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Africom is a leading converged communications player in Zimbabwe's telecommunications industry.
With a diversity of products on offer to the corporate and individual customer, there is something for everybody at Africom.
In terms of reach we presently boast CDMA phone accessibility in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Kwekwe.
Africom offers mobile communications via a CDMA platform. With crystal clear voice call quality and reliable internet speed, Africom users are more than satisfied with our services.
CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access and refers to any of several protocols used in second-generation (2G) and third-generation (3G) wireless communications.
CDMA allows numerous signals to occupy a single transmission channel, optimising the use of available bandwidth.
This is the technology which Africom (Pvt) Ltd use to offer its clients incredible quality voice calls and internet access.
CDMA technology differs from GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) by virtue of being a different way to accomplish the same goal i.e. effective voice and data communications. In the CDMA transmission method, calls can overlap on the same band because they have their specific recognition codes.
For the consumer seeking a fixed phone with low cost and crystal clear voice quality, we have the WP 228 Africom phone for only $25.
This reliable handset comes with its own wall charging port and an inbuilt battery that can last for 120 hours on standby.
The handset is sold inclusive of the Ruim card which provides your phone number and once fully charged can be carried cordless around the house or office quite comfortably.
An alternative to the fixed phone is our range of mobile handsets.
The Huawei C2800 is a basic mobile handset which boasts of long battery life and ease of use for the unbeatable price of just $35.
Its stylish yet compact appearance makes it an excellent candidate for the user on-the-go requiring good voice call delivery and the basic functions of phonebook and messaging.
For the sophisticated mobile phone user the Mi Red mobile smartphones will not only delight you with their functions but appeal to your taste for technically stimulating operability.
The Mi-Max is an ultra-slim handset with a 16G memory and a 16MP camera. The phone is compatible with 4G internet and can house both a GSM and CDMA sim card at the same time. The Redmi Note 3 and Redmi 4A is a lightweight mobile handset which boasts of a rear mounted finger print scanner, dual sim capacity and fast battery charging.


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GFCF Baking & Cooking Tips
GFCF baking & cooking tips
Barrie Silberberg
In 2010 there are more ready-made mixes and ready-made products than there ever were before. Many stores seem to be carrying decent amounts of GFCF foods to buy right off the shelf. Even GFCF storefront bakeries are popping up all over the place, helping those who are culinary challenged a way to provide special treats for their family.
For those who are unable to obtain ready-made products, here are some tips to help make your life easier.
Tip 1- Check with your library and borrow a few GF or GFCF cookbooks.Take them home and try out the recipes. Decide which books you cannot live without and then purchase those. Some cookbooks are complete, with a variety of recipes; others are specific, like only breads or desserts.You may need to purchase several of these.
Tip 2- For best results make your own flour mixes. NOTHING tastes good with just one type of flour. The chefs and cooks who write these cookbooks spend countless hours combining this and that for each their recipes. Keep pre-made mixes in the freezer, and label the container. When you prepare a dish or baked good, all you need do is grab the appropriate container and scoop out your pre-maid mix. Read through cookbooks for mixes you think you will use often and purchase the special flours. Helpful lists and mix formulas for GF flours are in my book, "The Autism & ADHD Diet", printed with permission from Henry Holt and Company, LLC, from Bette Hagman's cookbook.
Many people want to know what ingredients can be substituted for GFCF foods. Because most cookbooks are just for GF baking, rather than GFCF, it's important to know how to substitute CF ingredients.
Tip 3 - Butter is often used in recipes and Earth Balance makes a variety of margarines. All but the red tub contain soy. You can also substitute shortening. Spectrum and 365 offer organic, GFCFSF types. Use the same amount as the recipe calls.Some people prefer to use oils while others use Ghee in their recipes. You'll need to experiment to see what works best. Sometimes oil mixed with applesauce will not only bulk it up but it also lowers the fat content of your recipe.
Tip 4- If the recipe calls for milk, use one of the alternatives; hemp, rice, almond, other nuts, coconut, Dari Free, or soy. Some foods like pudding will not solidify as well as they do with cow's milk; you will have to experiment with various forms to see what works best for you.
Tip 5- There is a wonderful...
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AORN 65th Annual Congress - Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
Dates: 3/24/2018 – 3/29/2018
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The annual AORN Congress is the #1 event for professionals in the surgical arena, offering in-person contact with 5,000 leading perioperative professionals, key OR decision-makers, and qualified candidates. Returning exhibitors know the value of Congress - the average exhibiting company has participated in Congress for 11 years.For 50 years AORN's Annual Congress has showcased one of the country's top medical trade shows. The success of Congress and the exhibits is based on the partnership that AORN has with its industry colleagues.Over 500 companies exhibit at AORN Congress to:close sales cost-effectively;launch new products/services, showcase product lines or offer product demonstrations;and develop a rapport with nurses who are potential job candidates oroperating roomproduct end-users, decision-makers and purchasers.AORN is the professional organization of perioperative registered nurses whose mission is to support registered nurses in achieving optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures.Contact the event managers listed below for more information about how you can participate at the AORN 65th Annual Congress - Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses.All information in Events In America is deemed to be accurate at the time we add it,and we take steps to verify all details and update our records when new information is provided, but as people, events and circumstances change, we caution users to independently confirm all information. EventsInAmerica.com and Events In America LLC make no guarantee of accuracy and assume no liability for inaccurate information.

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GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)- Drugs have been an ongoing issue for Franklin County residents, health professionals, and police. And parents are especially concerned after a teenager's recent overdose.
On February 22 the Greenfield Police Department were called to the Quality Inn on Mohawk Trail for a medical emergency involving a 15 year old on drugs. Opiate use has been a constant problem in Franklin County.
Law enforcement, medical professionals, and community members are all working together to get drugs out of Franklin county neighborhoods. In the last 40 days there have been 9 overdoses in Hampshire and Franklin counties.
Not only are some residents concerned with how the drugs are entering the community. They're also worried about the future of the youth.
One resident told 22news she's concerned about why teenagers are finding the need to do drugs. Barbara Tomaskovic-Devey said, "It makes me actually frightened for our young people that whatever is going on in their lives that they are willing to risk their lives with this heroin when we know what's out there is killing people."
Greenfield Police Chief Robert Haigh, Jr. told 22News the age of the victim raises an alarm. "It's a concern no matter what age the person is but obviously with a teenager you get very concerned very quickly."
There have been at least 185 heroin deaths across the state since November. 33 of those have been in Western Massachusetts.


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Looking to pack some serious health benefits into your daily routine? Try including these five multi-tasking superfoods in your weekly meal plan.
Red Beans
The fiber found in low-fat, inexpensive and protein-packed legumes can help lower cholesterol. Red beans are also a good source of iron, magnesium and potassium.
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Jason Witten is one of the most likeable players on the Dallas Cowboys. His work ethic, toughness, grit and willingness to take a leadership role on the club has earned him the adoration of most everyone.
But apparently not former teammate and current New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett.
In the promo video for an ESPN E:60 feature on The Brothers Bennett -- Martellus and his brother, Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett -- the former didn't mince words about Witten.
Volume up on Michael and Martellus Bennett 👆🏼🔊 pic.twitter.com/iNDj763RnC— E:60 (@E60) October 11, 2016
"Witten didn't talk to me when I was in Dallas, he didn't help me," Martellus says in the video. "Very rarely did we talk."
"I hated him. I hated Witten."
Bennett was the Cowboys' second-round draft choice in 2008 and spent four seasons with Dallas. Over that span, he caught 85 passes for 846 yards and four touchdowns. Witten, who started every game over those years ahead of Bennett on the depth chart, logged 348 catches for 3,926 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Bennett has made a much more significant impact in his time with the New York Giants, Chicago Bears, and now in his first year with New England. He caught three touchdowns in Tom Brady's return to the field in Week 5.
The "brofile," as ESPN is billing the Bennett feature, airs Wednesday night at 8 p.m. If you can't watch, be sure to set your DVRs, because it promises to be straight fire emojis from the Bennetts.
Martellus is also seen in the promo saying there are a "bunch of b*tches" on the roster, and Michael says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell isn't good at his job.
Bonus Witten love: If Martellus has you down, here's that glorious stiff-arm from Witten in last week's win over the Cincinnati Bengals:
Jason. Witten. 😳 #DallasCowboys https://t.co/eugkmR9kNS— NFL (@NFL) October 9, 2016


