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It's the day of Valentine! A day of romance and chocolate! We celebrate all things love: cards, flowers, stuffed animals, candy in heart shapes, candy in rectangle shapes, expensive dinners, Deadpool in theaters. It's a grand day for couples everywhere. Though god help you if you're single.
To get in the Valentines Day spirit, I've compiled a list of some of the greatest loves in comic book history. A tapestry of romance decades in the making. Turn up the AC, because this article is about to get hot.
Batman has had a ton of loves over the years. Some of you may throw out Catwoman. Oh, Catwoman. Sure. That's what everyone says, and, honestly, are they really that good together? I mean, what have they actually done as a couple? NO NEED TO LOOK IT UP– nothing, it's nothing, they've done nothing. Cats and bats don't even go together in nature.
Now Talia al Ghul! That's a good love interest. They even had a kid! Which is like the only way in the world to judge a good relationship. She's a good match for him, their relationships are layered, and there's a really cool subplot about the in-laws. It's a really steamy back-and-forth. You know… until she dies.
There's also Vesper Fairchild, who was a real red-hot affair… before she died. Then there was Jezebel Jet, who had a real racy story line as a woman who was sent to kill the Bat but fell in love, and then died. Lets not forget Natalia Knight, who really lit the pages on fire… um… before she "disappeared".
Daredevil may not be able to see, well, anything, but he can see his way into a lady's heart. Romance is as strongly tied to the Daredevil mythos as extreme graphic violence. But since there are so many romances to choose from, where to begin? Well, how about the most famous?
Elektra was the perfect match for Matt, able to handle things on her own, tough as nails, resourceful and surprisingly vulnerable. Frank Miller's run, her introduction, is one of the strongest examples of romance in comic books. Probably of all time. It's the sterling example that all romances must live up to. Then, of course, she died and Daredevil felt sad.
Then there was Karen Page. Most of you may know her from the Netflix show, but she's an even bigger deal in the comics. Matt and Karen's romance raged across multiple story arcs, across trials and tribulations. We saw their love survive Karen's time in Hell Kitchen, her road back from drug dependency, and, of course, her death. Daredevil, as you can imagine, ha ha ha, man he felt sad.
If there's one thing Spider-Man loves more than the well-placed quip, it's guilt. For his entire run at Marvel, he's been courting guilt like Thanos courts Death or Stan Lee courts Jack Kirby's ideas. It's one of the longest lasting relationships in comics, and my not be the steamiest, but it's one of those tried and true romances that just lasts.
But let's not forget Gwen Stacy, arguably Spidey's greatest love! She was smart, capable, gorgeous. She brought the small, shy, self-conscious "Puny Parker" out of his shell and made him into the man he is today. To this day, she's recognized as one of the greatest love interests the Web Head has ever had, remembered fondly by all. Except, of course, the part where she died and drove Spider-Man right back into the arms of guilt.
Also Jean Dewolff and Silver Sable were pretty good before they died. Mary Jane Watson was alright. I guess. Before the devil ate their marriage or something.
Is there no greater symbol of love in comics than Scott Summers and Jean Gray? Across time and space, against powerful alien foes, and in magnificent coastal cities they've romanced. So much that perv Mister Sinister wants their baby so badly. It has even rivaled the torrid love affair of Wolverine and Jean Gray.
Then, I guess, she died. But this time he killed her and it was tragic… so… romantic.
Happy Valentine's Day!


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This is an example of an artist who really puts making art first and adding it to a t-shirt second. Great work!
Talk about men's version of Valentine's Day, check out Florian Bertmer t-shirt designs like (Mens & Womens) Hagakure Heart ($25), a 5 colors spot print on Ice Gray 100% Organic Cotton T-shirts. The heart necklace sign and the huge red heart at the back of the tee, shows that love not neccesarily created to be feminin. Also check out Womens Vanity ($25), it's a 7 colors spot print on bubble gum pink 100% Organic Cotton T-shirts! Even though it's pink, but the design is not a typical pink t-shirt. All of his designs are uniquely done and incredibly hardcore!
About the designer, Florian Bertmer is a German illustrator from the Hardcore punk, grindcore and metal scene. He has done artwork for Converge, Napalm Death, The Hope Conspiracy, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Pig Destroyer, Doomriders and others. His early works are reminiscent of Pushead while later works have become more Art Nouveau influenced. He fronted the band Cheerleaders Of The Apocalypse.
No regurgitated google image searches from this dude. Florian creates all of his detailed and striking images the old fashioned way with a pen, paper and a lot of time. In collaboration with Shirts & Destroy he has done several online exclusive shirt designs for Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a big fan of interviews from friendly talk radio stations, used an Oct. 10, 2011, chat with a Daytona Beach host to discuss prudent investments for the state amid another big budget shortfall.
(Well, after saying Florida doesn't need more anthropologists, which created an uproar within the academic community. And after disputing that he's changed how he will measure his promise to create 700,000 private-sector jobs, which PolitiFact Florida gave a full-flop. Moving on ...)
Scott pointed to improving state ports in anticipation of the Panama Canal expansion, cargo rail and adding more toll roads across the state to support new construction projects. In his comments to host Marc Bernier, Scott said the state can designate toll lanes on federal highways as long as the state adds a new lane, and he cited changes to Interstate 95 as an example of how it can work well.
"We did that down in Broward County," he said. "It took the rush-hour traffic for the non-tolled lanes from 25 mph to 45 (mph). So for people not paying the toll it was a big benefit. We're going to start doing that across the state."
Scott's claim that express lanes improved rush-hour traffic for all drivers is interesting, especially given his signal that he wants to expand tolling statewide. He repeated the point a week later in an interview on Tampa Bay's WFLA-AM 970. We thought it wise to check his evidence.
95 Express, a primer
First we'll address what he's talking about, as it may not be obvious to residents outside of southeast Florida with its notoriously treacherous commutes. Scott was referring to "95 Express," a Florida Department of Transportation project unveiled in December 2008 to improve traffic speeds during the morning and afternoon rush hour.
He misspoke when he said the program was in Broward County. The only operational piece of the project is in Miami-Dade County.
DOT workers added new lanes to a 7.3-mile stretch of I-95 by repainting northbound and, about a year later, southbound lane lines. The express lanes replaced High Occupancy Vehicle, or HOV, lanes that were reserved for cars carrying two or more people, free of charge. The HOV lanes -- one in each direction -- were not very popular.
The special toll lanes, two in each direction, start at State Road 836, called the Dolphin Expressway, in Miami, and run north to the Golden Glades Interchange. The second phase, which was scheduled to begin construction in fall 2011, will extend from Golden Glades to Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
A word about the tolls: They are paid automatically via electronic transponders (SunPass) but are not charged to motorcycles, registered carpools of three or more passengers, registered hybrid vehicles, and school and transit buses. Anyone else itching to use the lane less traveled pays a fee based on "congestion pricing," meaning the toll value changes with traffic load. The rate increases with demand, so drivers pay more to use the express lane when they need it most. The higher the toll, the busier the lanes.
DOT keeps a weekly estimate of these rates. From Oct. 3 to Oct. 7, 2011, the toll in both lanes was 25 cents from midnight to 7 a.m. But in the southbound lane, which takes on a heavier load of morning commuters, the fee got as high as $3. Conversely, the fee peaked at $2.75 in the northbound lanes from 5 to 6 p.m.
"They opt to pay the toll because they know they're going to have a more reliable trip," said Brian Rick, DOT District Six spokesman.
