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Thank you, ChereKaye, for the wonderful template! I played with it
Beautiful page. Love the journaling about the great photos. The multi-colored eyes in a white cat is very common. We have one, too.
what a great story for your furbaby. Glad that you were able to save him. I really like the paint splatters and the fun design. Super page.


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Poyet unruffled by Seagulls loss
Last Updated: 19/09/11 1:17pm
Poyet: Not panicking
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The Seagulls were knocked off top spot in the Championship at the weekend after they went down 1-0 at big-spending Leicester.
Poyet said: "If you had told me our first defeat this season would have been against Leicester, I would have taken that.
"If you had asked me if we would have been at the top of the league before the Leicester game I would have taken that as well.
"Technically they were better than us. They have pace and strength up front so they are a difficult team to play against.
"You have to give credit to Leicester, but we were not at our best."


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PO name: [CG] Giga, [CG] Gigaboost
Serebii name: Gigaboost
PO name: [CG] Giga, [CG] Gigaboost
Serebii name: Gigaboost
Challenger: gigaboost
Score: Win 2-0, 3 good games, tied the first one.
Made Charizard_007 my B***h 2 games to 0
To make it clear, if you PM me, I get an email. I do not use this site anymore.
If you PM me I will do my best to get back to you.
l0l yeah i deleted it
beat Tormented gg
~Credits to Extroph~
Challenger: clueless
Score: loss 1-2, gratz on the badge good game.
PO name is -Chronic- if anyone wants to Challenge me. I am usually on.
beat Shadow 2-1 for my first symbol gg. and im coming for EK next
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Jamie Oliver is in the BEANO...
NEW.. 3 FREE GIFTS comic relief BEANOMAX..
and it features a few well known faces as well.
Jonathan Ross, Jamie Oliver, McFly, Mr Bean and a few other celebs have a little trip in the red nose balloon...but watch out...along come the gnashers!!
Dennis mets Johnathan Ross .
There seems to be an invasion of Daleks.. in the school!!
Jamie Oliver gets the better of Olive the cook!, and the 'children' at school have a better lunch!!
So pop off to the shops and spend your £2.48 on the brand new version of the Beano...BEANOMAX.
In this rednose and first issue you also get a free whoopee cushion...how could you resist that !
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Re: Jamie Oliver is in the BEANO...
The Beano is the stuff that legends are made from!
Congratulations Jamie ,I am not suprised that you are chuufed to have entered the pages of 'The Beano'.
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Where can we people from foreign countries buy that magazine online?
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Hal Steinbrenner is on the hook for $114 million over the next five years to Alex Rodriguez, so the third baseman's most recent alleged ties to performance-enhancing drugs have caught the attention of the Yankees owner.
"It's a concern, but it's out of our hands," Steinbrenner said yesterday at the Yankees' minor league complex. "We will cooperate with MLB any way we can, in any way we're asked to, but other than that, there's not much to say. I don't know any more than you do."
The league is investigating Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic in Miami, after the Miami New Times obtained documents containing names of numerous players including Rodriguez, and whether its owner, Anthony Bosch, provided banned substances.
Rodriguez, through spokesmen, has denied any connection with Bosch or the clinic.
But these days, Rodriguez's future is just one of many uncertainties surrounding the Yankees.
After an offseason in which the organization devoted considerable funds to 2013, but not much beyond that, questions remain about what the payroll is going to look like going forward.
Steinbrenner did say yesterday there is an interest in signing Robinson Cano, a free agent after this season, to a long-term deal.
"There's been a conversation or two, but we'll get into that at a later date," Steinbrenner said. "He's obviously been a great Yankee and I hope he's here his entire career."
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Steinbrenner 'concerned' about Alex, peeved over cheap chirps
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By Alicia H. Munnell
It seems as though no one reads the Census annual publication Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States for anything but the number of people in poverty. The parts I find most interesting are those pertaining to the level and distribution of income. The numbers go to the heart of conversations about the "middle class" and the "rich."
Both President Obama and Governor Romney have adopted household income of $250,000 as a meaningful demarcation point for defining the middle class. In the case of the President, he proposes to retain the Bush tax cuts for households with less than $250,000 and eliminate the tax cuts for those above that threshold. Governor Romney in a recent ABC interview offered the same definition of the middle class: "Middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less."
Where does this concept of $250,000 as the appropriate cutoff come from? According to the data in the Census report shown in Table 1 below, which presents the thresholds for being in different parts of the income distribution, the median household in 2011 had an income of $50,054. A household with an income of $143,611 was at the 90th percentile point, or in the top 10th of the income distribution. A household with an income of $186,000 was at the 95th percentile, or in the top 5 percent. The table does not even show households with $250,000, but they must be in the top 97th or 98th percentile.
Table 1. Household Income at Selected Percentiles, 2011
Percentile | Dollar limit |
10th | $12,000 |
20th | $20,262 |
50th (median) | $50,054 |
80th | $101,582 |
90th | $143,611 |
95th | $186,000 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 2012. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011. Table A-2.
The thresholds must be interpreted with caution because households include old and young, urban and rural, coastal and midland, and small and large. But it is very hard to understand how anyone could think of $250,000 as the middle. It seems like both candidates have a mental picture of the very rich and everyone else.
The "very-rich-versus-everyone-else" framework may come from data on the share of income earned by various households. Here the Census data show that those in the top quintile – the highest-earning 20 percent – earn more than the bottom four quintiles combined (see Table 2). That is, the top 20 percent receives more income than the bottom 80 percent.
Table 2. Shares of Household Income by Quintile, 2011
Quintile | Share |
Lowest quintile |
3.2 |
Second quintile |
8.4 |
Third quintile |
14.3 |
Fourth quintile |
23.0 |
Highest quintile |
51.1 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 2012. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011. Table A-2.
And a recent study by Emmanuel Saez shows that within the top quintile the distribution is also very skewed, so that the top one percent receives about 20 percent of total income.
Thus, while the $250,000 threshold makes no sense in describing the middle class, it seems like a relevant divide for defining where the money is. Nevertheless, dividing the nation's households into the "wealthy" and "the middle class" doesn't seem like a useful exercise. It pits the majority of Americans against the top 1 or 2 percent. It suggests that the majority of Americans should not be called upon to solve the nation's fiscal problems. It violates the notion that we are all in this together. Yes, the rich can contribute more, but we can all contribute something.


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COLUMBIA -- Mizzou Hoops played its exhibition opener Monday night, and Northwest Missouri State playing the part of the sacrificial lamb. The Tigers played without suspended senior guard Michael Dixon.
Earnest Ross had six threes and a new career-high 22 points. Laurence Bowers made his return to the court after a knee injury sidelined him. He finished the night with 14 points. Highlight of the night? Keion Bell throws it down for a monstrous dunk. Mizzou cruises, 91-58.


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Strange Horizons Looks At 2011 Awards
January 27th, 2012 by Editors
Niall Harrison, editor of Strange Horizons magazine, has posted a look at several 2011 awards, including his pics for those works he expects to see on various shortlists.
Niall starts out with some commentary and reaction to Ursula Le Guin's article on the subject that I covered here a while back.
Editor Harrison is certainly in a better position than most to make predictions; that he is willing to make them in public is a bit unusual and deserving of attention.
Thanks to Jared Shurin of the Kitschies for the heads up.


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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get started?
On the first day of classes, your online instructor will email the class with instructions specific to their course through STC student email/Owl Mail and/or through Blackboard Course Messages. A course announcement will also be posted in each Blackboard course to guide you on the first day of class. Blackboard is the online management system that the Technical College System of Georgia uses for online courses.
When you log on to Blackboard through your mySTC account or directly through http://southeasterntech.blackboard.com, you will see a link to all the online courses for which you are registered. If the semester has not started, you will see your courses listed, but you will not be able to access them until the first day of class. If you cannot access them on the first day of class, check your registration and contact your instructor.
Click the link for the course you wish to work in. As you enter the course, you will see menu items that will allow you to navigate around your course. You will be able to communicate with your instructor through student email/Owl Mail and/or through Blackboard Course Messages. Your instructor will inform you of his/her preferred method of contact within the information in your Blackboard course.
