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Last week, I took State Board of Education members on a road trip to Howe Public Schools in southeastern Oklahoma.
I wanted the board to see the cutting edge digital technology being used by students, teachers and administrators in this small, rural school district. Howe is truly at the forefront of the most dynamic learning in the state.
In a science classroom, we saw girls huddled around a computer screen discussing ways to enhance their Prezi on the Bubonic plaque. A Prezi was described to me as a PowerPoint on steroids. It is intuitive, cloud-based technology. The thing that struck me most is these girls were mimicking the way you would expect to see professionals interacting before a big corporate presentation. They gathered data and used the technology to help them create an engaging and interactive report.
The kindergartners at Howe use iPads for phonemic awareness and to play word games to help develop literacy skills. They don't even realize they're learning. They think they're having fun.
In other rooms, teachers discussed the use of Edmodo, an interactive learning tool that allows students to upload homework and teachers to grade and return it. The technology also allows students to collaborate with peers thousands of miles from their rural district.
The students in Howe have led virtual field trips to learn about the "Hanging Judge," Isaac Parker, in Fort Smith, Ark. They had the opportunity to teach a remote lesson while visiting George Washington's home, Mount Vernon. The remote presentation was relayed to the International Society for Technology in Education conference in Washington, D.C. The students stayed in the cottages at Mount Vernon, using a portable satellite dish they purchased through a grant to relay their lesson. This same satellite dish has enabled live broadcasts of Howe state championship basketball games back to their home arena.
With their knowledge and effective use of current and emerging technologies, Howe students are going to be the leading entrepreneurs of the future. If we're lucky and we can keep up, we might one day be hired by these kids.
One of the most remarkable things about Howe is they didn't use any funding source that was not available to anyone else in the state. They have the same issues facing educators everywhere – low-income families, teacher recruitment, remote access, limited resources. Supt. Scott Parks drives the district's school bus. Many of the school buildings are made out of metal.
The one thing Parks has in abundance, however, is vision. He knew he wanted to open the world to his students and engage them in all levels of active learning.
He said he started pursuing small grants; that led to larger grants. Then he made a priority list. At one point during Thursday's tour, the board members and I had to traverse an area between buildings. Supt. Parks pointed out we were walking on mud because sidewalk money went to technology instead.
It's those kinds of choices that have his students busting out of the walls of this remote Oklahoma school district and visiting places all over the nation and virtually all over the globe. It's a vision that is drawing others. In the last 10 years since the first laptops were purchased for each of the school's students, the district has grown from 280 to about 530 students.
All schools in Oklahoma can achieve this same level of innovation, but it is going to take vision and the staying power to fund it. Preparing students for life and work in the 21st Century is worth it.


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- "We are brothers, and brothers stick together."
- ―Jason Michaels
Jason Michaels was a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV and a supporting character in The Lost and Damned. Jason was an Enforcer of The Lost MC and a fellow biker of Johnny Klebitz.
Life up to 2008
Jason was born in 1979 in Acter, Alderney. Jason became a Lost member as early as 1997, when he was arrested for Grand Larceny. Jason soon became a very good friend of Johnny Klebitz. Later, Jason was arrested for hijacking in 1999, as well as in 2003 for possession of a controlled substance.
Sometime in 2007, Jason gained his patch and became a full member of The Lost, and served as an Enforcer for the club.
Jason also started to work as a pimp for the The Lost, and started to date Anna Faustin.
Events of The Lost and Damned
Billy's Return
Jason was one of the six Lost members that came for Billy Grey, who was released from rehab, to take him back to The Lost clubhouse. Jason also helped to retake Billy's Bike from The Angels of Death and helped in the gun fight that ensued.
Jason's biggest role was in Angels in America. Jason informed Billy and Johnny that several members of The Angels of Death, who were angry at The Lost MC for attacking members of the Angels of Death and stealing back Billy's bike, were trying to crash their party. Billy killed the Angels of Death lieutenant, after he questioned about their truce, and flipped Billy off. Jason and Johnny chased down the other members. At the end of the mission, Jason drives away to meet with Anna.
- "Brothers, we've got to teach this commie asshole, what it means to be Lost."
- ―Jason to the bikers who came to help him.
Jason came to hang out with Anna, until Niko Bellic (a hired gun who was sent by Mikhail Faustin, Anna's father) came. Jason escaped, and after a short chase, called to the Broker chapter of The Lost MC for help. Niko starts a gunfight, and after a short time manages to kill Jason.
Club President Billy Grey announced the death of Jason at the hands of an Eastern European after members of the Lost were ambushed by the Angels of Death. Billy held Jason in great honor, saying he was a good man, brave, and "hit the throttle" harder than many bikers much more experienced than him.
Later, Grey claimed that Jason's death was caused by the group's rivals, and revenge had to be extracted, prompting Johnny to respond "I thought it was a Pole or a Serb or something?" The "revenge" was burning down the clubhouse of the Angels of Death and robbing them of their heroin, even though it was not them who killed Jason. After his death, his photo is hung on the Lost's memorial wall.
Jason's Bikes
There seems to be an inconsistency to what type of bike Jason rode in his appearances. In The Lost and Damned, he is seen riding a Diabolus, appearing in a unique magenta color. However, in his one and only appearance in Grand Theft Auto IV, a little later in chronological order, he is seen riding a Zombie. Either Jason switched bikes, or one of the two bikes he rode would simply be retconned due to the Diabolus being unavailable in GTA IV, (except for the beta). The only way to obtain Jason's Diabolus is to kill Jason during the mission Angels in America. Jason's Zombie can be taken in GTA IV after Niko kills him in No Love Lost.
LCPD Database record
Mission Appearances
- No Love Lost (Killed)
- The Lost and Damned
- Clean and Serene
- Angels in America
- It's War (Death off-screen)
- Credits
Images from TLAD
Images from GTA IV
- Although Jason plays a small role in the game, his death is one of the key problems in The Lost and Damned. It leads to the heroin theft and Billy's incarceration, which eventually led to the civil war that crippled the Alderney City chapter of The Lost MC.
- Like many characters that reappear from Grand Theft Auto IV, Jason's appearance is slightly altered in The Lost and Damned; his face changed, including a smaller nose, black eyes and shorter bristles. Jason's clothes were changed too, as he wears a new black jacket with longer sleeves and wears black boots.
- In very early screenshots, Jason was supposed to stay in his old model. However, his memorial portrait in The Lost MC Clubhouse shows him in his old appearance from Grand Theft Auto IV.
- Billy mentions during the end of It's War that Jason was very fast on a bike. This seems true, as during Angels in America, he tends to ride very fast while chasing the Angels of Death bikers, and in No Love Lost, where it's very difficult to catch up with him.
- Jason dresses very similar to Johnny, as they both wear similar black dress shirts and black leather jackets. Like Johnny, Jason also has coloured wings on his jacket.
- As his LCPD record states, he seems to be good friends with Johnny, as during Action/Reaction, Johnny is reluctant to attack the Angels of Death clubhouse, but he quickly changes his mind when Billy tells him that it was the Angels of Death who killed Jason. Also, if Jason is killed during Angels in America, Johnny becomes quite angry. Jason will also sometimes yell "My boy Johnny's gonna fuck you up!" during No Love Lost.
- Despite his being good friends with Johnny, Johnny doesn't have Jason's number in his cell phone. This is possibly because Jason dies very early in the storyline, and his number isn't necessary. In the beta version, however, Johnny had Jason's number in his cell phone.
- In one of the trailers, Jason, Johnny, Billy and Brian can be seen performing a drive-by on a LCPD Cruiser. This could be a beta mission removed during development.
- Jason is the only known member of The Lost MC who is under the age of 30.

