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Best Surface Go Chargers 2022
Get to know all about our top picks chargers for Microsoft Surface Go to help you select one with a right design, charging speed, and charging interface.
Microsoft Surface Go is the most affordable and highly portable Surface PC ever made by Microsoft. It shares the same incredible premium design and high-quality material just like its Surface family. Besides that, most users also satisfied with the set of ports available on Surface Go including a Surface Connect port, 3.5mm audio jack, and of course a USB-C port.
It has a respectable 9-hours of video playback for its form factor and Intel-based processor. However, for real-life usage, it probably can't hold for a whole active working day. If you find yourself need an extra charger, here are some of our favorite Surface Go chargers we want you to check out.
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Best Surface Go USB-C Wall Chargers
The chargers here are relatively small in size, easy to carry around, and powerful enough to fast charge your Surface Go. Especially, since they're using USB-C interface, you can charge all your USB-C devices without carrying additional chargers.
1. [NOT Ideal for Note10+, which Calls for a PPS Enabled Charger] ZMI Turbo 45W Wall Charger USB-C PD AC Adapter Laptop Charger for New MacBook Pixelbook/Pixel XL Fast Charging Galaxy S10/S9/S8/Note9
By ZMI
2. Anker 60W USB-C Wall Charger
By Anker
Not Available
3. Nekteck 45W USB-C Wall Charger
By Nekteck
Best Surface Go Proprietary Wall Chargers
The following Surface Connect chargers are more powerful chargers. If you want a better charging speed with ease of magnet connector, it's a good choice for you.
1. Microsoft Surface 65W Power Supply
By Microsoft
2. Batpower 24W Power Supply for Surface
By BatPower
1 ZMI 45W USB-C Wall Charger
Highly portable 45-Watt USB-C PD 2.0/QC 3.0
- Portability & Design
- Dimensions: 2.36 x 2.24 x 1.10 in
- Weight: 3.56 oz (101 g)
- Color: White
- Available Ports
- 1 x USB-C out port: Max 45W (5V/3A, 9V/3A, 12V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/2.25A)
- Package Contents
- 1 x ZMI PowerPlug Turbo Wall Charger
- 1 x 5-ft USB-C to C cable
- 18-month warranty
Broadly speaking, a good charger provides good charging speed, guaranteed safety, an acceptable price, and more. This ZMI 45W USB-C wall charger has all we asking for. Additionally, it also comes with a detachable 5-feets USB-C cable so you don't have to mess around to find a compatible one.
It supports both Power Delivery 2.0 and Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 which can fast charge all your USB-C enabled devices including Microsoft Surface Go. As a result, it is an easily recommended charger for your Surface Go and all of your USB-C gadgets.
2 Anker 60W USB-C Wall Charger
The most reliable 60-Watt USB-C charger
- Portability & Design
- Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.1 in
- weight: 5.5 oz (157 g)
- Color: Black
- Available Ports
- 1 x USB-C out port: Max 60W (5V/3A, 9V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/3A)
- Package Contents
- 1 x 60W Anker PowerPort Speed Charger
- Welcome Guide
- 18-month warranty
Anker is a leading company in the charging industry, which offers reliable products with a worry-free 18-month warranty. This Anker USB Type-C charger features a high-speed via Power Delivery technology up to 60W to fast charge your Surface Go and other power-hungry USB-C enabled devices.
It is made of aluminum with ultra-compact design and foldable plug to enhance durability and portability. It's built with MultiProtect technology that utilizes 10 safety features to provide the ultimate protection for all of your devices. Besides that, the blue LED indicator light is a cool feature to have.
3 Nekteck 45W USB-C Wall Charger
USB-IF certified USB-C PD charger with 6ft cable
- Portability & Design
- Dimensions: 2.08 x 2.08 x 1.18 in
- Weight: 6.4 oz (181 g)
- Color: Black
- Available Ports
- 1 x Built-in 6ft USB-C cable: Max 45W (5V/3A, 9V/3A, 15V/3A, 20V/2.25A)
- Package Contents
- 1 x Nekteck Wall Charger with 6ft cable
This Nekteck USB-C wall charger features a USB-IF power brick certification (TID: 1021000) that provides a compliance standard in terms of charging speed and safety. The charger delivers a fast charging speed up to 45-Watt on a very portable form factor measured at only 2.08 x 2.08 x 1.18 inch. Additionally, the built-in 6-feets USB-C cable that comes with it is fit enough to attach to the most wall outlets.
4 Microsoft Surface 65W Power Supply
More powerful proprietary Surface chargers
- Portability & Design
- Dimensions: 6.73 x 1.78 x 2.2 in
- Weight: 8.5 oz (241 g)
- Color: Black
- Available Ports
- 1 x Built-in Surface Connect cable: 60W (15V/4A)
- 1 x USB-A port: 5W (5V/1A)
- Package Contents
- 1 x 65-Watt Surface Power Supply
If you have multiple Surface devices that don't have USB-C port, you might want to look into a proprietary Surface charger instead. The 24W Surface Go charger can fully charge your Surface Go in about 2 hours, and you definitely can expect faster results with this 65 power supply. With such an amount of power, it can be used to charge other Surface devices including Surface Pro, Surface Laptop, and even the Surface Book lineup.
Moreover, just like the original Surface Pro charger, this charger has an additional 5-watt USB-A port for charging your gears simultaneously. Anyway, if you want a genuine Surface charger, I recommend you pick one up at Microsoft Store with the following options.
5 Batpower 24W Power Supply for Surface
High-quality 24-Watt Surface Go charger
- Portability & Design
- Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 in
- Wight: 4 oz (113 g)
- Color: Black
- Available Ports
- 1 x Built-in Surface Connect cable: 24W (15V/1.6A)
- Package Contents
- 1 x 24-Watt Surface Power Supply
The BatPower has a range of products for Microsoft Surface specifically, and most of them have high trust from its users in terms of product features, quality, and support. This 24 watts Surface charger, anyway, share the same features and portable design just like the original Surface Go charger. It does come with a foldable plug and a LED indicator light for your convenience. On top of that, it also comes with a cable clip to easily organize the cable which seems to be disappeared from the original Surface Go charger.
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Make sure to check out our tips and tricks for Microsoft Surface Go here:
Buyer's Guide
- Best accessories for Microsoft Surface Go
- Best cases and sleeves for Microsoft Surface Go
- Best bags, messenger bags, and backpacks for Microsoft Surface Go
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Peace is a Dirty Word
By Patrick Kennelly
Three years ago in Bamiyan, a western province of Afghanistan, a multiethnic group of university students gathered for a three month workshop on peacemaking. The group of young leaders met weekly ultimately concluding that peace is impossible in Afghanistan. Undeterred by their conclusion these young people asked: "What do we do to change this reality?"
In answering this question the students decided two critical issues needed to be addressed. First, how do you calm the enflamed ethnic tensions that plague the country? Second, how do you create a culture of peace in a society where the pursuit of peace is associated with wide scale violence and killing?
The university students realized that the decades of war and subsequent exodus of different ethnic groups fleeing conflict upset the power balance and ignited ethnic tensions. In order to tackle this issue the students brought together other students from the over twenty ethnic groups that comprise Afghanistan's population. They divided into small groups to experiment with communal living. They hoped that by forming community they could restore some of the trust that has been destroyed by the conflict and help each other overcome their fear of others. This project lasted several weeks but then broke down into accusations and conflicts ending with death threats. The project was disbanded and some of the students left the region.
After regrouping, the students decided not to give up. They focused on their second question. Their initial step was to analyze the effect of the numerous invasions by outsiders. In their lifetimes, the students had experiences with the Soviets, the world wide Mujaheddin movement, the Taliban, and the Americans and had learned that foreigners could not be trusted to bring peace to their country, that they needed to acknowledge legitimate fears, and began forming a culture of peace from within Afghanistan.
