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VMDg / MountV resources fail to online or probe when the 'Microsoft MS10-066: Vulnerability in remote procedure call could allow remote code execution' security fix is applied
When one or more of the following Microsoft Security Patches
MS10-066 - Vulnerability in Remote Procedure Call Could Allow Remote Code Execution (KB982802) or
MS10-084 - Vulnerability in Windows Local Procedure Call Could Cause Elevation of Privilege (KB2360937 or KB2849470) or
MS13-102 - Vulnerability in LRPC Client Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (KB2898715)
are installed on Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 x64 or IA64, the following symptoms can occur:
- An existing Volume Manager Disk group (VMDg) resource in a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) configuration cannot be brought online.
- A new VMDG resource in a MSCS configuration cannot be created.
- An existing VMDg or MountV resource in a Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability (SFW-HA) configuration cannot be probed.
- An existing VMDG or MountV resource in a SFW-HA configuration cannot be brought online.
- An existing VMDG or MountV resource in a SFW-HA configuration cannot be created using any wizards.
Error Message
Examples of errors found within Microsoft Windows, MSCS, SFW, and SFW-HA logs:
Exception occurs during an RPC request between VxBridge.exe and cluscmd.dll upon applying the MS10-066 or MS10-084 or MS13-102 Security Patch.
Veritas has identified the issue and is addressing the issue with patches specific to installed product listed below. This issue has also been resolved by installing SFW 5.1 SP2 or higher.
Please subscribe to this technical article and/or via the Veritas Operations Readiness Tools site (SORT) for updates regarding the issue and additional fixes for additional versions.
Please contact Veritas Technical Support for additional questions or concerns regarding this update.
Patches are now available for some versions.
SFW 5.1 SP1 (64-bit) and SFW 5.1 SP1AP1 (64-bit) - sfw-Hotfix_5_1_10037_585_2147847
SFW 5.1 AP1 (64-bit)
SFW 5.1 GA (64-bit) - sfw-Hotfix.5_1.00058.400.2144064
SFW 5.0 RP2 (64-bit) - sfw-win64-5.0.307.326.2147879
SFW 5.0 RP1a (64-bit) - sfw-win64-126.96.36.1999.2159443
SFW 5.0 GA (64-bit) - sfw-220.127.116.117.2164117HF
SFW 4.3 MP2 (64-bit) - sfw-4.3.2055.359.2165203HF
SFW 4.3 MP1 (64-bit) - sfw-win64-4.3.1067.350.2165003a
SFW 4.3 GA (64-bit)
This version is not supported on Windows Server 2003 SP2 on any platform so the issue should not be present. If this version is installed on Windows Server 2003 SP2 and is experiencing the issues described in this KB article, please upgrade to a supported version of SFW or SFW-HA that runs on Windows Server 2003 SP2 where a fix is available.
Please use the following URL to check for currently available patches:
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Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows with the Microsoft Cluster Server option 4.3 MP1 x64 or IA64 thru 5.1SP1
Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability 4.3 MP1 x64 or IA64 thru 5.1SP1
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June 29, 2013
DC World Exclusive: Venerable leftist weekly demands president's impeachment over mass surveillance (Eric Owens, 6/18/13, Daily Caller)
In the pages of The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly in the country and the self-described "flagship of the left," a former member of the House of Representatives has called for the impeachment of the president over revelations of massive government surveillance of ordinary citizens.Democrat Elizabeth Holtzman of New York, who sat on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate era, powerfully yet dispassionately lays out the case for the immediate impeachment of the president."Nothing less is necessary to protect our constitutional system and preserve our democracy," she declares.
...is the string of comments by folks who don't get the joke, illustrating the affinity of the deranged of both political wings.
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text: Billi spent much of the morning front and center at the Street Books shift this morning. We spoke of Pow-Wows and The Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes and we brainstormed ideas for weatherizing the library for winter. It is wonderful to be welcomed into the Right 2 Dream Too camp so warmly.


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oops - forgot to change subject line. Brian At 13:20 18/02/2003 +0000, Brian McBride wrote: >At 11:04 17/02/2003 -0500, Frank Manola wrote: > >>Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote: >> >>>From: Frank Manola <email@example.com> >>>Subject: Re: the meaning of RDF tokens >>>Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:10:33 -0500 >>>[...] >>> >>>>>Only one last-call comment identifier is needed here, I think. However, I >>>>>do not see any in the last-call comment list at >>>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues >>>>You won't see it there. There are two sets of change identifiers. The >>>>ones listed at the URL you've cited are issues that have been referred >>>>by the Editors of the relevant documents to the WG for decision. In >>>>addition, each Editor is maintaining an internal set of change >>>>identifiers for those changes they have accepted (as I have this one) >>>>and are going to go ahead and fix. >>>> >>>>--Frank >>>You mean without input from the rest of the working group, or even >>>elevating it to an official comment? >>>I am distinctly unhappy with this way of dealing with my comments. >> >> >>Peter-- >> >>Your original comment was addressed to the Primer, and I've been dealing >>with it on that basis. That didn't make it any less "official", it just >>meant I could decide myself whether I thought I could make the changes >>necessary to the Primer to deal with it. I'll be happy to raise it as a >>general issue to be addressed in all the documents if you like (and in >>fact will do so now). >> >>Brian, can we have an issue number for this please? > >I have recorded comment > > http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues/#pfps-14 > >The WG will consider this comment and get back to you. > >BrianReceived on Tuesday, 18 February 2003 09:00:59 UTC
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The Great Powder Fight of 1990
At ten years old, I was already practicing my surly teenager skills. I didn't want anyone touching my stuff, and nobody was allowed in my room. So when I walked into my bedroom one evening and found my older sister lounging on the top bunk of my bunkbed, I went from zero to pissed in no time.
Let me paint a picture for you: I was 10, my sister was 14. My mother worked two jobs at the time and the only sleep to be had for the poor woman was in the evening. Which was about the time I discovered my (already fully practiced) surly sister laying back with her head propped up on a pillow, on my bunkbed. Grrr.
As quietly as can be so as not to wake my mother in the next room, I growled, "Get out of my room", to which she responded with a heaving sigh and a "Mmm. No thanks". Gotta love teenagers right? Our conversation after that went a little like this:
Me: Seriously Krista, get out of my room.
Her: Are you going to make me?
Me: When I scream loud enough to wake the dead, you will be in trouble.
Her: Yeeeaahahh. Go for it.
It was the eye rolling that got to me. I spoke a little louder, telling her to go away. She was lanquidly petting our black cat Licorice, pretending not to hear me. I grabbed a gigantic bottle of baby powder off my dresser and threatened the cat with it.
"If you don't leave I am going to sprinkle baby powder on Licorice!"
She countered my move by grabbing the second huge bottle of powder off my dresser (WTF was with me and baby powder?). She told me if I put some on the cat, she would pour baby powder all over me. We were at a standstill. Both of us pointing our respective bottles at each other, like in an old western.
And then, she squeezed.
Powder ripped out of the bottle at breakneck speed and poofed directly into my face. That bitch. That was the action I needed to let me know that IT WAS ON.
We then proceeded to get into the Great Powder Fight of 1990 in my tiny little room. We were laughing and carrying on, shooting powder at each other and covering the room in white. And I mean literally. We were white from head to toe, the cat was white, the floor was white...everything in that room was full of dusty powder. We were spluttering and coughing, calling each other all the horrible names we could think of and giggling about it, when we heard a knock on the door.
Uh oh. My mother: who we had woken up from the only sleep to be had for her that evening. She asked us what we were doing and we replied simultaneously with "Nothing!". She could hear the lie in our voices and began to open the door. We looked at each other in horror. We were done for, she was going to FREAK.
She opened the door, sleepy-eyed and angry-looking. My sister and I were standing in the middle of the bright white room, looking like tiny old people before our time. She looked around the room, looked at us, and said,
"I don't know what you two are up to in here, but please keep it down".
And with that she shut the door on us, leaving us wide-eyed and amazed that she hadn't noticed the winter wonderland we were currently standing in the middle of. Poor mama, she was so tired her brain hadn't registered what we had done.
We spent the next two hours quietly cleaning my room, getting powder off the bed covers, the cat, ourselves and even in the cracks of the hardwood floor. We worked in silence, but every once in a while we would glance at each other and giggle, bound in our knowledge that we had just shared something special, something that only we knew about. One of the many things that get's put into the bottomless sister vault, binding you ever tighter with your knowledge of each other's secrets. The kind of thing that we would hold close to our hearts forever, and cherish to our graves.