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Configure MIME types
Customers may create custom MIME types on a Linux shared hosting account by adding the AddType directive to an .htaccess file. Customers can create custom MIME types on a Windows shared hosting account by modifying the web.config file.
The .htaccess file should reside in the same directory as the designated files. The .htaccess entry has the following syntax:
AddType mime-type ext
Using the .wmv file extension as an example, the .htaccess entry would be the following:
AddType video/x-ms-wmv wmv
The web.config file should be located in the root directory of a Web site. Using .mp4 and .mpv as examples, adding MIME types with IIS 7 looks like this:
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Conor Casey may have created headlines with his two penalty-kick goals in Sunday's 3-1 victory over Toronto FC. But the crucial moment in the game was the 70th-minute free kick by Jeff Larentowicz, which deservedly restored Colorado's lead and made the game comfortable for the home team.
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Before that moment, the Rapids had looked jittery after allowing Toronto back into a game in which the visitors rarely featured offensively. Toronto had only four shots all game but equalized on a Dwayne De Rosario penalty kick.
Larentowicz's cheeky free kick restored some balance and confidence to the Colorado ranks.
"At that point, the game had gone flat," said Rapids head coach Gary Smith. "We looked disillusioned and disappointed, but suddenly everyone raised their game and went into another gear. The changes helped enormously. All in all, it was a very good goal. It was a terrific free kick."
Julian De Guzman appeared to jump out of the wall, one of which Toronto head coach Preki said his designated player shouldn't even have been part. The ball slid into the gap left by de Guzman as Toronto's goalkeeper, Stefan Frei, remained rooted to the spot.
Larentowicz said he hadn't been studying any tapes of Toronto FC free kicks but he did realize that a space had opened up. The midfielder deflected the importance of that specific moment.
"We are still slightly feeling each other out," he said of his new teammates. "We had some lineup changes. That speaks to our depth but it also speaks to the fact there is a wider range of players I need to be familiar with. We had good energy to stay on top and we were rewarded."
Smith noted that while there were some disappointing final balls, there was improved wing play and better defensive work on set-pieces, still the only way Colorado has given up goals this season in MLS play.
"It was the first winning home game," Smith said. "The players can move forward. After the disappointment against Kansas, we've had two very good wins. We showed good intensity going forward and I am very pleased how we defended as a group."
With his two goals on Sunday, Casey now has 32 career strikes for Colorado, good for third on the club's all-time list and just seven behind Paul Bravo at the top.
"I thought his general play was his best performance of the season by far," Smith said of Casey. "He showed very good quality. He showed more intensity. He was physically more dominating. He was fantastic today."
Casey's brace came one day after Galaxy forward Edson Buddle scored two goals in a Galaxy victory and Herculez Gomez netted another two in Mexico on Sunday. The Rapids front man now has three goals in 2010, all from the spot kick.
"It would be nice to get one from the run of play but we've got three points today," Casey said. "I think we as a team were able to play the ball more around today. I had more touches with my feet today. When we can combine like that, it benefits me and the team more and I felt a lot better about it."


text: On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 02:38 -0700, SirJSR wrote: > I have a hard time reaching up to the escape key to enter command > mode, or should I say I don't want to reach that far. This one thing > kept me away from vi, vim, gvim for a long time. And, I already have > a little carpal tunnel syndrome going, and there's no way I am going > to use Emacs---my hand wouldn't survive a weak. > > In my C:\Program Files\Vim directory, in my "_gvimrc" I put this > command, below: > > "map! ii <esc>" > > ... which allows me to exit insert mode by pressing the i key twice. > If you press the i key once, wait a second, then press the i key > again, it does not take you out of insert mode, but types out "ii". > But how many time does one need "ii". So, the net effect is that the > "i" key becomes kind of a toggle key. Never have to take your hand of > the keyboard, and only one finger has to reach just above the home > row. > > All kinds of way to do it: http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=285 You can't currently map ii in this way in Wing, but you can add other key bindings. Normally, this is done with the User Interface / Keyboard / Custom Key Bindings preference. However, that doesn't let you enter the virtual mode indicators used in vi mode, so you'll have to edit keymap.vi in your Wing installation. You may want to keep your additions in a separate file by using an import like this: %include keymap.myvi And then in the file keymap.myvi add something like: 'Insert-Kp_delete': 'enter-browse-mode' You can easily find the key names using the Custom Key Bindings preference. Other alternatives that come to mind are: 'Insert-Kp_enter': 'enter-browse-mode' 'Insert-Kp_insert': 'enter-browse-mode' 'Insert-Ctrl-Space': 'enter-browse-mode' Unlike the preference, this does require restarting Wing. I saw someone recommended a keyboard as part of the solution on the page you reference above. I've got one of these: http://www.comfortkeyboard.com/keyboards_comfort.html While it doesn't address the problem you write about, it has made a huge difference for me in general. Hope that helps. -- Stephan Deibel Wingware Wing IDE for Python Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com


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Senior Nick McCrory earned ACC Male Diver of the Week honors Tuesday after returning to collegiate competition in strong fashion over the weekend in dual meet action at UNC Wilmington.
The 2013 NCAA platform diving champion and 2013 ACC Men's Diver of the Year, McCrory demolished the previous pool records on both springboards Saturday against the Seahawks. He posted NCAA Zone Diving Championship qualifying marks of 445.27 on the 1-meter board and 468.37 at the 3-meter height to sweep both events. His first-place finishes helped propel the Blue Devil men to a 156.5-143.5 win over UNC Wilmington.
Saturday's meet marked McCrory's first collegiate action since he captured his third NCAA title on the platform and garnered All-America accolades across the three disciplines at last spring's NCAA Championships.
McCrory and the Blue Devils open ACC competition Friday, Nov. 8 in a 2 p.m. clash with NC State in Raleigh before hosting William & Mary in the program's home opener Saturday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. at the Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion.
This release was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of Duke Swimming and Diving.


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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Baby Pajamas Shadow Box
(I fuzzed out names for privacy - sorry if it makes the photos blurry!)
Today's post isn't really an art project
that you do with your children.
It's more of a sentimental project for mom
that your kids will appreciate.
Both of my daughters came home from the hospital
in these tiny pajamas and hats.
I have memory boxes for each of them
with my journals that I kept during my 2 pregnancies,
hospital bracelets,
first hand/foot print impressions,
a newspaper from the day they were born,
and a few magazines from that week
(to look back on later)
The pajamas didn't fit very well in the boxes
but I didn't want to just put them in the box of
baby clothes either.
I wanted to find a way
to honor that special day -
the start of our family
to celebrate their tiny selves.
I decided to frame their coming home
ensembles in these shadow box frames
from the craft store.
I replaced the back of the frames with a piece
of acid-free foam core and covered
each piece with art paper.
Then I used small map pins
to attach the newborn pajamas, socks, and hats
to the backgrounds.
They hang in our stairwell,
outside the girls' bedroom doors.
I pass them daily,
and give thanks
for my two sweet girls.
Posted by pink and green mama MaryLea
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No surprise: The CBS March Madness On Demand app, which lets you watch live NCAA tournament games over wi-fi, is the no. 1 paid app in Apple's iPhone App Store today.
That's good news for its backers, which include CBS (CBS) and mobile video company MobiTV.
But it's also good news for the company that's getting paid to push the video over the Internet to your phone: Content delivery network Limelight Networks (LLNW).
Limelight has carved out a bit of a cottage industry serving up video to iPhones. In addition to the March Madness On Demand app, it also delivers the video in Major League Baseball's excellent At Bat app. That's interesting because both CBS and MLB use Limelight arch rival Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to deliver live video to computers -- but Limelight for the mobile stuff.
Why? One industry source says it seems to be a matter of focus. "Akamai simply does not seem to be very interested in attacking the mobile space," our source says. "They are still focused on the PC market and expansion into the set-top box world while Limelight seems to have shifted a bit to try and pick up the mobile segment."
That makes some sense, given the relatively small U.S. mobile video market: About 3% of U.S. mobile subscribers watch TV/video on their cellphones, according to comScore M:Metrics. And it also makes sense that a bandwidth company would want to focus on PC and set-top box video, where the file sizes and bit rates are higher than mobile video streams.
Akamai, reached for comment, says mobile video is a "large focus" for the company, with numerous clients, such as News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace. "Most of our broadcast customers are actively pursuing mobile content strategies -- particularly on the iPhone -- and Akamai is already serving a great deal of this content on our network."


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Jun 05, 2013
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The 148th edition of the Yale-Harvard Regatta will be streamed live online for free. The production will make the annual race between rivals in New London, Conn., available all over the world.
The racing will begin at 9 a.m. EST on Sunday, June 9 with video available for the entire day's competitions. WICH 1310 AM will provide audio for the stream with Charlie Hamlin and Andy Card, Yale's lightweight varsity coach, on the call.
The video stream's availability will depend on on-site weather conditions. Video stream updates will be available on the Harvard Athletics video portal, at GoCrimson.com/HYvideo.


