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An article Saturday incorrectly reported how much Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley has spent for his pollster's services. His latest Federal Election Commission report shows he paid Diane Feldman's firm more than $150,000 from July through September. (Published 10/19/1999)
Texas Gov. George W. Bush is now running the most lavish-spending primary campaign ever by a presidential front-runner, laying out $12.7 million in the last three months on everything from $82,500 worth of Iowa bus charters to a staff of 157 for an operation that once boasted of its penny-pinching ways.
New reports filed with the Federal Election Commission yesterday documented a spending surge by the Bush campaign as he enters a pitched battle with free-spending millionaire Steve Forbes (R). Already, Bush has laid out more than $19 million this year to Forbes's $18.9 million -- the most ever spent at this point in a presidential race.
But while Forbes has subsidized more than half out of his own pocket, the Texan is just starting to spend his record $57 million fund-raising haul -- and still has $37 million, or two-thirds of his total, left in the bank.
Yesterday's reports offered a very different financial picture in the Democratic presidential contest. Vice President Gore's newly downsized campaign revealed details about a high-spending operation that not only has less money in the bank than Democratic rival Bill Bradley's but also may run up against spending limits in the key early states of Iowa and New Hampshire well before any votes are cast next year.
Two weeks after Gore announced he was moving his headquarters to Nashville and cutting back on his roster of high-paid consultants, the vice president's FEC report documented how he has managed to spend nearly 60 percent of the $24.3 million he has raised this year. After spending 45 percent of his $19.2 million raised, Bradley now has $10.7 million left in his bank account, compared with $10.3 million for Gore.
That spate of early spending may matter more in the Democratic race because both candidates are bound by the state-by-state spending ceilings that are a condition of receiving public matching funds. Both Bush and Forbes have opted out of that system, forgoing as much as $13 million in federal money in order to be free to spend unlimited amounts.
Just this week, the Gore campaign announced a major new spending decision: a wave of early television ads in Iowa and New Hampshire. But yesterday's reports showed that Gore already had spent $264,000 against the $1.1 million primary spending limit in Iowa -- and that didn't include the $244,000 the Bradley campaign estimates that Gore is spending there on the new round of ads.
So, more than three months before the Iowa caucuses, Gore will have spent close to half the money he is allowed in the state. Bradley, in contrast, reported spending just $52,000 so far in Iowa. The Gore campaign also reported spending $129,000 -- to Bradley's $29,000 -- in New Hampshire, where the spending cap is $661,000.
Gore spokeswoman Kiki Moore refused to comment on any problems that might cause down the road, except to say, "The campaign has a strategy that will be successfully executed within the structure of the laws on campaign spending."
But there were many sharp reminders of their spending disparity in the reports. Gore, for example, had a stable of several pollsters, laying out $161,000 in the last three months just for the services of chief White House pollster Mark Penn before letting him go at the beginning of October. Bradley's lone pollster, Diane Feldman, received $18,000 this quarter.
In an interview yesterday with Washington Post reporters and editors, Gore played down the surprising strength of Bradley's fund-raising, pointing out that he has the overall lead. "We have broken the records on fund-raising," he said, "except for Bush." He also defended the high rate of spending, saying, "We have invested in setting up a national organization in key states and running a national campaign."
Gore cited the advantage he expects to have over Bradley in federal matching funds. Although Bradley has a bigger bank account now, the vice president claimed he would qualify for millions of dollars more in public money because he has raised more of his funds from small donors. But Bradley spokesman Eric Hauser hotly disputed that last night, saying Gore was incorrect about the disparity.
Gore also suggested that voters may "discount" the impact of a candidate like Bush "who has piled up a huge amount of money," adding, "There are many examples in American politics of a candidate with a lavish amount of money finding it difficult to translate that into support."
Bush's filings show a campaign spending freely on everything from the Iowa straw poll to its yet-to-be-launched television advertising campaign in New Hampshire. It spent more than $1 million merely to process the $20.2 million the campaign raised from July to the end of September. Comparable details about spending were not made available by the Forbes campaign.
Bush spent close to $1 million to win the Iowa straw poll last August, aides said at the time. The latest filing shows where some of it went. The campaign paid about $273,000 to the Iowa Republican Party for the $25 tickets that were given out to Bush supporters, plus $50,000 to reserve a choice piece of land next to the Ames coliseum for a barbecue and entertainment. In addition to chartering buses for backers, the campaign laid out $65,000 to a Minnesota caterer to feed them.
