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Dromore's Graham Scott is one of two Southern Health and Social Care Trust biomedical scientists to recently gain the Higher Specialist Examination, a professional qualification from the Institute of Biomedical Science.
Graham, who specialises in transfusion science, and Mairead Caraher, in haematology, are the only two in Northern Ireland to hold the award in their respective fields.
They join their microbiology colleague, Gary Warnock, who gained the same qualification two years ago.
There are 133 laboratory staff in the Southern Trust, providing a 24-hour service across Daisy Hill and Craigavon Area hospitals.
All work closely with doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, playing a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Both Graham and Mairead work across the Daisy Hill and Craigavon laboratories.
As biomedical scientists in haematology and blood transfusion, their work involves performing full blood count, coagulation testing, antibody identification and crossmatching blood.
Ronan Carroll, Assistant Director of Acute Services; Cancer and Clinical Services for the Southern Trust, said: "Without biomedical scientists, the diagnosis, treatment and research into the causes and cures of disease would not be possible.
"We examine around two and a half million patient samples in our laboratories each year so our biomedical teams play a very vital role in the Southern Trust.
"As science and technology are continually evolving, we need to keep up to date with latest developments and ensure that we can meet increasing standards.
"Those who obtain their Higher Specialist Diploma from the Institute of Biomedical Science demonstrate that they have exceptional skills, knowledge and a real commitment to their profession."


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Right from the beginning when the concept of Facebook came to Mark Zuckerberg (owner of Facebook), Facebook had many interesting things which people are not aware of. At TechUntold, we are sharing with you the interesting things related to Facebook.
5 interesting things about Facebook
People use Facebook day in day out, but many of them don't know the other ways to access Facebook apart from "www.Facebook .com". Yes, you can access Facebook through "www.thefacebook.com". Another way to access Facebook and the easiest one from the above two is "www.fb.com". Yes, you can access Facebook simply by hitting fb.com.
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Has anyone noted that right from the beginning when Facebook started, they didn't change the color and has the same blue color. This is one of the most interesting fact about Facebook that why Facebook is blue in color?.
One of the interesting things about Facebook is that there are 6,00,000+ attempts to hack Facebook accounts daily. But with the privacy of users accounts Facebook has also maintained the level of security for its website so that hackers should not be able to breach through the users accounts.
Facebook keeps track of all your moves you do on the web. If you're not using Facebook website and reading some articles or other stuff on some other websites, even then Facebook is tracking you. All the websites that are connected to Facebook like Facebook share button, like button, etc sends your information without letting you know about it.
Can you imagine the daily active users of Facebook. Its 936 million on average as of March 2015. Facebook secured first position in the list of social networking website ranked by number of active users. QZone attains 2nd position (629 million users) after Facebook while Google+ is on 3rd number with 343 million active users. So this much big number of traffic Facebook deals daily and even though provides seamless and faster connectivity to Facebook website.
Hope you liked the 5 interesting things about Facebook article. You're thoughts are welcomed.

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Friday, January 22, 2016
Placing a stone
Once upon a time blogging was the thing. THE THING.
We spent hours writing and reading and commenting and even having weekly gatherings online.
And in those days there were circles of bloggers that overlapped and intersected and they made up a big, scattered, interconnected, crazy quilt of an online world. Connections were made that changed lives forever. Friendships were formed. Marriages and partnerships got their start in the comment sections of blogs.
I once tried to make a Venn Diagram of the connections. I gave up because it was too much. I was too lazy. And damn it, I had a blog post to write.
Social media usurped the blog in most of those circles. Sad, but true. Many of our blog friends removed their masks, tossed aside their avatars and became Facebook friends. It wasn't the same, but we were willing to settle because the only thing that was constant online was change.
One of those characters called herself Dusty Taylor.
I learned today from one of Dusty's friends (Diane Gee) that Dusty was murdered by her son last spring. I'm saddened at the death of our outspoken and raucous friend and stunned by the tragic way she was killed.
I know that some of you were friends with Dusty. I wanted you to know so that you might honor her memory, say a little prayer or just think of her, her intelligence, her passion for liberal causes and her unforgettable foul mouth.
RIP, Diane Hugo aka Dusty Taylor who blogged at Left Wing Nutjob and It's My Right to be Left of Center.
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My condolences.ReplyDelete
By the evidence of a brief visit, she was a tough fighter. Shame to lose her.
What a sad, bizarre story. I'm sorry you lost a friend.ReplyDelete
and some of us never stopped doing it :)ReplyDelete
I don't know what to say about the other thing - too horrible to contemplate.
I'm not familiar with Dusty, and that makes me sad. I hate to have missed out on such a vibrant person.ReplyDelete
I identified so much with this post... I'm slowly admitting to being a blogger of the "old world" - I've been writing on the internet since the start really - I remember seeing the huge surge in interest in the mid 2000s, and the rise of social networks that essentially killed it - except of course it didn't because we're still here. Love your blog.ReplyDelete
Just checked your blog after a long hiatus from blogdom myself - saw your post about Dusty. So sad. I'd heard about what happened through Billie Teta (Betmo). Don't know whether you followed Sometimes Saintly Nick, but sadly he passed away from complications of prostate cancer a couple of months ago. Our old blogging circle gets smaller....ReplyDelete
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Monday, January 07, 2013
Around the House
My Christmas tree is gone and all of my holiday decorations boxed up and out of sight until next year. I tend to rearrange my house after the holidays in an attempt to freshen up for the new year. Here are some detail photos from in and around my home this weekend. How about you -have you dragged your tree to the burn pile yet?
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- Connie said...
Love the shot of your orange dishes. They look great with the black and gold glasses. Sweet!
- January 7, 2013 at 10:51 AM
- Loretta Fontaine (APPLESandRUBIES) said...
Sarah- Curling up on that blue chaise looks lovely. You have a beautiful home.
I thought I'd be sad to see our tree down, but the newly open space is so inviting to me. I am doing a major redecorate here - I thought I'd be putting some blue paint on the walls in the new windowseat area this afternoon, but on a closer look I need to do more prep work on the walls. It is always about prep, it seems!
From snowy NY,
- January 8, 2013 at 11:29 AM
- Emily said...
Love your blue velvet chairs and tablescape. Mmmm, Mmmm good!
- January 10, 2013 at 5:16 AM
- Nancy said...
I really like your mixture of fabrics and textures- most especially that you are not afraid of dark, rich colors. Very cool!
- January 13, 2013 at 5:24 PM
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I had a fantastic time at the quilt show and craft expo on the weekend! It was such a thrill having my quilts exhibited (and very kind of the exhibition designers to hang them close enough together that I could do just one daggy photo!)
A huge highlight for me was finally meeting Caroline from Nightingale Quilts (designer of the finding formation pattern) in person - yay! Caroline gave us a bit of a sneak peek at some of her upcoming pattern and they are to die for!
It was also exciting to see my friends' quilts hanging - it wouldn't be nearly as much fun to do this on my own! Some of my favourite quilts were by Michelle, Gemma, Angie, and Sam. I got quite a thrill showing my family around the exhibition and pointing out the quilts made by my talented friends! =)
And of course the best bit, which I tended to forget in the whole process of sewing and finishing and delivering and visiting, is that now I have my two beautiful quilt home to live with us =) We're making the most of them already this afternoon
If you're interested in seeing pictures of the gorgeous prize winners from the exhibition, pop over to the Canberra Quilters website. There are also some posts on the blog with pictures from the opening and exhibition, and even more pictures on Instagram (@canberraquilters)


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Football News
The club is holding a Mega Social on Saturday 3rd December 2016 in The Westwood House Hotel. Guests on the night will include the 1966 County Minor Champions along with a few more. Tickets at €35 will be available from the executive committee members and The Forge next week. So book your babysitter for a great nights music and craic !
Our Seniors closed their season with an impressive win ober Caltra in the league by 1.14 to 1.09. Well done to all the lads and team management for all the hard work during the year.
Our U15s had a thrilling victory against Oranmore/Maree in the League final on Sunday in Pearse Stadium, The score was 3.9 to 1.9, but the performance put on by the team was a credit to all the great work put into this team over many many years. See facebook for a comprehensive report and photos. Well done to Noel, Brendan, Greg and Fergus for their work this year with the squad.
Club AGM is fixed for the Clubhouse on Sunday 11th December @ 3pm.
Well done to all our coaches and volunteers for all your hard work throught the year. There will be a special place for you in heaven !!
A massive thank you to Mairead who captured most of the great moments this year on her camera and shared them with us all.
See all the news on our Facebook Page.


