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Robert Ludlum's trademark skills of intricate plotting, breakneck pacing, and high-wire drama are all on display in this gripping thriller. After his twin brother dies in a plane crash, Ben Hartman reluctantly takes his place in the investment firm started by their father, a Holocaust survivor. But then an old college buddy tries to kill Ben on a crowded Zurich street, setting off a chain of events that ultimately leads Ben into the thick of a worldwide conspiracy. Behind it is Sigma, a multinational cartel built on the rubble of World War II by industrialists and financiers bent on exploiting wartime technology and protecting their wealth from the threat of communism.
Accompanied by a beautiful American justice department agent, Ben eludes the assassins on his trail and follows Sigma's tentacles across Europe, to Brazil, Washington, and finally to a sanitarium known as the Clockworks in the Austrian Alps, where the horrifying agenda of a perverted new world order is revealed. Ludlum, who died between the writing and publishing of this book, was a master of the genre he helped popularize, and The Sigma Protocol shows him at the peak of his craft. --Jane Adams --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Anna Navarro, special agent for the Justice Department, has been assigned to investigate the deaths of several eminent men, all advanced in age and all connected to a mysterious group called Sigma, founded in the last years of World War II. An accident brings her together with Ben Hartman, an American investment banker who is in Zurich investigating the death of his twin brother and finds himself the target of an assassination attempt. Who is Sigma, and why are some of its members being killed? More importantly, what grand project is in the works? Readers may find the answer to these questions simplistic: Sigma is a partnership of high-ranking statesmen and industrialists, put together not only to spirit wealth out of Germany at the end of the war but also to stop communism's spread. Sigma's goal is to make the world safe for capitalism, a corporation whose board of directors is in charge of Western history itself. Unfortunately, Ludlum's latest novel (he died in March but left outlines for more posthumous thrillers) is not one of his better efforts. Even the sparks that eventually fly between Anna and Ben seem tepid.
- Ronnie H. Terpening, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This is a long read at just over 650 pages although the plot does move fairly quickly. I can't really say that any of the plot developments surprised me, aside from the identity of the main antagonist. And even so, I was able to guess the resolution to the story long before it unfolded on the pages.
The actual premise for the villain organization named SIGMA, is not realistic. Upon examining the purpose of this organization after I finished the book, I could only ask myself, "Why?"
I will likely read Robert Ludlum again and give him another chance, despite reading some reviews that this was some of his best work.
THIS MAY BE THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!!!! Imagine Ben Hartman seeing one of his old high school buddies who he hasn't seen in the past 15 years in Europe. Now imagine your "buddy" pulling a gun out to try to kill you. Ben luckily survives and then the "turn-your-world-upside-down-trying-to-figure-out-what-in-the-world-is-going-on" world tour is on. You see, all Ben thought he understood about his life has been mostly a big lie. Friends are now your enemies. And total strangers hold your life in their hands.
Everybody you speak to seems to be gunned down by some secret shadow group simply called- SIGMA. Axis, Allies, Nazis, megacorporations, money, good guys, and bad guys all on the same side? This isn't possible- is it??? What Ludlum eloquently gives the reader is COMPLETELY mind-numbing. This can't be happening? Can it? Yet he intricately weaves his tale to be not only possible, but entirely plausible!!
Don't take my word for it. Read this COMPLETELY ABSORBING book. I certainly know this will not be my last Ludlum book. 23 more books to go? I can't wait.
Anna Navarro is a Justice Department agent who is given the assignment of finding out why a group of elderly men around the world are getting killed. These men belonged to a highly secretive organization known as Sigma. In the interim, Ben Hartman is a thirty-ish banker on a ski trip and as he is about to depart, an old college "friend" notices him in a hotel lobby and makes an attempt on his life but fails.
Anna and Ben accidentally meet each other about a third way through the novel and discover that they both have a lot in common which is the desire to learn more about Sigma and some of its past and present members.