To secure your seat in each online class you are taking, you must complete the STC Pledge Acknowledgement Discussion Board prior to the third day of class. The STC Pledge Acknowledgement Discussion Board is located within the Getting Started/Start Here item in your online course. In addition, students should follow any additional "getting started" expectations indicated by their online instructor. Students who do not complete the "getting started" requirements, will be no-showed from the course.
How do online courses basically work?
You will not have access to your online class until the first day of the semester. On the first day of class, you need to login to mySTC. All online and hybrid classes use Blackboard. Some courses will require the use of external assessment sites such as MathXL, MyMathLab, and SAM. If you have not done so already, review the Online Course Orientation.
After entering Blackboard, read the My Announcements and then click on the course you wish to enter under the Course List module. Once inside the course, carefully read the course announcements. You will see course menu items on the left hand side of the screen that will allow you to navigate around your course. Some of the course menu items include announcements, instructor information, course syllabus, Getting Started/Start Here, and Lessons/Course Work, etc. Most of your academics (assignments and tests) will be found under the Lessons/Course Work menu item (the names for the menu items that each instructor uses may vary).
You will be able to communicate with your instructor through student e-mail/Owl Mail, Blackboard Course Messages, and discussion forums. A discussion forum allows you to hold virtual conversations with other classmates and your instructor without having to be online at the same time. The My Grade menu item will allow you to view your grades. All online courses require a proctored event.
How do I login to my online course?
- Click on mySTC via the Southeastern Tech webpage at www.southeasterntech.edu.
- Enter your Student ID# as your username and your BannerWeb PIN as your password to login.
- Click on the Blackboard Icon.
- You will see a list of all of your online, hybrid, and web-enhanced courses on the Southeastern Tech Blackboard Homepage under the Courses Section/Module.
- Click on the course you want to enter.
It is very important that you look around each course by clicking the menu items and modules to learn where everything is located (announcements, syllabus, lesson plan, course work, grades, etc.). Along with your email, check the announcements in Blackboard daily. Your instructor may frequently post important information in the announcement section of Blackboard. Additionally, check your student email/Owl Mail located within mySTC. If your instructor uses Course Messages to communicate, you must enter your Blackboard course to send and receive those messages.
If you have any problems logging in or experience technical difficulties, contact the appropriate Blackboard point of contact.
Gina Robison, Vidalia Campus, (912) 538-3122, email@example.com or email@example.com
Sonya Wilson, Swainsboro Campus. (478) 289-2298, firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
Stephanie Moye, Vidalia Campus, (912) 538-3161, firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
Note: An alternate route to enter Blackboard is http://southeasterntech.blackboard.com.This route will require you to remember a different username and password. Student usernames and passwords are formatted as follows when entering Blackboard through the Blackboard Website:
- Username: 43_student id number (example: 43_9100#####)
- Password: 43_student id number (for a new user)
- Password: your password from last semester (for a returning student)
Students who enter Blackboard through their mySTC account should be able to automatically enter Blackboard by clicking the Blackboard icon in mySTC.
I have not heard from my online instructor. What should I do?
Log in to your course(s). Your instructor should have an announcement on how to get started in the course. Also, check your STC student email/Owl Mail and/or Blackboard Course Messages located within each course. You may contact your instructor if you have any questions. Instructor contact information is posted on the course syllabus and in Blackboard.
I have clicked on the Blackboard icon in mySTC, but my courses are not available or not listed.
Beginning of Semester: Students may login to Blackboard early, but the courses will not be available for students to access until the first day of class. Double check your registration to make sure you are still enrolled and email your instructor if you are concerned.
Students who Register Late: Students who register late may have to wait up to 24 hours to gain access to the Blackboard course. If your course does not appear within 24 hours, check your registration and contact your instructor.
First Week of Semester: If your course disappears, this most likely means you were purged due to financial aid or no-showed for not adhering to the "getting started" expectations. Contact your instructor.
During Semester: If your course disappears, your account has most likely been disabled because you have exceeded the attendance policy or it could be due to a purge. Contact your instructor.
End of Semester: Blackboard courses will be disabled after the last day of classes. Contact your instructor for questions concerning your course or see BannerWeb for your final grade.
How long do online courses last?
Online courses begin and end following the same calendar as traditional, face-to-face courses. Full-term semesters during fall and spring are 15 weeks long. Some courses are also offered on shorter minimesters. The short summer semester is approximately 9 weeks long. The course structure will require that students adhere to these schedules in order to successfully complete the course. Some instructors/courses allow students to work ahead and others require that students stay on a week-by-week basis. The course syllabus, lesson plan, and/or the calendar will further guide student progress.
Do I have to come to campus for an online course?
All online courses require one proctored event that will take place on the Vidalia and Swainsboro campuses at a specific date and time set by the instructor. The dates and times of the proctored event can be found on the course syllabus. Students living further than 75 miles from the instructor's home campus can secure an off-campus proctor for the same date. Off-campus proctoring paperwork must be submitted a full two weeks before the date of the proctored event. Please see the proctoring information on your syllabus, in your Blackboard course, and in the school catalog. Some classes may require more than one campus visit. Check your syllabus at the beginning of the semester.
How do I take tests?
Most tests are taken online. Once you are in your course, you will be able to look at the syllabus to find the method of testing used for your particular course. Tests may be administered in Blackboard or they may be administered through external sites such as MathXL, MyMathLab, or SAM. These requirements will be discussed as part of your course. Tests can be multiple choice, open ended, true/false, short essay, or long essay in format. Tests may also be timed and graded automatically. Each course will be different in the type of tests required. Once completed, your instructor may provide feedback on your test through the course's grade book.
How much work is there in a typical online course?
You can expect to spend the same amount of time online as you would in the face-to-face classroom plus homework and study time. A fair prediction would be to take the contact hours for your course and multiply by two to predict the minimum hours per week your course should take. Therefore, a five contact hour class will require a minimum of 10 hours per week when you take into account typical class time, homework time, and study time.
Can I take courses on-campus and online at the same time?
Yes, you can take on-campus and online courses at the same time. However, please remember that online courses are as rigorous as on-campus courses, and you should expect the same level of work or more.
Can I take more than one course at a time?
You can take up to the maximum number of courses recommended by your advisor but not to exceed 18-credit hours. However, these courses are as rigorous as on-campus courses, and you should expect the same level of work or more.
If I have problems in my class, what do I do?
Your instructor is your first contact. The course syllabus and information in your Blackboard course will state the best way to contact your instructor. If you have problems with your instructor that you cannot work out, you may contact the dean for your program.
I don't see my question here? What do I do?
Your instructor is your first contact for any Blackboard related question you have. You can also request assistance fromGina Robison, Dean of Business Technologies and Human Services, (912) 538-3122, or Sonya Wilson, GVTC Coordinator, (478) 289-2298, or Stephanie Moye, POC Contact, (912) 538-3161.


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Keith Winterhalter, a senior attorney for the city of Toledo, died of apparent heart failure Thursday at his Toledo home. He was 58.
Mr. Winterhalter was a senior attorney for the city of Toledo doing litigation work for the city since 2006.
He previously worked for several law firms, including Robison Curphey & O'Connell and Cooper, Straub, Walinski & Cramer in Toledo, and Dykema Gossett, PLLC in Michigan, after starting practicing in 1984.
Before that, he taught English, and coached football and tennis at Sylvania Northview High School from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.
He was preparing to be the lead attorney in a case filed by three female firefighters who brought gender-discrimination charges against the Toledo Fire Department.
"He was a great guy, very knowledgeable, very empathetic," Jeff Charles, the chief of litigation for the city, said.
"We used to talk about his children, who he cared a lot about."
An Oregon native, Mr. Winterhalter graduated from Clay High School in Oregon and later got his bachelor degree in education, along with his law degree, from the University of Toledo in the early 1980s.
"He was a very kind and generous man. He was very helpful to people who need any type of help. And he was never judgemental of anybody," said Sue Winterhalter, his ex-wife.
