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Good evening, Latvia!
On the New Year's Eve we usually ponder on what we have accomplished in the past year. We take the pleasant memories along and leave all the difficulties in the past. The last minutes of the year full of productive work, unexpected changes and new hopes are passing by. At this point we evaluate what we have accomplished in the past year while also contemplating upon the goals to achieve in the upcoming year.
"Latvia will become proud and wealthy only if we succumb to quiet and ordinary sense of duty", said Kārlis Skalbe on the first anniversary of our country in 1919. Merely owing to persistent work and a sense of duty towards our loved ones and Latvia we have been able to overcome the hard years of global financial crisis. Tonight with a sense of pride we can say the following: by acting wisely and deliberately the Latvian nation has overcome global financial crisis and has renewed the national economy.
We have a serious reason to look back at what we have achieved with a sense of "accomplished work". We have arranged our country's finances. We successfully finished the international credit programme before Christmas and regain our place among those countries that can deal with their financial matters on their own. The next year's budget deficit steadily complies with the Maastricht criteria. We have accomplished the fiscal consolidation that has so much wearied the society. Yet the renewed financial stability and independence does not mean that we again should spend in excess. This experiment has been tried already in so called fat years and the consequences were heavy and unpleasant. I hope that we have learnt from this crisis and have understood the importance of financial discipline.
Ours now is one of the most rapidly growing economies in the European Union. Latvian GDP this year has grown by approximately 5%. Production has already reached the pre-crisis level, while export exceeds it. Gradually development can be felt in real income growth of the population. In this year's third quarter salaries grew by on average 3.7% in public sector and by 5% in private sector. Although this is comparatively small increase, nonetheless it is positive one which next year will become even more significant. Unemployment decreases gradually. More than 56 thousand employees will return in the labour market.
The Latvian economy will continue to grow in the upcoming year as well. Hard but in any case significant period has come to at an end in the history of Latvia. All the lessons we ourselves have to take along in the future. Politicians cannot anymore make decisions that in short term period are profitable but in long term period – irresponsible. We have learnt that we can reach results if we concentrate our resources, act rationally and are open to changes. The economy has been restructured, the budged has been arranged and the number of employees working in the public administration has been reduced. We are ready for further development that will ensure well-being to our country. Today our country's future is more stable than in many other European countries.
Nonetheless there is no reason to immerse oneself in self-satisfaction. In order to ensure stable and long-lasting economic growth in the following years and to avoid another "bubble" we have to work seriously. We have to take also into account the complicated economic situation in the world. The European debt crisis is continuing, the world trade rate is decreasing and uncertainty is remaining as regards the required fiscal consolidation in the majority of economically developed countries.
What we have to do in order to maintain stable growth also in the following years? The main task is to increase the country's competitiveness. Business environment has to be improved. Productivity of labour must continue to grow. The economic support should be directed to companies' technological modernization. Resources of the European Union funds should be used effectively not only to rehabilitate the infrastructure but also to support business activities. Already in this year positive indications have been observed. Latvia has become the Baltic leader in "Doing Business" index, which is a significant fact that helps to attract investors.
The upcoming year 2012 will be significant also to the European Union when to great extent its further evolution will be determined. We have to work so that Latvia could be together with those countries that will form the future European core. Latvia has to support even closer cooperation of the European countries. Latvia's place is neither in the outskirts of Europe nor on its Eastern Bridge but in the European core, which moves Europe forwards. Europe is Latvia's geopolitical space that unites us due to common perception of values. We are ready together with other countries to renew Europe's competitiveness and to work in the name of more secure future.
With other European countries we are united owing to respect that we have for other nations' unique identities. In order to maintain national diversity each European country develops and strengthens its own national identity. This is also the responsibility of Latvia.
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Latvia is democratic, judicial, socially responsible and national country. Our country is "united spiritual structure". "We can request that minorities and Latvians could have some common link and that this link should be in Latvian", emphasized Kārlis Skalbe in the past century. These words still are topical.
Each Latvian and each Latvian citizen should understand the foundation of our country. The Latvian language as the only official language expresses our country's democratic and national essence. Representatives of other nations should not and must not be offended to live in Lettic Latvia. Lettic Latvia does not exclude the conservation and strengthening of minority traditions that forms a part of Latvia's rich cultural heritage.
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They were without Steve Ott. They were facing a Sharks team that had beaten them soundly every time they had played this year and they twice faced a third-period deficit Thursday night. So yeah, when Dallas Stars coach Glen Gulutzan called Thursday's 4-3 shootout win over the rival Sharks "gutsy," he can be forgiven for using a form of the word three different times in one answer. Because that's exactly what it was.
"I thought we played real gutsy," Gulutzan told reporters in Dallas. "It's just a gutsy performance. Guys gutted it out."
It may be time to carve some space out in the Jack Adams race for the first-year Stars coach, because while other Pacific teams such as San Jose, Phoenix and Los Angeles are struggling to find consistency, he has his Stars playing their best hockey of the season. Dallas' win on Thursday night improves the Stars' record to 8-0-1 in their last nine games and pushes them three points ahead of Phoenix for the Pacific Division lead.
It's incredible. To me, St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock is the Jack Adams frontrunner, with his Blues currently leading the NHL with 93 points. Ottawa's Paul MacLean would be next, since I had the Senators penciled in at No. 30 this summer and they're going to make the playoffs. But you can't ignore the streaking Stars, and Gulutzan deserves a ton of credit. So does his goalie, Kari Lehtonen, who was outstanding Thursday night against the Sharks, making 45 saves. He was perfect in the shootout.
