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I scream, you scream, we all scream for... mustard ice cream?
French's announced this week the launch of a new ice cream flavor for National Mustard Day on Saturday.
That's right — they created yellow mustard ice cream. It's for a limited time only.
"Yes, and it's delicious!" the company said in a tweet.
French's partnered with Coolhaus Ice Cream to celebrate the special mustard day.
The ice cream is only available for purchase in New York or Los Angeles at a Coolhaus location. However, they provided a video on their website to make mustard ice cream at home.
"Yeah, it's really French's ice cream. Because August 3rd is National Mustard Day, and after 115 years of using mustard to add something bold and unique to standard fare, we thought, 'What about ice cream?'" French's said on its website.
I scream, you scream, wait.. mustard ice cream? Yes, and it's delicious! We partnered with @Coolhaus for #NationalMustardDay on 8/3 to bring you mustard like you've never had it before. Click here to learn more: https://t.co/bkszXuy0NV pic.twitter.com/edOPK6s7tu
— French's (@Frenchs) July 31, 2019
This story was originally published by Lisette Lopez on KXXV in Waco, Texas.


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Prediction of human population responses to toxic compounds by a collaborative competition
- Federica Eduati
- Lara M. Mangravite
- et al.
- 2015
- Nature Biotechnology
This is our catalog of publications authored by IBM researchers, in collaboration with the global research community. We're currently adding our back catalog of more than 110,000 publications. It's an ever-growing body of work that shows why IBM is one of the most important contributors to modern computing.


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Italian Jewelry | Fashion Jewelry and Style Tips. — ring
4 Halloween rings and nail art ideas to try
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Dear Rockmantic people, if you want to celebrate Halloween in a very simple, easy, funny but stylish way, this blog post is for you! This week, I decided to choose 4 Halloween inspired rings to wear with a cool nail art to celebrate Halloween in a rockmantic way... Have a look at this 4 Nail Art from Harper's Bazaar and combine them with some Halloween inspired rings 1. In Stitches Frankenstein's inspired nails and silver cross ring. 2. Sparkly Skulls Combine cool gray nail polish and silver skulls with a gold horn and skull ring 3. Golden candy corn Sweeter...


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love heart cupcakes
- 12 x vanilla cupcakes (see link to recipe in step 2)
- 1 x quantity basic vanilla butter icing see link to recipe in step 2)
- sugar-coated fruit straps, to decorate
- Cut 4 hearts out of each fruit strap.
- Ice the vanilla cupcakes with the butter icing using a palette knife. Top each cupcake with a heart.


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Fantastic entries in last week's Christmas Delight challenge. A big thank you to Melonheadz Illustrating for sponsoring our challenge and providing images to our DT as well as one bundle to one lucky winner!
As always, I have used random.org to pick a winner and that lucky person is entry
Now on to our final challenge of 2016! I would like to say a huge thank you to both of my amazing design teams as well as the wonderful line up of sponsors I had this past year! Looking forward to a wonderful 2017 as well with some brand new to us sponsors as well as our returning favorites! I do have to say a sad goodbye to 2 of our members- Jen and Bonnie. They both have been a very valued part of my team and although I will miss them and their beautiful creations, I wish them nothing but the best and will definitely stay in touch via social media! Having said that, we do have a couple of openings if you are interested in joining our team or know of someone that is. Please check out the Design Team Call tab at the top.
Our challenge this week is an easy one...Anything Goes! Our wonderful sponsor is Fabrika Fantasy and they have offered up 3 images to one lucky participant as well as images for my team to use!
Here is a little bit about them:
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We are a small creative team writing and illustrating fantasy adventure
and children's books. We love to draw fun and amusing characters, and
are happy to offer them to you as digital stamps. We hope you like these
digital images and they help make your creations bright, interesting
and memorable!
Here are some great creations from my team to get your creative mojo flowing.
So in keeping the last challenge of the year nice and easy with an Anything Goes theme, I hope to see your creations below! You could win 3 images from Fabrika Fantasy just for playing along!
Amy using Earth Fairy
Denise using Naughty Cherry Elf
Jennifer using Wise Dragon
April using Happy Chipmunk
Bonnie using Fire Fairy
Please be sure to follow our rules before linking up AND check back to see if you are the winner!
~your project must be new, no backlinks
~you must link directly to your creation as well as back to the challenge blog
~you may enter 2 times per challenge
~you may combine challenges for a total of 8- not 10, 20 or a kazillion, 8 only please
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Minn Kota
Total Price:
Riptide Transom Saltwater Trolling MotorTransom MountHand ControlRebuilt with an intuitive, easy-to-use design, the Riptide Transom delivers power and precision maneuverability. With a push-to-test battery meter, the battery-extending power of Digital Maximizer (on select models) and unmatched corrosion protection, Riptide Transom means fish are out of places to hide.Steering Control
Telescoping Handle: Six-inch telescoping handle provides comfortable, easy steering.
Push-to-Test Battery Meter
This convenient battery meter tells you how much battery life you have left - at the push of a button.
Power Prop: Delivers extra power to help you push through heavy vegetation to get you where the fish are.
Saltwater Advantage
Advanced Corrosion Protection: Riptide's premium-grade alloys are fortified by a multi-step cleaning process, tough-as-nails armor plating & a durable, saltwater-resistant powder coat paint. With layers of protection, the elements are truly protected.
Fully Encapsulated Electronics: Marine-grade urethane fully encapsulates Riptide control boards to protect the electronic circuitry. All electrical connections are sealed with waterproof heat-shrink tubing to keep saltwater out.
Sacrificial Anode: We use metals that are properly balanced & a composite shaft to ward off galvanic corrosion. So the only piece left for saltwater to attack is this little zinc anode, which absorbs corrosion so the rest of the motor doesn't have to.
Advantage Minn Kota
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Cool, Quiet, Power: Nothing runs cooler or quieter than a Minn Kota. Our extra large windings and commutators dissipate heat, resulting in cooler operation, extended battery power, and longer motor life. And our unique bearing system reduces friction to cut fish-spooking noise.
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This motor is backed up with Minn Kota's two-year warranty.
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (dehp) which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to P65Warnings.ca.gov.
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Airbrush Baseball Banner - Marlins -1013
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Our artist will use this sample as reference, but will incorporate YOUR team name, YOUR team colors, etc. instead. Artist will use his discretion to determine best layout and may add additional color (for example) if he thinks it will make the banner look better. This allows each hand-painted banner to have the artist's flair and to be unique!
banners are made of 100% polyester felt.
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Do not wash banners in the washing machine. if the banner gets dirty just spray down with a hose and hang dry.
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Due to possible carrier delays, weather-related problems, etc., if it is crucial that you receive your order by a certain date, you might consider upgrading your shipping method to allow an extra business day leeway. We do not guarantee delivery dates stated on USPS's website, but our experience has been that they generally deliver as stated (but exceptions do occur).


