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LAS VEGAS -- The National Automatic Merchandising Association will host an all-day micromarket seminar to lead off its OneShow this spring at the Venetian/Sands Resort here. It will be presented by longtime vending pro Brad Bachtelle of Bachtelle and Associates on Tuesday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Titled "Where We Are, Where We're Going and How to Get There," the session will include new data on current industry micromarket installations.
Bachtelle will explore the differences between micromarkets and vending, including an analysis of return on investment variations and the operating challenges and opportunities unique to each self-service retail model. He will also provide examples of best practices from operators with existing placements of the self-checkout stores.
Other topics of interest will include best practices for merchandising and managing the wider range of SKUs sold in the mini c-stores, relative to vending, along with consumer marketing and promotional opportunities.
The registration price is $129 through March 31, but goes up to $169 thereafter.
The NAMA OneShow will run from April 24 to 26.


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SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Brian Sadowski has joined Apriva as senior vice-president of information technology. He is responsible for engineering and operations for Apriva's point-of-sale gateway, and oversees the technology and support services for the company's network of independent software vendors and resellers.
Sadowski spent the past 10 years in information technology within the payments industry. Before joining Apriva, he held executive positions with several leading providers, including Mercury Payment Systems, Xerox Business Services and TSYS Acquiring Solutions.
Apriva provides end-to-end wireless transactions and secure information messaging solutions. Among its services is Apriva Vend, a fast, secure and reliable method of accepting card-based transactions at vending machines.

