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wikiHow to Calculate Sales Tax
Four Methods:Calculating Total CostExamplesCalculating Sales Tax RateOther InformationCommunity Q&A
It's really important to know how much an item is going to cost before you purchase it. It's not as easy as just looking at the price tag; sales tax must be calculated in order to determine the total cost. Sales tax rates are increasing, which makes the tax impact on a purchase more significant. Use these tips to learn how to calculate sales tax on your retail purchases.
Calculating Total Cost
1Multiply the cost of an item or service by the sales tax in order to find out the total cost. The equation looks like this: Item or service cost x sales tax (in decimal form) = total sales tax. Add the total sales tax to the Item or service cost to get your total cost.
- Make sure you put the sales tax into decimal form. You do this by taking the percentage and sliding the decimal point two places to the left:
- 7.5% sales tax becomes .075 in decimal form
- 3.4% sales tax becomes .034 in decimal form
- 5% sales tax becomes .05 in decimal form
- Example: $60 (item cost) x .075 (sales tax) = $4.5 total sales tax
- Make sure you put the sales tax into decimal form. You do this by taking the percentage and sliding the decimal point two places to the left:
2Once you've calculated sales tax, make sure to add it to the original cost to get the total cost. If the total sales tax is $5 and your original item cost was $100, your total cost will be $105.
1Try this example. You're buying a basketball in the state of Colorado, where sales tax is 2.9%.[1] The basketball costs $25. How much is the total cost of the basketball, including sales tax?
- Convert the percentage sales tax into decimal form: 2.9% becomes .029.
- Multiply it out: $25 x .029 = $.73, or $25.73 total cost
2Try another example. You're buying groceries in the state of Mississippi, where the sales tax is 7%.[2] The grocery bill costs $300. How much is the total cost of the grocery bill, including sales tax?
- Convert the percentage sales tax into decimal form: 7% becomes .07.
- Multiply it out: $300 x .07 = $21, or $321 total cost
3Try a third example. You're buying a car in the state of Massachusetts, where sales tax is 6.25%.[3] The car costs $15,000. How much is the total cost of the car, including sales tax?
- Convert the percentage sales tax into decimal form: 6.25% becomes .0625.
- Multiply it out: $15,000 x .0625 = $937.5, or $15,937.5 total cost
Calculating Sales Tax Rate
1"De-calculate" by working backward, as long as you know the original cost of the item or service. Let's say you bought a computer, listed at $1,200, and the total bill came out to $1,266, meaning that the sales tax was $66. What is the sales tax rate?
- Take the tax rate and divide it by the original price: $66 ÷ $1,200 = .055
- Convert the decimal into a percentage by moving the decimal point two places to the right: .055 becomes 5.5%
- Your original sales tax rate is 5.5%
Other Information
1Know that some American states do not have sales tax. These states currently include:
- Delaware
- New Hampshire
- Montana
- Oregon
- Alaska
2Know that states levy different taxes for different goods. A state or district, such as District of Columbia, may have a general sales tax of 6%, but set the tax rate on liquor and prepared food at 10%.[4]
- New Hampshire, for example, has no general sales tax but still taxes prepared food at 9%.
- Massachusetts, for example, only starts counting sales tax associated with clothing when the bill exceeds $175. So if you buy under $175 worth of clothing in Massachusetts, the state government won't tax it.
3Be sure to check with your local state and city when calculating sales tax. We don't often talk of "city sales tax," but it's there. Most people, however, just lump it in with state sales tax. If you want to know exactly how much money you'll pay in taxes for a certain item, check your local state and city tax laws for more information
Community Q&A
If I sell three trees at $85.00 per tree and tell the buyer I included the 6% sales tax in the total price, and $85.00 per tree equals $255.00, when I make out my sales tax form, what do I say the amount of tax was and what was the sale amount?wikiHow ContributorTo calculate the sales tax that is included in receipts from items subject to sales tax, divide the receipts by 1 + the sales tax rate. For example, if the sales tax rate is 6%, divide the total amount of receipts by 1.06. $255 divided by 1.06 (6% sales tax) = 240.57 (rounded up 14.43 = tax amount to report.
How do I add 9 percent to 189?wikiHow ContributorCalculate 1 percent (in this case, 1.89), multiply that by 9, and add it to 189.
How can I convert percentages to decimals?wikiHow ContributorYou take the percentage, divide it by 100 (because percentages are out of 100) and that is the decimal equivalent of that percentage.
How do I add 6% sales tax to an amount?wikiHow ContributorMultiply the amount x 1.06. This will give you the total amount, including the tax. The "1" is 100% of the item cost, and the ".06" is the tax rate of 6%. For example, you buy a screw driver set for $10.00 and the sales tax rate is 6%. $10.00 x 1.06 = $10.60. This is your total, including tax.
I have a total of 100054.00 and paid a total tax of 3422.05, how can I tell what percentage rate I paid?wikiHow ContributorDivide the smaller amount by the larger amount, then multiply the result by 100. In your example 100054/3411.05=(approx. 0.0342) and 0.0342x100 = 3.42%.
How does sales tax impact my paycheck?It should not impact your paycheck at all.
How can I find the original cost with only the sales tax total and rate?wikiHow ContributorHere is an example: Your cost = Rs.133. The tax rate = 14.5%. Your taxable cost = 133*14.5% =19.285. Your total cost =133+19.285. So, the answer is = 152.285.
How do I calculate the sales tax rate for an online store?
What is 1.3 in sales tax?
What is the cost of the sweater before sales tax is added, which is 8.25% and he paid 108.25
How do I calculate the price of the sales tax given the total and the percentage?
Is there a math problem that has all the 4 operation sympols of math?
- When calculating sales tax, round up to the next penny if you get an amount that has too many decimal places. If your purchase price is $35.50 and your sales tax rate is 7.4 percent, the total when you multiply them is $2.627. Round that up to $2.63 for your amount of sales tax.
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Nothing new, it happens when people outgear the content
Remember Sartharion and Freya zerg?
We thought of trying something similar to this when we were progressing on animus, decided against it though. Kinda hate it, worst boss of the tier imo.
the meta achivement and drake was removed when ulduar was release for our 2nd kill on sartharion we did zerg him so a few more could get the plagued proto - so the content was still current. however we did you 25man gear for it that had an higher ilvl but hey pritty mutch everyone that did os10+3 before ulduar used 25man gear
and will the firest DA heroc kill dit it without 5.3 buffs, legendary metas/cloaks and gear upgrades
the freya zerg was before the zone was finished, they buffed her healing with stacks to compensate
Would be fun to do just for padding and ranking's sake.
We oneshot it every week doing it the "right" way though, so kind of pointless. ToT starts to turn into a massive joke once you're sitting on ~540 ilvls.
is that doable in 25 mans?
Between ilvl upgrades, legendary metas, 600 cloaks, thunderforges, vengeance abuse and demo locks, I'm not that surprised that this strat came about.
We tried that for even more sustained vengeance. The damage was honestly to spiky and resulted in even more tank deaths xD. Since your blowing pretty much every CD @ the pull (Guardian of Ancient Kings/Pain Sup etc etc) due to the insane damage, those cds will never be up again since the enrage is at 2.5 mins. Def. do not recommend having 2 adds + Boss up for the duration of the fight since you simply won't have any CDs left apart from 1 mins.
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Except there was a dev interview about raids where they specifically mentioned large golem skipping. As in, a failure in their part to properly balance Crimson Wake and making it far too annoying to deal with. But hey, since you're such a pro, go do it in "intended" way. Kite that freaking thing while trying to avoid 20 other golems. It will be fun.
