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Division Of Criminal Justice
For Further Information Contact:John R. Hagerty
(609) 984-1936
Division of Criminal Justice
Attorney General and State Treasurer Establish Hotlines To Report Tax
Citizens Against Tax Cheats @ (609) 292-6400 & 1-866-TIPS-4CJ
|TRENTON —Attorney General Peter C. Harvey today announced that a joint-agency tax fraud investigation targeting the theft of thousands of dollars from the state treasury has resulted in the arrest of an Essex County tax preparer on charges of filing hundreds of false or fraudulent New Jersey State Income Tax Returns which resulted in unentitled refunds being issued in the names of fictitious "taxpayers." The ongoing investigation has uncovered the filing of nearly 300 fraudulent New Jersey tax returns seeking over $195,000 in illegal refunds.
"This investigation uncovered a deliberate and blatant attempt to steal tens of thousands of dollars from the state treasury through the filing of hundreds of false or fraudulent tax returns. The prosecution of this defendant demonstrates the resolve and forward thinking by the Division of Criminal Justice and the Division of Taxation as they undertake concerted efforts to target those who attempt to steal or cheat the treasury," said Attorney General Harvey. "Make no mistake, we intend to recover tax dollars owed to both the state treasury and to New Jersey's honest taxpayers."
Treasurer John E. McCormac noted that this violator attempted to abuse, for his personal gain, a tax refund program which had been established to assist the working poor, and that such offenses, committed during a period of significant budgetary pressures, "victimize all New Jersey citizens."
Vaughn L. McKoy, Director, Division of Criminal Justice and Robert K. Thompson, Director, Division of Taxation, said that Ramoni Mustapha, 50, 221, Custer Ave., Newark, Essex County, was arrested and charged via a criminal complaint with theft by deception and filing and/or preparing false or fraudulent tax returns. Mustapha, a self-employed tax preparer and the owner/operator of Ramsalam Business and Tax Consultancy located at 103-105 South Day St., Orange, Essex County, was arrested on April 15 at his Orange business location by State Investigators from the Division of Criminal Justice - Financial Crimes Bureau and tax agents from the Division of Taxation's Office of Criminal Investigations.
Criminal Justice Director McKoy noted that in conjunction with Mustapha's arrest, the state law enforcement agents conducted a search of Mustapha's office pursuant to a court authorized search warrant issued by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Charles A. Delehey. As a result of the search warrant, State Investigators confiscated and seized tax returns, various tax documents and records, computer systems, false/fraudulent credit cards and identification documents, and related evidence. Mustapha has been released from the Mercer County Jail after posting $100,000 bail. An arraignment hearing will be scheduled. The second degree charges each carry a maximum penalty of up to ten years in state prison and a fine of up to $150,000 upon conviction.
The criminal complaint alleges that Mustapha filed at least 293 fictitious and/or fraudulent resident New Jersey State Income Tax returns for the tax years 2001 and 2002. The Division of Taxation determined that the purported fraudulent returns were filed during 2004 and 2005 and that $194,693 in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) refund checks were issued. It is alleged that Mustapha prepared and filed the fraudulent state income tax returns based on false identifying information which qualified the "taxpayer" for an unentitled refund of up to $725.00 using the EITC. The EITC gives taxpayers a New Jersey refund based on the percentage of money refunded on the federal tax return. In order to claim the EITC, individuals must meet certain criteria, including filing a federal EITC, have at least one qualifying child listed on the Federal EITC Schedule, have New Jersey gross income of $20,000 or less, and have the same filing status on both the state and federal tax returns.
Director Thompson commended the Division of Criminal Justice for immediately mobilizing its resources to quickly obtain the necessary search and arrest warrants after discovery of the scheme by the Division of Taxation's forensic auditors.
"With the arrest and filing of criminal charges against Mustapha, the alleged illegal tax preparation operation has been effectively shut-down," said Criminal Justice Director McKoy. "The investigation will be presented to a State Grand Jury for possible indictment."
Chief Investigator Sue Kane of the Division of Taxation - Office of Criminal Investigation and State Investigator Eric Ludwick of the Division of Criminal Justice - Financial Crimes Bureau coordinated the investigation. Supervising Deputy Attorney General Terrence Hull and Deputy Attorney Denise Grugan of the Division of Criminal Justice - Financial Crimes Bureau along with Assistant Chief Rich Mawer and Assistant Chief Bob Morris of the Division of Taxation's Office of Criminal Investigation, conducted the investigation.
Director Thompson noted that anyone with information about unscrupulous tax preparers, or any type of tax fraud, are encouraged to contact the New Jersey Division of Taxation's "Citizens Against Tax Cheats or CATCH" program. The hotline number is: (609) 292-6400. Information can also be mailed to the New Jersey Division of Taxation, 50 Barrack Street, P.O. Box 190, Trenton, NJ 08695-0190, Attention: Citizens Against Tax Cheats.
In announcing the criminal investigation, Director McKoy noted that the Division of Criminal Justice has established a toll-free "Corruption TipLine" at 1-866-TIPS-4CJ for the public to report corruption, financial crime, and other illegal activities. Any information received via the Division of Criminal Justice "Corruption TipLine" or the Division of Taxation "CATCH Hotline" will remain confidential.
Additional information is available via the Division of Criminal Justice Web Page @ www.njdcj.org.
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Your car care questions answered by repair expert Larry Rubenstein.
Q: Many times I hear the comment "Don't put your car battery on concrete," because it will go dead. Your thoughts on this please? -- Robert in Malden
A: I think most every one of us who plays with cars has heard that. This was true 30 to 40 years ago when batteries had a hard rubber casing. The fact is, the hard rubber casing was porous. The acid would be drawn to the concrete, ruining the floor and draining the battery. With today's batteries, you could store them on a shelf or on the floor; it's not going to matter.
Q: What tires would you use for a 2012 Volvo s-60? Can I get a spare, as this car does not come with a spare?
A: Your Volvo would do well with Continental Tires. A new rim would have to be purchased to install a new tire. Recognize this would take up more room in the back of the vehicle.
Q: Hi Larry, I have a 2001 Chevy Malibu with a 3.1 V6. My problem is low heat. The temperature gauge is reading normal operating temperature and at first the heater air is hot. After about a minute, the air goes to lukewarm, and then cools. The upper and lower radiator hoses are both hot. Could it be the thermostat? I've heard that thermostats are harder to change in cars today. Thanks for your help. -- Marc
A: If the temperature gauge is reading normal, we can forget about the thermostat being the problem. However, I would consider a coolant flush and a replacement of the thermostat every two years. The upper and lower radiator both being hot is a bit disturbing, making me wonder if the radiator is doing a proper job of cooling. However, that still is not why your heating system is cooling off.
Back in 2001, GM was using a product called Dexcool (pink in color) in its cooling systems. Most consumers thought Dexcool antifreeze would never have to be serviced. The Dexcool started to thicken and leave little gummy deposits in the cooling system after around five years. The end result was usually a blocked heater core.
To verify this, use a thermal infrared gun and check the two hoses from the heater core when your engine has reached normal operating temperature. Both hoses should be fairly hot. If one is cool, suspect a blocked heater core or broken control valve.
In most cases, the heater core can be flushed out. It's most important that the cooling system be serviced or flushed every 24 months or this problem will continue. In rare cases, the heater core will be too plugged to flush and will have to be replaced. Driving with a leaking heater core can be hazardous to your health!
Q: I have a 2002 Saturn SC2. The low-engine-coolant light has been coming on. I checked with a gas station attendant and he said the reservoir looks fine and it could be the sensor, which I think may be the case as the same thing happened with my change-oil light. Also, it has been leaking something from the front. Thank you for any advice.
A: What color fluid is the vehicle leaking from the front? The change-oil light is a lot different than your low-coolant light. They are two entirely different circuits. The change-oil light is dictated by mileage, and the low-coolant sensor is trying to protect your engine.
The low-coolant light switch is located in the bottom of the overflow bottle. I would check to see the overflow bottle is not cracked and leaking and perhaps soaking the wire connection at the switch. Checking with a gas station attendant (I didn't know there were any left), is not the way to diagnose this potentially harmful and expensive situation.
Car Care Tip: When making your next "to do list," include checking your car's jack, which should include opening and lubricating it. Take note, our next show on WBZ News Radio 1030 is March 2 at 10 p.m. with Dan Rea on Nightside.
Submit car questions to email@example.com. For more tips and seasonal articles, visit Rte. 1 Auto Service's Facebook page at facebook.com/Rte-1-Auto-Service, or the shop's website at rte1autoservice.com. You can hear Larry and his son Scott on WBZ's NightSide.