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The civic body took the decision after it recently found that one of the developers violated the agreement while developing a plot of around 1,000 sqm at Hockey Stadium. The KMC has slapped a fine of Rs 52 lakh on the developer for the offence.
The corporators alleged that there have been cases wherein the developers have raked in profit by undertaking constructions for commercial purpose, but did not develop any amenities for which the plots were reserved as per the development plan of 2000.
Along with transfer development rights (TDR), accommodation reservation (AR) is considered an effective way to develop public amenities without actual land acquisition and sans the civic body's investment.
Under AR, a plot owner or the developer, on behalf of the owner, can avail of the entire FSI permissible on a plot reserved for public amenities in the development plan. The owner/developer can do so after utilising a portion of the plot's built-up space for setting up amenity, which has to be handed to the civic body free of cost.
Dhananjay Khot, assistant director of town planning in the KMC, said, "Of the total reserved plots developed or in the stage of development, around 29 have been through AR. In the case pertaining to the plot at Hockey Stadium, the developer had to transfer the public amenity. He can undertake commercial exploitation of the rest of the space thereafter. However, the developer flouted the rule because of which we slapped him with a fine."
"We will scrutinise every clause in the agreements so that it will be easier for us to push for development of public amenities," he said.
One of the rules to utilise AR requires the developer to utilise 15% of the land plot for developing amenities such as commercial complex, community hall, schools or clinics. While TDR is the popular mode of developing reservations, accommodation reservation is used rarely. The officials claimed that it depends on the land owner whether to develop the plot on his own or transfer it to the civic body using the TDR mode.
"Most of the agreements do not specify the action to be taken in case of violations. Maximum number of cases are related to the development of markets. We will calculate the losses if a developer has failed to transfer the property," Khot added.
Sources in the KMC said there is no provision in the law to take punitive action against the errant developers. However, after calculating the losses after scrutiny of these agreements, the civic body might slap fines of the same amount on the builders.


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Week 16 of the year has arrived and we've been back to school and back in to the usual routine. This has also been the week where many people found out if you was successful in getting your chosen Primary school.
This time it was Mia's turn and we're very happy that she has been offered the 1st choice so come September she'll be at the same school as Aly.
So now on to this week's photos.
The weather this week has been pretty good and there appears to be things growing and showing signs of life. Our pear tree in the garden is coming along nicely.
You may have noticed that I like a flower photo or two. These cards came with a magazine and liked the saying and thought it worked with the tulips.
With colours like this the flower just needed to be photographed.
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* Private equity firms raise $64 billion in Q3 -Preqin
* Coller Capital raises largest fund during period
* Private equity has raised more than $200 mln in 2012
LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Investors found more money for private equity deals in the third quarter, with private equity houses raising more than $64 billion, according to figures from private equity data group Preqin.
The amount raised is more than 10 percent higher than the same period last year and could rise by another 10-20 percent as more data becomes available, Preqin said on Monday.
Fundraising markets slumped in the wake of the credit crisis, but money has started flowing back in recently, with firms including Blackstone and BC Partners raising new buyout funds.
Coller Capital raised the largest fund in the period, a $5.5 vehicle to buy bundles of assets from banks, insurers and other private equity backers.
Private equity houses have raised more than $200 billion year to date, according to Preqin.
There are 1,918 private equity groups currently seeking a total of $796.5 billion, the largest being U.S. group Warburg Pincus which is attempting to raise $12 billion, Preqin said.
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Butcher was game but public wasn't
Visitors used to come from miles to take pictures of the spectacular displays of game in the window of JBS Family Butchers in Sudbury, Suffolk. Partridge, pheasant, rabbit and even deer were hung in rows just as traditional butchers have done for generations. It made a dramatic contrast with the shrink-wrapped joints in supermarkets.
However, it appears Britain no longer has the stomach for the sight of dead animals as the shop has been forced to remove the displays after protests from residents.
The problems began when a letter appeared in the Suffolk Free Press. complaining about the "disgusting" display. This was followed by another correspondent who said he no longer took his 12-year-old daughter to the shopping precinct for fear she would be upset…


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- Woody Strode
- Jeffrey Hunter
- Constance Tower
Lieutenant Tom Cantrell is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge, a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder. The story begins in a courtroom and it is told through flashbacks. This is a story of how a black soldier in the face of danger from the Indians can be so easily mistaken as a criminal.
I first caught the tail end of this John Ford masterpiece on AMC during Black History month, and couldn't wait for it to pop up on the schedule again so I could see the whole thing. I couldn't believe I had never heard of this film before, and after I did some research and discovered how reviewers in 1960 had dismissed it, I understood why. They went expecting To Kill A Mockingbird and got Breaker Morant instead. Ford was WAY ahead of his time with this one. Woody Strode, who plays the title character, helped break the color barrier in professional football years before Jackie Robinson did so in baseball. And he broke some huge barriers in this film, too. Every young black man -- heck, every young American male today -- should be required to watch this film. As Strode later said, Ford and script writers "put classic words in my mouth." Words that would be echoed three years later by Dr. Martin Luther King in his immortal "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln memorial.


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Day Three Hundred and Fifty Seven
It's starting to sink in, a little, that this project is nearly finished! I think I will feel very strange on January 1st...
This mix comprises Miranda's Borneo birds, plus a sample from Richie Cyngler, aka glitchpop.
The image is of a vintage marching bass drum I spied in an antique store in Melbourne this week - outrageously priced and surrounded by taxidermy, both unappealing elements for me!