Bush's team already has plunked down $600,000 at WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H., for ads that will run before the Feb. 1 primary and has paid its media consulting firm $425,000 for production costs even though Bush has yet to air his first ad. By prepaying, the Bush campaign has guaranteed itself time on New Hampshire's crowded airwaves.
That is just one area where the Bush campaign has invested for the future. Already, Bush has paid two telemarketing firms, including one owned by GOP consultant and former Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, about $270,000 to identify likely Bush supporters in such key early states as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Even as Bush and Forbes engage in an unprecedented spending duel, the rest of the GOP field is battling even to stay financially afloat. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has $2.1 million still in the bank after raising $3.1 million in the third quarter, putting him in front of the rest of the pack. Elizabeth Dole raised less in the last three months than in the previous quarter, $1.3 million, and still had $860,000 on hand.
Database editor Sarah Cohen and staff researcher Ben White contributed to this report.
Campaign Cash
Presidential candidates filed new campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission. A breakdown of the reports provided by campaigns yesterday:
REPUBLICANS 3rd quarter receipts Year-to-date Cash on hand*
(July 1-Sept. 30) receipts
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George W. Bush $20.2 $57 $37,001,508
Steve Forbes 11.2** 20.8 -114,073
John McCain 3.1 9.4 1,371,179
Elizabeth Dole 1.3 4.8 429,669
Orrin G. Hatch 1.3 1.3 150,120
Bill Bradley 7.4 19.2 10,631,253
Al Gore** 7.3 24.9 9,962,218
* Reflects cash on hand minus outstanding debt
**Includes 9,650,000 from the candidate.


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The last weeks have been busy and the weeknotes haven't made it to the top of our priority list. And once you skip it for one week, and then another, the habit is gone, the chain is broken.
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Turn your Blackberry Storm 9500 onto its back side, and remove the battery door & battery.
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Christus Health Settles Medicare Fraud Suit
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A $1 million Medicare fraud settlement payment has been made by Christus Health, a Houston based hospital system. Whistleblower Mark Razin, who is a Healthcare Financial Advisors
employee, worked with Christus on cost reports that maximized Medicare reimbursement. Specifically the charges stated failure to report overpayments and billing ineligible costs. From 1988 through 2001 the medical chain that operates 40 hospitals and facilities in eight states committed violations such as wrongful billing to Medicare for advertising, marketing and administrative costs resulting in a qui tam lawsuit.
This qui tam or whistleblower lawsuit was filed in 1998 in the federal district court of Los Angeles against not only Christus but many other former clients of Healthcare Financial Advisors as well. Certus acquired the firm in 1998. The lawsuit had been "under seal" and not known to the public until recently, when a federal district court judge in Los Angeles unsealed the case. As a result of Razin's daring qui tam allegations the government has recovered $62.9 million.
Other fraudulent behavior on the part of Christus that lead to a qui tam suit included the reopening of previous years' cost reports to make adjustments and resubmit them to increase their Medicare reimbursements. This was done on the advice of Healthcare Financial Advisors. Razin decided to take a stand and become a whistleblower back in 1998 ending these actions.
Razin was represented by the San Francisco based firm Phillips & Cohen LLP, specialists in qui tam suits, who have gained some $6.89 billion is civil settlements. Stated Mary A. Inman, an attorney with the firm, "Healthcare providers must disclose to Medicare any overpayments that result from reimbursement errors. The Medicare system depends on the honesty of hospitals and other healthcare providers. They shouldn't be trying to game the system." She went on to praise the government attorneys involved, "I particularly want to acknowledge the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Shana T. Mintz and Jeff McVicker of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. Their skill and diligence helped taxpayers recover Medicare funds that otherwise would have been lost to fraud."
These qui tam whistleblower suits appear to be the only thing stopping the loss of possibly billions in taxpayers money to Medicare fraud.
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So I'm starting a new project. It'll be slow going for a bit until we get through cleaning for New Year and prepping for January Christmas with out of town relatives, but I'm going to be tracking my progress again. It's a Sci-Fi fantasy novel. Should be a one shot with possibilities for expansion added in.
