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Jacksonville-based artist Kirin Hale's first
experience watching a glass artist was
"At some point in my youth, I saw a man in the mall making figurines in glass," she said. "To say I was mesmerized is an understatement. I have wanted to work with glass ever since."
Hale and fellow Jacksonville University graduate Helen Cowart found that local glass artisans weren't getting enough attention.
Their answer was the upcoming juried exhibit "Through the Fire: Glass, Clay & Metal" with the hope of putting the spotlight on the overlooked art form. Cohosting the event Sept. 21-29 at CoRK Arts District's East Gallery, Hale and Cowart are talented artists in the field.
"At first, we started with the idea of just showcasing glass," Hale said, "but then decided to open the show to any art form that is created using fire."
The show's website touts "any art created with high temperatures including glass, clay, metal, soldering, welding and other art formed from fire."
For the past few months, the glass artists have been working to get the show up and running.
"It's really been a bit difficult to get the word out," said Hale, a Florida native who creates abstract decorative pieces like vases, platters and wall hangings through a process she dubs "fusing and slumping" — joining different sizes, shapes and colors of glass using the heat of a kiln.
Hale has learned to be patient in her work.
"Although I was taught how to blow glass, I gravitated toward fused glass," Hale said. "It is a much slower process than blowing glass, and I can spend more time on details. It may take a week for me to make a piece from start to finish."
Hale and Cowart both have bachelor of fine arts degrees, with a concentration in glass, from JU.
"I don't think people know that there's a bunch of really great glass artists here in town," Cowart said. "I want to show Jacksonville that there's more than just painting and drawing — that glass comes from other places than Pier 1 [Imports]."
The submission process is relatively easy — a non-refundable entry fee of $10 gives an artist the opportunity to submit a maximum of four pieces. The finalists will be chosen Sept. 13 and judged by Brian Frus, assistant professor of glass at Jacksonville University.
Pieces must not weigh more than 100 pounds, and the artist must be responsible for transportation and special display requirements. Because this is a juried show, awards are given for first through third place along with three honorable mentions.
Both Hale and Cowart stressed the importance of creating a community of artists working with glass and other mediums.
"I'm a bit of a recluse, so it's really important to me to work Downtown," Hale said of currently moving her studio from the beaches area to Riverside near CoRK Arts District.
Aside from co-hosting the upcoming exhibit, Cowart will also be displaying her fused glasswork from her "Ophelia" series. She has eight pieces in the show. Other local artists who have submitted pieces include Lucy Clark, Arthur Rogers and Tiffany Leach.
"We have this really huge artist community that people just don't know about," Hale said. "I hope that this show helps bring awareness to Riverside's large community of artists."


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Charlotte-based Winestore is opening its third shop this week, in Cornelius. The store plans to open its doors Thursday, Nov. 1.
The company opened its first retail location in 2006, with its SouthPark store. In 2009, Winestore expanded, opening a second location in the Blakeney shopping center, on Rea Road.
The new store is at the corner of Jetton Road and West Catawba Avenue. "We are very excited to be entering this new market and believe we have the most unique wine retail concept in the Southeast," said Matt Snyder, the company's vice president, via email.
Here's a bit about the thought process behind the store, which positions itself as an easy, non-intimidating place to buy wine: "Usually, it takes quite a bit of knowledge and experience to wade through the choices – and one is always fearful of making the wrong one. We wanted to eliminate that fear and extend the favorable experience on the retail side. We have built our brand value on providing a positive experience for our customers above all else. Winestore is the result of that concept – a contemporary solution to the wine purchasing experience."
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Charlotte-based Winestore is opening its third shop this week, in Cornelius. The store plans to open its doors Thursday, Nov. 1.
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
- October 29, 2012 at 7:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
How does this venue compare to Total Wine???
- October 29, 2012 at 9:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
It's a smaller venue and more personal. You can purchase a tasting card and load it with say $10. This allows you to taste a variety of wines loaded in vacuum sealed European style tasting machines (can't remember the correct name). There's always a great selection of wines on tap so you can try before you buy. It also helps you hone in on how your personal tastes run so you'll eventually buy what you like. I've gotten a chance to taste wines that I probably would not be able to afford to buy--or would save for a special occasion. The prices are right in line with Total wine. So, in my opinion you get more for your money. The selection is no where near as large as Total wine, so I still shop at both. However, the wines are hand selected and I have found some gems there that I would never have even been able to locate in Total.
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They say the journey is often more important than the destination. Well, these five trips are definitely as memorable as their endings.
Journeying over the roof of the world, India-Tibet
The 485km route from Manali in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Ladakh is the great epic among Indian road journeys. With an overnight stop at altitude under a makeshift parachute tent en route, it takes two days to cover, carrying you from the foothills of the Himalayas to the margins of the Tibetan Plateau. Weather conditions can be fickle – blizzards descend even in mid-summer – and facilities along the way are rough and ready, to say the least. But the privations pale into insignificance against the astonishing scenery.
The first, and most formidable, of the obstacles to be crossed is Rohtang La, "Pile of Bones Pass". Straddling one of the most sudden and extreme climatic transitions on the planet, Rohtang overlooks lush green cedar woods and alpine meadows on one side, and on the other a forbidding wall of chocolate- and sand-coloured scree, capped by ice peaks trailing plumes of spindrift.
You cross lofty Tanglang La late on the second afternoon, reaching the first Ladakhi villages soon after. Swathed in kidney-shaped terraces of ripening barley, each is surveyed by its own fairy-tale Buddhist monastery, with spinning prayer wheels and golden finials gleaming from the rooftops in sunlight of an almost unearthly clarity.
The Manali–Leh highway is only open between late June and mid-September, although buses tend to run as long as the passes remain free of snow.
Trans-Sahara by motorbike, Algeria-Niger
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Riding across Africa, two stages stand out: the clammy, bug-ridden byways of the Congo Basin – where "infrastructure" is just a good score in Scrabble – and the Sahara. The latter's appeal is uncomplicated: the stark purity of landforms stirred by dawn winds; the simplicity of your daily mission – survival; and the brief serenity of hushed, starlit evenings. It's just you, your bike and the desert.