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Has anyone heard of or experienced Liquid Zeolite? It sounds to good to be true but when nothing else works what the heck. thanks,Todd
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Has anyone heard of or experienced Liquid Zeolite? It sounds to good to be true but when nothing else works what the heck. thanks,Todd
I considered Zeolite and ultimately rejected it as I found conflicting reports of both it's success and concerns that it contains cancer causing agents.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 10 - Treatment of inoperable liver metastases from colorectal cancer with radioembolization of the tumors using yttrium-90 microspheres, added to standard chemotherapy, is safe, well tolerated and had a 90% response rate in a phase I trial conducted at the University of Oxford, UK.
Todd, we tried the zeolite with my father with no positive results. I wouldn't waste my money. I would suggest, however, you contact the Centre for Natural Healing in Oregon. (www.centrehealing.com) They came very highly recommended to me by a friend in the natural healing world because they have a good track record with cancer patients. We've had two consults with Jonathan Treasure, and he's been a really good resource. My Dad can't (or won't) swallow capsules so we can't totally follow their prescribed protocol, but we are doing some of it. Tell him Julie Wright sent you if you call....good luck to you!
I am going to attend what apprears to be a similar program here in Australia in October, its a 10 day "living with cancer" program. Run by the Gawler foundation all about natural therapies, medication, diet etc. Will let you know how it goes. If your interested Ian Gawler is being featured on Australian TV ABC 1 on Compass (you can watch it via the net) this Sunday 10pm Eastern Standard Time Australia. He claims great sucess and there are plenty of success stories from people have attended his sessions. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1975 and give only a few weeks to live, still going strong after all these years.
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(TRENTON) – The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) will permanently close its Englewood Agency at the close-of-business, noon, on Saturday, April 21, 2007.
The MVC has operated the Englewood Agency at 40 Bennett Road since 1996. This agency is one of the MVC's leased facilities. The landlord of this location opted not to renew the lease.
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#1: The Potala Palace
(Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ; Wylie: Po ta la; simplified Chinese: 布达拉宫; traditional Chinese: 布達拉宮) is located in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara. The Potala Palace was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India, after an invasion and failed uprising in 1959. Today the Potala Palace has been converted into a museum by the Chinese.
The building measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. (more than 16 ft) thick at the base, and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes. Thirteen stories of buildings containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill", rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor. Tradition has it that the three main hills of Lhasa represent the "Three Protectors of Tibet." Chokpori, just to the south of the Potala, is the soul-mountain (bla-ri) of Vajrapani, Pongwari that of Manjushri, and Marpori, the hill on which the Potala stands, represents Chenresig or Avalokiteshvara.
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#2: Mont Saint-Michel Castle
Le Mont-Saint-Michel (English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre off the country's north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. The population of the island is 50.
#3: Predjama Castle
Predjama Castle (Slovene: Predjamski grad or Grad Predjama, German: Höhlenburg Lueg, Italian: Castel Lueghi) is a Renaissance castle built within a cave mouth in southwestern Slovenia. It is located approximately 11 kilometres from Postojna.
The castle was first mentioned in the year 1274 with the German name Luegg, when the Patriarch of Aquileia built the castle in Gothic style. The castle was built under a natural rocky arch high in the stone wall to make access to it difficult. It was later acquired and expanded by the Luegg noble family, also known as the Knights of Adelsberg (the German name of Postojna).
The castle became known as the seat of Knight Erazem Lueger (or Luegger), owner of the castle in 15th century, and a renowned robber baron. He was the son of the Imperial Governor ofTrieste, Nikolaj Lueger. According to legend, Erazem came into conflict with the Habsburg establishment, when he killed the commander of the Imperial army Marshall Pappencheim, who had offended the honour of Erazem's deceased friend, Andrej Baumkircher of Vipava. Fleeing from the revenge of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, Erazem settled in the family fortress of Predjama. He allied himself with the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus, and started to attack Habsburg estates and towns in Carniola, turning into some kind of local Robin Hood.
The Imperial forces sent the Governor of Trieste, Andrej Ravbar, to siege the castle. After a long siege, Erazem was betrayed by one of his men and killed.
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#4: Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, lit. New Swan Stone palace, pronounced [nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪ̯n]) is a 19th-centuryBavarian palace on a rugged hill near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned byLudwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner, the King's inspiring muse. Although public photography of the interior is not permitted, it is the most photographed building in Germany and is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Ludwig himself named it Neue Hohenschwangau; the name Neuschwanstein was coined after his death.
The reclusive Ludwig did not allow visitors to his castles, which he intended as personal refuges, but after his death in 1886 the castle was opened to the public (in part due to the need to pay off the debts Ludwig incurred financing its construction). Since that time over 50 million people have visited the Neuschwanstein Castle. About 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared in several movies, and was the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle (1955) at both Disneyland Parkand Hong Kong Disneyland.
In 1923 Crown Prince Rupprecht gave the palace to the state of Bavaria, unlike nearby Hohenschwangau Castle which was transferred to the private Wittelsbach Trust (Wittelsbacher Ausgleichfonds), which is administered on behalf of the head of the house of Wittelsbach, currently Franz, Duke of Bavaria. The Free State of Bavaria has spent more than 14.5 million on Neuschwanstein's maintenance, renovation and visitor services since 1990.
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#5: Matsumoto Castle
Matsumoto Castle (松本城 Matsumoto-jō?) is one of Japan's finest historic castles. It is located in the city of Matsumoto, inNagano Prefecture and is within easy reach of Tokyo by road or rail. The keep (tenshukaku), which was completed in the late 16th century, maintains its original wooden interiors and external stonework. It is listed as a National Treasure of Japan. Matsumoto Castle is a flatland castle (hirajiro) because it is not built on a hilltop or amid rivers, but on a plain. Its complete defences would have included an extensive system of inter-connecting walls, moats and gatehouses.
The castle's origins go back to the Sengoku period. At that time Shimadachi Sadanaga of the Ogasawara clan built a fort on this site in 1504 which was originally called Fukashi Castle. In 1550 it came under the rule of the Takeda clan and then Tokugawa Ieyasu.
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Ieyasu to the Kantō region, he placed Ishikawa Norimasa in charge of Matsumoto. Norimasa and his son Yasunaga built the tower and other parts of the castle, including the three towers: the keep and the small tower in the northwest, both begun in 1590, and the Watari Tower; the residence; the drum gate; the black gate, the Tsukimi Yagura, the moat, the innermost bailey, the second bailey, the third bailey, and the sub-floors in the castle, much as they are today. They were also instrumental in laying out the castle town and its infrastructure. It is believed much of the castle was completed by 159394.
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#6: Hunyad Castle
The Hunyad Castle (Romanian: Castelul Huniazilor or Castelul Corvineştilor, Hungarian: Vajdahunyad vára) is a castle in TransylvanianHunedoara, present-day Romania. Until 1541 it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, and after the Principality of Transylvania.
It is believed to be the place where Vlad III of Wallachia (commonly known as Vlad the Impaler) was held prisoner for 7 years after he was deposed in 1462.
