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Bulk extractor
bulk_extractor is a C++ program that scans a disk image, a file, or a directory of files and extracts useful information without parsing the file system or file system structures. The results are stored in feature files that can be easily inspected, parsed, or processed with automated tools. bulk_extractor also created a histograms of features that it finds, as features that are more common tend to be more important.
bulk_extractor is distinguished from other forensic tools by its speed and thoroughness. Because it ignores file system structure, bulk_extractor can process different parts of the disk in parallel. In practice, the program splits the disk up into 16MiByte pages and processes one page on each available core. This means that 24-core machines process a disk roughly 24 times faster than a 1-core machine. bulk_extractor is also thorough. That's because bulk_extractor automatically detects, decompresses, and recursively re-processes compressed data that is compressed with a variety of algorithms. Our testing has shown that there is a significant amount of compressed data in the unallocated regions of file systems that is missed by most forensic tools that are commonly in use today.
Another advantage of ignoring file systems is that bulk_extractor can be used to process any digital media. We have used the program to process hard drives, SSDs, optical media, camera cards, cell phones, network packet dumps, and other kinds of digital information.
Output Feature Files
bulk_extractor now creates an output directory that has the following layout:
- alerts.txt
- Processing errors.
- ccn.txt
- Credit card numbers
- ccn_track2.txt
- Credit card "track 2″ informaiton, which has previously been found in some bank card fraud cases.
- domain.txt
- Internet domains found on the drive, including dotted-quad addresses found in text.
- email.txt
- Email addresses.
- ether.txt
- Ethernet MAC addresses found through IP packet carving of swap files and compressed system hibernation files and file fragments.
- exif.txt
- EXIFs from JPEGs and video segments. This feature file contains all of the EXIF fields, expanded as XML records.
- find.txt
- The results of specific regular expression search requests.
- ip.txt
- IP addresses found through IP packet carving.
- rfc822.txt
- Email message headers including Date:, Subject: and Message-ID: fields.
- tcp.txt
- TCP flow information found through IP packet carving.
- telephone.txt
- US and international telephone numbers.
- url.txt
- URLs, typically found in browser caches, email messages, and pre-compiled into executables.
- url_searches.txt
- A histogram of terms used in Internet searches from services such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, and others.
- url_services.txt
- A histogram of the domain name portion of all the URLs found on the media.
- wordlist.txt
- A list of all "words" extracted from the disk, useful for password cracking.
- wordlist_*.txt
- The wordlist with duplicates removed, formatted in a form that can be easily imported into a popular password-cracking program.
- zip.txt
- A file containing information regarding every ZIP file component found on the media. This is exceptionally useful as ZIP files contain internal structure and ZIP is increasingly the compound file format of choice for a variety of products such as Microsoft Office
For each of the above, two additional files may be created:
- _stopped.txt
- bulk_extractor supports a stop list, or a list of items that do not need to be brought to the user's attention. However rather than simply suppressing this information, which might cause something critical to be hidden, stopped entries are stored in the stopped files.
- _histogram.txt
- bulk_extractor can also create histograms of features. This is important, as experience has shown that email addresses, domain names, URLs, and other informaiton that appear more frequently on a hard drive or in a cell phone's memory can be used to rapidly create a pattern of life report.
Bulk extractor also creates a file that captures the provenance of the run:
- report.xml
- A Digital Forensics XML report that includes information about the source media, how the bulk_extractor program was compiled and run, the time to process the digital evidence, and a meta report of the information that was found.
We have developed four programs for post-processing the bulk_extractor output:
- bulk_diff.py
- This program reports the differences between two bulk_extractor runs. The intent is to image a computer, run bulk_extractor on a disk image, let the computer run for a period of time, re-image the computer, run bulk_extractor on the second image, and then report the differences. This can be used to infer the user's activities within a time period.
- cda_tool.py
- This tool, currently under development, reads multiple bulk_extractor reports from multiple runs against multiple drives and performs a multi-drive correlation using Garfinkel's Cross Drive Analysis technique. This can be used to automatically identify new social networks or to identify new members of existing networks.
- identify_filenames.py
- In the bulk_extractor feature file, each feature is annotated with the byte offset from the beginning of the image in which it was found. The program takes as input a bulk_extractor feature file and a DFXML file containing the locations of each file on the drive (produced with Garfinkel's fiwalk program) and produces an annotated feature file that contains the offset, feature, and the file in which the feature was found.
- make_context_stop_list.py
- Although forensic analysts frequently make "stop lists"—for example, a lsit of email addresses that appear in the operating system and should therefore be ignored—such lists have a significant problem. Because it is relatively easy to get an email address into the binary of an open source application, ignoring all of these email addresses may make it possible to cloak email addresses from forensic analysis. Our solution is to create context-sensitive stop lists, in which the feature to be stopped is presented with the context in which it occures. The make_context_stop_list.py program takes the results of multiple bulk_extractor runs and creates a single context-sensitive stop list that can then be used to suppress features when found in a specific context. One such stop list constructed from Windows and Linux operating systems is available on the bulk extractor website.
The current version of bulk_extractor is 1.3. It can be downloaded from https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor
Sample Output
Running on 2.4Ghz iMac with MacOS 10.5.8 on the nps-2009-realistic.aff disk image, bulk extractor version 0.0.10 took 21816 seconds (6 hours, 3 minutes) and produced an output with 14,160 lines.
Here are the first 200 lines:
Input file: /corp/images/nps/nps-2009-domexusers/nps-2009-realistic.aff Starting page number: 0 Last processed page number: 2559 Time: Tue Aug 11 04:39:03 2009 Top 10 email addresses: ======================= email@example.com: 572 firstname.lastname@example.com: 412 firstname.lastname@example.com: 319 firstname.lastname@example.com: 268 email@example.com: 252 email@example.com: 243 email@example.com: 232 email@example.com: 192 firstname.lastname@example.com: 145 email@example.com: 138 Top 10 email domains: ===================== gmail.com: 1693 hotmail.com: 630 netscape.com: 543 example.com: 470 microsoft.com: 390 thawte.com: 376 live.com: 329 msn.com: 298 mail.ips.es: 268 passport.com: 267 Top 10 URLs: ===================== http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.: 6257 http://ocsp.verisign.com0: 3030 http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul: 2241 http://: 1666 http://crl.verisign.com/tss-ca.crl0: 1515 http://crl.verisign.com/ThawteTimestampingCA.crl0: 1513 http://www.microsoft.com/pki/certs/CodeSignPCA2.crt0: 1311 http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA2.crl0O: 1310 http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/: 1000 http://support.microsoft.com: 974 All email addresses: ==================== firstname.lastname@example.com: 572 email@example.com: 412 email@example.com: 319 firstname.lastname@example.com: 268 email@example.com: 252 email@example.com: 243 firstname.lastname@example.com: 232 email@example.com: 192 firstname.lastname@example.com: 145 email@example.com: 138 firstname.lastname@example.com: 135 firstname.lastname@example.com: 133 firstname.lastname@example.com: 115 firstname.lastname@example.com: 111 email@example.com: 110 firstname.lastname@example.com: 94 email@example.com: 91 email@example.com: 80 firstname.lastname@example.com: 69 firstname.lastname@example.com: 67 email@example.com: 67 firstname.lastname@example.com: 64 firstname.lastname@example.com: 53 email@example.com: 51 firstname.lastname@example.com: 48 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Event Calendar
Rapture/Rupture: James D. Butler Upper Mississippi View
Butler's painting "Power Plant/St. Paul" complements the Petrochemical America exhibition focusing on the lower Mississippi "Cancer Alley."