"Kari's been unbelievable all season long. So hard to find a mistake in his game," said Tomas Vincour, whose shootout goal won the game for Dallas. "He's a great goalie."
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In your article about injured players whose return could impact the playoffs you forgot to mention the Coyotes' Rusty Klesla. The Coyotes have been playing a combination of Chris Summers, Michael Stone and David Rundblad to fill the void created by Klesla and Derek Morris. Klesla has been as valuable as Keith Yandle to the Coyotes blueline and getting him back in time for the playoffs would be a massive boost. -- Mike Murphy, Phoenix.
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8:30am Friday 22nd February 2013 in News By Scott D'Arcy
A RUGBY club is hoping to kick on after winning a political scrum for extra land and leftover development cash.
Swindon Rugby Club have been handed a 45-year lease for six acres of the former Bath University campus, on the former Oakfield School site off Marlowe Avenue, adjacent to their grounds.
The team has also gained £10,000 in section 106 money remaining from the development of houses in Covingham.
The move, granted by Swindon Council on Wednesday following lobbying from councillors Nick Martin and John Haines, will see the South West Division club almost double the current size of the space at their site, off Greenbridge Road.
Club chairman Stuart Cock said he hoped the rugby union side, which also runs junior sides from under 13s up, would be able to install another pitch and absorb any boost in interest resulting from the upcoming 2015 Rugby World Cup in England.
"It is great news for us and it means many things," he said.
"We have expanded a lot recently as a club and one of the problems is we have so many players that we are overusing the pitches we have. It's a nice problem to have but we are stressing the pitches.
"Now we will be able to create an extra playing surface and offer the best quality playing conditions not only for our members but also expand to American Football and other local sports clubs.
"The old Oakfield site is a bit like the Serengeti at the moment as no-one has cared for it in around 15 years, but we are hoping to get something ready for September. It is ambitious, but why not be ambitious?
"A grant opportunity from Sport England exists for us to bring this playing surface back to the required standard and we believe we would have a strong application.
"There is a strategic and local need, we will be able to expand our facilities to the wider community and it will be sustainable.
"The World Cup is critical as the Rugby Football Union have a lead up and legacy campaign – the idea is to build the infrastructure now so we are in a position to soak up the additional interest it generates in 2015."
Coun Nick Martin said: "After some arm wrestling and a push for support of Swindon Rugby Club we managed to score the 45-year lease and the section 106 money for the restoration of the field.
"It does not cost us anything but it could do some real good for sport and recreation in the area."
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Seems Swindon Rugby always manages to come out on top with the Council.
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Bunch of posers in the piccy, presume hurriedly arranged publicity shoot bt our opportunistic Tory boys?
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I've been to functions in their clubhouse & Supermarine's... think Supermarine is ontop with regards to facilities etc.
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Tools for the mind: Tektronix 4052 microcomputer graphic workstation (circa 1982)
I loved the Tektronix personal computer. It cost my employer about three times my annual salary whilst I completed my doctor of philosophy in operations research at DSIR.
I programmed the microcomputer to produce graphic outputs displaying the optimal milk allocation from clusters of dairy farms to factories. The programming language was a highly-featured variant of BASIC.
The optimal solution was calculated using an out-of-kilter network optimisation algorithm (Ford-Fulkerson) on an IBM 370-168 computer. The IBM - in Wellington - was coupled to the microcomputer - in Hamilton - by a 2400 baud fixed line. Initially, we used a 300 baud acoustic coupler! That's 30 characters per second, folks!
The Tektronix system was purpose-selected to quickly download coded data from the IBM mainframe, and produce the graphic outputs using purpose-written graphical programs. The digital plotter produced a colour hardcopy. No colour VDUs around in these days!
Mellalieu, P. J. (1982). A Decision Support System for Corporate Planning in the New Zealand Dairy Industry (Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics, statistics and operations research). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/568
Mellalieu, P. J., & Hall, K. R. (1983). An Interactive Planning Model for the New Zealand Dairy Industry. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 34, 521-532. doi:10.1057/jors.1983.119
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20 CFR 404.305(a) and 404.1075
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The general issue in this case is whether the claimant is entitled to OAIB. The specific issue is whether he has waived his rights to such benefits under section 202(v) of the Act.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) granted the claimant, who is a member of the Old Order Amish Church, an exemption from the payment of Social Security self-employment taxes under the provisions in section 1402(g) of the IRC. The claimant subsequently applied for OAIB, but the payment of those benefits was denied, under section 202(v) of the Act, because the tax exemption granted to him was still in effect. When SSA denied the claimant's application, he appealed, contending that he had not been informed that the granting of the exemption would preclude the payment of Social Security benefits.
Section 1402(g)(1) of the IRC provides, in part, that --
Section 1402(g)(3)(B) of the IRC provides that the tax exemption on religious grounds shall end after the time the individual ceases to be a member of a properly recognized tax exempt religious sect, or when he ceases to be an adherent of established tenets or teachings of such sect, or at the time the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that the sect of which the individual is a member ceases to meet the requirements of section 1402(g)(1)(C) or section 1402(g)(1)(D).
Section 1402(g)(1)(C) of the IRC provides that the Secretary of HHS determines whether such sect has the established teachings referred to in the first sentence of section 1402(g)(1).
Section 1402(g)(1)(D) of the IRC provides that the Secretary of HHS determines whether it is the practice of the sect for members to make provision for their dependent members which in his judgment is reasonable in view of their general level of living.
