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Updated 11:44 pm, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Kentucky's Nerlens Noel rushed back on defense, blocked Mike Rosario's layup from behind and then awkwardly landed on his left leg.
Noel crashed into the basket support, dropped to the ground and started screaming as he clutched his left knee.
It might have been his final play of the season.
Noel, the nation's top shot-blocker, injured his knee with about eight minutes to play in the 25th-ranked Wildcats' 69-52 loss at No. 7 Florida on Tuesday.
"I'm physically sick right now for him," Kentucky head coach John Calipari said. "What I'm hoping is it's not the extreme. I'm hoping it's some sort of twist, but we don't know."
Trainers rushed to Noel's side. A few minutes later, teammates carried him to the locker room as the home crowd cheered in support.
"We're all brothers, win, lose or draw," Kentucky guard Julius Mays said. "We've always got each other's backs."
Noel was pushed through the hallways of the O'Connell Center in a wheelchair, with his left leg extended and in a brace. He was transported to Shands Hospital on Florida's campus for tests, but was expected to return with the team to Lexington, Ky.
"His leg was wobbly, looked like his knee was dislocated," Florida's Pat Young said. "It was gruesome. I don't even want to think about it."
Noel had eight points, six rebounds and three blocks before getting hurt. The freshman entered the game averaging 10.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4.5 blocks.
Losing him for any period of time, let alone the rest of the season, would be a huge blow for a young team that had started to jell in recent weeks. The Wildcats (17-7, 8-3 SEC) had won five straight and seven of eight.
"He's a vital part of our team, so we hope for the best," Kentucky forward Kyle Wiltjer said.
Scottie Wilbekin had 14 points and eight assists for Florida (20-3, 10-1 SEC), which snapped a five-game skid in the series.
#8 Michigan State 75, #4 Michigan 52:
Gary Harris scored 17 points and Derrick Nix had 14 to help the host Spartans (21-4, 10-2 Big Ten) win in a blowout in the in-state rivalry's first matchup as top-10 teams. ... The Wolverines (21-4, 8-4) have lost three of four, but closely contested losses on the road against Indiana and Wisconsin were nothing like the latest. Michigan State didn't trail, led by as many as 16 in the first half and enjoyed 30-point leads in the second half. The game was so lopsided that both coaches played reserves during the final minutes.
North Carolina freshman center Joel James won't play at second-ranked Duke on Wednesday because of a concussion. ... Northwestern forward Jared Swopshire will miss the remainder of the season after having arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.
#1 Baylor 89, Texas Tech 47:
Brittney Griner had 10 points and 11 rebounds for her 54th career double-double for the host Lady Bears (23-1), who have won 21 straight.
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Kaleena Mosqueda Lewis scored 17 points and Kelly Faris added 16 in the fourth 100-point game this season for the visiting Huskies (23-1, 10-1 Big East).


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Why Washington Hates Hugo Chavez - by Mike Whitney
In late November, Venezuela was hammered by torrential rains and flooding that left 35 people dead and roughly 130,000 homeless. If George Bush had been president, instead of Hugo Chavez, the displaced people would have been shunted off at gunpoint to makeshift prison camps--like the Superdome--as they were following Hurricane Katrina. But that's not the way Chavez works. The Venezuelan president quickly passed "enabling" laws which gave him special powers to provide emergency aid and housing to flood victims. Chavez then cleared out the presidential palace and turned it into living quarters for 60 people, which is the equivalent of turning the White House into a homeless shelter. The disaster victims are now being fed and taken care of by the state until they can get back on their feet and return to work.
The details of Chavez's efforts have been largely omitted in the US media where he is regularly demonized as a "leftist strongman" or a dictator. The media refuses to acknowledge that Chavez has narrowed the income gap, eliminated illiteracy, provided health care for all Venezuelans, reduced inequality, and raised living standards across he board. While Bush and Obama were expanding their foreign wars and pushing through tax cuts for the rich, Chavez was busy improving the lives of the poor and needy while fending off the latest wave of US aggression.
Washington despises Chavez because he is unwilling to hand over Venezuela's vast resources to corporate elites and bankers. That's why the Bush administration tried to depose Chavez in a failed coup attempt in 2002, and that's why the smooth-talking Obama continues to launch covert attacks on Chavez today. Washington wants regime change so it can install a puppet who will hand over Venezuela's reserves to big oil while making life hell for working people.
Recently released documents from Wikileaks show that the Obama administration has stepped up its meddling in Venezuela's internal affairs. Here's an excerpt from a recent post by attorney and author, Eva Golinger:
"In a secret document authored by current Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Craig Kelly, and sent by the US Embassy in Santiago in June 2007 to the Secretary of State, CIA and Southern Command of the Pentagon, along with a series of other US embassies in the region, Kelly proposed "six main areas of action for the US government (USG) to limit Chavez's influence" and "reassert US leadership in the region".
Kelly, who played a primary role as "mediator" during last year's coup d'etat in Honduras against President Manuel Zelaya, classifies President Hugo Chavez as an "enemy" in his report.
"Know the enemy: We have to better understand how Chavez thinks and what he intends...To effectively counter the threat he represents, we need to know better his objectives and how he intends to pursue them. This requires better intelligence in all of our countries". Further on in the memo, Kelly confesses that President Chavez is a "formidable foe", but, he adds, "he certainly can be taken". (Wikileaks: Documents Confirm US Plans Against Venezuela, Eva Golinger, Postcards from the Revolution)
The State Department cables show that Washington has been funding anti-Chavez groups in Venezuela through non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that pretend to be working for civil liberties, human rights or democracy promotion. These groups hide behind a facade of legitimacy, but their real purpose is to topple the democratically elected Chavez government. Obama supports this type of subversion just as enthusiastically as did Bush. The only difference is the Obama team is more discreet. Here's another clip from Golinger with some of the details on the money-trail:
"In Venezuela, the US has been supporting anti-Chavez groups for over 8 years, including those that executed the coup d'etat against President Chavez in April 2002. Since then, the funding has increased substantially. A May 2010 report evaluating foreign assistance to political groups in Venezuela, commissioned by the National Endowment for Democracy, revealed that more than $40 million USD annually is channeled to anti-Chavez groups, the majority from US agencies....
Venezuela stands out as the Latin American nation where NED has most invested funding in opposition groups during 2009, with $1,818,473 USD, more than double from the year before....Allen Weinstein, one of NED's original founders, revealed once to the Washington Post, "What we do today was done clandestinely 25 years ago by the CIA…" (America's Covert "Civil Society Operations": US Interference in Venezuela Keeps Growing", Eva Golinger, Global Research)
On Monday, the Obama administration revoked the visa of Venezuela's ambassador to Washington in retaliation for Chávez's rejection of nominee Larry Palmer as American ambassador in Caracas. Palmer has been openly critical of Chavez saying there were clear ties between members of the Chavez administration and leftist guerrillas in neighboring Colombia. It's a roundabout way of accusing Chavez of terrorism. Even worse, Palmer's background and personal history suggest that his appointment might pose a threat to Venezuela's national security. Consider the comments of James Suggett of Venezuelanalysis on Axis of Logic:
"Take a look at Palmer's history, working with the U.S.-backed oligarchs in the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Sierra Leone, South Korea, Honduras, "promoting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)." Just as the U.S. ruling class appointed an African-American, Barack Obama to replace George W. Bush with everything else intact, Obama in turn, appoints Palmer to replace Patrick Duddy who was involved in the attempted coup against President Chávez in 2002 and an enemy of Venezuelans throughout his term as U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela." (http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/printer_60511.shtml)
Venezuela is already crawling with US spies and saboteurs. They don't need any help from agents working inside the embassy. Chavez did the right thing by giving Palmer the thumbs down.