I'm sure other bosses have annoying mechanics as well, but they're not skipped. The fact is, even 25m avoids an entire mechanic in the fight so the argument pertaining to the logic applies and don't also think this strat is as viable as the normal strat for progression because it relies heavily on group composition(tank/healers).
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Chandigarh, Nov 26 (IANS) It could be a script for a movie. A qualified doctor, who allegedly helped candidates cheat in post−graduate courses in medicine and surgery and used the ill−gotten money to produce films in southern India, is now in the custody of the CBI.
Kota Gangadhar Reddy's multi−tasking life is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
He was running a well−oiled racket of leaking out question papers of the MD and MS (doctor of medicine and master of surgery) entrance examinations at the Post−Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here.
Reddy, who introduced himself as an MS−ortho (master of surgery in orthopaedics), was arrested with 15 others earlier this month by the CBI after it busted an inter−state racket that was spread across Chandigarh to Hyderabad to Patna.
CBI investigators are amused that this medicine−man was not only using his intelligence to help others cheat in exams but was using the money to fund films in the south Indian film industry to satisfy his urge to become famous.
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Among the 15 people arrested by the CBI, seven are women, who were taking the MD and MS entrance exams here Nov 10 as decoy candidates. None of them is a qualified MBBS, the minimum qualification to take the test.
"The decoy candidates used sophisticated mobile applications on their smartphones to leak the questions from the examination centre. Reddy provided the answers from Patna to Gurivi, who was sitting in a hotel in Chandigarh. Gurivi was dictating the answers through micro−earphones to the candidates," a CBI investigator said.
CBI sources said that the actual beneficiaries were yet to be arrested in the case. Seven such beneficiaries have been questioned so far.
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Reddy, Gurivi and the other accused, who are in judicial custody, are lodged in the high−security Burail prison here.
Some of the accused told the CBI that they had told their families in Andhra Pradesh that they were going on a holiday to Himachal Pradesh when they went to Chandigarh to appear as decoy candidates.
Following the CBI raids Nov 10, the entrance test was stopped. PGIMER cancelled the test after the CBI registered a case. A fresh test would be held next month.
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Today I am happy to announce the start of a fabulous giveaway sponsored by Friedasophie Jewellery Design (which is based in California, USA).
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This is my homage to the image that I attribute as my very first impression of EarthBound Zero/Mother 1. Years back, before I even began playing it, I came across the image on the back of the Mother 1 soundtrack on this site (when it was still Earthbound.net), and it still haunts me to this day. Three years after playing through the game, I found out that it was actually a screencap from an old commercial aired on Japanese TV when the game was first released in 1989. That took away a big chunk of the mystery surrounding my enrapturement of this image (it was a "the magic is gone" sort of experience), but I will forever treasure this as the one icon to represent everything the first Mother game symbolizes.
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BOSTON – According to Massachusetts state records, from 2007 to 2013, more $16.5 million was spent on lobbyists for the gambling industry, the Boston Globe reported on its website last week. A majority of that money came from the developers and property owners vying for one of the few potentially lucrative casino licenses in the state.
According to the report, lobbyist spending peaked in 2011, the year Gov. Deval L. Patrick signed the Expanded Gaming Act into law, but continued into 2012 and 2013.
The Globe said that the biggest spender was Sterling Suffolk Racecourse, which spent $3.275 million on lobbyists between 2007 and 2013. Hall Properties, which is one of Suffolk's owners, and Caesars, which teamed up with Suffolk to build a casino resort on the property but was dropped from the bid last year – kicked in another $465,000 and $218,000, respectively. The Mohegan tribe, which partnered with Suffolk after Caesars, gave nearly $370,000 to lobbyists, the Globe said
Development Associates, a subsidiary of Wynn Resorts, which hopes to build a hotel and casino in Everett, has spent nearly $1.5 million. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which wants to build a casino in Taunton, has spent more than $1.85 million. •
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Just wanted to send out a quick note that there will be some server maintenance on the community Thursday morning between 2AM and 4AM Eastern. The community will be unavailable and/or connectivity may be sporadic during this time period. We don't expect it to be down for this entire time, and we expect the actual downtime to be brief.


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In December 2000, the U.S. Justice Department announced what it called the largest government fraud settlement in U.S. history when Columbia/HCA agreed to pay $840 million in criminal fines and civil damages and penalties. Among the revelations from the 2000 settlement, which all apply to when Scott was CEO, were that Columbia overbilled Medicare for unnecessary tests and false diagnosis codes.
The government settled a second series of similar claims with Columbia/HCA in 2002 for an additional $881 million. The total fine: $1.7 billion.
As part of the 2000 settlement, Columbia/HCA agreed to plead guilty to at least 14 corporate felonies. A corporate felony comes with financial penalties but not jail time, since a corporation can't be sent to prison.
Source link: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...medicare-frau/


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April 20th-23rd 2012 :: 10 Year Anniversary! :: Theme: Tiny World
by Incredible Ape - Jam EntryYou hvae crsah lnaded on the palnet Lililput, and are blokcing an alein siperhughway. You msut bolw all the aieln robtos aawy by tpying wodrs befroe tehy epxlode in yuor fcae! Unfartunotely the robtos are olny momnetarily disreptud and yuor tsak bcomes incraesingly dfifcult oevr tmie!
prorgamming - Josh Schonstal (@schonstal)
garphics - Ian Brock (@robrotic)
muisc/sonud - Guerin McMurry (@spamtron)
webiste - http://incredibleape.com
Mdae wtih the Filxel fromewark.
Volmue Conrtols:
0: Mtue
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We fxied a few mionr isuses and uplaoded a new vresion to Kongergate. For jugding, paly "Falsh (Origianl)". For the laetst verison, paly on Konrgegate.
Downloads and Links
Coolness | 100% | |
#8 | Humor(Jam) | 3.89 |
#12 | Fun(Jam) | 3.82 |
#17 | Audio(Jam) | 3.95 |
#20 | Overall(Jam) | 3.88 |
#35 | Graphics(Jam) | 4.11 |
#40 | Mood(Jam) | 3.46 |
#43 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.57 |
#141 | Theme(Jam) | 2.92 |
It's incredible how frustratingly difficult it is to type slight mutations of words that I recognize. Your game was like a research project being executed on my head!
I laughed. I emailed a link to my wife. I thought it was really clever and well done. The music and art go very well and I dig the blowing-away-the-critters animation. Very well done.
Innovation is low because, other than the very clever using-words-to-abuse-my-brain angle... it's a typing game. It's hard for me to label that innovative. Fun and hilarious? Yes! Innovative... hm.
There should really be a rating for polish, you guys would always score off the charts. Lots of fun to play. I type really fast and this makes fast typing very aggravating. Thankfully, the words don't reset when you mess up. Unfortunately, the words don't let you reset until you're done typing some asinine way to spell something :)
Really great idea. These games piss me off beyond belief even when the words are correctly spelled. Great polish though.
Whoa, very nice graphics and a funny concept. I can feel my typing skills declining already!
Cute, very well polished with graphics. Concept not particularly original but you did something interesting with it with the mispellings! Liked the music, too.
Also do you have a link to the source? I'd like to see how the letter stuff is handled.
Tihs gmae is graet! Srcabmlnig the wrods relaly mkaes tpying mroe intseretsnig, touhgh my olny comlpiant is taht soemtmies the gmae deosnt regcongize my inupt wehn I tpye fsat.
