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In its effort to sell off the lease to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, the Trump Organization has put together a glossy investor brochure complete with pictures showcasing the hotel's grandiose architecture, its central location and its spa's Himalayan salt chamber.
The hotel's biggest selling point though, according to a copy of the brochure seen by CNN, is the one thing that the Trump family insists it didn't take advantage of: profiting off foreign governments.
"Tremendous upside potential exists for a new owner to fully capitalize on government related business upon rebranding of the asset," reads the 46-page investor pitch.
The Trump Organization insists that its refusal to solicit foreign business has cost it more than $9 million. According to the brochure, those "sacrifices" include turning away 17,100 room nights in 2019, resulting in $5.3 million in lost room revenue and $3.9 million in lost food and beverage revenue.
The investor pitch is an explicit acknowledgment of how important foreign business is to the 263-room luxury hotel in the Old Post Office building blocks from the White House.
Though it includes specific numbers of how much money it turned away from foreign governments, the pitch does not include figures for how much the hotel has accepted, despite reports showing it has become a magnet for foreign officials . Nor does it provide actual or historical financial performance data for the hotel, which is named in multiple lawsuits accusing Trump of using the property to illegally profit off his presidency.
Those lawsuits claim Trump has violated the emoluments clause of the US Constitution, which forbids the President from receiving gifts or payments from foreign governments. In its defense, the Trump Organization says that it has voluntarily donated over $340,000 in income it has received from foreign governments to the US Treasury in 2017 and 2018. The President's lawyers have also argued that since his assets have been placed into a trust, he does not directly benefit from the hotel's business.
Instead the materials offer financial projections for years 2020 to 2026 based on a sales and marketing strategy targeting foreign governments.
Trump previously reported in his financial disclosure form that the hotel made $40.8 million in revenues in 2018 and $40.4 million in 2017. The family has never disclosed whether the hotel is profitable.
The Trump Organization did not respond to CNN's requests for comment.
Projected jump in revenue
Nevertheless the company is projecting a whopping 65% jump in revenue from 2018 to 2020. According to the investor pitch, the hotel is estimated to have operating revenues of $67.7 million next year, and $6 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization minus expenses to keep the hotel updated.
JLL Hotels & Hospitality, the real estate company hired to sell the hotel lease, projects the occupancy rate at the Washington hotel next year will hit 68.3%. That's below other five-star hotels in the area, which JLL estimates will have 74.5% occupancy rates, according to the investor brief.
The investor pitch began circulating in recent weeks after the Trump Organization announced last month that it was exploring the sale of its 60-year lease with the General Services Administration. After signing the lease in 2013, the Trump Organization poured millions of dollars into revamping the Old Post Office building, and opened its doors in October 2016, less than two weeks before Trump won the election.
"People are objecting to us making so much money on the hotel, and therefore we may be willing to sell," Eric Trump said in a statement last month. When Trump became President he did not sell off his assets as previous presidents have, but put the family business into a trust delegating the running of the family business to his two sons, Eric and Don Jr, and other executives.
$500 million selling price
A person familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the company is hoping to get more than $500 million for the property, or about $2 million per room key (the sales price divided by the number of rooms) -- which would be one of the highest prices ever paid for a hotel in Washington.
By contrast the Rosewood Hotel, a luxury five-star property in Georgetown, sold for $1.3 million a room key in 2016.
"It's an extremely high price but the location and the recent renovation of the hotel are going to command a historic value for the Washington, DC, area," said Dan Hawkins, a senior director in hotels and hospitality group of Berkadia, a commercial real estate firm.
A sale is not without complications. The buyer won't own the land since it's leased from GSA, which would also have to approve the sale. The arrangement also raises possible conflicts of interest since Trump is effectively on both sides of the transaction as the seller and the boss of the GSA officials charged with approving a deal.
Some potential buyers have questioned why Trump wouldn't wait until he leaves office to sell the property to avoid debate over whether he sought to benefit from his office. Others have raised ethical concerns that it is overpriced and being marketed to deep pocketed foreign buyers, who may be motivated to curry favor with the President.
When Trump created the trust for his business he also named as ethics adviser Bobby Burchfield, a Washington lawyer, who would have to approve certain transactions, including a sale of the hotel. Under the ethics review, Trump is not permitted to sell to a sovereign wealth fund or to a foreign government. A foreign citizen however would not be immediately disqualified from buying the hotel.
The transaction also has to be determined to be a fair market value with no indication that the counterpart is trying to influence the Trump administration or extract a concession.
Despite the Trump Organization's claims that it turned away millions of dollars in business from foreign governments, the Washington hotel has done brisk business with them. Delegations from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Kuwait have stayed at the hotel or held events there, along with members of Trump's cabinet and GOP fundraisers. The Prime Minister of Romania reportedly booked a room earlier this year.
Foreign business is not the only selling point the Trump Organization is highlighting to possible buyers. They're also anticipating a boost to the hotel market from one company the president loves to hate, Amazon, whose CEO Jeff Bezos also owns the Washington Post.
One full page in the 46-page package promotes the benefits that may come from Amazon's decision to build its second headquarters in northern Virginia. JLL projects that Amazon could add 880,000 room nights in seven years, "further driving compression," or full occupancy, "to the lodging sector in Washington DC."


text: Hello gamers and Welcome back to another HeroClix World Top 5 Tuesday! I've already coverd the Top 5 Worst Modern Age HeroClix, but today I'm going to focus on the top 5 worst sculptsin Heroclix. While there are many good sculpts in Heroclix, there are also some that just make a player cringe. For the focus of this article I am picking from sets that are in the Modern Age only. Therefore the golden age sets are getting a free pass on this one (this time). I will also be giving some suggestions for replacement sculpts for these eyesores. Ok let's get on with it.#5 DC 75th Bart AllenThis sculpts lack of anything that conveys speed earned it the number 5 spot on the list. I mean even since the early days of Heroclix speedsters have been sculpted in poses that make them look like they are on the move. Bart here looks like Mr. Mind could beat him in a race. Where's the excitement? Where are the speed lines or sparking trail? How about just a good running pose? Nope, this sculpt has none of that. Replace this sculpt with a Kid Flash sculpt from Legacy and problem solved.Click to Compare Bart Allen vs Kid Flash!

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Bento contents:
Total calories (approx): 380 (how calories are calculated)
Time needed: 5 to 10 minutes prep time, plus 20-30 minutes of cooking time
Type: Japanese, made in a rice cooker
Here's the first recipe from my minimal non-kitchen kitchen (see previously). This recipe has proved itself to be a keeper already - I've made it 3 times in the past couple of weeks. It is basically a vegetable frittata that is cooked in a rice cooker.


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These meetings are open to all members. (contact FSU or Steve Striffler for Zoom information).
The meetings tend to be a mix of routine, keep-the-trains-running, agenda items along with more substantive discussion about the larger issues facing faculty and librarians. This week we will be talking about anti-racism initiatives, plans for an NTT workshop, bargaining, and other issues.
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TL;DR: Google Fi on an iPhone is iMessage plus Google Wifi calling with awesome international coverage.
Google Project Fi is super interesting as it provides an actual low cost alternative to other carriers especially if you travel. The free data-only SIM is also a nice add-on.
Project Fi is exclusively targeting users of Google Nexus Android devices and you actually need one of the supported phones to activate the SIM which can be ordered on the Fi website.
I currently use an iPhone SE (mainly due to the device's tech specs and form-factor - I can't stand phablets!) so I was curious if I can just buy a Google Fi SIM and use it in an iPhone or any other phone actually. Of course I'm not the first person to think about this, but the only decent article on this topic is this one. Sadly most articles that are returned for a search on iPhone Google Fi are just totally useless. Even this article is not good.
I decided to just order Google Fi and a data-only SIM and give it a try. I used a Nexus 5x that I have access to for activating the SIM card. The activation process is really simple. Basically you need to put the SIM card into a compatible phone and install the Google Fi app. Done.
The activated SIM card can be put into any other phone, I tried an iPhone 5c and it just works. You automatically get the APN settings (the mobile data settings) pushed to your phone. Cellular data immediately works! Voice calls work too.
Wifi calling also works, although it (obviously) only works via the Hangout app but it does work. I put my phone into airplane mode and called the number from another phone and yea it rings.
The only service that is a bit unsatisfying is SMS (text messaging). The default option for Google Fi is to send and receive SMS via Google Hangout. Google Hangout exists for iOS and if you login with your Google Account that is associated with your Google Fi service you just install Hangouts and everything just works! If you actually want to use the iOS Messages app you can deactivate SMS via Hangout in the Hangout app on your phone. This will allow you to send and receive SMS via Messages. The only issue here is that incoming SMS messages get some Google specific data attached, as shown below. This is a little annoying but is only on incoming messages (you don't look like an idiot when sending messages to other people). Most of my contacts are on iMessage anyway these days so this is a non issue. Also I'm ok with using Hangouts for SMS since yea iMessage and other messaging apps.