In truth, I've already started it, but I've come to realize that the tracking I did on the last novel really helped me keep going. I started hitting the keys on this one during Thanksgiving, but set it aside for when I had more time to work on it. The first thing I'll probably be doing on it is write up a good brainstorm on not only the world, but the villains, magic system, plot, everything. It's going to need a lot of structure as far as that goes. I want to make sure the magic and the pantheon is worked up and at least makes enough sense that it's not broken. The other thing I need to do is read Daily Life in Medieval Times. I'll need at least a passing familiarity with a medieval setting beyond that found in an RPG. It's going to be a higher magic type world, so there are likely conveniences I can use to fudge the lifestyle, but I do want to at least mimic a medieval setting.
However, I have another novel I need to work on and I may try to juggle them both. The other novel is an Urban Fantasy and unfortunately it sounds like UF is an easier sell in the current market. The market just seems flooded with UF to the point where I can't pick up a book lately without discovering that it's first person urban fantasy, usually with a female lead. Before anyone gets up in arms over that comment, keep in mind that I don't mind them in general. I rather enjoy Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series and Faith Hunter's Rogue Mage and Skinwalker books, but I get tired of the same thing over and over again. And many of them are. The same, that is. The voice is the same, the writing's the same, even many of the terms are the same. Jayne's been picking some up from the library and really it just seems to be SSDA, same sh*t, different author. Change a few things, file off the serial numbers and you have a new novel. And they're all selling. It makes me not want to touch first person urban fantasy with a ten foot pole unless I have something really "wowingly" (yes I know that's not a word, but I'm channeling my inner Joss*) different. I just see an eventual future where peple are going to start seeing the same things I've noticed and get tired of the genre. I'd rather work on something else and plan for that eventuality.
So, I'm going to a setting that has been in decline for quite some time. I don't know why I've suddenly been drawn to working on Science Fiction. It's certainly not a desire to go with the underdog, though I've never been one to do anything the easy way. It's not necessarily that I want to single-handedly champion the genre and try to bring it back into a golden age, but there's just some strange appeal of working in something that's not currently waterlogged, so to speak; something that's not already saturating the market.
I walked into a local bookstore recently and checked the shelves. I was stunned that just about the only Sci-Fi I saw there were Extended Universes (BSG, Star Trek, Star Wars, etc). I remember a time when there was a lot of original sci-fi and sci-fi fantasy out there. I saw very little. This bothered me a bit because my finished (well, sort of finished) piece is sci-fi. I knew there was a lot more sci-fi titles in Romance and that's what my novel qualifies as, but I started to wonder about mainstream sci-fi. I asked around (though I really should have known) of people in the business. I wondered if perhaps it was just the store in question. I was told that yes, the sci-fi genre has been in decline for easily 10 years. In a way it bothered me and it also got me to wonder if I should even try. I mean, if the publishers aren't picking up much sci-fi then it's that much more difficult to get published. But my stubborn streak now won't let it go. I think I can write some quality sci-fi (focusing on space opera and fantasy aspects of course, I'm not big into hard science) and with a little luck get it published. I like the challenge, oddly enough.
And hey, it's all about revolution. What goes around comes around. Sci-Fi was big once. Fantasy took center stage for a while. Now it's Urban Fantasy. Who knows, perhaps it's time for a resurgence of the sci-fi genre. It's worth a shot anyway.
And so yes, you will be seeing another tracking session on here soon. One that will hopefully help me get another couple novels finished in the new year.
* Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse and about a bajillion "Jossisms."


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Strong work by a couple of defensive backs and an emerging battle for the squad's punting duties highlighted Furman's Wednesday morning football practice session at the Bob King Practice Complex.
"I was extremely pleased with our defensive effort, particularly the play of Ryan Steed and Max Lerner," said head coach Bobby Lamb following the two-hour, 25-minute practice in shorts and helmets. "Ryan had an interception and three pass deflections, and Max had a great day, showing agressiveness and breaking on the ball."
Steed, a junior All-Southern Conference cornerback and team co-captain, is coming off a 2009 season that saw him register 59 tackles and a team leading four interceptions, one of which he returned 44 yards for a touchdown to key Furman's 30-22 win over Georgia Southern. Lerner, meanwhile, totaled 60 tackles a year ago from his rover position, and had two pickoffs, including a 43-yard return for a score in a 38-20 triumph over Chattanooga. He was a consensus All-SoCon choice in 2008.