The program has generated about $28 million since its debut, he said, or about $1 million a month. That money pays for maintenance of the program and express buses that use the lanes. The first phase of construction cost about $132 million, according to the first yearly overview of the program. The second phase reaching Fort Lauderdale will cost an expected $92.7 million and be finished by 2014.
The express lanes reached their peak toll of $7.10 when fans piled on the highway after an Oct. 4, 2010, Miami Dolphins-New England Patriots game. That's a pretty steep fare at $1 per mile, earning the express lanes the nickname "Lexus lanes."
Scott is right: converting high-occupancy vehicle lanes to express lanes speeds up traffic, the program overview shows.
Traffic in both HOV and general lanes crawled below 20 mph during the morning and afternoon rush, according to a 2008 study of the HOV lanes. With the express lanes, southbound traffic in non-toll lanes jumped to an average 51 mph during morning rush hour, a 35.7 mph leap. In the northbound non-toll lanes during the afternoon rush, traffic sped up to 41.3 mph, improving by 22.5 mph.
DOT puts it more simply on its website: "With the opening of the express lanes, drivers are experiencing improved speeds above 40 MPH in the local lanes and 50 MPH in the express lanes along the northbound and southbound directions during rush hour periods."
A few caveats about DOT's numbers. The 2008 HOV study relied on peak periods of 7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. In its evaluation of average speeds with 95 Express, DOT expanded the rush-hour periods by an additional hour from 6 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Also, the southbound toll lanes did not open until Jan. 15, 2010, halfway through the 2009-10 fiscal year during which DOT collected its speed data for both lanes.
There's also the number of vehicles using the highway to consider. The program improved peak-period speeds, but did it do the same for volume?
The southbound section in 2008 took on an average of 6,872 vehicles in the HOV and general purpose lanes per hour during the morning peak period. In the northbound section, the 2008 hourly peak period figure was 7,843. In 2010 (keeping in mind the caveats we mentioned before) the southbound express and general purpose lanes moved a total of about 8,916 vehicles per morning rush hour, and 7,856 vehicles per hour in the northbound section in the afternoon.
DOT has not completed its fiscal year 2011 report, but project manager Rory Santana said volume is improving as peak-period speeds stay the same.
In an interview, he acknowledged the argument that traffic would have improved simply because DOT created a new lane. Still, he says, if DOT had just added an extra lane without the toll lanes and congestion pricing, "there's a very good chance that volume would have gone up right there and filled it up," Santana said.
Scott and DOT Secretary Ananth Prasad want to expand the managed lanes program across the state. Prasad is seeking a public-private partnership to put new Express-style lanes on I-75 in Broward County, as well as adding a managed lane to Miami's Palmetto Expressway, according to an interview with the News Service of Florida.
Our ruling
A program overview for 95 Express shows Gov. Scott was about right when he said speeds for rush-hour traffic in non-toll lanes had improved from 25 mph to 45 mph. DOT's first study of the program shows traffic speeds during the peak periods were actually lower than 20 mph before the program. In 2010, traffic speeds during peak periods increased by 35 mph for southbound general lanes and by 22.5 mph in northbound general lanes. Still, Scott misidentified the program's location. We rate his claim Mostly True.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a big fan of interviews from friendly talk radio stations, used an Oct. 10, 2011, chat with a Daytona Beach host to discuss prudent investments for the state amid another big budget shortfall.


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Event Management, Vol. 7, pp. 209-219
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Why Festivals Fail
Donald Getz
Tourism and Hospitality Management, Faculty of Management, University of Calgary, Canada
Exploratory research was conducted with festival management professionals to determine the incidence and causes of festival failure. Although the small sample does not permit generalization, results clearly reveal that festival crises and failures are common, and a number of likely sources of failure are identified: the weather; lack of corporate sponsorship; overreliance on one source of money; inadequate marketing or promotion; and lack of advance or strategic planning. A number of theoretical frameworks are examined that can help explain festival failure and shape further research, including resource dependency, Porter's framework for assessing competitive advantages, population ecology, and the product life cycle.
Key words: Festival failure; Management; Resource dependency; Life cycle; Competition; Population ecology; Organizational culture
Address correspondence to Donald Getz, Ph.D., Professor, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Faculty of Management, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4. Tel: 403-220-7158; Fax: 403-284-7915; E-mail: email@example.com
Tourist Expenditures at Heritage Festivals
Deepak Chhabra,1 Erin Sills,2 and Philip Rea3
1Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, California
State University, Sacramento, CA 95819
2Department of Forestry and 3Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Short-term events such as festivals are important components of heritage tourism. The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of expenditures at heritage festivals, considering the visitors' socioeconomic characteristics, personal heritage, and experience of the festival. The event studied is a popular Scottish festival held annually in North Carolina. By relating expenditures to age, income, and other characteristics, we identify potential target groups for marketing the event. Visitors who are older and have higher incomes tend to spend more on accommodations and in the festival region in general. Visitors who plan their trip further in advance and travel further to get to the festival also tend to spend more. Unexpectedly, visitors with personal connections to Scotland and Scottish heritage do not have higher expenditures. Enjoyment of the events offered at the festival is positively correlated with spending. Thus, tourist expenditures in heritage tourism are not necessarily related to personal heritage but depend more on enjoyment of the event and socioeconomic characteristics such as age and income.
Key words: Heritage tourism; Tourism; Heritage tourists; Market segments; Expenditures; Spending behavior
Address correspondence to Dr. Deepak Chhabra, Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, California State University, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6110. Tel: (917) 278-6429; Fax: (916) 278-5053; E-mail: email@example.com
Pulsating Major Sport Event Organizations: A Framework for Inducting Managerial Personnel
Clare Hanlon1 and Graham Cuskelly2
1Victoria University, Australia
2Griffith University, Australia
In 1990 Toffler coined the term "pulsating organization" to reflect organizations that expand and contract. This term has relevance for major sport event organizations. They generally operate with a small core of personnel for much of the year, expand substantially in the lead up to an event, then afterwards personnel numbers shrink in size. This effect poses substantial challenges in delivering a quality induction process for many major sport event organizations. The first part of this study identifies how these "pulsating organizations," in light of their special characteristics, have adapted an induction process from "generic" organizations. The second part incorporates semistructured interviews with managers at the Australian Open Tennis Championships and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix to ascertain their induction process before a major sport event. The final part recommends a model to improve the management of induction at these two organizations. On a broader scale, managers of other pulsating major sport event organizations could incorporate this model, when developing, implementing, and evaluating their induction process.
Key words: Sport event organizations; Managerial induction; Pulsating organizations; Induction process
Address correspondence to Clare Hanlon, Sport Business Program, Victoria University, PO Box 14428 MCMC, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia. Tel: 61 3 9688 4361; Fax: 61 3 9688 4891; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) "Event Leadership" Training Course--An Effectiveness Evaluation
Maria Tzelepi1 and Shayne P. Quick2
1EVGA, Athens, Greece
2Faculty of Business, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Responding to demands for increased productivity and employee efficiency, more and more corporations have created departments for the training of their staff. The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) had its own Workforce Training Team (WTT), which consisted of SOCOG and TAFE NSW. WTT provided consultants for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and oversaw the training of volunteers and permanent staff. One of the training courses delivered to staff employed by SOCOG was the Event Leadership course. This specific course, which was compulsory for all staff in supervisory or managerial positions, aimed at improving leadership skills. As with most training courses, one way to examine whether a course has achieved its aims and objectives is through an evaluation of the attendees' perception of its effectiveness. A review of the theory of the five main effectiveness models led to the belief that the strategic constituencies' approach was the most suitable in this instance. This model takes into consideration the existence of many stakeholders and evaluates results based on the perspective of one. This research determined the participants' expectations from the course, evaluated the perceived quality and utility of the knowledge provided, gauged the course's alleged contribution to the improvement of the participants' skills, and, finally, made concluding comments regarding the design and delivery of the course.
