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Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital SB0220
UPDATE: Driver now re-uploaded to sendspace here let me know if you have any issues
Just wanted to report that this card does work with windows 7. but it is not detected initially, as it shows a yellow mark in the device manager and Windows 7 is not able to locate the driver for it even from windows upate. also other driver tools like unblue driver scanner or driverguide fail at locating a driver. but everest does detect it's presence.
Next I tried downloading the Driver for W2k/XP from Creative but it didn't work straight away, when I first installed it, it said it did not found any hardware matching this driver on your computer, even when I had enabled compatability for XP mode/run as administrator, but once I pressed OK windows 7 asked if the installation went ok or not, and I had two options to select from, "installation worked successfully" or "try using recommended settings", so I selected the later and then it installed without any warnings this time! and my sound blaster started working within few minutes even before restarting!
The Above also applies to Windows Vista as well from what I have read on the net..
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|21 Aug 2009
hey, I'm trying to install my old 0220, but without success, could you pass the link of W2K/XP driver?
'm on the official site of creative downloading the LiveDrvUni-pack, but I'm not sure. the last one [Creative Sound Blaster Live! x64 Driver] I had to format.
Any help are welcome =]
running on 64bits
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|22 Aug 2009
hi there, to be honest can't remember, not sure even if I downloaded the driver from creative site or 3rd party, but I still have the file and can upload it somewhere, I am at work now so I can't do it yet, in a few hours I should be able to. in case I forget just send me a PM Reminder!
EDIT: it's uploaded now to RS, you can get it here
EDIT2: RS link reached the download limit of 10 and was deleted, so now re-uploaded to sendspace, please check the first post
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|23 Aug 2009
very strange after the incident, I decided to install my server 2003, at this time 64bits, until then I used Server 2003 x86 and everything worked well, and not had success with installing my card sb0220, then re-installed win 7 in 32bit [x86], and everything worked perfectly, I'm not sure if the bit was the problem but had the slight feeling that it was as if my pci slot not understand anything in 64bit x], on x64 i had two markings on the device manager on alert: PCI Input Device and Multimedia Audio Device, without driver.
Problem solved:
in my case, the card sb0220 work fine only in mode 32bits x86;
Thank you for your helpfulness in answers
now, i can test my softwares, go ahead!
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|16 Nov 2009
Windows 7
hi there, to be honest can't remember, not sure even if I downloaded the driver from creative site or 3rd party, but I still have the file and can upload it somewhere, I am at work now so I can't do it yet, in a few hours I should be able to. in case I forget just send me a PM Reminder!
EDIT: it's uploaded now to RS, you can get it here
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|18 Nov 2009
yes I can, I will try uploading to sendspace.com this time, I hope they will keep it for a longer time than rapidshare did, cause right now I cannot afford a premuim RS account. once uploaded I will update this message
EDIT: status being uploaded now to sendspace, it needs at least 30 more minuts because my upload has been capped this month already lol, but the nice thing in sendspace you can resume download/upload if you use the wizzard, and it's free to do that, at least for now I think.
EDIT2: Upload done, please check first post for the link
|My System Specs
|19 Jan 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate
I have some driver software installed, but i can't open surround mixer so i can't adjust effeckts or bass. I can only use 2.0 sound without surround mixer so my 5.1 system is useles! Do anybody know any solution?
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|20 Jan 2010
nope, for this and other reasons ( memory limitations ) on that old pc I decided to switch back to xp for now. I only use it to play some movies onto my LCD..
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|20 Jan 2010
Win7 Ultimate
thanks for this find! i had this thing sitting around im gonna try it out here in a few and i will follow up too :)
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Starting June 25th the
Barracudas move
outdoors to the
Bethpage Community
Pool located next to
the Ice Skating Rink
on Stewart
Avenue. Summer
practice's are Monday
The Great and Blackfin
groups start at 6:00
AM while the
Yellowstripes and
Yellowfins start at
The practice calendar
and our teamSnap page
has been updated.
Closure Policy
and Swim
To all our swimmers
and parents:
The Bethpage School
District Policy for
our swim practices at
the High School is as
If the Bethpage
School District is
closed for the day for
any reason, then there
will be no swim
practice at Bethpage
High School that day.
This includes closure
for weather and/or any
other unforeseen
In addition, the
Bethpage School
District Policy is
that no outside
organizations may use
the facilities during
scheduled school
holidays and holiday
PAL Barracudas
The Bethpage PAL
Barracudas are a USA
Swimming Registered
Swim Club, with a
season that runs from
September 1 to August
31. We will be holding
another set of tryouts
for all interested new
swimmers for the
2018/2019 swim year at
the Bethpage Community Park Pool.
The pool is located on Stewart Avenue in Bethpage, next to the ice skating rink.
The dates are as follows:
Wednesday August 8, Thursday August 9, and Friday August 10
Wednesday August 15, Thursday August 16, and Friday August 17.
Please arrive at 6:45 AM with swimsuit, towel and goggles.
You only have to come on one of the days. The coaches will have you swim each of the strokes and evaluate each swimmer for placement into various groups.
If you are interested
in trying out please
send an email to
with the following
1) Name
2) Age
3) Gender
4) Previous swimming
5) Date of planned
We look forward to
hearing from all
interested new
If you have any
further questions you
can send an email to
the same email
"For all your
equipment needs,
please go to our Team
Equipment Page at www.swimoutlet.com/BBSCGEAR
Please select
swimmers group to
preview all required
equipment. FREE
Shipping over $45.
Please subscribe to
our TeamSnap page, as
this method WILL be
used to respond to all
of our meets and also
a central place for
all email / text
There are two ways to
create an account:
1- An automatic
invitation will be
emailed once we enter
your information to
TeamSnap. Just
accept the invitation
and fill any options
to your account.
2- Go to
select sign-up, enter
your email address and
then find our team
The TeamSnap account
belongs to you
personally and there
are many options that
you may want to enable
/disable. One
option that some of
our current members
use is text messages
in addition to
emails. This can
be enabled in your
profile by providing a
cell number and
selecting the option
to receive text
There is now a link
on the top of this
page and the Meet
Schedule page to the
Team Snap logon page.
A new tab will be
opened in your
YellowStripe Group:
Blackfin Group:
Great Group:
to the
Following BBSC
Swimmers for
Being on the
Current Metro
Top 25 List
for the 2018
Long Course
Season (From
the 8/1/18
Swimming List):
Jaden Byrne: 13, 50 Free(11), 100 Free(11), 200 Free(23), 100 Back(16), 100 Fly(25)
Bethpage PAL
Barracudas Are
Recognized as a
Level 1 Swim
Club by USA
The BBSC
Barracudas are
recognized by USA
Swimming as a Level 1
Swim Club in their
club recognition
program. The Club
Recognition Program
offers club members a
working blueprint for
developing strong,
stable, financially
sound and athletically
Designed over a two
year period by USA
Swimming's Club
Development Committee,
this voluntary program
presents four levels
of achievement across
four component areas
deemed critical to
long-term club
success. The program
encourages clubs to
organizational goals
and to benchmark their
progress toward those
The ultimate objective
of the program is to
strengthen the club
system in USA Swimming
by guiding clubs
through a development
process that
ultimately positions
the program and its
coaches to better
serve athletes.
