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Calculating holiday pay
In addition to current legislation, a number of recent court judgments should be considered when calculating holiday pay.
This means that the rules employers and workers follow to calculate holiday pay may need to be updated.
Key points:
- Guaranteed and normal non-guaranteed overtime should be considered when calculating a worker's statutory holiday pay entitlement but there is currently no definitive case law that suggests voluntary overtime needs to be taken into account.
- Commission should be factored into statutory holiday pay calculations.
- Work-related travel may need to be factored into statutory holiday pay calculations.
- A worker's entitlement to holiday pay will continue to accrue during sick leave.
- There are different rules for calculating holiday pay depending on the working patterns involved.
- Workers must take their statutory paid annual leave allowance and can only be 'paid in lieu' for this when their employment ends.
Guaranteed overtime is where the employer is obliged by the contract to offer and pay for agreed overtime. Following a judgment in 2004, guaranteed overtime must be included within the calculation of holiday pay.
Non-guaranteed overtime is where there is no obligation by the employer to offer overtime but if they do then the worker is obliged by the contract to work overtime. On 4th November 2014 the Employment Appeal Tribunal made a ruling in the case of Bear Scotland v Fulton which covers how holiday pay should be calculated when non-guaranteed overtime is worked.
The judgment has clarified that:
- Workers should have their normal non-guaranteed overtime taken into account when they are being paid annual leave.
- Anybody making a claim must have had an underpayment for holiday pay that has taken place within three months of lodging an employment tribunal claim.
- If a claim involves a series of underpayments, any claims for the earlier underpayments will fail if there has been a break of more than three months between those underpayments.
- Only the 4 weeks' annual leave entitlement under the original Working Time Directive are covered by this judgment, rather than the full 5.6 weeks' leave provided by the Regulations as they operate in Great Britain.
This judgment may have an impact in situations where non-guaranteed overtime is carried out by workers on a regular or consistent basis.
It is unlikely to have an impact in situations where non-guaranteed overtime is either already factored into holiday pay, or possibly where this overtime is only used on genuinely one-off occasions.
Employers, workers and trade unions are encouraged to discuss any concerns arising from this judgment with a view to seeking agreement on any measures or policy changes they feel may be necessary. Acas may be able to help parties find solutions and employers or workforce representatives may find it helpful to discuss the issue with an Acas Collective Conciliator.
Limit on a claim for an underpayment
The introduction of The Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 means that when making a claim for backdated deductions from wages for holiday pay, a two year cap will be placed on all claims that are brought on or after 1st July 2015. This means that the period that the claim can cover will be limited to a maximum of 2 years.
Voluntary overtime is where the employer asks the worker to work overtime and the worker is free to turn down the request as there is no contractual obligation on either side to offer or refuse overtime. The question of voluntary overtime has not been directly considered by any recent judgments, so there is currently no definitive case law to suggest that voluntary overtime needs to be taken into account when calculating holiday pay.
Commission is usually an amount of money a worker receives as a result of making sales and can make up some or all of their earnings.
Commission must be factored into holiday payments for the 4 weeks of statutory annual leave required under European law. There is no requirement to do this for the additional 1.6 weeks of statutory annual leave provided under UK law, or for any additional contractual annual leave allowance. This was confirmed on 22 May 2014 when the European Court of Justice heard the case of Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd.
The Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd case was referred back to the UK Employment Tribunal to consider how commission is calculated into holiday pay for that particular case. A preliminary hearing was held in February 2015 questioning whether the Working Time Regulations themselves could be read in line with the European judgment. The Employment Tribunal judgment, which was also confirmed by the Employment Appeal Tribunal on 22 February 2016, said that it could be. However, this ruling may still be subject to a further appeal.
This means that at present, there is no definitive legal answer about how such holiday pay calculations must be made, or how/if claims can be backdated.
Acas continues to monitor the case and will provide further updates when they are available.
Work-related travel can have a number of different meanings but for most employment matters, this will usually mean any travel that is made for work purposes that is not a part of a workers commute to their usual place of work. On 4 November 2014 the Employment Appeal Tribunal issued a judgment in a case joined to Bear Scotland v Fulton which covers how holiday pay should be calculated in relation to work-related travel.
Where payments are made for time spent travelling to and from work as part of a worker's normal pay, these may need to be considered when calculating holiday pay.
When a worker takes paid or unpaid sick leave, their annual leave will continue to accrue. If a worker is unable to take their annual leave in their current leave year because of sickness, they should be allowed to carry that annual leave over until they are able to take it, or they may choose to specify a period where they are sick but still wish to be paid annual leave at their usual annual leave rate.
Calculating holiday pay for different working patterns
No matter the working pattern, a worker should still receive holiday pay based on a 'week's normal remuneration'. This usually means their weekly wage but may include allowances or similar payments. Some of these payments might include the situations described earlier on this page, such as commission.
- For workers with fixed working hours - If a worker's working hours do not vary, holiday pay would be a week's normal remuneration.
- For workers with no normal working hours - If a worker has no normal working hours then their holiday pay would still be a week's normal remuneration but the week's pay is usually calculated by working out the average pay received over the previous 12 weeks in which they were paid.
- For shift workers - If a worker works shifts then a week's holiday pay is usually calculated by working out the average number of hours worked in the previous 12 weeks at their average hourly rate.
