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By Chris Preimesberger | Posted 2006-08-22 Email PrintThe company spiffs up a large part of its storage server line in an all-out effort to outflank market leader EMC.
IBM doesn't often name names when it publicly discusses its competitors in the IT storage business, but it made an exception Aug. 22 when it aimed a new product line squarely at market leader EMC.The new "turbo-powered" line of storage servers offers faster performance and improved system management compared to both EMC's servers and previous IBM models, an IBM spokesperson said.
IBM, based in Armonk, N.Y., also announced the launch of the new IBM System Storage N7000, developed in conjunction with Network Appliance as part of a recent alliance between the two companies.
The N7000 completes IBM's portfolio of unified storage products based on NetApp technology that provide end-to-end systems for enterprise class NAS (network-attached storage) and iSCSI offerings, ranging from 50-person businesses to large data centers.
NetApp will produce the N7000 Series as branded IBM products while concurrently selling similar models under its own name, the spokesperson said.
"This [the Turbo line and the N7000] is the largest expansion of [IBM's] storage portfolio in years," the spokesperson said.
The enterprise-class disk array IBM DS8000 Turbo line features 4GB-per-second FICON (Fibre Connection) throughput, which is about double the I/O now typically available. The Turbo runs on IBM's Power 5 chips, and the company claims that it delivers 15 percent better performance than the company's older model.
"As EMC's appetite for acquisitions grows ever more healthy, the foundation from which the company began is under siege," the IBM spokesperson said. "Market share numbers from IDC show the company is losing its grip on market dominance in the storage sector. Today, with the introduction of more enterprise-to-SMB [small and midsize businesses] appealing systems from IBM, that grip will be further tested."
According to industry reports, IBM has been making strong inroads into the $4.2 billion disk storage systems market share that EMC and HP (Hewlett-Packard) have historically owned.
EMC owned 21.8 percent of the enterprise external disk storage systems market in Q1 2006, with HP at about 18 percent and IBM at 12 percent, according to IDC, in Framingham, Mass.
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Carroll's Gun Shop, near Wharton, is worth the hour drive west from Houston. Good selection of Doziers and many others. Not to mention firearms.
Most gunshops will also have various knives. Large sporting goods stores also carry folding and camping style knives.
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Bayou City Knives is located inside Turner Hardware in Houston. I have never been there but I've purchased from them online. You can check out the web site or call them for more info.
Turner Hardware & Industrial Supply
11730 Hempstead Road
Houston, Texas 77092
Collectors Firearms on Richmond. They have the best selection in town, hands down, but if u don't get a Knife guy to help u- uggg...-- the rest of they sales people are a-holes.
Check out the dealers, knife makers and individual knives for sale in the exchange as an alternative to driving to an area dealer and paying close to full retail plus sales tax for what is likely a limited selection of quality knives. Local Gun & Knife shows would be another option.
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text: International Conference Directors Accommodations NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING RESERVATIONS IS SEPTEMBER 4TH; AFTER THAT DATE NO ROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE. Accommodations: Rooms have been reserved at the Marriott Courtyard Downtown ($114) and the Holiday Inn ($115) in downtown Grand Rapids, each a five minutes walk from the Conference site. Note that parking at the Marriott Courtyard is $14 a day and free at the Holiday Inn. The Holiday Inn Front Desk is 616.235.7611, and the Courtyard Marriott's is 616.242.6000; ask for the SEAC room rate. To make a reservation at the Marriott, you may go to their website if you wish. In the bottom left-hand corner, under the tab for Rooms, it says Group code. Use seaseaa for a King room and seaseab for a room with two doubles. On the red section of the map of Grand Rapids, the Marriott is marked as #3 and the Holiday Inn as #4. The Holiday Inn is at 310 Pearl Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504, and the Courtyard Marriott is at 11 Monroe Ave Grand Rapids, MI 49503. The Conference site is the GVSU Eberhard Center, 301 West Fulton St., directly across the river via a walkway from the Marriott. The deadline for hotel reservations is September 4th. If you do not make reservations by that date, you will not get them at these hotels -- and will have a difficult time making them at any other hotel. Because the Arts Festival coincides with the Conference, all rooms will be booked. Restaurants: There are over thirty restaurants within a ten-minute walk from the hotels. Restaurants vary from the incredibly elegant Ruth's Chris and Cygnus 27 (on the top of the Amway Grand) to the Dog Pit and Quiznos. You can walk to more than ten restaurants from the Marriott without going outside, thanks to an extensive skywalk system. And because your visit is during ARTPRIZE, every restaurant and walk will include art exhibits every step of the way, both outdoors and indoors. |


text: Shanghai - Newly re-crowned world number one Rafael Nadal can smash the record for Masters titles claimed in a year in Shanghai this week, as his great rival Roger Federer fights to save his season.Nadal has enjoyed one of the best spells of his career after he came back from career-threatening injury to win two major titles, but he is still seeking further accolades.After replacing Novak Djokovic at the top of the new ATP rankings - despite his loss to the Serb in Sunday's China Open final - Nadal can now become the first man to win six Masters trophies in the same season.And the remorseless Mallorcan, storming into Shanghai as Typhoon Fitow also hits eastern China, is also targeting the coveted title of year-end world number one."If I am able to be number one at the end of the season, then that's an important achievement because I will be the best of the year," he said."That's something that really motivates me."Since returning in February after seven months out with a left knee injury, the Spaniard has won 10 titles, including the French Open and US Open.Until Sunday's loss to Djokovic, he had been unbeaten since his early exit at Wimbledon, where he was a shock first-round loser to Belgium's Steve Darcis."This is a great year, one of the best years of my career without any doubt," said Nadal, who is now just four Grand Slams shy of Federer's record of 17."It sure is special to be back to the top position of the rankings after more than a half-year without playing tennis."Second seed Nadal equalled Djokovic's record of five Masters titles in a season by winning at Cincinnati in August. He has twice been year-end world number one, in 2008 and 2010.Federer, by contrast, has endured a wretched season by his standards and risks missing out on the season-ending World Tour Finals, currently held in London, for the first time since 2001.He has won the event, which features the season's top eight players, a record six times. But Federer has won just one title this year and did not reach any of the Grand Slam finals.With the season entering its final few weeks, the Swiss still has work to do to reach the end-of-season showpiece.But Federer has a tough task in Shanghai, slated to meet defending champion and top seed Djokovic in the quarter-finals.Before he even contemplates that match-up he must get past either Australian warhorse Lleyton Hewitt or Italy's Andreas Seppi in his opener."It is always a tough draw here because it is always such a strong tournament," said fifth seed Federer, who has a bye into the second round."It's a difficult first match for me," he added. "It would be great to play Lleyton. We go back a long way and I remember playing him in Shanghai when the first Masters Cup was here."He beat me in the semi-finals and went on to win the tournament. We have had some amazing matches. Even if I play Seppi, that will also be tough because he is a very good player."Nadal, Djokovic and two-time Shanghai champion Andy Murray have guaranteed their spots for next month's World Tour Finals, but the Briton is expected to skip the event after back surgery.Other players in the frame are David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Juan Martin del Potro - fresh from winning the Japan Open - and Federer's compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka.Also pushing for places in London are French pair Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet, plus Canada's Milos Raonic, forcing Federer to look nervously over his shoulder.The Shanghai Masters started on Sunday with first-round wins for Lukas Rosol, Carlos Berlocq, Florian Mayer and Pablo Andujar.