Following is some
information for our
new swimmers who may
not be familiar with
US swimming meets.
USA meets are vastly
different than dual
meets. Even
though you are
swimming against other
swimmers your goal is
to improve your seed
time, which ultimately
moves you up in the
rankings. For
most meets, a swimmer
is allowed to swim a
maximum of three
events per
session. At some
meets the limits is 5
events. These events
are picked by the
coaches. Over
the course of a season
the coaches will
choose events that the
swimmer may have never
swam before. The
philosophy of BBSC is
for each swimmer to
have a USA Swimming
sanctioned time for
every event in their
age group.
Now for the meets:
each meet is usually
broken down to two
sessions for the
various age
groups. The meet
information sheet will
have a list of events,
the warm-up and start
time for each
Swimmers are to be at
the pool at least 15
minutes prior to their
session's warm-up
time. Once
warm-ups have begun,
swimmers who are not
on the deck will be
removed (scratched)
from their
events. Once a
swimmer has swam all
of their events they
can leave the meet.
Meet entries: on
the meet schedule page
on the
website is a list of
meet dates. Next
to the date is a PDF
icon which contains a
link to the meet
document. Once
you open the link
carefully look over
the sessions and
decide if your swimmer
will attend the entire
meet or some part of
it. Then go to
www.teamsnap.com and enter your
availability for each
day with either a YES
or NO before the
respond by date, also
shown on the meet
schedule page.
It's okay if a swimmer
can only make part of
a meet, for example in
a two day meet
Saturday only.
As long as we know,
then the proper events
will be
selected. Please
keep in mind that
there is a charge per
event. BBSC pays
this fee
up-front. If the
swimmer does not show
up there are
absolutely no
refunds. The
monies for the meet
entries will be
automatically deducted
from each swimmers
meet escrow account.
If you need help with
any of this please
don't hesitate to
discuss it with a
coach, or any of the
parent volunteers.
Pool Rules:
We would like to
remind everyone that
we are guests at
Bethpage High
School. It's
imperative that the
following rules be
adhered to at all
The Practice calendar
is available on the
calendar page.
Please note that due
to a variety of events
that take place at
Bethpage High School
this calendar is in
constant flux.
Every effort will be
made to send emails
when changes take
affect but its highly
recommended that you
check this website for
up to date
When changes are made
to the calendar a note
will be entered
showing the date of
the last modification.
team store:
The BBSC team store is
finally ready!
The link:
an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
to ensure you are added
to the distribution
additional questions
regarding the
Bethpage PAL Barracudas
can be addressed to the
Team Administration:
Michele and
Richard Yurman:
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Hi, I'm after some nice new shiny fairing screws/bolts for my Factory. Any ideas where I can get them from?
I've seen them on ebay before, and I think Demon Tweeks do them too.
Do a google search for "Dzus Fasteners" and see what comes up - they're available in different sizes so probably best to check before you order. They're not cheap though, I think about a fiver each!!
Well, I also looked and noted that the pics of the Dzus fasteners look just as, well corroded, as mine when they're brand new...? Can you email a picture of them and if we can do a deal I'll have enough for all the fairing bolts. Looking for the flush ones with the alan key rather than then floppy D pieces.
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i dont know what picture you are referring to though where they look corroded?
the heads are not painted perfect like a body panel, they are a black passivate coating, its an engineering coating, not a cosmetic one.
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yup, Philly46 has a set on his. They self eject too because of the spring.
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Welcome to Lyndale Community School's Physical Education Program. Children learn through movement experiences. They learn not only a game, a dance, or a skill, but to follow directions, to listen, to share, to plan, to strategize, to solve problems and to think. Through movement and learning, children can think, value and create.
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Starts September 25th and goes through November 3rd!
Students are invited to participate in the TC Kid's Runs at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Saturday, September 30. Students and parents are encouraged to sign up for the mile or ½ mile runs. The cost is $10 (scholarships are available). If we receive enough registrations, we will have bus transportation from Lyndale.
Permission slips are due by Thursday, September 21st.
Register online at: www.tcmevents.org/events/medtronic-twin-cities-marathon-weekend-2017/race/family-events
Choose Lyndale Community from the drop-down menu to register.
Please contact Ms. Engelken (previously Ms. Huff) or Ms. Grimes for more information.
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Hi, My name is Ms. Engelken. I've been teaching physical education since 2010 and have been at Lyndale since 2013. I'm passionate about teaching children how to live an active lifestyle. It's my goal to help all students find physical activities that they can enjoy for the rest of their life. I've enjoyed being a part of the Lyndale Community School here in Minneapolis.
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Unfortunately no datasheet was provided with this module, nor could I find one from the internet.
Searching for TTP229 chip datasheet also brought unsatisfying results, since there is no datasheet available for exact chip revision used on module. However datasheets for alternative revisions were avaialble and I have found chip comparison table in some chinese blog.
With this information, I have traced, how chip is connected on the board and how it is configured. By default only 1 group of first 8 buttons works. However, if you solder pinheaders into the holes on the board, you can configure it differently with installing and removing jumpers.
With only 2 additional jumpers installed, all 16 buttons started to work and default active low mode changed into active high. I have written a simple Arduino sketch available at my GitHub repository https://github.com/dmmedia/TTP229B_16keypad to demonstrate how the thing is working. And if you connect via SerialMonitor, you can see the button press and release events sent by the touchpad module and received by Arduino.
My next plans are to rewrite Arduino sketch into a library and start using these modules in my different experiments and projects. Modules are slim and pinheaders can be replaced by solder joints and wires where needed. Keypads can be covered with own design films or laminated paper. And the price for these modules is very low, which makes it worth to just purchase them, than making yourself.


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{what it's like to be 20-something}
A little Friday funny...sent to me by my cousin Lindsey :)
If you're twenty-something, you probably feel like this.
Continued here.
Happy weekend!
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Application is made through the Planning & Zoning office and site plans are developed showing items/procedure outlined by Section 305-54 & 61 of the Zoning Ordinance. (Copies obtained through Planning & Zoning office as part of application form).
Village consultants (site engineering and landscaping) are requested to review and comment on proposals.
Review of requirements for Environmental Review Act compliance is performed.
Zoning Board of Appeals application for variance (if needed) are done normally after Planning Board approval. (Unless otherwise directed by the Planning Board). Application for variance are made through the Planning & Zoning office.
