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Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada was facing a crisis: work on his dream casino by the bay in Manila was going nowhere.
Instead of a world-class resort packed with Chinese high-rollers, Okada, 70, was sitting on a $300-million patchwork of reclaimed and undeveloped land next to the Manila airport that by the middle of 2009 was threatening to become a money pit, according to company records and people involved.
Crucial regulatory approvals were tied up in red tape. The provisional gaming license was flawed. No one could tell the architect how high he could build the gold-toned towers without endangering incoming aircraft.
To realize Okada's goal of making the Manila casino more profitable than rival operations in Macau or Las Vegas, the project needed to win an exemption from corporate taxes in the Philippines. It also needed a presidential order giving Okada's company, Universal Entertainment, the ability to own the resort outright as a foreign investor.
Universal executives believed Philippine officials had promised those concessions by the end of 2008 for a project expected to create more than 6,000 jobs. The Philippine gaming authority had given Okada a side letter to Universal's provisional license in August 2008 saying it would make its "best effort" to get those approvals from then-Philippines President Gloria Arroyo.
It would mean hundreds of millions of dollars in additional profit each year if the approvals came through, according to an analysis of Universal's presentations to regulators and investors.
By June 2009, however, the project was more than six months behind schedule and Okada's patience was wearing thin. When Arroyo came to visit Tokyo, Okada saw her in a meeting arranged by the head of Philippine gaming regulator, Efraim Genuino.
"Get clarity on how long it will take to solve these problems on the spot and extract a promise," a note prepared for Okada in Japanese by Universal executives said. It was not clear what was discussed in the private meeting.
Reuters examined hundreds of pages of documents from Universal and Philippine regulators and interviewed nearly two dozen people involved in the project in Japan and the Philippines in reconstructing how Universal tried to push through its casino deal in the Philippines in the final months of the Arroyo administration. That deal is now the subject of investigations there and in the United States.
The record shows Universal won concessions on three critical issues that had threatened the $2-billion project in late 2009 and early 2010.
First, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), the gaming regulator under Genuino, brokered a land swap in November 2009 that Universal needed to move ahead with construction.
Then in February 2010, Arroyo signed a presidential order making it possible for foreign investors such as Okada to have 100-percent ownership of casinos. Around the same time, Arroyo's office approved an application for corporate tax relief from Universal's land-holding company. Both measures were expected but the delays had frustrated Universal executives, records show.
Universal pushed hard to get its final gaming license from Genuino - right up until June 29, 2010, a day before he left his post - but failed to get it.
As it raced to win final approval for its casino, Universal also funneled a total of $40 million in payments to Rodolfo Soriano, an aide to Genuino and a former consultant to PAGCOR who had become central to Universal's operations in the Philippines by late 2009.
Of the total $40 million in transfers to Soriano, $10 million was immediately returned to the Japanese company in May 2010 to avoid writing off a bad loan extended to another company not involved in the casino project, as Universal closed the books on its fiscal year, records show.
The payments to Soriano, now under investigation as potential bribery, were first reported by Reuters.
It is unclear what happened with the $30 million paid to Soriano that remained with him. Soriano, who came to be known to Universal executives by his nickname "Boysie", has not commented on the payments and could not be reached. There is no evidence the money was transferred to officials in the Arroyo administration or to others.
Universal booked $7 million of the payments to Soriano as a "consulting fee", citing his help in winning the order signed by Arroyo allowing foreign casino ownership as partial justification for the payment, according to company documents seen by Reuters.
Okada broke ground on construction of the casino in January 2012, but PAGCOR under its new chairman has threatened to strip Universal of its license if evidence of bribery is found.
Universal said it conducted its business in the Philippines lawfully. Its lawyer, Yuki Arai, declined to comment further.
Genuino has been charged with misuse of public funds during his time at PAGCOR for allegations unrelated to the Universal payments to Soriano. He could not be reached for comment.
Arroyo has been under hospital arrest for charges related to alleged electoral fraud and misuse of public funds during her presidency. Her spokeswoman, Elena Bautista-Horn, did not return calls seeking comment.
Universal has sued three former employees claiming that $15 million transferred to Soriano - including the $10 million that was immediately returned - was unauthorized.
In early December, Okada and Universal announced they had filed a libel action against Reuters in Tokyo for reporting on the payments to Soriano in November.
Okada, one of Japan's most successful entrepreneurs, had risen through hardship and trusted his gut when it came to the biggest decisions.
His father died when he was in elementary school, a loss he said helped make him self-reliant. He made his first fortune fixing and selling American jukeboxes in the 1960s. He became a billionaire selling pachinko machines, a Japanese form of legal gambling.
By the late 1990s, the pachinko market had peaked and Universal began to look for ways to diversify.
Okada met casino impresario Steve Wynn in 2000. The two had to rely on a translator - Okada speaks little English - but both said they began a strong friendship. On a handshake, Okada became Wynn's major investor.
"I got lucky," Wynn, 70, told Nevada gaming regulators in 2004. "At first I could hardly believe it, but then $250 million came 'zwinging' in." Wynn also said then he believed Okada to be a man of deep integrity. "Take the high road. Do the right thing," he recalled Okada telling him.
Okada staked Wynn for a total of $380 million. That jump-started construction of the Wynn Las Vegas resort that opened on the site of the old Desert Inn in 2005, and the even more profitable Wynn Macau in 2006. By 2010, Okada's investment had increased in value almost eight times and returned just over $600 million in dividends.
Macau in particular has produced stunning results. By 2011, the Macau market was bringing in almost $34 billion a year, making it more than five times larger than Las Vegas.
When Genuino visited Tokyo in 2007 to drum up interest in a $15-billion resort and casino complex PAGCOR wanted to develop, Okada jumped at the chance to invest, people involved said.
A year later, on the cusp of global recession, Universal paid just over $300 million for 30 hectares (74 acres) on Manila Bay. In August 2008, PAGCOR granted a provisional license to its casino operating company, Tiger Resorts, Leisure and Entertainment.
But Okada later realized the initial license fell short of what the company had sought, records show. Universal did not want to have to hire employees, including dealers, through PAGCOR and pay fees to the regulator as a placement service, according to letters sent from Universal to PAGCOR.
Universal also pressed PAGCOR to allow high-rollers coming on trips organized by junket operators to come into the casino without reporting their names to the regulator. Junket operators combine concierge and credit services for rich Chinese and have been central to the growth of gambling in Macau.
To promote Manila as an alternative to Macau, Universal wanted to make it a market where the winnings of Chinese gamblers would be "free of supervision," according to a company presentation.
There was also some uncertainty about whether Wynn would join the Okada project. Okada said he wanted to bring Wynn in as a partner through late 2010. "At that time I trusted him. I showed him everything," Okada told Reuters in October.