One of the major concerns for many Afghan's is that the pursuit of peace has been connected with political agendas and the wide scale killing of their friends and family. The ICRC reports that 96% of Afghans have been directly affected by the years of violence. In the words of one medical doctor "Peace is a dirty word, derided because Obama won the Nobel peace prize. We know what it is like to be killed for peace. The peace we have seen pursued has no plan. It is not based on love, reconciliation, and truth" In order to counter this negative association with peace, the group decided to began approaching people and organizations one by one to ask them if they would say no to war.
Slowly, the group has grown from a small group of university students to a collection of organizations, government officials, schools, and civilians who are saying that they are volunteers for peace. They are saying that they will not shout down their critics. They are beginning to take public stands and engage in nonviolent actions that convey their desire to live without war. Recently, they launched a festival of human rights, created singing groups to spread their message to the illiterate, tagged the blast walls with message of peace, created peace parks, and planted trees. The group is encouraged because these items have not been vandalized or destroyed. Instead, the number of peace volunteers has grown. They are inviting the international community to come stand behind them and support their work. However, their message is clear that Afghans need to be in control of their own destiny. There are partners for peace in Afghanistan, and all people need to say no to war.
Kennelly is the Associate Director of the Marquette University Center for Peacemaking and is standing behind and supporting the peacemaking efforts organized by the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers and Voices for Creative Nonviolence. He writes from Kabul, Afghanistan. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Movies & Internet
The Motion Picture Access Project (See section at left) was created to revolutionize theater going for the entire deaf and blind communities, but theater owners are somewhat at a standoff with consumers. That is, theater owners have been reluctant to make the initial investment to install equipment because they're unaware how large their potential audiences would be and subsequent profit. So, like a chicken and egg dilemma, they fear they won't have enough customers to make it worth their while; sadly limiting accessible film opportunities. Captioning and descriptive narration were developed by WGBH in Boston. To find an AMC theatre with accessible options, click here.
Assistive Listening Devices
A movie theater, playhouse, auditorium, house of worship, or public meeting place will each have its own type of sound system.
Therefore, the type of ALD offered will greatly vary in quality from one theater to the next; it's advisable for the hard-of-hearing user to test the device before the movie begins to be sure it is working properly and is set for the correct movie (not set for another movie shown in the same complex). If you possess an adapter that allows you to plug your hearing aid directly into the theater's sound system, make sure you bring it (a neckloop or coupler) with you.
Open Captioned Motion Pictures
Open captions contain dialogue, as well as descriptions of sounds and music - vital elements that, like the set design and costumes, set the tone and texture of a production. The soundtrack still plays along with the film, regardless of a consumer's ability to hear it.
Open-captioned films are becoming increasingly available in the United States and internationally. Several companies produce character-generated subtitles. You or your group may wish to request a theater owner to show open-captioned films. You may be the first person to alert the theater owner of the need for open-captioned films in the area. It's profitable for theaters to increase their clientele by including deaf or hard-of-hearing customers through available technology. Per your request, a company that distributes open-captioned films will also contact a theater owner.
Sony Entertainment Access Glasses
CaptiView® Closed Captioning
USL Closed Captioned System (CCS)®
Sensory Friendly Movies
Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
Hangout Captions
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well yes it is
it is the rainbow in the sky after it rains apears
it also is to swallow people who disobey the law
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Special Ed Connections
Kids with studying disabilities usually kind adverse opinions of college and training. They weave in lots of learning supports to help college students with totally different studying types and skill ranges. College students with special instructional needs are given an individualized plan. "Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Youngsters and Younger Folks", London.
Children with disabilities and their dad and mom have sure legal rights, most importantly, the best to problem any recommendation made by a faculty and its employees. Förderschule für schwer mehrfach Behinderte (faculty for kids with severe and a number of disabilities): for youngsters with extreme and a number of disabilities who need very particular care and attention.
It was the primary faculty in the world to show blind students. Separate college or Special college These students are in one other faculty for college kids with special wants. Particular schools may be specifically designed, staffed and resourced to supply applicable special education for kids with extra needs.
This model most often operates below a co-teaching technique, also known as CTT (Collaborative Group Instructing) or ITT (Built-in Co-Educating) , in that the classroom has both a General Schooling and Special Training teacher. The schooling offered by the school should be applicable to the student's particular person needs.
Simpler IEPs specifically outline the kid's wants; are mutually agreed upon by mother and father, academics, and counselors; help activities which are typical of other college students in the identical age-group; promote faculty and group membership, and clearly facilitate the coed's long-range life objectives.


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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Bind 2
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846
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Side 381 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Side 462 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me, — But let us part fair foes ; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things, — hopes which will not deceive, And virtues which are merciful, nor weave Snares for the failing ; I would also deem O'er others...
Side 453 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Side 464 - Returning where my walk begun, Avoiding only, as I trod, My brothers' graves without a sod; For if I thought with heedless tread My step profaned their lowly bed, My breath came gaspingly and thick, And my crush'd heart fell blind and sick.
Side 73 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east...
Side 158 - His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does a' his weary carking cares beguile, An' makes him quite forget his labour an' his toil. Belyve the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun
Side 460 - This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring . Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. It is the hush of night...
Side 80 - This was the noblest Roman of them all : All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, This was a man!
Side 193 - Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow, — When the fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow.
Side 139 - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learn'd the language of another world.


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It's always been hard to keep up with the Kardashians but nowadays, it's for slightly different reasons.
With the premiere of "Kourtney & Kim Take New York," a few more details were revealed about what precipitated the end of Kim and Kris Humpries' super-short marriage.
The episode was pretty much a PSA in marital discord with subjects ranging from cleanliness to naked yoga to Kim clocking her beau after he stepped on and broke her toenail. Humphries, who apparently tuned in, watched with "utter horror" at how his relationship was depicted.
Now, Dr. Drew has taken a serious stance while examining the "playful" violence between Kardashian and Humpries. Though he makes note that their relationship is over, he emphasizes that it's important for other couples to be aware of domestic violence and know that it is a two-way street.
What do you think about Dr. Drew's assessment of Kim and Kris' scuffle?
Kim and Kris are so over, and so are these celebrity couples:


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From the last few weeks, some good stuff we've read that relates to adoption from China and/or parenting a special needs child from China.
As always, if you are a traveling family, or have posted something, or read something, that you'd like to share here on No Hands But Ours, please let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.
From the news:
From the Nanfang Insider, a heart-breaking story of a 3-year HIV+ old boy, who was abandoned at birth and found to be HIV+ a year later. He was separated from the other children and now lives a life of solitude, with hopes of being adopted one day.
In China, a daring few challenge one-child limit (APNews) by Alexa Olesen who tells the stories of several families in China who are trying to change the one-child policy. One desperate mother shares, "I don't think I've committed any crime. A crime is something that hurts other people or society or that infringes on other people's rights. I don't think having a baby is any kind of crime."
Amy and Benjamin Root adopted baby Maisy from China with a special need of hairy nevus birthmark. They just celebrated the one year anniversary of the life-saving surgery she underwent to remove the potentially cancerous mark – and she has made an amazing recovery.
And an article from The Washington Post about Guangzhou, the stopping place for all adoptive families before they exit China. Lots to learn about this beautiful city, the third largest in all of China.
From the bloggy world:
Sara, who blogs at Football and Fried Rice, just came home with her second little one from China. And she shares what it really looks like when you get home from an adoption trip.
Our very own Wife of the Prez shares about her littlest guy, and his new BAHA hearing aid. Adopted from China with a heart defect and cleft lip and palate, his hearing deficiency was an unknown need… but with the help of his BAHA, he can now hear in both ears.
Rachel, who blogs at Kittens and Ladybugs, recounts her new son Jaidin's recent cleft lip and palate surgery – just weeks after coming home from China.