This was a great novel with lots of good history on the many doctors who performed human experiments during (...) Germany. Of course, some of it is fiction but much of it is not after I had done my own research on the topics in this book. If you do not read any other Ludlum novel, please find time to read the Sigma Protocol.
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Not a bad summer read. Lots of action if that's what you are looking for. I think it would make a better movie than a book as there wasn't much depth to characters.Published on Sept. 2 2013 by sara
Good book on-par with some of Ludlum's earlier efforts. An entertaining read, a bit slow in some areas but overall a good farewell from Ludlum (R.I.P.).Published on July 8 2004 by John
The late Robert Ludlum was the true master of the international thriller. Upon opening one of his weighty volumes, a reader was assured of being transported all over the world... Read morePublished on Feb. 24 2004 by Larry
I had never read a Ludlum book before, but after seeing "The Bourne Identity", I thought I'd give him a try.
It took me some time to get into the book. Read more
THE SIGMA PROTOCOL has the usual elements readers have come to expect from Robert Ludlum over the years. It's an action-packed, intricately plotted thrill-ride of a book. Read morePublished on Dec 10 2003 by AntiochAndy
This is one of those books that you just can not put down. There are so many twists, you just got to keep reading to find out what is about to happen. Read morePublished on Nov. 15 2003 by Markus Egger
I tried my best to enjoy Ludlum's Sigma Protocol, but towards the end I found myself struggling to finish the book. Read morePublished on Aug. 26 2003
The good news: this is an honest to goodness, real live Ludlum book. Many of Ludlum's later books are "co-authored" and are not really done by Ludlum. Read morePublished on Aug. 26 2003 by kireviewer
I wouldn't recommend the Sigma Protocol unless you have already read (and enjoyed) some of Ludlum's other works. Read morePublished on Aug. 5 2003


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Shop less and make more delicious dishes with these recipes from Martha Stewart's "Everyday Food." Here, the kitchen maven makes spiced tomato soup, roasted-tomato pasta with basil, roasted pork tenderloin with fennel and garlic, and pork carnitas tacos.
Grocery list:
2 pork tenderloins
2 pounds pork shoulder
Extra-virgin olive oil
2 avocados
6 or 7 pounds plum tomatoes
3 white onions
Fresh cilantro leaves
Fresh basil
1 jalapeno chili
3 to 4 fennel bulbs
2 heads of garlic
Red pepper flakes
Dried oregano
Salt and pepper
12 corn tortillas
Pasta shells
For tacos:
- 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 12 corn tortillas, warmed or lightly toasted
- 1 small white onion, diced small
- 1/2 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves
- Guacamole, optional (see below)
- Lime wedges, for serving
For guacamole:
- 2 ripe avocados, peeled, pitted, and lightly mashed
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 1 jalapeno chile, minced (remove seeds and ribs for less heat)
- 1 plum tomato, seeded and diced
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Coarse salt
Baking Directions:
For tacos:In a large cast-iron or heavy straight-sided skillet, cover pork with 1/2 inch water and bring to a rapid simmer over medium-high. Cook, turning pieces occasionally, until water evaporates, about 45 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and continue to cook, turning pieces frequently, until crisp and browned on all sides, about 12 minutes. Serve carnitas with tortillas, onion, cilantro, guacamole (if desired), and lime wedges.For guacamole: In a bowl, combine avocados, onion, jalapeno, tomato, cilantro, and lime juice. Season with salt, and mix to combine.
You can make the guacamole several hours ahead and keep it in the refrigerator. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, pressing the plastic directly onto the surface of the guacamole to prevent discoloration.
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 12 ounces medium pasta shells
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
- 2 cups Whole Roasted Tomatoes (in soup recipe above)
- Grated Parmesan and torn fresh basil leaves, for serving
Baking Directions:
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain pasta and return to pot.2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Cook until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Toss with pasta. Serve topped with Parmesan and basil.
