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Welcome to my website. Its purpose is to introduce my work, to share news, ideas and interests relevant to it. Under A Little More you can find posts. The latest news is about the first presentation of The Violinist in Hungary under Clare's story in Veszprém.
The Violinist: Clare Galambos Winter, Holocaust Survivor (2011) is my second biography, following Nola Millar: A Theatrical Life (2006). Both were published by Victoria University Press. I am now working on a biography of trail-blazing lawyer and human rights activist, Shirley Smith.
Klára Galambos was a twenty-year-old violin student in Budapest in March 1944. Arrested and thrown into jail in the first days after the German occupation, she later managed to get home to Szombathely, was in the ghetto there and transported with the Jews of Szombathely to Auschwitz Birkenau. After five weeks she and her aunt were among the thousand Hungarian women selected for slave labour at Allendorf. They returned to Hungary after the war, and in 1948 they both left Hungary for New Zealand, where Clare joined the fledgling national orchestra. As a long-serving member of the NZSO, she made a significant contribution to the musical life of this country, and is now retired in Wellington.
See Helen Watson White's comprehensive review APPASSIONATO | THE LANDFALL REVIEW ONLINE, December 2011
This book is gripping, valuable and humbling. — Peter Russell, New Zealand Books, Winter 2011
… a very honest book … incredibly moving, very simply told. — Kate de Goldi, Good Morning, TV ONE, 15 February 2011
… a powerful, galloping read. — Cheryl Pearl Sucher, SUNDAY STAR TIMES, 6 March 2011
2011: Best Books, SUNDAY STAR TIMES, 4 December 2011
Victoria University Press has reprinted The Violinist. It is available in all good New Zealand bookshops and online at http://vup.victoria.ac.nz/the-violinist-clare-galambos-winter/


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Hull City manager Steve Bruce believes Tom Huddlestone, Jake Livermore and Curtis Davies should be considered for England selection.
The trio have been standout performers for Hull this season and were all involved in the 2-0 victory over 10-man Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
Watching from the stands at the weekend was England boss Roy Hodgson, who was believed to be in attendance to get a first-hand view of Sunderland winger Adam Johnson following a fine run of form.
Bruce believes any one of Huddlestone, Livermore and Davies could force their way into England's 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil later this year, although he concedes it is likely that injuries would have to occur for that scenario to happen.
"Who am I to do Roy Hodgson's job?" he said. "But there's always a shock and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them (Hull's players) might sneak in.
"Huddlestone and Livermore have had a sniff of the England set-up before and since Curtis Davies walked through the door he's had a wonderful first season with us.
"All they can do is keep playing well and keep knocking on the door. There's always one or two shocks, there's a long way to go before the World Cup and injuries can set in.
"They'd never let you down. They've got a great attitude and a good work ethic - those three, in particular, ooze it."
Hull's triumph over Gus Poyet's men ended a barren run of five matches without a win in the Premier League.
Bruce's side now go in search of back-to-back league victories in a home clash with Southampton on Tuesday, a team that the Hull boss rates highly.
He added: "Apart from the big teams, Southampton are the best of the rest of us.
"They've got individual players who I think will play at the highest level. (Adam) Lallana, (Luke) Shaw, (Jay) Rodriguez, (Rickie) Lambert. Really top-class players.
"If you've grown up with a club like Lallana and Shaw have that helps enormously. One of the great Manchester United teams had five or six who came through the ranks and the whole thing revolved around them for 12-15 years."

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Description of 4415 45TH AVENUE W 203, BRADENTON, FL 34210
THIS IS A 2ND FLOOR UNIT, ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY STAIRS. Sparkling 2BR/2BA Shorewalk condo on the 2nd floor is conveniently located to access all Bradenton activities and is minutes to Anna Maria Island and the Gulf beaches. Lounge by your choice or two heated pools after an active game of tennis. Condo is updated with new flooring, new furniture and upgraded kitchen and includes stack washer/dryer. Tiled throughout, except for carpeted bedrooms. Master Bedroom offers a King size bed and Guest Bedroom features 2 twin beds. WIFI is included. NO PETS/NO SMOKing. 2 night minimum stay required. Dec 1-Apr 30 $2600 mo/$900 wk/$185 nt May 1-Nov 30 $1500 mo/$750 wk/$150 nt Prices shown are based on 2 person occupancy. Additional persons staying in the unit for a period of longer than 7 days may be considered additional occupants and subject to additional rental fees being charged and/or application and approval process if the community is governed by association rules and regulations. Your rental Agent must be advised of all additional occupants and dates they will be in the unit. Rates shown are base rents including utilities. Additional fees include departure cleaning fees, Internet fees if not provided by Owner, sales/resort taxes and pet fees if applicable. Note that rates are subject to change without notice and reservations are not guaranteed until initial reservation deposit is received.
Directions to 4415 45TH AVENUE W 203, BRADENTON, FL 34210
Head south from Cortez Rd W on 43rd St W. Turn right onto 45th Ave W.
Features of 4415 45TH AVENUE W 203, BRADENTON, FL 34210
- Bedroom 2 is 11x11
- Bedroom 2 Level: First
- Dining Level: First
- Dining Room is 7x9
- Kitchen is 9x12
- Kitchen Level: First
- Living Room is 12x22
- Living Room Level: First
- Master bedroom is 12x15
- Master Bedroom Level: First
- Dishwasher
- Dryer
- Freezer
- Microwave oven
- Range
- Refrigerator
- Washer
- Central air
- Central heat
- Deck
- Patio
- Porch
- Subdivision: SHOREWALK BATH & TENNIS CLUB 6
- Ceramic tile flooring
- Living and dining room combo
- Tile flooring
- Wood floors
- Total square feet: 1174.00
- Community clubhouse(s)
- Community swimming pool(s)
- Community tennis court(s)
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Californians have often vetoed laws passed in Sacramento, but
this time the outcome may not be so clear.
Propositions 94 through 97 ask voters to approve or disapprove new gaming expansion compacts made between Sacramento and four Southern California Indian tribes. The compacts were negotiated by Governor Schwarzenegger and approved by the legislature last year to allow the Morongo, Sycuan, Pechanga and Agua Caliente tribes to add 17,000 slot machines to the 8,000 they now operate.
Federal law requires all Indian gaming compacts approved by states must get final approval from the U.S. Department of Interior and "shall take effect" when notice of approval has been published in the Federal Register.
The four Indian gaming compacts were approved by the Interior Department and notice was published in the Federal Register on December 19th.
Does this make the election results irrelevant if voters reject any of these propositions? No one is sure.
Since California laws do not take effect if subject to a referendum, did the federal approval come before the compacts actually exist?
With uncertainty about the legal impact of the federal action, neither side wants to take a chance of losing on February 5th.
Ultimately the gaming expansion will not be decided by the voters but rather by the courts.
Return to California Casinos.


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Macintosh Tips
Using Audio Hijack Pro to record radio stations
Using Audio Hijack Pro and AAC High (Bookmarkable) format you can save 7 hours of audio onto a CD. (83.1 mb per hour) Which also means you can also store 56 hours worth of audio on a DVD.
Audio Hijack Pro cost only $32. This is a cheaper solution in the long run than purchasing a whole bunch of audio tapes at $1-$2 each. Each tape only holds 90 - 120 minutes and has to be flipped halfway through!
Example: Recording Rush Limbaugh for a week: 15 hours. It would take 16 ninety minute tapes costing at least $16. Using Audio Hijack Pro, it would cost about $3 for three CDs, thus AHP will pay for itself in the long run, not only in media cost, but also with storage cost.
Unix Commands
ls - lhSR
This will give you a listing of all the contents in a directory sorted by file size. I find this useful when you want a printout of your directory structure. If you have BBedit, use the following commands:
ls -lhSR | bbedit
Release Renew IP on OS X
Creating DVD Label Templates
If you are using Photoshop to create DVD Templates, then importing them into DiscLabel, I would suggest making the template a square 121.65584mm in size @ 120 dpi.
I use Photoshop to create some fancy images labels, such as mixing Photos that are on the DVD, by using the 121.65584 demensions I can create the Disk label and Slim Disk cover at the same time!
CD Stomper CD demensions are 118mm, but you should have it a little bigger to allow for blead and some printer alignment issues.
If you want a download a Slimline CD Template for Adobe InDesign CS, check this out. The template has two non-printable layers so it will be easy to position your graphic. I find it much better than other templates that are available.
Moving Files using BBEdit
For example, lets say you have the following files:
Here's what I would do, using BBEdit Worksheet and Glossary. First create a new file and add this line:
#SELSTART#mkdir #SELECT#; mv #SELECT#*.* #SELECT# #SELEND#
Save this file with the name "copy" to the Glossary directory: ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Glossary/
Open up a new Shell Worksheet, (Select All and Delete to remove all the content) Type in cd and drag the folder that has the images into the Shell Worksheet window. This should put the path name right after the cd. (Make sure there is a space between the cd and the path name.)
Select the line. The short cut is: [command -l], then hit Enter or [command-return]
Now lets list the contents of the directory, type in ls, select the line, and then enter.
Using the Glossary I provided above you should be able to highlight the name and then click on the Glossary name. So in the example above, I would highlight news. This will create the following line:
mkdir news; mv news*.* news
Now all I have to do is hit enter or [command-return] and a new folder is created and all the files starting with the folder's name will be put in that folder.
This is a cool trick and very handy to organized lots of files with a common name.
MYSQL on MacOS X
BBEdit Translate Tool
In BBEdit there is a Translation box that allow you to quickly convert Text to HTML. This is very useful if you want to show some code on a web page.
You can find Translate in Markup > Utilities > Translate
There's also a keyboard command shortcut: Option - Command - T
This is handy if you want Entities such as > to be converted to >.