This event takes place each day from April 4th, 2014 to May 4th, 2014.
Duration: 24 hours
Location: Perlman Teaching Museum
Sponsored by: Perlman Teaching Museum
Contact: Laurel Bradley, Laurel Bradley, Perlman Teaching Museum
Illinois artist James D. Butler, known for expansive naturalistic landscapes, has been painting the mighty Mississippi since 1990. Power Plant/ St. Paul, offering a bird's eye view of the industrialized riverfront, is part of the artist's on-going examination of the relationship between humankind and nature.
Butler observes: In the painting, Power Plant/Saint Paul, industry has intruded into the Upper Mississippi region, arguably the most beautiful area along the River. There are obvious environmental and ecological issues associated with this event.
This one-painting exhibition, in the Perlman Teaching Museum lobby, adds a Minnesota note to the larger visual conversation embodied in the Petrochemical America: Project Room exhibition. Our need for power, generated by water, coal, or the petrochemical industry, has serious aesthetic, environmental, and public health consequences.
This event occurs on:
- Friday, April 4th, 2014
- Saturday, April 5th, 2014
- Sunday, April 6th, 2014
- Monday, April 7th, 2014
- Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
- Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
- Thursday, April 10th, 2014
- Friday, April 11th, 2014
- Saturday, April 12th, 2014
- Sunday, April 13th, 2014
- Monday, April 14th, 2014
- Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
- Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
- Thursday, April 17th, 2014
- Friday, April 18th, 2014
- Saturday, April 19th, 2014
- Sunday, April 20th, 2014
- Monday, April 21st, 2014
- Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014
- Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
- Thursday, April 24th, 2014
- Friday, April 25th, 2014
- Saturday, April 26th, 2014
- Sunday, April 27th, 2014
- Monday, April 28th, 2014
- Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
- Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
- Thursday, May 1st, 2014
- Friday, May 2nd, 2014
- Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
- Sunday, May 4th, 2014
Arts and Literature, Exhibit-Related Events, Exhibitions, Sustainability

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This name has been hard to trace. It's an Italian patronymic name (literally "of Bernard"). My great-grandfather, Giovanni DiBernardo, came to Pennsylvania in 1910 from Caserta, Italy and settled in Rankin in Allegheny Country, PA. He lived most of his life in nearby Braddock, PA. His first wife, Maria died young in childbirth, and so did the infant. Another son died soon after, leaving one son, Guido "Guy" DiBernardo. He married my great-grandmother Raffeala a few years later.
Bisnonno Giovanni helped build the beautiful Madonna del Castello Church in Swissvale, PA. (Bisnonno is Italian for great-grandfather). You can see photos of the church as well as its history here. They have photos of the church from when it was built in 1933, which make me very proud. Grazie, bisnonno!
According to my relatives, though, Giovanni preferred to go by the English translation of his name: John. John was a laborer at Union Switch & Signal, a manufacturer of railway equipment. What's interesting is that I only have record of him working there up to 1917, when US&S became a subsidiary of Westinghouse Air Brake. Maybe he was a victim of some downsizing? I feel you, bisnonno. On the 1930 U.S. Census, he is recorded as a mixer in a glass factory. I could look at old census records all day. Most likely a good sign for my future career, I think :)
Back to the DiBernardo family; my information stops at my great-great-grandfather. All I know about Giovanni's father is that his name was Gaetano DiBernardo and that he lived in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy when Giovanni came to the United States in 1910. Hoping to find more info on him soon, but as I'm sure many of you know, gaining access to some Italian records is quite a task.
I share my experiences in genealogy education, including taking classes at the National Institute for Genealogical Studies and preparing my BCG portfolio. I also post updates to my personal research and general genealogy news.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Surname Saturday – The DiBernardo Family of Western Pennsylvania
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Gary Stal took control of the Kärnten Golf Open presented by Mazda by adding a second round 67 to his opening 65 to post a formidable 12 under par second round lead.
The young Frenchman, who won the French Amateur championship last year before winning his first title as a professional in the INTERNATIONAUX de France earlier this season, carded six birdies and just a single dropped shot during his second round over the Golf Club Klagenfurt-Seltenheim in south east Austria.
Stal's outstanding level of performance over the first two rounds saw him establish a one stroke lead over England's Gary Lockerbie, whose fine finish of two birdies in his closing three holes propelled him out of the chasing pack on nine under par.
Germany's Max Kieffer, currently fifth in the Challenge Tour Rankings, posted the lowest score of the day, a brilliant 64 to rise to nine under for the tournament, alongside his countryman Max Glauert, England's Daniel Brooks, first round leader Jeppe Huldahl of Denmark and the Spaniard Jordi Garcia Pinto.
But the day belonged to the young Frenchman at the top of the leaderboard, who is making just his fourth appearance on the Challenge Tour.
"I am very pleased with that," said Stal. "It was important to try and continue the good scoring from yesterday and I managed to do that today.
"I played well again and made some important putts at the right time. I feel very comfortable on this golf course and the greens are superb. It is a great course to play and I think it suits my game.
"I am here to try and win the tournament and that is what I will try to do over the weekend. I have not been a professional for long, but I won the French Championship earlier this year in Hossegor and that has given me a lot of confidence.
"That was my first win as a professional but now I would like to try and win more, especially on the Challenge Tour because there are so many opportunities that open for you if you can win on this Tour."
Stal will face the biggest test of his embryonic professional career this weekend with a talented field chasing him down.
Lockerbie will lead the charge after his second round 66, and the Englishman is relishing the opportunity of being in contention.
"I'm delighted to be up there," said Lockerbie. "I played well out there today and I have to say that it is just a pleasure to play golf on this golf course.
"I think the greens here are among the best we have ever played on the Challenge Tour and to be putting on surfaces like these gives you a lot of confidence because they are so pure that they leave you in no doubt as to how good your putting is.
"If you miss a putt here it is because you have misread it; and if you make the putts here, as I managed to do a bit today, then it just breeds more and more confidence as the tournament progresses."
Roland Steiner's three under par 69 moved the Austrian to five under par, and he will lead a further five Austrians into weekend battle, including talented young amateur Lukas Nemecz, who lies on four under par after a second round 72.
|Player name
|STAL, Gary
|BROOKS, Daniel
|WALTERS, Justin
|LORENZO-VERA, Michael
|HATTON, Tyrrell
|LOCKERBIE, Gary


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Muscle Mustangs & Fast FordsProject Vehicles
Project Smog-Legal Killer - Quest for 10s Leads to New Clutch, Anti-Roll Bar
After plenty of problems and several fruitless trips to the track, Smog-Legal Killer finally brings it home.
