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The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 is a China tablet with good features at a price that is fair at first glance. The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 in our review is based on Android version, which is intended for use as a desktop operating system or for laptops.
The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 is available in variants with 2GB RAM. Gearbest currently sells the 2/32GB version for about $180. The prices depend on the current offers (Flash Sale, vouchers).[coupon title="ALLDOCUBE / Cube Power M3 4G Phablet" url="https://goo.gl/hfQyvV" code="BUY HERE:" reveal="true" image="http://www.awaqa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/121-1.jpg" theme="base red" description="Price: $183.04
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We've tested the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 for two weeks and now show you in this review what you can expect from this tablet. The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 was provided to us for the test by Gearbest. You reach the shop with the green button.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Design and Appearance
For how cheap you can get the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 partly, the tablet is processed surprisingly high quality.
The case is almost entirely made of metal. Only at the top of the back, there is a cutout of plastic under which hide the antennas and the camera module was embedded.
Except for this cut-out, the aluminum encloses the entire device right up to the edge of the front and is made of one piece of metal, which makes the tablet quite stable. But this is noticeable in the weight, which turns out quite high with 400g.
Unfortunately, the back slightly bulges outwards, which means that the tablet is not just on a table, but wobbles around, if you make inputs. The remedy here is a tablet stand or the keyboard dock, with which the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 in our analisis can be transformed into a tablet.
The front of the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 looks classic at first glance. There are relatively thick edges around the display.
Above the display is a webcam. On closer inspection, you will quickly find two peculiarities. On the one hand, there is a sensor next to the webcam, which is a light sensor for the automatic control of the display brightness, on the other hand, there is a home button on the left, which is rather unusual for China tablets.
This is a physical button, which has an integrated fingerprint sensor. Even that is rather unusual for China tablets, especially in this price range.
When looking at the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 around there are no other special features. The connections were split into the left and right sides. On the left are the speaker opening, the 3.5mm headphone jack, and the micro SD card reader.
On the right side are the microphone, a micro USB OTG port, a micro HDMI port and a DC-in port for the included AC adapter.
Offside, there is logically on the bottom side still a connector for the keyboard dock. The keys for adjusting the volume and switching the tablet on/off are located on the top right.
If we have to criticize the design, it's the Micro SD card reader. This is a smooth miss construction. The SD card disappears so far in the slot that it was not possible for us without a tool for "poking" a card to lock.
Of course, the removal without tools is not possible. Whether this is a quibble of our device or a serial error, we can not judge.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Display
The high resolution of the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 provides a very sharp image. Even when viewed closely from a small distance, individual pixels are difficult to recognize. The look is as you would expect from a Sharp panel: Colorful and rich in contrast and sufficiently bright.
Since it is a fully laminated LCD display and thus eliminates the gap between the panel and the front glass, the tablet can also be used outdoors without any problems.
The viewing angle stability also benefits from this. The only thing that could be a bit better is the black levels, but that is complaining at a high level.
But even if the maximum display brightness is very high and even regulated automatically, there is room for criticism.
The problem is that the display can hardly be controlled down. Even at the smallest setting, the display is still too bright at night. This is not only unpleasant but also causes the battery life to suffer, as it is a waste of energy.
Anything but good is, unfortunately, the touchscreen. Although this detects up to 10 fingers at the same time, that was it with the positives.
The touch resolution is quite low, which suffers the accuracy. In addition, there is a jerking while scrolling. The sensitivity could also be better. It often happens that inputs are not recognized and need to be executed again.
In addition, the touch panel loses its finger in multi-touch use, if they are too close. Overall, the touchscreen is not unusable but makes in everyday life not much fun.
The glass front of the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 feels a bit "slow", so it is not very slippery. This may be because there is no oleophobic coating.
Fingerprints are thus very well established. If you want to completely free the Onda V10 Pro from fingerprints, you have to polish very thoroughly.
After all, the glass is relatively scratch-resistant. We pushed it over the test table several times with the display and carried out the classic key test. This had no effect on the condition of the glass front.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Hardware and Performance
The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 in our test is equipped with the MTK6753, which has an octa-core CPU 1.5GHz.
The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 scores just under 38,000 points in the Antutu benchmark. Even if the processor is a bit older, it still offers a good performance.
This is enough for everyday apps and even games run smoothly on the chip, whereby you have to slightly reduce the graphics settings for new and demanding 3D titles.
This is also due to the high screen resolution. The problem with the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 in our analisis unfortunately, that the processor can not play its full performance due to the poorly optimized software. But we'll take a closer look at that in the next chapter.
With 2GB of RAM, the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 provides enough memory to use multiple apps simultaneously.
So it is easy to run a well-filled Chrome browser, Spotify, Word, Google Photos and Google Maps side by side and to switch between the apps, without having to reload them.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Software
From the perspective of the software, the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 is very interesting. With Android 7.0 OS.
The Cube Power M3 is then quite usable but still does not look quite round. What also often stands out are display errors when scrolling, which stands out both under Android OS and on the Android stick.
This is particularly noticeable in apps that can only be used in portrait mode – e.g. Instagram. If you scroll through the feed, you can often see a strange drag effect and tear. At first, we assumed a display problem here, but in videos, such effects do not occur. Therefore, this is most likely a bug in the GPU driver or similar.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Audio
That the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 only a mono speaker is installed may be disappointing.
However, one has to say that a good sounding mono speaker is still better than too low and bad sounding stereo speakers, which can be found in many China tablets. And yes, the speaker in the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 in our analisis sounds surprisingly good.
The volume is absolutely sufficient and there is a slight bass response. The headphone connection delivers a very good sound and impresses above all with its very high volume. Annoying noise is not here – but the microphone.
That's too bad because the microphone is pretty good. But a constant humming in the sound simply disturbs enormously. The source of the humming seems to be the display illumination, since the intensity and frequency changes with the display brightness.
Holding one ear close to the upper right area of the Onda V10 Pro, one also takes the humming was. This is not an interference, but a real sound recorded by the microphone.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Camera
The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 surprises with a very good main camera for a China tablet with 5MP. With this, you can shoot quite useful pictures, which offer for a China Tablet above average detail.
No, a real digital camera cannot replace it, but for one or the other snapshot, the capture of moments or even the photographing of documents, she does it thick.
The video quality is also pretty good. And even the front camera with 2MP is fully usable for video chats, although it does not approach the main camera. One should also pay attention to a good illumination, since the image quality in the bad light but suffers massively.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Battery
The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 is advertised with an 8000mAh battery and this is exactly what we have determined in an external measurement.
The runtime is convincing and still not, which is due to the poorly optimized software and the consistently high display brightness. Depending on usage, we have achieved a screen-on time between 6 and 8 hours.
That's not bad but not really good. Another weak point is that the ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 takes a long time to charge the battery. Although it can be used for around 5.5 hours, implementing the Pump Express Fast-Charging would not have been a problem with the MediaTek chip.
ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3: Conclusions and Reviews
The ALLDOCUBE Cube Power M3 is not worth a general recommendation gave the many weaknesses that can not be attributed to the software alone. Yes, the Cube Power M3 is cheap, but even in this price range, there are devices that are better suited for everyday use. In its current state, the Cube Power M3 is at best suitable for watching videos and films. That would be the only use case for which we could recommend the tablet.
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- Hamza Baali, Qatar University, Qatar
- Bin Ye, London City University, UK
- James Hardy, University of Derby, UK
- Bo Yuan, Tongji University, China
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- Bassem Mokhtar , Alexandria University, Egypt
- Mohamed Morsi Alexandria University, Egypt
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Another rainy Sunday, or at least it rained all the morning, but has cleared up tonight, most lovely. We came to this camp on Thursday. It is to the west of our last, on the seacoast, or rather, within a mile and a half of it. We hear the surf continually; it is the last sound at night, breaking the stillness of the night, but not the solitude, for it seems more solitary than ever. This effect is increased by the doleful hooting of numerous owls all night long, and the occasional bark of the coyote, or California wolf, a small, sneaking but not dangerous animal….
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1. The groups fighting against the copper mining are often not from this area!
Water Legacy is from Minneapolis, they are cabin owners who don't want to lose access to the cheap land and depressed prices that come with vacationing in a beautiful, but economically depressed region. If copper mining started up it would boost the economy and a rising tide raises all ship, but for cabin owners that would mean more taxes and more expensive beer when they come north. And it is better to harm an entire region than have to pay another dollar for a burger.
2. The opponents lie.
Bald faced misinformation, that is the best way I can describe it. That and they are clueless about things like science. They paint every mine that has ever been put into production with the same brush and complain about the amount of pollution created when calling every scoop of soil moved pollution. When it comes to sulfide mining there are different types of sulfide deposits, most sulfide deposits are porphyry deposits are fluid deposited copper deposits which form in rock with water flow though it.
The area they are looking at mining in Northern Minnesota is a Layered Mafic Intrusion, or more specifically it is the boundary between the layered intrusion and the existing bedrock which is largely sedimentary in nature. But the material to be mined is in the intrusion and not in the porous sedimentary rocks.
Of course the clueless hippies wont, and quite frankly, due to a lack of working knowledge, can't differentiate between the two types of deposits.
3. The opponents own information does not agree with what they are saying, but they have never actually read through it, so don't know the difference.
I was recently looking through one of the Water Legacy publications after one of the "clueless hippies" made a comment about how EVERY SULFIDE MINE FAILS TO LIVE UP TO ITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROMISES. That was a pretty bold statement and I thought I would look into it. It turns out the very Water Legacy document he was quoting listed the exception to that rule as a mine just south of Lake Superior that held true to its environmental statements.
Of course that does not matter….
Despite it being the only mine in a similar formation.
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Not a living tree within 30 miles of the smelter, hmmmm….
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COMING UP! Volunteer Training/Enrichment: Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, May 18, 20 (bring your dinner if you wish) and Saturday morning, 9:00 am – Noon, May 22nd (bring your own lunch for after if you would like).
In the evenings we will cover some basic biology, and with the new microscopes and classroom it will be a real treat. We can use the big screen.
We will start with the invertebrates, where we will get a look at live zooxanthellae. We will have a close look at the hermit crabs and the suction feet and pincers of the sea urchins. Thursday we will pick up with a review of reef fish and sharks, and then go from there. Saturday is still open, but we will see where we are at with the current tour – if there are things to add or clarify.
Take a look at the schedule and see what volunteer tours are open, then let me know if you will be attending the training sessions.
Hope you had a great Mother's Day, remember, if you were a reef fish, you would have been just one of thousands of eggs released to the water column. No parental care and a very very slight chance of survival to adulthood (actually I seem to recall my own parents suggesting that I was stretching my chances at times).
More tomorrow on other opportunities coming up.
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Scrabble & Words with Friends Word Unscrambler
Definition of Bypassed
2 Definitions of Bypassed
The definition of bypassed, the meaning of word Bypassed
Is bypassed a scrabble word? Yes!
- v.- to go around a town or other busy place rather than through it
- n.- an operation to direct blood through new veinsblood tubes outside the heart because the veins in the heart are blocked or diseased
0 Synonym of Bypassed
Bypassed is worth 16 points in Words with Friends and 17 points in Words with Friends
There are 8 letters in bypassed: A B D E P S S Y