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Colleen Doran is excited about the Aquaman pilot. Good for her!
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There were a lot of interesting comments to last week's post on Apple's secure coding guide and I plan to follow up on those in future posts, but I first wanted to make a comment of my own on the vulnerability note from cert.org that was referenced by Apple's document and by my post.
CERT's vulnerability note
The vulnerability note's overview states:
Some C compilers [and C++ compilers – JK] optimize away pointer arithmetic overflow tests that depend on undefined behavior without providing a diagnostic (a warning). Applications containing these tests may be vulnerable to buffer overflows if compiled with these compilers.
Undefined behavior
When your code exhibits undefined behavior, the compiler is not constrained by the language standard and any behavior at all is acceptable (to the standard). That is why we say the behavior is "undefined." Insert joke on nasal daemons here.
Saying that the compiler is free to generate any code it wants is an obvious way of phrasing this, but it is really looking at it the wrong way around. Looked at from the compiler writer's perspective a better way of phrasing it would be:
The compiler is free to assume that undefined behavior never happens so no code needs to be generated to handle such cases and no code needs to be generated to test for such cases.
The scary thing is that if you are writing code that actually does encounter undefined behavior, it is extremely unlikely that you'll be happy with the outcome that results from these optimizations.
So the take-away is that we shouldn't write code that has undefined behavior. But this isn't news. That has been standard advice since the beginning of time. (Which, according to Unix, was 1970-01-01.)
What is new is that modern compilers are more and more starting to exploit the freedom granted them in undefined behavior cases and have been more aggressive about identifying those cases and optimizing out code that would deal only with them.
Note that part of the CERT's vulnerability note overview states that a diagnostic isn't required. This is true, but naive readers might be tempted to think that requiring such a diagnostic would be a good idea. It would not.
Consider a function with a precondition of a non-null pointer parameter because the pointer will be dereferenced in the function. Do we want the compiler to warn us that it is optimizing out code for the null pointer case? It isn't possible for the compiler to determine which optimizations are for undefined behavior which is known about (and which we are careful to prevent) and which optimizations are for undefined behavior which would be a surprise to us.
Requiring the compiler to warn for every undefined behavior optimization would result in an avalanche of false positives and users would end up silencing all such warning.
Some Undefined Behaviors are More Equal Than Others
So the problem is that coders are writing code with undefined behavior and they need to fix that right? Well not according to CERT:
Application developers and vendors of large codebases that cannot be audited for use of the defective wrapping checks are urged to avoid using compiler implementations that perform the offending optimization. Vendors and developers should carefully evaluate the conditions under which their compiler may perform the offending optimization. In some cases, downgrading the version of the compiler in use or sticking with versions of the compiler that do not perform the offending optimization may mitigate resulting vulnerabilities in applications. [emphasis mine – JK]
That's right, the problem isn't that we have code with undefined behavior, the problem is that nasty compilers are using "offending" optimizations.
To give the vulnerability note its due, it does give a coding solution to the example problem explaining how to fix the issue with better code. But I found the quoted statement both surprising and bothersome. The attitude is that it is okay that we have broken code, as long as we don't upgrade our compilers, is hard to swallow.
As compilers mature they are generating better code (modulo some regressions) and it is likely that the code they are generating for you is more secure and less likely to have subtle bugs with each subsequent revision. Asking developers to opt out of compiler improvements so that they can avoid fixing broken code makes me suspicious of the commitment to code quality.
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Beans and Barley Winter Soup
Ingredients: 250 g dry beans, 100 g barley, 1 onion, 100 g carrots, 100 g root celery, olive oil, rosemary, parsley, salt and pepper to taste
Preparation: Sauté onion, carrots, and root celery in olive oil. Add rosemary and beans, which have been left to soak. Add water and cook the beans until done. When ready, set apart a small quantity and purée the rest. Put the cooked beans back, add cooked barley mash, and let it boil. Sprinkle with parsley and olive oil, serve.


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TopDoctor Magazine – Dominika Laureto
Top Doctor Magazine
At TopDoctor Magazine, our mission is to foster connections within the health and wellness community, acting as a vital bridge between doctors and patients and facilitating collaborations between medical companies and healthcare professionals.
Our purpose extends to empowering our readers, providing them with the knowledge to make well-informed healthcare and lifestyle decisions.
We take pride in being the ultimate resource for interviews with health and wellness leaders, delivering trending medical news, and covering a wide range of healthy living topics.


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Aldean & Wife 'Having Problems' Amid Split Reports
Country crooner Jason Aldean and wife of 11 years, Jessica Ussery, have found themselves in rough waters as his rep admits that the singer's marriage is on the rocks.
"I can confirm that Jason and his wife are having problems, but there is nothing more to share with the press at this time," Aldean's rep tells People in reaction to reports that the two have already split. "It's a private family matter, and we hope everyone will respect that he would like to keep it that way."
Scandal ensued last September after Aldean was caught cozying up to American Idol season 11 contestant Brittany Kerr. The Dirt Road Anthem singer released a public apology, saying, "The truth is that I screwed up. I had too much to drink, let the party get out of hand and acted inappropriately at a bar," he said. "I'm not perfect, and I'm sorry for disappointing you guys."
"I think we're fine. I think anytime you go through anything like that--I mean, it's tough," the singer told CBS This Morning back in November. "We've been together for a long time and through a lot of things together. Those are things that most people get to deal with in private, but we didn't have the luxury of doing that."
RELATED: 10 Biggest Divorce Payouts
Aldean, 36, and Ussery have two daughters together, Keely, 10, and Kendyl, 5, and were married in 2001 after first meeting in high school.
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Why Springfree?
- NO Springs
- No rigid poles
- Great bounce with soft edges
- Heavy, strong & sturdy frame
- Zips closed and comes with a lock
- Better Quality than Big-Box trampolines
- Winner of many Awards for Safety
- The World's First Smart Trampoline
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Ball and Pump for Springfree Trampoline
– Replacement Ball for your Springfree Trampoline
– Includes a Pump too!
Keep playing with the Springfree replacement Ball and Pump. The Ball is made of soft touch material and measures 8.2 inches round. Keep the ball pump handy for any quick inflation needs. The compact design includes needle attachment. Ball is suitable for all trampolines.
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A Springfree™ Trampoline has NO SPRINGS. We use flexible fiberglass rods to give a soft non-jarring bounce. The rods are out of the way and lie beneath the jumping surface out of harms way. Old fashioned trampolines have springs that give a more jolting bounce and despite safety pads, can still cause injury.
All Springfree™ Trampoline Ladders come standard with a combination lock to lock the enclosure, so you can control when and who uses the trampoline. Yeah! FREE!
Springfree™ Trampoline awarded 2010 USA Product of the Year – Children's Products category. The USA award is the only award that rewards innovation and is voted on by over 60,000 real consumers in the USA! Hosted in 28 countries, Product of the Year is the world's largest consumer-voted program that recognizes innovation in consumer packaged goods.
Springfree's shock absorbent edge allows jumpers to experience the freedom of jumping across the entire surface of the mat.
The Springfree™ Trampoline FlexiNet™ enclosure has flexible supports to cushion jumpers and prevent falls. The jumper is directed back to the center of the mat and cannot make contact with the enclosure rods. Old-fashioned traditional enclosures have vertical posts that are rigid, have a "pool noodle" wrapped around it, and hurt if you fall against it. Springfree's FlexiNet™ is strong and taught, not droopy. Much better than the rest.
Well… If Ellen loves it…
You will love it…
Springfree™ Trampoline's frame is well beneath the jumping surface. You can't hit it, period. On old-fashioned or traditional trampolines the frame is a hazard to jumpers, being the same height as the mat. With Springfree™ Trampoline, you can jump freely and safely. While jumping on an old-fashioned trampoline, both the springs and frame at the mat surface pose an impact risk.
Springfree™ Trampoline has been named a Gold Award winner in the 20th Annual National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Children's Products competition. This award signifies that the winning product has been rigorously evaluated against stringent criteria and that it stands out among hundreds of other products from all around the world. Only the best products win the prestigious NAPPA recognition. This distinguished award recognizes Springfree™ Trampoline as a standout among toys available for children today.
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Pcap-over-IP in NetworkMiner
Version 1.1 of NetworkMiner is soon to be released by us at Netresec. I would therefore like to give you a sneak preview of a simple yet very useful feature that we've added. We call this new feature "Pcap-over-IP", which is a name originally coined by Packet Forensics.
With Pcap-over-IP you can have NetworkMiner read a pcap file (or libpcap formatted data in general) or over a TCP socket instead of getting it via the file system. The easiest way to send a pcap file over a TCP socket is to pipe a pcap file to netcat like this:
# cat sniffed.pcap | nc 192.168.1.20 57012
In this example I'd be running NetworkMiner on a PC with IP 192.168.1.20 and have Pcap‑over‑IP listening to TCP port 57012. Click File, Receive PCAP over IP (or Ctrl+R) to open the PCAP-over-IP window and click the "Start" button. NetworkMiner will save the received packets to disk as well as parse and display the contents of the packets in the GUI when receiving the Pcap‑over‑IP stream.
Pcap-over-IP also allows me to do live network sniffing with dumpcap from my local Windows machine and pipe the captured packets to NetworkMiner via a TCP socket, using Netcat for Windows like this:
C:\Program Files\Wireshark>dumpcap -i 4 -P -w - | C:\Tools\Netcat\nc.exe 127.0.0.1 57012
Note that the "-w -" switch tells dumpcap to push the raw libpcap formated data to standard output (stdout) rather than saving it to a pcap file.
The reason for using dumcap to perform the live sniffing rather than using the built in packet capturing functionality of NetworkMiner is that dumpcap is an extremely reliably tool when it comes to capturing packets. So by sniffing with dumpcap instead of NetworkMiner you minimize the risk of dropping some packets.
I can also use Pcap-over-IP to capture network traffic from a remote PC or device. I can, for example use tcpdump to sniff traffic on the external interface of my Linux-based firewall and push it to an analyst station like this:
# tcpdump -i eth1 -s 0 -U -w - | nc 192.168.1.20 57012
I can also perform remote WiFi sniffing with dumpcap or tcpdump from a Linux machine and send the sniffed packets to NetworkMiner with netcat like this:
# iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
# iwconfig wlan0 channel 4
# dumpcap -i wlan0 -P -w - | nc 192.168.1.20 57012
It is even possible to receive multiple PCAP streams simultaneously with NetworkMiner. This way I could have 14 dumpcap or tcpdump processes sniffing each individual IEEE 802.11 channel, while monitoring all the captured traffic in real-time with a single instance of NetworkMiner. However, note that this would require 14 sniffer computers or a single sniffer machine with 14 WiFi cards.
SSL encryption
Don't like sending your pcap files in cleartext over the network? That's just fine, we've also implemented support for SSL/TLS encryption in NetworkMiner. You can use the great multipurpose relay tool socat to read your pcap file and have it encrypted with SSL while transiting the network like this:
# socat GOPEN:sniffed.pcap SSL:192.168.1.20:57013,verify=0
You can also use socat when doing live sniffing like this:
# tcpdump -i br0 -s 0 -U -w - | socat - SSL:192.168.1.20:57013,verify=0
Warning: Always make sure you don't sniff your own Pcap-over-IP stream when sending packets to NetworkMiner. You will otherwise construct a feedback loop, which will fill up the tubes. If you need to sniff the same interface as you are using to perform the Pcap‑over‑IP transfer, then make sure to use BPF to filter out the port number used for your Pcap‑over‑IP transfer like this:
# tcpdump -i ppp0 -U -w - not port 57012 | nc 192.168.1.20 57012
UPDATE June 16, 2014
With the release of NetworkMiner 1.6 we've made the PCAP‑over‑IP functionality available in the free open source edition of NetworkMiner. We have also integrated PCAP‑over‑IP into NetworkMinerCLI, i.e. the command line version of NetworkMiner Professional.
Posted by Erik Hjelmvik on Wednesday, 07 September 2011 09:22:00 (UTC/GMT)
Tags: #Netresec #Pcap-over-IP #Pcap #netcat #tcpdump #dumpcap #TCP #SSL #TLS


