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Next up, after some discussion of cryptography, is wireless security. Wireless is increasingly popular, and how most people access the internet. So, it's important for IT and security folks to know how to implement it securely.
This is a continuation of my blog post series on the CompTIA Security+ exam.
Cryptographic Protocols
Wireless networks are difficult to physically secure (obviously) so cryptographic protocols must be used.
Wired Equivalent Privacy uses a cipher to encrypt data as its transmitted, using an RC4 stream cipher. It has an IV length of 24-bits, regardless of the key length. This is the cause of WEP's weakness: it reuses keys, due to the size of the IV. If an attacker waits long enough and captures enough data, they can determine the key. See: AirSnort.
WEP won't be on the exam.
Wi-Fi Protected Access. This is WEP, with Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) added. TKIP combines the shared secret with the card's MAC address to create a new key. It mixes that with the IV to create a new key for each packet. This bridges the WEP repeated-key issue. WPA doesn't have forward secrecy protection, so you should always use a VPN because other people who know the shared key can collect and observe your traffic, otherwise.
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) was used as a stopgap measure to replace WEP without having to replace the legacy hardware. This is no longer considered secure. Instead, you should use WPA2.
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 is the protocol in common use. Also known as IEEE 802.11i. Uses an AES block cipher as the encryption protocol.
Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining–Message Authentication Code (or CCMP) is another protocol that uses AES. Unlike WPA2, it requires new hardware.
Authentication Protocols
Authentication protocols are the methods that wireless networks use to remotely provide authentication services. These protocols are standardized. Unfortunately, they all have stupid names.
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is a protocol for wireless networks that builds on the authentication methods used in Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
Protected EAP. Developed to protect EAP communication by encapsulating it with TLS.
The Wi-Fi Alliance added EAP-FAST (along with EAP-TLS and EAP-TTLS) in 2010 in support of WPA/WPA2. The "FAST" part stands for Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling. It uses Protected Access Credential (PAC) that is used to establish a TLS tunnel. This tunnel is then used to pass client credentials for verification.
EAP-TLS is an IETF open standard. It also uses TLS to secure the authentication process. It is one the most secure methods because it typically employs client-side certificates. This means that the attacker must also possess that client-side certificate key to break the TLS channel.
EAP-Tunneled TLS Protocol. This is a variant of the EAP-TLS protocol and works in a similar way. It has the server authenticating to the client with a certificate, but there is also a TLS tunnel to the client side of the authentication. This allows for legacy authentication protocols such as Password Authentication Protocol (PAP).
This is "an authentication standard that supports port-based authentication services between a user an authorization device, such as an edge router."
RADIUS Federation
RADIUS servers in a federated connection is a RADIUS federation network. The RADIUS server will determine which other RADIUS server to send user credentials to, and from there, they are authenticated and allowed to join the network. Certificate-based tunneling and EAP allows for RADIUS to scale to a worldwide authentication network.
Since WEP and WPA are insecure, that leaves WPA2. We'll see that there's also WPS, but maybe we don't want to use that either (stay tuned!)
PSK vs Enterprise vs Open
When you're setting up a wireless network, you have some options for how users connect.
PSK standards for pre-share key. It's just that, a secret shared between users. If the key isn't big enough, it can be easily brute-forced. The PSK gets converted to a 256-bit key that is then used to secure future communications between the AP and devices.
In Enterprise mode, devices use IEEE 802.1X and a RADIUS authentication server to connect. That allows them to use usernames and passwords as credentials, instead of a pre-shared key. This is a good setup for enterprises, and allows for network access control (NAC) integration.
Open System isn't really authentication, but uses the SSID to generate an authentication code that's used for a given session.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) was meant to help facilitate wireless network setup for home users. Unfortunately, the use of an 8-digit pin is easy to brute force, so you should prolly disable this on your home network.
Setting up WPA2
When setting up a network, you can choose between WPA2-Personal (PSK) or WPA2-Enterprise. PSK is probably what you want for a home network. You can choose between TKIP or AES… TKIP is deprecated so don't use that.
Captive Portals
Lastly, you can use a captive portal to handle authentication on a wireless network. This is the common pop-up window you see when you join a network, and you have to provide credentials or some other form of identification before you're allowed to fully use the network.


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Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe
Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe is a instant modak recipe made with soft paneer and oreo biscuits. Serve to your guests on festivities or a tea party.
Vinayaka Chaturthi is a much-celebrated festival in the southern and western parts of India. It's a ten days celebration especially in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Beautifully painted and decorated idols of Lord Vinayaka is installed at homes and public place in pandals. During the puja times in the morning and evening Modak or Modakam, the beloved sweet of Lord Ganesha is offered to him and Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe is a delicious variety of Modak you can try.
Modak is a sweet dumpling usually made with coconut and jaggery inside. In Marathi, it is called Modak, and in Tamil it is Modakam or sometimes it is called Kozhukattai. Now there are multiple versions of Modaks are available at shops and particularly during this season of Vinayaka Chaturthi thousands and thousands of Modak are prepared distributed to the devotees of this elephant headed deity. Here I have come up with my version of Modak with paneer and oreo biscuits. Apart from the ingredients, this recipe requires a Modak mold to shape the Modaks.
Serve Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe as a prashad or during snack time along with Baked Chevdo Recipe and Masala Chai
If you like this recipe, try more recipes like
- Instead of Oreo, you can use any other biscuits of your choice.
- You can also add powdered pistachio or cashew nuts.
05 Servings
- 150 grams Condensed Milk
- 200 grams Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese) , grated
- 200 grams Oreo biscuits
- 25 grams Butter (Salted)
- 1/4 tablespoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
How to make Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe
To begin making Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe, remove the creamy portion in the Oreo Biscuits in a mixing bowl, take all the biscuits and grind the biscuits to a fine powder in a mixer grinder. Take it out in a bowl.
Grate the paneer and grind it until it turns to a fine paste.
Add the powdered biscuits and cream to the paneer. Knead the mixture well.
Add butter, condensed milk and Cardamom Powder into a hot kadai on medium low heat and slowly stir until the mixture is bubbly.
Add the Paneer and Biscuit mixture to it and slowly mix it well with a spatula. Once the mixture becomes thick switch off the heat.
Let the mixture cool a little.
Grease the Modak mold with little butter and take a small portion of the mixture at a time in your palm and roll it.
Press the mixture in the mold and shape it. Remove the Excess mixture. You can do this with your hands also, but since there is no frying or baking involved after this step and due to ingredients used in this recipe, the modaks may not be uniform and hold shape well.
Now slowly remove the Modak and keep on butter papaer or butter greased plate.
Serve Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe as a prashad or during snack time along with Baked Chevdo Recipe and Masala Chai
Oreo Paneer Modak Recipe is part of the Recipe Contest: South Indian Cooking