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If I Were to Have a Chat with Pope Francis/
Everybody will be jostling to see him, even just to get a glimpse of the hemline of his cassock.
After all, this is Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, whose utterances have signified a refreshing and breathtaking change in tone from his predecessors.
Since he was elected pope, he has made it clear that he wants the Church to be much more compassionate, inclusive, merciful, nurturing and loving than what it is now. This has singularly stirred the hearts and minds of the faithful and non-faithful, as well as antagonized and piqued conservatives and fundamentalists in the Church.
This is the pope who, after he was elected, formed a council of eight cardinals from all over the world to lead reforms in the governance of the Church. Considered a significant move, this is the most important step in the history of Catholicism in 10 centuries, according to news media organizations.
This is also the pope who warned the members of his church that they were so focused on contraceptives, gay marriages and abortion that they were missing out on their "pastoral mission" and that such obsessions could topple down the Church "like a house of cards."
And this is the same pope who said, "If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?"
But Pope Francis, so far, has not changed the teachings of the Church. He told a group of Catholic doctors that "playing with life" through methods such as abortion and euthanasia is a "sin against the Creator, a sin against God." He emphasized that "human life is always sacred, valuable and inviolable."
And on the inadmissibility of women into the priesthood, for Pope Francis, the Church has long decided on this and "the door is closed".
Just the same, Pope Francis stuns and fascinates.
I wouldn't mind being trapped with him in an elevator for hours. Then I would have the opportunity to talk with him about many things – his vision for the Catholic Church; what his strategies are to carry this out and how he would deal with the backlash and the resistance he would encounter.
I would also like to ask him about his childhood: What games did he play; did he enjoy going to school; what books inspired him; did he play any musical instrument; was he ever bullied and was he always forgiving?
And I might even ask him if he ever fell in love before he joined the priesthood.
So if I ever have this chance, I'd want to share with him my observations and ask him what he thinks about them.
1. Your Holiness, many observers point out that religion – and in this country, Catholicism -- is one of the forces that set back a people's development and progress.
Members of the clergy constantly and strenuously preach that women and men, in the face of poverty, injustice and violence including that which takes place in the home, have to be patient and accepting of their conditions. This is God's will and such suffering is part of God's plan; so they must persevere, bearing in mind only that God loves them because in the end, God will always provide.
Do you think such teachings lead to dependence and helplessness? Do you think they quash any aspirations for a life that rises above subsistence and pauperism?
2. Your Holiness, what would you advise members of the clergy who display their partisanship, support politicians and accept gifts like SUVs from them? Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who wanted the church leaders on her side, focused on natural family planning methods and gave SUVs to some bishops.
3. Also, what are the ethics that govern receiving funds and support from the wife of a dictator who ruthlessly plundered a country, murdered many of its citizens and imprisoned and tortured those who opposed them? The Ateneo Scholarship Foundation hosted Imelda Marcos because she donated millions to this Foundation through an event she had organized,
4. Your Holiness, it took this country about 14 years to pass the Reproductive Health law (RH). During all these years, the Catholic Church and its groups objected to its passage because they believe that it promotes abortion and its passage would open the gates to legislation on divorce and same-sex marriage.
I was struck by the intolerance, obstinacy and meanness that members of the clergy energetically displayed, especially during the final phase of its passage in 2011 and 2012. They shamed RH advocates in church, criticized pro-RH legislators in public and urged churchgoers to reject political leaders who supported the RH law.
Hardly two weeks after the passage of the law, representatives of Church groups filed a petition before the Supreme Court questioning the constitutionality of the law. After 16 months, the Supreme Court ruled that the RH law was after all constitutional, except for some provisions.
And Church groups are once again planning -- through legal means -- to hinder the RH law from being implemented.
What advice would you give these Church groups that are hell bent on preventing the implementation of the RH law, your Holiness?
5. Do you have guidelines for the clergy when they prepare their homilies? And what to you is an ideal homily?
A priest declared from the pulpit that a child conceived out of wedlock is bound for hell; and baptism as well as marriage would not -- and could not -- redeem that child.
Do ideas such as these have a basis in the Church's teachings? Would priests who give such homilies learn from your example when, in September this year, you married 20 couples? Some had been living together -- what traditionalists and fundamentalists would call "living in sin" -- and some already had children.
6. Your Holiness, do you have any message for our 2.2 million overseas contract workers in Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE, Qatar, Hong Kong and other countries? They work in these countries, not by choice but because they have to. You can imagine what they have to go through – the separations, the risks they are exposed to and their vulnerabilities.
Your Holiness, as of now, I have no more questions for you.
I do not believe in the members of the clergy, but I like you. Since you assumed the papacy, almost every word you say, every move you do has become like infusions of fresh, fragrant herbs. Exhilarating. Phenomenally inspiring. I know that your visit will leave a waft of that refreshing fragrance that your words and acts exude. And I hope that our religious and political leaders will get suffused with it.
Marilen J. Danguilan, a medical doctor, is the author of Making Choices in Good Faith: A Challenge to the Catholic Church's Teachings on Sexuality and Contraception and Women in Brackets: A Chronicle of Vatican Power and Control.
More articles from Marilen J. Danguilan:
Birth Control Now Law, Church Fighting Mad
January 1, 2013
Marilen J. Danguilan examines the breakthrough legislation.
Sex And The Senate
January 8, 2013
Marilen J. Danguilan discusses the Senate debate on whether sex should be "satisfying."
Tips For Returning Expats
May 1, 2013
How to make it easy on yourself if you're coming home to Manila for good, or for a while anyway.


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Palityan is functionally intelligible with Standard Bulgarian. The Sopa are of Petecheneg origin and speak Bulgarian. National language. Grammar. SVO. Christian. Bible 1864-1923.
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- Bontcheva, Katina. Guide to 340 Bulgarian verbs. Finn Lectura. Helsinki. 1999.


