I could do that online!
This review is going to be just about the online aspect of Halifax banking - I will do another one for the branch later.
I have been a customer of Halifax for over 20 years and have been using their online banking service for about 7 or 8 years now. I have a number of accounts with various banks and like to use online banking as it is quick and easy to see what you have (or haven't) got at any time of the day or night. If you have a desk based job, like I have, it is an obvious advantage to be able to check balances or do your banking whilst at work, without having to go out in the cold and wet to the local branch!
Halifax online banking is very simple to use - once you have gone through the initial setting up of the account, which involves sending out passcodes by post, for security purposes, it is very simple. You simply log on with your user name and password and it asks you one of several security questions you have chosen yourself.
Assuming you pass security, it takes you straight through to a page where you can add in as many or as few of your accounts as you wish. You can include your mortgage and loan accounts, should you want to, as well as your savings, current accounts, and Halifax credit cards. If you have share save schemes through your employer that are run by Halifax, you can access these too - always nice to see your money building up!
Moving money between accounts, and making payments to other, outside accounts - bill paying etc, has been improved over the years and is very simple to use once you have familiarised yourself with the site. It used to be very fussy but Halifax have refined things and made it much more straightforward and user friendly.
Halifax are using the "fastpay" system too, so if you make a payment from your account, it can be at the other end in just a few minutes - excellent if you are moving money between banks as there is no delay in getting cleared funds where you want them to be.
The best thing, in my opinion, about the online service, however, is the ability to have several "pots" of savings accounts online which all have separate account numbers, but which you get to choose a name. So for example I have accounts for "next year's holiday", "rainy day money", "car maintenance" etc - This makes it a whole lot easier to see what you have in each budget without trying to remember which account number relates to which aim.
It is this reason, primarily, that I have stayed with Halifax. I like the fact that I can log on, and see clearly what I have got saved towards my Christmas shopping, or my car tax or whatever, without having to try and memorise all those numbers!
On the odd occasion that I have forgotten my password (having a senior moment or two!) I have found their technical support very helpful.
My only criticism would be that you cannot access e-saver accounts which you opened online if you need to transfer money over the phone. I had occasion once where I needed to move money from my savings to my current account but did not have access to the internet, so called phone banking and they said that they couldn't do it because it was an internet account. This was most frustrating, but I suppose it is fairly standard for most banks so it just has to be put up with.
All in all, banking online with Halifax is a fairly painless process, and is certainly one of their strong points.
I have been with the 'Halifax' for as long i can remember, and have never had any major problems up to now. My whole family uses the Halifax because my uncle is the manager of our local branch.
I chose only to have a cash card ( visa electron) with a £300 overdraft, over the years i have been offered various credit cards but i resist the urge because i like the know what money i have is mine and that I've earnt it. I don't want loads of credit cards with thousands of pounds sitting there tempting me to spend money that isn't rightfully mine.
I came across Halifax online banking about 4 years ago, when my monthly statement came through the post, their was a leaflet advertising it, and i thought it would be a great idea to keep up to date with my money.
I rang up the main Halifax help number and asked to sign up to online banking, the whole process took about 10 minutes, and they said they would send out two separate letters, one with my password, and one with the user name i had chosen. These are sent out separately for security reasons.
Within a week a received the first letter and the day after i received the other.
I found the website and followed all the instructions as prompted and entered my password, user name and some personal security questions about me, and i was logged on within about 3 minutes, it was really easy.
I took a few minutes to explore the site and different things i could online with my account, I had the main page, which i could view a summery of everything that had gone in, and out of my account within the last couple of months, i could see what direct debits i had set up, and i could easily mange them, canceling ones i didn't need, and setting up ones if need be.
I could set up standing orders, transfer money to other people accounts, pay bills, the list goes one.
I was very impressed with the whole service, and how the Halifax keep on top with security, take for instance if i was logged on to my page and hadn't used it for 5 minutes they would automatically log off for me in case i forgot. If you type in your password wrong on 3 consecutive times they will freeze your account and your password will be sent through the post to you- sounds a ball ache but better to be safe than sorry!.
Currently i log on every morning to see whats been happening, and is direct debits have gone out, or if bills have been paid, it's a life saver as living out in the sticks, getting to my nearest branch can be a struggle sometimes.
This is worst kind of system-administered banking I have come across.
We applied up fo an easycash account, and were immediately sent two letters - one (but only one?!) with my name spelt incorrectly (truncated - my name's 8 letters long!).
One letter requested passport photocopies (only for one of us!), the other gave us a password each, to be used with (unguessable) usernames we apparently should already know but had not yet been given (I later discovered that this is a known fault in their system, and that we would never have been sent them). This was prior to the account being opened.
When I rang to get the usernames, they would not give me both (although I had made the application and had both letters in my hand - and it is my fiancees hen weekend), for "security reasons".
This might seem reasonable, until you consider that all I had to do get my own username was to repeat my full name twice and my postcode three times. If this is all it takes to impersonate, then I wouldn't trust them with any money!
And if their administration is all like this, then prepare for nightmares.
Now I have held a Halifax account for years back, I think I joined when I was still at school as they gave me some freebie or another I don't remember what it was.
Probably through habit as much as anything else I have stayed with them with my first current account, saving account and mortgage.
Currently I hold a current account, ISA, credit card and share dealing account, all serviced through the online banking facility.
The first comment I have to make is in regard to the security. Halifax unlike other online banking systems I use still uses the same method of logging in i.e. user name password and answer a question. This is all done by keying in responses, other sites I use have now switched to a combination of keyed in and by selecting from pull down menus - this is to prevent hackers using key logging software to see what you are typing. Other banks are also offering security systems where you must have the card and an electronic reader and also know the card pin (newly introduced on my Nationwide account).
The general day to operation of the online accounts is pretty easy and I have had no real issues.
