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What's hot: Goregeous design, huge high res capacitive display.
What's not: Battery life is so-so.
Reviewed April 6, 2010 by Lisa Gade, Editor
in Chief
Here comes that super-phone buzz word again. Google started it with their self-proclaimed super-phone the Nexus One and since then, top-of-the-line smartphones with killer specs have gotten the moniker. The HTC HD2 undeniably fits into this category with its triple play of a jaw-dropping 4.3" multi-touch capacitive display, 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and a slim design that inspires gadget lust. We first reviewed the HD2 in December when it was released overseas minus US 3G. It was available from importers as an unlocked GSM phone. To get the full low down on the HD2, please peruse our first review since we won't repeat everything here.
Today we look at the T-Mobile US version of the HTC HD2 and it's even better thanks to 3G HSDPA and excellent added software. It's not often that a carrier makes a phone better with bundled software, and T-Mobile is one of the few that doesn't load up their high end phones with bloatware but rather thoughtfully adds apps that enhance the device's experience. The core software and OS remain the same as the overseas version: Windows Mobile 6.5 with HTC's Sense UI on top. Sense is the latest evolution of TouchFLO 3D, and those of you who've used TouchFLO 3D HTC phones will feel right at home. HTC has added features like Footprints (geo-tagged image travelogue), Twitter, even further reaching, fancier weather and more. They've nearly eradicated the stock Windows Mobile UI, and for most folks that's a good thing. Windows Mobile is a very robust and powerful OS but the user interface is years out of date. HTC has replaced so much of the UI that you'll rarely see the old WinMo look. Because they're darned bright folks, HTC has managed to make Sense faster with every revision too, so it doesn't slow down the smartphone. The HD2's 1 GHz CPU also helps keep things speedy, though we did notice occasional pauses and lags that lasted a second or two every so often. Alas, that's WinMo, it stops to think once in a while.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Nexus One, HD2 and iPhone 3GS.
Though the HD2 has a 4.3" touch screen (the largest available on a phone), it looks like a large but not brickish device. HTC's designers did an impressive job of making the phone as small as possible (there's barely any bezel surrounding the display and the phone is only 0.43" thick). It's in roughly the same size camp as the iPhone 3GS and is a little bit bigger than the Google Nexus One (also built by HTC). The HD2 looks very modern, high end and sexy. The casing is a mix of soft-touch coated plastics and metal. To keep the smartphone small, the buttons at the bottom are very small but they are usable. They're so close to the bottom edge (again to keep the phone small), that it's not terribly easy to use them one-handed unless you're careful to support the back of the phone with a few fingers, lest it fall. Our only complaint? There's no dedicated camera button so you'll have to use the home screen shortcut to launch the camera and press the on-screen shutter button to focus and take a shot. Since the phone is large and the shutter button is at the far edge of the display, it's easy to wag the phone like a barn door when tapping the software button.
What about the software? Yes the HTC HD2 runs the beleaguered Windows Mobile OS but that doesn't doom it to irrelevancy. HTC has done such a good job of remaking the UI (Windows Mobile's only real problem is the UI) that I wouldn't mind using the HD2 as my personal phone. Not at all. The HD2 with Sense is intuitive, fun and productive. Thanks to Windows Mobile it has fast and robust networking, well-developed calling features including voice dialing and it multi-tasks. Though Windows Mobile 6.5 has the Marketplace for apps, there aren't nearly as many apps available as there are for Android or the iPhone—another potential drawback. But there are plenty of useful apps in the Marketplace and for Windows Mobile veterans who are accustomed to using their favorite third party apps gotten outside the marketplace direct from developers or from Windows Mobile software sites, there are even more to choose from outside the Marketplace. Still, you won't find yourself spending hours each week loading and deleting free apps via the Marketplace and most decent apps cost at least $5. Software junkies take note. Also take note that there won't be any official upgrade to Windows Phone 7, due out by the end of 2010 or early 2011.
Since this is Windows Mobile, the HD2 has robust MS Exchange email and syncing support and it can sync to Google via Exchange ActiveSync. Or you can go with the traditional USB cable syncing method and sync to Outlook on the desktop (Mac users will need to buy third party software like Missing Sync to sync to their Macs). HTC and T-Mobile have pre-loaded the freeware doubleTwist application for both Windows and Mac to sync the HD2 with iTunes.
The HD2, like all Windows Mobile smartphones, has a file manager so you can load and access whatever kinds of files you wish (take that, iPhone). It has a microSD card slot and T-Mobile includes a 16 gig card loaded with goodies like the Transformers and Transformers 2 movies in high quality, doubleTwist and more. T-Mobile has included the Blockbuster application which makes its debut on the HD2. You can buy and rent movies and watch them on the HD2's stunning 800 x 480 pixel display. Movies look stunning on the HD2 and it's more of a PMP (portable media player) experience than a smartphone experience. The Snapdragon CPU and graphics subsystem do an excellent job of playing even HD content. If you're addicted to movies and video, the HD2 is sure to please. Note that you must use WiFi to download Blockbuster content (T-Mobile doesn't want gigs of data crossing their network).
Also included is MobiTV, and this isn't your grandma's MobiTV from the Treo days. It's actually high quality stuff that fills the high res screen and looks good. You get a trial period to test it out and if you want to continue using it, it costs $9.99/month. You can use MobiTV over 3G and it works just fine. MobiTV has 35 channels and plenty of full TV episodes as well as ESPN, MTV, MSNBC, USA and more.
For music playback, you get Windows Media Player Mobile (again, tired UI) and HTC's player (much nicer UI). There's a 3.5mm stereo jack and T-Mobile includes a stereo earbud headset.
The Barnes & Noble ebook reading application is also pre-installed. This isn't unique to the HD2 but it's a great idea given the HD2's large and sharp display. I'd actually loaded the B&N reader app on my import HD2 and found it made for an excellent reading experience on the go when I didn't have my nook with me.
In terms of media production, the HD2 has a decent 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus (touch-focus to be exact) and a dual LED flash. While it can't compete with Nokia Nseries phones, it does take quite good shots, particularly in well-lit settings. It can also shoot passable video up to VGA resolution. The camera is significantly better than the Nexus One's with sharper images and better color balance.
Pre-loaded games include Guitar Hero 5 Mobile and demos of Ferrari GT Evolution and Prince of Persia HD both of which look as good as an iPhone game and play well (they cost $5 for the full version once you've used the trial). HTC's Teeter (a Labyrinth game) is here as are Tetris and Millionaire 2010 demos.
To see MobiTV, high quality video playback, games and more, watch our video review:
The HTC HD2 is a quad band GSM world phone with 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps on T-Mobile's US bands and 2100Mhz for overseas. Reception is average and isn't as strong as the Nokia N900 (a top reception phone) but it's better than the Nexus One which has mediocre reception. Call quality is superb with loud and clear voice on both ends. Bluetooth headset performance was solid with the Jawbone 2, Solar Voice i908 and Samsung WEP870. We did note that the HD2 didn't work well with the Plantronics Discovery 925, an otherwise solid headset (outgoing voice was very low). The phone also supports A2DP Bluetooth stereo. It comes with Microsoft's Voice Command software for voice dialing and the usual set of call management features including call history, smart dialing and note taking when in a call. When on 3G, you can access the web and email if you wish, and the phone multi-tasks with non-Net apps too. The HD2 has a proximity sensor that prevents cheek dialing.
For web browsing, the very capable Opera 9.7 Mobile web browser is the default web browser. Thanks to HTC's software enhancements you can pinch zoom in Opera. It does a very good job of rendering desktop web sites and really shines on the large display. There's no Flash support in Opera, but the included IE Mobile 6 supports Flash Lite. HTC's YouTube player is on board and by default it plays the HQ version of YouTube mobile videos that look quite good over 3G and WiFi.
Google Maps and TeleNav are pre-installed and both work well with the integrated GPS with aGPS capabilities. Satellite reception is good and the very loud speaker is easy to hear in a noisy car. Google Maps looks glorious on this display and it too supports pinch zooming. You can switch from portrait to landscape mode by rotating the phone (it has an accelerometer) and get satellite and street views as well as POIs. TeleNav costs $9.99/month (you get a 60 day trial) and as usual it provides excellent spoken turn-by-turn directions and has a strong POI database.
A phone with a huge display, 1 GHz CPU and multiple wireless radios is doomed to punish its battery. The HD2's 1230 mAh Lithium Ion battery is relatively low capacity for a powerful smartphone—that's the price of a slim device with no room for a beefy battery. The HD2 can make it through the day on a charge with moderate use, but if you intend to watch videos on your 1 hour commute, use MS Direct Push email and use the GPS, you'll need to top it up during the day or get a spare battery.
Yes, the HTC D2 on T-Mobile is one of the best smartphones on the US market. It's the first phone that can truly replace a PMP/iPhone/iPod Touch for video playback, it has excellent call quality, quality build and design and an industry-leading display. It's generally fast (other than typical WinMo pauses once in a while) and with both HSDPA and WiFi, high speed data is present and accounted for. No wonder T-Mobile can't keep this super-phone in stock.
The drawback? Apps. The phone comes with the core software most of us need: Microsoft's Mobile Office suite, email, web browsers x2, YouTube, Twitter, weather, stocks, photo viewer, calculator, Outlook/Exchange/Google syncing and more. It's not like there are gaping holes. Microsoft's free Facebook app is also pre-installed, as are IM clients. But the user interface is set in stone and if you dig customizing the home screen and adding lots of apps as you might with Android, the HD2 can't compete. Is that a deal breaker? Personally I don't think so, but it is a matter of personal preference.
Pro: Gorgeous and professional-looking design, immense 4.3" capacitive 800 x 480 touch screen, multi-tasking, can install apps from any source and load documents of your choice, 16 gig SDHC card included, strong video playback performance, excellent MS Exchange and MS Office support, very good call quality.
Con: Large phone, just passable battery life, not as many apps available compared to the iPhone and Android OS. Occasional Windows Mobile sputters and stutters, though overall performance is quite good.
Websites: www.t-mobile.com, www.htc.com
Price: $199 with a 2 year contract, $450 retail with no contract
Display: 4.3" capacitive multi-touch display with pinch zoom. Resolution:
480 x 800, Supports both portrait and landscape modes (landscape mode not supported in all applications).
Battery: Lithium
Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable.
1230 mAh.
Performance: 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8250B processor. 576 MB built-in RAM. 1024 MB Flash ROM with over 600 megs available.
Size: 4.74
x 2.64 x 0.43 inches. Weight: 5.5 ounces.
Phone: GSM quad band with EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz. 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps on the 1700/2100MHz T-Mobile US and overseas bands.
Camera: 5.0 megapixel with autofocus lens and dual LED flash.
Audio: Built
in speaker, mic and 3.5mm standard stereo headphone
jack. Has FM radio.
Networking: Integrated
WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. Bluetooth profiles: headset, handsfree, A2DP stereo, DUN, FTP, GAP, GOEP, SAP, serial port, AVRC.
Software: Windows
Mobile 6.5 Professional operating system with HTC Sense UI.
Microsoft Mobile Office suite including Mobile versions
of Word, Excel, PowerPoint (view only), Internet
Explorer, and Outlook. Also, Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows Mobile Marketplace, Windows Live, File Explorer, Calculator and MSN Messenger. HTC media player, HTC Calendar, HTC People (contacts), YouTube player, HTC Footprints, HTC Messages and Albums. Blockbuster video client, MobiTV, Barnes & Noble ebook reader and Transformers 1 and 2 movies included.
Expansion: 1
SDHC microSD card slot under back cover. 16 gig card included.
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Rocky Ragusa's Speed Week column
With rumors of the sportsman class being dropped at Fairbury due to low car counts, Richard and Anthony Craven decided to take action in order to save the class.
The Cravens have been part of the American Legion Speedway since 1986. Racing in the sportsman class, plus sponsoring the annual Curt Piercy-Gary Eden Memorial race, and helping out numerous drivers to make it out to the track are part of what they do to keep the class afloat.
"With our class having low numbers and the other rumors, my dad and I decided to step in to help," Anthony Craven said. "We put up money from our racing benefit, plus got several sponsors. In addition to the $1,000-to-win Piercy-Eden race, we will have two $400-to-win races, and have upped the weekly payout."
The sportsman class is basically an entry level class where a driver can go race without breaking the bank.
"That is what we love about our class. My dad has been around the sport along time and he knows the struggles a driver may have," said Craven.
Richard Craven, a former track champion and holder of 25 career feature wins in the class, is the owner of CR Towing and Recovery of Joliet.
The Cravens went to work during the off season and were able to secure several race sponsors and manufacture contingencies.
"To be eligible for the track point fund, a driver will have to have a CR Towing decal on their car," said the younger Craven. "We also got Fast Shaft to donate gift certificates for our $1,000-to-win race, plus they are helping on the point fund, as well.
"Hoosier Racing Tire, Mike Vallow, Jerry Cremeens, Scott and Lisa Drendel, Phenon Apparel, RLM Enterprises, Allyson Photography are just a few that are helping out. All total we raised $10,000.
"Although we only had 10 cars in our first race, I know there are several drivers that are still working on their cars," Craven added. "We lost a couple of drivers, moving up a class, but there will be some new faces."
Craven indicated that regardless of what their future racing plans will be, they are commented to keeping the class going at Fairbury.
"I have driven at several other tracks, but Fairbury is my home track. They have given us a track to race. There is no place like Fairbury."
Friday Racing
Farmer City Raceway
A full show plus the ever growing B-Mod class will be presented this Friday night. Hot laps start at 6:30, qualifying at 7, and racing at 7:30. Military veterans are admitted for $5 while children under 12 are free. A reminder, bring your wristband for $2 off the gate admission.
Last Friday in preparation for the May 11-12 "Farmer City 74," Kent Robinson won the late model race over Billy Moyer and Jason Feger. Allen Weisser pulled double duty, winning the pro late model and modified races.
Grundy County Speedway
The 47th year of racing begins this week with a full program on the 1/3-mile banked, paved oval. Qualifying at 6:45 and racing at 8 p.m.
Kankakee County Speedway
Another test and tune is planned this Sunday with gates opening at noon.
Lincoln Speedway
It will be a $5 Fan Appreciation Night with racing in the Big 10 Pro Late Models, modified, 305 Sprint Cars, Division 2 midgets, and hornets.
Jeremey Nichols won the inaugural race for the Midwest Street Stock series. Brandon Roberts (modified) and Matt Taylor (pro late model) were also feature winners.
Saturday Racing
Fairbury American Legion Speedway
A full race program is planned for this weekend, plus it will be a Alkota "Keep it Clean" point race. Gates open at 3 p.m., hot laps at 6, qualifying starts at 6:30, and racing will follow. Adult admission is $10 and children under 12 are free.
Macon Speedway
Defending race winner Bobby Pierce will face the likes of Scott Bloomquist, Jimmy Owens, Josh Richards and a host of other national and regional stars as the Lucas Oil Late Model Series will invade the 1/5-mile dirt oval. The winner of the 100-lap event will take home $12,000.
Joining the late models will be the modified and B modified classes. Gates open at 3, hot laps at 6, and racing at 7.
Tommy Sheppard Jr (pro late models) and Mike Harrison (modified) were among last week's winners.
Peoria Speedway
A regular weekly program will take place on the ¼-mile dirt oval. Gates open at 4, hot laps at 5:30, and racing begins at 6.
Rusty Schlenk (late models) and Mike Chasteen Jr. (modified) were feature winners from last week.
PIT NOTES: There were 105 race cars from six states on hand for the season-opener at Fairbury. Michael Kloos edged Jason Feger and Ryan Unzicker at the line as the leaders zigged and zagged two- and three-wide over the final 10 laps. … Due to LaSalle Speedway allowing Josh Richards in the Best Performance Late Model to run in the season opening "Thaw Brawl," DIRTcar Racing has taken the Summer National events away from LaSalle and the Sycamore Speedway. The Best car was one of several race teams that were disqualified from last year's Dream at Eldora Speedway due to tire tampering.