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Making cash on-line is not as tough as you'd assume recently. For lots of individuals who are unable to search out employment otherwise, they're turning to the net probing for ways in which to support themselves. whereas there are variety of various ways in which to form cash on-line, I preach and teach one technique particularly which might be custom-made to no matter niche or interest that you've got. during this article i am getting to mention the way to create smart cash on-line through affiliate promoting.
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One of the most important deterrents that keeps individuals from making an attempt affiliate promoting is that the undeniable fact that you would like an internet site to market these merchandise on. this may be a frightening task for technologically uninclined individuals, however luckily recently ANYONE will create an expert and enticing trying web site without having any data or expertise with coding/programming.
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From there it's concerning|almost|almost about|around|as regards to|close to|concerning|near to|on the subject of|regarding|with reference to|with regards to} writing a review of what it's that you are promoting and creating regular posts about your niche; then you simply got to send traffic towards it that is simply a word for the those who visit your web site. There are dozens and many ways in which to get traffic for your web site to flood it with swarms of targeted those who have an interest in what it's that you are promoting and are able to purchase.


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In April 2014, on the occasion of the Day of the Sun, Pyongyang hosted international seminar on the Juche idea , organized by the Korean Association of Social Sciences (KASS) . The seminar was attended by delegations from all continents: from Russia, Belarus , Italy, Ireland , Mongolia, Nepal , Pakistan, Nigeria , Congo, Japan, South Africa , Finland, Bangladesh and other countries .
Giving lectures during this seminar were the leading Korean specialists in the field of social sciences. Lectures of the seminar focused on various topical issues , such as a detailed analysis of the Songun politics and the Juche idea and their implications for the independence of all nations of the world , the struggle of the Korean people to defend the achievements of socialism since the 1990 's to the present time , the latest achievements of the Korean people in construction of a prosperous civilized socialist state under the leadership of respected Marshal Kim Jong Un. Lectures were conducted with extensive use of video presentations in different languages (English, Russian , French, Japanese, etc. ) and other advanced IT tools . There were several question and answer sessions in which participants had the opportunity to ask the lecturers any questions concerning not only the theoretical field, but also the practical realities of modern life in the DPRK. These sessions were very lively, with great activity and interest of the participants. Participants themselves also presented a series of reports on the current situation in their own countries , the applicability of the Juche idea to their realities and its international significance . The texts of these reports and presentations were given to all delegations.
The program of this seminar also included visits o the various cultural, sports and healthcare facilities, constructed in the DPRK in the last 2 years under the dynamic leadership of respected Marshal Kim Jong Un , a travel to Panmunjom, attendance of a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra , meetings with representatives of various organizations.
Many of the participants have visited the DPRK on many previous occasions, including very recently, but even they could not hide their admiration and astonishment at witnessing unprecedented pace of construction and economic development in the country. In less than a year , Pyongyang has become an entirely new city , as was noted by those participants who have visited it in July last year, on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.
Representative of the Juche idea study group in Ireland in response to the question what is the most striking about the today's DPRK, gave the following answer: " Enduring loyalty of the Korean people to all what was so shamefully betrayed by the former socialist countries . And the ebullient , energetic , creative and strong leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un , whose activity and determination with which he rebuffs the American aggressors, today is a source of great inspiration for all those who fight against imperialism, throughout the world. "


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viernes, 14 de febrero de 2014
11th YEARS
Hello everybody
This month I celebrate my 11th year in the company Corvus Belli and another year more in my professional career.
I can't remember how many miniatures I've painted in my life but I can say a thing "I'm happy"
During these years I learned a lot of things and I'm improving my painting but I need something more.... a challenge!, therefore I decide to work in a personal project.
I started this project the last October and each month is growing but step by step and I hope to finish it this year.
It means a personal goal and I'm very hopeful with this project.
In addition, I created this year my youtube channel where you can see videos 360º of the miniatures, how I paint the miniatures and more things..... so if you aren't subcribed... COME ON!!!
In conclusion I enjoy speaking with all my followers in my facebook, blog, twitter,... They ask me their questions and I answer them, it is a good feedback! and every day we are more and more....
I appreciate your support and thank you so much.
Angel Giraldez
Publicado por Ángel Giráldez en 10:52
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3 comentarios:
- doom_of_the_people dijo...
Congratulations and I look forward to more videos on YouTube and I hope you have someone film your GenCon class at least in part. Thanks for all the paint recipes over the years as well.
- 14 de febrero de 2014, 21:05
- cloudito dijo...
Congratulations Ángel!! As doom_of_the_people say, thanks you very mucho for all your tutorials. Hope your new projects will be as always, beter than the previous.
- 16 de febrero de 2014, 18:32
- Ángel Giráldez dijo...
thank you so much :)
- 20 de febrero de 2014, 9:01
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All in the ADHD family: Diagnosis in kids can spotlight parents' own condition
"All in the ADHD family: Diagnosis in Kids can Spotlight Parents' own Condition" NBC News, Rock Center 11 min, 55 sec This video profiles two people who were not diagnosed with ADHD until adulthood. It is not uncommon for someone … Continue reading
Oliver Sacks dies in New York aged 82
RIP Oliver Sacks. "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" is one of my favorite books from graduate school. It brings the complexity and fragility of the way our brains function to life in a fascinating and sometimes … Continue reading
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A Little Meditation Goes a Long Way
"A Little Meditation Goes a Long Way: A new study offers the strongest evidence to date that meditation can change the structure of your brain" By Jason Marsh, February 9, 2011, as published online in the "Greater Good" newsletter through … Continue reading
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Your Brain on Multitasking
CNN: "Your Brain on Multitasking" By Sanjay Gupta, MD 2 min, 1 sec. Dr. Gupta explains in this video why effective multitasking is a myth for the vast majority of us. When you are working on activity A and then … Continue reading
NY Times: A Natural Fix for ADHD
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Public Procurement
Over £150 billion is spent each year in the public sector on a wide range of goods and services provided by Government bodies. As such, it is necessary that value is ensured for the taxpayer in these goods and services, so a system of 'public procurement' is employed to effectively acquire these services from third parties.
Woodfines are able to provide tailored advice and guidance to businesses applying for contracts and tenders under public procurement. Getting early and experienced advice from an expert will ensure that you are fully compliant with competitive tendering rules and put you in the best position for achieving your aims, whilst minimising any risks.
For further information on public procurement, and how Woodfines can help your business to tender for contracts, please contact Neil Gibbs or call on 01908 202150.


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Franco – Hebridean Fusion Cuisine
Fine dining at the edge of the Atlantic!
Fine dining at the edge of the Atlantic!
Franco-Hebridean fusion…
Our intimate licensed restaurant overlooking Uig Sands seats approximately twenty covers and is open to residents and non-residents alike. From the hills and especially the sea come the main ingredients of our menus. The style of food is rooted in French tradition and Richard prides himself on using island ingredients – food here is devoutly Gallic! Auberge Carnish hopes to build on the reputation earned by Richard's previous establishment, Bonaventure, for great quality food and warm hospitality.
Breakfast is served in the restaurant offering a wide choice – including our own breads, home-made marmalade, to full traditional Scottish.
The evening menu changes regularly to reflect local produce in season. Do let us know in advance of any special dietary requirements.
An optional service charge of 10% will be added to all restaurant bills.


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Staff instances allow your administrators (can be changed) to create a copy of the map they are on, completely empty to play around in.
Some ideas for use include:
- Create decorations in an area on your instance, then [area set map on them to move them all at once to go right into place.
- Create an event area to bring your players to.
- Your imagination is the limit.
[createinstance - Creates a brand new instance of the map you are on. The map gets named "YourAccountName" + "Instance".
[destroyinstance - Completely destroys your instance, along with any items or non player mobiles on it and moves everyone back to Felucca Britain.
You cannot create more than one instance at a time, and these persist through world saves.
Now all of your staff can create their own world to play around in without affecting anything in production!
*Currently works with any registered map. You might have to add widths and heights to Instances.cs for custom maps.
Tresdni's Staff Instances 1.1
Create your own copy of a map to play around in on the fly.