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To promote my horror novel, AFRAID, which debuts March 31, I'm appearing on different blogs every single day in March.
Please follow my daily journey, and broaden your blog-reading horizons.
First, I visit Mary Duncan's blog, Eyes of Garnet, and talk about the problems with modern publishing, and when Ebooks will finally replace print books.
Then, if you're burning to know what JA Konrath is like while doing one of his infamous book tours, now you can get read a third-party account. I did a mini-tour in St. Louis with wonderful author Joanna Slan, and she wrote an article about it for the Romance Writer's Report. She has kindly reprinted it on her blog.
Please take the time to visit and bookmark all of these terrific blogs.
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Cost of enforcement exceeds fines
PUBLISHED: 10:38 22 November 2012
The issuing of parking tickets in East Devon could lose £3.6million of taxpayers' cash over four years.
A recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Journal has revealed the financial cost of traffic wardens, since parking enforcement was transferred from the police to the district council in spring 2008.
But East Devon District Council (EDDC) bosses insist that parking enforcement is not seen as a 'cash cow', and is vital to avoid parking chaos.
Last week's Journal revealed that EDDC's Civil Enforcement Officers spend almost half the week in Exmouth.
And since 2008 almost half of the 9,378 tickets, or Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued in East Devon's seven towns have been in Exmouth.
But the figures also show the massive cost; in the financial year 2008/2009, wages and administration costs totalled approximately £1.1million, but fines added up to just £230,500.
In 2010/2011, costs were £1.19million with fines totalling £268,467.
Over three years the scheme has led to a deficit of £2.76million; and once this year's figures are calculated, it is is set to rise to £3.6million.
PCNs are split between street parking, with fines going to county hall, and car parks, run by EDDC.
A district council spokesman said that although PCNs held a maximum possible fine of £70, because most people paid promptly the fines were often either £25 or £35.
He added: "We deploy our parking enforcement staff proportionately throughout the district so that the level of enforcement reflects the size of, and the amount of traffic in, each town or village.
"As the district's largest town with the most traffic, it's unsurprising that Exmouth sees more tickets issued."
He added that 'raising funds' was not the motivation for issuing parking tickets: "We issue PCNs to enforce the law, to encourage motorists to park safely and considerately, and to ensure good turnover and availability of spaces.
"We always try to take a fair and balanced approach… putting safety first.
"This helps make sure traffic flows more easily around towns and that there is better availability of both on and off-street parking."
The Welsh town of Aberystwyth is an example of what would happen if there was no parking enforcement.
For one year the town had no traffic wardens.
A spokesman for Ceredigion County Council said: "Generally it is accepted that it is better to have some parking enforcement than none at all.
"While I wouldn't say it was parking chaos, drivers did park where they liked and that led to problems in the town centre."


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Used Car Review
2011 Scion xB: Used Car Review
The 2011 Scion xB is a small, no-frills economy wagon big on interior room and fuel efficiency. Whereas the original xB had lots of sharp 90-degree angles, the 2011 xB is more proportional, a little larger and rounder and a lot more powerful. As compact cars go, the xB is accommodating, especially to taller passengers riding in the rear seat. Fold the rear seat down and the xB transforms into a mini U-Haul. With nearly 70 cu ft of cargo space and a tall ceiling, the xB can swallow items that won't fit into the average compact car. Cool interior features such as a Pioneer stereo with iPod interface and dealer-installed interior lighting upgrades help the xB curry favor with a younger crowd.
Another plus for the xB is that it holds its value well, though we can't say it has the bulletproof reliability and repair history of early Scion vehicles. Early model (2008-2009) xB models had complaints about premature oil consumption, and Toyota issued a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) regarding this problem covering 2006-2011 cars using the same engine. However, we didn't find much discussion on the net regarding the 2011 model, so the problem may have been resolved. Even though most xB owners have not experienced problems, there are still enough instances to warrant mention.
What We Like
Good fuel economy; a roomy back seat; big cargo area; smooth ride; customizable interior lighting options; strong resale value
What We Don't
Watered-down styling; drab interior; noisy at highway speed; not much in the way of passing power; awkward center-mounted instrument cluster
Fuel Economy & Engine Specs
The Scion xB is powered by a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine producing 158 horsepower and 162 lb-ft of torque. Fuel economy with the 5-speed manual is rated at 22 miles per gallon city/28 mpg hwy. The 4-speed automatic transmission returns the same 22 mpg city/28 mpg hwy figure.
Standard Features & Options
The xB comes in one nicely equipped trim level.
Standard equipment on the xB includes power windows, power door locks, power mirrors, air conditioning, cruise control, tilt/telescopic steering wheel, a 160-watt Pioneer audio system with USB input and RCA outputs as well as a customizable welcome screen, tilt steering wheel, plastic wheel covers, chrome exhaust tips, remote keyless entry, six airbags, electronic traction and stability control and a tire-pressure monitoring system.
Options for the xB include touchscreen navigation, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system, a powered rear subwoofer, 17-inch alloy wheels, satellite radio, fog lights, a rear spoiler, upgraded audio interface and customizable in-car color lighting for the footwells, cup holders and door sills. A limited edition Release Series 8.0 features Voodoo Blue paint and a 4-piece custom body kit.
Don't look for much in the way of bargain-basement pricing, as the 2011 xB holds excellent resale values. However, the xB started well under $20,000 when new, so a low-mileage used model should still fit into most used-car budgets. To get an idea of the xB's price range, we suggest the used-car values at KBB.com. You also can search the AutoTrader Classifieds to see which models are for sale in your area.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall for the 2011 Scion xB regarding improper load-carrying capacity labels.
Recall repairs are required by law even if the vehicle is out of warranty. Your dealer can check to see if the repairs were performed and, if not, will fix the car at no charge to you.
Safety Ratings & Warranties
The xB earns good marks in NHTSA crash tests, posting four out of five stars in the front-end crash test, five stars in the side-impact test and four stars for the rollover roof-strength test. The independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awards the xB its best marks in the moderate-overlap, side-impact and roof-strength tests.
The Scion xB has a 3-year/36,000-mile basic warranty and a 5-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty. Extended warranties purchased when the car was new are transferable, so be sure to inquire if the vehicle you are buying has an extended plan. Scion also offers a line of certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles through its dealerships. If you purchase a CPO xB, the warranty coverage for the powertrain is extended to seven years/100,000 miles from the vehicle's original in-service date. CPO cars also come with a 12-month/12,000-mile comprehensive warranty, one year of roadside assistance and a free CARFAX report. Best of all, CPO customers are eligible for standard new-car financing rates. Vehicles that qualify for the CPO program cannot be older than six years or have more than 85,000 miles on the odometer.
Other Cars to Consider
Honda Element -- The Element costs more and is less fuel efficient than the xB, but it offers a bigger interior and the option of all-wheel drive. There are no manual or navigation options.
Kia Soul - The Soul's styling is more expressive than the xB, and it offers more features and a more colorful interior. Cargo space is not as plentiful; however, the Soul's resale value is on par with the xB.
Nissan Cube -- The Cube's styling is more distinctive than the xB, and its interior is more youth oriented. The Cube also has better fuel economy but less horsepower.
AutoTrader's Advice
With only one model to choose from, we suggest an xB with all the bells and whistles. Many of the xB's options are dealer-installed, so if you can't find what you want on the used-car lot, you can always upgrade later. Those seeking the best performance should opt for the 5-speed manual model, while those seeking the best fuel economy can go with either transmission, as the mileage numbers are identical.


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Seeing Star Wars
It's ok: you can tell me I've been staring at cakes too long, and need to step away from the 'net for a while. I can take it.
Remember this guy from last year?
Note: This is Admiral Ackbar:
Well, now I'm seeing his friends pop up in other Wrecks.
And from the context I'm assuming this next thing is supposed to be a bee or maybe a bear...
Haley B., Val L., & Sarah S., you are to wear these clown shoes and refer to yourselves as Mary. Why? Because I think this video is frickin' hilarious:


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Side effects from medicines
A side effect, also called an adverse reaction, is an unwanted effect of your medicine.
A side effect could be:
- headache
- stomach ache
- cramps
- effects on liver and kidneys.
If your medicine causes side effects, please report them to the Danish Medicines Agency
It is crucial that we are informed of side effects. Healthcare professionals and medicine users/relatives can report side effects directly to the Danish Medicines Agency.
It is possible to report side effects of medicines for humans and animals as well as medicines used in clinical trials.
Report side effects from veterinary medicines
Read the summary of product characteristics
You can find information about a medicine in its summary of product characteristics. Produktresume.dk takes you to a site where you can download Danish summaries of product characteristics of medicines marketed in Denmark. The summary of product characteristics is intended for healthcare professionals.
Use the package leaflet
A package leaflet comes with all medicine. It gives you information about known side effects. It also tells you how the medicine works and how to use it correctly.
Compensation for injuries sustained
If you experience side effects that are unknown or more serious than expected, you may claim compensation from The Danish Patient Compensation Association.


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CES Report - Language on Independent Agency
The Committee on Economic Security (CES) proposed a short and simple division of duties between the Department of Labor and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration--it never seriously considered independent agency status for the new program.
The creation of a social insurance board within the Department of Labor, to be appointed by the President and with terms to insure continuity of administration, is recommended to administer the Federal unemployment compensation act and the system of Federal contributory old-age annuities.
Full responsibility for the safeguarding and investment of all social insurance funds, we recommend, should be vested in the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration is recommended as the most appropriate existing agency for the administration of noncontributory old-age pensions and grants in aid to dependent children. If this agency should be abolished, the President should designate the distribution of its work. It is recommended that all social welfare activities of the Federal Government be coordinated and systematized.