Disembarking at Algiers is chaos, but muddle through and by nightfall you'll emerge in the ravines of the Atlas, where the desert unrolls before you. By Ghardaia things are warming up and near El Meniaa breathtaking dunes begin spilling over the road. Some days the road is washed away, submerged in sand or lost in a dust storm, but you soldier on. You pass through the Arak Gorge, a portal to the white sands and granite domes of the haunting Immidir plateau. Within days the volcanic peaks of the Hoggar rise and you roll into Tamanrasset.
It's time to focus on the final leg – four days across the long-dreaded piste to Agadez. Those first few moments riding the loaded machine on the sands will be a shock but you must be assertive, gunning the throttle across soft patches, resting where you can. The Niger border is a crossroads: monochrome sobriety meets the colourful exuberance of sub-Saharan Africa. Brightly clothed women mix with mysterious nomads and, for you, an ice-cold beer in the shabby Hotel Sahara washes away the desert dust.
The best time to cross the desert is between November and March.
Across the Great Karoo, South Africa
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Take on the 1400km drive between Cape Town and Johannesburg and you'll discover there's an awful lot of nothing in South Africa's interior. This immense semi-desert is called the Great Karoo, meaning "place of thirst", and it stretches from the southwestern Cape Mountains northeast to the Orange River. The name is apt: summer heat is fierce here, the winter cold biting, rain is elusive and the soil all but barren.
You can – as most do – speed along the straight, featureless N1 highway at a steady 120 km/h. Alternatively, you could stop off for a while: the total emptiness is quite awe-inspiring. Sitting in the shade of their verandas, locals will tell you that after a few days, or maybe weeks, you'll come to relish the crispness of the air, the orange and ochre colours of the rocks on the flat-topped hills at sunset and the tenacious succulents and desert flowers that defy the heat and drought. There are few places on Earth where you can see so much sky; at night, there are so many stars that even the familiar constellations get lost in the crowded galaxies. The water-starved Karoo is
called Great for a reason.
It takes about 12hr to drive between Cape Town and Jo'burg on the N1: the tiny towns of Richmond and Hanover are roughly halfway. See www.northerncape.org.za for more.
Driving the Icefields Parkway, Alberta
"This wondertrail will be world renowned", predicted a 1920s surveyor when Highway 93 North – now better known as the Icefields Parkway – was only a fanciful idea. And sure enough, when it opened twenty years later, the 230km road between Lake Louise and Jasper immediately became one of the world's ultimate drives.
It still is. The highway snakes through the cornucopia of snowcapped peaks that crown the Continental Divide, running right down the heart of the Rockies. Between the peaks lies an almost overwhelming combination of natural splendour: immense glaciers, blue-green iridescent lakes, foaming waterfalls, wildflower meadows, forests and wildlife from elk and moose to black and grizzly bears.
You could drive the whole highway in about four hours, but to do so would be to miss out on the many trails and viewpoints along the way. Several points along the route outstrip any superlatives. Bow Pass, at 2070m the road's highest point, is spectacular not only for the views but the delicate subalpine ecosystem that ekes out its existence at these windy, snowy heights. Far bleaker is the 325-square-kilometre Columbia Icefield itself – one of the largest accumulations of ice south of the Arctic Circle. Its rock-strewn moonscape has remained virtually unchanged since the last ice age, and at its edge you can watch 200-year-old snow slowly melting.
Tours with Brewster Vacations (www.brewster.ca) include a ride on an Ice Explorer on the Columbia Icefield and a night's stay in a Jasper hotel.
Riding by bus to Dêgê, China
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Bored with western Sichuan's pandas, pristine blue lakes, raw mountain scenery and Tibetan monasteries? Well then, for what is likely to prove one of the most adrenaline-packed eight hours of your life, ride the public bus from Ganzi to Dêgê. You start 3500 metres up in a river valley at the foot of the Que'er Shan range, the bus packed to capacity with raucous crowds of Tibetans. The road heads ever upwards, crossing a wide pass festooned with bright prayer flags at the head of the valley, at which point the Tibetans all cheer and hurl handfuls of paper prayers out the windows like clouds of confetti. Beyond is the halfway town of Manigange, where the passengers get out and (despite their Buddhist leanings) consume vast quantities of meat dumplings and butter tea.
Back into the bus, the journey continues past brown glaciers and boulders carved in Tibetan script with "Om Mani Padme Hum", and the valley reaches a rounded conclusion beneath some particularly wicked-looking, spiky, snow-bound peaks. Unfortunately, the road goes on, winding back on itself as it climbs up… and up… and up. The Tibetans are no longer so boisterous; several are blatantly chanting prayers, thumbing rosaries with their eyes screwed up tight.
Up among the peaks now, the bus is suddenly exposed to the wind as the road wobbles through the narrow, 5050-metre-high pass and around a corner so tight that at night you'd be over the edge before you even knew that there was a corner to turn. On the far side, the road slaloms down a virtually vertical rockface to the valley far below, and then, after all that excitement, your heart rate can settle on the unadventurous final stretch to Dêgê, just an hour away.
Buses (8hr) run daily from Ganzi to Dêgê.
Have you experienced a truly epic journey during your travels? Whether it's a bus ride to remember or a hellish river cruise, let us know below.
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My son loves this movie. It's either Cars or Nemo that he wants to watch. I must have seen this movie at least 20 times already.
No Frank, but Mack has been released - although he's not a diecast, but plastic. His trailer does open to a playset, but I keep it closed and it works pretty well with the rest of the cars.
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3G - 500m2 (Swisscom/Sunrise/Salt/Yallo) Mobile Signal Booster
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It boost 3G signal on 2100MHz frequency, the frequency used in Switzerland used by mobile networks to deliver their mobile services: 3G, 3.5G (also known as HSDPA provides faster data rates than 3G). It can boost all networks on Sunrise, Swisscom, Yallo, M-Budget, Lebara, Aldi mobile, Ortel mobile, Lyca mobile, Ok.- mobile, Salt Mobile, UPC Cablecom, CoopMobile, TalkTalk and Mucho for improving 3G signal. It is a high-performance booster, boost indoor signal cover an area up to 500 m2, perfect for medium houses, offices, warehouse and more.