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Like so much in this harsh world, Babe the sweet-souled, stouthearted pig worked better as a surprise than he does as a sequel. You can't blame the little porker; fame has not gone to his head. But his handlers, led by director George Miller, have succumbed to a desire to test the powers of his innocence against creatures more ferocious than those that inhabited Farmer Hoggett's essentially benign barnyard. Or maybe it was the powers of their special-effects wizardry that they wanted to strut, for the cast members of Babe: Pig in the City are larger, busier and--shall we say?--more emotionally...
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Paradise Cove Resort
The Cove, Anguilla
Paradise Cove is a secluded and restful apartment hotel situated at the western end of Anguilla, the Caribbean island famous for its perfect beaches and relaxing atmosphere.
Just a short walk from two beautiful beaches - Cove Bay (500 yards) and Rendezvous Bay (300 yards) - Paradise Cove is a tranquil hideaway for families, couples or businessman searching for a quiet retreat.
An evening view of the pool looking towards the poolside bar and reception area.
While at the Paradise Cove Resort you will have the opportunity to experience some of the most beautiful sunsets Anguilla has to offer.
Relax with a cocktail in one of the two large open-air jacuzzis.
Soak up the sun beside our Olympic-sized pool while the children splash about in the kid's pool or enjoy themselves in the play area.
|Rendezvous Bay West
A 300 yard walk brings you out on the western end
of Rendezvous Bay, one of Anguilla's longest and
finest beaches.
|Cove Bay
A 500 yard walk west takes you to Cove Bay where
you may be the only people to enjoy the powdery
white sand and crystal clear waters.
|Studio Suite
|Penthouse Suite
Each of the 14 one and two bedroom suites is centrally air-conditioned and offers a spacious living and dining area, a fully equipped kitchen with marble counter top, a private balcony or patio, laundry facilities, telephone and Cable TV. All the bedrooms have their own bathroom with tub and shower.
The warm and inviting decor of the Paradise Cove Resort does not stop at the suites. We want you to feel at home from the time you first walk into the lobby. There is also a boutique and gift shop.
Other amenities include Large Swimming Pool and Terrace, 2 Open-Air Jacuzzis, Kiddie Pool, Childrens' Playground, Fitness Center with state of the art cardio vascular equipment, treadmills, stationery bikes, stair-master and equipment for weight training, Croquet Court, Barbeque Area, Boutique and Gift Shop, Garden Terrace Cafe, Internet Cafe, Conference/Meeting Facilities, Lounge Chairs and Umbrellas by the pool, Portable Chairs and Umbrellas for the beach, Grocery Shopping Prior to arrival
Lush gardens of shady trees and tropical
flowers surround the pool and pathways.
The Garden Terrace Cafe serves breakfasts
and light lunches throughout the day.
Nightly Rates 2005/2006 Dec.19-Mar.31 Apr.1-Oct.31 Nov.1-Dec.18 Studio Suite Pool View $ 265 $ 175 $ 210 Garden View $ 245 $ 160 $ 195 One Bedroom Suite Top Floor $ 340 $ 200 $ 260 Ground Floor $ 310 $ 185 $ 245 Two Bedroom Suite Top Floor $ 450 $ 280 $ 360 Ground Floor $ 430 $ 260 $ 340 Penthouse Suite $ 595 $ 420 $ 475 Special packages available. Studio Suite: Maximum 2 persons 1 Bedroom Suite: Maximum 2 persons Penthouse Suite: Maximum 2 persons 2 Bedroom Suite: Maximum 4 persons Extra person in 1 or 2 bedroom suite only, $50.00 USD nightly 10% Govt. Tax and 10% Service Charge Not Included NOTE: In the Sudio Suites, we allow 2 PERSONS ONLY. The only exception is if the guests have ONE child not older than 2 years. Three nights deposit is required to secure the reservation. It is refundable if cancellation is received at Paradise Cove 60 days prior to arrival for reservations Dec 19 - March 31, and 30 days for the remainder of the year. A $50.00 cancellation fee applies. Balance is due 30 days before arrival. The deposit represents a contract between Paradise Cove and the guest, it guarantees by both parties a confirmed arrival and departure date. The deposit is credited to the confirmed period of time. Late arrivals or early checkouts will be charged for the full payments of this reserved period. View here the special packages.
|Detailed Room Descriptions
|- - - Studio Suites - - -
The 12 studio suites in the Jasmine Villa have individually controlled air-conditioning and feature a spacious living/sleeping area with a corner kitchenette. All the suites have their own bathroom with tub and shower, a private balcony or patio, direct dial telephone (plus voice mail feature) and cable TV.
Additional amenities include: clock/Radio with AM/FM dialling, Ceiling Fans, Screened windows and patio doors, Hair Dryers, Iron/Ironing Board
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The 6 one-bedroom suites, located in the Aralea Villa, are quite spacious with 1500 square feet of space with a living/dining room area, fully equipped kitchen with marble counter tops to include microwave oven, coffee maker and toaster. A separate bedroom with a king size bed, and spacious bathroom with double vanity, tub and overhead shower, bidet etc. These suites also have a powder room, a large front and back patio and access to a laundry room with a washer and dryer.
The 8 two bedroom suites, located in Oleander and Gardenia Villas, are 1800 square feet of space, similar in layout to the 1 B/R suites with a separate living/dining room area and fully equipped kitchen. Each bedroom has a private bathroom and patio, and some are furnished with a king size bed in one room and 2 twin beds in the other, or, each bedroom has a king-size bed. These suites also have a powder room, a front and back patio and access to a laundry room with a washer and dryer.
Additional amenities for both one and two bedroom suites include: Cable TV, Telephones plus voice mail feature, Clock/Radio with AM/FM dialling, Individually controlled central air conditioning, Ceiling Fans, Screened windows and patio doors, Hair Dryers, Iron/Ironing Board
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Our flagship accommodations, our three penthouse suites occupy the top floor of Jasmine Villa with glorious views over the pool to the sea and neighbouring islands. Each has its own luxury decor and character, a huge living room with a spacious fully equipped kitchen, wooden beam ceilings and full-sized sitting area with wide-screened cable TV. Ceiling mounted fans and individually controlled air-conditioning ensure your comfort at all times.
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The bedrooms offer romantic atmospheres with king-sized beds, fine upholstery and fabrics, and a second TV.
Our wooden and marble bathrooms will really pamper you! They are really huge and feature jacuzzis, separate shower, "his and her" basins, fluffy white towels and complimentary toiletries.
Huge balconies at both the front and the back provide plenty of space for privacy, open-air dining or relaxing in the shade.
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Additional amenities for both one and two bedroom suites include: Telephones plus voice mail feature, Clock/Radio with AM/FM dialling, Screened windows and patio doors, Hair Dryers, Iron/Ironing Board.


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Twelve illegal immigrants found in refrigerated trailer
A fellow motorist, who was stuck behind the vehicle on the motorway, raised the alarm after noticing unusual noises coming from the back of the German truck.
Hearing banging noises coming from the fridge, the man moved closer and noticed that the back doors seemed to be flexing as if somebody inside was trying to force them open.
He called police and then tailed the lorry until officers were despatched up the M1. The truck was directed into Watford Gap service station in Northamptonshire and the trailer was opened to discover the illegal load.
Ten people from Iran, one from Syria and one from Afghanistan were arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.


