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Informative articles to read, especially before deciding whether or not to have your own web site, enabling you to compare Our Pages Ltd's Service with other firms' offerings.
In fact, in these articles, we are providing all the information you need to compare Our Pages Ltd's editable web site service, currently costing twelve pounds a year including VAT (sales tax), with those of the many other self editable website creation template and software providers that are widely promoted on the Internet; some editable websites are being offered for nothing to promote established brand names or to sponsor advertising, others provide websites free of adverts and pop-ups, like ours, but the costs vary considerably. With so many options now available, choosing the right website can be confusing, but if you select us, it will cost you just twelve pounds a year to have a memorable name to publicise your website and also you will have the use of OurPages Instant Editable Website Creation Templates to create and update your website for yourself anytime you are online; you will even be able to get one pound commission earned from the visitors to the website you have created, wanting to have their own site and memorable web-address, just like you!
Caution if creating a non English language site! You will need a local language keyboard to enter the text and visitors will need a web browser that specifically views pages in your language. After selecting the language that you wish to create your website in (via a drop down menu in your Administration Controls), hover your mouse over the editing icons to identify their function in your chosen language. We are unable to correct display problems other than those occurring in the English language. The OurPages Website Templates are designed to generate specific pages in any language, but multi-lingual pages can only be achieved by scanning in multi-lingual copy. Although, the back up button backs up text in any language, the acceptance of a subscription is conditional on your being able to read, write and understand English.
Many firms provide more server space for websites than we do; if this factor is going to influence your decision, bear in mind that OurPages website templates have been created with the aim to reduce the necessity for large server space requirements; for example, in general, photographs need extensive server space, yet, with our templates, you could upload a large photograph and it will be, automatically, reduced to a manageable size, probably around 30 KB - 50 KB, ready to be displayed on your website. Because there are 1000 KB in 1 MB, this demonstrates how effective our software is at minimising server space requirements.
If you intend to upload videos, podcasts or hundreds of photographs to your website, then, although you can subscribe for additional bandwidth and server space, which though will increase your annual subscription considerably, it would be far better for you to sign up with one of the many free web space services that let you upload videos, podcasts etc without cost, since they make their profits from advertising. Although you could find yourself lost in the crowd as one amongst several thousand users, you will have the best of both worlds if you use one of our instant editable websites as your memorable contact point, unencumbered with any advertising and include a link from it to publicise the location of your videos and podcasts that you can upload to a free web space provider. There is yet another added bonus to consider, i.e. the possibility of indexing your web site yourself with the search engines; this will increase the chances of your web content being displayed to a much wider audience, should it get included in search engine results, because specific topics the searchers are interested in are being featured on your website. Alternatively, we can provide for you additional server space in 16 MB blocks or additional bandwidth in 10 MB blocks (with no limit placed on the number of extra 16 MB or 10 MB blocks of extra server space or bandwidth you can subscribe for), but our supplementary charge of twelve pounds per year for each extra 16MB or 10MB blocks required, will leave you in no doubt as to the wisdom of the above suggestion.
Half-price Introductory Offer. At the moment, Customers can even take advantage of the half price twelve pounds per year introductory offer and pay their subscription for either a single year or up to 2 years in advance. The half price offer is our cost effective way to initially launch this business and, because users will be the best publicists of the service, built into our costings, is a commission that all our customers, who sign up to use our personal domain service, can earn, when their visitors click a link on their personal web site and sign up to use our service.
Even when our Annual subscriptions will increase to twenty four pounds, this will still represent exceptional customer value and will still be commercially viable and sustainable by us; in fact, even at this higher price, customers will still get a bargain having regards to the ease with which they can edit their web site to personalise it, plus their use of a memorable domain name for their website address.
If you do not own a computer and use those provided at Internet Cafés or local libraries, you can still have your own personal website. This is conditional on you providing us with an e-mail address; if you haven't one already, click open a new free e-mail-box to sign up for one today.
It costs nothing to try out Our Pages Ltd's software for 24 hours. If you are delighted with the website that you have built (which will be visible on the Internet as you create it) and wish to retain it, you will have to subscribe within 24 hours to take advantage of the 7 days' trial period.
When you visit one of Our Pages Ltd's websites, you will be able to read an informative online booklet and a series of articles about the service; located at the end of most articles is a button for you to print out information. IMPORTANT: The Firefox browser has a known bug preventing the printing of multiple web pages in certain circumstances; use Internet Explorer instead, to print out the instructions to Create a Website, the Registration and User Conditions and other articles of interest from Our Pages Ltd's websites; do this before clicking the 'Create a Website' button, particularly if printing the instructions, which include illustrations of what you will actually see on your screen and which will disappear once you start creating your Website.
You may find that Our Registration and User Conditions are more extensive than other firms'. The Personal Domain Service is a very simple concept, but we believe it will have such appeal to a mass market, being so competitively priced, that we had to cover the various needs of all the potential users who will be creating web sites in many languages. Such a vast variety of uses could prompt contractual disputes, if things were not set out clearly. Many of the clauses have been specifically worded to cope with potential problems that may never arise, but they will, at least, give you an insight into the way we conduct our business and how we expect our customers to use their web site.
Indeed, to protect the integrity of both our Customers' and Our Pages Ltd's web sites, unlike many other organisations, who do not impose any restrictions whatsoever or do not make an attempt to prevent their Customers being exposed to offensive, indecent or objectionable content, we do impose limits as to the purposes our editable website software can be used by Customers; not only that, but also we try hard to enforce our Conditions and will delete sites that fail to adhere to them. We insist that all customers' web pages display three unobtrusive links, one of which is called Report Wrongful Use, via that link, visitors can report any abusive website that has been created using Our pages Ltd's software.
Note: Although you can create your web site in a great variety of local languages, it is essential that registrants can read, write and understand English; with this in mind, all of our customers have to confirm this, by clicking a box, before being allowed to complete their on-line subscription application to use Our Pages Ltd's personal domain service.
IMPORTANT: You can take advantage of our Introductory Offer to pay just a twelve pounds annual subscription for up to 2 years in advance. Warning: If you fail to register your subscription within 24 hours of creating your website, it will be automatically deleted.
Beware of identity theft. Do not reply to false e-mails!
Like for many other organisations (both large and small), spammers have sent out e-mails claiming to be us, by fraudulently showing our domain name as the sender. These bogus e-mails are easily spotted because we never send unsolicited e-mails or attachments, as a deliberate practice to combat fraud. We will NEVER ask for any password details via an e-mail or instant message. If you become a customer, we may occasionally request you to update information, but will always ask you to Log In and go to your Administration Controls where you will enter your User Name and password, known only by you, to gain access.
The golden rule, if you want to do business with Our Pages Ltd, is to remember, that we let you create your own website and see it on the Internet for 24 hours without the need to provide your credit or debit card details - but please, be alert and, if unsure, remember that Our Pages Ltd is a UK based company whose contact address and phone details are clearly visible on all of Our Pages Ltd's web sites.
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FORT MEADE, Md. - A military judge has accepted the terms under which an Army private would plead guilty to seven charges for sending classified documents to Wikileaks.
Col. Denise Lind ruled Thursday during the third day of a pretrial hearing at Fort Meade, Md., for Pfc. Bradley Manning.
The ruling doesn't mean the pleas have been formally accepted. That could happen in December.
But Lind approved the language of the offenses to which Manning would admit.
She said those offenses carry a total maximum prison term of 16 years.
Manning made the offer as a way of accepting responsibility for the leak. Government officials have not said whether they would continue prosecuting him for the other 15 counts he faces, including aiding the enemy. That offense carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.

