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At least 270 people in 26 states have been sickened now by two strains of salmonella tied to cantaloupes recalled by an Indiana grower, federal health officials said Thursday.
At least 101 people have been hospitalized during the outbreak. Three deaths have been reported in Kentucky, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
At least 240 people have been infected with salmonella Typhimurium and 30 have been sickened by salmonella Newport.
The outbreak has been blamed on contaminated cantaloupes from Chamberlain Farms of Owensville, Ind., which was identified as one source of the problem. The company recalled its entire crop of cantaloupes on Aug. 22. Health officials are continuing to investigate whether there were other sources as well.
Illnesses have been reported from July 6 to Aug. 30, the CDC said. Victims range in age from less than 1 to 100 years, with a median age of 49. Illnesses that occurred after Aug. 20 might not yet be logged because of lags in reporting.
Most of the illnesses have been reported in Kentucky, where 70 people were sickened. Another 26 were reported ill in Illinois, with 24 sick in Indiana, 16 in Alabama and 15 in Missouri, officials said.
Chamberlain Farms also recalled its watermelons this week after inspectors detected a different strain of salmonella on the fruit.
Indiana state health officials collected and tested samples of the firm's watermelon, which revealed an additional strain of salmonella Newport. That strain is the same as that found in a cluster of 25 infections in eight states currently being investigated by state and federal officials.
No link has been established yet between the fruit and those illnesses, the CDC said.
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Gardaí monitoring potential radicalisation of Irish residents in Syrian conflict
The Minister for Justice revealed this morning that as many as 30 Irish residents have travelled to take part in the armed conflict.Share52 Tweet19
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Poll: Would you visit an outdoor city centre swimming pool?
THE SPOTLIGHT IS once again on Dublin City Council after plans were revealed for a €15 million sea pool in Dublin city centre.
With Irish weather as unpredictable as ever, as evidenced by the lashing rain in the last week, are people really interested in an outdoor swimming pool in the city centre?
So this morning, we'd like to know would you visit an outdoor swimming pool if you had one in your vicinity?
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Opinion: Ireland is in prime position to hold social networks to account - and we must
Lawyer Paul Tweed says it's 'absurd' for such companies to claim they are 'merely a platform, not a publisher'.
Eoin Ó'Broin: Now is the time for the Government to borrow and invest in public housing
Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin says the new government has already reneged on its promises in relation to housing.
Professor Ruairí Brugha: We must close the pubs again - our health workers deserve better
Ruairí Brugha says the scenes from Dublin city centre last weekend show how dangerously close we are to the second wave of Covid-19 unless drastic action is taken.
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Wellness experts Margaret Young and Laura Linehan say many of us are experiencing lots of mixed emotions as we emerge from months of lockdown.
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World War II Memorial and Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C.,
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It would be a great wrong for me to allow today to pass without pausing to thank the families (current and past) who have lost loved ones in the defense of our country.
I seem to have been hit harder and become much more sensitized to the commercialism that today (and this weekend) has been draped with this year for some reason.
To help, I have spent some time over the weekend at the following places on the web using the time I have been granted off from work to consider and reflect what this day means for myself, my family, and my communities.
- Memorial Day - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs - VA.gov
- 2012 USAA Memorial Day Ceremony - Sponsored by USAA (disclaimer, I am a USAA policy holder due to my father's service)
- National Memorial Day Concert - PBS
- Memorial Day 2012: A Compendium - U.S. Naval Institute blog post
- Memorial Day: Take pause… the fallen deserve at least that - U.S. Naval Institute blog post
- Memorial Day, 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston Globe
Thank you for your sacrifices, they are not -- and will not be -- forgotten in our home.
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Image Management for Live Writer created blogs
Windows Live Writer provides an array of options for managing images in posts. Inserting pictures in a post is so easy that many bloggers never give it a second thought. There are some features that deserve a closer look. In an earlier post I described some of the details ("Insert Picture" in Live Writer – a look behind the curtain), now I will explore some of the finer points.
With the command Insert > Picture > From your computer… Live Writer allows browsing the computer and inserts a copy of the selected photo. Clicking on the picture to select it, adds a Picture Tools tab to the ribbon.
The Picture Tools ribbon has tools for cropping, sizing, and rotating the image. Other image manipulation tools include some limited effects and contrast control, and adding a watermark. See the illustration above.
Images can have a variety of border effects and alignment and margin control are also provided. These tools provide a great deal of control over how an inserted image will appear in the post. The group "Settings" on the Picture Tools ribbon provides a "Revert to original" command and a default control to apply the settings of an image to future insertions. These tools work on images that are inserted "From your computer". For images sourced from the web most of the image manipulation tools are not available.
There is one other group of commands, "Properties", that finally get to the crux of our topic. The first one of these is "Link to: Source picture…", the tool tip explains: "Choose where the link goes when this picture is clicked." This means in the published post, of course. The command provides three options for pictures inserted from your computer: Source picture (this is the default), Web address… , and No link. For an image sourced from the web only Web address… and No link (the default for this situation) are functional.
The link to "Source image" is an interesting option, you might wonder what is the source image and where is it. Live Writer creates two copies if the image for locally inserted pictures. One is the image shown in the Live Writer composing area – the one you see as it will be in the final post. This will be uploaded by Live Writer during the "Publish" phase to your blog image store. WordPress calls that store your Media Library and you can inspect and manage the contents. When using Blogger the image store is almost inaccessible, so we will use WordPress for illustrations here.
The other image, the "source picture", is also uploaded by Live Writer, provided the link setting is to "Source picture". Note that this can be set on a picture by picture basis. The size of this "source picture" is set by the "Link options" command. If No link is set for a picture, only one image is uploaded, and the Link options are not available.
The Source Picture Options dialog permits setting the size of this image. Choices are Small, Medium, Large, and Original. The default normally is Large, typically 640 pixels. As with the size setting for the displayed picture, the size can be manually set by typing a new value into the size boxes. The Open in new window check box, normally unchecked, allows you to specify how the source picture will be displayed when the image in the post is clicked.
The last command in the Properties group is Alt text. This brings up the Alt-text dialog for the selected picture. The "alt text" of an Internet image is a text alternative for the image. For example reader programs assisting the blind will read this text to make clear what is shown in the browser. This blog is intended for readers who are not visually impaired and I generally leave the default word "image", or the image file name, in the Alternate text box. If your blog is intended for all audiences, be sure to put a sufficiently descriptive line into this box.
The Title box also defaults to "image", or the file name. The text entered into this box will be displayed as the tool tip when a reader moves the pointer over the image. This, obviously, is a very useful feature. You can see how it works by moving the pointer over any image in this post.
The illustration here shows a partial listing of the images in the Media Library showing images for this post. Notice the bottom two showing the images for the large, tilted picture at the top of this post. The bottom-most one is named "LJK_3827-33-ICE-stitch1.jpg", that is the file name as it appears on my computer. This is the "source picture" and is stored in the Media Library in its original size since that is what I specified for this picture.
The next one up has "_thumb" appended to the file name. This is the case for all images that are shown in the post. Also note that these "_thumb" images have border and tilt features that are specified, the "source pictures" do not contain those features.
You can see how these pictures are displayed by clicking on any of them. Especially do this for the top "shelter" photo. The size of this is 1280 pixels wide, this may be wider than the setting for your browser so watch how your browser resizes this picture.
When clicking on images above in this post, the linked images are shown "bare" on a browser page, that is with just white space to the the right and below. This is fine for getting information across, but when showing off your photographic masterpieces you may want a more "scenic" display. This calls for linking to display pages such as Flickr or SkyDrive.
Here is an example. The picture of the flower links to a large "lightbox" presentation of this photo. Click on it to see. To return to this post, click you browser return button. No copy of this image is stored in my WordPress Media Library because it is sourced right from Flickr. Actually both the little one here, and the large one linked to, are on Flickr. The detailed procedures for doing this have been covered in another article: Sourcing images from Flickr,
In this article I explained how Live Writer creates two copies of inserted pictures and sends them to the blog service. I have discussed the various options and controls for managing these images. There is one more caution I should point out: If you repeatedly post a draft to your blog, Live Writer will repeatedly upload the images. You can wind up with a large number of unused images in your Media Library. To illustrate the images in my Media Library for this post before completing the article, I posted a draft to the blog. After making the screen shot showing the images in the library, I deleted the draft and the images from the library. Both steps are necessary on WordPress. Deleting the draft only gets rid of the text, the pictures have to be separately removed if duplication is to be avoided.
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An Evening of Firsts
Some days, when I leave my office dead to the world in the evening, I have a baseball itch that the television and computer just can't fix. Yesterday was one of those days. So, following the drill, I raced home, changed into more comfortable gear and headed straight for Sox Park.
My friend, Pie — a semi-regular on the RSBS Podcasts and an all around Tiger lovin' fiend — came with me.
And boy were we in for some treats.
Not only was the weather perfect, but so was Brent Morel's glove skills and Carlos Quentin's stroke. The game moved along at a nice, brisk pace… except when young Tiger hurler Andy Oliver was busy walking the bases loaded and giving up cheap runs. But perhaps the most satisfying part of this early summer contest is that it bore three firsts, something baseball is apt to do.
For example, last night Adam Dunn got his very FIRST hit off a lefty this season! And it was of the slow dribbler infield variety, proof that the baseball gods love extended metaphors even for big
burly worthless(?) free agent signings!
Also, this game featured a homerun by none other than Juan Pierre! Only his 15th career homerun in 11+ seasons, I had to ask Pie if I was dreaming when he pulled the ball up and out of deep right center as it was the very FIRST homerun I've ever seen Juan hit with my own eyes.
And, with the White Sox ultimately winning the game, last night presented to me the very FIRST time I've ever seen a disgruntled fan (my friend, Pie) take his scorecard — the same scorecard he meticulously filled out in detail during the entire game — and throw it away.
He threw it away!!!
I cried. A little. I hate to see a good scorecard die the same death as chewed gum, empty water bottles and hot dog boxes. But in this case, I am just filing this one away with the rest of the extended metaphors. May they extend until they can extend no more…
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Thomas Magedanz
TU Berlin/Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Thomas Magedanz is full professor in the electrical engineering
and computer sciences faculty at the Technische Universität Berlin,
Germany, leading the chair for Next Generation Networks. In addition, he
is director of the »Next Generation Network Infrastructures« division
of the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS. In 2006, Prof. Magedanz has been
assigned as Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Electrical
Engineering of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Since 2007, he
is also Visiting Professor to the Department of Mathematics, Physics
and Computing at the Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland.
Since more than 20 years Prof. Magedanz is working in the convergence field of fixed and mobile telecommunications, the Internet and information technologies, which resulted in many international R&D projects centered around Next Generation Service Delivery Platforms prototyped in a set of globally recognized open technology testbeds. In 2007 Prof. Magedanz joined the European FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) Expert Group.
In the course of his research activities he published more than 250 technical papers/articles. In addition, Prof. Magedanz is senior member of the IEEE, and editorial board member of several journals.