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The beginning of April found us back in West Penwith again, this time in an amazing little campervan from Bumble Campers, a local firm converting a van for us at the moment. More of that another time but first some wildlife from the trip.
One of the best birds was my third Cornish Surf Scoter. This one was hard to see in the wet foggy conditions of Mounts Bay near Penzance, and certainly too hard to photograph. Once the sun came out we took to walking the coast paths and gazing out to sea from our campsite at Treen Farm. Gannets, Manx Shearwaters and Guillemots were on the move at sea with Fulmars on the cliffs, Sandwich Terns in Whitesands Bay and the odd Raven and Peregrine kicking about.
Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
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A few months after I began inspecting buildings for mold I was asked by a real estate agent representing a potential buyer to test for mold in a four year old home. The home was bricked on all sides. On two sides of the home the finished basement was completely below grade with a third side about fifty per cent below grade.Read More View All
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What is Krishija?
Krishija is an alliance of farmers and farming enthusiasts whose objective is to ensure that food sovereignty is not lost and food diversity is promoted.
It is not an NGO or a profit-making entity.
The Krishija store is a platform created by farmers to bring their naturally produced pure, unadulterated, poisonous free-food directly to the customers.
The price of the produce sold through Krishija is decided by the farmers. The city-based retail outlet charges a 10% service charge for arranging sale. Other than this, all the profit from sale goes directly to the farmers.
The Krishija store is located at Lake Market, 104 Rashbehari Avenue, Kolkata (in association with Rainbow Holdings P Ltd).
What does Krishija sell?
Green vegetables, spices, cereal crops like rice, wheat, millets, fruits and eggs to start with. In course of time milk, milk products, poultry meat and other meat will be sold.
Eggs are of indigenous free-range hens and ducks which are not treated with antibiotics or production enhancement chemicals.
Milk products are from indigenous cows.
All the products are made so that cottage-level employment is generated in villages and women are empowered through opportunities of earning while making the pulses, spices, collecting eggs, raising hens and ducks etc.
What makes the food at Krishija so special?
Everything at Krishija is organic. However, while we do pledge to remain organic, that is not our only focus. Our attempt is to preserve traditional agricultural methods and practises with the aim of leading a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.
Over the last 50 years, the agro-diversity enjoyed by our forefathers has been lost due to the onslaught of select hybrid vegetable seeds. These hybrids require heavy chemical fertilizers like urea, super-phosphate etc. and protection through a multitude of laboratory-produced and often poisonous pesticides. As a result, our nutritional needs are now not fulfilled by the food we have and a new market of food supplements has emerged.
For meeting the nutritional needs of the human body hundreds of varieties of vegetables, cereals and fruits have been provided by nature in wide form and adopted and cultivated by man.
The food of our ancestors were grown with natural ingredients in natural, sustainable atmosphere in harmony with nature. Seeds that have been developed by farmers over hundreds of years have traits that are best resistant, hardy and tolerance to our climate. It is these seeds that need to be propagated to make food for us.
Fertilizing with the use of organic material like cow dung, leaves and farm waste enriches the soil and whatever is taken away by the growing plants is replenished.
Krishija wants this food to be regularly available to the consumers so that consumers have the choice of eating nutritious, poison-free food on daily basis and not occasionally. Because Krishija is supported and run by farmers, it is the correct supply line of food to ensure that it is regularly available.
What makes Krishija's food different from other "organic" produce?
When something is certified as organic, it means that the land has been tested and proved to have no chemical fertilizers.
However, the test does not prove that the seed is also organic (and not hybrid) and that no pesticide has been used. No producer tests every crop for complete organic certification - lands, seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. Hence, the whole concept of organic certification is at best an incomplete process.
Krishija brings together farmers who have been cultivating food through traditional organic methods for decades. They do this because they know no other method of cultivation except organic.
It is the strong and well-known bond that ensure that products of Krishija are organic. No new farmer can join the Krishija platform unless he is peer reviewed and there is a local evidence of his farming organic.
Where are these farms?
About 100 farmers are part of Krishija. In West Bengal they are in the districts of South 24 Parganas, Hooghly, Nadia, East Medinipur, West Medinipur. Farmers from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Kashmir are also part of this collective


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What if we could build a smarter approach to resource management, using resources more productively and transforming the waste we produce into new products and services, in a circular way that is fit for long-term wealth creation in the 21st century?
Business in the Community believes this can be done along with the many organisations who have signed up to the Waste to Wealth Commitment, to:
- Set targets to improve the productivity of resources that are key for our business
- Work collectively towards doubling the nation's resource productivity and eliminating avoidable waste by 2030, contributing in the way that is most relevant to our business
- Redesign how resources are used in our products, services and operations
- Collaborate across our organisations, value chains and sectors
- Reconvene and report on progress annually to share learning and demonstrate results
Attend this workshop to help you bring these commitments to life for your organisation.
Purpose of the workshop
- Be inspired by and learn from the stories of organisations leading in resource productivity and circularity
- Understand how to get off the starting block or build on existing initiatives - mapping out your resource use, waste and stakeholders, identifying where you can have greatest impact, and developing an action plan for your organisation
- Consider what kinds of resource productivity and waste targets you might set and how they will help you to achieve financial, environmental and social benefits.
- Consider how you might work with your value chain (suppliers and customers) to achieve greater resource productivity and circularity
- Look for opportunities to collaborate and learn how to do that successfully
This will be of most benefit to:
Any organisation signing up to the Waste to Wealth Commitment
Who should attend?
Internal Waste to Wealth Champions including directors and senior managers with responsibility for environment sustainability/waste, product design and development, purchasing, facilities management and operations
Who to contact for further information
Please contact Elizabeth Edginton, Programme Manager, Environment for more information.
Full joining instructions and venue details will be sent before the event.
Please note this workshop is for Business in the Community members only and requires one credit for two people.


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by Bob Previdi
This past Tuesday, I took a walk to Mt Airy to meet a friend for coffee. I saw some of the small decorative stones lose in the intersection of Germantown Avenue and Cresheim Valley Drive, so I took a photo to forward to the city's Streets Department as I often do to get them repaired. They don't usually repair them properly, just fill it with asphalt to stop the hole from getting larger. By Friday the hole was still there and getting larger.
While I was taking the picture, a young woman came up to me with her two small children. She said she believed the loose stones were dangerous – that they might pop-up and be tossed by a passing car. We had a conversation about pedestrian safety (she is from Germany) and we parted at the New Covenant Campus which led me to believe she does this walk regularly with her children.
Anyone who knows me knows how much I care about our community and the safety of pedestrians. It led me to write this column and suggest to the community that it is time to rethink the safety of this intersection both in the short and long term.
Being a major gateway to Chestnut Hill, Cresheim Valley Drive at Germantown Avenue is not a very pleasant place to begin with. Cars just go too fast and seem to ignore pedestrians. And with the stones flying around, it's worse. It is not safe for pedestrians or drivers and needs to be fixed.
While the problem of stones lifting is pervasive up and down Germantown Avenue, this particular problem is much narrower in scope, and I feel we can take quick action to remedy it. The spot I want to focus everyone attention on are two strips of Cresheim Valley Drive on either side of the trolley tracks on Germantown Avenue.
At this point, 14,000 cars a day cross according to traffic counts available at the Delaware Valley Planning Commission's web site. This causes the small stones to come lose on many occasions and fly off. They can be found littered all over the intersection and the area surrounding it.
We were warned by Pennoni Associates, the contractor for the State Department of Transportation at the time the roadway was reconstructed, that these small stones may not hold, and their warnings have come true. It is time to be pragmatic and make safety our first priority.
I am a member of the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Traffic Transportation and Parking Committee and invite anybody with constructive ideas to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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What is a layby?
A layby is an agreement between a consumer and a trader (e.g. a retailer) in which you pay for goods in two or more instalments, and the retailer holds onto the goods until you have paid off the amount owing on the goods. You don't own the goods until you have made the last payment.
In a layby sale you should not have to pay any interest or other fees (except perhaps a storage fee in some cases).
From 17 June 2014, the definition of a layby sale is defined as an agreement between a consumer and a trader (e.g. a retailer) in which:
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What are my rights when I buy something on layby?
Layby sales which were made before 17 June 2014 are covered by the Layby Sales Act 1971. This Act does not cover part payment arrangements for vehicle sales, services, or sales worth more than $7500.
Under the Layby Sales Act 1971 the retailer must hold the goods for you until you complete your instalments (they can't sell the goods to someone else). If the retailer puts up the price of new stock of the same goods, they can't increase the price of the goods held on layby.
Layby sales made on or after 17 June 2014 are covered by the Fair Trading Act (FTA), which incorporates the provisions that were set out in the Layby Sales Act and gives you additional protection. For layby sales agreed to from 17 June 2014 the retailer must give you a copy of the layby agreement when you purchase the goods.
The agreement must be easy to understand and include the following information:
The cancellation fee can't be more than reasonable costs that would be incurred as a result of the cancellation e.g. if the goods have lost value since the start of the agreement then the fee could be the amount equal to the loss in value. Other reasonable costs include the cost of storing and insuring the goods during the layby period, and administration costs associated with the agreement.
You can ask for a free written statement at any time, which tells you:
If you request a written statement, the trader has to give it to you within five working days.
Until you take possession of the goods, the trader is responsible for looking after them.
I put something on lay-by and have paid a couple of instalments but have changed my mind. Can I cancel and get my money back?
You are entitled to cancel a layby agreement at any time before you actually take possession of the goods. You can cancel in any way which clearly shows you wish to cancel the agreement (unless you've agreed to communicate this in a particular way). You are entitled to a refund of the money you have put down on the item (minus any cancellation charge) and are entitled to get the money back in cash.
The trader is allowed to charge you a cancellation fee as long as:
The cancellation fee is meant to cover selling costs or loss of value. Selling costs include things like storage costs and staff time to write receipts. The amount charged must be reasonable, including only the actual costs incurred by the seller for your lay-by. Loss of value means any drop in the retail value of the item because, for example, the item is no longer in season or a newer model is now available. Usually loss of value can't be claimed if the lay-by agreement is cancelled within one month.
If the amount of your instalments is less than the selling costs and loss of value, the seller can keep your money but they cannot ask you for any more. The Consumer Protection website provides more information about lay-by purchases and cancellation of lay-by agreements.
Note that the rules for cancellation and refunds for goods bought on credit are different from those which apply to goods bought on lay-by. Read our Consumer credit purchase page if you need information regarding cancellation and refunds for consumer credit transactions.
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Can the shop cancel my layby agreement?
If the retailer cancels the layby they must tell you (by phone, in person or in writing).
For laybys taken out on or after 17 June 2014, if a shop cancels a layby due circumstances beyond its control (e.g. the item was stolen in a burglary and a suitable replacement isn't available) then the shop can't charge a cancellation fee. A shop can charge a cancellation fee if they cancelled the layby agreement because the consumer has breached a term of the agreement - as long as this information about the cancellation fee is in the layby agreement.
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I put something on layby and now the company has gone out of business. What can I do?
If a company goes out of business then the goods you have on layby will become part of the assets in the bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation or administration. If your payments are up-to-date, you have the right to pay for and collect your item. If the seller is not able to give you your lay-by item because they do not have enough stock left, then they will owe you money.
If your payments are up to date but you aren't able to complete your layby, then you are entitled to be refunded any money you've already paid.
You will need to contact the company's receiver or liquidator to register your claim for the item or the money you are owed. Put your claim in writing, providing evidence of what you are owed, for example a receipt. Although as a lay-by customer you have priority over some other creditors (such as unsecured creditors) when a company goes out of business, there is no assurance that you will actually get your lay-by item or your money back.
Contact your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau for further information and assistance.
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Who do I complain to if I have a problem with my layby agreement?
If you find that the goods are damaged when you collect them, you have the right to cancel the layby and get a refund. If the goods are damaged then under the Consumer Guarantees Act you are entitled to ask the retailer to give you a suitable replacement or get the goods repaired at no cost to you.
If you aren't able to get a satisfactory resolution from the retailer, you can make an application to the Disputes Tribunal for a decision.
You can report the retailer to the Commerce Commission if the problem is with the layby agreement itself, e.g. the retailer did not disclose the right information to you at the time of the sale or mislead you about your rights, While they can't advocate on your behalf, the Commerce Commission can investigate a retailer and take action against them.
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China plans month-long assault on "rumor"-spreading WeChat users
China's government is to begin an online campaign to "eliminate malpractice" on instant messaging services, such as the popular WeChat, according to state media.
Xinhua reported on an official statement from China's State Internet Information Office (SIIO), which claimed the 800-million-user strong WeChat is being used for more nefarious activities than messaging alone. The month-long campaign is set to target public IM accounts which can "spread information on a large scale and mobilize followers," the statement said.
Over the month, the SIOO says it will target, in particular, users spreading rumors and information relating to violence, terrorism, and pornography - as well as people using IM for fraud. But Xinhua does not get more specific than that.
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Let's start off with the packaging – like most Asian beauty products the packaging is uber adorable. However they are a little questionable when it comes to sturdiness. As you can see in the photos below the actual eyeshadow pan easily detached from the cardboard backing rendering it unfit for heavy travelling unless you superglue it pack in place. Other than that I do like the cardboard packaging, as it's quite durable.
Formula wise these surpassed my expectations. The shadows are buttery smooth and glide onto the eyelid. They are quite pigmented but can lose its intensity when fully blended, therefore needing to pack on more quite often. Other than that it blends out nicely and the shade all compliment each other well.
I bought this palette for approximately $8 when I was in Thailand and I'm kicking myself I didn't pick up a few more when I was there. These would have been the perfect travelling palettes, as you honestly don't need any more shades besides the ones contained in the quad. If you have KMA Cosmetics available in your country I suggest you pick a few of these quads up and grab yourself a bargain.