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Israeli minister: No peace without recognition
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister says a peace agreement with the Palestinians is unreachable unless they recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland.
Moshe Yaalon, told channel 2 TV Saturday, "it is impossible to make an agreement without there being recognition on the other side of our right to exist as the national homeland of the Jewish people."
He said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is "not a partner" for ending the conflict. Peace won't happen in his generation, he said.
The recognition issue is a sticking point in U.S. mediated talks. The Palestinians have rejected it.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called recognition the "root of the conflict," as it predates settlements and other issues at the heart of the talks.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. President Barack Obama next week.
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Here's what you're going to be doing for the rest of the week: Temple Run 2. So tell your mum to hold the dessert. Call your boss that you'll be sick. And let your teacher know that you won't have any homework. Because you have to download Temple Run 2, the sequel to the ridiculously popular running away from monkey game, for your iPhone right now and get to playing.
You can download Temple Run 2 here. It's pretty much the same addicting game with improved graphics and more natural movements. It's more fluid and there's a bit more variety to the game too (I hear there's a zip line sequence). But does it really matter? It's Temple Run 2. You're playing this game no matter what. Let's see who can get the highest score. [iTunes]


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We learned yesterday that on the world�s most notable test for student performance in math and science, Massachusetts� students outscored the nation and most of their international peers, again.
According to the results of the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, Massachusetts students tied for second in science achievement, trailing only students from Singapore.
In mathematics, Massachusetts eighth-graders tied for fifth, trailing the four highest-performing Asian countries (Korea, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and Hong Kong SAR).
Massachusetts students� performance on the TIMSS this year is similar to 2007, when fourth-graders ranked second worldwide in science achievement and tied for third in mathematics, while eighth-graders tied for first in science and ranked sixth in math.
Significantly, however, the state�s eighth-graders made a 14-point gain in mathematics and an 11-point gain in science achievement since the 2007 test.
These results should not surprise many.
Since the state�s landmark Education Reform Law of 1993, test results, whether it is the TIMSS or the SATs, have shown Massachusetts students making significant, if not dramatic, academic improvement over the years.
Yet the perception lingers that public education in the state is mediocre, if not poor.
�If you are not laser-focused on what�s going on, you will be susceptible to those who always say, �Oh, things are so bad,� � School Committee member Tracy O�Connell Novick said, noting that current education debate tends to focus primarily on those kids who are not making it.
�My frustration is that some people never seem to grasp a significant trend in the data about those who are not successful: that poverty matters,� she said.
�If you are a student with the appropriate nutrition, if you know where you are going to bed each night, if you have someone home to support you, the school system can do great things for you.�
The perception that the commonwealth�s public education experience is quite wanting is probably born from the state�s emphasis on moving away �from patting ourselves on the back, to a data-driven result environment which is forcing schools to continually improve,� according to S. Paul Reville, the state secretary of education.
�We are proud of the dramatic improvements we are seeing, and as much as we need to celebrate that, at the same time we understand that we have achievement gaps that are having a pernicious effect in the lives of some students,� he said. �Many students are leaving school not ready for work or need remedial work in college. As a state, we are focus on what needs to be done, and that is as it should be.�
Still, Mr. Reville, acknowledged that no matter how optimized the state�s education system becomes, it will not entirely mitigate the problems of poverty.
�Children spend about 20 percent of their waking hours in school, so schools are a weak intervention to overcoming many of the disadvantages in their lives,� he said.
�As our income structure gets more bipolar, some families will gain more and more advantages, while others will get to spend less time and money on enrichment opportunities for their children.
�This is not an excuse. We are simply saying what the data tells us after 20 years � that educational achievement correlates with socio-economic status and until we (society as a whole) address some of these outside issues, we will have difficulty closing our achievement gaps.�
�In my column Monday about Lina Nguyen, a young immigrant rights activist, I misspelled her name. My apologies, Lina.


