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As video acceleration technology advances forward, the power requirements for video cards rise dramatically, because their components require more wattage to perform optimally. If you are unsure on how to connect the power properly, then this is the article for you.
1Understand that most AGP Video cards have a standard 4-Pin Molex connector. This is the same type of connector found on most home IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM and Hard Disk Drives.
2To plug this type of connector in correctly, be sure that the molex connector is oriented with the beveled edges facing the correct way. These are here to prevent a user from inverting or putting the plug in backwards by mistake. Do not force the plug, just apply gentle pressure (sometimes a slight wiggling motion is necessary) and press the connector into the receptacle until it is firmly seated.
3]Recognize that there are other types of connectors as well. More recently, another connector for PCI-Express video cards requires more power than the 4 pin Molex can provide. As a result, this expanded Molex in the photo is required.
4Follow the same installation for the PCI-Express. Orient the connector so that the tab is facing the same direction as the receptacle. As you can see in the above image, there is a locking tab that keeps this connector in place.
5Gently push it into position until the locking tab secures the connector in place.
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- In many cases, adapters may be required if your power supply does not have enough connectors, or if it does not have PCI-Express connectors. You may wish to consider purchasing a Molex Y-Adapter (Turns one standard Molex into two) or a PCI-Express Adapter (Turns two standard Molex into one PCI-Express) rather than purchasing a new Power Supply.
- Use Standard Precautions against ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) when handling computer hardware. Wear an anti-static wristband, or discharge yourself by touching a bare metal object that is grounded, such as a metal chair or table.
- Do not force plugs or attempt to wire them yourself, unless you have experience and knowledge of the power system in your computer.
- This article does not cover the use of SLI based solutions, or their power requirements.
- Do not attempt to connect power cables to a video card while your computer is on.
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Alimony is a fairly old concept designed to make divorce settlements more equitable by protecting the standard-of-living of the lower-earning or non-earning spouse. It takes the form of court-ordered payments from the wealthier or wage-earning spouse to the other spouse. The amount of the payments depends on several factors, including income and living expenses, among others.
Though the doctrine of alimony makes no explicit distinction between the sexes, in practice it has largely been awarded from husbands to wives, simply due to the imbalance between the number of working men and working women. However, because of modern trends towards women in the workforce, more and more husbands are claiming alimony from their divorced wives than ever before. This resulted in a controversy over the allegedly gender-biased word "alimony" and gave rise to the terms "spousal support" and "spousal maintenance." The meaning of these different terms is identical; their adoption is a reflection of efforts to create a gender-neutral way to refer to alimony.
Like child support, alimony often becomes a hotly contested topic in many divorces, for several reasons. First of all, alimony laws in many states tend to be rather vague and leave decisions mostly up to the discretion of the courts. This has led to vastly different judgments in different courtrooms and complaints from many professionals in the legal industry.
Another issue is the perception of alimony as unfair and unjustified. This dispute typically pits women's rights advocates against men's advocacy groups – a throwback to the original tendency of husband-to-wife alimony payments. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that so many types of alimony judgments can be awarded, from those given only on a rehabilitative basis (until the receiving spouse is self-sufficient or remarries, for example) to those awarded for basically a lifetime. Opponents of alimony view it as nothing more than a benefit to "gold-diggers" and free riders.
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Do Dogs Really "Watch" TV?
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If you've ever curled up with your pup for a nice weekend of TV watching (and who hasn't?) you might have wondered if your dog is enjoying that Teen Wolf marathon as much as you are. Well, turns out some top-notch science types have asked themselves the same question!
A few researchers have helped paint a reasonably clear picture of your dog's TV-watching experience.
Dogs are color-blind, but not blind to ALL colors; the color they really can't see is red. The world isn't quite black and white for them. It's more blue and yellow.
Dogs process visual info even faster than humans. So shows on an older TV, with a slightly slower frame rate, might flicker "like a 1920s movie" for dogs, in the words of Nicholas Dodman, a veterinary behaviorist at Tufts University.
Dogs can absolutely tell when a dog is onscreen– and it's no surprise that their favorite part of pretty much any show is "when the dog came on." They've also got keen ears for their favorite sounds… like a bark, a squeak, or words of praise.
As for their TV preferences? Well, some research has shown that when presented with three screens, dogs can't decide what to watch, and prefer to watch one screen no matter what is on it. I guess it makes sense not being too picky, when your paws haven't adapted to use a remote.
Watch TV with your dog!
I decided to watch TV with my buddy Edna and see what she thought. The show? My favorite of course! Mad Men.
It took us a while to really get into the story (Edna is pretty squirrelly), but we managed to watch about nine episodes. Man, where did the day go?
After nine hours of research, I had Edna take a survey!
Good going, Edna! To be honest, I think you got more out of that season than I did.
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Chocolate Freckle Ice-Cream Cake
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"Chocolate freckles are a very popular candy of small chocolate discs covered in hundreds and thousands (round sprinkles). This cake looks like a giant freckle, with layers of chocolate ice cream, sponge finger biscuits and vanilla ice cream in the middle. Would make a great kid's birthday cake, and you can make it up to 4 weeks ahead of needing it. Cooking time is freezing time, prep time is approx. From Super Food Ideas Dec 2005. NB 1 cup = 250ml"
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- 2 liters vanilla ice cream (Streets Blue Ribbon re-freezes well)
- 200 g butter, softened
- 1 1⁄2 cups icing sugar
- 4 eggs, room temp
- 400 g dark chocolate, chopped (make sure it's good quality)
- 1⁄2 cup thickened cream
- 250 g ladyfingers (sponge finger biscuits, Zaar defaults to ladyfinger)
- 2 (175 g) packets hundreds and thousands
- Remove ice cream from freezer and stand for 10-15 minutes. Ice cream should be just softened but not melted.
- Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until pale. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mixture may curdle but that's ok :-).
- Combine chocolate and cream in a bowl and microwave, stirring every minute, until melted and smooth. Add to butter mixture and beat until smooth.
- Sprinkle 1 packet of hundreds and thousands over base of a line springform cake pan (7.5 x 25cm base). Carefully spoon over half the chocolate mixture so as not to disturb the sprinkles.
- Cut biscuits in half lengthways to make 2 thin, flat fingers. Arrange in a single layer to cover chocolate mixture, trimming if necessary. The easiest way to do this is to lay them pointing from the edge towards the centre, and then fill the centre with smaller bits (great if some of them broke while being halved).
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Amy Berg directs this documentary which takes an in depth look at the case of the 'West Memphis Three', a trio of men who served a lengthy prison sentence despite substantial doubts over their guilt. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were still teenagers when they were arrested on suspicion of the murder of three young children. They were released in 2011 after doubts emerged over the forensic evidence used to convict them. Many have argued that the primary reason they were convicted is that they fitted a convenient stereotype. The documentary examines the details of the case and talks to another potential suspect for the crime, Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the murdered boys.


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Daniel Barenboim makes some remarkable comments in his article in the International Herald Tribute of Jan 30, 2008, entitled "Israeli and Palestinian". What he fails to do is to anchor these comments in either fact or logic.
Having immigrated from Argentina, he is of course entitled to refer to himself as an Israeli and a Palestinian if he so wishes. After all, hundreds of thousands of Arabs flocked to Palestine looking for work in the Yishuv – the forerunner to the Jewish State of Israel – and even if they only lived there for two years the UN granted them the right to call themselves Palestinians and has been giving them huge cash grants ever since, provided they abstain from working. One of the often underrated benefits of living in a democracy such as Israel is that Daniel Barenboim too can title himself as he pleases, although as a Jew no UN body is going to offer him cash grants for doing nothing. But then neither is any Israeli going to kill him for what many might regard as an act of high treason during a time of war. It's all part of what we term democracy and freedom of expression.
What's in a name?
Like Barenboim, I too am Palestinian and Israeli. And Jewish. Palestinian because my maternal grandmother was born in Jerusalem into a highly religious Mizrachi Jewish family, at a time when the entire territory including today's Jordan was known as Palestine. Her husband was an Iraqi Jew, both my parents are Jewish. I have my father's Palestinian ID card from the period before the 1948 War of Independence. Even though I didn't come to Israel from as far away as Argentina, my Palestinian and Israeli credentials are thus clear, so perhaps I will be allowed to debate with Daniel Barenboim on an equal footing.
Fact versus fiction
There is much to comment on in his article, but perhaps most astonishing in its departure from fact is the following (the emphasis is mine):
"A true citizen of Israel must also ask himself why the Palestinians have been condemned to live in slums … rather than being provided by the occupying force with decent, dignified and liveable conditions … in any occupied territory, the occupiers are responsible for the quality of life of the occupied, and in the case of the Palestinians, the different Israeli governments over the last 40 years have failed miserably."