The switch to change between native SMS and Hangout SMS the switch above it does the same for voice calls (to enable Wifi calling).
The broken* incoming SMS, the ~Dgr... is added by Google Fi, this does not show up in Hangouts. Other people have reported that this just went away after short time.
Things that don't work? switching between T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular since this is done via the Google Fi app on Android devices (I actually don't have any idea about this yet).
Preliminary ConclusionsAltogether Google Fi looks pretty cool and works with an iPhone (besides the hick-up with SMS). iMessage works (it is just an Internet service after all). Wifi calling via Hangouts is nice.
If you are a hardcore iOS/Mac user Google Fi is too much Google for you. I'm a Linux user with an iPhone so Google Fi makes a lot of sense. Desktop calls and SMS via Hangouts is a nice thing to have in addition to iMessage.
Google Fi on an oooold phone (Android 4.0). Hangouts seem to work fine too.
*The data is a BASE64 encoded blob, no obvious data after looking at a bunch of them of an hour or less.
QR Codes are slowly being used here in Germany but on my recent trip to Japan (Tokyo actually) I found QR codes to be used everywhere, from Mc Donald's to beer brewers. I've took a few pictures of QR codes and put them into a small gallery over here. I really think QR codes are a funny piece of technology - so I'll keep collecting pictures of QR codes.
I'm looking for a new notebook to replace my IBM Thinkpad T42p. I don't need a new notebook right now but it will need to be replaced this year. My new notebook will be a ultra portable, that weights 1.5Kg or less. The screen should be 12" or 13" inch with a resolution of at least 1200x800. I further need some dual core CPU, 2GBs of memory, and at least 120GB hard disk.
Yesterday I finally had some hands one time with a MacBook Air and an Lenvo Thinkpad X300 both devices haven been on my radar for some time now. Both devices have their problems. The Air doesn't have an ethernet port and too few USB ports. The X300 only comes with an SDD that is way too small and further makes the device very expensive. Btw. I don't care for a CD/DVD drive or PCMCIA/ExpressCard. Both devices really are super thin and light - it really makes a difference to actually hold one in your hand. Now having seen both devices making a decision is even harder.
I'm also considering something like an MSI Wind together with a big LCD monitor for my home office. I'll never buy anything from Sony so I haven't even looked at any of the Vaios.
So Nokia filed a new device with the FCC. The device seems to be the next generation internet tablet in the line of the 770 and the N800. The new device seems to have Wireless Lan (802.11), Bluetooth, buildin GPS, a sliding keyboard and a buildin camera (my guess from the picture below). The device doesn't seem to have WiMAX (at least the FCC tests don't list anything in this direction). Right now WiMAX is not needed on a mobile device anyway.
Today Sean Moss-Pultz announced the launch date July 9th for the Neo1973/OpenMoko. This will be better then the iPhone!
check out the new Archos GEN5 devices which were released today. There are many new cool features like UPnP (which lets you stream Audio and Video) and Flash (to play YouTube and such).
today (at ph-neutral) I got my hands on a Neo1973 (OpenMoko) phone and I must say it is smaller and lighter then I expected. This is really good, I had the fear that it would be kind of big and heavy. Playing with the software was kind of disappointing, it seems really slow. I know the software is not final and probably was build for debugging.
From the developer mailing list:2007-02-11 Phase 0: Developer Preview
2007-03-11 Phase 1: Official Developer Launch (for $350)
Read the full post here: Free Your Phone
Now I'm really excited!
is a new Linux-based mobile phone platform, see the article on linuxdevices. It looks really promising and since Harald Welte has his fingers on it from the beginning it is expected that this will be a truly open device.
Funny thing, the OpenMoKo developer/community site openmoko.org is up but very very beta :-)
Did I mention that I want one of these devices!
I just found the Nokia 870 or actually a very promising looking device on Engadget. The device looks much like the 770 especially the screen size and the five way button on the top right - so it is not to far fetched to think of the 770 successor. The antenna also makes me believe that this device will be a phone: does this mean this is the first Linux-based Nokia phone (or did I miss anything)? Hopefully yes, I still can't wait to see a decent relatively open Linux-based mobile phone (so far every other Linux phone sucked). Hopefully the device runs maemo since it is by far the best small screen Linux GUI I have see so far. Maybe maybe Nokia brings the real breakthrough for Linux-based phones.
Let's wait and see.
check this out, it is supposed to be a mobile phone built to be modified/hacked. The hardware specs are pretty standard and are comparable with the PocketPC-based smartphones (WLan, Bluetooth, camera, usb). This looks super fun, hopefully it will be available to normal developers like myself.
This defently goes into the I want one category!
I just found this editorial titled The Chaos of Incompatibility in Mobile Linux on OS News. The guy really got it right! The mobile phone manufacturers really screwed up their Linux phones.
I really want a Linux-based mobile/smart phone but I haven't found a decent one yet. As the author, I don't care about Java/J2ME. It is slow, incompatible and just sucks. These companies just don't get it, just Linux doesn't do it. They need to publish native SDKs to allow 3rd party applications. Otherwise these Linux phones are not better then any other closed phone platform.
I personally put my hope on the h63xx and BlueAngel Linux ports.
As I reported before the actual phone of the h63xx works now (for 3 month as I was told by the guys who got it working). The actual cool part is that there is a complete ready to go filesystem and boot loader (pre configured) for developers and skilled testers available since a couple of days if I remember right. I just untared all the files to my development SD card and booted, it worked right away and I was able to initiate and receive phone calls using gomunicator. I'm really happy that the project went so far.
The complete tar archive and instructions are available here: Mika's website
I think I have to get involved again with h63xx Linux port project, yea!
first, I know that the Flybook is not a brand new thing, but it is really cool and first of all really small. The story goes like this: my room mate and I frequently have a discussion about super/ultra portable computers and tablets. As I'm a big fan of PDAs/smart phones and he is a big fan tablets we regularly have a argument about what kind of device is the best/most practical. He basically suggested the Flybook - which I didn't know about until then. This device looks just hardcore right. It is: small PDA-sized, converts to a tablet (with touchscreen); has a keyboard, a hard disk, Bluetooth, WLan/WiFi, GSM/GPRS (I guess DATA only - it is not a phone), USB, Firewire and runs on a x86 compatible CPU. What else would you want? This thing is able to beat any I repeat any other portable device. OK it is a bit pricy and costs up to 2400$. The only other down point besides the price is that it only has 802.11b and Bluetooth 1.1, but this is hopefully going to be fixed in a future version (if there will be any). But anyway if I had the money I would get it.
Every once in a while I check the iPAQ h63xx Linux port page at handhelds.org and today I discovered that the guys got the phone part running on March 23rd. This is really good news! Also other essential stuff is still missing.
I really wished I had more time so I could also work on this project.
I saw this posting at Engadget about the Samsung Q1 UMPC/Origami and I couldn't resist looking at the FCC specs including the User's Guide (part 1). While skimming through the pages I found the thing below, the Windows Security Button. The image is taken from the User's Guide part 1 page 9. The button is what we have all been waiting for, Ctrl+Alt+Del all-in-one button, I find this hilarious! I guess they had to put this on the device to make it easier to get the Windows login box to pupop so a user can login. I guess thats the most direct sign of we f**king choose the wrong software for this kind of device and therefore we had to add some extra hardware. Great this made my day!
The Palm PDA is turning 10 today! Heise (in German) and ZDNet have a nice story about Palm and Palm gives free shipping as anniversary present. I bought my first PalmPilot Professional in December of 1997 and I still love these devices, also I now prefer linux powered PDAs. More about Palm is available here on WikiPedia and here.
so here are my Origami (origamiproject.com) predictions:
In case it is an Internet tablet, my ideas are listed below. In case it is an iPod thingy: WTF do I know, I don't own/use MP3 players!
hardware* nice display with higher resolution then the 770 (people talking about 800x600)
software and such
* fast CPU, +400Mhz ARM or x86 compatible
* WiFi, Bluetooth and Infrared (even if IR is dead MS will still have it)
* lots of RAM/FLASH but not enough to make the thing usable
* SD card slot, I don't think they go with RS-MMC
* USB port or maybe some iPAQ kind of connector
Either Windows XP (tablet edition) or CE (PocketPC), where I think XP is more likely to happen because CE really sucks in terms of performance and so. Still the hardware will be awesome (like the iPAQ hardware) but the OS and software will make it unusable. Also, will they try to make it an ebook reader or movie player? Yes! So will they totally cripple it with DRM? Properly. Will they sell tones of them, most likely. Will I buy one? NO!
Anyway the pictures on Engadget look really cool (the hardware, just to be clear!) so lets see. Anyone registered origamilinux.org yet?
this post is an answer to Varis comment, also note that I haven't been using the PMA400 as long as the 770.
First each device targets a completely different market, while the PMA targets the mobile/portable media player market the 770 is meant to be for mobile/portable Internet usage. These differences are pretty easy to spot: the PMA400 has a build in hard disk and extra hardware to speed up video and audio decoding and comes with recording software, the 770 comes with Bluetooth, a web browser and news reader and offers way better connectivity.