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the Bee Gees, English-Australian pop-rock band that embodied the disco era of the late 1970s. In becoming one of the best-selling recording acts of all time, the Bee Gees (short for the Brothers Gibb) adapted to changing musical styles while maintaining the high harmonies, elaborate melodies, and ornate orchestrations that were their trademark. The principal members were Barry Gibb (b. September 1, 1946, Isle of Man), Robin Gibb (b. December 22, 1949, Isle of Man—d. May 20, 2012, London, England), and Maurice Gibb (b. December 22, 1949, Isle of Man—d. January 12, 2003, Miami, Florida, U.S.).
After emigrating to Australia with their parents, the Gibb brothers returned to England in the mid-1960s to further their singing careers. Their early recordings, including dramatic hits such as "Massachusetts" (1967), drew comparisons with the Beatles. The trio reached the Top Ten with "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" and "I Started a Joke" (both 1968) but split briefly after the relative failure of their concept album Odessa (1969). Once reunited, they had hits with "Lonely Days" (1970) and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (1971), but there were several hitless years before they returned to the charts with Main Course (1975). Recorded in Miami, grounded in rhythm and blues, and typified by the chart-topping single "Jive Talkin'," it put the Bee Gees at the forefront of the disco movement, which their work on the sound track album Saturday Night Fever (1977) would popularize and in many ways define. The recording earned several Grammy Awards, including album of the year. Besides writing their own hits, such as "Stayin' Alive," the brothers composed tracks for other artists on the album, which would eventually sell 40 million copies. Subsequent albums, however, failed to match the success of their earlier work. The group disbanded on several occasions, most notably after the death of Maurice in 2003, though Barry and Robin reunited in 2009 and made several appearances. After Robin died in 2012, Barry occasionally performed and recorded as a solo act.
In 1997 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2015 received a Grammy for lifetime achievement. The documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart appeared in 2020.


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The Sword of Summer
The Sword of Summer
By: Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and truant officers.
One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about. When Magnus tries to outmaneuver his uncle, he falls right into his clutches. Randolph starts rambling about Norse history and Magnus's birthright: a weapon that has been lost for thousands years.
The more Randolph talks, the more puzzle pieces fall into place. Stories about the gods of Asgard, wolves, and Doomsday bubble up from Magnus's memory. But he doesn't have time to consider it all before a fire giant attacks the city, forcing him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents. . . .
Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die.


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skyDSL connects all Europe with fast internet
Satellites are used for more than 40 years for communication tasks. Unlike ground-based communication methods, satellites can cover an entire continent. Within this cover, the so-called "footprint", customers can watch TV via satellite, phone or surf the internet.
Pioneer of broadband services via satellite
skyDSL, which is available almost for the entirety of Europe, was developed as an alternative broadband Internet access via satellite by skyDSL Global GmbH. skyDSL was introduced to the market in 1999 and was the first system offering broadband internet via satellite technology for mass-market prices for residential customers and small businesses. The main focus is the regions where conventional broadband internet access cannot be carried out. skyDSL contributes to a Europe-wide coverage of broadband Internet and helps to minimize the economic disadvantages of structurally weak regions by connecting them to high speed internet. An elaborate development of new infrastructure or other high investments are not required, which distinguishes significantly skyDSL from other DSL technologies.
skyDSL2+ as a real alternative in price and performance
Already in 2009 skyDSL2+ was established as the successor of the skyDSL service in Europa offering a two-way broadband internet service via satellite. skyDSL2+ works completely independently from terrestrial infrastructure and can be received in every corner in Europe, sending a data rate of up to 20 Mbit/s download to every customer. Even more impressive is the high data of transmission of up to 6 Mbit/s upload, sending information as pictures or videos to the web. Part of the skyDSL2+ service are the technological innovations of skyDSL Global GmbH, leading provider of alternative broadband internet services.
High Technology from the market leader
Operator of the skyDSL2+ service is the parent company skyDSL Global GmbH, which is constantly enhancing the service and, with a total of over 100.000 customers, is the market leader in satellite-based broadband Internet access in Europe. In Germany, the skyDSL2+ is provided by skyDSL Deutschland GmbH and over Europe by skyDSL Europe B.V.
Successful partnership between skyDSL and Eutelsat
Eutelsat S.A., the leading satellite operator in Europe and one of the three top global providers of Fixed Satellite Services, is a long-standing partner of skyDSL. Eutelsat is the first satellite operator in Europe, offering with his KA-SAT satellite a modern and innovative Spot-Beam Technology.