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David Lynch's 'Dream' a big improvement
When asked in 2010 to describe his taste in music, filmmaker David Lynch told the Globe he likes what he calls "modern blues." That ended up being the direction for his first solo album, which Lynch released to everyone's surprise, including his own, the following year. Whereas "Crazy Clown Time," his debut, was a fractured mix of styles — hearing Lynch sing a thumping dance track called "Good Day Today" was as jarring as any subplot in "Mulholland Drive" — his new sophomore album carefully builds a cohesive mood that carries throughout. "The Big Dream" is indeed modern blues as filtered through Lynch's warped mind, where life unfolds in the shadows in slow motion.
It's a vastly superior record, drawing you in with its electronic, murky ambience and the impression that these songs are coming to you from a singer submerged in water.
There are spectral fever dreams ("The Line It Curves," evoking the gauzy beauty of Cocteau Twins), stomping blues-rockers reminiscent of Tom Waits ("Star Dream Girl"), and even a portentous Bob Dylan cover ("The Ballad of Hollis Brown"). The title track crawls out of the speakers, a parched dirge you could imagine turning up as a prom song in one of Lynch's films.
Lynch's voice, thin and reedy but also elastic enough to convey the elusiveness of his lyrics, is hypnotic and more upfront this time around. In that same Globe interview, Lynch admitted he doesn't like to sing: "What I like is to try to sing and get the feel, and then there are so many ways to manipulate the voice and tweak it." (Out Tuesday)
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Hope in This Broken-Down World
Years before I met her, Joan had come to Christ and met and married Henry, a successful, wealthy Christian businessman. They built a mansion in an affluent suburb, had a circle of great Christian friends, and were involved together in …Read More
Living in Light of the Gospel: An Interview with Paul David Tripp
Tabletalk: Tell us a little about Paul Tripp Ministries and your call to a ministry of counseling. Paul David Tripp: Let me say first that the name of the ministry is not what it is because I think that it …Read More
Thinking Biblically About Worry
Worry — it really is everywhere. Perhaps it is the one experience that all of us have in common. Consider the people above. They have two things in common. They are all professing believers and they all struggle with worry. What …Read More
Paul David Tripp
Paul David Tripp is president of Paul Tripp Ministries. He is professor of pastoral life and care at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas; the executive director of the Center for Pastoral Life and Care in Fort Worth, Texas; and has taught at respected institutions worldwide. As an author, Dr. Tripp has written eleven books.


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This new ver 1.3 failed to run on Win 7 but success to run on Win XP. However, Ver 1.0 can running well on Win 7.
Below is the error message while run ver 1.3 on Win 7:
Exception EAccessViolation in module OimFG.exe at 0015EA5A. Access violation at address 0015EA5A in module 'OimFG.exe'. Read of address 0000000D.
Hi, this utility was developed in a Windows 7 environment and was tested on several Windows 7 and Windows XP machines.
Did you try to run it as administrator? (Right click run as admin...).
Did you try it on a different machine?
Is it possible to set a limit of for instance 10.000 files per sub folder and if yes! Whats the syntax for this?
Hi SIMTANDA,
No it is not possible.
But it is a good idea for the next version...
Hi, Thank you for this piece of work
it's really nice and I think it could be usefull but actually I need a "sort by the [n] first letter of the file name"
to "folderize" files like :
blablah, blablah_01, blablah_02, blablah_small, woohwoo, woohwoo_01, woohwoo_02...etc etc.
Do you think a future version could do that ?
Yes, I will add it to the next version
Thanks for writing this utility.
No doubt future versions will get more powerful.
I like small programs like this that does one thing fast, easily and well. I hate other large complex programs that want to take over your computer.
Same issue as last post. Tried installation as admin (running Win 7 Pro 64-bit, and custom install (none of the other options chosen). Fails with EAccessViolation - memory read failure of some kind.
Additionally the non-gui version works. Can't past the box but here are the details: Application Error
Exception EAccessViolation in module OimFG.exe at 0001F7B0. Access violation at address 0041F7B0 in module 'OimFG.exe'. Read of address 000003E4. By the way, the message is exactly the same (same memory and code ref) whether running as Admin or not. Again Win7 Pro SP 1 and all patches. 4GB memory.
can i sort files by file name? a movie database utility is asking me to do this.
Hi Chess in Zimbabwe, you can sort by different date format, by first letter, or by file name extensions only
Hi Chess in Zimbabwe, you can sort by different date format, by first letter, or by file name extensions only
Hi, the installer crash looks to me like a problem with the installer services on your machine.
Send me your email and I will send you a download link for a zip version.
My Utility "7 quick fix 2.0" can fix installer crashes, but it need to be installed...
I am looking for a way to sort photos by date, but not by year. So all taken on 1st Jan together, then 2nd Jan etc, regardless of year. I don't need to copy or move the files, but if that was a side effect that would be ok (I would just work on a copy). Is that supported? thanks Rik
You can sort by date, so all images created (of mdified) at 1.1.2011 will be moved to the same folder and images created at 1.1.2012 will be moved to a different folder.
OimF doesn't sort regardless of year.
Maybe I will add it in the next version, which is not planned yet.
I have tried downloading the installer from 4 different places and still get the same error every time it runs. Installs fine but then gives the Exception EAccessViolation in module OimFG.exe at 0015EA5A. Access violation at address 0015EA5A in module 'OimFG.exe'. Read of address 0000000D. when it is run
What is your OS ?
Did you try to run it as admin ?
Did you to run it on a different PC ?
Not running on windows 8 :( Same error as Brenns.
This application is not for Win 8...
Hello and thank you for this utility,
Are you planing on further developing this great tool ?
If so, I'd love to see the following features :
- ability to sort by file names, but not only on the first letter (already suggested in a previous post)
- ability to sort by dates (creation or modification) but on reverse format like : YYYY-MM-DD : this way, the alphabetic sorting corresponds to chronological order, THAT would be really great.
Anyway, very good utility, thanks again
Hi Mathmathou,
Thank you for using my software.
I believe that I will continue and develop this tool, but I will have to find the time to do it since this is not my real life job...
I think your ideas are very good and I will add them to few others I received from many people.
I am using W4F 2.5.1 with a create trigger on a network folder and it works when i copy a file to that folder. It doesn't work if i upload a file to that folder using ftp.
This is not the Watch 4 Folder 2.5 post, but...
This is how the Windows shell notification works.
You can monitor changes on network places only if Windows Explorer is open pointing to the target folder and you must use it to copy, delete, etc.
Thanks for this I wish I discovered this program long time ago it saved my ass and time BTW is there an option to force file overwrite
It is a very old code, I will have to check it when I will find the time.


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Nor is it about whether the Travers colts can run as fast as Alabama heroine Questing: one and one-quarter miles in 2:01.69. (We're taking 'over' the total).
Instead, this is the Saratoga meet where sport has played a subordinate role to politics and New York racing's future--that is if the present Governor will allow Thoroughbred racing to have a future as we've known it and, if he does, what that future would look like.
The big question re all that is who will handle the reins, who will be chosen to right a ship that has been listing since the NYRA's former management ignored the sun-setting of a takeout provision that cost horseplayers across the country $8.5 million.
And if Mr. Cuomo someday decides to cut off the VLT largesse because machines don't have families, don't need health care, and don't need a pension for the day they just can't do it anymore, what then?
That is the day when all that is left in the horseplayer, the most underappreciated, taken-for-granted and, at times, abused customer any going concern ever had.
Who will remain on the job at the New York Racing Association after the state-loaded Board of Trustees is named is anyone's guess. One would have to think that NYRA staffers, at least, are safe. They're the ones who
show up every day and put on the show, even on dark days.
The New York Racing Association has been on automatic pilot for some time, even before the top executives were terminated. Without the racing office, officials, administrators of every stripe, and the horsemen that have remained loyal to New York racing throughout, this show would not have gone on.
As an official said to me the other day, "the ship might veer off course a little from time to time, but the crew is still down in the engine room working."
Sadly and expectedly, politicians should have kept their mouths closed rather than open them and remove all doubt that on matters pertaining to racing they're in over their heads.
Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow has been serving New Yorkers from the 87th district for 20 years. Laudably, he was the author "Cynthia's Law," which established that reckless assault of a child should be a class D felony. The measure also raised awareness for shaken baby syndrome. This is what public serice should be about.
But as the Chair of the Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee, his role has been passive. Recently, Mr. Pretlow came to the defense of acting NYRA President Ellen McClain, stating that she's getting a "bad deal" from the shakeup expected to take place at meet's end.
Ms. McClain has excellent credentials in the business community and was hired as NYRA's Chief Financial Officer. She should return to that post when changes finally are made. When it comes to the demands placed on a racetrack CEO, she is out of her element and overmatched.
Mr. Pretlow, racing is not a business in which a top-class manager can show up, surround himself with the best talent available, then make the right decisions that not only affect the bottom line but the lives of thousands of extended members of this state's huge racing family.
Everything that happens on the racetrack, whether it occurs on the backside or the front-side, is in lockstep with everything else. Wagering is not the only area where the term commingling applies.
Do I have any special knowledge about who will take the reins? No, but I hear rumors like anyone else. As for former President Charlie Hayward's replacement, the names heard most often are Lou Raffetto's and Bill Murphy's, by a margin of about 2-1.
Both men are very well respected within the industry and by most horsemen, and generally are loved by anyone who has worked under them. Both have vast experience and credentials. Either would make a worthy successor.
Raffetto is currently President of the Thoroughbred Owners of California, where his tenure has been fraught with difficulty as the problems facing the industry are especially sensitive out west.
In working for the California horsemen, he's run afoul of horseplayers with respect to the takeout issue. But it should be noted that when he was COO and President of the Maryland Jockey Club, he reduced takeout at the now defunct Laurel summer meet. There is evidence all over, especially now at Del Mar, that lower trakeout and fractional betting in tandem works, and it works big-time.
In addition to high-level management positions at Laurel and Pimlico, Raffetto has groomed and trained horses and served as a racing secretary. Other positions he held included assistant general manager at Monmouth Park, Executive Vice-President of Racing at Suffolk Downs and CEO of the National Steeplechase Association.
Murphy was a Vice President and General Manager of Racing Operations at Gulfstream Park and at Thistledown Race Course. He too groomed horses, was an assistant starter and the youngest track superintendent ever appointed at Hialeah, and the Director of Operations at Detroit Race Course. Murphy current serves as an Expressbet executive.
Obviously, either man would be well qualified to help lead New York racing back to its classy roots. And both understand the plight of the horseplayer, being bettors themselves. If not, their tenure would have unwanted distractions. The pools need to be fed. Like the adage says; you need to spend money to make money.
Should either man assume the role, or whoever it may be,he needs to seriously consider making Richard Migliore the operations face of the new company.
Well-liked by racing fans, respected by horsemen, a hands-on practitioner, bloodstock consultant and now media-savvy talent, Migliore has an eye for the details that have been ignored for years, not the least of which is the plight of the horseplaying customer.
In the interests of full disclosure, I am friendly with all three of these men. None have lobbied for my support, which is probably wise on their part. But I have lots of friends in this business and the ones that stick know my philosophy: Be good to the game that's been good to you.
Time has come to go back to the future.