Key words: Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG); Training courses; Leadership skills; Effectiveness evaluation
Address correspondence to Shayne P. Quick, Ph.D., Director, Project Development, Faculty of Business, UTS, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, Australia 2007. Tel: +61 (0)2 9514 3575; Fax: +61 (0)2 9514 3877; E-mail: email@example.com
Masters' Games--The Nature Of Competitors' Involvement and Requirements
Chris Ryan and Tim Lockyer
Department of Tourism Management, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand
This article reports results derived from a study of competitors at the South Pacific Masters Games in 2000, held in Hamilton, New Zealand. It notes that there is little in the academic literature about such Games, in spite of their popularity as measured by the numbers of competitors. Relevant literature does exist, however, with reference to economic impacts of events and conceptualizations of involvement and participation. One omission appears to be that of what competitors require of Games with reference to specific sports and events organization. This study found that the prime motives of competitors related to self-challenge and socialization, and the importance of the latter acted as a discriminator between two clusters of participants. For all competitors, there existed a requirement that events be well marshaled, refereed, and that time-keeping was of a professional standard. The article also examines gender differences and whether levels of past involvement in Masters' Games were an influence in shaping both perceptions and satisfactions.
Key words: Masters' Games; Involvement; Participation; Sports events; New Zealand
Address correspondence to Chris Ryan, Department of Tourism Management,
The University of Waikato, Gate 7 Hillcrest Road, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton,
New Zealand. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Class XXXV, 'The Best Class Ever, is working hard to help Houston solve one of its biggest issues, flooding. Year after year, Houston is hit with torrential rains and several areas of the city end up with significant flooding that results in millions of dollars in damages and sometimes, loss of life. Class XXXV is working with Memorial Park to build a rain garden demonstration. Thousands of daily visitors to Memorial Park will learn how they can help Houston's flooding problem by creating rain gardens at their homes or businesses. A simple depression in the earth that is filled with a mixture of sand, topsoil and compost and then beautiful native plants can help mitigate the damages that flooding cause by capturing, cleaning and absorbing storm water runoff from roofs, parking lots and roads. Rain gardens are an inexpensive and easy to implement solution. Please support class 35 by visiting https://www.facebook.com/Raingardenproject/ to learn more or you can make a pledge or donation online by visiting http://www.leadershiphouston.org/project .
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Nobody likes to receive bills, even at the best of times. But when debts and expenses are mounting faster than we can keep up with, the common bill can cause considerable problems. Unless dealt with quickly, the situation can eventually become too much. So what is a solution? Debt consolidation loans for one.
There are several steps that a bad credit borrower can take to set about addressing their debt situation, but not all of them are effective. However, clearing existing debts in one go makes a hugely positive impact on it – though it is important to realize that consolidation results in the debt being replaced rather than removed completely.
So with that in mind, how beneficial are consolidation loans when it comes to dealing with mounting debts? Can it really be the perfect solution that everyone claims it is? In almost every way, the answer is yes.
So What Is Consolidation?
Understanding what consolidation is and how it works is the first step in working out if it will be as beneficial as hoped. The basic idea is that everything (in this case all individual debts) are gathered together into one sum and paid off using a single debt consolidation loan.
It might seem like simply replacing the debt with a new one, and that is not a million miles from the truth. However, the single loan has a single interest rate and is therefore less costly than the combined interest paid on 5 or 6 individual loans with different interest rates.
Also, by clearing existing debts in this way, there is a chance to better structure the debt repayment schedule. So, while the combined monthly repayments on 6 loans might have been $1,500, the consolidation loan can have repayments of $750, depending on the terms of the loan.
Factors That Make The Loan Ideal
Of course, it is the terms of the loan that actually makes a debt consolidation loan affordable or effective. So, it is important to choose a loan deal that is right for your specific needs. But what are the particular factors that applicants should look out for?
The first is interest rate, which obviously is a chief concern for all loan applications. Keeping the rate as low as possible is important. This is where going to the right lender is effective, with online lenders especially charging very competitive rates even when lending to bad credit borrowers.
But to make this method of clearing existing debts as affordable as possible, the term of the consolidation loan is extended to beyond the normal period. For example, instead of a 5-year loan, a 10-year loan is granted. And when the debts are large ($50,000 or more), the term can extend to 30 years.
Qualifying For A Consolidation Loan
This not a particularly difficult task to complete, with no surprises to be wary of. Applicants seeking a debt consolidation loan need to meet the same criteria needed for every other loan. So, as long as they have a full-time job to show a means of making the repayments, there should be no problem.
However, there is a loan limit set by the debt-to-income ratio, which restricts the amount to be committed to loan repayments to just 40% of your income. This means that an income of $3,000 has a restriction of $1,200 in total debt repayments.
After clearing existing debts, this should not be a problem but the repayment limit affects the size of the actual loan – so keep this in mind too. And remember that a consolidation loan does not necessarily have to clear all debts. Even clearing half of the debt can make a huge difference to the borrower.


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Daimler has announced the launch of Mercedes-Benz Young Classics, closing the gap between its new car sales and the specialized services of its Classic Centers in the U.S. and Germany. A Young Classic, according to Daimler, is a Mercedes-Benz between 15 and 30 years old.
Daimler has opened a Young Classics store as a pilot project at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, where customers can buy, rent, insure and finance a variety of cars from the 1970s onward, each and every one in excellent condition. Available cars are on display at the store's website.
They're also expanding their spare parts business to cover these cars. The website is pretty entertaining. There are three different kinds of cars offered: those you can rent, those you can buy, and those just to admire, which look sort of like placeholders until they have more product to offer. The display-only cars have a "Cult Rating" in seven areas, including speed, cruising, prestige, envy, flirt, everyday and cost factors. So now we know what Daimler officially thinks of some of its older products. Did you know that the 1991 300 SE has an envy factor of five, but a flirt factor of only three?
Keep in mind that these are Euro-spec cars being sold in Germany, which means they have to be 25 years old or older to be brought into the States. On a recent cruise through the virtual car lot, we saw a 1991 E500 for the equivalent of $30,500, a 1992 280E for $10,900, and a 1997 300SL for $57,400, among others. If this catches on, will we see a similar Young Classics Store at M-B's fantastic California center? We'll see.
In the meantime, Daimler is looking for cars built between 1960 and 1994, promising to make "an attractive offer." Hmm. We know about a certain veggie-powered Benz (scroll down, it's there) they might be able to pry away from its current owner, if they're willing to go high enough….
Right and the 1996 C180 has an envy factor of 0 but a POS factor of 10!
I'd love to find a 300CD turbo diesel in good shape. Even better would be a 450sl (R107) with a OM617.95X engine swapped in.
we're just about to do an irrational restoration of our 300CD, in fact. I'm sure they'll add more to the collection, but I'm surprised they didn't include default favorites like a 450 SE 6.9 or any wagon.
I need to get an appraisal on a one owner 1959 Mercedes, black exterior in excellent shape, interior is leather and wood, imported from Germany. very low mileage.


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The polls opened across South Florida at 7 a.m. and now it's up to the voters.