He married Sue Winterhalter, nee Snider, of Toledo in 1971.
They had three children whom they raised in Toledo. The couple divorced in 1992.
In his free time, Mr. Winterhalter enjoyed running marathons and golfing.
His professional memberships included the Ohio Bar Association and Michigan Bar Association.
Besides Ms. Winterhalter, also surviving are his son, Wade Winterhalter; daughters, Leah-Renee Winterhalter and Emily Winterhalter, and sister, Marianne Kanary.
As a tribute to Mr. Winterhalter, a happy hour will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Rumpus Room bar on Consaul Street in East Toledo.
There was no visitation. Services were private. Arrangements are by the Newcomer Funeral Home.
The family suggests tributes to the Boys and Girls Club of Toledo or the American Heart Association.


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Is everyone ready for Halloween? Only 13 more days until the "undead" will once again roam the earth for one eerie night. Of course they'll have to make their way through the ghosts, goblins, ninjas, princesses and Hannah Montana's, but I'm sure they'll be fine. I can't wait to see all the trick-or-treaters out begging for candy. Hopefully there won't be any tricks played, just good old fashioned treats. Don't forget October 30th is Cabbage Night so be sure to bring all your pumpkins inside for the night, park your cars in the garage and leave as many outside lights on as you can. Better to be safe than sorry!
Planning a Halloween party this year? Have I got the perfect fun activity for children and adults alike. They're called Tom Smith Halloween Crackers and everyone will love them! It's a new twist on a traditional Christmas treat. I know the first time I heard Tom Smith Christmas Crackers I was like "what are those?" Well, here's a brief description and history for you to better understand what exactly they are.
The Christmas cracker was invented in 1847 by Tom Smith, a baker of wedding cakes from Clerkenwell, London. On a trip to Paris in 1840 Smith discovered the "bon-bon", a sugared almond wrapped in a twist of paper. Back in London, his new sweets became quite popular. When he noticed that young men were buying them for their sweethearts he began to place love mottoes on small slips of paper inside the wrapping. In 1846, standing at his fireplace, the crackle of a log gave him the flash of inspiration for the cracker. After much experimentation, he got it right. He pasted small strips of saltpetre to two strips of thin card. As the cards were pulled away from each other, the friction created a crack and a spark (similar to that used in a cap gun). A cracker consists of a cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of paper, making it resemble an oversized sweet-wrapper. The cracker is pulled by two people, and, much in the manner of a wishbone, the cracker splits unevenly. The split is accompanied by a small bang. Inside the cracker is typically a small toy or other trinket and a motto, a joke or piece of trivia on a small strip of paper.
The Halloween crackers contain small Halloween trinkets and toys. We had the Tom Smith Christmas Crackers last year on Christmas Eve and the kids couldn't wait to "pull" their crackers. Even the adults were getting into it! Believe me you'll love these crackers because they'll make one heck of an exciting Halloween treat! Start a new tradition this year with your family and friends with the Tom Smith Halloween Crackers.


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AARP's Create the Good effort helped build a preschool playground at an elementary school in Gila Bend, Arizona. AARP Arizona volunteer Virginia Brant, who was involved in a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony for the playground at Paloma Elementary School, says Create the Good means that all of the preschoolers at the school will now have a better area to play in because of it.
"It was really awesome to see the playground equipment for the kids. Now the little ones will have a great area to play in during recess," said Brant. "This is a great example of what AARP's Create the Good can do in a community of need."
Brant traveled to Gila Bend from the Phoenix area to represent AARP Arizona, at the invitation of school officials to take part in an official opening of the preschool playground. The effort marked about a two-month construction period in which a new slide, wood-chip ground and other new play equipment was added to the playground.
In addition to being an AARP Arizona volunteer, Brant is also currently the president of the Westside Unit of the All Arizona School Retirees Association (AASRA). Brant, through her Westside Unit, partnered with AARP Arizona in bringing Create the Good to the Paloma School playground effort.
AARP's Create the Good effort is about community service and improving the lives of people in need. Every day, people are raising their hands to give back to their communities. Whether tutoring a child, feeding the homeless or honoring veterans, your time and commitment make a world of difference.
If you are giving back to your community, AARP would like to recognize and support your good work with the Win & Do Good: Cabot Cruise Contest and Sweepstakes.
Share your inspirational story and you could be one of seven lucky winners* to win up to $5,000 for the charity of your choice AND an Alaskan Cruise celebrating your volunteer work, sponsored by Cabot Creamery Cooperative.
You can also visit the AARP Arizona Facebook page to keep up to date on the latest news from Arizona AARP.
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Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/18/sony_introduces_walkman_to_android/
Sony: Walkman, meet Android
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Posted in Personal Tech, 18th July 2012 15:36 GMT
Sony has launched an Android-based Walkman, the F800, with which it hopes to topple the supremacy Apple's iPod Touch holds in the PMP market. Good luck.
The Sony Walkman F800 boasts a 3.5in display and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, providing access to Google Play and its wide array of apps and games.
It'll come in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB sizes, connect through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and should pump out up to 36 hours of audio from a single charge, if Sony's battery life claims are true.
The Japanese giant also revealed further Walkmans - Walkmen? Walkpersons? - including the Bluetooth-focused S770BT Series, the noise-reducing E570 Series, and the colourful E470 Series, which comes with a portable speaker dock powered by the device's internal battery.
While prices have yet to materialise, Sony's new Walkies are all available today. ®


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- What's On
- Learning
- Learning for work
- REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene
REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene
Website: Community Use Website
This course is based around teaching input, discussion and a short exam. It provides a recognised certificate which would enable participants to find work in catering. This course will explore food handling, food practices, cleaning storage and personal hygiene. There is a short examination at the end of the course to gain the certificate.
The content includes:-
* An introduction to food hygiene
* Bacteria and their characteristics
* The incidence of food poisoning and its prevention
* Personal hygiene and working habits of the food handler
* The working environment
* Cleaning practices
* Common food pests and their control
* Food legislation
This course costs £90.00 and has been approved for Individual Learning Account (ILA) funding. Through Skills Development Scotland, you may be eligible to apply for an Individual Learning Account giving you up to £200 to spend on learning or training. ILAs are for people who are 16 or over and living in Scotland. You must have an income of £22,000 a year or less, or be on benefits to be eligible.
If you are not in education, do not have a degree or above and are not taking part in a National Training Programme (Modern Apprenticeship, Get Ready for Work or Training for Work) you can apply for an ILA. For more information or to request an application pack, please visit www.myworldofwork.co.uk or call the helpline on 0800 917 8000.
To book a place on the course, contact the appropriate Community Use School.
This class is part of : Learning for work
Tagged : Education | Vocational courses | Food
Published by: Fife Council
Course Information | |
Age Group | Adults |
Course Level | Introductory |
Study Method | Short |
Qualifications Gained | The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland - Elementary Food Hygiene Award |
Course Reference | EFH02 |
Other Information | ILA Scotland accounts can be utilised to contribute payment towards the course. Your ILA account number will require to be forwarded to the Centre prior to the course start date. |
Course Timetable
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Beath High Community Use | | Tuesday 22 September 2015 | 18:00 - 21:30 |
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We believe that providing an exciting and rewarding career for our employees is not limited to working on projects at some of the country's top healthcare organizations. We strive to allow all employees the opportunity to grow their skill sets and take on new challenges in order to advance their careers. We offer a variety of options for continuing education, training for different EHR systems, including Epic certification, attending seminars and conferences and other opportunities for career advancement in the healthcare management industry.
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Raps Problems Despite Back to Back Wins
Posted By Tomas Cleary On Feb 23 2010 @ 7:19 pm In Toronto Raptors | No Comments
Toronto lost a heart breaker in O.T. last Wednesday to the Memphis Grizzlies. They then rebounded with wins over basement dwellers New Jersey Nets and the Washington Wizards. While the wins are nice there has been something bothering me about this team for a little while that no one seems to be talking about.