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As Ship Nears Land, Carnival Cruise Ship's Passengers 'Upbeat'
(NEW YORK) -- The 4,000 passengers and crew aboard the stricken Carnival Triumph cruise ship will disembark after dark Thursday night from the fetid cruiser dubbed "the poop deck" on social media, according to officials.
"It will come in. It will not stop," Alabama State Port Authority Director Jimmy Lyons said at a news conference Thursday. "We're going to do everything we can from our standpoint to ensure that this is as smooth as possible."
He estimated the ship would arrive between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday.
Delighted passengers waved at media helicopters that flew out to film the ship. Passenger Rob Mowlam told ABC News by phone Thursday that most of the passengers on board were "really upbeat and positive."
Nevertheless, when he gets off Mowlam said, "I will probably flush the toilet 10 times just because I can."
Mowlam, 37, got married on board the Triumph on Saturday and said he and his wife, Stephanie Stevenson, 27, haven't yet thought of redoing the honeymoon other than to say, "It won't be a cruise."
Lyons said that with powerless "dead ships" like the Triumph, it is usually safer to bring them in during daylight hours, but, "Once they make the initial effort to come into the channel, there's no turning back."
"There are issues regarding coming into the ship channel and docking at night because the ship has no power and there's safety issues there," Richard Tillman of the Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau told ABC News.
When asked if the ship could be disembarked in the dark of night, Tillman said, "It is not advised. It would be very unusual."
Carnival Cruise Senior Vice President of Marketing Terri Thornton, however, insisted during a news conference at the port of Mobile Thursday, "Our understanding is it will be alongside this evening."
Thornton denied the rumors that there was a fatality on the ship. He said that there was one illness early on, a dialysis patient, but that the passenger was removed from the vessel and transferred to a medical facility.
The U.S. Coast Guard is assisting now and there are multiple generators on board. Customs officials will board the ship while it is being piloted to port to accelerate the disembarkation, officials said.
After eight miserable days at sea, the ship's owners have increased the compensation for what some on board are calling the vacation from hell.
All 3,143 passengers aboard the 900 foot colossus, which stalled in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine room fire early Sunday, were already being given a full refund for the cruise, transportation expenses and vouchers for a another cruise. Carnival Cruise Lines is now boosting that offer to include another $500 per person. Gerry Cahill, president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, announced the additional compensation Wednesday.
"We know it has been a longer journey back than we anticipated at the beginning of the week under very challenging circumstances," he said in a statement. "We are very sorry for what our guests have had to endure. Therefore, in addition to the full refund and future cruise credit already offered, we have decided to provide this additional compensation."
Carnival also said that it has canceled a dozen planned voyages for the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before an engine-room fire left it powerless in the Gulf of Mexico.
Passengers have been texting ABC News that sewage is seeping down the walls from burst plumbing pipes and the carpets are wet with urine. Food is in short supply and reports have surfaced of elderly passengers running out of critical heart medicine and others on board the ship squabbling over scarce food.
With the ship expected to arrive at the passenger terminal Thursday evening, a phalanx of EMT's are set to triage disembarking passengers.
ABC News flew over the ship providing the first aerial views of the ship which showed curious passengers gathering at the rails, looking up at the ABC News plane. It also seemed from the air that deck chairs had been turned into beds.
"[There are] no showers. The smell's terrible. We are camping on deck," passenger Ann Barlow told ABC News.
Mary Poray, whose 12-year-old daughter Rebekah is traveling on the Triumph, teared up when shown images of the ship's deck.
"I just need to know that she's ok," Poray said. "The worst part was when she said, 'Mommy, I'm afraid I won't ever get to see you again."
Families of those on board say that Carnival is adding insult to the injury they already feel as photos of Carnival's owner Micky Arison are now ricocheting across the web. Arison, who also owns the Miami Heat, was seen sitting courtside at a basketball game on Tuesday as the Triumph crisis unraveled and Cahill was trying to apologize.
"At Carnival, our promise to our guests is to deliver a great vacation experience," Cahill said. "In this case, we did not deliver on that promise."
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Welcome to the Website of ACADEMY BASKETBALL "The Next Level!" - OPEN TO ALL PLAYERS FROM ALL AREAS
This program IS OPEN TO ALL boys and girls from 3rd GRADE TO 12TH GRADE. We have players from all over southwest Missouri (Branson, Fair Grove, Seymour, Marshfield, Sparta, Mount Vernon, Aurora, Billings, Monett, Nixa, Ozark, Willard, Ash Grove, Republic, Springfield, and northern Arkansas as well as home school players throughout the region.
This program is designed to help young players develop the fundamentals and team aspects of basketball. Our objective is to help each player make progress toward their personal goals. Sports unite, create friendships and togetherness - and all sports are fun!
General and current information about our program is available here. We invite you to try out our training program! Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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We offer one or two sessions a week on separate days. The first session is devoted to skills development. The players rotate through several stations that each focus on a specific basketball skill. The second session is dedicated to team concepts.
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ALL boys and girls may join if they are entering grades 3rd-12th. Any player may join at any time during the year. The current monthly fee of $55.00 for 3rd-5th grade and $95.00 6th-12th grade is due at their FIRST PRACTICE or the FIRST GAME that they play each month. The monthly billing cycle ends on the last day of each month. Payments not received by that date will be notified privately that services will be discontinued on the 5th of the next month. The monthly PROGRAM FEE $55.00/$95.00 is DUE EVEN IF PLAYERS ATTEND GAMES ONLY and do not come to practices. The coaches still need to be paid. Rent still needs to be paid, insurance still needs to be paid, etc. LEAGUE FEES, currently 45.00 per league, are SEPARATE and are NOT used to pay the coaches. Team participation is optional, but over 95% of our members are on teams. New team members must go to JOHNNY MACS to get a game jersey and game shorts. The cheaper mesh uniform is for 6th grade and younger. All older players must purchase the cloth uniform.
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Ming Tombs while many opine as not important, is integral in understanding the Ming Dynasty. It is like getting an iPhone, and portable charger is not important but integral to keep it alive!
The Sacred Way is part of the Ming Tombs complex and is the way to learn about the entire place in a jiff. The entire place is huge with all three accessible tombs located a distant apart from each other. You can read up below in the pictures!
Sacred Way where I went symbolizes the road leading to heaven. Myth has it that The Emperor, known as the Son of the Heaven, who descended from Heaven to his country through the Sacred Road, also would return to Heaven through this way. The long stretch of pavement is lined with stone statues which are important decorations of the mausoleum. These statues are made of human figures like generals and civil officials, and animals like lion, elephant, xiezhi (a mythological unicorn) that is said to represent certain qualities like ferocity and used to ward off evil spirits away. Enjoy the photos!


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Official Press Release
Werewolf necrophilia and talking rats are just a small part of the dark, creepy action in Ben Templesmith's new miniseries, Welcome to Hoxford, debuting in August from IDW Publishing. The co-creator of 30 Days of Night (with writer Steve Niles), Templesmith has built quite a fan following in recent years, including critical and sales successes with titles he has both written and created artwork for, including Wormwood Gentleman Corpse and Singularity 7.
Written and illustrated by Templesmith, Welcome to Hoxford is a horrific new series that features a unique and nasty take on werewolves. In the debut issue, Raymond Delgado is the newest inmate at the Hoxford Correctional Facility and Mental Institution. He has no hope of release, parole, rehabilitation, or decent conversation. Ray hasn't been taking his medication. No surprises there. On a good day, he'll tell you he's Zeus and only bite your arm off--literally. On a bad day, you won't have time to scream to the prison guard for help. But Dr Jessica Ainley, his doctor for five years, wants to help Ray and can't understand why the newly privatized, corporately-run prison won't give her access to her patients. And why people are always transferred into Hoxford, but no records show anyone ever transferring back out.
"It's odd," said Templesmith. "But the whole reason this book exists is because my work has been banned from a few prisons. I'm told it's among the darkest work I've ever done, and I don't mean the amount of black ink I've been using."IDW will also release Templesmith's The Art of Wormwood in August, the third such art book he has produced.
Welcome to Hoxford #1 will be available from Comic Book Retailers in August 2008.
About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. As a leader in the horror, action, and sci-fi genres, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry including: television's #1 prime time series CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Paramount's Star Trek; Fox's Angel; Hasbro's The Transformers, and the BBC's Doctor Who. IDW's original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. In April 2008, IDW released Michael Recycle, the first title from its new children's book imprint, Worthwhile Books. More information about the company can be found at http://www.idwpublishing.com.