A whirlwind day of appearances across Florida on Monday marked the end to a slashingly negative, nine-day campaign that could propel Mitt Romney to the Republican nomination or keep Newt Gingrich's hopes alive.
Neither side has let up. Gingrich and Romney raced from event to event, maintained their harsh attacks, and deployed grassroots campaign organizations to turn out voters on Tuesday.
The final frenzy comes on the heels of a campaign that has generated intense interest among voters. As of Monday, 632,513 Florida Republicans, or 16 percent of those registered, had cast absentee ballots or gone to early voting sites. The state party said that's 100,000 more than in 2008 — a 19 percent increase even though Republican registration is up just 6 percent in the last four years.
"People can sense that Florida's going to be important," said Justin Sayfie, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer and co-chairman of Romney's Florida campaign. He was a top aide to former Gov. Jeb Bush and publishes the Sayfie Review political news website.
Because Florida is a big state, with a diverse population that's voting early, it's "absolutely critical in the nomination race," said Nicol Rae, a political scientist at Florida International University.
In the final 72 hours of the campaign, Gingrich made 14 stops and Romney eight — all in an attempt to get Florida's most valuable political commodity: free exposure on local television news shows. Each started in Jacksonville and fanned across Republican strongholds in northern and central Florida.
Florida is a mega-state with 10 media markets and more Republicans than the combined total of the three earlier states on the presidential nominating calendar — Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. That means in-person campaigning isn't enough to win. Television ads and news coverage are critical, Sayfie said.


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The purpose of the Pioneering Urban Food Production in the DTES project was to produce a documentary film about the SOLEfood Farm, the first urban farm in Vancouver run by inner city residents. The documentary, entitled Seeds of the Inner City, was directed by Colombian-Canadian filmmaker, Andrés Salas.
The Great Beginnings Program supports job-creating projects -- initiatives that hire, train, and provide meaningful skills-building opportunities for community members, such as individuals who suffer from mental health and addictions, new female immigrants, and local homeless / under-housed population.
In 2009, the Great Beginnings Program partnered with EMBERS, an inner-city social enterprise, to foster the business acumen and skills of inner-city women through sewing projects. Using street banners destined for the landfill, the project produced 1,100 sports bags, which were distributed to inner-city schools as part of the Sport Fit Program.
In the Downtown Eastside (DTES), there has been a call for more public toilets. Homelessness, drug addiction and mental illness place even more pressure on the limited resources that are available, and result in laneways being used as alternatives to public toilets. Great Beginnings teamed with community partner the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to respond to this need.
The Strathcona First Nations Homework Club was launched to ensure that Indigenous students achieve increased academic success.
With support from the Great Beginnings Program, Megaphone runs a series of writing workshops in the Downtown Eastside and downtownVancouver for marginalized writers. These workshops are run in treatment centres, social housing buildings, and community centres.
Since 2008, the Great Beginnings Program has supported the Heart of the City Festival in celebrating the history, culture and people of the DTES.
Three days from 11:00am to 8:00pm of the best food and entertainment in the Downtown Eastside provided for homeless and under-housed residents at Oppenheimer Park.
Oppenheimer Park Community Garden was created in the north eastern corner of Oppenheimer Park and will be overseen by local organizations.The garden increases community involvement in the local food system and cultural traditions, and improves community capacity to deal with food security.
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Named after an prehistoric find in the villlage of Qala, Il-Menhir is the restaurant on our campus in the same village Gozo. operated by our professors and student in Gozo, it is open twice weekly (Thursday and Friday) for lunch serving delicious 3-course menus of sophisticated modern dishes coupled with the right bottle of wine from our selective wine list.
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Opening Hours & Location
Il-Menhir is open as follows:
Lunch | Tuesday and Thursday (12:00)
Patrons are to be seated at 1230 for lunches and are required to vacate the restaurant by not later than 1445 after lunch service so that students can prepare themselves for their afternoon sessions.
Getting to Il-Menhir is easy. The restaurant is located in Triq L-Isqof M. Buttigieg in Qala, Gozo.
Menus & Prices
The meals at Il-Menhir are prepared and served by our students under the guidance and supervision of their tutors. For this reason, the menus are updated weekly to reflect the necessities of the students' study programmes.
Lunches are served at Il-Menhir as a 3-course meal.
Price is €7.00 per person
These prices exclude drinks, wines and spirits. Please note that occasionally price for a particular menu may vary, for example in relation to festive menus planned or special occasions and events. While the information is normally reflect in the menus (available here), please ask the operator when booking to confirm price.
The above prices are inclusive of V.A.T.
Bookings & Dress Code
Il-Menhir Restaurant is very popular and often booked solid for weeks. We ask of our Patrons to make their reservations in advance to avoid disappointment.
+356 21555373
for reservations
Patrons dining at il-Menhir are also kindly asked to respect the dress code, which is smart casual for lunches
Group Bookings
At il-Menhir you can also book for a group event. We offer groups who book with us a great experience of food and great service in an idyllic environment.
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Sunbeam Rapier Series I to V
Sunbeam Rapier Series I to V
1955 - 1967
4 cyl.
1390cc (SI)
62.5 bhp (46.6 kW)
4 spd. man +
Top Speed:
90 mph
Number Built:
68,809 (all series)
Sunbeam Rapier Series I to V
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Before the Rapier, the Rootes Group factory in England had been producing the Sunbeam Talbot 90 saloon. (The Talbot part was soon dropped.) It then took over the old
Sunbeam Company
and continued to make a car with sporting credentials. This car earned itself a unique record in the rally world and made wide sales to discerning people who knew the difference between a motor car and a four-wheeled bucket.
To take a standard, run-of-the-mill production car and bestow it with the features necessary to bring it up to "90" specifications of handling, performance and general roadworthiness allied with comfort would not have been easy. Yet Rootes not only did it, they did it well. The quality was first class, the fittings designed for maximum comfort, not to look good, and they really did their job.
Deep, moulded bucket seats supported the occupants in the front after they entered through two wide-opening, nicely-closing doors. A good driving position, an excellent array of instruments and controls that begged to be used welcomed the driver and made either long or short journeys a delight. Seriosuly, if you are lucky enough to find one at a car show, don't simply walk past, but look inside - you will be seriously impressed.
The first Sunbeam Rapier was a good looking car which, in general, was well received by the motoring press. It boasted steering column gear change, leather trim and an overdrive as standard fittings. Vinyl trim was an option in the UK and standard in certain export countries. Essentially the Rapier was a Hillman Minx body but was of two-door design. Rapier bodies were built by Pressed Steel, shipped to Thrupp & Maberly in north London where they were painted and trimmed, then shipped again to the
assembly plant at Ryton-on-Dunsmore near Coventry where the engines, transmission and running gear were fitted. This complex situation persisted until late
when the Series IV was introduced.
The engine fitted to the Series I Rapier was a 1390cc unit, essentially the same as that fitted to the
Hillman Minx
but with a raised compression ratio (8:1 instead of 7:1), a Zenith DIF 36 carburettor and revised inlet and
manifolds. In this form it developed 62.5 bhp (46.6 kW) at 5000 rpm. The car was finished in an attractive duo-colour styling with wheel trims. The window area was generous while the radiator grille gave an impression of power and speed. From cold the engine was, according to some reviewers from the Northern Hemisphere, a little lethargic, but warming up was rapid and smooth gear changes could be made immediately. For weekends away the Rapier provided a wide, flat-floored cavern of considerable dimensions for suitcases and the like.