I'm of course talking about this teams inability to put teams away, and even more specifically a lack of energy in the 3rd quarter. A prime example of this is Saturday nights game against the high school team formerly known as the Washington Wizards. Toronto went into the half with a 64-57 point lead. Then came the usual 3rd quarter meltdown where they got outscored 31-21 and trailed 88-85 going into the 4th.
Thankfully the Raps ended up pulling out a 109-104 victory but the bigger issue is if this team continues to take the 3rd quarter off in games against some real teams they will get killed! Again right now with the weak schedule Toronto has enjoyed has allowed this lack of consistency to go largely unnoticed but with some big games against some good teams coming up it will have to be something they find a solution to.
Wednesday I will be at the Air Canada Centre to watch the Raps/Blazers game live in person and hope to see something encouraging against a good Blazers team that has been killed by injuries this year.
Here's hoping we get 4 quarters of solid play, something we haven't seen a whole lot of yet this season.
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Loyola's Crane Named Yeardley Love Unsung Hero Award Winner
BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland men's lacrosse player Jason Crane (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake High School) has been named the 2013 male recipient of the Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award, the One Love Foundation announced today.
Crane joins the University of North Carolina's Zoe Skinner, the female award winner, as this year's honorees. Now in its third year, the award celebrates selfless acts of initiative and commitment performed by Division I lacrosse players. The duo are being awarded based on their exceptional dedication, integrity, humility, hard work, community service, leadership, kindness and sportsmanship, traits Love exemplified on-and-off the field.
In January, Crane organized a trip to Newtown, Conn., with teammates to put on a lacrosse clinic for youth players in the town affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Crane gathered many of his teammates, and they departed Maryland, or their homes as it was during Christmas break. A total of 14 Greyhounds gathered in Newtown to lead a clinic in the town where 26 adults and children were killed just weeks before.
Crane reached out to Jim Wallace, the Coach Training Coordinator for the Newtown Lacrosse Association, and Wallace invited the Greyhounds to lead the clinic. The clinic drew more than 100 Newtown youth players, ranging from third through eighth grades, despite the fact that Crane and the Greyhounds put their plans together in less than a week prior to coming. At the clinic, the Greyhounds taught lacrosse skills and team play, as well as interacted with the kids on the field.
"In recruiting, it is hard to measure the intangibles of a player, but we recognize that we hit a home run athletically and intangibly," Loyola Head Coach Charley Toomey said. "The initiative and leadership skills that Jason showed in organizing this were incredible, especially considering he was only a freshman at the time. The relationships we have developed with the families from Newtown are ones that we will continue to hold close for years to come."
Wallace added, "Jason knew that words were not enough, and he took action. His action brought smiles and laughter to our community; I can't begin to tell you the importance of that. Jason and his teammates didn't just run a lacrosse clinic, they brought hope to our community. He is the kind of student-athlete that you want your child to look up to and to emulate. We will always be thankful to Jason for what he did for our community during our darkest hour. Jason has shown us that good can come out of tragedy, and what great people do without being called upon to help: to take matters into their own hands to provide comfort. He has inspired us to find the good, to remember that people care and that there is good in this world."
Since then, Crane and many of the players kept in regular correspondence with the Newtown youth, and more than 100 residents of the town attended Loyola's April 13 game against the University of Denver at Ridley Athletic Complex where they took in a tour of the facility, watched the game and then played on the field with the team after the game.
"Jason's compassion and enthusiasm to help those around him truly embodies the shared memories of Yeardley and she how gave herself to others without asking for anything in return," said Jeff Tousignant, Newtown Youth Lacrosse's president. "His offer to help our community and rally the support of his fellow teammates to visit our children in their darkest moment brought smiles to their faces and those of their families; it helped put laughter back in their voices. It is something our children and parents will never forget. I could think of no finer person to receive this wonderful award."
Sharon Robinson, Love's cousin and a member of the award's selection committee added, "We are so impressed with both Zoe and Jason and are proud to celebrate the positive influences that each of them had on their teams and on the community at large. Like Yeardley, they both epitomize the goodness in collegiate athletics which is sometimes overlooked in our society. They are amazing student-athletes and we salute them for their humble leadership."
As a freshman long-stick midfielder, Crane played in 12 games this season, picking up five ground balls and causing a turnover.
The winners were chosen from a pool of applicants nominated by either a coach or person associated with Division I lacrosse programs throughout the United States. The award's selection committee highlighted 10 finalists (five women, five men) earlier this month and then chose the winners to announce leading up to the culmination of the NCAA lacrosse season.
Each winner will receive a silver bowl recognizing their accomplishment, and a $250 donation will be made in their name to a charity of their choice.


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Mayfair-based estate agent Winkworth today warned the Chancellor's tax grab on overseas buyers was casting a shadow over the top end of the London property market.
The firm — which first opened its doors in 1835 — has had to weather a stamp duty hike on properties worth more than £2 million this year, as well as new rules levying a 15% duty on those buying homes through a company. A mansion tax is off the agenda for now but Winkworth said the market is "difficult to forecast as it risks being subject to further government intervention".
Chief executive Dominic Agace still expects London prices to rise 5% next year but said: "The agenda against the overseas buyer is a significant concern because they account for between 60% and 80% of the top end of the London market."
Sales of homes worth more than £2 million had fallen by around 20% since the new stamp duty threshold had been introduced.
Agace added that it would take the property market until 2015 to get back to the long-term average of a million property transactions a year, last seen in 2005, from the present 600,000. "In terms of the market, 2006 and 2007 were freak years," he said.
The capital's rental market is also expected to be driven by scarce supply and prices should continue to rise, the firm added.
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Egyptologist Zahi Hawass sentenced to jail
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Zahi Hawass, Egypt's minister of state for antiquities, said he will appeal a one-year jail sentence imposed on him yesterday.The sentence is related to a lawsuit accusing him of refusing to carry out a court ruling, the state-run Middle East News Agency said today. The court had ordered a halt to bidding from companies to run a bookstore in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Hawass said today in his blog.
"Tomorrow, the head of the legal affairs department at the Ministry of Antiquities will go to the court to file our appeal," Hawass said in the Web log. "He will present evidence that the bid for the bookstore contract was finished before the original court ruling, so therefore we could not follow the ruling to stop the bidding."
Egyptian archeologists including Hawass appealed to the government in March to protect the country's tombs and storehouses from looting following the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. As well as the theft of artifacts from the Egyptian Museum, storage areas were broken into, including one belonging to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's archaeological expedition in Dahshur, Hawass said on March 3.
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The teacher has finished grading the math papers at West High School. The class size is under 30. One third of the class got a `B`, one fourth got a `B-` and one sixth got a `C`. One eighth of the class flunked and the remainder of the class received an `A`.
How many students in the class received an `A`? AnswerFind a common denominator for 3, 4, 6 and 8. The only common denominator smaller than 30 is 24. Therefore, the class size was 24 and the grades were:B: 8 B-: 6 C: 4 D/F: 3 The number of students who received A`s was 3 (24 - 21) Hide What Next?
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The purpose of this article is to illustrate how to correctly launch an interactive process from a service in Windows Vista, and also to demonstrate how to launch that process with full Administrator privileges. An interactive process is one that is capable of displaying a UI on the desktop.
The article shows how to create a service called LoaderService that serves as an application loader and whose purpose is to launch, at boot time, a command prompt that runs as an Administrator. The article closes with a section discussing how the code could be extended for more practical purposes.
Let's start from the beginning… you have just booted up your computer and are about to log on. When you log on, the system assigns you a unique Session ID. In Windows Vista, the first User to log on to the computer is assigned a Session ID of 1 by the OS. The next User to log on will be assigned a Session ID of 2. And so on and so forth. You can view the Session ID assigned to each logged on User from the Users tab in Task Manager:
Notice, I indicated that the User named Pero is in control of the Console. In this case, I mean the Physical Console. The Physical Console consists of the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Since Pero is in control of the keyboard, monitor, and mouse, he is considered the currently active User. However, since Users can be impersonated, it is more appropriate to reference the currently active Session rather than the currently active User. The Win32 API contains a function called WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId() which returns the Session ID of the User currently in control of the Physical Console. If we were to call that method right now, it would return a value of 1 because that is the Session ID of the User Pero.