Nothing exceptionally new, although overall polish (visual\audio presentation) deserves lots of kudos :).
i was ready to criticize the misspell in "Knogregate" till I played it... hehe
great idea! Congratulations!!
Ha ha, very good! Typing words incorrectly is hard. Very polished.
Basically every time I died it was because I accidentally hit the wrong letter and got locked into a slow guy way in the back. Still, totally entertaining for a short game. Great art and catchy music.
Great idea! Excellent polish. I did have distinguishing the letters U/V/Y occasionally due to the font, but I still enjoyed the game.
Loved it and will be sharing it. Super polished and really felt like it messed with my brain.
frustrating... sometimes I'd mistype the first letter of one word but be looking a different word I was trying to type.
The game is very good! I most things i like is the misspelled words, the graphics and the mood of the game! Very good job!
Love how even the details on this page are all scrambled. Great!
I think the best entry I've played so far. Great art and interface.
Hah, this turned out to be way more frustrating than I thought it would be. Haha, good job!
amazing music (you can't go wrong with Bach), amazing humor, graphics, concept, everything...
Except for one thing... I didn't quite feel the theme on it. It's quite polished though, and fun as hell.
I really don't know what to say that hasn't already been said. I think that if anything I would have liked the ability to type at enemies farther back in the ranks. It seemed like I wasn't able to target some enemies that were in the rear ranks when I tried to do so.
Hilarious. Does what it does really well with all the polish.
Got to give you 5 out of 5 on fun, graphics and audio. Even better on post jam version.
I really loved this entry! It was a creative idea, with great graphics, music and gameplay. It was a lot of fun, and one of the best games I've played in the jam.
Great game guys! I really enjoyed it :)
Nice work! I got to 3'06". Then I accidentally typed the first letter of a *huge* word that had *just* started coming on screen, and I couldn't find a way to cancel it so I had to watch as the advancing army had a field day with my base.
It's kind of like a bizarro Revenge of the Titans typing game. =) Pretty polished. The only thing I'd change would be to add a way to cancel a word so you could switch to a closer one.
mildmojo: We actually addressed the issue you brought up in the Kongregate verson; you can now hit Backspace to cancel out of a word.
The best game yet, it was really, really fun!!!!
Awesome music and graphics too, great job guys!
Excellent! Interestingly, I found the words much easier to type if I could come up with pronunciations for them. If I could say them in my head, I could type them without thinking about them too much (some of them I could get without even looking at the spelling after I had worked out a pronunciation).
SO MCUH AWEOSMENSES!! Rlealy lvoe yuro geam! Gtear idae dna amzanig excuetion!!!
I fucking lasted 7'39". http://imgur.com/Ehton
Best game I've seen thus far.
I'm terrible at these types of games. Terrific art and music though.
Wow, really enjoyed it! Being a non-english speaker made it easier to type the words, but I can feel how hard this has to be for a native speaker :) Thanks!
You don't have an idea how fun and hard this is when your natural language is not english. I'm sure some parts of my brain melted. Good game!
This was really fun. I could see this turning into an fun typing game that kids play to learn how to type. It's interesting how accustomed to certain letter combinations my hands are. I cannot type a Q without typing a U. Great job.
Awesome game, fair tricky tho, doesnt exactly ease into it (maybe I need to practice typing more)
Either way, the graphics are spot on and the 8bit audio is good to listen to, the music really adds to the pace. A nice challenge
Nice :) however while using invreted wdors was a funny idea and adds a little tweak to the game, it is actually quite frustrating to play compared to the classic genre.
Nice work!
Love the idea of typing "slightly wrong" words. The Bach-remix works quite nice aswell.
Ahhh my head is allways trying to type the correct words hehe. Nice entry, great polush overall, pretty fun too with the steep difficulty curve.
You mihgt or mihgt nto haev jsut rceivdee full makrs fomr me.
Nice Jam entry, liked the idea and execution. Was quite hard, especially since the words were jumbled. I was trying to figure out if there was a story, but made it even harder trying to figure out what it was saying :D
Amusing, got difficult very very quickly but I like the presentation and the novelty of mispelling words.
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It is well documented that international buyers have come to dominate the prime London property market since the start of the recession, and that they discovered the gated private estates of Surrey several decades ago. But according to Savills, overseas buyers are now broadening their horizons.
In fact, between them, buyers from America, Europe, Russia, India, China, the Middle East, South Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore sealed 19 per cent of all UK prime country deals – those worth above £2m – last year. Surrey was still the most popular location but over the past two years 20 per cent of sales were in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and one in eight were in Hampshire or Kent.
Experts believe that this trend is based primarily on pragmatism – astute investors can hardly have failed to notice that country house prices are attractively depressed, down an average 16 per cent since 2007.
Crispin Holborow, head of country sales at Savills, believes the "major swing" he has witnessed across the Home Counties – the eight or so counties that surround London – and beyond is not yet large enough to kick-start country house price growth. But his hope is it may act as a catalyst. "It will not take much to reach the trigger point where the market starts to move and prices start to rise again," he says.
Unsurprisingly, international buyers tend to feel most comfortable close to London and its airports. The number of overseas buyers in the prime Home Counties market has risen from 26 per cent in 2010 to 47 per cent last year.
They are also not afraid to spend. For homes worth more than £5m, overseas buyers' share in the prime country market rose from 17 per cent to 27 per cent.
Paul Finnegan, director of Savills' Home Counties team, says south Buckinghamshire is becoming an increasing focus of interest. "We have a current inquiry from a Russian buyer who was looking for a house which was steeped in history in the £4m to £5m budget," he says. "They started looking in Surrey at first but we suggested south Buckinghamshire, which is popular because of its excellent schools. They ended up buying [there] in Gerrards Cross."
Beaconsfield – recently anointed England's most expensive market town in a survey by Lloyds Bank – is another growing hotspot with both Russian and Italian buyers who appear unflustered about surrounding themselves with mainly British neighbours. "I think that there are buyers who don't want to be surrounded by people of their own nationality. They want to live in a traditional, English setting," says Finnegan.
Another popular option is Kent. Each spring, Jill Mitchenall, a director of Jackson-Stops & Staff based in Sevenoaks, finds herself assisting several house-hunting Russian parents. "It is the pull of Sevenoaks School, where they do the International Baccalaureate," she explains.
Most of the clients who approach buying agent Katherine Watters, an associate at Garrington, are western European – French, Italian and Belgian – and in their forties and fifties. Since an easy journey to and from London tends to be high on their wish list, she has noticed that the opening of the Hindhead tunnel in 2011, which has eased traffic congestion on the A3, has made locations such as Haslemere, Midhurst, Lickfold and Petworth more readily available.
"The history of the traditional English estates that make up the area, such as Cowdray and Goodwood, also draws in international buyers keen to experience a slice of English life," says Watters. "There is a huge polo set in that neck of the woods."
Buyers keen to experience life on an English country estate might consider the Franchise Manor Estate in Burwash, East Sussex: a Grade-II listed Georgian manor with a fishing lake and scope to keep horses. It is on the market with Knight Frank for £11m.
Slightly farther afield, the good looks and high profile of the Cotswolds – an area long popular with wealthy British buyers – has piqued international interest. Buying agent Jonathan Bramwell of The Buying Solution is based in the area and says around one in 10 of his clients are from overseas, mainly Russians, Germans, Swedes and French looking to spend around £2m. Attractions include the schools and universities of Oxford, as well as the opportunity to hunt, shoot and fish.