For soup:
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 4 cups Whole Roasted Tomatoes (recipe below)
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- Fresh cilantro leaves, for serving
- Red-pepper flakes, for serving
For whole roasted tomatoes:
- 8 pounds plum tomatoes
- 6 sprigs of thyme
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
Baking Directions:
For soup:1. In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium. Add onion and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft, about 12 minutes. Add cumin and coriander; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tomatoes, sugar, and 1 cup water and cook until warmed through, about 5 minutes. In batches, puree soup in a blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Stir in butter and season with salt and pepper. Serve soup with cilantro and red-pepper flakes.For roasted tomatoes:1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Divide tomatoes and thyme between two shallow baking pans or rimmed baking sheets. Toss with oil; season with salt and pepper. Bake until tomatoes burst, 45 minutes, rotating pans halfway through. Let cool, then coarsely chop.
- 12 garlic cloves, peeled
- 3 pounds fennel bulbs (3 to 4), fronds and stalks removed, bulbs cored and cut into eighths
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 2 pork tenderloins (about 1 pound each)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
Baking Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 475. On a large rimmed baking sheet, toss garlic, fennel, and 2 tablespoons oil; season with salt and pepper. Roast 10 minutes.2. Rub pork with remaining tablespoon oil; season with oregano, salt, and pepper. Remove baking sheet from oven, and push fennel and garlic to sides of sheet. Place pork in center, and roast 20 to 25 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part registers 145.3. Transfer pork to a cutting board, and let rest at least 5 minutes before thinly slicing. Serve pork with fennel and garlic.
The key to succulent pork tenderloin is to not overcook it. And once you pull it out of the oven, let it rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing.


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Despite being down to the bare bones, Dagenham & Redbridge were able to earn a credible goalless draw against League Two play-off chasers Carlisle United, leaving boss John Still pleased with the team's resolve.
The hosts made four changes, three of which were forced, after they grabbed their first home win of the season on Saturday as two more players joined the ever-growing injury list.
While skipper Joss Labadie was suspended, Matt Richards and Dom Hyam joined team mates Frankie Raymond, Luke Guttridge and Zavon Hines on the sidelines.
Daggers were so down on numbers that academy defender Jimmy Shepherd, who had been on loan at Ryman North outfit Barkingside, made his first appearance in a match day squad after being named on the bench.
But the east Londoners performed admirably despite missing a number of players and had chances to win, with Christian Doidge hitting the crossbar early in the second half.
And while Still knows his team easily could have come away with another vital win in their quest to avoid relegation, he was pleased that those who came into the side helped the hosts stretch their unbeaten run to three games.
"We had no Dom, no Joss, no Matt and two of those are experienced players, but we just got on with the job," said Still.
"I was really pleased that having had to make as many changes as we did that we competed and gave ourselves the opportunity to win. That's the important thing for me, to look back and say we gave ourselves a chance to win.
"What we can't do as coaches and managers, we can't score the goals and clear the balls from the box, but we can do the organisation.
"The organisation defensively, I'm so pleased with at the moment and how many balls we're getting into the box, and it's not just Christian, but we need more people to score goals."
Among those who came into the side who impressed were Clevid Dikamona, who was named man of the match, and Andre Boucaud, who was started with the captain's armband for the first time since October 24.
Still had special praise for the duo after the match, but knows it was also a good team performance given the circumstances for the hosts.
"Clevid did well against Carlisle, I'll give him his due, but I've been pleased with our defence," added Still. "We work so hard in training defensively, but that needs to continue. We also have to do a bit more work attack wise to score more goals."
"I thought Andre did very well and I was really pleased for him. He's not been in the team, but he's been doing OK. He came back in and did a good job."


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Farewell, phone numbers. Plingm, the Swedish mobile VoIP app, takes the innovation lead on smartphone communication and introduces free phone calls for LinkedIn's 151 million users. Without a single digit, Plingm users with an iPhone can call their own contacts on LinkedIn directly.