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Sexy Santa Claus Celebrity Costume. Ever dressed up as a sexy Santa Claus? If you did, good for you! If you haven't, well you should buy yourself a Santa costume (it's just a hat really and maybe a pair of red Santa Claus underwear) and dress up as the good old "cheer-bearer" this coming Christmas. Okay, you can actually do it too in days other than Christmas. Anyhoo, we made a list of famous celebrities and male models dressed up as Santa Claus. We begin with Bad Santa himself, Billy Bob Thornton.
If you are a fan of Thornton's movie Bad Santa, you'd be happy to know that they are doing a sequel, Bad Santa 2, although it seems like its going to happen later than sooner.
Thornton updates us on what's happening in an interview with collider.com:
COLLIDER: A couple of years ago, it was announced that Bad Santa 2 was moving forward with a 2013 release date, but here we are, nearing the latter half of 2013 and there hasn't been much talk about it in awhile. Is that something that's still going to happen, and is that something that you want to have happen?
BILLY BOB THORNTON: We all want it to happen. It's all logistics. That's this business crap, with the rights here, and a person who thinks this, and this person wanting that kind of script. It's just that stuff. They're still working on it. When they first said, "Hey, we're gonna make a sequel to Bad Santa," I said, "That's nice. I loved playing that character." It's become an iconic movie, and the public wants to see a sequel. I said, "I've never done a sequel, but it makes sense to me to do this sequel." It's the kind of movie you do a sequel for, so I was all for it.
I think our mistake, and certainly my mistake, was that when people heard about it on the internet or in interviews, they would ask me, "Are you guys doing Bad Santa?," and I would say, "Oh, yeah, we're gonna do it this Fall." I guess I'm still a little bit of a hayseed. I don't know. When people tell me stuff, I still believe it. So, I think the mistake was that when they said they were gonna do it, we just said, "Yeah, we're doing it." The fact of the matter is, we may be doing it. They are working on it. It could be the end of this coming year, or it could be next year, or never. That's the real honest answer.
But enough with Bad Santa, let's now check out the Good Santas out there like Ben Affleck and his pal Matt Damon.
Affleck poses as Assassin Santa in Reindeer Games.
Damon plays Santa for water.org.
Jake Gyllenhaal rocks the shirtless Santa look.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a muscle Santa.
LL Cool J is a fully suited Santa.
Don't we all want to cuddle with Bed Santa Ashton Kutcher?
Jahmene Douglas of X Factor (UK) is a texting Santa.
Portuguese male model Joao Santos is a Santa with washboard abs.
British swimmer Tom Daley looks fabulous as probably the youngest Santa in the world.
Curly-haired Ryan Phillippe rocks his Santa Claus costume in the 1998 movie, 54. We're told the movie is about a bartender in Studio 54.
In conclusion, let's end this post with these two cute Santa male models flanking former reality star Audrina Patridge. She, herself, is dressed as a female Santa.
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A beer policy treats first-class fans like second-class citizens.
On a cool afternoon, the Red Sox are losing and it's enough to make me want to cry in my beer -- if I had one. But I don't and the prospects aren't looking good. I'm in the middle of a long row, even if I went the lines are long (behind or not, I still came to see a game), and the return trip would be fraught with the embarrassment of a misstep spilling suds on those around me. I gloomily contemplate my beer-less life when in front of me I see - can this be! - a man with a case of Heinekens on his head, hawking beer as if it were Coke. I wave, trying to attract his attention, but no luck. I'm in the grandstands, he's in a box section, and he won't come to me.
In fact, he can't. Those are the rules. Beer vendors at Fenway Park can ply their trade in the field boxes, the dugout seats, and up in the pavilions, areas where customers pay more for their tickets. Fans elsewhere have to fetch their own. Curious. Other Major League teams allow seatside beer sales throughout their parks. So too does Gillette Stadium. But Daniel Pokaski, chair of Boston's liquor licensing board, says he's not inclined to allow expanded seatside vending; he worries, for instance, about checking IDs. (Hmm, doesn't seem to be a problem in Foxborough.) Nor do the Red Sox want to push the matter, telling me, not very credibly, that more beer vendors would congest the aisles. (Come on, now. Congestion comes from those getting their beers. Seatside service would reduce that.) Moreover, says team spokeswoman Susan Goodenow, "fans don't mind getting up" to buy their beers. Right. If that were true, then why is seatside service considered such an amenity in the few areas where it's allowed?
What's really going on here? It's all about money. Not making it, but who has more of it. The beer polloi, those of us sitting in the (relatively) cheap seats, are out of luck. "It's elitist," Pokaski frankly admits. Indeed, it is, with the somewhat outrageous subtext being that only the rich can be trusted to hold their liquor.
Beer vendors used to roam Fenway Park until the 1970s, when increasingly drunk and rowdy fans provoked the team to put in place tough new rules: Beer would be served only at concession stands, patrons were limited to two beers with each purchase, and sales would stop after the seventh inning. Interestingly enough, those new rules didn't stop the misbehavior. In fact, things seemed to get worse (the early 1990s saw several cases of blowup sex dolls being batted around the stands). The Fenway we now think of as "family-friendly" emerged only when the team started strictly enforcing rules of behavior, tossing out patrons who got out of line (including even those who used profanity).
With the sale of the team to John Henry and company in 2002 (the Globe's corporate parent, the New York Times Co., also owns 17 percent of the club), the Sox moved to reintroduce limited seatside sales. The first attempt, in 2004, was greeted dismissively by city officials. (Boston mayor Thomas Menino fulminated that "Fenway Park is not a bar, it is not a pub, and the product in question is not simply a bag of peanuts.") But two World Series wins apparently softened hearts, and last year the Sox sold beer seatside for the first time in decades.
So far, the rowdiness hasn't returned. But that's not surprising. There are two schools of thought about how best to encourage appropriate public behavior. One, a prohibitionist approach, bans or regulates access to products (beer, guns, drugs) that are thought to cause misconduct. The second imposes consequences for misbehavior. I'm a believer in the latter, and the Sox experience seems to validate it.
But that applies to everyone, not just the rich. I understand the Sox taking the baby step of experimenting with seatside service in a few areas, but now they should be pressing to make it available to all. The excuses I get for not doing so just don't cut it, especially when other sports teams seem to make it work.
Granted, this is not the world's most momentous issue, but it is illustrative of a disturbing prejudice about those without wealth that runs though society. I don't mean to sound too much like a Marxist on this. It doesn't bother me that those with more money get to sit closer to the field. But to use wealth as a marker to deny beer sales to one's seat? Ridiculous. Beer drinkers of Red Sox Nation, unite! You have nothing to lose but your thirsts.
Originally published in The Boston Globe Magazine, May 10, 2009.