Buying agent Charlie Wells, director of Prime Purchase, is also finding buyers increasingly open to new locations – so long as the property is within a 90-minute drive of London (unless they have a private jet, in which case proximity to an airfield is key). What is non-negotiable is the type of house they want. "The architecture must be impressive; these buyers like statement homes," says Wells. Finnegan concurs: "They want privacy and seclusion, which means one to five acres," he says. "But they don't want acres and acres to upkeep." An example of such a property is Kent's Chiddingstone House, with five bedrooms and almost two acres of gardens. It is currently on the market with Jackson-Stops & Staff for £3.95m. The same agent has another option on the same estate, Blakenhall, a five-bedroom home with a swimming pool complex, on the market for £4.25m.
At the very top of the market, overseas buyers are also dominating sales. Since March 2012, Clive Hopkins, head of the country estate department at Knight Frank, has sold six super-prime estates priced between £10m and £35m. All but one went to overseas buyers.
Most of these buyers will spend little time at their country property. In fact, Hopkins suspects they simply see an English sporting estate as a necessary part of a balanced property portfolio, alongside a London home, a Swiss chalet and a holiday home in the south of France.
Richard Liddiard, head of the farm agency team at Carter Jonas, agrees. "Agricultural land values have more than doubled in the past six years, and there is also inheritance tax relief on farmland," he says. "I don't think it is about setting up a home. I think it is seen as a safe, secure place to put your money."
Buying guide
● Country house prices are down an average 16 per cent since 2007
● In 2012, stamp duty increased to 7 per cent for properties priced £2m+
● Halifax says London and the southeast are the only regions likely to experience house price growth this year
What you can buy for ...
£1m: A four- or five-bedroom country home in a village or hamlet close to Midhurst, West Sussex
£5m:A Grade II*-listed Tudor house, with separate cottage and 23 acres close to Horsham, West Sussex


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Austin Mroz
Dr. Rebecca Dyer
Le Club de Francais is an organization established to provide a means for students to learn about the French culture and continue practicing their knowledge of the French language. Participants engage in French activities and will be connected with other students who wish to explore the culture and language.
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The world premiere of Britney Spears' "Till The World Ends" video is just days away, but the singer is giving fans an early sneak peek via Twitter.
]]>tweeted on Monday (Apr. 4): "#TillTheWorldEnds video is coming out better than I even expected. Here's a quick peek." One video won't be enough for the infectious dance hit, as JustJared reports that Spears is set to debut two videos for the single. One will be a directors cut, including more apocalyptic footage and the other — a choreography cut, highlighting Brit's dance moves. Ke$ha, who penned the chart topper for Spears, thinks that the two ladies should celebrate their current success with Skinny dipping and plenty of partying, People reports. Along with "Till The World Ends," Ke$ha's latest single "Blow" is currently blowing up the charts. "It would be a dress-up-like-Ke$ha-or-Britney party," she says. "Either her place or my place, it doesn't matter." Watch 33-seconds of Brit's new video below. We've also included a behind the scenes video clip, courtesy of the Sunday night MTV special, "I Am The Femme Fatale."


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Not to get too far off topic, but...
Sex is only part... a great part, but only part of what makes a relationship work. Why do we get married? It's a ritual that confirms the bond between two people, and nothing more. A long term relationship can work without marriage, and the more I read your posts to do with the subject Tycho, the more I'm convinced that it's not the idea of "marriage" that bothers you, but rather "commitment" and "sharing." You have a very "only child" attitude about the whole thing... and you're obviously most unwilling to come to terms with the fact that once you've entered into a partnership with someone, you'll be required to give up some of the things that you hold dear.
But again, and getting back on topic, that's not necessarily true. This August will mark the 20th year that I've spent with my wife. Very early on I remember a situation where we were sitting around watching TV, and I got all excited because Star Trek (TOS) was on. She tells me, "Ehhh, I've never watched the show. I'm not into it." and suddenly I'm thinking, "Ouch! That's a big problem." I could let a lot of things slide, and frankly she's not a huge Star Wars fan either, but Star Trek is something entirely different.
So... I forced her to watch this day long marathon with me, and after just one or two episodes, she "got it." She's been a fan of the show ever since, loving it for the campy, corn-ball, bundle of Sci-Fi brilliance that it is. As a matter of fact, it was my wife (then girlfriend) that got us into watching TNG, and was the one who started buying all of the Playmates figures that we have. Initially I was going to pass on them, but she pushed it, and I'm glad she did.
So Tycho, it is possible to find someone that puts up with your kook lifestyle. It's only a matter of deciding how much effort you want to spend to make it work.
And last word: attitude. It's fine being cynical or pessimistic, but only to a point. I know that at this time in your life you're more concerned with how much time you've got left. But you've fought that battle with a wild amount of enthusiasm, and I can't see why you're so willing to admit defeat when it comes to finding someone to share your life.
You know... live long and prosper.


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#6825 closed defect (invalid)
Problems with email webfrontend www.adinet.com.uy
Reported by: | epastorino | Owned by: | erikos |
Priority: | blocker | Milestone: | |
Component: | browse-activity | Version: | Development build as of this date |
Keywords: | Browse-94:+ joyride-2204:+ | Cc: | erikos, mstone, Eben, tomeu, kim, simon |
Blocked By: | Blocking: | #7421 | |
Deployments affected: | Action Needed: | qa signoff | |
Verified: | no |
We've found a bug here in Uruguay in Browse activity. Kids can't upload images to their blogs at www.blogger.com or send mails using their accounts at www.adinet.com.uy. Both sites (and plenty more) use javascript for its user interface, but last versions of Web activity won't show some buttons on those sites. This worked on build 385, now we're testing build 703 with Browse activity version 86, but we've seen this behaviour since build 642 at least.
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comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by epastorino
- Owner changed from erikos to epastorino
comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by mstone
- Cc erikos mstone added
Simon - when might you be able to look into this?
comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
- The issue seems that our browser does not provide a done button when uploading an image which it does using another browser.
- I verified that it has nothing to do with rainbow by switching it off.
- The browse logs does not show anything special.
- I checked with a firefox cvs version close to ours and can upload the image fine.
- Since the upload dialog opens a new window this might be a hint what is causing the issue.
Attached is the browse log and the html site for the uploading of the image.
comment:4 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
Could not upload the log because of 'too many external links'.
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1207564803.291292 DEBUG root: filepicker.cleanup_temp_files: u'/home/olpc/isolation/1/uid_to_home_dir/10001/tmp/tmpmRlEXS.png' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <type 'exceptions.OSError'> Traceback (most recent call last) /home/olpc/Activities/Web.activity/webtoolbar.py in _location_changed_cb(self=<WebToolbar object at 0x83c6414 (WebToolbar at 0x897e000)>, progress_listener=<ProgressListener object at 0x8698edc (progresslistener+ProgressListener at 0x8864d70)>, uri=<XPCOM component '<unknown>' (implementing nsIURI)>) 108 self._set_address(ui_uri) 109 self._update_navigation_buttons() --> 110 filepicker.cleanup_temp_files() global filepicker.cleanup_temp_files = <function cleanup_temp_files at 0x84c85a4> 111 112 def _loading_start_cb(self, progress_listener): /home/olpc/Activities/Web.activity/filepicker.py in cleanup_temp_files() 34 for temp_file in _temp_files_to_clean: 35 logging.debug('filepicker.cleanup_temp_files: %r' % temp_file) ---> 36 os.remove(temp_file) global os.remove = <built-in function remove> temp_file = u'/home/olpc/isolation/1/uid_to_home_dir/10001/tmp/tmpmRlEXS.png' 37 38 class FilePicker: <type 'exceptions.OSError'>: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/olpc/isolation/1/uid_to_home_dir/10001/tmp/tmpmRlEXS.png'
comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by holt
Support ticket details: http://RT.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=9174
comment:6 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
- Milestone changed from Update.1 to Retriage, Please!