Maia, who blogs at Une Envie de Sel, recently shared a very profound conversation with daughter Q, who came home from China with cleft lip and palate.
Kelley, who blogs at Gazing Upward, recently celebrated six months home and a major breakthrough with her daughter, Caroline LiYun, 13.
Our beloved Tonggu Momma answers some very pointed questions in her post "Am I Angry?" regarding her new daughter, Squirt, and her recent medical scares. Although Squirt came home as a non-special needs child, she has since suffered from several unexplained seizures.
Branda, who blogs at Days Made of Now, shares a red-letter day in the life of parenting a child who was adopted as an 'older child'. Her daughter, ManYu, has made a big step in accepting her new family, and calls her mamma for the very first time.
Liz, who blogs at Learning Patience, recently came home with two little ones from China. She offers up her candid thoughts for anyone considering adopting two children at once.
Traveling Families:
And lastly, if you're like all of us around here, you'll want to take a few moments (or hours!) and travel vicariously with these families currently in China to bring home their kids.


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Mountaineering Collection
The awakening of man's interest in mountains is chiefly due to Rousseau, though earlier writers, while approaching them as scientists, were also susceptible to their charm. This two-fold interest led Saussure to incite J. Balmat to find a way to the summit of Mont Blanc in 1786 and to accompany him thither in 1787. From that ascent alpinism is generally dated. In London in 1857 was formed the first Alpine Club to foster "the community of feeling amongst those who in the life of the High Alps have shared the same enjoyments, the same labours, and the same dangers." This idea, in a modified form, was taken up throughout Continental Europe and advocated with such enthusiasm that more than 100,000 persons of both sexes are now enrolled in the various alpine societies.
The largest of these are the German and Austrian (founded in 1862), about 55,000 members; Swiss (1863), 7000; Italian (1863), 54,000; and French (1874), 6000. In America three strong societies came into being: the Appalachian Mountain Club (q.v.) in Boston (1876), 1300 members; the Sierra Club (1892) in San Francisco, 800; and the 'Mazamas' (1894) in Portland, Ore. In these derivative societies eligibility is based upon a love of nature and of the mountain in particular rather than on alpinism proper, though most of them contain a contingent of expert climbers. The American Alpine Club (1902), with its home in Philadelphia, aims to revert to the original type, but adds to its field polar exploration and the study of glaciers.
Thus cultivated, Alpine climbing has attained almost to a science. Its principles are set forth in extended manuals, such as Dent's Mountaineering, Badminton Library (London, 1892). It has called into existence the class of professional guides—Swiss, Tyrolese, and Italian—whose skill far exceeds that of the best amateurs. Their aid, always expedient in tours above snow line, is indispensable in attacks upon giant peaks in distant lands, such as have frequently been made within recent times.
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List of Mountains
Consult: J. Forbes, Travels Through the Alps (Edinburgh, 1843); A. W. Moore, The Alps in 1864, from MS. copy (Edinburgh, 1902); J. Ball and E. S. Kennedy, Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers (London, 1859-62); G. Studer, Ueber Eis und Schnee (Bern, 1869-71); J. Tyndall, Mountaineering in 1861 (London, 1862); id., Hours of Exercise in the Alps (ib., 1871); L. Stephen, The Playground of Europe (ib., 1871); E. Whymper, Scrambles Among the Alps (ib., 1871): id., Travels in the Great Andes of the Equator (ib., 1892); C. T. Dent, Above the Snow-line (ib., 1885); Clarence King, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (Boston, 1886); W. M. Conway, Climbing in the Karaoram-Himalayas (London, 1894); id., The Alps from End to End (ib., 1895); id., The Bolivian Andes (New York, 1901); A. F. Mummery, My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus (ib., 1895); E. A. Fitzgerald, Climbs in the New Zealand Alps (ib., 1896); id., The Highest Andes (ib., 1899); F. M. B. Workman, In the Ice World of the Himalaya (New York, 1898); C. E. Mathews, The Annals of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn (London, 1898); F. De Filippi, The Ascent of Mount Saint Elias (London, 1900); W. D. Wilcox, Camping in the Canadian Rockies (New York, 1900); J. N. Collie, Climbing in the Himalayas and Other Mountains (Edinburgh, 1902). For recent American mountaineering, consult Appalachia, vols, i.-ix. (Boston, 1876-1902), and Sierra Club Bulletin, vols. i.-iii. (San Francisco, 1893-1903).
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If you don't feel like taking your kids to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi this Christmas, it looks as though you will have another family-friendly option. 20th Century Fox UK has come out with a new trailer for its upcoming animated film Ferdinand. It looks pretty delightful. You can check it out for yourself below:
This trailer provides a couple interesting points. First of all, none other than John Cena voices the titular bull. After comedic turns in Trainwreck and Daddy's Home, it seems as though Cena is working toward becoming the next wrestler-turned-actor. He was absolutely hilarious in Trainwreck, so here's hoping his career turns out more like Dwayne Johnson's and less like Hulk Hogan's.
Next, the plot of the film seems to have some social relevance. Ferdinand is taken away and forced to go into bull-fighting for a living. Through this, he is separated from his owner, Nina. He embarks on an epic adventure to return to her. In this process, he tries to free all the other bulls. It's not entirely dissimilar from Finding Dory, which also involved freeing a bunch of animals from captivity.
An increasing number of talking animal films seem to be about getting freed from human control. Perhaps filmmakers have learned a lesson or two from Blackfish.
Here is the official synopsis:
After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, Ferdinand is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure. Set in Spain, Ferdinand proves you can't judge a bull by its cover.
In addition to John Cena, Ferdinand also stars Gina Rodriguez, Kate McKinnon, Anthony Anderson, Sally Phillips, and David Tennant. Carlos Saldanha (Rio and Ice Age) directs the film. Jordan Roberts (Big Hero 6) and Munro Leaf, author of the classic children's book "The Story of Ferdinand," are the writers.
Ferdinand will be in theaters December 2017.
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The Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens kicked off with a festive Cantonese opera warrior dance, captains' photo shoot and coaches' press conference to welcome 28 men's national teams to the seventh stop of the Sevens World Series calendar. With Rugby Sevens set to make its Olympic debut in 2016, the spotlight is even brighter on one of the biggest sporting events of the year in Hong Kong.
Fiji is the two-time defending champion and the all-time winningest team in the event's history, but it comes into the tournament ranked third behind South Africa and New Zealand in the Series standings. The three countries have evenly split the first six World Series tournament titles, and Fiji Head Coach Ben Ryan says that he is not worried.
"As I'm always told, you could lose every game all year, [but] as long as you win Hong Kong, you'll be okay," Ryan joked during the press conference.
This year's field is the largest ever with a group of "core" and "qualifying" captains. Twelve teams falling under the latter category will compete for a chance to become promoted to "core" status in a new Hong Kong qualifying tournament, and earning the right to compete in the 2014-2015 HSBC Sevens World Series. Meanwhile, the core team that finishes in last place in the standings following the conclusion of the season in May will be relegated.
The captains of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams, Kyle Brown of South Africa and DJ Forbes of New Zealand, posed for photos alongside the trophy to cap off the photo session. When asked to square off in a staring match in the style of a pre-heavyweight boxing title matchup, they couldn't bring themselves to do it.
Video: Coaches' pre-tournament press conference – 2014 Hong Kong Sevens
video by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine
Five head coaches met the press in advance of the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens: Neil Powell (South Africa), Sir Gordon Tietjens (New Zealand), Ben Ryan (Fiji), Simon Amor (England) and Gareth Baber (Hong Kong).
Core teams: New Zealand, Samoa, United States, Scotland, England, Portugal, Canada, Argentina, South Africa, Spain, Australia, France, Fiji, Kenya, Wales (note: Sri Lanka is also in the main draw as Asia's third-highest ranked team)
Qualifying teams: American Samoa, Barbados, Chile, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zimbabwe
The Hong Kong Sevens 2014 take place Mar. 28-30 at Hong Kong Stadium.