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Last few days to catch the Elisa Contemporary Art exhibit Immersion at The Design Studio in Bridgehampton, NY. Immersion is a deep dive into the Summer Season featuring the Swimmer artwork of Kaua'i artist Carol Bennett, New Orleans Hyperrealist Matt Story and San Francisco Minimalist, Jeffrey Palladini. The exhibit will run through July 27, 2015
We are thrilled to be debuting our newest gallery artist, hyperrealist Matt Story.
Here's a look at our installation:
Immersion is on exhibit at The Design Studio, 2393 Main Street in Bridgehampton NY.
The Design Studio hours are Monday-Thursday 10 am – 5 pm; Friday/Saturday 10am – 5:30pm; Sunday 11am – 4pm.
Each of our artists has a different relationship and significance for focusing on water and underwater movement.
For Matt Story, water serves as a metaphor for "a deeper self-birth, cleansing and baptism." His paintings draw their inspiration from underwater photographs, including a recent shoot in New Orleans in 45 degree weather in an outdoor pool.
Matt Story studied art from an early age and demonstrated a unique skill for rendering verisimilitude, or hyper-realism. "I was lauded for 'photo-realistic' technique, but I was never after that, really, after what a camera impartially sees, because there's so much more there, captured only by the human filter of memory. We all possess these invisible imprints, through experience and living, but often its only artists who can play it back for us, to remind us. The paint surface needs to be a mirror for the viewer, reflecting back not his or her superficial self, but a deep shared humanness. This is the essence of looking at a piece that's totally unfamiliar to you and yet, being awed with a sense of recognition. "
Story has worked for over twenty years from his studio in Los Angeles but in mid-2013 began traveling with his wife, first with a long hiatus on the Isle of Palms near Charleston, South Carolina, and recently a long stint near Santa Fe, New Mexico and New Orleans where he paints today. His method of oil painting on canvas and panel closely resembles the classical method, used for centuries by masters such as Titian and Caravaggio, two of Story's heroes, fastidiously building up thin glazes, painting "fat over lean" with traditional materials. His work is included in private and corporate collections in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Check back for our next postings on Jeffrey Palladini and Carol Bennett. For more information, visit our website at www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com