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Build 7201 X-64 Pinnacle PCTV 72e DVB-T WORKS with WMC
Hi all
Windows Media Center works fine with the Pinnacle USB PCTV 72e stick . Download the X-64 VISTA driver from the Pinnacle site.
When installing the driver CANCEL the Windows Update driver download as it tries to load a REALTEK driver instead that doesn't work.
Great again --Now I've got Terrestial Digital TV on a laptop (100 + channels -- great).
Loads of Radio stations too (that's why I posted this on the Sound and Audio Forum)
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Do you mean that I only have to instal this file, PCTV_72e_320cx.zip ? At the Pinnacle website they have Solo 72e and Ultimate 72e but my stick is called PCTV DVB-T Stick Standard 72e EU. Anyway it seems that Solo and Ultimate has the same file (above).
Do I have to install TVCenter too? sagoga.
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Hello, I can't find any working drivers for my PCI TV Tuner. It's a Pinnacle PCTV Rave, I went through pinnaclesys website, nothing that I downloaded works. I don't know the exact model of my card, it's PCI, analog, doesn't have FM receiver. Maybe this helps?
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Devotional Series: Ruth, Week 3
Linnea White
Ruth, Week 3 | Threshing Floor
What a challenging task it must have been when Naomi asked Ruth to be obedient to her and lay at the feet of Boaz. However, Ruth so humbly did so saying, "I will do whatever you say." (Ruth 3:5) During this time the people of God were under the Law of Moses and that meant that Ruth was eligible to have a kinsman redeemer. This was a part of Israeli family tradition. A man who was a close relative was responsible to care for a childless widow and thus carry on the family name (Deuteronomy 25:5-10). Naomi was not asking this of Ruth in a selfish way - she was doing so because she wanted what was best for her daughter-in-law. She wanted rest and security for her. She knew that in Ruth doing so she would be offering herself as a bride to Boaz.
The patience that Ruth must have had to bear during that time is a perfect example of the patience that we should strive to have during whatever it is we are enduring. She not only had to be patient and wait until Boaz was asleep to approach him in the night, but after she had to wait and see if he would accept her offer.
If you are wrestling with being patient in an area of your life right now, then the story of Ruth is one for you… myself included.
When Boaz woke to Ruth at his feet, I can only assume that he was a bit stunned. She asked him, "Spread the corner or your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer." (Ruth 3:9) When Ruth asked Boaz to spread a corner of his garment over her, I believe she was asking him to both spiritually and physically be her covering. Boaz saw Ruth for the woman she was and not for what life had thrown at her. He noticed in her "kindness, and that she was a woman of noble character." Boaz vowed to be her kinsman redeemer if a man of nearer kin was not willing.
Ruth was a woman of integrity with a kind heart and great nobility, but to the rest of the world she could have been seen as a barren widow in a foreign land.
I believe that there is a specific reason why this encounter between Boaz and Ruth takes place in a threshing room. A threshing room was a place where grain was separated from husks. Where the old was being stripped away from the goodness inside. Ruth was being separated from the past. She was becoming redeemed:
From poverty to wealth.
From widow to wife.
From barren to fertile.
From foreigner to an Israelite.
This is a beautiful picture of the redemption and transformation that happens when we surrender and lay our lives down at the feet of Jesus.
"His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering
his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Matthew
I challenge you this week to allow God to thresh out all that you do not need to be carrying and to lay down your life at His feet.
I challenge you to be patient in the time of waiting and trust that He is making something beautiful out of your life.
Trust that God can restore and redeem all things in your life.
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In the wild Western Conference race, the battle for the Northwest Division crown is the best race-within-a-race. On Thursday, the Denver Nuggets knocked off the Portland Trail Blazers 106-90 to tighten their tenuous grip on first place in the division, while the Utah Jazz are coming on strong with a nine-game winning streak, including home wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets and New Orleans Hornets -- and the Jazz host the Nuggets on Friday (ESPN, 10:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. MT).
Each division winner is guaranteed to be seeded no lower than fourth, which could be quite a bonus for one of these three teams, since it's possible the West will have five or six teams above the Northwest winner in win-loss record.
But it could also be a mixed blessing this season, as it would almost ensure a potential second-round series against the Lakers, who stand head and shoulders above the rest of the West, 8.5 games in front of the San Antonio Spurs.
So let's look at the NBA's most competitive division through that lens, to examine which of these teams might actually have a shot against the mighty Lake Show:
1. Utah threatens the Lakers -- and the Spurs, too. When the Jazz are healthy, they compete consistently on defense, which is something you have to do against the Lakers, especially. You can't play lackadaisical defense against them because they are going to score 115-120 points on you. You have to come at them with more focus at that end of the floor.
Coach Jerry Sloan has tons of experience and, with all that he's been through in Utah, he will have the Jazz ready. I actually think Utah will catch Denver for first place in the Northwest Division and end up with the 3-seed in the West, thereby avoiding a potential rematch with the Lakers until the West finals.
2. Denver is scary, too. The Nuggets have plenty of firepower, aided by the addition of Chauncey Billups, who brings a lot of playoff experience. None of those other guys have really won at a high level, so adding him to the mix certainly helps.
The Nuggets have the components needed to win, but if I had to point to a weakness, it would be that they can be undisciplined with their shot selection. If you are that way with the Lakers, you are going to get run out of the building. You have to be really efficient on offense and stay locked in defensively on every possession to have a chance to beat an offensive powerhouse like the Lakers.
3. Portland doesn't have enough experience. Also, Greg Oden has had such difficulty staying healthy. He's hoping to come back from his latest injury -- and avoid surgery -- but it doesn't sound like the kind of thing that all of a sudden gets better.
Not having Oden makes all the difference in the world because of the pressure it puts on LaMarcus Aldridge and Joel Przybilla. They are nice players, but that tandem without Oden just won't give the Blazers enough defensive presence inside.
It's going to be tough for them this year to do any real damage in the postseason. I think they are maybe a year or two away from being a team that can make a serious run at the NBA Finals.
Ultimately, any of those teams, especially the team that gets the 3-seed, would have a lot of trouble getting past both San Antonio and Los Angeles. To beat the Lakers in the playoffs would take a team with depth that can compete defensively and rebound well. Utah has the best shot of the three Northwest Division contenders, but honestly I would be very surprised if the Lakers are not in the NBA Finals this year.
ESPN analyst Tim Legler is a regular contributor to the Daily Dime
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On March 6, 2000, Shaquille O'Neal had a career-high 61 points, on 24-for-35 shooting from the field, and also pulled down 23 rebounds in a win over the Clippers. It was significant because it was O'Neal's birthday. Shaq turns 37 on Friday and the Suns travel to Houston to face Yao Ming and the Rockets. Will it be another special day?
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Interesting item sent in by a Cavs fan: Now that Cleveland has signed Joe Smith, the offseason trade the Cavs made with Milwaukee and Oklahoma City has effectively become Mo Williams for Damon Jones.
And since Luke Ridnour went scoreless in 26 minutes in the Cavs' win over the Bucks on Wednesday night, I'll ask this one more time: Why did the Bucks convey Smith to Oklahoma City for Ridnour instead of keeping him and starting Ramon Sessions all year? Not only would that get the Bucks out of their cap mess next year since Smith's deal expires, but they'd also be far better off at two positions -- center, where they currently rely on the replacement-level combo of Francisco Elson and Dan Gadzuric, and point guard, where they spent half a season keeping Sessions under wraps for no reason.
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Chris Paul scored 27 points and added 15 assists to lead the Hornets to a 104-88 win over the Mavericks. It was the ninth time in the last two seasons that Paul had at least 25 points and 15 assists in the same game. That's one more 25-point/15-assist game than all other NBA players combined have recorded over the last two seasons. Deron Williams and Dwyane Wade (two each) are the only other players with more than one such game since the start of the 2007-08 season.
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Chris Paul, Hornets: He had 27 points, 15 assists and numerous plays destined for the highlight reel as New Orleans roughed up the visiting Mavericks, 104-88.
Josh Howard, Mavericks: The forward made just 3 of 10 shots from the field en route to a seven-point evening. He also contributed little else, grabbing a single board and giving out just one assist.
"I thought it was funny."
-- Nuggets coach George Karl on Carmelo Anthony, who sprinted to the bench when Karl sent in a sub to replace him
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Carmelo Anthony, who returned to action after being suspended one game for refusing to come out of a game, scored early and often on the way to a game-high 38 points in Denver's big win against Portland.