I updated to xulrunner beta5 but the behavior is the same for blogger.com. You cannot upload an image.
Can you describe in more detail what you see on www.adinet.com.uy ? Does this try to open a new window maybe?
comment:7 follow-up: ↓ 9 Changed 9 years ago by epastorino
Yes, when you want to send a new mail, it opens a new window, but that never happens and the xo hangs (in build 642).
In last build (703), Browse version 86, it opens the window but this message pops-up:
"A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now or you can continue to see if the script will complete." If you stop the script, you can write your message and send it, but when you do so, the page stays blank instead of showing a "Message sent" and returning to inbox.
comment:8 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
- Owner changed from epastorino to erikos
- Summary changed from JavaScript not fully supported in Browse activity to Problems with email webfrontend www.adinet.com.uy
Let's make this bug about the email webfrontend. #6826 tracks the issue with uploading images to blogger.com
comment:9 in reply to: ↑ 7 Changed 9 years ago by tomeu
- Cc Eben tomeu added
Replying to epastorino:
Yes, when you want to send a new mail, it opens a new window, but that never happens and the xo hangs (in build 642).
In last build (703), Browse version 86, it opens the window but this message pops-up:
"A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now or you can continue to see if the script will complete." If you stop the script, you can write your message and send it, but when you do so, the page stays blank instead of showing a "Message sent" and returning to inbox.
Eben, AFAICS, this is derived by our decision to open popups on the existing window. What could we do in these cases?
comment:10 Changed 9 years ago by Eben
Unfortunately, this is a really hard problem for us. Does anyone know how web kiosks handle this? Looking around online, I found several references which state that they just don't at all, which is discouraging.
Opening a new window in fullscreen isn't an attractive solution. We tried this before and it led to a very confusing user experience, in large part because the fullscreen nature of the window prevented the user from understanding that it was a new instance. The page nav stack got lost, and when the window was closed, the user wouldn't necessarily end up back in the previous instance. It was quite disorienting. It also goes against the session model, creating a separate instance, with separate sharing scope, and a separate Journal entry, counter to the goals of the Sugar activity model. For that matter, does this even support the use case of parent/child window communication? Under Rainbow, it shouldn't by definition.
The next option we tried, and what I believe we do now, is simply ignore the request for a blank window and open the link within the current browse instance, simply adding it to the navigation stack like any other link. This has decent behavior someof the time, but obviously breaks when the site places dependency on child windows, requiring interaction between them and the parent. I assume this is what gets us in trouble in both of the instances mentioned in this ticket.
An option I would approve of (but which I admit might not even be possible...) would be to create a pseudo-window of some kind, which behaves in most ways like a popup window, but without actually being one. As a for instance, consider creating a DIV containing and IFRAME at the top level of the document, specifying a target for the iframe based on the name specified in the link, and subsequently aliasing this in some fashion such that any javascript references or link targets wind up referring to the IFRAME instead. Special support could be added to this "wrapper" DIV to support drag'n'drop, resizing, etc. The intended goal here is to provide a popup-like experience with a floating child window, without breaking from the single-window fullscreen model in actuality.
Another option which relates closely to the above would be to achieve a similar, though slightly less elegant effect, by using frames split the page in two, keeping the parent on top and revealing the child window below. I don't really like this solution much.
Finally, if we decide to add true tab support, we might be able to get away with simply opening the popup in a new tab. This has a few user experience problems akin to the first solution mentioned above, but at least it doesn't break the activity instance model, and it isn't quite as contradictory to the navigation stack, since the new tab will show up in context, and the parent page remains visibly accessible. Unfortunately, even this might not always solve the problem. I know Gmail does some magic which forces a popup for me in Safari, even when I explicitly hold down the command key to request that Safari open the link in a new tab...
Obviously I'm nowhere close to solving this problem on my own. It's a tricky one. Thoughts on the pros/cons/feasibility of the above proposals are welcome.
comment:11 Changed 9 years ago by walter
While I agree that a tab solution is perhaps the best option of the ones you've brought up, but I would argue that violating the instance model is better than having the failures being experienced in Uruguay and elsewhere. You can learn to accommodate the confusion of the new window being created, but you cannot accommodate when the interaction fails. Can we go back to the "unattractive" but works solution of opening a window until we have a better solution in hand?
comment:12 Changed 9 years ago by Eben
If it actually does solve more problems than it causes, it might be worth reinstating. However, as I mentioned, I'm unsure that this would even solve the one "valid" use case for spawning child windows, which is communication between parent and child. We'll need technical feedback on that.
comment:13 Changed 9 years ago by gregorio
- Action Needed set to never set
- Keywords blocks:8.2.0 added
Hi Guys,
This is a serious problem for Uruguay. I'm requesting it be resolved ASAP, target 8.2.0.
I believe the same problem is tracked under: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6826
Greg S
comment:14 Changed 9 years ago by gregorio
- Milestone changed from Retriage, Please! to 8.2.0 (was Update.2)
comment:15 Changed 9 years ago by mstone
We know that Firefox runs quite nicely on the XO. It's even available as an activity -- see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities. Since the design process seems to be stuck on this ticket, perhaps we could work around the problem by recommending to UY that they test FF.xo and include it in their release if it works for them?
comment:16 Changed 9 years ago by mstone
- Action Needed changed from never set to communicate
- Keywords 8.2.0:? added; javascript browse activity bug removed
- Owner changed from erikos to gregorio
comment:17 Changed 9 years ago by gregorio
- Cc kim simon added
Hi Michael,
I don't think we can ask them to use FF. I know there has been some debate about browsers recently (although I didn't read the whole thread) but either we support our browser and make it work or we don't. Its a central tool and I think we have to support it for all critical deployments until we make a decision to do something else.
In short, that may be a viable idea eventually but the plan of record is that we support Browse. BTW this is a regression. This used to work (they posted lots of great picture for a while) then it stopped working in later builds.
BTW can you help me get this assigned to the right person (is it a sugar developer?). If its in the sugar camp, can you tell me how I ensure they make it a priority?
BTW I worked on this bug as a volunteer and I have some more background on it if anyone needs it.
Greg S
comment:18 Changed 9 years ago by gregorio
- Owner changed from gregorio to erikos
comment:19 follow-up: ↓ 20 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
please see #6826 for a first patch
comment:20 in reply to: ↑ 19 Changed 9 years ago by epastorino
Replying to erikos:
please see #6826 for a first patch
Just tried the patch with www.adinet.com.uy
Now we can send mails, but we can't attach files to them. The objectchoser works fine, we can select images to be attached, but when we click on "Attach files" button, the progress bar starts to load, but it gets stucked nearly by the end.
Also, when you click on the "Send mail" button, the mail is sent, but the popup should close and a new popup with a "Mail sent" message should open. Instead of that, it seems that the content of the popup is cleaned, but the window won't close. You have to close it with the window's close button, so this isn't critical.
comment:21 follow-up: ↓ 22 Changed 9 years ago by cscott
- Blocking 7413 added
Suggested workaround for 8.2: install Firefox activity (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities).
comment:22 in reply to: ↑ 21 Changed 9 years ago by marco
Replying to cscott:
Suggested workaround for 8.2: install Firefox activity (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities).