Across the world, LinkedIn has more than 151 million LinkedIn users. Thanks to an innovative back-end solution developed by Plingm, LinkedIn users can now also call and talk to their LinkedIn contacts for free anywhere in the world.
"Mobile numbers are legacy. By using our LinkedIn calling feature, you can always reach the person you want to speak to even if they switch jobs or change their number," says Pandelis Eliopoulos, co-founder of Plingm. "With the growing use of social media, the possibility to call your LinkedIn contacts directly without a phone number is a logical evolution of mobile communication."
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Download the Plingm app from the App Store and accept to connect with your LinkedIn account. The app automatically scans and imports all your contacts. Calls between Plingm users are free, regardless if you are in the same town or on the other side of the world.
About the app
With the numbers steadily increasing and an impressive consumer rating on App Store, the mobile VoIP app Plingm combines high sound quality with user-friendliness. All calls made to other Plingm users are free, regardless of where they are in the world, and there is no time limit. Calling with this service instead of a traditional operator will save people large sums of money, particularly on international calls. At a low rate, consumers can also call friends not yet using Plingm.
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Plingm develops innovative, people-friendly technology that enables people cost efficient ways to communicate. The company was founded by entrepreneurs from the telecommunications and Internet industry. Plingm is based in Stockholm and active in 170 markets. More info on plingm.com.
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Jabra Halo Bluetooth headset
Bluetooth headsets get a bad press. Although they are amazingly practical, allowing you to use your phone whilst keeping your hands free, they've always had something of an image problem. A problem that is probably reinforced by just about every estate agent in the world rolling up to meet you in his flashy BMW, wearing his Bluetooth headset.
Stereo headsets can perhaps be seen in a different light and the Jabra Halo in a different light altogether. The Jabra Halo gives you a compact a slickly-designed headphone arrangement more at home on hoodies than regional sales managers.
A uniformally slim profile right round the headband, the Halo will also slip under the afore-mentioned offending hood with ease, and no one would even know you were wearing them.
The Jabra Halo folds too, making it into a more convenient bundle to pack into a bag – with a touch neoprene cover in the box – once you arrive at your destination. They don't fold as flat as some wired models because of the 29mm wide headband.
The actual earpieces are adjustable so you can fit the headphones to your head and perfectly comfortable for wearing for long periods, thanks to them being really light. Of course there is no adjustment to the shape of the actual band, so if you have a uniquely shaped head, you might find the Halo rests on a few high points on your skull.
The right-hand ear contains all the workings, with a single button in the centre, and a touch area on the leading edge. This touch area will all you to adjust the volume of the music you are listening to as well as skip tracks back and forwards, as long as your connected Bluetooth device accepts it.
The single central button lets you pause your music (although we found performance varies depending on what Bluetooth device you are using it with). That same button also lets you accept and hang-up calls. When a call comes in, the music fades, you hit the button, and take your phone call.
In our tests we found that the Halo performed well in calls. Jabra boast that their headset contains a technology named Noise Blackout which helps your voice stand-out and avoid background nasties. In practise it works pretty well, especially considering that you don't have a mic poking out across your face. We tested it in a variety of backgrounds and never had any complaints: your voice can come across as rather distant, but it is still clear. Equally, incoming callers were loud and clear.
As a stereo headset however, it is pitched at those that want to listen to music from their phone too, so the Halo forms a perfect companion for all those music phones on the market.
Audio performance is pretty good, providing a nice bassy, rich audio experience; the Jabra Halo perform better than many of the bundled in-ear headphones that you get with mobile phones. But the performance doesn't match that which you'll get from some of the more substantial cans out there. The design of the Halo also means that sound leakage is a bit of a problem as you turn the volume up.
A Micro-USB socket lives at the bottom of the right-hand earpiece and allows charging, as well as connecting up to a 3.5mm cables to hookup to audio devices without Bluetooth. It's a nice move, meaning that you don't need additional headphones for your iPod.