text: Show Hide image Politics 11 November 2011 There is no nuclear threat – but if we attack Iran, there soon will be, writes Mehdi Hasan An attack on Iran would prompt an enraged Iranian government, backed by a united Iranian public, to return fire. Sign-up It has become an annual event in international affairs: the "Iran crisis". Belligerent politicians and febrile commentators refer to the "drumbeat of war", the "ticking clock" and how "all options are on the table". My own, oft-repeated favourite is "the window of opportunity" - to thwart Iran's nuclear programme through military means - "is closing". Is it? Is it really? For more than a decade now, the alarmists have warned that Iran is - take your pick - "one year", "two years" or "four to five years" away from acquiring nuclear weapons. Wrong, wrong, wrong. These random deadlines have come and gone without Iran building the bomb. The window is jammed wide open. As the leading US arms control expert, Jeffrey Lewis, of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, asked on his blog on 7 November, in the wake of the latest bout of feverish commentary on Iran's nuclear programme: "Just what technical or political fact has brought the deadline to the crossroads?" "The driver in all of this is Israel," a former senior MI6 official tells me. As long ago as November 2002, the then Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, demanded that the Bush administration turn its full attention to Iran "the day after" the Iraq invasion was over. The Israelis now have the backing of (Sunni) Arab states, alarmed by the prospect of (Shia) Iranian nukes. According to a WikiLeaks cable, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah urged the US to "cut off the head of the [Iranian] snake". Iranian uranium However, consider three very important issues. First, there is no hard evidence that Iran is in possession of nuclear weapons or working on a nuclear weapons programme. The Iranian government insists that its enrichment of uranium is for domestic energy only. And you might not have guessed it from the coverage on CNN or Fox News but, in 2007, the US intelligence community estimated with "high confidence" that Iran had halted its alleged nuclear weapons programme in 2003 - a view reiterated in testimony to Congress by the US director of national intelligence, James Clapper, in March. Even the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report of 8 November on Iran, which prompted the latest bout of sabre-rattling, failed to produce a "smoking gun". There were some ominous references to weapons-related research and development, high explosives, computer simulations and assistance from foreign scientists - much of this based on "secret intelligence" from western governments. But the IAEA's report provided no new information on whether Iran is building - or intends to build - a nuclear weapon. The UN nuclear watchdog's credibility is at stake here. Under its former director general Mohamed ElBaradei - who once described the Iranian nuclear threat as "hyped" - the IAEA stood up to US pressure in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion. Yet, according to State Department cables released by WikiLeaks, ElBaradei's replacement, the Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, told the US government in 2009 that "he was solidly in the US court on every key strategic decision, from high-level personnel appointments to the handling of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme". For the sake of argument, however, let's assume Iran is indeed bent on acquiring nuclear weapons. The second key issue to consider is whether or not such intent would merit a military response. In a world where nine nations - the US, the UK, France, China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea - are believed to possess nuclear weapons, would a tenth make a such a difference (beyond a slight shift in the balance of power in the Middle East)? No threat I'd prefer to see a global ban on nuclear weapons but, in the absence of such a utopian measure, are we expected to believe that Iran would behave any more irrationally or irresponsibly with its (hypothetical) nukes than North Korea? Or Pakistan? Paul Pillar, the CIA's national intelligence officer for the Middle East between 2000 and 2005, wrote last month that, contrary to conventional wisdom, there is nothing "in the record of behaviour by the Islamic Republic that suggests irrationality". In spite of the claims from the Israeli prime minister, Benajmin Netanyahu, and his neocon allies in Washington DC, the truth is that a nuclear-armed Iran wouldn't be an "existential" threat to the (nuclear-armed) state of Israel. According to the former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy, in a speech on 3 November: Iran's nuclear capabilities are still "far from posing an existential threat to Israel". And the Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, who visited the UK earlier this month to build support for a military attack on Iran, has admitted that the ayatollahs in Tehran are unlikely to order the dropping of a nuclear bomb on the Jewish state. "Not on us and not on any other neighbour," Barak told Haaretz in May. Above all else, however, an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would be self-defeating. It would prompt an enraged Iranian government, backed by a united Iranian public, to speed up the country's nuclear programme and drive it deeper underground - and outside the IAEA's purview. As Robert Gates, the then US defence secretary, conceded in May 2009: "A military attack will only buy us time and send the [nuclear] programme deeper and more covert." Hans Blix, the UN's former chief weapons inspector, agrees. "You cannot scare a country away from going down the path of [building] nuclear weapons," he tells me. Diplomacy is the only viable option. In a warning that should set off alarm bells inside foreign and defence ministries across the west, he adds: "If the Iranians haven't yet made up their minds to make a nuclear weapon, then they will certainly do so once they have been attacked." Mehdi Hasan is a contributing writer for the New Statesman and the co-author of Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader. He was the New Statesman's senior editor (politics) from 2009-12. Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! This article first appeared in the 14 November 2011 issue of the New Statesman, The NHS 1948-2011, so what comes next? SUBSCRIBE More


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Engineers Developing Tick-Killing Robot
Engineers may soon be rolling out a lethal weapon in the war against ticks.
Jul. 17, 2013 -- Virginia Military Institute engineers may soon be rolling out an especially lethal weapon in the war against ticks.
A team of professors is testing the "tick rover," a robot that they claim has had remarkable success reducing the blood-suckers' populations in test runs.
Dr. James Squire, project lead and professor of electrical engineering at VMI, told ABC News he was inspired to create a tick-fighting robot after discovering the bugs on his toddler son years ago.
"We did it [a test] in an area that was so overrun with lone star ticks that the local school board forbade the school from taking school trips there because the students were picking up so many ticks," Squire, said. "In every case there is 75 percent, 90 percent, 100 percent removal," he added.
Bio-mimicry, the capacity of the robot to emulate a live host, is at the heart of the removal process. "They [ticks] can sense minute amounts of carbon dioxide, they can sense vibration 50 feet away," said Squire.
To mimic a live host, a tube is laid down in a yard to exude carbon dioxide, which draws the ticks to one side of the tube. Thirty minutes later, the Tick Rover is sent by the tube dragging a cloth treated with pesticide. The ticks, sensing a potential host, latch on to and climb up the cloth in search of a blood meal but instead absorb the deadly pesticide and die hours later.
"It's got carbon dioxide. It's something moving. It's something that is very easy to cling to. And those are the kinds of behaviors we exploited, basically... successfully," David Livingston of VMI told ABC News affiliate WSET.
"The cool part about this is that it leaves no pesticide in the environment," Squire added.
Squire says that it further tests prove successful, he plans on commercializing the tick rover on a franchise basis to pest-control businesses.
Ticks are responsible for transmitting a variety of infectious diseases that may prove deadly or debilitating. In June a 6-year-old girl from North Carolina died after being bitten by a tick and contracting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and in March, a Connecticut jury awarded $47 million to a girl who was left brain damaged after contracting encephalitis from a tick bite in China.
To protect yourself against ticks, wear clothing that covers, use tick repellant and inspect yourself and your companions for ticks after spending time in wooded or grassy areas and remove them as fast as possible.


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1984 was a big year for the world, a BIG year. Steve Jobs' pet project, the Macintosh was launched despite all that Big Brother could do; Great Britain agreed to return Hong Kong to China; the AIDS virus was isolated by French scientists; and Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, declared July National Ice Cream Month – a holiday that I am happily celebrating half the world away. As part of Ice Cream Month, the third Sunday of this balmy month is a special day marked by near religious observances of one of America's favourite foods. Nutritious according to the International Dairy Foods Association, ice cream as a food, props up nearly 9% of the American Dairy industry.
Well, Nimblebit, creator of the wildly popular Scoops for the iPhone is joining in festivities, honouring 19 July with an extra scoop. Yes, the very same 3rd Sunday of the month, Scoops will be 3$ shy of its normal price (that means FREE!) and in its own digital way, celebrate the sweet and sloppy food. Be sure to grab it on the 19th as this sale won't come again!
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Now, I've more or less come to terms with the fact that no Israeli distributor is going to touch this film with a ten-foot pole. The last Star Trek film didn't get a commercial release around here, for Pete's sake. But, suppose Serenity were to do really well on its opening weekend...
Planning to go see a movie? Planning to go see Serenity but haven't decided when? For the sake of Joss Whedon's career, and any chance we might have of seeing sequels, and any chance I might have of seeing this film on a movie screen, consider going to see Serenity this weekend.
Along similar lines, Matt Cheney is having in impromptu MirrorMask contest (if you're not going to see Serenity, go see this film, as it needs a good opening weekend in order to get a wider US release) by asking his readers to suggest an Onion-style MirrorMask-related headline. My favorite?