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1. We recommend doing a "loose" install first, so that you can test where best to place your cables and antennas.
2. Install the outdoor panel antenna in a location where there is good mobile signal. (usually this is your roof).
3. Using the supplied 10m cable, run it down inside your house to the booster.
4. Run cable from external antenna to booster. Attach this cable to the repeater.
5. Then attach the indoor antenna to the repeater.
6. Plug in the power supply.
Installation Note
From Quick Start Guide , you can know which frequency band your phone work on. Once you know the frequency, you can choose the best signal booster.
Upgrade External Cableslearn more
If our standard package 10 meter cable length is not enough to cover your area you have an upgrade option.
Upgrade External Aeriallearn more
Higher Gain Yagi Antenna - For better performance it's a must if indoor your phone with 1/2 signal bars. Or get this upgrade if outdoor best signal strength in the following range:
2G (GSM) -76 to -90 dBm
3G (UMTS) -80 to -94 dBm
4G (LTE) -97 to -105 dBm
How shown dBm reading on phone, can refer Quick Start Guide
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Sunrise (3G)
Salt Mobile (3G)
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Aldi mobile (3G)
CoopMobile (3G)
Lebara mobile (3G)
Lycamobile (3G)
Mucho (3G)
M-Budget (3G)
Ok.-mobile (3G)
Ortel mobile (3G)
TalkTalk (3G)
UPC Cablecom (3G)
|Place to use
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|Export Power(Po)
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|Kit Includes
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Home and Office
The powerful antenna reaches out to access a voice and 3G, 4G, and LTE data signal, and delivers it to the booster
The booster receives the signal, amplifies it, and serves as a relay between your phone and the nearest cell tower.
Your devices get increased cell reception, and calls and data are fed through the booster back to the network.
Get up to 32x stronger signal
Normal Cell CoverageDropped calls and slow data are generally caused by three things: distance from a cell tower, building materials in your home or office, or obstruction from tall objects such as trees, topography, and buildings.
Signal Coverage with our boosterSignal boosters increase cell signal by collecting signals with a powerful antenna, delivering those signals to the booster, amplifying the cell signals so your devices receive them, and delivering your device's boosted signals back to the cell tower.
Do mobile booster kits, or repeaters really work?
There are several products on the market that quite frankly do not live up to their promises. However our products set the bar as world-class products engineered for consumers from the same technology implemented by the carriers. They work by capturing a signal with a high gain external aerial antenna. The signal input is fed to the phone booster, which in turn amplifies and rebroadcasts a strong and clear signal in your home/office or buildings.
Why do I lose mobile phone signal strength indoors?
There are several factors that affect signal penetration into buildings including construction material (metal, concrete, wood), wall density, number of windows and building height. In addition to the physical construction of the building, poor signal can also be a result of your geographic location relative to the closest mobile mast. Many of our customers live in rural areas where low signal strength is common.
Can a mobile booster product help my signal?
Most mobile phone users have experienced some sort of cellular network problems throughout the course of their overall mobile phone usage. Lack of signal, dropped calls and poor call quality are all caused by weak signal strength and network congestion. If you experience any of these symptoms in your home/office, warehouse, facility, basement, park, hospital, hall, farm, square, highway, boat, yacht, vehicle or buildings, a mobile repeater product can amplify the weak signal and provide full (4 or 5) bars of reception resulting in a strong, clear mobile signal. The same applies if you experience weak or slow text messaging, 3G broadband, WAP or any other cellular function – a mobile repeater kit can help you. For broadband data services, a mobile repeater will not only increase the coverage area, but it can improve data transfer speeds; unleashing the full potential of your mobile phone or 3G data card.
Please note that a mobile repeater CAN NOT produce a signal in an area where there is absolutely NO reception. However a mobile repeater CAN amplify a VERY POOR signal in turn producing a VERY STRONG signal at the output. One way to be sure if a mobile repeater will work for you is to see if you can locate an area somewhere inside your home or outside in the near vicinity where your cell phone picks up some amount of signal, even if is weak. Here, a mobile repeater product will amplify a very poor signal and produce a strong one at the output. If you have any questions or would like to discuss a solution, please feel free to contact us or visit our worldwide support centers.
Can I use a mobile booster product in my home?
Yes, our products are specifically designed for simple installation and can be used in both homes and businesses. Many consumers want to use their mobiles to replace an expensive landline phone, and many more need a stronger signal for their home office.
Can I use a mobile booster product in my business?
Absolutely. Most businesses invest a great deal of money in mobile service plans for the benefit of owners, employees and customers. In a business situation, more than anywhere, a mobile repeater solution is a necessity, not a luxury.
What are the benefits of using a mobile booster?
The most apparent benefit is improved mobile signal strength. Signal strength is best in the area where the mobile repeater is mounted. For example, when a mobile repeater is installed, an area with an unreliable signal of just 1 or 2 bars can be turned into one with a full 4 or 5 bars of reception. In some cases, people who have no signal are able to create a cellular 'hotspot'. This increase in cellular reception will result in clearer phone call quality and fewer dropped calls.
Mobile repeaters also improve the signal for broadband data services such as EVDO, HSDPA etc, which will increase the speed at which they work.
What frequency of mobile booster do I need?
Most mobile carriers broadcast their networks on either of the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz frequency bands, or both. High-speed data networks or 3G service is broadcast on the 2100 MHz band. Your mobile repeater should match the same frequency as your mobile carrier in order to ensure compatibility. To determine which type of mobile repeater you need, you can contact us, we will recommend the best model to suit your needs. European customers can use the Quick Start Guide tool easily determine.
Can I install an mobile booster unit myself?
Absolutely. There is no technical expertise required to install your mobile repeater kit. Each kit contains everything needed to improve the mobile coverage in your home/office and includes instructions that will guide you through the simple steps necessary to install your mobile repeater.
How will my mobile booster be delivered?
DHL Express is the priority to use, NO NEED WAITING 15-30 DAYS FASTER than you thought.
Sample orders send out within 24 hours on working day after orders placed, bulk order (200+ kits) 1~2 days. Shipping information and photo taken will send by then. You will get parcel 2~5 working days after shipment status updating online.