Every project has milestones and for the Smog-Legal Killer, the 1992 Ford Mustang SSP coupe we've been building up, this update marks a big one. Although the weathered ol' coupe isn't done yet, we finally nabbed the e.t. we'd been chasing since the start.
But we'd be lying if we said it was easy. Like all good stories, it features trials and tribulations, and like most hot rodding tales, many of the problems fell into two categories: user error and plain old dumb luck.
To be honest, our emissions-friendly Fox-body has surprised us on every account. Perhaps we were pessimistic about its power potential, but when we bested our projected horsepower figures, we were both happy and concerned. On paper, we were hoping for 450 hp at the wheels, so when the motor churned out 523 hp, we knew 10s were possible.
For starters, we're at the limits of the stock block, the 42-pound injectors we chose are now too small, and we were 100 lb-ft over the limit of our clutch. Hmm, now what? Well, like any real-world racer, we decided to save the money and try for the 10s.
Strike One
With our new G-Force T5, Ram Powergrip clutch, and some sticky 28x10.5-15S Mickey Thompson ET Drag tires, it was time to let this sucker fly at Sacramento Raceway. As for suspension, it still had the worn (200,000 miles of worn!) Lakewood shocks and Eibach Drag springs accompanied by some new stuff, like SVE upper and lower control arms, and all new rear end internals from Latemodelrestoration.com.
To say our suspension combo was simple and a bit compromised would've been an understatement. In addition to the mismatch of old and new, the car also lacked any sort of anti-roll or swaybar. We knew the car might be a little hard to control at the strip, but we literally had no idea what was in store.
With your author manning the camera, we threw hot shoe Drew Wallace of AED behind the wheel for a few passes. What ensued was beyond scary. With nothing tying the body to the wheels, the car launched crooked and got so hacked out of shape from the twisting, bending, swaying, and floating, we had no idea how Drew kept it headed down the track. After several failed attempts that almost ended in disaster, we decided it was too dangerous to continue with our test. The best we could muster was an 11.22. Strike one.
Launching Straight
Without anything securing the chassis to the suspension the car was unsettled, but thankfully Wolfe Race Craft had the easy fix, a rear antiroll bar (ARB). This ingenious piece ties the chassis to the rear axle to prevent unwanted body roll and it helps to plant the tires evenly on launch.
The main bar is constructed of 1-1/4x.0375-inch-wall chromoly tubing with equally stout laser-cut chromoly mounting arms. The main bar is welded to the rear portion of the frame rails and is connected with spherical rod ends to tabs that are welded on the rearend.
The rear bar prevents unwanted body roll by transferring the twisting loads between the bar, axle, and chassis. For tuning, the rod ends can be preloaded to account for driveline torque. The standard unit has been tested down to the 8.40s, and for those looking to go even faster, a double-mounted unit allows for even greater adjustability.
What does this mean from the driver's seat? It translates into straight and controlled launches, better 60-foot times, and the ability to dial in the right amount of traction.
Killer clutch
Strike Two
With the new ARB in place, it was time to try again for 10s. Our hopes were high, but like our last track outing, things didn't go as planned. With the tach hovering at 4,500 rpm, we let the clutch fly and the first few moments felt great as the front tires unloaded and the big Mickey Thompson tires bit hard. But just as the coupe began to drive forward, it nosed over about the time the MSD shift-light ignited. A quick shift to Second produced more rpm than acceleration, and at that moment, the unfortunate realization that we'd overpowered the clutch became a reality.
While the clutch easily held WOT on the street, when launching near 5,000 rpm on a tall 28-inch slick, it proved too much for the clutch. That's not to say the clutch was the problem, quite the contrary since it performed remarkably well for being 100 lb-ft over its torque limit. We simply didn't order a big enough clutch. Strike two.
Big Bite
With the Powergrip single-disc out, we stepped up to the big leagues with a Force 10.5 twin-disc unit from Ram. This bad dog can handle over 1,000 lb-ft of torque and plenty of high-rpm launches—it was built to take some abuse.
For those unfamiliar with twin-disc clutches, it's like a standard single-disc unit but with another clutch disc and a mating surface. The more friction area the better since it not only leads to more clamping force and biting area, but it generally leads to less pedal effort since you don't need such a burly pressure plate because you have twice the mating surfaces.
The Ram unit is as quality as they come, and features a strap-driven design that eliminates the floater-plate rattle usually associated with multi-disc units. If you've ever heard a rattling sound in a car at idle, it's likely from the twin-disc clutch.
Other noteworthy features include a poly-coil hub assembly with urethane encapsulated damper springs that are said to offer four times the shock load of conventional clutch springs. Of course the Ram twin-disc units are paired with its billet aluminum flywheels that are unbelievably true and machined to perfection.
The installation process of the Force 10.5 was nearly that of a single-disc, save for some key differences. The first being the many spacers, washers and associated parts needed to keep proper alignment between the multiple mating surfaces of a twin-disc clutch. It's important to pay close attention during the disassembly process, because failing to reverse the order during the install can result in a faulty clutch. It's also important to realize that multi-disc clutches are thicker than single units so clutch throw will need to be adjusted. Our Fox-body application required a cut-down aftermarket clutch fork pivot ball, but hydraulic systems found on later Mustangs might require the input shaft of the transmission to be modified. It pays to do your homework before diving in.
If you take your time and pay attention during the install, it's not rocket science; we were back on the road in about a day. Clutch pedal feel is stock-like soft and equally silent, but this bad dog bites hard. While the entire clutch assembly weighs roughly 8 pounds more than the single-disc unit we removed (38 pounds compared to 46 pounds), that additional inertia made the launches that much easier, albeit at several hundred rpm lower.
Roll control
Let It Eat
Finally, it was time to buck up or shut up. So we again paid a visit to the famous Sacramento Raceway Park during a test 'n' tune and hoped for the best.
With your author again manning the camera and Drew behind the wheel, the ol' coupe nosed into the waterbox and the sticky Mickey Thompson's were brought up to temp. Leaving on the green, the car left straight as an arrow with both front wheels a few inches in the air. When the board flashed, our jaws dropped—but not because we were happy. It flashed 11.008! Are you kidding? A double-zero?
There was no way we were going out like that. And so after a sufficient cool-down, we again went big. This time the ol' coupe came out even harder with a hint of wheelspin followed by equal parts of daylight under the front wheels. A few quick shifts later and we finally did it—a smog-legal 10-second e.t. The board flashed 10.804 at 124 mph and we couldn't have been happier.
It Ain't Over Yet
Few things in life are as rewarding as watching your blood, sweat, and tears finally payoff. Sure there are faster cars, and of course, a smog-legal 10-second e.t. is only a blower and tire swap away in a modern Mustang, but to hit an emissions-legal 10 in an old Fox-body—that's something to be proud of.
But don't go thinking we're done yet. We've still got a few tricks up our sleeves. We intend to install a hot new ECU replacement that's going to revolutionize the Fox-body market. We also have more suspension upgrades aimed at preserving out e.t.'s, while transforming our coupe into a proper-handling street car. After all, it's smog-legal, so we plan on spending plenty of time driving the car on the street.