"Mirrormask Fans Snubbed By Corpse Bride Fans, Mocked By Serenity Fans, Beat Up By Transporter 2 Fans"


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Additional Reading: Interview with Delane Blackstock on Eater PDX
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Additional Reading: Interview with Delane Blackstock on Eater PDX
A screen won't shatter if I drop it on the floor or heat it improperly, like a pizza stone.ReplyDelete
I am going to the Italian Pizza Championships in Dublin, any pizza recommendations, one of my friend recommended me Toscana Italian Restaurant
what do u suggest as i am just a pizza freak.
Hi Ruth. I've never been to Dublin, but here's a recommendation from Serious Eats: http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/08/independent-pizza-co-gotham-cafe-pizza-dublin-ireland.html?ref=titleReplyDelete
Adam I have just came across your reply, its nice and i have gone through the site, but i was looking for a some great Pizzeria in Dublin apart from Toscana Restaurant as i was looking for low budget to give a treat for my friends who travel with me.
So looking for a great association ahead
Thanks and regards
Ruth Bishop
Ruth, have you tried Paulie's? The photos on their website look promising: http://www.juniors.ie/photos.phpReplyDelete
wow its great adam, i have not tried it great you have shown me i will definitely go an try there:
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YOU JUST MADE MY TONGUE TO TRIGGER MY TH SENSE "ANDY GO AND HAVE THIS RIGHT NOW" its really really great thanks for mentioning bro
I wish I could say that I've tried as many pizza places as you Adam! My friend told me the loved the pizza they had at lincoln park chicago pizza and I'm tempted to try them out. I have worked at a few pizza places and it's been interesting to see what each does differently. For me, I find that I don't really have a favorite place for pizza, it just depends on my mood. Are you the same way, or do you have a place that you can call your favorite? Thanks for your post!ReplyDelete
@Liam: Thanks for checking out the blog! I don't get out to Chicago nearly as often as I'd like, but I'll remember your friend's recommendation when I'm visiting next. My favorite pizza anywhere is Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, AZ, but around town here my mood usually dictates the pizza I eat. The best in Portland, for me, is a tie between Apizza Scholls or Ken's, and I eat at those far more than anywhere else, but I also get strong cravings for plenty of other pie shops in town, like Pizza Depokos, Lovely's Fifty-Fifty, and Firehouse. Just depends on my mood (and how long I'm willing to wait in line!).ReplyDelete
"Very good post. I think this is one of the most helpful blog posts to date.
Gotta try this whenever I go to Portland. Looks pretty good too.ReplyDelete
Yummy...I'm feeling hungry...anybody...?ReplyDelete
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Real solid blog you got here. Love the posts, because well, I love pizza. I was curious to know if you were aware of any pizza places that employ Bakers Pride ovens? Kind of like this one. My roomate's sister owns a pizzeria and she just got a Bakers Pride Y-802 and it's making great pizza (even deep dish... kinda like this place). Keep up the good work!ReplyDelete
@forkzandkinvez: Almost every NY-style place I've been to uses Bakers Pride ovens, and even some non-NY-style joints, too (like Portobello here in PDX). Pretty sure I saw a Baker's Pride in Baby Doll Pizza, which I'll be writing up next. Apizza Scholls, arguably the best pizza in Portland, uses the electric (not gas) Bakers Pride.ReplyDelete
Thanks for responding! And that's sort of what I figured, but I wasn't quite sure. Looking forward to the new posts.ReplyDelete
Wow that look likes gorgeous.....ReplyDelete
Hi Pizza Girl,
I have found your blog, which I really like it. I enjoyed to read your posts.


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Cataracts are distinct by the cloudy/blue patch that forms on the lens of the eye. Other symptoms of cataracts include the vision becoming increasingly blurred, cloudy or misty. It may become difficult to see at night, or in bright light. Your sight may start to take on a yellow or brown tinge, and you might develop double vision or a halo effect.
Looking after your eyes into old age can help prevent the onset of cataracts.
Risk factors for developing cataracts include:
- A history of the condition in the family.
- Smoking.
- Over-exposing eyes to UV rays.
- Regularly drinking too much alcohol.
- Diabetes.
- Eye surgery for an eye condition.
- Eye surgery for an eye injury.
- Corticosteroid medication.
Think about your environment - working or reading in brighter surroundings will help you to see more clearly. Prescription glasses will also help to strengthen your eye. Over time, your condition could get worse and eventually surgery will be required to replace the lens with an artificial one.
Cataract removal is the most common surgical procedure in the developed world and takes just 15 minutes.


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Simon Says Stamp® Stamptember 2017 Blog Hop!September 01, 2017
I love Bulldogs and Pugs and I couldn't resist using Picture Book French Bulldog Die for my cards today. Isn't he adorable?
And I also made a tag using Picture Book French Bulldog Die with Amazing Messages Stamp Set .
To finish I also made a CAS card using Picture Book French Bulldog Die and Big Greetings Stamp Set. I know the doggy looks a little bit silly but I love his expression. It makes me remember my little dog's squiggly eyes ( they were Pugs but they are so alike their cousins the French Bulldogs)
I also used Nuvo Crystal Drops or sequins to add accents to the cards and that was all!
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Very cute pup!ReplyDelete
Love the cards! Those dogs are great!ReplyDelete
So cute, so great products in this new release!!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! super cute!!ReplyDelete
Such great ideas on how to use one die! Love the bulldog too!ReplyDelete
Love, Love your tag and card with the bow on the dog. All so cute!ReplyDelete
Love that bulldog! You have made some wonderful cards 😍ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! These have got to be the MOST adorable dog cards ever! I love them all.ReplyDelete
Super cute cards!ReplyDelete
WOW! You did an amazing job adding life to these dogs they look real. My favorite card is the Christmas one! Yay Stamptember!ReplyDelete
I love the Bulldog Die. The way you made one into a girl is so cute! Your projects are great!ReplyDelete
Nicely done, cute cards!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards! I love how you colored the dies!ReplyDelete
LOVE ALL YOUR PUPPIES!! they look AMAZING!!ReplyDelete
Oh these are just fantastic cards, Love how you water coloured the dog - so so cute. Great JobReplyDelete
OMG, your coloring and details are ah-mazing! Such cute cards featuring the Frenchie!ReplyDelete
Oh my, you had fun with it 😊 They are all very cute cards.ReplyDelete
Great use of ONE die! ThanksReplyDelete
I love that the dog theme was throughout your cards. They are so cute and youre right it is interesting that the dogs look different depending on how you color them! Very beautifulReplyDelete
Oh my... These are adorable. So many variations too. Awesome job!!!ReplyDelete
Love the cute pup. Adorable cardsReplyDelete
I love what you did with this super cute dog!!!!ReplyDelete
Those are just the cutest little puppies!ReplyDelete
Holy smokes, the dogs turned out awesome!!! Fun to see the different ways you used them.ReplyDelete
Love it! So great for the dog loversReplyDelete
What creative dogs!!! You really demonstrated the die's versatility, thanks!ReplyDelete
Love your creations. That dog is toooo cute!ReplyDelete
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That embossing background certainly is versatile. Nice work on the Christmas card.ReplyDelete
Wonderful cards! I love your french bulldogs!ReplyDelete
Your Picture Book French Bulldogs look so realistic! I love them and your cards.ReplyDelete
As a dog lover, these projects made me smile! They are all awesome.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! That little dog is so cute.ReplyDelete
Nice to see the different ways you used the embossing texture plate.ReplyDelete
I love how you showed the different ways to color the bull dog.ReplyDelete
I love how you showed the different ways to color the bull dogReplyDelete
Love what you have done with these fun new products! ThanksReplyDelete
What cute cardsReplyDelete
What cute pups!!ReplyDelete
Awww....your little puppy creations are adorable!ReplyDelete
Well, that's definitely the cutest bulldog I've ever seen!! Your cards and tag are adorable and I'm so glad I saw examples made with the texture plate!ReplyDelete
This card makes me wish I had a die cutting machine!ReplyDelete
Oh my such a creative way to give the dogs personality! Love all of your designs!ReplyDelete
These are the cutest cards.ReplyDelete
French bulldogs are so cute.ReplyDelete
Love the different ways you used the die!ReplyDelete
Cute cards. You did an amazing job on the dogs. They look so realistic.ReplyDelete
They are all super cute! I especially like the black and white dogs!!!ReplyDelete