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The rumors for Apple's products never stop, and today they took a turn for the baroque.
A couple different sources are now reporting that Apple plans not one but 2 events this fall. The iPhone is still rumored to be launching on 12 September, while the iPad Mini is now rumored to be getting its own event later in the year.
John Gruber of Daring Fireball is the leading proponent of this rumor He writes "I don't think Apple would want reviews of both a new iPhone and new-size iPad appearing at the same time. Why share the spotlight? Why have another Apple product battling with the iPhone for the top spots in news coverage? So I thought, well, maybe they'd only seed the review units of the iPhone on September 12, with the new-size iPad going into reviewer hands a few weeks later."
Later in his post he goes on to argue that "I'm thinking it makes more sense for Apple to hold two events. First, an iPhone event, focused solely on the new iPhone and iOS 6. Then, the iPhone ships nine days later, and there's another wave of iPhone-focused attention as the reviews come out. Then, in the first or second week of October, Apple holds its traditional "music event", exactly along the lines of the events at which they've been debuting new iPods for the last decade. "
While I'm still not convinced the iPad Mini is going to be launched this fall I do agree that John has a point. Apple would benefit from having 2 separate events; I would think that's why the iPhone and iPad have been unveiled at different times of the year; it gets Apple more press attention.
There is also a second comment on the matter from Jim Dalrymple of The Loop. He was quite cryptic, but he thinks that "Oh that Gruber is a smart fellow."
I'm not goping to get too excited, but this is an interesting rumor, is it not? Do you think it's true?


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Snow changed the outlook for Rother residents this morning, as many woke to a flurry of snow from first light this morning.
The Met Office has issued an amber snow warning for the south-east for today and tomorrow warning that a band of sleet and snow is expected to move eastwards across the region during Monday morning and early afternoon.
This will clear from the west through the afternoon, but snowfalls of between two to five centimetres are predicted for today.
A similar warning for the entire east coast, including the south-east corner, has been issued for tomorrow with the Met Office warning of possible disruption to public transport. The very cold temperatures are then expected to continue throughout the week.
A number of supermarkets were stocking snow shovels over the weekend in preparation for the snowy onslaught.
Nationally, the Highways Agency has over 500 vehicle including gritters on standby. They said in a statement: "We have reviewed salt stock levels and taken action where needed to enhance our resilience and we have again established a reserve salt stock to help ensure that there is enough salt to deal with severe winter.
"Our roads will be treated whenever there is a risk of ice or snow. However, even when roads have been treated, drivers should still take care, especially on stretches where the local road layout or landscape means there could be a greater risk of ice forming."
While the AA and RAC were urging drivers to keep an eye on the weather and traffic reports and be prepared before driving.
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Queen Latifah gave a huge salute to the gay community during her appearance at the 29th Annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival. Serving as the headliner, she took the stage performing hits such as "U.N.I.T.Y" and "Ladies First."
Latifah was full of energy and vibrancy as she told the crowd that she has "been waiting to do this for a long time," and then added she was proud to be among "her people." There have been rumors about Latifah's homosexuality for years, and it meant a lot to fans and the gay community to have her come out and show such strong support. Watch the full performance and some thoughtful words about Latifah from the concert-goers below.
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text: Shy girls are frisky too… they just need a little more convincing. Watch how our cameraman plays good cop/bad cop with Kate, 21, in the hopes that they can get shy Holly, 19, to have some HOT poolside fun (we arrived just in time to catch these gorgeous girls sunbathing: TOPLESS). Holly's natural D-cup boobs and Kate's perfect, tight body are incredible. After Kate entices Holly to strip down to her birthday suit, the "shy girl" bit goes out the window. Holly's hot bod and mouthwatering vagina are too much for Kate to bear. She can't resist grabbing Holly's ample breasts. Kate circles her nipples with her tongue, leaving a trail down to her dripping, wet pussy. After Holly's orgasm, she is eager to return the favor. She surprises Kate with a climax to remember.


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Jack Culcay (11-0, 7 KOs) is one of the biggest hopes of German boxing. On August 25 he now has the chance of adding his first professional international title to the world championship medal he won in 2009 in Milan (Italy) as an amateur. At the o2 World Berlin Culcay will fight it out for the vacant WBA Intercontinental Light Middleweight Championship against Frederic Serre (13-6, 3 KOs) from France.
In his last outing he delivered a convincing TKO-victory against the Italian Salvatore Annunziata in Stuttgart last February. Since then the Hamburg based boxer has been preparing for his next fight, hoping for a title-bout. Now the orthodox fighter finally has the chance he was looking for and is anxious to get started.
"I am ready for the fight," said Culcay. "My preparation has been going well and I am really looking forward to get going."
So far, the 26-year-old has won every time he stepped into the ring and of course, he wants August 25 to be no different. "Obviously, I want to keep my winning streak alive. But it gets tougher with every fight as the opposition is getting stronger." This is a fact which has been taken into account during his current training camp and he has paid special attention to his
opposite Serre. "He is a good boxer," said Culcay. "He already had two title bouts in his career and lost both of them. He won't want that to happen again."
In about two weeks time young Jack Culcay has the opportunity to show that he has what it takes to be one of the greatest in a very strong and competitive division.


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Carissa Verkaik Named Preseason All-American by d3hoops.com
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Posted by Jeffrey Febus
Calvin College junior Carissa Verkaik has received another pre-season basketball honor. A native of Holland and a graduate of Holland Christian High School, Verkaik has been named a first team preseason All-American by d3hoops.com.
A year ago, Verkaik averaged 19.8 points and 9.5 rebounds a game while leading Calvin to a 25-5 overall record.
Verkaik was recently named a preseason All-American by the Womens Division III Newsletter. The Calvin womens basketball team was ranked eighth in the preseason Top 25 poll released by WDIII News.
d3hoops.com preseason womens basketball All-America teams: http://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/women/preseason-2012
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What's going on?
I've had my POD for well over a year and I'm just now trying to figure out how to use it! LOL!!!!
Stupid question. What do I need in order to download tones from the site to my laptop and then, from my computer to my POD? I'm definitely new to this and I'd like some solid and sound advice. Thank you in advance to anyone who helps. It's most appreciated
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text: Idan Raichel is as brave as he is clever. Three years ago the singer-songwriter and keyboard player transformed the image of Israeli music, and unexpectedly notched up one of the biggest international hits in his country's history, with a multilingual album that mixed Jewish, Arabic and African influences. Now he is back with a more wide-ranging global fusion set that promises to be an even bigger hit, with artists from Africa and Latin America, as well as Israel. The backing, too, is more lush, including a full 24-piece orchestra and such Middle Eastern instruments as the kamancheh fiddle. The result is at times an exercise in classy global easy-listening, but there are strong melodies and impressive performances, especially from his female vocalists, with easygoing, gently drifting ballads from Colombia's Marta Gómez, the Cape Verdean star Mayra Andrade and the American-based east African singer Somi.


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Unique solution for job "down under"
Dating back to the 1950s, Furmanite has pioneered Hot Tapping service applications and solutions for customers. A team in Sydney, Australia, recently demonstrated Furmanite's leadership in Hot Tapping when a customer needed to connect to a domed or bullet-shaped pipe end that raised some issues from the normal side on the pipeline hot tap.
The team created a unique solution for the Hot Tap fitting that consisted of a series of bands so both internal and external welds could be applied. A HT reducer was then able to be connected to the dome end and a valve bolted in place to meet the Sydney water pipe weld standards.
Furmanite provided a complete turnkey solution with the manufacture of the unique Hot Tap fitting, the welding and the cement lining of the fitting.