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Optimize your S-AIR ready BRAVIA® Home Theater system with the EZW-T100 transmitter. This wireless card uses S-AIR™ technology and allows 8 channels of LPCM (CD quality) audio to be sent from your home theater's main unit to a wireless surround speaker kit (WAHT-SA1) or to a wireless multi-room speaker system (AIR-SA10).
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Great Product. But Never Available Again
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Great Product, but Sony will never make or sell them again. Good Luck finding one any where in the World...
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By NJSonyPhan
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After many attempts at resolving the issues with the SAIR product line, i'm truly disapointed by the performance. The units do not stay linked if they are seperated by more than 1 foot. I have tried to relocate the receiver, but the results are identical. I have even attempted to pair two receivers (two seperate units, one at a time) and although they pair correctly, the loose link every 2-5 seconds, even though the receivers show 3 bars out of 3. Truly disapointing.
Has this product been discontiuned?
By GregFraker
from Phoenix, Arizona
I bought my Sony Home Theater (new at Best Buy) a few weeks before Christmas 2010. Five months later (May 2011), I want to set up the rear speakers without wires and buy the necessary equipment to do so. It appears that Sony no longer makes the transmitter. Sony - is that true?
(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Why doesn't Sony read the reviews?
By Bummed
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I feel so ripped off, my new home theater said I needed the S-AIR receiver to have my rear speakers wireless so I bought it. I didn't realize I needed to buy yet another product to make it work, this was after I had my speakers disconnected and everything else set up. I could tell something was missing from the setup instructions but thought it couldn't be because I just spent $134.00 on the separate receiver. YOU SUCK SONY had I not gone to so much trouble already I would return everything and buy another brand.
Works perfectly.
By Hilltop
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I own the Sony SS370 Home Theater System which is S-Air ready for wireless rear speakers. To do this, needed to purchase the EZW- T100 Transmitter ($50) and the WAHT-SA20 Receiver/Amplifier ($150). The EZW-T100 Transmitter easily plugs into a socket located on the back of the SS370 receiver, and the two rear speakers connect to the WAHT-SA20 Receiver/Amplifier. Set up consists of selecting the same channel at both the SS370 receiver and the WAHT-SA20 Amplifier, and then communication between the two is automaticaly established. The sound coming through the rear speakers is perfect; it is the same quality and volume as when they were wired. And there is no interference what so ever with our home's Wi-Fi network or wireless telephones. This setup works perfectly, and I am very happy.
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So, the end goal was to upgrade my Sont HDX589 home theater by getting a new receiver STRDN1000 while being able to use my old speakers until i decide to upgrade. I figure since i'm staying sony everything should be compatible...WRONG.
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After ordering and setting up the unit I find I have to purchase an additional part. Extremely dissapointed in not having knowledge that I would need this part until I had the rest of it set up. It's kind of like selling me a new car and after the deal is made you than inform me I'll have to buy the fourth tire (not included). For an additional charge unbielivable.
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this doesn't match the wireless system
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This is the wrong product for the wireless system. There is no way to hook up this product to the wireless theater system that they are selling here. I will be stopping payment after I call customer service on this product.
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In a couple of hours, I will have spent seven days playing Final Fantasy XIV. They were probably not the best-spent hours of my life, but they were fulfilling, relaxing hours, nevertheless.
I'm going to try writing this return to Final Fantasy XIV with fresh eyes, so I shall not be referencing my previous write-ups much. Needless to say though, I'm happy for one marked difference between my last time playing the game and my current stay in Eorzea: Exclamation Marks pointing to story quest givers and important people that need to be talked to for levequests.
Moving on…
Upon reactivating my account and logging into the game, I realized that playing the game in the manner I used to (mainly carpentering my butt off and doing more crafting than anything else) would not work, so I tried the other approach, which was to create a character that started off as a Disciple of War (in this case, a Lancer) and branched out from there.
This approach worked rather well, primarily because within the first few hours of my stay in the game, I had amassed 100,000 gil for basically talking to someone. As it so happened, I found out that my entry was rather well-timed, as they had just released a patch that introduced a new event for people to enjoy.
This new event, known as Hatching Tide, tasks players with talking to an NPC in one of the capital cities and getting an egg from that NPC every couple of hours (possibly 12). Collect a specific combination of four eggs (Lightning, Earth, Water, and Archon eggs), and turn them in to an NPC beside the egg-giver, and you would be rewarded with a spiffy egg cap that you could use as protective headgear.
I didn't pay much heed to the quest text because I realized that I could sell the eggs for starter money, and so the first thing I did was put the first egg I got up for sale for (this is a pittance, but enough to purchase starter weapons and tools for every class) for 100,000 Gil.
A few hours later, I had enough starter money to get myself acquainted with all the classes.
Forgetting one of the quirks of the game, I attempted to alt-tab to read up on what I could do with the money and caused the game to forcibly shut down. Alt-Tabbing out of the full-screened version of the game shuts the game down, but using the configuration program to set it to windowed mode resolved that issue, though it's a minor annoyance that I have to drag the window up a bit every time I want to see the XP values for my skills and physical level.
In any event, my stay in Eorzea included trying out every profession in the game save for the magic schools and the archer class, and I generally found my way without much trouble, since I could alt-tab and research on class skill synergy.
During this seven-day stay of mine, I contacted The Star Onions, a linkshell I was a part of during the pre-release phase, and found they were currently based on the Lindblum server. They let me into the linkshell, and I enjoyed asking questions a newcomer would normally ask, to which they would either answer promptly and politely, or remind me that there's actually a database now for recipes and other information called Yellow Gremlin.