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The Hallmark Channel recently released the dates for the start of their Christmas in July holiday movies. One of my favorite things during the holidays is watching the Hallmark Christmas movies and this July, I plan to get an early start by watching some of the Hallmark Christmas in July movies. So in honor, I am celebrating Christmas in July with Lots of Cheer. The Lots of Cheer is a new holiday stamp set released in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog (page 69). What better way to forget the warm, muggy weather than to watch Christmas movies on Hallmark in July! Plus, you can get a head start on your holiday cards and ease the last minute rush in December.
Card Details:
- Create card base using Whisper White Thick cardstock ( 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, score & fold at 4-1/4″). Add a layer of 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece of Real Red Designer Series Paper (from the 6″ x 6″ Regals Designer Series Paper pack).
- Stamp the stack of presents onto a 3-1/2″ x 3″ piece of Whisper White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Cut the shape using the 3rd largest Stitched Nested Labels die.
- Color the stamped image with Stampin' Blends. The light Balmy Blue stampin' blend adds a hint of color along the outline edges of the presents. Additional Stampin' Blends colors on the project includes Call Me Clover (light & dark), Daffodil Delight (light & dark), Real Red (light & dark), Smoky Slate (light & dark) and Pumpkin Pie (dark). If desired, use the Color Lifter to lighten the center area of the hat.
- Use the 2nd largest Stitched Nested Labels die to cut the Call Me Clover cardstock. Layer the image piece on top and adhere with snail adhesive.
- With Call Me Clover Classic Stamp pad, stamp the sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings onto a small scrap of Whisper White cardstock. Cut using the Classic Label Punch. If desired, use the punch to cut one end to create a "v" pennant tail as seen in the card photo.
- Attach sentiment label to the back of the Call Me Clover layer. Use Stampin' Dimensionals to attach to the card base.
- Tie a double bow using 2 strands of Whisper White Baker's Twine. Attach to card with mini-glue dot. Complete embellishing by placing a red rhinestone on the knot of the bow.
Don't delay, order the Lots of Cheer stamp set and check the Hallmark Channel for Christmas in July showtimes so you can get in the holiday spirit with me! Throughout July, I'll be adding a few more Christmas projects so make sure you're registered to receive my posts.
Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
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This Excel Factor tutorial was sent in by Bryon Smedley of Bristol, Tennessee.
There are times when you wish to determine how many unique entries are in a list. Wouldn't it be great to be able to select a range of cells, like the one shown below, and have a function return, in this case, the number 9?
Unfortunately, there is no single function in Excel that will determine this number. We can, however, use a combination of MATCH and FREQUENCY functions nested with IF and SUM to produce the desired result.
FruitList would yield 9
Count number of unique items in a column of text
(with no blank cells)
The below formula will return the answer, provided the data has no blank cells interspersed with the data.
Non-Array Solution
=SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(MATCH(FruitList,FruitList,0),MATCH(FruitList, FruitList,0))>0,1))
Note: 'FruitList' is a named range for cells A1:A25.
If you're feeling adventurous, you can accomplish the same result with an array formula. Remember to use the CTRL and SHIFT key when you enter the formula so the system knows you are working with an array.
For information on arrays and their purpose, see the Array Functions in Excel tutorial.
Array Solution
(requires CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER)
Count number of unique items in a column of text
(with blank cells)
If you find yourself in a situation where blank cells are mixed within your data, the following two examples will accommodate the blank cells.
Non-Array Solution
=SUMPRODUCT((FruitList<>"")*(1/COUNTIF(FruitList,FruitList &"")))
Array Solution
(requires CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER)
When dealing with a PivotTable
If you need to know how many unique items there are in relation to another variable, e.g. Permits per Business Unit Operation, a PivotTable is a perfect tool for calculating those answers quickly.
Unfortunately (there's that word again), the counting/summing tools built into the PivotTable are not able to distinguish between counting all items or one of each sub-category; it counts all instances of an entry.
In the example below, the PivotTable would return 8 for BRN-Dante and 15 for BRN-Green Valley. We simply want to know how many permits were issued per BU-Operation.
In other words, 2 permits for BRN – Dante and 6 permits for BRN – Green Valley.
Create a new column in the data and add the following formula next to the first record (cell C2):
This will flag the first permit in each permit number group with 1 and all repeated permits with 0.
The column can then be added to a PivotTable with the SUM function as the operator, counting the number of unique permits per BU-Operation:
Thanks again, Bryon for sharing your knowledge.
Bryon is from Bristol, Tennessee and has been teaching Excel since version 7 which was included with Office 95. He is currently a Technical Training Analyst for one of the largest coal companies in the world. His key responsibility is to conduct all Microsoft Office training, but in addition he also serves as a technical consultant for any and all projects involving Microsoft Office applications.
Bryon says "Excel is by far my favorite among all the Office applications due to the almost infinite number of situations it can be used. There literally seems to be no end to its usefulness.
My favorite Excel tools are difficult to narrow down. Without getting into third party add-ins, I would have to say PivotTables (especially with the addition of Slicers. WOW! Are those things awesome!!), the Text to Columns tool (what a time saver), and Macros."
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City of Light
There are few destinations that had a greater impact and influenced history than Athens. During its height of power, it stood as a beacon of knowledge and learning, housing some of the greatest minds in the world in the most powerful city-state in Greece.
Today, you can see glimpses of its greatness, as you stand on the Acropolis, the Parthenon gleaming at your back, gazing out at a sprawling city with beautiful public buildings, shops and houses that still inspire. This was a civilization that spawned the Olympic Games, incredible written works, new schools of thought and showed the world the power of the human mind.
The Acropolis and Parthenon
One of the wonders of the ancient world, the temple on the Acropolis of Athens, known as the Parthenon, was built between 447 A.D. and 432 A.D. in the Age of Pericles. It was dedicated to the city's... See more
Stroll through the National Garden
In 1838, Queen Amelia, the wife of King Otto, commissioned this 38 acre public park that also includes some ancient ruins. She enjoyed the garden so much that she spent at least three hours a day, pe... See more
Explore the Underwater Caves of Lake Vouliameni
It looks like a volcanic crater filled with blue water, but this lake is also a mineral spa surrounded by beach chairs, umbrellas, restaurants and mystery. This salty lake's connection to the ocean ha... See more
Watch the Sun Set at the Temple of Poseidon
This temple sits above the beach on a mountain that juts out into the ocean. It was dedicated to Poseidon, the God of the Sea, one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth. In anci... See more
Hike Mount Lycabettus
The panoramic views from the top of this hill make this hike a very popular activity. When you reach the summit, you will see the Panathinaiko Stadium, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hellenic Parli... See more
Hunt for Treasures at the Gypsy Market
It takes a keen eye and lots of talent to bargain for a good deal. As you search through common items, you may spot some ancient, rare collectibles that have been known to surface in this pickers' pa... See more
Take a Greek Cooking Class
Learn about Athen's rich, culinary history and how to cook traditional Greek cuisine from one of the many skilled, local chefs. Create a genuine connection with locals and their culture when you take... See more
Visit the National Archaeological Museum
This museum is the largest, archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world of ancient Greek art. You will stroll past characters from Greek mythology like Zeus, Ki... See more


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Book London-Australia/NZ flights for £1,690 and Asia for £1,200 in Business in Air China's sale
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It's Easter, and Air China has rolled out its Business Class deals to Asia and Australasia again. This time there are good deals out of London although if you are willing to fly out of Germany instead you may pay less.
How cheap is cheap?
Take a look at this page of the Air China UK website. The best deals are outside China and require a change of aircraft:
These are all listed as "from £1,691":
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Auckland
These are all listed as "from £1,237":
- Tokyo
- Osaka
- Sapporo
- Okinawa
- Nagoya
- Sendai
- Hakodate
- Fukuoka
- Seoul
- Jeju
- Busan
- Singapore
- Kuala Lumpur
- Jakarta
- Chiang Mai
- Phuket
- Manila
- Bangkok
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Yangon
- Hanoi
- Hong Kong
- Taipei
The deals for China are less good:
These are listed as "from £1,807":
- Beijing
- Chengdu
These are all listed as "from £1,418":
- Shanghai
- Xi'an
- Chongqing
- Changsha
- Wuhan
- Xiamen
- Kunming
- Nanning
- Zhengzhou
- Wenzhou
- Ningbo
- Guangzhou
- Shenzhen
- Hefei
- Qingdao
- Nanjing
- Fuzhou
- Shenyang
- Dalian
- Harbin
- Changchun
- Hangzhou
- Guiyang
- Sanya
These fares are bookable. Here is Heathrow to Sydney in June for £1,693 return in Business Class (click to enlarge):
Here are the key dates:
Book between 19th April – 22nd April
Travel between:
22nd April – 30th June
1st September – 6th December
11th January – 15th March 2020
Your best option to maximise your miles when paying is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold. This offers double points – 2 per £1 – when you when you book flight tickets directly with an airline. Our review of Amex Gold is here.
Flying out of Germany may be cheaper
Compare prices with departures from Frankfurt, Dusseldorf or Munich before you book.
Here is the German offers page. Note that the travel dates are different to the UK sale.
As you can see:
Australasia is "from €1,506" (£1,300)
Everywhere else is "from €1,133" (£980)
That said, I could not find these prices in practice. You might get luckier.
I would test out pricing on Expedia or Opodo before you book, in case Air China has given even better prices to the online travel agents.
If you don't have a credit card with 0% foreign exchange fees, your best option for paying is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold which offers triple points – 3 per £1 – when you book flight tickets in a foreign currency. This is because the transaction triggers the 'double points for airline spend' and the 'double points for foreign spend' bonuses. Our review of Amex Gold is here.
Where can I credit my flight?
Air China is part of Star Alliance so you could (depending on which booking class the ticket books into) earn miles and status credit with Lufthansa Miles & More or one of the other Star programmes. Use wheretocredit.com to find the most generous programme – you are probably looking for 'R' class earning which is typically 125% of miles flown.
I know very little about Air China, so do some research on what planes are flying which route and what kind of seating if will offer. A typical Air China business class is pictured below.
Some flights use brand new A350-900 aircraft with this impressive 1-2-1 layout:
Last year reader Joel reviewed the Air China Boeing 777 business class service from Heathrow to Beijing for us – see here.
These deals end on Monday 22nd April.


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Ages: 21+
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What do you see on this New Orleans Bike Tour? We cruise through the Bywater.