Wynn, however, was always skeptical about doing business in the Philippines, a person familiar with his thinking said. When Okada asked him to visit Manila in June 2010, he agreed to a briefing from Genuino. But he turned up in a polo shirt when everyone else wore business attire, a sign he saw himself as a spectator, the person said.
By early 2012, Wynn and Okada had split and begun a legal fight over Okada's continued investment in Wynn's company that is playing out in courthouses in the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
A Wynn investigation found Universal had paid $110,000 to entertain gaming regulators from Korea and the Philippines. The Wynn camp alleges that showed Okada was an unfit partner. Okada has said Universal entertains officials in line with its internal policy and denies any wrongdoing. The guest list that drew the attention of Wynn included Soriano, Genuino and Mike Arroyo, the husband of then-President Gloria Arroyo.
Wynn told Okada and other directors in 2011 that he did not think it would be possible to operate in the Philippines, consistently ranked as one of the most corrupt economies in Asia, according to a legal claim filed by Universal in Nevada.
"All of us are of one mind," Wynn told Reuters. "We cannot be related to activities in the Philippines."
When Okada and the Universal board approved the Manila project in August 2008, they projected it would be a cornerstone of a string of resorts around the rapidly growing Asian market. They expected Universal would become a $9 billion company by 2014 with a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according to notes from the board meeting.
Casino gambling revenues in the Asia-Pacific region have more than tripled since 2007, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The region is set to overtake the U.S. market as largest in the world next year when gambling revenues reach $67 billion from $58 billion in 2012.
Universal's first designs were based on the Wynn casinos, featuring two wings in reflective gold glass. Plans included $150 million to build one of Asia's largest aquariums and a "Kidzania" playland, with another $70 million for the "Manila Eye," a massive Ferris Wheel.
But Okada's plans for a "six-star" resort were immediately tested by a litany of problems on the ground in Manila. Engineers discovered 10 hectares (24 acres) of its site was reserved for road use and held by another developer, making building impossible.
It had been overlooked in the original purchase. "We didn't realize at the time that we had the road problem," a memo from June 2009 said. "Our land was crisscrossed by these roads like wormholes."
Universal's Manila staff worried there was no easy fix. After months of delays, Universal called in Genuino to negotiate a land swap between Universal, the local city of Paranaque and developer Asiaworld Properties Philippine Corporation.
"The right answer is to ask PAGCOR Chairman (Genuino) to be our public face in this matter," the memo said.
Over the summer, Universal pushed for more frequent contact with Genuino. It set up a video conferencing facility so the two sides could talk more regularly. Universal also sought to make Genuino the conduit for passing on key documents to Arroyo's presidential office, company documents show.
Around that time, Universal was also looking to break with Philippine law firm SyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan, which it felt was charging too much and moving too slowly, according to company memos. As it prepared to ditch SyCip, Universal rebuilt its strategy around Soriano in what was described in an internal memo as a "shift to Boysie".
In a statement, SyCip partner Imelda Manguiat, who handled the Universal account, said all transactions the law firm worked on were legitimate and lawful. She declined to comment further.
Shifting to Soriano meant reworking a structure that allowed it to circumvent the requirement that the landholding company behind the casino be at least 60 percent owned by Filipinos.
Records reviewed by Reuters show Universal had bankrolled the original investment meant to satisfy that foreign ownership requirement. This was done by depositing $4.4 million in a Banco De Oro account in 2008. That money secured a loan to a firm called Lex Development Corp, a shell company established by SyCip. Lex used the money to make its investment in the project. Universal covered interest on the loan, records show.
The holding was transferred in 2009 to Platinum Gaming and Entertainment, a Soriano-affiliated firm, records show.
Okada remained in charge of key decisions involving Universal and the Manila project, current and former employees said. On some mornings, employees would wait more than an hour to speak to him. Any expense over $36,000 had to be approved by the strategy board for the Manila project, records show.
Sometimes Okada's hands-on style grated on his people. In one December 2009 meeting, Okada and Toshihiko Nishigaki, a hotel industry veteran brought in to oversee the Manila project, got into a heated discussion about responsibility for the project, according to three people in the room. Nishigaki asked Okada to step into the corridor and a shouting match ensued.
Within weeks, Nishigaki was gone. His departure was the start of a transition that put greater focus on a quicker return from a downsized project. Plans for the Ferris Wheel and other attractions that had promised to turn the casino into a tourist magnet were dropped or scaled back, people involved said.
Nishigaki did not respond to a letter seeking comment.
In November 2009, Okada hosted a PAGCOR delegation, including Soriano, in Las Vegas to watch Philippine national hero Manny Pacquiao win a welterweight championship fight. Universal picked up the tab for Soriano and the PAGCOR delegation at Wynn Las Vegas at a cost of $14,412, records show.
Then in January 2010, Okada led a delegation of Universal executives from Tokyo to the wedding of Genuino's son, Anthony, at the Sofitel hotel in Manila. Okada sat at the same table as former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos. Executives who accompanied Okada said the intent was to show his support for Genuino and his politically ambitious family.
PAGCOR filed corruption complaints against Efraim Genuino and other former PAGCOR officials in 2011 alleging they diverted funds to help favored candidates for public office, including Genuino's children.
In part, Genuino is accused of diverting rice Okada had donated to help typhoon victims in 2008 to support the candidacy of his sons, two years later. The rice was delivered to potential voters in bags with pictures of Anthony and Erwin, according to the charges.
Anthony was elected mayor of the city of Los Banos, while Erwin ran unsuccessfully in the May 2010 elections.
The Department of Justice recently said it would not pursue charges against Anthony and Erwin due to a lack of evidence. Neither of the sons could be reached for comment.
The $40 million in payments from Universal began moving to Soriano on January 14, 2010 with an initial installment of $10 million transferred to the bank account of Subic Leisure and Management, a Soriano-controlled company registered in the British Virgin Islands. Another $15 million was transferred to Subic Leisure on March 3, 2010, internal records show.
Then in late April and early May 2010 Universal recycled another $10 million payment through the same Subic Leisure route. Records show Universal brought the money back to its own accounts in a move aimed at covering a loan to a company called AZ Games International Corp that had gone sour, according to company records and people involved in the transaction. AZ Games was registered in the British Virgin Islands and operated with little oversight as a result. It had been dissolved months before, records show.
The final $5 million was paid to a Hong Kong shell company named People's Technology Holding Ltd, of which Soriano was the sole shareholder. It was paid four days after Soriano met Okada and other Universal executives at a Chinese restaurant in central Tokyo to press for the transfer, people with knowledge of the meeting said.