Combined with Eorzeapedia, a smattering of assorted guides created by players, and a gathering profession spreadsheet that outlined the actual use of notches in Disciple of the Land gathering procedures, I set out to become a strong warrior and a master item crafter.
Check back tomorrow for Part 2 of this Extended Look at Final Fantasy XIV.
On "Bad" Games, Pricing Models, and the Feeling of Fun
I was reading Beau Hindman's latest Free for All column earlier and a thought occurred to me that I wanted to put in writing. In Hindman's post, he was, in part, discussing how the free-to-play movement can be seen as the latest experiential phenomenon to take hold to the world of MMO gaming.
While free-to-play games have had a long-standing history in the realm of MMO titles available to the world, there's been this stigma that a free-to-play MMO is is some sort of lesser being in the realm of gaming, that it is relegated to the realm of "inferior" products. We know now, through experiencing various MMO pricing models and hybrids of such models of payment, that high-quality and "less-than-high-quality" MMOs can be found in all points of the pricing spectrum.
Now, you may have noticed that I've placed quotation marks on some of the negative modifiers in the previous paragraph, and there's a good reason for that. It all goes back to my personal belief that I, as an individual, have my own preferences and mindsets in life and I cannot truly say that one thing is absolutely abhorrent for everyone. Even the basic ideas of death and poverty or the basic emotions of joy and sadness are so wildly divergent in what they mean to people (such as in terms of what constitutes certain ideas, or what triggers an emotion).
As such, a corollary to my personal belief would be that the "bad" game does not exist. There are simply games that fewer people enjoy and games that a larger group of people enjoy. The sweeping generalizations that Syp recently talked about regarding gaming have to be taken out if we are to better understand why people can feel similar emotions when faced with completely different and possibly opposing stimuli.
For instance, let us take stock of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV and Trion Worlds' Rift.
When I first installed Final Fantasy XIV on my computer, I played for four or five hours and pretty much left the game entirely because it did not capture my attention. Information on the game and its various activities was scarce, and if you were the type of gamer who honed his skills on World of Warcraft, the lack of question marks to indicate quest givers would drive you insane.
On the other hand, when I first heard of Rift and played the beta, I was also not thoroughly impressed, until launch grew closer and I realized it was essentially a highly polished and technically proficient game with an intriguing storyline. If you check my Rift articles here on Games and Geekery, you'll notice I meander between thinking the game is "meh" and thinking the game is awesome for having tanks that can self-heal.
If you fast forward to last week though, you'll notice I barely posted anything. The simple response to this is that Rift could not hold my attention and I was madly searching for a game to occupy my free time. On Saturday evening, I decided to play Final Fantasy XIV again on a whim. I created a new character, rolled on a new server, and looked for the old guild I was chatting with online about the game. I played FFXIV for, as it happens, 14 hours straight that day (a feat that only happened once previously when I went raiding in vanilla WoW).
This week, I was reading through other blogs, and Elementalistly's entry on how he feels about Rift kind of got to me. It wasn't that I was offended by his post. Quite the opposite really.
You see, I was beginning to feel the exact same thing he felt when it came to Rift, only I was experiencing what he was feeling with Final Fantasy XIV, the game Elementalistly and I once both found to be less than stellar.
When I compare the two games on a purely technical level, I find Rift to be a clear leader in terms of customer-centric accessibility and polish. Final Fantasy XIV is not perfect, and still remains free-to-play so long as Square Enix deems the game to be in a state that is below their standard of what a good game should be.
Despite this, however, I know that there are people like myself who currently feel about Final Fantasy XIV the same way that Elementalistly feels about Rift. We're all having fun in the games our preferences and predilections lead us to, and it shouldn't matter how much you play, how much you pay, or how off-beat your tastes are.
The important thing is that you are happy with what you're doing, whether it's when you're playing an MMORPG, when you're writing that fantasy novel masterpiece about the adventurous marmot with nunchaku, or when you're enjoying Direct TV Specials in the comfort of your home.
Mythos Hits Open Beta, Still has Kinks…
So the Open Beta of Mythos is supposed to be today, and it's either in Closed Beta or Open Beta right now.
I was looking forward to giving open beta a go, but after downloading and installing the client (a 1GB download, I might add), I found myself unable to play the game.
It seems that some folks, myself included, are unable to run the patcher or the client for the game. Despite reinstalling the game and changing the compatibility settings for it, the game appears to be stuck with nothing more than a horizontal off-white bar to indicate that it started doing something…
Apparently, waiting eight minutes for the patcher to actually load did the trick on my end after setting the compatibility to Windows XP SP3. Not exactly an ideal solution, but I'll take it for now. Let's see if we can patch this up and get to testing.
One of the great difficulties in having a skill is the idea of being stuck with that skill as a primary means of livelihood in a time when the skill can grow quickly obsolete and require additional skills to shore it up.
That, I feel, is the current issue plaguing writers at the moment, regardless of where they come from or what audience they write for.
I love writing. I love discussing various topics in detail and using my words to bring meaning to others as regards the things I understand, or to ask important questions to things I don't understand. Recently, while tackling my postgraduate degree in education and growing steadily disconcerted with the nature of my new job, I realized that if there's something I want to get paid for, then it's to get paid to write something. Maybe not just anything, but something that I understand and am good at, or at least, something where I feel I can be of help to others.
The problem with this mindset, nice as it is, is that the digital world likes people who can do more than one thing. For instance, if I had photo-editing skills, I could do both and have a better chance at getting a job writing. If I knew how to build websites, I could do both, and yes, I would get a better chance at getting a job writing.
My dilemma is that I don't think I have any additional skills that would be connected directly to writing that could be marketable in this day and age, unless you count this strange ability I have to be diplomatic (or, in other words, to be able to look at multiple viewpoints) when writing, which I'm guessing isn't that special.
This counts as horrible timing, basically, because I decided, after two weeks of formally doing calls, that I couldn't handle the strain, and tendered my resignation (effective on the first week of May). I lack prospects, I lack funds, but I'm not lacking in the ability to learn.
Perhaps my fellow bloggers can help me out in this department. Do you happen to know of any skills I should consider learning to make my writing ability more marketable. Can you suggest sites to visit to learn how to make websites, or an SEO training course, or some other sort of training?
Looking at it from an MMO perspective, I've put most of my talent points into writing, so what should I off-spec as to make a dent against that big bad boss known as impending unemployment?
On The Dungeon Siege Bundle of Theoretical Awesomeness
The Dungeon Siege III Bundle on Steam is theoretically awesome.
You get three games for the price of one, and can basically play out the (somewhat meager) story that comes through in the first and second games.