Behind The Wheel
The deep subdued power hum of the
was one of the best of the era, and owners past and present will tell you it forms part of the character of the car. On the road performance was brisk, but it was really in the 50-80 m.p.h. speed range that this car made its presence felt. With free use of the gears and an occasional flick of the finger on the overdrive control toggle it was possible to put a good sixty miles into the hour even over hilly and winding roads. The ride was firm by the standards of the day, but waswell damped while the driver could select their own steering characteristics.
Hard cornering produced only moderate
scream and
adhesion was always top notch. Rough roads produced some vibration through the steering column while foot control pedals could be a little heavy. Rear seat passengers were well catered for, but many motoring journalists noted there was a slight draught evident on the Series I and Series II models - although no such mention is made on road tests of later models so we will assume Rootes had this sorted from the Series III onward.
The Rapier encouraged spirited driving, with a well-placed tachometer, and the ability to produce wheel-spin in second gear on a dry road and attain, under suitable conditions, a top speed of just under 90 m.p.h. Fuel consumption when driven on the limit would be around 24 m.p.g. On the other hand the family motorist was able to enjoy an engine that remained unstrained at 65 m.p.h. on country trips and would return upwards of 32 m.p.g. The Rapier could seat five in comfort and the engine would enjoy turning over at low revs in third gear and its overdrive for city motoring. This flexibility extended also to overdrive top but it was is not recommended to drive under 40 m.p.h. in this ratio. The
had a high resistance to fade.
It Deserves More Power
Although the Rapier's performance was lively by the standards of its time, and its handling was considered to be excellent, motoring journalists were claiming that the chassis deserved more power. From October 1956, directly as a result of experience gained in international rallying by
competition department, the Rapier was fitted with the updated R67 engine on which the Stromberg carburettor was replaced by twin Zenith 36 WIP carburettors on a new inlet manifold.
This engine produced 67.5 bhp (50.3 kW) at 5000 rpm, the effect of which was to reduce the Rapier's 0-60 mph time by almost 1 second and increase its top speed by 3 mph (4.8 km/h). The British magazine "The Motor" tested a Series I twin carburettor saloon in 1957, recording a top speed of 85.7 mph (137.9 km/h) and acceleration from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 20.9 seconds and a fuel consumption of 30.5 miles per imperial gallon (9.26 L/100 km; 25.4 mpg-US). The test car cost £1043 including taxes of £348. In competition, a Rapier driven by Peter Harper finished in fifth place in the 1958 Monte Carlo Rally. 7477 Rapier Series I's were produced until its discontinuation in 1958, when the Series II version was released.
The Rapier Series II
The Sunbeam Rapier Series II was announced on 6 February 1958, available in hardtop and convertible forms, and was fitted with a tuned version of the Rootes 1.5 litre square engine while chassis details were identical except for the following items; Higher gear ratios plus an overdrive unit which operated on 2nd, 3rd and top gears. Larger, specially finned brake drums and detailed modifications to the suspension.
As a publicity stunt, Rootes arranged for nine of the new cars to be in Monte Carlo for the press to try at the end of the 1958 Monte Carlo Rally. The traditional Sunbeam radiator grille was reintroduced, albeit shortened and widened and the spaces at its sides were filled with horizontal side grilles. The two-tone lower body scheme of the Series I was discontinued in favour of a broad full length flash in the same colour as the roof, but the most obvious change was the appearance on the rear wings of pronounced fins.
Although the changes originated in the
styling department, they reinforced the link to the Loewy-designed Studebakers; the Series II looked very similar to the Studebaker Golden Hawk, only it was a little shorter. The interior of the Series II was little changed from that of the Series I, except that a floor gear change replaced the column change. This modification, developed on the works Series I rally cars, was an immediate success. To keep costs down, the leather upholstery, standard on the Series I, was discontinued in favour of vinyl and overdrive became an extra cost option.
The Rallymaster Engine
The biggest improvement in the Series II, though, was its new engine. Referred to as the Rallymaster, it had an increased capacity of 1494 cc. The capacity increase combined with a higher compression ratio of 8.5:1 and larger inlet and
exhaust valves
to raise the power output to 73 bhp (54 kW) at 5200 rpm. Autocar quoted the top speed as 91 mph (146 km/h) with a 0-60 mph time of 20.2 seconds. Also as a direct result of competition experience, the Series II was fitted with larger front
and a recirculating ball steering box instead of the rather vague worm and nut box of the Series I. The Series II was discontinued in favour of the Series III in 1959 after 15151 units (hardtop and convertible) had been built.
The Rapier Series III
The Rapier Series III was introduced in September 1959. Rootes made subtle changes to the car's body which individually were insignificant but when combined, considerably altered its appearance. For example, the number of horizontal bars in each of the side grilles was increased from three to four and the boot lid acquired an oblong number plate recess and surround in place of the square one of the earlier cars. The most striking change was the redesigned side flash, now narrower and lower down the side of the car with the Rapier script on its rear end. The most subtle change, however, was a reduction in thickness of the windscreen pillars and a lowering of the scuttle line to give a 20% increase in windscreen area.
Inside the Series III the changes were more evident. Rootes stylists completely redesigned the seats and interior panels and specified that they be trimmed in single colour vinyl with contrasting piping. For the first time, deep pile carpets were fitted as standard in the foot-wells (previous versions had rubber mats). The steering wheel, control knobs and switches were in black plastic instead of beige. The dashboard, instead of being as in the earlier cars padded metal and plastic, was covered in burr walnut veneer surmounted by a padded crash roll fitted with black-faced British Jaeger instruments.
Mechanically, the Series III benefited from the design of the Sunbeam Alpine sports car with which it shared its engine. Although the engine's displacement was still 1494 cc, it was fitted with a new eight-port aluminium
cylinder head
with an increased compression ratio and redesigned
, and used a new, sportier camshaft. The twin Zenith carburettors from the Series II remained but were mounted on a new water heated inlet manifold. The result of these changes was a power increase of 5 bhp (4 kW) to 78 bhp (58 kW) at 5400 rpm.
Gearbox changes included higher second, third and top gear ratios, and a reduced angle of
gear lever
movement to make for shorter lever travel and snappier changes. New front disc
significantly improved the Rapier's braking capability and widened its front track to give greater stability and improved road-holding. A saloon with overdrive was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1960 and had a top speed of 91.7 mph (147.6 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 16.6 seconds. A fuel consumption of 29.5 miles per imperial gallon (9.58 L/100 km; 24.6 mpg-US) was recorded. The test car cost £1045 including taxes. The Series III, of which 15,368 units were built (hardtop and convertible) gave way to the Series IIIA in April 1961.
The Rapier Series IIIA
On 20 April 1961 the Series IIIA was announced with the Series II Sunbeam Alpine 1592cc engine. Internally and externally the Series IIIA was identical to the Series III. The improvements were directed solely at improving the durability of the car. To this end, engine capacity was increased to 1592cc and a stiffer crankshaft fitted. To increase reliability, the crankshaft incorporated larger diameter connecting rod bearings which called for modifications to the connecting rods and gudgeon pins. Modified oil and water pumps completed the engine changes. As a result, power output increased from 78 bhp (58 kW) to 80.25 bhp (59.84 kW) at 5100 rpm and torque increased from 84 lb·ft (114 N·m) at 3500 rpm to 88.2 ft·lbf (119.6 N·m) at 3900 rpm.