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The indigenous Romanian sheep (lamb) breed Tsigai, related to Merino and British Sheep, is one of the most economically important native sheep group from south-eastern Europe (Romania, some Balkan countries and Hungary). It seems to be originally the sheep of long distance transhumance shepherds and was located in central and south-eastern Romania (Carpathians Bend, hills of Transylvania and S-E plain).
Romanian Tsigai Lambs for Export
Per client's request, these Romanian lambs can be delivered with or without wool as well.
From the total number of the sheep present in Romania, the Tsigai sheep represent 5,34% and it is the second biggest breed type after Tsurcana breed (80,5%)
The Tsigai sheep breed formed in the south-east of the Caspic Sea by the domestication of the Arkar wild breed. In the present, important parts from the Tsigai breed can be found in the Central European and East European countries like Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Republic of Moldova and the south of Ukraine.
In Romania, the spreading area of the Tsigai breed was overall represented by the south of Moldova and Dobrogea. With the growing demand of wool, after 1950, grew the demand of semi-fine wool. And in response to that, the breeders made crossbreeds between Tsigai and Tsurcana breeds, resulting a new so called race.


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Milium vernale subsp. montianum (Parl.) Jahand. & Maire
Quick facts
|Threat status Europe
|Not evaluated (IUCN)
|Valid parent species
|Milium vernale
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.
The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.
See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.
Other resources available below may have more information.
Common names and synonyms
|Milium montianum
Other resources
|GBIF search
|Global Biodiversity Information Facility
|ITIS search
|Interagency Taxonomic Information System
|NCBI search
|National Center for Biotechnology Information


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Mike Pireddu – Team & Marketing Manager for Option Distribution, Italy
January 1, 2009
Mike Pireddu – Team & Marketing Manager for Option Distribution, Italy
This month's Industrial Profile travels abroad to rendezvous with Mike Pireddu, the Team & Marketing Manager for Option Distribution, Italy. When Mike's not spraying powder in the Italian Alps, surfing secret spots in Italy, or throwin' down some capoeira, he's out boosting Option Distribution's presence throughout Italy.
Though Mike has his hands full with all the brands under Option's umbrella, he was gracious enough to provide some insight about his career, and various aspects of the action sports industry in Europe. Seeing that Mike grew up in Italy, he's able to shed new light on how things are run abroad, and provides a unique take on how the ASI is perceived in Europe. That being said, it's time for Mike to take over. Enjoy!
What inspired you to get involved in snowboarding and surfing? Who exposed you to this side of life?
Well, that's a good question. I was always involved in all kind of
sports like soccer, basketball, baseball and rugby. I love to watch
American Football, and I used to play soccer during high school. Some of
my school mates started snowboarding, and I always liked the idea of doing this
new way of shredding the mountains, but as it happens a lot of times in a
lifetime, I wasn't involved in snowboarding at the beginning that much. At
the time, I also discovered the magic world of surfing the waves, and step by
step my addictions were found. I can easily say that my friends Piero and
Luigi where the ones that took me on board!
Where have you spent the majority of your time snowboarding and surfing in Europe?
In Europe, I have snowboarded the Italian Alps and Apennines, as well as
Swiss, France and Austria. In all those places I have some good friends to
shred with, and this is really nice. In Aosta Valley in Italy, my friends
Davide, Max "Bubba," Gianni and others always host me so I have the chance to
shred with them, and this is the same in Sudtirol where I shred with Max
Stampfl, Plazy, Marco Concin and Plazy. They are the greatest ever, and they
always give me great tips to improve my riding. Recently I have started
shooting pictures for magazines, so this gives me another good reason to explore
new spots with my rider friends.
How does the "action sports" scene in Europe differ from the United States (i.e. audience, reach, mentality, lifestyle, etc)?
Another good question! Europe is kind of a complicated place. There are big differences between every country, even if they are not so far away. It's really funny when someone from the USA comes over the seas for the first time and explores different countries here, and all these different people make the market diverse in all the Eu countries as well. I think the main difference between Europe and the U.S. is the culture of those sports and how they are viewed by the main audience.
On the southwest coast of France, surfing is well known and it's not strange to see people wearing action sport's goods, just like you'd see in Cali' and at other surf spots. Snowboarding is still a kind of tricky situation. In a lot of places there is still a kind of conflict between skiers and snowboarders.
Seeing that a lot of brands are going mainstream nowadays, you'll see a lot of people that don't do action sports wearing our goodies.
Is there a specific region or area that's seen as the heart of the action sports industry in Europe?
In my opinion, Hossegor and Biarritz are considered the heart of surfing
industry for sure, and then we have Innsbruck and Munich where industry
companies like Burton and other snowboard brands are based. However, the
"European Cali" is for sure in the southwest of France (Hossegor &
Biarritz). You could consider Innsbruck as some kind of Utah or
Is the surf or snowboard lifestyle popular among people who don't actually do the sports (i.e. the way people dress, attitudes, etc)?
There is a massive use of action sports in a lot of advertising for mobile phones brands, fashion brands, car companies and more. For example, it's common to see skate shoes on young guys that don't skate or surf because they like the dress code we use. They see the gear on television or in a magazine and just want to wear it, even if they don't realize they're wearing super hi-tech skate shoes and never understand what real comfort those shoes provide skaters. It's kind of funny, but it's OK. That's the way it is!
In your opinion, do you think your education in Europe gave you the upper hand in your career, compared to your peers in the U.S. with similar positions (noting the heavy emphasis on language in Europe and length of schooling)?
The main difference in education is the background a European education gives you. You study a lot of different subjects that provide you with a general overview of the fields you are going to operate in. On the other hand, the length of schooling, in my opinion, is not that good. It's way too much schooling compared to U.S.
I sometimes think that inspiration and natural skills are not considered that much in Europe, and maybe that's why a lot of young brains go to the U.S. Then with the new world order (globalization) there's a mix of the two ways of schooling, and we see young talented managers doing what someone in Europe is doing at 30-35 years old. Sometimes this age gap makes the difference. For example, if you do marketing for an audience that is 15 to 22, you must understand and live their trends and lifestyle. A 40-year-old man can't really get in there and understand the audience like a younger colleague can. I tend to sway more toward the U.S. idea of education, yet I like the idea of both sides!
Have you visited headquarters in the U.S. or Canada for any of the brands you've worked for?
Yes for sure. When I worked for Nomis Design, I spent two weeks in the main office, which in 2006 was still in Squamish (BC, Canada). They moved to Vancouver and their new office is amazing! When I moved to Option Distribution, I had the chance to visit Vermont and Utah for the sales meeting. I think that only a strong relationship between main offices and distributors can lead the two parts to reach the goals they both aim for. In particular, the import-export process needs to be done in a really close cooperation between the two parts due to different laws and VAT; it's very complicated as you know.
You take on a lot of responsibility at Option Distribution as Team and Marketing Manager for Insight, Dragon, Nomis Design, Grenade, Rome Snowboards and Technine. What do you spend the majority of your time working on?
Is a big work, isn't it! I spend a lot of time on all of them; the days seem to never end. I spend the majority of my time developing new strategies to make the brands stronger by increasing their sales and making them more respected. I also work a lot to support sell-out with events, spend time with the team, and make sure every strategy works out. We have both one season brands, like the snowboard brands, and two season brands like Insight-Dragon and Nomis, so I am pretty busy all the year. I also work for 69 SLAM (www.69slam.com), so I have a lot to do!
Do you use the same marketing strategy for each brand, or does each brand have its own marketing strategy?