Lamb also complimented the play of junior linebacker Rick Furman, who "had a good day defending the pass." The Greenville native tallied 23 tackles in a backup role a year ago.
Defensive improvement is one of the Paladins' top goals for 2010 as last year Furman was torched by the opposition for 31.4 points and 431.3 yards per game.
On the other side of the ball three players earning mention on Wednesday included receivers Tyler Maples, Gary Robinson, and Daniel McFadden.
"Tyler and Gary both looked sharp and had touchdown catches, and I thought Daniel McFadden played well."
Maples, who joined the Furman program last summer following two seasons at Tennessee, caught 18 passes for 191 yards and a touchdown in his first season as a Paladin.
Wednesdays practice included more 7-on-7 drills and a team period at the end that featured 11-on-11 work. In addition the Paladins inserted another series of offensive and defensive plays and sets.
Furman also worked on their "pride" team, otherwise known as the punt team, and according to Lamb a battle appears to be brewing between junior Chas Short and true freshman Ray Early for the squad's punting duties vacated by the graduation of Trent Hawk (39.8 avg. in '09).
Short is a two-year letterman but has only handled the team's kickoff chores. Early, whose great uncle, Lee Rhame '37 was an outstanding running back for Furman and charter inductee into Furman's Athletic Hall of Fame, is a true freshman from Darlington.
"Chas and Ray have looked pretty good. The ball makes a different sound coming off Ray's foot. There's definitely a lot of potential there."
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Snuggled in a curve of the Mekong, Vientiane is, perhaps, the most charming of all South-east Asia's capital cities. Cut off from the outside world for much of the modern period, its fusion of South-east Asian and French colonial culture remains largely intact. While the last few years have brought greater bustle and activity, it is still a small, quiet city where colourful tuk-tuks scuttle along tree-lined boulevards, past Buddhist temples and cosmopolitan cafés; hammer-and-sickle flags hang at 10-pin bowling discos, and green and pink chickens wander the streets.
The city was founded by King Setthathirat who decided to relocate his capital here in the early 1560s. The city was ransacked by the Siamese in 1827 and was abandoned for decades until the French commenced reconstruction at the end of the 19th century.
Not surprisingly, most of the interesting buildings in Vientiane are of religious significance. Preeminent among these is That Luang, the holiest Buddhist monument in the country. Its golden spire dominates the skyline northeast of the city.
According to legend, a stupa was first built here in the third century AD to house the breast bone of the Buddha. The present monument was built in 1566 by King Setthathirat and has been much restored and rebuilt since then. The other key sight is Wat Phra Kaeo, built by King Setthathirat to house the Emerald Buddha (now in Bangkok). The building displays a superb assortment of Lao and Khmer art, mostly collected from other wats in Vientiane.
There are plenty of short trips from Vientiane, ranging from the popular backpacker hotspot of Vang Vieng, which offers kayaking, caving and rock climbing, through to the stunning Phou Khao Khouay National Park and the Nam Ngum dam.
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Genetic algorithm based approach to bi-level linear programming
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My poster, A Mandatory US Carbon Emissions Ceiling (Cap) Will Reduce the Cost Advantage of Fossil Electricity Over Wind Electricity, was presented at the WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition, June 1-4, Houston, TX. It is based on my working paper of the same name. My poster was located at the Poster Topic: Government Policies. For a complete list of poster topics go to: http://www.windpowerexpo.org/posters.cfm
Burning fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, fuel oil) to generate electricity creates carbon. Wind generated electricity has no carbon emissions. Carbon emissions are causing global warming. The implantation of a Kyoto Protocol like mandatory US carbon emission reduction program will reduce global warming by reducing US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A US carbon reduction program will add the cost of carbon emission controls to the cost of generating fossil fuel electricity. A mandatory US carbon reduction program is, therefore, a great benefit to the wind industry because it will reduce the relative cost advantage of fossil electricity.