While workers are in employment, 5.6 weeks of their annual leave (this is the amount all UK workers are statutorily entitled to) must be taken and cannot be 'paid off'. Anything above the statutory allowance may be paid in lieu but this would depend on the terms of the contract.
When a worker's employment is terminated, all outstanding holiday pay that has been accrued but not taken (including the statutory allowance) must be paid.
Further Information
Further information is available from the links at the bottom of the page, but until further clarification is available, employers may wish to seek legal advice based on their individual circumstances. Acas will continue monitoring this situation and will update this page accordingly.
Employers and employees can also sign up for our newsletter to get any further updates: www.acas.org.uk/subscribe and they can also keep an eye out for any updates via Twitter: www.twitter.com/acasorguk.
Acas Helpline Online: FAQs about holiday pay and overtime
- What options are available to a worker who has had an underpayment of holiday pay relating to non-guaranteed overtime if they leave or have left their employment?
- How far back can claims for underpayment of holiday pay relating to non-guaranteed overtime go?
- What is non-guaranteed overtime?
Note: If unable to view on a mobile device or tablet, visit the Helpline Online mobile site.


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She was the inspiration for the Devil in The Devil Wears Prada. Now the media world is abuzz with the rumor that long-time Vogue editor, the imperious Anna Wintour may be on her way out the door. S. I. Newhouse, chairman of Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue, has, however, denied the report. "The silliest rumor I have ever heard," he said through a New York spokesman. "There is absolutely no truth to it." And when asked by a reporter about her possible departure from the magazine she has helmed for 20, Wintour declared, "I think that is an extremely rude question. Just go away."
Wintour is known for her icy demeanor, her bobbed hair and her trademark sunglasses, which she often wears inside. Over the years she has made designers, fashionistas, and, especially, assistants shake in their Manolos. A former assistant, Lauren Weisberger, wrote The Devil Wears Prada, which was first a blockbuster best seller and later a hit movie. Meryl Streep portrayed the editor who never raises her voice but always makes impossible demands on those who work for her. One of the nicknames disgruntled employees have given the editor in real life is "Nuclear Wintour."
Wintour is now 59 and her contract expires next year. It has been a tough year for magazines, including Vogue. Who could take her place? There are rumors that the editor of French Vogue, Carine Roitfeld, may be waiting in the fashion show wings. In the movie-version of The Devil Wears Prada the Wintour-like editor is almost replaced by an ambitious French woman.
Wintour has been a very successful editor and a powerhouse in world fashion.
But as a couple of publishing insiders told BettyConfidential, something is definitely going on. When the hat pins are out and there is this much gossip, there has to be more than a kernel of truth.
At a recent panel, she was asked what she would do next. She declared, "I think – my father always said to me that when you get too angry that's the time to stop. The day I get too angry is the day I take up gardening." She also told a reporter at the session, "I have no plans to leave American Vogue now or in the foreseeable future."

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Baucus made clear that the talks frayed over Democrats' insistence that tax increases of some sort be part of the final deal.
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The common belief is that the American hamburger borrowed its name from a dish called "Hamburg Style Beef" or "Hamburg Steak" which arrived in the United States from the German city of Hamburg in the 19th century. The dish was nothing more than chopped meat eaten raw.
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"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interval a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." Antonio Gramsci, The Prison Notebooks
Well it has been a rough old ride the last few weeks. This blog has had 25136 unique visits in the last four days, and 97021 unique visits during October. (Multiple visits with less than a half hour between them only count once.)
Yesterday I made a mistake of abusing one of the posters here, calling him or her a fuck-wit, after they had abused me, and they had also spread a libel about Linda Smith. But as moderator I should have shown more self discipline. I apologise to all the readers.
Generally I have tried to moderate with a light touch. But I am also only human, and the accumulated effect of attacks on my integrity is irritating.
It has offended me for example, that Dave Renton, someone who knows me personally has accused this blog of printing lies about the requirement of the parliamentary estate for George to stop sub-letting the Respect office. I have seen the original letter from Terry Bird, Director of Operations of the Parliamentary Estate to George Galloway's office requiring that George "immediately take steps to put this right". There was no lie.
It has annoyed me that there have been accusations that I made up the story about the rebel Respect/SWP councillors being in talks with the Liberal Democrats. All I did was report what the East London Advertiser had learned from their own sources, which has now been confirmed to Dave Osler by the Tower hamlets Liberal Democrats. Of course, this is an extraordinary twist, and it is hardly credible that the SWP CC are behind such negotiations. But the fact that the story has appeared in the main local newspaper in the area where Respect has its most significant electoral base is proof of the damage caused by the four councillors, and the story in the Advertiser was as a direct consequence of the press conference organised by John Rees, the National Secretary of Respect.
I have been very disappointed to read attacks by SWP members on the personal integrity of Salma Yaqoob, Ghada Rhazuki and Linda Smith in the comments over the last few weeks. It is quite clearly impossible to continue political cooperation with people in the same organisation when personal relations have broken down to this level. It is time to move on. There are now two distinct political visions of Respect, the proof of which is more successful will not be decided by a splenetic exchange of abuse on a blog, but by the real test of events.