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New York based photographer Tina Tyrell began taking pictures in high school and has worked professionally in the medium since the age of 18. Her artful approach to image-making is marked by a direct connection to her subjects often with a playful bit of irony. Whether it takes the form of fashion, still life, or portrait, an endeavor into her subject's interior worlds, real or imagined is what drives her storytelling.
Her editorial work has appeared in Buffalo Zine, CR Men's Book, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, New York Magazine, Noon, The New York Times Magazine, Hero, Numéro Homme, Pop, Vogue, and WSJ and been commissioned by brands including Balmain, Chanel, Calvin Klein, Dunhill, Marc Jacobs, SSENSE, Stella McCartney, and Uniqlo.
Her personal work and writing was recently presented in a solo exhibition entitled 'Song for the Young' at Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn.
Represented by:
- Casey Flanegan | SN37
- Mobile: UK +44 07482128134 US +1 917.574.2052
- email@example.com
Studio Requests:
- Hero, Cowboy Blues
- Hero, Julian Casablancas
- Interview, Amy Sedaris
- Interview, Diane Keaton
- Interview, Ella Emhoff
- Interview, Iman + Balenciaga Couture
- Interview, Maude Apetow
- Interview, Lily Gladstone
- Interview, Whitney Peak
- Leaving Green Sleeves, Leonard Cohen Ballet
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All good things must come to an end and so too must the year 2011. It has been an amazing year of growth for PCDU as we've covered Avalon 2011, NatFly 2011 and Oshkosh 2011 along with a number of major events (eg: Qantas grounding) and added some new voices to the team. So as the year draws to a close and 2012 is waiting in the wings, Steve, Grant and Anthony "The Infrequent Flyer" bring you our Farewell 2011 episode:
- Steve & David Vanderhoof discuss the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopters at the time of their decommissioning, developments with the C130 Hercules and a special Christmas greeting from David
- We chat with Mo Ferrando from High Alpha Media about the Hexacopter and Octocopter units he was displaying for us at Tooradin
- David Pilkington talks with us about his career in aeronautical engineering and aerobatics
- David & Grant go up in David's Decathlon to fly an aerobatic routine above Tooradin (YTDN) and broadcast the manoeuvres and sensations during the flight
- Adam Wooley from JoeyGlide chats with us about the National Junior Gliding Championships recently held in Queensland
As usual we have some great listener mail, including:
- Ryan Hothersall sent us a link to the 2011 STOL competitions – amazing stuff!
- Congrats to the AirStig who is celebrating the arrival of a new Stigette
- Thanks to Keane Bourke for his Merry Christmas wishes
- Thanks also to Garry Collins for his train jargon & congrats for Steve
- Big shout out to Owen Zupp for his Owen Zupp Author page on Facebook and his new OwenZupp.com.au blog
Given it's our end of year episode, we have a list of people & groups to thank:
- Our sponsors over the course of the year:
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THE Editors of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology find that the subject of the Huguenot Refugees has excited considerable interest. They have received offers of literary assistance from many quarters, and have already had placed in their hands a number of curious and interesting documents belonging to private individuals, affording matter well worthy of publication. Others are promised, relating not only to the history of the French colonies established in Ireland, but to the previous history of the refugees before quitting their own country. Several private Journals kept by distinguished individuals, have also been placed at the disposal of the Editors; and they have opened a correspondence with gentlemen in various parts of Ireland, who are themselves descendants of French settlers.
They therefore hope to be able to collect a good deal of curious information with regard to this portion of Irish Ethnology. But they already find that the traces of many of the original families can now with difficulty be discovered. A great number of names have totally disappeared, and others have become singularly metamorphosed; while, even in the districts occupied by French families a couple of centuries ago, the traditions are fast dying away. In several cases it has been found that information respecting a family can only be obtained in England, Holland, or Geneva; and at this moment several gentlemen are at work making inquires in those countries. The Editors have, therefore, decided on postponing the continuation of the articles on the Huguenot settlers in Ireland, until next Number, in order to accumulate as many particulars as possible relating to each colony. Gentlemen residing in Dublin, Cork, Youghal, Innishannon, Kilkenny, Waterford, Portarlington, Dundalk and Lisburn, may materially assist the undertaking, by communicating any information they possess regarding the French families settled at these different places.
The Huguenot Colony at Lisburn.
(Concluded from vol. 1, p. 294.)
(Additional particulars.) The ancestor of the Dubourdieu family, Godefrey de Brius, a French knight, was created Lord of Bourdieu in Languedoc, by Philip, King of France, on account of the eminent services rendered by him to that monarch in the Holy War; hence the Turkish scimitar was adopted as his crest, and his family name was laid aside for that of the title. The Dubourdieu family early adopted the principles of the Reformation, and were distinguished supporters of its doctrines; several members having become ministers and elders in the church, and taking a prominent part in its management. We find that, in the year 1637, Armand Dubourdieu was pastor of the Sanoctal at the Synod of Alençon, and in 1644 at the third Synod of Charenton. James, Lord Dubourdieu, was elder in the church of Blangar at the same Synod. In answer to an appeal to the Synod, from the church of Bergerac, a resolution was passed: "That this assembly determines -- first, the province of Guyenne hath exceeded the stated rules in removing Monsieur Dubourdieu from the church of Bergerac without consulting that church; second, that whereas Bergerac is a church of no small importance, and its necessities very great and urgent, and M. Dubourdieu is exceeding successful in his ministry there, this Synod doth approve of his being in that station, and confirms him in the pastoral office of that church." --
In 1659, at the Synod of Londure, among those representing the Province of Lower Languedoc w a Isaac Dubourdieu, pastor of the church of Montpeilier, and it was resolved that, "In pursuance of an order of the same Synod, Messieurs Guilton and Dubourdieu are sent to Saumur to pacify some differences between the members of that church and Messieurs Amyrant and D'Huission. -- The nobles of the Dubourdieu family intermarried with those of De Saumarez and De Lavalade; and it was while holding this high position that it experienced the first shock of the fearful tempest which burst with such violence in the year 1685. At that time a judgment given by the parliament of Thoulouse against Isaac Dubourdieu, the pastor of Montpellier, and his son, obliged him to fly from France and take refuge in London. There he became a minister, and preached with so much zeal and effect that an authora writes of him:-- "Among them M. Dubourdieu, the father, holds a primary rank. You know that he was one of the best heads of our French Presbytery; what he was he was in Montpellier, that he is in London; wise, laborious, and entirely devoted to the refugee church, which he instructs by his frequent preaching, and still continues his exhortations though upward of ninety-five years of age." His declining years were cheered by the presence of his two sons, the elder of whom had lingered at Montpellier some months after his father's departure; and the danger to which he was exposed in so doing is thus mentioned in a letter from the Cardinal Archbishop Bonzi to the Duke de Noailles.b -- "From Montpellier, the 23d of January, 1683. * * * In the stay which I have made here, I have pursued the projects known to yon to obtain conversions; I have discovered that Bordieu (Dubourdieu) the son, a minister here, has some connections and attachments here which will facilitate his conversion, if he can be made to fear either a distant banishment or an order to depart out of the kingdom. If you think proper to send me a 'lettre de cachet' for that purpose, I am in hopes that upon showing it to him he will be disposed to listen to proposals, and that eventually, by an offer of an appointment of Counsellor to the presidial court (of Montpellier) with which the King will gratify him, having secret agents, it will not be impossible to gain him. He has merit, and will be a good acquisition." Notwithstanding these attempts he succeeded in escaping to England, where he became rector of Sawtrey Maines, in Huntingdon, where he died in 1728, at the age of seventy-two. His brother, John, still remained in France, and he, together with the widow of Lord Bourdieu, and her infant son, were the only members of the elder branch who escaped after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Their subsequent history has already been been given; but the following particulars (since obtained) relating to that son, may be given to complete what is known respecting the family. He was the Rev. Jean Armand Dubourdieu, and his piety and ability were so much esteemed among his countrymen in London, that on all occasions of vacancies occurring in their churches, he was requested to select ministers for them. He was also so distinguished as an orator, that he was called on to preach before the Judges at the Summer Assizes of Chelmsford in 1714. Amongst his countrymen his benevolence was so well known that a refugee had only to come to him to find relief; in him his persecuted brethren had a warm advocate; and his faithfulness in the ministry was such that he did not hesitate to raise his voice against the corruption of the time. He did not fail to allude (though in a Christian-like manner) to the apostacy of one of the Saurin family. His gratitude for the kind reception given him by the English Protestants was sincere and lasting; and, though belonging to the French church, his appreciation of the English is manifest from the sentiment expressed in the following passage:c -- "That this church, which hath hitherto been the bulwark and glory of the Reformation, and with which all the other churches abroad must stand or fall, may survive future ages, outlast this visible world, and never end but with commencing eternity!"
De Lavalade.
This family possessed large estates in Languedoc, the head of it having the title of Count de Lavalade. During the persecution of the Huguenots in France, they, like hundreds of their co-religionists, were tortured in the most cruel manner. Laval mentions the case of one lady of this family who, "having patiently suffered many exquisite pains, had at last her clothes turned up and was laid bare on a chafing-dish of coals!"d -- So much did the various members of the Lavalade family become dispersed that we can now trace the history of only three, viz.; the widow of James Seigneur du Bourdieu of whom mention has been already made, and the Rev. Charles, and Mdl'e. de Lavalade: the two latter escaped into Holland, where they resided for many years under the protection of the Prince of Orange. Here Mdlle. de Lavalade married Alexander Crommelin, brother of Louis, the founder of the linen colony at Lisburn,e who, when inviting over a number of his countrymen to settle in Ireland, selected M. de Lavalade as their pastor, and brought him with himself for that purpose. On his arrival in Lisburn, M. de Lavalade was installed in his new office, and held it for a period of upwards of forty years. He resided with his only daughter, Anne, who married Mr. George Russell in 1737.