This working paper examines the potential US carbon emission reduction architectures (cap and control, cap and trade, carbon tax) to determine which architecture will cause the greatest reduction in the relative cost advantage that fossil electricity now has over wind electricity and which architecture has the greatest chance of being accepted in Washington. The paper examines each architecture's significant structural components (the details). For the carbon tax, it is the definition of the tax base; tm- CO2/tm-fossil fuel or tm- CO2/MWh. For cap and trade, the most popular architecture, it is auctioning verse the assignment of carbon emission units and banking. For cap and command, it is setting up of an efficient command structure. The current status of the working paper is a poster comparing the three emission control architectures and a determination of which architecture gives the greatest reduction in fossil fuel's relative cost advantage. A mandatory US carbon emission reduction program increases wind electricity's economic position.
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The vice president of the Philippines has headed to Zamboanga to discuss a truce with Muslim rebels. The standoff began on Monday when about 200 fighters stormed several coastal communities, taking residents hostage.
Vice President Jejomar Binay announced Saturday that he would discuss a cease-fire with the defense secretary and representatives of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Binay offered the ceasefire Friday, after five days of fighting killed 52 people - 43 rebels, five soldiers and policemen and four civilians - and wounded 46 members of the security forces and 24 civilians.
"I hope a ceasefire would be in place before the end of the day," Binay said.
The fighting in Zamboanga, a city of 1 million people about 875 kilometers (540 miles) south of the capital, Manila, has forced more than 60,000 locals to leave their homes. The conflict spread to the island of Basilan on Thursday, resulting in one death before residents were taken to safety.
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Binay and rebel leader Nur Misuari had agreed on Friday to halt the conflict. The vice president had said that "the details of a peaceful settlement can be threshed out with a cease-fire in place."
Media previously reported the truce could take effect by midnight, but no such deal was apparent on Saturday morning. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin "clarified that a cease-fire has never been implemented," said Abigail Valte, spokeswoman for President Benigno Aquino: "Therefore operations continued throughout the night and will continue as necessary."
Operations would "contain and constrict Misuari's forces," Ricky Carandang, a second Aquino spokesman, said. "Much as we would welcome a cease-fire, Misuari's forces have not stopped attacking our soldiers and civilians," Carandang added.
Military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Ramon Zagala said about 100 MNLF fighters remained, holding between 50 and 100 civilian hostages. About 3,000 elite troops had begun to advance on MNLF positions, he said, describing the military's gains as "substantial," but refusing to say which areas had been retaken by security forces.
"As of now we have no cease-fire," he said. "We continue to conduct offensives to prevent them from further endangering the lives of the civilian population and destroying property."
Decades-long conflict
The government has battled MNLF rebels since 1971, a conflict that has claimed 150,000 lives. The MNLF claims that the government has broken promises over the establishment of an autonomous region for Muslims in the largely Catholic nation's Mindanao region.
The MNLF signed a peace deal in 1996. Misuari has accused the government of violating the terms of the 1996 treaty by negotiating a separate peace deal with a rival faction.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has had more success negotiating with Manila, reaching the final stages of peace talks with the government. MILF could take over an expanded autonomous Muslim region in the south by 2016.
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As you can see from the video, fabric paint is just two parts acrylic paint plus one part textile medium. You can find textile medium usually in a white bottle by the acrylic paints. Textile medium enhances the way acrylic paint works with fabric. It controls bleeding of colors, reduces stiffness when dry, prevents uneven application and helps the paint adhere to fabric.
Once I made the paint, I placed a stencil I had designed and cut with my Silhouette Cameo on the shirt. I used a sponge brush so as not to pull the fabric, but if you come up with a better technique, please let me know.
After the paint dried, I removed the stencil and put the shirt on an ironing board. I then covered the shirt with a cloth and ironed each part of the design for 20 seconds.
The textile medium has instructions to keep dry (or unwashed) for 7 days. I assume that's to let the paint really set with the fabric.
I'm a Wolf Den Leader in Cub Scouts. Making these shirts to give to our boys was a real treat. Because the Fleur-de-lis in the design, they can now use the shirts in place of their uniforms if they so desire .
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The first part of the title of this post is the headline of this intriguing New York Times editorial discussing some of the Supreme Court's rulings yesterday. Here is how the piece starts and ends:
Equity is an elusive legal concept that occasionally allows some leeway in applying the rules of the law and is often unappreciated by judges who insist the law means only what it says. That was clear in 2008 when the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit refused to allow federal courts to consider a death-penalty conviction of Albert Holland because his lawyer had inexcusably let the filing deadline pass. Fortunately, seven members of the Supreme Court proved less rigid in their thinking on Monday and reversed that blinkered decision....