Not at all! Every brand is different and must have its own strategy in order to respect the international directions. I strongly relate with all the marketing managers and brand directors on the international side for both communication and trade marketing (i.e. Brian for Grenade, E-Stone for Technine, Iker Aguirre and JC Clenet for Dragon, Shannon and Josh for Insight, Erik and Runke for Rome). It's not so easy sometimes, but I am doing my best to give every brand an image in Italy as close as possible to the international side.
Do you find consumers in Europe to be brand loyal, or are they pretty in their purchasing decisions?
We have the core part of the market that is brand loyal, but for the most part buyers are really fickle. They are influenced by what they find in the stores first, so the role of brand placement is really important. I mean, due to the situation of the ASI in Europe, a lot of consumers don't know the history of the brands. They just find them cool when they see them in the stores or broadcasted on TV programs. I am personally loyal to some brands because I'm lucky to still be supported by Etnies in Italy (www.etnies.com) and my friends at Iuter (www.iuter.com) in all my activity such riding, traveling and photography. I would also like to say thanks to Bakoda because their bags really help me out during my travels (www.bakoda.com/), and Landing Headwear (www.landingheadwear.com). Thanks you guys!
What is the latest trend, or "Hot Ticket," when it comes to snowboard products in Europe?
Right now…tight clothes! Yeah, we need some time to get the new trends on. So after being Gangster, snowboarders in Europe have been wearing a lot of jeans on the slopes. Maybe this one is the latest trend I've seen, but personally, I don't wear a tight snowboard outfit. I just wear what my style suggests me!
What have you done, or are working on, to keep the brands under Option Distribution unique and different from the competition (seeing that the European market is so dynamic and diverse)?
I just do my best 24/7 to always keep the dream because without it you're just like everyone else. I am Mike, and as Mike I work for those brands because I can express myself by wearing and riding with those brands.
What is the most extreme, off-the-wall marketing/advertising campaign you've put into action in Europe? For example, something that wouldn't necessarily be acceptable or tolerated in the U.S. due to censorship.
Man, we have Vatican in Italy! Unfortunately, we have censorship
too. I did some co-partnerships with other brands, e-mail competitions for
kids, team building and shooting, but nothing that would cause problems with censorship. I am a good boy, except when the party
is hot! However, guerrilla marketing is a tool that must be used a lot on
those days.
What companies in the industry stand out when it comes to "pushing the limit" in advertising and marketing in Europe?
One of the advertisers that really impressed me was the video shoot by Quiksilver about surfing. They launched some dynamite in a river, which created a wave to surf. This campaign had a really strong impact, especially noting the fact that we talk about respecting nature when talking about surfing.
What advice can you give someone interested in obtaining a career on the international side of business?
Learn as many foreign languages you can, be yourself, understand which field you are operating in (basically have some sociologic background), travel as much as you can, never forget your aim and goal, and surf, snowboard or do any other sport that will open your mind to different people and cultures. After that, do your best to make it a reality.
Who would you like to thank?
I'd like to say thanks to Fred and Dennis at Bataleon Snowboards, Mat and all the Chamberlain Brothers, my mother, Giuseppe at Spy Optics, Iker at Dragon, Brian at Grenade, Alessandro Rondinelli and everyone at Option Distribution, Claudio Cuccu, Ethan Stone and Cole Taylor at Technine, Iuter, Etnies Italy, my homies Gigi, Zibi, Federico, Nanni and the others guys from Vicenza, Gianni, Davide, Bubba and the guys from Aosta's valley, Sudtirol Connection and Alex from Fakie shop, all the guys I surf with, Andrea Rigano, Alo, Lorenzo "Fizza" Verdinelli for all their help and the help they still give me, and Stefano Campagnolo. Thank you guys so much for everything!
Fave 5: Which would you prefer?
1. Panini or tramezini?
2. French or Austrian Alps? Austrian Alps.
3. An "All Nighter" in the U.S. or from dusk till dawn in Europe? Both!?
4. Football (U.S.) or Football (Europe)? Football Europe!
5. Estrella Damm or Bud Light? Neither. FORST beer from Sudtirol!
Feel free to visit Mike's blog (www.mikepireddu.blogspot.com) and
leave a comment!


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Question: Is Kṛṣṇa consciousness the same as Hinduism?
Śrīla Govinda Mahārāj: Previously Hindus were identified by who was living on the bank of the Sindhu River and following the Vedic knowledge and culture. The culture grew on both sides of that river. They were identified as Hindu. The Veda in Hinduism came down from the transcendental level: that knowledge was not made by any one man, but it came from God, and the Hindus followed that Vedic culture and knowledge as their religion.
Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness exists within that Vedic cultural society, but the conception is always different in some way with them. We know that this religion of Vaiṣṇavism has come from Viṣṇu as well as Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is our Guru, Kṛṣṇa is our Lord, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this is the conception. This conception is written in the Vedas, Vedānta, Upaniṣads, and so many other scriptures and it is indicated as the religion for all jīva-souls. 'Jīva-souls' means all the living entities in human form as well as other species of life; there are eighty-four hundred thousand species that are identified as jīva-souls. In the human form there is willing, feeling, and thinking. Within humans there is consciousness, blossoming consciousness, and fully blossomed consciousness. Other life-forms have consciousness but it is more suppressed than in humans. Trees have consciousness but it is suppressed consciousness. It is proved by the scientists now, but we know this knowledge from the time of the Vedic revelation, when it first descended. There are five levels of consciousness flowing.
Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the religion for all the jīva-souls. Here there is no differentiation based on caste, creed, race, colour, or anything else. In Hinduism there is some differentiation between brāhmaṇ, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, and brahmachārī, vānaprastha, gṛhastha, sannyās, and according to their different levels their living style is indicated. But our religion is not differentiating in that way. We know that we are part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but we are within the illusory environment, and from this illusory environment we need to connect with the transcendental world. And if anyone will follow this religion of the jīva-soul he will be benefitted. This is our conception. Hindusim differentiates between caste and creed, but this is non-sectarian. Īśvara, God, is one, and we are all part and parcel of God. Because we are very tiny jīva-souls, then our power is very little, and because of that we are defeated by the illusory environment. But in this age of Kali there is a super chance, that God has descended as a transcendental vibration form. If we try to satisfy Him through chanting, we can transform our plane from material to transcendental. For the transformation of material consciousness to transcendental consciousness we are practising chanting the Holy Name of the Lord, and we are also following some other Bhakti Yoga practices. This is my answer.
Spoken by Srila Gurudev during his visit to Italy in September 2000
Hinduism & Krishna Consciousness
Question: Is Kṛṣṇa consciousness the same as Hinduism?


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Steelshanks Walton escorts Jaime from Harrenhal and back toward the House of Lannister with several hundred men. Jaime is anxious about returning home with a severed hand. After a draught of dreamwine, Jaime has a vivid and symbolic nightmare, in which all of the important people in his life play a part, including Brienne. Concerned for her safety, Jaime convinces Steelshanks to return to Harrenhal so they can rescue her. When they arrive, Jaime sees that Vargo Hoat has Brienne fighting a bear in a pit with only a blunted sword. Vargo Hoat's ear is also mutilated, because he tried to rape Brienne, so she ripped his lobe with her teeth. Jaime leaps into the pit and helps Brienne, and ultimately Steelshanks' archers shoot the bear to death. Seeing no point in a battle, Vargo Hoat lets them leave without a fight. When Brienne asks why Jaime returned to save her, he admits he dreamt of her.
Robb, Edmure, Catelyn, and 3,500 bannermen leave for the castle known as the Twins to celebrate the marriage of Edmure and Roslin. Robb leaves Jeyne behind. They struggle with rainy weather and a difficult river to ford. Catelyn insists that Robb name an heir until Jeyne can have a son. Robb thinks of naming Jon Snow his heir, but Catelyn doesn't approve and suggests Jon Snow can't be trusted. They argue until Robb walks off. In the following days, Robb continues to make battle plans, as he expects to win back his alliance with the Freys. When Catelyn asks how she can help, Robb tells her to stay safe, a passive role that Catelyn resents.