Louis Roché was another of the French refugees who settled in Lisburn at the same time as Louis Crommelin, (being induced through his connection with him,) and was an extensive merchant there. His family consisted of two daughters, Mary and Alice: the former married Val. Jones, jun., Esq., and their descendants are now among the first inhabitants of Belfast.f The latter married Edward Masslin, Esq. These unions occurring in the same year appear to have been hastened by the declining health of their father, as he died immediately after, in the year 1726.
This family possessed large estates in Guienne, in France, at Agenois. The title held by the head of the family was Seigneur de Melromez, as stated in a MS. document entitled "Agreement to be made, 9th Nov., 1570, between Noble Gerard de Geneste, Signeur de Melromez, of the town of Sarlat, so much in his name as being husband to Marguerite Paraiziare, living in the seigniorial house of Melromez in Agenois;" as also in another entitled, "Declaration of lands and lordships of Melromez given to the King, 18th June, 1645, for the sake of his possessions in Guienne, to the Treasury of France, by Jacob de Geneste, Lord of Melromez, and for the possession of the three-fourths and the other one-fourth belonging to Gabriel de Geneste's father.g Of the several members of this family, Louis alone adhered to the Reformed faith, thereby forfeiting his large estates at Beargues, about five or six leagues from Cajare, from which he took the name Louis Geneste Pelras de Cajare. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes he fled to Holland, and entered into the service of William, Prince of Orange, in whose army he held a commission, and whom he accompanied to England and thence to Ireland, where he served in the regiment of Lord Lifford at the battle of the Boyne and the other engagements of that time. After the pacification of Ireland he settled at Lisburn, where he resided for some years. In 1724 he went to the Isle of Man, and remained there for seven years; but again returned to Lisburn with his family, consisting of two sons and a daughter; namely, Louis, Daniel, and Marguerite, the grand-daughter of whom was married to Jean Baptiste Shannon, Esq., of Belfast, a lineal descendant of the celebrated Colbert. Louis Geneste was too far advanced in years to undertake a journey to his native land, but his feeling of affection for it was still strong, and he wrote to his younger brother (who had saved his life and property by recanting) to inform him of his son's intention of visiting France. This led to an affectionate correspondence between them, part of which is still extant. The letters from France are signed "Pelras." -- His eldest son settled in the Isle of Man, and although he made many efforts to proceed to France, for the purpose of inquiring respecting his property, he was unable to accomplish it. However, after the Decree of the National Assembly professing to restore their forfeited estates to Protestants, his son went to France to prefer his claim; but found many difficulties in the way. In June, 1792, he thus wrote to his family: -- "All matters relative to the fugitive Protestants are enveloped in darkness, and the clerks and persons attending at the different offices seem disinclined to draw aside the veil. Indeed it appears to me, as well as to my friends here, on making the needful inquiries at the offices, that it is their wish to suppress such information as would tend to throw light on the subject." Hoping, however, that he might be the means of "opening a door for the benefit of the heirs of Protestant refugees, which, by the chicanery of those vipers in office, has been closely barred up, and that in direct contradiction to the liberal terms of the Decree," he wrote to the President of the National Assembly, mentioning the difficulties he had met with at the different offices, and his inability to obtain the Table of Forfeited Estates, agreeably to the intention of the Decree, 19th Article. This letter was transmitted to the Minister of Justice, and he subsequently wrote to that official himself, and then waited on him, when he was received with politeness. The Minister apologised for the neglect of his predecessors in office in not obeying the Decree, and mentioned that he had given orders for printing the list of Forfeited Estates; but that this being a voluminous document it would require a fortnight to complete it: and, in the meantime, handed him a written order for access to the manuscript. By means of this he was able to ascertain the situation of his father's estates; and his anxiety to visit them was so great that he left Paris for Bordeaux before the expiration of the fortnight, with the assurance that the list would be forwarded to him. He had hardly reached Cajare when he was arrested on suspicion of being a spy, and it was not until after a minute inspection of his papers and letters of introduction that he was set at liberty. M. Pelras and his son, an Abbé, chanced to be present during the examination, and to his great surprise the latter accosted him thus:-- "We are your nearest relations. The late M. Pelras of Cajare was brother to my father, and, consequently the same to your grandfather, of whom I heard that he had left this country, as well as another brother." He dined with the Abbé and met several of his nearest connections. "After dinner," he continues, "the Abbé proposed going with me on the following day to Beargues, the ancient estate of the family, a moiety of which was in possession of his father, and mentioned that the remaining part of the paternal inheritance had been held by the late M. Pelras of Cajare, and, being sold by him, had passed through several different hands. The Abbé promised to procure at Beargues (as they could not be obtained elsewhere) every document I might require relating to the estate and family of my ancestors. I accordingly arranged to accompany him; but in the afternoon he excused himself, saying his attendance in his parish was indispensably necessary, and that he was sorry it so happened. I told him my time would not admit of any further delay, and that I must return the following morning to Figeac on my way back to Bordeaux." At last, finding all endeavours to procure further intelligence fruitless, he returned to England, and died there leaving many descendants, among whom we may particularize the names of Stowel and Geneste, well known to the Christian world.
De Blaquiére.
The estates of this family were situated in Guienne, and the title borne by the head of the family was that of Seigneur de Blaquiére. One individual settled in London, and became an eminent merchant; and his sons held a high position there. Another branch of the family was induced to settle in Lisburn, in consequence of the marriage of a Mdlle. de Blaquiére to John Crommelin, nephew to Louis.
Little more can be gleaned of the early history of the Perrin family than that they held large possessions in the fertile district of Nonére, in France. A few mutilated fragments of old French MS. papers are all that now remain among its representatives in Ireland, and these afford but scanty information. The following passage translated from one of these would seem to indicate that the MS. when complete had contained various interesting particulars. It commences thus:-- "In a sunny vale, not far from the banks of the Garonne, surrounded by swelling hills, the first steps of the great barrier between France and Spain, was situated a small and picturesque village. There was the residence of the Curé, there the village church, with its well-proportioned spire gracefully shooting towards the sky; while the residences of the villagers, clustering around, bore an appearance of neatness and comfort which, at the epoch we are speaking of, the traveller would have elsewhere vainly sought, for many a long mile through France. A little sparkling mountain stream danced gaily down the main street, if indeed the expanse between the two rows of cottages could be called by that name; and at the middle of its course deepened into a pool, beside which, from a broad stone pedestal, sprung a massive cross. It might be three o'clock, one Autumn day of the year 1725, that this pedestal was occupied by a man of striking and impressive appearance. Above a massive forehead waved long locks of silvery hair, the only covering it had; the form was large and well-proportioned; the deep chest and broad shoulders indicated one whose earlier powers must have been of no common order. He was speaking in grave, earnest, and, occasionally, impassioned tones, to a groupe of the villagers which was every moment increasing; and he again and again referred to a small volume which he held open in his hand, and from which he quoted long passages in a manner that showed he held its words in deep reverence. That volume was the Bible; the speaker was Délas the celebrated Huguenot preacher. On one of his missionary journeyings he had reached and spent some days in this remote district. Among the listeners was one whose wrapt and earnest attention was not less striking than his personal appearance. He was in the vigour of early manhood, of thirty years, or thereabout; his form stalwart, yet lithe and graceful; his black hair clustered under a small hunting-cap, which from time to time he reverently touched, when a name or a word uttered by the preacher claimed such an act of homage. His dress was that of an ordinary country gentleman of the age and place; the respectful bearing of the villagers towards him marked that his station was more exalted than theirs; while the air of proud affection with which, from time to time, some aged sire among them gazed upon him, showed that the relation between them was not the too common one of tyrant and slave. He was indeed the representative of a family whose boast had always been the love of their tenantry. Amongst all the traditions of the Comtes de Perrin scarce was there a murmur of ill-will or strife subsisting between them and their retainers; while many noble deeds of self-devotion on the one part are related from the time when all his band fell one by one around the prostrate corpse of the old crusading lord, which they unanimously refused to leave, as still recorded in the great tombstone dedicated to their memory, in the churchyard; and on the other part of uncalculating munificence, and of resolute resistance to every invasion of their rights by King, or Church, or neighbouring Seigneur. Everything bore witness to the unbroken traditionary love, handed down on both sides from sire to son as their most precious heir-loom. -- Yes, such was the station, such were the advantages, which to thy ardent soul, in its pursuit of truth, weighed but as dust in the balance, O! Louis Perrin, when, resigning rank and honours and wealth, thou wentest forth from thy ancestral home, and cheerfully became a penniless exile: amid the scorn of the worldling and the wonder of the careless, thou, and all thy house in thee, bade an eternal farewell to the land to whose glories they had contributed, and whose" * * * * * * [Here the manuscript becomes illegible]
It appears from some fragments of the Comte du Perrin's correspondence that many enticements were held out by the King to induce him to change his religion; but all without effect. An unrelenting persecution then commenced, to which he makes frequent allusion in his letters: one of his friends was sentenced to the galleys for three years. He at length contrived to escape from France, and settled in Lisburn for several years; subsequently removing to Waterford. His descendants have become honoured members of the Irish Bar. One of the family was long known as an excellent French teacher in Lisburn, and the author of a good grammar of that language.
To be continued...
[a] Apologie des Réfugiés, pp. 98, 100.
[b] Family Papers of De Noailles in the library of the Louvre, quoted in the "Bulletin de la Société de I'Histoire du Protestantisme Français. -- Tom. I., p. 114.
[c] Dubourdieu's Sermon, preached at the Chelmsford Assizes, in 1714,
[d] Laval's History of the French Reformation, Appendix, p.7.
[e] See ante, vol. I., p.214.
[f] Bruces, Bristows, &c.
[g] "Registry of the confiscated estates of the Religious Fugitives," in the Rue de Clerü, near the Gros Cheret.
The above article is reproduced from the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. 2, 1854.