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On Saturday, May 15, 2010, Greg and I attended our graduation ceremony at the War Memorial. Though we officially finished in January after our return from the Bahamas, we had to wait until May for the official ceremony. After many months of hard work, dedication, and MONEY, we are now officially Onondaga Community College Alumni. Greg graduated Cum Laude, and I graduated Magna Cum Laude. Congrats to us for not losing our minds in the process!
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Language, culture and heritage are often inextricably linked. Microsoft is working to ensure that cultural fabric of some populations aren't pulled apart because today's software solutions don't speak their language.
Celebrating UNESCO's International Mother Language Day, which took place on Feb. 21, the Redmond, Wash.-based company is showing off its progress in making technology more accessible to users who may not speak a major language or have a way in which to keep their language alive.
"Microsoft Translator is releasing Yucatec Maya and Querétaro Otomi in an ongoing effort to further language preservation," said Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, in a Feb. 23 announcement. "The automatic translation systems for Mayan and Otomi were built using the Microsoft Translator Hub, a Translator product available free of cost to allow organizations to create their own unique translation systems."
Microsoft has been working to expand its translation services to help both businesses and consumers break down the barriers of communication. In December, the company released a preview of Skype Translator (English and Spanish), months after first wowing the industry with an early demonstration of the real-time text and spoken translation service.
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In today's connected world, "being multilingual, or knowing more than one language, increases our overall readiness to relate and to communicate cross-culturally," said Charney. "Since the ability to speak a language also gives us insight into a culture and a broader world view, language learning gives us more understanding than we get from simply having a translator present or learning a common diplomatic language."
The company's ambitious Windows 10 operating system (OS), which is set to officially launch later this year, will also work better with the world's wealth of languages—more than 7,000 living languages in fact, according to Charney. "Microsoft is releasing the Universal Shaping Engine (USE), a groundbreaking script-rendering technology that allows Windows 10 to correctly display of all of the world's writing systems," he said.
"A shaping engine is used for so-called complex text layout, which is needed for about half of the world's writing systems," explained Andrew Glass, program manager of Microsoft's Operating Systems Group, in a separate blog post. By the time Windows 8.1 came around, the company had developed shaping engines that covered 27 of the most popular writing systems, Glass said. "But if your script wasn't one of these 27, you were out of luck."
Working with the Unicode Technical Committee and consulting with OpenType font experts, a small team of Microsoft engineers came up with a specification that encompasses all languages. "By publishing the technical details for the Universal Shaping Engine we enable font developers to understand how to create fonts for the world's complex scripts so that they will display correctly on Windows 10," Glass said in the post.
Last year, the company localized Office Online into Cherokee, helping younger tribal members access their language and collaborate in modern ways. "It was localized into Cherokee in a collaboration between the Microsoft Local Language Program, the Microsoft Office division and the Cherokee Nation's Language Program," and continues to be updated as new features are added, Alfred Hellstern, senior international project manager at Microsoft, said in a statement.


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Dad and I both had: gratinated potato gnocchi, caramelised shallots, pear, walnuts and parmesan cheese crumble for $21.50. Whilst I thought it was decent, dad found it quite bitter, which I thought may have been because the gnocci was gratinated, which also made it quite heavy and bland. There wasn't enough pear for there to be a flavour to cut through the heavy potato and cheese.
Ryan had: open wagyu beef burger with quail egg, onion jam, cresses, smoked tomato and truffle oil mayonnaise for $25.50. In Ryan's words: It was pretty good.Mains: Dad had: The daily special which was a mulloway in a plum sauce (don't remember the details). The fish was really tender as it was steamed and dad enjoyed it.
Anthi had: seven + score wagyu beef two ways, truffle creamed potato, celeriac remoulade and pea puree for $64. The meat was really tender and both Dad and Anthi enjoyed it.
Ryan had: sichuan peppered duck with coconut rice, stir fried witlof, blood plum and ginger dressing for $45.50. As I tried the coconut rice, I can comment and say that it was the most creamy coconut rice I have ever had, almost like rizogalo. Ryan's comments on the duck: It was really nice.
I had: red roasted barossa chicken, pea and mint frtiters, chiang kiang and shallot caramel, roasted garlic foam for $43. I had the largest serving out of all the mains. I was disappointed in my main as it had coriander leaves in it, which I can't stand as I inherited Dad's genetic trait where I have an enzyme that changes the taste of the leaves into a metallic, almost chemical taste on my tongue. So I couldn't really eat enough to comment on it.
Sides: fried potatoes with dukkah salt and lemon yoghurt for $11.50. These were yum, there weren't heavily coated with the dukkah salt, but the lemon yoghurt complemented the potatoes well.
Desserts: Dad and Anthi had: roasted bananas with chocolate cheese and caramel ice cream for $22. They weren't too impressed with this dish. The serving was quite small and compared to the tasting platter we had it didn't compare value wise.
Ryan and I had the dessert tasting plate which had the following: warm quince meringue pie with five spice custard and pistachio icecream, honeycrunch icecream with toasted gingerbread and sugar swirls, tea parfait with beurre bosc pears and pomegranate molasses, bitter sweet dark chocolate torte with macaroon and mandarin sorbet, Jerusalem artichoke and truffle creme brulee, roasted bananas with chocolate cheese and caramel ice cream, and a granny smith apple rice dish for $45.50.
- The honeycrunch ice cream was yum, but the gingerbread was soggy and not strong in flavour - the sugar swirl was delicious though.
- The tea parfait was my 2nd favourites - the parfait was very refreshing and pleasing, whilst the pear with the pomegranate added a sweet and sour dimension to the dessert.
- The bitter sweet chocolate tart was mine and dad's favourite - the mandarin sorbet was amazing, like eating 10 fresh mandarins, lovely burst of flavour that helped to cut through the rich chocolate macaroon torte.
- The creme brulee was disgusting - couldn't get past the truffle, artichoke flavour in the creme brulee.
- The banana dish wasn't really enjoyed by anyone.
- The granny smith rice dish was also a little lackluster.
Whilst the food was great, the service was lacking. We had multiple waiters throughout the night, and had dirty dishes left on our tables for much too long. Trying to order dessert, after we received the menus, took around 20mins which was much too long. The menu features much more Asian options, which is a little disappointing as I prefer their mod oz dishes much more.
Food: 4.5/5. The chicken brought the score down for the coriander leaf.
Service: 2.5/5. Really disappointed in the amount of time spent waiting for plates to be cleared and orders to be taken.
Atmosphere: 3/5. The tables are situated a little to closely together, the table hook to hang bags on was a nice touch though. The booths are much nicer and more intimate.


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The term "C-4" in the Data Management Institute's C-4 Strategist Certification Training Program stands for the four considerations that should guide business IT strategy to ensure its alignment with business requirements. These are
- Cost-Containment
- Compliance
- Continuity
- Carbon Footprint Reduction
This training, based on the experience and insights of IT planners in Global 2000 firms, was created to help heal a rift that has become apparent in many organizations between the "front office" where business managers operate, and the "back office" where IT lives. In part, it is designed to help business and IT operatives find a common language for expressing the business value of technology initiatives and for translating business needs into technical directives.
The program has been derived in part from a seminal blog, Making IT Matter, created in 2008 by Toigo Partners International. That blog has since morphed into a community of interest at the Data Management Institute.
The Program
Segment 1 - INTO THE RIFT
This segment states the problem that currently confronts IT in many businesses: a rift has developed between business management and information technology management, with the business folks, who hold the budgetary purse strings, asking questions about the business value that is being delivered by the back office. As in past periods of economic unease, many companies are looking at outsourcing (clouds) to redress the imbalance between investments in IT and returns that they are failing to see. In the final analysis, things need to change to ensure that IT continues to matter in contemporary business. This begins with an unflagging focus on the business value of any IT initiative, but it must also consider the four "C's" -- cost-containment, compliance, continuity and carbon footprint reduction.
Segment 2 - A BUSINESS VALUE CASE
To be successful in articulating an IT strategy to senior management -- that is, to provide a narrative that management will consider and fund -- IT folks need to deemphasize technical metrics and tech-speak in their pitch and focus instead on the business value case. A business value case is a narrative with three parts: cost-reduction, risk reduction, and improved productivity. Every technology initiative needs to be framed in these three contexts to have a hope of obtaining budget. And, of course, the results of the initiative must actually deliver the promised value. This segment provides examples.
Segment 3 - ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS: COST-CONTAINMENT
IT is expensive. Even "hybrid cloud" approaches, which outsource certain functions or processes, while retaining others in house, demonstrate accelerating costs. Containing costs is a primary objective of the business-savvy IT strategist. Moreover, storage -- which accounts for between 33 and 70% of IT hardware spending -- is the crux of the IT cost problem. Storage capacity demand is growing by rates of between 40% to 640%, depending on the analyst one consults. Bending the cost curve in storage could contribute significantly to the cost-containment effort in IT strategy. It all begins with data management.
Segment 4 - KEEPING MANAGEMENT OFF THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WSJ
Compliance with government regulations or legal mandates, and safeguarding data from unauthorized disclosure, are a part of the risk reduction dimension of business value that just about every corporate senior manager understands. Risk is often conceived in the data center as "downtime" -- the result of an unplanned interruption event that cannot be avoided. However, senior management views risk to include not only downtime, but also the embarrassment of an unflattering report in a financial publication owing to the failure to comply with regulations or the failure to deploy adequate security safeguards to prevent an interruption event from blossoming into a full-on fiscal or public relations disaster. Again, data management is the key to reducing risk.
Segment 5 - HA DOES NOT TRUMP DR
Continuity (or in a cloud environment, resiliency) is another dimension of the risk equation. No technology initiative should be pursued by the C-4 strategist that does not consider the possibility of unplanned interruption events, whether they take the form of man-made or natural disasters or security breeches. Confusion reigns about the benefits of clouds and virtualization in this regard, with an inordinate amount of ink in the trade press dedicated to the proposition that spending more money on high availability architecture eliminates the need for business continuity planning. Not so. Again, it's all about the data.
Segment 6 - CLIMATE CAUSE AND EFFECT
While it has been deemphasized of late in US governmental circles, the truth remains that data centers are a huge carbon sink -- consuming large quantities of fossil fuel-generated power. In Europe, carbon footprint reduction remains front of mind and a much discussed component of good corporate citizenship. In the USA, the benefits of carbon reduction may be contextualized as cost-savings in facility power, or as a practical response to a shortcoming in power availability in certain areas. Truth be told, it isn't technology that needs to go green, but data itself. Inefficient data storage drives up the cost of storage infrastructure, the scale of storage infrastructure, and the power demanded by storage infrastructure. To reduce carbon footprint, we must start with data management.
Segment 7 - TOWARD A C-4 STRATEGY
In the final analysis, a C-4 Strategy is common sensical. It is the only way to truly align IT with the business: at the level of the data asset. C-4 strategists use these criteria to evaluate and assess the product pitches of vendors who are offering their hardware and software products to meet business needs. Only by establishing a "critical filter" can IT planners separate the grain from the chaff and begin delivering technology that advances the goals of the business in an agile way. There are no panaceas.
The Certification
Completion of the workshop entitles trainees to a formal certificate from DMI. This certificate will be emailed to the trainee, or may be downloaded following course completion, depending on the on-line venue where the course is taken. Within the next six months, DMI hopes to work with Virtualization Review to offer this training as an on-line workshop. We will keep you apprised of developments and advise the DMI membership when there is a link for taking this free training either at the DMI e-Training portal or at Virtualization Review's webinar site.