Samwell and Gilly arrive in the abandoned village of Whitetree. Samwell walks while Gilly, still in pain from childbirth, rides their horse. They make camp, feeling exhausted and miserable. Samwell sings a sweet song, and he remembers that his stern father detested the lyrics. Suddenly they are attacked by the reanimated corpse of Small Paul, one of the Night's Watch, who has come back as a wight. Samwell tries to use the obsidian dagger, but it shatters on Small Paul's armor. Finally Samwell is able to set him on fire, but outside he finds Gilly surrounded by wights. Out of nowhere a rider on a giant elk calls Sam, and when he and Gilly mount up with him, Samwell sees that he has black, frozen hands.
Sandor and Arya, who is now Sandor's prisoner, travel a great distance. They reach a river, which Arya guesses is Blackwater Rush. Sandor conscripts a ferryman to take him across, but because he has little money, he threatens the ferryman with violence. The boat hits a fallen tree and a boatman falls into the river, probably drowning in the rapids. Sandor gives the ferryman a promissory note, which the ferryman calls worthless. After an argument with Arya, Sandor reveals that the river is not the Blackwater, but the Trident. While Arya guessed that Sandor was taking her to the Lannisters, he is actually taking her to the Twins, where he intends to ransom her to the Starks.
Making his way back to the Wall, Jon warns the people of Mole's Town that an army of wildlings approaches. When he reaches the Wall, the first to identify Jon is Donal Noye, the blacksmith. Rumors have spread that Jon has defected, but Jon explains his orders from Qhorin Halfhand. He receives medical treatment from Maester Aemon and learns that Commander Mormont died in a scuffle at Craster's Keep. Jon relates his intelligence, but also admits to breaking his vow by sleeping with Ygritte. Jon is informed that Winterfell was destroyed and Bran and Rickon are dead, but Jon does not believe the news, because he saw Bran's direwolf not long ago and it knew him.
Jaime's dream reveals all his fears and feelings of guilt. When it starts he finds himself under Casterly Rock, the ancestral home of the Lannisters, in a dark place that he fears. The voices of all the Lannisters over the years tell him it's his place, as does Cersei, and the feeling of doom he associates with the place suggests he feels he is being condemned somehow by his family. The only thing that gives him relief from this fear is the sword he picks up, which makes him feel like he can defend himself. He also finds Brienne there suddenly with her hands bound and asking Jaime to free her, implying Jaime feels a measure of guilt for having left her imprisoned at Harrenhal. The ghostly forms that then appear are mostly Jaime's brothers from the kingsguard, and when they all judge him for killing King Aerys, he desperately wants to explain to them why he did it. They don't listen, however, and close in around him. The episode makes clear that, though Jaime believes he did the right thing in killing Aerys, he still feels guilty, and persecuted as well. To Jaime, these feelings are closing around him like the ghosts, and threaten to overwhelm him.


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Suddenly Al Sharpton is concerned with accuracy in reporting:
Reverend Al Sharpton and his lawyers say they are preparing to file a defamation lawsuit against conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for an op-ed published Saturday, which Sharpton alleges "erroneously" characterizes his (Sharpton's) role in a string of violent incidents in New York in the early 90's.
Hey Rush, don't forget about Al's part in saying the white Duke lacrosse players who were accused of raping a black woman were guilty (Al was joined by Jesse Jackson) when in fact they were being railroaded and all charges were subsequently dropped.
If anybody should be suing, it's Limbaugh. Here's Sharpton, along with other pathetic agenda-driven slimeballs disguised as "reporters" and the rabid reptilian undertaker James Carville on an MSNBC show running with the bogus quote about "slavery building the south" that was attributed to Limbaugh:
SANCHEZ: Limbaugh's perceived racist diatribes are (pause) too many to name. Here's a sampling. He once declared that "slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."
SHUSTER: Critics are saying Limbaugh's racially charged remarks through the years, among them: "slavery…had its merits."
HALL: Should a person who says there are "merits" with slavery be able to have this privilege of owning a team?
CARVILLE: The problem is — is — and it is not Rush's ideology. It's some of his statements [have] just been very, very unsettling to everybody particularly to African-Americans. He also spoke with some nostalgia about slavery which is, you know, ungh! Not even going to try to go there.
HALL: "Slavery…had its merits," and you're talking —
REPORTER: That's what he said.
SHARPTON: — in an industry [with] over two-thirds black players and we're sitting around acting as though that, uhh, this should be questioned?
SHARPTON: Doesn't matter. I think that he sells racial kind of, uh, statements. Whether in his heart he means it or not is really immaterial. You cannot sell that in the daytime and then go to the conference table later and go against what you sold as your personality. He has to be the same person. Are we going to say that Rush is going to say, "Now, that's really just my schtick and here I'm somebody else"? Of course not! He'd put himself out of business.
Sanchez retracted his phony accusation, after the damage was done of course, and others have as well, but on the retraction issue, Al Sharpton was AWOL as usual.
What Sharpton means about whether it's "in his heart or not" being immaterial is that it's also immaterial if Limbaugh actually said it at all.
If Sharpton sues, Limbaugh should propose a settlement that would include buying Al a stake in the St. Louis Rams. The NFL and Al Sharpton deserve each other.
Update: Ann Althouse: Look out, Reverend Al — it's a trap!


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Mortgage lender GE Money says it will not lend to applicants who have taken out a payday loan during the previous three months, even if they have paid it back on time and without problem.
GE, a sub-prime lender which specialises in lending to people with tarnished credit records, will also reject those who have taken out two or more loans over the course of the previous year, but outside the previous three months.
In a statement, it said: "As a responsible lender in a challenging market, we review a range of data to make prudent mortgage lending decisions. Payday loan data is one of many items included in this review, and if a mortgage applicant has a current, or had a recent, payday loan, it is unlikely that we will consider their mortgage application."
The lender started requesting information from credit reference agency Experian about whether applicants had borrowed payday loans in May in response to the steep rise in the number of such loans taken out. A spokesman for the company said it regarded the use of such loans as "indicative of financial stress".
Payday lenders – a term used for a wide range of short-term, high-cost lenders regardless of whether repayment of loans is linked to a borrower's payday – have been accused of inappropriate lending to people on low incomes who are often only taking out payday loans because of financial distress.
They charge extremely high rates of interest – Wonga, the highest profile short-term lender, charges 4,215% APR – and allow borrowers to roll over loans from one month to the next, meaning the interest charges can eventually exceed the amount originally borrowed. Labour MP Stella Creasy has described payday lenders as "legal loan sharks". The industry is under scrutiny by the Office of Fair Trading and faces a tightening of regulation.
Russell Hamblin-Boone, spokesman for the Finance and Leasing Association, which has Wonga as its only payday lender member, said the government had been clear that one of the changes it wanted was for payday lenders to share more data: the idea is that the more lenders know about applicants, the less inappropriate borrowing they would do.
But he added that GE Money's stance could be counterproductive, particularly if it was adopted by mainstream mortgage lenders, by deterring payday lenders from sharing information about borrowers. "It's stigmatisation of individuals on the basis that they have chosen an alternative to the high-street banks," he said.
Mainstream lenders, including the Nationwide, HSBC and the Halifax, denied they will reject potential mortgage borrowers on the grounds that they had taken out payday loans. An HSBC spokesmansaid: "It doesn't make any difference to us. If you've got outstanding debt it will reduce the amount you can borrow, but that goes for any kind of borrowing. We don't make a special case of payday loans."
However, mortgage brokers posting underneath an article on the website Mortgage Strategy reported that they have had clients rejected by mainstream banks, including the Nationwide.