In terms of being the ultimate carry around device I really can't decide, there are just these significant differences which would make me vote for both devices. I terms of size/form factor and battery runtime I would defently prefer the 770 (sorry Matze and Frank!).
Finally I guess both devices are already outdated, since rumors are out that both companies have been working on new devices for some time now. I can't wait to see what they have come up with to impress us even more!?!
here is a newer version of GKHDAPS a GKrellM plugin for the Harddisk Active Protection System (hdaps) that comes with newer ThinkPads. It now supports both temperature monitors.
The reason why I update now simply is that hdaps seems to work properly now (Kernel 184.108.40.206) before I had problems with really wired kernel crashes.
Have fun!
during my morning news fix I came across Matthew Mastracci's blog where he reports that he got Linux (the Kernel) to boot on his PalmOne Treo650 (a mobile phone). This is very cool again (not that I own one), so we have another Linux mobile phone project. Also he all ready got a handhelds.org page for the Treo650 Linux port.
Now we have four Linux cellphone projects (not counting commercial ones) the h63xx, the HTC BlueAngel, the Motorola A780 and E680 and now the Treo650. Also Panasonic reportedly to only build Linux based UMTS mobilephones in the future.
Maybe also Nokia will ship a Linux based mobile phone after the success of their 770.
I can't wait to have my first truly hack able Linux phone!
the h63xx Linux port is making progress. Today I got a SMS (short message) from Mika which he apparently send from his h6315 using gomunicator. This is awesome!
Also right now I'm busy with other stuff (Nokia770) so I don't really have time to work on it myself. Also now we need to get audio working with ALSA which is a big project I defently don't have time for :-(
ok I admit I caught the 770 flu, which is really easy if you follow the mobile computing/handheld scene and read all the blogs and news sites like Engadget or Gizmodo. Also this morning I searched Technorati on blogs which mention the 770 and of course I found a tone of sites. Many redundant things but still - it seams to role.
So why do I think the 770 could be come the first really successful Linux handheld? First it's done by a real big company, ok Sharp (the Zaurus people) is big too but they didn't had the Nokia experience when it comes to handhelds (Nokia -> mobilephones). Secondly they actively involve the open source community from the beginning (actually even before releasing the device to the public!). Third, the don't do monkey business with the OS, they don't hide it, they allow reflashing of the device with what ever Kernel and OS image you want. Some other companies close their Linux based devices with signed Kernel images etc. Also they didn't go with cheap hardware since a 800x480 display and 802.11g is quite good. Also the real benefit for the users will come from the huge open source software catalogue ;-)
I really can't wait to get my 770 - so I can port my Bluetooth stuff and implement some ideas which require a nice Linux handheld.
just was reading Harald's weblog where he writes that there was so much feedback on his A780 hacking and that people are all over it. Some how people seem to want to be able to have a fully controllable mobile phone running software they can change them self. I myself wanted to have this forever so I started working on the Linux port for the HP iPAQ h63xx which by the way makes some progress. The phone is still not usable (which is more of an audio driver issue then a GSM issue) but this should be fixed soon. Also there are other projects (like the HTC BlueAngel Linux port) which all ready support making phone calls. They even have a nice looking phone GUI!
Anyway I think phones running Linux will be one big thing in the future (or at least in the future of hardware hacking, like the Linksys WRT).
Also I started putting to gether a OpenPhone website some weeks ago... but this is work in progress!
so today I spent my time getting GSM to work it turned out to be somehow simpler then we thought. The serial line just needs to be set to the right speed then the GSM module nicely responds and one can initiate calls and receive calls - the only bummer is no audio yet :-((
see h63xx Linux Wiki for progress
so today I merged Bluetooth to my 2.6.13-omap1 kernel tree and did some testing, works fine. I also played with BNEP (Bluetooth ethernet encapsulation) and it works too, so now we have wireless :) My MMC card still doesn't work even with the latest driver from GIT but I recognized that NFS is much nicer for development anyway.
More to come...
so I finally booted Linux on my h6315 and it works. The only disappointment is that I bought the wrong MMC card (MMC v4) which is not yet supported (I somehow got the card recognized but only the partition table can be read - after that it hangs). I still have the NFS option for getting my rootfs mounted but somehow I don't like this. Anyway the guys on #h63xx-port told me today that Bluetooth is working and WiFi is almost working.
Maybe I just have to buy another MMC card :-(
finally the h6315 (actually only the european version the h6340 is tested) boots Linux (well it did a while ago but now the display and touch screen works). There is a test image with GPE available for people to try it out. Also right now you need a 256mb MMC card for the filesystem since reflashing is not supported yet. Also WiFi, Bluetooth etc. doesn't work yet but this should be a matter of time now the whole thing runs.
URLs are:
boot howto
gpe-image (read howto)
Now I need to get a big MMC card ASAP to do some testing/development of my own, originally I wanted to help with the h63xx-port but lack of time and in depth porting knowledge I didn't do much then pocking around the kernel sources.
Wohooo lets see how fast we get GSM working!
is a feature of the newer ThinkPads, I don't know if this is a T series only feature. This thing is featured in some of the ThinkPad ads on TV - the one where one guy drops the ThinkPad of his co-worker and don't loose any data because of this thing - a silly ad. Anyway this feature is software based and therefore you need a driver - which is available for Linux since mid 2005 (if I read the website correctly). The hdaps hardware is basically just a tilt and motion sensor, where a piece of software needs to monitor the sensor and park the disk if anything strange is detected.
The Linux hdaps driver of course can do much more then motion/tilt detection. It has a build in mouse device so you can abuse the sensor for stuff like playing pinball :-) and there are other fun applications for testing the sensor.
Anyway I started writing a Gkrellm plugin for it which works quite good. But from time to time I get a Kernel ups in the ibm_acpi module (which works find without hdaps), so I decided to not use hdaps for now. But I really like this thing and I look forward to get a ibm_acpi compatible version (if this is the real problem). Any one who ones a ThinkPad should check this out.
is a other cool Linux device I found today - ok it was brought to my attention by Slashdot. The Zipit is a low end Linux device for instant messaging, chatting etc. Something I can all ready do with my PDAs, but it seems that you can easily modify the firmware aka hack it! LinuxDevices has a nice article about it.
This could be a damn cheep ($99) piece of ARM hardware to play with. Maybe I will get one when I'm back in the US.
The Motorola A780 is a Linux based cellphone (something I all ways wanted to have). I just found a nice article on Symlink.ch which has some very interesting details about the device. I especially like the telnet server without root password and the SAMBA server which shares / (root directory).
Will this be the next big thing for Linux hackers?
I guess the phone is as secure as any other embedded Linux device, where everything runs as root.
I recently got my hands on an Archos PMA400 (Pocket Media Assistant), a Linux based portable media player. The hardware of this device is really cool check it out: 30GB harddisk, WiFi, USB client, USB host and infrared (IrDA). The whole thing is powered by a Ti-OMAP processor and 64MB ram.
In my opinion the device really qualifies to be a true hacker Linux device, the USB host controller especially pushes this point! In general it allows one to connect any kind of USB device to the PMA, which is totally cool (I never saw something like this on any other mobile device). Just for fun I connected a keyboard and it worked immediately (makes life easer when examining the device through a console). Also my Bluetooth adapter got recognized, but the userspace applications are missing (which you can install your self with little hassle).
The device runs a 2.4.19 kernel and Qtopia 1.7 for the UI. Qtopia also provides a whole PIM suite which makes the device much more then a media player.
Archos also released an SDK and the source for the device, but as far as I know the boot loader only loads the original preinstalled and singed kernel image, so running your own kernel takes a little more then just replacing the kernel image.
Quite a few people all ready ported OpenZaurus software packages to the PMA400 (need to change the filesystem layout inside the packages). Just Google.
As soon as I have some valuable output I will post the results.
everybody interested in this stuff all ready knows about palmOne's LifeDrive but I just read the specs today and wow they finally have a full connected device (it has 802.11 and Bluetooth). This thing could really get me back to use PalmOS based devices. The build in hard disk is also very very nice, but $500 is a little much right now. Maybe I can convince myself if the rumors are true and PalmSource switches to Linux, I really think it's true I read some postings on linux related mailing lists from email@example.com. Lets wait and see :)
I'm currently home in Germany and found that I got another copy of the Japanese Palm Magazine again.
OK, so whats up with this Palm Magazine from Japan? The long story is ... several years ago (back when I really was active in the PalmOS developer community) Palm Magazine from Japan wanted to include one of my programs on the CD they ship with the magazine. So I asked for one (1) sample volume as a reference for myself. Since then I'm receiving free copies of Palm Magazine every now and then.