The only other comment I have to make is in regard to my credit card. I had my card stolen and there were several fraudulent transactions - ok they handled this well and I wasn't liable for the transactions. They froze the account but it still appears on my online banking screen, also they wanted to send a new card for a new account which I declined as I now use a different card. So they never sent me the card but they continued to open a new account which appears on my online banking. So I have a credit card account that I have no card for and also a frozen account that I have no card for!
I went into the Halifax to change my partner's current account into a joint account for us both. 8 weeks later I still hadn't received my card and pin number and so phoned them to see what was going on. Because I could not tell them what the balance and most recent transaction was (impossible given I was phoning because I had not received my card and therefore had no access to the account) they froze my access to telephone banking and refused to tell me whether they had sent out the card or to cancel it if they had. So, the card might or might not have been sent out, some random fraudster might or might not have intercepted it and be using with impunity, I had no way of knowing because they had barred my access to my own account due to me not having the information that they should have provided me with 6 weeks before (I was told it would take me two weeks to receive the card). My partner contacted them to try and sort it out and they also suspended his access to telebanking because he got some detail of the most recent transaction wrong.
When we went into the branch no apology was forthcoming, rather we were told that the security measures were for our protection (ironic given if anyone had intercepted my card they would have had all the information needed to completely fleece us and the Halifax's 'security measures' would have made sure we were kept in complete ignorance of the entire process). It turned out that the reason I hadn't received my card was because the Halifax still hadn't bothered to send it and we were told that the telephone banking service would be restored. We also made a formal complaint. That was on Friday 2nd of May and we still haven't had an acknowledgement that the complaint is being processed.
Having finally received my card this week, I tried to use it - the ATM showed a message saying I needed to contact my bank. I phoned them to find that my telebanking is still frozen from last time (despite assurances that it had been restored when we had visited the branch last time) and I needed to go into a branch to get it working again. Additionally my partner and I tried to book our summer holidays last night and after putting in his card details (which up until this point had worked without a problem) and going through the Halifax's security check the travel company sent us a message saying the Halifax had refused the payment. This is very odd because according to the email we received from the Halifax's security system the payment has been made, and of course we have no way of checking because our access to the telephone banking system has been suspended.
Suffice to say we are finding an alternative and closing our account with the Halifax, who have proved to be unreliable and incompetent and unhelpful. I would very strongly advise anybody who reads this to avoid the Halifax at all costs.
After having problems with my previous bank, I decided to open an account with halifax, this was about five years ago.
The reason I chose Halifax
Well they were always advertised on tv and I needed a new account for my wages to be paid into, so I went in made an appointment and opened my current account, which did`nt take long and the staff were friendly and helpful.
Other services available at Halifax
Credit cards
Personnel loans
Savings and Investments
Share Dealing
However I basically use my account as a savings account and dont have any Shares or Credit cards through Halifax.
Five years later
Five years on and I cant say anything bad about the services provided by Halifax, Eighteen months ago was when I first started to use online banking, I found their web address at the back of my statement www.halifax.co.uk and filled out the sign up form, they asked for the usual info name, address, date of birth etc, They asked a few security questions like whats your fathers first name? The process is easy and pretty quick.
Signing in
The sign in process is easy, go to the home page, click the sign in button and then you will be asked to provide your name, password and the answer to a security question, once this has been completed you will be able to access all your account information.
On this page you will be able to view your recent transactions, Transfer money/pay bills, set up an overdraft, view your direct debits and you can choose to have your statements sent by email instead of through the post.
The Halifax Guarantee
At first I was a bit worried about the security aspect of online banking, but I can honestly say up to now I have`nt had any problems. The Halifax guarantee that if any off their online customers are victim off online fraud, they will not lose any money from their account and will be fully reimbursed, I dont know if they stick to this promise as I have had no problems.
All in all I am pleased with the services provided by Halifax, I find online banking really handy to keep an eye on my account and to check direct debits and also to have my wages paid into it.
If you are considering online banking, I would highly recommend it, However I am only reviewing The Halifax and cannot comment on the service provided by other banks that offer online banking.
Thanks for reading
Halifax when a building society was fine but since they changed to a bank they are terrible.. I used to have a current account until they downgraded it to a bank account ??? At the time I was out of work - then I moved areas and tried to upgrade at least get a small overdraught facility which they did and me trying to be a responsible borrower only had a £5.00 overdraught - wish now I'd made it more !!
Then I got a job woohoo had over £500 paid into my account plus the working and child tax which too was over £500 a month... in all I had around 3x the necessary amount paid into my account so then I waited a few months so they could see how much I had and how regularly went in ... then I tried to upgrade back to a current account and they refused !!!! they kept telling me that I needed over £500 going into my account each month I told them that I did and that if they looked then they would see all was as it should be... they still refused... I have had several explanations even told that I had a closed accounts details still registered as my new details so we got those all updated and then because I had been refused I had to wait 7 months before they would consider it again..
During those 7 months I bought a car on credit, got a mortgage, 2 more credit cards- so obviously my credit rating couldn't have been all that bad !!!
And when i re-applied they still refused me... 4 years I have been trying to upgrade now.
And I am still trying to be upgraded !! I think they prefer it this way as they get more money from you in bank charges where if they had upgraded us in the first place then we would have an overdraught buffer zone... and then knock on effects wouldn't happen..
Also in their infinate wisdom they stopped the months notice of a bank charge and said it would be in 2 days they would take the charge ... hmmm here the knock on effect gets really working - standing orders and d/ debits not getting paid due to the minus figure in your account because of their bank charge.... and each time a £38 charge yup they've realised what a winner they are on so they upped it- yet again !!!
where do they get off giving me as an unemployed person an overdraught and then me as a working person nothing !!!
check out that they are dealing with your account in an acceptable way - my next step is to the c.a.b then my legal assistance on my insurance so then a soliciter and failing that the EU. I have been with them over 15 years !!!