No. The Browse bug is currently a 8.2.0 blocker and hence have to be fixed.
comment:23 Changed 9 years ago by gregorio
Hi All,
When I expressed concerns with using Firefox, I meant that we should not ask that users install a different browser. If you meant "use firefox as the base of the source for our browse activity" then I'm fine with that. As long as it does everything we currently do and fixes this problem.
I got this description from how Birmingham installed Firefox and I don't want to ask every kid or teacher in Uruguay to do this.
Greg S
Here's how I installed and sugarized Firefox:
Firefox Installation
First, allow Firefox to be installed:
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
nano olpc-koji-ship2.repo
uncomment the line excluding firefox
Ctrl+ X, then write out
yum install firefox
run firefox as olpc to generate config files
"Sugarize" Firefox
(icon from http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/svg-icons/lila/gnome/scalable/apps/firefox-icon.svg?revision=1.4)
Performance Tweaks for Firefox
Enable mss streams in Firefox
Aptplus.org and other sites have mms streams of video content. Click
to play in outside player and mplayer will automatically open (given
that mplayer is installed, of course)
Right click > New > String
Right click > New > Boolean
comment:24 Changed 9 years ago by cscott
Installation of Firefox is as easy as going to http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities and clicking on the Firefox.xo found there.
This may or may not be a blocker; all I'm pointing out is that there is a workaround which may or may not be sufficient to get us past 8.2. I did not change the status of this bug wrt to the release, that's not my job.
comment:25 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
@epastorino: I can reproduce the upload problem for images as attachments. This looks tricky, it does work with other image upload interfaces i have tried wiki.laptop.org for example or other email webfrontends (e.g. web.de). Don't know yet what is causing this. Probably some communication that is going back and forth between the windows (to upload an attachment there are two open).
comment:26 Changed 9 years ago by marco
- Action Needed changed from communicate to diagnose
- Priority changed from high to blocker
comment:27 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
Open issues:
- the JS close is not handled by the gtk window (should be handled by http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIWebBrowserChrome.html#method_destroyBrowserWindow)
- the uploading of images as an attachment does not work (the progress bar never completes and the file does not get uploaded)
- we need to handle cases like target='_blank' and target='blah' - those should be handled in the parent window and not in the popup (not sure how to differentiate best in the providewindow handler http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIWindowProvider.html)
comment:28 Changed 9 years ago by walter
- we need to handle cases like target='_blank' and target='blah'
We used to just launch a separate browser instance for target='_blank'. While not ideal--it wasn't obvious a new browse was launched--it worked and may be the most expedient course for 8,2.
comment:29 Changed 9 years ago by Eben
We used to open them in place in the same window, too. The point here is that we need to place JS spawned windows in a popup so they remain in context with the parent and can be referenced in code; the other cases should be handled separately. The trick is differentiating them in the first place, in which case we can certainly continue to use the single-instance trick.
comment:30 Changed 9 years ago by cscott
- Blocking 7421 added; 7413 removed
Changed 9 years ago by marco
Changed 9 years ago by marco
comment:31 Changed 9 years ago by marco
These two patches fixes all the issues afaict. Unsized/unpositioned popups are opened in the same window, the others as dialogs transient to the activity window.
comment:32 Changed 9 years ago by marco
- Keywords r? added
comment:33 Changed 9 years ago by Eben
This should be a pretty reliable solution in nearly all cases. Unfortunately, we can't reliably tell the difference between windows invoked with the JS window.open method and those created with a targeted link. The two things we know are
- The title of the window, either passed as a required argument to window.open, or specified as the target parameter on an <a> tag.
- A features string - containing size, position, chrome, and other window properties - passed as an optional parameter to window.open.
The first of these allows us to detect when a special target (_blank, _top, etc.) is passed, in which case we assume that the window was opened from an <a> tag (and can be safely opened in place, since there is no JS communication between child/parent.). However, we can't tell the difference between a named target and a window.open call.
So the choice to make is whether we show anything window with a custom name in a popup (which is overly eager), or make the assumption that any window.open call that intends to facilitate further communication will include a features specification (which could miss some cases which depend on that communication). This patch, and the opinion on Marco and I at present, is that the likelihood of these edge cases we could miss is extremely small, and so we take the risk.
However, if it turns out that real-life experiences illustrate that is not the case, it should be a trivial task to err in the other direction.
comment:34 follow-up: ↓ 35 Changed 9 years ago by walter
This patch, and the opinion on Marco and I at present, is that the likelihood of
these edge cases we could miss is extremely small, and so we take the risk.
Do any of these edge cases include the websites important to Uruguay?
comment:35 in reply to: ↑ 34 Changed 9 years ago by marco
Replying to walter:
Do any of these edge cases include the websites important to Uruguay?
Not that we know of.
comment:36 Changed 9 years ago by marco
I found a couple of reassuring things about the logic we are considering to adopt:
1 Firefox uses the same logic to decide if a page should be opened in a new tab or in a new window, by default.
2 Firefox seem to have moved from the target vs window.open logic, to checking size/features.
Obviously if firefox get it wrong, the problem is much minor (the page will just be hidden in a tab), but still I think it mitigates our risk quite a bit.
Changed 9 years ago by marco
comment:37 follow-up: ↓ 38 Changed 9 years ago by marco
- Action Needed changed from diagnose to communicate
- Keywords r? removed
web1 and hulahop2 implements the logic Eben discussed. I already found a problem with it though, clicking on a link in gmail breaks.
We need another plan, I guess.
comment:38 in reply to: ↑ 37 Changed 9 years ago by tomeu
Replying to marco:
web1 and hulahop2 implements the logic Eben discussed. I already found a problem with it though, clicking on a link in gmail breaks.
Note that for those cases, you can work around it by using the palette for links.
comment:39 Changed 9 years ago by marco
Tomeu, yeah... But even just gmail alone seems too important to rely on work arounds :/
comment:40 Changed 9 years ago by marco
This bug has an *old* patch which implemented the behavior Eben would like.
We would have to update it to work with the latest go and to try to get it upstream, if we wanted to go down this way.
comment:41 Changed 9 years ago by marco
- Keywords r? added
This *might* be the best I can provide without adding tab support.
target="_blank" is opened in the same window, the rest is opened in a transient dialog with no navigation toolbar. It won't break any website, but the lack of navigation toolbar on some pages will likely annoy users (workaround is to "follow link" from the link palette).
I'd start to get this reviewed and landed since it improves the code and add support for stuff we will need in any case. Than we can discuss if it's enough for 8.2 or if there are improvements we can make.
Changed 9 years ago by marco
Changed 9 years ago by marco
comment:42 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
- Action Needed changed from communicate to review
- Keywords r+ added; r? removed
could not verify adinet (since the site seems to be down), but the rest looks really good and works well.
comment:43 Changed 9 years ago by marco
- Action Needed changed from review to package
comment:44 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
Bundled in http://dev.laptop.org/~erikos/bundles/Browse-94.xo
And hulahop 0.4.2-1 went into joyride-2204
comment:45 Changed 9 years ago by marco
- Keywords joyride-2220:- added
Simon forgot to push this in joyride.
comment:46 Changed 9 years ago by erikos
- Action Needed changed from package to qa signoff
- Keywords Browse-94:+ joyride-2204:+ added; blocks:8.2.0 8.2.0:? r+ joyride-2220:- removed
Send an email using the adinet.com.uy site. Make sure to test as well that attaching a document (photo) does work.
comment:47 Changed 5 years ago by godiard
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from new to closed
4 years without reply. Can't reproduce.