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I started today with my usual walk to Whole Foods to pick up lunch and snack (and chocolate) but was lured into a clothing store on my way back where I purchased these lovely shoes for my daughter. She may have to wrestle me for them though.
I also picked up cake pops to start the recording day… mmm… chocolate raspberry.
The first part of today's session was spent sorting out vocals and organizing a string section and stand-up bass player. It's so cool to have all these amazing musicians available to play on my album. And after hearing the string arrangement for A Little More Fine and seeing the joy on Bleu's face I am very excited about the quartet that is coming in next week.
Then it was onto vocal harmonies for Every Time You Catch Me. The production on this one is huge and I love it!! I love it when Bleu is going through my vocals making approving noises. So in celebration of this we broke open today's chocolate… Black Salt and Burnt Sugar Caramel 70% chocolate. It just might be better than yesterday's bacon.
After Joe recorded some amazing drums, once again, everyone was really excited and there was a great atmosphere in the studio… maybe it was all the sugar consumed but either way we were having fun. In fact at the end of the day Bleu declared that it was probably the most fun he'd had at the studio ever. 🙂
We ended the day by going out for Mexican… I am mexican food convert… especially when it comes with blood orange tequila!


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Chosen students direct one-act plays
May 31, 2018
The student directed one-act plays will be performed tonight and tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. in the black box in the Performing Arts Center. The one-act plays include "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon and directed by senior Brittany Young, "Bleeders" by Bryan Harnetiaux and directed by senior Madison Woodrom and "John Lennon and Me" by Cherrie Bennet and directed by senior Macy Rex.
"I actually did 'The Odd Couple' for my senior director audition," Young said. "I knew Macy and Madison were going to do dramatic shows so I thought picking a comedy would differentiate us a little bit. I just really like the show because there are so many characters and so many different types of people and I just thought it was really funny."
Young, Woodroom and Rex held auditions for their one-act plays in April. Young said the hardest part about putting a cast together was there was so much talent but not enough spots. She said everybody who auditioned she could see in one of the roles in her show, but she could only pick eight people.
"It was a little nerve racking auditioning but it was nice because we were surrounded by friends and everyone was really encouraging," sophomore Samantha Kellogg said. "Everyone feels really close and no one is ever nervous or scared to approach their director. I love everyone in it, everyone is so amazing. I am really excited. I love this show and am excited to share it with everyone."
Along with Kellogg, sophomore Alex Fletcher said her favorite part about being in a senior directed one-act play is being able to see all the different directing styles of the seniors. She said she thinks everyone is going to do great and is excited.
"Honestly [my cast is] so talented and I don't even think they realize how really and truly they made this show exactly what I wanted it to be," Woodrom said. "They have worked so hard and I am so thankful for their hard work. I think it's absolutely beautiful and I'm really excited to perform it."
To be a senior director, the students had to audition by directing a 10 minute scene and present it to the theatre directors, Jon Alonso and Celeste Schneider. Along with this, the students submitted an application and took part in an interview conducted by Alonso and Schneider.
"We let the seniors direct and do what they need to do to," Alonso said. "The only time we step in is when there are some conflicts or some trouble with the play or with the actors or getting things together. When I step in, my job is to see what's working, help the director be more effective with their time, help the director make sure whatever idea is clear for the audience and clear for the actors and help the actors communicate with their director."
Once the senior directors are chosen, the students get to be in a lower level theatre class to be a director and helper. They get to lead lessons and give advice to the other theatre students in their class. Young said she has had fun being able to influence people in the younger theatre classes.
"To be a senior director is such an honor," Woodrom said. "I mean, I teach a class. Myself and and Macy are on the first period class and Miss Britney does the second period class. We do shows with them. We teach them how to properly perform monologues, theatre basics. We teach them what it really means to be a theatre kid — to be able to put on plays throughout the year and to be someone that these underclassmen look up to in this department."
"Bleeders" – Directed by Madison Woodrom
Gar – Nicholas Brockelsby
Helen – Madison Williams
Vai – Gauri Bellur
Patrons – Zumanah Muhammad, Chloe Almendarez
"The Odd Couple" (Female Version) – Directed by Brittany Young
Olive Madison – Grace Hedges
Florence Ungar – Samantha Kellogg
Sylvie – Elle Hartman
Renee – Rusama Islam
Vera – Analise Pickerell
Mickey – Lily Whitehurst
Manolo Constazuela – Carlos Alvarez-Roth
Jesus Constazuela – Mick Smith
"John Lennon and Me" – Directed by Macy Rex
Star (Stella Grubner) – Claire Lawrence
Courtney Cambridge – Lily Zielinsky
Jeff Levine – Zander Harrison
Sally Kasem – Alex Fletcher
Julie Rowen / Nurse – Audrey Kimball
Tom Lowell – Christian Dooley
Dr. Scott Rhodes – Ethan Wade