In the box you get a wall charger, the 3.5mm cable, a short Micro-USB cable for charging and the neoprene cover, so you are covered for most possibilities. The battery will give you 8 hours of talk and music and 13 days of standby and charges in 2 hours.
Overall we like the Jabra Halo. A unique design that folds away securely enough to survive kicking around the bottom of your bag. We were happy with the audio performance and impressed with how comfortable they were to wear over long periods.
If you are looking for a smart and unique stereo Bluetooth headset, then the Jabra Halo might just be for you.
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# Arduino Piano Squealer Synth
Marc Nostromo developed the Arduino Piano Squealer Synth for the Arduino Pocket Piano, an arduino shield produced by Critters and Guitari.
The engine implements a small monosynth with a few waveforms, a HP/BP/LP continuous resonant filter, decay and a few little own tricks that generate a LOT of aliases, making a great dirty digital synth. Since the Pocket Piano has only 3 potentiometers available for control (the 4th one being hardwired to the volume), I use a "page" system to implement series of 3 parameters to fiddle with. To switch "page", use the rightmost note of the A.P (NOT the one under the led, the one left to to it). To help you know which page you are at, you can use the led: it will flash a number of time equivalent to the current page you are at.
The source code of the Arduino Piano Squealer synth is available under GPL License V3.
# Flux Twitter Syrah give-away quiz
Flux is giving away some Syrah licenses to three lucky Twitter users:
To celebrate 200+ followers of FluxPlugins since mid May 2009, we are introducing a little Syrah give-away quiz. Fill the form and answer both questions correctly, and you are participating in the give away of one of all in total three Syrah licenses.
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My new design uses a small mp3 player that I disassembled and placed inside a cassette tape adapter for an ipod. This allows for mp3's to be played back through a tapedeck. This has all of the ease and technology of an mp3 player with the retro coolness of a mix tape.
# Waveformless: Free Sample Friday: Sample Pack from Portion Control!
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I've got something very special for Waveformless readers today. As you may remember, a couple weeks ago, I featured an interview with electro-industrial music pioneers Portion Control where I hinted that we might have something special coming from the band. So here it is… a 16MB sample pack of loops and one-shots from the band themselves.
A lovely free album available to download in high quality mp3 and lossless FLAC formats. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
The Portal EP was supposed to come out on another label in 2008, but the label went bankrupt and closed up shop. In email conversations with Lackluster, I offered to master the EP and do a net release on Cornwarning. So, 4 years after its original intended release, it is finally here.
Covering a variety of tempos and styles, from the beatless epic "Eons" to the mutant techno of "Lubiszewski Beats", "Portal" covers a lot of musical territory. What unifies the work is Lackluster's musicality. For me each track here is deep in emotion, despite their lack of lyric or explicit program.
# How to build an Air Guitar with Arduino, aka the AIRduino Guitar
The idea here is to build a wearable virtual guitar that is to be controlled with two hands much like playing Air Guitar. It has been created and prototyped during a two weeks project at ChalmersUniversity (Sweden) for a Physical Computing class.
The aim is to get the feeling of playing a real guitar. The AIRduino Guitar is made of one glove and one stick. The glove is used to set the tone and the stick to trigger the sound.
# Digital Sales Up, But is Apple Monopoly the Price? NPD, Mint Data, Editorial Analysis
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Mint.com, the online financial management tool, has put its numbers together with market researchers NPD Group to analyze music spending. The results: when it comes to consuming recorded music, digital music continues to rise. At the same time, so does Apple's grip on the music consumption market, a combination that includes proprietary control of a music store, a music player, and the leading mobile device.
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For many men, their house is their castle. For one Canterbury man, his play room is a submarine complete with working periscope.
Wayne Eyre has turned part of his Spencerville property into a wrecked submarine featuring "plutonium-leaking" torpedoes, at a cost of $100,000.