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Hi Charlie
Oh poor you! Left with the smallest pancake–that wouldn't fill you up much! I watch you when you are doing food shows and you seem to love your food very much,but I don't know where you store it all as you are always so slim.What's your secret Charlie? Take Care x
Hello, hope you're well!
We'll come onto the photo of the pancake in a moment :-)!
I just want to mention my Ojon TSV this coming Saturday at 12 midnight. I have the pleasure of launching the four-piece collection. I've been using the TSV for the last few days and I'm seeing and feeling some great results with my hair.
We always strive to bring you value for money here at QVC and I have to say that this TSV is beyond exceptional! The Ojon story is a magical and inspirational one and I'm really looking forward to it and of course I'll be in the company of Dennis. Do join me – I have a feeling it's going to be in great demand!
Ok, on to the pancake. In the Brook household we just love them (especially the children). I'm no master chef but I do make a pretty good pancake. Well, on Tuesday I made nearly half a litre of pancake mix.
I made a good dozen or so, when the children and my other half finally said to me 'Why don't you have one for yourself Dad, we're full now!' So, I was allowed to have the remainder of all the mix to myself… and this (see picture above) is all it was able to produce! The kids thought it was hilarious… my tummy less so!
There are all sorts of fancy and wonderful things you can do with a pancake, but for me, lemon and sugar… keep it simple and really tasty – if barely a mouthful!
Take care and see you Saturday with Ojon.
Charlie x
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Hi Charlie
March 14, 2011 at 6:57 pm -
Hi Charlie
Bless, just left with the remainder of the mixture, never mind make them for yourself when the kids are at school and you'll be fine.
But you do remind me of my youngest son James who is very very slim, not anorexic just very slim. The thing with him you can feed him a mountain of food and I do not know where he puts it! The weight with him is just kind of invisible, whereas for me I can look at a cake and the weight just put on a pound. Not fair I say.
March 21, 2011 at 9:52 pm -
Hi-ya… thanks for getting in touch… I do eat pleanty of food! My Mum used to joke I have hollow legs! I had a wonderful show with Kings Realm food on Sunday…. yep, plenty of food there too!
take care, Charlie


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Live blog: Bombings at the Boston Marathon
Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 9:35:21 PMThe Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a temporary ground stop that halted inbound flights to Logan International Airport, the agency said. Following explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the FAA halted all inbound flights for about half an hour while the agency reconfigured the runways to keep aircraft from flying over Copley Square. Earlier, the agency imposed a temporary flight restriction above Copley Square in order to allow medical aircraft to evacuate victims. That flight restriction remains in effect. The ground stop isn't expected to cause delays at Logan, airport officials said.
Credit to Katie Johnston Globe Staff
by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 9:35:26 PMRT @EricaMattison: #bostonmarathon #helpboston @universalhub Have info about someone? Need info about someone? http://google.org/personfinder/2013-boston-explosions/
by Eric_Twardzik via twitter 4/15/2013 9:35:27 PM
Suspect is surrounded by five officers. Wearing a white baseball cap and a hoody. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH7DwJ2CIAARebz.jpg
christina.jedra 4/15/2013 9:35:38 PM
American Red Cross saysdelivered 100 additional blood products total to Brigham and Womens + MGH for #bostonmarathon explosion patients— Kay Lazar (@GlobeKayLazar) April 15, 2013
christina.jedra 4/15/2013 9:36:43 PM
Count of injured taken to 7 Boston hospitals from Boston #Marathon explosions is now 94, according to hospitals. #marathonbdc— Gideon Gil (@GlobeGideon) April 15, 2013
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:36:55 PM
UPDATE: The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a temporary ground stop that halted inbound flights to Logan International Airport— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 15, 2013
christina.jedra 4/15/2013 9:37:27 PM
If you see a runner, ask if you can help. Temp is dropping and a lot of out-of-towners have nowhere to go.— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013
anne.steele 4/15/2013 9:37:31 PM
All the screens at the betting area in Vegas are on the Boston explosions twitter.com/rachelzarrell/…— Rachel Zarrell (@rachelzarrell) April 15, 2013
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:38:55 PM
The street next to mine, St. Botolph Street is an Ambulance Parking lot right now. instagram.com/p/YI_xChDfKH/— AS IF(@BougieBoy666) April 15, 2013
by Eric_Twardzik via twitter 4/15/2013 9:39:03 PM
Suspect on the common. White van had police dogs in it. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH7FLA8CYAAQM2d.jpg
by Eric_Twardzik via twitter 4/15/2013 9:39:06 PMMan is wearing a white baseball hat - it is not a white hood
by Martine Powers via twitter 4/15/2013 9:39:12 PMIt doesn't look major, there's just one cop standing next to him, guy in baseball cap and handcuffs sitting cross-legged on the ground
Adrienne Lavidor-Berman 4/15/2013 9:39:58 PMSome of 64 injured in Boston #Marathon blasts have had limbs amputated, hospitals report.
by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 9:40:03 PMWCVB reports SWAT team now at Brigham and Women's, with automatic weapons
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:40:08 PM
Email from one of the 7 emerson students n hospital:"Everyone is fine, minor injuries w/ears & cuts from shattered glass" -Nicole Gouveia— Isaac Moore (@im00re) April 15, 2013
christina.jedra 4/15/2013 9:40:23 PM
Are you a Boston Marathoner who needs a play to stay? j.mp/marathonneedho… Or do you have a place to offer runners? j.mp/marathonhome— Andrew Ba Tran (@abtran) April 15, 2013
by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 9:40:24 PMATF also at Brigham and Women's, WCVB reports
Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 9:41:38 PM4 heavily armed SWAT team members from Boston and Brookline carrying automatic rifles standing guard outside main entrance to Brigham and Women's ---Globe reports
by Cheryl Fiandaca via twitter 4/15/2013 9:42:02 PMArea around crime scene will be closed for the foreseeable future #tweetfromthebeat
by Boston Police Dept. via twitter 4/15/2013 9:42:04 PMArea around crime scene will be closed for the foreseeable future #tweetfromthebeat via @CherylFiandaca
Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 9:42:05 PM
The sirens haven't stopped. #bostonmarathon— Patrick D. Rosso (@PDRosso) April 15, 2013
Zuri Berry 4/15/2013 9:42:33 PMFrom Globe Correspondent Justin A. Rice: Nelson Pereira, 36, of Dorchester was limping out of a VIP tent in Copley square just before 5:30 p.m. when police finally told him he could head home.
Pereira, who was running the Boston Marathon for the first time to raise money for Leukemia, was running through Boston College when he said he heard the explosion. He took the Orange Line to Copley Square to get his bag with his stuff because the Green Line was shut down.
But police told him he couldn't leave Copley Square and he said he had no cell phone in his bag.
"I know a lot of my family is trying to get a hold of me," he said as him limped out of the tent." So they don't know if I'm alright or not and I heard that two people got killed and 25 people got hurt. We heard the explosion. I ran basically 20 something miles."
When asked about the fact that he could have been at the finish line during the explosion he said: "That's crazy, I'm smiling but that's crazy."
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:42:39 PM
What appears to be k9 with state police at State House sniffing trash bins. #bostonmarathon twitter.com/hillarychabot/…— Hillary Chabot (@hillarychabot) April 15, 2013
anne.steele 4/15/2013 9:42:51 PM
RT @nuvpwankel This is INCORRECT information: @bengl3rt: Two suspicious packages AT... live.boston.com/Event/Live_blo… via @scribblelive @mattsoleyn— The Huntington News (@HuntNewsNU) April 15, 2013
Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 9:43:25 PMMayor Thomas. M. Menino is expected to brief reporters at 6 p.m.
by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 9:43:54 PMRT @Aranciata15: @universalhub Here's the link to sign up to host runners in Boston http://is.gd/Thzrdt #bostonhelp
by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 9:44:00 PMRT @stopthecap: @eleanordowling @universalhub We just had the reverse. Incoming calls work, outgoing calls do not. It's a network capaci ...
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:44:07 PM
Confirmed: At about 5pm cops cleared bars attached to Fenway. Few bars open across street on Lansdowne. They're packed. #BostonMarathon— Chris Faraone (@Fara1) April 15, 2013
by Billy Baker via twitter 4/15/2013 9:44:14 PMWhite van on Boston Common appears to be non-incident. Police are calm around vehicle.
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:44:23 PM
The latest RT @bostondotcom: Two killed, at least 90 injured in Boston Marathon finish line explosions bo.st/116QjQB— Lauren Dezenski (@Lauren_Dez) April 15, 2013
christina.jedra 4/15/2013 9:44:29 PM
"All non-essential people should stay away from hospital facilities to expedite treatment of those wounded".— Deval Patrick (@MassGovernor) April 15, 2013
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:44:46 PM
For those near #brookline RT @brooklinemapd Runners shelter has been opened at 1187 Beacon. Runners can get phone access and medical help— MEMA (@MassEMA) April 15, 2013
by Billy Baker via twitter 4/15/2013 9:45:22 PMNow seeing person in cuffs on ground next to white van in Boston Common.
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:45:31 PM
"All non-essential people should stay away from hospital facilities to expedite treatment of those wounded".— Deval Patrick (@MassGovernor) April 15, 2013
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:45:58 PM
Park Street has reopened— Jon Keller (@kelleratlarge) April 15, 2013
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:46:33 PM
RT @mviser: RT @mkraju: Reid says Obama speaking to the nation in 20 minutes about Boston attacks— Gintautas Dumcius (@gintautasd) April 15, 2013
Swati G. Sharma, Things To... 4/15/2013 9:46:49 PMRT @stevebruskCNN: President Obama will address the nation at 6:10pm from the White House briefing room
laura.gomez 4/15/2013 9:46:57 PM
BIG security presence at Tufts Medical center. Suspect might be in custody. #bostonmarathon— James Ryan (@TheLeftSays) April 15, 2013
christina.jedra 4/15/2013 9:47:01 PM
gut-wrenching videos from the @bostonglobe staff at the marathon bo.st/106jpCQ— Erin Ailworth (@ailworth) April 15, 2013
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Scientists say a new vaccine against HIV, to be tested in a trial to be launched in South Africa this week, could be "the final nail in the coffin" for the disease if it is successful.
Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. government's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said Sunday, in a statement released ahead of the trial, said the new vaccine is promising.
The study, called HVTN 702, is to begin Wednesday and aims to enroll 5,400 sexually active men and women aged between 18 and 35 at 15 sites across South Africa.
It will be the largest and most advanced HIV vaccine clinical trial to take place in South Africa, where more than 1,000 people a day are infected with HIV.
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The Feature Story this week is from Kitty Stryker about sexual abuse in the BDSM community. I'd suggest that everyone who is involved in the community take a moment to read the article (and the meaty comments section following the article) because it has caused a great deal of controversy. Anytime there's that much attention on an article it must have touched a nerve and I think it's a good idea to know where you stand on these matters.
Personally speaking, I can tell you that when I play with a submissive for the first time I stress how important it is that she uses a safe word if there is a problem, either mentally or physically. I also tell her that I won't be upset if she uses a safe word and that this is a fundamental part of the communication inherent in a BDSM relationship. I'm typically the more experienced partner when I play, so it's on me to educate my partner on safety and her role in expressing what works for her and what doesn't. It's also incumbent upon the dominant to keep a cool head and react like an adult when a safe word is used.
What do you think about the article below, or the issue of Safe Words in BDSM? Please leave me a comment below or contact me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Author Notes: This pea purée takes minutes to make and can be paired with different kinds of fish or a rack of lamb and it screams Spring! —Culinista Annouchka
Makes about 2 cups
- 2 cups fresh or frozen peas, thawed (about a 10 oz bag)
- 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves chopped
- 1 garlic clove, pressed
- Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon graded lemon zest
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (or more if desired)
- 1/3 cup low sodium or low sodium chicken broth
- To make the purée, combine the peas, mint, garlic, salt & pepper and lemon zest in a blender or food processor.
- While the machine is running stream in the olive oil and broth in a steady drizzle.
- Once you have achieved the desired consistency place the puree in a saucepan and warm up over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe for Spring Peas
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This is my favourite upscale Chinese restaurant outside of Vancouver and Richmond. I have not had a bad meal there, whether it be for dim sum lunch or for dinner. I especially like the Peking duck. The fresh seafood from the tanks are also cooked to perfection. The staff are friendly and attentive. The pricing is good for the quality and the service. Highly recommended!
This is one of my favourite Japanese restaurant in Surrey. We go there quite often and have gotten to know the owner and his wife. The food is good and the prices are reasonable. The only thing is, after being a patron for several years, I am getting bored of the menu as the chef needs to create new dishes. Otherwise, the sashimi is fresh and the quality is good.