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Greetings ramblers and welcome to the latest instalment of our mighty fine MySpace Trail series. This being feature number five, we're sure you already know the script, but just in case you somehow overlooked the last four outings of spanking social-network strolling here's the idea:
DiS introduces you to a ream of exciting new acts via the starting point of one fairly established band, e.g. #4 saw us kicking off with iLIKETRAINS and ending up taking in the extraordinary sounds of Nottingham outfit Mint Ive.
This month we're leading with the outstanding Frightened Rabbit (pictured, top), a band currently riding a wave of critical acclaim following their excellent April release The Midnight Organ Fight, which already looks destined to nuzzle itself within many a hack's end-of-year hitlist.
The rules themselves are fairly simple: we jaunt from top friends to top friends on each artist's MySpace page, eight times; where we wind up, we don't know 'til we get there. Exciting, huh? Oh aye, one last thing, remember to click the artist names for the necessary MySpace links. Here goes…
If you've not heard of Selkirk-born songsmiths Frightened Rabbit by now, well, you've not been reading DiS over the past six months have you? DiScovered by us at the tail end of last year following the release of swooshing debut long-player Sing The Greys (review), the Fat Cat-signed quartet's sophomore record The Midnight Organ Fight (review) has been met with a salivating fountain of ink-smudged superlatives. Stabbing together clusters of escalating rhythms and soul-searching lyricism, they've already become one of the UK's must-see live acts. So much so, it would take a brave man to suggest global domination is lurking anywhere but round the next corner.
Play: 'Fast Blood' may be The Midnight Organ Fight's next single but 'The Twist''s incessant key chimes and heavy-hearted vocals are at the cornerstone of Frightened Rabbit's sound: spine-tingling, embracive and absolutely encapsulating.
As their MySpace pull-tag succinctly puts it, Endor are "a simple band for simple people". But don't let that put you off, as the Glaswegian four-piece's hook-bound melodies have been concocted by a detailed jigsaw of instrumentation all lovingly pieced together to create rousing streams of breezy, Celtic-tinged jangling. Following on from the release of two sterling early-days singles, the band have this year seen an already buxom fanbase swell through support slots with kindred spirits Lightspeed Champion and Semifinalists. Not quite ready to be placed in the same bracket as Broken Records or, the aforementioned Frightened Rabbit, Endor are sure to be knocking on the nation's welcoming door of indiedom by the end of 2008.
Play: 'Fly Straight' is a trembling, understated stomp that weeps with the traditional myopic charm of Fence luminary King Creosote.
Despite being blessed with the sci-fi nerd's band name of choice, Central Belt-based foursome We Were Promised Jetpacks (WWPJ) seem to have been lingering around the Scottish music scene for aeons without ever threatening to venture out from its insular safe-haven. But finally their time has come. Seething with a new found intent, their crisp, flighty choruses and sure-footed narratives are bolder and more purposeful than ever before, recalling Postcard-era jingle-poppery bludgeoned by a Smiths-like penchant for lyrical dexterity. Far removed from the sonic moroseness that's long been a staple north of the border, WWPJ look set for lift-off in the very near future.
Play: It may only be a live recording but 'Roll Up Your Sleeves' is the perfect introduction to WWPJ, full of frantic guitars and scattershot percussion led by a rasping Scottish brogue.
As much as these Myspace Trail features are intended as a careful signposted introductory pack for you to, y'know, DiScover some startling new sounds, it seems DiS has joined you in this process of blindfold learning. Aye, we've gotta admit, Glaswegian trio El Padre have completely slipped under our radar, yet we're not entirely sure how. Their homemade synth-dazzled crankings are, quite frankly, a revelation; rumbling with dark layers of keys, drum-loops and guitar all smothered in Bobby Jacksonson's fragile crow. Quite how they've got here is anybody's guess (i.e. nae information's available on t'internet and they've only produced one demo EP) but rest assured an excitable DiS will be doing its best to find out more in the coming months.
Play: The effects-riddled 'Monsters In The Blue' is a transient sprawl of synths and riff that's as euphoric as any New Order number and just as infectious.
Five steps into this eight-story MySpace Trail and a woefully unfit DiS needs to take a breather, so it's lucky for us we've stumbled upon scruffbag singer/songwriter Ross Clark. Now, wistful guitar playing stool-sitters are not normally our bag, but this Glasgow-based troubadour creates wind-blowing acoustic lullabies of such striking beauty it's impossible not to be captivated by his lonesome, fireside mew and choppy fret-picking. Already picking up a plethora of praise in the dog-eared pages of the local press, Ross' stirring nomadic psalms rest steadily in the fissure between James Yorkston and Daniel Johnson. With a debut single out this month and an album set to follow, a bright future surely beckons for this charm-oozing romantic.
Play: 'Anthem In Clams''s world-weary brooding and hushed strums melt the heart with the same touching poignancy as Dylan's Simple Twist Of Fate did all those years ago.
With a name like Y'all Is Fantasy Island (YIFI), the Falkirkian quartet could easily be cast aside as blinged-up hip-hop merchants by uneducated ears. Yet, theirs is a sound that is nothing of the sort. Containing melodious wreaths of doom-laden Americana, 2006's debut album In Faceless Towns Forever and this year's Wise Blood Industries-released Rescue Weekend have drawn a multitude of comparisons with fellow hometown misers Arab Strap. DiS can't quite see it – there's a definite sprite of hope residing in their gloomy paeans that's missing from Moffat and Middleton's self-effacing soundscapes – but what we can see is this: YIFI should be welcomed into your heart like an orphan from the cold.
Play: Perhaps not quite fitting in tandem with YIFI's mournful predisposition, the jaunting 'With Handclaps' teems down with a glorious barrage of riff and drum that expands into a ragged, infectious chorus.
Anyone whose ears were entranced by De Rosa's inaugural long-player, 2006's Chemikal Underground-released Mend, will know just how criminally underrated this band are. Creators of idyllic, soaring Scot-pop, the Lanarkshire outfit's debut was quilted with shivering anthems and withering laments, providing a refreshing antithesis to the luminous art-school froth exploding from both sides of the M8 at the time. Back in the studio to record album number two, the quartet have been posting demos from their Chem19 sessions as a teaser to its imminent release and from what DiS has heard it sounds every bit as astonishing as its predecessor. Perhaps this time someone will finally stand up and take notice.
Play: A moody blues bassline and creeping guitar fused with Marting Henry's whispered vocal renders 'The Sea Cup' as, quite simply, the best thing De Rosa have recorded thus far.
And here we are, right at the foot of step number eight and how fitting it is that this tartan-clad trail should finish with the rambunctious sound of Foxface. While the likes of The Fratellis and The View were off whoring themselves to every cubicle-dwelling A&R man who'd listen, this Glaswegian trio stuck to the age-old maxim of 'gig, gig, gig' – and what wonders it's done. Sure, they'll never be a band that coins it in financially but after a string of far-from-perfect early showings they've overcome their demons to emerge as one of the most rabid bands in Scotland today. Debut LP This Is What Makes Us was met with warm if not glowing reviews, but their blend of breakneck, early Sons & Daughters-esque stomps brushed against purified arable folk makes for an exhilarating live experience.
Play: The rockabilly horror-schlock of 'Face Looks Familiar' is a scintillating zenith that shrieks with inner-band tension.
Over, out. Happy DiScovering, and see you for more of the same when we next hit the MySpace Trail.