Tested send a mail in gmail attaching a image, with Browse 140
comment:48 Changed 20 months ago by Quozl
- Milestone 8.2.0 (was Update.2) deleted
Milestone 8.2.0 (was Update.2) deleted


text:
Czech Trek
If kids say the darndest things, teenagers say the most honest things.
Queue Mitchell Falk's most recent media release.
"My name is Mitchell Falk, I am 13 years old from Costa Mesa," it reads. "Motocross is my passion! I have been selected by the AMA to represent the USA. Now, I need help to get to the Czech Republic to represent team USA."
Mitchell, who recently turned 14, is an amateur motocross rider. He's competed locally since age 8 and nationally since age 11. In two years, he has amassed seven wins on the national level.
The next step for Mitchell is the international level. The hardest part might be getting there.
"It's rather costly considering it's the summer," his mother, Cynthia Falk, said in regards to travel expenses.
Mitchell's selection for the FIM Junior Motocross World Championships in the Czech Republic on Aug. 10 and 11 came as a surprise. The Falk family sets aside an annual budget to fund Mitchell's motocross participation, but only learned of the international opportunity in May.
The American Motorcyclist Association helps to fundraise in order to send its representatives to the international race, but Cynthia says that the cost for her, her husband, Charles, and Mitchell to attend the race will clock in at roughly $10,000.
"There are a lot of things that you have to pay for that you just wouldn't think of," Cynthia said.
In addition to airfare, a week's stay and shipping Mitchell's bike, the Falks will be required to purchase bike fuel on European soil, even though they can find it cheaper in the U.S. They will also need to assist in setting up awnings to provide shade for racers. The trailer that accompanies them locally and nationally cannot make the European trip.
The Falks are hoping to raise half of the costs over the next two months.
"It would be an honor to represent the United States because only a few riders get to do it," Mitchell said. "I'll get to race against the best in the world, so it would be a great experience for me."
Mitchell first hopped on the bike at age 4. His father and two older brothers, Justin and Hunter, all raced motocross but did not pursue the sport professionally.
"I want to be a racer," Mitchell said. "We put a lot of time in it and I want to succeed at it. My dad and brothers didn't go pro, but they did it for fun and were good at it. But I want to do it professionally."
Mitchell began to compete at the local level but soon found he needed more competition.
His parents began to seek national competitions, and Mitchell's success in those races garnered him widespread national attention.
"All of my kids have been very proficient riders, but Mitchell has a special gift," Cynthia said. "He has a natural ability. He is better than my husband and his brothers."
Mitchell is one of four riders picked to represent the U.S. in his bike class and age group.
"I think he realizes the magnitude of it, but he's very humble," Cynthia said. "He doesn't talk much about it."
Mitchell has competed in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada, among other states, but a trip to the Czech Republic would be his first international trip.
On July 28, he will travel to Tennessee to compete in the 32nd annual Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn's Ranch. The competition would end Aug. 5, and Mitchell would need to leave straight from Tennessee to the Czech Republic.
Cynthia says that even if she or her husband cannot go, she's confident Mitchell will be on his way.
"It's the chance of a lifetime and what he wants to do. It will put him on the platform for the next step and give him a chance to be signed by a team in two to three years and ride professionally."
So far, the Falks have raised about a quarter of the costs, Cynthia said.
"We'll make it work no matter how we need to do it. It's an investment in our son."
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'beaux arts ball 2012′ by SOFTlab, brooklyn, new york
image © alan tansey
the architectural league of new york recently held its annual beaux arts ball in the williamsburgh savings bank in brooklyn, new york. the theme for this year's event revolved around the word 'tender' which draws its influence from the building's history and the many different meanings the script can be associated with. the installation was developed by new york city-based firm SOFTlab in collaboration with natasha jen of pentagram specifically for this event. to encourage the visitors to utilize the large space, a net filled with pillow like mylar balloons was hung over the main gathering area to indicate the party and dance floor. as the visitors moved through the bank, the floating objects allowed for glimpses of the existing vaulted ceiling, while the mezzanine level offered views of the pillow surface as a solid entity. lighting played a major element to the installation as it created several layers of reflection against the shinny pieces.
mylar pillows cushioned on a nylon net
image © alan tansey
image © alan tansey
hanging graphic cards with time stamps
image © alan tansey
a field of hanging tickets containing a graphic time code allowed a sense of exchange among the visitors as it permitted admittance at precise times to a sound installation by david rife of arup in the downstairs vault. the passes were hung from the net and were backed with an iridescent material that changed color as they rotated in the space. the soundtrack was driven by stock market data and relied on the acoustical properties of the room to create a three dimensional sound environment. the seating was constructed out of nylon nets filled with shredded paper.
sound installation in downstairs vault
image © alan tansey
seating filled with shredded paper
image © alan tansey
reflecting surfaces
image © architecture league
(left) view from mezzanine level
(right) visitors interacting in the space
images © architecture league
codes changing colors
image © architecture league
image © architecture league
video © SOFTlab
project info:
client: the architectural league of new york
materials: nylon net, mylar, shredded paper
year: 2012
size: 4000 sq. ft.
design team: michael szivos, ben halpern, carrie mcknelly, liz kelsey, lindsey may
graphic design: natasha jen of pentagram
sound installation: david rife of arup


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"Arrow": Despite the major tension between Oliver and Tommy now that Tommy knows who The Hood is, Oliver is at a surprisingly good place in his life heading into the next episode, "The Huntress Returns." We were on set for the filming of the episode, and we can tell you that Ollie and McKenna are doing great — they shot a scene where he stops by her apartment when she's fresh from the shower, and let's just say she doesn't mind him catching her in her robe at all. That said, the Huntress showing up is going to be a major, major buzzkill for their romance. Major. "Oliver is really falling for McKenna, but he loved Helena," says Marc Guggenheim. "His feelings for her when she comes back are very conflicted and very complicated. There's a lot of fun to be had with that little triangle."
"The Carrie Diaries": We've grown surprisingly fond of Carrie's little sister, Dorit, who was MIA in last week's episode. Tonight, though, we'll spend much more time with her. "We find out why Dorit is as scary as she is," executive producer Amy B. Harris tells us. "Once she reveals herself a bit, she's open to the possibility of romance. She's going to meet someone, and Dorit in a relationship is surprising."
"Parks and Recreation": Thursday's episode is a showcase for several of the minor characters that make Pawnee the most fully realized fictional town this side of Springfield. Keep your eyes out for Sewage Joe, Brandi Maxxx and the ever reliable Perd Hapley in the episode, which revolves around Leslie trying to save a video store in town.
"Dallas": Even after he's gone, J.R. Ewing will keep you guessing. "Dallas" handles Larry Hagman's passing, and that of his legendary character, quite well — and also sets up a nice mystery as to how just how he died, which EP Cynthia Cidre promises will be answered by the end of this season. Yes, we're once again wondering who shot J.R.
"Psych": This Wednesday's "Lassie Jerky" is the show's found-footage episode, set deep in the woods. Roughing it, bear traps, Bigfoot, dead bodies and heavily-armed bad guys? You'd think it'd be right up Lassiter's alley, but someone else actually gets to be the kick-butt commando, whose "heroics cannot be overstated."
"Archer": Heretofore unseen (but much-maligned character) Trudy Beekman is both seen and heard in "The Honeymooners," much to Mallory's consternation. Unfortunately, Trudy is not voiced by Liza Minnelli.
"Hart of Dixie": Expect some major, major shake-ups in the season finale when Zoe makes an unexpected confession to George. Let's just say it drives him to drink. Zoe, on the other hand, decides that she needs to get out of town… but when there's a medical emergency on her flight and the flight attendants call for a doctor, she bumps into Jonah Breeland. You can't outrun Bluebell drama, Dr. Hart!