Set against this unsubstantiated claim is the truth: that the PLO and Arab League forced the UN to ensure that Palestinian Arab refugees from the war instigated against the Palestinian Jews by the Arab League would remain incarcerated in refugee camps. They were to be used as political pawns in the pan-Arab geo-strategic drive to rid Palestine of Jews from the Jordan River all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.
UN demanded that Israel stop helping the refugees
The only nation that took any steps to alleviate the situation of the Palestinian Arabs in Gaza was the Palestinian Jewish nation, Israel. This Jewish country built not only proper housing and then donated that housing to the predominantly Muslim (but also Christian) Palestinian Arabs, it also created the proper infrastructure to service that housing.
This, however, was anathema to the PLO, which represented the Palestinian Arabs. It worked through the Arab League to force the United Nations to demand the destruction of the housing and the adoption of the following resolution:
The UN General Assembly Resolution 31/15 from November 23, 1976:
Calls once more upon Israel:
(a) To take effective steps immediately for the return of the refugees concerned to the camps from which they were removed in the Gaza Strip and to provide adequate shelters for their accommodation;
(b) To desist from further removal of refugees and destruction of their shelters.
Acknowledging the truth is an essential stepping-stone to reconciliation. Daniel Barenboim's article ignores the truth.
Racism as official government policy
Barenboim writes rather naively that "in the sense that we share one land and one destiny, we should all have dual citizenship". He might care to re-examine that sentiment against the oft-repeated statement of the Palestinian Hamas government – most recently on the 60th anniversary of the UN decision to partition Palestine into two states – that "Palestine is Arab Islamic land, from the river to the sea, including Jerusalem … there is no room in it for the Jews." Barenboim might wish to use his new-found Palestinian citizenship to persuade his government that racism is not really politically correct in 2008.
Having said that, it might be safer for him not to. In Israel, criticism of the state is commonplace in a country characterized by the Jewish ideals of debate, democracy and equality. Daniel Barenboim might find these traits somewhat lacking in his adopted country of Palestine, where political dissidents and religious minorities are routinely murdered by official sanction.
Better then for Daniel Barenboim not to voice an opinion in Gaza. After all, he can still be published in Jerusalem or New York.
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Indianapolis – The first opportunity for the public to provide testimony on the law enforcement consolidation proposal, Proposal No. 471, 2005, was today, Tuesday, September 27, 2005. Three additional meetings of the Indianapolis Marion County Law Enforcement Consolidation Committee will also be held to discuss consolidation of the administrative functions and special units within the Indianapolis Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Department. The additional meetings on the consolidation proposal are scheduled for:
All meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. in Room 260 of the City County Building which is located at 200 E. Washington St.
Councillor Mary Moriarty Adams, chairwoman of the committee, said, "I encourage the public to come and speak on the consolidation proposal." She said, "I'm holding three public hearings so taxpayers will have ample opportunity to share with the committee their thoughts on law enforcement consolidation."
Additional public testimony will be taken at the October 6 and 17 meetings. At those meetings, amendments will be introduced, discussed and voted upon. No public testimony will be taken at the meeting on October 26. However, the committee will vote on the proposal at that meeting and the full Council is expected to vote on adoption of the proposal at its Monday, October 31 meeting.
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Holiday Ornament Workshops
Posted by Beth in Christmas ornaments, classes, Fused Glass Gifts, fusing, Uncategorized on November 21, 2017
Due to popular demand we have added another Ornament Workshop for December 2nd,2017!
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm.
Cost $65.00+ HST per person. This includes the glass, supplies and firings for 3 ornaments
If you have glass tools ( cutter, groziers, runners. safety glasses) bring them. If you don't have tools we will supply them. No glass cutting experience necessary.
Register to reserve your spot- Breslau Art Glass 519-648-2661 or email at email@example.com.
Bring a friend. Children 9 yr and up are welcome when accompanied by their adult.
Ornaments must be kiln fired. They will be ready for pick up within the week.
This is a fun way to try your hand at glass fusing.
See you there!
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We have stained glass window panels in many sizes and designs, stained glass lamps, stained glass angels, birds, leaves, fused glass Christmas ornaments and fused glass jewellry.
For the stained glass hobbiest in your family we have a great assortment of glass and tools.
Does someone in the family need a new hobby? Sign them up for a stained glass course or glass fusing course and get a few tools to get them started. We can set you up with a starter kit of glass tools and supplies.
We have gift certificates if you want to let them make their own choices.
We thank you for your patronage this past year. We have enjoyed working with everyone.
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and peace and happiness in the New Year!
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Fused Christmas Ornament Workshops
Saturdays November 5th, 19th and 26th,2016 from 9:30am - 12:30pm.
Each Workshop costs $65.00 per person. This includes all the glass, supplies and kiln firings to make 3 ornaments of your choice. No glass cutting experience necessary. Lots of designs to choose from.
Register for the date you can come. Bring your friends — a fun way to get into the Christmas spirit and make a few gifts. Children 10 + welcome when accompanied by an adult.
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Mr. Blimp
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Mr. Blimp is the fun way to help your child learn their numbers, the alphabet, and to read and spell their first words!
Giving your child the head start they need with reading and writing has never been easier. With Mr. Blimp, learning your numbers and letters is a fun, interactive experience for both the parent and the child.
Mr Blimp contains 6 different fun exercises for learning both numbers and letters, and for when your child has mastered these it even includes a simple spelling game to help show your little one how letters come together to make words.
In the first exercise, A-B-C, you get to pick which letters are going to float by for your child to collect with Mr. Blimp. As the letters are collected, they're read out helping your child learn to associate the sounds with the letters they've collected.
In the second exercise, The Alphabet, all of the letters go past in order, ready for your child to collect them. As they're collected, the letters are highlighted along the top of the screen, to help teach the child where in the alphabet the letters are.
In the third exercise, all of the letters are shown in the screen and are spoken whenever they are touched.
With the forth, fifth and sixth exercises, the same games are played however with numbers from 1-10.
In addition, for when your child starts to master all of their letters, there is also a spelling game which teaches them how the letters go together to make words, in this case, fruits and vegetables. We'll also be adding new, educational and fun games in future updates.
Research has proven time and time again that children who are already able to read and write before they start school enjoy school more and get a better start to their education, and with the help of educational games like Mr. Blimp you can give your child this head start.
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Visit the RFT restaurant page late tomorrow afternoon or check back here Wednesday morning to see what I think.I don't remember the first person to tell me about the Piccadilly at Manhattan. Maybe no one did. Maybe I read something somewhere. Whatever the case, every so often over the past couple of years someone would mention the restaurant to me, and I would say, "Oh, yeah, been meaning to go there," and make a mental note to try it. Inevitably, though, because I tend to have new restaurants on the brain and this iteration of the Piccadilly opened in late 2007, that mental note would vanish into my mental fog.
Now, I get restaurant recommendations all the time. These were different. They weren't the breathless emails I receive whenever a new location of Trendhumpers: An American Bistro & Tapas Bar opens. They weren't the tips about strip-mall taquerias certain readers pass along as furtively as pornography. No -- these recommendations were matter-of-fact, though tinged with bemusement. Either you knew about the Piccadilly or you didn't.
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In the following expose' RealGamerNewz Editor-In-Chief Jon Ireson takes apart the truth about Call of Duty: Ghosts and whether or not it will get dedicated servers, on which platforms, and how Infinity Ward has misled the public with false advertising to cushion PS4 sales of Ghosts in light of the truth.
What? I thought all systems were getting dedicated servers, not only Xbox One. I am getting an Xbox One so it is not an issue for me but that sucks for gamers as a whole. That really sucks.
only sony fanboy was hyping the shit up nobody but them
This goes beyond fanboy warring.
This is akin to MS DRM stuff.
Essentially it is a corporate monster feeling so entitled that they lie and take from us, the gamers. The ones who keep them in business and successful.
Well, Activision.......Suck my Cock!
Complete and utter BS. This makes MS and activision/IW look like assholes. Luckily for me, I thought this was the worst cod put out , well, ever. I'll stick to BF4, and destiny when it comes out. The new crop of "better" FPS games.


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Jane Schweitzer says writing an ad for an available rental property has become a minefield thanks to the glaring eye of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC).Schweitzer, a Hamilton resident who owns several rental properties and Assistant Moderator of the Ontario Landlords Association forums, says the commission's recent campaign to address "discriminatory housing advertisements" goes too far. (more…)
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Tenant Screening Advice from the Debt Collector Who Tracks Them DownSaturday, September 11th, 2010
By Kristen Fraser, TVS Staff Writer
Collecting tenant debts is an unfortunate aspect of renting.
Having the proper tenant screening information will save you time and money.
Michael Tinant, an employee at Wiggins Adjustments, a long time established collection agency in Vancouver, explains that the "more information given on a rental application, the easier it is to track down renters."