These are a few of the comments that have abused me or this blog in just the last few days.
sometimes it appears that any crap is ok to throw at the SWP
this place is now (maybe it always was, I haven't been here long) just somewhere to come and bash the SWP, so I'm going to dip out.
This blog is full of anti-SWP rhetoric, though I now know what bile is.
Andy – because you write 99% of drivel attacking the SWP… umm really you appear driven by hatred of the SWP.
this has now frankly got to the point of crass stupidity which to be fair to Andy it has been very consistent in being
Andy doesn't hang around slinging mud and lies against the SWP
you just recycle other people's rubbish about pacts with the Liberal Democrats
Lets face it this Blog is the nest of anti SWP bile
anything to keep his profile up and attack the swp
On a wider note what has united the anti socialist section of RESPECT is Hatred of Revolutionary socialism.
Not just foul. But apolitical and absurd.
this is what you do, turning a sparse analysis into just another attack on the "control freakery" culture of the SWP. It is incredibly politically weak and really has one root – your own obsessive hatred of your former organization
shame on you Andy Newman …. What a joker you are…. you political creep
You have no politics, buddy, no politics but that of the old left intrigue. You have the political stance of witch hunter general.
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Hearty Chili Mac Recipe
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 can (46 ounces) tomato juice
- 1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup uncooked elbow macaroni
- 1. In a Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomato juice, tomatoes, celery, brown sugar, chili powder, salt, mustard and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- 2. Add the beans and macaroni; simmer 15-20 minutes longer or until macaroni is tender. Yield: 10-12 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 cup: 217 calories, 7g fat (3g saturated fat), 37mg cholesterol, 809mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 4g fiber), 18g protein.
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"This is delicious! My husband devoured it! :) will most definitely make it again."
"Delicious! I used more pasta because that is what I prefer. Ground turkey works great. Onion not needed.
- Theresa""I get people asking me to make this all the time, great chili, not spicy. A few adjustments I make: I don't brown the beef and onions together, I drain before adding the onions and brown a little more for 5 mins, to save the onion juices. The best onion to use is the biggest Vidalia onion you can find, or two medium sweet yellows if those are not available. I use vegetable juice instead of tomato juice. I put in a whole tablespoon of salt. I use one can of light red kidney beans, and one can of dark red kidney beans, as it gives it a nice presentation. I use a whole cup of macaroni as well."
"Because I didn?t add the beans, I increased the noodles to one cup (112 g.), it still wasn?t thick enough for a chili Mac, but it was perfect for a new twist on chili! I may make this for my chili cook off this year adding a couple cans of green chilies. Increase the noodles for a hearty chili mac. I will make this again and again."
"I've made this recipe a few times and we really enjoy it. I also increase the amount of macaroni I put in it as it makes it heartier."
"This was pretty good. I would make it again."
"Ran across this recipe and it sounded so good...and it was! Simple to prepare and such great flavors! I did use 1 cup of macaroni instead of 1/2 cup...my hubby told me it was a "keeper"!"
"Very good! I purchased vegetable juice instead of tomato juice by accident and it was still good! I followed other suggestions and added about 1 cup of macaroni and only 1 can on beans! We loved it!"
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Gorgeous work, Yulianto! Wonderful color, light, expression, and sense of motion. #1186623Daniella Puente 9/30/2009 12:12:33 PM
Yes, you can perfectly feel that she's seeing someone/something and the light and tones are very beautiful on this Yulianto.... #7997965Bonnie Gearhart 9/30/2009 12:18:47 PM
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Elegant capture of this beautiful lady, Yulianto!Rod Partington 9/30/2009 2:52:55 PM
Awesome shot,Yulianto! #7998333Carolyn M. Fletcher 9/30/2009 3:26:21 PM
Beautiful!! You do great work! #7998495Dianna Murphy 9/30/2009 4:28:26 PM
Beautiful work! #7998649Liz blahh 9/30/2009 4:52:03 PM
Beautiful image! Love the colors. #7998711Yulianto Soeroso 10/1/2009 7:36:57 AM
thank you my friends for visiting salutation hahahaha I am sorry for my mark this is future foto hahahaha 3009 ..wrong typed hahah ..hahaha ...hahaha 3009 after I check detail #8000299Carol L. Fowler 10/3/2009 4:17:47 PM
Wonderful composition! #8005597Stefania Barbier 10/4/2009 1:23:30 AM
wonderful capture, Yuli :0) #8006254Brett Dolsen 10/6/2009 3:09:53 AM
Awesome Yulianto!!Brett #8012221Kerry Hill 10/6/2009 12:10:43 PM
Beautifully captured Yulianto, fantastic work!! #8013792Renata Gusciora 10/6/2009 6:21:57 PM
Awesome work!Fabulous image with great mood,Yulianto! #8014569Barbara Waldoch 10/14/2009 3:33:01 AM
Love the colours, Yulianto! #8035708Rich Helmer 10/14/2009 5:39:47 PM
Beautiful work!!! #8037698Rolando Rosito 10/22/2009 4:39:08 PM
Congratulations Yulianto, well done! #8059420Robert Goodman 10/22/2009 4:39:15 PM
Congratulations,Yulianto!!!! #8059421Nancyj E. Hovey 10/22/2009 5:29:07 PM
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SDeborah C. Lewinson 10/22/2009 5:33:34 PM
Absolutely perfect, Yulianto!!!Congratulations on your finalist award!