One posted: "I obtained a successful decision in principle for a client with Nationwide and submitted a full application. But when the underwriter looked at the case he declined it, leaving both myself and the client very angry and frustrated!! The client had had a number of payday loans, but they had all been repaid within 21 days (or less) of taking them out."
Nationwide said payday loans may have been a contributing fact in rejecting the applicant, but it would not have been the only reason for refusing him a loan. "If they had more than one, we'd look at it manually, but as long as they've had no problems we would still lend to them," a spokeswoman said.
John Lamidey of the Consumer Finance Association, which represents several payday lenders, said: "It will frighten consumers because they will end up thinking that having a good repayment record will not help them."


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Second Annual Brain Mapping Day at the US Congress
A Congressional Brief on the state-of-the-art in Brain Mapping and Neuroscience
Organizers: Brain Mapping Foundation and Congressional Neuroscience Caucus
Location: Gold Room in Rayburn building,
United States Congress, Washington DC
Friday May 10th, 2013, 10-12AM EST
Moderator: Drs. Karen Summar, Director of the Down Syndrome Clinic at Children's National Medical Center and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellow, and Babak Kateb, President of Brain Mapping Foundation, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics, Director of National Center for NanoBioElectronics and editor of the Textbook of Nanoneuroscience and Nanoneurosurgery.
Talk times are 5 minutes (5 slides max). Q/A will be at the end of all talks.
1. Howard J Federoff, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Georgetown University School of Medicine and Executive Dean and Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, USA
Title of the talk: What kind of data is important to understand the brain?
2. Peter J. Basser, Ph.D., Senior Investigator (NIH IRP)
Director, Program on Pediatric Imaging and Tissue Sciences (PPITS)
Chief, Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics (STBB)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title of the Talk: Making the Invisible Visible through state-of-the-Art Brain Mapping Technologies
3. Keith L. Black, MD, Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Director, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center
Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Title of the Talk: Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and Traumatic Brain Injury through non-invasive Retinal imaging
4. Joel Kupersmith, M.D.,Chief Research and Development Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, USA
Title of the talk: 4. VA Contribution to the BRAIN Initiative: Bench and Bedside.
5. Rafat Ansari, PhD, Scientist, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, USA
Title of the Talk: Non-Invasive and Early Detection of Ocular and Systemic Diseases using Light and "Eye as a Window to the Body"
6. Shouleh Nikzad, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
Lead, Advanced UV/Vis/NIR Detectors, Imaging Systems, & Nano-sciences,
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Visiting Faculty, Physics, Math, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
Visiting Scientist, Neurosurgery Department, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Title of the Talk: From Nebulae to Neurons: How NASA Technology can have an Impact on Brain Mapping, Neuroscience, Medicine and Healthcare.
7. Charlie Teo, MD, Conjoint Assoc. Professor University of New South Wales, Department of Neurosurgery
Director; Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery POW Private Hospital Barker Australia
Title of the talk: What Cancer Kills More Children Than Any Other? BRAIN
8. Kuldip Sidhu, PhD, Professor of Stem cells, UNSW Medicine, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia
Title of the Talk: Human Brain in a Petri Dish: New Stem Cells-based Paradigm in Tackling Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Google's chief legal officer today accused rivals Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple of "a hostile, organized campaign against Android ... waged through bogus patents."
The validity of Android has been questioned in numerous patent cases, with Apple blocking sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab in Australia, Microsoft collecting licensing payments from at least five Android vendors, and Oracle suing Google over use of Java.
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Still another example led Google chief legal officer David Drummond to accuse rivals of teaming up against Android. Drummond called out Microsoft and Apple for teaming up to purchase Nortel patents for $4.5 billion, beating out a $900 million bid from Google.
In a post on Google's official blog titled "When patents attack Android," Drummond bemoans that Google's rivals bought Nortel patents "to make sure Google didn't get them," while "seeking $15 licensing fees for every Android device; attempting to make it more expensive for phone manufacturers to license Android (which we provide free of charge) than Windows Mobile; and even suing Barnes & Noble, HTC, Motorola, and Samsung. Patents were meant to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as a weapon to stop it."
Drummond promised that Google is "looking at other ways to reduce the anti-competitive threats against Android by strengthening our own patent portfolio," while warning that continued patent problems will force consumers to pay more for Android devices.
Rivals Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple argue that Google and Android vendors have stolen their intellectual property. Apple, for example, has argued that Android phones and tablets mimic the appearance of the iPhone and iPad.
Apple's acting CEO Tim Cook said in a recent earnings call that "we love competition. We think it's great for us and for everyone. But we want people to invent their own stuff and we're going to make sure that we defend our portfolio perfectly," according to a transcript on SeekingAlpha.com.
After Google posted Drummond's blog on its main Twitter feed, software consultant and self-described "Windows enthusiast" Robert McLaws responded "@google Hey, great post on patents and innovation. Is that your explanation for blatantly stealing Sun's Java source code too? #dontbeevil."
When Java was owned by Sun, Google rejected an offer to license the technology for $100 million, and now Oracle is in court trying to make Google pay up.
Microsoft, meanwhile, may actually make more money through licensing fees paid by Android vendors than it does through sales of its own Windows Phone 7.
The software patent system has many critics, particularly when it comes to "non-practicing entities," outfits that exist only to acquire patents and sue real tech companies. One such entity won a $5 million verdict against Google over its use of Linux.
But Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple are not mere patent trolls, and have the financial resources -- and perhaps enough intellectual property -- to hamstring Android's rise.
"Android is on fire. More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a network of 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers," Drummond writes in the Google blog.
"A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a 'tax' for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder for manufacturers to sell Android devices. Instead of competing by building new features or devices, they are fighting through litigation."
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You may recognize this gorgeous family from their maternity session a few years ago and big brother's newborn session. I can't believe how much he has grown and was so excited to see them again and meet baby brother (his session will be blogged soon!). We had so much fun on their property! Such a beautiful location with gorgeous light!
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I got to meet this gorgeous baby girl a few months ago! She was such an awesome sleeper! Her grandparents from both sides came to meet this beauty and you can tell she was surrounded in love <3 It was so wonderful to meet you H family and I hope to see you again!! Enjoy her!
5 years ago, I opened my doors for business. This was my first ever paying client:
Many photography businesses do not make it to 5 years. Many don't make it past their 1st year.
It's been an amazing journey. I've met so many wonderful people and I've watched some gorgeous kiddos grow and change from tiny newborns to little kids! I've watched preteens turn into graduating seniors and families expand from couples to a couple of kids! It's been a pleasure and an honor to photograph you all. Thank you for being there with me on this journey <3 In honor of 5 years, I'm giving away 5 mini sessions!! That's an amazing give away. Mini sessions can be used as is, or you can apply that toward a bigger session! Mini sessions take place on my property or studio, last 30 minutes and include 10 edited digital files.
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Message: Phone Freeze SIM unavailable please contact service provider
I have been given two old Samsung flip phones: A411 and C5220 which are all Telstra prepaid phones. No SIM or documentation. When inserting my BOOST SIM card which is operated on the Telstra network the phones work fine. I want to use a SIM from a different provider but the phones come up with:
Phone Freeze SIM unavailable please contact service provider.
I tried this new SIM in another phone and it is activated and works fine.
I checked on both old phones with *#7465625# and only the network lock is ON, all other locks are OFF and as I mentioned before, the phones work fine with a Telstra network SIM.
I rang Telstra and they kindly supplied me with the network unlock key for both phones based on the phone's IMEI numbers. Yet, I could not enter this code and the phones come up with the Phone Freeze message. As soon as I put the Telstra network SIM in again the phones work okay.
I rang Telstra back again and they said that I will have to contact SAMSUNG since the phone freeze is due to too many wrong tries to enter the unlock code and I will need to get an 'unfreeze key' (MCK?) before I can try to enter the Telstra network unlock key.