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I have tried to find details of the story on the innertubes, but for the life of me cannot find one.
Last night on ABC News, they had a story that the NSW schools cannot install the solar panels promised to be funded by the federal government because the NSW government will not allow the installation. The story (I think) was saying that the NSW government wanted a single point for all contracts.
Does anyone know any more about this? or can anyone find the story?
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We can finally announce that the stable version of DEFT Zero is available!
DEFT Zero is a light version of Deft specifically designed to the forensic acquisition of the digital evidence.
Among the biggest features: the support to NVMExpress memories (Mac Book ed. 2015), the eMMC memories and the UEFI support.
For the full list of new features please refer to the manual available by clicking on the link below.
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Interaction-induced dipole moment of the Ar–H2 dimer: dependence on the H2 bond lengthJournal of Chemical Physics (2006)
We present ab initio calculations of the interaction-induced dipole moment of the Ar–H2 van der Waals dimer. The primary focus of our calculations is on the H2 bond length dependence of the dipole moment, which determines the intensities of both the collision-induced H2 = 1 ← 0 fundamental band in gaseous Ar–H2 mixtures and the dopant-induced H2 = 1 ← 0 absorption feature in Ar-doped solid H2 matrices. Our calculations employ large atom-centered basis sets, diffuse bond functions positioned between the two monomers, and a coupled cluster treatment of valence electron correlation; core-valence correlation effects appear to make negligible contributions to the interaction-induced dipole moment for the Ar–H2 configurations considered here.
Publication Date2006
Citation InformationRobert J. Hinde. "Interaction-induced dipole moment of the Ar–H2 dimer: dependence on the H2 bond length" Journal of Chemical Physics Vol. 124 (2006)
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Especially this guy. But it's no new idea to customize Classes in an RPG or even to build new Classes to make the players happy. As a regular feature in my Campaign, players may unlock new Classes (it's just my fancy way to give them the feeling they've achieved something...). There are already two examples on this blog. For this series I would like to talk about the basic Classes in the Rules Cyclopedia, though. Like, my view on the Thief, why should a MU have Mana, Cleric spells at 2nd level (but...), this sort of thing. And when I started thinking about this, I considered linking some Black Sabbath to it, you know, for flavour.
And soon I realized it's ALL Black Sabbath!
Dig it! The Wizard:
The Fighter:
The Thief (okay, tricky... Paranoid maybe?):
The Cleric (now, this is a freebie):
The Elf:
The Dwarf:
The Halfling (sorry, nothing comes to mind but this):
Well, it wasn't that easy after all. But very Old School. Next will be an intimate look into the Wizard (Spell lists, Arduin Mana and Cantrips to blow funny smokerings).


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Recently I came across the following error when trying to import a FIM Synchronization Server configuration:
In words: Failed to connect to the specified database. The extension operation aborted due to an internal error in FIM Synchronization Service.
Not only was I seeing this when importing the configuration, but also when manually trying to create a FIM MA. Whilst it says it has problems trying to connect, it has nothing to do with either the database or FIM Service base address. Even filling in random stuff results in this error immediately. So something had to be wrong with the Synchronization Service or the management console.
The odd thing was that I didn't had this error when migrating from Development to Test or Test to Acceptance. So what was off with the Production server?! After a bit of googling I stumbled upon this post:
TechNet Forums: FIM 2010 R2 Error when creating FIM MA
Well I can tell you, I wasn't going to install .NET 4.0 on the Dev, Test, Acc environment just because a fresh installed FIM server was behaving odd. After looking around on the server and verifying all installed updates I couldn't find anything specific until I verified the installed software. Seems that somewhere in the staging process of the server the "Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile" got installed. I didn't saw it on the other servers, so I went forward, uninstalled, rebooted and voila!
I'm not sure whether a lot of people will stumble on this, but for those that do, I hope this post helps!