Universal has filed two lawsuits against three former employees claiming the final $5 million and the $10 million that came back to Universal were not authorized. In rebuttals to the Universal lawsuits, two former executives - Mitsuo Hida and Takafumi Nakano - said they had been following orders in making the payments. Nakano said he was considering becoming a whistleblower under Japan's anti-bribery law.
At the end of June 2010, Genuino stepped down after a controversy erupted over his "midnight" reappointment by Arroyo. The election of President Benigno Aquino the month before posed potential complications for Universal.
Okada went to Manila to meet the new PAGCOR chief, Christino Naguiat, in August 2010. A month later, he hosted Naguiat at the Wynn Macau casino and covered $50,523 of expenses during a four-day stay. Universal does not contest it covered hotel rooms and other costs for government officials but maintains no laws were broken. Naguiat has said there was nothing inappropriate about his stay.
A memo from Okada's August 2010 visit to Manila notes he was "trying to keep a good relationship with and feel comfortable with the new government." But it also contained harsh words for his Manila-based staff.
"I think you should have made a prediction what would happen due to change of government and should have made necessary preparations," Okada was quoted as saying.
Okada's ambition to build casinos around Asia hinges in part on how the investigation of the Manila payments is resolved. The payments to Soriano are the subject of a Philippine Department of Justice investigation and two separate congressional hearings in the Philippines.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said last month its investigation was progressing. Possible sanctions include a suspension of Universal's gaming license.
Earlier this month, Universal signed a deal giving Philippine property firm Robinsons Land Corp a minority stake in its casino operating company and a majority stake in its Manila landholding company.
The Manila project - now known as Manila Bay Resorts after initially being dubbed "Okada Resort Manila Bay" - is scheduled to open in 2014, four years behind initial projections.
(This story makes clear in paragraph 59 that Pacquiao won the welterweight title, not retained it.)
(Additional reporting by Farah Master in Hong Kong, Manuel Mogato and Rosemarie Francisco in Manila, and Sue Zeidler in Los Angeles; Editing by Bill Tarrant and Michael Williams)


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It appears that Pepsi-Cola has designed a new "Patriotic" soda can. Besides depicting images on the can of landmarks identified with America, they decided to also reprint the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag in its 1924 form. However, there are those who find it offensive by not including the most recent revision.
Francis Bellamy, while preparing a Columbus Day celebration for a school program, penned the original Pledge of Allegiance to the flag in 1892. It remained as such until 1924 at which time one minor adjustment was implemented.
The only change to the original was the section, "to my flag" which was elaborated to read, "to the flag of the United States of America". There was no distortion to the original meaning and intent. In fact the singular addition Francis Bellamy had originally wanted to include was the word "equality," but he did not..
30 years later in 1954 Congress acquiesced to the campaigning of the Knights of Columbus and tacked on the "under God" proviso. Ironic, how Columbus is interwoven with the pledge. On Columbus Day in 1892 the magnanimous secular patriotic oath for all Americans is composed and 62 years later the Knights of Columbus see fit to confine it to only those who agree with their belief in a deity.
Francis Bellamy was a Baptist minister. If he thought "under God" was relevant to one's love of country, he certainly would have included it in his pledge.
I personally feel that Pepsi's choice of the 1924 version is the all inclusive pledge that applies to all Americans. I also feel that "under God" is no more appropriate for inclusion in the pledge to our flag than it is to distort the Lords Prayer to read, "Our Father who art in heaven under the flag of the United States of America, hallowed be thy name."
Separation of church and state is an important foundation of our country, our secular country. One need only look at the predominantly theocratic environment of those countries in which we are presently and unfortunately, militarily involved to realize the dangers of unifying the two.
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Beatings, a murder and other incidents at homeless camps have made headlines in the last year on the First Coast.
But homeless camps themselves are somewhat elusive.
Homeless camps are scattered around St. Johns County, although no one really knows how many there are.
St. Johns County itself is a place where the tourists outnumber the residents.
In the midst of the wealth, there they are ... the homeless.
They're on the street corners, by historic structures, and some are tucked away beyond the lavish landmarks in St. Augustine.
One of them is Charlie Nathan.
He's 47 years old, and he's from Jacksonville.
He lives in one of the secretive homeless camps in St. Johns County.
He pointed to a tent in the woods, "Even though it's just a tent, you have some place to sleep."
Nathan has been homeless for three years. "It's been kind of off and on."
He let us see his camp in the woods.
"I got a cot, sleeping bag, and blankets."
The camp expands for acres under the trees. It's full of tents and tarps, and other people
"So it's kind of like our own small group," Nathan pointed around. "We don't let a bunch of drunks and idiots hang out here with us."
There's a table with cooking materials. They get food at food banks and with "food stamps. Some people here get food stamps," Nathan explained.
Wild animals are an issue, but in the camp, but "we've got a crazy dog around here that takes care of that."
Humans might be the biggest danger in homeless camps.
In the distance, someone yelled out to Nathan.
Stress and other stimulants such as alcohol can spur violence.
"People have been killed out here," Nathan said. "Beaten up. Last year, a lady was raped out here, from what I heard. Yeah, it does get dangerous."
Nathan and others here get work with labor pools, but he says he doesn't have enough money to get out of this hidden community yet.
It's a place he fell into when his life came untied years ago.
"My wife passed away, and everything went downhill from there. Of course, being an alcoholic, it kind of got full blown," Nathan said.
Most homeless camps are out of sight, and the homeless don't want to be found out.
That's because the camps are on private property. Essentially, the homeless are trespassing.
Wil Jackson lives in the woods in a separate part of the county. He's there with his common law wife, Karen Tryon.
One of his biggest fears is "being chased out from one place and having to go find another."
Jackson is a Navy veteran.
He and Tryon have lived in homeless camps for years.
"I'd just like to be left alone for one thing. I mean, we don't cause no problems. Our camp isn't dirty. We pick it up. We take out the trash," Tryon said.
Tryon and Jackson live off food stamps and from recycling aluminum cans. But they don't panhandle.
Jackson shook his head, "I can't stand to beg nobody for nothing."
Unlike most homeless, the couple chooses to be homeless.
"Because I love it out here. I don't have to worry about anything, paying rent or lights. Nobody bothers me," Tryon said.
In downtown St. Augustine, Mary Ann Cooke is also homeless, but she's not in the woods.
She stays and works at the St. Francis House, a homeless shelter in downtown St. Augustine.
But first she hit rock bottom.
"I used both liquor and pills equally. So you can imagine," Cooke's voice trails off and the shelter's director finishes the sentence, "She was a mess!"
Rene Morris directs the St. Francis House, the only emergency homeless shelter in St. Johns County.
"It's very disheartening," Morris stated.
According to last year's St. Johns County's homeless census, there were more than 1,300 homeless people in a county where the only homeless shelter can house 60 people.
"That is horrible math on who I can help and who I cannot help," Morris said.