In addition, the Series IIIA included many detail changes such as an increased diameter front
anti-roll bar
which greatly improved roadholding, a redesigned clutch bell housing, a revised clutch assembly with 9 pressure springs instead of 6 and a redesigned air cleaner assembly. Inside the car a fresh-air heater, hitherto available only at extra cost, became a standard fitting. All of these changes combined to make the Series IIIA subtly different from its predecessor and to give the Sunbeam Rapier a new lease of life in the showroom. Maximum speed for the Series IIIA was lower than the Series III at 90 mph (140 km/h). It also took longer than the Series III to get to 60 mph (19.3 seconds) but its engine was far more durable. In mid 1963, the Series IIIA convertible was discontinued but the hardtop soldiered on until October 1963 when it was replaced by the Series IV. When production of the Series IIIA ceased, 17,354 units had been built.
The Rapier Series IV
Late in 1963, Rootes were set to drop the Rapier. It was no longer the mainstay of the competitions department because Rootes had directed its competitive effort towards the Hillman Imp and the
Sunbeam Tiger
. In fact a totally new Series IV Rapier had been designed, prototypes built and testing completed, and then the Rootes Group changed its mind! The new Series IV Rapier became the Mark I Humber Sceptre and the old Series IIIA Rapier was redesigned, hopefully to give it a new lease of life as a touring saloon rather than a sports coupé. The most obvious difference was the change to 13-inch (330 mm) road wheels in common with the rest of Rootes' Light Car range. This meant that the magnificent but wayward stainless steel wheel trims of earlier Rapiers were replaced by Rootes corporate hub caps and rim finishers.
At the front, the car was completely and cleverly redesigned to make it look more up-to-date. A new bonnet made the front look lower and flatter and the front wings were modified to accept extensions housing alloy side grilles and sidelights with amber turn indicators. The traditional Sunbeam grille, already heavily stylised for the Series II, was further modified to give a lower, more square shape with a pronounced convex profile. New headlamp rims were fitted, in fact Sunbeam Alpine items but chromed for the Rapier, and a new front bumper using the same shape and profile as the rest of the Light Car range. At the back, a new full width number plate plinth appeared with a new Light Car range bumper. To give a more open look from the side, the frames were removed from the side windows. Finally, small badges fitted at the bottom of each front wing and on the boot lid proclaimed each car to be a "Series IV".
Inside, a new dash, still in walnut veneer, but with the glove box raised into the dash itself allowed the inclusion of a proper storage shelf on each side of the car. Instrumentation and controls were much as before except that the heater switches and ashtray were now housed in a console in front of the
gear lever
. To aid driver comfort, an adjustable steering column was fitted along with new front seats which allowed more fore and aft adjustment and for the first time, included backrest adjustment.In common with the rest of the Light Car range, the Rapier's front suspension was re-engineered to replace the half king pin on each side of the car with a sealed for life ball joint. All other suspension joints became either sealed for life or were rubber bushed thereby eliminating every grease point on the car.
Gearing was adjusted overall to compensate for the smaller wheels and the front brake discs were reduced in size so that they would fit inside the wheels. A brake servo became standard and the spring and damper settings were adjusted to give a softer ride. A new diaphragm clutch and new clutch master cylinder brought lighter and more progressive clutch operation. The 1592cc engine from the Series IIIA was unchanged but the twin Zenith carburettors finally gave way to a single twin-choke Solex 32PAIA in the interests of serviceability. The effect of the new carburettor was to increase power to 84 bhp (63 kW) and torque to 91 lb·ft (123 N·m) at 3500 rpm. In October 1964, along with the rest of the Light Car range, the Series IV received the new Rootes all synchromesh gearbox, a change which coincided with the introduction of a new computerised chassis numbering system. The Motor road test of April 1964 gave the Series IV Rapier's maximum speed as 91 mph (146 km/h) and its 0-60 mph time as 17 seconds. When production of the Series IV ceased in 1965, 9700 units had been built.
The Rapier Series V
Pending completion of the new Fastback Rapier, Rootes decided to have one more go at updating the well-liked old Sunbeam Rapier. In September 1965 they introduced the Series V version which looked exactly like the Series IV inside and out except for badges on wings and boot which now said "1725", revealing the presence of an important new engine. Rootes had extensively redesigned their old four cylinder engine to increase its capacity to 1725cc. Along the way it had acquired a new crankshaft with five main bearings, making the unit stronger and smoother. This was the strong engine that would power the Series V Rapier and be developed for many subsequent models. To further update the car, they changed its polarity from positive to negative earth and fitted an alternator in place of the dynamo. They also devised a new twin pipe
system so that the new engine could breathe more easily.
The effect of these changes was to increase the Rapier's maximum speed to 95 mph (153 km/h) and reduce its time from rest to 60 mph (97 km/h) to 14.1 seconds. Unfortunately, for all its good features, the Series V just didn't sell. By the time it was discontinued in June 1967, only 3759 units had been built, making it the rarest of all the "Series" Sunbeam Rapiers. By 1967 Rootes's "Arrow" range was ready. As well as the Hillman Hunter, the range also included a new generation of Sunbeam Rapiers, with fastback coupé bodies and a sporty image. Like the series models, it was a 2-door pillarless hardtop.
The Rapier's price was not low by any means, but because of its attention to detail, performance and general roadworthiness, it was at the time very much a car above the ordinary. In factors of safety, handling and performance the Rapier appealed to those who admired the Gran Turismo type of vehicle while for the average motorist it was is a car which had appeal because of its overall running economy, ease of maintenance and comfortable family car dimensions. In its own particular class the Sunbeam Rapier was alone seemed to have no competition, and that is perhaps why it appealed so much, then and now. See if you can find a better British car from the era, that offered the joys of motoring, could handle a family and represented a genuine day-to-day driving proposition. We doubt you will find better.
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A man who last weekend was beaten and robbed near his Northwest Side home died Monday night from his injuries, authorities said.
The attack occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of West St. George's Court, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Michael Fitzpatrick. Humberto Collaguazo, 43, was returning home when he was stopped by three men.
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Guest poem sent in by Pavithra Krishnan
(Poem #125) Lochinvar
O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best; And save his good broadsword, he weapons had none, He rode all unarm'd, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar. He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bride's-men, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all: Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword, (For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word,) "O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?"-- "I long woo'd your daughter, my suit you denied;-- Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide-- And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar." The bride kiss'd the goblet; the knight took it up, He quaff'd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,-- "Now tread we a measure!" said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whisper'd, " 'Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting 'mong Grfmes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran: There was racing and chasing, on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
This is an old favorite that I remember from school. A narrative poem in the grand old style. There's a flippancy to the brisk rhyme scheme, a careless kind of ease to the story-telling that immediately delight. As for the debonair Lochinvar himself- one would be hard put to find his Literary equal in sheer dash and 'Knight in Shining Armour'-type gallantry. Here's a hero with Attitude. Scott always did know how to tell a story. Pavithra


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Stumbled upon this at work-- a coworker uses it as a notebook and I've started doing the same. It's a single .html file, fully self-contained, javascript based, editable wiki. That this is even possible kind of blew my mind.
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This is a new conversion Website from the people that wrote the Nitro PDF program (one I use which works fairly well). Note - although Nitro PDF 5.0 does have a PDF to Word conversion - it's not very impressive. But the conversion on this FREE website does a fantastic job. They also plan to port the conversion routines into the next Nitro PDF 6.0 release.
Use is simple - do to the website and there are a couple "boxes" to enter your data in.