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Florida Bugs
Before I moved to Florida, my northern friends always told me they would never move to Florida because of the bugs. I moved down more than a decade ago, and while I've dealt with my share of critters, I never felt overwhelmed by them… until this year.
In the past, I've dealt with your average crazy ant infestation, fire ants in the yard, an occasional Palmetto bug (aka cockroach), run-of-the-mill spiders and even black widows (which generally stay out of your way).
I don't like killing any living creatures, including bugs. If there is a way, I will capture a creature in my house and let him or her outside to be free. Spiders, Palmetto bugs, wasps, bees… if I can, I will always try to coax or carry the little fellow out the door.
This year has been a challenge on the bug front. First, the termite swarming is pretty epic this year in my neighborhood. Despite repeated treatment, I've had these tiny menaces flying around my lights at night on numerous occasions. Then I got an infestation of crazy ants, which will drive you mad in the kitchen. I was thankfully able to use Terro liquid ant bait to get rid of them. (You can't really corral crazy ants into going back outside.) I also have some teeny tiny spiders that keep making webs around my living room. I don't mind them so much, especially if their webs catch any termites. I also had an infestation of millipedes in a potted plan on my porch, thousands of them. I had to remove all the dirt from the plant.
But the most bothersome pest I get occasionally are Palmetto bugs. Many times, I'll find the poor soul upside down on the floor. In those cases, it is easy to put a plastic container over him, slide a piece of cardboard underneath and carry him out to be released off my second floor balcony. This drop does not hurt him one damn bit, and I can usually see them scurry away after landing. But recently I found a few live Palmetto bugs in my apartment who were not upside down, and I was unable to catch them on first siting. What is troublesome about the cockroaches here is that they are huge. I'm talking about a bug the size of a small Volkswagen. In one sense, that's good because I'd rather have one huge one than a dozen smaller ones. But they are still slightly terrifying, and cockroaches are super creepy to begin with.
These two cockroaches moved in together behind my stove. Having two cockroaches led me to believe that they might mate, so I knew time was of the essence in getting rid of them. Also, cockroaches can carry disease, and now these squatters were walking all over my kitchen counter. I would come out in the night, shine a flashlight into the kitchen and see the bigger one just hanging out on the windowsill or top edge of the stove. So creepy.
My first thought was to go on the interwebs and see what home remedies others had used for cockroaches. I tried two things. First, I mixed sugar with baking soda and a smidge of water. I placed it in a large jar cover. The baking soda is said to be toxic to cockroaches. I also tried putting some food bait in a large mason jar and oiling up the jar's mouth. This is meant to lure the cockroach down into the jar and prevent it from getting out. Neither trick worked during my 2-day testing period.
I try very hard to keep poisons out of my life. I was OK with the Terro because it's not something you spray or that touches your counter. When I went to Lowe's to find a solution for the roaches, I left with two Roach Motels, and another package of glue traps. Not only are these non-toxic, but they were also the cheapest solutions they had. I did not know until my landlord told me, but cockroaches are attracted to cardboard and glue. I freaked out a little when she mentioned they often go for the glue binding in books.
I set up my Roach Motels that night and kept my fingers crossed.
Later that evening, I went into the kitchen to refill my water glass, and there was the littler roach on the edge of the stove. My heartbeat quickened. This was my chance. I opened my recycling bin and pulled out a magazine. I rolled it up and took a whack. Missed! He scurried over toward my spice jars. Whack! Missed. He then ran out into the open space on my counter. Thwack! Yuck. One down.
I said a little prayer that I would find big brother in one of the glue traps in the morning.
No luck. A few nights passed, and I started to get worried that he was too smart to enter the traps.
Last night, I got up around 4:30 am to use the bathroom. I sat down, and who should walk out of the bathroom but the monster cockroach. He must've been behind the toilet. He could hear me peeing, and I could tell he was trying to decide what to do. I was muttering to myself, "Fuck, fuck, fuck" because I knew I needed to get off the toilet before he got away. He ran off a ways, and I got up and found a good shoe.
Last I saw him, he was under my dining table, but now he was gone. The only place he could be was behind a stack of baskets in the corner. I formulated a plan. I took the top two baskets off the stack and moved them aside. At first, I thought I would block one way out from behind the baskets and scare him out the other way so I could hit him with the shoe. Then, it came to me. I got one of the Roach Motels and placed it against one exit. I placed a glue sheet against the other. Roaches can climb, so I knew this wasn't a fool-proof plan.
After I placed the glue traps, I walked away. Not 10 seconds later, I heard a scurrying and the distinct sound of giant bug legs hitting cardboard. Yes! I could see his hind end sticking out of the Roach Motel. I got the broom and banged the handle against the floor behind him. (Sorry, neighbors!) He scurried further in.
I held my breath. Is he stuck? My apartment is so dry. Could the glue dry out after only a few days?
I got a flashlight and shone it into the box. He was stuck.
I know the humane thing to do would have been to crush the box right then, but the thought grossed me out. I gingerly slid the box into a plastic bag, sealed it with a twist-tie and tossed it out onto my porch.
At that point, my adrenaline was through the roof. I had a hard time getting back to sleep, but I felt such a sense of accomplishment knowing I had defeated this bug without using any harsh chemicals.


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Legal victory paves way for £12m Tomatin retail and leisure hub
The Tomatin Trading Company is pressing ahead with plans to deliver its £12 million retail & leisure development at the Tomatin junction on the A9 following a landmark legal battle.
About this development:
- Authority:Highland
- Type:Commercial, Leisure
- Applications:
- Team:NORR (architect), Blyth & Blyth (engineer), Thomson Bethune (quantity surveyor & project manager)
The venture, set to create hundreds of new jobs, plus increased footfall both directly and indirectly for the village of Tomatin and its surrounding area, can now use the name Tomatin Trading Company, after its landmark legal victory over Tomatin Distillery, which had objected to the use of the name Tomatin.
Consisting of a 99-bedroom hotel, a 200-seater restaurant, four retail units, a fuel filling station, and a farm shop, the development will showcase a range of local Highland food and drink suppliers.
Despite occupying a superb location for tourists and visitors between Aviemore and Inverness, the site at Tomatin, which previously housed a hotel, and latterly a café & filling station, has lain unused for well over a decade.
William Frame, the businessman behind the development, said: "We are delighted with the court's verdict, and can finally, after a two year delay, look forward to kicking off this important development.
"In addition to ruling that there had been no trade mark infringement by the Tomatin Trading Company, the court ruled that the Distillery's additional trade marks, registered in 2018, were invalid on the grounds of bad faith. This is an unprecedented ruling in Scotland, and the Court specifically noted in its judgement that cases in which bad faith is established are relatively rare. We proved on the basis of cogent and compelling evidence that the Distillery was in bad faith at the time it registered the 2018 Marks.
"Our focus now shifts to announcing our build team, together with finalising our financial team. We are keen to get started as soon as we can, and feel that we have assembled a unique and proactive team which will work collaboratively together."
The centrepiece of the development – the 99-bedroom hotel - will be created using an innovative modular build technique.
Other contractors already appointed include Blyth & Blyth engineers, NORR architects of Inverness, and Thomson Bethune, quantity surveyors & project managers.
The mix of full and part time managerial jobs in retail and hospitality roles will be created on the launch of the new Tomatin Trading Company, with more following as the development establishes itself as the default choice for tourists, bus tour groups, and business & commerce hotel customers.
Mr Frame added: "Never have the new opportunities, jobs and investment in this area been more needed as the economy looks to recover from the ravages of the Covid19 pandemic. Our development is an opportunity to create what's known as a DIOR, a Destination in its Own Right, a high quality "stop off" of choice for both tourists and locals from all over the Spey Valley, Inverness, and the surrounding area.
"Earlier in the year we were delighted to hear that the Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 was to be dualled. This is fantastic news for tourism in this area as it will improve the local infrastructure, and attract yet more visitors."