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After losing to England last weekend, the Australian team will be looking for revenge to reestablish the pecking order between Northern and Southern Hemisphere teams.
Robbie Deans will have been livid at their one-point defeat at the hands of Martin Johnson's inconsistent side, and with the Tri-Nations only a couple of weeks away, he will have been beasting them in training and determined to send out a signal to New Zealand and South Africa.
You could see the pain on the players' faces last week, and there was a sense that they could not wait to get out and play again, so you wonder if there will be an emphatic response this weekend.
They have lost Digby Ioane, Will Genia and Nathan Sharpe to injury, which won't help their cause, but they have able replacements in Adam Ashley-Cooper, Luke Burgess and Mark Chisholm, and I suspect that they'll be so fired up that it will seem like they have 20 men on the park.
This is clearly the last thing Ireland need. After a thrashing at the hands of the All Blacks and a narrow defeat to the New Zealand Maori, their tour has been fairly unpleasant already. They are without several key players, such as Paul O'Connell, Stephen Ferris and Jamie Heaslip, and you'd forgive them for having given some thought to the flight home after a long season.
It's difficult to imagine the Irish mindset going into this game, but you suspect that they'll go out and play, throw the ball about and see what happens. I can't see them getting that long-awaited away win over Australia, so perhaps they'll play with freedom and ambition.
Nevertheless, against a ruthless, determined Australia, there is a good chance that it won't be pretty.


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What might motivate unethical behavior by criminal justice actors?
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There are a number of factors that might motivate actors in the criminal justice system to engage in unethical behavior. Let us look at a few of them.
First, they may become disillusioned with the world in general. People in this system spend much of their time around people who are extremely unethical. They may come to have a very jaded view of the world in which they feel that everyone in the world is unethical. They may feel that there is no reason for them to remain ethical in such circumstances.
Second, they may come to be disillusioned with the way in which they are treated by society. Their jobs are very stressful and are not very high status. People do not always treat them well. They may take their frustrations out on those that they interact with on a daily basis. They may come to feel that society is not worth working hard to protect.
Finally, these people are exposed to much more temptation to be unethical than the vast majority of other people are. They are constantly exposed to situations in which unethical behavior would be possible. There are all sorts of people who are willing to bribe them. They are often in the presence of people that they can take advantage of because they have much more power than those people.
For these reasons and others, unethical behavior can arise among people in the criminal justice system.