Justice Scalia wrote that while it is tempting to tinker with technical rules to achieve a just result, the Constitution does not give judges the discretion to rewrite Congress's rules. The law is the law, in other words, and tough luck if your incompetent lawyer leaves you hanging.
It was heartening to see that Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel Alito Jr. refused to subscribe to that philosophy, just as they have broken with Justice Scalia in other criminal justice cases.
The full court demonstrated that same spirit of understanding in another opinion issued Monday, when it ruled that a minor drug offense did not justify deporting a legal immigrant. The case was brought by Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo, an immigrant from Mexico found in possession of a single tablet of Xanax, the anti-anxiety drug, without a prescription. Overruling the lower courts and disagreeing with the Obama administration, the court said that the possession did not qualify as a serious felony, even though Mr. Carachuri-Rosendo had a previous misdemeanor conviction.
The decision gives hope to other immigrants fighting deportation on minor charges that are taken far too seriously by the government. Taken together, the outcome of Monday's cases suggests that even on a conservative court, the letter of the law has its limits.
I think the headline of this editorial is a bit misleading given that, as the text of the editorial notes, the Holland case is pricipally about the development of equitable principles, not really "judicial discretion." Moreover, as explained in this post, the fascinating 5-4 ruling in the Dolan restitution case actually fits this equitable narrative better than the ruling in Carachuri-Rosendo. Nevertheless, I think it notable to see the New York Times praise the Supreme Court for acknowledging the limits of law.
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Can't wait to get mine! I think that a 3.2+ mp phone is getting on the large side, although they may be slim, imagine how wide and long the k850i will be! I always wanted a K800i and this is just smaller, If you have a K800i don't switch, but if you don't this phone won best Handset at 3GSM 2007 so is worth a look.
Hope this is the answer for the comment I left for K800i regarding its awfully sticky keypad. Looks much much better than the old timer. lets see....
Why SonyEricsson didn´t make a new version with mp4 video format!!!
I can´t believe that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This mobile would be perfect with mp4 video format!!!!
What ,,de balta " english you have!
Very good phone!
Keep up the good work guys!
hi guys,ì'm from romania,bla bla..i have to say that se is the best..i can wait for k900..right now i posese a k750 and i'm very happy with him..ciao
people those psecs aren't surely correct as if the phone has everything you wanted in just a small slim form factor? hey wake up. it's either you'll be choosing size or feature here. and please don't expect that this will have 2 xenon flashes or 140mp camera as it is very impossible that SE will make this, this will come out expensive if that happens and no one except those rich kids will gonna fancy such a pricey phone have you understand that?
now i think that se is making a mistake here. have the company heard about the qualms of the people? i have a k800 and i think its the best. now they're releasing the 880? with the same features aside from the looks? come on! the layout is pretty much the same. they just changed the pads. sigh. i was hoping that when they release a new version of the k800 series that they would do something about the video recording. the photo is fine. a bit brighter flash could be appreciated. however, i still think that se rocks. mistakes can be made at times. forgiven. just don't do it again.
i work for o2 and the ecpected release date for the k810 is 30/04/2207 but it is subject to change.
regards gaz
looks cool hope ya upgraded da speakers and include a security lock code for once
love SE 2 death
K750i has a 2MP camera (poor camera i might add), no video callin, tkes a different memory card n i think thats it... great phone tho i had 1 lastyear before i upgraded to my samsung d900.
k810i has 3.2MP camera (if its anything like the k800's camera it would be amazing) video callin and other stuff... really gonna concider this phone in november for my upgrade :D


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FS17 – Central Valley Map V 1.8
Central Valley Map V1.8 for FS17.
Der Rücksetzpunkt ist auf dem Hof, zwischen Hauseingang und dem Grünstreifen.
LPG Werkstatt Verbaut.
Licht bei den Schweinen.
Animierte Tore bei den Kühen, da hab ich die DirtArea auch in den Stahl ausgeweitet.
Heisst, man muss in den Stahl um sauber zu machen.
Goldcrest Valley. Have the map made for me, but make them available here as well.