There exists a special Session in Vista that has a Session ID of 0. This is commonly referenced as Session0. All Windows Services run within Session0, and Session0 is non-interactive. Non-interactive means that UI applications cannot be launched; however, there is a way around this by activating the Interactive Services Detection Service (ISDS). This not a very elegant solution, and will not be covered in this article. There is a quick 5 minute Channel 9 video that demonstrates the ISDS for those interested. This article assumes the absence of the ISDS. Now, because Session0 is not a User Session, it does not have access to the video driver, and therefore any attempts to render graphics will fail. Session0 isolation is a security feature added in Vista to isolate system processes and services from potentially malicious user applications.
This is where things get interesting. The reason for this isolation is because the System account (or System User) has elevated privileges that allow it to run unhindered by the restrictions of Vista UAC. If everything were running under the System account, Vista UAC might as well be turned off.
Now, I know what you're thinking, "If Windows Services run in Session0, and Session0 cannot start processes that have a UI, then how can our loader service spawn a new process that not only has a UI, but that also runs within the currently logged on User's Session?" Take a look at this screenshot from the Processes tab in Task Manager, and pay particular attention to the winlogon.exe processes:
Notice there are two winlogon.exe processes, and the User who owns both of those processes is the System User. The System User is a highly privileged User unhindered by the Vista UAC that we were talking about earlier. Also, notice the Session IDs that indicate within which Sessions the winlogon.exe processes are running. If you remember from earlier, Session ID 1 refers to the User Pero's Session, and Session ID 2 refers to the User Sienna's Session. This means that there is a winlogon.exe process running under the System account within Pero's Session. It also means that there is a winlogon.exe process running under the System account within Sienna's Session. This is the appropriate time to mention that any Session with an ID greater than 0 is capable of spawning an interactive process, which is a process capable of displaying a UI.
The solution may not be totally clear yet, but it will be shortly, as now it is time to discuss our strategy!
First, we are going to create a Windows Service that runs under the System account. This service will be responsible for spawning an interactive process within the currently active User's Session. This newly created process will display a UI and run with full admin rights. When the first User logs on to the computer, this service will be started and will be running in Session0; however the process that this service spawns will be running on the desktop of the currently logged on User. We will refer to this service as the LoaderService.
Next, the winlogon.exe process is responsible for managing User login and logout procedures. We know that every User who logs on to the computer will have a unique Session ID and a corresponding winlogon.exe process associated with their Session. Now, we mentioned above, the LoaderService runs under the System account. We also confirmed that each winlogon.exe process on the computer runs under the System account. Because the System account is the owner of both the LoaderService and the winlogon.exe processes, our LoaderService can copy the access token (and Session ID) of the winlogon.exe process and then call the Win32 API function CreateProcessAsUser to launch a process into the currently active Session of the logged on User. Since the Session ID located within the access token of the copied winlogon.exe process is greater than 0, we can launch an interactive process using that token.
Now for the fun stuff… the code!
The Windows Service is located in a file called LoaderService.cs within the Toolkit project. Below is the code that gets called when the LoaderService is started:
protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { // the name of the application to launch String applicationName = "cmd.exe"; // launch the application ApplicationLoader.PROCESS_INFORMATION procInfo; ApplicationLoader.StartProcessAndBypassUAC(applicationName, out procInfo); }
The code above calls the StartProcessAndBypassUAC(...) function which will launch a command prompt (with full admin rights) as part of a newly created process. Information about the newly created process will get stored into the variable procInfo.
The code for StartProcessAndBypassUAC(...) is located in the file ApplicationLoader.cs. Let's dissect that function to examine how a service running in Session0 will load a process into the currently logged on User's Session. To begin, we will obtain the Session ID of the currently logged on User. This is achieved by making a call to the Win32 API function WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId().
// obtain the currently active session id; every logged on // User in the system has a unique session id uint dwSessionId = WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId();
Next, we will obtain the Process ID (PID) of the winlogon.exe process for the currently active Session. Remember, there are two Sessions currently running, and if we copy the access token of the wrong one, we could end up launching our new process on another User's desktop.
// obtain the process id of the winlogon process that // is running within the currently active session Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("winlogon"); foreach (Process p in processes) { if ((uint)p.SessionId == dwSessionId) { winlogonPid = (uint)p.Id; } }
Now that we have obtained the PID of the winlogon.exe process, we can use that information to obtain its process handle. To do so, we make a Win32 API call to OpenProcess(...):
// obtain a handle to the winlogon process hProcess = OpenProcess(MAXIMUM_ALLOWED, false, winlogonPid);
Having acquired the process handle, we can make a Win32 API call to OpenProcessToken(...) to obtain a handle to the access token of the winlogon.exe process:
// obtain a handle to the access token of the winlogon process if (!OpenProcessToken(hProcess, TOKEN_DUPLICATE, ref hPToken)) { CloseHandle(hProcess); return false; }
With a handle to the access token, we can proceed to call the Win32 API function DuplicateTokenEx(...) which will duplicate the access token:
// Security attibute structure used in DuplicateTokenEx and CreateProcessAsUser // I would prefer to not have to use a security attribute variable and to just // simply pass null and inherit (by default) the security attributes // of the existing token. However, in C# structures are value types and therefore // cannot be assigned the null value. SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa = new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES(); sa.Length = Marshal.SizeOf(sa); // copy the access token of the winlogon process; // the newly created token will be a primary token if (!DuplicateTokenEx(hPToken, MAXIMUM_ALLOWED, ref sa, (int)SECURITY_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL.SecurityIdentification, (int)TOKEN_TYPE.TokenPrimary, ref hUserTokenDup)) { CloseHandle(hProcess); CloseHandle(hPToken); return false; }
There are many advantages to duplicating an access token. Most notable in our case is that we have a new copy of a primary access token which also contains within it the associated logon Session of that copied token. If you refer to the Task Manager screenshot above that shows the two winlogon.exe processes, you will notice that the duplicated Session ID will be 1, which is the Session ID of the currently logged on User, Pero. We can now call the Win32 API function CreateProcessAsUser to spawn a new process within the Session of the currently logged on User; in this case, the process will spawn in the Session of the User Pero. To summarize, the code below runs in Session0, but will launch a new process in Session 1:
STARTUPINFO si = new STARTUPINFO(); si.cb = (int)Marshal.SizeOf(si); // interactive window station parameter; basically this indicates // that the process created can display a GUI on the desktop si.lpDesktop = @"winsta0\default"; // flags that specify the priority and creation method of the process int dwCreationFlags = NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS | CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE; // create a new process in the current User's logon session bool result = CreateProcessAsUser(hUserTokenDup, // client's access token null, // file to execute applicationName, // command line ref sa, // pointer to process SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES ref sa, // pointer to thread SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES false, // handles are not inheritable dwCreationFlags, // creation flags IntPtr.Zero, // pointer to new environment block null, // name of current directory ref si, // pointer to STARTUPINFO structure out procInfo // receives information about new process );
The above code will launch a command prompt that is running as an Administrator under the System account. I'd like to comment on the parameter @"winsta0\default". This is a hard-coded String that Microsoft arbitrarily chose to indicate to the OS that the process we are about to spawn in CreateProcessAsUser should have full access to the interactive windowstation and desktop, which basically means it is allowed to displayed UI elements on the desktop.
That's all there is to the code. Now, let's discuss how to deploy this service using an MSI, and how to configure it to launch automatically when the computer boots up!