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Today, we've learned that Prince has unexpectedly died at the age of 57. An multi-talented entertainer, Prince was a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and an actor. Moreover, he was a pop culture icon.
As we mourn the loss of such a great performer, consider making a donation to one of the charities he supported as a way to celebrate his life. Two such charities, both with 4-star ratings, are the City of Hope and Elton John AIDS Foundation.


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SEO Quotes of the Month - March 2012
It's almost the end of April and what with a lovely break at Easter, lots of updates from Google, and the organisation of the "Digital Sweet Spots" client day at Fresh Egg Towers, we're a little behind with our SEO quotes! With a strong push into localised search with the Venice update, dissatisfied murmurings from Camp Google and Matt Cutts threatening to sharpen his fangs on the legs of websites with too much SEO, there are interesting times ahead, so without further ado, here are some interesting and notable quotes from the industry in March.
Josh McCoy, Search Engine Watch [source], on search personalisation…
". . . Google and Bing are becoming smarter at corralling SEOs into today's search model. The days of building out pages with content just to target a certain term, building some links, and walking away are over."
Ahmed Khalifa, SEO Engineer at Fresh Egg, says, "If you remember the old-fashioned early 90s/post-millennium SEO techniques (or remember reading about it if you were too young back then), you might think, "that was easy." Fast forward to 2012, and it wouldn't surprise many people if you are thinking somewhere along the lines of, "Oh no, another Panda update . . . I need to update the website . . . are we getting enough traffic . . . why are they ranked above me . . .?" etc.
"It's true that search engines are becoming smarter every day, but then again, so are we. SEO is a challenge, one that is making us bang our heads against the wall and punch the air as the result of our rankings all in the same day. It's up to us to use the latest techniques to fine-tune our websites to provide the search engines - and ultimately the user - with what they want. So let's embrace the changes and challenges that come in the daily routines in the SEO world."
James Whittaker, MSDN blog [source], on why he left Google…
"The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus."
Ahmed Khalifa, SEO Engineer at Fresh Egg, says, "Google is known to be one of the most innovative companies in the world, where they encourage employees to be creative, take risks and use their brains. The company is even said to allocate 20% of employee working hours to their own projects. This has helped them to roll out some incredible products such as Google Street View, Google Chrome, Gmail, and dozens of other products which we take for granted. But judging by the quote from a former Google employee, that innovation has seemingly been overtaken by their advertising business model.
"Google relies on advertising revenue for funding, but this has traditionally been the source of genuinely creative and fun products that anyone could try out in Google labs, you could forgive a few adverts if you got to try out something that could become an entire new application. Worryingly though, the drive for ad revenue that we see on search seems to be echoed by the comments from within their own development department. Google used to be "the" search engine, now it's more prominent as an advertising company."
Matt Cutts, Head of Google Web Spam team [source], on sites with too much SEO…
"We are trying to level the playing field a bit. All those people doing, for lack of a better word, over optimization or overly SEO - versus those making great content ..."
Steve Jones, SEO Engineer at Fresh Egg, says, "As the sort of things Matt warns about explicitly are the types of things most SEOs have avoided doing (or insisted are corrected on sites they manage) for some time, the general perception is that this is a 'tip of the iceberg' moment and more updates are on the way. Oddly though, in many sectors I'm seeing the reverse of this, with poorer quality sites that got Pandalised last year popping back into high search positions with apparently the same tactics that got them slammed still in operation. Teething troubles perhaps?"
Michael Gray "Graywolf" [source], on the failure of Google+…
"Nowadays when Google sets out to build something, they don't do it to build the best product in its class; they do it to extract more data from/about you, profile you better, and sell you to advertisers as a more targeted and qualified prospect."
Steve Jones, SEO Engineer at Fresh Egg, says, "It's not just disillusioned developers at Google, others too are seeing the paint flake off the flagship product and getting tired of the ad banner underneath. One imagines that the general web public won't be too far behind."
Myles Andersen, Search Engine Land [source], on the findings of an online review study…
"Approximately 72% of consumers surveyed said that they trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations, while 52% said that positive online reviews make them more likely to use a local business."
Steve Jones, SEO Engineer at Fresh Egg, says, "It's a principle that Amazon started to champion many years earlier, and their assertion that more positive information about a product influences its sale still rings true in the 2012 study. Google provides rich snippet display for rating and review results, but with such easy ways to spam and manipulate these it will be interesting to see if these confidence levels are maintained, or if Google takes more postive action against those that are abusing this obvioius method to affect consumer behaviour."
Some take-away thoughts from the month's quotations raise some questions you may want to ask of your site in today's search environment:
- Is your site usable and can users find what they are looking for? Once on your site, do they stay there?
- Do you have a strategy for your onsite content and blog?
- How is search and social media activity integrated for best effect? Are you engaging with your site audience and do they want to engage with you?
- Do you understand how your site's back link portfolio is made up? What about your competitors? Do you have a strategy moving forwards?
- How are you tackling the prospect of local search?


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MPs' Sh2bn exit package illegal, Salaries and Remuneration Commission declares
Sunday October 7 2012
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission has declared the hefty exit package that MPs have awarded themselves illegal and promised to consider moving to court to block it.
Commission chairperson Sarah Serem condemned the move saying it is unconstitutional.
She said such payments can only be effected by the Commission. "The decision by Parliament was therefore null and void and will be fought in the courts if necessary," she said. (READ: MPs award themselves Sh2bn bonus in secret deal)
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission was established by the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 with the mandate to set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State Officers and to advise the national and county governments on the remuneration and benefits of all other public officers.
The secret move has provoked outrage from Kenyans who have reacted angrily terming it selfish.
The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution has also declared the package unlawful. The commission said changes made by MPs to the Finance Act sneaking in the hefty package was unconstitutional.
Its chairman Mr Charles Nyachae said the commission is ready to challenge the package if President Mwai Kibaki goes ahead to assent the Finance Bill into law to allow for implementation of the controversial package.
Each of the 222 MPs is set to receive a Sh9.3 million sendoff package as a result of the hush-hush manoeuvre by the MPs as the clock ticks to the next general election.
MPs on Thursday night sneaked amendments to the Finance Bill and overwhelmingly voted to award themselves the Sh2 billion gratuities at the end of their term.
National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende and Attorney-General Githu Muigai who are ex-officio members of Parliament—will take home Sh9.3 million at the end of their term that ends on January 15, 2013, if President Kibaki clears the package with a signature.
Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) Vice Chairman Adan Keynan introduced amendments to the National Assembly Remuneration Act pegging MPs severance allowance at the rate of 31 per cent of the gross remuneration payable to the legislators each month.
The severance pay includes the salary, constituency allowance, nominated members allowance, ex-officio members allowance, House allowance, extraneous allowance, transport allowance, entertainment allowance and vehicle fixed cost allowance.
The gross pay each member takes home every month is Sh851,000. MPs approved the amendment that was not listed in the Order Paper without any debate at about 8.40pm on Thursday night.
As a result, they will earn gratuity at 31 per cent of the salary for every year in service, in respect of the period up to August 26, 2010 and at the same rate after the promulgation of the new Constitution on August 27, 2010. Last year, the legislators amended the Finance Bill 2011 to increase their severance perks to Sh3.3 million each (Sh300,000 per month).
Civil society groups went to court to challenge the matter and a ruling is yet to be made.