Until next issue, enjoy the rest of the show.


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Resurrection Day Cake and Peeps Nests!
I hope you all had a blessed Holy Week and Resurrection Day today. We were blessed to have a fantastic lesson Friday night walking us through the Jewish Passover and seeing the countless ways that it confirms Jesus Christ our Messiah, our Passover Lamb. We use all authentic attire and elements for this lesson and it's awesome every time!
God said that the Passover was to be celebrated forever. When Jesus fulfilled the Old Covenant on the cross and bought the New Covenant with His blood, we may think the Passover ended along with all the rest of the old Law. This lesson shows how, at Jesus' last Passover, He fulfilled the Jewish Passover and changed it into the Christian Communion/Lord's Supper, which we indeed do forever as God said.
It's very powerful when you have the information. You never take the Lord's Supper the same again, now seeing Jesus not only as our Lord and Savior, but the perfect Passover Lamb who's saving blood covers us and saves us from death, like the Jewish Passover lamb's blood on the doorways saved them from death. It's an amazing and rich study. When you are done, there can be no question that Jesus Christ Himself is indeed the long awaited Messiah, and that He is also our perfect Passover Lamb, ending the need for a new lamb to be offered each year.
It really set us up to be so excited about Resurrection Day today! Even after 37 years of being saved, it just keeps getting more and more exciting! And that's what we did! We celebrated at worship today! We shared a joyous meal, looked into the Word of God, sang praises, loved each other and eventually went home, blessed! Thank you Jesus SO MUCH for being our Passover Lamb, for loving us and giving Your life for us! Thank you for conquering death for us and providing us a way to heaven through repentance and YOU alone!
Now on to the adorable fattening goodies!!!
We are all so busy these days. Those of us who blog, Instagram, Pinterest etc. have even less time. That said, though there are many blogs I appreciate, I only follow every post of one very special blog...Home Is Where The Boat Is.
It is breathtakingly beautiful to the point that it's uplifting just looking at the gorgeous photos. Her blog is FULL of fantastic recipes, many of which have become staples in my home. She also has the cutest, most cleaver ideas for holiday treats. But what I'm in awe of is her unsurpassed gift from God to make things beautiful, and a gift of photography to showcase it all.
That said, this last week I have made two of her special ideas to help celebrate Resurrection Day.
First, I took her Mini Easter Basket Cake idea and changed it just a bit to fit my budget. Instead of buying the expensive pan to make the cake "nests", I bought shortcake shells. To save the cost of the utterly precious foil wrapped treats and then buying candies on top of it, I used Peeps and some sprinkles I already had. I wrapped them individually with tags wishing a "Happy Resurrection Day" for giving.
I did learn that I didn't need to use so much food coloring when tinting my coconut, but they were pretty anyway, just different than I was going for. Next time I'll know to use less to get the pretty soft colors she got.
Those were great and people loved them, but this is what I have been SO EXCITED to make ever since I saw it on her blog... Dash over and see her fairy cake here. She has a plainer version here, Berry Quick and Easy Layered Cake.
Of course for me, it had to be the ultra over the top magical fairy cake! It was perfect for our Resurrection Day Celebration lunch today at church. It has such a luscious, organic feel about it. The angel food cake feels like earth, the flowers and berries - new life with such abundance and goodness! It makes me giddy just thinking about it!
Mine didn't turn out as beautiful as hers, but it was still gorgeous and DELICIOUS, praise God! The frosting is a lemon curd/cream cheese mix and is great on it. I didn't have the cute little chocolate mushrooms she had, but they weren't missed with the wild violets, azaleas, strawberry blossoms and runners. She uses pansys and violas in her cooking a lot, so I checked with her and the violets in my yard were ok since we've never used chemicals. No one actually ate them anyway. Love how it looked with my dishes...for all of 5 minutes before we took it to worship!
I love that she does the same thing I do here...after her features, she tells you where she got everything so we can duplicate her design. So here goes:
Dickinson's Lemon Curd
Philly Cream Cheese
Cool Whip Whipped Cream
Angel Food Cake - Sam's Club
silver pedestal - Home Goods
white pedestal - Home Goods
Amelia dishes - Pier 1
flatware - Oneida Michelangelo
glue glasses - Pier 1
hyacinth mats - Home Goods
yellow mats - Home Goods
yellow napkins - Home Goods
red napkins - Home Goods
green napkin rings - Home Goods
bunny basket - Hallmark
chick basket - Hallmark
bunny & chick salt & pepper - Hallmark
So again, Happy Ressurection Day and thanks so much for stopping by!


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As often as I travel, I rarely get time to see any movies in the theatre. If I've got two hours in a strange town, I'd rather spend them exploring than sitting in a theatre. And by exploring, I mean sleeping.
I also don't get much time to watch TV, though I try when I can. And when I can, I see tons of commercials that remind me why sleep can be more enjoyable than seeing movies in the theatre.
It is rare that I see a commercial for a movie and think, "I have to see that." In fact, some full previews even suck. I saw a preview for High Fidelity on a DVD recently that said John Cusak's character was a guy that had it all, but was trying to find himself. If you've ever actually seen the movie (which was great, by the way), you'd know that by "it all" they meant "anguish and self-loathing."
So perhaps I'm wrong about the following flicks. But all I know about them is what I see in the ads, and from those ads, these movies seem to have "it all."
I now present you, the reader, with another installment of "A Night Not At the Movies."
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Oh, it's so hard being a super popular teenage girl isn't it? I mean, with all that money and all those friends. It just screams angst! And that's not even the movie that's just the life of star Lindsay Lohan. This flick just makes me want to run out and buy the CDs of all the groups the movie advertises.
Euro Trip
Just when you thought we might be heading towards peace, here comes Hollywood to exploit more ridiculous stereotypes. Including the time-honored tradition of guys completely ignoring the hot girl being hot until they see her in a bikini. Good plot twist because no one noticed she was hot when she was just hot. But now that she's in a bikini and hot, we understand. The commercials refer to this one as American Pie meets Road Trip. See, because American Pie also had teenagers, and Road Trip also had a trip.
Calendar Girls
Holy crap do I not want to see this. Okay, you're old and still sexual, that's great, but do NOT show me. This could be the best written, best acted movie of all time and I still would not want to see it. Sex sells, but not when it's sex with old people. Yuck.
You Got Served
Come see the underground world of guys who dance on their heads and stuff. It's bad ass, right? Except it's about GUYS WHO DANCE. You Got Served? Served what, a danish on a little doiley? Dance competitions, even in their use on Saved By the Bell, are wussy. Especially if it's a 95-minute long commercial for B2K. I'd rather buy the crap in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. At least then I'd feel like more of a man. "But mom, I need to prove myself. With a dance contest! Let me get my argyle sweater."