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- Outbreak of pleuropneumonia – decimated herds in NSW4
- 1st Freezer works invented – Darling Harbour8
- Tick introduced on imported stock from Dutch Bativia4
- Tick Plague bought red water fever – killed many cattle, some pastoralists abandoned properties4
- 3 Zebu bulls introduced to QLD4
- 15 year contract with Australia – UK purchased all exportable beef surpluses8
- Large numbers of imports of Zebu to QLD4
- Refrigeration for long haul transports improved in efficiency and financially8
- Sheep prices soared £1 head – during Korean war10
- Britain won contracts in previous Australian export markets. USA developed 'grinder beef' allowed new markets for North Australia4
- Global demand for beef, boom lead to record cattle numbers in Australia8
- USA Lean beef market development8
- Australian Sheep herd 155M10
- Petrodollars Money – Middle East had significant discoveries of oil and lifted living standards in those countries, created a building boom, workers mainly from 3rd world muslim countries10 pg 28
- 1st shipment to Middle East. 2500 Australian sheep £6, 14 shillings and 4 pence a head including fodder for voyage10Pg 28
- UK – had outbreak of FMD8
- BTEC began – stopped 1989. Cost $800M
- Large cattle numbers and slaughter rates in 1970's prompted significant expansion in processing capacity in QLD, with an increase in capacity of 32% between 1975 – 1982 (Rolfe 1988). The plants then faced work practices characterised by single shifts and a tight tally's system. Most of the expansion met through construction of new plant, which was also needed to meet export standards in many of the overseas markets3
- Sheep live exports significant – Middle east, Cattle SE Asia8
- Economic downturn in the 70's led to drops in global beef demand8
- 4 out of 5 meatworks in North Australia had their export licences withdrawn –
- "inability to fullfill obligations under the meat board diversification scheme in Australia"8
- Australian sheep herd 180M10Pg 37
- Australian sheep herd 142.3M10Pg 37
- Beef Crash – caused by major loss of markets USA & Japan, severe drought started. Cattle prices plunged to lowest level in 30 years.4
- Herd shrank by more than 60%5
- Oil prices crisis triggered global collapse4
- LE to SE Asia re-emerge on a small scale after years of inactivity5
- LE mainly to Malaysia, Philippines and then in early 90's to Indonesia8
- National Beef herd 32.8M10Pg 42
- National Sheep herd 127.5M10 Pg 42
- AMIEU – picket line 4 weeks, prevented sheep being loaded onto ship, Feedlot Adelaide Virginia 90,000hd sheep. Were losing sheep due to rain and cold weather, Waterside workers unions also striked in support.Unions lead by Bob Hawke. Public rally supported by Farmers 10,000 against the union 4th April 1978. Operation Sheeplift – loaded at Wallaroo.10Pg 43
- Meat Processing in trouble – didn't have enough outlets for all the meat it was processing, yet LE was thriving at significantly higher prices, LE was shipping aged merinos, not suitable to slaughter in Aust, AMIEU still picketed10Pg 49
- Cyclical downturn in slaughter numbers occurred in the early 1980's, rationalisation was required. Industry commission inquiry in 1983 recommended market forces rather than government intervention be allowed to drive the changes.3
- Plant closures of the late 1980's was in response to rationalisation pressures. Most plants that were closed were the older, inefficient plants that reached the end of their operating life(Reynolds and Sangster 1998b).3
- Australian Meat Holdings (AMH) formed – was pivotal in rationalising the meat processing sector in QLD– consortium of 4 meat processing companies, Including Elders (who bought other partners out in 1988) who then sold to USA processor (ConAgra)1993-1996.
1984 – 1986
- AMH closed 5 plants of the initial 11 owned by the consortium – utilisation rates had fallen to 32%
- BTEC finalised4.
- By the 1990's, plant closures tended to be forced by financial losses rather than operating inefficiencies3
- USA market health regulations forced many abattoirs across Australia to shut down8
(Not sure when actually occurred – ????????)
- Live cattle exports to Asia and Middle East 147,000hd1
- Live cattle exports to Asia and Middle east 290,000hd1
- Beginning of Enterprise Bargaining Agreements (EBA)
- disputes and lock out at Rockhampton AMH abattoir
- EBA's introduced – Previously tally system has set rates of pay and also rate of productivity. Any new investment in efficiency meant workers just reached minimum tally in a shorter time. Tally system removed, increased production levels3.
- EBA allowed multiple shifts,reduced penalties and shift loads, longer working days and increased pay rates. 30-40% increase in effective capacity. Lead to 40% reduction in unit costs3.
- AMH if gained a 4% efficiency achieved a net gain of $62M over 10 years, industry wide net gain would yield $404 net gain3
- Innisfail Meatworks closed leaving Townsville as only Northern abattoir in QLD5.
"Last weeks QLD cattle kill of 43,700 hd was 40% below the same week last year, The extreme low rates of kill are also reflected in industry statistics showing that for the 3 months ended January 30, Australian beef exports to the US reached just 38,000t a far cry from the same period in 08/09 of 70,000t2
- Live Export ban to Indonesia.
- Carbon tax introduction – $23/t for over 25,000t of greenhouse emissions.Europe payint $9.80/t6
- Australian Export Meat Inspection System (AEMIS) introduced7
- "AEMIS utilises the presence of full-time government veterinarian assessing the incoming stock and oversighting the production and inspection process, and a full time government food safety meat assessor inspecting"7
- "The system is subject to external audits from senior Australian government veterinarians and by foreign officials representing many of our major trading partners"7
- One processor says will add $100,000 in costs over next 12 months7
- May. JBS arrived in Australia 2007, "despite $500m investment on improvements and upgrades, the cost of production of beef relative to major international competitors has actually worsened" JBS CEO Andre Nofueira12
- February. QLD cattlemarket indicator (QCMI) 1985 $70.80 buy the same amount of goods in todays $ would cost $180.70 – prices are 30% lower in real terms than what they were in 859
- March. Near record weekly kill tally – 81601, close to all time record July 200111
- Young cattle indicator slipped 12c/kg, some grids back by 20c/kg
- 'The past is before us', The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. Undated
- 'Abattoirs under stress'Beef Central 22.02.10
- Competition and Exit in Meat Processing:A QLD Case Study. Agribusiness review 1999
References with their articles (Rolfe 1988),(Reynolds and Sangster 1998b)
- 'North's Beef Powerhouse' Nth QLD Register 22.11.12
- '100 years of Northern Beef Production' Nth QLD Register 22.11.12
- 'Processors beef with carbon tax' Nth QLD Register 06.09.12
- 'Exporters query E.coli blow-up' QLD Country Life 31.05.12
- 'Sailing ahead' Annabelle Coppin 2009
- 'Beef Prices at historic lows necessitates focus on cost of production' Beef Central 18.02.13
- 'The Australian Livestock Export trade' Nigel Austin 2011
- 'Record QLD kill reflects 'avalanche' or dry weather cattle' Beef Central 19.03.13
- 'JBS heads calls for industry-wide focus on competitiveness' Beef Central 17.05.12
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SUMMARY: On Oct. 19, 2001, Marilyn, a Hilo Road Runner customer suggested to Hilo Hawaiian Cablevision (an Oceanic affiliate) that the charges for TAX and Franchise Fees included in her bill were invalid under current laws, and that both charges should be stopped, and refunds issued for these fees improperly collected.
Linda Thompson at Hilo Hawaiian Cablevision promised to research and escalate; Marilyn then sent a message to Oceanic Internet GM Kiman Wong, and Oceanic Public Relations Director Kit Beuret.
On October 25, Wong acknowledged receipt of Marilyn's message, suggesting that Oceanic was preparing a response which it would hopefully deliver around October 29.
OVER THREE WEEKS LATER - there was still no response. On November 14, Marilyn sent a followup, and finally received a reply from Mr. Wong later on the 14th. On November 16, Marilyn sent a message with additional questions to Mr. Wong.
On November 19, Marilyn, another Big Island customer, an Oahu Road Runner customer, and I filed a complaint with the State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer affairs. The complaint requests refunds for State Cable Franchise Fees and State General Excise Tax charged by Oceanic and its affiliates.
This page contains a copy of the original October 21, 2001 message to Oceanic and Marilyn's November 14, 2001 followup.
Page 2 - contains the Oceanic response received November 14, and Marilyn's reply of November 16. (No response has been received to this last e-mail as of the end of business Nov. 19.)