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Ken Smith's Deuce Highboy Is Home-Brewed
Ken Smith, of Portland, Oregon, doesn't do anything without thinking it through. He spent 10 years building this '32 Ford, using most of Henry Ford's parts, and a big one, the powerplant, from Ransom Eli Oldsmobile, of whom Ken is a direct descendant.
On top of that, he didn't add any more holes in Henry's frame than were put there in 1932. That takes some concerned thought; the reason being that, should the need arise, this car could be restored to original that much easier. Ken already has a restored '34 Ford in his garage, but he had enough pieces to build a second Deuce roadster tucked away for a future project. It took some foresight to amass that pile of tin, and Ken used his organizational skills to build this classic example of an early Ford hot rod. You could attend the Father's Day gig, hosted by the L.A. Roadsters, and see what appears to be dozens of cars that look strikingly like Ken's. But, you will see the difference if you scratch the surface, or check out the frame shots taken before the meticulously finished body was dropped.
The only mods to the frame were 1-inch C-notches in the rear, and bolt-in cast-aluminum reinforcement plates installed in the front section of the framerails. Ken also replaced the front crossmember with a '30 Model A piece to give a lower stance to the finished rod. Attached to that member is a '32 Ford reverse arc spring, an original '32 axle dropped 4 inches, and it's held in check with full-length split '32 wishbones. Bounce is held to a minimum with Monroe shocks, while stopping power comes from '46 Ford brakes with 12-inch '59 Buick drums and a '61 Chevrolet pickup master cylinder. When dropping an axle, other things also have to be changed, and Ken was very careful about this when he installed the '56 Ford pickup steering box, using the lower half of the pickup steering shaft and the upper half of a '38 Lincoln. He also installed the '32 steering arm on the left spindle after dropping it. Going down the driveshaft, we find a complete '34 Ford rear axle with 3.78 gears and a heavy-duty BorgWarner four-gear R-11 overdrive installed in the driveline with safety hubs. The rear spring is a '34 Ford de-arched unit attached alongside a pair of Monroe shocks.
What started this whole project in the first place was the aforementioned engine of Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950). Olds was the original builder of the Oldsmobile car, and he received his first patent for a gasoline-powered car in 1886, and put it up for sale for $1,000. He also established the first auto manufacturing plant in Detroit, outselling all other makes, and delivering more than 1,000 cars during the early 1900s.
With this in mind, Ken thought it would be great to honor his heritage with this project. He found a '57 Olds engine, and a '37 Cadillac LaSalle transmission, which had just been removed from a '32 Ford five-window coupe. The old powerplant had seen the engine bays of numerous hot rods since it was nearly new. It was at this point Ken decided to build the roadster from parts he had collected over the years, and from stuff other people no longer wanted. Imagine, there are people out there who didn't want '32 Ford parts. Ken then heard, through a friend, of a tired '32 Ford roadster just waiting to be rescued, and he was off and running on his 10-year quest for the perfect hot rod.
With the door handles and side-curtain snaps removed, and the body massaged by Mike McKennett, it was Mike Dietz's turn to spray the PPG Black on the Ford body. By this time, the car was looking good and ready for the final assembly, so Ken took all the pieces home and painstakingly made the transition from a pile of parts to a running car.
He added an original '32 Auburn dash panel with early convex-lens Stewart Warner gauges, and a mid-'30s radio, along with a vintage hot-water heater. He then had Jeff Martin install a stock LeBaron Bonney interior, and topped it off with a '36 Ford steering wheel. The crowning end to the build is the top; with the original irons modified by the owner, it was one of the last jobs done by Kenny Jones, the master of convertible lids in the Northwest. His signature tops are legendary for their fit and overall perfect appearance.
There it is-a very good example of how to construct a period hot rod, with mostly original parts, and make it driveable and eye-catching. Ken Smith has realized a 10-year dream of driving his own Deuce roadster, and we think Ransom Olds would be proud.
|Facts & Figures
|Ken Smith
|West Linn, Oregon
|1932 Ford roadster
|Frame / Manufacturer
|'30 Ford front crossmember & 1" C-notch rear
|Rearend / Ratio
|'34 Ford 3.78
|Rear suspension
|'34 Ford de-arched spring
|Rear brakes
|'46 Ford '59 Buick drums
|Front suspension
|stock '32 Ford de-arched spring
|Front brakes
|'46 Ford '59 Buick drums
|Master cylinder
|'61 Chev pickup
|Power brakes
|Midland booster
|Steering box
|'56 Ford pickup
|Wheel covers
|stock Ford
|Front wheel make, size
|early Ford, 15×5
|Rear wheel make, size
|early Ford, 15×6
|Front tire make, size
|BFGoodrich, 590×15
|Rear tire make, size
|BFGoodrich, 820×15
|Machining / Assembly
|Damascus Auto Service (Damascus, OR)
|Engle Racing Cams (Santa Monica, CA)
|Water pump
|shortened '57 Oldsmobile
|Cooling fan
|15" six-blade
|stock '32 Ford
|'57 Corvette tach drive generator
|Valves / Springs
|Ferrea Racing Components (Fort Lauderdale, FL) / Crower Cams & Equipment (San Diego, CA)
|Valve covers
|Moon (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
|Manifold / Induction
|Offenhauser Tri-power
|Holley 2100 (3)
|Ignition / Wires
|Mallory 7mm
|Exhaust / Mufflers
|stainless / DynoMax (Monroe, MI)
|Other engine facts
|Stelling & Hellings air cleaners
|disc, stock '57 Olds
|Pressure plate
|stock '57 Olds
|stock '37 Cadillac
|BorgWarner four-gear R-11
|Body style / Material
|roadster / steel
|Body manufacturer
|Body mods
|door handles removed
|stock, louvered & blistered
|stock '32
|Mike McKinnett (Portland, OR)
|Paint type / Color
|PPG / Black
|Mike Dietz (Canby, OR)
|Headlights / Taillights
|Arrow 775 H / '39 Ford
|stock '32
|Stewart Warner/Firestone early '30s tube radio
|stock, early Ford
|Steering wheel
|'36 Ford
|stock LeBaron Bonney
|Jeff Martin (Portland, OR)
|Material / Color
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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This was Shakespeare's way of telling us that what matters is what something is, not what it is called. Boy, would Shakespeare love today's nomenclature. Today, we spend an inordinate amount of time arguing over shared concepts just because we are using different terms to describe the same thing.
Consider the term "development" of a decade ago — career development or work force development is now referenced by the term "readiness." Often you see the trifecta — career, work, and life readiness. And yesterday's reference to "soft skills" seems remarkably similar to today's "noncognitive skills." A rose by any other name . . .
I was reading Expanding the Leadership Equation by Ellen Van Velsor, PhD, and Joel Wright, and it clearly illustrates how similar concepts under new headings can be seen as "new work." But there are timeless human qualities that are essential to "readiness" no matter the decade.
For example, we look at today's contemporary competencies compared to yesterday's desired skills and find, in fact, two major abilities endure — self motivation/discipline and effective communication. It is anticipated some of today's competencies will, in fact, endure in another decade — adaptability and agility. At the same time, it is expected we will still see the need to advance self-motivation/discipline and effective communication into the next decade. A rose by any other name
. . . and in any time!
Regardless of your affection for any particular term based on your generation, professional affiliation, or popular culture, it is my hope we will focus on what matters — what it is and how we add value to the acquisition of such skills and competencies. A rose, indeed.
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Rise in REO value cuts Freddie Mac holding expenses by 90%
Freddie Mac reported $27 million in expenses for maintaining and reselling houses repossessed through foreclosure in the second quarter, a mere fraction of the $257 million the previous period. REO expenses include maintaining a foreclosed property as it sits vacant and adjustments in the valuation of the property. Freddie was able to make a 90% reduction from the first quarter, because the actual value of the properties increased. In comparison, the peak REO expenses for Freddie came in the third quarter of last year when it reported $337 million in expenses. "The decrease in REO operations expense was primarily driven by an improvement in both REO holding period write-downs and disposition losses as REO fair values stabilized during the second quarter," Freddie said in its second-quarter earnings report. A Freddie Mac spokesman clarified what happened in an interview with HousingWire Tuesday. "What's behind it was a dramatic change driven by improvements in the fair market value of the properties," the spokesman said. "We didn't have to write down as much and we saw better returns on the sale." Home price fluctuation has tremendous effects on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac portfolios. Recent home price indices showed gains in the recent spring and summer months, but analysts also warned of possible downturns ahead again. Freddie could not comment on the future outlook of its valuations. Freddie reported a return to losses in the second quarter after squeezing out a profit earlier in the year. Since entering conservatorship in the fall of 2008, Freddie took $66.2 billion in bailout from the Treasury Department and paid back $13.2 billion. But work is being done to pare down the REO inventory. At the end of the second quarter, Freddie held more than 60,600 previously foreclosed, or REO, properties, a 16% decline from Dec. 31. It repossessed nearly 25,000 properties during the three months ended June 30 and resold nearly 30,000 more. However, Freddie Mac pointed out in the same financial filing a lingering delay in the housing recovery: foreclosure delays. Recent issues in the mortgage servicing industry, which include forged affidavits and improper documentation, held up the foreclosure process late last year, but local regulations and rules are also hurting Freddie's ability to rid itself of bad assets. Roughly 33% of the houses repossessed by Freddie Mac through foreclosure are not marketable because of local rules and regulations. Freddie said an increasing portion of its incoming REO is in areas where the borrower is given an extended period after repossession to reclaim the property. Also, Freddie kept a tenant in more REO properties recently under an existing lease or has only just started the eviction process. Therefore, Freddie could not market roughly one-third of its REO properties – roughly 20,000 of the current inventory – because of these restrictions. That's up from 28% at the end of 2010. As a result, the amount of time Freddie has to hold onto these properties was extended. It took a Freddie Mac servicer nearly 500 days on average to complete a foreclosure from the last scheduled payment made by the borrower, up from 451 days in 2010. Freddie held the REO sold in the first six months of 2011 for a period of 193 days after repossession, excluding periods where the borrower could have reclaimed the house. That's up from 151 days in the first half of 2010. "We expect the pace of our REO acquisitions will continue to be affected by delays in the foreclosure process in the remainder of 2011," Freddie said. Write to Jon Prior. Follow him on Twitter @JonAPrior.