Postage is MUCH CHEAPER, price already include DHL postage (Delivery Address not in Remote Area lists).
Delivery Address in DHL latest Remote Area lists: couriers will charge extra delivery fee £26.85, can check remote area with your post/zip code on site: http://raslist.dhl.com/jsp/first.jsp or can contact local DHL double check it before purchased. To save it can note us new address not in when pay, we will ship parcel to the new address. If cannot provide, parcel will send on working day within 24 hours after this payment checked.
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We proud to provide high quality products that are guaranteed to increase signal quality and extend mobile coverage. All returns must be received within 30 days of the delivered signed date.
In order to return your product you must first contact our Customer Service and request an RMA code which includes a special returns address along with that authorization. Your order will be refunded upon received and checked the product in its original packaging with no damaged. Damaged equipment returned even with an RMA will be subject to a 20% restocking fee.
- Provide wrong shipping address.
- Pre-cut lengths of cable.
- Refused sign.
- When out of sign date, package return or destroy by express.
- The original order postage cost: £28.95 GBP/Kit.
- Can not provide installed photos as request and not follow steps to adjust installation (If Wrong Installed). - Any returns received without an RMA authorization, outside of 30 days from the original delivered signed date. Mistake purchased products (intend to purchase mobile phone or others, but not our mobile repeater or accessories).
Customer Responsibilities:
- Shipping charges of the return delivery.
- All returns are subject to a £4.95 GBP re-stocking fee.
Are all mobile boosters the same?
We offers different selection of mobile coverage solutions on the market. With our large selection of solutions we guarantee we'll have the right one for you! mobile repeater units vary depending on the frequency and power output. Different network providers use different frequencies to broadcast their signals. We carry single band mobile repeaters which work for specific networks, dual band mobile repeaters which work for multiple networks and tri-band mobile repeaters which work for multiple networks plus 3G. Our solutions also vary based on power output i.e. effective coverage area. Our products can provide coverage for small offices and houses as low as 250 sq m and also cover areas up to 2,000 sq m or over such as hospitals, hotels and commercial office buildings. Our solutions are categorized in to Home/Office Solutions or Building mobile repeaters. If you have any specific needs and would like to speak to someone from our Engineering team please contact us.
What makes our mobile booster different from the competition?
You can start by reviewing the cooperate ways on our site. We are Number 1 for customer service and pride ourselves on our product knowledge and experience. We are also happy to offer a Price Match Guarantee. We understand that there is competition in our market but we truly believe that our products are superior quality to our competitors. Please note that we were the first company worldwide to sell mobile repeater products in Agencies and Marketing ways, and there have been other companies that have come and go since then. Many of our competitors online have in fact stolen our product branding, tech, part numbers, product pictures, FAQ etc and advertise FALSE information such as 5,000 sq m just only with one kit mobile repeater as they said.
We are the manufacturer and employ a 30 team of staff including technical support and telecoms engineers that are available on hand to answer your questions. We actually manufacture our products and don't simply buy them from a random companies, you can request visit their factory with their Director. We ensure the best quality products for our customers. Our products are of such high quality that we work directly with the network operators who send their customers to us to solve their coverage needs.
Essentially, this boils down to the issue of licensing. Ofcom states that a licence is required to operate a product broadcasting in a mobile carriers radio spectrum. The reason for this is to avoid interference in the providers networks. However, as can be seen in Sec 1.2 in the link below, taken directly from the Ofcom website, our products are exempt from such licensing requirements, as they do not cause any such network interference.
Indeed, many of our customers are referred to us directly from the network providers themselves, reflecting our trusted position within this industry for providing both high service and product quality.
How can I check if the booster will work for me?
The simplest way to test if your place is suitable for a mobile booster is to check the signal bars on your phone on the outside of your property.
-Find the highest point where you could put the antenna (generally the roof)
-Check how many signal bars you see on your mobile phone at that place.
-If you have 0 bars – contact us for help to make sure you get a sufficiently powerful option.
-If you have 1-2 bars signal, a booster will help to increase the signal to 5 bars.
Be aware for 1-2 bars is highly recommended that you upgrade to a more powerful antenna than that provided in the standard kit. You can do this by choosing the upgrade option (Yagi) in the product page.
-If you have 3 bars, you won't need such powerful antennas and a standard booster kit will be enough to gain 5 bars.
-Measure your property size to make sure the cable set included in a kit will be enough. We offer extra internal antennas and a cutting tool to help you have an easy set-up.
Should I check the location of my network provider's nearest tower?
Yes! The standard antenna can accept signal from within 170 degrees. If towers are located on the opposite side of your property than your antenna, you may need to upgrade your system by adding a second antenna so you can receive signal from all locations.
How many users will one booster support?
We sell high-quality products which are all capable of simultaneously supporting multiple devices. The limit for each booster mainly depends on its output power or 'dBs'. We have provided a list of devices and their support limit converted to dBs below:
Estimations can also be made using this table:
Coverage in square metres Number of supported users Up to 150 sq m Up to 50 users Up to 300 sq m Up to 100 users Up to 600 sq m Up to 150 users Up to 1500 sq m Up to 200 users
How do I determine the best place to set up my booster?
How to select the best location is described fully in The installation guide. However, if you still cannot find a good place, you can contact us through chat or by email and we will help you with the setup.
Our mission and to be our agents
Every corner of the world has good signals, communicate well is our mission. Join us let's do it together!
2. Recommend our products to people you know, you and your referees both can get £10.00GBP.
3. To be our agent your purchase amount should be at least reaches £365.00GBP. When you become our agent, you can get £365.00GBP worth of products FREE of charge. Agents can resale these products to help more people getting better phone signal. 70% of the agent's turnover will be the next purchase amount.
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Do you remember
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? I knew you would. You are so thoughtful! Well, that day is now upon us as EA has released the AFL Add-On Pack!
560 MS Points or $6.99 on the PS3 will take you back to the 1960's to have some AFL fun with different uniforms, a retro interface, film grain broadcast camera, bonus achievements or trophies and more.