Such cute cards! This bulldog and the other animals remind me of the punches that we would put together to make animals although this is so easy!ReplyDelete
Such a cute set of cards!! Thabbs for sharing.ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards!! Cute pup!ReplyDelete
Such a cute way to use the puppy die! I liked seeing all the different dogs. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love all the clever ways you used the doggie die cut (okay, the one with the bow really made me chuckle). Very fun!ReplyDelete
Adorable cards. I really love what you've done with this die!ReplyDelete
Bibi, your cards are SO original and SUPER cute!ReplyDelete
How cute! Love all the different looks you got from one die. Your coloring is lovely! I love dogs so this is definitely going on my wish list. Thank you for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
I really love the dogs on the first card with the black and red. They have so much character!ReplyDelete
That bulldog is so cute. Love the first card the best. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Cute puppy cards! What an awesome giveaway! Happy STAMPtember!ReplyDelete
Love all the things you did to this cute pup! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
These make me smile ! So cute.ReplyDelete
Love your puppies and love how you colored them.ReplyDelete
Awww, that christmas card is so sweet. I love your take on the bulldog die - all the cards are lovely.ReplyDelete
You made this pups into pieces of art! I love the look you achieved!ReplyDelete
Okay they saved the best for last in this hop. I stinking love the picture book dies, and your cards are gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
I am so glad you used these dies. I only saw two on the blog hop and wanted to see how people would use them. Really adorable cards. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Cute bulldogs! They even look cute on the Christmas card.ReplyDelete
These cards are just too cute and the release is fabulous as usual. My favorites are Under the Sea and Ornate leaves, but I wouldn't be able to stop there.ReplyDelete
You really made this puppy come to life!ReplyDelete
fab detail on such a small doggie, he looks real, well done!ReplyDelete
This is so cute!! My boyfriend loves bulldogs; Ill have to create a card with this die for him.(:ReplyDelete
So, it seems, you love dogs? Really cute projects. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
I just love all those dogs! They are adorable! You made some awesome cards. Thanks for sharing them with us.ReplyDelete
So many details to love about all your projects! I need to try them all 😍ReplyDelete
Your ideas are awesome. Loved seeing this pup come to life in so many ways!ReplyDelete
All of these puppies are so cute!ReplyDelete
I cannot wait to get my hands on the new Picture Book French Bulldog Die! So friggin adorable! We just got a Frenchie last year and are over the moon! Love all your cards!ReplyDelete
Your coloring of the dogs is fantastic!ReplyDelete
Wow ! I love your cards, they are all amazing ! I'm also a Bully's lover, actually, I've got the chance to live with an Old English Bulldog, and she's such a sweetie.... I will have to get that die, but I hope SSS is going to create also the English version !ReplyDelete
OMG! Those are very cute!ReplyDelete
Love these dies!!ReplyDelete
Cute cards.ReplyDelete
Wonderful cards! Love this release!ReplyDelete
Ahhh! I love your ideas! The background is gorgeous! The French Bull dog is adorable!ReplyDelete
I love how you used that dog die! I'm a cat person and love the ideas you shared that I can imitate with cats! Thank you!ReplyDelete
So much cuteness! Love how you made each dog unique! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I'm a sucker for dogs on cards - these are really great!ReplyDelete
Such an adorable pup! All your cards are so cute! Thanks for showing so many great ideas!ReplyDelete
What adorable cards! they make me smile.ReplyDelete
Very cute could pass for a Boston terrier love itReplyDelete
I Love the Simon Says Stamp doggie! This is such a fun release!ReplyDelete
These were my favorite cards of the whole hop! Can't wait to see the video!ReplyDelete
These are so cute, I love all of the dogs you water colored they are adorable.ReplyDelete
Love the cute dogs on your cards and the different looks you gave them. So adorable!ReplyDelete
Love the poochies!ReplyDelete
I love my Frenchies I have had pug in the past. both great dogs. love the die.ReplyDelete
The dogs are darling & love the backgrounds!ReplyDelete
Love the French bulldogs. All the cards are cute.ReplyDelete
your cards are beyond amazing!! love the way you used the die cuts!!ReplyDelete
Wow I just love your cards, the many ways you used the bulldog is so creative!ReplyDelete
Well, now that I see this dog with some added color, I wish I had put him in the shopping cart! :)ReplyDelete
I love the puppy - so adorable and your cards too.ReplyDelete
Very sweet and cute cards and tags!!ReplyDelete
Fantastic start to the best month of the year!! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
Awesome creative ideas!!! Love it!!!ReplyDelete
These doggie cards are so cute and fun! Thanks for sharing Bibi!!!ReplyDelete
so cute! Love them all!ReplyDelete
What wonderful dog cards. So cute and fun.ReplyDelete
These are SOOOO cute! I love how you showed so many creative options for the same die! What great ideas!ReplyDelete
I love this French bulldog die, but wasn't quite sure how I would use it. Now I have so many ideas! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Lovely card with that cute and adorable die!ReplyDelete
This is actually the first I'm seeing this little dog on the hop !! And he's sooooo cute ! Thanks for sharing !ReplyDelete
Hi Bibi,ReplyDelete
Wow, your dogs all look wonderful
Beautiful cards, love the pup.ReplyDelete
I love pugs
Have a great weekend
Cute cards using the French Bulldog die. Love the simplicity of the 'Ve There' card.ReplyDelete
Lovely cards!ReplyDelete
Omg! These pups are adorable!ReplyDelete
Absolutely darling cards! The animal dies from this Stamptember release are my absolute favorite! They are just super darling and you captured just how precious they are in your cards!ReplyDelete
your dogs are just amazing!!ReplyDelete
Squeeee, too cute!ReplyDelete
I am fascinated by the storybook dies. You showed us some cute ways to use them on your adorable cards. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Awe, so much cuteness. Love all the cards.ReplyDelete
Darling cards - I love how you've colored the white die cuts. Definitely something I want to try out!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, these cards are adorable. I especially love the one with the pink bow on her ear.ReplyDelete
Very cute! I like how you were able to use the same die yet create such different results!ReplyDelete
Great cards. I know the dog is Simon, but they would have been even cuter with CATS!!!ReplyDelete
So many options! I love them all.ReplyDelete
These cards are so very cute! I LOVE the way you colored the dogs!ReplyDelete
Love that cute doggy! Beautiful cards!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous doggies you made, love them and every time a differend one. Thanks for al the inspiration with one die!ReplyDelete
Oh I think these are so great!!!ReplyDelete
Your cards are fantastic!!!ReplyDelete
Such adorable cards.!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing
Just love that puppy die. Very creative use is so many different ways - especially the Christmas card.ReplyDelete
Love that little dog die! Too cute!!ReplyDelete
Awwww little Simons! This is the cutest card in the line up!ReplyDelete
Your puppy cards are amazing! ❤ReplyDelete
Amazing cards!ReplyDelete
Love the way you did the dogs.... great coloring technique.ReplyDelete
I love every single iteration of that dog die on all your cards - adorable!ReplyDelete
WOW, you really made that bulldog die come alive! Love all the ways you colored and used it! TFSReplyDelete
Cute, fun cards...made me smile!ReplyDelete
OMG!!! Those are the cutest cards! I absolutely love them!!!!ReplyDelete
I didn't think much when I initially saw these picture book dies. But after seeing some fun cards, I'm really wanting them, especially for that cute frenchie!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing. SSS's release is amazing.ReplyDelete
Just such cute tags and cards. Love how you incorporated dogs in the tags and cards.ReplyDelete
Adorable cards and I love the tag too! Thanks for the inspiration :)ReplyDelete
these are so stinkin cute - so creative!ReplyDelete
I cannot get over how cute this card is with those sweet little pups!!! What an adorable idea!! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us! :)ReplyDelete
Cute, cute, cute. Love the way you used the bulldog in so many different ways. Thank you for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Adorable cards. So sweet! Great release.ReplyDelete
I love how you shared such versatility with the adorable Frenchie in your cards!!ReplyDelete
You made each pup have it's own personality. Real talent with your coloring. Great job!ReplyDelete
Your cards are so adorable (and I'm not a dog person)!ReplyDelete
I love your style.