"Revolution": The show has been almost maddeningly cryptic about just what it is that Randall Flynn has been up to. We can assure you, though, that it's not good. Watch out for him to make an overture to Monroe — which is potentially really bad news for everyone opposing the general.
"The New Normal": Leave it to Rocky to try to redeem Chris Brown! In an upcoming episode, NeNe Leakes' character makes a crack about trying to help rehabilitate his image by making him play a transgender soup kitchen worker on Bryan's show.


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Alright Australia!
You wanted the best . . . You got the best . . .
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proudly present KISSTROYER, Australia's Hottest KISS Tribute Show.
At 15 years of age KISSTROYER's list of achievements is ever growing.
Featured on CHANNEL 7s MOLLY Mini Series
Toured the U.A.E
Not a bad days work for a group of guys who just love what they do.
KISSTROYER started in Melbourne in 2001, formed by two brothers Andrew and Stephen Kyriacou.
On a staple diet of steady shows and more media attention than most tribute shows could ever hope for, KISSTROYER has grown into one of the largest touring Rock Tribute Act in the Country.
Testament to this is the much talked about stage show. Three eras of authentic KISS costumes, over 15 authentic KISS guitars a massive Functional light up KISS logo and stairs withall the blood spitting, fire breathing, Guitar smashing and smoking mayhem that has brought fame to the KISS name over the past 30 years,
Classic songs like I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN YOU, ROCK 'n' ROLL ALL NIGHT, SHANDI, SURE KNOW SOMETHING and GOD GAVE ROCK 'n' ROLL TO YOU are all covered in this classic KISS show.
The show is so accurate musically and theatrically it even drew praise from KISS great Paul Stanley and his ROCKSTAR Band on a recent tour . KISS Guitarist Bruce Kulick gave the show the two thumbs up and seal of authenticity. The band has also been heralded in INPRESS for their great ability to not only re create the sounds and emulate the mannerism of KISS, but to also re create the experience!


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Le Roule
Le Roule is a traditional rolled cheese log that is used in cooking and baking. The trademark of the cheese is a distinctive green swirl of herbs and garlic in the cheese that makes it unique. There are many distinctive variations of the cheese which make it a hot favorite with cheese connoisseurs.
History of Le Roule Cheese
Le Roule was initially made by the H TRIBALLAT cheese Company Dairy. An original idea by someone at the company resulted in a simple soft dairy cheese that could be rolled to create an instantly recognizable table cheese variety. The fresh and distinctive cheese is one of the most recognizable cheeses in the world due to the swirl of herbs and spices that are in the mix. The company produces two distinctive varieties that are sold all over the world but new varieties are added daily. For example, now they sell garlic and herbs in a full fat version as well as a low fat version. They also sell a cranberry version, salmon and dill, and a chives and strawberry version in large as well as small packs.
Culinary Uses of the Le Roule Cheese
Le Roule has distinctive tastes that are added to it in the form of herbs and garlic, cranberries and strawberries. This makes the cheese very tasty to eat as-is as it has a melt-in-the-mouth texture. The taste is creamy with a fruity aftertaste and it can be eaten in salads and as a table cheese.
Popular Le Roule Cheese Recipes
Le Roule has several uses due to its mild creamy texture. Generally it is served as slices or hors de oeuvres as the cheese has a considerable visual appeal due to the fruits and herbs studded on to the surface. The cheese is also used to create dips, on soups and a few of the most popular recipes include-
- Instant garlic and herb pasta with Le Roule cheese is one dish that is commonly prepared.
- Pissaladière with Le Roulé cheese is another popular recipe that has puff pastry filled with a rich tomato sauce and the Le Roule cheese
- Le Roulé with warm Summer Vegetable Salad is a simple way of eating the cheese.
- Creamy Le Roulé Dip is also a delicious method of eating the cheese when it is served with croutons, crudités and crisps.
Nutritive Value of Le Roule Cheese
Le Roule has a fat content of 45% which makes it really soft and creamy in taste.
Le Roule Buying/Storing Tips
Le Roule is sold online through various gourmet stores. It is a soft spreadable cheese and should be wrapped with parchment paper and stored in the refrigerator below 5 degree centigrade. It is recommended that the cheese be eaten within five days of opening the pack.
Le Roule is a vegetarian cheese as it is prepared without rennet which makes it ideal for vegetarians.


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Originally Posted by NamelessPFG
I have to admit, the world of amplifiers is complicated and a lot to wrap my head around, but my general distinction is that a "speaker amp" is built with output to speaker wire terminals in mind, while a "headphone amp" is generally going to use a TRS jack for output to most headphones, barring the fringe cases like XLR or Stax plugs.
I have to admit, the world of amplifiers is complicated and a lot to wrap my head around, but my general distinction is that a "speaker amp" is built with output to speaker wire terminals in mind, while a "headphone amp" is generally going to use a TRS jack for output to most headphones, barring the fringe cases like XLR or Stax plugs.
So, this is a bit misleading methinks. Basically all an amplifier (of any type) is doing is providing gain to a signal - it "injects" power by making the signal bigger. There is specialization relative to the thing it's supposed to plug into, of course (e.g. the Koss E/90 sitting next to me is designed to throw a few thousand volts out, but can swing less than 5 mA of current across both channels - the speaker amplifier driving my speakers puts out maybe 20-25V, but does it at a few amps). The termination doesn't really matter beyond can things connect - bare wire is always suitable, it's just kind of a pain in the neck to use it repeatedly. One thing headphone amplifiers are designed to do is run -ve common ("single ended") which some "speaker amps" will have a big issue with (they'll blow up), for example you cannot do that on any Tripath chip (it will let the smoke out), but they can run -ve separate ("differential") all day long, into any load that is within their operational range (which is like 6R or 8R and up).
As for the actual circuitry behind the outputs, there's all sorts of crazy designs out there, and nobody seems to agree on what's better or what's worse. All I know is that a lot of amplifiers get stupid expensive for what seem like marginal increases in sound quality, and the only reason I'd even consider buying a dedicated headphone amp is simply that electrostatics don't work without specialized amplifiers.
I agree that people tend not to agree, because there's more than one way to skin a cat. The gain and amplification stages in my current speaker amp are identical in function but very dissimilar in implementation to that of the unit they replaced - I'm not worried about what it looks like inside though, as long as the output works. A lot of dedicated headphone amps are just hilarious though; you take a $2 opamp and a $0.10 pot and call it a "hi-fi product" and it becomes $500. A lot of them lack any form of output protection ("because it degrades the sound") and often have worse channel balance than the dollar rheostats or ganged pots you can get at RatShack for projects. That's just a kick in the teeth imho.
As far as specialized amps go - yes and no. The rise of the dedicated energizer is a more recent thing, and it's only for headphones - it's more efficient certainly, but transformer coupling is still how speakers work, and is still rational for electrostatics (but less power friendly).
For that matter, you're an ESP/950 owner, so I'm sure you know about all the slag the E/90 gets among 'stat enthusiasts and all the recommendations to re-wire it with a Stax plug so you can use Pro bias Stax amps...yet some say that the E/90 actually isn't that bad of an amp.
Yeah, the E/90 isn't popular because it doesn't cost enough, doesn't have a die-cast body, doesn't have tubes in it, and isn't bedazzled. This is basically the same reason "we" don't see more receivers or other hi-fi devices being used to drive headphones. They aren't special enough.