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Madden NFL 10 AFL Legacy Pack Now Available
September 24, 2009 – Celebrate the 50th season of the American Football League (AFL) in Madden NFL 10 with AFL Legacy Pack game add-on; available now via download for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. Experience all-new 1960's-style presentation elements – referees don the orange striped AFL uniforms, official AFL markings and logos decorate the field, and more. The AFL Legacy Pack for Madden NFL 10 also features a retro football card-like user interface and classic film grain broadcast camera.
The eight original AFL teams are represented by name and wear their historic uniforms, including the Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs (as the Dallas Texans), New England Patriots (as the Boston Patriots), New York Jets (as the Titans of New York), Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and Tennessee Titans (as the Houston Oilers).
The 15 AFL Legacy Game matchups during the 2009 NFL regular season include the Legacy Pack presentation in the offline Franchise mode, as well as during the Play Now, and Superstar modes. Historic AFL uniforms can be selected in any offline or online game mode.
Relive some of the greatest moments in AFL history with all-new Madden Moments, which include additional Xbox 360 achievements and PS3 trophies.
The AFL Legacy Pack game add-on for Madden NFL 10 is available now for 560 Microsoft Points and $6.99 on the PSN Store.
The award-winning Madden NFL 10, the highest rated version ever for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, is in stores now.
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The problem with that code is the dialog box isnt displayed UNTIL AFTER myFunction has completed its execution (and then the next line of code closes the dialog box, so you actually dont get to see the dialog box at all). I just want a simple progress bar that I can set the current status in myFunction (which this works properly if I could only get it to display the dialog box).Code:LRESULT CALLBACK DlgProc(HWND hWndDlg, UINT Message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { switch(Message) { case WM_INITDIALOG: hProgress = CreateWindowEx(0, PROGRESS_CLASS, NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 5,35,76,20, hWndDlg, 0, hInst, NULL); SendMessage(hProgress, PBM_SETRANGE, 0, MAKELPARAM(0,100)); SendMessage(hProgress, PBM_SETSTEP, (WPARAM)5, 0); return true; case WM_COMMAND: myFunction(hWndDlg); // This calls a function which updates the progress bar EndDialog(hWndDlg,0); return true; default: return DefWindowProc(hWndDlg, Message, wParam, lParam); } }
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Cats can be notoriously picky, snubbing food left and right. A big — and often messy — clue that something is wrong may be in or around your cat's litter box. If your cat's bathroom habits are amiss, it could be suffering from dietary intolerance (aka a sensitive tummy). Once you've detected the signs, our experts suggest the following:
1. Rule out serious health issues.
As an associate emergency veterinarian in Alexandria, Va., Dr. Katy Nelson sees a lot of cats with litter box issues and related problems. "A cat with chronic vomiting and diarrhea should be examined carefully by a veterinarian to rule out metabolic (renal, thyroid, etc.), infectious (parasites, viral, bacterial imbalance, etc.), inflammatory (inflammatory bowel disease, lymphoma, etc.) versus other types of issues," says Nelson. If any of those are diagnosed, appropriate treatment will follow.
Nelson, however, adds that something else might be to blame: "After a thorough work-up, if it is determined that the cat has dietary intolerance, pursuing a food that is highly digestible is recommended."
2. Consider feeding your cat a low-residue cat food.
Your veterinarian might steer you to a low-residue food, which works by providing a special blend of fiber, protein and fat sources. "The protein and carb sources in these foods should be low-antigen," says Nelson. Antigens are ingredients that can cause allergic reactions in some cats. Soy is sometimes a culprit, but food allergies differ between cats.
"The fiber sources should be moderately fermentable, as these produce lower amounts of gas than their more fermentable counterparts," adds Nelson. Dried beet pulp is one such beneficial fiber.
Sensitive-stomach foods should also contain prebiotics to tailor the bacterial load in the GI tract. Dr. Amy Dicke, a technical services veterinarian for Iams, explains that "a prebiotic, such as fructooligosaccharides (FOS), is a fiber, which is not digested by the enzymes in the dog's or cat's digestive tract. Instead, the bacteria in the intestinal tract break the fiber down and use it for food." Continues Dicke: "What makes a prebiotic different from other fibers is it feeds (or supports) the good bacteria (not the bad), helping the good bacteria to grow."
3. Pay attention to your cat's entire digestive system.
Many people tend to think of the digestion system as just being in the gut, but the process really begins right where the food goes in. According to an Emerson Animal Hospital fact sheet, "The feline digestive system — like our own — consists of several organs, including the mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach, duodenum, small and large intestines, and rectum." The Waco, Texas, hospital helps with that process from the start by providing oral care to cat patients.
Dr. Joann Young, a veterinarian in Dover, N.H., is also adept at caring for kitty teeth. "Almost three out of four cats have tooth and gum disease by age 3, according to the American Veterinary Dental Society," says Young. It is the No. 1 diagnosed problem in small-animal clinics today."
Tooth decay, bad breath, bleeding gums and even tooth loss are all symptoms of dental disease. "Problems begin when food particles and bacteria build up in the cat's mouth, forming plaque and tartar, causing gingivitis and severe periodontal disease," says Young. "These bacteria can enter the pet's bloodstream and damage the heart, liver, kidneys and lungs, according to research." Brushing your cat's teeth regularly and scheduling regular cleanings (especially if your cat will not tolerate home tooth-brushings) is therefore essential to your pet's overall health.
4. Find a good diet for your cat and stick to it.
Nelson offers these final words of advice: "To avoid GI upset in kitties with sensitive stomachs, do not switch diets around, do not change protein and carb sources, and avoid giving fatty treats."
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The Rev. Dr. Robert H. Schuller, founding pastor of the Crystal Cathedral Ministries in Garden Grove, Calif., will be in familiar environs when he speaks during the chapel service at Hope College on Friday, March 12: he's a 1947 Hope graduate.
The Rev. Dr. Robert H. Schuller, founding pastor of the Crystal Cathedral Ministries in Garden Grove, Calif., will be in familiar environs when he speaks during the chapel service at Hope College on Friday, March 12: he's a 1947 Hope graduate.
The public is invited to the service, which will take place in Dimnent Memorial Chapel at 10:30 a.m., although space is likely to be limited because weekday chapel is regularly attended by a large percentage of the student body. Admission is free.