I have been using Halifax online for about three years since I opened a web saver account with them. I found the process of opening the online account very easy, and since then it is one of the reasons i have moved my bank account to Halifax due to the ease of doing everything you need to do - paying credit card bills, transferring money to other accounts both with Halifax and other banks, setting up standing orders and seeing/ changing direct debits.
I have a fairly normal knowledge of the internet, and have used a number of internet banking sites. halifax's security seems to me to be one of the best - you need a username, a passcode made up of numbers and letters and then you have to answer one of five personal questions they ask - for example your mum/ dad's name, first school and where you were born. this is a lot easier than remembering a number code, and as it randomly selects a question each time I feel more safe using this system.
I now have my websaver, credit card, and two bank accounts with halifax. It was easy to add all these accounts to the site - you can do it online really quickly and the instructions are easy to use. the only problem i had was with an account that had my middle name missing - however when i rang the customer helpline they sorted it out straight away.
The display of my accounts is easy to use - they show your account name, number and amount in the accounts. When you look at any of your accounts I have had no problems accessing my monthly statements. My credit card account also shows how many cashback points i have earned, and payments to the card are easy.
As mentioned earlier, setting up standing orders is really easy with helpfl instructions and you can also look at all your direct debits, and delete if needs be.
Whilst these are all fairly normal aspects of a internet banking site I feel halifax does give you 'extra' because it is set out very well, it is easy to navigate, i have had little problems with it crashing or being unable to access the site and the security is a little more 'normal person' accessable.


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Limited Parking Availability on Monday, April 15, 2013
There will be limited parking spaces available in the main (east) parking lot on Monday, April 15, 2013. Parking spaces behind the Performing Arts Center will be reserved for the York College Foundation's 6th Annual Scholarship Benefit, featuring nine-time Grammy Award winner and 2013's National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master, Eddie Palmieri and the Eddie Palmieri salsa orchestra.
Parking in this restricted area will be limited to Faculty/Staff and Students that retain tickets for the evening's event. We encourage all permit holders to utilize the south parking lot located between Liberty Ave and South Road on Guy Brewer Blvd on that day. Weather permitting, use of the grass field next to the south parking will be made available for overflow parking.
Should you have any questions please contact me at extension 2222.
Thank you.
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The Questionnaire module is an important component of all of the Medgate software suites.
Key Benefits of the Questionnaire Module
This module will enable you to:
- Create EHS questionnaires for any purpose: surveys, risk assessments, sampling checklists, equipment management etc.
- Track company-specific data that isn't logically tracked elsewhere in the application
- Attach questionnaire responses to any other record in the application
- Gather information from across your workforce using a simple online questionnaire link
- Analyze questionnaire data using Medgate's other Business Intelligence tools
Key Components
The Questionnaire module offers the following features:
Creating & Using Questionnaires
- Define any type of question (Y/N, Numeric, Multiple Choice, Text, Date or Table Look-up) to be added to a questionnaire
- Classify the questions into categories for easy reference
- Create a question library so that you can add the same question to many questionnaires
- Add headers/footers, company logos and default answers to a questionnaire
- Attach images to any question within a questionnaire
- Utilize scoring functionality to enhance data analysis
- Insert complex formulas into questionnaires to support/simulate various EHS assessment tools
- Attach questionnaires to any record in the Medgate system
- Build intelligence into your questionnaire strategy and processes by configuring Findings & Actions to be generated from certain question responses
Public Questionnaires
- Send employees a standalone link that allows them to complete and submit questionnaires directly to the Medgate system (they will not have access to any other records in the system)
- View all responses for questionnaires to which you have access
- Post a questionnaire once you have reviewed it and made any applicable changes
Metrics and Reporting
- Analyze responses by either the source questionnaire or individual question, with the option to graph the data
- Incorporate functionality and complex formulas into your questionnaires that will enable you to perform analytical scoring
- Manipulate / chart / report on questionnaire data using Medgate's versatile Business Intelligence tools
Integration Points
The Questionnaire module is a valuable component of all of the Medgate software suites and integrates with several modules in each.


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The first of Sinclair Lewis's great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Young college graduate Carol Milford moves from the city to tiny Gopher Prairie after marrying the local doctor, and tries to bring culture to the small town. But her efforts to reform the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, conventionality, pitifully unambitious cultural endeavors, and--worst of all--the pettiness and bigotry of small-town minds.
Lewis's portrayal of a marriage torn by disillusionment and a woman forced into compromises is at once devastating social satire and persuasive realism. His subtle characterizations and intimate details of small-town America make Main Street a complex and compelling work and established Lewis as an important figure in twentieth-century American literature.
About the Author
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, the first American novelist to be so honored. He was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the son of a doctor. After an extremely unhappy childhood, he went to Yale but left before graduation to work in Upton Sinclair's socialist colony at Helicon Hall in Englewood, New Jersey. Unable to make a living as a freelance writer, he returned to Yale and graduated in 1908. In 1914 he published his first novel, Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. But it was not until his sixth novel, Main Street (1920), that he won recognition as an important American novelist, the first to challenge the myth of the happy quintessentially American small town. His major works are Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), which won a Pulitzer Prize that Lewis refused to accept, Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935), which he also wrote as a play in 1936. Married and divorced twice, the second time to pioneering newspaperwoman Dorothy Thompson, Lewis was a prolific writer, publishing dozens of books and innumerable articles throughout his career. He died alone in Rome on January 10, 1951, and his ashes were returned to Sauk Centre, the -Main Street- he'd rejected so many decades before but which in death took him back as its own.


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Devon covers Painesville City and schools, in-depth topics and splits his time on the copy desk. He's traveled around the world, worked in TV and loves coffee, music, theater and the OU Bobcats.