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WOW Absolutely awesome as always!!! #8059956Donna LaMattino Pagakis 10/22/2009 7:07:24 PM
Gorgeous portrait Yulianto, congratulations on your finalist! #8060660Eugenio Diaz 10/22/2009 7:34:05 PM
Congratulations, Yulianto, on this excellent finalist! #8060900Patrick Rouzes 10/22/2009 7:48:58 PM
WOW, CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist, Yulianto! #8061057Dianna Murphy 10/22/2009 8:17:32 PM
Yeah!!! C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SMarilyn K. Lincecum 10/22/2009 9:13:49 PM
Beautiful portrait..Congratulations on a well deserved win and good luck in the next round. #8061782Karen Engelbreth 10/22/2009 10:54:48 PM
Big congrats! #8061999Stefania Barbier 10/22/2009 11:10:07 PM
congratulations on your gorgeous finalist!!!!! #8062052Melissa G. Meiselman 10/23/2009 1:47:34 AM
Congratulations on your fantastic finalist!!!! #8062571Barbara Waldoch 10/23/2009 3:26:35 AM
Congratulations, very well done, Yulianto! #8062953Tess L. Yee 10/23/2009 4:42:53 AM
Congrats on this awesome finalist, Yulianto! #8063370Rich Helmer 10/23/2009 9:22:02 AM
Great work Yulianto!!!! Congratulations!!! #8065075Courtenay Vanderbilt 10/23/2009 12:28:43 PM
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Congratulations Yulianto. Great photo. #8065742Jeff Robinson 10/23/2009 2:33:52 PM
Congrats Yulianto on your Outstanding Finalist! Jeff #8066222Anne M. Young 10/23/2009 4:49:20 PM
Congratulations - this is super! #8066610Amanda Chapman 10/24/2009 4:49:57 AM
Congratulations! Love the flow of the dress and her expression #8068030Janet Daniel 10/24/2009 11:21:02 AM
Congratulations on your fantastic finalist, Yulianto! #8068996Yulianto Soeroso 10/24/2009 1:05:32 PM
wow I don't know about this and saw in my email so ....thank you all my friends for support me ..thanks you for Arnie whitgood act #8069168Tammy Espino 10/25/2009 8:38:31 PM
Congrats!!! :) #8072587Mariann Kovats 10/26/2009 6:22:16 AM
Stunning! She is beautiful and very elegant! Awesome capture. Congrats on your Finalist! Looking forward seeing it as a winner! #8073976Tammy Hill 10/26/2009 5:26:21 PM
Amazing shot! Congratulations! #8076474frank w. degenhardt 10/27/2009 4:21:16 AM
Congratulations for being a Finalist for this most beautiful work of art. Way to go my friend. #8077960JO ANN CLEVELAND 11/3/2009 1:23:29 PM
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I try hard not to be addicted to knitting, but its difficult to leave my needles and knitting design ideas to one side!
However, I decided that I needed a break and so my current project is an adorable Very Hungry Caterpillar Quilt. Only something special can tear me away from my knitting needles and this quilting kit is the perfect project to keep my hands busy with something other than wool!
This is my first quilt project and Im really enjoying tackling another type of creative and practical handcraft! I bought this kit from one of the stands at Knitting & Stitching Show 2 years ago for about £30 (I think it was from Cotton Patch). Initially I thought it might be a little expensive but now that I have started, I think it is worth every penny because its very satisfying to see the cute Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt picture/design progress and I just cant wait to see the finished article. I don't mind getting another kit again.
The only problem is the backing, because Im not sure what to use for this. Can I use flannel for the backing or should I use a normal cotton fabric? All advice emails will be read with gratitude!
Anyway, Ive been looking through some other items on the A Very Hungry Caterpillar site. The range of fabrics from Eric Carle Museums is amazing – just looking at them gives me new ideas! Heres a tiny sample to whet your quilting or sewing appetite!
I also found a nice craft idea for making a Very Hungry Caterpillar party invitation cards from Pottery Barn Kids.
And finally here is Eric Carle himself reading the wonderful book!


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Corsair Carbide 200R review
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The poor cooling performance caught me by surprise. Shocking to see the charts =/. Perhaps it would perform better with at least a large top exhaust fan like my Antec 300. But sadly its not even included and cost more than the 300.
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Damn Bit-Tech, you're so hard to please....every other review I've read on this have been full of praise for such a low cost (for Corsair) case.
I really don't think the cooling issues are as big a deal as you make out, the target audience for this price of case, are not serious overclockers, they are not going to be pushing CPU's to 5ghz or over volting GPU's. Considering most cases in this price bracket are downright nasty in the looks department, this is a classy looking, low cost case, and with low-mild overclocks, it's better than you guys give it credit for. |
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Agreed, 90% of cases in the same price range are just dam nasty to look at and work on, at least there's some solid quality there and nice aesthetics. cooling mite not be the best but its perfectly fine for mild overclocking users.
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I'd like to see a review of the Fractal Design Core 3000. In my opinion it is one of the best looking cases out there for a small, low budget case and Fractal Design has an excellent record for good quality and cooling. The only drawback is that the original doesn't have USB3 but that could easily be sorted and there may even be an updated version on it's way.
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Take the stock fans and roof mount them and I bet it'll perform well on negative pressure.