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IEEE INISTA 2014 2014 IEEE International Symposium on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications June 23-25, 2014, Alberobello, Italy http://www.inista.org Sponsored by the IEEE Italy Section General Co-Chairs: Tulay Yildirim (Turkey) and Vincenzo Piuri (Italy) Symposium Chair: Vincenzo Di Lecce (Italy) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Derong Liu (China), Emil M. Petriu (Canada), and Fabio Scotti (Italy)
The International Symposium on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA) has been organized since 2005. It aims to bring together the researchers from the entire spectrum of the multi-disciplinary fields of intelligent systems and establish effective means of communication between them. Papers are solicited on all aspects of intelligent systems and related applications, from the points of view of both theory and practice. This includes, but is not limited to, the following topics: Artificial Intelligence Algorithms; Artificial Neural Networks; Bioinformatics; Data Mining; Evolutionary Computations; Expert Systems; Fuzzy Logic; Genetic Algorithms; Hardware Implementations for Intelligent Systems; Human-Computer Interaction; Intelligent Agents; Intelligent Applications in Biomedical Engineering; Intelligent Approaches in Robotic and Automation; Intelligent Approaches in Signal and Image Processing; Intelligent Approaches in System; Identification/Modeling; Intelligent Control Systems; Intelligent Defense/Security Systems; Intelligent Life; Machine Learning; Memetic Computing; Natural Language Processing; Particle Swarms; Smart Sensors and Materials; Intelligent Systems. Proposals of special sessions and tutorials on hot and emerging topics in the field of the symposium are welcome. The language of the symposium is English. Papers presented at the conference by the authors will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. SUBMIT DRAFT PAPERS BY 14 FEBRUARY 2014 Details for the submission and all information concerning the symposium can be found at the symposium web site at http://www.inista.org/. Author notifications will be emailed by March 15, 2014, and the final manuscript is due April 10, 2014. Submission implies willingness to register at the conference, pay the registration fee and present the paper in person. Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author will register and pay the registration fee by April 10, 2014 (only IEEE member and non-member fees are acceptable to this purpose) - no exceptions. Papers included in the proceedings will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore only if the paper will be presented in person at the conference by one of the authors. If an author covers more than one paper with her/his registration to guarantee inclusion in the proceedings, she/he must pay a 50 US$ surcharge for each paper in excess of one. Special Session Proposals: January 10, 2014 Special Sessions Notification of Acceptance: January 17, 2014 Special Session Paper Submission: February 14, 2014 Tutorial Proposal: March 14, 2014 Tutorial notification of Acceptance: April 18, 2014 Hotel Reservation: April 25, 2014


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The Wednesday pride of this city met for their weekly assembly at the civic center with ringmaster James Belk crackin' the whip. Assisting with head duty chores was Princess Michele Waller.
Mike Fox led pledges, Travis Thornton and Sharon Wright led singing and Mike Melcher gave the invocation. Chaplin of the cloth Rey Rodriquez gave his usual, visions of sugar plums dancing verbage, prepared primarily for members of the feline pack.
Lioness Lanelle Julian introduced guests as follows: Ashley Mayberry with Lea Stuckey, Morgan and Xander Alaniz with mom Misty, Wes Reeves with Doug McDonough, and Trey Waller with Paul Waller, and Mary Whistler, director of operations, and Libby Hambleton, legislative correspondent, with U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer who presented our informative program, with most interest surrounded by the mention of the influx of immigrants into the southern border of this state.
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The Plainview Rotary Club held its weekly meeting this past Tuesday at the Plainview Civic Center with President Ted Baker leading your local Rotarians. Chuck Starnes and David Hawkins were the music leaders, Dave Kopp voiced the invocation and Ross Owen led the Pledge of Allegiance.
A full house of Rotarians welcomed several guests: Lynn Baker with Ted Baker, David Appling with Richard Porter, Bianca Berumen with Cynthia Gregory, Tanner Morton with Dorothy Morton, Jodey and Gene Arrington with J.B. Roberts, Clara and Ingeborg Hodge with David Hodge, Mary Vasquez with Janice Payne and Christian Givens with Jay Givens.
Stan DeMerritt conducted the Foundation Dollars game and Carla Edwards won the chance for the money but didn't draw the correct card. Our Rotary Youth Exchange Student was introduced and welcomed to the club. Pierre-Louis Perrey from France will spend the year with the Plainview club.
Lydia Castillo and Ted Baker presented three Paul Harris Fellow Awards: Carol Sue Purcell in memory of Richard Purcell, Shannon Thrasher for his community service to Rotary and Janice Payne-Paul Harris +7. Congratulations to these worthy recipients.
In memory of past president, Richard Purcell, the club presented his wife Carol Sue with a memory box and two shelter boxes will be donated in his memory.
The club was dismissed to the 4-Way Test, led by Ross Owen.
- Kim Street
President Janis Roberson presided at Tuesday's noon meeting at Plainview Country Club. After the Pledge of Allegiance, Jonathan Petty offered a prayer.
The club's annual barbecue fundraiser, to coincide with a Bulldog football game, was discussed. A decision on when that event will be held will be made soon.
Janis introduced Ranada Jack, who provided a program over the renovation of Plainview's Hilton Hotel.
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This is it! My official birthday weekend. I've been celebrating all month with fitness and adult beverages. That's how I do. I'm headed to Kentucky this weekend to tour bourbon distilleries, but I couldn't leave you hanging. Here's a little guide to your Memorial Day weekend. Let's get my birthday party started!
Atypical Cover Band - This is real cool. Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox reimagines today's hits with 20s style flavor. The band's remakes often feature voluptuous lead singers and fun takes on some of today's most ridiculous and catchy hits. Puddles the Clown opens. 8 p.m., Amos' Southend, 1423 South Tryon St. $25.
Next Gen Biz Leaders- Seven social entrepreneurs unveil and celebrate the results of Queen City Foward's Impact3 12-week accelerator program at Impact3 Demo Day 2015 5 p.m., Johnson & Wales University, 801 W Trade St. RSVP.
Sultry Standards - If you've never heard Robyn Springer perform, this is a great chance to see her as she headlines Gantt After Dark. The artist showcase also features spoken-word artist Creativity, visual artists Brittani George & Monroe Tarver and designer Nyoni Couture. Other entrainment includes The Touch One Suite by Touch One Productions, spoken-word, DJ SPK's unique music & Black Ink Monks, the student-initiated writers group from Johnson C. Smith University. 6 p.m. Harvey B. Gantt Center, 551 South Tryon St. Free, but RSVP required.
Be Seen - The Charlotte Kappas present The "Original" Cufflinks & Cocktails. It's one of the most popular networking after-hours events for Charlotte black professional crowd. 6 p.m. Cowbell Burger & Whiskey Bar, 201 North Tryon St.
Fresh Sounds - Private listening party featuring Drea D'nur at the Rare Soul party. Complimentary wine and desserts. 8 p.m. Dupp & Swat, 2424 North Davidson Street #112B. $20.
Acclaimed Animator - The New Frequencies showcase at the McColl Center continues with animator Janie Geiser. Her films use cut-out animations, old children's toys, and bits of archival Hollywood films. 8 p.m. McColl Center For Art + Innovation, 721 N Tryon St. $5.
Summer Kick Off - Join Kiss 95.1, Ragin' Uptown and Luxury Yacht Charters in LKN's largest floating party, Kiss Anchor Island. Starts May 24 and will be every Saturday until Labor Day. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Mojo's Bar and Grill, 19901 Holiday Lane, Cornelius. $20.
Charlotte Culture Initiative, known for its nontraditional fusion of art and culture presents The Culture Fair. It's an inaugural celebration of regional culture. Artists and artisans from throughout the region will be selling their goods at the indoor arts market. Vinyl records, comic books, and music equipment resell are just some of many features inside. Outside will hold swap meet lanes where residents can purchase a space to use however they see fit, whether as a yard sale space or to sell their own creations. Beer selected by NoDa's Salud Beer Shop and there will be a Charlotte Chef Pig Pickin'. 1 p.m. The Chop Shop NoDa, 399 East 35th St East 35th St.
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Surly Brewing Co. says an industrial site in southeast Minneapolis now tops their list of locations for a proposed $20 million brewery, and the popular craft brewery is seeking public funds to help clean it up.
Cities across the metro lined up last fall to snag the "destination brewery," which was made possible by the so-called "Surly law," which the Legislature passed in 2011. The Brooklyn Center-based company wants their new brewery to house a restaurant, beer garden and event center.
After months of research, Surly is setting its sights on a former food processing plant near University Ave. SE in the Prospect Park neighborhood. It's just down the street from what will eventually be the Central Corridor light rail's "Westgate" station.
Surly is working with the city to apply for environmental remediation grants to clean up the area, which has had 150 years of industrial use.
A city list of companies seeking grants pegs the Surly proposal at $2.5 million for cleanup costs. The document says plans call for a 50,000-square-foot structure housing a brewery and beer hall, as well as adjacent recreation space and festival gardens "to the extent feasible." Site design also includes 40,000 square feet "mostly for expanded brewery operations." Total projected cost is $23.5 mllion.
"The site has some great attributes. But it also has some great challenges," said Surly's real estate consultant, Tom Hauschild. "And the environmental conditions and the buildability of the soil are two major ones. So if those two things can be rectified at a reasonable cost, this could be a great solution for Surly."
The city list says that, if approved, about $1.5 million of the grant would come from the Department of Employment and Economic Development, while the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County would provide the rest. Applicants are required to first seek approval from the local juristiction.
The focus of their attention, The "Malcolm Midway" site, located on Malcolm Ave. and 5th Street Southeast, is currently home to little more than slabs of concrete and piles of rocks. One side is adjacent to a loading bay with a lot of major truck traffic, while another features massive storage containers.
Hauschild said the benefits of the site are its central location, industrial zoning, proximity to public transit, and 8 acre size, large enough for the new brewery.
Surly still has to win the grants, which are awarded competitively. If all goes as planned, Hauschild said, "We'd love to be brewing beer there in 2014."
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Sore Eyelids
Evidently I no longer have to stand in the corner, or be chained to a desk, or have my eyelids stretched open with toothpicks and tied to a chair and subjected to watching Beaker clones doing somersaults and burping vowels that sound like the Klingon language. Alas, I have broke away from the norm, ready to pursue my music - as long as I continue to write dark, bizarre stories, even if they end up being short tales of the macabre.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Inventing Authentic Flux Capacitors
Beaker Clone Number 1 decided to invent an authentic Flux Capacitor and attach it to our bathtub. Last night my wife decided to take a bath and as soon as she twisted the knob to turn on the water, it went from zero to warp drive 7 in a six seconds. Once she returned safely - thank goodness - I'm afraid to say what she did to Number 1. Kinda feel bad for the little fella.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
(Sigh) Thanks to my Black-Ops literary gremlins my Ump Must Have Got Up And Went.
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Brain Issues
Nanobot literary gremlins love to create havoc in the occipital lobe, the visual processing center, of my brain.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Woke Up To The Scurrying of Little Feet...
Well, not the scurrying I thought it was, thanks to my Beaker clones creating automaton roaches. The little buggers like to eat electrical cords, power strips, lamps, hair dryers, computers, TV's and vacuum cleaners. At least our food is safe, for the time being...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
I find that delving into fictional worlds, meeting new characters who have bits and pieces of myself, as well as other personalities I've stolen from others, is much better than facing reality. At least my monstrosities do not ever have to worry about such a thing, eh?
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Automaton gnomes with jet packs are addicted to travelocity.com
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Automaton Rabid Tribbles love to be scratched on their bellies.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Cyclopean Beaker clones love to hula hoop in the wee hours of the morning.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Out In The Cold
Automaton Jack-In-The-Boxes with Tourette's syndrome need love too.
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"What we haven't been able to figure out are the proper algorithms to make it happen and there is a huge ongoing research effort at the moment to reverse engineer the brain to figure out what kind of algorithms it employs."
I figured this out a number of years back. It's an evolutionary algorithm. In fact, understanding that evolution is the mechanism by which intelligence works also explains a lot of distinct phenomenon like why human brains recognize intelligence in clearly evolved things like trees and such. A well done, open ended algorithm, slated with predicting future events given very sparse data would necessarily develop an embodied reality simulation, and allow us to understand things like what we mean to understand things. We have an accurate model by which we can predict the activities of such elements. And to borrow terminology from other known evolutionary algorithms like science (amazing how children learning and science seem very similar), consciousness is like having a theory of self much like it's accurate to say children have a theory of mind. And as far as useful organs go, predicting the future is basically worth dedicating a massive amount of resources towards, it's just that doing that requires one to accurate predict what's going on during the present. And it does this by testing the world with the senses, rather than brains processing the senses it's more akin to the brain predicts what should be happening and the sense check whether that's consistent with their perceptions, so from basically no information we evolve an understanding of the world such that our eyes, that cannot see what we see, can tell us whether or not our impressions of what's going on are right or not. -- One will find under this model basically every observation about brains and consciousness are explained.