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If your website suddenly stopped working in IE9 because you can't parse XML and xml = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" ) evaluates to null, the land is burning under your legs and you need some solution to parse XML without ActiveX:
xml = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" )
The magic solution is here.
But you are still welcome to read this tip and hopefully you will learn a lot of interesting things!!!
Internet Explorer 9 introduced a new feature called "ActiveX filtering" which can be enabled by user or by administrator as a part of security policy in order to reduce the risk of running malicious code which ActiveX can contain. Do your web applications rely on parsing XML, even with jQuery? There is a good chance it will be completely broken in IE9 when ActiveX filtering is enabled. Are your web applications used inside enterprise company , or may be bank - be sure the policy is enabled. :)
Below you can find my sad story about my battle with IE9 and ActiveX filtering.
The good news is that battle was successful at this time, because an elegant solution was found and good lessons were learned.
One day, I was awakened by support call when the problem was in some of the web applications used for data visualization. The app was completely broken, saying it can't parse XML string into the object, but it happened only for IE9 users..
I will leave all the funny details of 3 days investigations and how actually I understood that problem is with IE9 ActiveX filtering, making the result of this code xml =new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" ) evaluate to null.
xml =new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" )
The application uses jQuery.xml function to parse XML so after digging inside the code, we can see the following code snippet (shortened for your convenience):
if ( window.DOMParser ) { // Standard
var tmp = new DOMParser();
xml = tmp.parseFromString( data , "text/xml" );
else { // IE
xml = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" );
But stop a second, why we get to: xml = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" ) section in spite of the fact that IE9 has support for DOMParser like all other modern browsers ..?
xml = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" )
The answer is simple: IE9 decided that it wants to run the web site in IE8 browser and document mode because the application forces it to do so by using <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8"> meta tag.
*** It is worth saying that I saw many other web sites which IE9 decided to run in IE8/7/Quirks modes according to some undocumented rules only Microsoft is aware about, even without specifying the above meta tag.
I was out of luck changing it back to IE9 mode: GUI of application in IE9 mode was completely broken.
In my situation, the fix needed to be done quickly with minimal code regression, I started to think about an alternative way of parsing XML (without using ActiveX) instead of trying to fix all of the IE9 incompatibilities in GUI. When actually understanding that the right solution will be to make everything work properly in IE9 mode...
And a surprisingly elegant solution exists in Internet Explorer: XML Data Islands.
The technology is old as Internet Explorer, but is very simple to use and gives us the ability to embed the pieces of XML data inside the HTML document and ability and get the XmlDocument in JavaScript.
So here are the magic lines which will give you XmlDocument from string:
function parseWitoutActiveX(str){
var doc= null;
var xmlIsland = document.createElement('xml');
xmlIsland.innerHTML = str;
var doc = xmlIsland.XMLDocument;
return doc;
All the tricks you do will be returned to you :) and you will need much more time to resolve it.
The whole incident can be avoided if from the beginning, the effort to make things work in IE9 was taken.
Bad decisions in the past are ruling you to make bad decisions in the future: the right decision also for me was to make the web site work properly in IE9, but we all know this is not possible in the majority of situations in a hot fix flow ... , when customers are disappointed and are expecting an immediate solution.
In spite of all that I said above, I don't think we need to blame only the developer who inserted the meta tag inside here in order to make things work.
Developers always have pressure to deliver the feature, which is reasonable in most variety of cases from the business point of view but business people who are responsible for running organizations need always to know that this is always a big hidden trade-off in decisions to bootstrap the things with the help of patches.
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Pakistani Americans React to the Resignation of Pervez Musharraf
New York, NY —
The news of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation is being felt here in New York. Many were up at 3 am this morning to hear Musharraf's hour-long resignation speech. Mohsin Zaheer is the editor of Sada-e-Pakistan, a weekly newspaper for the 200,000 Pakistani Americans in the tri-state area. He spoke to WNYC's Dan Blumberg this morning.


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German Shepherd Dog Forums (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/)
- Feeding Our Puppy (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/feeding-our-puppy/)
- - Help with Puppy Feeding (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/feeding-our-puppy/196241-help-puppy-feeding.html)
Help with Puppy Feeding
We got our 3 mo old GSD a week ago Tues from the breeder. It was very hectic when I picked him up and forgot to ask what food he had been feeding him, I had bought the Blue puppy food and started him on that. I did expect a few days of loose stools b/c of the change but they got better 2 days later. Friday he had his 2nd vaccinations and starting the next day started having very loose stools. I gave him rice mixed in with a little bit of the Blue and it got better....Monday loose stools started up again. I took a stool sample to the vet and it was OK. They put him on 3 days of canned Purina Veterinary diets EN along with Fortiflora. Stools are a little better but still on the loose side. They said after tomorrow I could switch him back to the Blue (for some reason the vet does not like Blue) or switch him to Purina Pro Plan. I don't know what to do. I don't want to play "musical dog food" but need to make a decision tomorrow. The breeder had him on Acana. Between the Blue, Acana and Pro Plan I am not sure what to do....and this time I will slowly start him. The reason I through the Pro Plan into the mix was because he has been on the prescription Purina for a few days and I figured the change would be easier. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks so much
Nooo Purina! The ingredients aren't "pro" anything. I would recommend the Acana the breeder had your pup on.
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At such a young age a change is a change, whether it is from one formula of Purina to another or from the prescription Purina to a different brand. Whatever you decide transition slowly, gradually increasing the amount of new food while decreasing the old food over the course of at least a few days.
Given the choice between the three foods you mentioned I, personally, would choose Acana. Make sure if you do pick Acana that the formula you choose has an acceptable level of Calcium for a large breed puppy, because not all of the Acana formulas do. Also keep in mind, regardless of what brand you choose, that over feeding can and will cause loose stools and the recommended feeding amounts listed on the bags are usually quite generous.