Upon approval of the Planning Board and obtaining any necessary ZBA variance, application to the Architectural Review Board is made with at least scaled project elevation including materials and colors proposed (three (3) sets of drawings with related fee based on estimated market value of work proposed).
This Board meets on the second Tuesday of each month and application must be received three (3) weeks prior to the meeting.
Submit construction grade drawings and specifications by a NY State licensed architect and/or engineer which reflects compliance with the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code as well as other applicable local Ordinances (Sprinkler Law, Plumbing Code, etc.) after other approvals.
Indicate the estimated market value of the proposed work where requested on application form and pay related fee in check form payable to the Village of Tarrytown.
Submit general contractors "Certificate of Insurance" for Workmen's Compensation" with the Village named as "Certificate Holder".
Submit site drainage and grading plans as approved by Village Engineer and including erosion control methods proposed.
Show compliance with local requirements for sprinkler systems.
Submit site landscaping plan approved by Village Landscaping Architect.
Plan review is then performed by the Building Department which reviews all applications on the basis of first come, first served.
If plan approval by Village Engineer has not previously been done, plans are forwarded for his review and comment.
Plans are forwarded to Village Structural Consultant for review and comment.
Obtain Village Landscaping Architect review and comments as per Planning Board approval.
All comments developed from reviews are forwarded to project architect or engineer for revision and/or resolution.
Develop cost estimate for site work and landscaping. Obtain Village Consultants approval of said estimate and pay related 6% inspection fee.
Revised plans are resubmitted and again reviewed by the Building Department and appropriate consultants for compliance with previous comments. Plans are reviewed on the basis of first come, first served. When compliance with appropriate code and standards is shown, Building Permit is issued.


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700m – 2085m by Lake Heron, ascend via the ridge west of Home Creek and down Home Creek valley.
A fine day's climb revives a tired mind.
We had a quiet little pizza night.
Just a couple of friends, some yummy wood-fired pizzas, and big jugs of punch – made my aching back feel so much better.
isn't it a happy time?!" — Confucius
First we played at Castle Hill.
Then we fired up Big Bill for some awesome pizzas!
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Saturday was gorgeously sunny and hot, but with an afternoon forecast of thunderstorm, I thought it may not be the best idea to invite friends around for an outdoor wood-fired pizza evening. That didn't stop me firing up Big Bill the clay oven though. I mixed up some sourdough in the morning, and Big Bill bread is just that much nicer than electric oven bread.
I fired the oven up around 4pm. While Big Bill was getting hot, I made some pizza and focaccia dough, as well as shaped the sourdough loaves. Just when I made a giant pizza for Kiwi Bird and I for dinner around 6pm, rain started promptly.
It wasn't too much of a bother running in and out from the kitchen to relay bakings from Big Bill. The yummy wood-fried pizza was definitely worth it! (The rain never actually got very heavy.)
Then 2 trays of fluffy focaccia baked for 20 mins at over 250C. Half of one also disappeared into our bellies promptly. Continue reading
But then it doesn't hurt to throw in a cake, or TWO.
And a bunch of friends…
Especially if they make you pizzas… Continue reading


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How to: Student Lunch
A healthy lunch is essential to any growing teen's body but it's often hard to prepare a lunch everyday. Many turn to the local businesses for food every day, which can quickly cause a dent to your pocket. Here are … Continue reading How to: Student Lunch


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I have so much to say about this wedding and these two…but I decided I can get my point across in just a few sentences. Christine & Adam are simply two of the sweetest people I have ever met. Like true, genuinely amazing people. Thank you for everything you shared with me on your wedding day, from the corn chowder to the laughs and tears, it was such an honour being a part of your special day. It is so easy to see that you are meant to be together, and I wish you both the best on your new life as husband and wife!
Bouquets: Bernadette's Flowers
Hair & Makeup: Grand Senses Spa
Venue: The Rodd Charlottetown
Bridesmaid Dresses: Morilee
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The Fixing Hoop (also known as the Electric Hoop) is a raised rotating electrical ring found on all stages but The Mad Party and The Gun Run, with more than one in some stages.
The hoop itself is intangible; it is not a solid "collide-able" object. The fixing hoop is used to repair the player's car, reset its damage to zero and retain its original look. Wasted cars can be pushed through the hoop and reanimated: if that happens, their race progress is reloaded, that is, a car that finished five laps will not have to redo those laps. This applies to the player, too, but the drawback is that the reanimation must follow the wasting closely, before the game jumps to the game highlights and ends the game.
Some cars may have trouble reaching the fixing hoop, depending on its placement. Medium sized cars like Wow Caninaro can perform back loops and can reach the fixing hoop with little to moderate. Really large and heavier cars like EL KING and M A S H E E N may find the most difficulty reaching the hoop, especially if there is only a small ramp.
The ID Number for the hoop itself is 41. If you plan on hacking stages with spinning fix hoops, put one at a tilted angle (positive number of degrees~for example, 45) and then put an s at the end to make the hoop spin. Be sure that you put fix(41,x-axis,z-axis,y-axis,degree)s.
Will result in a hoop that spins. It will tilt 45 degrees and rotate back and forth.
However, any track piece can be used as a fix as long as the coding to enable that piece as a fix is retained.
Oddly, the y-axis for the fix must be a negative number, otherwise the fix would be below the ground. In other words, negative values increases the elevation of the fix above the ground whilst whilst positive values do the opposite.


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CHA is committed to providing landlords and property owners the training, expertise and knowledge necessary to ensure all of Chicago's neighborhoods are safe, decent and sustainable.
CHA is pleased to do business with technically proficient and innovative companies. To ensure the integrity of the procurement process, each contract is analyzed by separate Procurement Teams. These individuals explore and implement best practice standards for procuring goods and services for the agency.
CHA is committed to providing information in an efficient and transparent manner and its Department of Communications & Marketing encourages an open dialogue between the agency, residents, media, community and the general public.
The housing unit selected by the family must meet an acceptable level of health and safety before the CHA can approve the unit. When the voucher holder finds a unit that it wishes to occupy and reaches an agreement with the landlord over the lease terms, the CHA must inspect the dwelling and determine that the rent requested is reasonable. CHA will inspect the subsidized unit annually to determine that it meets HQS.
Find out the date and timeframe of next inspection.
HCV families and landlords may also get inspection information by calling or sending a text message to 312-544-0302 (inspection ID required). In addition, you can now contact the Inspections Department directly via e-mail us Here.
For additional information about HQS inspections see the HQS Guidebook.
Starting in January 2018, the Chicago Housing Authority will now be conducting our HQS Inspections every other year as opposed to annually. The following units will still be required to have them done annually.