50 First Dates
I liked this better the first time when it was called Groundhogs Day and it was clever. Am I the only one in America who finds Drew Barrymore more annoying than hot? She was okay in Wedding Singer, but any girl that Tom Green dumps because she's unstable isn't going to get me to keep coming out to the box office. And why put "Hey Ya" in the commercial? It's a great song, but we're getting tired of it. And if you can tell me when people who liked Drew Barrymore also started listening to Outkast, I'd appreciate it. But tell me again tomorrow, because if I see this movie, I'll pray for amnesia myself.
Catch That Kid
This is a direct quote from one of the reviews: "To pay for a costly medical operation for her father, a 12-year-old expert mountaineer uses her climbing skills to break into a high-tech bank where her mother works." Can I just see some naked old people instead? What a horrible concept. There have been plenty of movies where the hero is a criminal, but not movies geared for kids. That's just great a generation of children climbing rock walls so they can learn to break through our security systems. How did this girl learn to become an "expert mountaineer" anyway? Must have been all that popularity and angst.
As often as I travel, I rarely get time to see any movies in the theatre. If I've got two hours in a strange town, I'd rather spend them exploring than sitting in a theatre. And by exploring, I mean sleeping.


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We somehow missed the release of Unification (we searched, believe us), but the app by Liquid Daffodil is now available on the Windows Phone Store. Should you own a smartphone running Windows Phone 8, you'll be able to enjoy a more unified experience with a new notification centre.
Liquid Daffodil has also made numerous apps available for free, to celebrate the launch of Unification. We've covered the new concept a handful of times while it was still in development, so we'll not continue beating the drum. Be sure to check out the video below for a quick look at what it's all about.
How can you (the consumer) get more developers on-board? The most effective way to do so is to request the authors of your favourite apps to either get in touch with Liquid Daffodil or implement the support. Also, be sure to check out the sale that Liquid Daffodil currently has going on for Unification Ready apps.
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PASADENA, Calif. - The public is invited to tune in for a series of news briefings from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for the upcoming landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will deliver the nearly 2,000-pound (1-ton), car-size robotic roving laboratory to the surface of Mars at 10:31 p.m. PDT Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6). Curiosity's landing will mark the start of a two-year prime mission to investigate whether one of the most intriguing places on Mars ever has offered an environment favorable for microbial life.
News briefings will be held at JPL beginning Thursday, Aug. 2, and carried live on NASA Television. Additional events, including a NASA Social Media event Aug. 1 and landing commentary Aug. 5, will be televised. A full schedule of live news briefings is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntvnews and http://www.nasa.gov/msl.
The schedule of events below is subject to change. All times are PDT.
|Thursday, Aug. 2
|10 a.m.
|Mission Science Overview News Briefing
|11 a.m.
|Mission Engineering Overview News Briefing
|Friday, Aug. 3
|9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
|NASA Social
|Saturday, Aug. 4
|9:30 a.m.
|Prelanding Update and Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Overview News Briefing
|Sunday, Aug. 5
|9:30 a.m.
|Final Prelanding Update News Briefing
|3 p.m.
|NASA Science News Briefing
|8:30 p.m. to about 11 p.m.
|Landing Commentary No. 1
|No earlier than 11:15 p.m.
|Post-landing News Briefing
|Monday, Aug. 6
|12:30 to 1:30 a.m.
|Landing Commentary No. 2
|9 a.m.
|Landing Recap News Briefing
|4 p.m.
|Possible New Images News Briefing
|Tuesday, Aug. 7
|10 a.m.
|News Briefing
|Wednesday, Aug. 8
|10 a.m.
|News Briefing
|Thursday, Aug. 9
|10 a.m.
|News Briefing
|Friday, Aug. 10
|10 a.m. (tentative)
|News Briefing
For information on how to watch NASA TV, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. The televised events will also be streamed live online at: http://www.Ustream.tv/nasa.
Two live feeds during key landing activities from mission control at JPL will be carried on NASA TV and on the Web from 8:30 to 11 p.m. PDT Aug. 5, and from 12:30 to 1:30 a.m. PDT Aug. 6. The NASA TV Public Channel and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl will carry a feed including commentary and interviews.
The NASA TV Media Channel and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 will carry an uninterrupted, clean feed with only mission audio.
Extensive information on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, including an electronic copy of the press kit, news releases, fact sheets, status reports, briefing schedule and images, is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/msl.
For more information about NASA's Mars program, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mars.
The public can follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at: http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity.
The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.
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Dell Shareholder: We Don't Like Buyout But Do Like Einhorn's Apple Plan
A small Dell Inc. shareholder sent the board a letter saying it wouldn't vote for the current buyout and suggesting the company could take a page from David Einhorn's fight with Apple Inc.
Metropolis Capital, a London-based investment manager, wrote a letter, reviewed by Deal Journal, to Alex Mandl, the head of Dell's special committee, saying it believes shares should be worth $21 or $22 each.
Dell Inc. has reached a deal to sell itself to founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake for $13.65 a share. The buyout has attracted the ire of Dell's top two outside shareholders, Southeastern Asset Management and T. Rowe Price Group, as well as a host of other smaller shareholders.


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Magenta is the core platform that powers the Fuchsia OS. Magenta is composed of a microkernel (source in kernel/...) as well as a small set of userspace services, drivers, and libraries (source in system/...) necessary for the system to boot, talk to hardware, load userspace processes and run them, etc. Fuchsia builds a much larger OS on top of this foundation.
The canonical Magenta Git repository is located at: https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/magenta
A read-only mirror of the code is present at: https://github.com/fuchsia-mirror/magenta
The Magenta Kernel provides syscalls to manage processes, threads, virtual memory, inter-process communication, waiting on object state changes, and locking (via futexes).
Currently there are some temporary syscalls that have been used for early bringup work, which will be going away in the future as the long term syscall API/ABI surface is finalized. The expectation is that there will be about 100 syscalls.
Magenta syscalls are generally non-blocking. The wait_one, wait_many port_wait and thread sleep being the notable exceptions.
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Friday, July 20, 2012
One month without blog post
This is a post a bit non-usual and, maybe, not so interesting for the most gnome readers.
I'll try to split it in 3 parts: demotivation, health and mentor.
I've been working for some companies and I want to share a small list of common things that easily could destroy (or save, if avoided) the motivation of some projects. It is something like "What every programmer should not do in a project!" in a few words.
1st: Work in a scope: Changing radically the scope of the project, without a good plan, causes lost time, money and motivation.
2nd: Listen to the team: if you have a team with few people working together, and something is *always* pointed as a problem for (almost) all members of the team, don't try to hide the problem instead of solving it. It's demotivating.
3th: Be honest, be clear: Try to keep all members of the team with the same level of informations. The team is trying to work together, no? Hiding information for one or two members of the team can demotivate this guys. At this point, is relevant to say that technical decisions might be decided for technical members, all of them, in the best case.
These 3 points are sufficient to demotivate a team. And, as everyone knows, demotivation is something not limited to your project.
Demotivation, usually, follows you to your house and influences your behavior with your friends and family. In the worst case, it will cause a stress outbreak.