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Catholic school,
missing her late brother Matt so much,
wondering why she just doesn't feel comfortable as the middle sister...
Frannie could never dream that her soul was special enough to bring Luc and Gabe to Haden High, that Heaven and Hell would be locked in battle over it. Senior year is going to be a lot harder than she thought, if she has to choose between a demon's kisses and an angel's caresses, instead of just concentrating on her writing.
First volume in Desrochers' Personal Demons Trilogy, followed by Original Sin (July 2011) and Last Rite (May 2012). And happy Mysterious Monday to you...
Book info: Personal Demons / Lisa Desrochers. Tor Teen, 2010. [author's website] [author's blog] [publisher site] [book trailers: Frannie - Luc - Gabe]
My Recommendation: Frannie's new partner in English class is definitely easy on the eyes. So why does Luc make her so uneasy, like he's looking into her soul? So sure of himself, but not cocky and arrogant like the other guys in her small New England town.
Still, it's good to have someone new at Haden High, to make her senior year at bit less like being at Hades High. Frannie even lets Kate choose her outfit and do her makeup for the party – Luc could be there, right? When an ex-boyfriend gets too pushy, suddenly another new guy steps up to keep him in line. And somehow this Gabe and Luc seem to know each other…
Good versus evil isn't just a philosophical discussion here – Hell and Heaven have both sent their best agents to tag Frannie's unique and untainted soul. Lucifer and Gabriel renew their ages-old competition, battling for her affections so they can get close enough for her to promise her immortal soul to one side or the other.
If Luc can just get Frannie to sin… If Gabe can help her stay true to her own faith… Even when Frannie finds out that Luc is a demon, she can't help swooning over him. But what about her feelings for Gabe?
As time ticks on with Frannie's soul unclaimed, both dominions pick up the pace, sending other agents to Haden. Is this too big for Gabe and Luc to settle between themselves? Will the small town become a battlefield if their bosses have decided to end it now? And what's so unique about Frannie's soul that Heaven and Hell are willing to risk their best agents in the mortal world to get it?
First book in the Personal Demons trilogy. (One of 5,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com) Review copy courtesy of the publisher.


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Environmental stressors that push honeybees to begin foraging earlier in life can cause a domino effect on hives, accelerating their sudden collapse, a new study suggests.
The study, published online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that too many young bees leaving the hive can cause a tipping point in the tightly regulated social dynamics of a hive, leading to colony collapse within weeks.
That insight into the decade-old disorder came from researchers who use the bees to study neuroscience.
Molecular biologist Clint Perry of Queen Mary University, London, had been collaborating with neurobiologist Andrew Barron of Macquarie University, in Sydney, Australia, on studies that examine how bees make decisions and communicate in ways that contribute to a social "superorganism."
But they grew increasingly troubled by news that bee colonies were collapsing, jeopardizing crops that depend on them for pollination.
"You can't not have an emotional reaction to the organism you study and love," said Barron. "I think every bee researcher in the world has a responsibility to respond to the colony collapse situation, no matter what we call ourselves."
The pair already were gluing miniature radio frequency identification tags on hundreds of bees, and realized that this tracking, which is similar to systems used to prevent retail theft, could be used to investigate bees under stress.
Studies have linked the stress of Varroa destuctor mites, the gut parasite Nosema, and certain pesticides and agricultural chemicals to so-called precocious foraging - bees leaving the hive much earlier.
"There was a suggestion that there was some type of difference between precocious foragers and normal aged foragers," said Perry.
So the researchers set up experimental hives that would in effect force bees to begin foraging earlier. They filled them only with day-old bees and collected information on their movements in and out of the hive. They also tracked bees in a normal hive, where social roles are regulated by pheromones, keeping age demographics in balance.
Without any social inhibitions, bees from the stressed hives began going on exploratory flights before they reached 14 days of age, and they spent less time outside, completed fewer flights and were less likely to survive their first foray, the data showed.
Plugging age-influenced factors into computer models of hive dynamics gave them scenarios in which precocious foraging might push the hive toward a "tipping point," beyond which it could not recover.
Colonies regularly buffer against unexpected high loss of foragers by sending bees out earlier in their life cycle, but they rapidly return to stability. But if mortality roughly doubled, the model showed, the colony would be locked in a negative feedback loop of more young bees foraging at younger ages, leading to less stored food and fewer brood -- baby bees.
"Since the younger bees are not as good at it, they are going to die sooner, and they're going to not be bringing back as much food, thereby causing more younger bees to go out, and more younger bees to not do as well, and that will cause continuous feedback that will destroy the colony in a short time," said Perry.
"What you see is what people report in a colony collapse situation," said Barron. "The colony looks like it's doing OK. It looks like it's doing what normal colonies do – it's got high feed, it's got foragers, it's got brood, but you come back about two weeks later and you've got an empty box."
California beekeeper Randy Oliver, who was not involved in the study, said the model fits the evidence he has documented.
"What we observe in the field is the sign of a poor bee-to-brood ratio, an indicator that adult bees are dying more rapidly than the colony can replace them," Oliver said. "Sudden collapse may soon follow."
University of Maryland entomologist Dennis vanEngelsdorp cautioned that the modeled scenarios will have to be field tested.
"It would be great to see similar work when colonies with normal age distributions are manipulated by removing one age cohort and then seeing how the model holds up," he said.
The authors are continuing their radio-tagging experiments and hope to come up with ways to diagnose a colony at risk of collapse. Current methods that look at the amount of brood and honey don't catch the phenomenon in time, said Barron.
"There's not going to be a single solution to colony collapse, because there's not a single cause," Barron added. "The priority is finding ways that we can identify colonies at risk of failure as early as possible so you can intervene and do whatever you need to do to support them and to help them heal themselves."
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The Trump administration is looking to open up federal lands that have already been declared national parks and monuments for private use. Some of those lands have been designated monuments to protect the lands and rights of Native Americans.
According to ThinkProgress, Senator Orin Hatch from Utah condescendingly said that "The Indians, they don't fully understand that a lot of the things that they currently take for granted on those lands, they won't be able to do if it's made clearly into a monument or a wilderness." Hatch was not only offensive he was wrong.
The Bears Ears region was made into a monument by President Obama and within the proclamation, it was clear that the lands would be able to be used in keeping with the traditions of the tribe,
"ensure the protection of Indian sacred sites and traditional cultural properties in the monument and provide access by members of Indian tribes for traditional cultural and customary uses… including collection of medicines, berries and other vegetation, forest products, and firewood for personal noncommercial."


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WARNING: Spoiler Alert
I have followed all 5 seasons of AMC's Mad Men since 2007 and even written a few academic papers on the show. For a Media Studies graduate class I focused primarily on the questions that are raised when audiences watch a fictional show for a non-fictional understanding of a past decade. Specifically, I wrote about conclusions that are drawn about gender roles from this show, as well as the problems which arise from fictional nostalgia. Examples of this nostalgia include Banana Republic's Mad Men fashion collection. I call it "fictional" because the feeling of nostalgia arises from fictional plots and characters. Banana Republic has introduced several "Mad Men collections," based on fashion styles of the 1960s. The success of these collections rely on the success of Mad Men but the company is never mentioned in the show despite its present day ties to it.
Recently, however, this nostalgia and blurring of fiction and reality has taken an interesting turn. On June 5, 2012, The Globe and Mail's Ivor Tossell wrote about Jaguar's developing ties to the show. The plot of Mad Men's most recent season has centred on the advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (SCDP) and the characters' attempt to sign Jaguar as a client. The PR and Marketing team at Jaguar claim that they had no prior knowledge of the direction AMC would take with the Jaguar storyline but did assist with details for historical accuracy. In the build up of this plot, Don Draper, one of the main characters of SCDP, takes another coworker, Joan, to check out Jaguar for himself before agreeing to work for them. They take a car for a test drive and he decides his agency should work for the account.
At this point in the plot, @JaguarUSA tweeted "RT if taking a ride with Joan Holloway in a Jaguar would make you
#FeelAlive. #MadMen" Tossell writes that this coincided with Jaguar's slogan, "Feel alive." Jaguar did not pay for this seemingly great advertising – Joan at one point says, "I want one" – and attempted to use social media and its connections to a popular television show without knowing the direction Mad Men would take the plot. Jaguar's portrayal quickly turned away from this positive light when the fictional head of Jaguar states that the only way he will sign with SCDP if he can have sex with Joan. The heads of SCDP actually take a vote on this to determine if this is an acceptable course of action. Joan agrees to do this for 5% ownership of SCDP.
Adding to these ties of prostitution, another head of SCDP then tries to commit suicide in his new Jaguar. After trying to blur the lines between present day reality and Mad Men's fictional past, Jaguar's PR team quickly returned to Twitter to try to make light of the situation and make clear their lack of control over the plot. Following the trade of sex with Joan for Jaguar's business, @JaguarUSA tweeted, "Loved the pitch, didn't love the process. We applaud Peggy leaving SCDP.
#MadMen #MadJag" This pitch, however, made by the men at SCDP, positioned the car as the woman all men can finally possess and control. Therefore, while @JaguarUSA disapproved of treating Joan as a commodity, it "loved" the pitch of wishing to possess a woman.
With my background in media studies and women's studies I find the questions raised from this past season really interesting.