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Just a few (better late than never!) ideas for Mother's Day this weekend. I hope if you are a mom, you get spoiled beyond belief. If you're not, this is a great list of goodies that your mom might like! And if you don't have a mother, spoil someone else's mom. And if you don't know any moms, this is a great time to splurge on yourself! I am always looking for a reason to spoil myself or be spoiled…it's my birthday, it's my half birthday, it's only 3 days from my husband's birthday and I don't want to feel left out when he opens all the presents and I don't have any…etc. You catch my drift.
Mother's Day falls on my hubby's birthday this year, so I'm sure I won't be having a huge celebration. But I will be hitting him up for a few pampering items on this list!
Bath & Body Works has the best smelling candles, period. I love that store because their scents rock and they literally always have a coupon out. I try to snatch up as much as I can during their semi-annual sale as well. This candle is called Bright Bouquet and I think it would really perk up my living room area- A beautiful blend of florals, citrus and the perfect hint of mint; this candle will surely last longer than a bouquet of roses.
Tocca is also a brand I really stand behind- their fragrances are amazing, and they are so chic in their glass bottles. I have so many of their perfumes already, why not try their body wash and body lotion? This scent in Florence is such a sophisticated scent and I love layering the body wash, lotion, and perfume together for a longer lasting fragrance. They are also paraben free, which is good news for those of us who try to avoid them- Florence Crema da Corpo is an enriched body lotion with natural extracts from sweet almond oil, shea butter and honey to moisturize and soothe dry, sensitive skin. The luxurious formula absorbs quickly, leaving behind silky skin scented of bergamot and gardenia.
If you're looking for a post on fragrance layering, I'll be doing a feature on that soon! Stay tuned on the blog in coming weeks.
Rome Honeysuckle Amore is looks like such a romantic scent for summer. This one is also from B&BW and right now they're doing a buy 3 get 3 free! I'm such a sucker for those sales. I can't wait to go to the mall and take a whiff of this. If it's anything like their Venice Dolce Berry scent (I'll be reviewing soon) I know it will smell like a little slice of heaven.
Flor Violeta by Avon is in the most gorgeous bottle. It reminds me a lot of some of the other fragrances like Guess Girl that were out this spring. This chic bottle would look so cute on my vanity. Green apple extract, raspberry leaves, and dewberry scents are the top notes, violet blossom, sun-ripened currant, and pink peony are the middle notes, and soft musk, cedarwood and warm sandalwood are the base notes. For $28, this is WAY cheaper than most perfumes from the department store and just as cute!
This Tiny Tillia tote bag is SO not something I'd ever carry, but it would be kind of perfect for a grandma! I imagine cutting out a picture of my dog, Ruckus, and my daughter and then probably one of our whole family in the middle and giving it to an older relative. Seriously, old people eat this hokey stuff up…tote bags are totally in for them. For me, not so much.
I just got my hair done in the salon two days ago and I'm still stretching out my blow-out, trying to keep my hair looking sleek and fabulous. What if I could have hair that was flawlessly straight and smooth every day like this? This John Frieda 3-Day Straight Semi-Permanent Styling Spray looks intriguing to me, and for $10 might be worth testing out. It promises to seal in straight styles for up to 3 days. Have any of you tried this? It's only $10! If it does what it says this could be groundbreaking for me.
I'm always wearing my hair tie around my wrist in case I want my hair up later. These Maddyloo hair ties are a totally welcome departure from my normal boring tie. I love these sparkly beauties and they look great around my wrist as jewelry, and they are snag free in my hair! Best yet, they come in an adorable box that is perfect for gifting. Every woman I know with hair past her shoulders would benefit from this gift! To follow them on social media:
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Have you ever been in a conversation and just stumbled-mumbled over a word you're not entirely sure how to pronounce? You're not alone. Here are 10 of the most commonly mispronounced words, and how to say them properly, so you can speak like a boss.
Health lovers know the superfood benefits of this Amazonian fruit – but how many of them know how to say it properly? The actual answer is ah-sigh-EE, although many folks have been tripped up pronouncing it as ah-KAI or ah-SIGH.
Believe it or not, memes have been around since the 1970s, designed to reflect "a unit of cultural transmission." If you've ever said mee-mee, may-may, or mem, to borrow a meme catchphrase: "You're doing it wrong." The proper way is simply meem.
It's easy to get confused with this one: a lot of people say cash-AY because it's so similar to cachet, which actually does have that two-syllable sound. But in actuality, say cash and you're saying it right.
Blame Cher Horowitz from the '90s film Clueless. Ever since she declared there was no point in practicing parking for her driver's test because "everywhere you go has valet," a generation has adopted this Frenchified take on the word. Follow Cher's lead and pronounce it val-AY.
This one's a little controversial: The inventor of Graphic Interchange Format files declared the pronunciation of a soft "g." In fact, jokes were made that "choosey developers choose GIF," riffing on Jif peanut butter's famous catchphrase. But since then, the internet has somewhat gravitated toward a hard "g" sound, basically gift without the t. While some dictionaries list both versions as correct, the file type's creator is determined to have the last word. Just remember the peanut butter when you share your next GIF.
If you're into debating politics, the words electoral college likely entered your vocabulary back in 2016. If you lose whatever argument you're having, rest assured you'll have the pronunciation down – if you're saying e-LEK-tor-al, and not e-lek-TOR-al.
Delicious Greek gyros aren't exactly a new food trend, but they are a yummy one. Get it right by asking for a YEE-roh or ZHIHR-oh. And don't forget the tzatziki, or tsah-see-key!
This pretty purple hue never gets its due, at least when it comes to pronouncing it correctly. Hint: It doesn't rhyme with stove. Instead, say mawv.
The next time you're ordering a tea latte, do it with confidence! This caffeine-free tea, which means red bush, is often mislabelled as roo-BE-ohs, rooh-IH-boos, and ROY-bus. That last one is at least close: The proper pronunciation is actually roy-boss.
This word has jumped in popularity since the rise of status updates, yet most people still say it wrong, as in STAH-tus. Show your grammar chops and pronounce it as STAY-tus, as it was intended.


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Geziyor, another web craweler written in Go.
Here's another article about how to write a web crawler in Go with Colly. Cool tool to make feeds for sites lacking their own.
anaskhan96/soup Web Scraper in Go, similar to BeautifulSoup.
This might come in useful someday if I ever decided to resurrect rakewire, a feed reader, for generating feeds from sites that no longer provide one.