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|Spencer Variety of Sweet Peas picked, and resting on the back porch before we distributed to the 'old ladies" in the neighborhood. If one is over the age of 85, Sweet Peas is like Cat Nip. I'm not sure why I love them so!
Ok, bear with me as I bore you with more sweet pea photos. What was I thinking...exhibition sweet peas in most every color, and no place to exhibit them? I forgot that sweet peas must be picked every day, otherwise they will stop blooming, so now, the porch, bedrooms and most every table in the house, as well as the neighbors' houses are filled with fragrant sweet peas with long stems.
I promise, only one (maybe two) about this project ( because remember? the sweetpea party next weekend - if they last!) and then I will need to write a big round-up showing the step-by-step images. Why? So that next year, some of you can try growing these beauties. You know you want to.
Here in Massachusetts, we had our first heat wave of the summer, with three days over 90 deg. F. Normally, this would prove fatal to most sweet peas grown conventionally, as they dislike significant temperature shifts, and those as we have been experiencing since the week before last, fall between a 50 degree spread. Still, the plants have broken out of their funk, the buds and stopped dropping, and suddenly, Joe and I are swimming in some of the most glorious sweet peas, with one foot long stems and a fragrance that can make even a raccoon, swoon.
I'm a little busy with work presentations this week, so I will simply share these images with you.
|After Cutting early in the morning, cut sweet peas are laid out and arranged by color before being plunged into cool, fresh water to harden off.
|These colors reminded me of black raspberry ice cream, so popular here in New England, so, I decided to make some Black Raspberry Crumble Muffins for breakfast, as Joe was still sleeping, and the ducks provided us with a few fresh eggs.
|Inspired by the Blueberry Muffins on the blog of Jenny Steffens


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O's fans warned of potential ticket scammers
Experts: Use credit cards, Paypal in case tickets are bogus
Before Orioles fans decide to shell out major cash for a seat to one of the upcoming playoff games -- whether it be in New York, Baltimore or elsewhere -- experts said people need to take precautions to avoid the possibility of scammers selling them bogus tickets.
O's excitement is fueling ticket sales for next week's potential American League Championship Series home games. The Orioles sold out their supply in an hour on Tuesday. Online brokers and individuals are offering seats ranging from $200 to $1,200. Many fans said they don't mind the high prices.
"It took (the Orioles) 15 years to get to this point, and the amount of excitement that's at the stadium is worth every penny," said fan Elton Winn.
The Orioles will only get to host ALCS games if they win the series against the New York Yankees this week, but the team and ticket brokers are selling the seats now.
"You're counting on the fact that if you buy these tickets and the game doesn't occur, you're going to get your money back," said Angie Barnett of the Better Business Bureau.
She said legitimate ticket vendors will refund the price of the tickets, minus shipping and handling, if the games don't happen. But she predicted scam artists will try to exploit the situation.
"Use the right source to buy your tickets right at the get-go. If you're not using a credit card or Paypal -- if you're leaving it up to chance -- then you really don't have a lot of recourse. Then, you're going to be sitting at the pub across the street with everybody else," Barnett said.
She said counterfeit tickets are abundant during playoff season. Her advice is to first check the exact location of the seats for sale against a chart of the stadium to make sure they actually exist. Then, buy with a credit card or Paypal account so you can stop payment if your tickets turn out to be bogus.
Even so, 11 News found some O's fans who prefer to buy theirs from scalpers.
"Normally, we meet up with people at the stadium and it's a cash exchange. We're not giving any information over the computer," said fan Adam Taylor.
Meanwhile, the online registration period for potential World Series tickets ended Tuesday, according to Orioles.com/Postseason. Officials will hold a random drawing for those who registered on Wednesday and notify winners Thursday if they're eligible to try to buy tickets for the championship games.
Tickets to potential World Series games at Camden Yards are currently said to be going for between $700 and $2,000.


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Deloitte is a world leading professional services firm, providing accounting and auditing services, management consulting and legal and tax advice. In Belgium we are the largest professional service provider. Our offices offer services to multinational and large organisations, public institutions and innumerable small, fast-growing companies. Thanks to a strong regional presence and our multi-disciplinary approach, we are ideally placed to meet the requirements of a wide range of public institutions and small and large companies.
Our Consulting practice within Deloitte has a strong reputation and track record as Business Performance Consultants. We are a recognized leader in helping clients solve complex business problems, differentiated by our ability to execute on the advice we provide. Our multi-disciplinary competencies allow us to address CxO issues from every angle.
Deloitte Digital is a part of our Consulting Practice, in which we focus on digital transformation. By leveraging user-centric thinking, design capabilities, new technologies and cloud solutions, we empower our clients and allow them to rethink how they connect with their customers across every platform, every device and every step of the customer journey. Our approach is to start from the customer or the user needs, convert them into concepts, design tangible prototypes, and finally develop and implement concrete solutions, always keeping in mind the business impact they entail. Organised in Digital Experience and Digital Customer teams, our consultants deliver disruptive innovations, relying on their business and technology knowledge, along with their creative capabilities.
Your Responsibilities:
- As a CRM Transformation Senior Consultant / Manager you have a dual role: firstly you will deliver impactful Customer Transformation projects in the CRM space (Sales, Service, Marketing) and secondly you will play an active role in the growth and development of our Customer Relationship Management practice (Manager role);
- Our practice helps clients with the visioning, designing, planning, execution and adoption of CRM business transformation programs that deliver tangible results and we are recognized as the most impactful and innovative provider of CRM solutions in Belgium;
- Given our broad service portfolio and excellent client relationships, there are many opportunities to grow our services at our existing clients and attract new clients. This means you will have a responsibility in exploring business needs, defining project proposals and presenting them to business management;
- In the project execution phase you will play a key delivery role based on your expertise in the CRM domain: ranging from subject matter expert in CRM vision and roadmap project to leading the actual business transformation project or a specific project stream;
- You will play an important role in the development of our practice and the people with a specific focus on Financial Services (banking, insurance, securities).
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- Financial Services track record through projects;
- 4-8 years of experience;
- Passionate about CRM business transformation and technology;
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- Team player with strong communication skills;
- Strong ability to steer and coach a team of consultants;
- Open to work in an international environment and to work abroad if needed;
- Experience working with CRM technologies such as Salesforce.com or Oracle/Siebel is a plus;
- Experience about Sales, Marketing or Service processes is a must.
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This song can accommodate any web site introduction with a great progression. It is easy-listening for all audience, fun, spells innovation and technology all over the place.
Speech can be added over without removing the good ambiance of the song. This is groovy, simple but intelligent. With a new age touch, motivational and a guitar ending, you have what you need for a great impression on all audiences.


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Warrant: Agent provided ex-UNC players cash
Investigators in North Carolina say a Georgia-based sports agent violated sports agent laws by sending cash payments to former Tar Heels football players.
In search warrants unsealed Monday, investigators with the Secretary of State's office say Terry Watson of the Watson Sports Agency sent $2,000 cash in 2010 to Marvin Austin, who was dismissed from the team that year for receiving improper benefits. They also say Watson had contact with players before registering with the state.
The office launched its probe in 2010 shortly after the start of an NCAA investigation at the school. The law prohibits agents from offering gifts before a contract is signed and can lead to criminal or civil penalties.
Watson didn't immediately return a call from The Associated Press to his Marietta, Ga.-based office.


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Western Digital's My Book Studio Edition II was already at the top of the leader board, with four interfaces (FireWire 800/400, eSATA, USB 2.0) and 4TB of storage. But now that the external hard drive comes in 6TB—for a relatively reasonably $550—and adds Apple Time Machine compatibility—it's a pro-level Mac user's dream. Assuming you don't have anything better to dream about than external hard drives.
WD Introduces 6 TB External Hard Drive to Support Increased HD Content Creation by Creative Pros and Mac® Enthusiasts
New My Book® Studio Edition™ II Offers FireWire® Performance and Huge Storage Capacity for Today's HD Content Productions
IRVINE, Calif., March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its My Book® Studio Edition™ II dual-drive storage system with a massive 6 terabytes (TB) of storage to meet the capacity needs of today's creative pros and Mac® enthusiasts who create, store, edit and archive large HD video and photo files. The new capacity provides users 33 percent more storage than the previous capacity, while maintaining the same footprint.
Combining its extended 6 TB storage capacity and compatibility with Apple® Time Machine®, the new My Book Studio Edition II drive becomes an instant storage solution for a variety of professions including art and design, photography, legal and medical, and a host of other small businesses.
The system offers a quad interface providing maximum performance and flexibility including eSATA and FireWire® 800 when maximum performance is essential, and FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 when system flexibility is most important.
"Thanks to advancements in HD video devices including digital SLR cameras and HD video cameras, the quality and quantity of video content being produced by professionals and enthusiasts alike has grown at an astounding pace," said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD's branded products group. "The My Book Studio Edition II drive now available with 6 TB of storage provides creative individuals with the expanded storage and bandwidth they need to effectively shoot, edit, and safely store their video productions without the need to compress their videos or reduce the overall quality of them for the sake of available space."
Extra-fast Performance and RAID Supported Configurations
Fast eSATA or FireWire 800 interfaces, combined with RAID-supported configurations, will yield the speed and responsiveness users need for a variety of tasks including fast, smooth video editing; rendering complex 3D objects or special effects, and saving/transferring enormous blocks of data in a fraction of the time it once took.
Formatted for Mac computers(1), these new storage systems feature:
Massive 6 TB capacity;
Extra-fast performance with four interfaces (FireWire 800/400, eSATA, USB 2.0);
Cool, eco-friendly operation with WD's drives with WD GreenPower Technology that consume approximately one-third less power than standard dual-drive external storage systems and efficient convection cooling architecture and power-saving mode and designed without a fan to run quietly;
Automatic and continuous backup software;
User serviceability, enabling the user to open the enclosure and replace the drive inside;
Capacity gauge to see at a glance how much space is available on the system; and,
5-year limited warranty.
Pricing and Availability
My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage systems are available now at WD's online store (http://www.wdstore.com/). MSRP for the My Book Studio Edition II 6 TB drive is $549.99 USD.