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A beautiful illustration and a beautiful sentiment to go with it.
On the junk mail some one suggested this to me, Companies often have a return addresses so putting their letter into a envelope and sending it to that address WITH OUT A STAMP it will cost them money to recieve their own mail back :) I havent tried doing it though as the dog often savages the junk mail.
Oh this is wonderful, I agree proper letters sent by post, you just can't beat it. Thank you for brighting up my morning...
This is gorgeous. Love the details and all the elements that are swirling out of the letter. I do miss old fashioned letter.


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Piper, J.D.A., Thomas, D.N., Share, S. and Zhang, Qi Rui (1999) The palaeomagnetism of (Mesoproterozoic) Eriksfjord Group red beds, South Greenland: multiphase remagnetisation during the Gardar and Grenville episodes. Geophysical Journal International, 136(3), pp. 739-756. ISSN (print) 0956-540XFull text not available from this archive.
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The first step toward saving money is to examine how much money you are currently spending and finding places to spend less. As such, a household budget is an ideal place to start. You can track your household budget in a spreadsheet computer program, such as Excel, or on a paper ledger. While the spreadsheet does the math for you, actually putting a pencil to paper may help you internalize the implications of the budget more effectively. Either way, it all begins with knowing how to keep a household ledger.
Make a list of your household expenses. These expenses are your fixed costs and include things such as: rent or mortgage payments; utilities such as gas, electric, cable, phone and Internet; vehicle payments and other loan payments.
List your variable household expenses. These would be items such as food expenses, car repair and maintenance, child care, clothing, hair-care expenses and entertainment.
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Record your average payments for credit card bills. Be sure to include major credit cards as well as store credit cards.
Track your insurance premiums for home or rent, auto insurance and health insurance plans. Include life insurance.
Write the due date for each expense in the next column. Highlight those items that need to be mailed as it can take up to 10 days for your payment to be received and posted to your account.
Write in the payment amounts in the next column. If you have any past due amounts, you may want to put that column between the payment date and the normal payment amount column.
Consider the items you have written in the ledger to be your budget. Review all of the entries and see if there are any that seem high to you. Look into reducing cell phone plans or cable television plans to cut costs. Many providers can evaluate your usage and recommend plans that will save you money.
Record the balance of the accounts in another column. This will allow you to see the big picture on one page. It may give you the incentive to pay the big balances down to lower payments.
Write in all actual expenses on a separate page in the ledger. Keep all receipts throughout a week or a month and write them in. This step will allow you to compare what you budgeted and what you actually spent. This will help to curb those spur-of-the-moment spending habits.


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Twitter users have a option to favorite tweets they like, but users in general do not have any way to know when their tweets have been added as favorites.
But like always there is a solution and it's called Google, using Google you can easily search the tweets (you made) that other users have added as favorites.
Just search Google for the term given below and you will find the users who have added your tweets as favorites:
site:twitter.com/*/favourites @username
Simply replace the @username with your own twitter username and you will see the users who have added your tweets as favorites.
If you are on twitter don't forget to follow me @keithdsouza or follow @techiebuzzer to get regular updates from us.
Hat tip from @AravindJose via a tweet.


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With the mobile industry gearing up for Apple's device launch day September 9, it's a good time to take stock of the global smartphone market.
The market has become much more competitive recently, particularly among smartphone brands. The two leaders, Apple and Samsung, are losing share to manufacturers out of China and elsewhere.
In BI Intelligence's new quarterly update on the smartphone industry, we also find that Android, Google's mobile operating system, has gained on Apple's iOS platform in many markets globally.
Here are some of the top data points and current trends in the global smartphone market, on both the hardware and software side:
Hardware —
- Overall the industry is still growing at a healthy clip, with 23% year-over-year growth in the second quarter, which saw 295 million smartphone shipments. Four vendors, listed in the report, grew faster than the industry at large. ZTE had an off quarter and grew only 2%.
- Samsung and Apple have slipped. Apple's solid growth is not enough to keep up with these vendors in the East. Samsung's shipments declined for the first time ever in the second quarter, -4% year-over-year, amid rising competition.
- Chinese vendors are outselling Samsung: Combined, the five Chinese vendors outsold Samsung in the second quarter by about one million shipments.
- Chinese vendors account for one-third of all Android handsets: Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, ZTE, and Coolpad accounted for about 30% of all Android phones shipped during the period.
Software —
- Android is increasing its market share of smartphone sales across Europe's five largest markets — the U.K., Germany, Italy, Spain, and France. Apple's overall Europe share, meanwhile, has dwindled.
- China is dominated on the OS side by Android with its 84% share of sales. It is a two-horse platform race — no other platform comes close to Apple's second place share of 13%.
- Android has gained 40 percentage points of market share in Brazil over the past two years. Meanwhile, the "Other" category in Brazil, which includes Symbian and other platforms, has almost disappeared.
- Windows Phone has seen a resurgence across Europe: It has even surpassed Apple for the No. 2 spot in Spain. Other platforms control negligible shares. It has firmly entrenched itself as the third-place platform in this lucrative market with a 9% share of shipments in the second quarter of 2014. That is up from 7% in the second quarter last year and up from a 5% share two years ago
In full, the report:
- Examines the global smartphone platform market's recent quarterly performance.
- Quantifies the swift rise of Chinese vendors Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, ZTE, and Coolpad.
- Discusses market share trends in eleven major mobile markets, including Europe, China, Japan, Brazil, and the United States.
- Breaks down the current position of industry stalwarts Apple and Samsung amid rising competition.
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How to Encrypt a Hard Drive [Tutorial]
Did you know a study found that one in every ten laptops will eventually be stolen? It also revealed that half of all mobile device users keep passwords, credit cards details and other personal data on their device. Think about all of the private information stored on your own devices and what could happen if it ended up in the wrong hands.
Encryption has become an effective method of protecting sensitive data stored on personal devices. It refers to the process of converting plain text information into indecipherable data. So in the event that an unauthorized party gains access to the encrypted data, the original information will be unrecognizable.
This episode of our Tech Tutorial Series will explain how to encrypt a hard drive. Ron Cervantes, information technology instructor for the Rasmussen College School of Technology, will walk you through the process and also introduce you to some hard drive encryption tools that will help secure your data.
Be sure to check out other videos in our Tech Tutorial Series!