The claimant acknowledged signing Form 4029 (Application for Exemption from Self-Employment Tax, Claim for Refund and Waiver of Benefits). The form, which is in total compliance with section 202(v) of the Act and section 1402(g) (formerly 1402(h)) of the IRC, clearly sets forth the requirements for eligibility for the tax exemption and includes the following provisions:
Immediately above the claimant's signature is the declaration, "Under penalties of perjury, I declare that this application, claim, and waiver has been examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true and correct."
The evidence shows that the claimant has acknowledged that he freely signed, in the presence of his wife and attorney, without peer pressure, Form 4029 as prepared by the attorney, whom he had retained for income tax purposes, and that the claimant has never taken any formal action to terminate the agreement made with the IRS. There has been no contention that the claimant was incapable of reading and understanding Form 4029 when he signed it; and presumably, he has been provided with an approved copy of that form. The claimant's position, that he was never informed that the granting of the exemption would preclude the payment of Social Security benefits, is contradicted by the express wording of Form 4029 which he signed, under penalty of perjury, as being correct.
While the Act and the IRC are interwoven on the issue of tax exemption and waiver of benefits, the separate laws and regulations do set limits on the actions of SSA and the IRS.
Thus, the IRS had the sole power to grant or terminate individual applications, and SSA was limited to making determinations as to whether specific religious sects originally met or continued to meet requirements for exemption under the IRC. There is no provision for SSA to approve a termination of the waiver by an individual under the Act. However, the IRS does provide a specific means for termination under which the individual simply is required to notify the IRS if he has disassociated himself from the Church, or if he no longer adheres to its established tenets.
Inasmuch as SSA has no authority to terminate the tax exemption and the claimant has admittedly not taken the action permitted by the IRS to terminate his exemption, the Appeals Council concludes that the waiver continues to be in effect. Since only earnings reported after a formal termination of the tax exemption may be used to establish quarters of coverage for entitlement to Social Security benefits, the claimant presently has no quarters of coverage and thus is not entitled to OAIB.


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The economic recovery funds are subject to unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability. The four key reform areas include progress towards rigorous college-and-career-ready standards & assessments, improving Pre-K to college and career data systems, equitable distribution of qualified teachers for all students, and effective interventions for the lowest performing schools.
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ARRA Section 1512 Quarterly Reports for the reporting period of October 1 through December 31, 2012, are due from LEAs to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) by 5:00 p.m. Central Time, January 5, 2013. The ER system will close at 5:00 p.m. in Central Time, January 5, 2013. LEAS should plan accordingly in order to meet the quarterly reporting deadline.
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Dozens of new laws will impact Texas public schools. A list details those education bills that became law and those that were vetoed.
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MG Icon Concept
Debuting at China Auto 2012, this looks production ready
By Shahzad Sheikh
Looking like a cross between the Nissan Juke and the Mini Countryman, the MG Icon concept has been designed for the now Chinese-owned company, by its global design team headed by Brit, Anthony Williams-Kenny, and is actually meant to be evoking the MG brand's glory days of MGA and MGB GT.
According the Design director, Williams-Kenny: 'The MG Icon represents our vision of a modern MG and we feel that the small SUV canvas demonstrates MG's capacity for progressive design with respect for its long heritage.'
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the MGB.
There's no details about powertrain, but it clearly has a crossover-style stance, and considering the popularity of the Mini Countryman in this region, this could be a good car for MG to get a foothold in this market.
It's got tough well-sculpted looks, with muscular front and rear fenders and actually is quite an appealing shape. The only thing that jars is the design of the bumpers. Plus that reinterpreted version of the British flag seems more representative of Chinese copycat design.


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Ray Harryhausen passed away last week. This has been noted by people more qualified than I to discuss the master of stop-motion magic—Rick Baker, Adam Savage, Todd Masters, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, and more. The superhuman talent and perseverance evident in a Harryhausen effects sequence can easily be seen in countless visual effects artists since he first brought his creations to frame-by-frame life on the big screen. That makes sense. So how can I really say anything of worth when I say that I was also profoundly influenced by the artistry of Ray Harryhausen? With modesty, and a story about Clash of the Titans. Continue reading…
Rule One: Entertain Me!
James Schellenberg
Posted April 16, 2009
This month we're mixing it up at the Gutter with each editor writing
about something outside their usual domain. This week James Schellenberg
writes about tv.
I'm a demanding SOB: I want to be entertained. I want shallow, repetitive, and sheer fun, but I also want a little depth, moments of substance, some flair or style, something that lasts. I want it all, but most basically, I always want that kernel of great storytelling. Easy to demand, difficult to deliver!
That's why I like Burn Notice. It's the cheesy, unpretentious show that delivers the goods again and again.
Burn Notice is about a spy named Michael Westen – like usual with these types of characters, he's the best at what he does. But then he gets a burn notice: he's out of the spy life, dumped in Miami with no discernible work history, and a lot of enemies. Who burned him? And what can he do to support himself in the mean time with his spy skills? The answer to the second question is the rationale for most of the week-to-week storylines – he can help people who get in trouble. Like getting back the life savings of a little old lady who has been scammed. Miami is filled with criminals and Michael is on the side of the underdog, usually for a embarrassingly small fee.
The life of a spy makes a great show, but the show makes it clear that Michael's life kinda sucks. As an example, I'll quote the first thing you hear Michael say in the show. In the history of great opening lines, this one's a doozy:
Covert intelligence involves a lot of waiting around.