The fields were enlarged, a forest at Schweinestall fell victim. The cowshed placed between the pigsty and the farm. Raise and lower terrain.
The courtyard has a bit more space, but was little added to buildings, it is clear – I do not need a navi to find me in the yard.
So everyone can also place the yard with placeable objects in game itself.
The trains including the tracks were removed. Unloading stations of the trains have been converted, and are now usable with each vehicle.
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Because he's a smart, smart man and I'm sure he likes to keep his privacy. Turns out the article I was reading was about his favorite pub (or so he says) in London. Still, here's the article. And, Pooh? It mentions "Angel". *G* Oh, and don't blame me for misspellings/typos... it was cut and pasted from somebody else's LJ:
The FHM Arms: Meet My Pub w/ Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd enjoys an ale and spills the beans on boozy Hobbits, elfs and dwarfs...
The Anchor, Bankside, London
Decor: Sat right on the Thames and chock full of dusty drinking tankards and historical pictures. Cosy roaring fireplaces and plenty of brass fixtures.
Billy says: I used to work in a printer's in Glasgow and the bar next door was just like this, so it's kind of my favorite bar. If we were working late at night the barman would come round with a tray of beers so you'd have a beer in the factory. That was cool.
Tipple of choice?
Lager. Or a good malt whisky.
What do you like about this pub?
The smell! You can still smell the Great Fire of London in here. And pubs should be like this: wooden and small and old with different rooms. Rather than ex-banks where there's four thousand people in one room. Here they've got barrels up on the shleves for no reason. Which is good.
You must have been to some pretty wild bars, living in LA...
I was at a party where Paris Hilton walked into a swimming pool. That was good - that's got to be fun. I actually missed the moment but there was the main swimming pool and a smaller pool, and she walked right into the small one. Brilliant! Beautiful! And Sean Connery and all that were there. God, if I'd done that - what a downer...
How did you celebrate bagging so many Oscars?
The celebrating after the Oscars was nothing like you'd expect. Everyone said to me, "You must have gone to some amazing parties," but bt the time I'd done an hour of press and gone to the fans' party the rest of them had finished. I went back to the hotel with some old mates and ordered a couple of bottles of champagne on the work tab.
Crazy! Ever fillmed scenes drunk or hungover?
There was on day on Master and Commander where we had a huge night out. I mean huge - all the main case came out and we went and got rat-arsed. I was watching the clock as I knew we were sailing on the boat at seven the next morning. So I headed back at 2 or 3am and I get up at six feeling bad then got to the ship and no-one else is around. They'd cancelled the days' filming about a half and hour after I left! I was there on the boat having to climb the rigging, getting seasick and thinking, "If I'd only stayed out later." That was a lesson learnt - never go home early.
Did you ever get to drink in costume?
Yes, on Fridays. On LOTR we'd go to Viggo and Orlando's trailer which was called The Cuntybago. Viggo was good for getting Irish whiskey, which was great but I keep trying to educate him on malt whisky.
Hobbits and elf enjoying malt whisky?
Hobbits, an elf, a King of Men, maybe a dwarf. And quite a few times a wizard, sometimes a princess. Ha ha! That's enough to make anyone feel pissed. We had some good times on that one, some great times.
Any comedy tales?
There's an outtake that no-one knows about of Viggo Mortensen in the final battle where he's fighting the save troll at the end of ROTK. The cave troll swings at him, he kind of backs away and pulls out a AK and goes, "Bandbangbang!" It was one of Peter Jackson's machine guns - he likes all that.
Nice. Finally, who would be your ultimate barmaid?
Charisma Carpenter, who plays Cordelia in Buffy and Angel. Because of her immense knowledge of alcoholic drinks, of couse. I reckon she'd be the greatest barmaid in the world!


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16th April 2015
We were honoured to be joined by the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay who officially opened our distillery on the 16th April 2015.
Hosted by Mrs Russell in her role as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, Their Royal Highnesses spent over an hour talking to 120 guests, many of whom had played an integral part in the building of the distillery. The guard of honour for the day was provided by the Buckie Boys Brigade.