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The Boston BSides conference is bursting at its seams and may have to find a new place to carry out its mission of providing inexpensive IT security training, educational sessions and informal networking where peers can share experiences and help guide aspiring security pros.
The conference this weekend at Microsoft's New England Research and Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, Mass., was full to capacity with about 400 people attending – the NERD limit, says Daniel Reich, one of the show's organizers.
He says the organizers had to turn away about 100 others who wanted to attend, and after reading surveys by attendees and comments on Twitter, they may be looking for a larger venue for next year.
This includes possibly reaching out to co-locate with other Boston area groups such as BeaCon, OWASP and SOURCE Boston. Boston BSides is also considering becoming a legal non-profit to help with handling its finances.
Now the work is done by volunteers who choose keynote speakers, select those presentations that are made in conference sessions and staff the conference registration tables and keep things running smoothly, he says.
The cost to attend is $20 for the conference and up to $70 extra for workshops the day before. "That's a lot of value to help you get started in a career in networking," Reich says. "We want to keep it affordable, as close to free as possible."
The hands-on training was new this year and the two full-day classes – Advanced Web Hacking and Introduction to Hardware Hacking - sold out almost immediately, he says.
Potential speakers submitted 51 proposals for just 18 slots. A committee winnowed them down to 27 that they felt really ought to be accepted, and faced a painful process cutting the final nine, he says.
The hardware hacking training by Brent Dukes covered how to recognize the components of a circuit board, identify the specific brand and model of them, find documentation for them and tap into their firmware. It included reprogramming a toy.
A half-day session on testing physical security presented by Keith Pachulsk delved into how to try to penetrate facilities in an effort to gain access to IT infrastructure, personnel and other assets. He does tis on behalf of clients who want their facilities and security measures tested, and he went into how to do this safely, which involved avoiding the very real possibility of violence by the clients' security teams. He talked about how to get into buildings, move around them without detection once you are in and tapping IT networks.
A half-day training gave hands-on accounts of how to prepare for and participate in capture-the-flag security challenges. Presenter John-Nicholas Furst recommended tools and hardware to bring to these events and drew a picture of what it's like to face other, formidable teams.
With a focus on advancing careers of younger security pros, Boston Bsides tries to bring in big-name keynote speakers so attendees get to interact with them up close. This year the two keynotes.
One was Peiter Zatko, also better known as Mudge. He was a key member of the hacker group L0pht and wrote the password breaking software L0phtCrack. Later he oversaw cybersecurity research at DARPA and worked at Google's Advanced Technology & Projects division. He spoke about how attackers and vendors selling defenses can wind up in perverse relationships where they perpetuate a standoff rather than close avenues of attack.
The other was Gabriella Coleman, a professor of Scientific & Technological Literacy at McGill University. She spoke about the group Anonymous, whether it ought to be considered a terrorist group and an apparent effort to paint it as such by governments. She's written a book on the subject called Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous.
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General conditions
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RENTING A HOLIDAY PROPERTY, GOVERNING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU (hereinafter, the "Client") AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WITH THE INTERMEDIATION OF "CASASOL NERJA, S.L." (Hereinafter, CASASOL)
1. - Payment and contracting conditions
The "Client" may book his/her reservation through the CASASOL website or by telephone. The client will receive, within the shortest amount of time possible, confirmation of the booking in writing, preferably via e-mail. The Client, within the 48 hours following the booking confirmation, must make a payment on account of 30% of the total amount of the stay, stating at that moment the knowledge and acceptance of these "Terms and Conditions." This payment shall be made via bank transfer or by credit card or debit card.
The rest of the rental amount must be paid by bank transfer or credit card prior to entering the house.
"CASASOL" reserves the right to cancel the booking if the deposit of 30% of the lease has not been made within a period of 48 hours.
In the event that the booking is made with at least 30 days from the start date of the lease, the "Client" shall pay the full amount of the lease in advance.
2. - Services and Prices
Prices quoted by "CASASOL" are per week and accommodation is available on the dates indicated. The minimum stay is 7 nights. Extra expenses such as final cleaning, bed linen and others may or may not be included in the total price of the lease, depending on the type of housing hired. For long term rentals, prices shall be quoted by calendar months. The "Client" will bear the cost of electricity and gas, which will be billed based on the consumption measured by the meters, and in accordance with the price rates of the utility suppliers. In any case, the extra expenses to be borne by the "Client" will be detailed by "CASASOL" in the written confirmation of the booking.
The general information provided for each location (transportation, shops, restaurants, sports facilities, etc.) and for each property (facilities, bed linen, etc.) is updated annually. "CASASOL" will not be held liable for any variation that may arise later, nor for the lack of correspondence with reality, any disruptions which may occur in the satellite TV services or for variations in the programming of these services.
3. - Price and service changes
"CASASOL" lists the descriptions and prices of the properties on its website. Despite the best efforts to ensure that such information corresponds to reality, there may be some variation in some cases which shall be communicated to the "Client" upon confirmation of the booking. In the event that such variations are produced after the confirmation of the booking, "The Client" may cancel the contract without any expense on his/her part, within 7 days of the confirmation thereof, with a full refund of the total payment made.
4. - Arrival and Departure of the "Client" to the rental property
The arrival to the rental property can be made after 16:00 on the day of the start date of the lease, and the "Client" must leave the property before 10:00 on the last day of the lease. In this regard, "CASASOL" shall duly inform the "Client" of the pick-up and drop-off of the keys to the property. With the prior written consent of "CASASOL", the "Client" may enquire delay the departure until 18:00, paying a processing fee.
In the event that the "Client," for reasons not attributable to "CASASOL," cannot occupy the property for any of the agreed rental days (late arrival or early departure), the latter will not be obligated to refund the former.
If the "Client" wishes to extend his/her stay, he/she must make a request in the booking office as soon as possible. "CASASOL" will confirm or reject the request according to availability.
5. - Cancellation of the contract by the "Client"
The "Client" may cancel the reservation prior to the start date of the lease, with the following penalties:
* From the date of confirmation up to 91 days before the start date of the lease, 30% of the full amount.
* From day 90 prior to the start date of the lease, 50% of the full amount.
* From day 30 prior to the start date of the lease, 100% of the full amount.
The cancellation shall be effective from the moment "CASASOL" or its agent receives notification of the cancellation in writing.
Cancellation insurance:
"CASASOL" recommends signing up for cancellation insurance to cover the costs of cancelling the agreed lease, which must be contracted at the time of booking. The cost of the insurance amounts to 4% of the total amount of the lease and covers cancellations made up to 24 hours before the start date of the lease in cases of sudden illness, accident or death affecting the "Client", a fellow traveller or family member (spouse, partner, children, parents, in-laws, grandchildren, siblings or grandparents). To claim the insurance, a medical certificate or death certificate, if applicable, will be required, with the "Client" bearing the costs incurred with the application and processing of these certificates, which must be submitted no later than 72 hours after the notification of the cancellation. The accepted claims, upon the fulfilment of the above requirements, will result in the full refund of the agreed lease, with the exception of 4% of the cancellation insurance and a 30.00 € administrative fee.
6. - Alternative or cancellation of the contract by "CASASOL"
In cases of force majeure or the supervening impossibility of leasing the property, the "Client" may choose, when technically possible, to substitute the leased property for another with similar characteristics, or cancel the contract with a full refund of the total amount already paid.
7. - Obligations of the "Client"
The number of people with access to the leased property shall be that as stated in the contract or booking confirmation, counting children or babies, and the owner or manager of the property will have the right to prevent access to the property if the agreed number has been exceeded.
Prior to arrival, "The Client" must provide "CASASOL" with his/her credit card details (Visa, MasterCard, etc.). On the day of arrival to the house, CASASOL will hold a retention on said card of an amount, depending on the accommodation, that will be between 200 and 1000 Euros, without prejudice to its specific determination. This amount or deposit will not be charged to the client, but will be "retained" until the departure, when it will be returned, once the rental period is over, deducting, as the case may be, the costs of any damage that would have been caused in the house and its furniture and equipment, or the cost of electricity or gas in case of long-term rentals or the replacement of lost keys or remote controls, as well as if the amount of the deposit does not cover them, in which case "The Client" must pay the difference. "CASASOL" reserves the right to charge these amounts to the mentioned credit card. In any case, the retention of the amount on the client's credit card will be cancelled no later than 72 hours after departure.
At the end of the lease, the "Client" agrees to leave the property in the same state and cleanliness in which it was received (As a guideline: Clean dishes placed in the appropriate shelves, refrigerator without food debris, waste deposited in corresponding containers), even if the cleaning was included in the price of the lease or if a final cleaning has been hired. "CASASOL" reserves the right, in case of breach of the foregoing, to deduct from the deposit the amount necessary for special cleaning charges.
The "Client" agrees to observe the rules of behaviour for the sake of other residents of the area where the property is located, as well as the rules of the homeowners' community. In the event that such rules are breached or inappropriate behaviour, both the owners and "CASASOL" shall reserve the right to terminate the lease contract with an immediate effect and without notice, without any obligation to refund the amount paid for the lease.
8. - Claims
Although "CASASOL" carefully controls the state of the properties, if the event that damage to the leased is found, the "Client" must immediately notify the offices of "CASASOL" (Telephone (+34) 952 52 62 48 or E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com) within a maximum of 48 hours after entering the property. "CASASOL" will not be liable for any claim that has not been communicated within this period. If the fault cannot be resolved within a reasonable period of time, the "Client" may file a claim no later than 14 days at the booking office, stating the name and surname of the contact person during his/her stay.
9. - Responsibilities attributable to "CASASOL"
If the booked property has serious deficiencies that prevent its normal use, "CASASOL" agrees to find an alternative solution with similar characteristics and price. If this is not feasible due to the lack of available properties or because the "Client" rejects the alternatives offered, all or part of the booking amount will be refunded in proportion to time spent in the accommodation, without "CASASOL" having any additional liability.
"CASASOL" shall also not be liable in the following cases:
a) Negligence or omission of a third party service.
b) A failure or malfunction of pools, children's play areas and sports facilities of any kind, these being under the strict responsibility of the user.
c) Theft or larceny in the property.
d) Damage to persons or things caused by force majeure or unforeseen delays to which neither "CASASOL" nor its representatives can repair.
Therefore, the liability of "CASASOL" is limited to its role as intermediary, in accordance with its scope, effectively developed thereby, and shall not bear any liability legally entitled to the property for holiday rentals.
In any case, the "Client" accepts that the economic responsibility of "CASASOL," for any moral damage that may result from its intermediation, shall be limited to the total amount paid for the lease.
10. - Validity and jurisdiction
The reservation of a property shall entail the acceptance of the above stated terms and conditions governing the holiday property lease contract relationship between the "Client" and the owner of the property. "CASASOL" acts as an intermediary between the two, being responsible for the proper execution of the mediation in accordance with the Spanish legislation.
For any matter arising from the interpretation and effect of the lease contract and these terms and conditions, the parties voluntarily shall submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the municipality of Nerja, expressly waiving any other that may apply.