The most efficient way to deploy our code is to create an MSI installer for it. However, we have to first perform a couple of tasks to prepare our service for installation. To begin, we need to add an installer for our LoaderService. To add an installer, open up the LoaderService.cs designer. Then, right-click, and select Add Installer:
The above action adds a new class to the project called ProjectInstaller. This class inherits from the Installer class. There are two components visible on the designer of ProjectInstaller.cs that I have renamed for clarity to loaderServiceProcessInstaller and loaderServiceInstaller. The loaderServiceProcessInstaller control allows us to specify the account under which the LoaderService will run. This account has been set to System:
Now, we are ready to add a Setup project. The primary output of the Setup project is set to the Toolkit project, which contains our LoaderService. This step is fairly trivial, and I will not be going through the details of adding it. However, I would like to comment that we need to hook up the ProjectInstaller class to this MSI. If we do not, then the contents of the Toolkit project will be deployed, but the LoaderService will not get registered as a Windows Service. To add a custom action, right-click on the Setup project and go to View > Custom Actions. From here, you can add a custom action. Specifying the custom action as the primary output from Toolkit is enough to hint to it that there is a custom installer, in our case ProjectInstaller, that needs to be run. Remember, ProjectInstaller is the installer class actually responsible for registering the service with Windows:
Now, it's time to run the code and see the fruits of our labor!
To verify the code is working as expected, we will build the MSI and install it. When you install the MSI, you will notice a UAC prompt asking you to confirm the install. A good Marine friend of mine once told me the Marines have a saying, "Once a Marine, always a Marine." In hacking and computer security, that would translate to, "Once an Administrator, always an Administrator." This is the one and only time a User who installs your project will be presented with a UAC pop-up. Since most MSIs need Administrator privileges to install, this should come as no shock to the User.
After installation, you will notice the service has been registered to start automatically (by the ProjectInstaller); however, this will only happen on the next reboot. You can also start it manually. This article assumes you have chosen to reboot. Notice, when the computer reboots, you are displayed with a command prompt that is running as an Administrator:
From here, you can type in regedit, gpedit.msc, or whatever command you like, and it will bypass the Vista UAC prompt. What's more is that the currently logged in User need not even be an Administrator to take advantage of this command prompt. The reason being is that the command prompt is running under the System account. This can be seen from the Task Manager in the screenshot below. Also take note of the Session ID:
But, what about our LoaderService? Where is it, and under which Session is it running? Let's take another look at Task Manager to figure this out:
We have just successfully bypassed Vista UAC and illustrated how to correctly spawn an interactive process from a Windows Service. But, there is more we can do!
The topics discussed in this section are not contained in the downloadable code. The reason being to keep the example solution as simple as possible. The ideas below are meant to illustrate how the example code can be extended to support different types of scenarios.
Most Windows Services are started when the first User logs on to the computer, and they are launched in Session0. The way our code is currently written is such that only the first User who logs on to the computer will have the command prompt launched in their Session. The reason for this is that our LoaderService spawns the process from its OnStart function. The OnStart function executes only once, and that is when the service is first started. Since the first User to log on to the system has the net effect of starting all services in Session0, he is the User whose Session ID will be retrieved in the OnStart function when it calls StartProcessAndBypassUAC. The OnStart function in LoaderService.cs has been repeated below for clarity:
So then, how can we configure our LoaderService to launch the command prompt for every User on the computer the first time that they log on? The solution is in the OnStart function: either wire-up a Timer, or spawn a Thread that runs in an infinite loop every so many seconds (Thread.Sleep(1000) can be used to control how often the Thread runs). We can use a List<int> object to keep track of all the Session IDs that we have already launched our process in. Every time our Thread executes, we check to see if the Session ID has changed. The currently active Session ID can be retrieved by calling WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId(). If the Session ID has changed, we check to see if we have launched our process into that Session. If we have not, then we call StartProcessAndBypassUAC and add the Session ID to the List<int> object.
It may be the case that you do not want your application to start immediately when Users log on to the computer. You may have an application that should only be loaded when the User chooses to run it. In addition, you may want this application and functionality to be available to every User on the system. The question then is how can our LoaderService accommodate this while still bypassing Vista UAC?
Before we begin this discussion, let's quickly talk about how UAC applies with regard to file and folder access. Vista supports the notion of Special Folders. There are several Special Folders in Vista, but the one we are going to focus on is the Documents folder. In .NET, you can query Special Folder locations by calling Environment.GetFolderPath(...).
If you spend enough time on your computer, you may have noticed that you can freely create, modify, and delete files located in your Documents folder without any interference from UAC. However, if you navigate to another User's Documents folder, you will be greeted with a UAC prompt asking for an Administrator's permission to touch the folder. You may have also noticed that there is a public Documents folder shared and accessible by all Users. In Vista, the path to this Special Folder is C:\Users\Public\Documents. Any User on the system can freely create, modify, and delete files located here without any interference from UAC.
Now, we are able to craft a solution! We can modify the OnStart function of our LoaderService to start an instance of the FileSystemWatcher class, and configure it to watch for changes to the public Documents folder, which all Users have access to. We will have to create a new Console application to communicate with the LoaderService via text files (do not confuse this Console application with the Console Session). The code for the Console application will look like the following:
static void Main(string[] args) { string filename = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\appToLoad.txt"; using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(filename, false)) { sw.WriteLine("SessionID=" + WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId()); sw.WriteLine("ApplicationToLoad=cmd.exe"); sw.Close(); } }
Upon seeing the file appToLoad.txt, the LoaderService would parse the file and launch a command prompt in the currently active Session. At this point, we have successfully illustrated how to use a user application to communicate with a service, and how to have it launch an application for us with full Administrator rights and also bypassing Vista UAC in the process.
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Public Class Updater Private WithEvents tmrUpdateCheck As New Timers.Timer Private WithEvents bgworker As New ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker Protected Overrides Sub OnStart(ByVal args() As String) bgworker.RunWorkerAsync() End Sub Protected Overrides Sub OnStop() End Sub Private Sub StartPlayer() Try If Not ProcessRunning("webremotedisplay.net.playerapplication") Then ' Dim test As New Process ' test.SessionId = 1 Dim procInfo As Toolkit.ApplicationLoader.PROCESS_INFORMATION Toolkit.ApplicationLoader.StartProcessAndBypassUAC(My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.ProgramFiles & "\ICatch\WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PlayerApplication.exe", procInfo) ' Process.Start(My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.ProgramFiles & "\ICatch\WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PlayerApplication.exe") End If Catch ex As Exception WriteLog(ex) End Try End Sub #Region "service related" Private Function GetWebService() As WebRemoteDisplay.NET.HeadQuarter.ConfigService Dim ser As New WebRemoteDisplay.NET.HeadQuarter.ConfigService Dim url As String = GetBaseUrl() If url <> "" Then ser.Url = url & "/ConfigService.asmx" Return ser Else Return Nothing End If End Function Private Function GetBaseUrl() As String For Each item As String In System.IO.Directory.GetLogicalDrives() Dim driveinfo As New IO.DriveInfo(item) If driveinfo.DriveType = IO.DriveType.Removable Then If IO.File.Exists(item & "url.txt") Then Try Dim _url As String _url = IO.File.ReadAllText(item & "url.txt") If _url.ToLower.StartsWith("http://") Then If _url.EndsWith("/") Then _url = _url.Remove(_url.Length - 2) End If Return _url End If Catch ex As Exception WriteLog(ex) End Try End If End If Next Return "" End Function #End Region #Region "Local Version functions" Public Function GetLocalVersion() As String If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(GetLocalDirectory() & "\version.txt") Then Dim version As String = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText(GetLocalDirectory() & "\version.txt") If version = "" Then version = "0" End If Return version Else Return "0" End If End Function Public Sub UpdateLocalVersionInfo(ByVal version As String) My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(GetLocalDirectory() & "\version.txt", version, False) End Sub #End Region Private Function ProcessRunning(ByVal ProcessName As String) As Boolean For Each program As Diagnostics.Process In Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses Try If program.MainModule.FileName.ToLower.Contains(ProcessName.ToLower) Then Return True End If Catch End Try Next Return False End Function Private Sub TerminatePlayer() Dim returnval As Boolean = False For Each program As Diagnostics.Process In Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses Try If program.MainModule.FileName.ToLower.Contains("webremotedisplay.net.playerapplication") Then Try returnval = True program.Kill() Threading.Thread.Sleep(100) TerminatePlayer() 'opnieuw oproepen om de mogelijke andere players ook af te sluiten Exit Sub Catch End Try End If Catch End Try Next End Sub Private Sub DeletePlayer() Try If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(GetLocalDirectory() & "\WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PlayerApplication.exe") Then My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(GetLocalDirectory() & "\WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PlayerApplication.exe") End If Catch ex As Exception WriteLog(ex) End Try End Sub Private Sub tmrUpdateCheck_Elapsed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs) Handles tmrUpdateCheck.Elapsed CheckUpdate() End Sub Public Sub CheckUpdate() Dim service As WebRemoteDisplay.NET.HeadQuarter.ConfigService = GetWebService() Try Dim serverversion As String = service.GetCurrentVersion If serverversion <> GetLocalVersion() Then My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile(GetBaseUrl() & "/PlayerApplication/" & serverversion & "/" & "WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PlayerApplication.zip", GetLocalDirectory() & "\WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PlayerApplication.zip") TerminatePlayer() DeletePlayer() My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveFile(GetLocalDirectory() & "\WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PLayerApplication.zip", GetLocalDirectory() & "\WebRemoteDisplay.NET.PLayerApplication.exe") UpdateLocalVersionInfo(serverversion) End If Catch ex As Exception WriteLog(ex) End Try StartPlayer() End Sub Private Sub WriteLog(ByVal ex As Exception) Dim text As String = "Date: " & DateTime.Now & vbCrLf text &= "Message: " & ex.Message & vbCrLf If ex.InnerException IsNot Nothing Then text &= "Innerexception message: " & ex.InnerException.Message & vbCrLf End If text &= "Source: " & ex.Source & vbCrLf text &= "StackTrace: " & ex.StackTrace & vbCrLf text &= "---------------------------------------" & vbCrLf Dim overwrite As Boolean = False If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(GetLocalDirectory() & "\updaterlog.txt") Then If My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo(GetLocalDirectory() & "\updaterlog.txt").Length > 100000 Then overwrite = True End If End If My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(GetLocalDirectory() & "\updaterlog.txt", text, overwrite) End Sub Private Function GetLocalDirectory() As String Return My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.ProgramFiles & "\ICatch" End Function Private Sub bgworker_DoWork(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles bgworker.DoWork Try If Not My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists(GetLocalDirectory) Then My.Computer.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(GetLocalDirectory) End If CheckUpdate() StartPlayer() tmrUpdateCheck.Enabled = True tmrUpdateCheck.Interval = 1800000 tmrUpdateCheck.Start() Catch ex As Exception WriteLog(ex) End Try End Sub End Class
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1. I never did get around to reading After America. I guess I'll have to now, to find out what happens next.