Know what it's like being a spy? Like sitting in your dentist's
reception area twenty-four hours a day. You read magazines, sip coffee,
and every so often, someone tries to kill you.
Who can Michael trust? Almost no-one (and apparently not his dentist!). He gets constantly beat up, shot at, betrayed, spied on by the government, and generally mistreated. The show walks a fine line between the entertaining value of seeing someone defy death, and showing the physical and psychological cost of that experience.
In every Burn Notice episode, there are two pieces. Who is Michael helping this week? It could be a rich family who is targeted by determined kidnappers, it could be a healthcare clinic for poor folks losing its medical supplies to gangsters. Michael doesn't like guns and instead prefers the hardware store, some home-made gadgets, and an application of cunning and wit – it comes across as the best bits of Alias and MacGyver thrown into a blender and made even more entertaining.
The other piece is the overall storyline of Michael's burn notice. The genius of Burn Notice is
that it's an easy show to jump into at any point, at the same time as
it is carefully constructed one level up, at the level of the ongoing story.
Granted, the burn
notice storylines aren't always as entertaining as the crimes of the
week. But I have new respect for the overarching narrative because the writers have handled it so adroitly. The finale of season two in particular
solves a lot of problems at the same as it retains the feeling of the
show. Yes, we get answers. Yes, those answers make sense. Yes, the burn notice itself is resolved, but that's not a spoiler apart from the fact it's surprising the show-runners managed to pull this off and still keep the show going. I'm keen to see what happens next.
It's an interesting point in time to look at trends in serialized TV. Now that Battlestar Galactica is over, we can say with some certitude that BSG's heavily serialized
storyline, in the absence of any plan, is a recipe for disaster. A counter-example is Lost, which stumbled badly, but has found its feet again – at the cost of a huge investment in time. Good luck to anybody trying to start on the show anywhere in its current 5th season.
I think the show that Burn Notice most closely
resembles in the sci-fi world is Stargate SG-1 (and not just because Michael Shanks had a great run as an important character in the second half of season two of Burn Notice). SG-1 had a
simple-to-understand premise: here's a stargate that can take humans
anywhere in the universe, a universe which turns out to be a dangerous
place. Our heroic team of adventurers protect earth from those dangers
and go out and have heroic adventures. Similarly, Burn Notice is pretty easy to pick up.
Unlike Stargate
SG-1, however, Burn Notice has its key storyline baked right into its
title. The stargate is the setting for SG-1, while the life of a spy is the
setting for Burn Notice. Michael Westen has had a very specific thing
happen to him – he's been burned – and the show rightly revolves around
his efforts to cope with that fact. But the writers keep it very light on the big story, making sure they get those elements right, and then provide lots of great moments at the week-to-week level. It's a winning formula.
Of course, one of the other
pleasures of Burn Notice is long-time genre favourite, Bruce Campbell,
and his knock-out-of-the-park portrayal of Michael's sidekick, Sam Axe.
Apparently, the man with the chin can play non-genre material pretty
Tags: Bruce Campbell, Burn Notice, Galactica, Lost, Miami, spies, Stargate SG-1, tv
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April 20th, 2009 @ 8:31 pmI've not had a functioning television set for almost a year and a half, now, and for once I'm starting to think that maybe I've been missing something after all. I think I'll have to rent the show on DVD, from the sound of it.
April 24th, 2009 @ 1:40 pmI like the Rockford Files meets Mission Impossible sound of the show. Plus, who doesn't heart Mr. Campbell?
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Police have confirmed 12 people have been killed and up to 50 injured after a shooting at a screening of the new Batman film in Denver, Colorado.
The suspect is now in custody, and has been named by US media as 24-year-old James Holmes.
A news press conference held by the Chief of the Aurora PD, Dan Oates, said that the shooting occurred just after 12.30am at a late night showing of the movie The Dark Knight Rises.
The suspect set off a gas canister before opening fire, and subsequently made claims to the police on the scene about explosives in his vicinity and his own residence.
His home is now being searched.
News coming out of the area states that the screening at the Aurora Mall was sold out, and the shooting broke out just after the trailers were shown.
Local reports say that some children are thought to be among the injured. The film has a PG 13 certificate in the States.
Eyewitnesses are stating that at first people thought the gunshots were part of the film.
The Dark Knight Rises, in which Batman tells Catwoman not to use guns, was released across the US today (20 July).
The cast are currently in Europe promoting the movie.
Time Warner's Warner Bros. have released the following statement: "Warner Bros. is deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. We extend our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims at this tragic time."


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My new friend, little Emily posed for me today to show off her new outfit. Emily is just over two months old and she is already good at posing for the camera. Emily is wearing the "Teacup Human" long sleeve infant bodysuit in a very feminine, "pink."
To remind those that may have forgotten, this infant gear was inspired by the term "Teacup Human" which is what Eric called Arlene's children in True Blood Season 2.
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God's Littlest Angels is located in the Kenscoff Mountains above Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The warm days and cool nights on the mountain are ideal for infants who are trying to gain weight and stay healthy. We run both a Nursery and a Toddler House.
On this page, you can see some pictures of the front of the building that houses the nursery and staff home, as well as pictures inside the nursery itself. The infant nursery is located on the second floor of the house. The paid Haitian nannies sleep in the nursery when they are on duty, and return to their homes after their shifts are complete. If there are single mothers working in the nursery as part of our Outreach ministry, they use cots in the nursery as their sleeping quarters. This allows them to stay close to their children during their stay with us.