1. Select the PDF file on your system that you want converted
2. Select to convert to Word (.DOC) or .RTF
3. Enter the e-mail where they can send your "converted" file.
After that - it takes a few seconds to load the file and then (depending on system load) maybe a few minutes to get your converted file (although I have seen this take a couple hours when this site first opened to everyone).
Thats It - no other signups or anything. You WILL BE impressed by the conversion. I sent it a 12 page PDF filled with tables, embedded graphics, charts and it did a Great job. Sure - you may still have some cleanup - but I found the results strikingly good!
Remember - it's free - so what do you have to lose?
Any portable software that converts to PFD (not via a printer installation which requires admin)
You could just follow the ghostscript part of this tutorial. ps2pdf is part of ghostscript. Of course, chances are it'd only be helpful if you've got a PS printer installed.
Assuming you mean PDF, software that converts what to PDF? One reason that pretty much everything goes the printer driver route is to avoid needing to know details the source file format. If you want to avoid using a printer driver, then any solution could convert only specific file formats.
Yeah, PDF, sorry. Converting multiple page fax TIFF files to PDF is what I need. My clients need it done but my IT department won't get my the software I need. I was thinking maybe there would be something I could run off a thumb drive (ala portable Gimp)
Does it have to be free? I've used this product extensively (daily batch jobs of thousands of documents).
Let's you switch sound output to whatever device you want quickly and set default sound device per application.
Best Usenet downloader, period.
Sorry for the belated reply but I think Essential PIM http://www.essentialpim.com/ is what you're after.
It's small, extremely fast and stable and there's a great FREE version as well. It's also available as a portable app.
I use it just for the hierarchical note functionality.
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Orca Browser - An alternative to FireFox 3.x based on Avant Browser.
I am by no means a Browser Saleman, like so many others, but this one is good.
Bump for a new entry: HashCheck.
It's like the previously mentioned HashTab, only much, much better.
Things that HashTab does better:
Things that HashCheck does better:
Performance wise both seemed to be the same when HashTab was configured for the same set of hashes that HashCheck uses. I just did some clock watching running inside a VM to files on the host though. Calculating every available hash with HashTab makes it very slow though, not that there's many sane reasons for doing that.
My verdict: HashCheck's support for easily creating hash files and using them for verification is a killer feature for me. My only wish would be an easy way to hide (and not calculate) unwanted hashes. Honestly, how many people are using MD4, never mind the dazzling array of rarely-encountered hashes that HashTab has available. If some other hash rises to great prominence, HashCheck doesn't look all that difficult to update, assuming the desired hash is available via the Windows Crypto API. The difference in disk footprint is negligible, but seeing HashCheck only use 168 KB does give me warm fuzzies.
Edit: Grammar fixes. Some revision/addition to last paragraph.
That looks really nifty Ardax, good find. Definitely saving this one to use on my home machine.
If you're a fan of legos, then Lego Digital Designer is awesome! It's kind of like CAD except with almost every lego piece ever.
Sorry it this is ABP, I read the first 4 and the last 4 pages and didn't see it so I decided I'd share.
Oh, I forgot to post also, for D&D fans there's Redblade.
THRICE edited..... sorry folks. Liveplasma.com is a fun visual music search engine that links bands together based on music style and may lead you to bands you have never heard of.
Thanks for the late response, but I found my salvation - and more - in Rainlendar.
Sweet jesus, WHY didn't I use this program earlier? I removed the white board from my room. No more Outlook for me. No more lightning.
Now, all my scheduling is done on Rainlendar. I use the newer version (free version) since I don't need any gmail/outlook importing.
It certainly is my pick for Usenet, BUT Newsleecher is the 'overall' solution if you need group header fetching.
Regardless, I HATE Newleecher's Armadillo protection and I refuse to support that, so Alt.Binz it is for me.
OMG big news!
The author of the BEST Windows-file-copier-replacement has announced he is working on new versions of Supercopier after 5 YEARS of inactivity!
If you are a CLI junkie, this is a "must have" really. Totally multi-platform and still actively developed. Read more and downloads here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
I'll admit it though, I only posted this to bring this awesome thread back to page one. But the tool value is undisputed though.
Good catch, Sevag!
I've been using Sticky Note for several years and love it. Best looking stickies out there, imho.
Plus I just bought Chameleon Clock for Vista. The Mac version, Wallpaper Clocks, is free. I'm digging it, man.
^^ Remote support done right
It;s one of those programs that show you teh file size of all folders/file son your harddrive using treemaps. What sets it apart form others is that each block can be right clicked to bring up the context menu that explorer uses. then you can open the folder, delete eh file, etc straight from the program. Also has the ability to do filters (size:>65mb *.jpg, date:>3 months, etc). Even can optionaly show free space and alternative stream space
I am just digging this thread up. And the program that I would recommend to you is a program called SQLite Database Browser (and in particular its "Compact Database" feature), with which I reduced the size of one of my Firefox profile's "places.sqlite" file size from original 2.5 MB to only 612 kB. I know that storage is cheap today, but anyway, although I don't know how exactly SQLITE databases work, it might speed-up browsing through bookmarked entries and history a bit ...
Here below is my whole reply from "Firefox 3 Holding History Forever" thread here on Ars in which I already mentioned it.
-- shirker
I've been following this thread for ages, and I've found that most of the apps listed here fall into one of two categories: a) utilities I don't need at the moment (but will forget about when I need them) and b) nifty utilities I use for a week or two, and then get sick of and never use again.
A few months ago, I found a utility I use every day: Fences.
It allows you to group desktop icons into semi-transparent boxes called "fences". You can have as many fences as you wish, and you can give them any name you want (e.g. "Work Stuff" and "School Stuff" or "Jones Realty Project" and "Jones Insurance Project"). You can move and resize the fences as you wish, and the app will remember your settings after a reboot or Windows Explorer crash.
But the thing that makes Fences a killer app for me is that it adds the ability to make your desktop icons disappear and reappear with a double mouse click. This si godsend to folks like me, who *wish* they had a clean desktop, but are sloppy with their file management. Here's some before and after pics...
My usual desktop:
My desktop after double-clicking:
Note that you can mark certain icons and\or fences to remain on the desktop, even with double-clicking. The small group in the above picture is a fence called "My Computer" that has all my standard icons (My Computer, Recycle Bin, etc.).
I know I sound like a shill, but I *really like* this app, and it's free for now!
Just my two cents regarding desktop items; personally I never have problem with them since ...
- I was using an alternative shell for years (namely bblean, the most minimalistic branch of Blackbox for Windows) that doesn't have icons on the desktop at all (well, you can use a plugin that offers them, but they are hidden by default and visible only when you move cursor to certain position, usually to the edge of the screen)
- I am having just a few of them (mostly the most used programs/batch files etc.), while for others (i.e. links) I make a "Shortcuts" directory under "C:\Documents and Settings\shirker\My Documents\" folder and create a shortcut pointing to it that I place on the desktop (therefore all these not-often-used links are one double-click away.
-- shirker
My dad loves that Fences program, he's had it for a while. He's got his desktop icons grouped into various areas, and it looks fairly tidy. Pretty slick app, all told.
I'm one of those people who has no desktop icons. At all.
I hope submitting a self-authored application isn't bad taste, so:
A couple years ago, I started attending a university that blocked all IM traffic. Considering my job (also at the university) almost requires IM to communicate between co-workers, I set out on a journey to find a solution. I tried proxy servers, VPNs, and other methods of routing traffic through my home connection, but the best solution was an SSH connection to my router with port forwarding enabled. The only problem with this solution was (re)starting PuTTY every time I wanted to IM.