2. John Boehner's strategy will probably be the following: If 60 percent of the American people support something that Obama wants, enough House Republicans will vote for it to become law. That's the only way House Republicans can avoid getting wiped out in 2014. The American people have chosen, and they deserve to get what they want, "good and hard."


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Well, could you please post a syscheck? If you need to know how to make one, read: How to post a system check
Ok so when i go to play games from my usb gx loader, none of my games will play.... NONE! They all seem to load as if they are going to and then they go to a black screen and that is it!
I have no clue where to start to try and fix this, can someone please lead me in the right direction???
Thanks in advance
Well, could you please post a syscheck? If you need to know how to make one, read: How to post a system check
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System Menu X (IOS150, E) | HBC 1.08 (IOS58) | bootmii/boot2v4 | priiloader 0.7 | cIOSX rev21d2x_v6 (main base IOS 57) | cIOS 223 (IOS 37 + 38 merged) | USB Loader GX 2.2
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...runs on IOS58 (rev 6175).
Region: PAL
System Menu 4.1 (v450)
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 39495869
Boot2 v4
Found 106 titles.
Found 44 IOS on this console. 3 of them are stub.
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 525): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1031): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1031): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1031): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug ES Identify Flash Access NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 1031): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 1038): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1293): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1806): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3348): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 3867): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5661): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5918): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6175): No Patches
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5661): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS90 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS222 (rev 4): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS223 (rev 4): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS224 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
IOS247 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS248 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS249 (rev 14): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v65535
Report generated on 2010/10/02.
I hope i did that right???
Thanks for your help in advance!
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Hey can anyone help me out here??? pls?
What hdd ae you using?
as said use CFG USB Loader as it was recommended with the guide you followed by Mauifrog
How did you end up with cIOS249 rev14 if you followed maui's guide. I thought it used rev17.
Anyhow you might want to use rev17 and it may work after that.
Ok im not sure how i got what on there but i can redo my wii following his guide? Do i need to delete anything before i do? Should i stay on 4.1 or go up to 4.2? Sorry only real new to this so sorry for all the questions?
No need to apologize. We all started somewhere. I have been hacking for a couple of years now, and I still have a lot to learn. I just wish I had started posting on WiiHacks.com sooner, because I have learned a months worth of information in only a few weeks. There is no need to update to 4.2 (and definitely not 4.3!). SM4.1 has all the latest features, so you won't be missing out on anything.
As for the guide, you should be safest if you start the guide from the beginning and work to the end. You will probably end up repeating things you have done in the past. That won't hurt, as long as you follow the directions correctly. Anything old will be overwritten and updated.
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Track List
Album Notes
Personnel: Deanna Bogart (vocals, piano); Dan Leonard (guitar); Jeff Reed (upright bass); Scott Ambush (electric bass); Mike Aubin (drums).
Audio Mixer: Luke Rohwer.
Recording information: Acacia Recording Studios, Mount Airy, MD.
Photographer: Michael G. Stewart.
Deanna Bogart is a blues pianist and sax player with an eclectic resumé that includes years in the Western swing band Cowboy Jazz and a long tenure with Root Boy Slim's skewed R&B outfit. She also has impressive country, jazz, and boogie-woogie chops, the latter showcased on two standout tracks here -- Erroll Garner's "Boogie Woogie Boogie," a romp that shows of her strong syncopated left-hand bass runs, and Pete Johnson's "Death Ray Boogie," where she concentrates on bright, jazzy right-hand fills. Her original tunes provide the album's heart and soul. "Where the Well Never Runs Dry" is a slow, fervent love song that urges lovers to ignore the pain and go deeper to find deliverance. Bogart's soulful keyboard work and Scott Ambush's brooding electric bass support her fervent vocal. She's more upbeat on "In the Rain," a jaunty tune about looking for better times, featuring bright, sparkling keyboard work and Jeff Reed's driving acoustic bass, while "Blues at 11" is, not unexpectedly, a lonely, late-night instrumental delivered by Bogart alone at the keyboard. The album's showstopper is her smoldering version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Most singers emphasize the song's message of hope and its dream of better days, but Bogart slows the tempo way down and delivers a vocal that's full of sadness and desolation. Her bluesy take reminds us that we're usually under the rainbow, and the rain clouds, hoping for a better day that most likely will never come. ~ j. poet


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XThe Browns concluded their preseason schedule with a 13-10 victory over the Chicago Bears on Thursday night at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Browns rookie running back Montario Hardesty left his first NFL game in the second quarter after suffering a left knee injury. The extent of his injury is unknown. He's scheduled to have an MRI today. Meanwhile, the Browns won't practice today or the rest of the weekend. On Saturday, NFL teams are required to trim their 75-man rosters down to 53 players, so stay tuned to find out how things shake out for the Browns. The deadline to make cuts is 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Senator Carlucci Calls for Passage of Lyme Disease Legislation to Expand Coverage, Education Initiatives
NEW CITY – In response to alarming statistics and a recent CDC report showing a much higher prevalence of Lyme disease cases, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) today announced a 3-point legislative package that will make treatment options more affordable; expand research for treatment, detection, and prevention; and require professionals to complete continuing education courses of Lyme disease.
At a press conference at Kennedy Dells Park, Senator Carlucci was joined by renowned Lyme disease physician Dr. Daniel Cameron and New City resident Allison Harvey, who discussed her story and ongoing battle with symptoms related to Lyme disease..
"Lyme disease has become a national public health problem that we can no longer take lightly," said Senator Carlucci. "We should take every measure at the state level to aggressively combat this growing problem. By funding more research initiatives, promoting education, and expanding insurance coverage, we will not only lower the amount of cases of these tick-borne illnesses, but also improve the quality of health among those living with this dreadful illness."