Love that dog!ReplyDelete
- Susan M1 September 2017 at 23:41
Your cards are so cute! So many great ideas.ReplyDelete
OMG! You colored the dog soo many ways! I love these!ReplyDelete
Very cute coloring on the dog die! great cards, thanks for sharing:)ReplyDelete
The bulldogs turned out great! They have so much texture and color, and they somehow manage to have different expressions even though they're all cut from the same die. Watercoloring them was a great idea!ReplyDelete
Adorable cards! You really highlighted the versatility of these critter dies!ReplyDelete
such adorable cards and tags.ReplyDelete
So stinkin' adorable....every card and tag! I have a lab granddogger, so I'm loving that lab!ReplyDelete
I love all the different versions using that cute french bulldog die Bibi, and the embossed background looks great used a bit differently on several of the cards, and then the more CAS one with the split is very interesting and a cute tag to finish. xReplyDelete
The puppy with the pink bow...how can anyone look at her and not smile!!ReplyDelete
Wow!! What amazing projects! The dogs are so adorable!!ReplyDelete
That bulldog is just too cute. Love the different ways you used him.ReplyDelete
Great job with the new products!ReplyDelete
Great ideas for how to change one die to fit many occasions.ReplyDelete
Love love love the dogs!ReplyDelete
Cute Cute Cute!ReplyDelete
Fantastic cards!ReplyDelete
Really cute cards. Thank you for sharingReplyDelete
Fun cards and that doggy is cute! Thanks for sharing on the blog hop!!ReplyDelete
Wow, I love how you colored in the dogs! So cute.ReplyDelete
YOU really showcase how versital the little bulldog is. Your cards are so adorable. That bulldog makes me smile!ReplyDelete
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create.ReplyDelete
Darling cards! Love all of your sweet puppies and the embossing texture plate is a perfect background. Thanks for all of the inspiration.ReplyDelete
The doggies are very very cute! Nice cards! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love the bulldog die but I wish they made an English bulldog one. I also wish I could attach a photo of the two I'm living with...faces only a mother could love!ReplyDelete
Yes, very different with different colors and uses. TYFSReplyDelete
WOW, Bibi! You really made magic use of the bulldog die! I adore all of these cards - and NEVER in a million yrs would have thought to use such an elegant texture behind images like those but it works perfectly. I think the His/Her card is my favorite! :) Love these!ReplyDelete
Amazing creations!Super cute!The first is my favorite!Thank you for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
Bibi, you've done a fantastic job coloring the Frenchies. So cute! Can't wait for your video!ReplyDelete
Love your doggies!! They're all so cute and look great every way you've used them!ReplyDelete
I love all your cards and tags! Love the cute new animal Dies. I really really want a French bulldog but they cost +$4,000 in New Zealand. I might just have to buy the new die instead!ReplyDelete
The background is fabulous and ties it together with the cute pups you used. I love all of your cute cards and tag. Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
You've created such great cards with this cute doggie die!ReplyDelete
You weren't kidding when you said the bulldog could be transformed just by the coloring - it's hard to imagine all of those dogs are the same die!ReplyDelete
LOVE! that dog die is just so adorable!ReplyDelete
Each of your cards are so cute but love the Christmas version of your bulldog.ReplyDelete
So cute and love the way you used the texture plate!ReplyDelete
These doggies are super cute. Great details :)ReplyDelete
Such cute cards, love this die, it's going on my wishlist!ReplyDelete
Your cards have now convinced me ... I have to get the French dog dieReplyDelete
Oh my goodness Bibi these are amazing. Loving these Picture Book dies and how you used them. Your cards could not be any cuter!ReplyDelete
Wow!! All those awesome dogs cards and tag are just perfect! I am a big animal lover with dogs being my favorite so your cards and tag really speak (or maybe I should say "bark") at me! I am loving that dog die so MUCH!ReplyDelete
Cute!! Cute!! I love the animal dies. I have the fox.ReplyDelete
adorable bulldogs!!ReplyDelete
Just love those bulldogs! They are so cute! I love how you were able to change up just a few things and make totally different cards each time! Thank you so much for sharing!ReplyDelete


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The SDP is based on hash values of file artifacts ("fingerprints") associated with over 850 steganography applications in the Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) developed in Backbone's Steganography Analysis and Research Center. SAFDB is the world's largest commercially available hash set exclusive to digital steganography applications and can be used to determine whether files entering or leaving an enterprise network can be associated with a particular digital steganography application or other data-hiding application.
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By Jane Creveling DeVoe
My sorority used to award a ginormous bra…you know one of the ones with perhaps a Z cup, which the proud or humiliated recipient would be expected to hang from her door knob until another week, another party or two and yet another unsuspecting collegiate would be able to collect the…pardon the pun….the booby prize.
It appears that the summer of 2013 is the summer of the side-boob. What is a side-boob you ask? Something one sees at the big box super store known for its fashion faux sightings or at the beach or at the pool? This question has even been asked on Facebook this week by women old enough to have passed the half- century mark and no, the side-boob of 2013, is not caused by ill-fitting brassieres! Our mothers were wrong!
Side-boob showings are all the rage with young celebrities everywhere and in fact, have been a hot topic, so hot that even The Huffington Post has entered into the commentary and publishing the photo-documentary evidence of the side-boob trend.
According to the Urban Dictionary, the definition of side-boob is as follows: "A view of the female breast seen from a side; generally under loosely-fitting clothes. Very titillating and sexual without showing any overt nudity."
What happened to less is more? How long will it take this fashion statement to reach the mass clothing market and reach young girls who learn to exploit their bodies or worse…to reach the market of women trying to dress like their daughters, which are always the women who should never be doing so in the first place?
At fifty, I am old enough to remember my mother's efforts in social and political reform. I remember having to wear a dress or a skirt to school each day and as a student who walked to school, that meant no snow pants or anything to cover your legs, while you walked to and from school or at recess, unless of course, you were a male student. By 1968, the mothers of the female students who entered my elementary school in my kindergarten class were leading the charge on equal opportunity dressing. As I recall the story, the principal would hear nothing of a change in dress code. Eventually, those young vocal mothers were able to get a policy which allowed pants on the way to school and at recess, under our dresses, until we got a new, young principal who allowed girls to wear pants in school the year I was in third grade.
There are fashion icons, who never aspire to boobyliciousness. Consider three recent first ladies, not in chronological order.
The ever classic Laura Bush. Tex-Mex never had such a lovely hostess and she is just the classic example of always put together, just right.
Or Michelle Obama. A woman of my own fashion stream of consciousness. J Crew and Anthropologie with high end sale rack pieces and some vintage and it all just works.
Or Hillary Clinton, who at the June 2013 CFDA Awards joking made remarks about herself as a fashion icon and pondered whether there could be a fashion reality show inspired by her fashion sense, entitled, "Project Pantsuit." Her love for the fashions of Oscar de la Renta is well known, as he designed to flatter, and created inaugural, ball and wedding gowns for her and daughter Chelsea.
Speaking of first ladies, those of us who have seen their Inaugural Dresses exhibited in The Smithsonian Museum experienced a first-hand visual at Scarlett O'Hara's 18 inch waist and the contraptions women submitted themselves to in order to become a vision of physical perfection. Whether it be foot binding or corsets or boob jobs…young women who seemingly have had boob jobs and who become the vision our young girls aspire to emulate in order to seek validation in today's society…I am so glad my mother is not here to see this, as I know she would have something to say about it.
There is a reason why fashion icons such as Jackie Kennedy and Grace Kelley made legions of men salivate…they left lots to the imagination. Even Marilyn Monroe did so, with all of her smoldering sex appeal.
Young women, in my opinion need to learn to keep it a secret….do you wear matchy matchy perfection or are you laissez-faire? And for heaven's sake, not everyone needs to know!
Jane Creveling DeVoe is an educator, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, God-Mother, friend and self-proclaimed foodie. She relies on Sueanne Shirzay to keep her in line, advise her on the latest fashion and jewelry trends and to just generally be the sister she never had, thus telling her when she is wrong when she least wants to hear it and allowing Sueanne to be her biggest fan when it is deserved.
Once a Hoosier, always a Hoosier. Visit Jane on her food blog, www.hoosiergurl.wordpress.com.
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Rise of the Planet of the Iterative Quicksort
The genesis of my study of this less-than-intuitive implementation of Quicksort actually was a challenge from a colleague to do Iterative Quicksort with OpenMP. It's easy to use OpenMP tasks for parallelizing the recursive version of the algorithm. Voila!
void QuickSort(SomeDataType *A, int p, int r) { if (p < r) { // if there is one or more things to sort... q = Partition(A, p, r); #pragma omp task QuickSort(A, p, q-1); #pragma omp task QuickSort(A, q+1, r); } } . . . #pragma omp parallel { #pragma omp single QuickSort(A, 0, N); // initial call in parallel region }
The initial call to get the Quicksort recursion started is done from a single region within a parallel region. That way, only one thread will actually execute the call to
QuickSort() while all other threads on the team wait at the implicit barrier of the
single construct. However, not wanting to leave threads spinning or twiddling their thumbs or knitting sweaters or doing whatever idle threads do, the OpenMP runtime will assign tasks spawned from
QuickSort() to the blocked threads.
Using OpenMP on an iterative Quicksort can be as easy as I showed in the previous installment. Take a thread-safe queue, add a semaphore to keep count of items in the queue, and count as items are put into the final position to know when the sort is complete. The OpenMP thread team simply becomes a thread pool calling the iterative function as if they were explicitly spawned. If you haven't been there and done that, go back to my previous post and then come back. I'll wait.
Okay, what can we do different? How about using an Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB)
concurrent_queue container? It may not sound much different than using a brute force queue implementation, but it does have at least one an advantage over the previous code I've posted. The TBB
concurrent_queue object has a
try_pop() method. This method looks into the queue and, if there is something there, it retrieves the item at the head of the queue; otherwise, it returns an error code. (Sound familiar?) And all of this is done atomically.