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Minecraft's next title update (1.5) will deliver a host of new features, among them an achievement system, a statistics log and, perhaps more importantly, weather effects. The game's creator released this video late last night showing all those features in action.
Markus "Notch" Persson says there's some tinkering to be done with the weather - "Rain and especially thunder is waaay too common in this test," he says. You can see how precipitation both transitions from rain to snow given the temperature of the area; how ice re-forms and snow accumulates, and how rain will grow flowers.
As for achievements, "Ride a pig off a cliff" is indeed one offered. Notch gave it as an example last month, evidently it carried through. While he says some weather effects occur too frequently (such as thunder), I propose that "Punch a cow in the face to make it rain," be another recognized achievement.
[thanks to Jonathan C. for the tip]


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Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Transporting Children in Autonomous Vehicles: An Exploratory Study." Hum Factors. 2019:18720819853993."
The Impact of Atypical Sensory Processing on Social Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder." Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2018;29:151-167."
Relationships Between Physical and Non-Physical Forms of Intimate Partner Violence and Depression among Urban Minority Adolescent Females." Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2011;16(2):92-100."
Youth's Strategies for Staying Safe and Coping with the Stress of Living in Violent Communities." J Community Psychol. 2010;38(7):874-885."
The Haircut." The Journal of the American Medical Association . 2010;304(5):504-5."


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The Kapok Support Cushion is a simple cushion that can be used alone for meditation or in conjunction with any of our other meditation cushions to provide extra lift or support. This cushion can also be used for yoga practice, or as a prop for stretching, raising the legs, or to support any area of the body during meditation or bodywork sessions. The cushion is light in weight and the kapok (a dense cotton-like material) is lightly stuffed in the cushion to make it softer than our other kapok cushions.
The Support Cushion is covered in durable cotton fabric and has a single large stitch in the middle to keep the kapok filling in place. Placing the cushion under the knees helps relieve pressure on the knee joint during meditation.
This cushion is lightly filled. It is not recommended for use by itself as a sitting cushion as it will flatten to about 1 inch in height. It can be used to provide additional lift along with any of our other meditation cushions.
- Dimensions: 18" long by 12" wide by 3" high
- Weight: 1-1/2 Pounds
- Fill: Kapok fiber
- Durable 100% Cotton Twill Cover


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Introducing the Team USA Mobile Coach Platform! This platform is a coaching resource which delivers information on both a mobile application and a desktop companion site. With your continued USA Badminton membership, you will receive cutting edge information for coaching badminton from USAB and additional resources from the experts at the United States Olympic Committee.
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OS X Mountain Lion may come with its own voice dictation capabilities, but Nuance is doing its part to stay ahead of the game with the release of Dragon Dictate 3 for Mac. The company announced the latest version of its Mac software on Wednesday, still priced at $199 for a physical box. It comes with plenty of new features in addition to tweaks to improve accuracy and speed. Not only can Dictate 3 now control your computer and accept long voice-based dictations without an Internet connection, it can also transcribe audio files for you, too.
According to Nuance, Dictate 3 "inherits the accuracy boost" that came with the core technologies applied to Dragon 12 for Windows. The company says Mac users can expect to see a 15 percent accuracy boost over Dictate 2.5 right out of the box—a number that could go up once you train the software to your user profile. The company has also added Smart Format Rules, which allows users to customize their use of abbreviations, numbers, and other formatting so that the dictated text comes out the way you want it to in the future. New in Dragon 3 is the ability to correct errors using speech as well, and the company says it's offering a wider range of alternative word choices when it comes to making corrections that the software will remember for future use cases.
The most significant new feature is the software's newfound ability to transcribe recorded audio files into text form. Nuance did (and still does) offer a separate product called MacSpeech Scribe that comes with similar features, but according to Nuance's Chief Marketing Officer Peter Mahoney, the two products address different types of user needs. "Scribe has a different use case—it allows you to create different profiles for audio so it can transcribe the voices of different people," Mahoney told Ars. "[Dragon Dictate] is a subset of Scribe, designed for your voice based on your user profile. It allows you to create a special version of the profile that understands recorded audio, and it'll transcribe your audio from there."
So, while Dictate 3 may not be the best tool to transcribe a recorded interview with another person, it seems appropriate for more personal tasks, like putting your own recorded voice notes into an easily readable format. Considering the price of the software is remaining the same despite the addition of several new features, it's hard to complain about limitations on multi-person transcriptions.
There are some other new features as well, such as support for 16kHz wide-band Bluetooth instead of the previous 8kHz audio. Mahoney pointed out that a "meaningful percentage of users" use a Bluetooth headset with Dragon already—he knows this because many of them buy their Bluetooth headsets through Nuance itself—and the upgraded Bluetooth will allow the software to make use of a higher quality audio signal. For those who are new to the software, Dragon Dictate 3 now comes with interactive tutorials to help get people started on the right foot, complete with actual lessons (not just a help menu item).
The advantages that Dragon offers over Mountain Lion's built-in dictation software aren't trivial, either. Mountain Lion's version depends on an Internet connection to do its voice-to-text processing on Apple's servers, while Dragon runs locally on your Mac with or without an Internet connection. Dragon also allows you to control your Mac using your voice—you can open and switch between applications easily without touching a mouse or trackpad—while Mountain Lion only allows you to enter content into designated text-entry areas.
Along with the Dictate 3 announcement, Nuance introduced its Android app to complement the company's already existing iOS offerings. Nuance says you can use the apps to act as a microphone for Dictate 3 on your Mac, or simply use them to record notes to be transcribed by the software later.


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Monday, December 14, 2009
Jamaican police: All dressed in uniforms of brutality? The Robert Hill killing
Based on a police report, Hill was killed during a shootout with a police party on Wednesday, December 9
i begged him to repost the link and he did urging me to read Kentucky's comments on the video. See it below...
8 comments:
- Annie Paul said...
Really? No comment?? disconcerting! u all scared of Babyon? the Jamaican police?
scaredy pusses...
- December 15, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Without a doubt,certain elements within the Jamaica Constabulary Force are totally out of control.Is this the collateral damage alluded to by the Minister of National Security ?!Jamaicans, it is imperative that we stand up for our rights.
- December 16, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- Annie Paul said...
thanks EAR, this makes me feel a little less lonely...
- December 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM
This is happens so much in this country, similar situations.... Just imagine he knew told everyone, put it on youtube call in to the media and authorities and he still got killed and the killer is out there.
And it looks like less people are concerned as they aught to be.
- December 16, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- Annie Paul said...
Absolutely Anon! i hope the media doesn't let go of this. It's quite terrifying to think about what happened to this poor man. it could happen to you or me. no kidding. and nothing could save us if these extrajudicial killings go unpunished.
- December 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM
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- March 2, 2010 at 6:10 AM
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- March 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Annie Paul said...
Anonymous said...
This dont suprise me not one bit. I was harrassed and stalked by a policeman at the Port Antonio Police Station named ******. After many attempts to trying to report this to the police sup, nothing was done. He even sent a well known hitman after me and my wife as well. Its just a good thing I knew the hitman on a friendly basis before he was contracted by ceman at the Port Antonio Police Station named ******l. After being stalked and threatened with a gun at my residence and threatened in the streets by not only him but his friend and fellow policeman named "ceman at the Port Antonio Police Station named "***" nothing was done and contatcing the comissioner was a joke as well. How do people expect to live in country like that? Countless people have been killed by the police in Jamaica who think they have some sort of entitlement to do as they please. Is my problem over withceman at the Port Antonio Police Station named ******? I doubt it will ever be over in some ways. Will it lead to my death? Perhaps......Only time will tell. If we wait on the "officials" to do something we will be in the same boat for the next 400 years. We must take it upon ourselves to protest this kind of behaviour. will we be targeted for protesting? YES and they can not kill us all.
PS: The above comment was left by an anonymous person. i had to remove the names before publishing as the normal libel rules would apply.
I feel it for you. This sounds like a terrible experience.
- March 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM


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The second largest bank in China is considering using London as the venue for an issue of yuan-denominated bonds for offshore sale, said a source with knowledge of the plans. The listing would be the first in the city of Dim Sum notes sold by a Chinese company.
The notes are expected to be issued in November, although terms are not yet complete, Bloomberg reported Friday. A Fitch Ratings report also from Friday said that China Construction Bank (CCB) plans to sell as much as 2.5 billion yuan ($401 million) of the securities as a means of developing its offshore yuan business.
Fitch added that the notes will be sold by CCBL Funding Plc, a special-purpose vehicle of CCB's London unit. In a report issued Wednesday on Dim Sum bonds in general, Matt Jamieson, head of APAC research in Fitch's corporate ratings group, characterized their potential: "Fitch believes the Dim Sum bond market remains in a nascent stage, with significant growth potential over the medium to long term."
Eight different offerings of Dim Sum notes are listed in London, totaling sales of 512 billion yuan to date, but, according to Bloomberg data, they are issued by such institutions as Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., HSBC Holdings Plc and Lloyds Banking Group Plc.
In April, George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that he intended to make London a center for yuan-denominated financial products.