Of course, it's never really that simple, as you're playing two rather old games, and it's been nearly six years since the second Dungeon Siege game came out.
Here are some factoids on what you will not get if you go purchase the Dungeon Siege III bundle, like I did.
1. You will not get multiplayer. This is stated prior to anyone even thinking of purchasing the game.
2. You will not get the expansion for Dungeon Siege II.
3. You (possibly) will not get to play Dungeon Siege I on your brand spanking new computer, though this appears to have been remedied somewhat, if the Steam forums are any indication.
Personally, I want to see if Dungeon Siege 2 is any fun to play, but that's just me.
This is a bit of a heartwarming Kamen Rider-based post to lift the spirits of people out in the Netverse.
Some Kamen Rider cosplayers in Hong Kong spent a full day gathering up donations for Japanese relief while in-costume. The entire video is set to some heartwarming music as well, so it really gave me a nice feeling to watch it, even if I wasn't there. Cheers!
Gullible People can Make a Mess of Everything, Really…
I've been reading the blog Game Journalists are Incompetent F**kwits for the past month or so, and while I haven't been actively thinking about the issues that stem from bad journalism, I have been noticing some rather disheartening things in my part of the world that have made me place my face in my palm (at least in my head) a couple of times. Some of it has something to do with journalism as well.
Now, disasters are one thing. They are unavoidable acts of nature.
Gullibility, on the other hand? Well, that's the root of many, many stupid actions and negative emotions that could have otherwise been prevented.
In the past few weeks since the Quake in Japan (and the quake in the Philippines ~ we had one earlier this week), I've noticed at least three separate instances of people believing something and reacting poorly towards that something, when some research could have allayed their fears somewhat.
The first instance is a horrible prank made by some anonymous texter (or group of texters) who sent out warnings after news of the reactor in Japan started coming out. The text message relayed to was essentially to stock up on food and stay indoors to avoid radioactive rain. Two noticeable results occurred: Panic buying in some areas happened, and one school, fearing the safety of their charges, canceled school.
The second instance is far more innocuous, but no less distressing. The picture at the top of this post was recently plastered in various areas of a local shopping center. People saw it, posted it on Facebook, and Facebook and Twitter went nuts, with posters condemning the owners of the mall for the sign… which no company, including the shopping center owners, in their right mind would dare post. The signs were a well-orchestrated prank that could potentially lose the company that manages the mall a lot of money and bad publicity… especially because people are gullible.
The last one, which is the main reason I wrote this, is very meta. Carmen Pedrosa wrote yesterday about a report she found done by Harvard, which essentially made it known that people from the Philippines are "first among 'the world's most gullible races.'" The reason why this is meta is simple: She links to a post by a blog called The Mosquito Press, where all this information came from, yet does not notice that their FAQ page states that the site is a satirical publication. Cue a bit of competitive journlism from a different news organization calling her out on her faux pas.
The last line on the portion of her article about gullible Filipinos? "We are gullible because we are not able (sic) or do not question information. We prefer to believe what other persons tell us."
What does this tell us?
1. People are gullible, but this can be avoided.
2. The curse of gullibility can be avoided by not having a knee-jerk reaction to everything you take in with your senses.
3. Research, Research, Research.
4. When in doubt, think first.
The funny thing about all this, I suppose, is that when one is so emotionally invested into things, it gets very difficult to have a critical look at what you're seeing or experiencing.
What does this have specifically to do with games? Not much, unless you're one of those people who got mindfucked by Metal Gear Solid 2.


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Larry Beavers is a wide receiver and return specialist in his first year with the Saints. The Carolina Panthers signed Beavers as a rookie undrafted free agent out of Wesley College, a Division III school in Delaware, last season. At Wesley, Beavers had 2,366 receiving yards -- second all-time at the school -- and was seventh all-time with 126 career receptions. He also holds the Atlantic Central Football Conference record with 41 career touchdowns. He spoke recently with staff writer Rachel Whittaker.
PLAYER: Larry Beaver POSITION: Wide receiver AGE: 24 HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-10/186 COLLEGE: Wesley NFL EXPERIENCE: 1 year 10 QUESTIONS WITH LARRY BEAVERS Who's the one figure in football you admire the most? "I was a Cowboys fan growing up, so it was Emmitt Smith. When I got to college, it became Reggie Bush." Any pre-game superstitions? "I hate losing, that's one thing I hate. I'll always keep to myself and be very mad after losing." Who was your favorite coach, high school or college? "My college coaches, Mike Drass and Steve Azzanesi, turned me into a wide receiver. I played quarterback in high school, but things happened for me at wide receiver when I got to college." Who's your favorite musical artist? "My favorite singer would be Jamie Foxx." What's your favorite pre-game meal? "I love mashed potatoes, chicken breast and corn." What is your best football memory? "My best football memory was in college against Newport News when I threw a touchdown pass, caught a touchdown pass, ran for a touchdown and ran a punt back for a touchdown. I scored four times doing four different things." Who is your biggest fan? "My mom and my little nieces. They adore me." If you weren't playing football what career would you pursue? "I'd want to do truck driving." What other position would you like to play? "I grew up playing quarterback in park ball and high school until I got to college, and they switched me to wide receiver. They told me I was too short (for quarterback), but I was fast, so I should move to wide receiver." What's your favorite sport other than football? "I run track. I can shoot a little in basketball, but I like track a lot." |
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Pulling on the #RantyPants for this one.
So, a year and a half ago I floated a conspiracy theory about the GOP and the war on women.
It went something like this: The GOP, which claims to be all about jobs, but is really all about enacting harmful legislation restricting women's access to reproductive health care including birth control and abortion, knows exactly what it is doing.
The GOP is deliberately trying to force more women into pregnancy and, hopefully, out of the workplace, in order to create the illusion of more jobs and more opportunity because for every woman who leaves the work force, there is a man waiting to take her place. And the women who leave the work force because of pregnancy, or to raise children don't show up on the unemployment roles. Ta-da! Instant job creation!
I was angry when I wrote that. I was fed up with the relentless onslaught of legislation restricting my rights and the rights of my daughters to determine our own futures, our own sexuality, and the timing and size of our families.
I put it out there as a half-serious, and scared, and half-joking, and angry, hypothesis. The truth is, I didn't want to believe that the GOP could really be that clever and conniving.
Today – GOP congressman Bob Goodlatte actually spoke my conspiracy theory OUT LOUD. And he wasn't joking.
He really believes that the new GOP anti-abortion bill that just passed the house committee will… create jobs!
Yes, limiting women's reproductive choices is a real economy booster…
Except, of course, it isn't.