The Palmer nomination is just "more of the same"; more interference, more subversion, more trouble-making. The State Dept was largely responsible for all of the so-called color-coded revolutions in Ukraine, Lebanon, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan etc; all of which were cookie cutter, made-for-TV events that pitted the interests of wealthy capitalists against those of the elected government. Now Hillary's throng want to try the same strategy in Venezuela. It's up to Chavez to stop them, which is why he's pushed through laws that "regulate, control or prohibit foreign funding for political activities". It's the only way he can defend against US meddling and protect Venezuelan sovereignty.
Chavez is also using his new powers to reform the financial sector. Here's an excerpt from an article titled "Venezuelan National Assembly Passes Law Making Banking a "Public Service":
"Venezuela's National Assembly on Friday approved new legislation that defines banking as an industry "of public service," requiring banks in Venezuela to contribute more to social programs, housing construction efforts, and other social needs while making government intervention easier when banks fail to comply with national priorities."...
The new law protects bank customers' assets in the event of irregularities on the part of owners... and stipulates that the Superintendent of Banking Institutions take into account the best interest of bank customers – and not only stockholders... when making any decisions that affect a bank's operations."
So why isn't Obama doing the same thing? Is he too afraid of real change or is he just Wall Street's lackey? Here's more from the same article:
"In an attempt to control speculation, the law limits the amount of credit that can be made available to individuals or private entities by making 20% the maximum amount of capital a bank can have out as credit. The law also limits the formation of financial groups and prohibits banks from having an interest in brokerage firms and insurance companies.
The law also stipulates that 5% of pre-tax profits of all banks be dedicated solely to projects elaborated by communal councils. 10% of a bank´s capital must also be put into a fund to pay for wages and pensions in case of bankruptcy.
According to 2009 figures provided by Softline Consultores, 5% of pre-tax profits in Venezuela's banking industry last year would have meant an additional 314 million bolivars, or $73.1 million dollars, for social programs to attend the needs of Venezuela's poor majority." http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/5880
"Control speculation"? Now there's a novel idea. Naturally, opposition leaders are calling the new laws "an attack on economic liberty", but that's pure baloney. Chavez is merely protecting the public from the predatory practices of bloodthirsty bankers. Most Americans wish that Obama would do the same thing.
According to the Wall Street Journal, "Chávez has threatened to expropriate large banks in the past if they don't increase loans to small-business owners and prospective home buyers, this time he is increasing the pressure publicly to show his concern for the lack of sufficient housing for Venezuela's 28 million people."
Caracas suffers from a massive housing shortage that's gotten much worse because of the flooding. Tens of thousands of people need shelter now, which is why Chavez is putting pressure on the banks to lend a hand. Of course, the banks don't want to help so they've slipped into crybaby mode. But Chavez has shrugged off their whining and put them "on notice". In fact, on Tuesday, he issued this terse warning:
"Any bank that slips up…I'm going to expropriate it, whether it's Banco Provincial, or Banesco or Banco Nacional de Crédito."
Bravo, Hugo. In Chavez's Venezuela the basic needs of ordinary working people take precedent over the profiteering of cutthroat banksters. Is it any wonder why Washington hates him?
Mike Whitney is a frequent contributor to Global Research.
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January 2, 2011
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Where o where in America is ours?
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Unfortunately, the Braves weren't entirely sold on that outcome, coming back to tie the game 3-3 and send it into the 10th inning, which is when I greet you with this post.
In the fourth, Ethier was thrown out by a good 10 feet at home plate following textbook fielding and throwing work by leftfielder Martin Prado and shortstop Paul Janish. Though frustrating, the decision to send Ethier by third-base coach Tim Wallach was somewhat excusable, coming with two outs and James Loney on deck. Wallach, by my estimation has been more reliable with Dodger baserunners than his recent predecessors such as Rich Donnelly.
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Consumers who own these BCDs should immediately stop using them and return them to Huish Outdoors or an authorized Zeagle dealer for a free replacement. Huish Outdoors can be reached toll-free at 888-270- 8595 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or online at www.zeagle.com (click on recall notice for more information). Consumers can also e-mail the firm at email@example.com.


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E-M5 Rattlesnaking: Sources, Solutions, Ramifications
You're saying that you experienced ratllesnaking
with both the kit lens and the 45mm 1,8...
I find this very troubling, it's the first time I've heard that.
Up to now the only rattlesnaking problems reported
were with the Pana/Leica 25mm 1.4.
Anybody else have experienced this problem?
If this is the case I'll reevaluate my choice.
I surely would prefer a silent camera. (IBIS hum being acceptable)
Timur Born wrote:
My findings so far:
I encountered three different types of "Rattlesnaking" in that they have different sources and different solution to overcome/workaround. Two of them are reproducible and may be intended behavior by Olympus, the third may even be one of them, but its solution was different. The first two I describe here happen with both an Olmypus 45/1.8 and the the 12-50 kit lens, the only difference is that the kit lens' aperture is a lot smaller and a lot quieter.
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Live Action/ Animation mix
13 comments:
- Ajay said...
I love your style ;) good choice of animated action and background there.. what did you shoot on?
- 5 April 2010 at 23:05
- Max said...
Thanks Ajay. Shot the Footage on Sony HD XDCAM. Was the only one they had at th1ng that wasn't on a shoot... Pretty sweet results though! Will show you some of the rushes when next you're down.
- 5 April 2010 at 23:51
- pepe le pew said...
Sweet Max, real sweet!
Miss that kinda cool stuff!!
- 6 April 2010 at 04:03
- Ravi swami said...
Nice style frames - like the lighting match...still got that script / idea knocking around from...oh, 10 years plus ago, which was kid / adult / anyone targetted but basically a live action / animation thing.
Would be nice to do the pilot which opened the story up / set up the key characters & premise...
- 6 April 2010 at 06:57
- Max said...
Thanks for the feedback Pepe. Hopefully more to come soon so feel free to stay tuned =)
Nice 1 Rav. Haha, wow has it really been that long coming? Would be great to see some of the development work & script sometime. Sounded pretty cool when you 1st mentioned the idea to me. Gotta make it happen man!
- 6 April 2010 at 22:20
- Kristian said...
DAng! so damned sweet sweet sweet!
- 9 June 2010 at 09:47
- Max said...
Thank you Kristan. Checked out your blog also- Your sketches & watercolour work is real nice.
- 9 June 2010 at 10:32
- Alex R said...
very inspiring! i love it
- 20 November 2010 at 06:53
- Max said...
Hi Alex, thanks for your encouraging comment! I hoped over to your page & noticed we're near abouts the same 'Blogger age', think I started mine back in March.
The pilot for 11:30AM was cool! had me chuckling to myself. Keep them coming man I'll be watching.
I've just blogged a new post so do feel free to follow on here too. Happy Holidays!
- 21 December 2010 at 02:55
- Cam said...
Hi Max. I need a consultant and you look like the man I need to talk to. Can you contact me to discuss?
Thanks for your time.
- 28 April 2011 at 05:36
- Max said...
Hi Cam, thanks for stopping by. Sure, how can I help?
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Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
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Beach Attack! Sanderlings!
Beach Attack?? Wha? C'mon, there was no attack. I just had to make a bunch of bird pictures sound exciting. After all, they are all just standing around and pecking around in the muck. I don't care, getting these shots and watching these shore birds up close is what I love to do.