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In the buttoned-down world of government officials who oversee computer contracts, Poland's Andrzej Machnacz cut a colorful figure. He enjoyed fine cigars and tooled around Warsaw on a motorcycle. Salesmen beat a path to his office, where the big-screen television was usually tuned to the fashion channel.
"Andrzej liked to look at pretty girls," one frequent visitor recalled. "There always had to be cigars and good alcohol in his office, mainly well-aged whisky."
Computer sales executives for local companies and global giants like IBM and Hewlett-Packard had good reason to cultivate Machnacz. As senior technology officer for Poland's national police and, later, the nation's Interior Ministry, he set the terms for hundreds of millions of dollars in technology contracts and decided which ones should be awarded without competitive bidding.
Today, Polish prosecutors have painted a damning portrait of the partnership between the colorful Machnacz and the eager salesmen, one that could have legal consequences for the American companies, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle, the Redwood City, Calif. software company.
Machnacz, prosecutors say, received more than a $1 million in cash and brand-name gifts in exchange for steering government contracts to the three American companies, as well as to a Polish company called Netline. According to prosecutors, the gifts included a BMW motorcycle, a Nissan SUV, a Harmon Kardon home theater, a Sony 50 inch television, 12 HP laptops, several iPads and a refrigerator.
The bribing of overseas officials is barred under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and as ProPublica has previously reported, the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission have stepped up enforcement of that statute in recent years. It is unclear whether federal investigators in the U.S. have begun looking at the circumstances of the Polish technology contracts.
IBM and Hewlett-Packard said in statements that they were cooperating with Polish authorities. Hewlett-Packard noted that "no current HP employees are suspects in this case," while IBM pointed out that "press reports" on the case referred to a "former IBM employee." The company said in its statement that it "believes in the highest ethical standards for its employees and is committed to the principles of business ethics and lawful conduct."
Oracle, whose possible entanglement in the investigation had not been publicly known before today, would not comment for this article.
The first reports about the investigation by Polish news outfits surfaced more than a year ago, named IBM and HP, and did not make much of a splash. A report last week by Robert Socha of Poland's TVN television network brought to light new details. (Watch a version with English subtitles here.)
The TVN report included footage of a Polish business executive describing the elaborate steps Machnacz would often take in order to do business in secret. The executive, whose face was obscured on camera, was not identified by name but was described as a former employee of Netline, the Polish company implicated in the case.
"I followed him in my car," the executive said of Machnacz. "Sometimes, he would go to great lengths to show how ingenious and great he was, and how he could lead all the agencies by the nose. We would meet, I would follow him by car, he would ride a motorcycle, making a show to check that we were not followed. I got to know all the underground stations, as very often we would meet at a different one."
The employee said he first met Machnacz at a conference in the United States that he'd been invited to by an IBM executive in Poland.
A spokesman for Poland's Anti-Corruption Bureau, which has been investigating the case, told TVN and ProPublica his agency had so far been less than impressed with level of cooperation from the three American companies.
In an email to ProPublica, Jacek Dobrzynski said the companies had responded to requests for documents. But asked directly about the attitude displayed by HP, IBM and Oracle, he said had not seen "any initiative, any willingness" from them to "solve this case completely."
"I think they should be the parties most interested in that," Dobrzynski said.
Machnacz's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. Prosecutors have announced that Machnacz has been released from prison and has agreed to cooperate and testify against others involved in the scheme.
Prosecutors have not specified which exact contracts were influenced by the alleged bribery. Polish officials say as many as 140 computer deals amounting to more than $500 million may have been tainted. Poland does not publish details of its government contracts.
The former Netline official said the technology systems bought by Machnacz were too expensive and sophisticated for the country's needs. "Because of the rapid pace of change in the technology field, the technology Machnacz had purchased still needed to be updated every several years.
"It was like we built brand new highways and rode horse carts on them," the former Netline executive said. "It was money wasting."
IBM went some lengths to tout its successful collaboration with Machnacz, featuring a Polish project in a glossy 2009 brochure that spotlighted 16 innovative technology efforts around the world. The brochure included a glowing account of how IBM had worked with Machnacz to create a network of handheld computers that gave Poland's police instant access to a vast array of data. With a few key strokes, cops could learn whether they were dealing with a stolen car or a wanted man, the brochure said.
The portable computers "practically eliminates errors and incorrect information," the brochure quoted Machnacz as saying. Marcin Figiel, the IBM sales executive in Poland with whom Machnacz worked, proudly asserted that no other country in Europe had deployed such an advanced network.
Prosecutors said that Figiel gave Machnacz nearly $60,000 in brand-name consumer products. Figiel no longer works for IBM; his lawyer did not respond to requests for comment.
Tomasz Ziolkowski, a salesman for HP, was alleged to have given Machnacz more than $600,000 in cash gifts "in exchange for helping Hewlett Packard Poland and Oracle obtain public contracts with the police and Interior Ministry." According to his profile on LinkedIn, Ziolkowski left HP in February 2010 for a job with Oracle's Polish operation as a "consulting sales director." The profile says he left Oracle in July, 2011; his lawyer also did not reply to a request for comment.
The U.S. anti-bribery statute holds companies legally liable for bribes or payments by foreign employees, even if they acted without authorization from their employers in the U.S., according to Mike Koehler, a professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law and author of the blog FCPA professor.
IBM, Oracle and Hewlett-Packard have not publicly disclosed the case in their filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission. That decision likely reflects a judgment that the Polish inquiry will not affect the companies' bottom lines or change investors' views of their stock, experts said.
Hewlett-Packard and IBM have been investigated for bribery in government contracts in other countries.
In April, 2010, Hewlett-Packard disclosed that the Department of Justice, the S.E.C. and German prosecutors were investigating nearly $10 million in suspect payments related to a $45 million contract for a computer system bought by Russia's chief public prosecutor. U.S. authorities were also looking at separate transactions in Serbia, Austria, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, the company said.
A year later, the S.E.C. sued IBM in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleging that the company had provided shopping bags full of cash, gifts and travel expenses to officials in South Korea and China to secure computer contracts. The S.E.C. contended that "despite its extensive international operations, IBM lacked sufficient internal controls designed to prevent or detect these violations of the F.C.P.A.," the anti-bribery law.
"During the period 1998 to 2009," the complaint said, "IBM had corporate policies prohibiting bribery and procedures relating to compliance with the FCPA; however, deficient internal controls allowed employees of IBM's subsidiaries and joint venture to use local business partners and travel agencies as conduits for bribes or other improper payments to South Korean and Chinese government officials over long periods of time."
The complaint accused the company of violating the provision of overseas bribery the law requiring it to keep accurate records and maintain "internal controls" to prevent payment of bribes.
The S.E.C. and IBM had agreed to settle the case for $10 million, but Richard Leon, the federal judge overseeing the S.E.C.'s action, recently refused to approve that deal. The case is still pending.
Robert Socha is a reporter with Poland TVN network.