At present, the nursery can accommodate 85 children. We use some stackable cribs, which allow us to utilize our limited space more efficiently. The nursery is comprised of 6 rooms. Two rooms are for sleeping and playing, two rooms are for children needing more individualized care, and one room is our Intensive Care Nursery. There is also 1 large room for bathing and changing the children. We also have two large, partially covered balconies. One is off the sleeping/play rooms where, during the day, the children spend a lot of time playing and eating. The other balcony is very large, and is where the volunteers work with the children.
The children develop strong muscles with the help of our devoted volunteers. The volunteers also play with the children, teaching them how to play, as well as, how to interact with other children during playtime. All of the infants and toddlers receive regular medical attention, baths, meals, clean changes of clothes, and of course, diaper changes. Our intensive care nursery provides medical care for any ill or malnourished children that God directs to us. We are able to provide monitoring and oxygen therapy, as well as IV support. We have a Pediatrician on call 24 hours a day. The nursery's washing machines are constantly in use, as there are always blankets and clothes to clean. We usually only receive about 3 hours of electricity each day from the Haitian power company. We have to supplement with our own generator and battery inverters to keep constant electricity flowing to the nursery.
In October 2002, GLA expanded and opened a new section for children over 2 years old. We call this the Toddler House. We opened with 20 children. Today, there are over 60 children in the house with 10 nannies. A pre-school teacher teaches pre-school Monday through Friday. The school age children are taught by a Haitian teacher throughout the week as well. They are taught in both French and Creole.
The home has 6 bedrooms, 2 classrooms, a large dining room, kitchen, and 4 bathrooms. There is lots of room for the children to play outside and even inside on rainy days.
Land has been purchased in Fort Jacques where a new orphanage will be built for the children. Plans are underway to build an orphanage large enough to house all of the children from newborn to 10 years old. The new facility will include the orphanage, pharmacy, classrooms, playrooms, guesthouse and volunteer quarters, office and storage complex, and a home for the Bickel family. Construction will start in the summer of 2007.
This photo shows the front section of the land. There are 4 acres of land or over 1 carreau (French measurement). An additional 2 1/2 acres of land (8600 sq. meters) has come available. We are negotiating at this time to purchase the additional land. It is located on the left side of this photo. The additional land has a large flat section that would be ideal for a play area for the children.
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Capcom nails down release date for PC version of action-shooter; free update for console versions out today brings No Hope difficulty, more.
The PC version of Resident Evil 6 will arrive March 22, 2013, Capcom announced today. The game will launch with "all console content," as well as future content delivered through free title updates. In September, Capcom said Resident Evil 6 for PC would not ship for "some time" and promised it would not make the same mistakes as Resident Evil 4.
Resident Evil 6 for PC will be available as a download on March 22, with no mention made of a release at traditional retail outlets. The Steam version of the game will support cloud saving, Steam Achievements, leaderboards, and game overlay.
Capcom also announced today that Resident Evil 6 will be available via Xbox 360 Games on Demand sometime later this year. No price for this version of the game was announced.
In addition, the previously announced Resident Evil 6 title update for consoles is out today. This update unlocks Ada Wong's campaign from the beginning and adds a co-op partner for her campaign. Additionally, the update brings new camera-adjustment options and a No Hope difficulty.
Capcom also said a new title update for Resident Evil 6 will be available January 22. It will make the Agent Hunt mode available from the start, allows for stage selection within chapters, and brings a new quick time event assist. For the full update notes, check out Capcom's website.
Lastly, three new multiplayer modes (Predator, Onslaught, and Survivor) will be available for the Xbox 360 version of Resident Evil 6 tomorrow for $4 each or bundled together for $9. It is not clear when these modes will arrive for the PS3 or PC versions of the game.
Latest patch addresses various issues in Capcom's action shooter.
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general public to acquire well maintained vehicles at significant
savings. Of course I am talking about the ever reliable Government
Auto Auctions, where the general public can purchase pre-owned
American-built vehicles. At times, it is not uncommon to find
Alternative Fuel Vehicles, which is almost impossible to find at any
other Auction.
These Government surplus vehicles which are generally under the
control of the General Services Administration are mainly two or three
year vehicles. Such fleet comprise of cars, trucks, vans and SUVs. All
well maintained and ready for immediate sale. These Government Auto
Auctions are held nationwide at scheduled times throughout most of the
year, and are always open to the public.
You can be assured that the General Services Administration is
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idea behind their efforts is to make you auction experience a
rewarding and enjoyable one. In fact you are encouraged to familiarize
yourself in advance with the way their Auctions are conducted.
All Government Auto Auctions are conducted through registered auction
lots across the United States. You are required to register and secure
your bidder number at the auction site prior to the commencement of
the sale.
Next, it's time to inspect the vehicles so as to familiarize yourself
with those vehicles that peak your interest. Some experienced bidders
as much as check out their prospective vehicles at the auction house's
Inspection Day. Bear in mind that there may be as many as a few
hundred vehicles slated for a single auction, which means that a
couple hours, at the least, should be allowed for a detailed
It is important to thoroughly review the Auction Catalog so as to get
as much information on the vehicles you have decided on after the
physical inspection. And I said "vehicles" because there is never
going to be a guarantee that you will win at your first bid. These
catalogs list the vehicles in the order they will be offered for sale.
The listings will include the vehicles' make, model, year, mileage,
VIN# and any special features. By now I'm sure you see why a
Government Auto Auction is so superior to any other.