I shot these in the fall on a relatively isolated area of the New Jersey shore. Isolated means there is no road along the beach and you have to park and walk.
Bird Identities
To understand bird identities, you need to talk to a Bird Psychiatrist. I call them Birder Brains. Where there are birds, they are there usually wearing their psychiatry uniforms of a floppy hat, kakhi vest, and spotting scope. They not only know what kind of bird a bird is, but they understand their behaviors, foods, and political leanings. I think these birds are Sanderlings but if I have any misidentified, please let me know!
I am pretty sure there may be some Turnstones among these Sanderlings… Hmmmm….
Get Down Low
I've been trying to get down low for bird shots lately. I kinda like these pics from this angle, or lack thereof. Problem is that it is very hard on a 50-something's body. My neck, back, and well everything else just doesn't want to get down this low. On top of the pain from unnatural body contortions, the sand tears tear into your knees and elbows. Sheesh! I was really sore the next day and the story of how I got those brush-burn marks on my knees and elbows is just not cool.
To get these shots, you gotta get your camera down really low. For some, I got pretty close to the surf and occasionally a wave would wash up around me and my equipment. I knew I was putting my equipment at risk but I don't care, I purchased this stuff to use and I don't mind taking some calculated chances.
Baby your Equipment, then USE IT!!!
My friends know I treat my toys and stuff very well. Very very well. But my obsession with taking care of things does not stop me from using it just one bit. I buy stuff to use, not to look at and polish. Resale value means absolutely nothing to me if I have to sacrifice the fun of using it. So, to get these pipers, I knew I had to get down into the sand and possibly get that gritty crap into my equipment. I did not hesitate one bit. I had fun and that is the point of all this.
The Equipment:
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Keaton Adams wrote: > Our organization is looking for a hot-standby option for PostgreSQL that > uses the WAL (transaction) data to keep the standby current and also allows > the standby to be read-only accessible for reporting. We have implemented > WAL shipping through a set of scripts we developed and that works well to > have a standby DB on the ready in case we need to fail over, but we are > looking to increase the value of the standby server by making it available > for queries. Because of the complexities of our environment using a > table/trigger based replication method such as Slony won¹t work well. > > It would be great if there was a solution (Open Source or Commercial) that > worked in a similar manner as Oracle Active Data Guard: > > ³Oracle Active Data Guard enables a physical standby database to be open for > read-only access for reporting, simple or complex queries while changes > from the production database are being applied to it. This means any > operation that requires up-to-date read-only access can be offloaded to the > replica, enhancing and protecting the performance of the production > database.² > > ³All queries reading from the physical replica execute in real-time, and > return current results. A Data Guard configuration consists of one > production (or primary) database and up to nine standby databases. A > standby database is initially created from a backup copy of the primary > database. Once created, Data Guard automatically maintains the standby > database as a synchronized copy of the primary database by transmitting > primary database redo data to the standby system and then applying the redo > data to the standby database.² > > Does anyone know of such a solution for PostgreSQL? > > Thanks, > > Keaton > IIRC, it was mentioned previously in one posting that this a TODO for a future version of postgres but not something that's expected soon. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. -salman
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as ni said something eating them,
09 Jul 2014 17:02
That looks like the dreaded vine weevil Alan
We found that watering on nematodes really worked
09 Jul 2014 17:16
Hi Dove ,sorry to ask i know nothing about vine weevil,wot is it and what do you look for to find it please,perhaps a burn would be best, by the way you cant tell but its in a big tub.
09 Jul 2014 17:33
This thread will show you what the adults look like - they come out at night - when we had a lot of them I'd go out in the evening with a torch and look on and under the leaves and squidge them.
The real b*****ds are their grubs which look like this
They live underground and eat the roots of your plants - they particularly like primulas and love to get into pots of nice compost with lots of lovely plant roots.
Get a load of nematodes - I got mine via Amazon - and water them into the soil - you then have to keep the soil moist for a while - they sorted the problem for us.
You can only do it in the summer when the soil is above a certain temperature and as the nematodes are alive you have to water them on pretty soon after you receive them.
Good luck - you'll probably have to be very nice to Kate to get her to cart watering cans full of water and nematodes around
09 Jul 2014 17:40
Cor blimey,don't they know iv got enough problems at the moment right many thanks Dove for that wonderful news Amazon here i come,iv noticed the other one has slight damage as well,Cheers for that Dove
09 Jul 2014 17:42
Thanks Edd - I forgot the link
More info here Alan http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=234
09 Jul 2014 17:47
Got that as well many thanks Edd, Dove.


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I would like to transfer my blog www-the-fit-gourmet.ca from Blogger to WordPress. I have just attempted to import the entire blog, but the result is not great: lots of formatting is odd, especially the missing line breaks.
Would it be better if I emptied the entire content and imported the blog as a file from Blogger?
Also, I have many photo slideshows from Flickr embedded in my blog, which get imported as LINKS, not as slideshows. Is there a way to import them so that they're embedded in my WordPress posts as slideshows, i.e. as in http://www.the-fit-gourmet.ca/2012/05/saturday-in-montreal-what-if-day.html
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Hike and Camp Kauai for $250 a week
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In the tiring but rewarding aftermath of a hike through Kauai's Koke'e wilderness, a nice elderly couple picked us up at the end of the trail and gave us a ride back to the campground. We talked with them about their vacation and my heart went out to this couple; they claimed they were "doing the tourist thing, and it's breaking the bank!" I almost felt guilty listening to them, knowing that while they were rapidly spending their savings, we were doing Kauai for a week for only $250.
First of all, airline miles are a convenient and wonderful thing. A roundtrip flight to the mainland on Hawaiian Airlines, for example, earns approximately 5,000 miles. That's enough for a free one-way ticket to an outer island, in our case from Maui to Kauai. With a purchased return ticket, airfare can come to only $60. Secondly, the majority of car rental companies not only ask for a large amount of cash – in the $40 a day range – for a vehicle because I'm only twenty-three years old, but there's also a standard additional charge of $20 a day if you're under twenty-five. All of this can be avoided, however, by checking the local yellow pages and finding the discount car rental agencies found on every island. In this case, we used Island Discount Cars in Lihue. They charged us only $25 cash per day; just call them when you get in and they'll even pick you up at the airport. Sure, the car may not have a radio – or a muffler – but it gets you around the island and brings an overwhelmingly charming level of character to the table, an intangible on which no price can be placed.
Once on the road in our noble steed – sans muffler – we headed north out of Lihue, past the wind-tickled beaches of the eastern shore before finally weaving our way into idyllic Hanalei on the North Shore. A culinary staple of Hanalei is Bubba Burgers ("We cheat tourists, attorneys and drunks"), located smack dab in the center of town. For six dollars, a Bubba Burger will sate your appetite and leave you looking for a nice place to curl up and take a nap. Luckily for us, the golden horseshoe of Hanalei Bay lay before us, and a nice blanket, a good book and the shade of palms fringing the bay made for the perfect place for an afternoon nap. Framed by stoic cliffs to the west, the sheer cliffs of Princeville to the east, the time capsule that is Hanalei bay to the south and the remnants of a winter swell lapping at the shore right in front of us, Hanalei Bay is easily one of the most picturesque and serene places one can choose to visit.
Refreshed from our nap, we continued on down towards the end of the road, passing over rickety old wooden bridges, under beautifully landscaped seaside homes raised on stilts, and past the ubiquitous chickens dotting the sides of the road. We passed Lumahai Beach, a place that makes you forget that anywhere else actually exists, and then the confines of Haena Beach Park, which provides amenities and a touch of home that any weary traveler would be glad to see after a long day on the road. We watched the local surfers one-up each other in barreling waves as the setting winter sun fell asleep over the ridge to the west; an incredibly relaxing day fittingly drew to a close.