I really enjoy reading (or actually just looking at) Japanese magazines. I also have several Japanese MAC Life magazines and two PalmOS related books from Japan. Very nice ;-)
As I wrote in The perfect PDAsmartPHONE I bought a iPAQ h6315. This device is really great even it runs Pocket PC. Also the battery is not as bad as many websites report. I do use the wireless (802.11) often but it does not seam to eat the battery too quick. I now really enjoy VoIP with SIP and SJphone.
Also I want to mention the effort to port Linux to the h63xx has started at handhelds.org.


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- Single player mode (SOLO): You can play quietly, at your own pace, until you've found all the pairs.
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- 2 players mode against the computer (AGAINST COMPUTER): In order to win, you will have to find more pairs than the computer. If you find it too hard, you can set the difficulty level to "EASY".
In the top right-hand corner of the game, a black button allows you to turn the game sound on (Unmute) or off (Mute).
This game is compatible with all devices: desktop, tablets and smartphones, IOS or Android. The content and the game adjust automatically to your device, so don't hesitate to play on a tablet or a smartphone.
The purpose of this memory game:
The purpose of this memory game is to memorize the locations of the cards in the game and to make pairs of cards by turning them over 2 by 2. When the 2 cards match, it's a pair! You win the pair and have the right to play again, otherwise the cards are automatically turned face down and you have to make a new try.
- For the "SOLO" mode, the purpose of the matching game is to find all the pairs in the least moves and in a shortest time.
- In the 2 players mode: the player who finds the most pairs wins.
Every time you start a new game, a random selection and a random positioning of the cards ensure you a different game than the previous one, so you can play as many times as you want!
For more details, see the Matching game rules here, or you can also Download the Printable game rules in PDF format.


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David "Mysterious Dave" Mather
A gambler who went by the nickname "Mysterious Dave," Mather served as the deputy sheriff of Dodge from 1883 to 1884. While serving in this capacity, he also became co-owner of the Opera House saloon on Front Street. A newly elected city government in 1884 replaced Mather with Thomas Nixon, a rival saloon operator. The feud that had been brewing for several months came to a head when Nixon took some shots at Mather. Mather ended the rivalry by shooting and killing his competitor. He was heard to say after the incident, "I ought to have killed him six months ago."
Entry: Mather, David "Mysterious Dave"
Author: Kansas Historical Society
Author information: The Kansas Historical Society is a state agency charged with actively safeguarding and sharing the state's history.
Date Created: February 2011
Date Modified: June 2011
The author of this article is solely responsible for its content.


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Some of the most manipulative people are so good at what they do that their words and actions can convince you into thinking they truly care about what's best for you when in reality, it's quite the opposite. The most common signs of a controlling person are rarely obvious to outside observers. And for someone enmeshed in a controlling relationship or friendship, it can be incredibly challenging to stay away from this toxic person, even if you're aware of their emotionally abusive tendencies.
While it's ultimately up to you to decide whether to preserve or leave a lopsided, unfulfilling relationship, it's nevertheless critical to understand the following six signs of controlling people so you can better advocate for yourself and mitigate the influence of their manipulative tendencies in your own life.
1. They Push Their Own Personal Agenda
Do you know someone who always tries to micromanage the words, behaviors, and attitudes of people around them? Does this person act like they have the right to know anything they want about you, including your location, what you're doing in a given moment, who you're talking to online, or any other private information about you? And when planning events and special occasions, does this person dominate conversations, steer plans in their own preferred directions, disparage others' suggestions, and refuse to collaborate with anyone who might disagree with them?
If you answered "yes" to some of the above questions, then those are clear signs of a controlling person whom you absolutely need to be cautious around. Controlling people are reluctant to even consider alternative ideas, let alone enthusiastically work with people who have differing views. They prefer to be the captain of every ship—regardless of how much or how little an issue personally impacts them—and they have an arsenal of manipulative tactics to deploy if someone stands in the way of them achieving their own personal agendas.
In long-term relationships with controlling people, you may feel constantly pressured to meet their demands, follow their schedule, and focus on whatever they feel is most important. It's not an exaggeration to say that these people act like the universe revolves around them, which can be exhausting to deal with for their family members, friends, and colleagues.
2. They Make Everything Transactional
Controlling people aren't always self-centered, but they're not too empathetic either. Empathy for them tends to appear in the form of strategic concessions they use as a means to get what they want. They typically view interpersonal relationships as transactional opportunities to extract more value from people surrounding them, which can have a draining effect on those they interact with.
For example, one sign of a controlling person may be their insistence on "keeping score." This can involve doing nice things for you with the ulterior motive of demanding something from you at a later date in exchange for what you thought was just an act of kindness or a friendly support.
Perhaps they shower you in praise (also known as "love-bombing") or gifts then blow up at you if you don't intuitively know they're expecting something back from you. None of us are mind-readers, but controlling people behave as though everyone else should think and act like they want others to and those who fall out of line are punished for failing to meet their impossible expectations.
A controlling person may also threaten to withhold support if you don't adhere to their demands, but they do so in such subtle ways that the guilt they impose blinds you from the unreasonable nature of their behaviors.
Some statements to be wary of include:
- "I did ___________ for you. What do you mean you can't do ___________ for me?"
- "Remember how I helped you with ___________? That took a lot of time and energy from me, but I guess you didn't appreciate my help."
- "I always give you ___________. Don't you care about my needs too?"
- "You're so selfish!" or "You don't care about me at all!" (gaslighting if you respond with hesitation or politely decline their request for help for perfectly valid reasons, such as not having enough time or resources to assist them)
3. They Criticize Everything
One of the most common telltale signs of a controlling person is their capacity to criticize anything and everything, even small things that seemingly don't matter. As with many toxic traits in relationships, these problems typically start out so small that you may not even notice. At first, you may even agree with their criticism or at least be able to understand their perspective when they bring up an issue.
However, the criticism tends to get more intense, more constant, and more perplexing for people who maintain relationships with controlling people. You'll likely notice how they rarely seem to criticize something they do. It's almost always other-oriented and these types of people are so manipulative that any rationale they offer can seem plausibly legitimate.
Some warning signs of a controlling person who's overly critical to the point of abusiveness include:
- Criticizing things about you that you have little to no control over (e.g., appearance, disability, family)
- Criticizing your personal choices and interests, such as educational pursuits, career, clothing, favorite music, time spent on your hobbies, etc.
- Punishing you for expressing vulnerability by invalidating thoughts and feelings you share with them
- Attacking you whenever you express an opinion counter to theirs
4. They Balk When Someone Criticizes Them
We all know the adage, "what goes around, comes around." But this statement doesn't apply as much to toxic, controlling people. They'd much prefer to dish out criticism without ever having to take it in return.
For instance, if your friend constantly talks about your appearance with little regard for your emotions but flips out if you make just a single comment about their appearance, there's a possibility that they could have some hidden controlling tendencies left unchecked. Remember, these people aren't just controlling in their behaviors towards others. They're also actively trying to stay in complete control over every aspect of their lives, which includes how others view them.
This seemingly insatiable desire for control can prompt them to lash out against even the smallest bits of criticism, leaving people around them too weary or scared to speak up again in the future. While it's possible they may suffer from something called rejection sensitivity dysphoria, this does not excuse them from the consequences of their words and actions. They should seek professional help to better manage their reactions to criticism.
5. They Socially Isolate You
Not all controlling people do this, but for manipulative narcissists, socially isolating victims is a go-to strategy for maintaining control because it's effective at preventing people from truly understanding how toxic their partner, family member, or friend is treating them. Think of it this way—if you don't talk to many other people in your life, there's less of a risk that you'll damage their reputation by revealing their abusive tendencies.
Socially isolating others also gives the person more control over you and your life as it becomes more difficult to break away from them if you don't have other healthier channels of communication and interpersonal support to turn to.
This process doesn't happen overnight, nor is it something you can readily recognize as abusive. At first, it may seem reasonable, such as asking you to stop engaging so often with family members with whom both of you disagree on major social or political issues. As the social isolation progresses, they may suggest cutting people out of your life—especially if they don't like that person, regardless of how you personally feel—or even conjure up high-stakes problems like "it's me or them" under the guise of saving you from people in your life whom they don't like for whatever reason.
In a controlling person's life narrative, they're always the protagonist who's incapable of any wrongdoing. The blame is always redirected at someone else, whether that's you or other people in your life. The more they isolate you from other supportive people in your life, the more susceptible you'll be to falsely believing that they're right and you "don't need" your other friends and family when you have someone as perfect as this person.
6. They're Emotionally Abusive
It's hard enough to be in control of your own emotions but when someone else is constantly belittling you and your interests or leveraging guilt and shame to manipulate you into saying or doing what they want, this can make it even more challenging to stay in control of your own life and emotional well-being.
Emotional abuse is another sign of a controlling person that is often overlooked in relationships. After all, human personalities vary widely in terms of passivity, and it's not uncommon for one person in a relationship to be significantly more passive than the other. This becomes an issue when the controlling partner or friend exudes signs of emotional abuse, which can start subtly and become much more pronounced over time.