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E-readers have continued their march forward, with sales continuing to climb and adoption rates that exceed tablets –in fact, ownership of dedicated e-readers has doubled in the past seven months and it's now estimated that 12 percent of US adults now own a standalone e-reader. And that was before the latest generation of models started hitting the streets. If you're considering jumping aboard the e-book express, but you don't feel like lugging a laptop everywhere, squinting at your smartphone or being that guy at the beach who gamely tries to see past the glare while reading on an iPad, then there are two new models worthy of consideration: the NOOK Simple Touch Reader and the Kobo eReader Touch Edition. Both are aimed squarely at people who want a dedicated e-reader, prefer a touchscreen interface, don't care about Kindle books, want the smallest device possible and don't want to spend a lot of money on it.
I've been spending some time playing with both of these e-readers and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed at how the e-reading experience keeps improving.
Both sport the latest generation, 6-inch E Ink Pearl display and pair it with IR touchscreen functionality (similar to that seen in the current generation of Sony Reader models). Responsiveness is not quite as good as a capacitive touch panel, but it's relatively accurate and quite quick. Buttons are minimal, although the NOOK does have vestigial forward and back buttons, leaving the touchscreen UI to handle the heavy lifting. Both are extremely compact –just a thin plastic bezel surrounding the 6-inch display, although the NOOK goes for a uniform bezel (roughly one inch all round), while the Kobo opts for a chin and thinner side bezels, making the Kobo noticeably narrower than the NOOK. Both have WiFi capability with the option of ordering and downloading e-books online through their respective web based bookstores. Both are made of plastic with a "grippy" back surface, both pack 2GB of on board storage (good for roughly 1,000 e-books after accounting for system usage of space) with the ability to accept Micro SD cards up to 32 GB –for those who truly like to cart a library around with them.
Although each sports a beta or experimental web browser, both devices are clearly intended to be dedicated e-readers, not competition for a multipurpose tablet (the Kobo does also sneak in another experimental app: an "Etch-a-Sketch" like drawing tool, which might distract your kids for two or three minutes). They give up features like MP3 support and a headphone jack, but the tradeoff is that they are incredibly compact, with the NOOK weighing in at 7.5 oz and the Kobo coming at an even skinnier 6.5 oz, at a price point that's well under the Sony Reader Touch, their closest 6-inch touchscreen competition.
Neither of these e-readers supports Amazon's Kindle e-books, so if you're locked in to the Kindle ecosphere, you may want to look elsewhere (unless you're willing to do some manual file conversion). But fans of the most popular "open" formats, ePub and PDF, will be able to use either of these without any trouble.
In terms of kid-friendliness, both use a UI that's easy to navigate and once in a book, flipping pages is a matter of tapping one side of the display. They both support swipe gestures for page turns as well. Their compact size and light weight make them easier for small hands to hold and the backs do offer a decent gripping surface, although the NOOK's combines rubberized coating with a concave finger rest that works better. Both are relatively fragile devices, though, and without a protective case, it wouldn't be that difficult to damage one. Of course, if your kid drops and breaks a NOOK Simple Touch Reader, you're out $139, vs. $500 or more for an iPad or other tablet. Oh, and comics? Seriously, you'll want a color display and preferably a much bigger display to be reading those on the go. On aNOOK Color (7-inch color display) I've yet to find a comic book app that I like, but on an iPad, the format is really viable.
In terms of unique features, each of these two has a few tricks up its sleeve. The NOOK claims ultra long battery life of two months on a charge (with WiFi turned off). I haven't had it long enough to test this, but it has been going for quite some time now and I haven't read of any other reviewers calling them out on this. Barnes & Noble also uses proprietary technology that reduces the black flash associated with flipping pages on an E Ink device. Kobo offers a range of colors on its quilted back (including black, which is absent from the promo photo) and a recent firmware release allows users to upload their own fonts onto the device, going way beyond the usual half dozen that most manufacturers include.
At the end of the day, both of these e-readers would make a solid choice. Although I preferred the form factor of the Kobo (the NOOK looks more like a photo frame than a book in comparison), I found the NOOK seemed a little more responsive. The Kobo also requires an initial computer connection in order to configure online shopping, unlike the NOOK which you can just pick up and go with. I also ran into an issue with the Kobo, where it began to show signs of distress (smearing of the text) when used outdoors in temperatures over 85 degrees –a Sony Reader Touch also had issues in the same conditions, although the NOOK and a 3rd generation Kindle were both fine. I'd take the NOOK, but the Kobo still makes a great choice and it's ten bucks less.
NOOK Simple Touch Reader: $139 at Barnes & Noble.
Kobo eReader Touch Edition: $129 through Kobo and retailers.