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The introduction of online banking has no doubt brought about the ease of financial transactions, transfers and balance checks to customers over the years. Instead of physically queueing long lines in banks, customers are increasingly choosing the convenience of online banking.
With online banking becoming more popular, one question that tends to pop up (especially amongst the older generation who still opt for traditional banking) is that "Is online banking safe?".
In general, security experts agree that online banking can be safe given the right precautions. However, because many areas of online security lies outside of the customers' hands and in the power of financial firms or banks, things like data breaches can be unavoidable when they become a target for hackers and thieves.
While transparency of how banks are handling our data may not be within reach of casual account holders as they do not wish to tip off criminals on their security techniques, it is difficult to control what they are doing with our data behind closed doors.
Most financial institutions do make security efforts in regards to fraud detection, account passwords authentication, mobile PINs and basic encryption.
But still; banks get hacked, information gets stolen. And there might be a good reason why Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at the University of Cambridge and leading expert on cyber security, refuses to bank online.
As Anderson points out, one of the banks' most extraordinary feats of recent years has been their ability to shift liability away from themselves and on to the customer. Ultimately, customers are forced to bear the risks of fraud while banks are getting away from fraud scams.
As a user, there is always more that you could be doing for additional layers of security. It is a combination of being more proactive in taking advantage of security services, and also having financial institutions educate users of these measures.
Phishing is a scam method when attackers pretend to be your bank's official website to trick users into clicking a scam link or thinking that they are logging into their accounts. Hackers do this by creating impostor websites which can look exactly like a bank's legitimate website, or sending fraudulent emails.
When performing online banking, be careful when downloading your bank's app (make sure it is the official app!), and visit your bank's website by typing in the correct URL address. Attackers will use common misspellings to disguise themselves as your bank's official site. Once you are on the right website, you can bookmark the page.
If you are using online banking for the ease of making regular transactions, it is also a good habit to use its convenience of being able to frequently monitor your savings account.
Discrepancies in balance amounts or charges being made can be the first signs of online theft. Alternatively, your bank should typically offer you alert services (by text or email) to inform you when important transactions such as large withdrawals or password changes are made with your account.
Scam emails will sometimes pretend to be your bank and request for your personal information or log into your bank account to verify details.
Banks will not ever ask you to send private details via email, as emails are unencrypted, which presents itself to be a big danger if anyone intercepted your emails to access all those information.
You should never hand out your username, password, PIN or any account information over email. If you are not sure, it is always safer to firstly contact your bank before replying to the email.
If your account has already been hit, acting fast is key here. The first step should be for you to call your bank. Most banks have security departments dedicated to fraud prevention and monitoring. What they will be able to do is to help you stop the fraud from getting worse by shutting down and replacing any accounts if necessary.
Yes, online banking is great because you can do it from anywhere. But that does not mean that you should. Especially not on public computers or free Wifi hotspots.
You never know when a hacker could be intercepting your Internet line and sniffing out every bit of your information.
It is best to do your online banking from a trusted network or your own cellphone data. If you absolutely must perform your online banking outside, consider getting a Virtual Private Network like BolehVPN so that at least your Internet traffic is encrypted from prying eyes.


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The film, from first-time feature director Judd Apatow (who served as a writer and director on many episodes of the short-lived show "Freaks and Geeks," as well as producer on Anchorman), is a hilarious, sometimes graphic look at the life of a man who, somewhere along the way, just never had sex.
"I just fell into that, really," said Carell in a recent interview with About.com, explaining how he ended up conceptualizing the idea for Virgin and co-writing (alongside Apatow) the role for himself. "I mean, I did Anchorman and Judd [Apatow] and I became friends, and he said that he wanted to direct something and was interested in pursuing something with me. I pitched him the idea for the virgin movie, which he liked, and then he took that and pitched it to Mary Parent at Universal. She liked it and it just started to snowball from there. It happened very quickly."
In the film, which also costars Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), Paul Rudd (The Shape of Things) and Elizabeth Banks (Seabiscuit), Carell's Andy is a nice guy with a steady job, comfortable apartment and a small group of decent friends. It just so happens that he's never, ever gotten around to doing it. Throughout the film, which is stamped with an R-rating for pervasive sexual content, language and drug use, Andy's small group of friends at the electronics store where he works try to get him out of his virginal lifestyle and into the bedroom. Everyone thinks Andy's finally going to make it happen when he meets an attractive single mom named Trish (Keener), who is genuinely interested in Andy – that is, of course, until the people in Andy's life rooting him on learn that Andy and Trish are basing their relationship on a mutual no-sex policy.
Although Carell didn't actually meet any 40-year-old virgins before coming up with the idea for the film, the actor – who most recently took on the part of Michael Scott in the Americanized version of British television show "The Office" – says he did read some case studies which show that there are actually a lot of people out there who, by the age of 40, have never had sex.
"So many of them are just normal people who kind of slipped through the cracks … But just not necessarily weird or phobic or having emotional problems, but just people it just never happened to," said Carell in the About.com interview. "And at some point they gave up trying. That's kind of the crux of this character. He had a few opportunities along the way and it didn't pan out, and at one point he just gave up trying."
Carell adds, though, that Andy – who eventually tries his hand at foreplay and seduction in the film to try and make things happen – isn't at all broken-hearted over the fact that, at 40 years old, he's never had sex.
"He's just kind of shut down that side of himself and he's just kind of turned inward in a lot of ways. He's made a comfortable life for himself within that person, who he's become," Carell told About.com. "And then he meets these guys and he meets a woman who helps bring him out of that. So actually the story, I think the title kind of leads people to believe it's really an over-the-top crazy sex comedy but it's really not. It's actually a very sweet relationship comedy."
And Carell – judging by his last few roles (including his tiny part as Nicole Kidman's eccentric Uncle Arthur in the recent re-imagining of Bewitched) – is no stranger to comedy. Bruce Almighty, Anchorman and "The Office" aside, Carell actually started his Hollywood career with a pretty good comedic pedigree. Although "The Daily Show" alum originally planned on attending law school, Carell shifted gears after college and moved to Chicago, where he hoped to secure a slot in the city's highly touted Second City Comedy Troupe.
"I moved to Chicago with the hope of getting into Second City because I'd seen a Second City touring company at my college (Ohio's Denison University), and I thought it was great and couldn't think of anything more fun than going on the road and doing improv and sketches," said Carell in an interview with Knight Ridder Newspapers' Luaine Lee in March. "After a year or so, I got in and worked at Second City for a few years. I did other plays and musicals in Chicago, then my wife (actress and "SNL" alum Nancy Walls) and I moved to New York from there."
Carell, who is next slated to star as Agent Maxwell Smart in the upcoming film version of "Get Smart," says his parents, despite really wanting him to be an attorney, were very supportive of his somewhat sudden career shift and resulting move to Chicago.
"They asked, 'What do you like doing? What makes you happy?' I said, 'I've always liked acting, doing plays.' And they said, 'Do it. Have fun. Just try it and see where it goes,'" Carell told Lee. "They were completely supportive, maybe in the backs of their minds they were thinking, 'Ah, in six months he'll be back, he'll be going to law school somewhere.'"
According to the actor, though, he was always somewhat inclined to do comedy. According to his March interview with Lee, Carell – the youngest of four boys growing up – said he would try to get reactions from his brothers' girlfriends at the dinner table by walking in and sitting down with a foil-wrapped football helmet on his head.
"And it had one of those blinking lights from the top of a police car that I stuck on the top," he told Lee. "And I would just appear without any sort of fanfare, enter the room and sit down at my place at the table just to see what kind of response I was getting from the girlfriend."
The reaction must have been lots of laughs, as Carell, who is currently a happily married 41-year-old man with two young children and a skyrocketing movie career, is continuing to do what he loves. And comedy fans everywhere are happy about that.
The 40 Year-Old Virgin releases in theaters Aug. 19.