By using the TBB queue there is no need to allocate a semaphore object to track the number of items in the queue. However, we will need to set up a spin-wait loop to keep checking the queue status. Every time the queue is empty, threads will check the
Done variable to determine if the empty queue is indicative of the sort being done. If
Done has been set to
TRUE, the sort is done and threads can return from
QuickSort(); if not, check the queue again for an index pair of a sub-array to be sorted.
Everything else is pretty much the same as we've seen previously. Because we are using OpenMP, the protected update to
tCount is done within an
atomic region.
Here's the code for the OpenMP
QuickSort() function. I've added the shared declaration of the TBB
concurrent_queue to hold items of type
qSortIndex (index pairs of integers defining a sub-array to be sorted), but not the inclusion of the proper TBB header file nor the calling of
QuickSort() from a parallel region.
tbb::concurrent_queue<qSortIndex> Q; . . . void QuickSort(SomeDataType *A, int N) { int p, r, q; qSortIndex d, d1, d2; int t = 0; while (1) { while (!Q.try_pop(d)) { if (Done) return; // if Done, no more need to process anything } p = d.lo; r = d.hi; if (p < r) { q = Partition(A, p, r); #pragma omp atomic ++tCount; d1.lo = p; d1.hi = q-1; Q.push(d1); d2.lo = q+1; d2.hi = r; Q.push(d2); } else if (p == r) { #pragma omp atomic ++tCount; if (tCount == N) Done = TRUE; // Signal threads that sorting is done } } }
I know I said I was not a fan of spin-wait loops if there was an alternative. I've already provided an alternative, but where's the fun in rehashing something we've already done? Besides, another advantage of the above implementation is that there is no need to signal an external thread that sorting is done and have that external thread fill up the queue to "free" those threads sitting on some synchronization object waiting for something in the queue before they are able to check the status of the sort. This should yield simpler code. There is no need to spawn a team of one OpenMP thread to be the "external" thread and not have all threads deal with all the signals and objects of a spin-wait free version.
One last thing before I wind up this post. Below is a code snippet from an older version of the OpenMP algorithm I wrote. This is the two
while-loops and one statement that follows the inner
while-loop from the above function. The code works when run with multiple threads, but it looked funny when I was reviewing things to write up this post. (Helpful Hint to Readers: Include documenting comments so you won't be mystified by code you wrote just one month before.)
while (1) { while (!Q.try_pop(d)) { //pause? or else spin-wait with no wait if (Done) break; // if Done, no more need to process anything } if (Done) break; // signaled to terminate . . .
The two conditional tests so close together looked redundant. I knew that one of them was required. However, when I tried to simplify the code by removing one or the other, the execution hung. So, let's end with a quiz. The quiz has two questions: 1) When running with two or more threads, why does the code hang if the first
if (Done) break (line 3) is removed? 2) When running with two or more threads, why does the code hang if the second
if (Done) break (line 5) is removed?
If you have an answer, show off and leave them in the comments.


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The European Central Bank held its main interest rate at 0.75 percent on Thursday, deferring any cut in borrowing costs while it assesses the extent of the euro zone's economic downturn and waits for a cue to use its new bond-purchase programme.
The bank has said it was ready to buy bonds of debt-strained governments such as Spain and Italy once they had signed up to a European bailout programme. So far no request has been made, but the announcement alone has calmed markets.
"This is as expected," JP Morgan economist Greg Fuzesi said of the rate decision. "They hadn't signalled any rate move for this meeting."
Investors' attention will now shift to ECB President Mario Draghi's 1330 GMT news conference.
"With the press conference, in terms of monetary policy it's important to see what Draghi makes of the recent growth news, which has been somewhat disappointing," Fuzesi said.
A Reuters poll had given an 80 percent chance the ECB would hold its main refinancing rate, but most of the 73 analysts polled expected it will be cut to a new record low of 0.5 percent within the next few months.
Gloomy data this week indicated the euro zone economy may shrink in the fourth quarter, which the ECB could eventually respond to by cutting rates. Draghi himself gave a notably downbeat assessment of the economy on Wednesday.
"Unemployment is deplorably high," he said in a speech to German bankers. "Overall economic activity is weak and it is expected to remain weak in the near term. And the growth of money and credit are subdued."
Before making any decision to cut rates further, the ECB will focus on making sure that its record low rates reach companies and households across the euro zone, a mechanism that has been broken by the debt crisis.
The new bond-purchase plan -- dubbed Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) -- is the ECB's designated tool but it can only be activated once a euro zone government requests help from the bloc's rescue fund.
Investors and euro zone policymakers have been urging Spain to seek aid but Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has so far avoided seeking help, saying he wants assurances ECB intervention would bring down Spain's debt costs.
Spain sold 4.8 billion euros of debt including its first longer-term issue in 18 months on Thursday, enough to complete its 2012 financing programme and begin raising funds for next year, so there is little immediate pressure on that front.
Yields on Spanish government bonds have dropped by around 2 percentage points since Draghi said in late July the ECB was ready to do "whatever it takes to preserve the euro" -- a pledge that heralded the bond-buy plan.
Some economists have now raised the possibility that the OMT might never have to be activated considering its impact so far.
But Matteo Cominetta, European economist at UBS, said it would eventually be put to the test because of the large amount of Spanish sovereign debt coming up for renewal next year, roughly 140 billion euros according to Reuters data.
"Next year, you will have a record supply of Spanish bonds up for renewal in a situation where macro economic data will remain very bad for a long time in Spain," Cominetta said.
The European Commission said in its autumn forecasts on Wednesday that Spain would suffer a recession almost three times deeper at 1.4 percent in 2013 than the 0.5 percent contraction predicted by Madrid, and said it would miss its deficit targets too.
Copyright @ Thomson Reuters 2012


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Just because this is a "WoW" blog doesn't mean I always talk about WoW (just a disclaimer).. On that note, I'll start this post talking about.. WoW..
Last night was the start of our 3rd week in Dragon Soul. I've talked with a few of our guests on TNB about the raid and the difficulty level and we've heard both ends of the spectrum. I think I'm somewhere in between. I find, with my raid group, that the first 4 bosses are, apart from implementation quirks, pretty easy. I don't find this to be a problem. I enjoy killing things (in game) without too much banging my head against a wall. That said, I was very happy to pick up my shoulder token last night which brings me to 2 pieces of T13 or whatever number we're up to. Last night we got through the first 5 bosses. Ultraxion, while we were able to get him down in the second week and last night too, is still not a "cake walk". Part of the issue is relying on a mechanic that can get completely hosed up due to lag. Since not hitting your button at the right time, or the server not thinking you hit your button at the right time, is instant death, this can quickly cause us to call for a wipe and reset. In the end, everyone stayed alive even in the end and we got him down.
The boat boss proved to be a little more difficult to get a handle on for us last week. This week we only did 3 tries but on the 3rd and final attempt, we got to Phase 2 finally! I'm hoping tonight we'll get through that fight and finally get to start on Deathwing! I am having a blast in this new raid and think that Blizzard did a great job with it, personally.
Moving on to the next Dragon… Skyrim.. Yes, I have been playing Skyrim quite a bit (although that has now changed for reasons you'll read about) and love the game. I've been playing for over 110 hours so far and my character is around level 56 (maybe 57 .. I can't keep track ). I finished what some would deem to be the "main" quest, at least one of them, but then ran into a bug in the Imperial quest-line right at the end. The final confrontation with the Stormcloak King and while I can beat him to the ground in about two hits with my Uber Bow of the MIghty Death Killing, it won't trigger the NPCs to do their thing and finish the quest. I'm hoping for a patch soon for this (PC version). Since I can't get past that, I've been working on Thieves Guild quests and more of the seemingly infinite number of side-quests, etc. I am sure I still have more shouts to pick up so maybe that will be my next endeavor.
The Force.. I was invited to the first day of Early Access for Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO by BioWare. I played in the beta a bit over a couple weekends and it was great getting back into the game and finally being able to make "permanent" characters. This, of course, is the reason my Skyrim playing will be waning. I intend to continue to play WoW (mostly raiding right now) and also play SWTOR. My first class I'm working on is the Jedi Consular. The Consular is the ranged DPS version of a Jedi Knight. There is still plenty of lightsaber fighting at least in the early levels though. At level 10, I'll probably pick the Sage advanced class and spec into DPS at least for leveling. At some point I might respec to healing for Flashpoints and Operations (instances and raids). Our guild Polyjedious is created and ready for people to join us over on the Juyo server. So if you are interested in joining a pretty casual Republic guild on a PvE server, hit us up. My Consular's name is Ra-Mos.
That's it for now. I've been having fun with all these games lately and I've got a bunch of PS3 games I'm getting for the holidays too (no idea when I'll have time to play those!). Keep an eye out here for possible exciting news coming up.. But don't get too excited, it might just be nothing..