So that's why some believe homeless camps have sprouted up, and pathways into the woods have formed. People simply have to go somewhere.
When looking at resolving the causes of homelessness, such as mental health issues, addiction problems and the economy, St. Johns County stands out in some ways.
"There is no detox center here," Morris said. There was one but it dried up years ago.
She also said there's no addiction rehabilitation facility.
Additionally, there is no housing authority with hardly any government subsidized housing, according to David Hoak, the Director of Home Again St. Johns.
"That leaves possibly more people un-housed and out on the street than might be in other communities," Hoak said.
Home Again St. Johns is a group tackling homelessness in St. Johns County.
His group's goal is to create a bigger homeless emergency shelter on State Road 207 in St. Augustine where agencies can also help get the homeless into homes.
"I'm not saying tax money needs to be the solution," Hoak said. "I think there are foundations and contributions in this community that can bring those monies to bear for those facilities."
He says it's to St. Johns County's advantage because the local economy is driven by tourism.
And he said popular tourist locales in St. Augustine have been identified as the wrong places for the homeless to be.
So for now, that leaves the streets and the woods, but Nathan doesn't complain. He's the man who let us see his camp in the woods.
"I'm not going to whine and cry because I'm homeless. It's not everybody's fault that I live out here in these woods. It's my own doing," Nathan acknowledged.
But he does want people to know, "We're no different than anybody else."
He looked down.
Nathan has flaws, and dreams, and the path he chose just led him into a hidden camp in the woods. It's a place he's trying to leave.


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In Matthew 5:13 Jesus says "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. The lines between the law and grace, not unlike 2000 years ago when Paul addressed this in his letter to the Galatians, may be equally as blurred, if not more so, for much of the church today, thus creating a hybrid Christian faith, if you will, that has become dangerously close to losing its saltiness.


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(formally called "Arrowtown Wanaka full day tour")
A full-day tour visiting four historical mining towns and one of the world's top 10 holiday destinations, Wanaka.
• Explore four historical gold mining towns ~ the Chinese settlement, Arrowtown, Old Cromwell Town and Cardrona.• Free time in Wanaka ~ take in the town or enjoy one of the many great cafes for lunch.
• Travel back in time to 1863 and enjoy a drink at New Zealand's most photographed pub, the Cardrona Hotel. (Please note the Cardrona Hotel will be shut from 13th of May to 31st of May)
• Experience the breathtaking landscape of the Kawarau Gorge, lakes Dunstan and Wanaka.
• Enjoy over four hours out of the tour vehicle taking in the history and scenery including the Wanaka tree
Inclusions: Morning tea and afternoon beverage.
When you book this tour please choose a pick up location closest to your accommodation. Pick ups from 9.10am
This Tour is not available for children under 5 years old.
We do require two or more guests to run this tour.
Please review our terms and condtions page https://remarkablescenictours.nz/faq/ for any questions regarding booking condtions.


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With the SATA SAL-System you can rely on a well-engineered and absolutely safe system to check the authenticity. Within seconds, you will know if you have acquired a genuine product manufactured by us. All you have to do is to enter the code which you will find when scratching free the hologram label on the packaging.
Please refer to our video on gun cleaning, tips for painters, as well as to the 7 Deadly Sins concerning the Handling of a Spray Gun in section 'Services'. After studying these web pages, you will know how to handle a paint gun.
You will find the respective spare parts lists and explosion parts drawings as well as complete instruction manuals for current and discontinued products on our website – just click on the respective spray gun in the programme overview or use the product quick finder. Additionally, a special search programme for discontinued products is available. Below the illustration of each product we have listed the links to the instruction manuals, brochures and spare parts drawings.
Yes, we offer a large number of training videos. From the proper cleaning of the spray gun, to the maintenance of filter units and personal protection equipment, you will find concise and informative videos to watch or to download under 'Service and Guidelines'.
The SATA-Forum offers plenty of opportunities to exchange opinions with fellow painters or to look for answers on specific issues.
Simply register online spray guns, filters and air-supplied breathing systems for the SATA premium warranty within 30 days from the date of purchase. You will then receive a confirmation of your extended warranty by return e-mail.
Especially for the needs of the press, press releases and press images can be downloaded in the section 'News & Press'.
Yes, all hand-held SATA paint spray guns of current production can be used for the application of water-borne paints without restriction. For the permanent use in industrial applications, automatic and robotic paint spray guns are available. We recommend working with two separate sets of spray guns when using solvent-based as well as waterborne paints to prevent coatings flaws and expensive rework!
Definition: While soaking the spray gun in solvent, dirt particles and paint residues are removed, but also deposited in the air passages of the spray gun. Since the air passages consist of very fine drillings, these particles will gradually block the passages. Usually, the painter is not immediately aware of this slow process: The quality of the finish just gradually deteriorates before it is finally noticed (colour deviations, particle inclusions, reduced spray fan). Then the paint, the pressure or other causes are often blamed for the failure – but rarely the inappropriate treatment of the spray gun. We recommend either cleaning your spray gun in a gun washer (featuring a connector to apply a counter stream of air to protect the air passages) or thoroughly and carefully by hand – but never soak it in thinner or bleach.
We are specialists for paint application tools – we will be glad to direct you to paint manufacturers – you will find the respective links under 'Links/Paint Manufacturers'.
SATA products enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide for their famed quality "Made in Germany". This is warranted by the high-precision manufacturing at the only production site in Kornwestheim near Stuttgart.
Yes, in vest of the SATA game – a classic "Jump and Run" game which brings a lot of fun and distraction – with its score tracking system it is an ideal pastime for your entire team during their lunch break. You will find this game under 'Companies/Game'.
Under Contact/Sales representatives you will find a request form in which you communicate your wishes online. The respective SATA representative will get in contact with you immediately.
You will be well catered for in section 'Contact' – whether on the phone or by e-mail – here you can contact us fast and easy.
For example, the application charts on our product pages dedicated to the various manufacturers offer a practical and reliable guideline. In co-operation with numerous paint manufacturers specialised in different product segments you will find permanently updated recommendations on spray gun, nozzle size and spray pressure suitable for the selected material.
SATA is a classical medium-size company. Right now, 264 employees are working at SATA. Typically, our employees are with the company for many years, often from the beginning of their apprenticeship to their retirement.
The SATA History offers you a comprehensive overview on the over 100 years of company and product history.
Of course – in our section 'Painter-Links' you will find plenty of links assisting you to inform yourself comprehensively.
The map with directions to Kornwestheim can be downloaded from our website.
Yes, at SATA each spray gun and each spare nozzle set is meticulously hand-adjusted by experienced colleagues to ensure the best possible spray pattern. To work with a vertical spray fan, the air cap has to be aligned with the laser-etching on the cap legible when looking from the front. For a horizontal spray fan, the individual control mark, which is stamped on one of the horns of the air cap identifying each person carrying out the final check, must be positioned on the top.