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Caesar Research Paper Writing HelpCaesar research paper is a must when you take up literature in college. Getting under the skin of famous literary characters helps in understanding their motives and Caesar essay helps to do just that. A Julius Caesar term paper builds a sense of empathy with his character and promotes a critical appreciation of the man and his deeds. Also Chicago style research paper is more popular format for this writing. Caesar essay assists in analyzing Caesar's personality throughout the novel or drama. A Caesar essay paper also helps you sharpen your skills in writing. Often certain parts of a novel are overlooked by the reader and writing Julius Caesar essays will get you acclimatized with hitherto overlooked aspects of his life. You have to make sure that whatever statements you make in the Julius Caesar research papers are backed by appropriate facts. This will persuade your teacher that you have first comprehended the text and then undertaken the task of composing your Caesar essay. But writing a Julius Caesar research paper may be difficult for those who dislike analysis. How then does a student get good grades for a Julius Caesar paper? Caesar research paper is often used by professors to sift the better students from the average Joes. So if you want be up there receiving plum essay assignments, and grades, get your Caesar essay right – bone up on research or hand it over to experts who can help you.
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Hotel Capri
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Three reasons to book here:
- The location: within steps of the Piazzetta
- Neo Liberty elegance, four star comfort
- The views of the Bay of Naples
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Completly renovated, Hotel Capri is situated in the center of Capri near the famous "La Piazzetta". It is one of the oldest hotels of the island and is decorated in neo-liberty syle.
Every room or suite is finely furnished and has its own elegant personality. All the rooms equipped with TV and SAT, frigobar, security box, phone and air conditioning.
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Solar Eclipses
The following diagrams illustrate all the solar eclipses visible from Reading through the year 2036. Each diagram, along with its corresponding date and time, represents the eclipse maximum. The number in parentheses represents the proportion of the Sun's diameter covered by the Moon (eclipse magnitude). For a few of the eclipses the maximum eclipse occurs after sunset or before sunrise, the diagram then shows the eclipse at the moment of sunset or sunrise.
The next total solar eclipse visible from Reading will be on 5th May 2600 when 1m17s of totality will be enjoyed by the residents of Reading.
The next total solar eclipse visible from the UK mainland will be on 23rd Sep 2090. Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, parts of Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight) and Sussex will see totality. Hopefully some of our younger readers will get to see it!
The next reasonably friendly total solar eclipse will be the one that crosses right across the United States from west coast to east coast on 21st Aug 2017.
The first to cross the European mainland since 1999 will be on 12th Aug 2026. The path of totality passes west of Ireland but goes right across Spain between Bilbao and Madrid (which just misses out on a total eclipse). All of the Balearic Islands will see a total eclipse just before sunset, Mallorca is right on the centre line. Book your summer holidays now!
The deep partial eclipse visible from Reading in 2015 will be total off of the North coast of Scotland and in the Faroes.


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Flight Basketball League
Dear Coaches and Parents:
I am honored to be the director of our Flight Basketball League for boys and girls in grades K-8. I am also excited to serve as the varsity boys' basketball coach at Brentwood Academy. I have spent 30 years working to improve youth basketball in Tennessee and have an extensive background in building quality youth leagues.
I am passionate about offering this program in an environment that is known for nurturing and challenging young people. There are many reasons why I believe we have a quality league here, including:
- Central location
- Affordable team fees
- Commitment to work with and build relationships with coaches
- Experience building championship programs
I hope that you will join Flight for the fall/winter season (November-February) and again next summer (June/ July). Our goal is to make Flight the best youth basketball league in Tennessee.Coach Hubie Smith615-373-0611 x 119 (office)615-491-1961 (cell)Email


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Master Gardeners Program Grows Good South Jersey Gardeners
The days are getting short and the ground will soon be cold and hard, so you'll be excused if you're not thinking of gardening lately, but maybe you should be. The Atlantic County Master Gardeners Program beginning in January, offers amateur gardeners the chance to really learn the science behind growing & planting from the faculty at Rutgers University...
The program, offered through the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County, gives you in-depth training in horticulture in exchange for volunteer time spent working on community gardening and landscape projects and on the program's help line answering gardening questions. There is a fee to cover material and program costs.
The Master Gardeners have transformed and maintain the beautiful landscape at the Atlantic City Aquarium in Gardeners Basin and tend the Demo Gardens where they grow asparagus, summer squash, strawberries, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers and all kinds of tasty things.
If you like the idea of gardening but lack the knowledge to do it, here's a good way to receive that training and help our part of the Garden State live up to its name. Applications are now being accepted for classes beginning January 3rd, 2012.


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I have a old USB keyboard and why not?? think to myself.
I understand how the program works, but i am not an ace in software programing, i am a lawyer in fact.
After read and read, and search in other forums, i can create my own macros to fly in the IL-2, but a i have a little problem:
in the sim, the elvator trim positive is Ctrl + UP ARROW, the negative is Ctrl + DOWN ARROW.
Doing a test, i create a macro to use the key "a" with the Elevator Trim Negative. I use the option send keyboard sequence, then i have as follows:
Macro Name: Elevator Trim Negative
Trigger: KB2 65 (a)
Predefined: (checked on send keyboard sequence)
In the original map key of the sim, the "a" key toggle autopilot on/of.
i start the sim, and pressing the "a" key on KB1 toggles autopilot, so far so good! but pressing "a" key on KB2 enables autopilot and move the wheel of the Elevator Trim Negative, what i am doing wrong????
Please help.
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
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Hidmacros + Il-2 problem
How can be this controlled in that simulator? Can HIDmacros be used with this application?
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Typical case when catching (and disabling) the original key doesn't work. Il2 is probably reading keys in other way that standard windows queue (which is typical for games).
In short: just make sure you run your sim and hidmacros as the same user (e.g. not as admin). If it still doesn't works you can't use it this way
In short: just make sure you run your sim and hidmacros as the same user (e.g. not as admin). If it still doesn't works you can't use it this way
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Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days
At the end of October, Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pa., and released a plan for his first 100 days in office. The plan (below) outlines three main areas of focus: cleaning up Washington, including by imposing term limits on Congress; protecting American workers; and restoring rule of law. He also laid out his plan for working with Congress to introduce 10 pieces of legislation that would repeal Obamacare, fund the construction of a wall at the Southern border (with a provision that Mexico would reimburse the U.S.), encourage infrastructure investment, rebuild military bases, promote school choice and more. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell mostly made nice with Trump but also shot down or expressed little enthusiasm in some of his plans.


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I've had my Canon T6I for 8 days now. I have absolutely no real prior photography/photoshop skills.
5 days after the arrival of my new camera, I took these pictures and edited them. Keep reading to see how.
In a non-boastful way, it doesn't look like these pictures were taken by someone with less than a week of experience, does it? No, they're not the world's best photos and I still have room for improvement. But they're above beginner level.
What if I told you you could take pro pictures just days after picking up a camera, or you could paint a world-famous painting just days after picking up a brush, or you could play a song by Mozart shortly after sitting down at a piano for the first time?
You'd likely laugh and say "No, I can't."
But you'd be wrong. You can become proficient at anything if you do the following things.
- Spend a large amount of time a day on that thing. I'm not talking 30 minutes, I'm talking 2-4 hours. When I got my camera, I spent hours reading about the settings, talking with my photographer friends and getting lessons from them, and I even hopped on a 2.5 hour Skype call with my friend and his professional photographer friend, and they taught me how to use Adobe Lightroom. I spent (and continue to spend) hours everyday learning.
- Do free work. Take every opportunity you have to gain experience. Study every aspect of the thing you wish to become proficient in. Free work is a great way to get publicity and real-life experience. I've got two free photoshoots scheduled this weekend so that I can gain more experience, both in taking photos and editing photos. Additionally, the people I'm shooting will share my photos and I'll start to gain a following.
Do these two things and I can guarantee you'll learn this art/skill/trait/whatever you're trying to learn, much faster than normal. I'd even argue that you'd learn this art/skill/trait faster than if you sat in a class room listening to lectures about it.
Doing is the best way to learn.
There aren't any excuses as to why you're not good at something you want to be good at, or why you still can't play guitar well after 2 years of lessons, or how you "just don't have the time" to spend on something that you wish you had. Nothing is holding you back but you. The human brain is capable of so much more than we give it credit for.