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This is a FABULOUS recipe!!! I can not believe it tastes so much like the real thing!!! And here I thought that I'd never get to legally eat pizza again. :lol: This was sinfully delicious....along with my Diet Rite and a good movie it felt like old times. Thank you!!!
Can't wait to try it tomorrow!!!!
YUMMY, and yOU look GREAT Kathryn |
I just tried the recipe as Donald posted it, with a few different toppings, and all I can say is...thank goodness I wasn't starving when I sat down to eat or the whole thing would've disappeared!
One question...I'm not a cold pizza eater. What is the best way to reheat leftovers? Does it microwave okay or does it get soggy? I can't wait to take it to work tomorrow and share it with my lc co-workers! |
You can probably reheat it in a toaster oven.. I've never tried in the microwave...
I made this last night and what a hit! Great recipe!!
Oh gosh, finally back home after a long vacation. Time to make this again! Yum yum! :wiggle:
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I just have to agree with all the people who thought this was the best thing ever! :)
I made it kind of wrong...used a large pie plate instead, to make it more pizza-y. So I just cooked it for a little longer on slightly lower heat, and it worked out perfectly. Bacon and mushroom toppings..mmmmmmm. :doah: Hubby and I are big fans, now! :) One more thing--our microwave died, and I don't have any desire to replace it, so I've figured out how to make the toaster oven do roughly the same things I used the microwave to do. To reheat a 1/4 of my pizza from refrigerated, I put it in the toaster oven on low (about 200-250) for about 10 minutes. Turned out pretty well, actually, though 12 minutes would have gotten it hotter. :yum: Thanks so much for this recipe! |
I know I'm not the first to say it, nor will I be the last if this thread is any indication, but this recipe is terrific.
My husband has craved pizza since starting induction and all the "fake crust" recipes turned him cold and sent the finished product to the trash can. Blech! Upon hearing the name of this recipe Husband appeared dubious. THe doubt was practically written on his face. Real men don't eat quiche ... right? Two bites into it he asked, "How much more of this can I have?" Success! |
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I have been planning on making this Quiche Pizza but how much does this make you see I would like to know if I need to purchase extra things so I can share with my itty bitty soon to be DH.
Thnk about the ingredients.
4 oz softened cream cheese 4 eggs 1/3 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (grated) 1 tbs chives 1/2 tsp Italian or pizza seasoning 2 cups shredded cheese (I use mozzarella /cheddar mix) 1/2 tsp wet garlic or 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/2 cup lowest carb tomato or pizza sauce 1 cup mozzarella cheese Toppings to taste (I use pepperoni, sausage, onion, green pepper, mushrooms, whatever!) Beat together cream cheese and eggs till smooth. Add cream, parmesean cheese and spices Spray 13x9 glass baking dish with oil Put 2 cups of shredded cheese in dish and pour egg mixt. over Bake at 375 for 30 minutes Spread with sauce and then add your toppings Cover with mozzarella cheese Bake till browning and bubbly Let stand for 5 minutes or so. 4 eggs, more than 3 cups of cheese, and bake in a 9 x 13 inch dish. That should be more than enough for two people. And maybe leftovers for lunch for the microwave. |
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I made the pizza quiche for the first time last night. My DH and I each had 1/4 of the 9 X 13 pan, and then had the rest today for lunch. It doesn't look like a lot (considering that when we used to eat "real pizza" DH would wolf 4 or 5 slices without blinking) but it's filling and really good. Good luck! |
Thanks I still have gotten around to making it but this weekend is my reward with this dish. It sounds so GOOD!
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A friend dropped over. I knew this friend wouldn't care about the state of my house but I heard myself say, "Sorry the house is in a mess."
I hear the same phrase when I visit friends in their homes. Why do we do it? Why do we apologise?
Personally, I feel embarrassed when my house is messy — which is often. I worry people will think I'm lazy or am running some sort of zoo (it certainly feels like it at times!). I also want people to feel comfortable in my home. (Excuse me while I wipe the weetbix off your chair). You see, I have great plans for neatness, but in reality, I can't sustain it.
When I do manage to have the house clean and tidy, I decide things will change. I WILL STAY ON TOP OF IT! But I don't. Why? Because it rains. And I can't get the washing dry. Because my children get sick. And in a moment my children can make the mess in the picture when they play wonderful games around the house. Because I'm out of the house four days in a row. And I get weary. Because I'm a taxi. And my daughter forgot to take her lunch to school. Because my husband leaves his shoes and socks in various places around the house. And — why, why, why — would someonetell me why the floor next to the washing basket is closer than the basket itself?
I wish I was a better housewife — I really do — but I do my best. Sometimes my best is fairly passable. Sometimes my best a I-managed-to-shower day. So be it.
On the flip side, I never want others to feel embarrassed about their homes. So, when I hear the words "sorry the house is a mess" I say, "Don't you dare apologise. I couldn't care a less." It's probably time I take my own advice and stop apologising.
I want a nice neat home — you know — like the magazines with glorious storage and no dust. Come on Kelly, is that what you really want? Ah — yes. Yes I do. However, this is what I'm thinking about: My children have clothes and love; my family has food and shelter; my husband has comfort and support; my friends can come to my home and not feel stressed about spilt milk. These things have to be better than a neat home — right?