He recommends that landlords, Realtors, and property managers keep a file of all tenants':
* Social Insurance Numbers
* Dates of birth
* Previous addresses
* Employers
* Personal references
Having such information on file can also act as a deterrent for tenants considering delinquent behaviors.
Collecting tenant debt can be stress free with the help of a tenant debt collection agency. Most agencies only require payment from the landlord when payment is collected from the tenant. Generally, collection agencies charge around 35% of the money collected. Be careful to read the small print as many agencies charges increase if the collection is less than $250. Individual agencies vary, make sure to research different agencies and choose the service that best suits you.
To minimize the risk of tenant debt, it is strongly recommended that landlords, Realtors and property managers have the prospective tenant read and sign a Notice to Tenant form available from Tenant Verification Service alerting the tenant that bad habits will be reported to TVS, a tenant credit reporting agency.
These forms make a very strong impact statement and will reduce the risk of tenant debt and of late rent payments.
The Bentley-driving tenant from hellThursday, August 26th, 2010
By MICHELE MANDEL, Toronto Sun
She's b-a-a-a-a-ck.
The Bentley-driving, condo-trashing tenant from hell who likes to claim she's a Persian princess is back before the Landlord and Tenant Board for the umpteenth time.
Call her Mojgan Amir-Davani — or by her other six known monikers: Mozhe Aamere, Mozhe (Mozhgan) Avanni, Mozhe Amerjhajar, Mozhe Sheena Mere, Mozhgan Amere Ghajaar or Amiri Mojgan.
Whatever her alias, her modus operandi is the same: She's terrorized at least four high-end condo owners in North York, convincing them she's a successful broadcasting executive only to turn into a destructive squatter who expertly plays the system for months of free rent before she's finally turfed out and moves on to her next victim.
We first told her tale here in January, of frustrated landlord Jane Randall who rented her investment property to the dark haired beauty only to be stiffed with $12,000 in unpaid rent and thousands more in damage.
Claiming to be suffering from cancer and refusing to move, her dog's feces spilling off her balcony, the carpets stained with blood and urine, Amir-Davani was brilliantly manipulative.
When Randall repeatedly turned to the tenancy board for help, she was told to wait. And wait some more.
Six months later, she finally left only to move down the street into a Hollywood Ave. condo owned by another small landlord who's now going through the same horror story.
We'll call him Frank because he's too embarrassed to use his real name. Renting out his two-bedroom luxury unit for the first time, the 35-year-old scientist was counting on the $1,920 monthly rent to help pay off his student loans and mortgage.
He figured his realtor had found him the ideal tenant when she arrived in a chauffeur-driven Bentley to sign the deal in February.
She said she was newly arrived from California and provided a reference no one seems to have checked.
Within a few months, his kitchen was damaged by fire, tenants below were complaining about feces dripping from her balcony and her rent cheques began to bounce as hard as a rubber ball.
Amir-Davani didn't respond to a request for comment.
During a recent inspection, a contractor told Frank it will cost $9,800 to repair the damage so far. He's also out $2,000 in legal fees and at least $6,000 in arrears.
"It's hard to sleep some nights," Frank admits. "The financial cost is one thing. But then there's the emotional thing: Is she ever going to be out?"
He's turned to Harry Fine, president of Landlord Solutions and the paralegal who helped evict Amir-Davani from a Harrison Garden condo in 2007.
"I see it every week and my heart goes out to them," says Fine of naive landlords scammed by professional squatters. "They don't check references. They don't do credit checks."
She finally agreed to move by Aug. 7 as long as Frank waived her back rent and damages. Not surprisingly, the date came and went, with her still comfortably ensconced in his ruined condo.
What she didn't know is that Fine arranged for her to be confronted by Frank, Randall, and her 2007 landlord when she arrived at her eviction hearing Aug. 9.
"Like a husband walking into a room to be faced by his three ex-wives who had been exchanging stories, the tenant walked into the hearing room Monday morning to find not one but three of her victims," Fine recalls. "She was furious."
A landlord and tenant adjudicator gave her until Aug. 31 to leave. But Frank's hardly home free: As soon as Amir-Davani files an appeal — and she's vowed to do so — he'll be back waiting for yet another hearing and yet another eviction date.
"The legal system just takes forever and is so weighted to the side of tenants," he complains.
Which makes even less sense when this notorious tenant has been the subject of so many eviction hearings.
"She's been in the exact same hearing room and still it goes on? How does someone get away with that?" he sighs.
"She's the tenant from hell and beyond."
Landlords Burned by Internet ScammersMonday, July 19th, 2010
Recently a Newfoundland landlord found himself in a controversy regarding a rental ad he posted on Kijiji.ca.
After advertising his condo rental, the landlord was contacted by a potential tenant who referred to an ad for the same
property on another Internet classified site, Craigslist.
Suspicious, the landlord researched Craigslist and indeed found his property advertised by an impostor.
The fake landlord was asking half the rent, and allowing both smoking and pets on the property, which the actual landlord had restricted.
The local police found there was nothing they could do to stop the fraud. Craigslist also failed to pull the ad or warn potential victims of the fraud, so the landlord took matters into his own hands. He contacted the fraudsters directly, and posed as a tenant to gain more information.
He was told to send a deposit, and upon receipt of the funds, the "landlord" would ship the keys. He was invited to view the apartment on his own. Eventually, the scammers became suspicious of the real landlord's probing inquiry, and pulled the ad.
In a related incident, a RCMP officer went undercover to bust an Internet rental scam in Kelowna, B.C. In this case, a teenager and her 21-year old friend posted an ad for a rental on Castanet. The 17-year old posed as the landlord's daughter. A victim deposited some money in the "landlord's" bank account without becoming suspicious of the scam. The victim believed that the property could not be shown at that time because it was currently occupied. A few days later, another victim posted a warning on the Internet regarding that ad. That prompted a call to the police.
The fraudsters made the mistake of continuing to communicate with their victim and demanded the rest of the agreed-upon payment. But instead of meeting with the victim, the cons met an undercover officer. Both were arrested and charged with fraud.
In the U.S., landlords have been warned by the F.B.I. of a rash on similar Internet scams. Perhaps the most notorious was a couple who moved across country to an Arizona home offered for rent in Craigslist. The family of nine could not believe the luck of finding a large house with a swimming pool for such low rent and immediately sent a deposit to hold the property. In this case, the tenants were given access, and actually started moving into the property before the real owner returned from vacation to find the family in her home.
In an act of great kindness, the owner allowed the victimized tenants to remain for some time until they could find another place to live.
While some of these frauds may seen obvious to landlords, who understand the normal rental process, they are not so obvious to renters. It is estimated that scammers often net thousands of dollars from each of these fake ads.
Some landlords are becoming skeptical of posting Internet ads, and relying instead upon rental signs, or newspaper classifieds. Others post warning within their own ads, for instance, advising that all applicants must meet with the landlord personally, and the approved applicant will undergo a credit check before they will be asked to pay a deposit.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Tenant Screening: Tips for Verifying Applicant's Income
by Chris on July 5, 2010
While performing a tenant background check, it's important to keep the focus on profitability. Does this candidate possess the potential to pay rent for the entire term of the lease?
Tenant Screening for the Traditional Applicant
The majority of rental applicants will have traditional employment. An employer reference is a crucial part of your tenant background check.
Be certain that the company you are seeking a reference from is a legitimate business concern, not a fiction or a business wholely owned by the applicant.
Some employers are reluctant to discuss an employee over the phone, or may insist they do not offer employee references.
There are two ways to handle that situation:
First, you could offer to fax a copy of the verification statement from the application to the employer to show the employee's authorization to release information.
Alternatively, you may place the onus on the applicant to ask their personnel office to release the information you need. Be persistent and do not move forward with the applicant until you are able to verify the applicant's employment history and salary.
Tenant Screening of Self-Employed Tenants
Many entreprenuers prefer self-employment to a standard job. Today, self employment is a popular alternative to unemployment; however, more than half of these businesses will fail within the first four years.
When verifying income of the self-employed candidate, job history becomes a crucial part of the tenant screening process. A candidate who has chosen self-employment as a way of life is probably more suited for the business world than someone who is scrambling to recover after a job layoff.
The self-employed applicant may not keep payroll records, although that may be required to properly assess taxes. Indeed, the payment of taxes – or rather the incorrect payment of taxes and fees, may be what puts the business under. Perhaps the biggest risk a landlord faces when renting to a self-employed tenant is having a business creditor garnish the income.
Successful candidates will have banking and tax records to verify income.
Tenant credit reports are indispensible in showing if the self-employed candidate is overspending, or struggling to fund a business venture.
When conducting a tenant background check on the self-employed, look for:
- Appropriate licensing
- Listings in local business directories
- Banking statements
- Corporate records
- Client references
If you find little evidence of the self-employed business outside of the rental application, you may have cause to worry about this tenant's potential.