Keeping women barefoot and pregnant doesn't raise the standard of living, or put food in anyone's mouths, or keep roofs over anyone's heads… We have an economy that makes it really, really hard for a family to live on a single average American salary. Which means, barefoot and pregnant equals poverty. Which means government assistance, not the self-sufficiency that the GOP claims to want to achieve.
Now, I know, I know, those slutty sluts could just stop having sex if they don't want to get pregnant.
So, men, are you ready to give it up? The sex? Because if women are only safe having sex when they actively WANT to get pregnant, well… That's a whole lot of not shagging going on.
These policies need to start having consequences for men too. Men need to understand that women don't get pregnant in a vacuum.
Luckily, the great Charlie Glickman has posted a lovely piece on redefining sexual success. Perhaps all those forced-birthers should give it a read so they can prepare themselves for their intercourseless futures.
Or, I guess they could just go with another lovely GOP candidate, Dick Black (You can't make this stuff up) who thinks that there's no such thing as marital rape. I mean, she gave consent on the altar amiright!?!


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"We are reducing the number of films we make," said Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal, adding that while the studio has typically released 23 movies per year in the past, it would put out roughly 18 per year moving forward.
Though the studio released nine films this past summer, she said, it expects to put out only four next summer.
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Sony Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton, also chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures, addressed cost-cutting at the Thursday meeting, saying the company had identified $250 million in "overheard and procurement savings" that are now being implemented.
The Times reported Monday that Sony had hired consultancy Bain & Co. to examine the studio's expenditures. Bain is expected to identify an additional $100 million or more in budget cuts.
The cuts are expected to result in layoffs, which the studio has experienced in recent years. Lynton said that the studio had laid off 800 people in the last four years, and added, "We are in discussions with experts to help identify more efficient ways to do business in the future."
Lynton said that Sony projects the studio will generate $8.4 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ending March 2015.
"Consider this meeting a down payment -- the beginning of a new era of greater accountability and transparency," Lynton said.
For much of 2013 the studio has also been hammered by criticism from activist shareholder Daniel Loeb, who in May proposed that Sony make an initial public stock offering of up to 20% of its entertainment arm.
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In July, Loeb, whose hedge fund Third Point owns about 7% of Sony, criticized Sony Entertainment for being "poorly managed," appraising the situation in a letter to Third Point investors.
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Sony rejected Loeb's proposal in August. A representative of Third Point was expected to attend the event at Sony's Culver City lot.
The studio has already taken steps to respond to Loeb and the disappointing run at the box office. In September, Sony Pictures fired Marc Weinstock, then its head of domestic and international marketing.
When Sony rejected Loeb's proposal, President and CEO Kazuo Hirai said in a letter to the hedge fund investor that the company would "increase disclosure regarding Sony's entertainment businesses. We agree this can help market participants analyze their performance and monitor their success."
"After Earth" grossed a disappointing $244 million worldwide and "White House Down" has taken in $205 million globally, according to Box Office Mojo. Another Sony release, "Smurfs 2," also underperformed, taking in $347 million worldwide -- far from the original 2009 movie's $564-million global gross.
"In 2013 we had some movies in the summer that didn't meet our expectations -- that resulted in the second quarter that we have shared with you," Pascal said. "That has led us to take a hard look at what we are doing."
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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago BoothA Booth faculty member since 1992, Sanjay K. Dhar studies strategic marketing management, advanced marketing strategy, brand management, new product development, pricing strategy, and promotion strategy, among others.
Sanjay K. Dhar studies strategic marketing management, advanced marketing strategy, brand management, new product development, pricing strategy, promotion strategy, advertising strategy, product placement strategy, retail price advertising strategies, retail management best practices, consumer and retail sales promotions, trade promotions, private labels, category management, loyalty reward programs, EDLP pricing, assortment management, purchase incidence, and brand choice. His research has been awarded the 2008 Paul Green Award, which recognizes the best article published in the Journal of Marketing Research, the John D. C. Little Award in 1995 for the best paper in marketing published in an INFORMS journal and he was a runner-up for the Davidson Award in 2003 for the best paper published in the Journal of Retailing. Dhar has published articles in the Journal of Political Economy, Marketing Science, the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Retailing, Management Science, Marketing Letters, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, and Pricing Theory and Practice.
Dhar received a bachelor's degree in technology (mechanical engineering) with honors from the Indian Institute of Technology of India in 1983. His MBA is from the Indian Institute of Management, India. He also worked in several management positions for Lipton India Limited, a subsidiary of Unilever. He then came to the United States, where he studied at the University of California in Los Angeles. He earned a PhD in management in 1992. He has been a Chicago Booth faculty member since 1992.
Dhar also has extensive industry based executive teaching and consulting experience and regularly advises firm on strategic marketing, pricing and new product development.
In addition to teaching and research, Dhar enjoys working with his two children and taking care of their several pets, as well as his five tropical fish aquariums.


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"The Real Housewives of Orange County" star Tamra Barney is getting her own show on Bravo. Barney confirmed the wedding special, which will co-star fiance Eddie Judge, via Twitter Thursday (May 23)
The currently single "Housewife" spoke to Us Weekly about her plans. "I'm so excited to share my wedding with the viewers," she tells the mag. "They watched every transition I've made and am happy to be giving the opportunity to share our wedding too."
Tamra says she and Eddie may actually have two weddings, the extravagant televised event with hundreds of guests, and a private family wedding in Mexico. If that's the case, she better start thinking about hiring a wedding coordinator. "My days right now are insane, planning a wedding, filming, running C.U.T Fitness, 'sweating for the wedding' and most importantly, being a mommy," Barney says. "I couldn't be happier and am thankful to have found Eddie."
The bride-to-be asked her Twitter followers for help coming up with a name for the special. "Sweating 4 the Wedding," "Tamra & Eddie Are Finally Ready," and "Third Time's a Charm" were some of her own ideas. Barney's divorce from second husband Simon Barney played out in previous seasons of "RHWOC."


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This was posted a little while ago on RS by Curto. Since it's Curto and RS, be sure to take it with a massive grain of salt. But most of the information is consistant with what we've seen so far. 2005 is going to rock, look at the great figure line-up!!
MTFBWY and HH!!Revenge Of The Sith Toy Listing
Posted by Curto on November 19, 2004:
If you're like me, you can't wait to find out more information about Star Wars toys. Displaying them on walls, on shelves, in your office, opening them up (GASP!) and playing with them!
So what's up next for Hasbro? Here's a rundown of what we can expect in 2005:
The Clone Wars returns in April with new chapters, and a new line of figures.