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Team Valencia dominate at Forest 2 Falls
The 11th edition of the popular local MTB race, Forest2Falls was held at an all new venue in Graskop. Max Knox bravely took on the challenge of organising his first event.
The route provided riders with spectacular views over God's window and the mountains, valleys, waterfalls and lush forests of Graskop and Sabie. Riders however had to earn their view with 65 km of mainly district roads and 1300m of climbing. Our team Valencia out performed the rest as they achieved podiums across age categories and race distances.
In the 65km, Hein Engelbregt showed his consistently growing calibre as an elite racer when he came 2nd in a time of 02:29:24, 3 minutes behind winner Ben Melt Swannepoel. "The start was fast and flat. We were a bunch until about 20km in. Ben Melt made the pace hard up the first big climb and we managed to break away. I knew the route quite well and was saving a lot for the last 30km. Up the final climb, Ben made life hard again. I tried to hang on as long as I could but he managed to get a gap on me and maintained it until the finish."
Amy McDougall won the ladies' race and came 7th overall in a time of 02:48:11. "I was happy to take the win in Valencia's colours! I was pleasantly surprised with my result my legs did not feel great after the Joberg2C legs and the course was not really suited to me. The views were mind-blowing and made me nostalgic about living in the Lowveld!" Yolandi Du Toit crossed the line in second and our Emily Clarke in 3rd.
The 35 km was a nail biter with only 12 seconds separating the top 4, amongst the sprint finishers was Armand Lomard who narrowly missed bronze as he crossed the line in 4th and 3rd in his age category, still a stellar performance for this youngster. "It was an extremely fun race, I enjoyed it so much that when I saw it was almost the end of the race it surprised me because I thought there was at least 10km left! The view from God's window almost made me stop to take a picture, the race was nicely marked and I'll definitely do it again!"
In the ladies' race, 15 year old Zandri Strydom took the overall and youth category honours in a time of 1:29:51 "The last 15 km was the best because of the climbs and the views. I enjoyed it a lot, it just needed more single track. I was happy to win the overall ladies race!" Teammate Monique Swart 6th lady and 2nd in the youth category. "It was a fun race but my legs weren't there so I just tried to push my hardest to the end."
There was a strong contingent of up and coming youngsters in the 15km with podiums in almost all age categories.
It is great to see such a diverse range of riders achieving goals and performing to the best of their ability under the wing of Valencia Cycles.
Next up team members will be conquering the National XCO in PE and Sani2C begins tomorrow for Sam Sanders!
Inaugural race of Local Lowveld Mopani Series, Sani2C, and XCO Success all round.
Last weekend the local Mopani Series based in White River kicked off with a bang. With a network of newly built trails in White River, riders were treated to miles of quality single track. The smiles on the faces crossing the finish line were testament to the success of the event!
In the 50km, which consisted of 2 laps of the 25km loop, Emily Clarke cleaned up the ladies race in a time of just 2:05:45 and bruised a few male egos coming 16th overall. "Being a past pupi of Uplands made this race particularly special for me. It was the ground and trails on which my passion for the sport was ignited. I am delighted that so many more MTBers are able to share my enjoyment through the series! Massive thanks to Francois Lourens and sunshine events for the incredible trails and fast flowing single track. I think my high might last me until the next race of the series! As always thanks to V-Bike for continuously according me the opportunities to race bikes and feed my soul."
Armand Lombard blitzed the 25km, winning in a time of 56:28 one minute ahead of his nearest rival, Ryan Terry. "It was a well-planned event with a lot of single track and a few technical sections that made it extremely fun! The prizes were also great."
Despite getting terribly lost due to some tape being removed by some local forest workers, Monique Swart managed to fight her way into second lady overall and 1st in her age category. Swart enjoyed the trails and is looking forward to round #2.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, Samantha Sanders was competing in the Sani2C with partner Theresa Ralph. The course was more compact than ever due to some rain earlier on in the week and +- 3000 riders having ridden the course in in the adventure and trail races. The conditions made for extremely fast times and tight racing. The pair rode consistently, coming in 3rd each day and 3rd overall after the 3 days. "The competition was strong and the course was amazing! I tried my best to win. Thanks endlessly to Valencia for their support and commitment." – Samantha Sanders
On another far reach of the country, the 4th leg of the national XCO series was being held in PE. In Valencia colours we had Amy Beth McDougall competing in the Elite Ladies category and Zandri Strydom in the Youth ladies' category.
The challenging 4.2km course started with a gnarly loose descent which claimed its share of victims in the preliminary practice days. It was soon established that slower is better in this case! Riders were then faced with a steep loose rocky climb which put technical climbing skills to test. Some fun fast and flowing sections led into a dubious stair drop, then a long drag followed by a muddy section which slippery roots caused many a foot-dab or get-off-and-run. A short rock garden was the only respite in the final climb which was also loose and required focus.
The Elite ladies had 5 laps plus a 1.5km start loop. Amy McDougall sat consistently in 3rd for most of the race. Mariska Strauss took top honours with Cherie Redecker in 2nd. "I knew I still had Joberg2C lingering in my legs so I had no high expectations except to get my best result, sharpen up the skills and get some intensity training in! I loved the challenging course and despite tired legs and a too-heavy gear, it wasn't a bad performance. I was happy to represent Valencia in XCO again and in a completely new part of the country!"
Zandri Strydom continued her winning streak, completing her 2 lap race 4 minutes ahead of her competition! "It was fun! I really enjoyed the technical stuff. I think this is one of the best XCO routes in South Africa and one of my favourites."
Once again we are super proud of our riders for continuously flying the V-Team flag high.
Two days of amazing Mpumulanga riding.
Day 1. The group will meet up & pull away from Mankele at 7:30. We will head off to one of the most beautiful waterfalls. We will have lunch at the waterfall. After our lunch break, we will climb up to Misty Mountain lodge. (Dinner, bed & breakfast).
Day 2. After breakfast we will take on our journey back home. The hard work was all done on day 1, so plenty of fun sections all the way back to Mankele. We will have a half way stop for Lunch and drinks. We should be back at Mankele by 14:00. This will give you time to travel back home.
This is a tour, so we will be riding untamed trails. Plenty Jeep track, cattle trails & what ever we find on the way!!
Drinks at Misty Mountain is for your account + bring sum CASH if you want to bribe the driver for a lift!
No need for a Shuttle: Your vehicle stays at Mankele. A vehicle will follow the group. The vehicle will carry all the riders luggage, cold drinks, meals and basic spares.
Accommodation & meals are included from the time we start riding. You are welcome to book accommodation at Mankele for the night before & after the tour.