Good luck with you new puppy!
read the labels of the Pro Plan and the prescription and see
what the difference is.
Agree with the others that the Acana is a good choice. I'd make the mix heavy on white rice for a few days as well. Once the digestive tract gets irritated, you could be feeding the best food in the world and the pup would still have tummy issues. Let the rice help out a bit with settling things down while you transition the food.
Good luck with the pup, oh and pictures are pretty popular around here :D.
Thanks so much for the help. The Purina EN and rice is finally kicking in and he's having some solid stool. I went to the pet store and ended up with Acana Lamb and Apple. We will slowly start adding this to his EN canned food today and hopefully he will transition well.
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If you haven't started yet I would see about exchanging that formula for something like the Duck and Bartlett Pear formula. Unfortunately, the formula you ended up choosing is one that has a calcium percentage quite a bit higher than what you should feed a GSD puppy. The Lamb and Apple formula has a calcium percentage of 2.2% and phosphorus of only a little over 1% ... The Duck and Pear is 1.3% calcium and 1.0% phosphorus which is much more suitable for a large breed puppy.
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Target: New York State Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan
Goal: Thank New York State legislator for working to implement harsher penalties for animal abusers
Animal cruelty is a serious issue that continues to plague society. Although there are several laws implemented to prevent animal cruelty, many believe that these laws are not harsh enough; oftentimes these laws are not even properly reinforced. In an effort to show the severity of animal cruelty, New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan has created a bill to increase the penalties for those convicted of aggravated cruelty to companion animals.
Assemblyman Ryan was inspired to create this bill after hearing the tragic story of a puppy named Phoenix. Not too long ago, Phoenix suffered from an extreme act of animal cruelty. He was tortured and set on fire by two young men, leaving him to fight for his life. Today, Phoenix is making a remarkable recovery. Assemblyman Ryan sees Phoenix as an excellent example of "rising from the ashes." Like Phoenix, Assemblyman Ryan strives to bring forth something positive from such a heinous act.
The bill calls for the establishment of "Phoenix's Law." Under this law, penalties will be doubled for all those who are convicted of animal cruelty; jail terms will be doubled from two to four years and fines will be doubled from $5,000 to $10,000. In addition, juveniles who are convicted of animal cruelty will be required to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if they are likely using animal abuse as a gateway to other types of violence.
Although the bill has not yet been passed, Assemblyman Ryan is more than confident that the State Legislature will approve this law. With the passing of "Phoenix's Law," Assemblyman Ryan is hoping to send the message that animal cruelty is a serious offense. Sign the petition below to commend Assemblyman Sean Ryan for taking a stand against animal cruelty.
Dear Assemblyman Sean Ryan,
Thank you for creating the bill to implement "Phoenix's Law." The events surrounding the abuse of Phoenix are absolutely tragic and should never be forgotten or disregarded. I commend your efforts for taking a negative experience and creating something positive from it. Phoenix's suffering is not in vain because of individuals like you; by creating this bill you have become the voice of all the animals in New York who have faced or will face the crimes of animal cruelty.
If this law is passed, the message will be clear that animal cruelty is no joke and those convicted of animal abuse will not be punished lightly. This is extremely important since the current laws against animal cruelty have been known to be quite forgiving; harsher penalties definitely need to be implemented. Thank you once again for taking a stand against animal cruelty.
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Low-Carb Banana Cream Pudding
A great dessert without the guilt.
Lavish Southern Belle Spoon Bread
A deliciously easy recipe from the 5 Plus 5 Recipe Book.
Indoor Flip Grill S'mores
A campfire classic-made right on your countertop.
Home-Made Hot Fudge
The perfect compliment for home-made ice cream.
Grilled Apricots
An easy way to get the kids to eat some fruit.
Fresh Tropical Fruit Bread Pudding
Who knew bread pudding could be made in a rice cooker? Well, you do now.
Fat-Free Watermelon Sherbet
A great dessert without the guilt.
Fat-Free Chocolate Sauce
A decadent dessert sauce.
Fat-Free Caramel Sauce
A great, guiltless dessert sauce.
Cookie Dough Ice Cream
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World War II 'Secret Listeners' Revealed
Secret listener Fritz Lustig was told by his commanding officer that his job was "more important for the war effort than firing a machine gun or driving a tank." Recruited by British intelligence during the Second World War, listeners — who were Austrian or German refugees — monitored, recorded and made detailed transcripts of private conversations between Nazi prisoners of war in the U.K. The listeners' primary motive was to elicit military, naval and air force information. Lustig, a former cellist and an ex-German Jewish refugee, now 93, was talking about his experience at a recent event held at London's Jewish Museum.
The event was the second phase of "The Secret Listeners," a British Heritage Lottery-funded learning project. Initiated by playwright and theater director Julia Pascal, the first phase took place last summer at Trent Park, a former mansion in north London, where Charlie Chaplin and T.E. Lawrence had once been houseguests. Volunteers, who had been mentored by theater and arts professionals, explored the secret work in a site-specific performance using material from recorded conversations.
Between 1942 and 1945, Trent Park had been used to imprison high-ranking Nazi officers, who were purposefully allowed to lead a comfortable existence, which included use of the house's outdoor swimming pool. The British plan had been to make the POWs feel relaxed enough to discuss sensitive matters between themselves, unaware that their quarters were bugged. Microphones were located in flowerpots, a snooker table, and even in trees within the extensive grounds where the inmates were permitted to walk. Unbeknownst to them, listeners were stationed in the mansion's basement.


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Special NBA Free Agency report!
No you didn't..
Hey CP, tell her you're leaving Houston!
Come on Lebron...go back home...she is waiting for you!
I'm guessing if that happens...these guys could work well together..
Lastly...one baseball note...sorry ladies but your team just got swept by the rightful holders of the Silver Boot!