Anakin Skywalker (Battle Damage)
ARC Trooper Captain
Asajj Ventress
Clone Trooper (repainted in blue, red, and yellow)
General Grievous
Mace Windu
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Unleashed line continues with a new set of 6 figures, and Anakin and Obi-Wan are designed to be displayed next to one another with interlocking bases.
Anakin Skywalker
Asajj Ventress
Darth Vader
General Grievous
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Palpatine vs. Yoda
Finally, the reason you're still reading this report. REVENGE OF THE SITH toys! MAJOR SPOILER WARNINGS APPLY! You have been warned.
Action Figures:
Aayla Secura
Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader transform
Bail Organa
Captain Antilles
Clone Trooper
Clone Trooper Gunner
Clone Trooper Pilot
Count Dooku
Darth Vader
Darth Vader's Medical Droid
Destroyer Droid
Emperor Palpatine
General Grievous
Grievous's Bodyguard
Han Solo(?)
Luke Skywalker (?)
Luminara Unduli
Mace Windu
Mas Amedda
Mon Calamari Senator
Neimoidian Warrior
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Red Leader)
Padmé Amidala (Skywalker)
Saesee Tiin
Senator Ask Aak
Senator Palpatine
Special Ops Clone Trooper
Super Battle Droid
To Baccarr
Utapauian Warrior
Wookiee Warrior
Deluxe Figures:
Clone Trooper Army
Crab Droid
Darth Vader and Operating Table
General Grievous
Jetpack Clone Trooper
Spider Droid
Stass Allie and Speeder Bike
Playsets/Screen Scenes:
Federation Cruiser (Anakin Skywalker vs. Count Dooku)
Senate Chamber (Palpatine vs. Mace Windu)
Utapau (Obi-Wan vs. Grievous' Bodyguard)
Jar Jar Binks


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Indo-Canadian adult film star turned Bollywood actor wants to experience motherhood
Sunny Leone's 'sexy' image precedes her individual, so much that recently the actor was banned from entering Indore for her film Ragini MMS 2 promotions. One of the most warm and down-to-earth actor however is unperturbed by all this hype and hoopla around her. In fact Sunny is busy nurturing her first baby already. Before you let your thoughts run helter skelter, let's get to the point Bollywood is her first baby that she wants to focus on at the moment. The actor in a recent interview confessed, "I would love to have babies but I don't know when. This is one moment which I can't replace ever in my life. This is the best phase of my life and my focus is on Bollywood. If I have a baby, then 'great', but I can't predict the future."
Sunny, who is married to Daniel Weber, says the choice of working post motherhood depends on an individual. "I am married now and may be I will have kids and continue with my work even after that. We are in 2014. It's an individual experience, individual decision (to work after having a baby)," she added.
Most actors build a career in filmdom before marriage, but Sunny says her life has been in reverse gear. "My life has gone backwards. I think I am an entertainer and it shouldn't matter whether I am married or have kids or whatever. But I have to say I have a very supportive husband and family. He is not going to hold me back from doing a role. If the role is sexy, we work through it as a couple," said the 32-year-old, who married Weber in 2011.
Sunny, whose tryst with the Indian entertainment industry started with the reality show Bigg Boss 5. It was during her stint on the show that she received her first Bollywood offer – the 2012 film Jism 2. She says making a place here has been tough. "It is difficult because the industry is new for me. It's difficult because you don't know what is right and what is wrong. Are they the right people? Or are they going to take advantage of you? All these questions are always there, but you have to believe that your decision is the right one," Sunny said.
"I feel business and entertainment are similar no matter wherever you work," said the actor, who will soon be seen in horror film Ragini MMS 2.


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The university accepts payment of fees for academic year in a number of forms via the online registration and payment system. Please note: cash will not be accepted.
Payment by Student Finance England (or regional equivalent) / Student Finance Services European
Undergraduate students
If you are an undergraduate home or EU student expecting Student Finance England/Regional equivalent or Student Finance Services European (SFEU) Team to pay your fees directly or via a tuition fee loan (TFL) you should select this option.
If you are still unsure of the student support that you may be entitled to, Student Finance England has lots of information and guides on what's available, eligibility criteria and how to apply for student finance. It is really important that you apply as soon as possible however, as there are deadlines by which you need to have made application for both full-time and part-time support and failure to do so may delay your student support or mean that you are ineligible for any help that academic year.
If we have already received information from your student support provider that they are paying your tuition fee in full, this information will automatically be loaded into online registration and you should pass straight through the finance part of registration onto the next stage.
Postgraduate students
Please note: This section does not apply to postgraduate students in receipt of a Postgraduate Loan. Please see the 'Self-payer' section for information on payment of fees.
Postgraduate students - such as those undertaking a PGCE or other programmes which qualify for undergraduate level support from Student Finance England/regional equivalent or Student Finance Services European (SFEU) Team - who have applied for a tuition fee loan (TFL) will need to select the 'query fee' button in Online Registration providing the Student Support Number given by Student Finance England. We will, where appropriate, activate registration on their account.
Students that are yet to receive confirmation should also select the 'query fee' button in Online Registration and confirm that they are awaiting confirmation from SFE. Students will need to send evidence that the application has been made to enable temporary registration for a period of 6 weeks. The full confirmation or 50% payment must be made at the end of the 6 week period.
Please note: only students on very specific postgraduate programmes are eligible to apply for TFLs. For further information please contact Student Finance.
Students studying an Equivalent or Lower Qualification (ELQ)
If you are a student who is looking to study an Equivalent or Lower Qualification (ELQ) to one you already hold, you will not be able to select the TFL option as we would expect you to not normally be eligible for student support. Further information on ELQ and what this means is available here.
If you are still awaiting confirmation of fees support
If you are a Home or EU student and neither you nor the university have received confirmation from Student Finance England regarding payment of your fee with a tuition fee loan via the undergraduate student support package, you can still select this option and you will see the following important information (this option does not apply to students in receipt of a postgraduate loan, please refer to the self-payer section) :
"No 2017/18 Tuition fee data is being held by the university"
This is important information for students who are waiting to hear from their student support provider.
We understand that students who are applying for a tuition fee loan from their student support provider may not have received confirmation of their eligibility by the time they need to register with the university. To allow students in this situation to complete online registration, where we have not received a decision from the relevant student support provider as to whether a student needs to pay their own fees or if their student support entitlement package will provide a fee provision for the academic year (or part thereof), students can select the following option in online registration:
" Student Finance England (SFE), Wales or NI, Student Awards Agency Scotland or Student Finance services European Team (EU Team) "
If you select this option and we hold no tuition fee loan data for you, by continuing online registration you are confirming that you understand that the university will give you six weeks from the date you started online registration for one of the following to happen:
- Your student support provider notifies the university that your fees are being paid through your student support entitlement package.