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Courtney Confessions
Yeah, about that ... I was lying. I've been SO BUSY this week. I have no idea what's going on, but I don't like it.
Anyway, I thought I'd drop you guys a quick line to let you know that everything's okay, I'm here; I just haven't made the time to sit down and write anything this week. (And I call myself a writer! BAD COURTNEY!)
Honestly, I don't know where the time has gone. Ever since we set our clocks back an hour last weekend, it's been dark whenever I leave the office at the end of the day. That means that I have stopped napping cold turkey because if I lay down to sleep when it's already dark, there's no way I'm going to wake up. I'll be out for the night.
In other words, I haven't been spending my time napping. So what gives?
I'm more determined than ever to make my teaching experience a positive one (though most of the time I feel like it's killing me), so I've been spending a lot of time grading homework and preparing for lectures. I've also made it my personal mission to be super available to my students and have spent a fair amount of time responding to emails and questions. Teaching is clearly not my forte, so I'm doing my best to salvage the rest of the semester and be the best darn mediocre instructor I can!
Also, I've gotten super into preserving leaves. If that sounds weird, it should. Because it is.
So what's else has been going on this week? Well, let me tell ya by way of some Courtney Confessions ...
Clayton and I love scary movies and lately we've been really keen on classic horror flicks. When it comes to blood and gore, I tend to scare pretty easily, so watching older films with cheesy special effects is easier for me to digest. Right now we're on a Stephen King kick and have recently watched the original Carrie and Rosemary's Baby.
Consequently, after watching Rosemary's Baby, I had a nightmare that my sister woke up and discovered she was blind. Luckily I was able to fall back asleep quickly and began another dream in which Clayton and I attended a Hollywood dinner party and Oprah told me I was pretty.
Oprah shows up in my dreams a lot. If that sounds weird, it should. Because it is.
I ran for the first time since the marathon on Wednesday. I've grown so used to running slower in an effort to conserve energy that I almost flew off the back of our treadmill when I tried to run a few minutes at my old speed.
I've wasted an exorbitant amount of time playing an online version of the old 1991 Microsoft game, SkiFree. My sister and I played this game for hours when we were kids because a dog would occasionally wander onto the screen and pee in the snow and then a monster would eat you at the end (the hallmark of a solid video game, if you ask me).
I've successfully worked myself up to being able to hold a 2-minute plank, but I find that flossing my teeth every night requires far too much physical effort.
We're still in the process of organizing our spare bedrooms (surprise! surprise!). This week Clayton used a pile of my books to create a makeshift TV stand and when I realized he bent the spine of my thesaurus, my knee-jerk response was to exclaim, "HOW COULD YOU!? YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT WORDS!"
I hope your week is going well and remember: Tomorrow's Friday! Hooray!


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WASHINGTON—A plan to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 was scuttled Thursday when Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bid that tied the increase to tax breaks for heirs of multimillion-dollar estates.
Republican leaders tried to bring the combination wage and tax bill to a final vote hours before the Senate's scheduled adjournment for a month-long recess but fell short of a 60-vote supermajority needed to end debate.
The 56 to 42 vote reflected the opposition of all but four Democrats. Two Republicans crossed party lines to block the legislation. The House of Representatives passed the combination bill last week.
"What's going on is block and blame," said Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., of the Democrats. "They want to say this is a do-nothing Congress."
Democrats accused Republican leaders, who traditionally have opposed minimum wage increases, of trying to confuse voters in a crucial election year.
"It didn't take them long to come around to this position," Senate Democratic Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois railed, speaking of the minimum wage provision. "Only nine years, where they have resisted us every single attempt we've made. And what led to this deathbed conversion? Could it be the looming election?"
Democrats' move Thursday may limit the legislative accomplishments that Republicans can tout as they face voters dissatisfied with the war in Iraq and high gas prices. It also preserves a potentially important turnout tool for Democrats as they try to retake control of Congress in November: the opportunity to argue that the minimum wage, which was last raised in 1996, won't increase as long as Republicans are in charge.
Polls show about 8 in 10 Americans support a minimum wage increase. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said earlier this week that this would be the only consideration of a minimum wage increase this year.
The blocked vote means there will be no immediate relief for an estimated 6 million Americans who, if working 40-hour weeks, would earn less than $11,000 a year.
Democrats argued that the estate tax reduction that the Republicans tied to the wage increase would probably be offset by social services cuts, hurting low-wage workers. The provision was estimated to yield $1.4 million in savings to each of about 8,000 Americans a year who now pay what Republicans call a "death tax" when they inherit family farms or businesses or other generational wealth.
Democrats also charged the legislation could reduce wage protections in several states for workers who earn tips, despite assurances from some Republicans that they wouldn't let that happen.
Republicans said that the Democrats' actions Thursday could jeopardize some of their own incumbents in contested elections if voters aren't moved by the subtleties of why they voted the way they did.
After Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who's locked in a serious general election contest, said she would join the filibuster, the spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee released this statement: "When given a chance to deliver for the people of Washington state, Cantwell instead folds like a cheap tent and bows to her party leadership's wishes. She should look no further than this vote when given her pink slip in November."
Republicans in swing states who supported raising the minimum wage may be able to deflect Democrats' efforts to criticize them personally. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, whose race is considered competitive, said that regardless of the outcome of Thursday's vote, raising the minimum wage was something "which I have been for."
Said Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.: "We're trying to get the priorities of both sides together in a bill to move this country forward in a way that both sides can walk away and say, `You know what? I didn't get everything I wanted, but we made progress.'"
GOP leaders had packed the bill with a number of incentives to pressure key Democrats to support it. That included breaks for the timber industry in Washington state and miners in West Virginia, and bonds for Arkansas, as well as a number of nationally popular tax credits for college tuition, sales tax deductibility and research and development.
It wasn't enough.
"We bet on the wrong horse," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who had cautioned his colleagues against the strategy of combining the disparate legislation into what leaders dubbed the "trifecta."
(c) 2006, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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Welcome to the Stanford Group's website!
We designed this site as a resource for you and to help answer your direct marketing questions, whether you have an existing direct response fundraising program or are considering starting one.
Even with the technology available today, direct mail acquisition is still the most cost-effective way for most nonprofit organizations to attract large numbers of new donors. Direct Mail is expensive however, underscoring the importance of donor stewardship through a timely acknowledgement program and donor upgrades through an effective renewal program.
Acquisition is key to growing your support base, but it is what you do with donors once you have them that really pays off over the long term.
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"I'm not surprised you want to hear about my life. I've had an interesting life. I found it interesting. That's the important thing. Wouldn't be terrible if you didn't find your own life interesting?"
PS: I'll post today's haiku tonight and it will be about a movie from Marlene :)


text: My iPod mini was having what seems to be a common problem of skipping all the songs purchased on iTMS. This is a 6gig iPod mini hooked up to a mac mini via USB 2. I tried every fix that I could find on the web, and even went to the genius bar with little success. Finally, I burned a few of the purchased songs onto an audio cd, and then re-imported them using generic mp3 files without the copyright junk attached (borderline legal, but its for personal use). Re-synced the iPod mini, and they worked! Very relieving to say the least, except that its more of a work-around rather than a fix. So...here's the big question. How do I get my iPod mini to recognize these protected songs and play them rather than just skipping over them. I obviously dont to want to burn/rip a cd every time I buy music (apple sure doesn't want me to do that either) and I would prefer some sort of clean iTunes fix rather than stripping the protection with third-party software (not much better than CD work-around). Hopefully this will help the other poor souls with this problem, and thanks in advance for any advice!