Concerning signs of emotionally abusive language or behavior to watch out for include:
- Dismissing your needs and/or belittling your interests in counterproductive ways
- Privately or publicly shaming or humiliating you
- Making you feel as though you can never live up to their expectations or do anything right (according to their own vague, subjective standards)
- Gaslighting you into thinking they said or did something that never actually happened (making you question your own reality)
Final Thoughts
It's sometimes hard to see the negative things about someone with whom we have a relationship. We may sometimes unconsciously overlook the signs of a controlling person, especially if that person is someone we have known for a long time or are close to us. However, cutting them off your life is the best thing you can do for yourself. Just watch out for these six signs of a controlling person and take immediate action when you spot them.
More Tips on How To Deal With a Controlling Person
- How to Recognize a Controlling Relationship and What to Do About It
- 10 Habits Of Manipulative People
- Being Kind to Control Freaks Is Being Cruel to Yourself
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text: This new horror game quickly gained popularity because of well-detailed graphics and thrilling atmosphere. And the interesting background of this spooky story makes you play more to discover all the secrets that are hidden behind this accident. Start Poppy Playtime right now and test it yourself on this site! Discover the backstory You are an ex worker from the toy factory that delivered the most amount of dolls and cars that all girls and boys love so much. This is a dream job – you work at a funny and beautiful place, create cool toys and make all children happy with them. So what could go wrong? According to the news, one day all your coworkers went missing, and the factory was closed. The investigation was held, but it didn't give much information. And in this game you will return to this scary building to discover all secrets and find the answers yourself. One thing that will totally help you are the cassettes that are lying around starting from the first room. Of course, in every room you can find the special TVs and DVDs that allow you to watch videos about this building. You can discover interesting information and learn controls. Search for green cassettes and yellow tape to watch the videos and learn necessary stuff to continue the process. And when you are ready, start the game and prepare for the exciting adventures. The controls in Poppy Playtime are pretty easy. You can walk, bend down, run and grab things with the special item you receive during first levels. The game is separated into chapters, and the quests become more difficult by the end. So show all your skills to reach the final. And don't forget that frightening toys are chasing you. The factory full of fascinating quests and hazards The location in this game is huge. You will explore different rooms, halls and even vents. But don't think that you start to play, and every room will open automatically. You need to pass various quests to unlock the doors and get necessary clues and keys. In the beginning of your walkthrough they are simple and interesting. For example, you need to guess what code you should use to open the door. And to complete this mission, you should look around searching for some colorful toys. Also, you will receive a cool tool that can help you in many quests. It is a special toy that you can wear on your back. It has two hands that you are able to lengthen to get items that are located higher than you are. Also, many rooms are locked with a special mechanism. You should press the palm shaped button with your hands, and the door will open. And what makes the Poppy Playtime a real horror is an antagonist. It is a huge blue soft toy with long legs and arms and a creepy red smile. You are able to meet him in the second location, but the moment you go forward, he disappears. And from this moment he is going to chase you on the whole factory. Prepare for unexpected screamers and a thrilling atmosphere, because you can expect him to jump on you every minute. And be sure, one time he will totally do it! So go and press the start button. Quickly join this community not to miss the hype that is going around this cool product. Good luck!


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A push up bra gives Jane Doux even more of a busty chest than she already sports, while a matching thong hugs her ass lovingly. She stands in front of the mirror while her hands roam her slim body. As she jiggles her tits and slips her hand beneath her underwear to tease her bare pussy she is careful not to make eye contact with Damon Dice, who waits for her in bed.Once her bra and panties are on the ground, Jane joins Damon and gives him a slow kiss as she caresses her hand up and down his hardon. Damon is happy to indulge in equally soft and slow touches as the lovers explore each other's bodies. Replacing his fingers with his tongue, he buries his face between Jane's enhanced breasts to lap at each one while paying plenty of attention to her hard nipples.Urging Jane backwards slowly until her back hits the bed, Damon continues his sensual assault on her upper body. As soon as she's prone on the bed, though, Damon can extend his attention to more delightful pastures. He slides his hand between Jane's thighs, caressing and stroking her twat until her hips are jerking. Then he kisses his way down her body to use his tongue and soft lips on the path his fingers blazed just prior. Damon doesn't stop until he has buried two fingers deep in Jane's fuck hole while another works her clit until her body arches with joy.Pulling Damon's briefs down just enough for his erection to spring free, Jane gets on her hands and knees. Her breasts hang low as she uses one hand and her warm wet mouth to suck and stroke Damon's stiffie. Rearing up on her knees, she presses her boobs together and leans forward to give him a titty fuck in the channel she's created. On her back once again, Jane lifts one leg until her ankle is supported by Damon's shoulder and watches with pure passion as he slides into her. He keeps his rhythm slow and steady as Jane fills the room with her moans. When Damon takes both of Jane's legs and presses them back towards her chest so that he can fuck her at a deeper angle, she can't contain her delight.Rolling onto her hands and knees, Jane reaches back to guide Damon's cock just where she wants him. He pushes home to the song of her moans, then sets off on a mission to help Jane to another climax. She is so responsive that it's not hard for Damon to make her cum, and when she presses him backwards onto the bed so she can ride his fuck stick until she has a squirting climax she proves that she can have as many multiple orgasms as Damon can give her. Turning around on Damon's hardon so she can make erotic eye contact as she continues to ride him, Jane continues to move in slow, sinuous strokes. Then she climbs off Damon's lap so she can stroke his dick while aiming the head at her tits. As he cums, Jane spreads his man juices all over her tight nips so she can enjoy bathing in her boyfriend's love.
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This Fox News Anchor Mocked Taylor Swift After Her Senate Candidate Lost
Last month Taylor Swift famously broke her political silence with an Instagram post. Swift urged fans to vote and revealed her plans to vote for Democratic Tennessee candidates Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives.
Last night when Bredesen lost his race to Republican opponent Marsha Blackburn, Fox News host Laura Ingraham couldn't help but take a jab at Swift on Twitter.
"Hey @taylorswift12, haters gonna hate. #shakeitoff," the conservative host posted as election results from around the country started rolling in. Ingraham didn't mention, of course, that Swift's other endorsed candidate, Jim Cooper, won his race, helping Democrats take control of the House of Representatives.
Despite one of Swift's endorsed candidates losing his race, the pop star's political call-to-action still had a major positive effect. Just days after Swift's Instagram post, Vote.org recorded a huge spike in voter registrations. "We are up to 65,000 registrations in a single 24-hour period since T.Swift's post," Vote.org Director of Communications Kamari Guthrie told BuzzFeed News last month.


text: In a re-imagined 1590, England is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story. Justin Audibert (Snow in Midsummer, The Jew of Malta) turns Shakespeare's fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power.


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A bunch of rowdy comets are colliding and kicking up dust around a dead star, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The dead star lies at the center of the much-photographed Helix nebula, a shimmering cloud of gas with an eerie resemblance to a giant eye.
"We were surprised to see so much dust around this star," said Dr. Kate Su of the University of Arizona, Tucson, lead author of a paper on the results appearing in the March 1 issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters. "The dust must be coming from comets that survived the death of their sun."
Spitzer's spectacular new view of the Helix nebula shows colors as seen in infrared and is online at http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer and www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media and . The dusty dead star appears as a dot in the middle of the nebula, like a red pupil in a green monster's eye.
The Helix nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, was formed when a star much like our sun died and sloughed off its skin, or outer layers. Radiation from the dead star's hot core, called a white dwarf, heats the expelled material, causing it to fluoresce with vivid colors. This cosmic beauty, termed a planetary nebula, won't last long. In about 10,000 years, its shiny clouds will fade, leaving the white dwarf and its circling comets to cool down alone in empty space.
Astronomers have long studied the white dwarf at the center of the Helix nebula, but nobody had detected any dust close to it until now. Spitzer, an infrared space-based observatory, was able to pick up the glow of a dusty disk circling around the stellar corpse at a distance of about 35 to 150 astronomical units (an astronomical unit is the distance between our sun and Earth, which is 150 million kilometers or 93 million miles).
At first, Su and her team were shocked to see the dust. They said that when the star died, expelling its outer layers, dust in the system should have been blown away. The team then obtained more detailed data, which again pointed to the presence of a dusty disk.
Where is the dust coming from? According to the astronomers, it is most likely being freshly churned up by comets smashing into each other in the outer fringes of the white dwarf's system. A few million years ago, before the white dwarf formed, when it was still a lively star like our sun, its comets and possibly planets would have been in stable orbits, harmoniously traveling around the star. But when the star died, any inner planets would have burned up or been swallowed as the star expanded. Outer planets, asteroids and comets would have been jostled about and thrown into each other's paths.
Our own solar system will undergo a similar transformation in about five billion years. Like the Helix nebula, it will sparkle with colors. Our sun, which will have become a white dwarf, will be circled by a band of surviving outer planets and frenzied comets.
Spitzer has seen evidence before for such comet survivors around dead stars. In January of last year, astronomers reported using the observatory to find a dusty disk around a white dwarf, only the disk was much closer in, circling at a distance of only .005 to .03 astronomical units (http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2006-04/index.shtml).