The transition process will be as follows:
CHA's policy in regards to Complaint Inspections will not be impacted by this, participants or owners can still request these at any time.
In addition, all owners have will now have the ability to self-certify for minor fails. Please click here for a list of minor fail items and here for HQS Self-Certification Form.
Landlords who have not resolved inspection failures that are their responsibility after the first re-inspection must pay a $75 fee before a second re-inspection can be scheduled. This fee can be paid electronically by clicking on the PayPal link. Once the fee is paid, the Inspections Department will contact you to reschedule your re-inspection appointment. Please be advised that if you pay by e-check, CHA will not schedule the inspection until the check has cleared. This may take up to 10 days.


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|When the stock market drops, most people wonder: why does the price of a company's stock really matter? If stock values and prices are dependent merely on the whim of investors and don't really reflect the value of anything, then why care when the prices dip?
Theoretically, a company's stock price should reflect the performance of the company. When it makes more profit or increases its market share, the company's stock price should rise. In the real world, however, that's not necessarily true. For example, Amazon.com has never made a profit, yet its stock is currently hovering around $100 per share. In contrast, when Boeing added more workers to ramp up production, its stock price fell. Only when Boeing announced that it would lay off workers by the end of the year did its stock price recover. Clearly, stock price reflects what investors think about a company's potential profits but, more importantly, it also influences the overall health of the company. Here's how:
First of all, companies are typically valued not just on their annual sales and assets, but also on the price of their stock. When stock prices sink, the overall value of the company decreases, and this effects the credit-worthiness of the company (its ability to borrow money). Companies that need to borrow or issue bonds to finance expansion have a problem when their stock price sinks: they have to pay higher interest rates, because their creditor now views them as a higher risk. For a recent, public-sector example, the government of Brazil's credit-worthiness suffered when investors began to sell off Brazilian bonds. Moody's Investors Service downgraded the Brazilian government debt (similar to a sinking stock price), and Brazil's creditors upped short-term interest rates to as high as 50%. This meant that suddenly Brazil's interest payments on debt jumped from 1% of the country's gross national product to an insane high of 7% of GNP. Without interest payments on its debts, the government's budget would balance; it's debt service payments that have forced the country to run up ever higher deficits to the point where it's now begging the IMF for a $30 billion bailout package. The same thing can happen to businesses.
Secondly, in the past two decades, more companies attract upper level management and high-tech or high-skilled employees by offering stock options as part of their compensation package. This causes two major problems for companies. First, major management decisions will be directly linked to the performance of the company's stock–a good thing for investors who want short-term, stratospheric growth, but not conducive to making long-term, strategic decisions–which often demand investment in new equipment or small wage raises for lower level workers in the near term.
Secondly, in a "tight labor market," companies compete with one another to attract and retain highly-skilled workers. When a company offers stock options, it suddenly becomes enormously important for the company's stock to do well. If the price falls, the company risks losing a large number of employees. The company would have to pay for recruitment, training, and replacement of those employees. Lost productivity, training costs, loss of morale, and the loss of experience that occurs when a company has high turnover rate can propel it into a downward spiral. In a sense, this alone proves how inefficient the system really is: companies hobble themselves by overvaluing some employees–thereby creating an "upper class" of employees who can easily afford to move from one company to the next.
Finally, when the stock price decreases, so does the ability of a company to finance mergers. Much of the economic growth of the 1980s and 1990s has been fueled by massive mergers. In the distant past, mergers were financed by heavy borrowing, usually through the issue of corporate bonds or through bank loans. Today, it's more common for large companies to finance mergers through direct stock swaps. For example, Company A wants to buy their competitor, Company B. Company A offers the shareholders of Company B a chance to trade in 2 share of Company B's stock for 3 shares of Company A's. The shareholders vote and, if they approve, the deal is finalized. If, however, Company A's stock price falls drastically in the interim, Company B's shareholders may decide to pull out of the deal. In recent months, several large mergers have been put on hold or cancelled for this very reason.
If stock prices really had no impact on companies, large companies wouldn't spend enormous amounts of cash to buy up their stock when the price falls, yet many do. Boeing, for example, recently spent a chunk of its cash reserves buying up its own stock.
Stock prices reflect an enormous instability in the system; global investors can literally drive a company out of business or force it to sell to competitors, regardless of the overall health of the company. It doesn't matter if the company makes a necessary product or performs a vital service, or if it employs a lot of people. Waste is endemic to capitalism (as any chronically unemployed or under-employed person can tell you). The fact that companies can be scrapped in the pursuit of profit–just as workers, the elderly, children, and the environment get tossed aside–should surprise nobody.
Month: October 1998
The state's Basic Health Plan is in serious trouble. Squeezed by rising medical costs on one side and hostile Republican politicians on the other, it may not survive another year…even as the waiting list for new enrollees grows daily.
The state's health plan was set up in 1992, after the Democratic Party pushed both Bill Clinton and many local candidates to victory on a platform that included health care reform. The plan was meant to provide subsidized medical insurance for low income people who were not making enough to afford to buy health insurance, but who were making a little too much to qualify for Medicaid. In an effort to ensure the plan's success, the state accepted two types of enrollees: people who needed to have all or a portion of their premiums subsidized by the state, and higher income people who could join and pay the full cost of the premiums out of their own pockets. Today, subsidized members number over 200,000, while unsubsidized members number about 17,000.
Initially the waiting period to join was short and people could sign up at any time; private insurance plans, by comparison, typically designate one month per year as their "open enrollment period," which is the only time when people can join. In 1996, however, as national "welfare reform" kicked in and poor people were booted off of Medicaid, the uninsured population in Washington State swelled. Local businesses continued to cut benefits to their employees, while most job growth occurred in the low-paying service and retail sectors, which also provide no health care coverage for employees. In 1996 the number of people signing up for the state's plan more than doubled from 60,000 to around 140,000, placing a serious strain on public coffers. So, the state put a limit on the number of new enrollees for the subsidized plan and instituted a waiting list. By the end of 1997, there were over 60,000 people on the waiting list, while the plan covered over 200,000 people.
Then real trouble struck: during the state's 1997-98 legislative session, Republicans blocked all efforts to increase funding for the health plan, in spite of rising medical costs and increasing demand. This ensured that most people on the waiting list would have to wait yet another year for a chance to join the plan.
In the meantime, the Basic Health Plan has run into another huge problem: private insurance companies trying to make a profit from the state plan. Initially 18 separate insurance companies contracted with the state to provide benefits to plan members. By 1998 that number dropped to nine, mostly because of mergers, but also because insurance companies dropped out because they couldn't make enough profit from the state plan. Evidently, low income people tend to get sick a lot or have other chronic health problems; insurance companies call this "severe adverse selection" (i.e., too many sick people have selected the state's plan–never mind that nobody chooses to get sick in the first place). This cuts into their profit margins, and companies either decide to drop out of the plan or they raise their rates.