The castle is a relic of the Hunyadi dynasty. In the 14th century, the castle was given to John Hunyadi Serb, or Sorb by Sigismund king of Hungary as severance. The castle was restored between 1446 and 1453 by his grandson John Hunyadi. It was built mainly in Gothic style, but has Renaissance architectural elements. It features tall and strong defense towers, an interior yard and a drawbridge. Built over the site of an older fortification and on a rock above the small river Zlasti, the castle is a large and imposing building with tall and diversely colored roofs, towers and myriad windows and balconies adorned with stone carvings.
As one of the most important properties of John Hunyadi, the castle was transformed during his reign. It became a sumptuous home, not only a strategically enforced point. With the passing of the years, the masters of the castle had modified its look, adding towers, halls and guest rooms. The gallery and the keep – the last defense tower (called "Ne boisa" = Do not be afraid), which remained unchanged from Iancu de Hunedoara's time, and the Capistrano Tower (named after the Franciscan monk from the castle court) are some of the most significant parts of the construction. Other significant parts of the building are the Knights' Hall (a great reception hall), the Club Tower, the White bastion, which served as a food storage room, and the Diet Hall, on whose walls medallions are painted (among them there are the portraits of Matei Basarab, ruler from Wallachia, and Vasile Lupu, ruler of Moldavia). In the wing of the castle called the Mantle, a painting can be seen which portrays the legend of the raven from which the name of the descendants of John Hunyadi, Corvinus came.
In the castle yard, near the chapel built also during Vlad The Third's ruling, is a well 30 meters deep. The legend says that this fountain was dug by twelve Turkish prisoners to whom liberty was promised if they reached water. After 15 years they completed the well, but their captors did not keep their promise. It is said that the inscription on a wall of the well means "you have water, but not soul". Specialists, however, have translated the inscription as "he who wrote this inscription is Hasan, who lives as slave of the giaours, in the fortress near the church".
In February 2007, Hunyad Castle played host to the British paranormal television program Most Haunted Live! for a three-night live investigation into the spirits reported to be haunting the castle.
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#7: Malbork Castle
The Castle in Malbork (German: Die Marienburg, Polish: Zamek w Malborku) was built in Prussia by the Teutonic Order as anOrdensburg. The Order named it Marienburg, literally "Mary's Castle". The town which grew around it was also named Marienburg, but since 1945 it is again, after 173 years, part of Poland and known as Malbork.
The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress, and is the worlds largest brick gothic castle. UNESCO listed the castle and its museum as World Heritage Sites in December 1997 as Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork. It is one of two World Heritage Sites in the region with origins in the Teutonic Order. The other is the Medieval Town of Toruń, founded in 1231 as the site of the castle Thorn (Toruń).
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#8: Palacio da Pena
The Pena National Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional da Pena) is the oldest palace inspired by European Romanticism. It is located in the civil parish of São Pedro de Penaferrim, municipality of Sintra, Portugal. The palace stands on the top of a hill above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. It is a national monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. It is also used for state occasions by the President of the Portuguese Republic and other government officials.
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#9: Löwenburg Castle
Within the Wilhelmshöhe Hill Park which sits on one end of the city of Kassel, there stands what appears to be a medieval castle. However, the Löwenburg or "Lion's Castle" was ordered to be built by the Landgrave Wilhelm IX from Hessen Kassel (1743 -1821) (later he gained the higher title of Elector Wilhelm I - Kurfürst Wilhelm I), the Walt Disney of his era, over a period of eight years between 1793 and 1801 as a romantic ruin. It was carfelully designed by his royal court building inspector Heinrich Christoph Jussow (1754 – 1825) who had been trained as an architect and construction project manager in France, Italy, and England, and who had gone to England specifically to study romantic English ruins and draw up a plan for the Landgrave's garden folly. Today scholars regard Löwenburg Castle ruins as one of the most significant buildings of its genre, in addition to being one of the first major neo-Gothic buildings in Germany.
What the Landgrave did here was the eighteenth century equivalent of Disney World Tokyo. It is a central element of the Wilhlemshöhe castle park which, starting in 1785, the Landgrave transformed into a landscaped garden modeled on the English pattern, and filled with themed areas – fake Roman aquaducts, fake English Castle Ruins, fake Grecian temples, and even a fake Chinese Village. In terms of sheer monumental size, however, the fake monumental castle ruin of the Löwenburg stands apart from the numerous antiquated and pseudo-medieval constructions that served as decorative motifs for landscaped parks in other parts of Europe.
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#10: Prague Castle
Prague Castle (Czech: Praský hrad) is a castle in Prague where the Czech kings, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and theCzech Republic have had their offices. The Czech Crown Jewels are kept here. Prague Castle is one of the biggest castles in the world (according toGuinness Book of Records the biggest ancient castle [1]) at about 570 meters in length and an average of about 130 meters wide.
The history of the castle stretches back to the 9th century (870). The first walled building was the church of Our Lady[2]. The Basilica of Saint Georgeand the Basilica of St. Vitus were founded in the first half of the 10th century. The first convent in Bohemia was founded in the castle, next to the church of St. George. A Romanesque palace was erected here during the 12th century. In the 14th century, under the reign of Charles IV the royal palace was rebuilt in Gothic style and the castle fortifications were strengthened. In place of rotunda and basilica of St. Vitus began building of a vast Gothic church, that have been completed almost six centuries later. During the Hussite Wars and the following decades the Castle was not inhabited. In 1485, KingLadislaus II Jagello began to rebuild the castle. The massive Vladislav Hall (built by Benedikt Rejt) was added to the Royal Palace. There were also built new defence towers on the northern side of the castle. A large fire in 1541 destroyed large parts of the castle. Under the Habsburgs some new buildings in renaissance style appeared here. Ferdinand I built Belvedere, summer palace for his wife Anne. Rudolph II used Prague Castle as his main residence. He founded the northern wing of the palace, with the Spanish Hall, where his precious artistic collections were exhibited. The Second Prague defenestration in 1618 began the Bohemian Revolt. During the subsequent wars the Castle was damaged and dilapidated. Many works from the collection of Rudolph II were looted by Swedes in 1648, in the course of the Thirty Years' War. The last major rebuilding of the castle was carried out by Queen Maria Theresa in the second half of the 18th century. Ferdinand V, after abdication in 1848, chose Prague Castle as his home.
In 1918 the castle became the seat of the president of the new Czechoslovak Republic. The New Royal Palace and the gardens were renovated by Slovenian architect Joe Plečnik. Renovations continued in 1936 under Plečnik's successor Pavel Janák.
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II, Prague Castle became the headquarters of Reinhard Heydrich, the "Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia". It is said that he placed the Bohemian crown on his head; old legends say that a usurper who places the crown on his head is doomed to die within a year.[3] Less than a year after assuming power, Heydrich was assassinated.
After the liberation of Czechoslovakia, it housed the offices of the communist Czechoslovak government. During the Velvet Revolution, Alexander Dubček, the leader of Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring, appeared on a balcony overlooking Wenceslas Square to hear throngs of protesters below shouting "Dubček to the castle!" As they pushed for him to take his seat as president of the country at Prague Castle, he embraced the crowd as a symbol of democratic freedom.
After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the castle became the seat of the Head of State of the new Czech Republic. Similar to what Masaryk did with Plečnik, president Václav Havel commissionned Bořek ípek to be the architect of post-communism Prague Castle's necessary improvements in particular of the facelift of the Castle's Gallery of paintings.
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On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Arthur Koziol <email@example.com> wrote:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_195.36.08.html