Finally, you should use resources like Kelly Blue Book, National Auto
Dealers Association and Edmunds among others, to determine the present
cost of your targeted vehicle in advance of making a bid. Another
important factor to keep in mind is that all used vehicles are not the
same. A vehicle may have a higher or lower mileage than a similar one.
The condition may differ as well as the included options. So be sure
to make allowance for these differences, since they can play a
significant role in the price you bid.
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are also looking for a deal. So don't for one moment feel that you are
bidding too low. However if that's the case, remember there is that
other vehicle you looked at still to come.
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Re: Government Auto Auctions - Why GSA Cars Are the Most Reliable
Any Honda, Toyota, BMWs in the lot? American made too.
I can assure you that the road to prosperity is not paved with
fleabagger debt.
Take a look at ANY country, more debt more problems. So why do we allow
our governments more debt? Selfishness, greed?
Re: Government Auto Auctions - Why GSA Cars Are the Most Reliable
Bingo. Democracy made a ruse for party politics. Like herd sheep we
are condition to think "party politics" right from grade one, and preys
on our needs of affiliation to a party.
So those hidden mega-rich and powerful behind the scenes can money up
their ponies, they get chosen then the vote becomes a ruse of democracy.
And as a mass of people, too stupid to change.
I believe the solution is eDemocracy. Where budgets, debt, etc. must be
voted on by the people. Electronically and frequently. Even have
recalls proceeded this way. Hell, your boss isn't going to wait 4 years
to fire you, why should royal elite politicians get it easy?
It isn't about being heard with government, it is about managing the herd.
I can assure you that the road to prosperity is not paved with
fleabagger debt.
Take a look at ANY country, more debt more problems. So why do we allow
our governments more debt? Selfishness, greed, denial?
Re: Government Auto Auctions - Why GSA Cars Are the Most Reliable
It is pretty outdated to vote for people who then decide for you what
you can or can not do.
It is amazing how many people are needed to run government and the
same is true of banks.
What is needed are a few set of rules for managing money.
You can put those rules into a computer who then manages according to
the rules.
The problem is that rich people want exceptions for themselves so they
do not need to pay taxes nor interest and so they themselves can get
A bank or government would only need a handful of people managing the
computer but because we have all those exceptions we need a bunch of
magicians creating smoke and mirror to deceive the rest.
The number one on the most wanted list is gone now.
What was his goal?
He wanted the US soldiers out of Saudi and in order to do that he
tried to create antipathy against the US and wanted the US to take
action in the middle east.
He succeeded but he could not foresee that the uprising in the middle
east had nothing to do with the west nor religion.
The US should remove the soldiers away from Saudy and all the rest and
let them remove the corrupt leaders as they have started to do.
It is a huge mistake to support dictators.
Re: Government Auto Auctions - Why GSA Cars Are the Most Reliable
Not at all, it means your elected member becomes a salesman, appealing
to you to support a bill. But can't just take a contribution and ignore
I can assure you that the road to prosperity is not paved with
fleabagger debt.
Take a look at ANY country, more debt more problems. So why do we allow
our governments more debt? Selfishness, greed, denial?
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8th June 2005 Archive
Browse by publication date, or search the site.
More outsourcing = more unhappiness
China is next hot spot
DiamondCluster's annual survey of outsourcing providers and their customers reveals the market is still growing - but customer disatisfaction is growing too. Just over half of buyers have prematurely ended an outsourcing agreement within the last twelve months, compared to j21 per cent a year ago. Contracts were terminated …
Management 8 Jun 2005, 08:27
Bird flu and Apple/Intel compete for scariest story
Letters It is close...
From time to time, you might have noticed, we deviate from our pure technology roots and cover other subjects that we think you'll find interesting. For instance, supernovae don't have much to do with unit shipments of chips, or the market for Voice over IP telephony, but they are kind of cool. But we digress. This week we ran a …
Letters 8 Jun 2005, 08:29
Error 404 at 40,000 feet
Chicken, beef or WiFi, madam?
Struggling United Airlines could this year become the first US carrier to provide passengers with in-flight access to the internet. United is to equip its fleet of aircraft with WiFi, after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided that 802.11 b/g technology does not, in fact, harm the operation of an in-flight …
Mobile 8 Jun 2005, 08:33
Santa Bill filing developers' stockings, thrice
Nightmare before Christmas for partners?
The waiting is almost over for Visual Studio fans, after Microsoft -sorta - pinned a date on its next integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows and .NET. The delayed Visual Studio 2005 will be launched during the week of 7 November, in time for Christmas, along with the delayed SQL Server 2005, and the next edition …
Developer 8 Jun 2005, 08:47
Safari goes community - again
Second bite at open source
Fresh from alarming Apple developers with the news it's going Intel, Apple Computer has also re-worked its open source strategy to drive the Safari browser. Following criticism of its rather closed Safari development process, Apple has now launched a new online presence with project management tools for its browser. Apple …
Mac Channel 8 Jun 2005, 09:02
Palm vets put Skype on a thumb drive
VoIP to go
It isn't quite a phone, but it soon will be possible to take a Skype client with you and plug it into a barenaked PC equipped with a USB port. U3, the Silicon Valley start-up launched by Palm veterans earlier this year, says it will support a portable Skype on its flash-based platform from this fall. U3 already supports a …
Mobile 8 Jun 2005, 09:09
Paoga - an answer to the privacy problem?