You see, Kauai is splendidly set up for camping. While many people are willing to pay for an ocean view room, many others are just as content to swap the drywall of a resort for the nylon walls of a tent, with the ocean literally steps from your front door. In order to camp at beach parks on Kauai, where showers, cooking facilities and restrooms are conveniently placed for your use, you need to go through the simple steps to get a permit, including paying five dollars a night.
With the sun as our alarm clock, we were able to get an early jump on the piece of infamy that is the Kalalau Trail. Not possessing an overnight permit for the entire trail, we opted to simply hike the first allowable 2.5 miles in to Hanakapi'ai Beach. For those who are unfamiliar with the Kalalau Trail, words such as unrivaled, breathtaking and jaw-droppingly impressive, make meager attempts to do it justice. With clear weather permitting, even day hiking the first section of this trail is simply astounding.
We finally arrived at Hanakapi'ai Beach, which is framed by two fern covered cliffs, with a sugary fingernail of sand easing itself into the crescent in between. Fed by Hanakapi'ai Stream, the water near the beach can be rough; looking out at the vast, endless Pacific from this seemingly secret location, one is content to simply sit and stare. An hour long hike up the stream brings you to Hanakapi'ai Falls. To float in its pool with your ears below the water and your eyes fixed straight up at the cascading water above is to achieve something close to nirvana; you can reach a place where the world seems to stop and you have no care to ever return.
Much later, back past Hanalei, the Princeville Shopping Center provides us with some gas for the car – we needed only $30 worth for the whole trip – and cheap nourishment from Foodland, the basis of most of our meals. For those wanting to momentarily leave the camping mentality behind, and not wanting to dine out of a can for the evening, you can splurge at Hanalei's main street restaurant/bar called Kalypso, situated on the main drag. With an ice cold Pacifico and Kalypso's renowned seafood chowder in hand, we sat on the raised lanai, which is the perfect perch from which to cooly watch the passing foot traffic and replay the splendor that comprised such a day.
Wanting to swap one ocean view for another, we spent the second night on the water's edge at Anini Beach Park, a spot recommended to us by a local – an absolute must for all. Facing directly north, the offshore barrier reef provides such ample protection from the invading winter swells that if one were to toss a stone into the still lagoon, you could almost hear the clouds shattering the mirror reflection of the sky above. As night falls, we start discussing which luminary presence is more splendid – the rhythmic single flash of the Kilauea Lighthouse in the east or the gaping Milky Way etched across the sky above; the dance of the campfire on the golden sand or the curious glow of the night fisher's torch below.
The next day, having sufficiently sampled the bounty of the North Shore, we retraced our tracks back towards Lihue, with our sights set on locales further beyond. After a brief stop at the County Office to obtain a State Parks Camping Permit (again, five dollars), two roads diverged in a wood and we took the one, well, more travelled. In this case, it was the tree tunnel heading towards old Koloa town. Situated a few miles inland, Koloa provides a glimpse into the old plantation days of the island, watchfully keeping its distance from the encroaching resorts and condominiums of shore-lined Poipu just a few miles south. A roast beef sandwich and amber ale from Brennecke's Beach Broiler in Poipu suffice nicely for lunch, and our muffler-less chariot (by this point labeled the Thunder Dragon) sputters further west towards the looming foothills of Waimea.
There exists some controversy as to whether or not Mark Twain professed Waimea Canyon to be the 'Grand Canyon of the Pacific.' Regardless, it is. Colors you failed to see before present themselves with such ferocity that they shatter the tranquility you had hoped to attain.
Wanting to steal a glance at every other outlook, we slowly make our way up to the end of Highway 550, to Pu'u o Kila Lookout, stepping into the often seen postcard view that is Kalalau Valley from above. Much less crowded than the tour bus clogged Kalalau Lookout five minutes below, Pu'u o Kila offers an unrivaled sunset pinnacle that no postcard could completely capture.
After spending the last two mornings waking to warm humidity and sweat beading on my brow, the feeling of hairs briskly standing on goosebumped skin is a welcome change of pace. Located just a notch below 4,000 feet elevation, the campground at Koke'e leaves the unprepared questioning if they are in fact still in the Aloha State.
Amongst the hovering morning clouds and blanketing dew, roosters, ensuring a prompt and hard to ignore wake up call, roam the vast green meadow, intermingling with the occasional nene. Being our last day before departing on a six a.m. flight back to Maui, we decide to wake early and tackle one of the numerous and more lengthy trails in the vicinity – the nine mile loop that connects the Nu'ulolo Trail to the Nu'ulolo Cliff and Awa'awapuhi Trail. It's highly recommended that the trails be hiked from this direction, as to do so in reverse would make for a hellaciously near vertical ascent. To hike the cliff trail is to do so at your own risk; segments of the trail can be washed out, with incredibly narrow passages leading across cliff faces that the non-suicidal would prefer not to falter on. The views that are awarded to the intrepid, however, are well worth what it takes to negotiate this sketchy section of the trail. If Columbus himself were to try to convince his crew, from this vantage point, that the world did not in fact drop into an endless abyss over the not-too-distant horizon, he would have been forced to sail for the New World with an incredibly vacant vessel. As mountain goats bleat on the cliffs below, we ascended up the forecasted switchbacks of the Awa'awapuhi Trail back to the highway, our eventual conduit in the direction of home.
On our flight back I thought of that nice elderly couple. I wished for them the same simple holiday success that can be attained on an island with so many natural treasures to behold. In this age of first class flights, Presidential Suites, rental surcharges and included gratuities, it's possible, with the aid of some simple hiking boots, a pair of sturdy board shorts and some nice comfy outdoor gear, to experience all that Kauai has to offer without ever having to "do the tourist thing and break the bank."
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- October 8, 2015 at 1:56 pm
One of the best travel blogs I've read about Kauai……mahalo nui!
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DIY simple beaded necklace / Uradi sama: Jednostavna ogrlica sa perlama
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
DIY ghost brooch / Uradi sama: Broš duh
parče bele veštačke kože / piece of white pleather
grafitna olovka / pencil
makaze/ scissors
crna hemijska olovka ili marker/ black pen or marker
kopča za broš/ brooch clasp
lepak/ glue
Iscrtajte oblik zakrivljene suze na materijal u onoj veličini u kojoj želite da bude broš. Preporučujem da koristite grafitnu olovku, kako biste mogli da preravljate i brišete gmicom neželjene linije.
Draw curved teardrop shape on a piece of white pleather. I recommend drawing with pencil so you can erase lines easily.
Kada ste nacrtali odgovarajući oblik, pažljivo ga isecite oštrim makazama kako se ivice ne bi krivile.
When you are satisfied with shape, use sharp scissors to cut it out.
Nacrtajte crnom olovkom/markerom dva kružića kao oči i jedan uspravni oval ispod njih kao usta.
Draw two circles and one oval shape between them with black pen/marker pen.
Sačekajte malo da se osuši, ako se ne bi razmazalo i zatim super lepkom zalepite kopču na zadnju stranu.
Wait a few minutes for it to dry, and then glue clasp to the back.
That's it! Hope you like your new brooch!
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There is actually quite a demand for proxies and VPNs from the former Soviet Union countries and it can be quite a task to find one. Although some of the demand is probably from natives who have left countries like Ukraine and want to connect back using a IP address. The majority of demand is from people who value their privacy and would rather not have their personal data and web history logged at their local ISP.