Once you have collected the income information you need:
Decide if the applicant's income is enough to justify the rental price of your property. Typically, rent should not exceed one-third to one-half of overall income.
Determine whether the applicant has a steady work history. Bouncing between jobs is a sign this candidate may not possess the commitment needed to be a good renter. Periods of unemployment foreshadow bills going unpaid.
Also, look for clues that the applicant is spending beyond their means.
This post is provided by Tenant Verification Services, Inc., helping landlords reduce the risks of renting with fraud prevention tools that include Tenant Screening, Tenant Background Checks, (U.S. and Canada)
Tenant Screening: The Previous Landlord Reference!Monday, March 15th, 2010
Information posted on one of Canada's most popular websites:
A: Help! I'm breaking my lease, but the new landlord needs a reference from my previous landlord!
B: In case you havent figured out – most tenants put on a cell number of a friend for the reference, then claim that person was the landlord for either your present place, or a previous place. Same for work reference for tenant applications. Think about it for a second – most places you rent are private residential properties. The owners aren't too thorough! I trust you know what do, something that is already done by probably 70% of the other applicants!


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Do you have two left feet? Are you incapable of standing on one leg without falling over? There's just one solution: work on your balance!
Work on your balance to tone up
Do you have two left feet? Do you often fall? Are you incapable of standing on one leg without falling over? There's just one solution: work on your balance!
Having good balance is essential for certain sports such as tennis, skiing, dancing or even gymnastics. In particular it allows you to optimise your performances.
Why work on improving your balance?
We often don't realise, but being able to control our balance and agility is just as important for developing a muscular physique. This can be essential for doing intensive physical activities such as skiing. Generally, for athletes, having good balance allows them to work more efficiently, reducing the risk of injury while optimising their exercise.
In everyday life, controlling your balance can prevent falls and sprains and help you to be more stable. Doing exercises that work your balance can, in addition, strengthen the muscles, tone them up and improve your reactions. This also provides a sense of well-being that is linked to the feeling of control.
A few exercises for finding your balance
If you want to improve your stability, your flexibility and your balance, there's nothing like doing regular physical activity. Running is an excellent sport for this, but be careful not to focus on your feet - look well ahead of yourself.
If running isn't your cup of tea, you could always invest in specialised equipment that will help you to find your balance. Numerous sports shops sell balance boards in the shape of a half-ball, more commonly known as wobble boards. The round part should be placed on the ground and you stand on the board to work on your balance. Equipment of this type is also available in some gyms.
Finally, to improve your balance simply and effectively, we have some quick and easy exercises for you to try:
- The flamingo: standing up, very straight, focus on the horizon. Lift up one of your knees in front of you, horizontal if you can. Hold the position for at least 10 seconds then close your eyes and try to hold it for at least 5 seconds. Do the same with the other leg.
- The kick into space: standing stable on your left leg, kick the other leg forwards into space, then backwards without placing your foot on the ground between the two kicks. Do 4 or 5 in a row front and back, then change leg.
- The obstacle: place a small cushion or bolster on the ground to create a sort of obstacle. Hop on the spot on one foot then push forwards to hop over the obstacle. Hop again and jump back over. Then change leg.
- The opposite: standing up, very straight, lift up your left arm and right leg simultaneously, keeping them straight and extended. Hold for 5 seconds then do the opposite leg / arm.
Daily balance
You can do these simple actions on a daily basis to improve your balance:
- put your socks on standing up, balanced on one foot
- climb the stairs two by two, without holding the bannister
- brush your teeth standing on one leg
- move about with a glass of water full to the brim, without spilling it
- stay standing up on the metro, without holding on
- play hopscotch with your children!


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The updated publication policy now is extended by the journal's open access statement, its archiving and indexing scheme, and explicit policies on corrections and retractions.


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As fans of spaghetti westerns will testify, the bad guys always ride mean-looking horses and wear a black Stetson. The good guys, on the other hand, wear nice clean clothes and a white hat. Thatis just the way it is. Modern TV writers have moved beyond these obvious clues, though, so todayis viewers need to rely on something else to get the hint.
The Fox networkis thriller series "24" revolves around a plot to assassinate a senator, with the 24-episode season following Secret Service agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and his team through all 24 hours of the day that the assassination is to take place. Observer Dean Browell spotted Macs from the showis pilot episode, back in November:
The bad guy (assassin) uses a PC, but Kiefer and Co. use all Macs emblazoned with visible Apple symbols. Everything from Apple LCDis to TiBooks, to Cubes, to G4s, to older iBooks... Very cool and very visible.The very fact that Macs get high-profile use in this show is great in itself - but wait, thereis more. With recent episodes showing thereis a traitor in their midst and the clock ticking, the team had to find out whois wearing the black Stetson. She was finally outed, and Dean wrote back to us this week to let us know that the mole could easily be identified by her... Wintel machine?!
The character Jamey, at the center of a huge subplot, was the only one that used a PC out of the possible suspects- and it turned out she was the traitor in the camp (and in the case of Jamey, her PC using was the only clear signal from the first episode that she would turn on everyone).Surprised? Thought not. Dean continues:
Are the creators giving us real clues with this? They certainly have so far in the series. In the most recent episode, a new secondary character brought in to run the Mac-filled office and postured as a real pain-in-the-ass, uses a Dell.Suspicion! Drama! Excitement! Oh yeah, and I hear the actual storylineis not too bad either. You can catch i24i on Fox at 9pm Tuesdays. Thanks, Dean!
Seen a Mac in the media lately? Share the fun - pass the popcorn and drop me a line!


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A stash of cash. One last job. The perfect plan, the careless guard, the last-minute hitch. The smooth-talking con artist and the new guy too big for his britches. The seasoned old thief and his sexy young girl.
We've seen these ingredients in more movies than we can count - crime pictures, mystery films, detective dramas, police adventures. Some are grim and gory, others ironic or lighthearted.
The most spirited often fall into the category of caper movies - stories about intricate crimes dreamed up by clever, even courageous crooks who stake their lives on being able to outsmart cops who'll do anything to stop them or hunt them down.
Caper films are making another stab at the box office this season. David Mamet's feisty "Heist" is a probable hit this week, and Steven Soderbergh's version of "Ocean's Eleven," a remake of the 1960 thriller, is coming next month.
What keeps caper movies so popular with every new generation of moviegoers? There's no easy answer, but clues aren't hard to find. On one hand, we enjoy the logic of a well-structured crime yarn - the methodical reasoning used by the crooks to plan their job, and the systematic sleuthing of the cops.
On the other, we like the vicarious experience of breaking society's rules. It's a rare moviegoer who doesn't root for the bad guys at some point in the story, if only to heighten the enjoyment when they finally get caught.
The best caper movies play on this trait, as Mamet does in "Heist," where Gene Hackman's master thief is as charming in his personality as he is unscrupulous in his deeds.
Caper films haven't been a major source of entertainment in recent years, partly because they don't lend themselves to the screen-filling special effects that younger audiences currently crave.
Still, a few solidly crafted thrillers have captured the genre's enticing elements. "Absolute Power" and "The Thomas Crown Affair" took old-fashioned approaches with some success. Art theaters have drawn crowds by reviving European classics like "Rififi," the granddaddy of "Ocean's Eleven" and other casino-heist movies, and "Band of Outsiders," the comedy-thriller that induced director Jean-Luc Godard to quip, "All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun."
And time-tested caper films remain available at video outlets.
It's easy to find such perennial crowd-pleasers as "The Killing," directed by the late Stanley Kubrick, and postmodern variations such as "Reservoir Dogs," the ferocious thriller that put Quentin Tarantino on the map.
Mamet loves the clockwork precision of well-planned caper tales, as he showed in "House of Games," his first major film, and "The Spanish Prisoner," one of his best. His new "Heist" is an ingenious example of the genre and a loving tribute to it.
Hackman plays a jaded criminal who knows he's getting too old for this business, even though his pretty young wife (Rebecca Pidgeon) doesn't seem to think so. Prodded by his boisterous boss (Danny DeVito) and helped by longtime accomplices Delroy Lindo and Ricky Jay, he sets out to steal a shipment of gold from a cargo plane. As in many caper classics, the boss makes him work with a pig-headed protégé (Sam Rockwell) whose mouth is bigger than his brain.
"Heist" is fun to watch for the step-by-step suspense of the meticulously mapped-out theft, and the less-predictable suspense of seeing things go wrong when the mismatched robbery gang gets to feuding. Hackman's character has such a been-there-done-that demeanor that it's hard to imagine his ideas not panning out. ("He's so cool that when sheep go to bed, they count him," another character says.) But a life of crime is never easy, and his partners find so many ways of messing up the job that only a first-class felon could get it back on track. "I wouldn't tie my shoes without a backup plan," he announces near the end.