Yes, modern overspray-reduced and VOC-compliant paint spray guns with HVLP low-pressure technology or optimized high-pressure technology offer finest atomization for top-quality finishes and provide for considerable material savings and increased sustainability due to their transfer efficiency rate well exceeding 65%.
From our only manufacturing site in Kornwestheim we currently ship to 94 countries worldwide.
There is also a tradition of SATA airbrush guns – for almost 80 years now. Nowadays, you can find a large range of different models to suit all kinds of applications, budgets and expectations. Please refer to the overview 'Application/Airbrush'.
The modern-day company name SATA GmbH & Co. KG and the SATA brand were registered as a trademark as early as in 1914. The name was created from the two syllables of the original company SANITARIA which had produced medical equipment. For further information, please look at 'Company/SATA History'.
Definition: The easy-to-clean and low-maintenance quick-change thread on the air cap. The coarse thread is easy to clean and the air cap can be removed and reassembled with just 1.5 turns.
SATA products are exclusively produced at one location in Germany.
With a highly vertically integrated production, state-of-the-art production facilities and, most of all, a motivated and highly qualified team, SATA products are being produced in Kornwestheim near Stuttgart.
In this case, please go to the section 'Services'. Under 'Painting adviser' you will find the SATA spray disc which efficiently and conveniently leads the way to the right spray gun.
In this context, we would like to refer you to the websites of the trade magazines where you will quite often find the requested links.


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Sweet apples and raisins wrapped in crispy filo pastry.
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 40 mins
Preheat oven 350°F.
Peel, core and dice apples. Place apples, water and lemon peel in a non-stick saucepan. Cook over moderate heat until soft but still firm. Stir occasionally to prevent apples from sticking. Remove from heat, add raisins, sweetener and cinnamon or nutmeg. Remove lemon rind.
Lay a sheet of filo pastry on a greased baking tray. Lightly brush pastry with some melted buttery spread or margarine. Place another sheet of pastry directly on top of first sheet and brush with margarine. Repeat the process with remaining two sheets.
Lay apple mixture along length of sheet, leaving at least 2 inches from sides and edges. Fold the sides and edges over. Gently roll mixture up to resemble a Swiss roll. Brush edges and top of strudel with remaining margarine. Slash top diagonally with serated knife 3 or 4 times.
Bake in preheated oven 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve hot or cold.
Serve topped with Ricotta Cream (see recipe link on this page).
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America's most over-the-top and hedonistic spectacle, Mardi Gras (the night before Ash Wednesday) in New Orleans reflects as much a medieval, European carnival as it does a drunken Spring Break ritual. Behind the scenes, the official celebration revolves around exclusive, invitation-only balls; for such an astonishingly big event, it can seem put on more for locals than the raucous crowds who descend on the town, but you'll hardly be wanting for entertainment or feeling left out.
Following routes of up to seven miles long, more than sixty parades wind their way through the city's historic French Quarter. Multi-tiered floats snake along the cobblestone streets, flanked by masked horsemen, stilt-walking curiosities and, of course, second liners – dancers and passersby who informally join the procession. There's equal fun in participating as there is in looking on.
Whichever way you choose to see it, you'll probably vie at some point to catch one of the famous "throws" (strings of beads, knickers, fluffy toys – whatever is hurled by the towering float-riders into the crowd); the competition can be fierce. Float-riders, milking it for all it's worth, taunt and jeer the crowd endlessly, while along Bourbon Street, women bare their breasts and men drop their trousers in return for some baubles and beads.
As accompaniment, the whole celebration is set to one of the greatest soundtracks in the world: strains of funk, R&B, New Orleans Dixie and more stream out of every bar and blare off rooftops – no surprise, of course, considering the city's status as the birthplace of jazz.
You might have thought that all of this madness would have been curtailed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but like New Orleans, the party carries on in the face of long odds; indeed, the year following, many of the weird and wonderful costumes were made from the bright blue tarps that have swathed so much of the city since the storm.
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B.J., a white inmate serving time on drug charges, gets caught up in a Mexican gang war. The northern California Mexicans demand that the southern California Mexicans keep their shirts on to cover up their gangland tattoos. The prison explodes into chaos as each building erupts in deadly violence.
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The first trailer for Woody Allen's To Rome with Love has gone online. Per the synopsis: "The film is comprised of four separate vignettes and tells the story of a number of people in Italy—some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors—and the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into." The vignette style has its advantages and disadvantages, and I can already tell from the trailer that there will most likely be more than a few stories that could test my patience. Nevertheless, Allen himself is a standout in this trailer, as is the story involving Jesse Eisenberg, Alec Baldwin and Ellen Page. The same can't be said for Penelope Cruz or Robert Benigni's stories, both of which veer towards the farcical. Those looking for a Rome take on Midnight in Paris will be sorely disappointed, as To Rome with Love looks to be much more of a straightforward comedy. I'm a big fan of Allen's, so I'm really hoping that his vignette pic delivers. He's got an impeccable cast to work with, so fingers crossed.
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Now I'm not a New Englander, and I've actually never tried the real thing - which makes creating this vegan version for my Delaware raised gf a bit challenging. I've heard many rave reviews for "Vrapple" but it appears the creater has since discontinued selling it. It looks like the main ingredients are a wheat gluten, cornmeal & buckwheat flour base, with your savory and sweet ingredients added in.
Using this recipe as a base, I'm going to make a run at making vegan scrapple, adding in some of the ingredients from the Vrapple version. Has anyone actually tried Vrapple and/or does anyone have any tips, alternate recipes, etc. that could help?
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Many French and German Protestants rendered into musical form biblical works, such as the Psalms, and are the basis of most early Reformation music. A considerable number were created by Martin Luther whose concept of a priesthood of all believers found expression in his encouragement of congregational singing.


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DURHAM, NC (AP) — Trial is set to begin for a man accused of killing a Duke University graduate student more than six years ago.
Laurence Lovette Jr. is charged with murder in the 2008 death of Abhijit Mahato. Trial is scheduled to begin in Durham on Monday.
Lovette is serving a life prison sentence for the 2008 shooting death of Eve Carson of Athens, GA, who was student body president at the University of North Carolina.
Mahato was found dead in his off-campus apartment in Durham.
Lovette was arrested eight days after Carson's death, and police investigators said they connected him to Mahato's death.
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Carl Orff (1895-1982) was born into an Upper Bavarian family in Munich. Carmina Burana is the work that made him famous and its scenic choruses, which echo medieval music, have often been used in film music, pop and rock.