Did contact SAMSUNG on live chat and they ask me to do a master reset with *2767*3855# . It is still 'Phone freeze' for the non telstra sim but works again with my BOOST sim! I told them that I don't think the phone is not working but might need some other code.
They answered: 'I do get your point there, however for us to remove the phone freeze we would need to have the technicians look unto the mobile phone since even the Master Reset did not fix the issue'. I contacted the recommended local Samsung repairer but unfortunately they are asking for quite a lot 'just to have a look'.
Can someone please help to save these phones from the recycling bin?
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This week we got together some of the kids from Camdenville Public School with one of our fabulous mural artists, Neil Tomkins of Birdhat Art, the Mayor of Marrickville, Cr Jo Haylen, and Camdenville Public Principal and garden member, Sue Smith. It was a spring celebration of the glorious mural produced by Neil and his colleague Daniel O'Toole in a project working with children of Camdenville Public School earlier in the year. The project was generously funded by an Arts and Cultural Grant from Marrickville Council.
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From October 2016 through September 2017, Concordia is hosting nine guest speakers as part of its celebration of the 500th Reformation Anniversary Year (see http://reformation.cune.edu/). The lectures feature a wide range of topics: the Middle Ages and Reformation; Renaissance Humanism; Confession/Witness; Women of the Reformation; Reformation Mission; Christians in the Visual Arts; Creation; God's Word; and Hymnody and the Reformation. It is a blessing to attend the lectures and to interact with the guest speakers. As I reflect on the lectures, one of my takeaways is the breadth and depth of the Reformation's impact on God's church and world. The Reformation was the rediscovery of the Good News of the Gospel, and a whole lot more! The nine topics, though distinct and geared to highlight a variety of academic disciplines, did not touch on everything. There is more, much more that we could have invited guest lecturers to consider and present. For example, the topic of Reformation Ethics is missing!
Thus, please receive the Summer 2017 edition of Issues in Christian Education and its writers as the tenth presentation in our series of Reformation celebration topics. The goal of the edition is to provide the reader an opportunity to consider, in the context of our Lutheran, Reformation heritage, the value, necessity and application of Christian ethics today.
In a recent blog post, Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission (UICM) and Director of LCMS Church Planting wrote:
The present reformation is still all about Jesus; it is about the Gospel being rightly taught and the Sacraments being rightly administered, orthodoxy—even in the midst of the difficult terrains of MissionField: USA. Which includes those who worship false gods or have made science into a religion, those fallen into despair or addiction or homelessness, those who have strayed far from the Word of God in the name of tolerance, those divided across racial and ethnic lines … the reformation is about correcting our confession and making that confession even into the margins and amongst our persecutors. (From Leader Blog, Planting Churches, June 5, 2017, www.lcms.org)
The Reformation was and still is "all about Jesus." The same is true of Christian ethics. Christian ethics is "all about Jesus"! It is how we, in this day believe, teach, confess and live out the faith "that was once for all entrusted to the saints" (Jude 3). It is how we, in this day, by the Holy Spirit at work in us, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind … and love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37, 39). It is how we, in this day, as Martin Luther did 500 years ago, profess: "Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me."
As we rejoice in the free gift of grace alone by faith alone on the basis of Holy Scripture alone, during this year of Reformation celebration may our ongoing witness reflect what the Lord requires of us: "to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God"
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For as long as we've lived in our house (13 years) I've been sure mail has been going missing. A few days ago I saw some post come through the letterbox and disappear down a gap in the floorboards. So I investigated:
There was a pile of mail about a 40cm deep! Sadly the bottom 38cm of the pile had turned to mulch. So now we know where missing mail has been going and now I've fixed the gap! Mystery solved.


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Parks And Recreation Watch: Season 6, Episode 12 - Farmers Market
Parks And Rec finds a strong angle for Ben and Leslie while also maybe finding a fun future for Andy, or should I say, Mr. Karate.
Leslie getting drunk on the power of being married to the city manager was bound to happen, but they played it out to particularly strong effect. Ben pushing back was just as obvious a move for the rule following nerd that he is and the two's battle was a lot of fun to watch. I wish they would have maybe left this door a little more open than they did, but the angle was fun while it lasted. Now where can I find a Farmers Market After Dark? Also, excellent use of Ron this week in a very sparse role. They even had a couple interesting directorial flourishes with his Hank Williams tunes.
Anne even managed to be interesting this week as she invades the Parks Department's "Whine and Cheese Club." Chris being the perfect man that he is, just won't let Anne vent. This, coupled with a pregnancy hormone overload leads to an insane side of Anne Perkins we've never seen, and I like it. It is a shame they waited this long to unleash this side of Rashida Jones a week before she leaves, but at least they gave us Rob Lowe's line reading of "boob hats." Boob hats is, literally, the funniest thing Chris has ever said.
Andy and April had a fun storyline as well, with Craig making another appearance that has him continuing to grow on me. Filling in at Craig's nephew's birthday party, Mouse Rat's song catalog just might not fit the bill. After the group bails Andy is stuck to improvise on his own and he kills it as Mr. Karate. Watching Chris Pratt perform these silly songs for these kids is just a joy and I hope they have longer versions of all of them online. Pratt's charisma just oozes out of him when he is performing and how can you not get excited for a surprise appearance by Bert Maklin.
A nice turnaround after last week's awkward transitional episode, Parks And Rec has one of its better episodes of the season. Anne and Chris leave the show next week, so more transition is on the way, but I look forward to seeing where the show takes us and hope the show's lesser characters still get a fine send off.
Random Ramblings:
-"I think he broke my wrist, I'm not kidding."
-"Hahaha, whales don't have feet."
-"Connie, no. Put those away."
-"He's a horrible little tyrant so please don't ruin this day for him!"
-"Larry, Salami!"
-Crazy Anne Perkins, the best Anne Perkins.
-Dave Grohl shout out!
-"I like to think of it as celery with BO."
-"Tom put all of my records on to this rectangle!"
-Craig is growing on me.
-Where is the Bert Macklin "Stinky Feet Patrol" single?
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A new study sanctioned by the federal government indicates that using student test scores to evaluate teachers might be extremely ineffective.
The study, titled the Analysis of the stability of teacher-level growth scores from the student growth percentile model, found when looking at Nevada's second-largest school district "that half or more of the variance in teacher scores from the model is due to random or otherwise unstable sources rather than to reliable information that could predict future performance."
"This study tests an implicit assumption of high-stakes teacher evaluation systems that use student learning to measure teacher effectiveness: that the learning of a teacher's students in one year will predict the learning of the teacher's future students," the report says.
Through analyzing almost 370 elementary students, the study found using student test scores for high-stakes decisions about the effectiveness of teachers is an unreliable method and that districts should proceed with caution when doing so.
Nevada was selected for the study because in 2009 it decided to mandate a statewide growth model for school accountability, ultimately deciding on a student growth percentile model and expanded this to educator evaluation in 2011.
After careful analysis, the study found "Nevada's annual teacher-level growth scores, derived by applying the student growth percentile model to student scores from Nevada's Criterion-Referenced Tests in math and reading, did not meet a level of stability that would traditionally be desired in scores used for high-stakes decisions about individuals."
The report claims to be one of the first published studies on the effectiveness of tying student test scores to teacher evaluations, and says it should serve as an important source for districts and states looking to create effective evaluations.
"Growth measures may need to be thought of differently—considered a measure that is associated with a particular combination of teacher and students rather than one that is attributable to the teacher alone (E. Haertel, personal communication, 2012)."
"Thus, as states examine properties of their estimates of teacher effectiveness and decisionmakers weigh how to incorporate teacher- level growth scores in teacher accountability policy, they may want to exercise caution and further investigate whether teacher-level growth scores are sufficiently stable for use in high-stakes decisions."
Read the full report.
Article by Nicole Gorman, Education World Contributor