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If anyone is interested in attending / joining a tasting group in Cincinnati send me a message. We are currently meeting on Saturday's and would love some Guild members to join us. We have an open group that includes people from all walks of life and a typical class has three phases: theory, tasting, and service.
Our mission is simple:
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Hello! I live about 40-45 min from downtown Cincy(Liberty Twp). I'd love to meet up and discuss hosting wine tastings/theory/service asap! I will be attempting Certified this June in Nashville. Please reach out to me at your earliest! Cheers, Gerry


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Our specific mision is to provide "total state of the art business solutions " to small, midium and corporate organizattions in all vertical markets.
To be the preferred supplier of high quality and innovative solutions that will help organizations increase productivity by reducing transactions costs, improving on turnaround time and by adding value to our clientele. We believe in a new focus on productivity that is emerging based on adding value to the exchange of information.
Amtech Technology Ltd is an ICT firm established in 2003 with broad technology and industry experience and a high level of expertise in the key sectors. Our company specializes in system development in agricultural, government, financial and hosptality sector.
As a company, we have built a reputation for outstanding customer service & support. We value all our customers and treat them as business partners. This in turn has become a driving force for us to meet our mission and attain the company visson.
We have a strategy to maintain the position as the leading systems development and integration company. Our services include I.T. audit/ assessment, solution mapping/ selection, hardware sizing and supply, network design and installation, product development, customization, implimentation, training and support. The functional expertise encompasses Data Management, Production Control, Financials, Planning, Distribution, Human resources, web design and development
Our goals is to be the supplier of the choice to over 80% of customers in small, medium and corporate world, defferentianting our self from the competitors through the combination of advanced technology and design, superior product quality and performance, and accelerated order fulfillment.


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Atlanta City Council, GAHome Menu
Atlanta Department of Transportation
On my first day as a city councilman, I was placed on the Transportation Committee and immediately asked where the Atlanta Transportation Department was located. I quickly learned that we didn't have one. Over time, my engineering background and instincts insisted that we needed better coordination of our transportation and mobility efforts.
In early 2017, I passed Resolution 17-R-3003, to conduct a feasibility study of a single transportation-focused department, an Atlanta Department of Transportation (DOT), that would "design, operate, manage and maintain the City of Atlanta's transportation system and transit projects and infrastructure." In late 2017, that study was completed and delivered by WSP USA. As Transportation Committee Chairman, I led a work session with my city council colleagues, the administration, and the public in early 2018 to go over the WSP study findings and recommendations for setting up the department.
Building upon the work of WSP, in fall of 2018, I formed the Atlanta Department of Transportation Task Force, comprised of members of City Council, the Mayor's Office, the COO, Deputy COO, Commissioner of Public Works, Commissioner of City Planning, Sr. Transportation Advisor, Renew Atlanta Interim General Manager, members of Community Improvement Districts, community members, ARC, GDOT, and representatives of groups like Atlanta BeltLine Inc, Transformation Alliance, and the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition. This diverse group met monthly throughout 2018 and developed a plan to create a unified Atlanta Department of Transportation. Great attention was paid to national best practices, internal operational efficiency, mobility, community engagement, public safety, equity, and transparent governance.
In March 2019, I introduced Ordinance 19-O-1160, authorizing Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to establish this new department. In April of 2019, the Mayor signed this ordinance after it was unanimously passed by City Council, and in November of 2019, Josh Rowan was named as the first Commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Transportation.
This will be a transformative change in the landscape of transportation, city planning, and public works here in Atlanta! It will enable our City to better serve the needs of the public. Over the next few years, I believe the ADOT will create greater efficiency, tighter oversight, and higher quality of service delivery for all Atlantans and our millions of visitors.
ADOT Timeline To Date:
- Jan 2017 - 17-R-3003 Proposed by Councilmember Dickens
- Jan – Mar 2017 – Resolution Presented to NPU & Other Stakeholders
- Mar 2017 – Resolution Adopted by City Council
- Jun 30th, 2017 – Study Presentation Due to Council
- March 8th, 2018 – Presentation Received by Council
- April 18th, 2018 – First Work Session
- June 2018 - February 2019 - ADOT Task Force Holds 7 work sessions and many committee and small group meetings
- March 18th, 2019 - Councilmember Dickens introduces legislation 19-O-1160 authorizing initial progress toward establishing the Department of Transportation
- November 13th, 2019 - Josh Rowan named as inaugural Commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Transportation
Atlanta Department of Transportation Task Force Members
Andre Dickens, Chair
JP Matzigkeit, Atlanta City Councilmember
Cleta Winslow, Atlanta City Councilmember
Joshua Williams, Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Tim Keane, Commissioner, Department of City Planning
James Jackson, Commissioner, Department of Public Works
Michelle Wynn, Renew Atlanta
Janide Sidifall, Deputy Commissioner, Department of City Planning
Barrington Brown, Department of Public Works
Jacob Tzegaegbe, Senior Transportation Policy Advisor
Kevin Greene, Midtown Alliance
AJ Robinson, Central Atlanta Progress
Dr. Henry Ikwut-Ukwa, Atlanta BeltLine
John Orr, Atlanta Regional Commission
Darion Dunn, Buckhead CID
Lauren Welsh, Little Five Points CID
Elizabeth Hollister, Upper Westside CID
Rebecca Serna, Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
Bernie Tokarz, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Odetta Macleish-White, TransFormation Alliance
- Resolution 17-R-3003 authorizing the ADOT Needs Assessment Study
Ordinance 19-O-1160, establishing an Atlanta Department of Transportation,
- WSP Study supporting creation of ADOT http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/home/showdocument?id=1056
- Presentation from First ADOT Work Session http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/home/showdocument?id=1060
- More Info, Photographs and Additional Info
- Op Ed from SaportaReport: "If implemented, an Atlanta DOT would serve both as the coordinating agency for all transportation matters within the city government and as the single point of contact for citizens and external agencies. It would provide clarity to the public and improve people flow on our roads and rails." saportareport.com/are-we-there-yet/
- Interview on WABE in 2017: Andre Dickens discusses a study he authored to look at how the city should have its own department of transportation
- Georgia Voice interview from 2018: Andre Dickens shares his priorities for term as Council President Pro Tempore with Georgia Voice
- WSB News Interview discussion ADOT, 2018: Dickens says it's high time Atlanta had a DOT
- Josh Rowan named as first Commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Transportation