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When will case makers realise they need to sell their cases with all fan mounts used or at least provide enough fans to cover most mounts? Yes, it will make cases a little more expensive but if I were forking out say £100 on an air cooled case I'd want to know that having to spend another £20-£30 just on fans alone isn't going to happen... In smaller cases like the R200, where everything is more cramped airflow is even more important. I have an Antec 300 with all fan mounts used, my fans are very quiet (the only time you hear them is when gaming) and keeps my heavily overclocked system very cool...
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Over the years I have built up a collection of crappy case fans that came with my case upgrades but they have and never will be used while I know I paid extra for them to be included.
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wow, somebody loves their Antec rep... nice lil stab at the end...lol
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What a crappy lazt mess of a build though. Cable tidying for the spaghetti minded psychotic.
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The point of all the fan mounts isn't to say that every customer will use all the fan mounts, it's to give you the flexibility to customize your cooling as you see fit. Some people want to add a second fan to the front, others want another top exhaust, or to install dual side panel fans. Very few people fully load their case up with fans. I mean, the 500R can fit 10 fans total, I've never seen anybody actually do that, though. |
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Was gonna get one of these, glad I didn't now, got the Cooler Master 430 Elite Black instead, nice case.
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Why would someone who can afford a triple rad should use this case.... looks like a boring office case... nothing more
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Cannot believe Bittech pushes the Antec One that much, while its biggest drawback is the gpu's it cannot support: "However, there are a few potential obstacles to be wary of. Antec quotes a maximum graphics card size of 266mm - which isn't quite enough for top-end cards such as the Radeon HD 7970 - and, if you are eyeing up a gaming rig, the similarly-priced One Hundred might be a better fit.". So it is only good for sub 266mm videocards. Thank you, Bittech FOR not pointing that out, each time you say the Antec One is a better choice....omg.
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SOMERSWORTH / NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Come join us for a night of dancing to benefit North Berwick's D. A. Hurd Library at the Somersworth American Legion on Saturday, Oct.20 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Cost is $15 per person or $25 per couple. Raffle baskets, 50/50. Bring snacks.
Come join us on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 4 pm to 6:30 pm for our annual Halloween Howler event.
BJ Hickman will kick it off with a magic show at 4 pm in the North Berwick Fire Station on Market Street. We will then have a costume contest, parade, treat stations, carnival games and a concert by Marcus Gale.
Everything is free for all, we will provide refreshments inside the American Legion as well. For more information please contact Kristie Michaud at 676-3206 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Training associate Kitty Cummings from UCTD will acquaint you with Skype, including download and installation, account creation, customization of profiles, contacts, instant massager (IM) and Skype-to-Skype voice/video calls. The workshop, to be held from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, in LN-G112, is open to Binghamton University retirees, faculty and staff. Due to limited seating, you must contact Retiree Services Coordinator Corinna Kruman via e-mail or at 777-5959 to register. Should you require a parking pass, stop at the Information Desk as you enter the University and provide the attendant with your name and the name of the event. You will also receive a campus map with directions.


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FRIDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- One-third of people with unexplained body odor may actually have an inherited metabolic disorder, a new study finds.
This disorder that impairs their ability to metabolize a compound -- produced naturally from many foods -- that has a foul, fishy odor.
The hereditary disorder is called trimethylaminuria (TMAU), a disease that impairs the ability of an enzyme to metabolize or transform the compound trimethylamine (TMA).
Although the compound generally has an off-putting fishy smell, at lower concentrations, the odor of TMA may be perceived as unpleasant or "garbage-like," according to the researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.
Production of TMA is associated with foods rich in choline, such as organ meats, eggs, certain legumes and saltwater fish. Excess TMA is excreted from the body in sweat, breath, saliva and urine.
This study of 353 people with unexplained body odor problems found that 118 (33 percent) of them had TMAU.
Odor associated with TMAU can affect social and work relationships and cause psychological distress. Once TMAU is diagnosed, body odor can be controlled through changes in diet and other methods, the Monell researchers said.
The study appears online in The American Journal of Medicine.
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The U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute has more about trimethylaminuria.
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Exclusive resorts, one of the companies featured in this month's Icons & Innovators special section, has emerged as the leader of the nascent destination-club industry. Contributing writers Patricia Harris and David Lyon, who chronicle the company's rise and its plans for the future in "Club Rules", suggest that good timing has played a pivotal role in Exclusive Resorts' success, but that the company has benefited mostly from its principals' strong and purposeful vision. "They made all the right steps," says Lyon. "They may not have known they were the right steps when they made them, but it's grown into the industry model. They had the right idea with the right bankroll at the right time. But they deserve a lot of credit for moving very fast and very surely."
Throughout its growth, Harris notes, Exclusive Resorts has not made the mistake of neglecting its clients. "They invite members in on every level of the procedure," she says. "They ask the big-picture questions like 'Where do you want to go that we don't have properties?' "
In the mid-1990s, bankruptcy seemed imminent for Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer, another company featured in Icons & Innovators. But by making the right personnel moves and by being receptive to advice from a potential customer, the company rebounded and moved toward the front of the aviation industry. For senior editor Michael Schulze, who writes about the company's rejuvenation in "The Boys from Brazil", the most fascinating aspect of the story involved the countrywide pursuit of aviation excellence. "This was entirely self-willed on the part of the people of Brazil," he says. "Alberto Santos-Dumont [the first Brazilian to achieve flight, in 1898, in a hydrogen airship] got a plane in the air just a few years after the Wright brothers. I think it really inspired the people of Brazil to identify with aviation as something they could learn and something they could excel at.