Page 3 - contains the complaint filed November 19, 2001 with the DCCA.
Here is Marilyn's October 21 request:
Dear Mr. Wong and Mr. Beuret,My monthly RR bill from Hawaiian Cablevision includes a charge for the state cable franchise fee and state excise tax. I believe that both charges are invalid, under current laws, and that Oceanic/Hawaiian Cablevision,etc. should stop the charges and issue a refund for charges previously collected.On October 19, I spoke with Linda Thompson, Hawaiian Cablevision, about this matter. She had no answers for me but said she would escalate the matter and research it.Under the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998, no state can impose a tax on internet access. (This act is due to expire on Oct 21, 2001 but has been extended by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate has not yet acted upon this. If the act is not extended then any refund would be limited to taxes collected before this date). According to the archives at http://www.vertexinc.com/cybrary/internet/state_by_state.asp#HAWAII, internet access in Hawaii is exempt from taxation. This would include the state excise tax that I have been paying on my RR bill. Before I got RR in June 2001, I never paid any internet access tax (in the form of the excise tax or any other form) to my ISP.I am aware of several instances where RR/TW has stopped collecting state sales tax and franchise tax/fee. I am attaching correspondence between a South Carolina RR/TW user and Larry Michalec, Jr., Vice President and General Manager RR/TW Cable in Columbia, South Carolina. In this instance, after the imposition of state sales tax and the cable franchise fee to a RR bill was questioned by a user, RR/TW stopped collecting both taxes and refunded all previously collected taxes.There are many instances also where other providers of RR such as Cox in Kansas, have removed all sales tax and franchise fees/taxes relating to RR (not cable tv) from users bills and have refunded previously improperly collected fees.There is another consideration regarding the imposition of franchise fees/taxes in Hawaii. In AT&T Corporation v the City of Portland, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in June 2000 ruled that cable modem is is not cable but is telecommunications. http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/04485f8dcbd4e1ea882569520074e698/34f734e8169bb75988256952007579ed?OpenDocumentThis ruling is final (there was no appeal) and is binding on all states within the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit which includes the state of Hawaii. Unless and until the FCC issues a ruling on this matter, the Ninth Circuit ruling is applicable in Hawaii. AT&T and Cox have refused to pay franchise fees/taxes in all nine states within the Ninth Circuit's jurisdiction and have removed these charges from the user's bill.Sincerely,
Marilyn Wells
From: "Flatus Ohlfahrt" <email@example.com>
Subject: Re: Time Warner v Earthlink--Such a deal.
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2001 6:55 AM
wbe @ubeblock.psr.com.invalid (Winston Edmond) wrote in
> Flatus Ohlfahrt <email@example.com> writes:
>> Yes, I got them to stop charging state sales taxes and local
>> franchise fees. It was based on a South Carolina
>> implementation of the federal policy prohibiting taxation of
>> the internet. It amounted to a sizable dollar figure because
>> the franchise fees, especially, can be quite steep.
> Oh, really?! <:-) Hmmm, let's see... Interesting...
> Comparing a non-RR bill with a RR bill I find:
> * SC sales tax stayed the same, but
> * the franchise fee went up $2/month.
> So, yup, it looks like the franchise fee is a 5% tax on the
> total bill, including internet service.
> Now, how exactly did you convince TWC to rebate $2 * N months
> and lower your monthly bills?
Here's the correspondence with my name edited out:
From: "Larry Michalec" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: RE: Internet Taxation
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:44:27 -0500
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0)
We will be crediting accounts where taxes were improperly
applied. Thanks again.
Larry Michalec, Jr.
Vice President and General Manager - Road Runner
Time Warner Cable
293 Greystone Blvd.
Columbia SC 29210
Phone: 803.251.5290
Fax: 803.251.5345
E-mail: email@example.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: email@example.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 8:00 AM
> To: Larry Michalec
> Subject: RE: Internet Taxation
> I'm glad you were able to get things sorted out (you are
> going to make an accommodation for taxes that were improperly
> collected?)
> FWIW, I did call the number on my statement when I received
> my bills. Gave the woman I talked with in January all the
> particulars. Never heard anything back. After February's
> bill, called again and was rerouted to etherspace. Did make a
> mention of it in one of the RR newsgroups, but nothing
> transpired. Chris Clark finally shook it loose when he was
> following-up on another matter.
> No one ever said ramping-up a new service would be
> easy---especially when it's layered on a similar technology,
> but totally different culture.
> Thanks for your help!
> Me.
> At 08:07 AM 3/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dear Mr. Me,
> >I wanted to follow-up with you regarding the internet
> >taxation issue that you brought to our attention. We have
> >investigated the issue as I noted below and have arrived at
> >a resolution. We are going to discontinue the
> tax
> >on Road Runner service you have seen in the past in your
> >bill. Per our Controller, this change will be put in effect
> >immediately.
> >
> >Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding this issue or
> >any other
> that
> >your have concern over. I am also an experienced user of
> >news groups and
> we
> >at Road Runner intently focus on resolving issues that are
> >brought to our attention. Please do not feel like using the
> >news groups is the last
> resort
> >or preferred way to catch our attention. Please keep my
> >number at hand. As VP for Road Runner you have a direct
> >access line to the top.
> >
> >Again, thanks for your help.
> >
> >Larry Michalec, Jr.
> >Vice President and General Manager - Road Runner
> >Time Warner Cable
> >293 Greystone Blvd.
> >Columbia SC 29210
> >Phone: 803.251.5290
> >Fax: 803.251.5345
> >E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
> >www.sc.rr.com
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Larry Michalec
> >> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 3:14 PM
> >> To: 'email@example.com'
> >> Cc: Dean Morman
> >> Subject: Internet Taxation
> >>
> >> Dear Mr. Me,
> >> Thank you for your recent e-mail expressing concern
> >> regarding taxation
> of
> >> your Road Runner account with reference to SC Information
> >> letter #99-9.
> >>
> >> I have reviewed the document and forwarded for action the
> >> document to
> Time
> >> Warner corporate headquarters. I want to assure you and
> >> all Road
> Runner
> >> subscribers that we are investigating the issue fully. In
> >> the event
> there
> >> is a resolution that impacts the taxes already paid to us,
> >> we will act swiftly to remedy the issue and credit back
> >> funds that might have been inappropriately collected.
> >>
> >> We will be back in touch with you as soon as we hear from
> >> Corporate. Thanks again for making this issue visible to
> >> us.
> >>
> >> Larry Michalec, Jr.
> >> Vice President and General Manager - Road Runner
> >> Time Warner Cable
> >> 293 Greystone Blvd.
> >> Columbia SC 29210
> >> Phone: 803.251.5290
> >> Fax: 803.251.5345
> >> E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
> >> www.sc.rr.com
> >>
> >----- Original Message -----From: Kiman WongTo: MarilynSent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:00 AMSubject: RE: Internet access tax and franchise fees
Dear [Marilyn],
Thank you for your e-mail. I wanted to let you know we have receive it and we are in the process of preparing a response and hope to have that to you early next week.
Thank you,
Kiman Wong
Kiman K. L. Wong
General Manager-Internet Services
Oceanic Cable
Phone: (808) 625-8335
Fax: (808) 625-5888
----- Original Message -----From: MarilynTo: Kiman WongSent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:40 AMSubject: Re: Internet access tax and franchise fees
Dear Mr. Wong,I have been waiting for three weeks for your response. I believe that Oceanic/Time Warner has had more than adequate time to prepare a response. In the absence of any reasonable explanation, for the lack of a timely response, I believe it is necessary that I take this matter to the next level. I will be filing a complaint with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs within a few days.Sincerely,
Later on November 14, Marilyn received an unbelievable response from Kiman Wong, General Manager, Oceanic Internet Services.....