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The aerospace industry is very a competitive environment, in which both operational efficiency and cost efficiency really matter. Businesses in this sector rely on a range of industry-specific applications to support their operations. They demand high standards of application reliability and performance to help them operate efficiently - but at the same time, look to IT to deliver sustainable cost reductions.
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Lower cost of ownership was undoubtedly the company's primary requirement for its new IT system. However, Inflite also had a number of other priorities.
The aerospace industry is tightly regulated by a range of different organisations, and everything that Inflite does is subject to careful scrutiny. In particular, the company has to be able to provide audit trails for every single aircraft part, including each individual component, right the way down to the raw materials. "In the event of an aircraft disaster, we would have to be able to deliver this audit information in an instant," says Wilkin. "It is therefore very important for us to have reliable systems that are available 24x7."
In addition to system reliability, speed was another absolute prerequisite for Inflite. Its aging systems consistently provided very poor response times. "It used to take quite a few seconds before responses to enquiries were generated," says Wilkin. "There were also often ten to twelve process steps required to complete very simple, routine tasks like raising purchase orders."
The new IT systems had to address these issues by supporting more efficient processes and delivering improvements in productivity. "It's very expensive to keep an aircraft on the ground, so our speed of turnaround is very important," explains Wilkin. "If we cannot source parts quickly, scheduled maintenance works can be delayed. This not only plays havoc with our aircraft hangar scheduling, but can result in revenue losses for our customers. And this is simply unacceptable."
Following the installation of PowerTerm WebConnect, Inflite has been able to reduce staff in its IT department by 20% and work much more efficiently. In the past, whenever Inflite wanted to upgrade an application, it had to actually visit more than 150 PCs dispersed over seven separate sites across the UK. "System upgrades frequently took around two weeks and involved lots of travel," recalls Wilkin. "Now, with PowerTerm WebConnect we can do the task in ten minutes."
Inflite has also made savings by reducing its software licence costs. The company uses Ericom's application broker software to manage its licenses and, as a result, it only has to purchase a license for each desktop, not one for each user. "This strategy has saved us in excess of £18,000 in Microsoft licenses alone," comments Wilkin. "We are reducing costs all the way down the line."
He says: "The deployment of PowerTerm WebConnect has enabled us to reduce our annual IT expenditure by £100,000 in the first year alone. We calculate that we have reduced the IT cost per user by more than half from £180 to £79."
A wide range of business improvements
As well as delivering cost savings, the implementation of PowerTerm WebConnect has also paved the way for the introduction of much-needed new business applications. "In the IT department, we are now able to make better use of our time to deliver improved business solutions, rather than simply propping the business up," says Wilkin. "We have been able to develop and deploy new Windows-based applications that can really help the business to move forwards."
The company has recently acquired a business on a separate site, and it plans to roll out PowerTerm WebConnect to additional users there. The IT team will be able to deploy the new systems quickly and easily, as it can set up new users and lead user training - all without leaving the IT department.
Wilkin says: "PowerTerm WebConnect is contributing indirectly to a wide range of business improvements and efficiency gains across the whole organisation, because it is enabling us to deliver better business applications."
A single desktop solution
From an initial list of fourteen potential products, Inflite drew up a shortlist of four solutions and carried out a series of bench tests across different sites over a period of 30 days. "Ericom offered a single desktop solution that was easy to manage across multiple sites," says Wilkin. "In our evaluations, we identified that PowerTerm WebConnect had the greatest potential to deliver a lower IT cost per user."
PowerTerm WebConnect is a server-based computing solution that provides flexible and secure enterprise-wide access to business applications based on virtual desktops, terminal servers and legacy computers. Centrally managed, it enables companies to reduce IT complexity and desktop management costs.
Wilkin is confident that Inflite made the right decision in selecting PowerTerm WebConnect. Initially, the company rolled out the solution to nearly 150 desktops across all parts of the business. Then, after PowerTerm WebConnect had been in use for twelve months, Inflite prepared a number of �before and after' cost analyses to verify that its anticipated savings had indeed been realised.
A clear cost advantage
Inflite's calculations showed that the company had reduced its annual IT costs by £100,000 in a year. This saving stems from a number of areas including:
Reduced staff in the IT department
More efficient support and maintenance processes
Better software licence management
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Reflections on corruption in high places
When President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria has to kill corruption before the menace, which already has an upper hand, kills the country, no one could dispute this frighteningly accurate assessment of the moral condition of Nigeria.
At another forum, the two-day anti –corruption international summit in the United Kingdom last year, he said 'corruption is one of the greatest enemies of our time. It runs completely counter to our values as it rewards those who do not play by the rules and also creates a system of patronage where the resources are shared out by a small elite while the majority are trapped in poverty.' Certainly, Buhari could not be more accurate.
Corruption in high places may be an ineradicable feature of human society; but its proportion and influence in a polity can, on the one hand, be of tolerable, manageable proportions that infect but neither grounds nor kill it, or on the other hand be so insidious to render the entire system ineffective and terminally ill. The latter is the level of corruption in Nigeria.
This explains why the country has neither developed nor progressed meaningfully to justify its huge natural resources, its age as a self-governing federation and its standing as the most populous black country in the world. And, lest anyone thinks that corruption started in Nigeria just 'yesterday', in a manner of speaking, it is worth the while to remember that in one of his prodigious outputs in the 1960s, the late doyen of Nigerian theatre, Chief Hubert Ogunde sang of how just about everyone in position of authority had his or her gratification price : politicians and followers, public servants and private workers, kings and chiefs, judges and law officers, teachers and students, nurses and doctors, wives and husbands, businessmen and artisans, employers and employees.
More than half a century after, Nigeria or, better put, Nigerians have arguably 'progressed' in only one direction: more and more audacious corruption. Time there was when stealing from the public till by those in government was worth only a few thousands of naira. Alas, Nigerian public servants and their co-travelers working in the private sector have 'developed' a nuclear-level audacity to steal hundreds of millions and billions of naira.
Corrupt men and women in high places have even gone a step further: they have inculcated in their children the depraved values of graft and abuse of privileges, and inducted them into the act of brazenly taking what does not belong to them. Today, along with former holders of high offices are their children, on trial for theft of public funds, and living therefrom, far beyond their honest means. Even some wives have had to join their husbands in the dock for looting.
It used to be argued by some feminists that public office is belter managed and public wealth is safer in the hands of women. This may be so in another place, in another time but, as events have proven, certainly not so in the Nigeria of recent times. Women who have been in the House of Representatives, who were elected senators, served as ministers, as heads of ministries, departments, and agencies of government; women who have headed banks and regulatory agencies in the financial sector, and many who have held just about any position of power and authority, have failed the integrity test as spectacularly as men. Indeed, not a few women have been convicted or are standing trial for acts of corruption.
Three points may be considered salient to this betrayal of trust which has assumed second nature to many men and women entrusted with high office and public resources. One is a lack, ab initio, of self -control with power and money. The other is a lack of a sense of shame of the repercussion of detection. Three, corruption pays handsomely in this clime, with little or no cost to it.
If the punishment is swift and severe enough, a man without self-discipline or a woman who lacks a sense of shame would think again before stealing from the commonwealth Indeed, this might even deter from committing the act at all. It is of the utmost regret and concern that the breaches of public trust are hardly ever met with condign punishment. What sense does it make to fine a man convicted of stealing billions of naira a few hundreds of thousands of naira? How can it be defended that a woman who defrauded her business clients is jailed for a few months, forfeits some of the ill-gotten wealth, and sent home to enjoy the rest? How can anyone reasonably defend a judicial decision to prevent law enforcement agencies from investigating, arresting, in sum, performing their awful duties in respect of a former but well-connected holder of public office.
It is often said that the nation needs more laws to curb corruption. No. There are enough laws in the statute books to do this. But there is a desperate dearth of honourable, courageous, patriotic men and women to do their enforcement duties no matter whose ox is gored. Too many in the entire gamut of law maintenance – the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branches of government are in the public service for self, but not for country. If the spirit and letter of extant laws were implemented today, Nigeria would turn around for the better within only a few years. The thieves would stop stealing and the intending thieves would refrain.
The values of the elite constitute the dominant value that drives the wider society's values. The Nigerian elite – political, traditional, religious, intellectual, business – has infected the rest of society with selfishness, avarice, and mindless ostentation. In all, the depraved value has been ingrained: greed is good. And to survive, all are tempted to follow. Or die.
No society has ever developed on the greed and wasteful conspicuous consumption of its elite. None. The burden of redirecting Nigerian values and repositioning the country for serious thinking as well as productivity lies squarely upon the leaders of Nigeria. This must start from the political leadership that possesses the allocating, the legislative, and the coercive powers to make things happen for good or for ill.President Buhari has his analysis right on corruption in Nigeria.All other leaders often echo him. The nation cannot wait a moment longer for them to put their powers where their mouths are.
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"Dog Meat Festival" Cancelled After Popular Public OppositionThe following call to action was reposted over a 100 thousand times on popular Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo (similar to Twitter), placing it amongst the most forwarded posts for several days this past week, and accumulating over 20 thousand comments by Weibo Users…
[10.18 Bloody Massacre] Oppose the "Zhejiang Jinhua Dog Meat Festival". The "Save Zhejiang" society proposal/petition + Four point plan + Hotlines for the Asian media. (Doesn't matter if you are a celebrity or an ordinary common person, please forward this as each time is one more sliver of hope). This is not a festival, this is a massacre! Call on China to pass animal protection laws! Proposal address: http://t.cn/adLqZYThe link leads to a post on a Chinese movie blog that protests the city of Jinhua in Zhejiang province of China holding a "Dog Meat Festival" next month on October 18th, similar to the annual beer festival in Qingdao except involving dog meat and people who enjoy eating dog meat.
Due to popular opposition, the festival has already been cancelled and it appears that the campaign now is to ask the Jinhua local government what will happen to the dogs that were originally prepared for the festival.
The page also prominently features the following images (click to enlarge):
These images are old, and appeared as early as 2006 in a blog post that suggests the first photo is of a street scene during the Jinhua Dog Meat Festival. An internet post dated in 2007 includes these photos in a story about a village in Hebei province that kills 2000 dogs every day to be shipped elsewhere as dog meat, earning it the nickname of "#1 dog killing village".