Mamet plugs the picture so snugly into traditional caper-film conventions that comparisons with bygone classics are impossible to resist. Connoisseurs may complain that "Heist" has less psychological depth than "Rififi," fewer dazzling visuals than "Topkapi" or the original "Thomas Crown Affair," less explosive menace than "Reservoir Dogs," and less biting originality than Mamet's own "Spanish Prisoner."
But view it on its own merits, and you'll find it an above-average specimen of its entertaining breed. The ultimate challenge of making a first-rate caper movie is dishing up often-used ingredients with enough novel twists to make them seem familiar and fresh at the same time. Mamet soars over the hurdles with energy and imagination to spare.
Rated R; contains violence and much vulgar language.


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The GP staff comprises a list of 10 last minute downloadable games under $25 that anyone can give as gift to a gamer.
downloadable gift?!?! seriously
Hey, if someone wants to buy me Far Cry 3 via steam, I'd be more than happy!
https://itunes.apple.com/us... The bext xmas gift is on the Appstore ! YEs, thats my game on the Appstore !
Why disagree :( ! I made it, Its my sweet game which is getting good reviews ! http://robcarrollgaming.blo...
Self promotion on Christmas.
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Well hello there fellow anime buddys!
I'm pretty new to the site and I'm sure this question has been answered before, but I'd like to talk to some new people in addition to having this question answered.
SO! I'm considering teaching English in Japan. I've worked with a few people who have taught English there for a couple years and enjoyed it. They however didn't speak a lick of Japanese. I, however, would like to learn Japanese before I went to teach English there, not only because I want to be able to talk to more people while I'm there, but because I'm sure it would make teaching English easier.
So, to those of you who speak Japanese, where did you learn? Why did you learn? Where would you suggest I learn?
And heck, while you're at it, tell me about yourself! Lets be buddy-bud-buds!
I don't have the attention span to take a good selfie.
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Basically a personal thread, some aspects of which are likely covered in threads in Tourism/International/Culture
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Language Policy
BAAL special interest group
Welcome to the Language Policy special interest group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics. Please click the links in the menu at the top, to access different parts of the site.
Most of all, please join our mailing list! (Click the 'Join!' link above.) All are welcome, not just BAAL members, although naturally we recommend joining BAAL!
Dr. Elisabeth Barakos and Dr. Florence Bonacina-Pugh, Co-Convenors.
NEWS: the call for papers for our 2018 conference is now open! Free to attend for anyone without funding! http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum


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From "http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html":
"Dnsmasq can be configured to automatically pick up the addresses of it's upstream nameservers from ppp or dhcp configuration. It will automatically reload this information if it changes. This facility will be of particular interest to maintainers of Linux firewall distributions since it allows dns configuration to be made automatic." Bingo, 100%. Thanks, Luke. I owe you a beer... -----Original Message----- From: Luke Johannsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 3:48 PM To: Edward Carmody Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FBSD router/firewall with dhclient & dhcpd On Feb 1, 2004, at 2:24 PM, Edward Carmody wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to replace my Linksys > router/firewall/nat box with a FreeBSD box...I'm > in the configuring/testing phase before I put it > into production... > > My *potential* problem is that my ISP > (Cablevision) re-addresses their DNS servers > often. My question is: is there a way to > dynamically update the "option > domain-name-servers" values in dhcpd.conf from the "nameserver" values > my ISP-facing, dhclient-using interface is writing into "resolv.conf"? > > Or, more simply, how can my DHCP server hand out > *known-fresh-and-good* ISP dns server addresses > gathered from the wan-facing dhcp client?? The > linksys box I have now does this auto-magically... > ;-) > I don't know if this is a solution that you want but it works for me. Setup DNSMasq on your firewall machine. http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html or from the ports /usr/ports/dns/dnsmasq. Then just point to your internal IP on your firewall as your nameserver. It's quick and painless to setup and get running and seems to work well for small networks. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"


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One of the really great things about digital imaging in general and Adobe Lightroom 2 in particular, is the ability to experiment and try new techniques. In the old days, we spent hours or even days doing this in the darkroom during film development such as "pushing" Tri-X from ISO 400 to ISO 1600, or by "dodging" and "burning" when making enlargements.
Today we can quickly and easily experiment to our hearts content non-destructively, using the various slider controls and settings in Adobe Lightroom 2's "Develop" module. One of my favorite new features is the "Clarity" setting. Martin Evening has written a great explanation of how this works in an article on Peachpit's web site. David duChemin also posted a short article on his blog about this new feature which gave me the idea for a creating a cool glowing silhouette preset. The key is setting the "Clarity" all the way left to -100, which creates this surreal effect.


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Discussion in 'Black Hat SEO Tools' started by thethrowdest, Dec 30, 2009.
Is it possible with xrumer to blast multiple sites at the same time?
the meaning of blasting is to put links of ur site in the topic project.
U can blast millions of site at the same time how? in the topic u created for blasting u can put anysite link inside it
Hope u get what i mean
Yes, use variables {site1.com|site2.com} etc. or load sites from a file inside a macro (read the help file).
Yes, of course.
1. Use Multithreading. Set any threads number, as you want (but not more than your CPU can execute)
2. Use variations system, and macroses.
- puts random link in your post
{#.de site_for_german.com|#.it site_for_italian.com|...any message or link for others}
- puts link "site_for_german.com" in the all posts on .DE sites, link "site_for_italian.com" in the all posts on .IT sites, etc.
For ex.:
-put in the post text 10 random lines from file "MyLinks.txt". You can change real-time this file during posting! Program reload it every 2 minutes.
And more, and more.
Read actual Help:
{#.de site_for_german.com|#.it site_for_italian.com|...any message or link for others}
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Microsoft is experiencing an unexpected surge in its stock price this week after a decade and a half of stagnation. But don't look to the recently released Windows 8 as the catalyst for this change: According to the latest usage share statistics, Windows 8 is barely moving the needle.
Microsoft's stock price hit $33.10 at the close of business on Tuesday, its highest point in over five and a half years: In mid-December 2007, Microsoft was trading at over $36 briefly, but the stock has been stuck in the mid-$20s ever since. Indeed, if you factor out a strange upsurge in late 2007, Microsoft's stock has been stuck at that level for over a decade.
Speculation abounds as to the cause of the upsurge. But Microsoft, long seen as a slow-growth company with aging software businesses, recently surprised investors with spectacular quarterly earnings that belie the troubles in the PC industry. It seems that investors are finally figuring out that the firm is doing a spectacular job transitioning from its traditional businesses to a new world of online services. This year, it will have created at least two new billion-dollar businesses, Azure and Office 365, both of which are entirely cloud-based. (Azure just crossed that line, actually.)
Although Windows remains one of Microsoft's biggest businesses, we can't give the latest version, Windows 8, any credit for this remarkable (and potentially temporary) financial turnaround. The firm has suspiciously declined to provide an updated Windows 8 license sales figure in recent months, but usage data suggests that the OS is off to a slow start. How slow? How about "slower than WIndows Vista" slow?
NetApplications, which measures desktop OS usage share, reported this week that Windows 8 now accounts for just 3.8 percent of worldwide OS usage in April 2012, up barely from the 3.3 percent figure a month earlier. That usage trails Windows 7 (45 percent usage) and Windows XP (38.3 percent) by a wide margin, of course. But it even trails the derided Vista, which somehow still accounts for 4.75 percent of OS usage.
Worse, usage of Windows 7 isn't falling as Windows 8 rolls on: Month-over-month usage in Windows 7 was essentially flat. And although XP usage did decline somewhat, it's worth pointing out that XP usage is fully 10 times that of Windows 8. Not bad for a 12-year old OS.
In the good news department, Windows 8 is in use by more people than is the most-often-used version of Mac OS X, version 10.8, which obtained just 2.8 percent usage share in the month. And Windows overall continues to dominate the competition with 92 percent usage share, compared with 7 percent for Mac OS X and 1.2 percent for Linux. That's another consistent trend from the past decade.


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This morning we were ambushed by icebergs. We woke up and realized we were prisoners of large chunks of ice that completely blocked the entrance to our tiny harbor for zodiacs here at Palmer. The station sits on a small, rocky shore, with a glacier behind it. Our only means of transportation are these zodiacs, and there is no other way to get in and out of the station but through our small harbor.
Now that our driveway is blocked and we are temporarily trapped, it is interesting to see what happens in here. Science continues, but to a slower tune, while a crab-eater seal sleeps on the very same iceberg that ambushed everybody. The "birders", who are used to going out every single day, no matter what, walk to and fro, settling finally into rare all-day desk work. The biologists who study microorganisms and phytoplankton in the water column come to terms with not sampling today.