Munich was his city. Carl Orff attended the Wittelsbach Grammar School and the then Royal Academy of Music before becoming kapellmeister at the Kammerspiele theatre. There is a memorial plaque on the house on Maillinger Strasse where he was born and lived until 1939, and a concert hall at the Gasteig arts centre bears his name.
Orff's most famous work Carmina Burana, which was premiered in Frankfurt in 1937, is a setting of texts from a medieval manuscript that was discovered and edited in the 19th century. It was named after Benediktbeuern Abbey where the text was found (literally: songs of Beuern). Carl Orff was also a very distinguished music teacher (the Orff approach).
In 1955 Orff moved to Diessen am Ammersee, a lakeside resort where he had spent his holidays as a child and where the Carl Orff Museum opened in 1991. The composer is buried at nearby Andechs Abbey, where the annual Carl Orff Festival and the Orff Academy keep his memory alive.
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.Spade File Virus is a type of dangerous computer virus which is able to modify crucial system settings without asking user's permission. It can reroute web surfers to shady websites in order to promote those domains that are try to increase their page rank and popularity. By promoting these web portals and helping their developers to improve visitors traffic, the operators of this malware earn money. Besides, it may display annoying ads on your PC screen that are meant to grasp your attention and lead you straight to the affiliate sites. That's why, .Spade File Virus ridden browsers or computers become impossible to use due to the slowdowns or unexpected system crashes, forcing the victimized users to look for its Deletion solutions.
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The malware is able to infect the user's Windows System without their knowledge. It can affect the systems running Windows 2000 and other OS's as well. Most of the time, the threat spreads with the help of freeware and sharewares. It is mostly used to deploy other noxious viruses onto the infected machine. .Spade File Virus can get inside the PC without user's consent because it tend to arrive in malicious files attached to spam emails which present themselves as important messages from reputable or known parties and persons. Once the user is tricked into downloading and opening such attachment, the parasite will be installed immediately onto their machine. Moreover, it is also distributed by bogus pop-up alerts that can be seen either on legitimate or scam-related domains.
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Here is a complete list of typical features of this infection which manifest onto the infected Windows 2000:
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Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Keep pressing F8 button when your Windows System starts booting.
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Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking option and hit Enter button.
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Tap on "Start", press Shift key and then click on "Restart".
Select "Troubleshoot option" and tap on "Advanced" options.
Choose "Startup Settings" and click on Restart.
Press F5 button to enable your Windows 8 or 10 PC in "Safe Mode with Networking".
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Open Mozilla Firefox:41 and tap on gear icon to open browser menu.
Select Add-ons and in this tab, choose Extensions or Appearance panel.
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Open Chrome 49.0.2623. To open Chrome menu, click on the gear icon placed at top right corner of your browser.
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Select unwanted extension of .Spade File Virus and tap on Trash bin icon.
Deleting .Spade File Virus From Internet Explorer 7-7.00.6000.16386
Open Internet Explorer 7-7.00.6000.16386. Click on Gear Icon from right-top corner in order to open Tools menu.
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Start Mozilla Firefox:41, click on Firefox menu and tap on Troubleshooting Information option.
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Open IE and click on Tools menu, then select Internet options.
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Press "Ctrl + Alt + Del" keys altogether to open the Task Manager.
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Tap on Start button and select Control Panel option.
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On Sunday I got together once again with composer Leigh Haggerwood to record some violin and viola parts for some of his new music. Last year, we had worked with Leigh on his Florin Street Band project and it was great to catch up with him.
As this time the brief was purely to record some solo violin and viola lines, I was the only musician present and therefore we were able to record at Leigh's own studio. As usual, the melodies were memorable with terrific string parts which blended skilfully with the other instrumental parts in the track. I'm looking forward to hearing the finished result!
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Weber's most famous work is Der Freischütz, which established the sound and style of German Romantic opera. The first performance took place in the Schauspielhaus on Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin in 1821 and was conducted by the composer himself.
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was born into a musical family. Both his parents were travelling musicians and his cousin Constanze had married Mozart in 1782. Carl Maria was born in Eutin in northern Germany. His birthplace can still be seen and there is a fine monument to him in the Carl Maria von Weber memorial grove. The Eutin Festival pays homage to the composer, who wrote his first opera at the age of only eleven.
In his posts as kapellmeister and opera director in various cities including Breslau (Wrocław) and Prague, Weber introduced many organisational procedures that are now part and parcel of orchestral life. In 1817 he was appointed director of opera in Dresden, where his summer residence was in Hosterwitz. Today this house is the Carl Maria von Weber Museum. There is a statue of Weber on Theaterplatz in the centre of Dresden.
Oberon, Weber's last romantic opera, was composed to an English libretto for the London Opera House. Although he was already ill with tuberculosis, Weber conducted the premiere in London himself; he died there a few weeks later. In 1844 his coffin was transferred to Dresden and laid to rest in the Old Catholic Cemetery.
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- Allocations of leasehold land rights for business purposes
- Allocation of rights of leasehold in desnated areas for agricultural purposes
- Allocation of new customary land rights
- Recognition and registration of existing leasehold (PTOs) land rights
- Recognition and registration of existing customary land rights
Allocation of new customary land rights Allocation of new customary land rights
Section 22 of the Communal Land Reform Act of 2002 stipulates that any person who wishes to use communal land for subsistence farming or residential (customary land use) ought to apply in the prescribed manner to the concerned Traditional Authority. This article therefore explains the procedures that ought to be followed in the application of a customary land right on communal land.
Step 1
Identification of the land
The applicants identify the land either for residential or farming purpose. He/she consults the Traditional Authority and nearby people on the status of the land identified.
Step 2
Completion of an application form
The applicant applies for the land by filling in the form prescribed application form (From 1). The applicant submits the completed application form to the Chief Traditional Authority (TA) in whose area the land is situated for consideration. The application must be accompanied by all information required for consideration including a non-refundable application fee of N$ 25.00.
Step 3
Consideration of the application by the Traditional Authority
In considering the application the TA will:
- Check the size, location and current use of the land.
- Consult people regarding the application.
- Display particulars of the application on a notice board for about 7 days. This is done to invite community members who may have objections to the application.
- May hold a hearing in case community member(S) objects to the application. At the hearing, both the applicant and the objector(s) will be invited.
Step 4
Granting or refusal of the application
Once the Traditional Authority has exhausted step 3, they may approve (allocate) or disapprove (refuse) the application. In case of refusal, the applicant ought to be informed on the reasons why the application was refused and advised accordingly.
Step 5
Communicating the allocation to the Land Board
The allocation of a customary land right by the TA is NOT legally valid unless ratified (cross checked) by a Land Board in the area in which the allocated land is situated.