Repository for all your personal data
Information wants to be free, as the dotcom era cliché would have it. Sadly, that is true of your private personal details as anything else. The problem goes beyond spam, or the cataract of junk mail that pours through any letterbox with a postal address. If you send your CV to a recruitment consultant, how do you know it …
Security 8 Jun 2005, 09:28
Rambus sues Samsung
'Valuable licensee' accused of patent infringement
Rambus has sued Samsung, alleging the South Korean giant infringed its intellectual property rights by shipping DDR, DDR 2, GDDR 2 and GDDR 3 devices. Rambus also brought one of a number of licensing agreements it has signed with Samsung to an early close, the memory technology developer said. It claims Samsung has violated …
Financial News 8 Jun 2005, 09:59
ATI slashes Q3 sales forecast
Problems shipping high-end chips?
ATI has warned that its Q3 revenues will be around five per cent below the range it forecast when it published its Q2 figures on 24 March. Back then, it said Q3 sales would lie between $560m and $600m. This week, it said the figure would be closer to $530m, 12 per cent below the top of that range. That's still 7.8 per cent up …
Financial News 8 Jun 2005, 10:13
I am not a terrorist, now sell me some software
Oracle gets tough
Oracle is doing what it can to make the world a safer, nicer place to live, by making sure that dastardly terrorists can't use its software. To get hold of one of Oracle's Technology Network Developer Licenses, wannabe purchasers must tick a series of boxes, proving themselves fit to buy. First you have to promise you aren't …
Bootnotes 8 Jun 2005, 10:22
Bertelsmann will have to go to court for Napster, after all
Law is competition by other means
It would be easy to think that Bertelsmann should start to worry over its part in keeping the original Napster live via investment, as this week a US court threw out its call for summary dismissal of the case. Back in April and May 2003 EMI and the Universal Music Group took out suits against the investors of Napster, an act …
Media 8 Jun 2005, 10:26
Brit hack suspect faces extradition fight
Update Alleged Pentagon raider arrested
A Briton suspected of hacking into numerous US military and NASA computers faces an extradition fight following his arrest in London on Tuesday. Gary McKinnon (AKA Solo), 39, of Wood Green, north London, allegedly hacked into 53 military and NASA computers over a 12 month period from February 2001 until March 2002. The …
Security 8 Jun 2005, 10:35
Comcast joins Coral DRM crew
Analysis Let a thousand DRMs bloom
This week Comcast surprisingly joined the supporters of the Coral Consortium's digital rights management interoperability initiative which was begun last year by the leading consumer electronics manufacturers. There are two ways to achieve interoperable digital rights management, says Talal Shamoon of Intertrust, "everyone in …
Personal 8 Jun 2005, 10:48
MS patches XP for HD video acceleration
Over to you, GPU
Microsoft has patched Windows XP to allow the operating system to decode Windows Media Video HD movies using an Nvidia GeForce 6 series GPU. Nvidia calls its WMV-HD acceleration technology PureVideo, and it claims the system can reduce the host processor's video decode load by up to 40 per cent, by getting the GPU to shoulder …
Operating Systems 8 Jun 2005, 10:50
Reading FC gets new sponsor
Printer firm backs the mighty Royals
Kyocera Mita is the new shirt sponsor of Reading Football Club, replacing distributor Westcoast which has backed the club for the last six years. The cost of the deal was not revealed but it is the largest corporate sponsorship in the club's history. Tracey Rawling Church, marketing boss at Kyocera UK, said: "We expect our …
Peripherals 8 Jun 2005, 10:55
Japan iTunes August launch report 'untrue'
No, no, no, says Apple Japan
Reports that Apple Japan will launch a local version of the iTunes Music Store in two months' time are rubbish, the company effectively said today. Yesterday, Japanese newspaper the Nihon Keizai Shimbun claimed ITMS Japan will launch in August following digital distribution deals reached between Apple Japan and a number of …
Financial News 8 Jun 2005, 11:07
Yahoo! bids to eat RIM's lunch
Cheap, carrier-based alternative
Success spawns competition, but for RIM, the attacks are now coming from all sides. On Monday Microsoft vowed to give its Exchange 2003 customers wireless push email capabilities similar to RIM's Blackberry Connect middleware for free in a service pack later this year. By licensing its Exchange push software to Nokia and …
Mobile 8 Jun 2005, 11:33
Air France wins 'sucks' domain name
Not a gripe site
The domain name AirFranceSucks.com will be transferred to Air France. But the airline's victory at arbitration was not without controversy: panellists disagreed about what the word 'sucks' really means to internet users. The name was registered by Florida-based Virtual Dates Inc. in 1999. It was only in February 2005 that Air …
Financial News 8 Jun 2005, 11:50
Man cleared of abusing NTL customers
Offensive message not offensive enough...