"It's especially impressive when you see the decades of work, the decades of striving, and the decades of failure that precede the success of Embraer," Schulze continues. "They've gone from nothing to $17 billion in orders in 13 years. They're sold out for eternity. Now they just need to deliver the planes."
British-built luxury cars always have displayed a certain style, says senior correspondent Paul Dean, who has high hopes for Aston Martin now that it is back in the hands of a Briton. "The British are historic and retrospective, elegant and a little haughty," says Dean, who writes about the latest Aston Martin, the DBS, in "Rolling Over and Onward". That the brand did not excel under Ford's ownership is no surprise, he says. "Ford doesn't understand the desire for heritage of the European buyer," says Dean. "It doesn't understand the mystique of these luxury cars."
The car itself is a bit of a departure for the brand, says Dean, though he believes its exotic appearance will find a following. "The DBS is probably the most beautiful GT on the road, bar none," he gushes. "It's got the Aston look—the low, sweeping profile that goes from front grille to rear diffuser. But this is a very exotic car for the Brits. In a way, it's more a reflection of Ulrich Bez [Aston Martin's chairman and CEO]. He's a very hard-driving man from the managerial point of view and from the automotive racetrack point of view. You get the idea that he's built this car for himself. Nevertheless, it's a great way to introduce people to the new marque, the non-Ford Aston Martin."


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Amazon.com's 14th Holiday Season Is Best Ever — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, Dec. 15, which is a record-breaking 72.9 items per second.
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Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008 — The economy may be tanking, but innovation is alive and well. — When it came to products, incremental improvements were the name of the game this year. Phones got faster (iPhone 3G anyone?), notebooks turned into netbooks and pocket cameras went …
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London: Sep 3, 2014
Former cricket captain Alec Stewart and ex-Test spinner Graeme Swann blasted the English side and questioned the team's commitment to the 50-over game after Alastair Cook and Co. suffered a nine-wicket defeat to India in the fourth One-Day Interntational (ODI) on Tuesday to lose the series 3-0 with still a match to go.
Both Stewart and Swann labelled England as boring and said they are playing an old-fashioned game embarrassing for the fans.
"It is boring and embarrassing cricket. We haven't caught up with the rest of the world. It is so outdated, outmoded and old fashioned and the whole strategy and outlook must change," Swann was quoted as saying by The Mirror.
Swann, who is now a TV pundit, feels if the England management cannot act now in putting the house in order then things would only worsen ahead of the 2015 World Cup, Feb 14-March 29.
"If the England management, captain and selectors cannot see there is a burning issue that needs to be changed, then I am worried, angry and sad," he added.
Stewart said England have not only to change their mindset but also their game plan. "We are playing one day cricket as if it is still 1995. We need a change of mindset, game plan and culture."
Cook said he was proud to lead England but if he is asked to step down he would do so. "In every team I play in at the moment, there is always a question about my place in the side which is quite a hard place to work from. I need to score more runs and that will ease things. I've done so in the past and I know it will come again, but if James Whittaker, Paul Downton and Peter Moores say they don't want me then so be it. I am proud to be England captain but if they say they don't want me then that's their decision."
"It is amazing how quickly it can turn round, we've got to stay true to our beliefs as a team and what you have as a player yourself because people will chip away at you and you start doubting the reason why you got selected in the first place. This is a true test of character for the whole team now," he added.


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For most of us, Bike parks are closed for the season and we are left with a cold winter ahead. Justin Brigandi sets out to shred some frigid and windy DH runs before it's too late and the snow is on the ground.
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More Mass Effect
Mass Effect 3 is the final entry in Bioware's epic sci-fi trilogy. If you've played and enjoyed the series, you'll enjoy this one. It's a fitting end to the saga and a reunion of sorts of the characters you've come to know along the way. It's a satisfying, albeit foreseeable ending. You'll battle around in a bunch of different environments with Earth being the final stronghold. It's up to Shepherd to round up the troops and lead the final assault against the Reapers.
Mass Effect's draw is its story. Let's face it… It's why you're playing the game. The game does not let down in this sense. The story follows Shepherd, reassigned to duty, and tasked with saving the galaxy from a catastrophic Reaper attack. He deals with uncovering the mystery behind the Reaper threat and uniting the galaxy to fight against it. He meets up with familiar figures he's met along the way throughout. Although the story is rather predictable and proceeds in a fairly straightforward manner, it's generally interesting and packed with genuine emotion. The bonds formed between characters and their selfless acts of sacrifice come off as legitimate and moving.
The game does a nice job of showing the motives of the different races of the galaxy. Each race has its own agenda; only willing to help after a little greasing up. No one works for free here. The player needs to complete a favor in order to gain the person's allegiance, guaranteeing the backing of the respective race. These sorts of tasks form the basic mission structure of most of the game. During these missions, there are options to choose which race to side with. These choices are morally grey and feel like they actually carry some weight.