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City Bans Over 12s, Tall Children And Sex Offenders From Halloween
IN Belleville, St Louis, paedos and yobbos are spreading the Halloween fear.
The rules state that anyone the age of an eighth grader – that's 12 years old – and younger may trick or treat from 5:00 to 8:30 on Halloween night. If you are older you are forbidden unless you are special needs.
The rules also state that anyone older than 12 year must not wear a mask or anything that covers or disguises the face.
Mayor Mark Eckert tells us how they do it the land of the free:
"We felt that the situation of adding that about concealing your identity is a tool for the police officers. They don't need to have people running around that feel like they have the right to have different masks on throughout the community, into restaurants, or different places. That makes it very difficult to do their jobs."
So no wearing a stripy jumper and wearing a black mask; no dressing up as Gary Glitter; a paedo priest nor that. It only makes the police's job harder.
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Ghost in the Shell Beta user-made gameplay footage released
A few selected players had the chance to get some hands-on experience in the upcoming free-to-play FPS Ghost in the Shell Online in Korea and brought us the first user-made gameplay footage. Check it out:
Nexon's forthcoming First Person Shooter is being developed by its fully owned studio Neople and set in the universe of the Japanese anime Ghost in the Shell, produced by Kodansha. We are dealing with Cyborgs, who have been designed to be super-efficient in combat with extra powers and mechatronics body parts.
The shooter comes in the same look & feel of the same-titled series Ghost in the Shell Online: STAND ALONE COMPLEX and allows players to choose one of 9 original characters, including the officers Major Motoko Kusanagi, Batou and Tagusa. All characters have distinctive skills, for example Motoko Kusanagi can use his cloak device to become invisible.
Ghost in the Shell Online will be released as free-to-play game in Korea first. In a recent Tweet Nexon America confirmed that the FPS will also be launched in US, Latin America, Europe and Australia later in 2015. Stay tuned for more upcoming news!
Ghost in the Shell Online will be debuting in US, Europe, Latin America, New Zealand and Australia in 2015 ahead of the worldwide rollout and even before a release in Korea. Beta sign-ups will begin in Q2 2015, as we learned from Nexon America. We apologize for this error.
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The Brine family has multiple templates, which share the same underlying structure and functionality. This guide applies to all these templates.
This guide explains some of the most common issues that may come up when using these templates.
Tip: For general information see our other Brine guides.
Why aren't drop-down menus appearing in the footer navigation?
Folders don't display as drop-down menus in the Footer Navigation. Instead, you can display them as separate columns with the folder title as a header.
To add drop-down menus to your navigation, add the folder to the Primary Navigation or Secondary Navigation.
Why is my text narrow and centered?
When certain blocks are in a single column, they automatically inset to the middle of the page with white space on either side.
To remove the content inset, set the Content Inset tweak to 0 in the Main section of Site Styles.
To learn more, visit Structure and style.
My site title looks different on mobile devices
Your template's customizable mobile styles allows you to set a different font style for your site title in desktop than in mobile.
To keep your branding consistent across devices, select the same font style in the Mobile Branding and Header Branding sections of Site Styles.
My columns are displaying in the wrong place
Single columns with a content inset wrap around floated blocks.
If the floated block is taller than the single-column content, it can interfere with the layout of multi-column content below. To adjust this, add a Spacer Block above the multi-column content.
My header elements aren't displaying properly
If too many elements are set to display in the same area of the header, they may overlap. You may see this behavior on tablets or smaller browser windows.
For best results, place each element in a different part of the header. Choose where each element displays in the Header: Layout section of Site Styles.
My images aren't displaying at site width
Image Blocks don't follow the content inset. Instead, they display at the width of the site. Adjust the site width with the Width tweak in the Site section of Site Styles.
You can also check Stretch in the Image Block Editor to ensure the image displays at the full width of the block. To learn more, visit Using the Image Block.
Tip: You can create full-bleed images on Index Pages by adding either a Regular Page section with a thumbnail, or a slideshow Gallery Page section. Learn more about the Index Page.
Why don't my blog posts have comments sections?
Blog comments are disabled by default in these templates, even if you enable comments on an individual blog post.
To enable comments for your site:
- In the Home Menu, click Settings.
- Click Blogging.
- Click Comments Settings.
- Check Enable Comments Globally. More comment settings will appear.
To learn more, visit Managing comments.
Why aren't my Index sections displaying at the height of my browser?
To set some or all content (Regular Page) sections to display at the height of the browser:
- In Site Styles, scroll down to the Index: Page section.
- Use the Apply Minimum Height tweak to set which section are affected.
- Set the Minimum Height tweak to 100vh.
If your section isn't filling the height of the browser:
- Experiment with the Padding (Overlay Pages) and Padding tweaks until you achieve the look you like.
- If your section content (including padding) is larger than the height of the browser, it will remain its original height.
- The Mirror Border tweak may also affect the display of first sections.
For gallery sections:
- Layout: Slideshow - Check Use Fixed Height to manually set the height.
- The height is set automatically by the number and size of the gallery's images.
My mobile styles aren't appearing on mobile
If your mobile style settings aren't appearing on mobile devices and Device View, it could be that your site is set to switch to mobile view only on very narrow browsers. To reset the width at which it switches:
- From the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.
- Scroll down to the Mobile section.
- Ensure your Mobile Breakpoint is set to 640 pixels or higher.
- Click Save.
My Index Page mirrored border isn't the right color
The mirrored border takes its color from the main content area. To set this, use the Color tweak in the Main section. For more information and detailed steps, see the Index Page guide.
My parallax images are too cropped
In the Main: Overlay section, check Parallax Smart Crop. When this tweak is checked, the images crop the minimal amount required for parallax display.
My footer's middle blocks area disappeared
Sometimes when you delete all content from the middle blocks area, its annotation disappears in Columns view. To fix this, temporarily switch to the stacked layout:
- From the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.
- Scroll to the Footer section.
- Choose Layout: Stacked.
- Exit Site Styles.
- Add content to Footer Middle Blocks Area.
- Re-open Site Styles, and choose Layout: Columns.
- Click Save.
My footer has different background colors on different pages
This happens if your footer background color is partially or completely transparent. On pages without thumbnails, the footer color displays over a white background. On pages with thumbnails, the footer background color displays over the color of your main content area.
To fix this:
- From the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.
- Scroll to the Footer section.
- Ensure the Background Color tweak is completely opaque.
My banners aren't full-bleed
Banners typically display full-bleed, meaning they extend to the edges of the browser. If your banners aren't doing this, adjust your site layout:
- From the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.
- In the Site section, choose Design: Full Width or Design: Full Background.
- In the Site: Border section, ensure Show Border is unchecked.
- Click Save and refresh the page.
Can I disable the parallax scrolling effect?
Yes. To do this:
- Go to a page with a banner image.
- From the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.
- Scroll down to the Main: Overlay section.
- Uncheck the Enable Parallax tweak.
- Click Save and refresh the page.
This affects your whole site.
My banner image or video isn't displaying
In the Brine family, banners display on most page types, but they aren't supported for:
- Video banners sometimes won't display on mobile, depending on the visitor's connection speed and browser version. Set a mobile fallback image to appear when the video banner can't load.
- Individual blog post, product, and event detail pages.
- Cover Pages
- Thumbnails added to the main Index Page. Instead, add thumbnails to content sections within the Index.
If your page supports a banner but isn't displaying one, here are some troubleshooting steps:
- From the Home Menu, click Pages.
- Hover over the page and click the
- Click the Media tab.
- For banner images, click Image. For video banners, click Video.
- Ensure the image or video is there.
- Click Save and refresh the page.
If the banner still doesn't appear:
- From the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.
- In the Main section, increase the Intro Padding (With Background Image) tweak.
- In the Main: Overlay section, ensure the Overlay Color isn't completely opaque.
- Click Save and refresh the page.
Header options aren't showing in Site Styles
Some elements' tweaks only display in Site Styles if those elements exist on your site.
- Navigation - These tweaks appear once you've added pages or links to your Primary Navigation or Secondary Navigation.
- Shopping cart and customer account - These tweaks appear once you've created a Products Page. Express Checkout must be disabled.
- Tag line - These tweaks appear once you've added a tag line.
- Header: Bottom - This section appears once you've added one or more elements to the bottom half of the header in the Header: Layout section.
- Header: Top - This section appears once you've added one or more elements to the top half of the header in the Header: Layout section.
- Intro area and banner - These tweaks appear when you're on a page that supports them.
My mobile site scrolls horizontally
You may see horizontal scrolling if you've zoomed in on the page. Try refreshing your mobile browser to reset the zoom.
If this doesn't fix the issue, your site may have side padding that's less than 17 pixels, which can cause your mobile site to display wider than the browser window. To fix this:
- From the Home Menu, click Design, then click Site Styles.
- In the Site section, ensure the Side Padding is 17 pixels or higher.
My headings break to two lines at certain widths
In the Brine family, some headings will break to two lines when the browser is around 1400 pixels wide, and then will go back to one line at around 1120 pixels. This is part of the template's design.
My icons and site title overlap on mobile
If the elements in your mobile navigation bar overlap, move one or more of them to the other navigation bar.
For example, to move the ☰ from the top to bottom navigation bar:
- In the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.
- Scroll down to the Mobile: Menu Icon section.
- Change the Position to Bottom (left, right, or center).
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Samu: WordPress vs Squarespace
It is not my intention to single Squarespace out as the bad guy of all available drag and drop web-builders. There are others who operate proprietary business models and have a larger market share, but Squarespace are victims of their hugely successful digital media marketing campaign.
As an avid podcast junky, it's difficult not to grudgingly admire Squarespace's marketing efforts, as they now seem to sponsor 9 in 10 podcast downloads, but every time I hear an otherwise politically astute podcast advertising them, I know another opportunity for someone to get involved in the wonderful world of Open Source just died. If you are a supporter of Open Source and alternative media and you're sponsored by, or using Squarespace (or any other proprietary website builder) you're doing your principles no favours at all. In addition, you will lose subscribers if you limit their choices when it comes to accessing your product.
Why should you care?
If you're part of a small business or campaigning organisation with a limited budget, choosing between a self-hosted WordPress installation and a drag-n-drop website builder might seem an easy decision based on pricing. It's cheap, you can use it yourself and it can be visually pleasing without hiring a professional to bamboozle you with jargon.
Unfortunately, for Squarespace, of the three positive points outlined above, there's at least one way in which WordPress competes and wins for many prospective users.
1) Squarespace might seem cheap but a self-hosted WordPress site is free. You don't pay for the code and it's possible to find hosting options for free too.
The drag-n-drop bargain basement doesn't have the same prices as the top floor. The plan you start with may not be representative of the price you'll pay when you need to expand. Even though a mid-level package might suit you to begin with, [pullquote]a small business wanting to sell more products will soon find that they need to progress beyond the limits imposed by the pricing structure.[/pullquote]
2) You can use it yourself. It is important to note the distinction between installation and everyday use of both platforms. Some reviewers point out that the installation process for WordPress may be a little daunting for average users but many hosts offer automatic installations which can have your website up and running within a few clicks. This process is not entirely dissimilar to signing up for a premium web service, with a similar number of steps but no credit card needed.
When it comes to everyday use, WordPress and Squarespace employ very similar ways of editing posts/pages, with options to change the What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editor which are available in WordPress, lacking in the proprietary Squarespace. In WordPress, the only limits on the number of pages/posts allowed are imposed by your hosting plan, with Squarespace, personal users are limited to 20 pages, galleries, and blogs and can only sell one product.
To summarise, there's nothing stopping you using WordPress yourself.
3) It can be visually pleasing. Caveat: your results may vary. Squarespace makes a lot of having bucketloads of visual flair and polish in all their themes. There's no denying that many of their example websites display a high degree of both, but there are examples out there of sites whose owners have clearly been overwhelmed by the task. To quote from a largely favourable review:
Although Squarespace's Style Editor gives you the ability to customize or style almost everything in the website without going into codes, this could be a bit overwhelming to the average joe. This could be a case of paralysis from too many styling options. It's awesome if you have the patience, a designer-eye or high, specific design standards for your website as Squarespace really gives you fine controls over design. However we feel that for the average person, this could potentially be a bit too much. That does not mean you can't create a beautiful website with Squarespace, because you definitely still can.
Comparing the quantity of WordPress themes vs. Squarespace templates hardly seems fair given the relative newcomer status of Squarespace but it has to be pointed out that the sheer volume of WordPress themes massively skews this comparison in favour of WordPress. Many of these themes are available for free and include lots which offer numerous ways to customise your design without using any code. If you end up paying a professional to deal with styling your site, whether you've chosen WordPress or Squarespace, the cost of their services will be added to the final bill and nullifies one of Squarespaces positive selling points.
It cannot be denied that Squarespace may be the right choice for some clients but if you believe that the company we keep should share our values and those of our audience, if you believe that an open source web is a better web for everyone, then WordPress is the right choice for you and your users.