The idea is that if you route your connection through a proxy, VPN or Smart DNS service, then you gain some level of anonymity. This is true to some extent, for a start the web site you visit will have no record of your real address only that of the proxy server. Also in your ISP logs your connection will only list the proxy server and not the actual web site you visit. This of course all depends on the proxy server being correctly configured and the logs being deleted instantly otherwise it's actually a pointless exercise.
So How Can I Find a Ukraine Proxy
With some countries, you can occasionally find a free VPN or proxy server for a few hours, it's not that easy with Ukraine though. If you do find a free one floating about on the internet I would strongly avoid it !! There are quite a few Carders, identity thieves and hackers operating out of Ukraine for obvious reasons – they set up servers to catch account names, passwords etc from the cheap, stupid or gullible!
There are of course lots of commercial VPN and proxy providers but not that many with Ukrainian servers. Of the popular, trusted providers I've used only one can supply a Ukrainian IP address and proxy and that's Overplay.
There are servers in 48 different countries everywhere from the US, German proxies, a couple of Turkish proxies and one is based in Ukraine as you can see from the drop down list. Their subscription (starts from $4.95/£3.20/EUR3.80 a month) all include every one of the servers so you can switch from one to another whenever you like.
Of course, many use the Ukranian based proxy/VPN servers for privacy – so it's also important to know that Overplay don't keep any logs at all of sites visited, transactions, downloads etc.
Here's what happens when I connect to Google using their Ukranian proxy –
I get the Ukranian version with all the search in Russian, if i look for a local plumber then I'll find one in Ukraine not my real location 🙂 So obviously you have to remember this, that your surfing is often customized to your location i.e. in this case Ukraine. Of course there are benefits as well including being able to switch at will to watch the BBC with a British IP address or an American only site like Hulu using a US server.
The company is run by some networking professionals based in North West, England – they really know what they're doing and have the largest network of secure proxies and VPNs anywhere on the net. Try them – Overplay, you won't be disappointed.


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MIOSHA revised the recordkeeping and reporting rules in response to OSHA's September 18, 2014, final rule. The recordkeeping regulation revision requires employers to report all work-related in-patient hospitalizations, as well as amputations, and losses of an eye to MIOSHA within 24 hours of the event. The new reporting requirements will have a significant impact on MIOSHA enforcement activities. A large increase in the number of workplace incident reports to MIOSHA is anticipated.
Please note that the existing requirement in MIOSHA Administrative Standard Part 11, Recording and Reporting of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, requiring employers to report work-related fatalities to MIOSHA within eight hours has not changed. However, employers are no longer required to report within eight hours the inpatient hospitalization of three more employees as a result of a work-related incident. Instead, employers must report within 24 hours the inpatient hospitalization of one or more employees.
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Happy Fall y'all! Haha, I couldn't wait to be able to say that. I have been waiting awhile for fall. As I write this post on October 20th, it is 80 degrees out! What is going on here? None of my trees have started changing colors yet. I want fall to come so I can take some pictures of the beautiful trees on my street.
While I wait, I will settle with this adorable photo of my son behind his school wearing the shirt I made him, I mean, the shirt that I asked him to wear for picture day. :) I love the plaid shirt so I incorporated some plaid into the layout. Have you ordered Pretty Little Studio's Oakly Avenue collection. I LOVE it. Seriously, I think you are going to get sick of my layouts this month because I can assure you, they are all going to be layouts using this collection. Hopefully, one of these layouts will include a few fall trees. :) For this layout, I took my inspiration from the picture above. I was inspired by the fall theme and plaid.
Since I did not have any color cardstock on hand, decided to paint the edge of my layout using Shimmerz Paint. Once it was dry, I cut another white piece of cardstock and trimmed the edges so you can see the paint on the painted paper and adhered it to the center of the paper so that I got a neat edge.
Here are some close ups:
Pretty Little Studio Oakley Ave Acrylic Shapes/Love Fall, Cut-Aparts/Cinnamon Stick, Hello Fall, Die-Cuts/Fall Away Arrows, Orchard Words, Frames/Weathered, Mini Word/Pumpkin, Fall Away Arrow Stickers, Fall Faves Stickers, Feelin Fallish Stickers, Stickers/Fall Words, Tabs/Woodgrain.
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2009-10-16ST. JOSEPH, MO. | By: Wayman
Senator Kit Bond's office says it's part of a 243 million dollar package coming to missouri for flood protection, clean energy, and river projects. Just short of $300,000 to restore the authorized levels of protection to the Levee systems running from St. Joseph up to Elwood and Wathena Kansas. The Money is in the US Congress's conference report to the fiscal year 2010 energy and water spending bill and must till work its way through both houses and be signed into law.


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So what's the current availability of the Vectrix? The local dealership here in Houston TX has five of them in stock. They had six till last Saturday.
Are they still hard to get? Do most of you have to order one and wait?
Back in July, I had to wait a week for mine, but that was not due to availability. It was purely due to the fact that my dealer was fresh on the Vectrix scene and was not ready to committ a lot of capital to floor stock. I simply had to wait for the truck to get one to the dealer, and he quoted me a week for that. He ordered four bikes on that truck and had three of them sold ahead of time, with the fourth one slated to floor stock.


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Type up a lot of recipes? Want to make them look more professional? Use the degrees sign. While holding down the "Alt" key, type 0176 and poof, there appears the °! Works for me!
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Type up a lot of recipes? Want to make them look more professional? Use the degrees sign. While holding down the "Alt" key, type 0176 and poof, there appears the °! Works for me!
LOVE this! Thanks!!!
Wow ~ how fun… I never knew that!!
THANK YOU for unearthing that mystery!!!
Hee..hee..Never knew that and always wanted to find out how to get it!! °°° Thanks!!! °°°
OK…that is cool! Have to try… ° AWESOME! Anyone know how to get a heart sign? 🙂
great tip, that is so cute!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Do u know how long I've spent trying to find the degree symbol? Thank you.
Thank you!! I always wanted to be able to do that! Now, I can.
Such a simple and yet powerful tip. Thanks for sharing it!
I am trying it now . Doesn't seem to work for me.
Well, now. I've just got to try this out. "°" Cool! 🙂
Excellent, thanks!
Thank you. That always bugged me.
Thank you! I had wondered about that.
Cool! I definately need this.
Thanks for sharing!
Wow.. wondered how to do that… Can you tell me how to make a cents sign too? 🙂
How ironic…I was just Google-ing this the other day!
I would have never guessed! How clever of you. Thanks for the knowledge.
So awesome! Thanks!
Woohoo! Thank you for the tip! 😀
Thanks! I always wanted to know this. ° Yay, it works!
Nice! So what numbers do you type in to make the cute little heart? And where do you find this info??
What a great tip, Amy! Thanks!
That is so neat! Thanks for sharing that tip! I always love reading your blog! I'm actually on the hunt for your cinnamon roll recipe that you've posted before. I know it won't be too hard to find. I plan to make it tomorrow.
What a great tip – thank you!
Thank you!
You RAWK!!!!!
Wow ingenious! I hope I actually remember that!
The ALT codes are fun to use. you can find the ¢ sign, too – just google ALT codes to find more of those lovely hidden treats.
In cooking that degree sign is just necessary – Excellent tip!
My WFMW post this week is about keeping drinks cold.
Have a great week!
Kristin (The Goat)
What a great little tip!
That is so cool! Thanks!
I don't know what's wrong…probably my computer…but I'm not getting a cute little degree sign to pop up. See look:
It's not there. Sigh. I really, really want a degree sign.