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Billingham, UK – The Pigments division of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) today announced that it will increase prices of all TIOXIDE® titanium dioxide pigments sold in Europe by € 50/te effective from 1st of August 2008 or as applicable contracts allow.
This increase is in addition to the energy surcharge announcement of the 27th of June 2008 and all previously announced price increases.
Despite a relentless drive to improve efficiencies and implement cost reduction programmes, Huntsman said that the price increases are necessary to address the significant increases in costs of primary input chemicals, energy and freight affecting our industry.
About HuntsmanHuntsman is a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals. Its operating companies manufacture products for a variety of global industries, including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, textiles, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging. Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging and, later, for rapid and integrated growth in petrochemicals, Huntsman today has 13,000 employees and operates from multiple locations worldwide. The Company had 2007 revenues of approximately $10 billion. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at www.huntsman.com.
About Huntsman Pigments DivisionHuntsman Pigments Division specialises in the manufacture and marketing of TIOXIDE® titanium dioxide pigments, a brand with an exceptional reputation for excellence and consistency, trusted and recognised world-wide. TIOXIDE® titanium dioxide pigments add brightness, whiteness, opacity and durability to thousands of consumer products; from decorative paints used in the home to industrial coatings on ocean liners, cars and s
teel-framed buildings; from nappies and toothpaste to printed circuit boards and computer housing; from sportswear and sporting equipment to boat hulls. Huntsman Pigments Division is an international business employing 2,000 people in facilities in seven countries with a combined total manufacturing capacity of approximately 550,000 tonnes of TiO2 pigment a year.
Forward Looking StatementsStatements in this release that are not historical are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current beliefs and expectations. The forward-looking statements in this release are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the company's operations, markets, products, services, prices and other factors as discussed in the Huntsman companies' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Significant risks and uncertainties may relate to, but are not limited to, financial, economic, competitive, environmental, political, legal, regulatory and technological factors. In addition, the completion of any transactions described in this release is subject to a number of uncertainties and closing will be subject to approvals and other customary conditions. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that such transactions will be completed or that the company's expectations will be realized. The company assumes no obligation to provide revisions to any forward-looking statements should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by applicable laws.******
CONTACT: Simon Turner Senior Vice President +44 (0)1642 376293


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In this page you will find all the answers today's puzzles for 7 Little Words.
Sometimes it is difficult to pick up with all the daily updates of Secen Little Words, so when you cannot find the answers to a certain day please make a search on the homepage.
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As Yogi Berra once said, it's deja vu all over again. In a press release posted on its forums, bargain-hunter site FatWallet announced it had filed a lawsuit against Best Buy for alleged abuse of the DMCA. FatWallet is known for publishing information on upcoming sales and sale prices prior to their onset, a practice that has made them less than popular with several retailers.
The lawsuit was a response to "takedown" notices received by FatWallet over the last few weeks from Best Buy, Kohl's Department Stores, and Target Corporation, each of whom demanded that FatWallet remove from its web site user postings containing Thanksgiving sales price information on the grounds that the information was protected by copyright. Best Buy took things a step further, sending FatWallet a subpoena requesting that it identify the person who posted the information. Because the subpoena was not properly served and suffered from other procedural defects, FatWallet notified Best Buy that it would not identify the poster.
"The posting on a web site of sales price information is not the proper subject of a subpoena or a takedown notice under the DMCA. Hopefully, by filing this lawsuit, FatWallet will be able to put an end to this repeated misuse of the DMCA's special subpoena and notice provisions and ensure that its First Amendment rights, and the First Amendment rights of its users, are fully protected," said Rachel Matteo-Boehm, an attorney with Steinhart & Falconer LLP, one of the law firms representing FatWallet in the suit.
A similar situation occurred last year, when Wal-Mart had issued a subpoena requesting information about the identity of the person who had posted data about their upcoming sales. After being threatened with sanctions, Wal-Mart backed down. Section 512(f) of the DMCA provides for penalties to be leveled against companies which knowingly misrepresent a DMCA notice, which FatWallet feels Best Buy is doing. Apparently they doesn't see things changing too much in the future with regard to future threats of legal action, thus the lawsuit against Best Buy.
While Best Buy and the other retailers are understandably concerned over FatWallet's practice of posting proprietary sales information, it is not readily apparent how the DMCA is involved. The problem lies in the powers granted by the DMCA they're so broad, and afford such astounding powers to those claiming to be infringed upon, that layers are finding it hard to resist the lure of a DMCA-backed accusation. Perhaps a FatWallet victory in this case will cause companies to resist the temptation of using the DMCA when it's not called for. A better result, however, would be Congress rethinking this particularly bendable, over-reaching, and invasive piece of legislation.