But the way from your first discomfort until a stress outbreak is long, weeks, months ... maybe years. And it is *the* problem. Because your humor is worse, your sleep is worse, your quality as developer is worse ... this shit is consuming your whole life and you don't have idea about it ... until the necessary outbreak occurs and you need to restart to think about your "way of life" :-)
Firstly, I did a wrong idea about "mentor" in the beginning of the project (or I'm lucky, don't know). But, at least for me, mentor was a guy to talk about the project, about the problems with the project. Not about my personal problems, not about my personal life.
So, for some times I thought: "Should I share this kind of stuff with my mentor? This kind of things should not influence my project". Yeah, I was wrong! Last week I talked a lot about all these shits with my mentor and it really helped me, at least, to brighten my mind.
Of course, all this stuffs have serious consequences in my schedule. Now, I'm here, in the bed (with an infection) and with the project delayed. That's the life and I hope I can use the rest of my weekend to post something useful to community (with some code and some stuffs working).
Best Regards,
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I have no lunch, but I can offer cookies? *grins*
You didn't have to take my lunch money... -sniffles-
It's been too long, count me in!
Thanks for firing the Miller's hollow game back up Trieste!!! it's been so long... :)
Annnnnnnnd now you are Clint Eastwood, with a hook for a hand.
Oh boy! I'm gonna have so much fun tonight, just chillin in my hovel watchin Netflix
Perse had a bonnet specifically because I had this gif on the brain.
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Twenty-nine-year-old Alexis Wright of Kennebunk, Maine, has been indicted on charges that she used her Zumba studio as a prostitution business. ABC News reports that Wright and her friend/business partner Mark Strong were allegedly running a brothel. There were video cameras in the studio, and police now have 100 hours of footage and an alleged client list of 100 names. Some of those named are doctors, mayors and prominent figures in Maine, but:
"The Bushes aren't on the list, since I've already been asked that," [Strong's lawyer] said, referring to the family of president George H. Bush and George W. Bush, who have a vacation home in neighboring Kennebunkport.
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The Premium Location charge which is charged separately is - $46.00.
*all the above prices include GST.
The renter will be fully liable for any damage to the Thrifty vehicle and any third party property, if the terms and conditions of the rental agreement are breached.
Accident Excess Reduction (AER)
This excess may be reduced (at the renter's option) at the time of rental by purchasing Accident Excess Reduction (AER). The current rates are listed below and are inclusive of GST:
Accident Excess Reduction (AER) $27/ day $27/ day
Reduced Excess (With AER)
Glass Excess (With AER) $270
Glass Cover Insurance (GCI) $5.62 $5.62
Reduced Glass Excess (With GCI) NIL NIL
Glass Cover Insurance (GCI)
The excess on glass only (windscreens, windows, headlights) may be reduced (at the renter's option) to NIL at the time of rental by purchasing GCI. GCI may be purchased alone or in conjunction with AER above. Some AER options may include GCI.
(ADE and fuel bonds are refundable when vehicle is returned upon completion of the hire, undamaged and full of fuel – refunds may take up to 10 working days to process)
Thrifty New Zealand welcomes payment by credit or debit cards. Thrifty accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club cards. The credit/charge card must be in the name of the authorised renter. Third party credit/charge cards are not accepted. Please note Thrifty will charge a transaction fee of 2% + GST for all amounts transacted on a credit card. Renters will be required to leave credit card details as a deposit. Thrifty will pre-authorise the credit card for NZD$250.00 as a security bond.
Vehicle Collection and Return
It is normally expected that clients will make their own way to the Thrifty depot to collect or return their vehicle. However. subject to staff availability at time of commencement or finalisation of rental, Thrifty will deliver free to hotels. motels, and offices within a ten-kilometre radius of the Thrifty location. This service is on a pre-booked request basis only between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday (Excluding public holidays). Delivers outside these hours must be pre-arranged and additional fees may apply.
Fuel is not included in our rates. Each vehicle is supplied with a full tank of fuel, which is refilled at the renter's expense on return. If the vehicle is not returned with a full tank, the renter will be charged for the fuel required to refill the tank at the prevailing rate applicable by Thrifty at the time. All other fuel charges are for the responsibility of the renter.
24 Hour Emergency Breakdown Service
Whilst Thrifty vehicles are regularly maintained, unexpected breakdowns can occur. Thrifty provides FREE Roadside Assistance, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year through the New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA).
One Way (Intercity rentals)
For even greater convenience and flexibility, one-way rentals are available on most vehicle groups between most Thrifty locations in the same island. Some restrictions may apply during peak periods.
A minimum charge of 3 days applies to Intercity (one way) rental sectors. If a client requests an inter-city rental or rental sector of less than 3 days, a 3-day charge will still apply.
Additional fees may also apply for pick-up or drop-off destinations where Thrifty does not have a location. We would be happy to consider any request and quote accordingly on a case-by case basis. So if someone wants to collect a vehicle at Mt. Cook, check with us first before you say 'No'!
NB: GST, ADE(insurance excess), AER(excess reduction), Airport / Ferry charges subject to change.
No remote location pick up/drop off fees.
Remote Pick up / Return Fees for Satellite Locations
Incl GST Pick up Return Pick up & Return
Kaitaia NA $112.5 NA
Keri Keri $56.25 $56.25 $112.5
Taupo $73.15 $73.15 $112.5
Hokitika $50.65 $50.65 $101.30
Westport $163.15 $163.15 $326.30
Good & Service Tax
Good and Services Tax (GST) is a government charge currently levied at 12.5%. We reservethe right to amend any rates quoted inclusive of GST or, where GST is to be added to charges made, should the rate of GST alter.
Sundry Rental Equipment
Any request for sundry rental equipment must be made at time of reservation. The following items are available at the rates shown. (NB. When requesting a child seat of any description you must advise the child's age)
Ski Racks
Snow Chains
Baby Capsules(0-6months)
Child Seats(6 month - 3.5 Years)
Booster Seat (3.5 years)
All charges for sundry rental equipment are payable by the renter at the Thrifty counter and are subject to change.
Maps are available free of charge. We have available for clients to choose from, maps for individual areas around NZ, AA guides to North & South Islands and a complete NZ travel and touring map.
Multi - Hire & Island - Hooper Rentals
There are a couple of different options for clients that require more than one rental sector during their travels around New Zealand. For example, on rentals involving both North and South Islands, vehicles can not be taken inter-island. Renters leave their vehicle on one island and collect another vehicle on the next island. (Thrifty has an office at the ferry terminal in Picton.)
- Same city return – minimum length of hire just 1 day
- Each one-way rental sector must be a minimum of three days
- Clients can have up to 72 hours between returning one vehicle and picking up their next vehicle
- Clients can mix and match different vehicle sizes within each rental sector of the multi-hire
- Multi-Hires may comprise a number of rentals at different depots within one Island but a minimum of 3-days still applies for any one way sectors.