Added support for the following GPUs:

 Quadro FX 880M

Fixed a bug that caused screen corruption after an application released a GLX_NV_present_video device.

Fixed an X server crash caused by starting nvidia-settings while X was not on the active VT.

Fixed an nvidia-settings bug that produced many "Bad argument" warning messages when running nvidia-settings --query all.

Fixed a bug that caused G-Sync stereo synchronization to fail sometimes when enabling frame lock.

Fixed a bug that caused OpenGL applications to occasionally crash with "double free or corruption" messages when exiting.

On GPUs with VDPAU feature set A, enhanced VDPAU's handling of some corrupted or incorrectly formatted MPEG-1/2 streams. This solves a reported issue with "0testbad.mpg".

Fixed a bug in the VDPAU video mixer that caused chroma aberrations, and corruption in the right-hand few columns of pixels, when post- processing video surfaces with widths not an exact multiple of 4 pixels.

Fixed a bug that prevented the GPUFanControlState attribute from being set on the nvidia-settings command line.

Fixed a regression that made the "TVStandard" X configuration option cause system hangs with products from the GeForce 6 and 7 series.

Worked around a bug in some AUO laptop flat panels where the native mode in the EDID is invalid, leading to a 640x480 desktop repeated six times
 across the screen.

Increased the maximum number of slices supported by VDPAU for MPEG-2 streams, in order to cope with the region 1 DVD "A Christmas Story".

Added unofficial preliminary support for xorg-server video driver ABI version 7, including xorg-server-220.127.116.11.

Fix the soname of libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 and libvdpau_trace.so.1 to match their filenames.

Fixed a performance regression with non-antialiased text in KDE4.

Enabled GPU acceleration for many RENDER compositing operations that were previously processed in software, including conjoint and disjoint blending
 modes and component alpha blending.

Added experimental GPU acceleration of the RENDER CompositeTrapezoids operation. This can be enabled at runtime by running:

 nvidia-settings -a AccelerateTrapezoids=1
 This is only supported on the GeForce GTX series or newer products.
Fixed a bug in the VDPAU overlay-based presentation queue that caused high CPU usage during "put bits" operations when more than two surfaces
 were queued.

Updated `nvidia-settings --query all` to report all available attributes queryable through all NV-CONTROL target types.

Enhanced the VDPAU blit-based presentation queue to provide values of "first_presentation_time" that have less jitter.

Add support for R16F and RG32F GLXFBConfigs when using GeForce 8 series and higher GPUs.

Added support for A2BGR10 32-bit GLX visuals on 30-bit X screens. These allow some level of window transparency when using 30-bit visuals with GLX and Composite, but they may cause problems with older X servers and/or applications.ARGB GLX visuals can be disabled by adding:
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "False" to the X configuration file.

Fixed a problem that caused DisplayPort devices to behave incorrectly when DPMS power saving mode was triggered.

Updated VDPAU to improve thread concurrency.See the README for details.

Altered NVIDIA X driver behavior in the case that no display devices are connected to the GPU.Previously, in this case, the NVIDIA X driver would pretend a CRT was connected to the GPU. Now, the NVIDIA X driver will not automatically pretend that any CRTs are connected.If the X driver does not detect any connected display devices, the X server will fail to start.
 To restore the old behavior, use the ConnectedMonitor X configuration option; e.g.,
 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT"
 Alternatively, if display is not desired, Quadro and Tesla GPU users can enable "NoScanout" mode, which bypasses any mode timing validation or use of display devices; this is configured with:
 Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none"

Disabled software cursors when the driver is operating in "no scanout" (UseDisplayDevice "none") mode.The software cursor image is not visible in remote desktop applications or screenshots anyway, so having software cursor enabled was unnecessary.

Changed glXSwapBuffers() behavior for a pixmap such that it is now a no-op in the direct rendering case in order to match the indirect case and comply with the GLX spec. Previously, calling glXSwapBuffers() on pixmaps in the direct case would swap the pixmap's buffers if the pixmap was double buffered.

Modified the installation location and names of internal VDPAU libraries to conform to conventions and Debian packaging guidelines. New versions of libvdpau expect this layout. Compatibility with old versions of libvdpau is maintained with symlinks.

Fixed a bug that could cause errors in graphical applications run after a previous application using VDPAU and OpenGL. This behaviour was observed when running Gwenole Beauchesne's hwdecode-demos application.

Modified vdpau.h to increment VDPAU_VERSION, to reflect the fact that new features have been added in the past. Also, add the new define VDPAU_INTERFACE_VERSION.

Fixed a periodic temporary hang in the VDPAU blit-based presentation queue.

Fixed a problem that caused resolution limitations or corruption on certain DisplayPort devices such as the Apple 24" Cinema display or some DisplayPort to VGA adapters.

Disabled the UseEvents option for GeForce 8 series and higher GPUs due to a problem that causes occasional short hangs.It will be re-enabled when that bug has been tracked down and fixed.

VDPAU now allows multiple streams to be decoded at once, without the need to set any environment variables.

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 Have you tried it yet? Does it work with PowerDevil? Having to set my laptop power saving settings via script is lame :D

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I discovered Miracle of Sound about an hour ago.
Instant fan. I've already purchased this song and the Shepard one.
slightly off topic: anyone else think my face resembles the default Hawke too much.
This is a great song that I can now appreciate because I found my fond memories of Dragon Age 2 that were perverted by blood ma... I mean internet hypnotism, and I was saved by a hero named Hawke.
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I know I'm late to the party on this one. Just discovered Escapist and Miracle of Sound recently. Really love this song. I am a huge fan of the Dragon Age games (even though 2 had some serious flaws) and although I finished it quite a while ago, this took me back. Lyrics fit the story well, and watching the action made me want to play again. Awesome.
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The event is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14 to Saturday, Nov. 16.
SCEPSI is geared towards introducing high school students to engineering and physics in general and Francis Marion's programs in particular.
Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Physics Dr. David Peterson is coordinator of the institute aimed at "sharing the excitement of engineering physics." The institute gives high school students a chance to become familiar with more advanced ideas and equipment than they would normally be exposed to in a high school setting.


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Yes, fondant is edible, though many Americans don't care for its flavor. That's one of the reasons we suggest icing the cake in buttercream icing or covering with apricot glaze before covering with fondant. (The other reason is that it helps the fondant stick to the cake.)