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Drink Driving Lawyers Nottingham
Robert Bimpson is wildly acknowledged to be an expert Drink Driving Lawyer with over 25 years experience in defending clients against Drink Driving charges, all over the country. We are happy to offer our drink driving laywer services in Nottingham and the surrounding areas.
Rob has been dedicated to the defence of clients since 1989 and his wealth of experience will be used to personally ensure you receive the best advice and the best possible outcome to your Drink Driving case.
in either avoiding or greatly reducing a driving ban.
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The initial consultation is FREE to let you know exactly how to deal with your Drink Driving case and to ensure the best possible outcome. Remember, if any potential prosecution is to be defended successfully, the sooner work begins on your defence the better. Do not be tempted to forget about it and hope it will go away, It Won't. Contact our expert Drink Driving Lawyer today.
Drink Driving and Drugs Impairment Nottingham
A person is guilty of an offence if he drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle on a road or other public place when the proportion of alcohol in his breath, blood or urine exceeds the prescribed limit.
(Road Traffic Act 1988 S5(1)
The difference between drink driving and attempting to drive depends upon whether or not the vehicle is put into motion.Contact us today for your Free Initial Consultation on 0800 195 6567
Drink Driving Conviction Nottingham
In order to be convicted of drink driving, the prosecution must prove that the prescribed limit has been exceeded. The prescribed limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. However in accordance with a Home Office Circular, the prosecution does not prosecute for drink driving if the breath alcohol level is below 40 mgs. The prescribed alcohol level in blood is 80mg of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood and in urine is 107mg of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine.
In order to achieve a conviction for drink driving, the court has to be satisfied that all procedures have been followed correctly. Never forget that evidence can be challenged by a defendant who does not accept that he is guilty of drink driving or that there has been a significant failure by the police when carrying out the investigation. The courts have held that any failure by a police officer to adhere to strict procedures when obtaining samples can be fatal to a prosecution for drink driving.
Drink Driving Evidence Nottingham
In most prosecutions for drink driving, the driver will be the subject of a roadside breath test. If this proves positive he will be taken to the police station to provide a further breath test. The machine used to obtain this sample is usually a Lion Intoximeter and once again to achieve a conviction for drink driving, the police must obey strict rules.
In certain circumstances, for example, if a person is medically not able to blow into the Lion Intoximeter, the police may proceed to take a sample of blood or urine. Again if this is to be used in a prosecution for drink driving, the police must strictly adhere to fixed procedures and if they do not, a court may refuse to convict a person of the offence of drink driving.
If a police officer suspects a person is guilty of drink driving and the driver cannot provide a breath sample, the decision to take a blood or urine sample is the officers, unless there are medical reasons for not providing blood.
However where a driver taken to the police station on suspicion of drink driving provides a breath test and the lower reading on the breathalyser does not exceed 50mgs of alcohol, the driver has the option to have it replaced by a specimen of blood or urine.
Drink Driving Defences Nottingham
There are defences to drink driving. To give yourself the best chance of success you should instruct a specialist drink driving solicitor or a lawyer who specialises in defending traffic offences. For example a person should not be convicted of drink driving where the driver proves that he consumed alcohol before he provided the specimens and after the time of the alleged offence and that had he not done so, the proportion of alcohol in his breath, blood or urine would have exceeded the prescribed limit. Clearly defences to drink driving involve technical legal argument and specialist preparation is involved. In any such situation, you should contact us immediately, in order that we can, if necessary, obtain expert, scientific evidence to help establish your innocence.
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The defence of necessity is available to the offence of drink driving. Up until recently this was not the case, but is has been held by the House of Lords that the court takes seriously this defence in drink driving cases.Contact us today for your Free Initial Consultation on 0800 195 6567
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Duress can also be used as a defence to drink driving. This can be, for example, where a person drives a car while drunk due to threats of death or serious physical injury. Once a defendant charged with drink driving raises this as a defence, it is up to the prosecution to disprove it. There must be good cause to fear death or serious injury. This will only succeed as a defence to drink driving if the threat is immediate or imminent. When the threat is removed or becomes ineffective, the driver must stop driving the motor vehicle. If the driving continues after the threat has ceased, he is guilty of drink driving.
If you are prosecuted for drink driving this can only be heard in the Magistrates Court.
To obtain a conviction for drink driving, the prosecution must prove that the defendant was:
i) driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle
And ii) on a road or public place
And iii) the defendants alcohol level was over the prescribed limit.
To mount a successful defence to drink driving allegations, whether by instructing scientists to question alcohol levels or by legal argument as described above, it is crucial that your defence preparation begins as soon as possible. Where a defendant charged with drink driving has failed to prepare his defence in time, there is no guarantee that the court will allow further time for this to happen. For this reason you should contact our drink driving solicitor immediately, and possibly avoid a driving ban.
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There may be circumstances where a person who has driven a motor vehicle while his alcohol exceeded the prescribed level does not have a defence but may still avoid a disqualification if he has a special reason. It is for the driver charged with drink driving, once a guilty plea has been entered, to satisfy the court that there are special reasons not to disqualify and then to persuade the court to use it's discretion in not disqualifying.
In order to raise special reasons for not disqualifying in a drink driving case, the defendant must understand that the court will only take account of reasons special to the offence and not the offender. Financial or other hardship to the driver will not prevent a disqualification for drink driving. Factors such as moving a vehicle to prevent a hazard or accident may amount to a special reason and be used to persuade a court not to disqualify a defendant convicted of drink driving.
There are many instances of people being guilty of drink driving as a result of having their drinks laced with alcohol by another person, without their knowledge. This could amount to a special reason to be put before the court to avoid a ban for drink driving. Clearly this is a complicated legal area and strict rules have been laid down by the courts in relation to special reasons. The courts have also indicated that for this to be successfully argued, it may well be essential to instruct expert scientific witnesses to calculate the blood alcohol level that a person would have had if his drinks were not laced. Clearly it is essential for you to receive our expert advice and representation if you wish to avoid a driving ban for drink driving by use of special reasons.
A person may also avoid a ban for drink driving if he can satisfy the court that the journey was an emergency. To satisfy the court that the journey was what amounts to 'an emergency' would require specific legal knowledge of the case law in this complicated area, as cases have made it clear what does and does not amount to an emergency. it is also worth remembering that certain circumstances might be such as to amount to the defence of duress or necessity and enable a driver to enter a not guilty plea to drink driving. Specialist legal advice is required to distinguish between a defence to drink driving and special reasons for not disqualifying after a conviction of drink driving.
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The penalty for drink driving a motor vehicle or attempting to do so, is an obligatory ban for a minimum 12months and a fine of up to £5000. the court also has the power to imprison a defendant for up to 6 months.
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Andy Cameron MBE is one of Scotland's most successful and popular comedy stars. He has presented a number of shows on TV and radio and starred in one of Scotland's longest running TV soaps, 'Take the High Road'. Andy has also been voted 'Scottish Television Personality of the Year'. He is now regarded as one of Scotland's funniest after dinner speakers and appears regularly at corporate dinners, sales conferences and prestigious awards ceremonies, in theatres and hotels throughout the country. He also has released a successful video 'Andy Cameron- a bit south of the border'.
Andy was awarded an MBE in the 2015 New Year's Honours list for his services to the entertainment industry and his untiring work for charity.
Andy first entered show business at the ripe age of 32 when he started working in clubs. He soon became a top club comedian. Andy's first breakthrough on television was in 1975 when he appeared on New Faces and made several appearances on top variety shows, such as 'Live at Her Majesty's' with Jimmy Tarbuck and 'Tarby and Friends' for ITV. In 1978, he got a huge break when he wrote the football anthem 'Ally's Tartan Army' for the Scotland International football team. This went to No.6 in the national charts and was responsible for 2 appearances on Top of the Pops. Many years later, it even led to an appearance on 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks'.
Throughout Andy's career he has developed as an excellent after dinner speaker, host and auctioneer. He is also respected as one of Scotland's best Burns exponents. His ability to appeal to all types of audiences, has resulted in Andy being booked for events all over the world -Canada, the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Dubai, even England! He has also been invited to speak in debates at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities.
Andy is never happier than when helping to raise money for children's charities and three close to his heart are Yorkhill Children's Hospital, St Vincent's School and the Variety Club of Great Britain. The Variety Club have honoured him with a tribute dinner in recognition of his work for the charities.
A keen golfer, Andy has set up his own annual pro-am charity that has raised thousands for the children's charities via 'Variety Club.
Find out how to book Andy Cameron MBE as the sports speaker for your next event by calling SpeakOut! on 020 8914 8966 or clicking the button below.