Expanding Coverage
The first bill (S.3478-A), commonly referred to as the Tick-Borne Illness Treatment and Education Act of 2013 ("TickBITE Act"), would require health insurers to provide adequate coverage for long-term medical care of Lyme disease and other tick-borne related pathogens. It also increases public awareness and community outreach campaigns to prevent tick bites, understand symptoms, and provide funding and charitable donations for research efforts.
Educating Professionals
A second bill recently drafted by Senator Carlucci would require health professionals to take a continuing education course on Lyme disease every four years to stay up to date with the latest research and treatment options available. Under the proposal, the New York State Department of Health's Institute for Tick-Borne Disease would be tasked with approving such courses that offer this type of training.
Protecting Doctors
The third bill (S.5520-A) would make it easier for doctors to effectively treat chronic Lyme disease. It would authorize doctors to use antibiotics as a therapeutic long-term treatment option for their patients. Since this course of treatment can be costly, insurance companies have routinely tried to make this as difficult to administer as possible. Doctors will instead be protected from insurance companies and licensing boards that would otherwise subject them to investigations for such antibiotic regiments, or even worse, try to revoke or suspend their medical license altogether.
While there is no definitive testing or treatment available, doctors routinely prescribe antibiotics for patients exhibiting chronic Lyme disease symptoms. In the early stages of Lyme disease, patients treated appropriately usually recover completely. However, 10-20% of patients, many of those diagnosed much later on, may have long-term symptoms.
According to the CDC, between 1992 and 2011, a combined total of 12,797 Lyme disease cases were reported from Rockland and Westchester counties alone. However, experts have concluded that Lyme disease cases often go under-reported. While more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported across the country, a new estimate shows the total number of people diagnose with Lyme disease is roughly 10 times higher than the yearly reported number, or as many as 300,000 each year.
County-Level Lyme Disease Cases Reported Over Past Decade |
County |
1992-1996 |
1997-2001 |
2002-2006 |
2007-2011 |
Total |
Rockland |
401 |
403 |
980 |
843 |
2,627 |
Westchester |
4724 |
2102 |
2552 |
792 |
10,170 |
Total |
12,797 |
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Photo (L to R): Patricia Parke, RN, Rockland County Department of Health, Senator David Carlucci, Lyme disease victim Allison Harvey, and Dr. Daniel Cameron of the Lyme Project at a press conference in New City.


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Pumpkin Sambar
Prep time
30 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
50 mins
Pumpkin Kuzhambu with Fresh Ground Masala:
Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes
Recipe type:
¾ cup tuvar dal. Cook in a pressure cooker or in a microwave with ½ tsp turmeric and enough water so you have at least a cup of stock you can reserve for the rasam, along with a spoonful of the cooked lentils
1 tsp canola or vegetable oil
1 sprig curry leaves
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp mustard seeds
2 cups of red pumpkin, peeled and cut in a ½-inch dice. Microwave the pumpkin with ½ cup of water for about 7-8 minutes until tender
1 tsp tamarind extract, or a 1-inch ball of tamarind, soaked in water, then juices extracted by crushing with fingers
A pinch of asafetida (hing)
1 tbsp jaggery (an unrefined Indian sugar)
For the ground masala:
½ tsp vegetable or canola oil
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp chana dal or bengal gram dal
1 tsp udad dal or black gram dal
3 dried red chillies
¼ cup grated coconut
A generous pinch of asafetida
1 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi)
Stir fry the ingredients for the ground masala except the coconut in the oil until they are toasted and lightly golden.
Transfer to a blender. In the same pan, fry the coconut until it just begins to brown.
Add to the blender. Grind the masala with just enough water to make a fairly smooth paste.
For the sambar:
Heat oil in a large saucepan
Add the cumin and mustard seeds and asafetida.
When the seeds sputter, add curry leaves and then tamarind extract plus 1 cup water.
Let the water come to a boil, then add the ground masala.
Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and let it simmer for a couple of minutes.
Add the cooked pumpkin pieces and stir in.
Add the cooked tuvar dal and salt to taste. Bring it to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Add jaggery and stir in. If the sambar is too thick, add some water.
Serve hot with rice.
Recipe by
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Charlotte I. Getz, 72, of Effort, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Walter W. Getz Sr., with whom she shared 50 years of marriage prior to his death in 2007.
Born in Bath on March 2, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Robert Sr. and Dorothy (Gerhardt) Silfies. Charlotte attended Nazareth High School.
She was employed at Hunterdon Developmental Center, Clinton, N.J., as a health care aide for five years before retiring in 2007. Previously, she worked in the garment industry as a sewing machine operator for more than 30 years.
Charlotte was a member of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, as well as the American Legion and Jacksonian Club, both of Nazareth. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother, who loved and cherished her family.
She is survived by her loving family, which includes her daughters: Sharon E. Getz, with whom she resided, and Louise A. Southam and her husband, Steven, of Nazareth; her sons: Walter W. Getz Jr. and his wife, Patty, of Easton, and Wayne W. Getz and his wife, Michelle, of Effort; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers: Robert Silfies Jr. and his wife, Ginny, of Nazareth; Donald Silfies and his wife, Mae, also of Nazareth; and Ray Silfies of Allentown; five sisters: Valetta Inhoff and her husband, Joseph; Barbara Staples and her husband, Stanley; Jean Flyte and her husband, William, all of Nazareth; Catherine Werner of Wind Gap; and Patricia Hahn of Nazareth; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her late husband, Walter Sr., she was preceded in death by her twin daughters, Charlotte and Charmaine, as well as five sisters and three brothers.
Friends and relatives are invited to call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at George G. Bensing Funeral Home, 2165 Community Drive, Route 946, Village of Moorestown, Bath.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will follow at St. Peter's Snyder Church Cemetery, Seemsville.
George G. Bensing Funeral Home
2165 Community Drive
Village of Moorestown, Bath
Charlotte I. Getz
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Recently, after confessing an irrepressible pregnancy craving for very forbidden spicy tuna rolls, I found out that I was far from alone. But only one thing was more comforting: A sushi recommendation that gets thumbs-up from even the most cautious OBs. Perhaps because it's not actually made from raw fish.
Fear not, it's not made from tofu either.
Suedy's Koo-Ki Sushi is–get this–made entirely from chocolate and cookies. What looks like tamago isn't actually egg, but lemon meringe. Samon roe are replaced by apricot gummi eggs. A realistic looking piece of shrimp sushi is made of white chocolate with a white almond filling. Even the "wasabi" garnish is dessert-compatible.Washi boxes starts at just $32 or, just like at your favorite sushi joint, you can order by the piece.
Trust me on this one–until your pregnant best friend can have the real thing, surprise her with a big Obento Box. She'll love you for it –Liz
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"Selfie" has been declared the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year for 2013, edging out the dance term "twerk" that has been everywhere since Miley Cyrus' 2013 VMAs performance.
Other words in consideration for Word of the Year include "bedroom tax," "binge-watch," "bitoin," "olinguito," "schmeat," "showrooming" and the aforementioned "twerk."
Judy Pearsall, editorial director for Oxford Dictionaries, tells the AFP, "We can see a phenomenal upward trend in the use of 'selfie' in 2013, and this helped to cement its selection as word of the year."
The research says that the use of "selfie" has increased 17,000 percent over this time a year ago, though the origin of "selfie" can be traced back to September 2002, when it was used in an Australian online forum post. It also started appearing on Flickr as a hastag as early as 2004.
As for "twerk," that term dates back to the early 1990s hip-hop music scene, but its "association with Miley Cyrus this summer created a huge spike in usage in the media," says Oxford Dictionaries.
"Selfie" isn't actually in the Oxford English Dictionary yet, but the multi-volume reference is considering its inclusion. Which celebs would you nominate to be the "selfie" next to the definition?
According to this infographic, Miley Cyrus is the queen of selfies, which is kind of funny since right now, she's also the queen of twerking. But as of September 2013, the top 3 selfie-posters are Miley at 121 selfies, Tyra Banks at 62 and Kendall Jenner at 35.