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What a great home in the Grassfield School district. Plenty of room INSIDE and out! Bonus room can be a man-cave Personal Gym or a home school room. Formal living room and a large den provide the many opportunities to relax and cocoon at home, or to entertain lots of family and friends. BRAND NEW ROOF, new floors, new appliances - this home is move in ready. Brand new privacy fence for the sunny days coming soon and you will love spending time in your private back yard. No Flood insurance is required on this gorgeous home.
Fireplace Gas-natural, Walk-In Closet, Scuttle Access, Window Treatments
Dishwasher, Disposal, Dryer Hookup, Microwave, Elec Range, Refrigerator, Washer Hookup
Attic, Foyer, Master BR w/ Bath, Office/Study, Pantry, Porch, Utility Room, Converted Gar, Rec Room, Utility Closet
Cul-De-Sac, Inground Sprinkler, Patio, Storage Shed, Irrigation Control
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The Influence of Popular World Music on Modern Western Music
- Introduction
- Raga Mala by Pandit Ravi Shankar and the path of his life in music
- The evolution of Reggae music in Jamaica
- The jerky ska rhythm
- The reggae chapter of world music
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
The nebulous category of World Music has been defined as "simply not our music, it is their music (Rahkonen, 1)." World Music is thus a distinction based on otherness and not any singularly defining characteristic. It is a term that developed from the classification of popular music "to include all styles of music with ethnic or foreign elements (Rahkonen, 6)," defined in opposition to the western idiom. With respect to popular music today, World Music is often a syncretism of ethnic elements with popular western styles that creates genres such as bhangra-fusion (disco and Punjabi bhangra), reggae (from ska, mento, and R&B), and afro-beat (Yoruba drums, soul singing, jazz).
[...] The music is everything around me (162)." This "British sound" of bhangra-fusion is an ironic development because "in the 1960s, bhangra allowed South Asian youths to affirm their identities in a positive way within a culturally hostile and exclusionary British environment (Shelemay, 190)." Apache Indian's breakout hit "Boom Shakalak" reached No.5 on the British Charts, and "Move Over India" (1990) placed the artist No on both the Asian and Reggae Charts (Taylor, 157). The single "Arranged Marriage which debuted at sixteenth place on the British singles charts is an overt commentary on the "double-life" led by Indian youth: "You go through a system where you have girlfriends, you go through another system at home where you have to have an arranged marriage (162)." The song opens with a bhangra dhol rhythm and continues with a tabla beat over which Apache delivers his reggae style vocals, serving to combine musically the urban and traditional cultures he represents. [...]
[...] Colonialism (in these cases, British) has been another driving force in the admixture of musical cultures, bringing western traditions into the purview of foreign cultures. In his autobiography Raga Mala, Pandit Ravi Shankar discusses the path of his life in music. Beginning with his early life as a dancer in an Indian performance troupe, Ravi travelled through Europe and America, where he "became so attracted to jazz music Beginning in 1938, his career as a sitar virtuoso blossomed under guru Allaudin Khan. [...]


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First Segment: Cactus Makes Perfect
Segment about Cactus Jake telling stories about his life.
- The title may refer to a film by the Three Stooges by the name Cactus Makes Perfect.
Second Segment: Hogcules II
Roy Rooster sets up a mock game show and in turn tricks Wade Duck into opening the door of the grain silo, which causes a large pile of grain to spill out. After Orson Pig, Booker and Sheldon come along and state that the grain has to be cleaned up, Wade and Roy argue over whose fault it is; then Orson starts to clean the grain up himself. He then remarks that he'd have to be Hercules to clean it all up before the farmer sees it, and he proceeds to have a fantasy.
In the fantasy, Hogcules is summoned because a two-headed giant (who resemble Wade and Roy) has stolen the basin from the Imperial birdbath. Hogcules and his Sheldon-like philosopher sidekick track down the giant and soon find him using the basin as a swimming pool. After Hogcules tries to use his strength against him and fails, he then challenges him to a discus-throwing contest. The giant then uses the basin as a discus and throws it, and Hogcules and the philosopher quickly jump into it to return it back to the birdbath.
Back in reality, Wade and Roy are still arguing over cleaning up the grain. Orson then pulls Roy aside and tells him that he understands that Roy isn't strong enough to clean the grain up; Roy feels threatened by this and starts cleaning it up. Wade then asks Orson what he and Roy were talking about, and Orson tells him that he knows that Roy is a much better worker than he is. Wade laughs at this idea and soon joins Roy in cleaning up the grain.
- Bo Sheep and Lanolin Sheep do not appear in this episode.
Roy: And here's our next contestant on Let's Make a Squeal. What'll it be, sir? Door #1, or door #1?
Wade: Hmmm…aren't there any other choices?
Roy: Nope. This is a low-budget show.
Third Segment: Crime and Nourishment
Retrieving his lasagna at a picnic, Garfield stumbles upon a strange community of small green people (similar to the Smurfs) who use food items as currency, and eats money.


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We've all been there. Had a huge night studying or partying (or A as a result of B) waking up with horrid dark circles. Although they can't be completely rid of there are a few products that'll definitely help hide them.
1. Benefit Puff Off!
First off I'm not a fan of the packaging. Sure it's cute but I find the pull off lid, that Benefit have favoured over a twist top, incredibly annoying. The metal tip makes appealing this product so refreshing and cooling but the best part is the formulation. It's slightly peach-toned with loads of light reflecting particles meaning it's going to really brighten and depuff before you even get started on your make up.
2. Kiehl's Super Multi-Corrective Eye-Opening Serum
I have spoken about this one before here and I think it's just an overall awesome eye cream. It brightens, depuffs and moisturisers amazingly. In comparison to the Benefit one it's not as brightening however it does provide more moisture which means I do favour this one for my dry eye area. If you need the extra brightening go the Benefit!
3. Laura Mercier Secret Camoflauge Concealer
As you can see this is a very well loved product and I know some of you are going to scold me for recommending such a dry concealer for underneath the eyes but it does work. The peach tone is what I use under my eyes because it cancels out those blue tones. Warming the product between the fingers then applying it is what works best and small tapping motions to work it in. I would never try to apply this one with a brush because it is so dry. This provides some serious coverage and lasts all day so it's one to look into if you can't find anything that works for you.
4. Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Concealer
This is what I like to layer on top of the peach coloured concealer. It's a very creamy product, very pigmented and easily my favourite concealer of all time. I apply a little of this under each eye then blend out with a small concealer brush. If you don't have time to fiddle around with something like the Laura Mercier then applying a little extra concealer along with your foundation will still make a difference.
5. Laura Secret Brightening Powder
I haven't had this for very long and I mentioned already last week but it's incredible. It sets everything in place with a super silky finish to the skin. The tiny shimmer particles add more subtle brightness as well. SO in love with this powder for setting under the eyes – a must try!
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Latest Artemi Panarin trade rumors
The Athletic: Aaron Portzline reports Artemi Panarin informed the Columbus Blue Jackets prior to the recent 2018 NHL Draft regarding his reluctance to discuss a contract extension "at this time". While his client "loves the team, he loves the coach" and has no issue over how they're treating him, but he's unsure if he wants to commit to eight seasons in Columbus. If it was a two-year deal, Panarin's agent Dan Milstein said, it would've been done by now. "But it isn't a two-year deal. It's gonna have to be an extended, seven- or eight-year deal put in place." Milstein also confirmed the Blue Jackets have been entertaining trade offers for Panarin, though there's nothing imminent. He said Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen has not asked if his client wants to speak with rival clubs nor is the Panarin camp asking to talk to other teams. Given his client's current position, Milstein doesn't fault the Jackets for considering trade options.
Blackhawks trying to trade Marian Hossa
THE ATHLETIC: Scott Powers believes the Chicago Blackhawks must find a taker for the contract of all-but-retired winger Marian Hossa. His $5.275-million annual salary-cap hit is preventing them from improving the roster. Recent attempts to send that contract to a club in need of reaching the $58.8-million salary-cap minimum were hampered by the Hawks' unwillingness to include another asset in the deal. A league source believes it'll take the inclusion of a top prospect to get it done. Powers thinks the Blackhawks will likely place Hossa on long-term injured reserve again to start the season, which would free up room to perhaps make a move near the Feb. 25 trade deadline to acquire a rental player if they're in playoff contention. Such a move, however, will also mean giving up an asset.