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'No win no fee' claims imply no charges if your claim results in a failure. No Win No Fee arrangements remove the risks from making a mischance claim. An individual is not subjected to forthright expenses and unforeseen charges, meaning that the entire undertaking will not burn a hole in your pocket
The History of No Win No Fee
No win no fee legal procedures were adopted in the UK in 1995 to provide common people the access to costly legal services. The legal framework was warmly welcomed by British people, yet a number of adjustments have been carried into effect in the recent years.
Thus, the most significant changes were introduced in England and Wales in April 2013. Before the adjustment, the losing party had to cover the majority of the legitimate expenses, so the claiming party could keep a better part of compensation. No win no fee services exist in the modified form today, though a claimant may is oftentimes expected to cover to cover certain legal costs.
So how it works?
When you submit a claim the only resource you spend is time, your solicitor simply doesn't get paid if the compensation is not awarded. Similarly, if a lawyer wins the case he gets a partial compensation from the amount you received, so naturally, the specialists are interested in ensuring a fair and reasonable compensation.
Reputed Solicitor Agencies
To submit a no win no fee claim you'll need to partner with an appropriate agency. A comprehensive database of licensed legal firms can be found at Solicitors Guru platform, perhaps, the largest UK hub for legal services providers.
Typically, the company's reps evaluate your chances and provide the first consultation free of charge. Consider the option of teaming up with Forster Dean Solicitors, one of the most prominent agencies in the UK with dozens of offices throughout the country:
- Birkenhead (Wirral)
- Chorley (Lancashire)
- Crewe (Cheshire)
- Eccles (Greater Manchester)
- Ellesmere Port (Cheshire)
- Hanley (Staffordshire)
- Harpurhey (Greater Manchester)
- Leigh (Greater Manchester)
- Liverpool
- Liverpool (Bootle)
- Liverpool (County Road, Walton)
- Liverpool (Huyton)
- Liverpool (Old Swan)
- Liverpool (Tuebrook)
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (Staffordshire)
- Oldham (Greater Manchester)
- Preston (Lancashire)
- Rochdale (Greater Manchester)
- Runcorn (Cheshire)
- St Helens (Merseyside)
- Stafford (Staffordshire)
- Stockport (Cheshire)
- Walsall (West Midlands)
- Warrington (Cheshire)
- Widnes (Cheshire)
- Widnes – Conveyancing Department (Cheshire)
- Wigan (Greater Manchester)
Submitting a Claim with Forster Dean
Unlike numerous organizations we have our own experienced attorney staff to guarantee that with a proven and successful track record, capable of saving almost hopeless situations. When cooperating with Forster Dean you can anticipate:
- No expenses in the process of considering the case
- No 3rd party expenses
- Unexpected payments protection
- If your case is unsuccessful you pay no penny
A personal legal assistant is obliged to figure out the most suitable path for to take to win the case. Perhaps, you have already made some legal expenses or invested in other assistance services, but if you have no options left, taking advantage of cooperating with an expert on a no win no fee basis is always a wise decision.
No win no fee clarifications
As explained in the no win no fee article on the solicitors.guru website, under this sort of understanding, your specialist firm will just get installment in the event that you win your case. In the event that for reasons unknown your case is unsuccessful, pay nothing. This implies that the specialist firm justs assumes that the case they accept is potentially successful.
The law savvy specialists will carry out an in-depth evaluation of the case, having the capacity to rapidly discover whether winning is possible. Provided that this is true, you could be identifying with your expert harm suffered with a specialist directly at the firm within minutes.


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text: Standout account of the tight 1949 American League pennant race between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, by the author of The Reckoning, The Best and the Brightest, etc. This is baseball just before its 1950's heyday: radio linked the nation, blacks entered the game, the legendary Yankee/Red Sox rivalry entered a new era as the extraordinary Joe DiMaggio neared retirement and Ted Williams ("the philosopher-king of hitting") stormed the record books. Halberstam does a splendid job of catching the quirks of these two giants: Williams' overblown ego ("No one could throw a fastball past me. God could come down from Heaven, and He couldn't throw it past me") and computerlike brain; DiMaggio's painful shyness and doelike grace. Other players, too, flourish in capsule bio graphics: klutzy Yogi Berra; Ellis Kinder, known to play while skunk-drunk; Casey Stengel, baseball's greatest practical joker; Johnny Pesky, Phil Rizutto, Bobby Doerr. This assembly of oddballs produces one of the game's greatest pennant races, as the Red Sox sprint from behind to catch the Yankees at the end of September. The season boils down to the final game of the year, each team putting a 96-57 record on the line. Halberstam keeps the tension high and the human element foremost. His one misstep is the considerable space he devotes to discussing the baseball announcers and journalists of the era--dead weight for most fans. On the other hand, A. Bartlett Giamatti makes a delightful cameo appearance as an 11-year-old Red Sox booster. Such unexpected touches--Halberstam's eye for the exemplary detail--help make this a baseball book to cherish.


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If you would like to find someone in your area who can provide custom, for-hire help building, setting up, configuring, enhancing, or improving a MythTV system, you can post a request on the independent MythTV-Contractors Google Group.
Commercial MythTV Systems
This is a list of companies who sell hardware bundled with a MythTV pre-install or sell uninstalled MythTV-compatible systems.
- GO!COSS! Go open Choose open source software ready embedded systems.
- Note: The low power Cortex-A8 on these systems is not suitable for anything beyond standard definition MPEG2 (such as DVDs)
- Cosmos Engineering as seen in Aug06 Linux Journal. Based in Los Angeles.
- Better Access : Sells Australian Dragon, a customisable Knoppmyth Reference Platform system. Installation takes 13 minutes thanks to customised automation, and upgrades are easy. A published parts list allows the Aus DIY crowd to build their own.
- OpenMedia : NZ based company that have developed myPVR, a supported pre-installed MythTV based hardware solution.
- SolarPC : Sells silent stationary or mobile MythTV solutions
- Fox Media Systems : Sells Mythbuntu units ready to go out of the box.
- Chimera Media Center : New Italian HTPC based on MythTV
- MediaImpact Technologies : Louisville, KY based custom installer
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Check Engine (Emission Control)
Warning light
The emission control system detects malfunctions early that could, for example, cause increased pollutant emissions or consequential damage.
Faults are indicated by a continuously lit or flashing instrument panel warning light.
The faults are recorded in the control unit's fault memory.
The warning light in the instrument panel lights up when the ignition is switched on as a bulb check and goes out after the engine starts. If the warning light does not light up, have the bulb replaced promptly.
The warning light in the instrument panel flashes to indicate operating states (e.g. engine misfiring) which might cause damage to certain parts of the emission control system.
If the warning light in the instrument panel lights up permanently without flashing before and remains on while driving, it suggests:
– a potential engine control problem and the need for system service or
– an improperly fastened tank cap or
– the vehicle was refueled while the engine was running.
If the check engine warning light in the instrument panel is flashing, serious catalytic converter damage and power loss will soon occur.
Prolonged driving with the check engine warning light on could cause damage to the emission control system. It also could affect fuel economy and driveability.
Central Warning Light
The central warning light on the instrument panel lights up if there are warning messages in the INFO menu.
The messages can be called in the on-board computer INFO menu:
Brake Warning Light USA
Brake Warning Light Canada
The warning light on the instrument panel lights up:
– if the handbrake is on,
– if the brake fluid level is low,
– if the brake pads have reached the wear limit,
– if the brake circuit division is defective.
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The Mercury Uses Pinterest for Public Good
By: Nu Yang
Pinterest is a content sharing service that allows members to pin images and videos to virtual pinboards. Launched in 2010, Pinterest's pages are typically filled with hairstyles, fashion tips, and cooking recipes, but The Mercury in Pottstown, Pa., is using the social media site for the public good.
The daily newspaper currently has 38 active boards on its Pinterest page (pinterest.com/themercury), including one called Wanted by Police, which features a gallery of mugshots provided by local police.
According to community engagement editor Diane Hoffman, the board was created by a former police reporter in July 2012 as a way to "get the word out about who the police wanted."
Hoffman said feedback was positive, and readers left comments providing tips on mugshots pinned to the page. Pottstown Police Capt. F. Richard Drumheller told NPR in December that the department saw a 57 percent increase in warrant services.
The paper's current police reporter, Caroline Sweeney, is tasked with uploading the photos and information provided by the police department. Offenses range from fraud to attempted murder.
"It's opened up a new dimension of communication between the police and the newspaper," Hoffman said, adding that the police are "pretty anxious" to pass along the information. By having the Mercury handle the gallery, she said it saves the police department time. The page is updated as each new photo and information is given out.
Mercury online editor Eileen Faust said a newspaper's website can change a lot, from layouts to links. With Pinterest, she said there are no changes to the platform, and Pinterest is more graphic-friendly, allowing images to open up to a larger view, even on mobile devices.
Even though the mugshots also appear in print, Hoffman said posting the photos to a popular social media avenue such as Pinterest is more engaging for readers and allows them to become part of the process.
"It gives them the ability to comment and be aware of the information in one easy-to-read format," she said.
Faust said one reason the Pinterest page may be so successful is that readers are more comfortable communicating via social media. Rather than making a phone call, readers are more inclined to leave a tip in a comment. She said police officers, along with the newspaper staff, follow up on any tips left on the page.
Both Hoffman and Faust said one of the lessons they have learned is to make sure the page is updated regularly with the status of a person being sought by police.
"Once a person is caught and in custody, we make note of it, or if that person is cleared, we post an update," Hoffman said.
Since its launch, the Wanted by Police board has expanded into a regional effort with collaborations from nearby newspapers. When asked if she sees social media becoming a more popular reporting tool, Hoffman's response was, "I don't see how it couldn't."
Without the Pinterest board, Hoffman said all of those arrests wouldn't have been possible.