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I had a super good reading year!
All of these and most of my books read this year were all 5 star reads!!
I also have set reading goals for next year!!
I also try to read 200 books but can never get there. I usually end up in a lot of reading slumps or funks but I'm gonna try to stop those from happening!
My 2017 Reading Goals!!
1. Read 200 books!
2. Try to finish 5 series but also start 5 new series. I have a lot of lingering series just sitting on my bookshelf. I want to finish those up but also start some new ones.
3. Try reading at least 3 new genres. I would love to read like history, mystery, or even crime books. Just to keep my reading fresh, instead of always reading romance (there nothing wrong with that though lol!!)
4. I also want to review and blog a lot more, I sometimes drop off with out posting anything for days (stinky life gets in the way haha :D) I also would love to try my hand at doing videos. I always have a hard time when doing reviews because I never know how to write what I feel so I think videos would be a whole lot better!
These are my reading goals for 2017, what are some of yours???
To me I love when a new reading year starts its always so exciting. I just love it.
What are some of your 2017 reading goals or just goals in general??
Have a Happy New Year and a good reading year :]
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It looks like Sony
Sony's PlayStation 3 won't hit the shelves in Europe until March, long after the holiday season is over. Here in the U.S., there won't be too many PlayStation 3 consoles to go around. Sony now expects to ship only 2 million consoles in time for the essential holiday season, half as many as previously expected.
This is just the latest snafu to hit Sony, with news that its lithium-ion batteries are being recalled in both Dell
Gamers are already upset that the PlayStation 3 consoles will cost a pretty penny, which may dampen their enthusiasm for the upgrade. Given its multiple launch delays, it's not impossible that even PlayStation loyalists might simply look elsewhere for their next console purchase. Sony's shortage could bode well for Microsoft
My Foolish colleague Nate Parmelee recently wrote a well-reasoned examination of Sony's current challenges, noting that Sony has struggled with quality issues for many of its recent electronics products. He noted that Sony "is experiencing growing pains as it changes its culture and structure from the inside out."
These are among the reasons why I think Sony's a good stock for investors to avoid. It's not just the quality of its products, but also its frequent public relations debacles, not to mention the growing sense that its left hand doesn't know what its right hand is doing. True, corporations are made up of people, and to err is human. But in Sony's case, the mistakes seem to be coming far too frequently. Before buying in, Foolish investors should wait for signs that the electronics congolmerate is righting its ship.
For more on Sony, see the following Foolish articles:
- Refresh your memory on Sony's battery recall.
- Nate Parmelee discusses Sony's growing pains.
- Sony hopes gamers will pay a pretty penny to play.
Microsoft and Dell are Motley Fool Inside Value recommendations. Dell is also a Motley Fool Stock Advisor pick. Whatever your investing style, the Fool has a newsletter for you.
Alyce Lomax does not own shares of any of the companies mentioned.


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Misplaced your blacklight?
Time sometimes fights back...
When it does.... it occasionally sucks objects into the vortex and back into time. Items like your blacklight.... The blacklight is necessary for our next mission through time, so to help make your next mission go as smoothly as possible, we have a special care package in place. If you've lost the blacklight, click on the link below and we will add a brand new blacklight into your next box. All curtesy of the Clockmaker and EMIT.
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On Saturday, the Washington Post released a long form story about "Super Zips:" zip codes in the top five percent in college education and household income.
Not surprisingly, the DMV has the largest collection of "Super Zips" in the country. Also not surprisingly, the map showed huge disparity between zip codes. Most of NW and Arlington are in the 99th percentile, while two zips in the SW rank in the 13th percentile. H Street's numbers show what has been known for a long time, which is that the neighborhood is transitioning. Right now, 43% of residents are college graduates, making an average of $55K a year. If this neighborhood follows the regional trends, those numbers will be rising.
Other than finding all of this interesting, I wonder what it means. On a personal level, I made an connection that I hadn't before. My hometown in rural PA ranked in the 12th percentile, roughly the same in income and education as Anacostia. (In case you're curious, it's 17801.) I was reminded that poverty is poverty, rural or urban. On a civic level, I believe we desperately need to ensure affordable housing for those who work low-paying jobs in high-cost living areas so that they may simply live. But on a Christian level, I was reminded that when God came and dwelled with humanity in the person of Christ, God chose to live in a neighborhood that was likely ranked in the bottom fifth percentile of the Roman Empire. I don't glorify poverty. It's ugly, and it traps people for generations. But out of everywhere, God chose the shitty neighborhood. Why?


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The 39th Annual California Open Wildlife Art Festival
The 39th Annual California Open Wildlife Art Festival is just around the corner. The show is on February 11th and 12th at the McMillen Event Center in beautiful San Diego, CA.
Del Herbert's 1st place entry in the 2011 Palm Frond, Decoy contest
You can download the show brochure and entry form at the PSWA's download page.
In addition to being an IWCA member show with the classes you expect at a member show, there are a few additional events that make this show truely one-of a-kind.
Palm Frond Carvings:
These carvings are truely classic California. You can learn more about the history of palm frond carvings in our enrichment article section here: Palm Fronds: Found Wood. The challenge is to portray the "essense of the species" of your subject while retaining as much of the character of the palm frond as possible. There are two divisions. A Decoy division, and a decoritive division. There is also a substantial amount of prize money availble, so if you haven't already, look into this unique contest.
Golden Green Winged Teal:
Contemporary Working Decoy:
The PSWA has taken a unique approach to the traditional working decoy class. In an effort to simplify the rules and encourage competition, yet still attempt to honor the spirit of the classic working decoy, The PSWA has taylored the event and rules to be as follows:
- Enter what you have made and use for hunting.
- Decoys must self right and have a means of anchor attachment.
- Judges will emphasize simplicity and field markings.
- Other than 1st, 2nd and 3rd BOS, all other entries will be available for sale to the public for $175. These carvers will receive $150 and PSWA will retain $25.00.
These are just a few events of many that make this a special show. Visit the PSWA's website for more details, and download the brochure for the full listing of events.


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Last piece (so far) of the backyard furniture. 2×4 framing covered in pallet lumber. I wanted a bar/buffet cabinet to go with the rest in f the furniture I've built this summer for our backyard. And the bar top is reclaimed treated 1×6's from an old deck we pulled up.
-- Robert - Haven Wood Crafts
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#1 posted 08-21-2013 01:11 AM
very nice,looks great.great use of reclaimed wood!!!
-- Marty.Athens,AL
#2 posted 08-23-2013 03:31 PM
Looks good and solid. Like this style, has rustic charm and great use of pallet woods. Well done!
#3 posted 08-31-2013 11:06 PM
This is exactly what I want for my queen sized bed underneath it. I also want to store my large dog crate under it as I have a small one bedroom apt. This would be amazing. Now I just have to find someone to make it using pallets for me. I love the weathered look. Reminds me of weathered barn board and driftwood. Awesome.
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WHEELER - Dorothy Jane Pearson Ellis, 90, of Wheeler died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in First Methodist Church in Wheeler with the Rev. Matthew Gary and Ken Baxter officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery. Arrangements are by Peppers Family Funeral Home.
Dorothy Ellis was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Lawn to Marvin Pearson and Fannie Burleson Pearson. She married William Jennings, and later married her life partner, Wilburn "Bill" E. Ellis, on June 22, 1946, in McAllen. Throughout their 55-year marriage, Dorothy and Bill enjoyed playing golf, working crossword puzzles and daily gin rummy games. Their life's journey included homes and many friends in Rotan, Sweetwater, Wichita Falls, Pampa, Abilene, Shamrock, Wheeler and Shreveport, La.
Dorothy was a laboratory and X-ray technician in her early married years. Being an avid golfer, she loved playing and watching tournaments. She also enjoyed watching the Dallas Cowboys. She was a very loving and devoted wife and mother, who was always positive and encouraging with everyone. Though small in frame, she left a large footprint in the lives of all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a sister, Pauline Windham.
Survivors include two sons, Larry Jennings and wife Bobby of Wheeler and Richard Ellis and wife Donna of Plano; two granddaughters, Rhonda Myers and husband Dwayne of Samnorwood and Mona Freeman and husband Johnny of White Deer; a grandson, Travis Ellis of Plano; four great-grandchildren, Dani Myers Jernigan and husband Tyler of Pampa, Codi Myers of Samnorwood and Skylar and Payton Freeman of White Deer; two step-great-grandchildren, Amanda Freeman Saffel and husband Phillip of Lubbock and Justin Freeman of White Deer; a step great-great-granddaughter, Olivia Saffel of Lubbock and a niece, Anne Chasteen Duke of Arlington.
The family suggests memorials be to JaNae Goad Golf Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 423, Wheeler, TX 79096 or First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 89, Wheeler, TX 79096.
Sign the online guest book at www.peppersfuneralhome.com.
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If I'm Harry Hibbs Jr., I've got a bigger problem with my wife being a fan of Toby Keith and the courtroom show "Swift Justice" than the fact that it's Christmas Eve and she's choosing Facebook over me.
But I'm not Harry Hibbs Jr. Clearly.
Hibbs, 51, threatened to kill his wife, Anna Hibbs (Facebook profile here, wherein she professes her fandom of Keith and "Swift Justice") in their Washington County home Christmas Eve after the couple argued over how much time she was spending on Facebook.
From the WTAE.com story:
According to police reports, two children, a 10-year-old and a 2-year-old were in the home at the time of the argument. Police said Hibbs' wife told them that she was holding the 2-year-old when Hibbs shoved her to the ground and hit her in the head with a gun. Police said Hibbs then pointed the gun at his wife and tried to fire it, but it malfunctioned.
Her relationship status is still married. Um, let's hope that changes. Swiftly.