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Nourison Recalls Area Rugs
Nourison recalls about 1,400 area rugs.
The rugs fail to meet federal flammability standards, posing a fire hazard to consumers
This recall involves Nourison-branded I-CANDI collection polyester shag rugs. They were sold in one color, denim, consisting of a mix of dark blue, light blue and grey shades. The rugs measure 5-by 7-feet and 7-feet 6-inches by 9-feet 6-inches. "ICANDI COLLECTION" and "Nourison" are printed in black on a label affixed to the back of the rug
The Home Depot stores in the following regions: Washington D.C.; San Diego, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Las Vegas, Nev. and Houston, Texas in September 2012 for between $179 and $389.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled rugs and contact Nourison for instructions on how to return the rug for a full refund or replacement, including shipping.
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I'm a tiny blonde whose spent quite a bit of time being a staving professional actor. From small budget films to episodes of Brookside. My career is far from being glamous. I did train as a stunt person before the career was cut short due to a back injury. So I have 14 weapon skills under my belt. Most of these I got due to being part of a Viking Reenactment society. I enjoy most things geeky and fun. From being a lifelong Lord of the Rings fan to a huge fan of Sephiroth. I enjoy seeing films at the cinema, going out for meals, planning world domination on Sims 2 (complete with adult hacks and my own created sims). I hold a BA Honours degree in Drama/Art. I hope one day to be successful at something and have fun doing that. I've been medically dead twice (both for about aminute) so I enjoy life at its fullest. I love al things chocolatey and have a weakness for Italian food.
I now work as a self employed seamstress working with costumes and other things like corsets.
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I'm a member of Team Savvy Cosplay, Heroes Alliance UK and Tolkien Cosplayers UK.
My cosplay/costuming life started out in the late 80's/early 90's when I did Viking reenactment in Lancaster. I was a Viking archer for the 'Croix Du Norse' (Cross of the North), the Lancaster branch of the Regia Anglorium Viking Reenactment Society.
I've been cosplaying since 1990 and have attended over 100 sci-fi and fantasy conventions. 2008 was my first year at an anime event. I've created over 50 costumes either for myself or as comissions.
I've worked professionally in Manchester Palace theatre as part of the warbrobe deptment. I've been the resident judge at Showmasters events. This includes Collectormainas www.showmastersonline.com
I've enjoyed the challanges that cosplay presents and all the people I've met though it. I hope to be part of more groups. I also plan to make even more challanging cosplays like Safer Sephiroth from FF7.
To show how far I've come and how much costumes have changed over the years I have posted some of my older costumes. The first one made in 1989. Cosplay was very different. Not so much was put into serious competing or photo shoots. So the quality of the costumes are low in comaprison with todays cosplays. Budgets for cosplay back then was very little. So most of them were done under £50. Also the photo quality isn't great. I wanted to share with you some of my favourites over the years (also that I've lost several dress sizes since then. LOL!). These are mainly mainstream Sci-fi based.
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Our simulations in this area deal with the development and application of computational models and simulations, tightly integrated with high-performance computing, to solve complex physical problems arising in engineering analysis and design (computational engineering) as well as natural phenomena.
In recent years, we have investigated common relevant phenomena such as the study of trailing vortices that form during aircraft takeoff and cause delays of several minutes between consecutive starts, therefore creating waiting queues during peak traffic hours.
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Large-scale simulations of human bone under elastic deformations have been demonstrated to offer critically superior information for the behavior of bone under stress than traditional diagnostic techniques such as measuring bone density. We have employed micro-finite-element simulations with hundreds of millions of elements, resulting in billions of degrees of freedom, and showed extreme scalability on tens of thousands of processors on Blue Gene supercomputers. Our next steps focus on a scale down of the technology to utilize many core inexpensive HPC platforms that will allow the methodology to become incorporated into everyday clinical practice more easily.
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AMES, Iowa – Nicole Jonas operates Red Granite Farm with her young family in Boone, Iowa. "We have 2.5 acres of produce, 150 laying hens, and 200 varieties of perennials all locally grown, which we sell at the North Grand Farmers Market in Ames, on our farm on Fridays or through special events we hold through the year," Jonas explained.
As self-described owner, laborer and "chief of everything", Jonas runs the business with help from her husband, who is a horticultural researcher. On occasion they hire a few college students to help out. Jonas likes the size the business is now. She and her husband strive to produce about all they can on the land they have while maximizing the best use of her time without needing much outside help.
That's where Annie's Project comes in. Whether farm women are working day-to-day in the farm business or contributing through other roles on or off the farm, Annie's Project fosters decision-making skills. The mission of Annie's Project is to empower farm women to be better business partners through networks and by managing and organizing critical information.
Annie's Project, an agricultural business risk management education program for women, has successfully reached more than 8,000 farmers and ranchers in 30 states. Annie's Project teaches women to better manage financial, human resources, legal, marketing and production risks on the farm.
"The best part for me was the jump start on the business plan. I always meant to write one, but never started on it," Jonas said. "In other classes in the past we were strongly encouraged to write one, but never forced," she added with a laugh. Before taking Annie's Project she felt like her business was really just a sideline. "Taking Annie's Project helped me get things lined up, focused and turned around. It made me realize things I needed to be doing or be doing better on Red Granite Farm and helped me focus on it as a real business."
Jonas knows the importance of continuing to add value to her farm business. Red Granite Farm has planned five special event weekends this year on the last weekends of April, May and June and the first weekends of September and October. During these weekends she has perennials for sale. The Homeshed, a vintage home décor and gardening store run by Katie Olthoff (also an Annie's Project graduate), is open on these weekends, as well. The shared marketing and customers helps them both. In addition, throughout the year Jonas hosts garden walks, a potting party right before Mother's Day, and garden club visits. She also finds that giving library talks provides good and free advertisement for her business.