Just two weeks ago, two more insurance providers, Providence Health Care and QualMed, announced that they were dropping out of the plan, leaving only seven providers. The remaining companies are raising rates in 1999 by an average of 9% for the subsidized plan and a whopping 62% for the unsubsidized plan. Regence, for example, is upping its rate by more than 130%. To cover the increase, the legislature will have to find an additional $190 million next year.
The legislature, however, may decide to do away with the state health plan altogether; a lot depends on who gets elected or re-elected at the polls this November. If Republicans gain a majority in the state legislature again, we can probably say goodbye to the Basic Health Plan. A Democratic majority, on the other hand, will be open to "fixing" the plan, but this will likely involve paying private health insurers whatever they ask to keep them part of the process.
It's pretty hard to find a better argument for dumping health insurance companies in favor of a single payer plan. Unfortunately, we're more likely to see the death of the Basic Health Plan instead.
Hedge funds are named after the practice of "hedging your bets," or betting on both sides of a wager. But what happens when the unexpected occurs and the whole wager goes sour? Both sides lose, but the guys who borrowed money to hedge their bets–to bet on both sides of the deal–lose the most. That's exactly what happened to Long Term Capital Management two weeks ago.
LTCM had nearly $1 trillion in bad investments, but only $2 billion in assets that it could sell to pay off its debts. Its borrowing in the past year alone averaged between 50 and 100 times its asset base, and it borrowed from the biggest of banks and brokerage houses in the world, thereby endangering a banking system already rocked by losses in Russia and the Far East. Last week, more news leaked out about this highly secretive fund and other funds just like it.
Cerulli Associates, a Boston consulting firm which is preparing a report on hedge funds, estimates that there are roughly 4,500 of these funds with an estimated $300 billion in assets. That's not counting all the money these funds have borrowed to make highly risky investments. About 81 percent of the funds borrow, and most borrow just under 5 times their asset base. Imagine being able to take out a mortgage for 5 times the value of your home; no bank would do it–yet they do it for hedge funds. Why?
In the case of LTCM, the fund was managed by a few "big names" on Wall Street, including three former Salomon Brothers brokers and two Nobel Prize-winning economists, Robert Merton and Myron Scholes. They had the gloss of "expertise" to help them fleece major banks and brokerage firms, and take investment money from not just a few wealthy people, but also a bunch of "institutional investors" that were looking for wildly high returns: pension funds, endowments, and foundations–whose investments now account for about 80 percent of the total assets of all hedge funds today.
How do hedge funds work? In the case of LTCM, it bought mostly derivatives–paper contracts that wager on the movements of markets. Derivatives have no underlying value, are not based on any asset that can be sold to recoup losses, and have no market of their own like stocks or bonds do, so they're highly "illiquid" (i.e., they can't be easily traded or sold, like stocks on the New York Stock Exchange). In short, derivatives can be summed up in two words: running numbers. Although the risk is very high, if you bet correctly, derivatives can pay off big-time–if the markets remain stable. But the global markets have deflated, and hedge funds are taking a big hit.
For example, LTCM's investments consisted of bets in the global bond markets. Not content just to own bonds and collect interest on them, it "hedged its bets" by betting that bonds with credit risk (i.e., emerging market bonds and junk bonds) would gain in price against European government bonds and U.S. Treasuries. It then "hedged its bets" again by buying stocks in emerging markets. Stocks usually rise when bond prices go down–either way, LTCM sought to make a profit. But when the Asian financial crisis hit, emerging market stocks lost much of their value. When Russia defaulted on its domestic debt, emerging market bond prices also fell against U.S. and European bonds, so LTCM lost both ways. And LTCM is not alone: last week, Everest Capital Ltd., based in Bermuda (to avoid paying U.S. taxes), reported that it had lost $1.3 billion–or 52% of its assets. Everest Capital's main investors include a number of U.S. university endowments.
Hedge funds first appeared in the late 1960s, but have gained in popularity only in the last ten years. They're considered private investments, so they're not regulated by the Security Exchange Commission, which regulates banks, brokerage houses, and mutual funds. They avoid public disclosure laws, so they remain highly secretive about their investments and operations. No precise legal definition exists of what a hedge fund is.
Many funds have set up their central offices in Caribbean tax havens to avoid paying U.S. capital gains taxes. Since 1992, when Congress attempted to regulate hedge funds, leading fund managers have poured money into Republican Party coffers to kill regulatory bills. And, since 1987, when banks were given the go-ahead to liberalize credit, hedge funds have found it much easier to borrow vast sums of money to leverage their investments.
Most large banks and brokerage houses now have investments in hedge funds. Merrill Lynch, which was one of the initial investors in LTCM, has $2.08 billion invested in hedge funds. Chase Manhattan has $3.2 billion. Bankers Trust has loaned $875 million to various hedge funds. Europe's biggest bank, UBS AG (which has already taken an enormous hit from loans made to Russian banks), says it will lose at least $700 million this quarter alone because of LTCM's problems. Italy's state bank invested $100 million in LTCM and loaned it another $150 million.
With LTCM's troubles, investors are beginning to flee hedge funds, but they're finding it difficult to get their money back. There's no formal market for derivatives and, when a fund can't quickly sell its investments to pay back investors, the fund risks collapse. Banks and brokerage firms have stepped in to prop up LTCM, but things will only get worse for hedge funds and for the banks that loaned them money. As Paul Roth of the American Bar Association's task force on hedge funds said: "Someone was asleep at the switch."
Well, it's wake-up time.
Local doctors are slugging it out with Regence BlueShield, Washington's largest health insurer, over changes in the new Regence contract. The doctors say that, in the interest of cost, the insurer wants to limit their ability to prescribe the best care possible for patients; that, in fact, Regence wants to do the prescribing–or give employers the power to do it instead. This is probably true, but then it's hard for patients to sympathize with doctors or care about this squabble, when doctors and the American Medical Association have been instrumental in limiting patients' access to various treatments for decades–especially access to alternative medicine.
The standard argument against alternative therapies is that they're "unproven" or "untested," as if a laboratory test on rats, rabbits, or pigs, followed by a test on 20-year-old, healthy, male college students is the ideal way to prove the efficacy of anything. People who have been driven to try alternative or "naturopathic" medicine by the outright failure of western or "allopathic" medicine to help them have discovered that massage, acupuncture, herbal remedies, vitamin therapies, and many other alternative treatments have long and distinguished histories–literally centuries, for some treatments. There's a lot of empirical evidence showing the benefits these therapies can provide to people suffering from chronic pain, fatigue, immune deficiencies, high blood pressure, heart disease, and a whole host of other illnesses that western medicine either finds difficult to treat or treats only with therapies that are difficult for the patient to tolerate and/or survive.