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In previous years, I've made Ravioli with Pumpkin Cream Sauce and Cream of Sweet Potato Soup. This year, I whipped up some Carrot & Sage Soup. It was so creamy and delicious and would make a perfect starter to your holiday meal. This is a nice soup that can be made up to two days ahead of time; then reheated before you're ready to serve. I also like to chop up a little extra fresh sage to put on top right before serving.
Carrot & Sage Soup
Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 60 minutes Yield: 4 cups Serving: 1 cup
- 2 c. Diced Carrots
- 1/4 c. Red Onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp. Fresh Sage, chopped
- 2 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp. All-Purpose Flour
- 3 c. Vegetable Broth
- 1 c. Water
- 1 c. Milk (I used 2%)
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan and add the carrots, onion and sage. Saute for 2 minutes over medium heat then stir in the flour.
- Gradually whisk in the vegetable broth, dissolving the flour; then add the water. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to a simmer.
- Simmer for 1 hour or until carrots are tender.
- In a small saucepan, heat the milk over high heat to temper it. (You don't want to boil it, just make it hot). Add the milk to the soup, mix well and turn off the heat.
- Use your immersion blender* to blend all of the ingredients together until the mixture is smooth.
Nutrition Facts per Serving
Nutrition Facts per Serving
Calories 146, Carbs 15.5g, Fat 8.4g, Protein 3.1g, Fiber 2.2g, Sugar 8.4g
*If you do not have an immersion blender, pour the mixture into a blender and puree until smooth. Just be very careful not to fill it too much to the top as it will be extremely hot and you don't want to pop the lid off of your blender.
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The Terror scoped rifle is a very powerful automatic custom built sniper rifle made for Sean which fires special rifle fitted shotgun shells with called Terror rifle ammo. The Terror Scoped Rifle is one of the most powerful weapons in the game.
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You can get the terror rifle by completing the Longshot perk .
The Terror scoped rifle is a special sniper rifle that is custom made and fitted for Sean Devlin as there is only one in the game it's Sean's. Interestingly, despite being called a Terror Weapon and very similar in style to the rest, it is the only Terror Weapon that is not used by Terror Squad enemies. because it is so powerful, accurate and fast it is probably one of the best weapons in the game. It's main drawback is a large recoil, making it's fast fire rate harder to manage at times. One of the best alternatives to the Terror Scoped Rifle is the Scoped Steiner Rifle as it's damage rivals the Terror Scoped Rifle and it also has a good fire rate and high accuracy. There is no direct match for what this gun as many of the Terror Weapons have been fictionalized, but based off of modern weapons.


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MSN Search today announced its intention to launch MSN® Book Search, which will support MSN Search's efforts to help people find exactly what they're looking for on the Web, including the content from books, academic materials, periodicals and other print resources. MSN Search intends to launch an initial beta of this offering next year. MSN also intends to join the Open Content Alliance (OCA) and work with the organization to scan and digitize publicly available print materials, as well as work with copyright owners to legally scan protected materials.
MSN will first make available books that are in the public domain and is working with the Internet Archive to digitize the material. MSN will then work to extend its offering to other types of offline content. The digitized content will primarily be print material that has not been copyrighted, and Microsoft will clearly respect all copyrights and work with each partner providing the information to work out mutually agreeable protections for copyrights.
The OCA was formed on October 3 and numbers Yahoo!, Adobe, and HP as well a number of academic institutions among its members.
At this point the MSN Book Search business model is rather vague:
Microsoft has committed to paying for the digitization of 150,000 books in the first year, which will be about $5 million, assuming costs of about 10 cents a page and 300 pages, on average, per book, she said. Yahoo has said it will pay for digitization of 18,000 books, according to Tiedt.
Microsoft's MSN Web site will launch its MSN Book Search service next year and will experiment with different business models, such as pay per page, monthly subscriptions, selling e-books and advertisements, Tiedt said. "The business model will change, depending on whether (the book) is out of copyright or in copyright," she said.
MSN will offer more than the simple search of the books. For instance, the company may offer services such as allowing people to annotate works, create discussion groups and move text into productivity applications, Tiedt said.
To net it out:
Tiedt said she expects it will take years — and require a substantial investment — to solidify the MSN product, working out all the complex issues around searching through books and other materials online.
"This is not a money-maker for the company," Tiedt said. "This is very much a strategic bet for search overall."
The effort marks Microsoft's latest effort to play catch-up with Google on various search technologies ranging from basic Internet search to localized queries.
And yes, it's all about Google:
"It's interesting to see everyone jumping on the digital library bandwagon," said Doron Weber, a program director at the Sloan Foundation in New York, which provides funding for the Internet Archive, the original organizers of the OCA.
Many university libraries have had separate projects to digitize out-of-print works, but progress has been slow.
That changed when Web powerhouse Google unveiled plans last year to work with publishers and five major libraries on dual projects to make many of the world's great books searchable on the Web.
"Google's push has galvanized everyone else," Doron said.
All the copyright caveats in the Microsoft announcement are apparently to avoid the legal problems that have hit Google's rival Google Print Library Project. The difference is that Google plans on scanning and indexing books regardless of copyrights unless a publisher explicitly demurs – i.e. it's "opt out" instead of "opt in" on copyrighted material. Access to anything more than brief excerpts from copyrighted material would still require permission or purchase. Google believes that the scanning and indexing constitute "Fair Use" under copyright law. Some authors and publishers disagree. A legal assessment favorable to Google, but which nicely summarizes the issues is available from Jonathan Band.
[...] Live Search Books was announced in October 2005 as MSN Book Search with considerable hoopla, plans to digitize the British Library, and verbal fisticuffs with Google over copyright and Google Book Search, but it has all come to nought as Microsoft's Satya Nadella announced today: Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes. [...]


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We are pleased to invite you to the opening of 7th International Photographic Art Exhibition 2015 - Targu Mureș, Romania.
The exhibition will take place in the UAPR hall of the Palace of Culture Targu Mures, Friday, November 6 , at 18pm.
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