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Antonio Conte blasted "inexplicable" Juventus after they fumbled a 2-0 lead in Verona. "It's a cold shower of humility."
Carlos Tevez had put them in a comfortable position, but Luca Toni and a Juanito Gomez Taleb goal in stoppages sealed the 2-2 result.
"It's inexplicable," the Coach told Sky Sport Italia. "The game lasts 90 minutes, not 45. It's not acceptable to be punished by two set plays on two distractions. It wipes out all the good work we did until then.
"We could've done a lot, lot better. It leaves me perplexed how we could dominate the game for the first half and then end up like this. We had a similar problem against Inter, as one goal and we panic.
"We concede far too many goals from dead ball situations and we've got to be focused, as there's little I can do in tactical terms or studying opponents. It's a question of concentration.
"It's a shame we drew this game against a Verona side that created few opportunities. I have to compliment them for their determination."
Daniel Osvaldo made his debut and almost scored, hitting the woodwork 90 seconds after coming off the bench.
"Everyone has to remember they have to earn their place. Don't forget we've got Claudio Marchisio on the bench in good shape and Osvaldo ready to play in attack. I'll evaluate everything and make my choices.
"Motivation must always be at the maximum, otherwise we end up like we did today. It's a real shame to lose these two points."
Conte was told an intriguing statistic, which is that Juventus have not kept a clean sheet this season when one of the first choice back three were missing.
"We also conceded goals with the three supposed first choices. It is not justification, as here we saw some serious distractions. It's not good enough.
"This draw has to be a cold shower of humility and in that sense can be useful for the future. There are no first choices, no benchwarmers. It's a revolving door policy for this team and it's good for the players to put me under pressure in my decisions."
The gap at the top of the table remains untouched, as Roma were also held to a 0-0 draw by Lazio.
"Regardless of what the others did, this is a wasted opportunity," concluded Conte.
"Only we could've let Verona back into the game. Let's learn from this and be aware the Scudetto isn't won yet. In previous years we won it with determination, aggression and strength. It won't be easy to repeat that."
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Center for Innovation and Excellence in eLearning
The Center for innovation and Excellence in eLearning (CIEE), the premier center of its kind, promotes, encourages and sponsors the study of eLearning in the university, corporate, and public sectors.
Based on the campus of University of Massachusetts Boston, and working hand-in-hand with other campuses in the UMass system, the center serves as a linchpin for research and critical thought on eLearning in its many forms, including online education, mobile learning, and multimedia education. CIEE will publish a peer-reviewed research journal to serve the academic community by disseminating new knowledge related to eLearning.
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The Center for Innovation and Excellence in eLearning is engaged in applied research on Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) delivery leading to learning analytics studies and outcomes assessments. (Read more here.)
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CIEE is pursuing a research agenda to identify and develop systems and models to analyze data on student learning gathered from learning management systems (LMS). We seek to establish both a tool set and a consortium of partners interested in taking an instructional design approach to predictive analytics, an approach distinct from the study of the concerns regarding retention, progression and completing, focused instead on the moments of learning. (Read more here.)
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Aloha Friday kakou! I'm visiting the rainy East Coast, but if I were back in the Bay Area, I'd be checking out Hawaiian/rock/pop electric guitarist Shawn Ishimoto at the Cue in Concord tonight; tickets are
$20 $10 (just-announced Aloha Friday special!) general admission, with a $10 dinner plate available. (Or I might wait till the blind artist's Sunday, Sept. 25, 1 p.m. gig at the Don Quixote's International Music Hall; tickets are $15. To learn more about this impressive artist, watch the Talent Hawaii Television video below.
But the week ahead also offers immersion in Hawaiian culture (to tide one over till the next trip). The ear- and eye-catching singer-songwriter-guitarist Mailani (some Bay Area readers may remember her Gordon Biersch appearance, and Ishimoto appears on her most recent album) and 'ukulele master Dr. Trey will play the Union Room (above Biscuits & Blues) on Wednesday, Sept. 28, in San Francisco; tickets are just $5. The duo will also play Da Kine Cafe on Thursday (previously scheduled for Wednesday); tickets are $15, available by calling (510) 423-3051 (it's a small venue, so be sure to reserve.)
As previously reported,
Tickets are going fast for the popular, audience-as-judge hula competition KaHulaHou, which returns to the San Mateo Convention Center on Saturday, Oct. 1. This time it's wahine who are waging artistic battle. Local favorites (heck, everyone's favorites) Academy of Hawaiian Arts, whose kumu is the electrifying Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu, stages and performs in the annual competition; its women's line will vie against those from Ke'ala O Kamailelauli'ilii of Federal Way, Wash., led by kumu Kamaile Harada; Hālau Hula Lani Ola of Laguna Hills, directed by kumu Puanani Jung; and from Las Vegas, kumu Kanani Pharr Cadaoas' Nani Ola Hawaiian Dance Company. Tickets are $25, $50 and $75, through brownpapertickets.com.
Author's note: We have new blog publishing software her at SFGate, and the 'okina (glottal stop) are currently appearing as apostrophes, which is not my intention. Please bear with me while I try to figure out why the display has changed. Mahalo and have a good weekend!


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Formats vary from archives to archives and sometimes between collections, but almost all of them include information about the nature and source of the collection; a biographical sketch of the individual or a history of the organization who created the records; a "scope and content" note that is the archivist's evaluation of the collection, usually containing information about major groups of records within the collection, the organization of the collection, what researchers may expect to find in the papers, topical or chronological strengths and deficiencies of the collection, and other information that would assist someone using the collection; and a container list, usually showing descriptions and dates of individual boxes or folders.
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POLICE have recovered a quantity of cannabis plants with a total street value estimated at £3,000 from a house in Kinglassie.
A substantial amount of equipment connected with the home cultivation of cannabis was also seized.
A man was arrested and will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
Kinglassie community constable, Jacqueline McMillan, said: "This operation would not have been possible without the help, support and information provided by the public.
"It is important that the public see police actively pursuing this type of criminality and prosecuting those responsible.
"We will deal robustly with illegal drugs that plague our communities.
"I would hope it also leads to increased public confidence, by providing a reassuring and visible police presence in the community."
Anyone with information about drugs or any crimes can contact Fife Police on 0845 600 5702, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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WHO stocks medical supplies at Tunisia-Libya border
10 March 2011, Zarzis, Tunisia -- Six tons of WHO medical supplies arrived today to Djerba, Tunisia, in response to medical needs caused by civil unrest in Libya. The material, consisting of essential medicines and basic medical equipment covering the treatment of 50 000 people over 3 months, will be stored at a local hospital, the major catchment point for the border.
'These supplies will allow us to cope with the possible increase in medical needs of people crossing the border' said Dr. Zouhair Fekih of the Tunisian Ministry of Public Health. If access is established, the equipment could also be used inside Libya.
Dr. Fekih is coordinating health activities at the border, where camps were established to facilitate the transit of people fleeing Libya. According to IOM, since the crisis began, over 137 000 people left Libya for Tunisia.
Although the repatriation efforts have intensified in recent days, an estimated 15 000 people are still stuck at the border needing assistance. Approximately 3000 people continue to enter every day.
Tunisian health authorities and various national and international partners are providing basic and secondary-level health services, including psycho-social support to stranded people.
'With the increase in population, we are seeing a subsequent increase in cases of influenza -like illnesses, respiratory infections and diarrhoea. However no serious threat of epidemic at this time has been identified' adds Dr. Fekih
In coordination with WHO, the Epidemiological Unit of Tunisian Health Ministry has put in place an early alert and response system. This system supports the detection and response to epidemics, monitors the needs for specialized care and the follow-up of hospitalized patients.
In addition, the Tunisian MoPH, with the support of WHO, is setting up a system for monitoring medical stocks including international donations.
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text: Hi Wolfram,I have been thinking about this some more but maybe I don't understandthe problem...> > ... that nvram is static and we are changing it. Yeah, it is very unlikely but> > if we have two RTC with different nvram sizes, one of them will not work correctly.> I see the issue. Am I right that it would only occur when you have two> I2C buses, each with one of the RTC chips supported by this driver?On my system, it looks like each rtc would have it's own directory e.g.:# ls /sys/class/rtcrtc0# cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/device/nameds1388# ls /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/device/driver modalias name nvram rtc subsystem ueventSo if you have multiple RTCs, even of the same type, they would be inrtc0, rtc1, rtc2Since they each have their own nvram, does it matter if the size ischanged?Cheers,Austin.