Many doctors use just that argument against alternative therapies: just because many people experience benefits from them isn't good enough. In other words, until we understand exactly why or how these treatments work, we shouldn't use them. Yet many treatments prescribed by doctors rely on empiricism (i.e., patient's experiences, rather than a scientific understanding of exactly how the treatment works in the patient's body). For example, until very recently, no one understood exactly how anesthesia and pain killers worked to dull pain; there were a lot of theories, but no proof of how these chemicals actually worked in the nervous system. Doctors and the medical community nevertheless relied heavily on both and have done so for over a century. So empirical evidence–the knowledge gained from experience, observation, and patient feedback–was enough to make anesthesia a common treatment, even in light of the known risks; people can and do die under general anesthesia from incorrect dosages or adverse reactions. It happens. But the need obviously outweighs the risks. On the other hand, who dies from receiving a massage?
The other main argument against alternative therapies, especially herbs and dietary supplements, is the danger of poisoning or of adverse reactions. There's no minimizing this danger; it's real and nothing to ignore. But we should put it in perspective. Joe and Teresa Graedon, authors of The People's Guide to Deadly Drug Interactions, estimate that there are over 20,000 adverse drug/drug, drug/food, and drug/vitamin interactions reported in the medical literature. It's simply impossible for anyone to keep track of them all, nor is anyone even bothering to try–not your doctor, not your pharmacist, not the FDA, not insurance companies, not pharmaceutical companies, and certainly not the government. In the best of all possible worlds, there would be a movement to collect such information in a format that's easy to read and accessible for both patients and physicians. Yet no coordinated movement exists to provide this basic necessity.
So we have plenty of people every year who unwittingly poison themselves by taking two prescription medicines that interact badly with one another–often ones prescribed by the same doctor. Or, in one of the most common drug/drug interactions, people may accidentally kill themselves by taking MAO inhibitors, such as Nardil or Parnate (anti-depressants), in combination with over-the-counter cold medicines that contain Sudafed or similar decongestants (pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylephrine or phenylpropanolamine). This combination can cause blood pressure to soar and bring on a stroke; although, some lucky folks only suffer nausea, fever, dizziness, and seizures.
Then there are the drugs that cancel each other out. Aspirin may deactivate drugs that lower blood pressure, like Vasotec and Capoten, which are among the 20 most commonly prescribed drugs in the U.S. The most common medicines for migraine headache, Fiorinal and Fioricet, both contain a barbiturate that reduces the effectiveness of birth control pills; ironically, about 70% of migraine sufferers are women. Birth control pills can also be hampered by the commonly-prescribed antibiotics, such as ampicillin, amoxicillin, tetracycline, oxacillin, penicillin V, and doxycycline. Any of these drugs can be prescribed for pelvic inflammations or urinary-tract infections, which are common among sexually-active women. And finally, oral antifungal medicines that doctors prescribe for vaginal yeast infections can also inhibit oral contraceptives; the biggest culprit is griseofulvin.
Numerous over the counter medicines have nasty side-effects or can combine with prescription drugs in dangerous ways. One example is aspirin; it's in everybody's home medicine cabinet, and lots of folks take it like it's candy. They shouldn't. If taken with anticoagulants (blood thinners), aspirin can cause dangerous, excessive bleeding. It can also reduce the effectiveness of arthritis drugs, like ibuprofen, naproxen, or sulindac. Aspirin may interfere with beta-blockers, another class of drugs that treat high blood pressure. Taken with diabetes drugs, aspirin can trigger sudden, dangerous drops in blood glucose levels. It can also hamper the body's ability to metabolize certain drugs, thereby increasing those drugs to toxic levels in the body; included in this group are epilepsy drugs, glaucoma drugs, and methotrexate (used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and cancer). Gout medicine can be completely inactivated by just 700 mg of aspirin (2-3 pills). And, of course, aspirin is just plain hard on your stomach; it blocks prostaglandins that work to maintain the coating that protects the lining of your digestive tract. Yet no one has suggested that we give up our aspirin. Doctors even recommend that older people take one aspirin a day to thin the blood and prevent a heart attack.
So, faced with the dangers of commonly used drugs, alternative therapies seem mild in comparison, especially when weighed against the obvious needs of people who can't be helped by western medicine. The solution is not to exclude alternative therapies from the ever shrinking list of what insurance companies will fund or what doctors will prescribe. Until we have a healthcare system that eliminates the insurance companies and reduces or eliminates the profit motive, doctors will continue to ignore alternative treatments while fighting to preserve the few treatment options they have now. And the way to make both allopathic and naturopathic medicines safer is to start compiling a database of adverse drug reactions and interactions–and include herbs, vitamins, and other supplements, too. No private, for-profit entity will do it; the responsibility lies with us.


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Born in SE London.Played in (The Rave-Ons) rock pop group.Appeared on the bill with some of the most popular sixties bands (The Animals)(The Applejacks) Wayne Fontana etc.A self taught multi instrumentalist,composer and vocalist.Started writing music at the age of eighteen,all genres. A lot of piano rags.Favourite music classical.Had music placement worldwide including BBC TV Radio.Also served on HMTS Monarch cable ship.Trying to find some of my old sea buddies.
Genres: Royalty Free Music , Dixieland
Description: This is a very lively happy banjo instrumental.Ideal for those Southern Showboat cues or bluegrass scenes.
Genres: Royalty Free Music , Dixieland
Description: This is a very happy lively banjo instrumental.Ideal for Showboat variety cues.Also bluegrass hoedown.


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Here is the thing about facebook. It is a great big billboard for Omega Letter. We are ALREADY attached to most Bible prophecy sites but we are all fishing in the same pond.
We have stayed away from facebook for one good reason. We had no one that wanted to take on the responsibility of maintaining the endless apps and messages, now we do.
Dad's analogy that this is street preaching is just that. We stand there holding the sign, passing out truth and someone stops to listen for awhile then maybe they will stay to be fed. You never forget the guy with the sign. You may not want to be his friend, but you know he is doing what he is doing for the Lord and definitely not unto men.
As far as our security, we are rock solid. Much to our dismay, this also makes us hard to find for those seeking truth. There are a hundreds of Bible prophecy sites ahead of us (and not all of them are good) because they are open for all the bots and such. Sadly, many great sites have been hacked and had a nightmare getting back up.
Cell phones go off all over the place if someone even tries to hack us. Our track record speaks for itself in the security department.
As far as creating a facebook account to be a part of something that may happen there, don't concern yourself. If you are worried about Facebook, then you probably wouldn't enjoy it anyway.
As far as the watering down of the forums themselves…that is up to the members.
The Omega Letter forums are set up in such a way that it can support way more activity than what happens.