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Professional Volunteering Opportunities in Occupational Therapy, Ghana
- Placement location: Accra
- Requirements: Degree in Occupational Therapy or a related subject
- Accommodation: Host family
- Length of placement: From 2 weeks
- Start Dates: Flexible
As a volunteer Occupational Therapist in Ghana, you will work at a centre for children and young people with special needs, assisting the children and young adults who have both mental and physical disabilities. There is a severe lack of qualified Occupational Therapists in Ghana, so your experience will be extremely beneficial.
Here you will find answers to the following questions:
How can volunteer occupational therapist help in Ghana?
What will I gain from this project?
What will Projects Abroad PRO provide?
What skills or qualifications do I need?
How can volunteer occupational therapists help in Ghana?
As a volunteer occupational therapist you will use your knowledge and training to help children and young adults adapt to the activities of daily life. You can work on tasks such as:
- Teaching skills on how to adapt to their environment
- Teaching sensory adaptation
- Providing art therapy such as weaving and basket making
- Developing a rehabilitation programme and focussing on restoring the confidence
- Coaching people with learning difficulties or poor social skills
- Visiting the homes to help with the adaption
- Train staff and family members in how best to accommodate individual needs
You will first be assigned to work with a supervisor who will help you as you settle into your new surroundings and job role. Once you have settled in you will be able to work independently if you are happy to do so, but you will also have the support of staff at your project. Please bear in mind you are likely to be the only qualified Occupational Therapist at this project, so you should be willing to take the initiative when it comes to suggesting activities.
This project runs all year round so you can join at any time as long as you commit to a minimum of 2 weeks.
What will I gain from this project?
You will gain experience of working in a foreign country with a lack of resources. You will have to be creative and come up with new solutions to common problems. You will learn about methods of care used in Ghana.
You will experience local communities, learning about a new culture and way of life. Staff and students will want to hear about your life back home and your family and friends.
What will Projects Abroad PRO provide?
We have over 20 years' experience of running volunteer projects. We provide you with the following support to make sure your time in Ghana is successful and enjoyable:
- Safe accommodation with a Ghanaian family close to your project.
- Friendly and dedicated local staff available to help 24 hours a day.
- A member of staff to meet you at the airport when you arrive.
- Medical and travel insurance.
What skills or qualifications do I need?
If you have completed at least a Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy or a related subject then you are perfectly suited to this project. We prefer PRO volunteers to have at least 2 years work experience in their relevant field, but as this profession is very much lacking in Ghana, it is not a strict requirement. Please contact us if you think your knowledge may be useful on this project but do not have the required qualifications.
There is also a great need for speech therapists and physiotherapists. Please contact us for more information.


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Named CWPA Southern Division Defensive Player of the Week Feb. 7 ... Finished the year with a team-leading 184 saves ... Stopped a career-high 19 shots against Iona Feb. 5 ... Made 10 saves at Marist in the Marist Tournament Feb. 20 ... Collected eight saves against Brown Feb. 23 ... Turned away 12 shots on goal against Brown, then blocked 11 more shots against Iona in the ECAC Championship Feb. 26 ... Gathered eight saves at UC Davis March 14 ... Had eight stops at Cal State East Bay March 18 ... Stopped eight shots against Wagner March 27 ... Made eight saves against Michigan April 10 ... Turned aside eight shots against George Washington April 16 ... Collected eight saves against Brown April 20 ... Blocked 10 shots on goal at Indiana in the CWPA Eastern Championship April 29.
Turned aside four shots in season-opening win over Villanova at Harvard Invitational (Feb. 6) … Stopped six shots in win over Siena at Harvard Invitational (Feb. 6) … Made eight saves against New York Athletic Club (Feb. 7) and Iona (Feb. 7) to finish the Harvard Invitational with four wins ... Stopped 10 shots against Iona (Feb. 20) at Princeton Invitational … Recorded nine saves against Wagner at Princeton Invitational (Feb. 20) … Turned aside seven shots against No. 5 Michigan at Princeton Invitational (Feb. 21) … Made nine saves against George Washington (Feb. 21) at Princeton Invitational ... Turned aside nine shots against Wagner (Feb. 27) and made four saves against Bucknell (Feb. 28) at the ECAC Championships ... Made four saves against Maryland and seven against Princeton at the Elite Eight (March 6) … Turned aside seven shots against Bucknell at the Elite Eight (March 7) … Blocked five shots against Fresno Pacific and made three saves against UC Davis (March 15) … Stopped three shots against San Jose State (March 17) ... Turned aside four shots in Harvard's win over No. 19 Cal State East Bay (March 19) … Made seven saves against No. 17 Pacific (March 20) … Stopped six shots against Cal State Monterey Bay (March 20) … Named the CWPA Northern Division Defensive Player of the Week (March 22) ... Turned aside five shots against Marist (March 27) … Recorded four saves against No. 11 Hartwick (April 10) … Registered six saves against Brown (April 14) … Turned in a 15-save performance against No. 11 Hartwick (April 17) ... Made six saves against No. 7 Michigan at the Eastern Championship (April 30) ... Blocked two shots against Bucknell at the Eastern Championship (May 1).
Made career-debut against New York Athletic Club at Harvard Invitational, making six saves (Feb. 15) ... Had four stops in win over Villanova (Feb. 22) ... Had eight stops against NYAC (March 14) ... Made six saves in win over UC Santa Cruz (March 26) ... Picked up the win, making three stops at Cal State Monterey Bay (March 27) ... Had nine saves against Utica and five against Connecticut College to earn two victories (April 5) ... Earned two wins at Northern Division Championship, making six saves against Connecticut College and five against Utica (April 19).
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Three-time water polo captain at Fenwick High ... Third-team All-America in 2006, 2007; also selected fourth team All-America in 2005 ... All-state, all-conference and all-sectional in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... Team won state championship in 2005 and 2006; placed second in 2007 ... National Honor Society ... AP Scholar.
Father, Paul, graduated from Harvard in 1968 ... Sister, Danielle, played water polo at Harvard and graduated in 2002 ... Sisters, Madeline and Mary, played water polo at Princeton ... Sister, Terese, was a member of the crew team at Princeton.