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Hi guys,
I've recently gotten into the habit of slipping the first stitch of every row, and I've been slipping knit-wise. Is there a general rule about slipping first stitches knit-wise or purl-wise? Always one or the other, or in pattern (i.e. slip knit-wise if the pattern calls for a knit and purl-wise if the pattern calls for a purl)?
If a pattern doesn't say
If a pattern doesn't say specifically if you need to slip knitwise or purlwise, you want to slip the stitches purlwise. If you slip knitwise, you'll end up changing the direction of the stitch and twisting it when you knit the next row.
I'm quite new to knitting,
I'm quite new to knitting, so take this for what it's worth - I have been slipping the first stitch knit-wise and purling the last stitch of each row, regardless of what the pattern calls for. It gives a nice neat edge. I'd like to know if others do this, or something like it.
Yep. That's what I do with
Yep. That's what I do with my double knit, flat projects. I purl the last stitch with both yarns (of a two color project) and slip both yarns knitwise on the first stitch. Makes the edge look crocheted.
The rule I was taught (which
The rule I was taught (which I believe is an EZ thing) is that you slip purl-wise unless you are slipping as part of a decrease (such as ssk) in which case you slip knit-wise.
Unless the directions say
Unless the directions say otherwise, you always slip a stitch purlwise.
One of my books mentions
One of my books mentions slipping the first stitch knitwise and knitting the last stitch to create a "knotted edge". The idea is that it makes it easier to seam edges together with mattress stitch, as well as darn in ends more easily. As long as you remain consistent, it shouldn't matter, if it creates a look that you like. -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
There is no general point of
There is no general point of slipping the first stitch.
If there is a reason, then so be it.
There may also be a reason NOT to slip the first stitch.
The rule of all knitting is to see what happens when you do something and to evaluate it based on the needs of the project.
Slipping the first stitch is often good (but not necessarily always) in a flat piece like a scarf or blanket which the selvage has to look good.
Slip k wise or p wise? Experiment! I'll tell you one piece of concrete advice when NOT to slip the first stitch and that is along an edge where you will be attaching (either by picking up stitches or even sewing) another piece of knitting row wise to stitch wise. What I mean by that it an armhole for a sleeve or perhaps a button band for a cardigan. The typical ratio of stitches to rows is 2 stitches for 3 rows, e.g. pick up and knit 2, skip 1, repeat. If you had slipped the stitches along that edge you will have one half the number of selvage stitches making it impossible to pick up the number of stitches needed.
In general the answer to almost any technical question is find out for yourself. As an experienced knitter of over 25 years I still swatch every detail of my projects even though I know all of the principles. For instance I sometimes would use ssk for a decrease and sometimes slip 1 psso. I find one preferable over the other depending on the pattern and the yarn that I am using.
Every project therefore becomes an experiment.
I am sorry if I've bored you. This approach is not for everyone.
I remember the knitters of my mother's generation who went to the yarn store and just wanted to be told what to do next.
This is not me and I suspect no longer represents the usual attitude to our craft.
Good luck.
When knitting flat, I slip
When knitting flat, I slip the first stitch of every row as if to knit (this is the technique EZ used invariably as referenced by the grand dame herself in the School House Press DVD A Knitting Glossary), unless otherwise specified by the pattern. This twists the stitch, and gives a nice firm selvedge. I also have never encountered problems with stitch to row ratios employing this technique. As a matter of fact, I find it much easier to knit up along the selvedge when slipping each first stitch knitwise because it creates a very uniform edge that I find quite easy to follow when keeping count of the number of rows in relation to the number of stitches to knit up.


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FGM: Building an International Response
The World Health Organization estimated in 2013 that 120-140 million women and girls have experienced female genital mutilation (FGM). A recent study estimates that up to 170,000 of these women are in Britain and that as many as a further 65,000 girls aged 13 and under could be at risk. The panel will explore the impact of this practice on women and girls, and the opportunities for ending it. They will discuss what actions have been taken domestically and internationally to end the practice, and how further support around this issue can be mobilized.


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By: Stephanie Marcus
Celebrities took to social media in the moments immediately following the news of iconic musician Prince's death to express an outpouring of grief and shock.
The 57-year-old died at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota on Thursday, TMZ reported. The cause of death has yet to be released at this time, however, the performer was treated in hospital for the flu last week after his plane made an emergency landing in Illinois.
Prince was an award-winning musician, trailblazer and beloved member of the creative community.
Here's how his friends, collaborators and fellow stars reacted to the news of his death:
R.I.P to the greatest "The Legend" "Prince" pic.twitter.com/a4Ui2zwkoj— MarQuis Trill (@6BillionPeople) April 21, 2016
Legendary Prince is dead!! How tragic! #soundtrackofmylife— Vanessa Williams (@VWOfficial) April 21, 2016
Oh my god I can't believe that Prince has died...he was a great great talent...RIP— Billy Idol (@BillyIdol) April 21, 2016
Omg..... RIP Prince.... 😨😔😢— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) April 21, 2016
I can't. I just can not. #Prince— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) April 21, 2016
Damn. Some real genius gone now. RIP PRINCE— marc maron (@marcmaron) April 21, 2016
THIS CAN NOT BE POSSIBLE!!!!!!! NO NO NO NO NO— Andy Cohen (@Andy) April 21, 2016
RIP Prince, everybody go watch Purple Rain— Daniel Platzman (@DanielPlatzman) April 21, 2016
My heart is broken. #RIPPrince— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) April 21, 2016
WHAT!!???? PRINCE!!!????? IS THIS A DREAM!????????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We just lost a true artistic PIONEER. Heart broken— Chris Daughtry (@CHRIS_Daughtry) April 21, 2016
"Dearly beloved— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) April 21, 2016
We are gathered here today
2 get through this thing called Life..."
So Prince and Chyna die in the same day NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! My heart is hurting :( R.I.P— Jay Pharoah (@JayPharoah) April 21, 2016
I Miss My Brother. Prince Was A Funny Cat. Great Sense Of Humor. https://t.co/67umQghtbi— Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) April 21, 2016
When Eric Clapton was asked how it felt to be the world's best guitarist he replied: "I don't know. Ask Prince". #RIP— Michelle Branch (@michellebranch) April 21, 2016
RIP Prince 🌹 pic.twitter.com/yEW8YEVmMf— Marc Jacobs (@marcjacobs) April 21, 2016
Unbelievable just heard about PRINCE. Strength and light to his family/loved ones. One of my favs and a true pioneering artist. RIP brotha.— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 21, 2016
Numb. Stunned. This can't be real.— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) April 21, 2016
We lost one of the greatest Artists who ever lived. Prince's music was the soundtrack to my life. RIP, Royal genius. Nothing compared 2 U...— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) April 21, 2016
R. I. P to the King Prince thank u for inspiring me to be a Musician First and using this tool to heal people— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) April 21, 2016
I'm shocked to hear that Prince passed at such a young age. Musically, he could do it all: sing, play, arrange and produce. Love & Mercy— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) April 21, 2016
This is what it sounds like when doves cry.. Prince R.I.P.— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) April 21, 2016
Condolences to his family & 2 us all
Im in shock #Prince— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) April 21, 2016
PRINCE, sad to say, has passed on!!! He was a Giant. My deep condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) April 21, 2016
I loved this Man. Too soon. Can't comprehend it but it's unfortunately true. Heaven is yours. RIP #Prince #RIPPrince pic.twitter.com/EH8paEvn75— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) April 21, 2016
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Prince?!?!— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) April 21, 2016
R.I.P PRINCE, another icon gone to soon— SHAQ (@SHAQ) April 21, 2016
We've just lost an incredible talent! So sorry to hear about #Prince we will always love your music forever and ever! #RIPPrince— La Toya Jackson (@latoyajackson) April 21, 2016
Only now do we know what it sounds like When Doves Cry — the absence of music from loss of The Artist. RIP Prince (1958-2016)— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 21, 2016
I'm Crushed!! UK news reporting Prince Is Dead?! For Real?! Massive Loss for us all! What a Genius! Speechless.— Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) April 21, 2016
Im sooooo very sad right now... PRINCE can't die.— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 21, 2016
Rest in peace, Prince. pic.twitter.com/8zHLchjmxL— Wendy Williams (@WendyWilliams) April 21, 2016
Shocked & heartbroken to hear news of death of dear friend, #Prince.Pray for his family&thank God for his legacy. pic.twitter.com/M5qCx9iXkj— Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) April 21, 2016
Rest in peace to one of my favorite artists of all time. Haven't loved an artist as long or as consistently as I have Prince. My dream was to one day collaborate with him or play drums for him. He use to come watch #DJAM and I play. Those nights went down as some of my favorite. I taught my kids about him from a very young age and has always stayed a favorite in our family, we even got to see him play a couple times together. Sad day, we lost one of the funkiest and most inspiring artists of our time. One of the greatest guitars players of our time. To me he was truly a musical genius, a true original. Rest in Peace 🙏🏻 #PURPLERAINFOREVER
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Metal / Re: Why I am not a Satanist« on: February 04, 2005, 07:27:49 PM »
Satan is a hebrew word then satanism is another "jewish" religion.. i prefer called "occultism" Alter Ego.
Metal / Re: Definitive metal albums« on: January 29, 2005, 12:23:25 PM »
In all of any genre, there's a few that really nail what it is to be that genre, and these tend to be known to history while others are footnotes. Another "list shit that you think impressed you" thread is NOT needed, so please don't do the typical Internet shithead thing and list fifteen obscure bands that make you sound cool, in your own world. Instead, think about the handful of bands that defined metal.
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Acheron - Rites of the Black Mass **
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick, Covenant
Deicide - Legion
Demilich - Nespithe
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
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Burzum - Filosofem, Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Enslaved - Vikinglgr Veldi
Marduk - Opus Nocturne **
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Metallica - Master of Puppets
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Megadeth - Peace sells...
Metal / Re: ANUS used out of context to falsely advertise« on: January 16, 2005, 11:47:34 PM »
it's good o bad??
Oggs are definitely superior.
APE files is still better for burn audio CDs
Metal / NIHIL new room on soulseek« on: December 04, 2004, 12:53:43 PM »
yes i have create a new room on soulseek (p2p) i am sharing lots of old school death metal bands,BM,NSBM and RAC, just go here : http://www.slsknet.org/download.html and download the program (it's free of spy-ware).
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School of Management Professor to Study Financial Fraud
Posted: October 11, 2007 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
Keith Jones, assistant professor of accounting in Mason's School of Management, and colleague Joe Brazel of North Carolina State University have been awarded a $330,000 grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.
The grant will help them to research the use of nonfinancial measures (NFMs) as indicators of fraudulent financial reporting by publicly traded companies.
Due to a growing concern over the rise of financial statement fraud, internal and external stakeholders are pressuring firms to improve the transparency of their financial reporting by disclosing more NFMs in their annual reports.
During the next year and a half, Jones and Brazel will conduct research aimed at testing whether NFMs are a valid benchmark for evaluating the validity of financial information and analyzing the potential for fraud. Some of the NFMs that will be considered include total number of employees, retail outlets, facilities, customers, products and patents.
"Even though financial statements are reviewed by external auditing firms, companies that are determined to misreport their financials can often fool the auditors by making the process followed to arrive at certain numbers undecipherable," says Jones. "We expect to find, and our preliminary results support, that firms that commit fraud are more likely to have NFMs that are inconsistent with their financial data."
Jones and Brazel hope to answer three key questions while conducting their research:
- What is the feasibility of using NFMs to detect fraud?
- Should investors use NFMs to make investment decisions?
- Are auditors currently, or should they be, using NFMs to detect fraud?
The researchers also plan to create a web site that will allow investors to search a company's annual report and identify NFMs that can be used to measure consistency with reported financial results.
Jones and Brazel will conduct their research by gathering archived data on firms that have committed fraud in the past and comparing the results to firms that have not committed fraud. They will also perform two experiments using retail investors and auditors as subjects. They expect their findings will be available in June 2009.