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Sean Murray believes he would not be playing as well if he was at another club and didn't have the help of Watford's experienced pros.
Murray had only made one substitute appearance this season prior to his impressive display against Tottenham Hotspur at the end of January.
The 18-year-old has made a further seven starts and has scored three goals in his last four matches but is keen to share the plaudits with his team-mates.
He said: "It is good to be able to have an affect but I can't do it without the players around me. I need their help and all the experienced players help me a lot and the young players - like Alex who has come in and been excellent and is setting up chances.
"It is more of a team effort and they help me out. If I was at a different place [club] and didn't have that help then I don't think I would be doing as well as I am."
Murray has signed a professional contract with Watford but is still technically a second-year scholar.
Staff at Watford have had high hopes for Murray for several years and he made his first team debut in the penultimate game of last season, whilst still a first-year scholar.
The Hornets followers have already assigned the Watford-born midfielder with his own song - "That boy Sean Murray, he's one of our own."
He said: "It is always great to know the fans appreciate what you do but it is not just about me, it is the whole team."
Murray has scored three goals in his last four matches and has netted twice in the last week.
Wednesday's goal against West Ham United was a 20-yard shot which went in off the post, with the help of a deflection, and the goal at Derby County was a neat finish from inside the area.
Murray said: "I have two in two now but it was great work from Alex to set me up and I was just in the right place at the right time to put it in.
"I think my last two have taken a deflection so it was nice to get one that wasn't a deflection."
Murray played in the European Under-19 Championships in Romania last summer for the Republic of Ireland and has also played at Premier League grounds such as Anfield, Stamford Bridge and Craven Cottage for the Hornets Under-18s.
But Wednesday night's Championship match at Upton Park was in front of the most people and Murray believes the experience will help his development.
He said: "I think it is the biggest stadium I have played at for the first team. It was a great place to play and the crowd were so loud. It was a big experience playing in a ground like that.
"I thought the team coped with it well and we did well to hold on against a team like West Ham who are top of the table so it was good to get a draw there."
Murray has seemingly secured his place in the starting line-up and when asked about his hopes for the rest of the season, he replied: "I just want to be in the team in the rest of the games and have an affect and help the team get as high up the league as I can."


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Brandenburg Choral Festival 2018
In the past couple of years, Wimbledon Choral Society has been promoting the art of the choral anthem in a series of concerts entitled
here in the UK and also as part of its highly successful tour to Estonia in May 2017. The next concert in the series where you can have the opportunity to hear some of the most beautiful and stirring choral anthems ever written will be on Saturday 20th January 2018 in the church of
St Katharine Cree
, in the City of London near The Gherkin building. The concert is part of the well-established Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival that takes place in venues all over London, this year running from December 2017 through to May 2018.
The anthem is an Anglican invention, the protestant equivalent of the Latin motet used in the Catholic Church. The earliest anthems were contrapuntal, unaccompanied and were effectively motets but with English words. After the Restoration (1660), Charles II demanded a brighter, accompanied style of anthem, like the church music that he had heard while in exile. As the nineteenth century progressed, anthems became much more substantial, in effect becoming mini church cantatas, and lasting up to twenty minutes. The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have also seen many fine examples of anthem writing. In this concert Wimbledon Choral Society presents anthems representing these different eras. The earliest piece is
If ye love me
by Thomas Tallis, composed in the 16th Century, and the most recent is Will Todd's
Christus est Stella
written in 1999.
Wimbledon Choral Society (WCS) is over one hundred years old, having been founded in the early stages of the First World War. It celebrated its 2014-15 centenary season in style, including a performance of Brahms'
Ein deutsches Requiem
to a 2000-strong audience in the Royal Festival Hall. To mark its centenary, WCS has commissioned the
Da Vinci Requiem
from award-winning composer Cecilia McDowall. This will be premiered on Tuesday 7th May 2019, also at the Royal Festival Hall. WCS's roots remain firmly in its local community. October 2017 saw the launch of the first ever Merton choral festival,
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|The Census- The Census was the claim
and almost in a sense registry of a man's family and his possessions. The
Census meant a man had to declare everything such as his family, his prized
possessions, and his slaves. If a man did not then his unregistered
possessions would be confiscated from him (Roman Society, Roman Life). Registering
for the census garunteed citizenship and would keep citizens inline because
censors, the men of noble blood who advised everything, would be able to tell
if someone commited crime. The census was a way of keeping people
in line.
Education- To be a true Roman citizen you had to be well educated and a "social butterfly". The people of Rome's daily lives consisted of mathematical and other educational skills such as reading (Roman Society, Roman Life). The Roman senate members were all literate and very smart men. To become one of the senate members it was necessary to have these skills. Education was highly appreciated by the Romans and was looked upon as a necessity for the Roman citizens.
Senate- Roman senate members were well educated and were liked by the citizens of Rome. Only true born Romans could become senate members. People were always watched to see who was favored (Roman Society, Roman Life). To become a senate member you had to be smart, but for the most part you had to move your way into the hearts of the citizens. By getting everyone to like you and favor you meant having a big advantage and a pleasant life. By being favored by the people you could move your way into being one of the senate members and making large decisions for Rome.
The lives of men were similar to those of today's society. Men worked
six hour days. The jobs of men varied differently, but for the most
part the men did the work to make money for their families. Many men
worked at the Ostia. The Ostia was a place of "hustle and bustle". It
was the place where anything coming in for trade from over seas or anything
about to be shipped out was located (Roman Society, Roman Life).
Jobs ranged from labourers to bureaucrats. Labourers' jobs were
to unload or load up ships. The bureaucrats jobs were to advise and
check everything. A man's position in a job led almost to a heirarchy.
Women- Women's lives were not as fortunate as they are today. Women were not looked upon with equal rights. They stayed home and tended to the house and children, completing any necessary chores. The women of ancient Rome's future was held in their father or guardian's hand. The guardian of the girl would choose their husband. Girls when they were young were given the same right to education and were educated with the boys but would often not continue their education unless they were the member of an aristocratic family (Roman Society, Roman Life).


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US equities flat, Europe higher, gold & silver firm, AUDUSD breaks lower, ASX futures 8 points higher
Yesterday's big news for the Australian market was the listing of private health insurer Medibank Private Limited (MPL). The stock came on at $2.22 and hovered between there and $2.20 for the first couple of hours before selling off into the close. Clearly there were many institutional and retail investors who were determined to lock in a profit on day one, and this led to some heavy selling down to $2.15 at the close and then $2.14 on the closing rotation. The $2.15 mark (institutional offer price) is no doubt a significant price point at which one would think will act as a support for traders over coming days; however, this stock does need to find its feet and I would imagine ongoing buying interest will remain latent in this market for MPL due to the enormous scale-backs. Rivkin Local's Model Portfolio, which applied for stock in the float, will attempt to sell shares at $2.19 this morning; however, we must remind investors and traders that this is because the trade (post-IPO) does not have a home in Rivkin's trade philosophy and process.
Investors will be familiar that the Rivkin Local advice product holds stocks that appeal to our Events (where a clear price and time horizon allows us to make a judgement on whether to risk capital), Income (where the yield from a security provides investors with reliable income) or Blue Chip (where a blend of yield and capital growth potential combines to create solid returns) strategies. MPL, while no doubt an attractive long-term investment for many, simply doesn't fit our investment philosophy, so to remain disciplined we are obliged to sell it, given the 'Event' that is the IPO has now passed.
Elsewhere in markets there are two things jumping out at me this morning: oil and the Australian dollar. Oil, under pressure recently from excessive supply relative to demand, is weaker again this morning, with the WTI crude price now trading at US$73.75 and Brent crude at US$78.10. Rumblings have been published that the Saudis will likely agree to maintaining a ceiling of production but not to outright cuts of production. This has been enough to shake out long bets in crude markets and shave off another couple of percent from the price of oil. In today's first chart I have plotted the price of WTI and Brent since the GCF sell-off, and you can see that 2010 levels provide some evidence of buying support at US$67 and US$68 for WTI and Brent respectively, which could be a target region for those taking the short side of this trade.
The Australian dollar (AUDUSD), featured on today's second chart, has broken down through its US$0.8538 November lows. I'll repeat, this FX pair remains vulnerable and Australia's trade deficit, with our import values rising due to the weakening currency and our export values falling due to falling commodity prices, means we remain firmly-reliant upon an Asian region hungry for oil, gas, base metals and food - uncertainty surrounding the Japanese and Chinese economies are proving problematic for Australia's current attraction to foreign investors.
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Base metals mixed overnight: aluminium +0.43%; copper -0.75%; nickel +0.11%; zinc -0.20%, iron ore -1.2% to US$69.58 per tonne
- Dow up 6.13 points/0.03%
- S&P 500 down 0.82 points/0.04%
- NASDAQ up 4.88 points/0.10%
- German DAX up 75.67 points/0.77%
- WTI and Brent crude lower, US$73.75 and US$78.10
- Gold and silver firm, US$1,200.40 & US$16.72
- AUDUSD softer at US$0.8526
- SPI 200 futures 8 points higher
- UK GDP out at 8:30pm, US durable goods orders out at 12:30am, all Sydney time.