Annie's Project educators also understand the necessity of growing and diversifying small, niche, beginning and value added agricultural businesses. "With the growth and emphasis on local foods, more people are interested in pursuing this segment of agricultural production," said Marsha Laux, Annie's Project state coordinator and program coordinator with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's Value Added Agriculture Program. "This requires careful planning and using the right tools and strategies."
[PHOTO] Madeline Schultz and Nicole Jonas
Caption: Red Granite Farm owner NicoleJonas, right, put her skills to work after receiving her certificate of completion from Annie's Project extension educator Madeline Schultz, left, in December 2012.


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There was no early Christmas present for Tullow Oil shareholders today as the explorer admitted it had found water rather than oil in Norway.
The news is the latest in a run of mixed updates from the oil and gas explorer. Today it said the offshore Norwegian prospect that found only water will now be plugged and abandoned. The find tops off a patchy year for the African-focused group — shares are down more than 32% this year.
But some analysts argued it has a strong production portfolio. Liberum Capital's Andrew Whittock said: "At the current price, most of the exploration comes free — except the next 12 wells in Kenya."
Liberum rated Tullow a Buy with a 1446p price target and said, "to buy the shares from current levels, investors have to believe significant new discoveries will continue to be made."
But punters today lacked any Christmas spirit for Tullow and it gurgled down 6.5p to 842p.
The wider market managed to hold onto its Santa Rally with the Stock Exchange only trading for a half day today. The FTSE 100 ticked up 27.38 points to 6705.99 points and brought December into positive territory — reaching the 6700 mark for the first time in a month.
Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, said: "The US taper-supportive data and China's People's Bank of China acting on the cash crunch there, have all helped maintain bullish sentiment.
"Lighter volumes are sure to be helping the Santa Rally and making sure December closes positive, so beware of the possibility of a correction especially after gains of nearly 5% in just over a week." But he added that a revisit to this year's highs is "certainly not out of the question around the new year".
Top of the blue-chip index was media giant British Sky Broadcasting which has invested $350,000 (£214,000) in California-based technology outfit Jaunt — a firm specialising in video capture. BSkyB rose 21.5p to 833.75p.
Small-cap property company Helical Bar said it has secured a £100 million five-year debt facility from pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, and refinanced £46 million of existing debt and boosted cash reserves by £29 million. It built up a 0.25p gain to 323.13p.
After the markets closed last night AIM-listed corporate entertainment and broadcast specialist Avesco said it will return £30.6 million to shareholders after its settlement with Walt Disney. Proceeds from the litigation helped to offset its pre-tax loss for the year. News of the windfall, appropriately from its finance director John Christmas, failed to cheer shareholders and it slumped 7.5p to 218.5p.
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FILL your boots with shares in Ocean Wilsons, Cantor Fitzgerald recommends. The broker has taken a shine to this Brazil-based maritime services business because it has won a contract to build four oil-spill recovery vessels for Oceanpact worth about £86 million. The shares are 1005p at present with a target of 1400p.
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PEEL Hunt takes the opportunity of Perform's downbeat trading statement to downgrade the digital rights business from a Buy. The firm said this month that full-year numbers were likely to be below expectations because of deterioration in advertising and sponsorship. Peel slashed its target from 580p to 230p for shares presently at 225p.
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It's November, and that means I'm now officially a PASS employee! Yep, that's right, I will be taking over as the PASS Community Evangelist after the wonderful Karla Landrum (@KarlaKay22). And to tell you the truth, it's both extremely terrifying and super exciting at the same time :)
Many of you heard the news at PASS Summit 2016 after we announced it during the SQLSaturday organizers meeting, and I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who congratulated me afterwards. You are the community, and it truly means a lot to me to hear that you think I'm the right person for this role.
But wait, didn't you just get a new job?
Yes, I did. I started as a consultant in Advania in June, and I've had a fantastic few months with them. They've been very supportive of everything I've done, they're a great bunch of guys, and I can't wait to see what they'll accomplish in the next couple of years!
So why did you accept the job as a Community Evangelist?
My family and best friends in the community weren't surprised when I told them :) The PASS and SQL Server community has been such an important part of my life for the past three years. Getting involved has literally changed my life. At my first PASS Summit in 2013 I was a shy, socially awkward person who was terrified of talking to people. At PASS Summit 2016 I was a speaker presenting two regular sessions and a lightning talk, and my favorite part of it all was getting to know lots of amazing new people. Volunteering in this community has given me so much, and this is my chance to give something back.
Does that mean you won't be working in tech anymore?
Well, yes. I won't work as a consultant or architect or developer and I won't get hands-on experience with projects and clients. This is a full-time community job. I'm sure I will miss working in tech, but I will try to keep up with everything that's going on in the Microsoft Data Platform world at events and on weekends. (Because, you know, once a geek, always a geek!)
What will you do as a Community Evangelist?
Support regional mentors, chapter leaders and SQLSaturday organizers, and look for opportunities to establish new chapters and SQLSaturdays. I will also be administering the SQLSaturdays and help events go live, blog, monitor social media, and work with the PASS Board of Directors and PASS Headquarters to support global growth.
Are you going to work from Norway?
For a while I will be working from Norway, then I will move to Vancouver in Canada so I can work closer with PASS Headquarters. Whoa! I've wanted to work abroad for a while, and this is a unique opportunity for me. I've always said I like to push myself out of my comfort zone. This time I'm pushing myself way out of my comfort zone and all the way over to a different continent.
Will you continue speaking and blogging?