In the rusting interior of the submarine, which appears to have beached on a deserted island, Eyre has all the creature comforts reclining chairs, a three-metre big-screen TV and a top-notch surround-sound system.
# Novation Releases All MIDI Details for Launchpad
Novation's Launchpad, its affordable (<$200) "grid" controller, may have a big Ableton logo on it. But underneath, it's just a MIDI controller. Bi-colored LEDs, containing a red and green element for red, green, and amber output (amber = red+green), can be triggered using simple MIDI note and control messages. That means, whether you're looking forward to Max for Live or you're sequencing in a tracker or writing Processing sketches, you can use the Launchpad just like any other MIDI controller.
# SampleRadar: 703 free grime samples
A fresh batch of samples from SampleRadar.
The samples are split into seven self-explanatory categories: Bass, Beats, FX, Guitar, Kits, Synth and Vox. All the samples are supplied as 24-bit WAV files so can be imported directly into your DAW of choice. Because they're royalty-free, you're welcome to use them in your music in any way you like – all we ask is that you don't re-distribute them.


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An old meme in new clothing has been circulating recently: The Federal Reserve could have and should have saved Lehman Brothers. It had the resources, the legal authority and the obligation to do so; its failure to act let a modest financial fire become a full-blown credit crisis.
It is an interesting post-crisis theory from academia. But some of the claims are irrelevant, and almost all of them are wrong.
Larry Ball, chairman of the economics department at Johns Hopkins University and a researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research, makes this argument in a new paper titled "The Fed and Lehman Brothers." There are three issues here worth addressing, and one that time and space doesn't allow for:
- Could the Fed have rescued Lehman?
- Was Lehman solvent?
- Was it capable of raising capital?
The issue I'm skipping for now (assuming the Fed could have rescued Lehman) is whether it should have done so. That's a separate question.
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Ask yourself this: are your days rich and full and most importantly…does what you do, day-to-day, moment-to-moment, feed your soul?
Being happy doesn't mean that we don't get sad or angry or frustrated—we're human and we're made to feel everything—there will be tremendous ups and devastating downs.
But for the most part, does your life (each part of it) make you wanna dance? Make you want to twist and shout? Make you want to wrap your arms around the world and jump up and down with glee?
Try this: stand in front of a mirror and look into your eyes. For five whole minutes.
Keep looking…and don't let your gaze waiver.
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A sparkle; a twinkle of knowing.
You'll see the shine in your eyes if you are living your truth—if you are living with personal integrity—if the life you lead is the one that you truly want—being lived, by you, in real time—your eyes will shimmer and your heart will be full.
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The Pebble Time is a very nice smartwatch indeed, but one thing you can't do is swipe it against contactless payment points like your Apple Watch-toting brethren. Well, you can, but nothing will happen, aside from the queue behind you getting increasingly angry.
That's all about to change, with a third-party Kickstarter bringing NFC contactless payment to the smartwatch through a rather clever strap. Pagaré has already raised over £65,000 in two days, with just £17,000 to go until it makes its funding target.
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I booked two tickets for a trip in May to go from Paris Nord to Antwerpen, Belgium and was only sent one of the ticketless barcode emails. (I found the one barcode email in my spam folder, but not the second one.) I was also sent a confirmation email with my booking reference information (but that email also says ATTENTION: THIS E-MAIL IS NOT A VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENT.)
I called the SNCB call center (since I also booked via the Belgian version of the Thalys website) and was told to call the Thalys customer center. The person at the Thalys customer center advised me that this is a "known problem" and I should just board the train with the emails that I received and the Train manager would be able to sort the details.
(I learned from the SNCB call center representative that I should have booked via the SNCB portal to have more control over my reservation at http://www.b-europe.com/Travel )
Has anyone had to travel without the Thalys barcode? Was it a non-issue? I am a bit wary of boarding a train with only a document that states that it is not a valid travel document.