It's not working for me. I'm so sad!!
I figured it out! You have to use the numeric keypad on the right side of most keyboards…but since I'm on a laptop I don't have one. Great tip, thanks!
Just had to let you know. I bookmarked this post back in March and have come back to it a gazillion times since then. Thanks for posting this!
@unfinishedmom, Glad you found it helpful!
I had to use the numbers lock key first (FN +11 to lock) on my netbook. It works! °! Now I'll be able to write about the temperature without using *. Thanks!
I've tried other codes that didn't work, but this did! Thanks!
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Serves 8
|boneless turkey breast (about 4 1/2 pounds)
|Granny Smith apples, halved and cored
|medium onion, thinly sliced
|cups fresh apple cider
|tablespoon mixed dried herbs (thyme, oregano, marjoram)
|Salt and pepper, to taste
2. In a large roasting pan, set the turkey breast in the middle. Put the apples, cut sides down, and onions around it. Sprinkle the cider on top. Sprinkle with the herbs, salt, and pepper.
3. Transfer the roasting pan to the oven. Roast the turkey for 50 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast registers 160 degrees. The skin should be golden brown.
4. Let the turkey breast sit in a warm place for 10 minutes. Slice the breast and serve with the apples, onions, and a spoonful of the cider cooking juices. Adapted from Rendezvous restaurant
© Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company.


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How To Find The Right Size of Kitchenaid Mixer
The best way to know the right size of kitchenaid mixer for your home is always to look at its bowl capacity. If you are going to power through many cups of flour for your recipe then you will need a large-capacity kitchen mixer bowl. Generally, the bowl size will give you some advantages and disadvantages, and it is your duty to arrive at compromise on functionality and design that best suits your kitchen needs. Here are some other attributes of a kitchen mixer bowl that you should know.
The kitchenaid 600 series mixer is the largest model with a 575-watt motor. Its usage requires not only a large bowl, but also one that has enough strength to withstand the rotating motor's pressure, and firmly hold its contents. Heavy dough mixing requires bowl-lift models that are more stable than tilt head models. Another thing to look at, when selecting kitchenaid series, is its bowl design; the kitchenaid pro 5 plus series and the kitchenaid 600 series have a wide-mouth bowl that lets you access your ingredients and beater easily.
Even after you select the most appropriate kitchenaid mixer for your home, you might still encounter problems as you deal with extremely sticky and hard-to-mix dough. Many people end up breaking their hand-held mixers as they force the sticky dough to mix evenly. The kitchenaid artisan mixer will give you the similar problems as you try to fit all the ingredients into the bowl. A way around this problem is to adjust the height of the beater in relation to the kitchenaid mixer bowl. If you lack the technical knowhow of doing the adjustment, then you should either get a technician or contact the kitchenaid support for remote assistance.
Once you adjust your beater, baking your foods will be a straightforward process; all your ingredients will blend well in your dough. You can make a self-adjustment to your beater by following the following simple instructions. First, put a dime into the bottom of the Kitchenaid mixer bowl. Turn on the mixer and select level two on the mixer as you use a flat beater. You should see your dime moving a quarter or a half inch with every bowl rotation and this indicates that your mixer will mix all the content at the bottom of your bowl. When your dime only moves a half inch or less, it shows that, your mixer will not have an unnecessary wear and tear on the beater. You only need to adjust your beater adjustment screw at quarter-inch intervals until you your dime moving to the right distance.
Now that you know how to adjust the beater, you do not have to go for a bigger bowl when all you need is a well-mixed ingredient to serve a few people. The adjustment option lets you pick a smaller kitchenaid series that will deliver great value for your money. All kitchenaid mixer bowls are intentionally heavy so that they are able to deliver the strength necessary to withstand tough and large batches of dough.


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Sibling rivalry arises as children grow and compete for attention. As they reach different stages of development, children's needs and wants affect how they help each other later in life. Without doubt, sibling rivalry lasts a lifetime. This is an old axiom that rings true through the ages.
Korea's two leading electronics manufacturers, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, are such rivals competing to develop newer technologies to grab a bigger market share.
Korea's electronics industry began in 1959 when GoldStar (predecessor of LG Electronics) assembled Korea's first AM radios. In 1966, GoldStar produced the country's first black-and-white TV sets. LG Electronics developed and sold Korea's first digital TV in 1999.
This definitely gave LG Electronics a head start on Samsung Electronics, but the baby brother quickly became a worthy competitor in both domestic and overseas markets. Samsung soon caught up with LG by performing one feat after another. These two electronics giants have broken records in many sectors, developing and producing many of Korea's first electronic devices and making inroads into overseas markets shoulder to shoulder as bona-fide rivals. Rivalry has naturally stimulated innovation and provided the basis for a strong competitive position in international markets.
Of all electronics appliances, TV has so remarkably changed people's lifestyles and affected their home life. It has, therefore, become an essential necessity in people's everyday lives. In addition to entertainment for families, it has emerged as a tool for delivery of information, including the latest technology trends. Since the United States test-telecast TV programs in 1931 and BBC's history making black-and-white TV programs in 1937, the TV industry has made rapid progress. In May 1956, Korea became the 15th country in the world to adopt black-and-white TV broadcasting .
In tandem with TV broadcasting, electronics manufacturers were busy assembling black-and-white CRT (cathode-ray tube) TV sets. Korea's first TV was a 19" black-and-white CRT TV set produced by GoldStar in 1966. Despite being a latecomer, Samsung performed admirably. It crossed the production milestone of 10 million black-and-white TV sets in 1981, while topping the world list in terms of exports of black-and-white TV sets. On the back of Samsung's performance, Korea became the world's largest exporter and producer of black-and-white TV sets in 1982.
Color TV sets were first produced in the country in 1974, but people had to wait until 1980 for such TV sets to be released on the market and color TV broadcasting started. The start of color TV broadcasting prompted TV manufacturers to focus on finding new markets, which, in turn, encouraged them to further develop TV and monitor technologies.
As consumers continually want sharper definition and thinner screen, rival electronics manufacturers have been competing to get ahead of each other over how to meet consumer needs. This has naturally led them to develop the newest technologies, such as LCD (liquid crystal display), PDP (plasma display panel), and LED (light-emitting diode) displays. Liquid crystals were first found to have some interesting electro-optic characteristics in 1962. The LED was first invented in Russia in the 1920s, and introduced in the United States as a practical electronic component in 1962. And, the monochrome plasma display was invented in the United States in 1964. These three materials have characteristic properties, weaknesses and strengths of their own, depending upon how they are used.
Samsung and LG are good rivals in the development and production of TV displays, be they LCDs or PDPs. Both electronics conglomerates have their own competitive edge in each sector, while Samsung appears to have a clear lead in the new LEDs. Samsung calls its development of the LED early this year a "crystallization of Samsung's success in TV development," given that its development and release of the LED TV has contributed to boosting its market share conspicuously.
Apparently out of confidence and pride, Samsung was somewhat adventuresome in releasing its LED TV in the global markets throughout the world at the same time contrary to the market tradition. In the past, most manufacturers used to release their products on the market in advanced countries first, and then release them on the market in emerging economies several months later after carefully studying consumer responses.
Since 2004, when the sale of the LCD TV began in earnest, Samsung Electronics has grown 126 percent, slightly more than double the average growth rate of the global market (59 percent), in terms of revenue. It has grown a whopping 136 percent, compared to the world average rate of 86 percent, in terms of sales. Samsung TV has ranked top both in terms of revenue since 2006 and in terms of sales since 2007.