The TA who allocated the land MUST provide to the concerned Land Board the following information for ratification purposes:
- Type of right allocated
- Locality of the portion of land allocated in square metre or hectares
- Size of land allocated in square metres or hectares
- Other portions of land the applicant has, including the sizes, locality and uses of such land.
- Any other information the TA may wish to submit
The above information must be submitted to the secretary of the board.
Step 6
Ratification of the allocation by the land board
Once the secretary receives the information on the allocation, the information must be checked to ensure that all required information is submitted before the Land Board has the power to:
- Ratify (confirm) the allocation if the allocation was done properly.
- Refer the allocation back to the TA with comments for consideration.
- Refuse the allocation, in case where double allocation prevails, size exceeds the 20ha and where the land is earmarked/used for other developments. These reasons for refusal must be communicated to both the applicant and the Traditional Authority.
Step 7
Registration of allocated land
Once the Land board has ratified the allocation, all information pertaining to the allocation must be entered into the register. The applicant is then issued with a certificate of registration. The register is kept and controlled by the Land Board.


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Appeals Court Upholds Ill. 'Period of Silence' in Schools
Appeals Court Upholds Ill. 'Period of Silence' in Schools
An Illinois law mandating a period of silence in public schools does not advance or inhibit religion and is therefore constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reverses a district court ruling last year that struck down the law as a violation of the Establishment Clause.
"The court rightly determined that voluntary periods of silence cannot be interpreted as an establishment of religion," commented Attorney Andy Norman, whose Chicago-based law firm, Mauck & Baker, filed a friend-of-the-court with the 7th Circuit in support of the law.
"Such an accusation not only demonstrates hostility to our nation's history and heritage, but also a profound misunderstanding of the First Amendment," he added.
Since 1969, Illinois has had a statute authorizing a period of silence at the beginning of the school day. The statute stated: "In each public school classroom the teacher in charge may observe a brief period of silence with the participation of all the pupils therein assembled at the opening of every school day. This period shall not be conducted as a religious exercise but shall be an opportunity for silent prayer or for silent reflection on the anticipated activities of the day."
In 2007, the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act was amended to make the period of silence mandatory. The words "may observe" were changed to "shall observe."
Dawn Sherman, now 17, through her father, Robert I. Sherman, sued State Superintendent of Education Christopher Koch. She argued that the statute was facially unconstitutional.
The district court thereafter ruled in her favor, concluding that the statute lacked a secular purpose and had the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion by favoring religions that engage in silent prayer. The court also held that the act was unconstitutionally vague because it did not specify the length of the period of silence, how the period of silence would be implemented, or the penalty for violating the statute.
But in a 2-1 vote, the appeals court on Friday overturned the lower court ruling. The three-judge panel pointed out that the state offered a secular purpose for the statute – that the period of silence is intended to clam the students and prepare them for a day of learning.
While Sherman argued that the statute limits students to only two activities – prayer or reflection – the court noted that the text mandates only one thing – silence – and that students' thoughts are not limited during that time.
In concluded, "There is no evidence that the secular purpose is a sham and that Illinois's true purpose was to promote prayer. And there is nothing impermissible about clarifying that students may pray during that time period."
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Ann Claire Williams questioned the inclusion of the word "prayer."
"Why mention prayer at all?" she asked. "If the Act truly is meant to achieve the purpose that its sponsors claim it is – mandating a quiet, meditative time at the beginning of each school day for students to settle down and shift into learning mode – why is it necessary to reference prayer?"
Williams added that the secular purposes the state has articulated may not be "shams," but they seem to be secondary to religious purposes.
"I share the concerns raised by a number of legislators who expressed their doubts about the true purpose behind amending the Act," she stated.
Sherman plans to appeal the ruling.


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Many storeowners are uncertain whether they should add SSL to their site, citing various reasons, including cost and complexity of setup.
MODERN ANSWER: Yes, you should use SSL on your site. Not only does it lend to protecting sensitive information, but it is also becoming more and more important for good search engine ranking nowadays.
Now for the technical and bigger-picture explanation:
Here are the things to consider:
SSL encrypts communications between your customer's browser and your webserver. This means nobody can snoop on what they're transmitting to you (such as someone spying on internet traffic in a cafe or wifi hotspot, or library)
If your site is collecting credit card info directly in a page inside your store (ie: not redirecting to a bank or payment gateway site to collect card info for payment) then YES you absolutely MUST use SSL to protect your customers' payment information.
If you have SSL enabled in your hosting account (that's something you arrange with your hosting company directly), then you can tell Zen Cart to use your SSL URL ... and then Zen Cart will automatically use that SSL URL when presenting pages dealing with sensitive information like login, account-creation, password changes, checkout, and even your admin pages.
Zen Cart will not use SSL on pages that don't deal with sensitive information (such as a customer browsing your available products), since SSL isn't needed there. It will intelligently use SSL only on sensitive pages.
If your payment-collection is ALWAYS handled offsite via another gateway that uses SSL on its site, then *your* site does not "technically" require SSL insomuch as it's not handling credit card details. BUT ... if you don't have SSL enabled on your site then some spy could still steal your customers' passwords and names and addresses and email addresses when they fill in various fields on your store's site. They could then use that information to login to their accounts and impersonate them. While they couldn't make purchases using their private banking/creditcard data (since ZC doesn't store any banking/card data), they could request a cancellation of an order, or initiate communications with you under the customer's name while not actually being the customer, etc.
So, if you added SSL to your site then you would prevent the ability for such identity theft.
Yes, there are typically 3 costs associated with SSL:
1. Dedicated IP address
2. Certificate itself (A dedicated certificate specific to your site is recommended. A shared certificate might work.)
3. Installation/activation of the certificate in your hosting account
Your hosting account needs to be able to offer SSL. At a minimum this typically means you'll need a plan that offers a dedicated IP address. Many plans include this for free, or offer it for a couple dollars per month.
(Aside: While the industry is just now starting to offer the ability to do SSL without requiring a dedicated IP address, this technology is in its infancy and not all browsers are smart enough to support it yet, so it may be a couple years before this becomes mainstream. In the meantime the cost of a dedicated IP cannot be avoided.)
A dedicated certificate is strongly recommended, both for branding and technical reasons. A dedicated certificate will use the same URL as your store does, thus branding it the same as your store. No confusion to customers. Also, a dedicated certificate will work out-of-the-box with no special setup required beyond the basics. Simply tell Zen Cart the SSL URL and flip the enable-ssl setting on and you're done.
While it's possible to use a shared certificate, this can be confusing to your customers when the URL of your store suddenly changes to your hosting company's URL when on protected pages. This becomes a branding/identity issue. Plus sometimes shared certificates are configured in very weird ways with some cheaper-cost hosting companies, and cannot be made to work with the industry standards embraced by Zen Cart (specifically if the shared-SSL server/certificate is on a separate server from where your actual store's files are located). But a shared certificate could let you run multiple stores from one IP address, if you didn't care about the branding issue.