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Has anyone traveled on Thalys without a "ticketless" barcode confirmation?
I booked two tickets for a trip in May to go from Paris Nord to Antwerpen, Belgium and was only sent one of the ticketless barcode emails. (I found the one barcode email in my spam folder, but not the second one.) I was also sent a confirmation email with my booking reference information (but that email also says ATTENTION: THIS E-MAIL IS NOT A VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENT.)
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no, the barcode seems to be a part of ticket confirmation.
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WE recently took the Thalys from Paris to Brussels with a printout from the SNCF site, and NO bar code. The ticket collector wasn't too thrilled, but entered our info and foudn us. So no problem except that it took him more time.
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Hi MF,
Unless you are fluent in French, I suggest that you type up an explanation IN FRENCH why you have only one bar code instead of 2 to give to the conductor.
You might not need it, but .....
Enjoy your visit.
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I am just revisiting my post after a long time. We actually had no problem while on board the train. We got a strange look while on the platform when someone was checking tickets and we only had the one. I explained the situation to her and she shrugged her shoulders and let us board. The conductor was able to scan the first barcode and retrieve the reservation that the other information.
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I'm glad there was no problem. When you have the time to do so, the ticket offices in the train stations can print duplicate tickets to save time.
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Gulf spill surpasses Valdez; plug try going well
There are 98 comments on the TwinCities.com story from May 27, 2010, titled Gulf spill surpasses Valdez; plug try going well. In it, TwinCities.com reports that:An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said today, but new estimates showed the spill has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history.
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#1 May 27, 2010
I thought W was a lunkhead but Obama is putting him to shame, this guy is just a cautionale and a first class d-bag.
#2 May 27, 2010
Sorry, should read-
Cautionary tale
United States
#3 May 27, 2010
This is what you get for selling out to Big Oil, Barry. Blame.
Of course, they would have blamed you even more if you DIDN'T sell out to big oil and let them drill off our shores. So yeah... f'd either way.
Saint Paul, MN
#4 May 27, 2010
We don't know the facts, said Obama. So...Tell us the facts.
#5 May 27, 2010
Ever heard of the trerm, "bait and switch"?
That`s what the republicans have been pulling for years, in their efforts to get more drilling in Alaska.
This enabled the gulf to be off the scope of the eye of the public, as it was illegally opened for expanded drilling.
Eveyone looked north, while Exxon and it`s partners drilled soulth.
Obama is now going to have to deal with it as best he can. Since it`s off our coast, in is in our best interest to get involved fast.
Yeah, G W Bush was the lunkhead of lunkheads alright. Chaney and Bush both should have been shot for treason over the signing of the Warner and Patriot Acts as it was....this crap just adds to it.
I`m no fan of Obama myself, because I think it`s time both parties were overthrown by armed revolution. But if there was ever a "fist class dirt bag", it came from the BUSH family.
#6 May 27, 2010
Psssst, I don't think it was just the Repubs who were in on the bait-and-switch, sounds like everyone knew..........
#7 May 27, 2010
When it came to Big Oil, W and Cheney were lunkheads. In fact, most of the environmental policies Bush and Cheney undertook was to help Big Oil become extremely rich (and that includes going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan where Iraq and portions north of Afghanistan are supposed to have vast quantities of unearthed oil). Where W's lunkheadedness came into play was on domestic and international policies.
Fastforward to Obama. Obama's lunkheadedness continues to be this---he doesn't realize that every decision he makes will be aired on television and turned into something negative wherever possible. Obama still assumes he can win bipartisanship when that is just a fantasy. He does need to get tough with British Petroleum regardless of the consequences because this spill not only threatens Southern wildlife, it threatens their economy. The South simply can not wait for BP to get it right. And Obama is going to have to say sorry Republicans, I tried to build consensus but this disaster just isn't getting public support for such a thing.