Samsung Electronics has recently released a new high-efficiency and slim LED monitor model "XL2370," a second LED monitor following LG Electronics'. Samsung's new LED monitor has a 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a rapid 2ms response time. LG has released LED backlight TV and monitor with a 2,000,000:1 brightness ratio, featuring two HDMI connectors as well as the usual DVI and features a 1680x1050 resolution. LG's LED is an eco-friendly product for which no mercury or lead was used.
The LG Economic Research Institute, however, expressed worries in a recent report that with LCD prices stabilizing slowly and its production increasing rapidly, there will be a supply glut in the LCD market from either late this year or early next year. After all, breakthrough should be found in developing new technologies and new products that can suit consumer needs as quickly as possible, or maximizing the profit structure, reducing the costs and making capital investments.
Aiming for the world's top spot with a 30 percent market share by 2005, LG Electronics, meanwhile, developed a PDP module with the world's highest contrast ratio. But with the growth of the PDP module market slowing down, capital investment, which had dwindled over the few years, appears to be shrinking further this year. During the second half of last year, Samsung Electronics took over the PDP module business operations from Samsung SDI. Samsung has since focused on maximizing outputs and profits.
Meanwhile, LG Display gave active consideration to expanding its eighth-generation production line with an investment of more than W2 trillion (US$1.6 billion). If its plan proceeds smoothly, LG will have a higher-level LCD production level in the second half of next year. LG Display's outstanding performance has put its rival, Samsung Electronics, on high alert.
Despite the uncertainty in the global economy, LG Display has been making investments aggressively due to short supplies in the global market of large-size LCD TV panels, laptop displays and monitors. LG appears to be determined to get ahead of Samsung Electronics in terms of mass-production of LCD displays in their competition to grab top place in the global market. Samsung also seems to fight back against LG's offensives to gain top market position. A senior Samsung executive revealed a plan to give active thought to making a massive capital investment in an eighth-generation LCD production line in the second half of this year.
Samsung, as the world's largest TV brand, has a 21.9 percent global market share, also coming in as the global top TV seller in the first quarter of 2009 for the 13 consecutive quarter. Samsung Electronics took up a 21.5 percent market share in terms of dollar-based revenue in the first quarter this year. Samsung was followed by LG Electronics with a 13.3 percent market share, which slightly outdistanced Japan's Sony by a mere 0.1 percent.


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->''"No, father; you may cut off my head, if you choose, but marry that horrible beggar--I never will!"''
-->-- ''Don Giovanni de la Fortuna''
An ArrangedMarriage is set up for a young person (usually a daughter) by her parents, but the child refuses to go through with it. Her refusal may be eventually accepted, with or without a lot of conflict and drama, so that she is free to remain single or marry her true love. Or, she may suffer HonorRelatedAbuse, depending on just where on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the show is.
In older tales, a group of sisters may be offered the bridegroom; only [[YoungestChildWins the youngest]] is willing to consent. She invariably ends up with a fine bridegroom.
The child may be adult or underage, the trope covers the entire spectrum from the nicest forms of ArrangedMarriage to OldManMarryingAChild.
Contrast ParentalMarriageVeto. For works where the child ''wishes'' she had refused the marriage, see MaritalRapeLicense.
[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' - Genma Saotome and Soun Tendo had arranged for Ranma and Akane to marry. The kids swear they won't because they hate each other, but most people who've seen the series swear it's more akin to AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther.
[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
* In Literature/{{Bearskin}}, a man promised that for Bearskin's aid to him, he would marry one of his daughters. The older two reject the notion out of hand, but the youngest agrees.
** Similarly in [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/bearskin/stories/dongiovanni.html "Don Giovanni de la Fortuna"]]'' and [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/bearskin/stories/rewardkindness.html "The Reward of Kindness"]].
-->''Now, this old woman had three daughters. When she reached home with the bear-like man, she called her eldest daughter, and said, "Now, my daughter, here is a man who delivered me from prison. As I can do nothing to reward him for his great kindness, I want you to take him for your husband."\\
The daughter replied, "Mother, why have you brought this ugly man here? No, I cannot marry him. I can find a better husband."\\
On hearing this harsh reply, the mother could not say a word. She called her second daughter, and explained her wishes to her; but the younger daughter refused, just as her sister had refused, and she made fun of the man.''
* In "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Beauty's sisters veto the idea of going to the Beast; only Beauty agrees.
* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/facetiousnights/night4_fable1.html "Costanza / Costanzo"]], Costanza nobly refuses a suitor with merely BlueBlood, even though her lack of a dowry -- her father's realm having been divided into three parts for her sisters' dowry, before she was born -- meant she was unlikely to attract a suitor with RoyalBlood.
-->''Next -- speaking with [[WithAllDueRespect all submission and reverence]] -- I do not purpose to let myself fall below the race of my ancestors, who from all time have been famous and illustrious, nor do I wish to debase the crown you wear by taking for a husband one who is our inferior. You, my beloved father, have begotten four daughters, of whom you have married three in the most honourable fashion to three mighty kings, giving with them great store of gold and wide domains, but you wish to dispose of me, who have ever been obedient to you and observant of your precepts, in an ignoble alliance. Wherefore I tell you, to end my speech, that I will never take a husband unless I can be mated, like my three sisters, to a king of a rank that is my due.''
* In the Grimms' tale King Thrushbeard, the protagonist keeps doing this to every suitor presented to her (and also mocks them to their faces, giving the title character his nickname) until her father decides to forcibly marry her off to a beggar just to punish her.
* In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', King Roland never has to back off from his demand that his daughter shall marry a prince. Sure the horribly boring Prince Valium was the only prince left in the galaxy, but [[spoiler:it turns out that the hero is actually also a prince.]] Problem solved.
* Jasmine's propensity towards this is how Disney/{{Aladdin}} gets his foot in the door.
* ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' has Prince Phillip engaged to Princess Aurora from the day of her birth (he looks about five at the time). Sixteen years later he tells his father he has no intention of going through with it because he has met someone else, and "[[WhereDoYouThinkYouAre this is the 14th century]]", so such arrangements are outdated. Subverted in that the girl he has met ''is'' the princess, but neither of them know it until the very end.
* Merida's efforts in this regard kick off the plot in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'';
--> "[[RebelliousPrincess I am Merida, firstborn descendant of clan DunBroch]], [[BadassBoast and I'll be shooting for my own hand]]!"
** Later in the film, the three princes competing for her hand [[spoiler: reveal that none of them were keen to marry a stranger either, and happily agree with Merida's suggestion that the tradition be changed.]]
* ''Film/{{Arthur}}'' refuses to marry Susan, the woman his family wants him to, [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules even when threatened with being cut off from the family fortune.]] While his father refuses to back down, his grandmother eventually overrules her son and allows Arthur to remain rich even after he chooses love over money.
* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'': Jerin vetoes a marriage to the [[ExoticExtendedMarriage Brindle sisters]] in advance. His eldest sister (who is in charge of the family at the time) happily agrees, as she doesn't like Balin Brindle, who would be her husband if they swapped him for Jerin. In the backstory, there is Trini's attempt to veto a marriage. Her veto was not heeded, which resulted in an evil husband. At the time the story takes place, Trini is widowed and, finally, allowed to veto.
* Arianne Martell from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has, by the time we meet her, vetoed a large number of marriages that her father, Prince Doran, has proposed. She has also informed her father that she intends to go right on vetoing until he [[OldManMarryingAChild offers her to someone who's still young enough to have some teeth left]]. [[spoiler:It turns out that Prince Doran [[BatmanGambit is counting on Arianne to veto all of his proposed suitors]] so that no one will suspect his plan to marry her to Viserys Targaryen.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Catskin}}'', she attempts to evade with demands, and then runs off.