The members are the gate keepers. Members who don't like something can dust it, easy as that. We have a core group that has been with us for years and can for the most part discern whether or not someone is sincerely seeking and one who is baiting a trap. With that kind of backing, we now have a little more confidence that the forums wouldn't get out of control, like when we had in all open in the beginning.
In the end, if an offender keeps offending it is no skin off our nose, they get banned, we have done it before and we can do it again. Nobody takes better care of our forums than the members do.
As far as who might be looking at us…I will tell you, we have such intricate stats that nothing gets by us. For example Omega Letter has been visited three times as much in the last few days then all the month of December and we know from where they are coming.
The places these "new" visitors are visiting have ALWAYS been public domain. People could always see what these new passersbys can see. You never know, maybe some of the forums that rarely get used will get used.
Contributed is public to read and comment. This was our outreach, but it is rarely used.
Comments on the Daily Brief are public for ALL to see, thanks members for sharing there.
The writers' commentary are public to both post and read and due to the comments they are cruised lots by the public. BIG THANK YOU to Ed, Alf, Becky and now Wendy….your commitment has made a huge difference this past year.
We are out to seek the lost, which is our Christ given mandate. We all agree that the rapture could happen at any moment and really we are just waiting for the last soul to be saved. Wouldn't it be interesting if we were apart of that?
Facebook…. Shmacebook. . . . that will never be where all the good stuff lives. But it will help other people find out where we keep it.
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Walking Across Europe is superb so get on your walking boots to see the region at its very best and really get away from it all.
So, you don't want to stay in a typical hotel in Austria? Looking for something original, extraordinary to fulfill your walking holiday in Austria? Check out an accommodation in a zimmer. A zimmer, also known as a "Zimmer Frei" (free room), is literally a room that is rented out to travellers by a family. It can refer to a room in a farmhouse or in the city. In other words, it is a more personal form of bed and breakfast. The cost of such accommodation starts from 25 euros.
One of the major attractions in Austria is the excellent network of 'hut to hut' walking trails. Walkers can enjoy roaming some of the most remote mountainous areas for days on end, without having to worry about carrying a heavy load, as basic accommodation and food is provided at one of these many 'huts'. Opposite to what you're thinking, most of these huts are really attractive and spacious – and, naturally, set in the most stunning of locations. Perhaps the most famous of these hut-to-hut treks is the Stubaier Höhenweg (Stubai High Route, also known as the 'rucksack route'), in the Stubai Alps, which is widely regarded as one of the best walks in the Alps. Prices for Alpine huts reflect the range of accommodations available, from sophisticated to rustic. It starts from 40 euros and can reach 170 euros for a person per night. Meals are generally eaten at the resorts, with breakfast or breakfast and lunch included in room prices.


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I think I have spent as much time undoing my knitting this week, as I have actually knitting. I slowly made my way back to where I had overlooked a row of the cable pattern on one side of the cozy. The pain of this venture subsided by the time I had finished knitting the shaping of the neck. The 3 x 3 ribbing begins.
I am now reading October's book club book, Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks. Having read 59 of the 304 pages, I find myself absorbed by the protagonist and the historical and geographical setting of the novel. I was interested to note that it appears 98th in a list of the 100 best books of the decade (2000 - 2009) on Good Reads. My new favourite book, The Book Thief, comes in at number 11 and .
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Hitting the wall
Rachel Estapa
What happens when you hit the wall? It implies that you're no longer able to go the route you have been going because something is now blocking it. You want to give up, give-in, the pain is too much -- your motivation is failing you. Theoretically, it's the realization that what you have been doing is no longer working for you. Positive or negative, hitting the wall means you're due for a change and need to pull from a new source to see you though. You're now face to face with something holding you back, but that's not the scary part -- it's the question of " How can I possibly do this?" Sometimes even more that, it's the realization that something deeper and more underlying is at the core of your behaviors that is perhaps too painful, uncomfortable or scary to address. This is where people self-sabotage themselves; consciously thinking they want a change, but continue to act against their better judgement.
Hitting the wall results it two plausibilities: a breakthrough or a retreat. Which avenue you chose depends upon your attitude and resilience. Time and time again, people come to a turning opportunity and fail to see it through to the other side. I've fallen victim to the walls intimidating nature because I wasn't sure if I could handle the new me on the other side.
In my coaching practice, I'm learning that 'hitting the wall' is a life-changing awareness that some people either embrace what lies ahead, or revert back to old behaviors. Naturally, it's really scary to know that something in your life is blocking you, but hell -- it's comfortable. The devil you do know is better than the devil you don't....right?
Breakthroughs can only happen once you're facing your own wall and realize that it's nothing more than the unraveling of what you understand about yourself. And on the plus, who has ever said they felt worse after a pivotal breakthrough? It's typically a feeling of relief, enlightenment and a new beginning grounded in self-confidence.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding~ Kahil Gibran
Breakthroughs are sought-after because they are so up-lifting and inspiring. Just...don't think that someone/thing outside yourself is going to help you have a break-through. No amount of yoga, therapy, backpacking through Europe or retreats to the mountain will solve it for you. You just need to close your eyes, face what's blocking you and tear it down piece by piece
It takes courage to face your own wall, but those that breakthrough have something within them that understands the temporary pain is worth the inevitable opening on the other-side.


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Rules of Individual and Team Racing History of Competitive Dinghy Sailing French Terminology buoy - bouée
penalty - amende
protest - protester auprès de
Starboard - à tribord
port - à bâbord
knots- noeuds
mainsail - grand-voile
jib - foc
wind - vent
boom - bôme Significance of Sailing in France The Groupama Sailing Team and the
O.N.L.Y. Sailing Team By Ella Boston Sailing - La Voile The Course Penalties and scoring Other Rules Team Racing course - A smaller course
- 'S' shaped
- A variety of upwind, downwind and reaches
- Relatively short - only 15 to 20 minutes long Individual Racing course -A much larger course
-Varying in shape
-A longer course usually taking around an hour to complete Starting The Race Team racing starts - 3 minute starts because of the smaller course
- Most important part of the race Individual racing starts - Longer starts times varying on the course size
- Class signals are also sometimes used in the starts at big competitions -Most complicated part of the race
- very confusing
- Flags and signs tell the racers how long they have
until the start. Penalties Scoring Scoring in team racing - the lowest score combination wins Scoring in individual racing - The boat with the highest score wins
- E.g. 1st place = 10 points, last place = 0 points - Penalties are awarded by the umpires
- Penalties can be given for:
- bad language
- false starts
- Taking advantage of an inexperienced sailor
- Refusing to give other sailors room to turn
- crashing into a mark
- A penalty may mean 1,2 or 4 360 turns
- Penalties do not detract from your score Giving Way - The boat sailing on port has to give way
- If two boats are sailing on starboard the boat furthest from the wind has to give way
- All boats must avoid collisions Bluffing - No sailor is allowed to take advantage of an inexperienced sailor
- Penalty = four 360 turns Giving Room - If a boat is near an obstacle and doesn't have enough room to turn other boats must give room - Dinghy sailing has been around for centuries
- Started off in 1887 with Thomas Middleton and the water wag
- In the 1800s sailing was popular but still expensive
- In the 1900s boats developed into faster models with the help of Uffa Fox
- After WWII aircraft materials were used to create the frames of dinghies
- In the 21st century boats are faster and more popular than ever before. - Sailing is embedded into the history of costal France
- Sailing is a popular sport
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Talking about 'Phhir', the film is about the journey of a soul who does something wrong in one of its lifetime and to pay for it has to travel to another lifetime and take rebirth. The film starts with a shattered looking man Vikramaditya who kneels down to Swamiji to ask help for the wrong he has done. He is reborn as Dr. Kabir Malhotra (Rajneesh Duggal) whose wife Sia (Roshni Chopra) suddenly disappears one day and he goes through hell to find her. God gifted Disha (Adah Sharma) can see the future and helps Kabir find his wife. The entire story has a spiritual meaning to it that is unveiled after a thrilling journey.