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DE-US.net Webinar "Integrated land management should help transition towards sustainable reuse"
Land use, especially in urban-rural regions, is dynamic; municipalities need to adapt to changing societal needs and opportunities (for jobs, health, living standards, logistics, etc.). Further, municipalities are challenged to provide resiliency against environmental stresses caused by climate change. For this, both private and public perspectives are important to consider.
During the webinar, speakers such as Kersten Roselt (Jena GEOS) & Ingo Quaas (quaas stadtplaner) from the German side presented on successful industrial site reuse in Germany with a particular focus on the Zeiss industrial site in Jena. Jon Grosshans (USEPA) from the United States presented best practice examples from the Appalachia Just Transition program in the eastern US and also highlighted the role of "playbooks" for discussing the topics with community members.
The discussion with participates was moderated by Doug MacCourt and Uwe Ferber (StadtLand GmbH). The full recording can be found under "Webinar".


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If you're in the area of Finistere, Brittany then a visit to the gorgeous Glenan Islands is a day trip must-do.
The Îles de Glénan Brittany
Trips to the Glenan Islands are by ferry from towns on the coast of Finistere, Loctudy, Concarneau, Beg-Mei and Bénodet. From Benodet it takes just 20 minutes. Dock at the main island in this archipelago, Saint Nicolas, and you'll find a wealth of natural beauty. There are a few cafes and a couple of restaurants and B&Bs but not much more. In fact, on Saint Nicolas is France's smallest nature reserve, created to protect the Glénan Narcissus, a beautiful white flower that covers the island in April.
If you go for a day trip, you'll spend an hour here before the boat collects you for a trip around the other islands. Or if luck is on your side and the tide's out, you can walk to the island of Bananec, famous for its sailing school:
Looking more like the Caribbean with crystal clear turquoise waters and dazzling white sands, this is a wow factor, get off the beaten track Brittany visit you'll love.
More on Brittany
Vannes – va va voom to this lovely historic town with fabulous restaurants
Rochefort-en-Terre, officially one of the 5 most loved towns in France
Picture perfect Auray, the beautiful little harbour town where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776
What to do and see in Roscoff


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My weight loss journey started in July 2012 when I made that phone call about 10.20am from my office to my soon to be Consultant, and it has been an amazing journey since then. I have never looked back. Going down memory lane, I had always been a plus size for most of my adult life and of course felt comfortable in my own skin. It actually never crossed my mind that I could ever be a slim person because I just figured, that's the way I am and will probably always be like that. I just felt as long I was big and stylish….it was okay.
My diet was pretty much like the average Nigerians which consisted of pretty much everything I grew up eating; white bread, rice, garri, indomie, fried plantain, beef, yam, pasta, fizzy drinks, refined sugar and all other starchy foods that are responsible for all the weight we all pile on. My idea of a snack was plantain chips, doughnut, cake, chin chin, wafers and other sweet confectioneries. The truth is I didn't know any better and therefore continued to feed my body with all these harmful foods and piled on weight.CAMBRIDGE DIET
It wasn't until sometime 2 years ago, when I heard people talking about Cambridge and how people were losing weight etc that my interest in losing weight was spiked. I actually wondered if it was possible for me to become slim?? ?lol. Finally, someone in my office, right under my nose who weighed a whopping 120kg dropped like 2 dress sizes after about 2 months into the diet….It was like a film trick. I was stunned with utter disbelief. I called her and of course asked her what she did, and behold, it was the Cambridge diet. I immediately asked her to tell me about the diet and how it worked, and also how I could go about it.
I made that phone call to the Cambridge consultant and set an appointment date. I started the diet July 2012 and was on the plan for about 8 weeks altogether. This phase of my life was absolutely transforming and enlightening, as in that period, I learnt how important it is to incorporate a healthy diet and benefits of exercising. I lost a total of 18kg with the Cambridge diet and I am still going strong.LIFE AFTER CAMBRIDGE
Like they always say, losing weight is one thing, but maintenance after weight loss is where the real work is. This is very true and this is the phase where most people fall off the band wagon. It is indeed tough to maintain weight loss, but having a total mindset of not going back to where you are coming from is absolutely important. I made up my mind that I wasn't going back to being a plus size so I decided to continue with the lifestyle I developed while I was on the Cambridge diet which involved 2 main things : my diet and my exercise. I cut back on all the carbs (esp white carbs), refined sugar, flour, fizzy drinks and replaced them with more healthy options, fruits, vegetables, proteins etc. I also planned out a workout routine that would fit into my busy schedule (you should never be too busy to exercise and you don't need to get into a gym to do so either). I skip, take long walks, dance and attend aerobics classes. Just pick the kind that suits you and your schedule and stick to it. Try to exercise everyday, either in the morning, during the day or after work (during the day could be taking a rest break from work to go up and down the flight of stairs like 5 times).
I eat my meals 3 times a day or sometimes 2, depending on how I feel but small frequent meals are better than 1 heavy meal in a day contrary to what most people think. I drink a LOT of water daily and I try to have a portion of fruits every day. I'm not really big on veggies so I have it in form of a smoothie (green smoothie) made up of cabbage, lettuce, cucumber, and fruits like apple, pear, banana, strawberries, mango to give the smoothie some flavor. The smoothie can actually also be taken as a meal as its quite filling.
I started my journey as a size 16, and dropped to a size 12 after Cambridge. I have dropped another dress size to a 10 since after Cambridge so I'm still going strong. I feel great, fabulous, and most of all healthy.
Thank youFolasade Fajumade


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If Your Period Could Send You Texts
The only thing more annoying than your period? The idea of your period sending you texts. It wouldn't be too far fetched — since the good ol' days of middle school, we've been personifying our periods. Aunt Flo, Cousin Red, The Actual Devil, you know, the basics. Though the gender bias behind the semantics of how we refer to one of our most natural (and arguably, most significant) life-bearing, spirit-cleansing, nature-driven human functions is bleak at best, many women have in a way reclaimed their period as a source of pride and empowerment. Be that as it may, that doesn't mean it sucks any less. It still sucks. It is the suckiest of the sucky things. It will destroy your life for three days before it even arrives and you probably won't even know what's going on. It's painful and weird and necessary, and we as womankind can relate to one another on this front.
Thankfully, in an (admittedly) hilarious way to commoditize Auntie Flo Flo even more, the mad geniuses over at BuzzFeed created a video of all the rude sh*t your period would text you if it were an actual person. You know, things along the lines of: "Hey, remember that cute dog? Let's cry about him." "Lol, cute new panties! It would be terrible if something happened to them." And the most evil of all: "See you next month... or will I? *Baby emoji*" The funniest part of it all is that these are essentially the thoughts that are already going on in our minds... now, laid out before us in the form of an iPhone exchange (as all good things are).
But actually, though.
Periods take no mercy on favorite comforters, pants, significant others...
No woman would dare judge another woman on the state of her panties.
We all know, we all get it. There are weird stains and marks on them because pantyliners are annoying at best and sometimes unhealthy at worst (also we're just lazy).
This is basically what goes on in the mind of a woman having cravings.
She will not stop. It will never stop. It will not even slightly toe the breaks until you consume at least four of those things, at which point it will only want more. *Cries*
OK this actually isn't even funny though.
It doesn't matter if you're on birth control, use condoms religiously, have an IUD, are with a partner who is infertile, or, uh, don't even have sex at all. I have never known a woman who hasn't, at one point or another, had an irrational breakdown about potentially being pregnant out of nowhere (toilet seat theory, A POOL WITH SPERM IN IT?).
Check out the full, gruesome video here. Incredible how just a few animated texts can make you re-live all of your biological, instinctual angst. #Raw.
Images: YouTube


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Published On: November 16, 2018 01:46 PM NPT By: KISAN SANGEET NEPALI
LAMJUNG, Nov 16: A man died after being struck by a school bus at Udipur Bazaar in Besisahar Municipality-1 on Friday.
According to police, Tek Bahadur Gurung, 53, of Besisahar Municipality-4, Puranokot died on the spot after being hit by a school bus, Ba 3 Kha 7394, belonging to Udipur-based Golden Future Boarding School.
The bus was heading for Udipur carrying students from Gairi area of Besisahar this morning.
Deceased Gurung has received deep cut in his head and body, said District Police Office. Police have started investigation after taking driver Rohit Karki and the bus under control.
Deceased's body has been taken to district community hospital for postmortem, Triffic Police Constable Bhumiraj Ghimire told Republica Online.


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Cummings to Meet with President on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices
Cummings to Meet with President on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices
Will be Joined by Rep. Welch and Johns Hopkins Hospital President Miller
Washington, D.C. (Mar. 7, 2017)—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is scheduled to meet with President Donald J. Trump on March 8, 2017, to discuss lowering prescription drug prices. Cummings will be joined by Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, a senior Democrat on the Oversight Committee and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Dr. Redonda G. Miller, President of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
"The President promised—both during the campaign and after—that he would support efforts to stem the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs, so I am looking forward to discussing ideas he said he supports," said Cummings. "Our hope is that the President will make good on his promise and join us in convincing congressional Republicans to finally start helping American families who rely on these life-saving medications."
"I will work with any willing partner to lower exorbitant prescription drug prices that are crushing American families and seniors," said Welch. "President Trump is no exception. He promised relief to seniors and families getting crushed by unjustifiable and exorbitant increases in the price of prescription drugs. It is time for him and Congress to roll up our sleeves and enact legislation that provides urgently needed relief to taxpayers and consumers, including empowering the federal government to negotiate with drug companies for lower Medicare drug prices."
"Access to affordable medicine is critical to effective care, both in the hospital setting and after patients return home," said Redonda G. Miller, M.D., M.B.A., president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. "As a physician and hospital executive, I have the unique experience of seeing the clinical and financial repercussions of drug price spikes."
President Trump pledged in December: "I'm going to bring down drug prices." He has also warned that the pharmaceutical industry is "getting away with murder."
Drug prices continue to skyrocket. Over the past ten years, 90% of brand name drugs have doubled in price, and prescription drug spending reached $348 billion last year. A 2014 Commonwealth Fund survey found that nearly 20% of people reported not filling prescriptions because they could not afford them.
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that "an overwhelming majority of Americans favor government action to restrain prescription drug prices."