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Date : 13 July 2015
- In order to infuse scientific temper amongst the visually impaired school students (pursuing 7-10th Standards), Rotaract Club of Drishti conducts a one day Workshop on Science Learning on the 13 07 2015 at St Louis School for the blind, Adyar.
- The programme was inaugurated by Mr Ramesh, Civil Engineer and Mrs Kalaimani Babu.
- During his address, the chief guest insisted on developing the Scientific temperament among the school children.
- He also requested everyone to focus on bringing in accessible technologies/devices/environment to enable the visually impaired pursue science subjects in higher education.
- All the sessions on Chemistry, Physics and Byology were handled by Chakchumathi, an NGO working towards inculcating science learning among the visually impaired.
- The sessions were modeled on practical demos and at the end of the day, the students were taught to design a Wind-Mill using small day-to-day materials.
- During the valedictory function, all the 70 student participants expressed their happiness and interest to further their Scientific pursuits in their higher education.
- They were given certificates along with a Science Kit. The function was graced by the GM, IOB, Chennai who, in his speech, has appreciated the enthusiasm of the students and extended his support for all the endeavours for their educational betterment.


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The Writers Guild of America and the major studios appeared Sunday to be moving closer toward a deal that would avert a strike, with the studios increasing their offers on several contentious issues, including the writers' health fund.
But no deal has been announced so far and a strike could still happen if both sides fail to reach an agreement by midnight Monday, when the writers' current contract expires. A strike would affect nearly 13,000 film and TV writers and would cause widespread disruption in Hollywood.
The WGA is negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the bargaining organization that represents the major studios and networks.
The parties made significant progress over the weekend in addressing some of the major sticking points that prompted the WGA to seek a strike authorization vote from members last week. The vote was overwhelmingly approved by 96% of members who voted.
On Sunday, the AMPTP bumped up its offer to the WGA's health plan, making a "substantial increase" to the $60 million offered in the alliance's previous proposal, according to a person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to comment on the talks.
The guild's health plan is widely viewed as one of the most generous in the industry. But it faces financial shortfalls, with the guild projecting mounting deficits in the years ahead.
The AMPTP has also increased its offers on issues including the length of TV seasons and writer exclusivity. The shrinking TV season, accelerated by the move toward streaming, has reduced earnings for writers and has been a major concern for the union.
Writers are also constrained by exclusivity clauses, which prevent many of them from working on more than one show per season.
Both the WGA and the AMPTP have imposed a media blackout and weren't able to comment.
Underscoring the high stakes involved, top executives from the major Hollywood studios on Sunday took part in a conference call concerning the state of negotiations, according to another person familiar with the negotiations.
Although it remains unclear if the studio chiefs are intervening in the talks, they are believed to be concerned about the progress of discussions this close to the deadline.
Negotiations for the new contract began in March and have broken off twice.
But the down-to-the-wire negotiations over the weekend and the fact that the sides are expected to resume talks Monday suggested they could be closing in on a deal to craft a new three-year contract.


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Learn Chinese in Beijing
The language school in Beijing offers general Mandarin language group courses and private tuition courses throughout the year. So whether you have just a few weeks, or several months to dedicate to your studies, Beijing has plenty to offer. You can also combine your studies with a course in Shanghai, at the sister school.
Beijing is the nation's capital and the political & cultural centre. Famous for its cultural heritage and many historic sites, including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and its hutongs with courtyard homes. It feels like a capital with broad streets and wide open spaces. The climate can be extreme (very cold in winter below 0 o c, and hot in the summer, reaching 35 o c). If you can, we recommend you visit in Spring or Autumn to see the city at it's best. The air is generally dry (but the city suffers from smog, due to air pollution).
With over 7 years of teaching experience, and between 30 /70 students studying each month the college in Beijing offers a small college environment across ALL linguistic needs (5 main language levels offered, which are then subdivided again).
- School established: 2005
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Group tuition: 4-20 weeks +
Private tuition: 2 weeks +
- Minutes per lesson: 45
- Minimum age: 16
Average age: 28
- No. of classrooms: 12
- Number of students:
Quietest months: 30 per month
Busiest months: 60 per month
- Exam preparation: HSK
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The Chinese language school (Beijing) is located in the China Central Place complex, close to the subway station making it very accessible to students, from across the city. The school teaches Mandarin Chinese, and offers a range of group and private tuition courses to students of all ages. The school is within easy reach of many restaurants and Beijing`s most popular shopping destinations and the prime night club area around Sanlitun street is only 15 mins from the school.
Language students come from all around the world to learn Mandarin Chinese at the school in Beijing and classes are offered across a range of language levels. The opportunity to stay with local Chinese hosts is a big attraction, but students can book shared apartments with other students or private apartments through the college as well.
There are up to date facilities and free internet access for students in the Chinese language school. Students can relax between classes on the balconies overlooking the courtyard garden. You can also combine your studies with a course in Shanghai, at the sister school.
The teachers are all native speakers of Chinese, with University degrees, who specialise in teaching Chinese as a second language. The college is open all year round and caters for both short and long term language student needs.


