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I have been trading for around 12 years, obtaining work via recommendations. I am always reliable and provide good quality craftsmanship. Multi skilled tradesman working in Stoke on Trent / Congleton area. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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No Call out Fees, if we can't repair or fix we don't charge. All plumbing and heating work undertaken. I've worked for British Gas and Homeserve plumbing for 6 years. I am fully qualified and can do anything from Taps to full Bathrooms. No Job is to small or to Big. All work...
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Every year, Americans spend millions of hours filling out tax forms that show the federal government what it already knows: income, interest earned, and interest paid.
If it's all in government databases anyhow, why not save taxpayers the hassle and give them forms with that information already filled in and calculated?
That's the idea behind the Simple Return, and as today's tax-filing deadline arrives, thousands of Californians will have completed a version of it. It's a system gaining its advocates, among them presidential hopeful Barack Obama: his chief economic adviser is one of its architects.
Simple Returns could be used by 40 percent of Americans who have basic tax liabilities, saving them 225 million hours of preparation time and more than $2 billion in tax-preparation fees, proponents estimate. Convert that time into money, and the savings jump to $44 billion over 10 years.
"Think of a tax return like a Visa bill. Visa doesn't send you a blank piece of paper and say, 'Write down all your transactions.' They send you a printout and they say, 'Look it over,' " says Joseph Bankman, a Stanford University law professor who helped devise the ReadyReturn, California's version of the Simple Return.
Opponents including members of the tax-software industry and small-government conservatives warn that the Simple Return weakens taxpayers' position vis-à-vis the tax collector.
"It shifts the initiative. If the first step in doing your taxes is having the IRS send you the bill, it's pretty clear who is in the driver's seat at that point," says Ryan Ellis, director of tax policy at Americans for Tax Reform, an antitax advocacy group in Washington. "You've got the taxpayer, this isolated person, having to fight the IRS on a battlefield of the IRS's choosing. That's just not right."
A straightforward beginning
The idea so far has been envisioned only for simpler types of returns, the ones least open to the adversarial negotiation that Mr. Ellis wants to keep in balance.
California's ReadyReturn is available only for residents filing as a single head of household, with only one employer, no dependents, no itemizing, and no special credits. The state estimates that about 1 million Californians are eligible. The program is voluntary and free of charge.
If there were a TurboTurboTax, this would be it. A resident can go to the state's website, plug in their name, Social Security number, and answers to security questions, and if they qualify, staring at them will be their state tax return with the bubbles, boxes, and lines already filled in.
Yes, Virginia, line 14 has been subtracted from line 13, and if line 14 was more than line 13, zero was entered – though if anything looks amiss, a taxpayer can make fixes to the form.
That simplicity reflects some tax-filing systems abroad. Denmark and Sweden have used systems like Simple Return for at least a decade.
"There are lots of countries with an income tax, and lots with basically our system. But we make the filing part harder than any other country," says Mr. Bankman.
The ease of ReadyReturn, however, hasn't drawn in the public in droves yet. During the pilot phase in 2004-05, California officials mailed out 100,000 ReadyReturns and got back 22,000. This year, the state made the program permanent, but opted not to mail out returns. As of last week, slightly more than 6,500 Californians had taken part.
Members of the tax board see no downsides so far and will look at ways to boost participation, says a spokesperson.
Three-phased rollout
Simple Return would be rolled out in stages that would gradually include more taxpayers. In a 2006 paper published by the Brookings Institution in Washington, Mr. Obama's adviser Austan Goolsbee outlined three phases. The first looks like the ReadyReturn and would include joint filers. Phase 2 allows for the reporting of other kinds of income such as interest and dividends. The final step would incorporate those who don't itemize.
The later stages cut into territory staked out by tax-service providers. Only 10 percent of taxpayers fill out their own forms on paper these days, says Bankman. There are now an estimated 1.2 million tax-return preparers. And TurboTax, the dominant tax-preparation software, brought in $813 million for Intuit last year.
Intuit spent $1 million in 2006 trying to unseat a ReadyReturn proponent in California, and the Computer & Communications Industry Association raised objections to Simple Return systems in a 2006 report.
Suggesting the process would be redundant, the report decried the government investing in and developing "competitive electronic commerce initiatives, launching products and services that use public funds to duplicate those offered by the private sector."
The report also noted that cost savings to individual taxpayers "may be trivial," since it involves those with the simplest returns that cost the least to fill out. Many would qualify for free e-filing under a program offered by the federal government and software-makers including Intuit. "There's no up-sell to it, it's just a free offering," says Intuit spokeswoman Diane Carlini.
Ellis with Americans for Tax Reform says the IRS would calculate returns to its advantage, and Congress could more easily raise taxes without people noticing.