Installing an SSL certificate is a subject specific to your hosting account. Work with your hosting company or follow their FAQ documentation to buy and install an SSL certificate in your hosting account.
Then make sure you can visit your site using your SSL URL without getting server errors.
And then you can tell Zen Cart to use your new SSL URL. See the FAQ below for that part.
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Bring your data to life by simplifying the creation and sharing of beautiful and interactive maps, charts, and infographics. Import data from a variety of on-premise and cloud-based sources and perform visual business intelligence (BI) analysis with intuitive dashboards.
- On-premise and cloud deployment
- Self-service data visualisation and real-time analysis across every line of business
- Simplified user experience that expands adoption and shortens time to productivity
- Optimised and comprehensive data connectivity for real-time insight and better decision-making
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Get started quickly by selecting a data source or previous document and then creating new visualisations or composing multiple visualisations on a storyboard.
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Gain full control of your data while allowing users to filter the information and empowering authors to create the exact visualisation needed to tell the story.
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President Silver-Tongue is remarkably tactless of late
My post title says President Obama has been tactless of late. That's not true. He's always been tactless. Remember him denigrating handicapped people on the Jay Leno show?
Lately, though, the President has upped his game. Last week, shortly before the Sandy Hook shooting that saw myriad children die, Obama "jokingly" told Barbara Walters why he really ran for president:
We joke sometimes about how Malia's getting to the age now, and boys start calling and, you know, sort of, I always talk about how one of the main incentives for running again was continuing Secret Service protection to have men with guns around at all times. . . .
For a president who has sat back while hundreds of black children have died on the streets of Chicago and other cities, it's impossible to imagine a more tactless remark. The remark reverberates especially strongly now, since Obama's minions have gotten hysterical at the thought that the children of ordinary Americans should also be protected by armed guards.
You'd think Obama had topped his game with that one, but you'd be wrong. Unaided, our esteemed President just came up with another spectacularly tactless remark, this one about Benghazi (where four men, including an American ambassador, were brutally murdered on Obama's and Hillary Clinton's watch) (emphasis mine):
When you read the report, and it confirms what we had already seen based on some of our internal reviews, there was just some sloppiness, not intentional, in terms of how we secure embassies in areas where you essentially don't have governments that have a lot of capacity to protect those embassies. So we're doing a thorough renew. not only will we implement all the recommendations that were made, but we'll try to do more than that. You know, with respect to who carried it out, that's an ongoing investigation. The FBI has sent individuals to Libya repeatedly. We have some very good leads.
Videos don't kill people. Terrorists don't kill people. Nooo, nooo. What kills people is sloppiness. I'm sure the families of the four dead men were relieved to hear that nothing really bad killed their loved ones.


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Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo reluctant to discuss future
Cristiano Ronaldo is reluctant to be drawn into a debate regarding his long-term future at Real Madrid.
Last Updated: 01/05/13 3:58pm
The Portuguese superstar is under contract at Santiago Bernabeu until 2015, but doubts have been cast as to his chances of seeing out that agreement.
Former employers Manchester United are said to be keen on taking the prolific forward back to Old Trafford, with a summer approach mooted.
Meanwhile, reports in Spain suggest Real are planning to hold discussions with Ronaldo regarding a possible extension to his current deal.
Ronaldo is aware of the incessant rumours, but claims to be paying little attention to them.
Speaking after Real's UEFA Champions League semi-final exit at the hands of Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, the 28-year-old said: "I have two more years on my contract, I am not concerned about that.
"I want to win wherever I am. That is what I want most, I am not concerned about renewing."
Ronaldo also has no desire to discuss the future of Real coach Jose Mourinho, who continues to hint at a summer return to England.
He added: "I do not know. Sincerely, I do not know.
"I do not have to talk about other people, I am just concerned about the team and myself and that is all. The future of other players, or other coaches, does not concern me."


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The Burning Bite feat for Phoenix Wolves (Through The Smoke, pg.10) states the following:
Add 1d6 + 1 per HD of fire damage to natural attacks and unarmed attacks.
This means the damage on the +1 per HD part increases per level, correct? So a 5th-level character would add 1d6+5 damage to all Unarmed and Natural Attacks, correct?
Thanks in advance!
Burning Bite [Combat Feat] Question
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5d6+5 would be terrifying, and horribly balanced.
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Re: Burning Bite [Combat Feat] Question
While I know you were using horrible as in bad, David, that's basically just fireball damage, single target and tied to a natural attack, so it isn't outside the realms of "semi-balanced" when you look at it that way... but yeah, 1d6 + 1 per HD, is rather balanced for melee.
Re: Burning Bite [Combat Feat] Question
Dude. That's every hit. Got haste or similar? You can do it more often. Provoked attack? You did it again! You're in a mass battle, defending a fortress all day? Don't worry, it'll still be working while the wizard is left on the ground wheezing. Comparing +melee damage to a spell is... tricky.
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Smeg TSF03SSUK Retro Polished Stainless Steel 4 Slice Toaster
The Smeg TSF03 4-Slot Toaster adds a retro style to any kitchen. Beautifully made in deep drawn sheet steel it features 4 extra wide slots, perfect for thick cut bread, with automatic centering racks to ensure your bread toasts evenly. It has 6 browning levels, 4 functions (defrost, bagel, cancel & reheat) and it's non slip feet will make sure it stays safe and stable on any kitchen surface. The removable crumb tray keeps mess to a minimum and the toaster can be tidilly stored away with the integrated cable storage.
Stainless Steel Body - Made to be strong & Durable
Extra Wide Slots - Perfect for chunky bread
Illuminated Controls - Designed to feel stylish & responsive
Bagel Function - Perfectly toasts on one side
Reheat or Defrost - Provides ultimate convenience
Crumb Tray - Keeping things clean & tidy
- 4 extra wide slots (36mm wide)
- Stainless Steel body
- 2 independent control panels
- 6 browning levels
- 4 buttons: Reheat, Defrost, Bagel and Cancel
- Illuminated controls
- Automatic centring racks
- 2 removable Stainless-Steel crumb trays
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- Automatic pop up
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Cognition is sometimes defined as the mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment. In simple terms, cognition means thinking.
Some people on the autism spectrum have extremely good cognitive skils.
For example, there are numerous individuals on the autism spectrum with very successful academic carers, such as Temple Grandin, a professor of animal husbandry at Colorado State University.
However many people on the autism spectrum struggle with some cognitive tasks and this is not necessarily to do with intelligence.
For example, some academically able people on the autism spectrum are unable to cross the road by themselves because they are unable to process all of the variables (such as the speed of traffic coming in different directions).