"Finding evidence for planetary activity around a white dwarf is a surprise," said Dr. George Rieke of the University of Arizona, a co-author of the paper. "Finding it twice with such different properties is a shock!"
The Spitzer data might also help explain a mystery surrounding the Helix nebula's white dwarf. Previous observations with the German X-ray telescope Röntgensatellit and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory indicated that the white dwarf was throwing out highly energetic X-rays. While the white dwarf is hot, about 110,000 Kelvin (nearly 200,000 degrees Fahrenheit), it is not hot enough to explain the energetic X-rays. Astronomers thought that perhaps the white dwarf was accreting matter onto itself from a hidden companion star.
But the Spitzer observations point to a different answer. According to Su's team member Dr. You-Hua Chu of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, material in the newfound disk surrounding the white dwarf might be falling onto the star and triggering the X-ray outbursts. "The high-energy X-rays were an unsolved mystery, said Chu. "Now, we might have found an answer in the infrared."
Other authors of this work include Drs. Patrick J. Huggins of New York University, New York; Robert Gruendl of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ralf Napiwotzki of University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; Thomas Rauch of University Tubingen, Germany; William B. Latter of NASA's Herschel Science Center, Pasadena, Calif.; and Kevin Volk of Gemini Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
For more information and graphics, visit http://www.nasa.gov/spitzera nd www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media.


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The characters in tonight's Quiet Please are neither living nor dead. They enjoy neither of these interesting conditions because they're soley the invention of my own imagination. Wyllis Cooper in Clarissa
Quiet Please (sometimes alternately punctuated as "Quiet, Please" or "Quiet, Please!") aired from June 8th, 1947 until June 20th, 1949. It begain on the Mutual Broadcasting System, and moved to ABC in September 1948. It is considered by many to be among the most uniquely creative series in history.
The creative forces behind the series were Wyllis Cooper (creator, writer, director) and Ernest Chappell (featured actor). Cooper was not at all new to radio drama when he began work on Quiet Please. He teamed with John Housman in writing the scripts for the final season of Mercury Theatre on the Air (by then called Campbell Playhouse), and in 1934 created the popular horror series Lights Out. Although significantly different in style, and although Arch Obler took over in 1936, Lights Out had a similar goal. Both series seek to chill the listener through a completely immersing personal experience. The titles and introductory sequences of each series indicate the desired immersion -- the listener is expected to shut off distracting outside stimuli, such as light and sound, in order to fully concentrate on the unfolding story. Lights Out intro Quiet Please intro In both series, the introductions set a slow, dark, and mysterious mood.
Although Chappell had previously been a newsman and announcer, with no significant acting credits, he was perfectly suited to his Quiet Please roles. The series did not feature him in action-oriented roles, but rather as a dramatic storyteller. Chappell introduces a story The credits for most episodes describe Chappell as "the man who spoke to you." The conversational approach is a major way in which the series accomplishes the difficult task of thoroughly immersing the listener into the story. By speaking directly to the radio audience, Chappell gives the listener a role in the unfolding plot. Chappell speaks to radio audience The scripts manage to accomplish the difficult task of incorporating a character into the story without using any dialog, leaving each individual listener to fill in their own lines as they see fit. Although usually the main plot occurs in flashbacks described by Chappell's character, the audience is often involved in the crucial moments. Unusual inquest
Quiet Please is a creative series, but it's consistently creative -- there's continuity in the creativity. A regular listener knew before turning on the radio that the story would have the distinctive style of both Cooper and Chappell imprinted upon it. Every week, Chappell's stream of consciousness narrative would examine a world similar to our own, but not quite real -- one convincingly like our own, but with a touch of the supernatural. Calling All Souls The same indescribable sense of emotion would end each episode, concluding with a few seconds of silence followed by the slow strands of Cesar Franck's Symphony in D Minor. Symphony in D Minor Not the least of the reasons for the consistent quality of the series is that Cooper and Chappell worked well together, having already been close friends before the series began. No doubt Chappell's familiarity with Cooper helped him to better understand the characters he was portraying, while in turn Cooper was able to write characters with knowledge of the strengths of the person who would be acting the parts.
One of the most extraordinary features of the series is the depth of characterization. Each week Ernest Chappell portrays a different unique person with a complex background. Extraordinary research goes into describing every career in detail -- from railroad men to mountain climbers and oil rig workers and archeologists and soldiers. Archeologist speaks The detailed specialized information helps to produce a more thoroughly convincing and immersing world.
Quiet Please is a unique accomplishment in the art of radio drama. Often an intense surrealistic experience, it challenges the usual formula of entertainment. Now, more than half a century after the series went off the air, the brilliance of Wyllis Cooper and Ernest Chappell continues to entertain and stretch the minds of people around the world via the internet.
See the listen section to sample a random episode. See episodes to read about and/or download each particular episode of the series. If you have any questions, ask them at the forum.


text: Welcome to the North Texas Whip carriage driving club. Founded in 1996, this not-for-profit organization hosts the nationally known Sunrise Ridge Driving Trial—the longest continuously running event of its kind in the United States. We also offer many other games days and recreational events. The North Texas Whip is open to anyone with any breed of equine. Our members drive everything from miniature horses and donkeys to all kinds of ponies and horses. We welcome non-drivers as well. If you have an interest in carriage driving, we share your interest and would love to meet you!


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The Victorian Bulldog is large-headed and thick-boned, only to the point that it does not impede vigor. It is broad muzzled and short-faced, but not so excessive as to interfere with breathing. The hindquarters are somewhat higher and not as heavy as foreparts, but not so as to destroy the symmetry of a muscular athlete. The head should be large but not exaggerated out of proportion to the body. The cheeks are rounded and extended sideways beyond the eyes.
The face is measured from the front of the cheekbone to the tip of the nose, long enough for unhindered breathing. The muzzle is broad and turning up, undershot but not to excess. The nostrils are large and wide, black is preferred but dudley acceptable. The flews are broad and hanging over the lower jaw at the sides. The canine teeth are large and wide apart. The eyes from the front are set low and wide apart, never bulging or sunken and never with the haw be visible.
The ears are either rose or button and are never erect or cropped. The neck is thick, strong, and arched, with loose skin forming dewlap on each side. The shoulders are broad and deep. The Victorian Bulldog has rounded ribs with a wide chest narrowing towards the loins without exaggeration. The forelegs are muscular, straight, and wide apart, not bandy or curved. The hind legs are strong and muscular. The hocks are slightly bent. The feet are round and compact and either straight, turning down, or screwed. The coat is smooth and short. Colors include all brindles, solid white or pied, solid red, fawn, or fallow. Black or black and tan are not acceptable.
Victorian Bulldogs are very loyal and absolutely reliable. Although its appearance can be somewhat intimidating, it is among the gentlest of dogs. Just the same it will see off any intruder. It is described as a very affectionate and dependable animal, gentle with children, but known for its courage and its excellent guarding abilities. Victorian Bulldogs are very much a people's dog seeking out human attention and loving every bit it can get!! Human attention is required for the breed's happiness. They are nice to all people. This breed is good with family pets, but they can be scrappy with strange dogs without enough leadership from the owner. Some snore very loudly, and some have drool and slobber tendencies. Be sure to always be your dog's Pack Leader.
Height, Weight
- Height: Dogs: 17-19 inches (43-48 cm.), Bitches: 16-19 inches (41-48 cm.)
- Weight: Dogs 70-75 pounds (32-34 kg.) Bitches 55-65 pounds (25-30 kg.)
- Apartment is fine.
- Low activity indoors.
- Thrive in moderate climates.
- Daily moderate to extended exercise.
- Easy care.
- Average shedding


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Segment Aunknown no. of lines missing 1-5. They …… stood around her. The holy and pure divine powers befit Ninisina, lady of the great divine powers. Her divine powers are divine powers bestowed on her by An. The Great Mountain Enlil determined a fate for her. 6-15. Having left the temple of Enlil, she entered Eridug, the pleasant place, and took her seat in the abzu shrine. Her father, Enki, seated her upon his knees. He truly cherished Ninisina -- as soon as …… took a fancy to jewels of šuba stone, they were hung around the neck of Ninisina; as soon as she took a fancy to a white linen garment, he dressed the daughter of holy An in it. Lord Nudimmud determined a fate for her. Segment B1-2. She lay down with him on …… and spent time joyously with him. 3-9. "…… with your beloved spouse, Lord Pabilsaĝ, …… your chosen ……!" This is what the Great Mountain Enlil determined as her fate for …… perfect with the great divine powers, the fifty divine powers, …… perfect …… adorned with jewels of šuba stone, the lady whose great name ……. 10-12. In the shrine of Nibru, Dur-an-ki, the place of Enlil, she is …… indeed. Segment C1-10. …… she is indeed ……. In ……, the …… of An, …… she is indeed Ĝatumdug. In ……, her …… that reaches the heavens, she is indeed ……, the firstborn child. In …… Ĝirsu, the shrine which first brought forth the seed of mankind, my lady is indeed Mother Bau. In …… Umma, in the Šeg-kuršaga, …… she is indeed ……. In …… Segment D1-2. In ……, a dragon lying in wait for men, a …… sticking out its tongue at everybody, my lady is indeed Nungal. 3-11. My lady entered Lagaš. With her beloved spouse, Lord Pabilsaĝ, she …… the holy city, her chosen place. All the …… were drinking and enjoying ……. She gave them ……. She lay down with him on …… and spent time joyously with him. 12. …… Ninisina, it is sweet to praise you. 13. …… of Ninisina. |
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Achilles Tendonitis
What Is Achilles Tendonitis?