In this case, unless you are reassessed as needing to make a contribution to fees at a later date, you are unlikely* to need to take any further action with regard to your tuition fees for the academic year
* Please note:- Students who add additional credits to their record above the standard that will be paid for by your student support provider, may have to pay an additional fee and should log into the student portal to make arrangements for payment.
- If you are a part-time student you will also need to make payment of any fee that is not covered by your student support provider and you should contact student finance immediately to make arrangements for payment.
- Your student support provider notifies the university that you are NOT ENTITLED to have your fees paid as part of your student support entitlement package.
In this case you need to log into the student portal to make arrangements for the payment of your tuition fees. Failure to do so will mean that you will become subject to the university's Policy and Procedures for the Non-Payment of Tuition Fees. Help and support is also available from Student Finance at the university regarding your application for student support or if you have queries. - It is nearly six weeks from the time you started online registration and a decision has not been made by your student support provider regarding your tuition fees:
In this case you will need to contact student finance at the university and provide satisfactory documentary evidence that you have applied for student support and provided any subsequent documentation that you have been asked for. Help and support is also available from Student Finance at the university regarding making your application for student support or if you have subsequent problems or queries.
What happens if my fees have not been paid and the six week period has expired?
Where students are not granted an extension or make payment of their fees and the six weeks expires, they will become subject to the university's Policy and Procedures for Non-Payment of Tuition Fees. We will still consider extensions after the six week deadline on production of satisfactory documentation as above, but students are advised to contact us before this time to avoid unnecessary sanctions being applied to their accounts for failure to pay fees.
Self payment
This option is for students who are paying all or a proportion of their own fees. You can make payment by Debit/Credit card or via direct bank credit (BACS). You can select to pay your tuition fee in full* or in instalments as per below.
Instalment arrangements
All Undergraduate and all International students
If you cannot pay the full amount of the tuition fee at registration, the university will accept payment in two instalments. The first is at the time of registration (which must be 50 per cent or more of the balance of the full year fee after any discounts, deposits and registration fees are applied). For September starters, the second payment for the balance will be due before the last Friday in January; January starters will be expected to make the second payment before the last Friday in May.
Second payments of tuition fees can be made directly via debit/credit card through the student portal.
* See also discount for full payment
Payment by debit/credit card
You can use a credit/debit card to pay during online registration providing you are using a single card to make the payment and are paying at least 50% of the due fee. We do not accept Amex or Diners club.
If you select to pay by card you will be directed to a secure page provided by Barclaycard. This page is secure and university staff do not have access. At times the lines can be very busy and this may delay the payment process. If you are paying a large amount you may need to contact your bank in order to authorise the payment before making the payment online.
If you need to make more than one credit/debit card payment you can do so by via the student portal. You will need to make a payment of at least 50% of the due fee. As soon as the payment is authorised you should receive confirmation.
Important notes for paying by debit/credit card
Please note where a payment by card is not honoured on the first presentation or is subsequently reclaimed a £50 charge is payable as well as the outstanding fee payment. Students will also have a restriction placed on their account which will limit their access to certain university services and may be asked to make an appointment to see the Head of Student Finance. Further information on the sanctions that will be applied to your student account are detailed in the university's Policy and Procedures for Non-Payment of Tuition Fees.
Bank transfer (BACS)
This is a payment directly into the university's bank account.
This option is not available online. You can make a payment directly into the university bank account details as below:
Bank name and address | Barclays Bank PLC 41 Woolwich New Road Woolwich, London SE18 6NU |
Account Name: | University of Greenwich Number One Account |
Sort Code: | 20-98-57 |
Account No: | 00904244 |
SWIFT/BIC No: | BARCGB22 |
IBAN No: | GB03BARC20985700904244 |
If you have already made a payment before you go online to register and this has been receipted to your student finance account, the appropriate amount will be deducted from the amount due. If the payment has only just been made it will take a few days to show on your student finance account; you will need to wait until the payment shows before you can proceed with online registration. Make sure you keep this in mind if you are looking to qualify for discounts where payments must reach us by a set date.
Important notes for paying by bank transfer
- Please use your full name and student ID number as the transfer reference number as this is how we allocate the payment to your student account.
- Please ensure that you retain a copy of the transfer in case any difficulties are encountered during the bank to university transfer.
Personal cheques are discouraged as these will significantly delay your registration and subsequently the release of any student loans. However, if this is the only method by which you can pay your tuition fees, please send your cheque (made payable to the University of Greenwich) to:
University of Greenwich
Student Finance and Finance Support,
Room B109,
Bronte Building,
Avery Hill Road,
Important notes for paying by cheque
- Please remember to include your name and student ID on the back of the cheque.
- Please note where a payment by cheque is not honoured on the first presentation or is subsequently reclaimed a £50 charge is payable as well as the outstanding fee payment. Students will also have a restriction placed on their account which will limit their access to certain university services and may be asked to make an appointment to see the Head of Student Finance. Further information on the sanctions that will be applied to your student account are detailed in the university's Policy and Procedures for Non-Payment of Tuition Fees
Sponsorship by employers
You cannot be admitted as a registered student of the university until acceptable arrangements for payment of fees are agreed. If an employer is sponsoring you, you should immediately send a letter of confirmation or fax a copy of the letter directly to the address at the end of this section. Alternately, you can bring this letter with you when you attend the university, although this could delay your registration process. However, please note that students are responsible for any fee payment not made by the sponsor. The sanctions that will be applied to your account can be found in the university's Policy and Procedures for Non-Payment of Tuition Fees. Letters of sponsorship from individuals (e.g. parents, relatives and friends) are not acceptable.
If your sponsor is only paying a proportion of your fees you will need to pay the remainder under the same arrangements as those outlined above. For example if your employer is sponsoring you for half your programme fee for the academic year, you will need to pay at least 50% of the balance to be able to register. Your sponsorship letter must:
- be on company/organisation headed paper
- include your full name and University of Greenwich student ID number
- include the programme you are being sponsored for
- include the amount of tuition fee sponsorship in pounds sterling.
- include a purchase order number if required by your company or organisation
- state clearly who the invoice is to be sent to and their postal address if this is different to the name and address on the letter of sponsorship.