Well, the film has quite an unconventional storyline but at the same time it seems unbelievable and illogical. Vikramaditya kills himself and no one even finds out about his and wife's death. For years the skeleton of his dead body lies in the estranged bungalow for years for his reincarnation Kabir to come and see and this makes no sense. It is not an edge of the seat thriller but yes does keep you glued. Shall relate to anyone who is interested in Life after death and spirituality!
The performances in the film are not strong but are not bad either. Rajneesh Duggal overacts and mediocre. Adah Sharma looks captivating but seems expressionless sometimes. Roshni Chopra takes care well of the emotions but still needs to polish herself. The rest of the supporting cast is ok.
The dialogues seem absolutely clichéd and predictable. Music by singer-composer Raghav Sachar is mediocre. He features in a special song but fails to make an impact. Cinematography is the saving grace of the film. Editing could have been a little crispier.
Plus Points:
- Cinematography
- unconventional storyline
- thrill
Minus points:
- cliched dialogues,
- mediocre music and a few unreasonable sequences
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Cast:Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma, Roshni Chopra
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Driving has been a passion of mine ever since I can remember. Starting out with miles of hot wheels race-tracks to taking my first car on a real track, I have always had a deep down desire to be behind the wheel of a car as its racing down the highway full speed. You can imagine my excitement when Hayley and I began planning our trip to Germany, home of the world famous Autobahn highway. I knew this would be the perfect chance to cross off something that has been on my bucket list ever since I bought my first BMW in 2009.
Growing up in Ontario with our 400 series highways that max out at 100 km/h, the autobahn seemed to me like a mythical beast full of action, adventure, and of course, sports cars. For years I tried to imagine what this famous german highway would be like to drive on, and how cool it would be to do 200+ km/h without getting a speeding ticket! As it turns out, it was just as amazing as I had thought, even though I had made a lot of incorrect assumptions.
First of all, the Autobahn is not a particular highway as I had previously imagined, exclusive of other highways. It is, in fact, the German word for motorway. The official German term is Bundesautobahn, which translates as "federal motorway." It is also not void of a speed limit, there are many sections of highway that have strictly enforced speed limits using an advanced speed camera technology. That being said, if the weather is good, the highway is clear, and you're feeling excited, you are free to enjoy the unrestricted sections of highway that make up the Autobahn that I had dreamed of. To me, this sign meant pin the pedal to the floor and go as fast as you possibly can!
Although I have been dreaming of driving this highway for years, the BMW part came much later on in life, after I had purchased my first BMW. Before that purchase, I had never been a fan of BMW cars because it seemed like the car that every wanna be rich man owned. To me, the typical mid 2000's Bimmer was a car for people who wanted to look wealthy, but couldn't afford a Ferrari. That all changed when I found my red devil on Kijiji for $3500. The minute I hopped into that car with its two-tone leather interior, beautifully crafted panelling and gripped that leather steering wheel I was in awh. From that day onwards, I have owned exclusively BMW's, and had committed to myself that the FIRST car I would drive on the Autobahn would be a BMW.
So there I was, having just landed in Berlin, standing in line at the car rental kiosk eagerly awaiting to reserve my BMW. What I didn't realize was that there was also a very large festival happening in Berlin during the weekend we were there, and that particular Kiosk did not have a single car to rent. Nor did the kiosk beside it, or the third kiosk. In fact, I spent the next three days calling over 30 car rental companies from Berlin to Munich in search of a BMW, and not one of them could get me a BMW. Volkswagen? Sure. Audi? Of course! BMW? What do you think this is, Germany!?
You can imagine my heartbreak when I had to give in to the idea that I might not get my BMW. Did I forget to mention, I even bought BMW shoes just for this occasion (fanboy alert!), and now I was going to have to settle for a fucking Volkswagen Golf. But I wasn't going to give up hope, I wasn't ready to give in completely. Most of the car rental companies told me they wouldn't know what they have available for rent until the morning of, thats why they could not guarantee me a particular car, only a particular class of car. I still had a chance to get a BMW the morning of our scheduled road trip. How big of a chance? Out of all the cars the company had available to rent, there was one BMW, in all of Germany.
That morning that I walked in to collect my car, wearing my new BMW shoes, praying to the BMW gods, I was given the greatest news. That one BMW that the company had available, had been dropped off last night after I called. It was cleaned out, washed up, and ready to go. Either I'm the luckiest Canuck in all of Deutschland, or this moment was made to happen.
Promise not to tell anyone, but this beauty was actually a station wagon. I refused to take pictures of its wide rear end for fear of embarrassment from all my car enthusiast friends. Regardless of it's Nicki Minaj ass, I was still going to rip this beauty down the Autobahn.


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The umbrella features an enormous canopy spanning 128cm, offering both excellent coverage and clear visibility. It features fibreglass ribs for a lightweight feel while providing great flexibility and strength to the frame. The shaft is non-conductive and utilises an anti-pinch runner mechanism. The umbrella measures 101cm long when closed.
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- Umbrellas measures 101cm long when closed and spans 128cm when open
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- Weight: 760 grams
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Quality, technical innovation and fashion design are at the heart of Fulton's ideology and they use only the highest quality materials and exacting engineering standards before hand-finishing every product. Founded in 1956 by engineer and inventor Arnold Fulton in a small factory in London, Fulton has grown to become the largest supplier of umbrellas and rainwear accessories in the UK today. Fulton's long-standing British heritage and quality design have been recognised across the world and they are honoured to hold a Royal Warrant to Her Majesty The Queen, and previously to Her Majesty The Queen Mother.