But everybody enjoys a minivacation, taking a few minutes longer at the lunch table, reading, enjoying the fantastic luxury of a hot tub overlooking glaciers, and taking lots of pictures — Palmer has more cameras per capita than any place I know, and several amazing photographers.
One of them is Zenobia "Zee" Evans, who is in charge of building maintenance and construction. She offers her black and white photos for a Sunday workshop called "art at the bar". The workshop is a cool way to appreciate the beauty of our surroundings in a new way: by learning how to colorize a photo, drawing or painting in watercolors.
Thanks to the icebergs, we also got to do more lab work than usual and, finally, sit in the lounge for a good movie and popcorn. The lounge at Palmer feels like a private social club, with comfortable leather recliners and a ton of movies and books.
The wind has started to blow from the east. That means the icebergs will be blown into the bay and out of the harbor, perhaps overnight. It also means we might get bad weather, or just tons of snow. Or maybe a radiant sun. This is Antarctica: Things change in the time it takes to take off your shades.


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Damien Dempsey and Lankum - two of the most Dublin of acts playing on a summer's evening in the Iveagh Gardens in the city centre: An opportunity not to be missed. The concert was part of a series of summertime concerts put on by Aiken Promotions at this great location. The number of shows seems to increase year on year. Keep 'em coming guys!
When it comes to Lankum I am biased. I happen to think they are the best band in Ireland (read my previous review), but Damo's fans appeared swiftly won over too. The band recently underwent a name change. They were Lynched, named after the band's brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch. They became uncomfortable with the name, particularly when playing in the U.S. "We will not continue to work under our current name while the systematic persecution and murder of Black people in the USA continues", read their official statement. Their new name is Lankum, which comes from the Irish Traveller ballad 'False Lankum'. The transitional period has now passed and no reference was made to it during the show.
Their time slot was short and they made the most of it, curtailing the banter somewhat. They opened with 'Sergeant William Bailey'. Radie Peat impressed with her vocal turn on 'What Will We Do When We Have No Money', and their four part harmonies were particularly powerful on 'The Peat Bog Soldiers'. I am hoping that these songs will be on the band's second album, the completion of which was recently announced eloquently on Twitter with the words "In the fucking bag, bitches".
'The Irish Jubilee', a wordy vaudeville song about food, was preceded by the band throwing fruit and chocolate bars into the audience. I heard the song before but this time I actually managed to catch all the words (all 10,000 of them...). Their masterpiece 'Cold Old Fire' remains a highlight and they finished of with 'The Old Man From Over The Sea', no doubt having gained new fans.
For Damien Dempsey this was his first hometown show since the release of his latest album 'Soulsun' (review here) Damien has had to postpone UK dates in May due to a nose operation ("me septum's as bent as the back roads of Finglas", as per his website). Thankfully he appeared in fine form and good voice and he had his stellar band with him, which includes long time producer John Reynolds on drums, musical maestro Éamonn de Barra on flute and whistle, and Pauline Scanlon on backing vocals. Unfortunately Pauline's voice got buried in the mix, from where I stood anyway.
I am an old-fashioned music fan who wants to hear new music at a concert, but the reality nowadays is that crowds demand to be pleased and hits must be played. This is no hardship as Damien has a great catalogue and the entire gig was excellent, however I would have liked to have heard more from 'Soulsun'. The title track was played - and well received - plus 'Pretty Bird Tree', 'Simple Faith' and the standout track from the album, 'Soft Rain', an ode to Dublin. I noticed people around me rapping along word for word to that song's spoken word verses. Damien is planning a full Irish tour later on in the year, so hopefully he will play more from the new album then.
Other highlights were 'Chris and Stevie' from the 'Almighty Love' album (a tale about suicide, still very relevant), 'The rocky road to Dublin' (I just love his version) and 'Patience' (such a nice melody). The singalongs were massive, as were the "Damo-o-oh" chants any time it got quiet in between songs.
It was a proper long gig too, with a cover of the Pogues' ' Rainy Night In Soho' and Damien's biggest hit 'It's All Good' for encores. And the party continued on into the night, with people singing "Love yourself today, okay" in the streets as they left. Happy days.


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Mediawiki returns "Call to a member function selectField() on a non-object". Solution: clean disk & restart Mysql.
I had problems with my Mediawiki install: when changing a page, I got a session data related problem and the page asked me to log out & back in again. Same problem. After rebooting the complete server I got "Call to a member function selectField() on a non-object in …" on any page of my Mediawiki install and couldn't find too much information (not to mention a solution) on the Internet.
It turned out Mysql ran out of disk space and hence didn't want to display a page, although the disk didn't seem full: Usage of /: 98.6% of 27.50GB (only using one partition for everything on this system).
The Apache logs didn't reveal anything (default config). Restarting Apache went fine, too.
root@ubuntu:/var/log/apache2# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
* Restarting web server apache2 … waiting [ OK ]
Mysql however didn't want to start:
root@ubuntu:/# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]
* /etc/init.d/mysql: ERROR: The partition with /var/lib/mysql is too full!
root@ubuntu:/# rm (a big file)
root@ubuntu:/# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]
* Starting MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]
* Checking for corrupt, not cleanly closed and upgrade needing tables.
root@ubuntu:/# ERROR 126 (HY000) at line 1: Incorrect key file for table '/tmp/#sql_13fc_0.MYI'; try to repair it
It seems the MYI file got repaired since I was able to fully use Mediawiki on my server again.
LaCie F.A. Porsche edition 500GB disassembled
As I was looking for an external hard drive lately to replace my Packard Bell 400GB external disk (due to a power adaptor failure), I bought a LaCie F.A. Porsche edition today.
One of the reasons to choose for LaCie is that the power adaptor should be better than the ones that come with other external disks (which are often without branding).
Before I bought it it was unclear to me which hard disk was inside: some versions seem to include a Seagate, others a WD. All I knew is that I didn't want a Maxtor or a Toshiba (do they still make disks?). So I went to the shop and decided to open it myself.
On the pictures on the internet, one could think that the whole box is in brushed aluminium. This is not true: only the front and the back side are brushed alu, and the bottom plate is alu as well. The box itself is plastic.
One of the problems was to open the box. As I read on the comments on this site, thin plastic should be used. That's the way indeed, but still it took me a long time without damaging the box.
Turn your box upside down, take your VISA and stick it between the alu bottom plate and the plastic case. Try to feel where the clips are; however: these are not symmetric at both sides. On the long sides there are 4 clips and on the small side where the power adaptor should go, another clip can be found. This clip can be used to put some tension on the plate (using a screw driver) when one side has been released.
After the bottom plate has been removed, the SATA connector, the power connector and the 4 screws can be removed too. Still, the hard disk won't open: 4 little irons have to be plied first. This is quite strange to me, but it is clearly the only way to remove the hard disk from its cage. Apparently, this version contains a Samsung HD501LJ SATA hard disk (500GB, 7200rpm, 16 MB cache)
There is a small USB cable included, which is very nice because a large one can be purchased and a small one is difficult to find.
Some pictures:
TrueCrypt and TCGINA
Since I own a portable computer, hardware theft is a real threat. Apart from the hardware, all my personal documents like pictures, e-mail (Thunderbird, as I used to use) containing passwords, FileZilla.xml file containing passwords and so much other valuable information will be lost too, eventually causing not only a hardware but also an identity theft.
Therefor, I've been planning to store my personal files on a TrueCrypt volume for some time now, but now I made the big step. TrueCrypt rules all other encryption software since:
- it is open source: the risk of back doors (for e.g. CIA) is minimal
- it's completely cross OS (I tried mounting and writing to a TC volume on Ubuntu, it worked without problems)
- it is actively developed and has lots of options
I've got > a year of experience already with the Linux version of TrueCrypt (installed on my Debian server), so I more or less already know what TrueCrypt can do. I downloaded TrueCrypt 4.3a and created a 30 GB file on my second partition (which I usually make for data). I chose to use a file rather than a device, since backing up is much easier. Instead of copying a thousand of files, one big file can be back upped. I also chose for a fixed and not a dynamic (sparse) volume, since the performance of dynamic volumes doesn't seem to be that good (as the installer and some web sites told me).
For the TC volume to mount, I chose to add a key file. Without this key file, it's even harder to crack the TC volume. A key file can be no matter what, I downloaded some file from some years ago that can be widely found on the Internet (in case I lose it).
Next I wanted to put sensitive data into the TC volume. I created a new Firefox profile into the newly created (and mounted) volume, which is in fact a virtual disk (I chose T:\). Since I switched to Gmail, I installed the Gmail Checker. As the password was still automatically filled in after a reboot (without mounting my TC volume), I wanted to:
- mount my TrueCrypt volume automatically at startup
- autoplay the Gmail Checker application from the encrypted volume (and probably other applications too)
So I started to play with autorun.inf a little bit, without result. Next: the good old batch files. As I've read here, the volume password is not masked in the DOS prompt. This is definitely not what I want, so I looked further and saw a comment about a VBS script with a masking possibility, but that didn't work for me.