Surprisingly, there aren't many applications available that will act as a watchdog to a running process that aren't bloated or non-functional (Vista+). I started writing an application in C# that would start PuTTY/Plink in the background and automatically restart the process if it died. The application would sit in the tray, and life was good. However, I got bored/busy and lost interest as soon as I had written enough to keep the connection open most of the time.
Last weekend (July 4th), I decided that I needed to learn something new, and I needed to fix my little tunnel application, so decided to learn Vista gadgets and see if I could rewrite the application in JScript/VBScript. I wrote the whole gadget in JScript on day one, only to find that it doesn't support passing base-types by ref, which was needed for creating a process and knowing its PID. So, after learning VBScript, I rewrote the application on day two. After completing it, my wife mentioned that other people might find it useful, so I published it on the Live Gadget Gallery, and now I'm trying to get the word out. The link is down at the bottom.
I wrote a new Vista/7 gadget that starts and monitors an application and restarts it when it dies. The gadget also allows the user to manually start/kill the application.
Background Application
And Yet Another Screen Grab Program: http://www.brandonz.net/projects/zscreen/
Haven't tried it yet, but judging by the screenshots, seems feature packed including FTP and HTTP upload. It's a .NET 3.5 app though.
Basicly it's osx stacks for windows 7/vista using aero. Rather nice
Here's another
7-zip Theme Manager
You know that rather old school toolbar buttons and file type icons tht 7-zip has? This allows you to apply differnt "themes" to 7-zip.
After reading the website I'm still confused, is this some sort of app launcher à la TrueLaunchBar?
Yeah. You add files/icons/folders to a folder, then create a link to that folder and when clicked a menu using aero pops uop with everything listed. There's a "stack" (plain list), grid (sorta like icon view), and just a plain menu
Just a heads-up: ImgBurn v2.5.0 is released, major feature is the so much sought after feature to edit disc compilations. Rename files, create folders, etc. Another win for everyone's favorite burning proggie.
Another program update heads up: VLC Media Player version 1.0.1 (Windows users see here; btw. personally I always download 7zip package) was released!!
-- shirker
Not a neat application, but I thought this list was really thorough in terms of malware removal applications:
Free acronis like:
Default Programs Editor
It doe swhat it says. Manages the default programs for file types. It's also far far better then what Vista/win 7 has. Easily chnage file type icons, change the context menus simply, and change what opens with what program. All wrapped up in an aero wizard and fits right into vista/win7 . Needs .net 3.5
Here's one of the best freeware screen capture programs that I've used to date:
Both Mac and Windows. Unobtrusive, yet easy to get to and use.
CDBurnerXP is a pretty good free cd/dvd burning program. It seems a lot better than some of the crappy utilities that I've seen come with some new PCs.
A rather nice and full featured image editor. Filters, controllable options, layers, a file browser, even auto correction and a rather nifty panel to apply filters.
It's also rather small (under 5 megs uncompressed) and it's portable
DeepBurner Free (a portable version's download link that's identical to the one that requires installation)
A year ago or so, I had a problem when I was not able to burn a CD with any software I've tried (beside DeepBurner, in which I was getting about "WRITER ERROR [ILLEGAL REQUEST (LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS OUT OF RANGE)]" write error message, I've also tried with Cheetah CD/DVD Burner; in this one I was getting "Invalid Address For Write" error), not to mention how many CDs I ruined when I was trying to successfully burn a CD over and over.
Anyway, the DeepBurner support team obviously correctly recognized this problem as OS related because now this same device (the same CD/DVD drive, that I now use on another computer and another Windows XP installation) works, though only with DeepBurner (and not with Cheetah CD/DVD Burner).
Therefore I really recommend this program, and especially I like it because it is available also in portable variant; as some of you may know I much prefer this type of programs, (i.e. usually a .zip file containing the program with no special installation procedure required).
Neat small app to manage (text only) notes. Not a OneNote/EverNote/... replacement obviously, but perfect for saving random snippets, quotes, command line tricks and similar things you come across in places like this forum.
Copies selected text from other apps via hotkey (including URL in case of a browser), "find as you type"-like search (all notes shown by default, non-matching ones are then hidden) for full text or tags, fast, portable.


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You know a new restaurant is worth visiting, when surrounding chefs, local bloggers and businesses sing their praises!
One of the newest kids on the DHH block, is the beautiful Bistro54. Fitting sweetly into our heritage cottage at 54 Alexandra St, Hunters Hill, they are enjoying high praise already from happy customers including Ward Partners , Ottimos, Eurocycles, Hunters Hill Optical and one of our faves since 1894, HH Lawn Tennis Club.
Chef and owner, Steven Medak is passionate about locally sourced produce, also being organic wherever possible. Steven worked at About Life Rozelle, a very large organic produce and health product concept store, before taking the leap to focus on food and service, creating Bistro54.
With his passion for food, Steven has crafted a particularly spectacular menu… try the smoked sashimi (lots of fun to decant) and his raw carrot cake dessert (that is actually good for you) is a must order.
Bistro54 is open for bookings Tuesday to Sunday. They have just launched a fabulous new menu this week, that includes entree, main and a glass of 'something intoxicating' to make your visit that wee bit special.
Recently interviewed in the Northern District Times, where they say "locally sourcing every single ingredient on its menu, head chef and owner Steve Medak says the restaurant is aiming to capitalise on the community feel that Hunters Hill is famous for."
We totally agree with NDT writer John Besley… Steven is already building connection with local businesses and residents … and has joined Discover Hunters Hill … you're our kinda guy, Steve! Thanks for being a part of us, Bistro54. It's certainly fun to connect with your posts on facebook and instagram, and of course, whenever we visit!


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Doctors across Lancashire are urging people to avoid using A&E departments unless they have had an accident or are suffering from a serious condition.
With the drop in temperature and slippery conditions, the demand on all NHS services usually increases. Doctors are reminding people of the services available to them and encouraging them to choose the most appropriate one.
People can choose to self care for treatment of minor illnesses, ailments and injuries such as coughs, colds, diarrhoea and sickness.
You can also visit the NHS Choices website for information on a wide variety of illnesses.
People can also visit their pharmacy for confidential, expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and complaints or their GP for illnesses and injuries that won't go away
You can also dial 111, the new 24 hour seven day a week telephone number to guide you to the most appropriate option if you have an illness that you think needs medical attention
A&E should be for people in a critical or life threatening situation.
Dr Alex Gaw, chairman of NHS Lancashire North Clinical Commissioning Group, said: "At busy times such as New Year, it is important that everyone knows when pharmacies will be open.
"Pharmacies do a lot more than issuing prescriptions; they can give advice on a wide range of ailments as well as offering advice." Visit: www.lancashirenorthccg.nhs.uk/pharmacy-opening-times


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To prepare the dough: in a bowl, combine milk, sugar, and yeast. Stir and allow to proof.
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Continue to beat at medium speed until the dough gets elastic and almost forming a ball around the paddle, about 3 to 4 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until double in size, about 45 to 60 minutes.
Generously butter a gugelhupf mold. Sprinkle with sugar. Reserve.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Roll out the dough into 1/4-inch thickness, about 12-inches wide and 16-inches long. Spread the butter throughout the surface. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the butter. Lastly, sprinkle the chopped nuts and macerated raisins. Roll the dough into a log and place inside the prepared mold.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until top is well browned. Leave it to cool in the mold for 10 minutes, then unmold it on a wire rack. Sprinkle generously with sifted powdered sugar before serving.
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