Waterloo, Canada
#8 May 27, 2010
Obama is bed with BP for 700,000 in campaign donations....hope n change
#9 May 27, 2010
I was just wondering which party and individual got the most money from BP in the last election, the democrats or republicans? Obama or McCain? Anyone know or have a link?
Saint Paul, MN
#10 May 27, 2010
He was on it day one...right. That is why he had a vacation planned for this weekend.
Lets see how that would work with your spouse.
Wife: "Honey, the house is on fire"
Husband: "I'll keep an eye on it while I am golfing...let me know if it gets worse."
#11 May 27, 2010
Yes well quite a few facts about the government response considering Katrina were held back by the press too! The press loves to paint a negative picture about everything Obama - welcome to the club.
#12 May 27, 2010
Among the rest of your rantings, you have a giant error when you say that we can not wait for BP to get it right. Up to the moment of the disaster, there is plenty of blame to go around and BP deserves a large share, but from that moment on, don't blame them.
Quoting President Obama from the article: "The American people should know that from the moment this disaster began the federal government has been in charge of the response effort," he said. "Make no mistake: BP is operating at our direction."
Don't blame BP for any failed efforts to deal with this. The President has laid claim to the process. I hope he's successful, because I'm not interested in the politics of it, I want the oil leak stopped.
It's good to know that the President is so on top of things yet can't tell you the specifics of why the MMS chief has resigned in the midst of the crisis. Unbelievable how the press swallows his every word.
Saint Paul, MN
#13 May 27, 2010
Napolean had his Waterloo.
Bush had his Katrina.
Obama has his Gulf Coast oil gaffe.
We do know the facts, Mr. Thin-skinned. You ain't gettin' away from this one.
#14 May 27, 2010
More accurately, it's every inaction and poor decision that makes Obama a lunkhead.
I'm just waiting for Obama to say that this oil spill was something his administration "inherited".
#15 May 27, 2010
Typical, the republicans want smaller government and deregulation for business but then when business screws up they want government to come in and fix it.'Not gettin' away with this one.'. What wrong with this picture?
#16 May 27, 2010
So he started the news conference by saying that we "don't know the facts" and not once did he provide the facts.
I'm also getting tired of him taking responsibility for some short coming and then not doing anything to change it.
#17 May 27, 2010
In other words,
You'd think you leftist loonies would have given up on that by now.
Want to have some fun? Search youtube for a video from Rep. Scalise of Louisiana. He laid into The One about his complete lack of action to this spill. The "finger-pointer in chief" has failed his obligation to lead this country. Badly.
#18 May 27, 2010
So we went into Iraq and Afghanistan for oil. Why do you suppose that is? Could it be that the American consumer just can't get enough of the black gold? hmmm ever thought that maybe the reason Big Oil wants more oil is because Big American Consumer wants more oil?
Building concensus? When has he tried that? You don't build a concensus by calling things you don't agree with "misguided" you don't build a concensus by bulling your bills through congress.
#19 May 27, 2010
Nor do you, Mr. Obama.
#20 May 27, 2010
Here... watch this. It shows how much The One is in charge of this fiasco.
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The following countries are currently affected by EVD:
There have been no cases of EVD in Canada and the risk to Ontarians remains very low.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has issued Travel Health Notices recommending that Canadians practice usual precautions when travelling in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
As of February 5, 2016, the Order in Council associated with the Quarantine Act has been repealed; therefore, PHAC is no longer giving orders to travellers because of Ebola. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has removed the guidance document entitled Public Health Monitoring of Travellers from Ebola-Affected Countries from this website. Quarantine Officers at points of entry can still require a traveller to undergo a health assessment if there is any reason to believe the traveller has or might have a communicable disease.
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DID YOU ever think we had free education in Ireland? Well did you? The bitter truth is that there is no such thing, it simply doesn't exist.
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DID YOU ever think we had free education in Ireland? Well did you? The bitter truth is that there is no such thing, it simply doesn't exist.
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