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The Ku Klux Klan is an overtly racist group. Although there have always been different branches, all have a common goal: to maintain the supremacy of the white race over Black people. While membership in the Klan has fluctuated during its history, the scope of its hatred has expanded to add Jews, Catholics, homosexuals and immigrants.
The Ku Klux Klan came into existence at the end of the American Civil War in the mid 1860s and lasted until the 1870s. It was organised by ex-confederate soldiers opposed to Reconstruction policies.
The second Klan was founded in 1915 by William J Simmons. The first Klan had been Democratic and southern; the new Klan was more Republican and was influential throughout the United States.
At its height in the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan was responsible for lynching innocent Black men, women and children; even going so far as to murder uniformed Black soldiers returning from World War One.
Since the 1920s the Klan has gone through several revivals, particularly in the 1960s against the Civil Rights Movement, but it has never regained the support it once had.
This Ku Klux Klan outfit is from the 1920s. It was donated by a gentleman who has relatives in Orange County, New York, and was the property of the step-father of a family friend.
The outfit has been displayed in the International Slavery Museum to challenge misconceptions about the nature of racism in the United States. The fact that the outfit was worn by a Ku Klux Klan member from Orange County in New York state highlights the fact that this overtly racist organisation was nationwide in the USA and not restricted to the southern states.
Very few objects of this kind are on display outside the United States.
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Preliminary Day - January 15, 2013 (9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
This session is for newer businesses or owner-operators who have not established a confident bidding procedure. Designed to be a preliminary day to cover the very basics including terminology and the different types of estimates. The pitfalls of some common bidding practices will be discussed. Explore production rates in depth, including why you need to know what they are for your business and how to find them. Discuss profit and reasonable returns. There will be opportunity to ask questions and discuss bidding with other contractors.
Nuts and Bolts - January 16 & 17, 2013 (9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
This is a two day intensive workshop to determine the overhead of a business and create a bid. This workshop is for businesses who want to be sure they are including all overhead costs in their calculations and fine-tune their bidding procedure. The first day we will work through an Excel spreadsheet to figure overhead costs. Each participant will receive an electronic copy of this spreadsheet so they can adapt it and use it for their own business. The second day we will create a bid for a small hardscape and plant installation job in detail, using the overhead costs determined in the first day of the class.
For more info or to register, please visit the registration page.
January 15, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM in Gettysburg, PA
This national Cooperative Extension program is an 8 session class that empowers women in farming to manage information systems used in critical decision making, and to build local net-works of like-minded friends. The sessions focus on all five areas of Risk Management – Production, Market, Financial, Legal, and Human Resources, and combine a short educational presentation by a Penn State Extension educator, class discussion, individual and small group activities, and guest speaker(s) who share the day-to-day application of proven risk management techniques and strategies. Several sessions will be held in a computer lab for participants to gain hands-on skills with software applicable to farm information systems.
By the final session, participants will have begun writing business risk management plans for their farms, and applying action steps that have been discussed in class, to daily operations.
For more info or to register, please visit the registration page.
More educational opportunities to come in future blog posts! As always, please check the Ag Entrepreneurship Calendar for all event listings.


text: Interesting to look back on our story about Tyco taking out a $500 million line of credit following its split-up last year. There was some debate about what the money might be for: Paul Fitzhenry, Tyco spokesman, did not have any further comments on the line of credit. However, industry analyst Jack Mallon, managing partner of Mallon Associates, noted that taking a $500 million line of credit is not something a company does just as a matter of course: "The company's been in a holding pattern for the past three years. They have talked somewhat about acquisitions but haven't delivered in the security area." Is that about to change? "Perhaps," Mallon said. "The time is right [for expansion and acquisitions] and the opportunity is there," according to Mallon. Tyco may have secured the credit line for the purpose of starting a "more aggressive growth program," he said. He tempered this speculation, however, saying there may be "another factor, they may be contemplating some other capital expenditures." I guess $187 million is kind of chump change for Tyco International, but it does make me feel like we sort of called that.


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Pet Stuffers is a business featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
The business uses taxidermy to preserve dead pets, so customers can "have their pets forever". Their commercial also announces their (implied) imminent expansion into human taxidermy with "Grandparents Forever". Radio station Emotion 98.3 runs their advertisements and makes mention of the service.
Pet Stuffers store can't be found in-game, however there is a billboard with advertisement of it in Little Havana, west from Screw This store, near the road that takes the player to Sunshine Autos.
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This touchless keyboard system's breakthrough is that it combines both the typing and the mousing in a single sensor. When configured on a standard PC, the user wears the headgear shown in the picture, and navigates and types by moving their head and neck. Here's what separates this product from similar ones:The machine translation is quite shaky:
Kana dedicated keyboard input specification and development of new acceleration sensor module with Ma UNTOSENSA.
From what I can tell, that means the innovations include a dedicated single input for both keyboard and mouse functionality, and an acceleration sensor that measures not just the movements themselves, but their force and three-dimensional direction too.
Akihabara quotes the price in Euros, nearly 1800€, so that means well over $2,000. For now. [Actbrise via Akihabara News]


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Technical Paper
Design of Experiments for Effects and Interactions during Brake Emissions Testing Using High-Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics
The investigation and measurement of particle emissions from foundation brakes require the use of a special adaptation of inertia dynamometer test systems. To have proper measurements for particle mass and particle number, the sampling system needs to minimize transport losses and reduce residence times inside the brake enclosure. Existing models and spreadsheets estimate key transport losses (diffusion, turbophoretic, contractions, gravitational, bends, and sampling isokinetics). A significant limitation of such models is that they cannot assess the turbulent flow and associated particle dynamics inside the brake enclosure; which are anticipated to be important. This paper presents a Design of Experiments (DOE) approach using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to predict the flow within a dynamometer enclosure under relevant operating conditions. The systematic approach allows the quantification of turbulence intensity, mean velocity profiles, and residence times.