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Less than twelve months after setting up the Hewitech UK subsidiary in Cheltenham, the plastic media company has moved to much bigger premises to set up UK manufacturing and cater for its growing business.
The company's new premises located at Andoversford comprise factory, offices and storage facilities of over 11,000sq.ft. It's a significant move for Hewitech UK and Director Dave Fozzard is excited about the future prospects, "We have won some excellent contracts this year with some leading names, both for our waste water treatment media and stormwater management media. These new premises are very much part of our expansion plan and we are already gearing up for business under AMP6 from the utilities market". He continued, " We have taken on new factory operatives and an operations manager, as well as project specialists for different parts of the country, including someone for the expanding cooling tower business where Hewitech is able to offer specialist plastic media".
Successful on-target first year sales has seen some big name customers coming to Hewitech UK including Morrisons Utility Services, Barhale and Attack Solutions for its waste water treatment products and the likes of GB Building Solutions, Keir, Carillion, Rydon, and Brookfield Multiplex working with the company on stormwater management products.
The move by Hewitech UK to set up manufacturing makes it the fifth country in the world to manufacture Hewitech products, the other manufacturing centres being in Russia, Poland, Romania, and its central headquarters manufacturing operation in Germany. Based in Ochtrup, Germany, Hewitech is an innovator of recycled polypropylene and PVC media for a variety of applications from cooling towers and cool pads for air treatment to stormwater management and wastewater treatment. It's an extremely versatile company that makes its own tooling, has 3D design, manufactures the product and completes the cycle with installation on site.
The company's Variobox product is Hewitech's volume product for stormwater management and has been very successful due to it being the strongest product in the market. Much experience in this field of modular drainage cells for attenuation has resulted in Dave Fozzard joining the steering committee for this product group on CIRIA (the Construction Industry Research & Information Association).
Dave Fozzard is very confident about the future commenting, "The introduction of local UK manufacturing makes us even more competitive in the UK market and we are looking to capitalise on this through recruitment of further sales people in the next twelve months. We will also be continuing to expand manufacturing and production and the company is currently developing two new products which will be launched early next year".
Such is the versatility of Hewitech UK that where a project is big enough, say over 5,000m3, the company is able to employ one of its specialist machines on site for welding polypropylene filter media modules, this being highly sophisticated and controlled via GPS.
Hewitech UK's key markets are the municipal and industrial waste water, schools, construction, retail, offices, defence, housing and also commercial and industrial for cooling towers.
Further information on stormwater, wastewater, and cooling tower plastic media is available from Hewitech UK on 01242 821678, email email@example.com or by visiting the company website www.hewitech.co.uk


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The Year of the Hare
The Year of the Hare
Based on Arto Paasilinna's novel
Authors: ARTO PAASILINNA, KRISTIAN SMEDS
Dramatist & director: KRISTIAN SMEDS
Translation: TAAVI EELMAA
Sound and video: VILLE HYVÖNEN
Assistants: TAAVET JANSEN, SHARLENE HARVARD YOUNG
Set and costume design: ANNE-MAI HEIMOLA, KRISTIAN SMEDS
Technical realisation: ENAR TARMO, LAURI SEPP, JANNO JAANUS
Co-producer: festival "BALTIC CIRCLE"
Cast: MARI ABEL, ERKI LAUR, RIINA MAIDRE, TAAVI EELMAA, JUHAN ULFSAK
Premiere: October 31st, 2005
duration: 2 hours and 40 minutes with intermission
For many years we have searched possibilities for collaboration with the head of the Von Krahl Theatre, Peeter Jalakas . During this time I have seen several performances of the Von Krahl Theatre and the Von Krahl ensemble has seen mine.
Mutual sympathy towards each others' works has been a fertile soil for ideas and plans of common work. During the past years (20012004) I have worked in Northern Finland as a head of the Kajaani city theatre and this obligation has hold back earlier collaboration from my side. When I quit the job in June 2004, the collaborative worked started to seem real.
The main question is, of course, what to do, and why.
Arto Paasilinna's novel "The Year of the Hare" is Finnish classics. The novel, written in 1975, is much read and beloved work in Finland . And the film, based on the book and directed by Risto Jarva, is the favourite of the whole nation. "The Year of a Rabbit" is about a total change of life of a journalist, who is tired of life and cynical in nature. This is a naīve story of one man's journey with a young hare through Finland . The pilgrimage starts from clamorous South-West Finland and ends in the peaceful glades of Lapland . Being on the road with the hare, the man meets many very different, weird, funny, lost, but still free and happy pseudo citizens.
Our performance is a theatre fairy-tale for adults. This is a stage fantasy, escapist love poem to nature and freedom. This is a staged nostalgic blues and a chubby slice of rye bread for the always hungry romantics. Maybe it is everything that is despised and rejected by the result-oriented and practical present day. Nowadays even art must be cynical, intellectual, and strong to become appreciated and credible. "The Year of a Rabbit" is lively and concrete objection to such frame of mind.
We do naivistic theatre. Let Andrei Tarkovski's idea "Art is fulfilment of dreams" be the artistic-philosophical motto of this work. And let the other motto come from the mouth of my dead Lapland grandmother: "Don't whine, sonny".
According to my personal experience, the world, in which we live as humans, work, and grow our children with hopeless stubbornness, is changing more and more stronger, colder, effective, and op press ive. There is a lot of discussion about the thought, that children and young people are deprived of childhood. Result oriented thinking of school systems, fashion and porn industry thriving all around, all this is reality. Parents' work days become longer time after time, or they fall into sourness and alcoholism as unemployed. Children grow up in an environment, where safe and sound grown-ups don't exist.
Adults would have the strength to be adults, if they were given a chance to feel themselves as children sometimes. Moments must be created, when they could believe in this different kind of world. The world, where daydreams and dreams meet. Where the wavelength of fairy-tales, miracles, and romance is reality.
This is the mission and main question of "The Year of the Hare": to create a fairy-tale-like world for grown-ups, that they can fall in love for a moment. To be and feel themselves like children and yet think like adults. The question does not lie in pure escapism after all. Rather in conscious perceiving, that an important part of life is perishing in our society. And we need it, especially us, the grown-ups, and those who plan to grow up. So that we would have the strength to raise our children to believe in goodness, beauty, humanity, and the momentary possibility of happiness.
I am bored of such contemporary theatre (that I have done myself a lot), that tries to compete with the world in it's strength, cynicism, and coldness. In "The Year of the Hare" is another kind of challenge and possibility: to give a clear, warm and smiley hug to the audience. Performance, that would make the audience happy, if everything goes well. And strength to believe one more decisive day or week to the idea, that we can save the world to be a place worth living for our children. Without the help from extra terrestrial life forms. And I say it without joking.
16th of February 2005 in Tallinn
Kristian Smeds
dramatist, director, poro, coal-black man
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Thanks Ardita & Sassy, I can't tell you how much I appreciate all the great info.
Best of luck Monday from a fellow NC girl! I'm originally from Kannapolis, NC but the AirForce has made GA home. Thanks for the response & again good luck. I can't wait to hear back on your journey after Monday!
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Why LB over GBS?
GeminiGirl posted a topic in Lap Band ForumsI went to seminar today & there was an overview of both procedures, risks, recovery time & success. I'd always considered myself someone that would only want GBS but this really opened my mind to LB. So I'd like to know why you guys chose LB over GBS, if you had it to do over again would you make the same decision. The surgeon said recovery time as long as you were feeling well was 3-4 days then back to work. Is that accurate & realistic for someone that has a part time desk job with no heavy lifting? Thanks in advance!!!
Well I just got back from my visit with my PCM. I didn't straight out get a referral for a surgeon but I signed up for the seminar at the hospital. My PCM is concerned about me not qualifying & thought it best for me to go to the seminar & see if I am still interested in going through with it, if so she will start the referral process. I know I would have had to go to the seminar at some point any way so why not now? I consider this is a win for me, despite not getting an immediate referral. Luckily there is a seminar tomorrow @ 6pm. My luck usually doesn't work that way so yay me!
Thanks so much! I appreciate all the support. I have found the information on this forum to be an immense help in coming up with the courage to go through with this. I had someone tell me today that in no way did I need or would I qualify for gastric bypass surgery and that I should really find a diet and stick to it. It's comments like this that hurt. My husband told me that anyone that truly knew me would know all the diets that I have tried and would never be so callus to make a comment like that. After having time to recover from it I rememberd seeing all those similar weights by posters and decided to just let it go. I won't allow myself to be defeated before I even walk in my PCM's office.
GeminiGirl posted a topic in Pre-op Gastric BypassI have an appt with my PCM tomorrow to discuss getting a referral. I'm optimistic but still soooo nervous. Could 2011 really be the year that changes everything???
polycystic ovarian syndrome,& birthcontrol
GeminiGirl replied to prettyeyez_08062's topic in SocializeI started seeing a reproductive endo in Jan 2010 & ofcourse they wanted me to loose weight. He put me on Atkins & though I hated it & have since come off & gained back all 40 lbs I lost, it worked...it worked better than anything else I've ever tried. He told me that w/ PCOS programs like WW or JC or even just low calorie wouldn't work due to the way my body handled carbs. I felt absolutely amazing, after the first several days it was like someone turned on an energy switch that I didn't know I had. I worked out harder and longer than ever before. My problem was that you pretty much can't eat out, & after making breakfast, lunch & dinner nonstop for months on end I felt trapped & I quit. If you are just planning on doing this for your pre-op diet I would think it would be a great plan & if/when that time comes for me I will probably go with this if my MD has no other suggestions. There are way too many Atkins books so if you do try it I would get the Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, it is around $7. Good Luck!
Nervous & hoping
GeminiGirl posted a topic in Introduce YourselfHappy New Years Eve to all! I have tinkered with the idea of gastric bypass surgery for over 5 years. I went to a seminar on GBS/lap banding & when I brought it up to my then PCP he suggested I try Adipex. I did & within 4 months I had lost 50 lbs. My high blood pressure resolved itself & for almost 8 months I was able to maintain my loss. I got married & since my husband is in the military we moved 8 hours from home, with all the changes I let myself slip & the weight started creeping back on, before long I was back up the whole 50 lbs. My husband deployed & I made up my mind I would drop the weight while he was gone. I started with a new PCP & begged her to give me Adipex but she refused due to my blood pressure being high again & restarted me on meds. I was also diagnosed with hypothyroidism & PCOS & started on meds for that too. Since my PCP wouldn't give me weight loss meds I decided to try an OTC appetite suppressant. It didn't help too much with that but it did give me the energy to start working out. By the time my husband was due back I had lost 40 lbs & was again back off my blood pressure meds. We tried to start a family on our own but failed so I was referred to a Reproductive Endo who told me my weight was still an issue & started me on the Atkins diet in late Jan 2010. I followed Atkins for 8 months & lost another 25 lbs, getting me under 200 lbs for the first time since 1998! We have yet to have any luck getting pregnant & after struggling with Atkins the entire time I quit. The weight piled back on in record time despite continuing to work out regularly. What brought me back to GBS was going home for Christmas. My brother-in-law had GBS almost 9 years ago. I realized that by watching him & his eating habits that GBS can be a lifelong success. He lost the weight, continued to follow the program & has kept it off for 9 years. That is what we are all hoping for right? I worked up the nerve Mon to call my PCP to make an appt, unfortunately her office is closed for the week for the holidays...ARGH! I have never discussed weight loss surgery with my PCP so I don't know her stance on the matter. I am concerned that by not initiating this until after the holidays that Tricare will think I was trying to beef up with all the high calorie goodies over Christmas. This is not the case, in fact I gained less than 5lbs. More concerns are that I am teetering on the BMI line & I know hypothyroidism & PCOS are not recognized co- morbidities, with my continued exercise my blood pressure has stayed within normal ranges. I have read that Tricare does not go by BMI but by Metlife body scale so perhaps that would benefit me. Either way I have to work up the nerve to call my PCP again on Mon to get the ball rolling. I want nothing more than to lose the weight & keep it off & be healthy. Though I know it would prolong us trying to get pregnant GBS could be the best tool in conceiving & to maintain a healthy pregnancy. I'm hanging my hopes on this & hoping that the gatekeeper at Tricare will see my potential. Here's to a new year, a new life, a new family!