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'My beautiful Son Muhammad Zaviyar Khan was born today'
After breaking the news that wife Faryal Makhdoom was pregnant with her third child, Amir Khan has proudly confirmed the arrival of their new addition to the family, a baby boy, who they have named Muhammad Zaviyar Khan.
The couple is ecstatic to have their first son born on February 22, 2020, and are very excited to see the new baby brother joining sisters four-year-old Lamaisah and 21-month-old Alayna Khan; the two daughters they both share.
After becoming a father of three, Amir Khan told his followers on social media sharing an Instagram post with him holding the delightful baby boy, captioned:
'My beautiful Son Muhammad Zaviyar Khan was born today 22/02/20 weighing 7lbs 12oz. #dadofthree #alhumdulilah #blessed'.
Leading up to the birth, Faryal shared a number of Instagram posts showing her baby bump growing. A week prior to the birth, she shared a photo of her wearing a pink onesie and wrote:
'Hey guys! This will probably be my last baby bump picture before I give birth.
'I'm so nervous and excited at the same time…I can't wait to meet my prince #9months #readytopop'.
The couple did confirm in the past on social media that they were having a baby back in August 2019.
They revealed the gender of the baby in a gender reveal video on Faryal's Instagram account, where we saw Amir and Faryal together popping a big helium balloon.
Faryal captioned the video, saying:
'We're having our third child, and we're so excited and nervous at the same time. He or she, what will baby Khan be?'
We see Amir wearing a boxing glove then say in the video:
"I'm going to punch the balloon to see what the gender is."
He then popped the balloon with a punch which then showered them with blue confetti. Amir reacted saying:
"Oh wow, it's a boy! It's a boy!"
In October 2019, while being pregnant, Faryal pranked her husband by telling him she had accidentally transferred £2 million out of their bank account, instead of £20 as he had asked her to do.
Initially, Amir was extremely angry but the anger quickly turned to embarrassment when he found out he had been pranked.
Hidden cameras were set-up by Faryal in their kitchen to document the prank on her YouTube channel.
In December 2019, Amir celebrated his 33rd birthday with the family and now, February 2020 has added a lovely addition to the family.
We wish the couple all the best with their new bundle of joy!


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Ronald Reagan's Son: Dad Would Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
June 22, 2004
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — While advocates of embryonic stem cell research have invoked the name of Ronald Reagan in their crusade for taxpayer funding of the unproven research, his son says the former president would never have supported it.
After Nancy Reagan began the push for President Bush to reverse his policy against taxpayer funding of any new embryonic stem cell research (ESCR), the media, members of Congress and state legislators began invoking the name of the pro-life president.
Some have gone so far as to name legislation promoting the destructive research after the recently deceased president.
Now, Michael Reagan, one of the president's sons, is joining pro-life groups in saying that ESCR advocates are trashing his father's pro-life legacy.
"The media continues to report that the Reagan 'family' is in favor of [embryonic] stem cell research, when the truth is that two members of the family have been long time foes of this process of manufacturing human beings — my dad, Ronald Reagan during his lifetime, and I," Michael Reagan writes in an editorial.
"Moreover, using the widely promoted and thoroughly discredited argument that stem cell research can lead to a cure of Alzheimer's disease, the media and proponents of stem cell research have suggested that had the research been done a long time ago, my dad might have avoided the ordeal he endured," Reagan explains. "This is junk science at its worst."
Michael Reagan cites the president's national security advisor, Judge William Clark, who wrote a recent op-ed in the New York Times also saying that Reagan would never have supported the research, which destroys the lives of unborn children days after their creation.
Clark said that Reagan instituted a policy that shows he almost certainly would oppose embryonic stem cell research.
"After the charter expired for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's ethical advisory board — which in the 1970's supported destructive research on human embryos — he began a de facto ban on federal financing of embryo research that he held to throughout his presidency," Clark explained.
Carrie Gordon Earll, Focus on the Family's senior analyst for bioethics, praised Reagan for the editorial and said, "the true hope for many diseases, including diabetes and Parkinson's disease, rest with non-embryonic stem cell sources."
"The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports funding 330 human clinical trials using non-embryonic stem-cell sources and identifies 74 treatable diseases using these cells in therapy," Earll explained. "According to the NIH, there are currently no human clinical trials or proven therapies using embryonic stem cells."
The president's son cites Ronald McKay, a stem cell researcher at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, in his piece.
"People need a fairy tale," McKay recently told the Washington Post.
McKay said those who are afflicted with or have family members afflicted with various diseases need some sort of hope and advocates of ESCR have played on those hopes to gain support for their research.
"Note to the media," Michael Reagan concludes, "Next time you write about the 'family,' remember both dad and me. It's our family too."
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Short Talk on Translation
after Anne Carson
On May 20, Ilya Kaminsky tweeted: "'Tell me—Who are you? When you speak in someone else's language?' —Samira Negrouche tr Marilyn Hacker." [n]https://twitter.com/ilya_poet/status/1263311818879098882?s=20[/n] Think about how these words have gone through three mouths. A fourth, in Spanish: "Dime—¿Quién eres? ¿Cuando hablas en el idioma de otro?" Think about what might have been lost in the process and what is continually lost in the act of translation. This is what you fear when translating your own words, that you don't sound the same in Spanish. And you don't—sound the same. It's your native language but sometimes it sits on your tongue like it wants to get out. It's probably the colonized in you. Frantz Fanon wrote: "To speak as the colonized is therefore to participate in one's own oppression and to reflect the very structures of your alienation in everything from vocabulary to syntax to intonation." [n]https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frantz-fanon/[/n] Who are you, then? When you write poetry in a language of oppression? When it sits in your mouth comfortably, like it's been in there for over a century? But then—what language hasn't been used at one point to oppress? You wonder what language you would speak if the native people on your island wouldn't have been subjected to genocide. If the Spanish hadn't come along first, surely, another White Country would have, no? Maybe you would have ended up writing poetry in English anyway.
Natalia A. Pagán Serrano is a poet from Puerto Rico. She currently resides in Oregon drenched in tree-magic and rain. She adores her fiancé, Daniel, and her cat, Esteban. Natalia's poems have been published in [PANK] magazine, Portland Review, and The Acentos Review, among others.


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Welcome to the Troubleshooting Guide¶
We collected the most common issues and questions developers faced with.
If you don't find the anwer for your question here, contact us at email@example.com or via Intercom.
Question: I am setting
im.getsocial.sdk.AutoRegisterForPush = NO in plist. But when I build the project, it automatically turns it to
YES. How to disable it?
Answer: Most likely you're using our iOS installer script to integrate GetSocial. If that's the case you have to configure push notifications via script parameters, see more details here.
Question: I see this exception on the application start:
'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[FIRA_AppDelegate-1525737441942 toGetSocialNotification:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1c0035060'
Answer: Just add
FirebaseAppDelegateProxyEnabled entry of type
Boolean with value
NO to your
Info.plist and these lines to your
```objc tab="Objective-C"
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken {
[FIRMessaging messaging].APNSToken = deviceToken;
```swift tab="Swift"
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data) {
FIRMessaging().apnsToken = deviceToken
You can find more info here.
Question I'm using GetSocial SDK version 6.29.2 and my app crashes on older devices running iOS < 12.2.0:
1. Check if
Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries is set to
Yes in your project's
Build Settings
1. If you use CocoaPods, make sure
use_frameworks! flag is added to your
Podfile. If you need to add it, run
pod install and make a clean build.
Question: I get the following error on Android when trying to run any GetSocial related method:
Exception: No such proxy method: UnityEngine.AndroidJavaRunnableProxy.run()
Check the
Stripping Level configuration in
Player Settings, it should be set to
Question: I get an error message saying
Error: keytool command line utility does not exist.
Answer: Update your GetSocial SDK version to the latest version, or you can get
Signing-certificate fingerprint using
keytool, as it is described here.
Question: When I try to update GetSocial SDK, I get an error on Windows message saying
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path
"<PATH>Assets\GetSocial\Plugins\Android\getsocial-library-release.*" is denied..
Answer: Delete folder at
<PATH>Assets\GetSocial\Plugins\Android manually and download Android libraries in GetSocial → Edit Settings → Android Settings section.