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Hi everyone.
when i use Lanmap in my network it show me there is som PCs connect to the Outside directly.
and some PCs connect from firewall.
so PLZ PLZ give me your advice.
best regards,
there's some PC connect to the outside directly.
because sometimes i find all PCs connecting to my Firewall , and just the firewall connecting to outside.
however, their request:
thou shalt treat all computers as thou wouldst treat thyself, for thou art the creator of thine own problems.
Provide more details OP. Many more details. What are you trying to achieve for starters? What sort of advice do you want? How is your network setup (what sort of devices, how are they connected, etc)? Before you make your next post, I want you to be able to read over what you have just written and think "Wow, I really went overboard with the details there...". Make sure the details are relevant.
I am now at the point where I am going to delete this thread if the next post you make does not demonstrate a decent effort to properly articulate your problem. It seems like you are just phoning this in at the moment, and it's wasting everyone's time and cluttering up the forum.
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Capitalisation is important. It's the difference between "Helping your brother Jack off a horse" and "Helping your brother jack off a horse".
The Forum Rules, Forum FAQ and the BackTrack Wiki... learn them, love them, live them.
I'm sorry about your time.
LANmap discover my network and it's make good job.
because some PCs change the network gateway or DNS to connect the internet over Firewall and i want know what they do to make that.
what they do to connect the internet directly?
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as i said some times i found just the Firewall connect to the outside.
note: NOT DMZ
Check this Picture.
check this pic.
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About my network it's normal network contains windows server 2003 work as DC "AD,DNS" connect to LAN have static IP.
And Linux Firewall the RED interface contains real IP and Green interface connect to LAN and work as DHCP ...etc
And the users IP fixed lease by MAC address.
when i discover LANMAP program "i found some PCs connect to the outside directly and when i make check over that PC i discover that PC have good internet connection it's look like "it is only PC in the network""
as you will see in the image below.
I make network stats and i find nothing maybe the user hear me coming and re-change it "lol".
My Questions is:
1-what the user did in your Imagination?
2-How i can handle this even if the user make his move?
I hope that information can help you to help me.
Best regards,
"in the my domain users can change the network configuration"


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Is there a Cisco recommendation on max number of H-REAP APs to use per remote site
I was wondering if there is a Cisco recommendation on the maximum number of H-REAP APs to be deployed per remote location.
I know there is no limitation as far as a controller is concerned, but is it advisable to have 20 - 30 H-REAP APs per remote location considering we have a 4mbps WAN link per site..
Also, I read that in a 5508 controller an H-REAP group will support only 25 APs per group. Is it really required to use H-REAP groups?, and will NOT using it have any effect on roaming while using 802.1x PEAP for client authentication.
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A 360-degree view of the often polarizing topic of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance will be shared by human health and animal health experts at the "Bridging the Gap between Animal Health and Human Health" symposium in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 12-14.
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Hosted by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, the symposium is open to food retailers and leaders in public health, consumer advocacy and animal agriculture, the media and other individuals interested in discussing science and future strategies to preserve antibiotic efficacy.
The 2013 symposium in Kansas City will start on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12, and conclude in the early afternoon on Thursday, Nov. 14. In addition to high-level, on-the-cutting-edge speakers, the symposium will include small group discussions and time allotted for attendees to ask questions.
The agenda, presentation topics and confirmed presenters for the "Bridging the Gap between Animal Health and Human Health" symposium is available online at www.animalagriculture.org
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Chief Human Capital Officer Gail Lovelace added, "We are sensitive to the increased costs our employees are experiencing at the fuel pump, and we are a green agency, so we want to do everything we can to lower the employees' expenses while reducing global warming by cutting CO2 emissions from cars and trucks."
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UK/Ire tour begins next week
There are now only four days until Keane's UK/Ireland arena tour kicks off in Edinburgh. That show has sold out, but there are still a few tickets left for the Nottingham, Manchester and London shows. Click here to buy some. And here's the full list of shows...
19th Nov - Edinburgh Usher Hall
21st Nov - Dublin Olympia
22nd Nov - Belfast Waterfront
28th Nov - Nottingham Capital FM Arena
29th Nov - Manchester Arena
30th Nov - London O2 Arena
2nd Dec - Brighton Centre
3rd Dec - Margate Winter Gardens
4th Dec - Bournemouth BIC
Comments (22)
I`m off to manchester tonight and so excited.First time seeing Keane live and been looking forward to it for months....Roll on 7pm xx
Thanx guys for an amazing show at Usher Hall its first time ive heard She has no time and Neon river live. Tom hope you get well soon and your better for the next uk gig in Nottingham, its the time of year for colds and flu im going to the drs tomorrow for my flu jab as i dont want to have any more colds or the flu this winter ive got asthma so i choose to get the flu injection. Bye for now love 2 Tom, Tim, Richard, Jesse and Colin my hero XXXXX.
Guys, thank you so so much for the show in Belfast tonight!!!! I've just arrived home and I'm looking through all the pics I made, reliving the experience. Seeing you all from the front row was an unforgettable experience, more so as it was the first time I got to see you live :)! Love you all so much, I love your music, love everything that you do. I hope you'll keep up the great work, that you'll won't get sick of it all :P and that we'll see you back here again soon! Enjoy the rest of the UK tour! :) xxxx Also, well done on the choice for the opening act, John was really funny and a great musician by the looks of it, will definitely look into his band's work too :). Thanks again :)! xxxx
Keane at Usher Hall last night were totally amazing, brilliant. Usher Hall is a beautiful setting , and quite intimate, the fans were fantastic as usual and it was a fantastic night. Keane, u r all so talented and lovely and so humble too. Your fans adore you and your music and seeing everyone up on their feet singing their hearts out to SOWK and bedshaped just makes me proud to be a Keane fan :)). To everone going to see Keane in the next few weeks, im so jealous, but you will have the time of your lives. Enjoy every second xxxxxxx
be with you singing and dancing especially congratulate you, you can not know how much it makes me happy* i would like to be with you again before your U.S. tour, I'll try to come applaud London, which is TOMY you can make me be the joy of making a picture with me (((Christmas before Christmas for me)))) Lot of Love** Big Kisses to all
Please come to ARGENTINA!!!!!!!!
I cant wait !
Una vez escuchados Keane en Razzmatazz me cogieron ganas de ir a London. Quien pudiera ir a London .... Es dinero del viage + entradas + comida. Seguro que será espectacular. El diseño del escenario, el ambiente, .... Volver a ver a Tim Rice..... Petons.
Have a great show Keane ^_^ love from Jakarta!!!
J'aurai vraiment voulu vous voir en Angleterre mais je ne peux pas. J'espère que vous reviendrez l'année prochaine en France. En tout cas, je garde un souvenir inoubliable du concert de l'Olympia Paris, les autres aussi( casino de Paris et zenith de Paris en 2008). J'Ecoute vos chansons en permanence !
Ohhhhhhhh PLEASE COME TO COLOMBIA!!!!!!!
Tickets arrived yesterday for Manchester not long now c u all soon x
ISA, from Brasil, Sao Paulo ******** Surely this tour will be great! Lots of love and good luck, always! XXXX
Seems ages since I saw you in Glasgow in May!!! Roll on Monday in Edinburgh......can't come quick enough!!! See you all there!!! xxxxx
That's awesome! I'm looking forward a Latin American Tour :D
I'm so envious of you who are able to attend these concerts! I guess I as a Swede have to wait for quite a while before they come back here again.
Auguri di cuore per il vostro tour in UK ed Irlanda carissima band! Spero vivamente che poi, in uno di questi tour, facciate nuovamente un bel liveblog in tempo reale: li adoro! Un abbraccio da Sabrina da Catania: S I C I L I A !!!
We know.... looking forward to seeing you guys at Nottingham, Brighton and Bournemouth (once I've sorted my annual leave out at work!!! LOL)
.......and now I am squealing with excitement - guys, I'm trying to hold it together here - stop getting me into a frenzy, I'm going to be like this for the next 15 days now :D hahaha
I wish I will be there! Beijos, Regina.
have fun, boys!!!!!! *hugs & kisses from Belgium*