Achilles tendonitis is inflammation (irritation and swelling) of the Achilles tendon. The Achilles tendon is a band of tough tissue on the back of the foot. It connects the heel bone to the calf muscles.
What Are the Signs & Symptoms of Achilles Tendonitis?
Achilles tendonitis causes pain above the heel and in the lower leg, especially after running or doing other physical activities. The pain often gets worse when exercising and better with rest.
People with Achilles tendonitis also might have:
- stiffness and soreness in the heel, especially in the morning
- swelling or hard knots in the Achilles tendon
- a creaking or crackling sound when moving the ankle or pressing on the Achilles tendon
- weakness in the affected leg
- pain when pointing the foot
- pain with pressure from shoes
What Causes Achilles Tendonitis?
Achilles tendonitis is usually an overuse injury (when repeated movements injure part of the body). It also can happen when someone:
- suddenly increases their exercise
- doesn't warm up the calf muscles before exercising
- exercises in worn out, non-supportive, or poor-fitting shoes or sneakers
- does not stretch the Achilles tendon and back of the leg after activity
- has a direct blow to the area
Who Gets Achilles Tendonitis?
Achilles tendonitis usually affects people who play sports that put strain on the heel, such as running, jumping, tennis, basketball, figure skating, skiing, or dancing.
How Is Achilles Tendonitis Diagnosed?
To diagnose Achilles tendonitis, health care providers:
- ask about symptoms
- do an exam
Occasionally, doctors order imaging tests such as an X-ray or MRI (if they think the Achilles tendon may be torn).
How Is Achilles Tendonitis Treated?
Treatment for Achilles tendonitis starts with taking a break from the activity that led to the injury. It's usually OK to do non-weight bearing exercises such as swimming, biking, and stretching activities like yoga. If someone with Achilles tendonitis does not rest, the tendon can become more damaged.
Your health care provider also may recommend:
- stretching the Achilles for 30 seconds at a time 3–4 times a day
- putting ice or a cold pack on the heel every 1–2 hours for 15 minutes at a time. (Put a thin towel over the skin to protect it from the cold.)
- taping or using athletic wrap around the Achilles tendon and ankle
- raising the foot above the level of the heart to help with swelling
- taking ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, or store brand) to help with pain and swelling
- strengthening and stretching muscles through physical therapy or an at-home exercise program
- wearing a walking boot and using crutches to keep the tendon still
- using shoe inserts (also called shoe orthotics) from your health care provider or someone trained in fitting orthotics
- applying soft pads to the Achilles if it rubs against a shoe surface or wearing different shoes
- strengthening the surrounding muscles to take stress off the Achilles and help support the ankle
Steroid injections in or around the Achilles tendon have been linked to tendon rupture and aren't recommended.
Rarely, a person might need surgery if the symptoms do not go away after following the health care provider's recommendations.
What Else Should I Know?
With rest, Achilles tendonitis usually gets better within 6 weeks to a few months. To lower your risk of Achilles tendonitis again:
- Stay in good shape year-round. Drink plenty of water to flush out inflammation, and eat healthy whole grains, vegetables, and fruits to decrease inflammation.
- Increase the intensity and length of your exercise sessions gradually. Experts recommend just a 10% increase in activity per week. This is especially important if you've been inactive for a while or you're new to a sport.
- Always warm up before you go for a run or play a sport and cool down by stretching after.
- Stretch your legs, especially your calves, hamstrings, quadriceps, and thigh muscles. After activity, hold your stretches for 30 seconds and repeat several times a day.
- Wear shoes that fit properly and are made for your sport. Replace them before they become worn out.
- Try to run on softer surfaces, like grass, dirt trails, or synthetic tracks. Hard surfaces like concrete or asphalt can put extra pressure on the joints. Also avoid running up or down hills as much as possible.
- Do different kinds of exercise, such as yoga, biking, and swimming. Work different muscle groups to keep yourself in good shape overall and to prevent overusing individual muscles.
If things don't improve, see your doctor, as it may be a sign that you have a different condition.


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Access: Murder – it's not OK.
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Well written Hilary, it's so easy to automatically side with a stressed parent rather than looking deeper. Our autistic citizens and others in society with mental and physical challenges deserve better.
I focus on autism but disabled people with so called 'complex needs' usually have lots of labels, and these can change over time. The stresses remain the same.
mark taslov, in reply to
so they become known as real people, with interests and personalities.
Some great suggestions outlined here Hilary, and very well put.
Thanks Hilary - the historical account in your post is uplifting in the sense that a precious life tragically and needlessly lost at least spurned action in NZ - but soul destroying at the same time, as if anything, it seems to me we have gone backwards in both policy and circumstance.
So many children and their caregivers across a spectrum of circumstances in NZ, waiting, waiting, waiting in desperation for a government that addresses their needs. What you suggest in your final paragraph is of course a win-win solution for everyone, both the able and the disabled living and working in the sector. Everyone gets lifted up. What is wrong with an executive/Cabinet that cannot see that?
A statement from the Autistic Collective.
Ruby Knox, a young autistic woman, was murdered last year by Donella Knox, her own mother, and recently her supporters have been asking for Donella's early release on 'compassionate' grounds.
The Autistic Collective however, feel that the central issue being lost sight of here is that a young woman was murdered, and her murder is being justified because she was autistic.
When a disabled person is murdered, much sympathy is all too often expressed for the murderer, while the victim is seen as 'better off dead'. In no other case of murder is this so.
This sends the message that our lives are somehow worth less than others, and that our deaths are to be regarded as 'mercy killings'. That we might have difficulties, even severe ones, and yet still find life worth living, never seems to occur to others.
And these killings are, unfortunately, not as uncommon as the judge in this case seems to think – certainly not 'once in a lifetime'.
We autistics struggle with life, as do those with other disabilities, but we do not 'make' our caregivers kill us – they make that choice of their own accord. Crisis is not an excuse for murder.
We in the autistic and disabled communities are however in agreement with Donella Knox's supporters on one thing – there needs to be more services, and far more and better training for those delivering services to those with disabilities. This is especially true with autistics, as our needs often differ even from other disabled, due to our neurology.
The position of the Autistic Collective is that there should be far more support available, so that we are not forced to stay with family members or other caregivers when the relationship turns toxic, or when they have threatened violence towards us.
Penni Winter for the Autistic Collective
The Autistic Collective is a group of autistic advocates who have joined together in order to become more effective in our advocacy.
We can be contacted at email@example.com
Our website can be found at www.autisticcollectivenz.org -
Coincidentally, my friend Robyn Hunt wrote this for the Spin Off http://thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-02-2017/on-donella-knox-her-disabled-daughter-and-the-so-called-mercy-killing/
Ministry of Health sees no responsibility to improve services!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/89179500/Autism-NZ-calls-for-respite-care-overhaul-after-Donella-Knox-case -
Sacha, in reply to
Ministry disability support services group manager Toni Atkinson said there were many autistic people who did not need disability support.
There was no need to improve training for carers, and autism support was not under-resourced, she said.
What a disgusting attitude. Families and advocates must just be making it all up, eh.
Nice piece Hilary.
To add to what you pointed out about disabled people across the whole range of impairment being at greatly increased risk, the NZ post-census Disability Survey points out that most disabled people have two or more impairments, and one disabled person in 3 has unmet health needs- which means that many disabled people don't get support services, or pretty inadequate amounts of it. International research about disability, violence and abuse shows a complex mix of invisibility, insufficient inadequate services, denial of basic human rights and attitudinal black holes.
This isn't just about services though, it's as much about how this always runs in the media,(breathless paeans about 'mercy killings) or in the courts where judges and lawyers strut their inimical stuff . Both frankly are revolting and crappy.Ruby Knox's killing (see, I choose to name the victim, not the killer) and the killings of all those other disabled people deserve better than simply focussing on service provision though totes agree it's important too. -
One of Greg O'Connor's first tweets after setting up his @GregOhariu twitter account was about the Knox case. It will be good to have him as a politician who is informed about the issues from personal and professional experience. Worth watching.
william blake, in reply to
Thanks Hilary, this needs to be said as it is true.