I started experimenting a little bit, and following little batch script worked fine (automount.bat), masked the password (as it asked the password using a little TC GUI) including the possibility to 'autorun' some applications:
@echo off C:\"Program Files"TrueCryptTrueCrypt.exe /v "<volume>" /q /k "<key file>" /lt /hn explorer.exe (other commands here)
Next add this batch script to the startup folder (Start -> All Programs -> Startup) and off you go.
Yay! Well.. Not that fantastic. It appeared that Gmail Checker doesn't keep its passwords in a configuration file, instead it's saved in Windows itself (WininetCacheCredentials), which is easily 'recoverable'. No luck so far..
By the way, I know that the key file is being specified, this could seem strange to some. But as I'm planning to copy the whole volume (residing in a file) to a safe backup place without the key file, my volume should be safer.
I almost gave up, but suddenly I found this topic. Apparently, there exists something like 'TCGINA' that encrypts a whole Windows user profile, including regedit information. It's a hook on GINA, and therefor TCGINA is able to request the TC volume password before logging in. Just what I've been looking for. Even better, it is an 'official' third party project, residing on the TrueCrypt homepage. Very nice!
So I installed the latest stable version of TCGINA (1.16), which obviously didn't work since TrueCrypt 4.3 was required (not 4.3a). I searched the forum and yes! There was an RC2 of TCGINA 1.17 available. I had to create a new user (so my settings were lost). As my (automatically detected) previously created TC volume used a keyfile, I had to add some things to the register (as described in tcgina.pdf) and had to reboot. Done!
My profile folder (C:\Documents and Settings\username\) is moved to the encrypted volume's T:\Documents and Settings\username\. The 'My Documents' folder (which normally resides under …\username\) is moved also, so all (newly added) documents will be encrypted.
Conclusion: the TrueCrypt homepage should mention the possibilities of TCGINA! I've never heard of it before and (until now at least) I'm very pleased with it.
Windows problems
After changing to MS WinXP again, I noticed some things I've never noticed, especially on a fresh install: the system (but not the mouse) hangs for a second sometimes. Very annoying. I reinstalled my chipset (and other) drivers, but the problem persisted. When I tried to write a CD when listening to music, the scanner started to use resources, made the music to stop for seconds and caused the waste of 2 CD's.
Then I thought about the 'new' McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Version 8.5i I installed some days ago. Apparently there are other persons with my problem too. I uninstalled the thing and installed my trusted McAfee Virusscan v8.0i.
Today I had to fix Bianca's computer too: she couldn't access the internet no more, and her standby button was lost.
- First problem: wireless connections seemed to work, but PING didn't work properly:
PING: transmit failed, error code 65.
Ok well. Luckily I could access another PC very quickly, so I googled a little it: ZoneLabs/ZoneAlarm! Apparently, this crappy software had already been installed for ages (well, months/years) and suddenly, out of nowhere, errors appeared. After uninstalling ZoneAlarm, problems were gone.
- Next: on Windows XP, the standby button (should appear when turning off the computer) was lost. I found out that her graphic card was not installed properly, and in fact: this solved the problem. The standby button appeared!
A happy Bianca again! 🙂
From Ubuntu back to MS Windows
After one month of testing Ubuntu Feisty and having it as my primary operation system, I'm going back to Windows. Ubuntu disappointed me, again (since I tried every stable Ubuntu release so far). But it was the best GPL competitor I used so far.
Ubuntu isn't able to increase my productivity. The opposite is true. Let me explain some things, the good and the bad.
Out of the box, using the live cd, Ubuntu recognized my NTFS disks (even the external ones), showed me a list of wireless networks in the neighborhood (and asked me for the WPA key) and had a very pleasant look and feel. Installing went quite well (I had to unplug my external disks first, since the partition editor didn't want to show up).
Another nice thing: upon opening a video file in the default Gnome player, codecs are searched for automatically. Good! Not good however, is the disappearing of the video itself when the player isn't moved around (when using .wmv files). Happened with this Gnome player and with VLC.
Since I own an Acer Travelmate 6003, my native resolution is 1400×1050. This resolution is standard: SXGA+, but Xorg didn't recognize it. I had to install the 915resolution package, which patches some display modes at startup. Very ugly solution, but hey: it works.
Afterwards, I had to install the ntfs-3g package (why don't they install this package natively?) and was very happy to be able to write to my NTFS disks. 'Desktop effects' (compiz) were ok (a little bit slow), but I didn't like the wobble effect too much (started irritating after a while), and the maximize effect was too much, so I turned off the wobble effect. The 3D cube effect for the workspaces worked fine using the live cd, but once installed it refused to work, even when I changed my number of workspaces back to 4 (why did Ubuntu change it to 1 in the first place?). I especially loved the Apple Exposé effect and the one-click minimize all/previous state (in the lower left corner).
After installing my favorite programs and some debs from GetDeb (Pidgin e.g.), I started to configure Ubuntu the way I liked to.
I dislike the anti-aliased fonts in Ubuntu. Those fuzzy things are not only ugly, they are more difficult to read than the 'normal' fonts on Windows systems. But hey, I found the 'msttcorefonts' package, and changed some configuration files. Nevertheless, fonts were never as clear as in Windows. But I could live with that.
From any Operating System, I expect things to work out of the box. If it doesn't, I'll be happy to search our mutual friend Google for some minutes, but not for hours.
As they say, Ubuntu Feisty has become a competitor to Microsoft Windows, the command line should be seen as a handy tool, not as a primary way to change settings or to do something. You *cannot* expect users to use the command line for very easy, obvious tasks.
Let me explain:In my previous post, I explained how to install UT GOTY on Ubuntu Feisty. Everything went well, but upon starting the game, as described in the post, the cpufreq was too low, so I had to change it to the highest possible GHz. Why did the Ubuntu devs/community choose NOT to add the SUID bit by default? Users should be able to change their power scheme their selves without any hazzle. But since I love the command line, I could live with that too.
Next thing I noticed is how greedy the Ubuntu install was. I do like a silent computer (therefor I bought a Centrino, some years ago), but Ubuntu manages to use more resources than Windows, resulting in a noisy fan at all times. Even when the computer is idle for 20 minutes, the fan blows. This ain't nice.
What I did like, again, is the GLSlideShow. However, by default, this doesn't work: an .xsreensaver file had to be created and silly options had to be entered. Developing a front end for these things couldn't be that hard! Even worse, my CPU fan blowed like hell at every picture change, which didn't occur fluently.
When I wanted to put the computer in stand by (suspend as they say in Ubuntu), one time out of two the whole system just froze. I had to press the on/off button for 4 seconds and lost my work. Moreover, when it did succeed to suspend, I closed my laptop lid, and turned off the power of my external hard drive. Apparently, this is not a good choice: Ubuntu waked up from suspend mode upon turning off or removing a removable disk (even when it had been unmounted before). This is just stupid.
Another thing I use very often in Windows: selecting a word/phrase, dragging it to another application and releasing the button. This way, the text (or image) will be copied. In Linux, this works fine, but they didn't implement it completely: when the main application is maximized and something should be copied using drag&drop to another application, the alt+tab behavior doesn't want to work no more. Nor when I drag the thing to the other application residing on the task bar (it doesn't show up). Annoying.
Now the click though bug. I just cannot imagine Feisty is released with this bug. E.g., if there are 3 applications maximized and you want to close the upper one, the second or third one could be closed instead of the upper one. Very unexpected behavior!
Then there is the lag. How irritating. E.g. try to select something in Firefox: in comparison to Windows the text will not be selected right away.
Gnome is known of its simplicity. I like simplicity, since it often goes hand in hand with intuitiveness. That's the reason I didn't install Kubuntu, the KDE version: it's too bloated and settings are all over the place: they aren't grouped nicely like in Gnome (Edit -> Preferences). But Nautilus, Gnome's file manager (which I use very frequently) is just too simple. I like the detail view in Windows Explorer, and for photographs I like the filmstrip (and often the thumbnail view too). Nautilus doesn't have a detail view. Well, it has a list with some options, but it's impossible to sort files using the EXIF info of a picture (e.g. when it is taken) or the bitrate of music files. What a lack of features.
About the lack of features: there are programs on the Windows system I hardly can live without:
- Adobe Photoshop. Don't you *dare* to mention the GIMP as a replacement for Photoshop. Call it a replacement for Paint, maybe for Paint.NET, but not for Photoshop. In addition, the GIMP is very illogical. Why can I open a file in the main menu, but why can't I save the currently opened file in the same menu? *sigh*.