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Terrorist Attack in Turkish Capital
At least two people are dead and dozens more wounded after what police suspect was a bomb attack in the Turkish capital of Ankara Tuesday. The explosion went off in the center of the city; police have since put out the fire. No group has come forward to claim responsibility; Islamists, Kurds, and leftists have all carried out bombings in the past.


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Tokarski Stops 60 in 4OT Win; Barberio's Season Ends
N.A. Juniors Playoff Game Night: 4/10
Witkowski and Fargo strike first ... Cunti and L'Oceanic moving on to face Volts ... Tokarski comes out a winner in second longest WHL game ever ... Barberio going home ... Fadden watches as Ams fall at home.
USHL – Division Semifinals
Fargo Force 6 @ Omaha Lancers 2
Fargo leads Best of 5 series 1-0
D Luke Witkowski, FGO: 0-1-1, +2, 4 PIM (tripping, roughing), 3 SOG[i]
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-1-1, +2, 4 PIM
Season totals: 55 GP, 6-16-22, +30, 118 PIM
Witkowski earned an assist on Fargo's shorthanded goal, helping the Force to win and getting an important lead on the road in this shortened series. Game 2 is Saturday in Omaha.
QMJHL Playoffs – Conference Semi-Finals
Rimouski Oceanic 1 @ Moncton Wildcats 0
Rimouski wins Best of 7 series 4-1
[i]W/C Luca Cunti, RIM: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Playoff totals: 9 GP, 3-3-6, +3, 10 PIM
Season totals: 57 GP, 20-25-45, +10, 32 PIM
D Mark Barberio, MCT: 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 0 SOG
Playoff totals: 10 GP, 0-4-4, +5, 6 PIM
Season totals: 66 GP, 15-30-45, +9, 42 PIM
Rimouski scored late in the first period and goaltender Maxim Gougeon made it hold up and the Oceanic eliminated the higher-ranked Wildcats. This ends a fine season for Moncton's Mark Barberio, who, barring unforeseen circumstances, will be back in the QMJHL again next year and should be among the offensive leaders for defensemen. He started the playoffs off with a bang with 4 assists and a plus-6 rating in his first game, but went scoreless and -1 the rest of the way. Rimouski moves on to play No.1 Drummondville.
Quebec Remparts 2 @ Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 3
Cape Breton leads Best of 7 series 3-2
D Michael Ward, CB: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Playoff totals: 9 GP, 1-5-6, +6, 12 PIM
Season totals: 65 GP, 7-27-34, +9, 105 PIM
Cape Breton, who dropped their first two games at home in this 2-3-2 series, earned an important Game 5 win and takes a series lead back to Quebec City.
WHL Playoffs – Conference Semi-Finals
Kelowna Rockets 5 @ Tri-City Americans 2
Kelowna leads Best of 7 series 3-2
C Mitch Fadden, TC: Did not play (injured).
Playoff totals: 9 GP, 3-12-17, +6, 4 PIM
Season totals: 63 GP, 37-39-76, +24, 49 PIM
Kelowna wins the pivotal Game 5 over an Americans team missing their leading scorer, Lightning prospect Mitch Fadden. Fadden left Game 4 in the third period after a hit by Tyler Myers, and was seen with his arm in a sling after the game. Chet Pickard stopped 20 of 24 in the loss. Game 5 is Sunday in Kelowna.
Spokane Chiefs 3 @ Vancouver Giants 2 (4-OT)
Spokane leads Best of 7 series 3-2
G Dustin Tokarski, SPO: Win, 60 saves on 62 shots, 2 PIM (delay-of-game), *First Star*
Playoff totals: 10 GP, 7-3-0, 2.13 GAA, .931 sv%, 1 shutout, 1 assist
Season totals: 54 GP, 34-18-0-2, 1.97 GAA, .937 sv%, 7 shutouts
C James Wright, VAN: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Playoff totals: 8 GP, 1-4-5, +2, 4 PIM
Season totals: 71 GP, 21-26-47, +26, 54 PIM
Tokarski stole another one, stopping 60 in a four overtime thriller in Vancouver. It was the second longest game in WHL history. Rookie Blake Gal scored his first playoff goal for the Chiefs at the 6:05 mark of the fourth extra session. Tokarski had been charged for delay-of-game in the second overtime. He was named First Star for the second consecutive game, giving up two power play goals. He has made 101 saves in his last two games. Tyson Sexsmith (Sharks) was Second Star in the game, stopping 54 for the Giants. James Wright was on the ice for the game tying goal, which was scored by Dustin Bowman of Spokane early in the third period. Evander Kane had a goal and assist for Vancouver. Spokane can close the series out at home Sunday.
*Some information for this report taken from the WHL blog "Taking Note,†by Gregg Drinnan of the Kamloops Daily News.
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Label: Euroarts
Cat No: 2059824
Format: Blu-ray
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 28th April 2014
ArtistsLeipziger Ballett
Oper Leipzig
ConductorMatthias Foremny
ArtistsLeipziger Ballett
Oper Leipzig
ConductorMatthias Foremny
The little guy with his mustache, his bowler hat and his bamboo cane is world-famous. But who is the man behind this figure? Mario Schröder wondered the same thing when choreographing Chaplin. His rise to fame makes Chaplin a person of public interest. The clown becomes political. America's conservatives are, however, suspicious of Chaplin's convictions. Suspected of communism, he is eventually expelled.
The ballet describes Chaplin's life in relation to his creative work and shows that an artist who observes his environment both sensitively and consciously is behind the funny Tramp.
Chaplin is a colourful and magnificient dance production from the Opera Leipzig, dance in the highest perfection and mastery of modern technology.
Under the direction of dance expert Sonia Paramo, this unique production about the great master Charles Chaplin, promises to be a breathtaking experience.
"It's an image that goes straight to your heart: Geraldine Chaplin, the great Charlie's daughter, storms onstage, takes Mario Schröder in her arms and simply doesn't let go. A Prototypical scene for this just one and a half hour evening, marking the beginning of a new era in Leipzig." - Leipziger Volkszeitung
"Schröder's ballet, Chaplin is a grand, marvelous dream of a man in search of himself, in search of a language to deliver a direct message, for the indirect ones, he finds body language and thus his tone of truth." - Tanznetz
Picture format: 1080i Full HD 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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Subtitles: English, German, French
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 100 mins
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The garish reality
I've been doing a lot of street photography lately and one thing that's been catching my eyes is mannequins. They stand in windows, tall and thin like every woman wants to be and wear the most fashionable cloths an many people can't afford. Models of beauty that you imagine yourself in place of, right?
As I take more shots of mannequins I am starting to see something kind of garish and freaky about them.
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Samsung announces Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, Gear VR and Gear S
During today pre IFA Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 event in Berlin, Samsung announced pack of new devices. In short new Note phablet comes in two variants (and two different names).
Note 4 and Note Edge comes with the same specs, but with one significant difference which is the screen that in Edge version got additional "screen" that covers also edge of the device (as you can see on photos added below). And so, the specs are:
- 2.7GHz Quad-Core processor or 1.9GHz Octa-Core processor depending on location
- 32GB internal storage, microSD card slot
- 16MP rear camera with "smart OIS" / 3.7MP f1.9 front camera
- Android 4.4
- 5.7 inch (Note 4) display with 2560×1440 resolution and 5.6 inch display (Note Edge) with the same resolution plus additional edge screen that adds 160px to width of the device.
- 3,220 mAh battery in Note 4 or 3,200 mAh in Note Edge with fast charging feature that can charge battery from 0% to 50% in just 30 minutes.
There is a bunch of new and redesigned features that comes with the device software like improved multitasking, new TouchWiz interface and Improved camera application and many more. S Pen was also improved and now offers much more authentic pen experience.
With new phablets, Samsung also introduced two new wearables. Gear S which we already know cause it was introduced days before Unpacked Event comes with 2 inch curved OLED screen, GSM support, 1Ghz SoC and Tizen on board. Gear S is a huge step for perfect wearable, that doesn't need companion device. The only issue that we see now is limited Tizen applications available, but this will (hopefully) change soon. We will write more about this device when we will get review unit.
Moving to completly new "wearable" device, Gear VR. This is world's first mobile virtual reality "headset" that was created with close cooperation Oculus, leader in virtual reality technology. Device is a "dock" for Galaxy Note 4 and this combo provides completly new application, games and video experience. Of course its just a first step and not many applications are Gear VR ready, but this should change very fast when device will hit the market. Of course we will also provide full hands-on experience right after we get our hands on this VR wearable.
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