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displaying 1-30 out of 264
Family Guy - Who's your daddy?
Peter blindly climbs into Chris' bed in the middle of the night.
The Pyro Guy
A platform game with exploding content
Family Guy - Bird is the Word!
Best moments on Family Guy!
Family Guy - Bird is the word
This family guy has serious problems... but he is so freaking hilarious!
Guy Plays A Cat Organ (BBC)
song : Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
read the joke
Tough Being A Guy
Tough Being A Guy
If you work too hard, there is never any time for her.
If you don't work enough, you're a good-for-nothing bum.
I am looking for this Asian guy...
Hilarious strip!!
Family Guy - Cool Whip
Meg bakes Brian a hair pie and Stewie puts cool whip on it...
Family Guy - Who Wants Chowder?
Peter challenges the guys to a bet that leads to a puke fest culminating in a chowder puke-a-thon.
Fly guy
When your work is just too much, just fly around. Nothing amazing but it is entertaining and relaxing.
Family Guy - Cool Whip
Meg bakes Brian a hair pie and Stewie puts cool whip on it...I mean cool Hwhip.
Family Guy - The Brain Damaged Horse!
we are an unsual family....
Family Guy - Democracy Kicks In
Private Stewie and Brian try to get discharged from the army.
read the joke
A man escapes from prison where he has been for 15 years. He breaks into a house to look for money and guns and finds a young couple in bed.He orders the guy out of bed and ties him to a chair, while tying the girl to the bed he gets on
White guy imitating rappers
A white guy is imitating Snoop Dogg, LL-Cool-J, Jay-Z and he is very convincing!!
Toxic Fumes sign
A hilarious Family Guy toxic fumes sign!