Island crossover dates and times must also be advised at the time of booking the first rental, to enable the second and/or subsequent vehicle(s) to be booked. If the Tour Operator is unable to provide a confirmed crossover date for any reason, Thrifty will estimate one and the onus will be on the renter to re-confirm the crossover date(s) with Thrifty at or prior to the time of collecting their first vehicle. Thrifty cannot guarantee to supply a second or subsequent vehicle unless a booking has been confirmed. Changes to confirmed bookings are subject to vehicle availability. We also recommend that renters are advised to reconfirm their second or subsequent bookings at least 72 hours in advance.
There are occasions where some clients wish to retain the use of one vehicle for a two-island visit. This is permissible, but the client must pay for any inter-island transportation costs for the vehicle. The vehicle must be returned to a Thrifty
location within the same island that the rental commenced.
Calculating the number of days and daily rate
When calculating the rate for a Multi-Hire rental, apply the applicable daily rate that reflects the total number of days the customer is renting the vehicle(s). Where multi island hires cross two seasons (ie; rental commences high season & completes in low season) the daily rate applicable for the entire hire is based on the date the hire commences.
If the client has no more than 24 hours between returning one vehicle and picking up the next on any rental sector for the duration of the hire, calculate the total number of days from the starting date and time to the final return date and time (the 'down time' between vehicles is considered part of the hire period).
Ie; Pick up AKL 1/6/06 0900hrs, Ret WGN 4/6/06 0900hrs
Pick up PIC 4/6/06 1200hrs, Ret CHC 7/6/06 1200hrs
= 1/6/06 0900hrs to 7/6/06 1200hrs = 7 days
Apply the 7-13 day rental rate
If the client has up to 72 hours between returning one vehicle and picking up the next on any rental sector for the duration of the hire, calculate the total number of days by adding each individual sector separately (allows a 59 minute grace period on each rental sector before an extra full day is charged) .
Ie; Pick up AKL 1/6/06 1200hrs, Ret WGN 4/6/06 1200hrs (3 days)
Pick up PIC 4/6/06 1600hrs, Ret ZQN 8/6/06 0900hrs (4 days)
Pick up ZQN 11/6/06 0900, Ret CHC 14/6/06 1200hrs (4 days)
Combine all rentals eg: 3 + 4 + 4 = 11 days
Apply the 7-13 day rental rate.
Ferry Crossings between Islands
For reasons of staff safety, we will meet pre-booked clients arriving off scheduled ferry services between the hours of 0800 (8.00am) and 1800 (6.00pm) only. Reservations for pick-up outside these hours are on a 'request' basis only and an additional fee of $40 + GST ($45 including GST) may apply. This fee will be payable direct to Thrifty by the renter at the time of
collecting the vehicle.
Upgrades/Extension of Rental
Upgrades requested by the renter at the time of rental will be charged the difference between the vehicle group booked and the group provided based on locally applicable rates. All upgrades are subject to availability. Additional days not covered by the Tour Operator Voucher will be charged directly to the renter at locally applicable rates. Downgrades requested by the
renter at time of rental will not be subject to a refund.
Restricted Roads
Driving any Thrifty vehicle on the following roads is prohibited and constitutes a breach of the rental agreement. The renter would be fully liable for any damage to the Thrifty vehicle or Third party property occurring as a result:
North Island: Ninety-Mile Beach (Northland)
South Island: Skippers Canyon Road (Queenstown)
Rental Qualification
All intending drivers must present a valid full national driving licence, which has been held for at least one year. A current International Driving Licence must accompany driving licences issued in a language other than English.
- The minimum rental age is 21 years.
- There is no additional charge for drivers under 25 years of age.
- There is no maximum age for drivers providing they hold a full, valid drivers licence.
- There is no extra charge for additional drivers. Additional drivers must be notified to Thrifty and listed on the rental agreement.
Rental Period
Rates are based on a minimum rental period of one day (24-hours from the time the rental starts). At Thrifty we allow a 59-minute grace period, after which a extra full day will be charged.
NOTE: Unless arranged at the time of booking, only the pre-paid daily amount can be collected. All other charges, are to be paid direct by the client on credit card or cash. This includes but is not limited to one way charges, fuel, child seats, ski racks, airport and ferry terminal surcharge, Accident Excess Reduction (AER).
Thrifty New Zealand will collect the total value of the hire and all sundry charges from your client upon vehicle pickup.
The payment is to be made by internationally recognised credit card or cash. Thrifty accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club cards. The credit/charge card must be in the name of the authorised renter. Third party credit/charge cards are not acceptable. Renters will be required to leave credit card details as a deposit. Renters with no credit card will be required to leave a deposit (cash or travellers cheques are acceptable) equivalent to the estimated value of any charges (including applicable Accident Damage Excess – reduced or full), plus a further NZ$100.00.
At the conclusion of the rental any additional charges payable by the renter will be calculated and detailed on the rental agreement, together with any balance to be collected or refunded. Where a cash deposit was taken, and a refund is due to the client, Thrifty will endeavour to refund the appropriate amount to the client at time of finalisation. Should there be insufficient
cash on hand at the time, Thrifty shall arrange for the refund to be made by bank draft in local
currency within approximately 15 days.
Refund Policy
Clients returning vehicles early will be eligible to receive a refund on any unused portion of their voucher from their agent.
Where for example the client returns early and there remains an unused rental period of the rental, Thrifty will only charge for the actual days the client had the vehicle(s) at the rate applicable for the actual length of hire used.
NB: The daily rate to the client may alter as the number of days the client had the car for will be charged at the daily rate applicable for that rental period. Eg; a 21 day voucher with 7 days left 'refundable' would be billed as 14 days at the 14-20 day rate, not 14 days at the 21+ day rate as originally booked.
Cancellation / No Show Fee
In the event this booking is cancelled within 5 days of scheduled pickup or if a booking is not cancelled and the customer does not pick up the vehicle (no-show), the customers credit card will be charged with a cancellation fee (100% of Gross rentals)
Frequent Flyer Programmes
Broker bookings are eligible for frequent flyer points. Customers are eligible to earn points on their rental in any frequent flyer programme that Thrifty participates in.
Terms of booking on this website
Information disclaimer
The rates on this website are often heavily discounted. This is due to our negotiated rates and bulk buying power. On very rare occasions, a rate may be displayed incorrectly due to our, or a vehicle supplier's error. In such a case, if you book with us at a quoted rate that is incorrect, we will notify you of any price change and give you the option to proceed or cancel. We make every effort to keep information on our site up to date, but we cannot guarantee this website is free of errors or omissions and retain the right to update or change the information published at any time.
To the extent permitted by law we/the owners of this website will not be liable to you or to any third party (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage (including but not limited to any accident, injury, delay or loss of enjoyment) arising out of your reliance upon information contained on this website, including but not limited to your use (or inability to use) any products or services described or procured through this website.
When you pick up your vehicle, you will be required to sign a rental agreement with the supplier of the vehicle. Your rental and use of the vehicle will be governed by the terms of the rental agreement and any other documentation or information provided to you by the supplier at the time you pick up your vehicle. The rental agreement is between you and the supplier and we will not be liable to you or to any third party in relation to the terms of the supplier's rental agreement or any other documentation provided to you by the supplier at the time of pick up.