Following their tour of the renovated steading, His Royal Highness said of the building:
"Ladies and gentleman, just before I unveil the plaque, which I'm getting a certain amount of practice for today already having come from Walkers of Aberlour just down the road and having tasted one of their very special Ecclefechan tarts – I was very much hoping to wash it down with a tiny bit of Ballindalloch whisky. Regrettably, I have to wait for another 10 years and I shall be 76 and probably on a Zimmer frame, but there you go!
But nothing could give us greater pleasure than to come and assist at the opening of this wonderful new distillery. You're right, I can remember seeing these steadings with the roofs falling in, so it is wonderful to see them being brought back to life, if I may say so, by such marvellously skilled craftsmen who we were lucky enough to meet earlier. It is a great tribute, I think, to their craft of stonemasonry and joinery and slating, everything. And I can't help feeling it will provide the most wonderful new and special facility here in Speyside, which has such a great tradition of distilleries.
So ladies and gentlemen nothing could give us greater pleasure than to unveil a plaque and declare this splendid new distillery open."
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Errr because of school started... I haven't had time to blog in this week T^T but I wanted to show you that I have my ombre hair back. I'm sorry that I couldn't take batter pictures but this was only sunny moment on this week and I had really bad hair day haha~ and you guys know that when you go to school makeup and hair looks great but when you go back home it's like something has explode!
You will see better pics about my hair in upcoming reviews ^_^
If you are wondering what else is different on me it's that I'm not wearing lenses lah~
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Petrogram - Spring 2009 - (Page 13)
The HR ADVISOR Avoid at all Costs: 10 Employee Handbook Mistakes well-written employee handbook helps define company expectations regarding performance and conduct, serves as a means of formalizing compaMichael Pires ny rules so all employees are held to the same standards and provides information about the organization and the benefits and services it has to offer. There are a multitude of reasons for creating an employee handbook, and not having one is just begging for trouble, but having one that is developed and implemented incorrectly can do more harm than good. The following are 10 common mistakes that should be avoided: A 1 Failing to clearly publicize an employment at-will disclaimer. Employment atwill disclaimers make it clear that you, as the employer, do not intend to have the handbook construed as a "contract" or promise of employment. To be effective, the disclaimer should state that nothing within the employee handbook is to be construed as a contract, that employment is at-will and either the employer or the employee may terminate the employment relationship at any time with or without cause, and that written or oral statements made to the employee are not to be interpreted to alter the at-will relationship. Failing to regularly update your employee handbook. Employee handbooks that are out of date and no longer consistent with company practices are useless and may even leave the company susceptible to legal liability. Regularly updating your handbook will help to ensure that it remains compliant with applicable laws and that it is still meeting your needs. Handbooks should be updated at least every 12–18 months. 2 3 4 Inconsistently applying policies. Policies are intended to ensure everyone is treated fairly and held to the same standards. Meet with company supervisors and educate them on the policies included within the handbook, the purpose behind each policy and how the policies are to be enforced. Failing to obtain employee acknowledgment. Handbook acknowledgments are important in order to ensure that all employees have read, understand and are Petrogram | Spring 2009 | 13
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Veteran director P Vasu is rumored to be planning a sequel to Chandramukhi. Chandramukhi is one of the all-time blockbusters of Rajinikanth and in the history of Tamil cinema.
Vasu provided a much needed come back vehicle for Rajinikanth in the film, which also had breakthrough roles for Jyothika and Nayanthara, who were seen sharing screen space with the superstar.
Vasu recently directed Shivalinga in Kannada with Shivarajkumar and Vedhika in the lead roles. However, things are still in the nascent stage on Chandramukhi 2 and an official word from Vasu is awaited.


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Hi All,
I haven't had a chance to go through the archives yet. I just realized how serious my Son's scoliosis is this morning when my Doctor's office faxed me the radiology report.
He's three years old and I have been concerned about his right shoulder since birth. His doctor shrugged it off until his three-year check-up.
The radiology report notes "Multiple segmentation and fusion anomalies seen in the cervical and upper thoracic spine. There is resultant scoliosis measuring about 44 degrees convex right at the cervicothoracic junction down to T7."
Apart from the vertebral fusion, accompanying rib anomalies and scoliosis he noted "The lungs are clear. Heart and mediastinum are normal. Soft tissues are otherwise normal."
I'm wondering how many congenital cases here are caused by vertebral fusion, and what sort of treatment the Ortho Doc has recommended?
(aka worried Mom in Calgary)