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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that LMAX Exchange, the first FSA regulated MTF for spot FX, has selected the Equinix London LD4/5 data center campus in Slough as its primary operational site. The move positions LMAX Exchange in the epicenter of institutional FX trading, further enhancing access to its award-winning trading technology, reinforcing superior execution capabilities.
Established to deliver the benefits of exchange execution, LMAX Exchange optimizes the FX trading strategies of buy and sell-side trading institutions by offering precise, consistent execution, transparent cost of trade and a level playing field for all market participants. As a result, clients benefit from superior low-latency trading with an average matching speed of 3ms in over 60 FX pairs.
"We moved to Equinix because they are well placed to provide us with more than just data center services," said Andrew Phillips, head of systems, LMAX Exchange. "There is a significant amount of FX activity taking place on Platform Equinix, not just in Slough, but worldwide. Locating our matching engine in one of the key centers of this community puts LMAX Exchange at the client's fingertips."
There is a large and growing ecosystem of global traders and other financial services providers inside Equinix data centers. The Equinix LD4/5 campus houses nearly 200 trading participants, all of whom can connect directly to the LMAX Exchange. With over 50 low-latency network providers, the LD4/5 campus also provides transatlantic connectivity for 'follow the sun' FX trading, with a 65.7ms round-trip between LD4/5 and New York. Globally, Platform Equinix™ provides access to more than 700 financial customers spread across the world's top 16 global financial markets, as well as the leading equity MTFs, multiple FI platforms, dark pools, commodities, and new derivative products.
"LMAX Exchange is a welcome addition to the Equinix financial ecosystem, extending the range of venues we host outside the traditional Equities markets," said Dick Theunissen, CMO, Equinix EMEA. "Their pioneering approach to reengineering electronic investment models will bring major benefits to the trading community in our London LD4/5 campus and further afield."
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LMAX Exchange is the first FSA regulated MTF for spot FX. Established to deliver the benefits of exchange execution to the traditionally OTC traded market, LMAX Exchange is a fundamentally different proposition. LMAX Exchange delivers precise execution, transparent cost of trade and a level playing field for all market participants. Just as on exchange, the trade execution is order-driven against streamed, executable limit orders supplied by the General Members. Clients benefit from superior low latency trading with an average matching speed of 3ms in over 60 FX pairs. LMAX Exchange offers multiple connectivity options: Web, Direct APIs (.NET, Java), FIX 4.4 and leading MT4 bridge providers.
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October / November 2003
Support Jubilee Debt Cancellation with the World Bank Bonds Boycott!
The monthly grassroots action for October/November is to support the World Bank Bonds Boycott campaign.
The World Bank Bonds Boycott is an international grassroots campaign that is building moral, political, and financial pressure on the World Bank for change. The World Bank raises most of its funds by issuing bonds. Ordinary people, through pornochacha their pension funds, religious communities, labor unions, churches, municipalities, and universities are exerting pressure for change on the World Bank by adopting resolutions or policies against World Bank bond investment. The campaign calls for 100% debt cancellation for impoverished countries and cancellation of illegitimate debt, an end to the World Bank's harmful "structural adjustment" policies; and an end to environmentally destructive projects, especially for oil, gas, mining, and dams. Jubilee USA Network has endorsed the campaign and many member groups have also joined.
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You can participate in this effort by signing on to a letter to TIAA-CREF, the nation's largest pension fund in support of the World Bank Bonds Boycott. Even if you or someone in your group is not a member of TIAA-CREF, you can ask professors, teachers, or other academic staff in your area to consider signing onto the letter as a way to support Jubilee debt milf xxx cancellation. TIAA-CREF's members are mainly academic staff, professors, and teachers. You can also ask students and student networks in your area to take the letter and information to professors that are sympathetic to issues of social and economic justice.
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October/November 2003
Tell TIAA-CREF: Take the Next Step on World Bank Bonds!
Late last year, TIAA-CREF, America's largest pension fund, sold off all its holdings of World Bank bonds. TIAA-CREF cited financial considerations as the main reason for its decision. Whatever reason TIAA-CREF sold its bonds, this is an important development and victory for those of us working to challenge unjust globalization and to pressure the World Bank for change.
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We want to deliver the below letter, with hundreds of signatories from TIAA-CREF members across the country, to TIAA-CREF's upcoming Annual Meeting, which will take place on November 13, 2003 in New York City. Please act today, and please forward this message widely to listserves and other people you may know that are members. You can sign onto the letter by sending your name, title, affiliation (your organization or educational institution) to email@example.com .
Letter to TIAA-CREF: Take the Next Step on World Bank Bonds
As members of TIAA-CREF, we want to thank you for TIAA-CREF's recent decision to sell its holdings of World Bank bonds. We applaud you for your decision both because it is a financially sound decision to make, and because it is a socially responsible move.
We write today to urge you to take the next step. We request that TIAA-CREF adopt a policy against investing in bonds issued by the World Bank (the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD), and instead invest in bonds that promote social good. We would urge you to adopt such a policy for all TIAA-CREF funds, including the Social Choice Account.
There are compelling financial and social reasons for adopting a policy against World Bank bond investment. First, from a financial perspective, there are a number of risk factors associated with World Bank bond investment. A growing number of World Bank borrowers –including, in November 2002, Argentina – are defaulting on payments to the institution, or may be forced to do so in the future. Moreover, many World Bank loans are poorly monitored and are not sustainable, which may increase risks of non-payment. Finally, a growing campaign which urges investors not to purchase the bonds, the World Bank Bonds Boycott campaign, is increasing risks associated with holding the bonds and seeks to lower the Bank's "AAA" rating.
Second, World Bank bonds are not socially responsible investments. The World Bank lacks democracy and transparency in its operations: voting power in the institution is heavily skewed in favor of rich countries, and its Board meetings held in secret. The World Bank's lending in recent years has been increasingly oriented towards so-called "adjustment" loans which allow the Bank to avoid environmental and social safeguard policies in place for its project lending. As members of TIAA-CREF, education is a strong priority for us. Many of the World Bank's loans for education have come with requirements that user fees be charged on students and that teacher salaries be cut. Finally, the World Bank's refusal to cancel illegitimate and unpayable debts owed to it by impoverished countries means that dozens of countries around the world must make unconscionable payments to the World Bank while their education and health systems collapse.
We support a statement of policy from TIAA-CREF against investment in World Bank bonds. Such a statement would reduce the risks to TIAA-CREF participants that are associated with holding World Bank bonds, and it would send a strong message for change to the World Bank.
Thank you for considering our request, and we look forward to receiving your response.
(Initial signers)
Patrick Bond, Professor, University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and Visiting Professor, York University (Toronto)
Salih Booker, Executive Director, Africa Action, Washington, DC
Dennis Brutus, Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh
Tim Canova, Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law
Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC
Emira Woods, Co-Director, Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
Iris Marion Young, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago


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In this interview, KGNU's Claudia Cragg speaks with Thrity Umrigar about her latest novel, 'The Space Between Us'. In this, "Umrigar illustrates India's national identity crisis over the past 40 years through four friends who reconnect in this absorbing novel. Divorcée Armaiti is living in America with a...
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