Schuller and his daughter, Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman, who is director of ministry and mission at the Crystal Cathedral and is a 1973 Hope graduate, will be in West Michigan through the co-sponsorship of the Holland-based Leader Renewal Institute of Holland, which specializes in care and counsel for church leaders, as well as a variety of other organizations including Hope.
Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman will lead a presentation on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at Frederik Meijer Gardens & SculpturePark in Grand Rapids that is aimed specifically at clergy members and their families and intended to help participants learn how to prioritize the competitive demands on their time. Admission to the Friday evening event is $5 per person and includes dinner. Additional information and RSVPs can be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com or 866-511-5323.
The visit's sponsors also include Calvin College, Calvin Theological Seminary, the Christian Reformed Church of North America, Evangelical Covenant Church (Great Lakes Synod), Hope & Healing, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, the Reformed Church in America, Wesleyan Church (West Michigan District) and Western Theological Seminary.
Dr. Robert H. Schuller will speak in the chapel at Calvin College in Grand Rapids on Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. Admission to the evening event at Calvin is free.
Dr. Robert H. Schuller is seen and heard internationally every Sunday from the pulpit of the Crystal Cathedral on the world's first and most widely watched hour-long televised church service, the "Hour of Power," which began in 1970 and is now the fourth-longest-running weekly program in television history and has a worldwide audience estimated at 20 million people. The local congregation at the Crystal Cathedral numbers more than 10,000.
As a speaker and motivator, Schuller is sought for his goal-setting ideas for business conventions and conferences at locations around the world, including in Africa, Japan, Korea, China, Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, the Netherlands, Canada and throughout the United States. He has authored 37 hardcover books, six of which have made the prestigious "New York Times" and "Publishers Weekly" bestseller lists. He has received numerous awards and serves on several boards.
After graduating from Hope, Schuller completed a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Western Theological Seminary in 1950 and was ordained by the Reformed Church in America (RCA), which is the parent denomination of Hope. After ordination he pastured the Ivanhoe Reformed Church in Chicago, Ill., for five years, during which the congregation grew from 38 to more than 400.
He came to Garden Grove in 1955 to found the RCA's congregation there. With his wife Arvella as organist and $500 in assets, he rented the Orange Drive-in Theatre and conducted Sunday services from the tarpapered roof of its snack bar.
The congregation's growth through the years led to the decision to build the internationally acclaimed Crystal Cathedral. The first-ever all-glass church was dedicated on Sept. 14, 1980, "To the Glory of Man for the Greater Glory of God."
Schuller was the college's Commencement speaker in May 1992. The Hope College Alumni Association presented him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1970, and he received an honorary degree from Hope in 1973. Arvella Schuller received an honorary degree from Hope in 1992, and is a past member of the college's Board of Trustees.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street. While on campus, Schuller will also attend a reception for the college's students, faculty and staff, and will attend a luncheon for invited members of the Hope community.


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Play With Fire Yoga Event Instructor Video Transcript
Fire is a fusion of high-intensity interval training and yoga. High-intensity interval training is 30 seconds of hard work followed by 30 seconds of rest.
The benefit is to get your heart rate up, to burn fat, and to get an awesome sweat. We then bring in the yoga to move all of the lactic acid that has a tendency to build up in our body. We'll hold the postures for three or four little breaths until we move on and we do the high-intensity interval training again. The two come together and they center around simply the breath.
When you walk into Fire, you're going to experience something completely new. You're going to walk in, and the music's going to be gritty and pumping. And you're going to realize you're not in the same yoga studio that you were in before. If you have one hour in your day, this class is made for you. You come to Fire class, you'll get your cardio on and heart rate up. You'll sweat and you'll get the benefits of yoga.


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Behold these lovely screenshots and videos from Skywind, the ambitious fan-driven project to mod all of Morrowind in the world of Skyrim.
The project is already pretty stunning, but they have a ways to go. The modders are posting about their plans and goals on the forums of Morroblivion, a site designed to re-create Morrowind in Oblivion.
(And in case you want more Elder Scrolls recreations, it looks like they're making Oblivion in Skyrim too: You can see the Imperial City from Oblivion in one of the videos below.)
Skywind Development [Morroblivion via PC Gamer]


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I am most definitely trying to talk more about myself on here. It's a struggle at times, because I am not too keen on sharing tons of things. My life isn't that fascinating, really, but many people here have been asking to hear more about myself on here…I'm not sure why?! BUT I LOVE YOU ALL. In making this very step towards talking a bit more about myself, I'm actually going to be talking about…well, books. #bookwormlogic.
I have an insane amount of awards and tags to catch up on, because so many people have been nominating me. It's been such an honor, I love you all and you all have fascinating questions! This blog post will already be way too long, but I will do two awards today and answer the lovely questions of two bloggers here: the lovely Dani, for The Sunshine Blogger Award, and the lovely Darby, for the Liebster Award. Here goes…ready for all the questions?!
What is your favorite genre?
A couple years earlier, I would have answered this question without a second thought and told you, contemporary. I'm still a fierce lover of young adult contemporary and it will forever remain the genre I turn towards first, but…I don't know, guys. I'm loving all of these fantasy books so much more now as well. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ME?
What was your favorite book when you were in elementary school?
I think this is probably my cue to tell you I have the memory of a goldfish?! Haha, I just can't remember right now what I used to read in elementary school. I read French books?
What is your biggest bookish pet peeve?
I have a thing for movie tie-in covers. I know it's all a marketing trick or something and I appreciate that it brings more people to read a particular book, but… I don't know, I'm always feeling like it forces people to imagine characters a certain way, which I am not a fan of. If that makes any sense?
What books are currently on your nightstand?
TOO MANY BOOKS. Actually, it's looking okay, I know. But…I don't buy tons of books at a time, so…it's a LOT already for me. Excuse the poor quality picture I took here.
If you could only bring 3 books with you to a deserted island, what would they be?
I would probably have to go with some of my favorite books, so… John Green's Looking for Alaska, Lauren Oliver's Delirium and Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. But is there a reason I couldn't bring my whole bookshelves with me? Whatever it is, it's not valid and IT IS COMING WITH ME.