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- September 10, 2007: The paperwork is finally done, and I feel confident in announcing that Amy Weiss has received $30,000 to work on the grant entitled "Genetic Analysis of Cabomba: Ecology and Spread" in cooperation with CSIRO Entomology and the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (DAFF).
- August 24, 2007: Charlie Yarish was selected by a review committee of his peers to receive the faculty recognition award, which recognizes sustained outstanding achievements in teaching, research and services benefiting UConn Stamford. Yarish has been teaching at the college for 30 years. In that time, he's established an seaweed research laboratory in Stamford and forged a relationship with Chilean scholar Alejandro Buschmann. The two professors are establishing a faculty exchange between the Chilean schools and the Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School.
- July 17, 2007: Justin Davis has accepted a position as a Fisheries Biologist with the Inland Fisheries Division, Eastern District.
- June 8, 2007: Diego Sustaita received the D. Dwight Davis award for best student paper in the Division of Vertebrate Morphology, at the Society for Integrative and Compartive Biology 2007 annual meetings in Phoenix, Az.


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Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
A statement made by an attorney or self-represented party at the beginning of a trial before evidence is introduced. The opening statement outlines the party's legal position and previews the evidence that will be introduced later. The purpose of an opening statement is to familiarize the jury with what it will hear -- and why it will hear it -- not to present an argument as to why the speaker's side should win; that comes after all evidence is presented as part of the closing argument.


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New Fatherland League launched in Germany
On this day in 1914 in Germany, a small group of intellectuals led by the physician Georg Nicolai launch Bund Neues Vaterland, the New Fatherland League.
One of the league's most active supporters was Nicolai's friend, the great physicist Albert Einstein. Together, Einstein and Nicolai had written a pacifist answer to the famous pro-war manifesto of October 1914, which had been signed by 93 leading German intellectuals from various fields, including the physicist Max Planck, the painter Max Lieberman and the poet Gerhart Hauptmann. When their counter-manifesto failed to attract much support, Nicolai and Einstein concentrated their efforts into the New Fatherland League.
First and foremost, the league argued, World War I, which had begun the previous August, should end promptly in favor of "a just peace without annexations." Secondly, an international organization should be established in order to prevent future wars. According to Dr. Franziska Baumgartner-Tramer, who attended some of the league's meetings, Einstein spoke "with great pessimism about the future of human relations….I managed to get to him on one occasion, when I was depressed by the news of one German victory after another and the resultant intolerable arrogance and gloating of the people of Berlin. 'What will happen, Herr Professor?' I asked anxiously. Einstein looked at me, raised his right fist, and replied 'This will govern!'"
In July 1915, the New Fatherland League supported another declaration, signed by 91 prominent German intellectuals, opposing territorial annexations and calling for a compromise peace. This proved too much for German authorities, who raided the league's offices and prohibited its members from publishing any other documents or from even associating with each other. In the post-war years, however, the league resurfaced, and in 1922 it was renamed the German League for Human Rights, after a similar French organization dedicated to fostering German-French understanding.
Meanwhile, frustrated by the League of Nations' failure to enforce disarmament and prevent further international conflicts in the decades following World War I, Albert Einstein became one of the world's most powerful voices in support of pacifism. He was also committed to Zionism, the political movement aimed at creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine. When the state of Israel was created after World War II, its prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, offered Einstein the post of president. The great man declined, but remained deeply involved with Israel and with Jewish affairs until the end of his life.


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Oct. 6, 2010
MALIBU, Calif. - A lengthy third set defeat swung things against the UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team on Wednesday night allowing Pepperdine to ride a wave of momentum to a four-game victory.
Match scores were 25-15, 20-25, 31-29, 25-11. UCSB falls to 9-8 overall while Pepperdine improves to 11-5.
Charlene DeHoog led the Gauchos with 12 kills and nine digs while Stacey Schmidt had 11 kills. Dana Vargas passed out 33 assists to go with 11 digs and Kelly Heenan picked up 18 digs.
After dropping the first set, UCSB rallied to win the second set, turning a quick 4-1 deficit into a 7-5 advantage. The Gauchos' lead swelled to 17-10 and UCSB pushed it to 22-16 on a Pepperdine service error. When the Waves cut the lead to 22-18, UCSB called a timeout and then saw Mimi Cuttrell pick up two kills in the final moments for the win.
Cuttrell, a sophomore from Santa Barbara High, had seven kills and three digs.
In the third set, the Gauchos jumped out to a 7-3 lead only to see Pepperdine tie things at 7-apiece. Santa Barbara then took a 15-9 advantage on a Schmidt putaway. The Gauchos kept Pepperdine at arm's length, taking a 24-21 lead on one of Kara Sherrard's four kills, but the Waves weren't done.
A service error and kills by Emily Cook (17 kills) and Brittney Clark (seven kills) tied things up at 24-24. The Gauchos then had leads at 25-24, 26-25 and 28-27 but Pepperdine kept tying the score. Kasey Kipp gave the Gauchos a 29-28 lead, but a service error and then a service ace from the waves set up Lilla Frederick's kill for the third game.
That game sunk the Gauchos as Pepperdine used the momentum to cruise to a victory.
The Gauchos will return to Big West play on Saturday night as they face Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo at 7 p.m. The match reignites the Blue-Green Rivalry Series which began between the two schools last season.
The athletics rivalry between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly has grown in recent years, and now the schools are putting their competition to good use through the Blue-Green Rivalry.
As the Gauchos and Mustangs battle it out on the field, diamond, court and in the pool, the Big West rivals will seek to make fans and students aware of their campuses' recycling and sustainability efforts. The eco-slant to the rivalry fits the colors of sustainability (blue and green) as well as those of UCSB (blue) and Cal Poly (green).
The Blue-Green Rivalry is based on the results of the 16 common sports that the schools compete in and winner will be decided prior to the end of each school year.
The creative angle of using games to promote the campuses' sustainability and recycling efforts is the first of its kind in college athletics. To learn more about sustainability efforts at UCSB, click here.
Stay in Touch With the Gauchos
UCSB players are frequently updating Gaucho fans about the team through the school's website - UCSBgauchos.com, or by clicking here. Defensive specialist Katie Ring will regularly write in her "Ring it On" blog and libero Chelsey Lowe provides constant Twitter updates. Follow her at twitter.com/ucsbvolleyball.