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Photo exhibition: CIFF Kids - The SECRET TOUR OF COPENHAGEN
Experience this fascinating and magical city, through the eyes of the curious and adventure-seeking child. We will explore exciting and unknown corners and look at its most famous places with new and childlike wonder.
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In Botanical Garden you will find Denmark's largest scientific collection of plants from all over the world – including species from all over the world that are either threatened or extinct in nature. The garden has 27 glass houses of which ten are open to the public. The most notable glasshouse is the old Palm House from 1874 inspired by the Crystal Palace in London. The house is divided into departments, each with its special climate.
The Pantomime Theatre from 1874 with the brilliant peacock carpet is the only theatre in the world where pantomime is still presented as an independent art form. The theatre is one of Tivoli's landmarks and presents 16 pantomimes mainly from the 18th century featuring the iconic Pierrot, Columbine, and Harlequin. The guinea fowls 'Ib' and 'Ib' enjoy all the performances near the spectator seats (sometimes sleeping), and you might be able to have a chat with them before or after the shows.
The first part of the Copenhagen Metro was opened in 2002, and additional stations have been added several times, including a line which gave access to the Copenhagen Airport in 2007. In 2019 the 15.5 km City Circle Line serving 17 stations in will open. The excavation earth from the City Circle Line is being used to extend the Nordhavn area of Copenhagen where a new part of Copenhagen is being constructed.
Magstræde was created in the 1520s when the coastline upon completion was moved to present day Nybrogade. Magstræde is preserved as a unique environment with the original cobbling, and it features the oldest citizen houses in Copenhagen. Many films portraying 17th or 18th century Copenhagen include scenes from Magstræde.
Nyhavn is one of the main tourist attractions in Denmark. The harbor was excavated from 1671 to 1673 by Swedish prisoners of war from the Second Karl Gustav war as an alternative to the existing port. Originally, Nyhavn was a busy commercial port where ships from all over the world would dock. The area was packed with sailors, ladies of pleasure, pubs, and alehouses. Today, the beautiful old houses have been renovated, classy restaurants dominate the old port, and tourists are struggling to get the best spots and the best selfies.
Kløvermarken (the Clover Field) is a large green space in the island of Amager. Originally a military area, it has later been home to both Copenhagen's first air field and a camp for German refugees after World War II. It now sports football pitches and other sports facilities as well as a nature centre for children.
Sydhavnstippen' is a piece of wild Copenhagen nature unknown by many Copenhageners.The area was created by construction waste and surplus land poured in the harbor until 1973. Since then 'Sydhavnstippen' has more or less looked after itself as a grown-up home for strolling local grazing sheep and llamas.
Vesterbro used to be a working class district, and it featured Copenhagen's version of a red light district. After a successful gentrification effort and a striking change of character, Vesterbro has become one of the most popular and hip districts with its pulsating soul still in one piece. Young people live side by side with families and the old residents of Vesterbro who have never let go of the neighborhood.
Finn Juhl's House
Finn Juhl (1912-1989) was one of the leading figures in the creation of Danish Design. His private home built in 1942 in Charlottenlund, North of Copenhagen, is open to the public as part of Ordrupgaard Museum. His house is a textbook example of his project as an architect and as a furniture designer. Upon entering, one gets the sensation that Juhl just left for a stroll in the garden. The gentle Scandinavian light pours in from the wide terrace doors and large windows and is reflected off the soft white walls.
Kalvebod Fælled
Kalvebod Fælled is one of Denmark's most important wetlands and is known for its diversity of shorebirds and waterfowls. The area used to be mudflats with small underwater cuts, but in the 1940's the 20 km2 area was submerged as an employment project making the island of Amager one third larger. Until the 1980's Kalvebod Fælled was a military drill, but now it's a common place where everyone can move freely and enjoy the marvelous landscape and wildlife.
The Refshale Island, originally an island in its own right, but now annexed to the larger island of Amager, is a former industrial site in the harbor of Copenhagen. For more than a hundred years, it was home to the shipyard Burmeister & Wain which closed in 1996. Today, the Refshale Island is a showcase for Wind turbine technology. Here you can notice the noise from the seven wind turbines from Copenhagen's first wind farm 'Lynetten'.
Københavns Rådhus
The Copenhagen City Hall was built 1892-1905. At the architectural competition, Martin Nyrup broke with the time of construction and proposed a building inspired by the town hall in Siena, Italy. It should be cheerful and worthy, but not aristocratic. The City Hall is an exciting mix of northern Italian architecture and Nordic historicism. You will find wood carvings, frescoes, ornaments, glass mosaics and furniture that illustrate the history of Copenhagen.


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1) From the President's Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau:
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris serve as a painful reminder of our obligation to condemn and combat rising anti-Semitism in all its forms, including the denial or trivialization of the Holocaust.
2) From the Vice President's Statement on the same anniversary:
Recent violent attacks against Jews in France and elsewhere in Europe make unmistakably clear that the scourge of anti-Semitism persists and must be confronted.
3) From the President's Statement on the UN General Assembly Meeting on the Rise of Anti-Semitism:
Anti-Semitic attacks like the recent terrorist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris pose a threat that extends beyond the Jewish community.
4) From Ambassador Samantha Power in her remarks at theUN General Assembly Meeting on the Rise of Anti-Semitism:
As you all know, Jews were not the only targets in the Paris attacks; the violent extremists who launched coordinated attacks that week also went after satirical journalists and police. Nor were they they only victims. The families of those killed are victims as well. Thousands of children attending France's 717 Jewish schools - little kids who now have to walk to class through phalanxes of heavily armed soldiers - are also victims. So too are Jewish worshippers who congregate in synagogues that increasingly feel like fortresses, with blast walls and foot patrols outside. Any Jew in France, in Europe, or anywhere in the world, who fears putting on a kippah before walking out in public, or thinks twice about shopping in a kosher market, or putting a mezuzah outside their door, or living in a Jewish neighborhood, for fear of being attacked - he or she is also a victim.
5) From White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough in his remarks at A Gathering of Solidarity and Remembrance with the People of France and Its Jewish Community:
The violent assault on the Jewish community in France that took place on Friday afternoon - as the Jewish community in Paris was in the final hours of preparing for the restfulness and peace of the Sabbath - was the latest in a series of troubling incidents in Europe and around the world that reflect a rising tide of anti-Semitism.
6) From State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki in her briefing on Thursday, February 12, 2015:
...I would just reiterate that both Josh Earnest and I tweeted and came out and made clear what our position is on the targeted anti-Semitic attack in Paris.
7) Jen Psaki's Tweet on Tuesday, February 11, 2015:
We have always been clear that the attack on the kosher grocery store was an anti-Semitic attack that took the lives of innocent people.
8) Josh Earnest's Tweet on Tuesday, February 11, 2015:
Our view has not changed. Terror attack at Paris Kosher market was motivated by anti-Semitism. POTUS didn't intend to suggest otherwise.
9) Josh Earnest's Press briefing on Tuesday, February 11, 2015, which was incorrectly transcribed by an unofficial transcription:
Q: Well, back to the question Jim was asking about - his description of the shooting at the Kosher deli in Paris as being a bunch of - randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris - I mean, this was not a random shooting of a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris. This was an attack on a Kosher deli. Does the President have any doubt that those terrorists attacked that deli because there would be Jews in that deli?
MR. EARNEST: Well, Jon, it is clear from the terrorists and some of the writings that they put out afterwards what their motivation was. The adverb that the President chose was used to indicate that the individuals who were killed in that terrible, tragic incident were killed not because of who they were but because of where they randomly happened to be.
Q: They weren't killed because they were in a Jewish deli, though? They were in a Kosher deli.
MR. EARNEST: Jon, these individuals were not targeted by name. This is the point.
Q: Not by name, but by religion - were they not?
MR. EARNEST: Well, Jon, there were people other than just Jews who were in that deli.
Q. Does he have any doubt that the deli was attacked because it was a Kosher deli? This is not any random deli. This was a Kosher deli.
MR. EARNEST: No, Jon. No, Jon. I answered the question once. No.
10) Not specifically about Paris, but the President mentioned anti-Semitism in the State of the Union Address:
As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we're threatened, which is why I've prohibited torture, and worked to make sure our use of technology like drones is properly constrained. It's why we speak out against the deplorable anti-Semitism that has resurfaced in certain parts of the world.
11) Also not specifically about Paris, but the President also mentioned anti-Semitism in his 2015 Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast:
We see sectarian war in Syria, the murder of Muslims and Christians in Nigeria, religious war in the Central African Republic, a rising tide of anti-Semitism and hate crimes in Europe, so often perpetrated in the name of religion.


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Are you looking for a quiet place to revise for your exams? Room 117 and room 128 in the School of Management building are both available for silent study Monday to Friday from 08.00 to 18.00 until the 27th January.
If you live close to Singleton Campus, please also check the extra study space that is available there.
This is in addition to the usual study space in the library. Bay Library is open 24/7 as usual. There are silent study rooms available in the North Wing if you need to work somewhere without distractions.
Please look out for our friends from the Students' Union who will be handing out free tea and coffee at prearranged times in the library as part of Study Aid 17.
Good luck with your exams!