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Be great if simba and chris Scott and Alex enlund are on the card
Be great if simba and chris Scott and Alex enlund are on the card
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Paul DeathWish Hartley
3 and 4 pro flyweght
Brett Johns is injured so his title defence against James Brum is off, but seven fights have today been added to the Newcastle card, including Jordan Desborough vs. Cory Tait and two women's bantamweight bouts...
in my post months ago I said get Curt out of his bamma contract and have him fight up here cause it would be insane. obviously ian dean paul drollery and graham boylan listened. who do I post my details to for the cheque to be sent to?
cant wait for this now
Gonna be a sick show like never been more excited for a fight in my life
Liam Bad Intentions James, pro mma uk featherweight!!
Kainer is a historic fan of the NE - bet he can't wait to go there
'Go read a fucking book, you piece of shit.'
Who do people think curt will fight I'm guessing mick sinclare or young maguire
Maguire is fighting on the NYE show so won't be him. Can't see it being Mick Sinclair ATM. There are some really good fights to be had in the LW division right now.
Curt v Andre Winner/Sam Gilbert/Tim Radcliffe
If you didn't see it with your own eyes, or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth!
I'm on about tommy not John or are they both on the nye card?
Really looking forward to it got a group of around 20 going would be lying if I said was looking forward to another fight more then Simba Enty.
Retired 2k and out.
More fights added, including Wez Murch vs. Curt Warburton and Alan Johnston vs. Tommy Quinn...
Murch has also signed exclusively with Cage Warriors on a five-fight deal.
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Colvin hurls eight three-hit frames
Phillies righty fans career-high nine while allowing one run
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | July 11, 2011 7:52 PM ET
The Phillies' No. 3 prospect struck out a career-high nine batters over eight innings against Class A Advanced Jupiter, allowing just one run and leading Clearwater to a 4-2 victory. Colvin allowed just three hits and one walk in the contest.
"It's really just being comfortable with my mechanics," he said. "I've been working on with our pitching coach, Dave Lundquist. Mainly, all my pitches were working, and I was throwing everything for strikes. I was repeating my mechanics and everything felt good."
Colvin, a seventh-round pick in 2009, emerged as one of the Phillies' best prospects last year when he pitched for Class A Lakewood. He posted a 3.39 ERA and struck out 120 batters, ranking fourth in the system in both categories.
The 20-year-old right-hander suffered a back injury in Spring Training this season, which limited him to just two innings in his season debut April 10. He stayed off the field for over a month, not returning until May 13.
"It kind of fired up during Spring Training with the heat and everything," Colvin said. "It was a tight lower back, maybe a muscle strain. It progressively got worse, which made me change a few things mechanically."
Since coming back, Colvin has put together a 3.67 ERA in 12 games, despite a pitching motion that had been altered by his injury. He thinks he has progressed greatly in his past two outings, in which he allowed just one earned run over 14 frames.
"I couldn't say it has [gone smoothly]," Colvin said. "At the beginning, I was fighting bad habits that I created even though my back felt good. I'm finally back on track and everything feels the way it should.
"We had one of our higher-ups come in and he pinpointed a few things, along with [Lundquist]. I was stabbing in the back a little too much. The last two outings, I've been focusing on that. Not really [to say] that was the only thing that was wrong, but that's definitely something that helped me progress the last two starts."
On Monday, Colvin (2-3) started and ended strong. He retired 12 of 13 batters at one point between the first and fourth innings, and he did not allow a hit over his final three frames. His eight innings represented his longest outing this season.
"Just the way I felt was the best I've felt all year," Colvin said.
Now that he has fixed his mechanical issues, Colvin's aim is to maintain the success that he's enjoyed recently.
"Just continue how I'm doing," he said. "Stay with the mechanics I have right now, listen to my pitching coach and stay on track for the rest of the season."
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The university hosted the annual National Native American Heritage Month Powwow. The event brought hundreds to campus to participate in a ceremony of drumming and dance that is central to the Native American experience.
"They dance for healing, for themselves, for their family. They dance for their creator. They dance for a number of different reasons," said Dr. Joyce Rain Anderson, English professor and one of the organizers of the event.
As for the drumming that marks the powwow, she added, "That's the heartbeat, the beat of Mother Earth."
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These overshoes offered the best fit and slip resistance in tests conducted by the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute. They were found to be the easiest to put on and remove by panelists wearing both casual and dress shoes. A hook-and-loop fastener opens the entire front length of the overshoe for easy entry and closure. A quick-release buckle secures the top of the overshoe to the shoe underneath to eliminate feet sliding around while walking. Winning for slip resistance after panelists wore them on an ice rink, the overshoes' rubber outsoles each have 16 removable cleats that unscrew using the included cleat key. The two rearmost cleats are angled outward to minimize slipping at the heel, leading one panelist to remark "I could take a misstep on the ice and these cleats would still save me from a fall." The 500-denier nylon uppers have sealed seams, keeping the wearer's shoes free from water and salt stains. An elastic drawstring secures the top of the overshoe to keep out snow and slush. Black. Unisex.
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Awesome boots, kept me from falling!
By skeeter
from Lake Orion, Michigan