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38 comments found.
Almost ready to buy, just two questions:
1. Can all of the folio thumbnails be big as the first one?
2. There's a problem on mobile devices, where you have no hover actions, just click, so on a iPhone for instance, sometimes you cant see the title of the thumbnail, because you click it and are immediately taken to that item full view. Is it possible to fix it, so that on mobile devices 1st click(touch)
>show the thumbnail details 2nd click(touch)>view the item?
If so, I'm sold… i mean I buy!
1. Yes, it's possible. The theme comes with a few portfolio templates. One of templates looks like – http://upyourpic.org/images/201308/kexj3sg4py.jpg
2. Not bad idea to replace a hover action within click on mobile devices. I will take a look that for a future update
See also screenshots of projects settings – http://strictthemes.com/documentation/portfolio/
1. If I choose the project layout w/o the sidebar, is the image bigger than /w the sidebar? 2. Where do I customize (if even) my photo? Because I want to add my photo, and a short bio of me on the starting page, where currently the text "Responsive Portfolio & Blog WP theme" is. Can i change that?
1. Text part will be resized. Images wil stay on the same size.
2. Frontpage comes with two widgetized area: – a. Below projects. – b. By left side of projects. "Responsive Portfolio & Blog WP theme" created via standard text widget. Drop your photo and bio on that sidebar.
The theme is fantastic, I have a question please. Can you show the latest post in the style portfolio of the main page?
Be default standard posts can be shown as posts only. Otherwise, you need to change a concept of theme.
Hey there,
First of all, amazing theme! A few questions before (maybe) buying the theme..
1: I'm planning to use the layout for a magazine website. Is it possible to use the Portfolio feature as some sort of magazine layout? 2: The 'big' portfolio item, would it be possible to add more big items on the frontpage (creating a magazine layout) or is just one allowed. 3: Would it be possible to create a textoverlay (instead hover with title etc.) on portfolio items to give it a headline / description? Short text area or something. 4: How about video compatibility? 5: How easy is it to customize the theme myself?
Yes, everything possible, but only through customization by skilled programmer or theme developer. It assumes about few days of intensive work.
Thanks for the reply! How flexible is the homescreen? Can I drag widgets etc in it to add blogposts or will it just display the portfolio?
Yes, the Homepage Template comes with 2 unique sidebars:
a – by left side of recent projects (works)
b – below of recent projects
Drop any widgets on that areas.
Alright, sounds awsome! I've seen several portfolio templates on an image.. do you have them live as well?
Profolio templates:
Standard – Same as frontpage
Second – http://strictthemes.com/strictone/portfolio/
Third – http://strictthemes.com/avion/portfolio/
Fourth – no demo
Regarding your first question, please note, you'll need to hire a freelancer to make a customization in accordance with your needs.
Thanks! I've decided to buy the theme. Looking very good!
I still have a few problems though..
Situation: I want to use the portfolio template '6' to be a showcase of brands. I create a page called 'brands' and use the projects template. The permalink to that page now it www.mywebsite.com/brands/
All fine. Now I want to add 'projects', in my case brands, to be displayed on that page. That would work, but the url slug will change from /brands/...... to /project/......
How can I get a good link like Home -> Brands -> #1 / #2 etc. Or in url: www.mywebsite.com/brands/brandnumber1.
I can't seem to get it working, even after trying the portfolio slugs and taxonomy.
Use a 'brand' slug for single project. The 'brands' slug already reserved for Brands page.
Go to Theme Panel > Projects > Slugs and set 'brand' as post slug.
And do not forget to update permalinks settings.
Ahh so a complete url like above is not possible? I've tried using brand at post-slug, but that doesn't work. It goes to a 404 error..
Do not forget to update permalinks settings.
How do I do that?
It's set to / postname / at the moment
Just go to Admin Panel > Settings > Permalinks and update that.
It should be: / % postname % / correct?
And I see you offer a feedburner subscribe widget.. would it be possible to swap the output of the form being send to mailchimp?
Subscribe widget for FeedBurner only. Use third-party widgets for Mailchimp.
Thank you. Sorry for asking so many questions, but I can't seem to get a copy of the demo just yet..http://strictthemes.com/strictone/project/365/
The left sidebar information, is that just a widget or custom html widget?
Take a look instructions – http://strictthemes.com/documentation/blog/post-page-tweaking/
Enable Meta checkboxes as on screenshot.
Thanks! That did the trick indeed. Could be the new wordpress, but when I tick 'hide title' on single posts, nothing happens.. Is it a bug or something changed at Wordpress 3.6.0 / 3.6.1 ?
You mean a checkbox on 'Page Options' metabox? – http://strictthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/doc_metabox_page_options.png
That option is unique for each post.
Exactly, I ticked the box on a single post.. but nothing happens. As well as ticking hide breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs checkbox works fine. Title checkbox already fixed. You'll get update notification automatically during ~24 hours.
Oké, thanks allot!
How can I translate the '1 day ago' to Dutch?
It's about ST Kit (framework) plugin. Take a look ../wp-content/plugins/stkit/assets/lang/ directory.
Hmm, it's not working for me. I've translated all the date strings.. but no changes.. no cache problems either. I actually translated the default file, as well as my own dutch file. When translating the STKit I get the following message though:
"Warning: The actual loaded translation content contains mixed textdomains and is not pure translateable within one textdomain. It seems, that there is code contained extracted out of other plugins, themes or widgets and used by copy & paste inside some source files. The affected unknown textdomains are: stkit "
Everything you need to do is:
1 – rename stkit-default.po to stkit-nl_NL.po
2 – translate that e.g. via PoEdit.
3 – upload stkit-nl_NL.po & stkit-nl_NL.mo files to ../stkit/assets/lang/ directory.
Many thanks and sorry for being such a noob haha. +1 support and quick replies!
You're welcome
I am there again haha. http://strictthemes.com/strictone/shortcodes/elements/
The toggle function, how is it possible to make toggle first, second and third like on the link above? [ toggle ] ... [ / toggle ] creates seperate toggles, instead of responding to eachother by opening / closing.
The documentation: http://strictthemes.com/documentation/shortcodes/toggle/ is showing the example of seperate toggles.
Thanks in advance!
Take a look an example of accordion http://strictthemes.com/documentation/shortcodes/accordion/
You need to wrap a group of your toggles by [accordion] .. [/accordion] shortcode.
Hello. First of all, congratulations for the theme. So elegant, functional and aesthetic. I am very happy with it.
I only have two simple questions:
01. I found in the tutorials that there's a "Post Format" for the blog content (standard, image, gallery, etc.) but in my admin does not appear. Can this be due to the wordpress version I'm currently using? (3.6.1)
02. In your "demo blog" I see that in the footer of each post are the typical "Next" and "Previous" buttons to navigate between content. How can I add those?.
Thank you so much.
Hello. Many thanks for purchasing!
Make sure you're using last version of theme. It must be 2.0 or later. Otherwise go to 'Admin Panel > Appearance > Themes' and update StrictOne within one click.
UPD: In case you're using an early version you have to re-upload new version of theme by yourself. Download the last version from Download tab on your TF account.
perfect! problem solved! Thank you!
You're welcome! Do not forget to rate the theme!
Hello. I am creating my first website and am learning as I go… So far, I am really enjoying the theme and I love the gallery format. I am having trouble getting the images to be the same size in the gallery format. Can I set an the image to "fit to the thumbnail," then click on the thumbnail to see the whole image?
Hello and thank you for purchasing.
1. If you mean the Gallery as group of thumbnails on the body of post: Yes. Select 'Link to Media File' option from drop-down menu before clicking on 'Insert gallery' button.
2. If you mean the Gallery as post format: The gallery script automatically detect an image size depends of some factors, thus for working with gallery you just have to select an images from media library.
I am creating 'projects' for my portfolio. When I select an image from my media library, the image is not being zoomed in so there is blank area on the top and bottom as a result the images are different heights. I see in a blog post to 'link' and to 'zoom' but not in projects.
Let me an URL of page. I'll take a look.
Because the image you're using as Featured Image is too wide.
WordPress image editor can help you to crop image and you'll can use a cropped image as Featured Image.
Okay thanks … I tried using the image editor but and applied changes to all, it did not change it in the Project page …I then used photoshop to crop image. After a couple tries I have seem to fix the problem (maybe my image was just to large overall). Is there a guideline on image size you could give?
I've used 667px × 475px for projects. Just keep average image proportions about 4×3+. The height must be ~75% (or more) of width.
Thanks, this will help! I am really impressed with your quick responses and patience with the learning curve I am experiencing
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Will do!
Theme is great, recently went through my first upgrade and that went seamlessly as far as I can tell. One issue I've noticed though is that the time difference displayed next to comments are wrong. I just posted a reply to a user on a post and it immediately displayed as 5hrs ago. The current local time is 2:54pm, Wordpress general setting are set correctly to UTC -5 (WP displays Local time is 2013-11-13 14:54:38) and the timestamp for the comment is 2013/11/13 at 2:52 pm
And I just noticed that with the update all my ST widgets ended up disabled and I had to add them back in (my menus also got messed up) is that something using the ST Kit plugin should help resolve at the next upgrade? I updated from 1.2.1 to 2.1.6 so it may be because it took me a while to download the update that I'm seeing these problems
Thank you for purchasing.
StrictOne 2.0+ is a totally new theme, with a massive changes under hood in compare with previous versions of theme. You had a massive gap between theme versions while updating. Also version 1.3 comes with massive changes too. So I recommend do not miss next version of theme. Do not forget to fill the form at Theme Panel > Update page for receiving update notifications.
The latest version comes with standalone framework (ST Kit), thus it brings more flexibility for supporting the themes and providing regular updates.
I'll take a look question about time stamp. Before that, you can use standard time format. Disable Nice Time option at Theme Panel > Post > Meta > Nice Time.
Changelog – http://strictthemes.com/documentation/changelogs/theme-strictone/
Thanks, I get the notifications but don't usually have the time to update, I'll keep that in mind from now on.
Couple other things I noticed in the ST Kit plugin there's a number of social icons missing in color (white ones are in the color folder) folder: stkit\assets\images\icons\72\social\color and the Pinterest link (maybe other social shares too) should encode the description, an apostrophe early in my post cut off the rest of the copy.
It would also be great if you could update the form to use type="email" and type="url" for the email/url field so the appropriate keyboard shows up on devices (especially since it's a responsive design) and there's a bug in clicking on an input field not removing the dummy text.
Sorry about all the bug reports/feature requests! If there's a better way to report them to you than through here please let me know. I'd usually just go fix them myself but then I wouldn't be able to reliably upgrade. If you have a Git repo I'd be happy to pull request bug fixes.
Many thanks for reports. For a future report you can use my email firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks again.
Comment form has been improved. Nice Time function has been fixed. You have to update the theme and St Kit plugin.
Hi great theme.
One question… When setting up a new project, would I be able to add multiple images? Because with a few of my projects, I would like to showcase key aspects of the project, which require multiple images.
For me, this is a key aspect and will determent if I would purchase this theme
StrictOne is standard portfolio theme.
My multimedia portfolio themes come with possibility to set an unlimited number of images to each projects. Especially for projects, I've created three additional formats: video, audio, and gallery. See the differences between projects back-end of Standard portfolio and Multimedia portfolio themes – http://strictthemes.com/documentation/portfolio/new-project-creation/
Standard portfolio themes: StrictOne, Recital, Upward, Avion.
Multimedia portfolio themes: Attitude
The Attitude has a totally different concept, thus it comes with other kind of portfolio layout. See demo – http://strictthemes.com/attitude/portfolio/