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look out for (someone or something)
1. To be aware of one's surroundings in order to look for or be aware of something. Look out for slippery rocks on that trail—I've fallen there several times. I always look out for deals when I'm shopping.
2. To watch over someone to ensure their wellbeing. You need to look out for your little sister on this trip, OK? I was very lucky to have a lot of adults who looked out for me back in the neighborhood.
look out for
1. See to the welfare of, as in Mary was assigned to look out for the youngsters on the playground. Similar to look after, this expression appears in such terms as look out for number one, meaning "see to one's own best interests," as in Looking out for number one is Barbara's first priority. Versions of this expression, such as take care of number one, date from 1700.
2. Be careful of or watchful for something or someone, as in Look out for broken glass on the floor, or Look out for Mary-she'll be coming any minute. [Second half of 1600s] Also see look out.


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This week on The Collision, we talk about G.I. Joe: Retaliation's big move from June 29th to March 2013 for a 3D conversion, the first trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby (in which I bring great shame to my high school American Literature teacher), and the week's big new release: Men in Black 3. As always, we'll close out with our recommendations.
Click here to listen to the new episode of The Collision, click here for last week's episode, and click here to add us to your RSS. Be sure to follow The Collision on Twitter for updates, and you can follow us on Twitter at @MattGoldberg, @AdamChitwood, and @DrClawMD (Dave Trumbore). Hit the jump to check out the trailers for this week's recommendations.
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Whilby Selected to Metropolitan All-Region Team
Nov 29, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Junior forward Andrew Whilby (St. Albans, NY/Wolmers Boys School) was selected to the D3Kicks.com Metropolitan Region First Team.
As a junior transfer, Whilby was named First Team All-Skyline and led the team with 13 goals and four assists for 30 points; the most points for a Farmingdale player in the past six seasons. Whilby scored three game-winning goals this year and had two hat-tricks. In Skyline play, he had 8 goals and 2 game-winners. He was seen on the D3Kicks team of the week once this season and on the Skyline POW honor roll three times.
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"Hasta el aeropuerto y más allá"
I've always found it bizarre that people wouldn't want to spend time in an airport. It's the beginning of your holiday. It's the start of your travel adventure. It's the place where you tag yourself in to make your Facebook friends jealous, the place where you relax. It's where the journey begins. I mean, look, why wouldn't you want to spend time here?
It's where the fun starts.
London Luton Airport is one that is no exception. When you step out of customs and into the departures lounge, there are so many fab shops. The first that you're met with is Victoria's Secret. First impressions are everything and Luton, you're doing well! If you're anything like me – I cannot resist a last-minute lingerie purchase. Hey, we need to feel fabulous whilst travelling!
Shop until you drop
You do have that extra bag now!
Victoria's Secret is the first shop you'll find, but the fun doesn't stop there. With shops ranging from holiday essentials to gifts and even technology. You really are spoiled for choice. Dixons is located just past security and has been a godsend for us on various occasions. From picking up that last minute travel adapter to switching on the camera to find our memory card is already filled – Dixons to the rescue!
Now, my travel essential is definitely Lonely Planet reading material. Nothing screams wanderlust more than flipping through the pages wondering where you're going to go next. I was delighted to see that London Luton Airport has a WHSmiths after customs. There is also a new book store opening soon. Book lovers let's rejoice together! Grabbing the latest copy of the Lonely Planet magazine or a new Lonely Planet book equates to one happy traveller!
Top Tip: Most airlines, including Ryanair, allow you to take an extra shopping bag on board. This gives you extra bagging space so no need to worry about stuffing those purchases into your already stuffed case!
Relax and grab some lunch
Let's talk about plane food. It doesn't satisfy me. I don't sit at home and think about that microwaved cheese panini. But, if there's something I do think about. It's a good Bella Italia. There is a delicious wide selection of food all served in record time! We have had morning flights and started our journey off with a delicious breakfast and had evening flights and tucked into a delicious pasta, because, well CARBS.
If a big meal doesn't take your fancy, there is a Boots on site. Now, excuse me whilst I act incredibly British here, but knowing a Boots is available just makes me feel better. Why pay £10 for a meal deal on the plane, when Boots have a trusty meal deal for less than a fiver?
Top Tip: leave your liquids at home and stock up on toiletries at the airport. That way you can pick up full-size versions of favourite brands.
Catch up on emails and social media
If there's the perfect time to get your emails and your social media back on point it's by using your time at the airport. London Luton boasts an impressive four hours of free WiFi. Don't worry about it draining your battery life either, there are plenty of charging points so you're not going to be regretting it once you step on the plane. Some of my best inspirations have come whilst sitting at an airport, it gives you that time to reflect. Or, if you're me, use this time to collect your rewards on Candy Crush and try to beat that level.
What about that book you forgot to download? Spotify playlist didn't have time to finish streaming? What about that series on Netflix you've been putting off watching? Here's your time. Use it wisely, it may be your last bit of WiFi until your final destination!
Top Tip: pack a charger sharing outlet. That way you can use one plug and you and your party can all charge their phones!
Relax like a pro
Now, if you're a business-savvy traveller or value your space and comfort then there's one place that you need to be heading. Right now. That's the Aspire Executive Lounge. If there's anywhere to make you feel more prepared for your trip, it's starting the journey the right way. With a wide range of food and drink, speedy WiFi and actual snooze pods (yes please!) there really is no better way to spend your time before the calling for your flight lights up and you set off on your adventure, once again.
Napping, snacking and relaxing, all in one place. Now, I don't know about you – but they're three things that I value. Time spent napping, snacking and relaxing is definitely not time wasted in my books.
Top Tip: Book ahead and start your trip the right way with a spa treatment
With low-cost direct flights to Europe, a wide range of amenities, friendly and helpful staff. London Luton Airport really is a perfect gateway to your next perfect trip. Why not search on Skyscanner and see where London Luton can take you.
Here's just a handful of the places that London Luton has taken us.
What do you like to do at the airport? Are you the ultimate shopper? Do you like to put on your headphones and escape the world? Perhaps you like to hit the wine bar? Leave me a comment and let me know!
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Alright people - let's dead this thread right now man.
This **** is gettin' outta hand u know.
This forum is to talk about the knicks.
Everyone has opinions and they are allowed to voice them.
Some may agree, some might not.
That's why we have the option of agreeing or disputing them
But please keep the personal insults out of the forum.
Where there is hope, there can be faith
Where there is faith, miracles can occur
nyKnicks126: You are absolutely right man. I'm glad you are seeing the light on what's going on with some of the people here. If you see Dr. C's posts and my posts outside of defending ourselves against metro...you'll actually see some excellent opinions that we can talk about but to Trin_Starr...for my behalf I am sorry that it had to go this far. But I will not apologize about defending my race...I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. Hopefully you'll hear apologies from Dr. C and some others because these are great guys on this site and like men we will apologize for the wrong that we do. But the race thing...I'm not backing down or apologizing for that matter...sorry we had to waste your time with this mess Trin_Star...
Stay Tuned.....
I also apologize for my behave as well. I just dont like to see fellow Knicks friends being hated on because of their color skin like dr.c and the 1 and only on this forum(or anywhere else). But I will end it there and once again I apologize. Thanks for understanding.
LOL The posts in this thread.
metro, you hilarious guy.
Sig made by Sons of Thunder
You type like an autistic kid on crack.
How does it feel to be stupid and have a babydick?
My statements are thoughtful and truthful.
I can't say that about you.
Maybe you been a fan of Melo, you're thinking more as a fan than an analysis.
Come to back to me when you want to stop stanning Melo and talk about this like anaylsis of the Knicks.


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"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel . . . "
. . said Justice Scalia as he delivered the opinion in Sandifer v. U.S. Steel, explaining the use in this case of the somewhat archaic terms "don" and "doff", as in "a well bred gentleman still doffs his hat to a lady".In this case the union had an agreement with U.S. Steel that "time spent in changing clothes at the beginning or end of each workday" would not be compensated. The petitioners argued that they weren't changing clothes, but donning and doffing protective gear. The Court did not go as far as U.S. Steel wanted and say "everything that a person wears" is clothing, but everything else is "de minims non curate lex"*.
* Trans.: the law does not take account of trifles
There once was a lawyer named Rex With minuscule organs of sex. Arraigned for exposure, He maintained with composure, "De minimis non curat lex."


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Turkish baths, in-house massage... this is a youth hostel?
By Daisy Carrington, for CNN • Updated 4th November 2013
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Hostels were once considered the dregs of the hospitality industry, often conjuring up images of cramped dorms, communal bathrooms and dirt.
Thankfully, a new breed of grown-up hostels has hit the market worldwide.
Turkish baths
and even babysitting are the types of services becoming more mainstream in budget offerings.