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Fresh figs take me STRAIGHT back to my childhood in the lowcountry of South Carolina. Our mini-homestead included pear trees, grapevines, chickens, ducks, a ginormous garden, and two beautiful fig trees.
Each summer, as the figs began to ripen, my dad would fight to keep the birds from consuming the fruit and, later, my mom would do her part: turning the bounty into delicious fig preserves. We enjoyed those sweet fresh figs during the harvest and then relished the fig preserves as the weather turned colder.
Now, many years later, I have a small fig tree in my suburban yard and I treasure each fig that I pluck from those branches. Not enough for canning preserves … but maybe one day!
With fig season in full swing, here are some ideas for enjoying them fresh off the tree. Or fresh from the farmers market.
Blue Cheese & Pistachio Stuffed Figs
So easy and so delicious. Slice each fresh fig in half lengthwise and top with a teaspoon of blue cheese, gorgonzola, etc. along with a couple of pistachio nuts. Sprinkle with droplets of honey & balsamic vinegar then serve at room temperature.
Figs Wrapped in Bacon
Well, it's bacon so of course it's a good idea! Cut slices of bacon, from healthy pastured pigs, in half lengthwise then use each half to wrap figs, placing them on a baking dish with the ends tucked under. Broil, turning as needed, until bacon is browned and crisp. Serve warm.
Roasted Chicken with Figs
Prepare a whole chicken for roasting then tuck a few fresh figs in the cavity and toss a few more around the roasting pan. Serve the browned figs with your poultry and enjoy the caramelized sweetness.
Colorful Salad with Figs
Assemble a salad with fresh baby spinach, fennel, pickled beetroot, and slices of boiled eggs. Top with figs, quartered, plus olive oil, honey and Celtic sea salt.
Are you blessed with an abundant harvest of figs? Here are some ideas for preserving your figs.Balsamic Fig Jam from The Paleo Mama. Savory Sweet Onion & Fig Relish from Italian Food Forever. Dehydrated Figs from Urban Farm Girl
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Deadline for application is 14 Oct.
Specific tasks for the book-keeper will include:
- Maintaining purchase ledger including recording and preparing creditor payments for sign off by the Finance Director;
- Maintaining sales ledger and credit control function, including raising supplier invoices;
- Working with the Finance Director to produce monthly financial reports for the Directors and Trustees – income and expenditure accounts, cashflow projections, etc;
- Assisting the Living Lens directors in production of periodic and ad hoc budget reports in line with funders' monitoring requirements and for grant applications.
The Book-keeper will report to the Directors of Living Lens and will also have contact with other members of the Living Lens team. Living Lens, as any small organisation, does not have rigidly defined boundaries to each post and the Book-keeper will be expected to carry out other duties as required.
Living Lens is a small and friendly yet hard-working and fast-moving team. We are at an early stage of development and therefore the post carries a lot of responsibility. The ideal person to fill this role will have the following attributes:
- Sympathy with the aims of Living Lens (see below);
- Numerate and trust-worthy;
- Good knowledge of the Microsoft office suite, in particular Excel;
- Experience of preparing financial reports;
- An eye for detail;
- Self-motivation and ability to work as a team.
In appointing staff and volunteers, as in recruiting participants, Living Lens does not discriminate on grounds of race, gender, age, religious beliefs, disability or sexual orientation.
Living Lens values:
- Contribution: knowing everyone can contribute
- Adventure: exploring new opportunities
- Passion: igniting the creative drive
- Durability: what matters endures.
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Fast Food Kids' Meals
Health and Wellness
January 25, 2009
Researchers assessed the nutritional quality of kids' meals offered by major fast food companies using standards delineated by the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and U.S. Dietary Guidelines. Each meal was analyzed for items like total energy, fat, sodium, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, added sugars, protein, calcium, iron and vitamins A and C.
Lunches that met all NSLP criteria offered a side of fruit plus milk and were mostly deli-sandwich-based. These meals contained about one-third the fat, one-sixth the added sugars, twice the iron and three times the amount of vitamin A and calcium as those meals that did not meet the criteria. The remaining 97% were more than one and a half times more energy dense. Several of these meals contained fried potatoes and a sweetened beverage.
Chicken-based meal combos accounted for 51% of the meals that did not met NSLP guidelines. Many of those meals were fried. Twenty-eight percent of meals not meeting the guidelines were burger-based. On the flip side, bean burrito meals contained high amounts of fiber and deli-sandwiches with cheese, fruit and milk were high in calcium.
While most meals analyzed contained adequate protein, more than one-half exceeded recommendations for sodium. Average iron from kids' meal combos was low. Fiber was low too. Fat fared better, though. More than 30% of the meals provided fewer than 30 percent of their calories from fat. More than 66% provided less than 10% of their calories from saturated fat.
"We did see some surprises in our study. There were more healthful choices available than we would've first thought," says Dr. Sharon L. Hoerr, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University. "However, there are many improvements to be made. For example, with the fiber content on most meals coming in very low, the fast food industry needs to make an effort to include more whole grains."
The diet quality of kids' meals offered at fast food restaurants warranted study, says Hoerr, because nearly 25% of children aged four to eight consume some type of fast food daily. Also of concern are rising obesity numbers and the trend for kids to consume more calories out of the house. Clearly, fast food has a significant role to play in overall nutrition.
"My co-authors and I would like to see the fast food industry making an effort to make kids' meals healthier. One way they can do this is by making the default choice a healthy choice. Small modifications, like a change from fries to fruit, can make a world of difference," she says.
Hoerr points out that the results of this study are actually somewhat encouraging. Since fast food chains are not required to meet NSLP standards, the fact that even a tiny percentage made the grade suggests that a nutritional reformulation of kids' meals is doable – and doable in a way that is tasty to younger eaters.
"We want to be a nation with freedom of choice. But we also have to be able to choose things that are healthy and nutritious. In this case, palatable, healthy options have to become available to us."
FDA regulations require restaurants to provide nutrition information only if they make a health or nutrition claim. That said, the majority of fast food companies analyzed for this study publically provided their nutritional information. Meals were examined at Arby's, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, KFC, McDonald's, Sonic, Subway, Taco Bell, Wendy's, and Whataburger in the Houston, Texas market.


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First-last Names
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.0656 Friday, 31 March 2000.
Date: Friday, 31 Mar 2000 10:21:56 -0500
Subject: First-last Names
In Othello, I wonder why the character is sometimes called "Michael
Cassio" and sometimes "Cassio" (by other characters, not by the
playwright)? I also wonder why there are so few characters who are
referred to in "first name-last name" combos (Marc Antony, Launcelot
Gobbo). What were the conventions of address for Shakespeare?


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College Admissions: How a College Can Take Back Your Acceptance
Monday, May 08, 2017
seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades." Parents are often caught by surprise because it hits after the stress of college admissions season and can affect even the most conscientious students.
First the student misses a history paper deadline, then they get a low grade on a test, they break curfew. In addition to plummeting grades, there can be school suspensions, and in some cases, arrests at parties involving drugs and alcohol. What many students don't realize is that their college acceptance is contingent on maintaining the same level of grades that they had when accepted and a clean behavioral record. Colleges CAN and WILL rescind an acceptance if final grades are significantly lower, a suspension occurs, or the student is involved in a misdemeanor or felony. About 2/3 of colleges report that acceptances are rescinded because of grades and 1/3 because of disciplinary issues. Remember that schools are required to send your final grades and an update on any behavioral infractions to colleges. Appear in the police blotter, and a local parent with a student on your college's waiting list may send it in to admissions-it happens all the time.
Avoiding Temptation
What can parents do? First don't ignore the early signs. Speak to your children about the importance of a successful senior spring and the risks of veering off track. It is understandable that seniors feel a sense of relief after working hard for four years to achieve their college goals, but now is not the time to risk it all. Senior projects, internships and community service trips can help direct seniors who feel the need to experience life beyond the classroom. Family projects or excursions can also be a good diversion. If you have been thinking about going green in your home or taking a summer family trip-put your senior in charge of researching and executing the plan.
Critical Situations
If the worst does happen and grades plummet or your child is involved in a disciplinary incident at school or in the community, you need to be ready to deal with the situation. When a college rescinds an acceptance or expresses concern, the student needs to write a substantive letter explaining what happened and taking full responsibility. He or she should then detail what they learned from the situation and why it will not happen again. In some cases, it may make sense to travel to the college and meet with administrators to emphasize your commitment to higher education and being an upstanding member of the college community.
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