While we will make reasonable efforts to ensure we are representing only reputable suppliers, we make no warranty about the fitness or suitability of any third party (supplier) product or service and will not accept responsibility for the quality or fitness of any vehicle. We welcome feedback from our customers on their experience with our suppliers. We may, at our discretion, provide you with reasonable assistance in resolving any dispute you may have with a supplier.
Our total liability to you in relation to your use of this website and the information contained on this website will not exceed the dollar amount of the deposit we have received from you in relation to your booking/rental. Refunds will not be made for bookings cancelled due to inclement weather. Again, we strongly recommend that you take out travel insurance. Your use of this website is governed by the laws of New Zealand and the jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.
Booking information
To make a booking you must complete our booking form which is easy to follow and secured with the latest encryption technology. Once we receive your form, we will, subject to availability, confirm your booking by emailing you a confirmation voucher and invoice.
If you are booking via phone, please make sure you have read the terms and conditions of the vehicle you wish to rent first. Our reservations consultant will ask you if you have read the terms and agree to them before proceeding. The onus is always on the renter to ensure they make themselves fully aware of the terms displayed on our website.
Information disclosure
In booking on this website you acknowledge that we disclose your information to your selected Supplier in order to provide the requested rental services.
Vehicle capacity and fitness to drive
Under no circumstances are you permitted to carry more passengers than the vehicle you rent is legally registered to carry, and if you do your insurance may be invalidated. The number of seatbelts (and passengers) is indicated next to each vehicle on this website. Luggage capacity where shown is an indication only and we will not be responsible should you be unable to fit your entire luggage into a vehicle. It is your responsibility to choose a journey that is within your capabilities. A vehicle supplier can refuse to rent a vehicle to any person who is in their opinion unfit to drive or does not meet eligibility requirements. In such circumstances we will have no further liability to you.
Refund Policy
In the event of cancellation, any deposit amounts paid at the time of booking are non-refundable.
If you are unsatisfied with our service, please contact us within 48 hours of placing your booking or request and we will work to resolve any issues and determine if compensation is due. In the event you have completed your rental and are unhappy with your vehicle, we are happy to assist you in seeking compensation from the operator of the vehicle.
This website is owned and operated by Online Republic Ltd. Our financial centre and marketing office is based at Level 5, 12 Madden Street, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland, New Zealand. In Australia, we are based at Suite 3.01, 11 Queens Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004. Thank you for booking with us.
Thrifty InsuranceInsurance
Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance including third party and public liability is included in our rates. An accident damage excess (ADE) does apply.
Accident Damage Excess (ADE)
ADE applies to all rentals. This excess may be reduced (at the renter's option) at the time of rental by purchasing Accident Excess Reduction (AER) or Total Protection Package (TPP).
Accident Excess Reduction (AER)
|Vehicle Class
|Damage Excess
|AER (per day)
|Reduced Excess
|ECAR to PCAR
|IFAR to XVAR
Total Protection Package (TPP)
|Vehicle Class
|Damage Excess
|AER (per day)
|Reduced Excess
|ECAR to PCAR
|IFAR to XVAR
The Premium Location charge which is charged separately is - $46.00.
*all the above prices include GST.


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The most dramatic moment of Barack Obama's fourth State of the Union address came toward the end, when the president pointed to audience members with the most personal stake in gun control laws and called for Congress to act on their behalf.
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"12 Years a Slave" was the big winner at the 2014 Spirit Awards, Film Independent's celebration of movies of a certain budget cap on Saturday.
Steve McQueen's harrowing depiction of America's peculiar institution took best feature, director for McQueen, screenplay, supporting female for Lupita Nyong'o and cinematography spirits in a big, sometimes sweltering tent on an occasionally rainy Santa Monica Beach.
"My biggest challenge was to try not to be a distraction," superstar Brad Pitt, one of "12 Years'" producers and a co-star in the film, said backstage.
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Matthew McConaughey continued his romp through best actor categories by winning the Spirit for male lead; his "Dallas Buyers Club" co-star, Jared Leto, did ditto and ditto, taking the supporting male prize. Both gave long, half-looney acceptance speeches — McConaughey metaphoring various types of roadways for indie productions, Leto taking the opportunity to thank everyone in the known universe and proposing both marriage and divorce to Nyong'o.
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When you buy a computer from Best Buy, you'll be asked if you want to cover it with an extended warranty. Some people go ahead and pay the extra money, but not everyone thinks these warranties are a good idea. Consumer Reports almost always says they aren't worth the money.
You might be surprised to learn that, sort of like the computer from Best Buy, you may have the option of buying a warranty for your home. Depending on your situation, a home warranty could definitely be worth the investment.
What is a home warranty?
For a fee of between $300 and $500 a year, depending on where you live, a home warranty covers the costs of repairing or replacing most any malfunctioning system in your home.
Let's say your dishwasher starts leaking, your clothes dryer burns out, or your water heater won't heat water anymore. If you had a home warranty, you wouldn't have to call around to get estimates for repairs. You wouldn't have to pay out of pocket to get it fixed, either.
Instead, you would just call up your home warranty provider. The warranty company would call the appropriate repair company it has an arrangement with. The repair company then would call you and set up an appointment. The company would send someone to your house to fix the problem, if possible, or replace the malfunctioning appliance with a brand new one. Your home warranty would cover the costs, though you'd probably be responsible for a co-pay of about $50 per incident.
Who should buy a home warranty?
Home warranties are particularly great for first-time Gen X /Y and Millennial home buyers who've been renters until now. They're used to calling the landlord whenever there's a problem, and a home warranty company takes over that role. These homeowners are working long hours and might not have the time or the energy to call around to find a plumber or an electrician to get quotes or bids, let alone wait around for the noon to 4 p.m. window for the repairman to show up. Sometimes, it takes just one costly and unexpected system repair — and the drama associated with it — to realize the savings of a one-year home warranty.
But home warranties aren't limited to Gen X, Gen Y or other first-time home buyers. A homeowner can buy one at any time. Are you buying or do you own a 15- to 20-year-old home (or older)? Does the home have aging appliances and systems? A home warranty might be well worth your money. Many appliances and systems start to break down after 15 or 20 years, and you don't want them all falling apart on you around the same time. Your real estate agent can give you referrals, and you can read reviews of home warranty companies on the Home Warranty Reviews site.
Home warranties are also great for investors or "accidental landlords," folks who end up renting their homes out because they have to move and want to hold out until the market picks back up. If you're not an experienced real estate investor and don't have a network of repair folks, it might be easier to pay for the home warranty. The last thing you want is a tenant without hot water calling you day in and day out. If you have a home warranty, you can cut right to the chase, keep happy tenants and minimize stress.
If you shop for a home warranty, be sure to ask each company exactly what's covered. If something isn't covered (such as the plumbing system), ask if you can add on coverage, and if so, at what cost.
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I am sure this has been covered, but I am new to the forum and didnt have much time to search today. I am ETSing from the Army an entering into Law Enforcement and just purchased a Five seveN as my duty weapon. What is the best carry round for this awesome hand gun? Thanks for the help. I am looking forward to digging into this forum and reading more on this round.
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