Umm… That's a shame. I really like this theme. I like it because of it's simplicity. It focuses on the artist's work more than the design of the website. Which I think it's really cool.
So, I continued scanning the theme and noticed in the Blog section (http://strictthemes.com/strictone/blog/ ), there's a Gallery option. Is this option only for the blog section? or is it a shortcode? If it's a short code, I can use it in the project page.
This would be a great alternative without purchasing a plugin.
Post formats and project formats are different things. The StrictOne theme support post formats, one of them is Gallery format.
I totally understand the difference between the two. I was hoping that there was an alternative way of doing it without customizations to the theme.
It looks like I would have to add additional images in the text area using the Add Media option.
So… I've decided that I'm going to purchase this theme. Not only because I figured out how to display the additional images in the project, but because of your quick response to my questions.
I hope in the near future you would add this feature to the projects section in your update.
That feature makes a difference between Standard and Multimedia themes, so I do not plan to add multimedia formats to the StrictOne. You can drop images to the body of projects by standard way using Add Media button.
Also you can try (not checked) to use [gallery] shortcode – http://codex.wordpress.org/Gallery_Shortcode
Usually, I reply to support requests as soon as possible. It can be 1 minute, 1 hour, or 1 day – depends of my schedule.
I've purchased and installed this theme. When I installed the ST Kit plugin, I get "Current theme isn't compatible with ST Kit plugin. Get a compatible theme".
I deleted the plugin and reinstalled it, still no success.
Any suggestions?
Please ignore the previous post. It's working.
Hi, first I want to thank you for this great theme. I have currently the problem, that I am not able to change the general settings (like numbers of projects to view in frontpage etc). Any advice?
thanks in advance! Sandra
Hello Sandra, and thank you for purchasing.
Use this control http://clip2net.com/clip/m0/1390326236-clip-37kb.png for setting a number of projects per page (inc. front page).
Also make sure you've created Frontpage – http://strictthemes.com/documentation/getting-started/setting-up-the-frontpage/
Regards, Igor
Hi Igor, Thanks for your quick answer. The problem is, that the option to setting a number of projects per page is not visible. I've created the frontpage and it works but all settings in the "theme panel" are blank and not visible. If you want to have a look, i can create you a login.
Yes, please drop me access details through contact form. I'll take a look.
I've checked your website and I see you're using an outdated version 1.3 of StrictOne. The current version is 2.2.3
I highly recommend to download fresh version from Downloads page and update the theme.
Also, do not forget to fill form at Theme Panel > Update page for receiving update notifications and possibility for one-click updates in future.
See also instructions for installation – http://strictthemes.com/documentation/getting-started/installation/
Regards, Igor
Thanks Igor, no it's working. Great Support!
I have another question: How can i change, that the frontpage portfolio will change from time to time – currently, the latest project that i add is always the "biggest" at the frontpage. Is it possible to change that?
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Yes, however by default the concept of theme assumes to have a static layout of front page. As I see you're using a Child theme, thus you can use template-frontpage.php file within it. See name of portfolio template #103 and #109 lines.
sorry for asking a bit stupid but what should i change in line 103 and 109? include( locate_template( '/includes/projects/t1-dummy.php' ) );
Change the name of portfolio template. By default it's t1.
1. Copy template-frontpage.php file to the Child theme.
2. Find #103 and #109 lines
3. Replace the name of portfolio template within new. e.g. default, t2, or t5.
I am a video editor and I would like to have the thumbnails in the 16×9 aspect ratio so I don't have to crop anything from the videos. Is this possible?
Thanks, Mike
Hi Mike,
It's about geometrical issue and it assumes to have other concept of grid. Take a look – http://clip2net.com/clip/m0/1390867805-clip-75kb.jpg
Regards, Igor
Yes – that's what I'd like it to look like. Is that possible?
It's possible through a deep customization only. It assumes to re-build the grid.
I do not know how to change thins thru CCS?
It's not clear. Could you provide more info?
Regards, Igor
Hi there
I really like the theme but would like my home page to look slightly different.
Preferred option would be to build it with Visual Composer so basically skip the homepage template completely and just go with a standard page – how might I do this.
Alternatively, if the above is a lot of faff, can the sidebar be moved to the right on the homepage template instead of defaulting on the left?
Many thanks Sara
Hi Sara, and thank you for purchasing.
You can select position of sidebar from Sidebar meta box which comes with each page and post.
Regards, Igor
Hi Igor. My query is specifically about the home page though which does not allow this option. The homepage sidebar is in the widgets section and the sidebar positions on the left by default.
My query was…. can I do either of the below options…....
1) How do I have a normal page as my Homepage?
2) Or failing that, how do I move the homepage sidebar to the right.
Thanks Sara
Hi Sara,
1) You can set a custom front page through standard way from Settings > Reading page – http://clip2net.com/clip/m0/1395831022-clip-55kb.jpg
2) It's possible through a some customization of original styles.
Regards, Igor
Hi Igor. I did have it set on the reading options in settings and it wasn't working but then I've realised the 'home' page I set up had template set to front page and not default – sorted now!! Sorry to bother you. Thanks for your help. Sara
P.S. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly as well!
You're welcome
Love the theme. Is it possible to use the standard home layout for blog posts instead of projects? Or to change the name "project" into something else like "blog" or "news"?
Thanks! Robert
Hi Robert, and thank you for feedback.
Yes, by default the theme comes with blogroll o frontpage. Portfolio on frontpage is optional.
Regards, Igor
Hi Igor, thanks for the quick response.
I like the layout of the frontpage as displayed in the demo, but the blogroll would look like this on frontpage? http://strictthemes.com/strictone/blog/
Thanks, Robert
Yes, blogroll like that demo – http://strictthemes.com/strictone/blog/
Grid layout available for portfolio only.
Regards, Igor
There's a bug in the accompanying stkit plugin that's causing "Auto Draft" to display in my breadcrumb trail. I'm using the latest available versions of Wordpress, the theme and the plugin.
I added this to my child theme's functions.php to solve it:
function strictone_fix_breadcrumb_trail($trail)
foreach($trail as $key => $data)
if(strpos($data, 'Auto Draft') !== false) unset($trail[$key]);
return $trail;
So elegant solution. Thank you I'll add it to the next version of ST Kit.
Regards, Igor
Did this make it into the latest version of the plugin? I don't see the past few versions documented in the plugin or the changelog http://strictthemes.com/documentation/changelogs/plugin-st-kit/
Version 1.4.8 already comes with that filter.
The way you pass params to the comment_form blocks the ability to use add_filters on the comment form default values. For example:
add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'cl_comment_custom', 11 ); function cl_comment_custom($defaults) { $defaults['comment_notes_after'] = 'HELLO - this should print after the comment box but before the submit button'; return $defaults; }Doesn't work, good news is I debugged it for ya
It would be great if you could adjust the arguments currently passed to comment_form() as a filter instead of forcing them.
I solved this for the time being by adding the following to my functions.php
add_filter( 'comment_form_default_fields', 'strictone_comment_fields', 9 ); function strictone_comment_fields($defaults){ global $st_Settings; $defaults['author'] = ' <div class="input-text-box input-text-name"> <div> <input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ? $commenter['comment_author'] : '' ) . '" placeholder="' . __( 'Name', 'strictthemes' ) . '" /> </div> </div>'; $defaults['email'] = ' <div class="input-text-box input-text-email"> <div> <input type="email" name="email" id="email" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_email'] ? $commenter['comment_author_email'] : '' ) . '" placeholder="' . __( 'Email', 'strictthemes' ) . '" /> </div> </div> <div class="clear"><!-- --></div>'; $defaults['url'] = !empty( $st_Settings['website_on_comments'] ) && $st_Settings['website_on_comments'] == 'yes' ? ' <div class="input-text-box"> <div> <input type="url" name="url" id="url" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ? $commenter['comment_author_url'] : '' ) . '" placeholder="' . __( 'Website', 'strictthemes' ) . '" /> </div> </div>' : ''; return $defaults; } add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'strictone_comments', 9 ); function strictone_comments($defaults) { $defaults['comment_notes_before'] = ''; $defaults['comment_field'] = ' <div class="textarea-box"> <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="100" rows="10" placeholder="' . __( 'Type here', 'strictthemes' ) . '"></textarea> <div class="clear"><!-- --></div> </div>'; $defaults['comment_notes_after'] = ''; return $defaults; }
and changing
comment_form( $st_['comments_args'] ); to
comment_form() in comments.php
I set the strict one filters to priority 9 cause the default is 10 and any default filters added in a child theme should override the ones built into the theme (in my opinion.)
Thanks again!
Dear Terri,
Could you please drop me your email-address on the contact form?
Regards, Igor
Hi there,
Thanks for the theme it's really good so far and does everything I need it to do and more, I just have a question I'm having a little trouble with.
I've changed the Home Page Template to the Default Template, but how do I import the projects layout such as the default Home Page?
Hi, and thank you for purchasing.
By default the default frontpage must comes with blogroll. For projects you can use a special templates only.
Regards, Igor
Hi again and sorry for pestering, I have another small problem.
I've managed to get the Front Page – Projects to show up on the custom Home Page, but for some reason there's only 5 projects showing. I've tried to also $st_Settings['projects_qty'] to 6, but this has no effect either.
Is there something I can edit in the likes of t1.php to increase how many projects it shows?
When I try and install the ST Kit plugin I get taken to a "ERROR 403 – FORBIDDEN" page shown to me by Hostgator. Any idea why that might be?
It's about security settings on your server. Thus you have to install ST Kit manually – http://strictthemes.com/manuals/how-to-install-st-kit-plugin-by-yourself/
Regards, Igor
Thank you!
We are trying to create a custom Front page as static page on our website http://jenla.org, but we are struggling that our query is not properly working with pagination as it either skips few posts, displays an extra post or we cannot change the number of posts to show on secondary pages. What we are trying to achieve is show 8 (latest) posts in the front page and 12 in the paged pages. This is the code: http://pastebin.com/t51n04f6 that we've been tweaking but can't get to make it work, could you guys point us to the right direction please?
Hello,You should use the template-frontpage.php as the base.
- Add pagination after the loop. Take the sample from template-blog.php – http://c2n.me/iS5vyZ.png
- Define $paged variable in the Retrieve Data section – http://c2n.me/iS5z7W.png
// Paged if ( get_query_var('paged') ) { $paged = get_query_var('paged'); } elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) { $paged = get_query_var('page'); } else { $paged = 1; }
- Add $paged variable to the loop arguments – http://c2n.me/iS5BlJ.png
Regards, Igor
Great theme, i have one question. on the secondary menu, home appears automatically and well if it was in spanish it would be great. how can i change that? http://biblia.icentral.org
Thank you very much for your feedback.
It's about ..WordPress/strictone/assets/lang/ directory.
Another translation files come from ST Kit plugin ../wp-content/plugins/stkit/assets/lang/ directory.
As you can see, there are pre-made files for some of languages there. You have to take default.po and create a copy on the same directory. Name the file in accordance with code name of your language. Then translate the file to your language using PoEdit free software.
Regards, Nat
That doesnt help much, i got in those files and there is nowhere where the text can be modified. And if I did modify the text it didn't do anything on the site. They look like commands or routing only. Any other solution? Also the projects, is there a way where they can be only images, i don't need them to route or link anywhere.
1 – You need to translate the file to your language by using PoEdit free software – https://poedit.net/ or translation plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/
Don't forget to switch Site Language from within Settings > General > Site Language -http://dl2.joxi.net/drive/2016/10/15/0017/0640/1172096/96/6afb0fdd6b.jpg
2 – For removing hover you can drop this line on Theme Panel > Style > Custom CSS tab: .st-hover { display: none; }
But for removing a links you need to make a custom work via PHP or JS.
Regards, Nat