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Mr CHAMPION (Wakefield) (18:06): It is with great pleasure that I rise to speak on the Road Safety Remuneration Bill 2011, which is being debated cognately with the Road Safety (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2011. At the heart of what we are debating here today is competition and how competition should be regulated. Competition is generally a beneficial thing. It improves quality, it generally makes firms more efficient and it provides benefits to consumers. Generally speaking competition is a fine thing. That is why we hear so many economists and so many politicians talking about it so often. You will often hear people singing its merits. But competition does have to be regulated appropriately. It is important in any game to have an umpire and a fair set of rules so that people play fairly.
We have known for some time that the transport industry does need special regulation if it is to be safe and, in particular, if people are to be treated appropriately and with dignity and if people are to be remunerated properly. This is because, although competition generally acts to have a positive effect on our economy, in this area it does not. The reason it generally does not act in a beneficial way in this industry is that we have a race to the bottom. That is what you get with competition in the transport industry. That is because we have two dominant players, Coles and Woolworths.
I had many dealings with Coles and Woolworths when I was in the retail union and in the retail industry. They are generally good employers. They have good sets of wages and conditions, particularly when you compare them to those of the rest of the world, but they are very tough on the people who deal with them. They are tough on suppliers and tough on people who sign contracts with them. I had some personal experience of this when I was a trolley collector. There was the same race to the bottom in trolley collection that we have seen in other areas of the retail business. Periodically, a contract would be put out for trolley collection services for Coles. In my case it was Coles Burnside, so I worked in a very well-to-do part of Adelaide. Contracts would be let and people would bid for those contracts, and it would simply come down to the price. That is what Coles looked for. There is not much of a quality issue in trolley collection: you either collect the trolleys or you do not. I was a young uni student at the time. What they generally compete on is wages. If there is not fair regulation of those wages then you will pretty soon find a race to the bottom. That is what happened in trolley collection in South Australia.
We had a situation where the Caretakers and Cleaners Award applied, because generally the company that did the cleaning of the store did the trolley collection. Then some bright spark discovered that, if you split those two services, you were no longer bound by the Caretakers and Cleaners Award. What pretty soon happened is that trolley collection in South Australia became award-free. I was employed under the Caretakers and Cleaners Award in 1994, getting something like 11 or 12 bucks an hour as a casual rate. My employer did not pay any overtime and he did not pay the penalty rates he was supposed to. That is why I joined the union at the time. We found that once those companies became award-free, once they did not feel even nominally obliged to pay the award rate, wages fell to $5 or $6 an hour—and they fell very quickly, almost overnight. So you had people earning $5 or $6 an hour collecting trolleys out the front of Coles and Woolies all over the state of South Australia. You still see this today. Fair Work Australia is to be commended on some of the underpayment matters they have dealt with since award protection has been extended to those workers yet again. So I have seen what happens in a race to the bottom situation with Coles and Woolworths. Again, I am not particularly seeking to demonise them. If someone stumps up a low contract price, they would be fools not to take it. But if, in that low contract price, you are building in unfairly low wages then that is something that the whole community should be concerned about.
We have seen this in the transport industry as well. It is an industry where you have owner-operators who do 60 per cent of the work and receive about 11 per cent of the income. We know that they are the people at the end of the chain, the people who get squeezed. Whenever people talk about efficiency or productivity in the transport industry, we know who is providing that. We know who has to work longer and work harder. There are not that many efficiency gains you can make in transport. At the end of the day you can squeeze the lemon only so hard. There are only so many costs you can reduce without starting to cut into your wages and other conditions at work. That is why we see that speed is a problem. It is not that drivers want to speed; it is that they have to to meet the conditions of their contract. It is not that they want to work long hours and be away from their friends and their families to do inordinate hours on the road; it is that they have to do long hours. It is not that they want to drive in a state of fatigue; it is because the contract requires them to. That is what this situation, this race to the bottom, generates. Of course no driver would voluntarily use illicit drugs. You would not want to think they would. It is the pressure they are put under, the economic and financial pressure, to meet payments on a truck, to meet the conditions of a contract and to try to get by in what is a cutthroat industry where someone is always going to try to cut in a little bit lower, push the envelope a bit harder, squeeze the lemon a bit tighter—or at least they think they can. Those are the sorts of tough conditions that will predominate in this industry if it is to be unregulated and if fair rules and a fair umpire are not to preside over it. We all have plenty of anecdotal stories, we have all heard them, about people who have bought trucks and have to pay banks, who have to meet the conditions of contracts and feel obligated because they are in so much debt—they are pursuing a legitimate dream that a lot of Australians have, which is to be their own boss and chart out their own economic future. It is hard to do that in an industry which is so cutthroat.
This parliament has an obligation to at least address this very difficult issue. It is not an easy issue to deal with through laws or regulations. It is still something that is going to require individuals to avail themselves of the rights that we are giving them. It will still take a strong trade union movement in this industry to make sure that these important intentions of the federal parliament are actually implemented, because we all know that once these sorts of cultures predominate they tend to be very hard to stamp out.
We know the road toll in this country takes a very bitter toll on the community, and we know that politicians on all sides want to reduce that toll. We have been very successful in doing so through regulation, through laws on drink driving, laws about drug driving, laws about seatbelts and laws about speed. Many of the same arguments that are made against this law, spurious arguments, have been made about those initiatives, but we know that they lower the road toll and lower the cost to the community. That cost is something like $2.7 billion, so it is a huge cost. In my own state of South Australia, we have seen some terrible accidents. I remember one a few years ago—this is a pretty graphic example of what we are talking about here—where a truck ploughed into a couple of cars and the driver was found to have been taking methamphetamine, or some sort of amphetamine, which had been given to him in his pay packet. So, you got your pay envelope, and in your pay envelope were the pills that you took, presumably to stay awake on the road and to meet the competitive pressures of the contracts that you were under. We have had some graphic examples in South Australia. That was probably five or six years ago, maybe a bit longer, but it is a very graphic example for the House about the problems in this industry.
I have been lobbied on this a fair bit over the years by the Transport Workers Union, including by Ray Wyatt and others in my state, who put forward a pretty passionate case. The TWU are not backwards in coming forwards, as my mother used to say. But the strongest stories come from the owner-drivers themselves, from the blokes who do the job on the road. These people have to load at transport yards and often have to put up with very long lines at retail warehouses and they get frustrated at those long lines. They have to put up with delays on our roads and meet pretty tough contracts as well. They have always been the most compelling advocates, I think, of this law.
To conclude, competition must be regulated in certain instances so that we do not have a race to the bottom. A race to the bottom is perhaps the worst form of competition that you can have. It means that the externalities, which in this case are the terrible road toll and the health, safety, welfare and wages of truck drivers, are put at risk if we have competition. They are the things that are not priced in if we have this sort of cutthroat competition at the bottom end. So competition must be regulated, it must have fair rules and it must have a fair umpire. These bills, the details of which have been spoken about for the House's benefit so I will not go over them again, are important not just for the transport industry but also for the people who drive on the roads. We want our truck drivers to be fairly remunerated. We want those owner-drivers who are the most entrepreneurial of small businessmen to be fairly compensated for their time and labour and the risk they take in borrowing money to buy trucks and the like. It is a risky endeavour and they should be compensated appropriately. This bill does that.
I just say to those opposite, I remember a quote from an old union man who was interviewed in a documentary about Red Ted Theodore. This old union bloke, who had been Red Ted's campaign manager, said, 'The conservatives have only ever had one idea—feed the donkey less and whip him harder.' My enduring hope is that the conservative parties do not revisit the rules they had in the 1930s, but rather follow the civilised capitalism of Menzies, the civilised liberalism of Menzies that my grandfather loved so much. I did not always agree with my grandfather, but he was a civilised conservative and I live in hope that the other side can perhaps find it in their common sense to support this commonsense bill.