I have been searching a long time for boots that: are rugged, do not make my feet too warm, will keep the snow and water away from my feet and most importantly: help keep me from falling, with all of the snow, thaw and refreeze here in Michigan, we have a front yard that is an ice rink and these boots with the cleats have prevented me from falling, thus saving you a doctor or massage therapy bill :) Also, I love the Velcro instead of laces that break or get dirty all the time. This is a well designed shoe boot that may not be pretty but I trust these boots than any other boot I have came across.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Very good, but...
By Ted in TO
from Toronto, ON, Canada
I bought a pair of similar overshoes before (they were the only ones that could fit over my shoe size) and loved them. I needed an extra pair to keep at work, so I looked these up. I was concerned about the cleats but THOUGHT that they were removable, so I bought this pair. The cleats aren't removable that I can see; but otherwise they are a good product.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Very good product for walking on ice.
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from Long Island, New York
Good service from HS. First order was too big. Returned them. Replacement was fast and efficient.
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Not as good as stated
By YoYo
from Calgary AB
The roads, sidewalks and parks of my city are covered with ice and very slippery snow. While these overshoes are some help against these hazards, they are not as reliable as the cleats I can attach to my winter boots. They slip on ice, and I would not dare go down a slippery slope counting on them.
Easy on/off and velcro closure: terrific
By Dave
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I use these boots to go out in the yard to service my bird feeders. Our Maine weather makes it a necessity to have an effective shoe cover.These fit great over my shoes and are very easy to put on, close up and remove when i'm done.Metal studs are good in icy conditions but don't wear them inside.
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These boots were a gift and the recipient was very excited. We live in Santa Fe and face winter ice and snow and these boots will be very useful during those times. However, so far this winter has been very mild and the boots have not yet been put to the test.
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I like the boots, they make me feel safe
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I liked everything about the boots except the size. I think that I am probably between a large and a medium. I can wear the boots but I need to have my bulkiest shoes on in order to not move around in the boots.
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Really hope I don't have to use the antislip boots but good to know I have them
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Ailes brings GOP, Fox News talking points to ABC's This Week
Fox News president Roger Ailes made his debut as a panelist on ABC's This Week on Sunday. However, he brought little to the roundtable beyond hackneyed conservative talking points repeatedly advanced by Republican leaders and his own network's stable of right-wing pundits.
Talking Point: Health care bill is too long, lawmakers don't have time to read it
Ailes: Bill is "2,000 pages for lawyers to hide things." After New York Times columnist Paul Krugman presented evidence [1] of Fox News' "deliberate misinformation" on health care reform, Ailes responded: "How many words are in the Constitution? The Founding Fathers managed -- they didn't need 2,000 pages of lawyers to hide things." Ailes further claimed that Obama told "people it's an emergency that we get it, but it won't go into effect for three years" and that lawmakers "don't have time to read it." [This Week, 1/31/10 [2]]
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH): "All you need to know is there are 1,990 pages. That should tell you everything." Appearing on the October 30, 2009, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, Boehner asserted of the House health care bill: "All you need to know is there are 1,990 pages. That should tell you everything." [America's Newsroom, 10/30/09 [3]]
Boehner called for bills to be posted online so members have time to read them. In an October 28, 2009, Dallas Morning News op-ed [4], Boehner wrote:
When it comes to the issue of congressional transparency, House Republicans are providing a clear answer. We've listened to the American people, and we're united in our support for common-sense changes such as "read the bill" reform that would require all bills to be posted online for a minimum of 72 hours before they are brought to a vote.
Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI): "Democrats' 2,000 page gamble ... delays reforms for several years." On November 4, 2009, Camp, the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, issued a press release [5] that read, in part:
"Americans' health care is too important and too complex to risk on Democrats' 2,000-page gamble. Instead, Republicans are promoting a step-by-step approach to comprehensive health care reform, and the first step is to make health insurance affordable for families, affordable for small businesses and affordable for America.
"Unlike the Democrat plan that increases taxes almost immediately but delays reforms for several years, the Republican plan will immediately begin to lower costs."
Hannity: "[I]f you can't put this down in 30 pages or less, it proves that this is a complicated, you know, bunch of bureaucratic garbage." Fox News host Sean Hannity stated of the bill, a copy of which he had on his set, "My gosh, I could work out with this." He added, "Nineteen hundred pages. That -- if you can't put this down in 30 pages or less, it proves that this is a complicated, you know, bunch of bureaucratic garbage." [Hannity, 10/29/09 [6]]
Talking Point: Obama wants "radical change"
Ailes: "some people say" Obama wants "radical change." Asked by host Barbara Walters to give "advice to Barack Obama," Ailes said: "I think he's in a very tough spot. He is enormously likable, and I think despite what everybody says, people would like him to succeed. But he came in with a belief that the radical change he wanted -- or what some people say is the radical change that he wanted -- would be widely accepted." [This Week, 1/31/10 [7]]
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN): "We have the most left-leaning, radical president we've ever had in the history of the United States." In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Bachmann asserted:
"We have the most left-leaning, radical president we've ever had in the history of the United States. The most radical, left-leaning speaker of the House than we've ever had in the history of the United States and one of the most radical, left-leaning majority leaders in the Senate," she said. "We have never had this type of radical view of government before and the American people look at this and are repulsed at liberalism in practice." [CBN.com, 1/20/10 [8]]
Beck suggests Obama is "a radical revolutionary" who is trying "to intentionally collapse the financial system." On the January 21 edition of his radio show, Glenn Beck said: "I'm thinking that we just don't need a president that's a radical revolutionary." And that he'd like "a president who's not trying to fundamentally transform our country by killing the Constitution ... and doesn't try to intentionally collapse the financial system." [Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program, 1/21/10 [9]]
Fox News' Gretchen Carlson wondered if "following Obama's agenda" made Dodd and Dorgan "too radical for America." Teasing a segment on the announced retirements of Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson asked: "Did following Obama's agenda make them too radical for America?" As she asked this, the on-screen text read: "Too Radical for America?" [Fox & Friends, 1/7/10 [10]]
Talking Point: Profiling is necessary to protect Americans
Ailes suggests profiling necessary for security: "[I]t's not the Norwegians that are doing this." Asked what the top priorities are for the nation, Ailes listed as his top priority the "safety and sovereignty of the United States," adding: "We've got to get much tougher. We've cut the hands off the CIA. We can't -- it's not the Norwegians that are doing this. We know who it is; we can't seem to say it. So sooner or later, we're going to have to toughen up on all this stuff." [This Week, 1/31/10 [11]]
Brian Kilmeade: "[I]f you're a 20- to 30-year-old Islamic male, even if you have no evil intentions, expect to be delayed. We have to profile." On the January 4 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade said [12], "[N]inety percent of these terrorists are men, Islamic men between 20 and 30. Why are we pretending that all of us should get equal training [sic]? Shouldn't we just tell -- if you're a 20- to 30-year-old Islamic male, even if you have no evil intentions, expect to be delayed. We have to profile." [Fox & Friends, 1/4/10 [13]]
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK): "I believe in racial and ethnic profiling," In a January 21 Senate Armed Services Committee review of the Fort Hood shootings, Inhofe asserted [14]:
And I'm, for one -- I know it's not politically correct to say it -- I believe in racial and ethnic profiling. I think if you're looking at people getting on an airplane and you have X amount of resources to get into it, you need to get at the targets, not my wife. And I just think it's something that should be looked into.
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COMMUNITIES across Worcestershire got together on Sunday, June 1, for the sixth annual Big Lunch, which encourages to residents get together with their neighbours for community friendship and fun.
In Malvern Wells, festivities focused on the village hall and club, where residents held a bring-and-share buffet lunch, with Worcester Ukulele Club providing entertainment.
Organisations such as the WI, the Wells Singers, the Wells Players and churches showcased their activities and a collection for the Stroke Association was successful.
Spokesman Ken Beecroft said: "We are a very linear village and it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between our community and the greater Malvern area. Our aim is to develop a focal point for the village around the hall, and we believe the Big Lunch is making a major contribution to this aim."
Residents of Cowleigh Road, also in Malvern, took to the streets for a party, complete with barbecue, skittles and table tennis competitions, a kids' hat-making competition, a magician and live music.
The party was opened by long-standing local resident Les Hall, and about 150 residents enjoyed a warm and relaxed afternoon chatting with neighbours, cooking and eating sausages and burgers, and enjoying a glass of wine or cup of tea.
Some children recorded themselves reading stories from an edition of the Malvern Gazette of the 1870s.
Organiser Nick Harmer said: "We've definitely noticed a difference in our community since starting The Big Lunch. Many people now know far more neighbours beyond the houses to their immediate right or left. People stop and have a chat when seeing each other on the street."
And the Big Lunch wasn't the only attraction on Sunday: foodies found themselves drawn to the town centre by the irresistible Italian food market, Italia in Piazza.
While accordion music echoed around Abbey Road, shoppers could browse among a wide selection of salamis, pizza, pasta and special Italian breads.
Cllr Phil Grove, portfolio holder for economic development at MHDC, said: "Events like this are great at bringing people to the town. The market provided a lovely atmosphere over the weekend."


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DICKON Allen, the Visitor Experience Officer at Montacute House in south Somerset has won a gold award as the 'Tourism Superstar' for the South West of England.
The award, for customer service, was presented as part of the annual South West Tourism for Excellence Awards.
Dickon was up against 300 other entrants but his colleagues with the National Trust at Montacute House were confident he would do well.
"He's a young man of exceptional natural warmth and friendliness which shines through his whole personality," said Grahame Meaden, Visitor Experience Manager.
"'When it comes to giving great customer service Dickon doesn't just go that extra mile; he'll hike up the mountain with a smile on his face carrying your bags."
Many visitors to the National Trust's Elizabethan mansion will have met Dickon giving one of his introductory talks or just welcoming visitors to Montacute and chatting with people as they explore the house and gardens.
"Once you have met him you will no doubt remember him but for all for the right reasons. When I first heard of the awards I knew instantly who to put forward as I had a pile of personal testaments to Dickon's merits on my desk," continued Grahame.
"Our whole team are so proud of his achievement in winning this gold award."
Dickon has worked in various capacities for the National Trust at Montacute House over the past five years. He started off as a part time shop assistant and worked his way up to his current work as Visitor Experience Officer.


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