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March 2014 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Venezuela's Caracazo, the name given to the 1989 nationwide riots in response to austerity measures announced by then President Carlos Andrés Pérez. To quell the street protests and end widespread looting, Pérez declared a state of emergency and unleashed the army, which killed hundreds of civilians. Venezuela is still suffering the consequences. Venezuelan social scientist Margarita López Maya notes that "after ordering the repression, neither [the Pérez] government nor democracy itself was able to regain legitimacy."
Three years after Caracazo, a faction of the army attempted a coup. Although it failed, it helped launch the political career of Hugo Chávez, one of the officers involved. In 1998, Chávez made a successful bid for the presidency, a position he held for 14 years. At the end of his presidency and facing terminal cancer, he named as his successor Nicolás Maduro. Following Chávez's death in March 2013, Maduro won a special election by a mere 1.5 percent of the vote. He remains president today.
Chávez redistributed wealth and created new mechanisms of grassroots democracy. He also fostered a nationalist and "anti-imperialist" foreign policy, and grossly mismanaged the economy. Venezuela's current inflation rate is 57 percent, third-highest in the world, after Belarus and South Sudan. Shortages of basic consumer goods are rampant and cities are plagued by frequent outages of electricity and water. In addition to its crumbling economy, Venezuela's murder rate has more than doubled since Chávez first took office in 1998. Today, it has the highest rate of homicide in all of South America. While compiling this record, the Chávez-Maduro regime packed institutions with their supporters and placed restrictions on press and other freedoms.
It should come as no surprise that Maduro now confronts the biggest and most sustained outpouring of popular protests against the government since the Caracazo. Since the protests began in February 2014, at least 41 people have been killed -- the majority of them government
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Survey Shows Americans Would Rather Give up Their Televisions, Smartphones and Tablets Than Their Co
Survey Shows Americans Would Rather Give up Their Televisions, Smartphones and Tablets Than Their Computers
Westerners Most Likely to Have Smartphones; Those in Central Region Least Likely
Women More Likely to Have Various Devices than Men
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new Clear Channel Media & Entertainment survey upends some commonly held misconceptions about the use and ownership of electronic devices, including the fact that respondents would rather keep their computer and give up their TV, smartphone and tablet if they could only use one device for a year.
Western states love their smartphones: In what will likely come as a surprise to the fast-paced, connected population on the East Coast, respondents from Western states were more likely to have a smartphone (56%) than those in the Northeast (46%) and the Midwest (42%).
Women have more electronics: When it comes to smartphones and tablets, women are actually more likely than men to own these gadgets — 52% of women have smartphones vs. 43% of men; and 31% of women have a tablet or e-reader compared to 25% of men.
Multitasking: Media multitasking is now mainstream across all media channels. 65% of respondents have been online while watching TV at the same time; 59% have been online while listening to music; and even 25% of respondents watch TV and listen to music at the same time.
Consumers want their gadgets close by — day and night: Only one in ten consumers (11%) think it is "no big deal" if they accidentally leave their smartphone at home for the day. A large majority (78%) keep their smartphones in the bedroom at night, with 60% keeping their phones within arm's reach on the nightstand.
Does constant connection come with a price? Though almost 70% of smartphone owners feel "connected" most or all of the time, they are split on the benefits, with 51% saying they "love it" and 49% saying it "has its pluses and minuses."
Music is the ultimate "mood-enhancer": Two out of three consumers choose to turn on music (59%) rather than TV (39%) when they are looking to change their mood.
"Consumers continue to change rapidly and surprise us. Preconceptions about men and women, young and old, are always tested," said Radha Subramanyam, Executive Vice President of Insights & Analytics, Clear Channel Media & Entertainment. "This research helps sketch out a picture of how Americans spend their time - and what their priorities are."
Other findings include :
- More than 70% of those who stream live radio on their smartphones have streamed a live radio station from a different locale than where they live.
- Smartphones are a constant "accessory" and almost half of consumers (45%) use their smartphone cover or case to reflect their tastes or personality.
- Regarding other accessories, when using headphones, two in every three listeners still prefer earbuds to the over-the-ear headsets.
About the Survey
The online survey was conducted by Vision Critical May 17-18, 2013 among 1,008 Americans ages 18 and over. Email invitations were sent to a nationally representative sample selected from Vision Critical's U.S. market panel, Springboard America. The survey was fielded in association with Clear Channel Media & Entertainment.
About Clear Channel Media & Entertainment
With 243 million monthly listeners in the U.S., Clear Channel Media & Entertainment has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. Clear Channel Media & Entertainment serves 150 cities through 850 owned radio stations. The company's radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM stations, HD digital radio channels, Sirius/XM satellite, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company's radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile application on iPads and smartphones, and used via navigation systems from TomTom, Garmin and others.
The company's operations include radio broadcasting, online and mobile services and products, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation. Clear Channel Media and Entertainment is a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CCMO), a leading global media and entertainment company.
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No. 13 Rutgers seeks first Big Ten win at Michigan
Currently on a two-game losing streak and set to play in its fourth consecutive road game, the Rutgers men's lacrosse team needs a change in luck.
That opportunity comes on Saturday, as the No. 13 Scarlet Knights (8-2, 0-1) will visit the historic "Big House" for a Big Ten contest against Michigan (8-2, 0-1).
After falling to No. 11 Johns Hopkins last Friday by a score of 12-6, Rutgers has dropped to a middle-of-the-pack team after being ranked No. 1 just two weeks ago. The team's biggest issue against the Jays was its lack of possession and being able to keep pace.
The Knights cleared 15-of-21 chances, which is not a good mark, as they usually clear around 90 percent. Despite the cold and rainy conditions, head coach Brian Brecht said that had nothing to do with it and that his group needs to do more to improve that mark.
"It had to do with us probably making poor decisions," he said. "Not really breathing and seeing all the options we had and not playing with as much confidence as we need to play (with)."
The defense has also had two straight uncharacteristic performances, giving up 13 goals to Delaware in addition to the 12 against Hopkins despite only giving up around 7 per game before the two-game skid.
Junior captain and starting defender Michael Rexrode has been the team's best defender this season and said the team needs to remain reliant on the gameplan and not deviate from how it prepares every week.
"We just gotta go back to the basics, back to the fundamentals and really focus on what we do," he said. "When we're playing within our system, we're really good. We'll hold teams to very few goals. We definitely got away from that the past few weeks."
Despite being in just its sixth season as a Division I lacrosse program, Michigan has found itself ranked as recently as last week, but a loss to No. 8 Maryland dropped them out, although it is the top vote-getting team in the nation.
The Wolverines are led by sophomore attacker Brent Noseworthy, who has 31 goals in 10 games, putting him eighth in the country in goals per game.
"He's a talented player for sure. He's definitely got a lot of things going for him," Rexrode said. "He's a great finisher inside so that's definitely something to be aware of."
Rexrode has been the go-to guy for Rutgers when it comes to locking up the opponent's best player and will see plenty of Noseworthy on Saturday.
Sophomore Tommy Heidt mans the goal for Michigan and has done a very good job of that this season. He is letting in just 8.52 goals per game and is saving 57.4 percent of shots on goal.
Brecht admits that his team has not been shooting the ball well and will need to improve on its execution going forward.
"When we have the shots, whether it's in transition or whether it's in our settled sets, (we need) to be able to execute it. We probably haven't done a good job shooting as a whole," Brecht said.
And although the Wolverines aren't officially ranked, they were for two weeks and were the final cog in having all six Big Ten teams ranked. With an unofficial ranking of No. 21 in the nation, they are just as dangerous as anyone, especially at home.
Brecht understands the magnitude of each conference game and hopes that the difficult non-conference schedule he put together — six of the team's 10 games have been against teams that were ranked at one point in the season — will help the Knights in conference play.
"I think the Big Ten is the most competitive lacrosse conference in the nation," Brecht said. "I think every game in the Big Ten you gotta be focused, prepared and you gotta execute on gameday with the 60 minutes you're given. I hope that the ranked teams that we played early on out of conference have prepared us for the league games."
The last time that Rutgers played an unranked team on the road, it lost to Delaware and subsequently its No. 1 ranking.
Junior Christian Scarpello said that the team needs to re-focus on the basics and make sure the team is all on the same page.
"(We need to) just treat it as a business trip," he said. "Just make sure everybody knows that it's the most important game of our season coming up and make sure we're all on the same page."
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