Address for employer letters and cheque payments
University of Greenwich Student Finance,
Room 109,
Bronte Building,
Avery Hill Campus,
Southwood Site,
Avery Hill Road,
London SE9 2UG
Fax: +44 (0)20 8331 8345
Important notes for sending an employer letter or cheque payment
Please remember to put your name and student ID number on your letter or cheque.
Official financial sponsors for international students
You cannot be admitted as a registered student of the university until an acceptable arrangement for the payment of fees has been agreed. If you require a visa to study in the UK you are expected to be able to fund the whole of your programme of study yourself, unless you have an official financial sponsor. An official financial sponsor is: Her Majesty's Government, the student's home government, the British Council, an international organisation*, an international company*, or university. You will be responsible for any fee payments not made by the sponsor. For Further information, please see the university's Policy and Procedures for Non-Payment of Tuition Fees.
* The university reserves the right to decide which international organisations or companies they will accept as financial sponsors.
NHS Trust students
Students who have their fees paid by an NHS Trust will come under an NHS contract. Your application for the programme you are studying will have been signed off by an official signatory confirming your fees will be paid by this method. If you are being asked to pay a fee it may mean that the contract is still being processed, please use Query Tracker to send us a message 'my fees are being paid by my NHS trust' and we will look into this for you. Remember you will need to log back in regularly to see our response or you will not have completed your registration.
Further information
Checking your tuition fee account and making payments via the portal
Students can check their tuition fee accounts and make online payments via the portal.
How to make payments online
- Log in to the portal
- Navigate to the 'My Support' tab
- Click the link on the left 'pay fees online'
- Select the option: 'Check accounts, Make online payments'
Discount for full payment – 5 per cent discount
Students may receive a discount on tuition fees if they make full payment before set dates in the academic year dependant on their time of registration. This does not apply to payments made by tuition fee loans. The discount applies only to fees paid in full at the first opportunity of registration in September by the last day in September in that same academic year or January by the last day in January of that same academic year, unless there has been an administrative delay on the part of the university.
This discount is not applied to any other fees. Payment for full-time postgraduate one-year programmes starting in January will receive the 5 per cent discount only if the full annual fee for the programme is paid in full at the time of registration.
The charge for the whole year of study relates to the fee when registering at the start of the programme.
If a student's programme does not start on either of these main dates, the discount will apply only if paid, within four weeks of the start of the programme. The discount applies only to tuition fees and only after all other discounts have been deducted.
A discount of up to 20% on tuition fees is available for students who progress to certain taught non-government/research funded postgraduate programmes having completed, an undergraduate degree programme, certain short course programmes or an exchange programme, at one of the university's main campuses, Partner, Network or collaborative colleges. This discount excludes PGCE/CertEd and Diploma of Architecture programmes and programmes such as the MOst which attract undergraduate fees and is applicable to the fee due after any other allowances have been deducted. These schemes are not available to students in the Medway School of Pharmacy.
In addition to the Alumni discount, you may qualify for a First Class Honours Scholarship if the degree you were awarded at the university was awarded as a first.
Further details of both of these awards, as well as others that may be applicable to you are available here.
Any deposit paid will be deducted from your fees on registration. Further information on deposits is available here.
Student debtors are subject to action or restrictions as laid out in the the university's Policy and Procedures for Non-Payment of Tuition Fees.
Please note: where a payment by cheque or card is not honoured on the first presentation or is subsequently reclaimed a £50 charge is payable as well as the outstanding fee payment. Students will also have a restriction placed on their account which will limit their access to certain university services and may be asked to make an appointment to see the Head of Student Finance.
Where a student needs to retake a course, a pro rata tuition charge will be payable, depending on the number of credits studied.
- A refund of tuition fees may be available if a student's withdrawal or interruption conforms to the university's withdrawal and interruption and applicable Charging and Refund Policy for the year of entry.
- The university is only able to accept payments that are due to the university, for example tuition fees and university accommodation charges. Should payments be made to the university that are in excess of the payments due this will be refunded.
All refunds will be returned to the payee c/o the home address on the university student records database and where payments have originated from outside of the UK monies will be returned to the overseas postal address or account from which it originated.
The university reserves the right to charge for any additional courses or credits and amend the fee due were necessary after you have completed online registration. This includes but is not limited to students who have transferred in to the university and those who are direct entry students who are unable to meet the end on regulations.
Important information
Please note:
- Unless arrangements as set out above are agreed at registration, you will not be registered.
- Fees are subject to an annual fee setting exercise and will rise annually in line with the RPI-X (Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments) subject to the maximum regulated fee rates set by the UK Government. The forecast used to increase fees in 2015-16 was 3.34%, but this will change annually. For example if a student was paying a fee of £5,000 in 2014-15 this would have risen by 3.34% to £5,167 in 2015-16.
- Any fee rate increase would be considered on whether this was needed to reflect the increased cost of delivering the course in subsequent years.
- Due to recent government changes students who are considered to be studying equivalent or lower level qualifications (ELQ's) may have to pay a higher rate of tuition fee depending on their programme of study and other factors.
- The university reserves the right to charge for any additional courses or credits and amend the fee due were necessary after you have completed online registration. This includes but is not limited to students who have transferred in to the university and those who are direct entry students who are unable to meet the End-on regulations.


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Brother HuntMystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Mark came home from school to find his 3-year old little brother Fred missing. He called his friends Abby and Carl to help him look. He told them his parents left a little while ago and his dad had just fixed the vent system in the attic. Upon entering the living room, Abby immediately noticed dirty footprints of a barefoot child. She pointed them out to Mark. He looked at them and suddenly heard a crash above him. Carl ran out of the room. Where is Fred and where is Carl going?
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Campmor Camp-Tech Gale Peaks Parka
Manufacturer's Description
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Retailers' Descriptions
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Sizes: XS(6-7), S(8), M(10-12), L(14-16 ), XL(18-20).Camp-Tech rainwear fabric is a soft, lightweight nylon mini-ripstop with a special coating and a DWR finish creating a waterproof, breathable, windproof garment.Fully factory seam sealed for complete waterproofness.Fully lined with mesh and taffeta for comfort.Import.Attached hood with elasticized sides and Velcro closure tab on back for visor adjustment.Chin guard with soft micro brushed tricot.Exterior and interior storm flap for best weather protection.Zippered chest pocket for securing your belongings.Two lower zippered hand pockets.Articulated elbows for ease of movement.Elasticized cuffs with Velcro closure cuff tabs for custom fit.Elliptical hem with elasticized sides for extra coverage.Packable into interior pocket for convenient storage.Avg. wt. 9.6 oz.Avg. center back length (size M) 26".
- Campmor
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