It becomes Shepherd's goal to unite the races of the galaxy against the Reaper threat. Getting these groups to aid the cause makes for a stronger final fleet to bring forth against the Reapers. This fleet strength is represented by a numeric meter which constitutes your overall chance at success for the final battle. Finding artifacts, recruiting different factions, and playing multiplayer all contribute to raising this percentage
The planet scanning from the second game is back and redesigned. Rather than meticulously scanning planets for resources, players are now tasked with exploring star systems and finding different artifacts, space stations, fuel depots, and planets. Scanning these areas raises the threat of a reaper invasion. The Reapers eventually break out and pursue the player forcing them to escape the system. It's not incredibly interesting but it's certainly an improvement over the last game's version.
Mass Effect 3 plays as you'd expect it to. It carries over the successfully updated 3rd person combat mechanics from the 2nd game. Although, it feels a little stiff with the amount of action the game asks of the player at times. Adding to that stiffness is this awkward jump mechanic where you need to hop over meaningless gaps with no risk of falling. It's an odd addition that's been shoehorned in and serves no purpose. I wish there was a bit more exploration or loot in the game also. The game primarily consists of walking down linear pathways between story beats. Initially, I found myself combing environments for loot only to find dead ends and unsearchable receptacles.
In this entry, like the last, more emphasis is placed on action than RPG. However, it seems like they didn't spend a lot of time polishing the action part. The 3rd person mechanics are functional but just don't have the ease of use and flow that other games have. The jump from Mass Effect to Mass Effect 2 was so sensational in terms of combat improvement that this entry kind of falls flat in that sense. I just wish the team did something to move the combat forward instead of completely recycling what was established in the previous game. It sounds like I didn't enjoy the combat – I did. I just feel with the frequency of combat, the developers could have spent some more time bolstering it up. But who cares? It's all about storyline and epic space shit right? It's Mass Effect!
The environments and music in this game are amazing. It's what really wins me over in the Mass Effect series. The epic strings over grumbley bass and occasional spacey synth pokes get my inner nerd all sorts of moist. There's some sort of enchanted space wizardry going on in these games that just clicks for me. The game is littered with environments from snowy space stations to Asian inspired grottos. I don't think it reaches the environmental variety of the 2nd game but it's still hugely successful. Perhaps least exciting is Earth. It's just kind of a dark, crumbly, war-ridden mess. Not much to look at there. Fortunately most of the game takes place elsewhere.
Perhaps the biggest surprise about the game for me is the multiplayer. It's a wave based multiplayer mode in which you fend off ten waves of increasingly more difficult enemies. There are three different difficulty settings: bronze, silver and gold - the latter being the most difficult and granting the most experience and XP. The map variation is nice and they sprinkle in various objectives for players to complete during the match. These objectives include: capturing and holding areas, activating a set of four nodes, claiming and delivering a set of two items, and killing a specified group of four marked enemies. These don't seem like super interesting tasks but they break up the action of killing endless enemies and give the player a sense of objective. Players can pick any class from the single-player game and upgrade them accordingly. Upon finishing a match, players earn XP and currency to spend on talent points and random loot chests. These loot chests are tiered in a way that the more expensive loot cases have a guaranteed chance to drop rare weapons and characters. At the end of each match, you earn galactic readiness that funnels into your single player total. Initially, this is what motivated me to start playing the multiplayer. Then I discovered the multiplayer is actually, well, fun. The way in which these pieces fit together forms a multiplayer experience that is familiar yet uniquely fun for some inexplicable reason.
Mass Effect 3 is more Mass Effect. It's a quality game about space stuff. The series as a whole feels very consistent. It delivers a well written story etched upon fantastical space environments woven into a social alien hot-zone. The way the game meshes these elements together make for something special. Although the game mechanics feel trite and stiff at times, they never really get in the way of enjoying the experience. The biggest success in terms of new content is the multiplayer. The way in which players can team up and combine their powers to take out enemies is enough of a twist on the wave-based formula to feel unique and satisfying. The game really feels like a complete package. You know what Mass Effect 3 is and you if you'll like it - I liked it


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stewsnooze precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 91 designs enviados por 27 designers freelancers.
Full Fat Things
Full Fat Things are a new UK based start up that offer Drupal development and performance optimisation services. We believe in Open source and develop open source software that we give back, we extend, use and build on top of Open Source for medium to large companies who need social media websites from the ground or want their existing sites to rocket. The largest competitors to Full Fat Things for performance work are in the USA. Perhaps that is a competitive advantage for me and could be included in the work?
The Full Fat Things market is site owners in corporations who may need performance work or full site builds. Full Fat Things should look like it can deliver massive projects as the people involved have. The audience tolerates and enjoys quirkiness. One of the largest companies in the space is Lullabot.com. Another decent sized company is Four Kitchens.
You are free to be super creative on this one!
The logo should probably include the words "Full Fat Things" within or near any graphical element that you may include.
When I think about a successful logo these words/phrases come to mind
high performance, speed, fun, machine, happy, positive, full fat
For the logo, all the work should be included within the price. I don't want to have to purchase any stock work to include in the log. I'd also like the logo in as high resolution psd/png or vector file as you can provide it in as I'd like to print it on banners for the office as well as use on the website.