"Many hostels have undergone an extreme makeover in the past few years," says Giovanna Gentile, a spokesperson for booking website
, who notes that private, en suite rooms and free wi-fi are increasingly commonplace.
One reason for this shift, she adds, is that the median age of customers (at least according to
' demographic) has increased.
"What you find is that hostels want to cater to a wider audience. The baby boomer generation -- who backpacked in their teens and 20s -- are now coming back to hostels because they still very much enjoy the social element," says
Kash Bhattacharya
, who runs the travel blog
. Bhattacharya and recently published a guide called "
The Luxury Hostels of Europe
The distinction between hostels and hotels used to be clear, but this is no longer the case as the former cheap lodgings are increasingly offering perks like
24-hour breakfast-on-demand
salon services
organic restaurants on-site
, and a few quirky extras like
private cinema rooms
"The line is definitely blurred," says Bhattacharya.
Read more: Pop-up hotels: catch them while you can
"If you check in to
The Independente
in Lisbon, for example, sure you'll find dorms on the bottom floor, but on the fourth floor you'll find private rooms with a Nespresso coffee machine," he says.
Gentile notes that the digital age has also played a part in changing the wants of many backpackers.
"In the past, backpacking was about exploring the world with as few possessions as possible. Today's tech-savvy generation travel with laptops, smart phones and MP3 players -- they're more encumbered than ever."
Not surprisingly, this new breed of hostel is attracting a new breed of customer; namely, business travelers.
Mathias Schwender, who runs
Bohemian Hostels
, a collection of upscale backpacker lodgings in Prague, estimates that roughly 10% of his clientele are business travelers -- a phenomenon he says only started happening in the last five to ten years.
"They're the type of traveler that is not just staying for work, but also wants to meet others, that's key," he says. "Plus, we offer all the basic things they need: wi-fi in rooms, an outlet for their computer and breakfast."
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UHostel in Madrid has a private screening room
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At Ostello Bello in Milan, you can order breakfast whenever you wake up
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Recently, Schwender has even started partnering with a few local companies to place customers and visiting guests in his properties.
Read more: Hotels, the office of the future?
"Initially, they contacted us. We realized it was something we could capitalize more on and have started reaching out to more companies ourselves," he says.
Though in the past, hostels have been considered bargain-bin buys, these swanker hybrids aren't necessarily cheaper than hotel rooms.
"Our rate (for suites) is similar to a three-star hotel, but then again, our occupancy rate has to be higher to break even," admits Schwender.
Bhattacharya, however, says that price isn't the point, so much as the social aspect hostels offer.
"It can be lonely on the road, especially if you're traveling for work," he says. "Business travelers want to meet people, they don't want to be stuck in a hotel room by themselves."
Schwender concurs, noting that ultimately, it is the opportunity to mingle that truly defines a hostel.
"I think it's important that hostels don't make the mistake of trying to become too much like a hotel.. (they) don't forget what they're good at, which is the communal atmosphere."
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DOVER — To coincide with the Children's Museum of New Hampshire's current TOYS! art exhibit, artist-in-residence Nate Walker will offer a Titanic Toys workshop for parents and kids later this month.
Each child who attends on Jan. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to noon is asked to bring a toy that they would like to recreate on a bigger scale. Walker is known for his larger-than-life sculptures, including the Giant Blue Crab in front of the museum and the Giant Red Ant in Portsmouth's Market Square. This workshop will allow parents and children to take part in the type of work that Walker enjoys, which is making big art projects.
"Big is great when you're a kid," Walker said. "For kids, I think it just feeds right into their imagination. It's all about the 'what if's!' What if I lived in a giant castle? What if there were giant dinosaurs in my back yard and what if my toys came to life and were as big as me?"
Walker repurposes all kinds of found objects in his work and will be taking a similar approach at the Titanic Toys workshop.
Cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, foam containers and other recycled materials will be provided to help build a colossal size version of their toy to take home.
"I think most toys will be possible to use, but in general, simpler ones are better," Walker said. "For example, an entire train set with tracks and a station might be a little tough. But, if we focus on just the train engine, it will be a much more successful project."
The workshop is planned for children ages five to 12 years old, working with a parent or other adult partner. The cost for the 90-minute workshop and all materials is $20 per pair for museum members and $25 for non-members. Pre-registration is required. Call (603) 742-2002 for more information and to sign up.


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New Partnership to Advance Understanding of mHealth Privacy and Security Policies
Mhealth Alliance, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Baker & Mckenzie, And Merck Announce Collaboration To Analyze Mhealth Privacy And Security Policies In Seven Countries
Washington, D.C.
November 8, 2012
Megan Rabbitt
Today the mHealth Alliance, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Baker & McKenzie, and Merck announced that they are partnering on a new project to increase the understanding of privacy and security policies that relate to the use of mobile technologies in health care, a field known as mHealth. According to a 2011 World Health Organization report, governments cite issues related to data privacy and security and the protection of individual health information as two of the top barriers to the expansion of mHealth. Protecting personal health information that is collected and transmitted over mobile devices is essential to bringing mHealth to scale.
Specifically, the project will develop case studies of seven geographically diverse countries where mHealth programs are underway: Bangladesh, Chile, India, Nigeria, Peru, Tanzania, and Uganda. Working with law firms in those countries, the partners will research and analyze the status of policies, laws, and standards that address mHealth-related privacy and security issues. The goal of the project is to better understand the current policy landscape and identify gaps that must be addressed to protect health data transmitted over mobile devices.
Next year, the partners will release the policy landscape analysis and outline best practices and recommended steps to close policy gaps in the ethical and secure use of mHealth data.
"To realize the promise of mHealth to improve health care for millions in need, we must ensure the privacy and security of personal health information," said Patricia Mechael, Executive Director of the mHealth Alliance. "The first step is to take stock of the current policy landscape to assess what is working and what more needs to be done. The mHealth Alliance is grateful to our partners for their leadership in this vital project."
"The growing use of mobile technology has the potential to significantly improve the delivery of health care in developing countries, but there is also the increased risk that electronic medical data could be misused," said Michael J. Wagner, Chair of the Global Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Industry Group at Baker & McKenzie. "We are proud to be part of this effort to help protect the privacy of patient data and promote the delivery of quality health care in developing countries."
"We are excited to leverage our expertise, in collaboration with our partners, to help build a solid mHealth framework that contributes to improving the quality of life of people around the world, while protecting their rights at the same time," said Roy Birnbaum, Counsel in Merck's International Law department and co-coordinator of Merck's international pro bono program.
This project was facilitated by TrustLaw Connect, a Thomson Reuters Foundation service which allows NGOs and social enterprises to access free legal assistance. TrustLaw Connect brokered the partnership between the mHealth Alliance and the team of global and local law firms led by Baker & McKenzie and the legal team at Merck.
"Our goal was to ensure that the mHealth Alliance had access to the best lawyers with in-depth local expertise," said Monique Villa, CEO of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The mHealth Alliance champions the use of mobile technologies to improve health throughout the world. Working with diverse partners to integrate mHealth into multiple sectors, the Alliance serves as a convener for the mHealth community to overcome common challenges by sharing tools, knowledge, experience, and lessons learned. The mHealth Alliance also hosts Health Unbound (HUB), a global online community for resource sharing and collaborative solution generation. Hosted by the United Nations Foundation, and founded by the Rockefeller Foundation, Vodafone Foundation, and UN Foundation, the Alliance now also includes HP, the GSM Association, and Norad among its founding partners. For more information, visit http://www.mHealthAlliance.org.
About the Thomson Reuters Foundation
Established in 1982, Thomson Reuters Foundation is a registered charity in Britain and the United States. The charitable arm of the world's leading provider of news and information is committed to empowering people in need around the world with trusted information and free legal assistance. The Foundation leverages the skills, values and expertise across Thomson Reuters to promote the rule of law, save lives in disasters and improve standards of journalism. Our initiatives stand for better governance, greater transparency, more effective humanitarian relief and a robust global press. The services on Trust.org, the Foundation's portal site, build on the humanitarian-information initiatives and journalism-training programmes of the Reuters Foundation. Visit the Foundation at http://www.trust.org.
About Baker & McKenzie
Founded in 1949, Baker & McKenzie advises many of the world's most dynamic and successful business organizations through more than 4,000 locally qualified lawyers and 6,000 professional staff in 72 offices in 45 countries. The Firm is known for its global perspective, deep understanding of the local language and culture of business, uncompromising commitment to excellence, and world-class fluency in its client service. Global revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, were US$2.313 billion. Eduardo Leite is Chairman of the Executive Committee. (www.bakermckenzie.com)
About Merck
Today's Merck is a global healthcare leader working to help the world be well. Merck is known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Through our prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health products, we work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. For more information, visit www.merck.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.