Updated on November 3rd: My original post said that no, I will no longer be able to speak at PASS-branded events like SQLSaturdays and PASS Summit. That's only partly true, and I apologize for not being clearer on this. Part of my job as a Community Evangelist is to share everything that PASS has to offer and opportunities for volunteering, especially at events where people are new to the PASS community. That means I will still be speaking, but I will be speaking as a PASS representative, for example doing lunch sessions at SQLSaturdays. However, I will no longer be submitting to speak at PASS events like I used to. I will definitely still be blogging, and I hope that I actually may get back to blogging more regularly – especially when my fingers start itching to get some hands-on experience with Biml and SQL Server again :)
PANIC! No, hopefully not :) Karla has been a fantastic Community Evangelist and I know people all around the world will miss her terribly! We have started the onboarding and handover process, and we will be working together for a couple of weeks so I can learn as much as possible about the job from her. While I know I won't be able to fill Karla's shoes, I promise I will do my absolute best for this community!
Let's rock!
This is all you, #SQLFamily. You're the heart and soul of PASS, just continue doing amazing things for your local communities and I will do what I can in this new role to support you. This is already the best community in the world, let's make it even better in the next couple of years! :)


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the rail mounted light keeps both of your hands on the gun, or frees one up to open doors, etc while getting to safety.
This is a discussion on Flashlights on guns within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; It works....
It works.
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I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
the rail mounted light keeps both of your hands on the gun, or frees one up to open doors, etc while getting to safety.
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I have (well "had" until the rail section broke last night for no reason) a TLR-3 on my HD gun (P226). I would not use a gun for HD unless it had a light on it.
I haven't had any training on the use of lights with a weapon, but with the bright lights we have these days, I'm not so sure that it would make a difference if you're holding the light outstretched or right in front of you.
The light literally blinds the BG so that they can't see what they're shooting at. I've looked into my lights to see what they would see, and frankly, I'm not so sure I'd be able to figure out the "center" of the light to shoot at if I were the BG. I'd assume they are just as easily going to spray their weapon in that general direction rather than be able to shoot the glass out of the light with a well-placed shot.
I understand the sentiment of those advocating holding the light in your off-hand, but I'm wondering if that matters much with lights becoming brighter and brighter. I'm probably wrong, but that's just my thought.
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I have a weapon mounted light on my home and CCW guns. I will not go around searching the house with "Lights ON". I will wait for them to come to me into the Fatal Cone into my master bedroom. Out in public I expect full target identification and also carry a regular flash light in my left pocket as I am a right handed shooter. Either can be used in any situation as it develops, all of which will be fluid in nature. YMMV.
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And private training schools follow that lead either because they have an ex LE teaching or just a instructor that thinks because LE and Military do it its a great idea.
Trouble with that is that Swat etc move in teams not singles covering each as they move with for the most part overwhelming firepower. Not one guy with a handgun or shotgun or rifle flashing his way thru a dark house.
I have a light. I know when to use it and in a lot of different ways that dont pinpoint my vitals.
That being said there is only my wife and I here. Im in the middle of noplace. I know where she is and nobody else friendly is going to be here in my house without knocking. If someone is in here by breaking in they arent here to bring us a bowl of soup! If I blow holes through my entire house it wont matter my nearest neighbor is a mile away.
Just because you have been thru some low light training dont think some of the rest of us havent either, in practical one man search and clear with no back up. Like I said if you want a light on your gun and in a situation with kids friends who come thru locked doors in the middle of the night or something where you need to ID in your home at night please for petes sakes doso. In my little shack I dont need to because I have none of that to worry about.
You dont have to believe a train is coming. Itll run over you anyway.
I have a surefire mini scout with surefire monetary on/ constant on pressure switch on my sig556, my wife has a cheap nebo led/laser on her shotgun. Works just as well as my surefire and lights up everything via pressure switch.
Not sure what is best I have a light on my glock but after thinking about it it does seem like i am targeting myself, I ve asked around an most here feel it better to be in the dark where you know the layout especially if you wake up your eyes have already adjusted
I guess Ill have to read up on the subject see whats the best senario for me
If you have access to a range that allows for dark / low light shooting you may/will be surprised with how your night vision will be effected when you use a light, not to mention the muzzle flash.
"The only thing I'm an expert about is my experience."
I don't own a weapon mounted light but I do own a few LED flashlights. I use/carry a light because in my home I'm not going to turn on any lights if I hear a noise.
I was taught not to use a flashlight in the military (surfire). For anything at night it was a pec2 and nightvision. Why we had surfires that we didn't use for anything is beyond me.
Glad you all have a good use for a mounted light source. I guess it just doesn't apply to my situation. Not only do I not have children, I don't give me key out to people to come in my place in the middle of the night. I also got enough street lights that our basically outside my window so things aren't exactly pitch black.
Situation dictates I suppose. You all have valid points.
My wife has a light on her Sig P226. I have a hand-held flashlight (300 lumens). She thinks she needs the light to positively ID who/what she's shooting at. I just let our 140lb rottweiler out of the bedroom & let him clear the house. If there's a BG...I'll just follow the screams.
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why do I have WML?
1. everyone, and I mean me and everybody else with a pulse, shoots better/more accurate with a 2-hand grip on a handgun....period
2. if I've identified a suspect (on duty) or intruder (at home) they are getting held at gunpoint at a minimum; therefore I will most likely be on the radio (on duty) or on the phone (with 911 at home) and holding a handgun, flashlight, and phone, and mentally taking care of all 3 is a chore. Believe me, I've done it numerous times. I know it sucks since we got our WML taken away at work and it really sucks holding a suspect at gunpoint, trying to tuck a light to maintain on him since its dark, and get on the radio with the other hand. Using a WML to click on is WAY easier and more safe. (getting my WML back for duty use next month )
That being said, a WML is definitely NOT a replacement for a handheld light. If you choose to use a WML you need both.
I have a TLR-1s for the 17 at work, a TLR-2 on the G21 by the nightstand, a TLR-1 on the home and duty ARs and on the 870 duty shotgun. I'm getting another TLR-1 for the home Mossy.
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