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The continent of Andrannar is a vast and varied land, with many different races, cultures, climates, and terrain. The ruins of earlier civilizations dot the landscape, hiding both wondrous treasures and deadly perils. Bandits, wild beasts, and worse monsters lurk beyond the reach of society, menacing any who venture beyond the safety of a city wall. Lost magic and mighty artifacts lie buried in forgotten dungeons, waiting to be found by the courageous. Adventure awaits!
The Current Party members can be found here.
PC information for players in this campaign can be found here.
Information on the Hawkstone Vale campaign can be found here.
Party Quests can be found here.
The records of the Game Sessions are found here.
The Lost Tales of Andrannar begins here.
(The artwork found throughout this campaign's site is not my own, and is copied from various fantasy art sources. This site is for personal use, and not for profit. If given a "cease and desist" letter from the artists or copyright holders, I will certainly remove the offending artwork. As it is, I think it helps capture the feeling of the campaign, as well as makes the pages much more pleasing to look at. Hopefully, they will have better things to do than try and sue me for the $86.25 I have in my bank account.)


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From the Black-and-White Slide Collection
The film used was Kodak Direct Positive, which I loaded into cassettes from 100-ft bulk reels. It was processed by the Curio Photo Shop in the Bronx, run by a lady who used to live in Siberia. Some of thee photos were shot with a Leica IIIf and a Summarit 50mm f/1.5 lens. Others were shot with a Nikon F and a Nikon 58mm f/1.4 lens.Read More


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Donnie Smith.
Donnie was killin' it back in the day with Smith bros. & Fetrow. Some righteous scoots and funny cars rolled out of that shop. I was up in Carlisle last summer and saw a mid 90's Smith built FXR that was still looking good for it's age. Even now, Smith is still building girders.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Digger Monday
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Mounting Options
Pics 1 and 2 are not an option. I've considered mounting it like Ness's Untouchable, but I don't have the room to build an aestheticly pleasing intake. I guess I'm going to have to fab up a 90° drive. Currently sourcing the gears and make a new nose drive.
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Tits Friday
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Internet Fame
I'm cruising Duckman's site and found an old pic of my digger posted. It was cool to see he digs her. Mocking up my Magnacharger on her. Trying to get her ready for Mike47's show. I'll post some new pics soon.
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More Snow Machines
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Eskimo Kisses
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Snow Again!
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Progress on the Filthy Whore
Changes and indecisions…
My original intentions were to keep this hunk of metal as my mileage muncher. Unfortunately I never stick a plan, so now she's low as shit. Ditched the 11" shocks for 10's. Picked up a softail wideglide. Rationalized that purchase with the thought it had fender mounts and better brakes. Lowered the forks 2 inches and shaved the mounts. I didn't like it with the fender.
Got my drivetrain lined up.
That's it for now.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Even more Javits pics
The Empire State Building was lit green and white for the Jets. Wish they would have beat the Steelers. Fuck!
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Source: Yahoo Singapore By Elaine Ewe
Media: Yahoo Singapore
Posted: Friday February 28, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m. PST
Model-actress Payal Rohatgi and her romantic squeeze Sangram Singh are finally engaged, reported Bollywood Life.
The 29-year-old model-actress has been co-habiting with the wrestler for quite some time back, so it comes as no surprise when the couple announced their engagement in Ahemdabad on 27 February on Rohatgi's Twitter.
"Today on this auspicious day of Mahashivratri I am engaged to my jaan Sangram Singh. Thank you Lord Shiva for your blessings always," she posted.
The couple met on the set of the reality television show "Survivor India" in 2011, and they started dating a year later. The two also starred in Krishan Kumar's romantic thriller film "Valentine's Night" together, although it ended up being critically panned.


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Best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches in L.A., N.Y., and Everywhere: Where's Your Favorite?
I lived in Los Angeles for a few years and have often gone there for business, but until I read Jennifer Steinhauer's article in the New York Times, I had no idea that it had become the grilled cheese (fancy-pants and otherwise) capital of the U.S. and maybe the world. She describes the grilled cheese sandwich in L.A. as "an object of outright mania." She makes it sound as if grilled cheese sandwiches are the closest thing Los Angelenos have to their own organized religion. But I, too, am a grilled cheese maniac, and I figure a lot of you are, so today I am soliciting entries for the Serious Eats Grilled Cheese Honor Roll. Why?
Steinhauer put it best: "Buttery, salty and enduringly simple, the grilled cheese sandwich stands unrivaled in the universe of simple gastro-pleasures. It is the gateway sandwich to the land of hot sustenance, the first stovetop food many children learn to prepare by themselves."
Jennifer left out crunchy, crispy, tangy, and creamy as exemplary grilled cheese sandwich attributes, but I'm not going to hold that against her.
So without further adieu, the Serious Eats Grilled Cheese Honor Roll. This honor roll doesn't discriminate between basic and fancypants grilled cheese sandwiches, as long as the sandwich is irresistably delicious.
Los Angeles
I haven't been to Campanile's sandwich night since Nancy Silverton left the restaurant, but her ex-husband, Mark Peel, is a great cook who knows what delicious is, so I am sure the grilled cheese sandwiches there are still up to snuff. 624 S. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036; 213-938-1447
I look forward to trying all of Steinhauer's other picks: Clementine, Coffee Table Bistro, Foundry on Melrose, Hatfield's, Meltdown, 101 Coffee Shop, Table 8, and 25 Degrees at the Roosevelt Hotel.
New York City
Artisanal: It makes sense. Take a reasonable facsimile of a French bistro that focuses on cheese, and chances are good that said restaurant will come up with a killer grilled cheese sqndwich. Chef Terrence Brennan's grilled cheese sandwich is made with English cheddar, Nueske's bacon, and Granny Smith apple slices. It comes with fabulous fries, and as part of my portion control regimen, it's most assuredly big enough to share. 2 Park Avenue, New York NY 10016; 212-725-8585; artisinalbistro.com
Bouchon Bakery: This grilled cheese sandwich is so good I wrote about it in Details magazine as one of the 22 sandwiches that will change your life. It's made on great bread, with Gruyère and fontina cheeses, and it's so golden brown it's almost (but not quite) too beautiful to eat. It comes with tomato soup, which, though not nearly as delicious, provides an excellent dipping liquid for the sandwich (if you happen to be a dipper). Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10019; 212-823-9366; other locations in Las Vegas and Yountville, California
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


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Orange has signed a deal with Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA) Transatel to handle technical details for as yet unborn MVNOs that could now launch within weeks rather than months.
MVNA is such a new concept that it doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry yet, but that's not stopped Orange signing a deal with one to provide a simplified point of integration for MVNOs. It should allow an MVNO to launch with as little as six weeks of integration work, and the companies reckon that working together they could foster up to 20 MVNOs a year, though it's hard to imagine a fraction of that number would actually be interested.
Mobile Virtual Network Operators apply their own brand to a service run on someone else's network. The division of labour varies widely between deals, with some MVNOs running their own technical support, call routing, and billing, while others just apply brand stickers to the operator's existing offerings. The MVNA does deals with the latter, but removes the burden from the operator entirely.
Marc Overton (Orange's VP of New Business) told us that the pitch is towards "ethnic" MVNOs where customers number between 50 and 200 thousand, who have no interest in actually running a mobile network but don't have to scale to get round the table with a network operator. Such brands should be able to integrate with Transatel's systems, and thus with Orange, quickly and cheaply.
America has a plethora of such small-scale MVNOs, you can even set up your own with a few clicks of the mouse, but the concept has a much more patchy history in the UK. Strong brands such as Tesco and Virgin have made it work, but more-innovative companies such as Blyk and Dot Mobile have swiftly gone to the wall.
But with O2 launching a democratically-driven MVNO, and Red Bull getting in on the act, perhaps we are on the verge of an explosion in (virtual) operator numbers. ®