NTL is not known for its customer service. Actually that's not fair, it has a reputation for appalling customer service. But even its low standards were breached back in September when customers phoning one of its call centres were greeted with a rather rude recorded message. Callers were told: "You're through to NTL customer …
Broadband 8 Jun 2005, 12:11
BPI won't let up on downloaders
Hard words In the City
The BPI defended its decision to sue illegal music downloaders yesterday, as it lent its backing to an education program aimed at shielding tots and teens from the perils of unauthorised MP3s. International charity Childnet's low-tech answer to illegal downloads is a leaflet titled, "Young People, Music and the Internet – a …
Media 8 Jun 2005, 13:29
Seagate pledges first 2.5in perpendicular HDD
First drives with hardware crypto, too
Seagate today pledged to be the first hard disk maker to bring to market 2.5in HDDs with perpendicular recording technology, drives with hardwired data encryption and the first 1in unit to deliver 8GB of storage capacity. The 1in HDD will be pitched at hand-held devices like PDAs, MP3 players and phones. The 8GB unit will be …
Mobile 8 Jun 2005, 13:46
Hotmail users exposed to cookie snaffling exploit
A cookie manipulation exploit that created a possible means for hackers to break into Hotmail accounts forced Microsoft into pulling a portion of its website last weekend. The exploitable page - http://ilovemessenger.msn.com - has been updated to remove a cross site scripting flaw that was the subject of the exploit. But Alex …
Security 8 Jun 2005, 13:49
Octopuses inspire next-generation robots
Researchers at the University of California have started work on a new kind of robot that will be able to walk without a rigid skeleton. This so-called soft robot would be able to go places its more rigid counterparts cannot, squeezing into small spaces that would otherwise be inaccessible. The researchers hope that once …
Science 8 Jun 2005, 13:53
Lenovo FY2005 sales, income edge upward
Pre-IBM PC biz purchase
IBM PC Division purchaser Lenovo said today the integration of the Big Blue business into its own operation was proceeding "smoothly" as it announced results for the year to 31 March 2005. Consolidated turnover for the year was up 2.7 per cent to HKD$22.55bn ($2.9bn), though it would only have risen 1.6 per cent if Lenovo hadn' …
Financial News 8 Jun 2005, 13:56
Canon IXUS 50 digicam
Review Colourise your shots before you take them...
Playing about with colours is something most of us do after we have transferred digital pictures from camera to computer. Now you can do it on your camera before you start shooting. Canon's IXUS 50 introduces a new usage mode, My Colors. The balance between red, green and blue can be altered, skin can be given pale or tanned …
Reviews 8 Jun 2005, 14:21
Supremes deflect Lexmark's laser injunction bid
Digital Millenium action fails
Lexmark has failed in its attempt to use the controversial Digital Millenium Copyright Act to stop a small company selling chips which allow refilled toner cartridges to work in its printers. The US Supreme Court turned down Lexmark's request to review the decision of the federal appeals court not to award the printer firm an …
Peripherals 8 Jun 2005, 14:45
VXers go phishing with latest MyTob worms
The latest MyTob email worms have adopted fresh tactics in an attempt to trick victims. Instead of appearing in emails with virus-contaminated attachments, newer versions of the worm include a faked web link pointing to malicious code, mimicking tricks more commonly used in phishing scams. Emails sent by the new versions of the …
Security 8 Jun 2005, 14:56
The Osborne Effect spooks Apple
Analysis Why buy a PPC Mac, now?
Apart from the suicidal groans of the faithful, who've seen a decade's worth of evangelism flushed down the pan, Apple has emerged from its Intel migration announcement remarkably well. And with some good reason. Perhaps because after almost 20 years of pressure to make the switch, it had the air of the inevitable. Computers …
Mac Channel 8 Jun 2005, 15:10
SBS wins Microsoft support contract
Doctor heal yourself
Siemens Business Services is providing desktop support to Microsoft workers in 57 countries. The contract was previously held by HP. The contract covers 70,000 seats and is for three years - the value was not released at Microsoft's request. SBS previously ran desktop support for Microsoft in the Americas. This is now extended …
The Channel 8 Jun 2005, 15:11
Sierra to axe Voq Pro smart phone
Enjoyed only 'limited success'
Sierra Wireless is to drop its Voq Pro smart phone, the company announced today, citing the product's "limited success" as one of the factors behind the move. Sierra operates primarily in the embedded radio market - building a successful line of cellular network PC Cards, for example - and it said it wants to focus its efforts …
Mobile 8 Jun 2005, 15:19
Europe's data retention laws: dead or alive?
MEPs vs. the Council vs. the Commission
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to back calls for proposed laws on data retention to be scrapped. If it were passed, the law would require ISPs and telcos to retain at least three years of data about their customer's communications. But the proposal has been widely criticised for being unworkable, expensive to …
Policy 8 Jun 2005, 15:43
Holy See smiles upon Sun's software and servers
What would JES do?
Praise be! Sun Microsystems has snagged another customer for its JES (Java Enterprise System) software subscription service, and the customer is none other than the Holy See. It turns out the Vatican needed a messaging system of biblical proportions. It picked up some of Sun's Ultrasparc-based servers running the Solaris …
Data Networking 8 Jun 2005, 16:00
Bluetooth hack shakes mobile security
Masquerade crypto attack developed
Cryptographers have discovered a security flaw in implementations of Bluetooth which allows hackers to pair their devices with prospective victims. The approach creates a means for hackers to hijack Bluetooth-enabled devices. It's not all just theory either, unlike most cryptographic attacks. The researchers - Yaniv Shaked and …
Security 8 Jun 2005, 16:26
FCC Chairman will stop at nothing to 'level the playing field'
SuperComm Quells VoIP 911 terror
Many of you will be familiar with those Play-Doh presses that squeeze out turds of brightly colored goo in the shape of stars, circles or, these days, waffles. Well, imagine that Harvard Law School had one of these presses and replaced the colorful Play-Doh with mounds of dull, white flesh and then replaced the star or circle …
Data Networking 8 Jun 2005, 19:52
Microsoft's Virtual Server to become a 'feature' in 2009
Partition march to Hypervisor
Microsoft has planned a long, slow death for the Virtual Server product it acquired in 2003. Redmond will stop selling a standalone partitioning product when the server version of its "Longhorn" operating system arrives. In Virtual Server's place, Microsoft will have a new hypervisor type of technology that will allow different …
Servers 8 Jun 2005, 23:56