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With a death toll expected to exceed 100,000 or higher, Cyclone Nargis is the deadliest storm since 1991 when a category four cyclone demolished the Chittagong area of Bangladesh. As relief workers struggle with political red tape and survivors plead for food and clean water, images from the IKONOS Satellite record the aftermath of the storm.
To view the before and after satellite images of Cyclone Nargis visit http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/rangoon_iko_2008128.jpg
Satellite Imaging and Disaster Response
?Using satellite imaging, we can get a better view of the damage within the city of Rangoon (Yangon) ? we will be able to see areas where houses have been destroyed, trees have been wiped out and areas are flooded,? said Leo Romeijn of Houston-based Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC).
Remote-sensing technologies enable local, state, and national and international agencies to quickly assess damage caused by natural disasters including tsunamis, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Satellite images can be used to view storm damage from multiple vantage points and can help with the planning of disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts.
Images collected before and after Nargis slammed into the Burma coastline illustrate just how quickly flood waters rushed and swelled over the network of creeks that meander through the lower Irrawaddy delta. The storm, which started as a category four cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, reached land as a category three, with winds reaching up to 150 miles per hour. The strong winds, rain, and tidal waves pummeled the low-lying region, which is home to about a quarter of Burma?s 57 million people.
Data collected from the IKONOS Satellite will help determine the extent of Nargis? damage and plan recovery efforts. Additionally, the information may even help minimize losses in future natural disasters. Because satellite images provide up-to-date information, scientists are better able to gauge the strength and the path of hurricanes and cyclones, as well as monitor any changes as the storms reach land.
?These <1m high-resolution satellite images help us understand what is physically going on,? Romeijn said. ?It?s difficult to respond to a disaster when you hear about it, but you don?t see anything. This information is critical for support and recovery agencies ? they have to understand the extent of the damage.?
In 2005, the IKONOS Satellite captured images of the catastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans. Like Burma?s Irrawaddy Delta, the low-lying, bowl-shaped region was submerged as the levees broke, and storm waters rushed into the city. In addition to detecting changes in the landscape and coastline, satellite imaging can help government agencies assess the damage done to buildings, bridges, and roads.
About the IKONOS
Launched in September, 1999, the high-resolution IKONOS Satellite captures 0.82-meter panchromatic and 3.2-meter multispectral images which are useful in hundreds of applications including disaster recovery, environmental studies, tax mapping, agricultural and forest analysis, mining, engineering, and construction.
To view an image of the IKONOS Satellite visit http://www.satimagingcorp.com/media/images/ikonos-satellite.jpg
Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC)
Satellite Imaging Corporation provides processed high and medium satellite imagery in support of many industry applications using commercial satellites including IKONOS, QuickBird, ASTER, ALOS, SPOT-5 and others sensors. The processed images help plan for and offset environmental damage due to natural disasters, climate change, and shifts in vegetation. For more information about the IKONOS and other satellite sensors, or imaging solutions from Satellite Imaging Corporation, please call 1-832-237-2900, or visit www.satimagingcorp.com. ###
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