* In ''Literature/WithATangledSkein'', a young woman is ready to commit suicide rather than accept an arranged marriage. She [[TakeAThirdOption winds up as Clotho, an Aspect of Fate]].
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* In the flashbacks of ''Series/{{LOST}}'', Sun is very reluctant when her father (via her mother) pressures her into a relationship with the son of one of the father's business partners. After a little while she opens up and falls in love in with the guy... but then HE vetoes the whole thing. It turns out that he already has a girlfriend, it's just that he hadn't dared to tell his family about it.
* The ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "The War Prayer" had this with a couple of Centauri, each arranged to marry someone else, but wanting to marry each other.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** In the episode "Haven", Deanna Troi has been arranged to be married to Wyatt Miller. It's not Deanna who breaks off the marriage, though; it's Wyatt, who has had dreams of a non-Deanna woman since he was a child...and then he finds her on a plague ship.
** Another episode featured the Enterprise transporting a diplomat on a mission to end an interstellar civil war that has lasted for generations by bringing a young woman to be the bride for the opposing faction's leader. It turns out she was created as "the perfect mate", with a blank slate personality; becoming the perfect match for any male nearby until she imprints on a husband permanently and gets locked into that personality forever. Long story short, Picard has to spend tons of time with her, and she imprints on HIM permanently. It seems like a diplomatic incident is looming since she now loves Picard and not the man she is intended to marry, but being the prefect mate for Picard, her sense of duty is so strong she subverts the trope and goes through with the wedding anyway in order to end the war and save lives.
* In ''Series/RoyalPains'', Divya breaks off her ArrangedMarriage to Raj, though this comes with the consequence of being disowned by her family and being forced to repay Raj's family for what they put into wedding plans.
* In ''Series/TheBorgias'', Lucrezia starts doing this in the second season, due in no small part to her [[MaritalRapeLicense very unhappy marriage]] in the first season. Her family are not pleased, but by this point she's gotten strong enough that she can only be ''persuaded'' to do something rather than simply ''ordered''.
* In ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Juliet refuses to marry Paris, as her parents want her to. Hell, she [[SecretRelationship marries Romeo]] the very next day just to distance herself from Paris.
* ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' -- Hermia's father is so determined to have her marry Demetrius that he takes the case before the Duke of Athens to have her executed, or at least shut up in a nunnery, if she continues to refuse. Hermia and Lysander instead hatch a plan to run off together into the woods. (It is never explained why Hermia's father is so dead set on Demetrius, since the text makes a point of saying the two men are of equal status.)
* In ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', the main protagonist is Tevye, the struggling patriarch of a poor family. Managing to arrange a marriage between his oldest daughter and the wealthy, older man Lazar Wolf makes him very happy at first. Sure, he doesn't even ''like'' the guy -- but Lazar has money and social position that will guarantee that his new wife will never have to starve. When the girl finds out about her upcoming marriage -- and this is ''after'' the deal has been made and the men in the village have celebrated it -- she takes it very badly. Tevye takes pity on her, sparing her from the marriage. But in this society, letting the wife-to-be have a say in the matter is so shameful that he has to make up a cover story to fool people into thinking it was his own idea to change his mind.
** She later marries the man she loves. Lazar attends the wedding, and makes two things clear. First that he doesn't resent her for rejecting him, second that he will never forgive her father for ''letting'' her reject him. Tevye had promised his daughter to Lazar, and breaking this agreement by letting his daughter have a say in the matter makes Tevye a man without honor as far as Lazar is concerned.
* In Creator/DorothyLSayers' ''Theatre/TheEmperorConstantine'', when the match between Constantine and Fausta has been all but concluded, Constantine politely insists on consulting her, and she agrees -- her father clearly had not expected even to consider this trope.
* In ''Theatre/{{Zemsta}}'', Wacław is very, very not keen on marrying the rich widow Podstolina, as his father wants him to. Though [[MrsRobinson she's all for it]].
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* Mitsuru's Social Link in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' involves the board of directors arranging for her to [[OldManMarryingAChild marry a much older man]] to stabilize the Kirijo Group after [[spoiler:her father's death]]. She seems to have accepted it, but [[spoiler:the main character can convince her otherwise, as she had actually fallen in love with him.]]
** Haru from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' goes through the same plot with the difference that it's her father arranging the marriage purely to benefit his company. In fact, her primary reason for [[spoiler: becoming a Phantom Thief and invading her father's palace]] is to get out of the arrangement. [[spoiler: In the bad ending for failing to complete her father's Palace in time it's shown that her fiancé is heavily abusive, giving more weight to her reluctance.]]
* Notably averted in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' when during the City Elf origin, despite best efforts of a reluctant PC the ceremony will still go forward. [[spoiler: However, it will [[RapeAsDrama not]] [[TearJerker finish]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', [[ProperLady Princess Medea]] is engaged to [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charmles]]. Although she's willing to go through with it in order to honor the treaty between their kingdoms, it's clear that ''nobody'' (aside from Charmles himself) is really pleased with the match, and eventually [[spoiler: she decides to pull a RunawayBride, with her father and friends defending her]]. Depending on the ending you earn, she either [[spoiler: escapes with TheHero, or the King of Argonia exploits a loophole so she can marry the hero instead]].
[[folder:Real Life]]
* Many arranged-marriage systems do in fact allow for vetoing, rather than being forced marriages. (Sort of like parent-selected life-long blind dates). As the intro already says, there's a spectrum. (For example, situations where no ''legal'' power prevents children from marrying whoever they please, but it's still a cultural no-no, shameful for the parents and/or the children.)
* Certain Central Asian cultures have girls elope by being "kidnapped" by their lovers to escape arranged marriages, forcing their parents to accept the marriage. There is a dark side to this; it's based off ''actual'' "bride abduction", in which a man and his friends would actually forcibly kidnap a girl, rape her, then compensate her family for taking the bride, so the parents would be forced to accept the marriage because the daughter has been DefiledForever.
** Italy used to have a similar practice, called ''fuitina'' (literally "little escape" in a number of local dialects), in which a couple would get around the parents' will by faking a kidnapping with rape and then celebrating a wedding, as the girl is now DefiledForever. This ended in the 20th century, with the relevant law being abolished in 1981 as the final consequence of a girl being ''actually'' kidnapped and raped and refusing to marry her rapist as she was expected to.
* In one case, a girl ''divorced'' the husband that had been chosen for her. The judge was astonished that she would ask for a divorce--or rather, that she [[strike:was 10 years old and married to a much older man]] was so self-confident in harassing the justice system for her culturally accepted rights.
* In ancient China, a girl could protest her parents' choice of husband for her by wearing a white dress to the wedding, white being the color of mourning in their culture. The parents may even call it off if she's that unhappy.
* Mandatory for arranged marriages in the Catholic Church, as lack of consent is an impediment to marriage. An impediment that was frequently more honoured in the breach than the observance for much of recent history, mind you, but it was still there.
* Saint Catherine of Sienna's older sister, Bonaventura, fell victim to DeathByChildbirth. 16-year-old Catherine was supposed to marry her sister's widower, apparently quite the JerkAss; Catherine utterly refused to do so since she had [[CelibateHero already decided to consecrate herself to God]], showing this via first [[ImportantHaircut cutting off her hair]] and later both [[ImNotHungry refusing to eat]] and [[HikikoMori locking herself in her room]] until her parents left her alone.