A quick note on Full Fat. In the UK we refer to Full Fat Milk as the milk that has had no fat removed, or Full fat coke is Coca Cola (in a red can), not diet can. The idea of Full Fat Things is that you get the full, big fat fast version of what you want.
Please ask questions if you need clarification. Also I'll link to the winners web site from mine crediting the logo.
I am a fan of the following logo's out there..
I like the next one because it shows something like a process. i.e. factory producing demo's


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WASHINGTON (AP) Gray-haired war veterans sat in quiet reflection. Tourists came by to quietly say thanks. Schoolchildren on field trips crowded around asking for autographs. Decades in the planning, the National World War II Memorial opened to the public Thursday.Under brilliant spring sunshine, visitors of all ages streamed in to look at Washingtons newest memorial and to pay their respects to those who served during one of the countrys most difficult and triumphant periods.The memorial, which sits prominently between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, was long overdue but worth the wait, some vets said.It is beautiful, declared George Lynch, an 81-year-old former Marine from Washington. To see this memorial after all these years is absolutely marvelous.Lynch was accompanied by another World War II Marine, William Abby Abernathy, 91, also of Washington.So many people have stopped both Abby and me and said thank you, Lynch said. I can hardly talk about this without my eyes watering up. It really touches you.The granite-and-bronze monument features waterfalls, fountains, and a curved wall bedecked with gold stars representing the more than 400,000 who gave their lives in the war. It has two hulking 43-foot arches at each end, one marked Atlantic and the other Pacific. They symbolize the two theaters of the war.Fifty-six smaller granite pillars adorned with two bronze wreaths form the oval shape of the memorial and encircle a sunken plaza and pool. Each pillar in engraved with the name of a state or territory from that period.While the formal dedication ceremony is a month away, project organizers raced to put the finishing touches on the memorial so the ever-dwindling number of World War II veterans could come to see it as soon as possible.World War II vets are dying at a rate of 1,056 a day, the Veterans Affairs Department estimates. Fewer than 4 million of the 16 million who served will be alive at the time of the May 29 dedication.Fred Smith of Rockville, Md., served in the Army Air Corps, which later became the Air Force. He said the memorial is a grand tribute. There are an awful lot of guys who I knew that are gone now, but they would have loved this, he said.Another veteran, Henry Wilayto, said the size of the memorial which stretches the length of a football field was especially fitting.I think its far more than I thought they were going to do, said Wilayto, a former Army staff sergeant from Concord, Mass. I thought it would be a real small one, but theyve gone completely into the depths that they should have.Among the first in line on opening day were hundreds of schoolchildren from Newtown, Conn., and Toledo, Ohio some of whom had grandfathers who served in the war.The $174 million memorial was almost two decades in the making.Legislation was introduced in 1987 by Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, who was prompted by an encounter with World War II veteran Roger Durbin. In front of a crowd at a political event, Durbin asked Kaptur why there was no World War II memorial. Together, they worked to get legislation passed so the memorial could be built.Congress gave its approval in 1993, but that was followed by court challenges from critics who claimed the monument would clutter the Mall and interfere with sweeping vistas long enjoyed by visitors. Construction began in late 2001.The dedication next month is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. Durbin died four months before ground was broken, but family members and friends will attend.To coincide with the dedication, the U.S. Postal Service plans to issue a stamp depicting the monument. It will be on sale the day of the ceremony.On the Net:World War II Memorial: http://www.wwiimemorial.com


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A Splash of Color!
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Wow! I'm a BIG BIG fan of the colour pink but her new room is just as nice! I love how the map is placed there, little P is growing big! I love her so much! :D
Though I have JUST started blogging, I sometimes have the pressure of posting on time/making people happy.. But i chant " Im doing this for myself!" over 20 times & everything seems way better! :)
We love your posts and would wait however long to read them! :D
Have a happy week!
www.arty-heart.blogspot.comThe room is adorable! Thank you for posting the idea of curtain clips to hang artwork! I have a box full of my daughter's artwork that I want to hang in her playroom, but have been waiting to figure out a way to hang them that is cute and that will allow me to change the artwork out easily. It just so happens that I have a bag of those clips laying around unused! Yay for an easy, cute and FREE project!
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Sun Java System Web Server has yet another name..
By Sriram-Oracle on Jun 19, 2010
Since I joined Sun Web Server engineering team, this product has gone through couple of name changes - mostly to be in sync with company's business directions. Here is a quick snapshot of the different forms that it took over the years..
Netscape Enterprise Server (3.6, 4.0, 4.1)
-> iPlanet Enterprise Web Server (6.0) ->
-> Sun ONE Web Server 6.1
-> Sun Java System Web Server 6.1, 7.0
-> Sun GlassFish Enterprise Web Server 7
Now, Oracle after its acquisition of Sun, has decided to complete the product naming circle one more time and call us now as "Oracle iPlanet Web Server". So, let us hope this name will stick a little longer than all its predecessors.


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- Full featured Internet Relay Chat client
- Clean, practical interface
- Highly configurable and supports features such as buddy lists
- Powerful scripting language that can be used both to automate mIRC and to create applications that perform a wide range of functions from network communications to playing games.
Updates : mIRC Updates
Did You Know?
mIRC 7.1 development took nearly two years. During the development, the code was completely re-written to Unicode. Making mIRC much faster, more stable, and more compatible with latest versions of Windows.