- MSN. Since all my friends are on MSN (Live Messenger), I'm there too. Pidgin is a nice replacement, but the features lack too much: no offline message support, no webcam support, … I know there are alternatives too, but I've always got a feeling that there is something 'not right', and I don't have this feeling with Pidgin.
- Microsoft Office. Again, OpenOffice.org isn't bad, but it's still buggy and compared to Office 2007, it's no good.
Last but not least: Unreal Tournament ran at 14 frames/second. In Windows, I choose 16 bits color and the frame rate increases. In Ubuntu however, I was unable to change the color depth without changing xorg.conf. But I do want to keep 32 bits color depth in X, and use 16 bits in UT, just like I do on Windows. Not possible, at first (and second and third) sight.
Well, ok. I changed Xorg to use a 16 bit color depth and played UT. I had a 'playable' frame rate and I was quite happy. Suddenly, my screen started to do weird things, and my system froze. Even my mouse, ctrl+alt+backspace or alt+F1 didn't want to work no more. I tried different maps, same problem.
So, well: goodbye Ubuntu, for now. I'd be happy to try again, in half a year. In the mean time I'll keep using my Debian console only (ssh) servers 😉
Unreal Tournament GOTY on Ubuntu Feisty
Wine could be used to run UT Classic on Linux, but since the OpenGL graphics library is being used, UT can run natively too. To install it on Ubuntu Feisty, one could follow this procedure:
Download ut-install-436-goty.run (right click -> save target as).
Insert or mount the first UTGOTY cd. I'm using images, so I have to mount the image and change my SETUP_CDROM system variable for the .run file to work:
sudo mkdir /media/utcd sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 Unreal_Tournament_GOTY_CD1.iso /media/utcd/ export SETUP_CDROM=/media/utcd
Now we can run the ut-install-436-goty.run. First we have to make the file executable, of course:
chmod a+x ut-install-436-goty.run
We'll have to use a workaround to install UT: the –keep option of the .run file: "Do not erase target directory after running embedded script":
./ut-install-436-goty.run --keep
Just click cancel on the graphical user interface. A directory called ut-436-GOTY should have been created. In this dir, run setup.sh.
The GUI will show up again, asking you for a directory where to save the maps and the binary files in. Since I'll be installing UT on my external NTFS disk, I had to enter /media/PB/UT, make a directory /media/PB/UT/bin and enter this directory as the binary dir.
No errors should occur when you click the install button. The installer will ask for the 2nd cd, so the first should be unmounted and the second should be mounted (use another terminal for this):
sudo umount /media/ut1 sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 Unreal_Tournament_GOTY_CD2.iso /media/utcd/
Let the installer finish. Be sure to be patient at the end, since all the maps are being extracted at that time, as you can see in the console window.
/media/PB/UT/ut-436-GOTY$ ./setup.sh Warning: No writable targets in path... You may want to be root. Creating preferences directory... Creating directory /home/username/.loki/ut/ Creating directory /home/username/.loki/ut/System WARNING: Not using preference directory stage 0: 0.328692 secs stage 1: 0.180815 secs stage 2: 0.310931 secs stage 3: 0.141942 secs stage 4: 0.453863 secs Total: 1.416242 secs Decompressed ../Maps/AS-Frigate.unr.uz -> AS-Frigate.unr WARNING: Not using preference directory stage 0: 0.261014 secs stage 1: 0.136889 secs stage 2: 0.216173 secs stage 3: 0.184799 secs stage 4: 0.295411 secs Total: 1.094286 secs
UT is installed. Almost done! As I didn't install the default folder (being /usr/local/games/ut), I have to set the UT_DATA_PATH variable:
/media/PB/UT/bin$ ./ut dirname: missing operand Try `dirname --help' for more information. Couldn't run Unreal Tournament (ut-bin). Is UT_DATA_PATH set? /media/PB/UT/bin$
To fix this error:
export UT_DATA_PATH=/media/PB/UT/System
Starting UT (./ut in the bin folder) shouldn't give problems no more. You're done. Unless you've got a CPU with scaling capabilities, just like my Pentium Mobile (Centrino): UT will run too fast, it will be impossible to play the game. On Windows, I used to change my power options from 'Portable/Laptop' to 'Home/Office Desk'. There is no difference in Ubuntu. The 'CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor' should be added (right click on free space on a panel, choose 'Add to Panel'). Now, cpufreq cannot be set immediately: the SUID bit should be set:
sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/cpufreq-selector
Click on the cpufreq-selector and choose the highest possible speed. Enjoy!
Importing mail into Gmail
To import mail into Gmail, the existing Google GMail Loader could be used. This solution works, but since it sends the messages using an SMTP, all dates are reset to the current date. For me, this is very annoying so I searched another solution.
I used the Dovecot IMAP server with secure POP3 access to import my existing mail (from Mozilla Thunderbird, i.e. mbox format) into Gmail. This way, the dates are preserved.
Using Ubuntu Feisty, this is a very simple process:
sudo apt-get install dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d
This installs the necessary Dovecot IMAP and POP3 server (version 1.0.rc17). Mails are kept in the mbox file /var/mail/username (got the is info using the script from Dovecot's wiki).
For Dovecot to work, a configuration file needs to be altered:
sudo pico /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Uncomment 'protocols', add pop3 (normal version port 110) and/or pop3s (secure version, port 995):
protocols = pop3 pop3s
The normal pop3 is good in this case, as I tested some things using telnet and the USER/PASS/STAT/RETR commands.
Next, copy the Mozilla Thunderbird mbox file (called 'Inbox') to /var/mail. I actually added another user on my Ubuntu system called 'mboxbackup', since Gmail will add the existing username in the header of every mail using 'X-Gmail-Fetch-Info'. Rename the 'Inbox' file and chown the file to the newly created user.
Eventually, one could test the newly created pop server from another machine using e.g. telnet. You should get something like this:
$ telnet <ip-address> 110 Trying <ip-address>... Connected to <ip-address>. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. USER mboxbackup +OK PASS <password> +OK Logged in. STAT +OK 1007 84278254 RETR 1 +OK 3859 octets X-Account-Key: account2 <snip>
Only 1007 mails are on my POP3 server now, since I broke up my existing Mozilla Thunderbird mbox file to test (very easy, just create a folder in Thunderbird, copy or move the messages into it and off you go!). Gmail shouldn't have problems importing any amount of mails since maximum 200 messages are fetched at once.
I restarted Dovecot (I used 'killall dovecot' to stop).
In Gmail, go to 'Settings' –> 'Accounts' and choose 'Add another mail account'. As your email address, anything could be entered. In the next step, enter the username and password, choose 'Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail', enter '995' as port and eventually choose a label.
Voila! Importing should start, 200 mails will be pulled every time. Dates should be kept as the original ones.
Note that e.g. 10000 imported mails will probably not result in 10000 mails in your Gmail inbox, since Gmail tries to make threads of replies and answers automatically. Check your spam folder too.


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Jenny is thirteen years old and has a similar problem when her parents tell her that she can't go to the party on Friday night, or can't go to her friend's house, or can't have more computer time. Jenny has a hard time accepting no as an answer and proceeds to use dialogue to manipulate her parents or make them feel guilty.
Occasionally in these kinds of situations dialogue is helpful and an explanation may bring cooperation, but you'll want to discern whether your children really want an explanation or whether they're just unhappy and trying to change the situation.
It's good to dialogue with children—most of the time. In fact, most families need to be intentional about adding healthy dialogue to their lives as they compete with busyness, technology, and a host of activities making demands on their family. But sometimes parents put dialogue in the wrong places and children develop negative relating habits as a result.
It's good to dialogue with children—most of the time. In fact, most families need to be intentional about adding healthy dialogue to their lives as they compete with busyness, technology, and a host of activities making demands on their family. But sometimes parents put dialogue in the wrong places and children develop negative relating habits as a result.
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Brandon's mom implemented a new plan and refused to enter into the debate. Now when Brandon starts using dialogue to get out of a task, Mom says, "Stop. Wrong answer." Mom isn't trying to be mean to her son but she's realized that he needs to develop a different response to instructions. Instead of continuing down the wrong path, Mom stops the process and is teaching her son to go down a more constructive one. Brandon was just using the discussion to postpone cooperation.
Jenny's badgering and nagging of her parents reduced quite quickly when Dad and Mom identified the negative interaction and refused to be a part of it. Furthermore, they told Jenny that continuing to harass them after she received a "no" answer would result in further restriction.
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In both cases parents refused to allow dialogue to sidetrack the issue at hand. Furthermore, their refusal to enter into the discussion drew attention to the bigger heart issues that needed attention. Brandon is learning the important heart quality of being responsive to authority and doing a task even though his initial reaction is displeasure. Jenny is learning to live within limits without complaining. In both cases, parents are learning to resist the temptation to dialogue at points when that interaction actually encourages a negative pattern.
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