Steven the obvious mitigating factor is the failure of support for the Mother but then in mitigation of the support services, we have a limit on resources because of free market ideas of health care floating around at government level. The (Neo) liberal democratic hegemony that we have is as hard to excuse as it is to get rid of, and this is the real trickle down; to this kind of cruel tragedy. That said, simply returning to a more social democratic form of government won't get rid of predjudice but it might remove some of the economic constraints of helping people with the greatest need.
Rosemary McDonald, in reply to
Ministry of Health sees no responsibility to improve services!
Absolutely typical, and as Sacha says...disgusting.
Ministry disability support services group manager Toni Atkinson said there were many autistic people who did not need disability support.
There was no need to improve training for carers, and autism support was not under-resourced, she said.
"The ministry funds an organisation, Te Pou, to provide disability and workforce training. Other support is available based on people's disability-related needs which varies for each individual."
We should take a look at TePou...meet their grinning team here.
Atkinson goes on...
Atkinson did not know how many respite carers worked in Marlborough, she said.
She would not comment directly on the amount of support Donella Knox received, but said the ministry was always working to improve how it supported disabled people.
"The ministry has recently invested in a new carer matching/carer learning service. This gives people across the country access to an online database of carers."
Well...the bit about the ministry working to improve how it supports disabled people is total bullshit for a start...and when I read that yesterday (here at the Kaitaia Library using their Aotearoa Peoples Network) I felt physically ill. I was going to comment here yesterday, but had to delete what I had wrote....
So far I have not had the pleasure of meeting Toni Atkinson, although I have spoken with her on the phone. She lied on that occasion too.
Back in the good old days the Misery used to host Consumer Forums in major centres around the rohe. These were a perfect opportunity for those living with disability to take their most pressing issues to those at the top in DSS. These were not celebratory occasions, and once the preliminaries of showing how much was spent on what by DSS were over attendees were free to give voice to their concerns.
There was anger, and there were tears of frustration and despair.
The last one we attended was in Dunedin in 2013...and was fronted by Barbara Crawford. Barbara Crawford was most put out when our table's biggest issue was the lack of sufficient supplies to manage the bowel and bladder dysunction issues common to those with spinal impairment. Tried to explain that having to use a sterile, prepackaged catheter labeled "SINGLE USE ONLY" a dozen times because only 10 are supplied per month was false economy in terms of resultant bladder and kidney infections...went down like a cup of cold sick it did...talking about specific (and obviously 'icky') disability issues.
Anyway...it seems there are no more Consumer Forums...just the Consumer Consortiums.
Which are clearly doing a less than awesome job in conveying to the Misery just how shit their service is. I guess if you are representing an advocacy group which relies on the Miserly for funding your ability to do actual advocacy is limited. Such is the system...and they call this consultation.
And then we have the very grand sounding Disability Sector Strategic Reference Group whose function it seems is to provide...
....an inclusive forum where key stakeholders can discuss strategic disability issues and identify opportunities for improvement, with the aim of informing the Ministry's strategic direction for, and purchasing of, disability support services.
The minutes of their last meeting are here, if reading the same old drivel floats your boat...
If the the Ministry of Health has this site monitored... please take note...
The Ministry of Health Disability Support Services is a blight on the lives of disabled New Zealanders. You seem to think you are doing a good job.
You're not. You are doing an absolutely appallingly bad job. You could not have done a worse job if you'd tried.
Big fail.
Rosemary McDonald, in reply to
I totally get what you are pointing out. That killing a disabled person is no less acceptable than killing an infant, because they require there caregivers time and energy.
But it's also important to consider the mitigating factors in the mental health of the murderer in all sentences. Like when someone kills a three year old, rather than giving oxygen to opinion people who write angry blogs about public lynchings, it might be better to look at the mitigating factors during the sentencing process, ( which you are doing ) then create sentences that help society to heal holistically.
Thank you Steven for putting this into words.
Good. The movement towards an inquiry into historic abuse is gathering steam. I think I wrote about it a couple of years ago as it is one of my ongoing research interests - those disabled children sent away from their families and those disabled people in the back rooms of the institutions need justice even if they are no longer around to tell their stories. Some good journalists helping and some powerful people getting on board. This will have to become an election issue. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11799369
Angela Hart, in reply to
This will have to become an election issue.
It should.
Establishing the causes and the manners of enablement of historic abuses in state run institutions should allow us to avoid those causes and conditions in the present and the future. We now have state funded institutions rather than state run ones, but the state must still be held to account for them. Residential and respite care for disabled people badly needs looking at. Our most vulnerable disabled people, those who cannot readily communicate, are terribly at risk in these places. We need actions that allow us to have confidence in the support systems available, and we need support systems that meet the actual needs, including people's right to live their lives in their own ways. -
The language about autism and the diagnosis itself in this report of the Dunedin murder are both worrying and probably inaccurate. People with autism do not become premeditated killers. Similarly with school shooters etc – it is becoming acceptable to ascribe autism. But I would suspect an alternative condition.
The very few documented cases of killing by autistic people (usually of care givers) happens during extreme behavioural meltdowns. Not premeditated.
This public use of a diagnosis of autism worries me. -
Sacha, in reply to
People with autism do not become premeditated killers.
No shit. #grrrr
Judge Nicholas Davidson said Merritt's disorder had impacted his life and was connected to the murder of Ms Ross.
"References to the mild end of the ASD spectrum shouldn't, in my view, trivialise your impairment," he said.
"You do suffer from a mental disorder as the law understands it. It's part of your make-up and the reason you killed Ms Ross."
How do we ensure judges like this get educated? Probably good intent but woefully ignorant.
Hilary Stace, in reply to
Dunedin has recently hosted a really good research project about intellectual disability and the law, with an aim of educating the judiciary. Just a pity that it didn't appear to include autism, if this report is any indication.
When I was at high school, my folks thought it was a good idea at the time to tiger-parent a quasi-autistic kid to success, partly because it worked for my siblings, and partly because ASD was still poorly understood in those days. They've since seen the error of their ways, but there's little they can do now to fix it.
Us autistics can do without the victim-blaming dressed up as motivational snake oil. There's just no substitute for some kind of new New Deal approach, which we're not likely to get under the existing cost-of-everything-value-of-nothing dogma.
Your original post pretty much says it all and I'm fairly sure those who commented are still of the same mind.
So, I'll just do an update and link to these....
But I will quote Dr Rosemary Marks...
"I remind you that governments allocate resources not only according to needs, but also with an eye on what the public wants.
"If people and lobbyists loudly demand more roads – that is what they will get.
"Until as a society we learn to value all our citizens including those with disability, our leaders will not consider they have a mandate to prioritise spending taxpayers' money on improving services for people with disability over the many other demands facing them.
"We need to learn to include all members of the community. An inclusive society is a just society. We need to learn not just to tolerate difference but to celebrate difference."
PS...has Marks' report been released to the public?
Sacha, in reply to
Until as a society we learn to value all our citizens including those with disability
Which will only happen when leaders invest in that education process. Show us the money.
Thanks Rosemary and Sacha. I can't find the full report - maybe it hasn't been publicly released yet. A friend of mine also has an adult with a large care package but says it is like chocolate. You might have the money for high quality chocolate but there are no specialty chocolate shops in the region where you live. So if you want chocolate you have no choice but to go with whatever is available. (Only she puts it more colourfully than that).
And then be told that you don't deserve good chocolate anyway as you are second class humans. -
Sacha, in reply to
I can't find the full report
Certainly not on the DHB's website, but then I guess it may have too much personal detail to be released in full anyway.
Rosemary McDonald, in reply to
You might have the money for high quality chocolate but there are no specialty chocolate shops in the region where you live.
Marks suggests an early warning score system as a measure to prevent further deaths...
Another preventative solution could be an early warning score system, that collated information from hospitals, GPs, disability support services, school attendance records, and Oranga Tamariki records.
The system would record any increase in GP visits or phone calls, a change of primary care provider, an increase in emergency department visits, reduced use of funded supports, a decrease in attendance at school or adult day school, or escalating behaviour in the individual or their caregiver.
...which is an excellent idea providing "reduced use of supports" is carefully examined. To be seen as a risk factor of harm when the available funded supports are not fit for purpose would be totally wrong.
Already 'declined service' (because of unsuitability or inappropriateness) appears on MOH;DSS paperwork to promote the false narrative that they did try really really hard to satisfy the eligible person's requests....but the person or their whanau were just too damn picky.
Increase in GP or Emergency Department visits also is not necessarily an indication that the person is at risk of harm from the family carer...it could mean that the GP and/or the hospital had failed to diagnose and treat promptly. As what happened with Ruby.
Those bastards at the Misery will never admit their failures.
Sacha, in reply to
an early warning score system, that collated information from hospitals, GPs, disability support services, school attendance records, and Oranga Tamariki records
Inter-departmental information sharing has that promise as well as lots of risks. The ' social investment' approach relies on it.
'declined service'
The Health and Disability Commission has tried for ages to get services _not_ supplied added to their remit. Governments of all stripes have refused, so agencies can't be held accountable for access rationing.
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