If you had to chose a dystopian world to be sent to, which would it be and why?
Okay, first of all…WHY would I want to be sent to a dystopian world?! This is such a cruel question haha. I think I would like to pick……
yeah. nothing.
Under what circumstances would you DNF a book?
Confidence-time: I rarely ever DNF a book. I'm buying about 99% of my books, since I don't have a library to borrow books from or anything like that. Given that I spent money for the books, I always take extra-care whenever I'm picking the books I want, and try and be sure that I will enjoy them a minimum amount, so… yes. I can't remember the last book I DNF-ed.
Buuut yes I will answer this question and say that I would probably DNF a book if the characters were too unbearable or something?
What types of characters do you love most? (i.e. like genre but for characters, examples: strong female, hot love interest, nerds, pirates, if you can group them and love them, name them!)
I like characters I can relate to. I like the ones that feel human, the ones that are crippled with anxiety and other quirks I can actually relate to. I love nerdy characters as well, I love the ones that are a bit home-y, hanging out in pajamas and baking cookies (hello Lara Jean).
Obviously I love strong characters as well ; I also realized there is something about…grey characters – such as in the young elites – that makes me…well, weirdly happy. They are just SO COMPLEX.
If you wrote a book, what would it be about?
Aerm…I'm actually writing a book. It's a contemporary / mystery about childhood friends, broken hearts, school pressure, boarding schools and secrets in the wood. Basically. I might share a full synopsis of it all someday because right now it's still very confusing. Writing IS confusing.
If a band were to be featured in a fictional story, which would you want it to be and why?
Funny thing. I actually want to say The Jonas Brothers because this is all of my teenage years. #oops.
Favorite book universe and why?
Hm….this is such a hard question. I love so many universes in books and I'm amazed by the author's imagination. I would really like to pick Warcross for that one though, Marie Lu's upcoming book, because the whole world was just SO COOL.
What are your favorite blog posts to write and why?
I have so many favorite types of blog posts, I really enjoy writing everything on my blog. Since I haven't been actively writing blog posts the past month, I can't really say, but I'm always loving to share my thoughts on blogging and all of its struggles. I might be slightly obsessed about it all.
What is your favorite thing about blogging?
Easy answer: I just love how much time I spend on here drafting blog posts. Ha.Ha.Ha. Just kidding. I mean I'm spending my weekends on this and I love it and basically have no life buuuut it's NOT my favorite thing. My favorite thing is obviously YOU GUYS.
White, milk, or dark chocolate?
This question is SO HARD because I LOVE ALL CHOCOLATES?! Right now, I might pick dark chocolate, but….I DON'T KNOW.
What was the last movie you saw?
I will cheat -already, I know-, but I watch TONS of tv shows. Well, not as much as Kat, but I do, so…the last TV Show I watched was The Bold Type. It is SO GOOD.
What is your lucky number?
I don't really know if I have a lucky number? I'm just not thinking about that. Maybe it would be like, 7 or something.
Who is your favorite Disney princess?
OBVIOUS ANSWER. I actually love Belle so much. I mean, she's just like me.
If you could teleport to any city in the world which would it be? If you had to make your way home on you own would it still be the same city?
This question is so hard…I think I might have to say London, because there is not one day where I am NOT thinking about going to London. But no, if I had to make my way home, it probably wouldn't be in London.
What is YOUR favorite genre – and favorite book in the genre? Which book universe would you like to be in? Let me hear your recommendations!
On which circumstances do YOU DNF a book? Or are you a bit like me, not DNF-ing anything?
To ask important questions here: what is your favorite type of chocolate? Let me know everything in comments!


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Audit of USAID/Afghanistan's Kandahar Power Initiative.
Country: Afghanistan
Fiscal Year: 2012
Agency: USAID
Audit Report Available: No
Description: USAID/Afghanistan awarded Black & Veatch Special Projects Corporation a $266 million contract to implement the Kandahar Power Initiative from December 4, 2010, to September 30, 2013. The program contains components for upgrading transmission systems, rebuilding electrical substations, providing additional diesel generators, and installing a third turbine at the Kajakai Hydro Power Plant. This audit will determine whether the Kandahar Power Initiative is meeting its goal to increase the supply and distribution of electrical power from Afghanistan's South East Power System with particular emphasis given to the City of Kandahar in support of the U.S. Government's counterinsurgency strategy.
Source: Office of Inspector General ANNUAL PLAN FISCAL YEAR 2012
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STEVENS SQUARE — A guy walks into a bar.
This guy is Lucas Rayala and he's in the bar to pitch an idea: Rayala's start-up business, Altsie, aims to bring independent movies to bars, restaurants and cafes — basically turn these non-traditional film venues into pop-up theaters. Altsie licenses the films, handles the ticketing and, hopefully, brings a few extra customers through the door.
If you're waiting for a punch line, well, there really isn't one. In three short words — one of them definitely not fit for print — Rayala was asked to leave.
"The second bar I went to, the bartender bought me a drink and he said he loved the idea," Rayala said. "I didn't get that one either."
The founder of Altsie, though, is nothing if not persistent, and that attitude eventually took him through the doors of The Nicollet in Stevens Square, where he met owner Jeremy Konecny, himself a bit of a film buff. Konecny said "yes" almost instantly.
"He didn't even finish telling me," Konecny recalled.
By the time of Altsie's debut — an April 1 screening of writer-director Jamin Winans' 2009 supernatural thriller, "Ink," at The Nicollet — Rayala had secured agreements with the rights-holders of three independent films and the owners two Minneapolis venues, as well as enough buzz from a write-up on the tech blog pandodaily.com that he was preparing for talks with several film distributors.
"A lot of people are wondering why this hasn't been done before," said Rayala, a CARAG resident and a writer employed by a local technology and research firm.
He has a true believer in Konecny, who filled a curtained-off area of his restaurant to capacity with 38 ticket holders while doing swift business in the kitchen.
"We pumped out pizzas at the rate Domino's does on a Friday night," he said.