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This is part of the April's A-Z challenge:
The brontosaurus. One of the largest animals to ever walk the planet. And of all dinosaurs, his mother's favorite.
"Because it can eat from the tops of trees," she'd said, when they'd been reading a favorite children's book; the dinosaurs are cut from felt, with button eyes and sequined tails.
In the book, the brontosaurus is eating from a tree of finely embroidered leaves. "It's like he has his head in the sky," she'd said. She'd always linger on that page. Touch the embroidered leaves as if they weren't a photo facsimile.
This was when he was still a toddler, but now that he was in second grade, he was reading actual factual dinosaur books. He didn't know how to break to his mother the news: that the brontosaurus actually had been more of a land grazer – more like a lawn mower, having used its long neck close to the ground, to reach across wide bushy terrains. It had been too encumbered by its own sheer weight to move freely through tree tops. To keep it's neck so upright, its head in the sky.
He especially didn't know how to break the news, as she stood at the sink doing the dishes. Because sometimes, while rinsing a dish, she would look out the window, upwards, past towering pines, and he understood then why she liked the brontosaurus best. Because she might actually imagine herself as one – her sights on the sky, rather than dishes, on the scrubbing burnt rice off the bottom of a pot.
Neither did he tell her about what he'd learned about his own favorite, the Triceratops. The one he liked best because it had those three horns. Disappointed, he'd learned that the horns were not for actual fighting. More to attract girls. And that the T-rex could actually eat him for lunch. The two long-gone dinosaurs had that in common; vegetarian eaters and essentially non-threatening. He adored everything about his mother, the way he could imagine her moving harmlessly through the trees. But he preferred to imagine himself as fierce. Even in his mother's own loving eyes, and he wasn't sure why.


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I followed the famous Alexander Lehmann's ray tracer tutorial but unable to get the code to generate the PNG file as demonstrated in the show. Anybody can share the code which works? I have my code uploaded at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksaM14iW ... er&list=UL
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avast! Free Antivirus 8 is the avast's next-generation security package, which now comes with a new interface and more extras and options than ever before.
Installation was quick and easy on a test Windows 7 system. If you're familiar with the product then you'll immediately notice the new interface. A compact and clean Home Page separates the beta's key functions into six panes, and clicking Scan for the first time immediately launched a Quick Scan. The scan window still presents plenty of details and options for the various shields, though - File System, Mail, Web, P2P, IM, Network, Script and Behavior - so there's plenty here to explore.
A left-hand toolbar also provides access to some interesting new tools. Software Updater checks your installed applications and alerts you to any available updates; Browser Cleanup aims to help you remove annoying addons from your browsers (although only IE and Firefox at the moment, at least on our system); and AccessAnywhere allows you to set up remote access to your PC. Some of these will apparently only be available via a commercial option called avast! Premier.
And of course there have also been improvements to the core protection technologies, so for instance FileRep and WebRep are now better able to identify and new threats in near real time.
Build 8.0.1497 brings these changes:
• Fixed issues related to Win 8 & Win 8.1 (avast! is now fully compatible with these operating systems)
• Fixed issues in virtualization module (including other x64 platform fixes)
• Fixed issues in Script shield
• Outlook plugin fixes
avast's latest looks good and has some interesting new features, but beware - there are some significant beta bugs, too


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La Maison Basse
La Maison Basse, located in Provence's Luberon Valley between the villages of Lacoste and Bonnieux, has led many lives over the past eight centuries. Silkworm farm, farmhouse, inn, waylay for bear tamers and, perhaps most notoriously, carriage house-cum-gambling den of the infamous Marquis de Sade. The nearly 300 students who visit SCAD Lacoste each year will have the opportunity to live and learn in a one-of-a-kind space with room for studio classes, seminars, demonstrations and housing. Classes offered at Maison Basse include architecture, art history, painting, historic preservation, landscape design and photography, among others.
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Butterbur was the owner of the Inn of the Prancing Pony in Bree. He was a Man, but as Bree was inhabited by both Men and Hobbits, he had two hobbit employees: Bob, who worked in the stables, and Nob, a servant.
Butterbur appears to have had a rather bad memory, "One thing drives out another" he says. He forgot to send Gandalf's letter to Frodo, leaving Frodo uncertain as to Gandalf's fate and causing him to start his journey much later than the letter indicated. He did not remember it until Frodo and his companions arrived to stay at the inn, and even then it was long before the connection was made. He did, however, remember in time to produce Strider's credentials. In The Return of the King, Butterbur was amazed to learn that Strider, a former patron of the Prancing Pony, had become king of Gondor and Arnor.
In Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, he is played by David Weatherly, although the character is not named and most of his scenes from the book (including the reference to Gandalf's letter) are not in the film.


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LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Nov 7, 2012) - Fashion blogger Rhiannon Ashlee of fashionrocksmysocks.com has won £500 Next vouchers by styling her favourite Winter pieces from Next. The Next Winter Wardrobe competition, hosted by fashion and lifestyle blogger Amy Low of amyantoinette.com, asked bloggers to style their favourite winter knitwear, party dresses, shoes and accessories ready for winter days and Christmas parties.
Rhiannon Ashlee chose to style three different looks, Boyish Charms, Fabulous In Fur and Casual Comfort. Amy explained: "I loved the variety in Rhiannon''s mood boards, showcasing three very different looks with accompanying style notes on how to wear the trends."
For the first look, Boyish Charms, Rhiannon showcased high waisted berry trousers worn with black braces, a perfect white shirt and navy jacket with leather look trim. "The androgynous look is all about the perfect balance between masculine and feminine, so don''t be afraid to try out the more tailored look because at the end of the day you can still add as little or as much of your feminine touch as you like." She continued, "I love these high waisted trousers as they give off a really classy vibe and is a different take on the average suit trouser. Heeled loafers are perfect for this look because they''re a wonderful take on the classic men''s loafer."
The second look Fabulous In Fur teamed a little black dress with a statement faux fur coat for a glamorous party look. The look was completed by a simple black shoe boot with silver buckle. Lastly, Casual Comfort was all about incorporating catwalk with comfort. "Any form of khaki jacket, whether it be a parka or army jacket, is a key piece for AW12 so style it with a classic pair of black skinny jeans and a warm jumper."
Packed with catwalk inspired fashion, this season Next has the best in women''s, men''s and children''s trends - with stylish clothing for the coming season being showcased in stores and online. Love what you see? To enjoy the AW12 and Christmas collections, click onto at next.co.uk for new arrivals for the coming season.
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NEXT''s exclusive collections are now available at over 400 stores throughout the UK, ONLINE at NEXT.CO.UK and through NEXT DIRECTORY (0844 844 8000)
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Mini Quilt Contest--
ENTER: Oct. 1 - Oct 10
VOTE: Oct. 14 Oct 24
Winner receives - $20
Any member can enter.
All skill levels are welcome.
Your mini quilt must be 18" or less in size
Any shape
Any technique.
Your entry - MUST NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWN ONLINE BEFORE!
You must include the following in your entry
1. Your board name
2. One pic of the front of your entry
3. One pic of the back of your entry
4. Two pics of any details
Send your entry to:
[email protected]
check the copyright restrictions carefully on any commercial pattern you didn't publish yourself.
The Quilting Board will not assume any liability if an entrant violates restrictions.
Responsibility, accountability, and liability for any violations of copyright law will fall exclusively
and entirely upon the entrant. We will also have no choice but to disqualify and delete any entries
challenged by the rightful owner of the copyright.)
must be cast by email to: [email protected]
1. Subject line MUST be: Quilt Contest - I Vote for #(Your vote here)
2.Board Name MUST be in the body of your email
1. Please do not post Votes on the thread. They will not count and will have to be deleted.
2. Please do not post Votes by PM. -They will not count.
3. Votes submitted to Rhonda will also not count.
If you have questions contact Patricej or myself at [email protected]