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Drawn In: the Almost disasters plus Patrick Gildersleeves sketchbooks
Putting together a book of 44 artists is tough and things go wrong. I thought it would be fun to share a couple of the mishaps and almost-disasters that happened while we were working on Drawn In:
If you're not sure what Drawn In is about- check out the previous posts to catch up here, here and here.
The book was originally supposed to be 45 artists.
When all of the sketchbooks were photographed and sent back to the artists (via FedEx-thank you for being so reliable!), I started sending out the interviews. All of the artists sent them back except for one. I couldn't get ahold of Patrick Gildersleeves. He had disappeared! At first we were so worried, but then I found on his blog that he had left for a big trip and wouldn't have email for a while. So we waited and laid out his pages. Weeks went by and we were on to a second review of the book and still couldn't reach Patrick. I should have let him know sooner when I would need the interview and assumed he'd be available. Sadly, as time flew by we decided we had to cut Patrick from the book. We had great images of his sketchbook, but no interview and no signed release form. This meant I needed a replacement sketchbook and that I would have to plan a shoot for another sketchbook. I had two spreads to fill. How could I rent all that equipment again? Could I just change the artist count to 44? What about the page count… there were four pages blank?
Ultimately, I decided to use the leftover space to add an illustrated foreword to the book. I really liked Dave Eggers foreword to The Exquisite Book came out, so I decided to do the same type of thing again. I immediately thought of one of my favorite comic artists Vanessa Davis. I was thrilled when she agreed to work in my extremely tight deadline. She wound up making a funny, amazing series about sketchbooks that creates a great light-hearted start to the book. We were able to photoshop it so it looked like it appeared in a sketchbook. I am so pleased with the results- here's one of the spreads:
I was super sad that Patrick's sketchbooks couldn't be included in the book and when he returned, he felt terrible that he missed the deadline. So today I wanted to share some of the pages from his sketchbook that we shot:
Uh oh it's upside down!
When the book was all done, the files were in and it was off to the printer I was so excited. I had just run into Leif Parsons, one of the artists from the book, at the Outsider Art Fair. Leif was one of the few artists in the book who had a very different kind of sketchbook. He handed me a huge portfolio box full of drawings and called it his sketchbook. So we shot all his drawings as piles of loose pages. After seeing Leif at the fair, I emailed him and randomly decided to show him his spreads in the book since I was pretty excited about how good they looked. Leif emailed back something along the lines of-"cool (the drawing on the second page is upside down, but it does not really matter)." I read that line and almost had a heart attack! I opened up the file and saw, yes if you look at the drawing the right way there is a man(?) smoking a cigarette.
Here it is upside down (right top drawing)
Oh no! I felt terrible. I was supposed to be sensitive to this type of thing as an artist myself and as a fan of his work. I should have looked more carefully. The book had gone to press and it was a Friday afternoon. I immediately wrote my editor and designer at Quarry. They completely understood the mishap but told me it probably wouldn't be possible to fix at this stage in the process. Leif seemed pretty unconcerned when I apologized but I still felt awful. Luckily, I got a email from Quarry on *Saturday* that they would be able to stop the printing and fix the error. Whew!! I was so happy and thankful to Quarry for doing that. My weekend got so much better. There's is a little clue that this was once upside down though. If you look closely, you'll notice that the shadow cast from his drawings is now at the top. But at least the funny smoking duck is visible:
After doing our first book, I've learned to expect to notice a handful of tiny mistakes when I receive my advanced copy. Making a book is such a long process so when you finally see the end result it's a bit underwhelming. You've looked at all the pages hundreds of times so seeing them again, now bound, is not as rewarding as you might expect at first. For me the reward comes later. Watching people look through the book and getting feedback is the most fun part. I love hearing what friends favorite pages are or things that these drawings remind them of. With Drawn In, the biggest and most common compliment I've gotten is that the book has inspired them to revisit their sketchbook or start their own. That's a wonderful feeling to know that maybe some sketchbooks have been used or started as a result of looking through this book.
Big thanks to Patrick for letting me share his pages and the story behind them! You can see even more from his sketchbooks right here.


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We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the oceans and its inhabitants. Whales in particular have changed lives with their mysterious and complex behaviours and curiosity. Iceland provides some of the best whale watching in the world as more than 20 species have been recorded in Icelandic waters, coming here to feed on the abundant of food available to them in the summer months.
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- Use of warm overalls
- Excellent guidance
- Free on board WiFi
- Access to our Visitor Centre / Whale Exhibition
- Sturdy footwear
- Warm clothing (thermals, hat, scarf and gloves)
It is always colder on the water than on land so wear good sturdy shoes, dress warmly and put on the provided warm overalls when needed.