In the audience were Jeff and Lois Elrod of Maple Grove and their teenage son, Trevor. It was Lois' first time seeing "Ink," but her husband and son had been "Ink" super-fans since shortly after Jeff watched the movie late one night on Netflix. It passed Jeff's test: He didn't fall asleep.
Added Trevor: "It's one of my favorite movies because of the sheer genius behind it. There are a lot of unique ideas in it."
A surplus of content
There are a lot of independent movies like "Ink" waiting to get in front of someone like Trevor Elrod, but the odds are not good that one will find the other, said Jane Minton, executive director of IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts.
"I think Sundance is a really good litmus test," Minton said, referring to the annual film festival held in Park City, Utah. "I think they had something like 250,000 submissions this year, and they usually choose about 100 [to appear in the festival]."
There are other festivals, too, of course, but even then only a small percentage of films get picked up by a distributor and released in theaters. Other films will go directly to DVD or video-on-demand services. Some may get picked up for a foreign theatrical release or shown on the Sundance and IFC cable channels.
"There's a lot of content out there," Minton said. "And there's a lot of content that may have gone through all that and still hasn't been seen by a lot of people."
At that point, she added, filmmakers would probably be happy to have their film shown in restaurants and cafes for a cut of ticket sales — which is how Altsie works — even if that means their film is shown in a less-than-ideal theater setting, over the din of dinner service, for example.
Fresh ideas
Mario Cocchiarella, owner of the Crooked Pint Ale House, the other Altsie venue, had movies in mind when he opened up last year with one of downtown's largest screens, but he struggled to strike an agreement with an independent film distributor.
"We were looking for something like this, so when [Rayala] called us I immediately thought this was perfect," Cocchiarella said.
Cocchiarella cherishes the communal movie-watching experience, and is worried about its future in the days of home theaters. In a separate conversation, Rayala echoed that concern.
"I have a philosophical reason for doing this, too," Rayala continued. "… Our film system, because of the costs of distribution now, that's raised the risk threshold [for Hollywood]."
In other words, the stakes are so high for mainstream Hollywood movies that new ideas are sometimes seen as too great a gamble. Better to bet on a sure thing, even if it's the same old idea dressed up in new costumes.
"What I want to do is work with some of these lower-budget films that have really fresh ideas," he said. "One of the reasons I really like Altsie is because we can start turning [out] new ideas and … getting them out to a mass audience."
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Grammy was so excited to see her! I love my grammy so much, she always makes me laugh!
She even slept while I held her and vacuumed today...other things I do with only one hand because I'm holding her with the other:
try to type an email
try to upload pictures
try to upoad a video
(note how frequently I used the word TRY! ha ha ha)
and now I'm off to rescue my moms arms...whose holding the baby while I type this! ha ha ha It's amazing how heavy a little 10 pound baby can feel after you've been holding them for a while! ha ha
huge love..from me and my growing biceps from all my baby holding..your kandee


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Listen Up! Neil Young Joins Dive Into Media Next Week.
We're a week away from the D: Dive Into Media Conference, which is going to feature a wide-ranging group of industry leaders who are going to have some very different takes on the way media and technology are colliding.
In light of this month's SOPA/PIPA debate, for instance, it ought to be very interesting to compare and contrast what Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and YouTube head Salar Kamangar have to say about copyright and piracy. (Not that they were on the same page to begin with.)
But in addition to executives who help distribute media for a living, we also wanted to make sure we heard from content makers at Dive. We'll have several, but none more famous than Neil Young.
One of the nice things about having a music icon join you onstage is that you don't need to spend much time introducing him (though it's easy enough to get the official and unofficial takes; and, courtesy of Kamangar's YouTube, plenty of audiovisual reminders, which you can see at the bottom of this post).
That's going to give us more time to have a freewheeling conversation: The man has a 40-plus-year career and is still making music and movies today, so there's a lot of ground to cover. One digital topic I imagine we'll certainly touch on: His long-running campaign to fix the way modern music sounds — not the songs themselves, but the way they're recorded and distributed.
That isn't the easiest sell, when lots of people seem content to listen to super-compressed iTunes files bleeding out of tiny, tinny, laptop speakers. But perhaps things are changing a bit: Dr. Dre and company sure have sold a lot of sort-of high-end Beats headphones in recent years.
Dive kicks off on the evening of Jan. 30, and we'll have complete coverage here. If you want to join us in person in Laguna Niguel, Calif., grab a seat.


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Witness says he forged 10,000 documents for Tom Petters
The treasurer of the company at the heart of an alleged $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme run by businessman Tom Petters says he forged some 10,000 documents while working for Petters.
Robert White, who was the treasurer of Petters Co. Inc., admitted the forgeries during his testimony Thursday at Petters' trial at the U.S. District Court in St. Paul.
White said he made up purchase orders, bank statements, letters and other documents at Petters' request.
The idea was to make investors believe their money was being used to buy and sell consumer electronics for fat profits, but the government says the goods only existed on paper.
White said he started working for Petters in 1999, after Petters told him he needed some fake documents to placate investors who wanted to know what was happening with their money.
Petters wept, saying, "I'm ruined if you can't help me," White recalled.
White said he found Petters had a never-ending need for fake documents. And White supplied them.
White said he composed the fakes with scissors, tape, white-out and copy machines. He said he would grab logos for Sam's Club and other retailers from the Internet and paste them into forged documents.
White said Petters would sometimes try to spook him by banging on White's door while White was making up documents. Petters would pretend to be an FBI agent. White said he didn't think it was very funny, but White said Petters would laugh and laugh.
As the Ponzi scheme started to run out of money and unravel, White said he and Petters discussed ways to end the fraud--and avoid going to jail.
There was talk about buying legitimate companies and extracting money from them to pay off investors.
White was especially hopeful of doing that through Petters' purchase of Polaroid, the company that developed instant photography.
There were also talk of merging the Petters Co. Inc. into a legitimate company and then taking the combined entity into bankruptcy.
Those and other discussions were secretly taped by the FBI.
In one conversation, White says, they can "make it a conglomerate [expletive] mess no one can figure out."
White was also eager to try to buy Kodak and somehow legitimize Petters Co. Inc. and pay off investors.
White is facing reduced charges in exchange for his testimony against Petters. His testimony will continue Friday.