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MARTINEZ, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University men's cross country team and head coach Joe Samprone has capped a solid season with their top honor yet, putting a league-best four runners on the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team.
The four positions tie Francis Marion University for the most of any of the eight teams in the PBC.
Sophomore Daniel Horseman (Cohotta, Ga.) owns the team's best GPA with a 3.51 in outdoor education. His number ranks fifth on the team overall. Two-time All-PBC pick Josh Hollar (Canton, Ga.) is the only senior on the squad for Georgia College, owning a 3.32 in mathematics.
Junior Tim Cary (Monroe, Ga.) and sophomore Michael Heuett (Snellville, Ga.) complete the list for the Bobcats. Cary owns a 3.35 in economics, while Heuett posted a 3.20 in business.
The four listed doubles the number selected last season from Georgia College. Cary and Hollar were the two honorees a year ago.
The team is part of a season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as on the field. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The PBC Sports Information Directors oversee and select the teams.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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SOPHOMORE (2010-11): Selected to the All-Big
West Conference Honorable Mention singles team for the season
straight season... competed the entire season atop the Fullerton
ladder, ranking second with 10 dual match wins and finishing 11-17
overall - an improvement of three wins over her freshman
campaign... after opening the year 1-11, Mai closed the season with
a 10-6 record, including three wins over conference opponents and
wins in four of her final six overall... led the team with a 3-5
mark against conference opponents in singles play on the year...
named Big West Conference Player of the Week on March 16 after
posting singles wins over Cal Poly's Florence Lehane and UC Santa
Barbara's Natalia Lozano and going 1-1 in doubles play that
weekend... finished second on the team in overall wins, second in
dual match wins, and tied for third in wins over regional opponents
(7)... finished 11-18 overall in doubles play, including a
team-best nine wins (and five over regional opponents) with
teammate Monica Rodriguez... finished 8-14 in doubles play at the
No. 1 spot... won three straight from March 14-18, including an 8-4
win over Jordan Dockendorf and Natalia Lozano of UC Santa
FRESHMAN (2009-10): Selected to the All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention singles team... finished the year with a team-best 7-12 mark in dual match play with all 19 matches coming at the No. 1 spot in the lineup... was the only TItan to finish with more than one win in conference play, ending the year with a 2-6 mark... led the team in victories over regional opponents (5) and overall wins (8)... ended the year on a three-match winning streak in singles play, including a straight-set victory over UC Riverside's Nadia Sakhahorn in the first round of the Big West Conference tournament... finished 8-13 overall in doubles play, teaming up with teammate Monica Rodriguez to post a 6-9 mark at the No. 1 doubles spot that included three straight doubles victories to end the season.


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Accounting Research BULLETINS * Issued by the Committee on Accounting Procedure, American Institute of Accountants, 13 East 41st Street, New York 17, N. Y. Copyright 1948 by American Institute of Accountants November, 1948 No. 37 Accounting for Compensation in the Form of Stock Options INTRODUCTION 1. The practice of granting to officers and other employees options to purchase or subscribe for shares of the corporation's capital stock has been followed by a considerable number of corporations. These options generally are a part of the corporation's cost of the ser-vices of officers and other employees, and should be accounted for as such. The amounts involved are sometimes substantial and omis-sion of such costs from the corporation's income accounting may result in overstatement of net income to a significant degree. Ac-cordingly, consideration is given in this bulletin to the accounting treatment of stock options involving compensation. 2. Stock options granted by corporations to their officers and other employees are presumed to be a form of compensation for services unless it is clear that they are granted primarily (a) for the purpose of raising capital or (b) to promote widespread ownership of the corporation's stock among its employees. In either of these situations, the statements made herein are not intended to apply. No differen-tiation is made in this bulletin as to the nature of compensation. Salaries, wages, inducements, incentives, and similar terms are all considered to be descriptive of compensation. 3. A stock option involving compensation usually arises out of an agreement between an employer corporation and an officer or other employee (hereinafter referred to as the grantee) stipulating that at a specified time or during some determinable period, at the grantee's election, and usually upon the fulfillment by the grantee of certain conditions, the corporation will issue shares of its capital stock to the grantee at a stated price. The agreement usually con-tains provisions specifying the period of time, or conditions, if any, which must elapse or be met, before the option may be exercised, the time the option expires, the price to be paid for the shares, and 283


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The 2.4-liter naturally aspirated V8's used in Formula One will be retired at the end of next year, to be replaced with 1.6-liter turbo inline fours. WTF is naturally the first thing that comes to mind, and it's true that we know little about the character of 1.6-liter turbo inline fours. But if 1.5-liter turbo inline fours are any clue, they will be okay. This is BMW's M10 engine from the '80s. With four cylinders, 1.5 liters of displacement, and a KKK turbocharger the size of an asteroid, it was good for 1,500 hp in qualifying trim. It glows cherry red on high revs, like it should.
Don't fear the 2013 F1 engines


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JOM Blueline Coilovers For Seat Ibiza (6J)
JOM Blueline coilovers are now one of the UK's biggest selling suspension brands.
The JOM Blueline coilovers are a well established and exciting brand. With so many coilovers on the market it's hard to make a decision on which brand to choose. The supreme quality and performance of the JOM Blueline coilovers may help influence your decision. We have seen numerous budget/cheap coilovers over the years and the JOM Blueline brand comes top for value for money. They can only be described as superb!
The JOM Blueline coilover suspension has been designed to compete with the numerous budget coilover brands which have recently flooded the market. The JOM Blueline coilovers have been built to a very high standard and therefore pass the all important TUV quality standards test. Many of the cheaper budget coilovers do not carry the TUV seal of approval indicating a lower build quality. With JOM Blueline coilovers you have the peace of mind that comes with the German TUV quality certificate indicating superb build quality and finish.
Each JOM Blueline coilover has been designed to ride firmer than the factory fitted suspension. The damping is approx. 25-30% stiffer and gives a firm yet forgiving ride. The springs are powder coated and the kit also benefits from built in bump stops, helper springs and shorter piston rods which also help provide a smooth ride. Each JOM coilover kit will lower your car a maximum of 30mm-95mm on most applications.
Stock availability is good and the application list is massive. If you are looking for a good quality budget coilover kit then the JOM Blueline brand has to be considered.
Picture for illustration purposes only - actual kit may differ from shown.
AvailabilityMost of our JOM products are stocked and ship within 2 working days. To make sure you're not hit with unexpected delays, please email us at email@example.com
Shipping and Returns
All car parts are sent via a tracked delivery service or courier, depending on the size and weight of the shipment.
Shipping to the UK can vary depending on manufacturer, but we advise customers to expect delivery of their order within 3-5 working days.
If you aren't happy with your order for whatever reason, you are able to make a return within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. To find out more about our returns policy, visit our returns page
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