"It's a nice way to get people completely disengaged from the tax-policy process," he says.
The program has also met opposition from the California legislature, which, under intense lobbying, was moving toward killing the ReadyReturn program in 2006 when the tax board did an end-run around them.
Bankman says the voluntary system empowers taxpayers by showing them information the government has.
And taxpayers? Polling contracted by the Internal Revenue Service in 2000 found that just 39 percent of eligible US taxpayers were interested in a system like Simple Return and would be impatient if it delayed refunds by two months or more.
Refund delays would be likely for those who file in January or February, according to a 2003 Treasury Department study. There are also dueling federal estimates on whether Simple Return would cost the government or save it money.


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VORSELAAR, Belgium — A brass band waited outside the church, the musicians bundled in overcoats and scarves against a gray morning. Someone hoisted a ceremonial flag as we proceeded down cobblestone streets in this small town.
The air had turned cold enough to show our breath by the time we passed through an iron gate to the cemetery, following a path that led to a headstone draped in a Canadian flag.
The mayor of Vorselaar said a few words in Flemish that my brothers and I did not understand, after which another man read from a prepared text. Soon enough, it was my father's turn.
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In a quavering voice, he said, "Our gratitude goes beyond words."
His speech lasted less than four minutes and, before it ended, several of the townsfolk had tears in their eyes.
My family had traveled across the Atlantic to be with these people, complete strangers. We had assembled on a Sunday in late autumn to honor a man whom none of us had ever met.


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The Brits never seem to let us down. For starters, they've given us Rita Ora's cleavage and penis cookies. Honestly, could it get any better? Abso-freakin-lutely.
Meet Alison Whelan. Recently the Brit, who bears a striking resemblance to a lady pirate (trust us, that's important), thought it would be a good idea to cause a little mischief on the River Dart in Devon. First though, we need to give some background information. Whelan was definitely sippin' on a few cocktails and throwing back questionable substances before everything went down. She's also a big 'Pirates of the Caribbean' fan. This has to be good.
So looped-out pirate lady was just hanging out near the River Dart, when we assume she was struck with a brilliant under-the-influence plan. Whelan decided to hijack a nearby docked vessel. Unfortunately, that vessel was the Dart Princess ferry and not one of those awesome pirate ships we were expecting.
At first, we were a little disappointed in this less-than-thrilling crime plot. But as soon as cops showed up, Whelan instantly redeemed herself. As the lady was slowly drifting down the river in an exhilarating escape attempt from police, she shouted, 'I'M JACK SPARROW!' Dammit that's good! We're definitely putting that in our 'clever things to say while hammered' idea bank.
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MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer
POSTED: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
UPDATED: 3:16 pm CDT October 21, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to order companies that received huge government bailouts last year to sharply cut the compensation of their highest paid executives, according to a person familiar with the decision.
The seven companies that received the most assistance will have to cut the annual salaries of their 25 highest paid executives by an average of about 90 percent from last year, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because it has not been announced.
This person said Wednesday that the Treasury Department will announce the deep pay cuts within the next few days.
Kenneth Feinberg, the special master at Treasury appointed by Obama to handle compensation issues at the seven firms getting exceptional assistance from the government's $700 billion financial bailout package, is making the pay decisions.
The seven companies are: Bank of America Corp., American International Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., General Motors, GMAC, Chrysler and Chrysler Financial.
Total compensation for the top executives at the seven firms will decline, on average, by about 50 percent, according to the person familiar with the administration's decision.
At the financial products division of AIG, the giant insurance company which has received taxpayer assistance valued at more than $180 billion, no top executive will receive more than $200,000 in total compensation, the person familiar with Feinberg's plan said. The administration also will warn AIG that it must fulfill a commitment to significantly reduce the $198 million in bonuses promised to employees in its financial services division, the arm of the company whose risky trades caused its downfall.
The pay restrictions for all seven companies will require any executive seeking more than $25,000 in special benefits -- things such as country club memberships, private planes and company cars -- to get permission for those perks from the government.
Feinberg's decisions on pay come after administration officials voiced sharp criticism in recent days of the plans of Wall Street firms to pay huge bonuses at a time when the country is still coping with rising unemployment and the effects of the recession.
Obama senior adviser David Axelrod called the bonuses "offensive" on Sunday.
"They ought to think through what they are doing and they ought to understand that a year ago a lot of these institutions were teetering on the brink and the United States government and taxpayers came to their defense," Axelrod said in an appearance on ABC's "This Week."
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - York College head coach Tom Kessler and assistant coach Duane Bastress will be inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Thursday night in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The ceremony is going to be broadcast by National Tournament hosts Luther College and Cornell College.
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Roy Hodgson has left the door open for Ashley Cole to come out of international retirement if Leighton Baines suffers a serious injury in the build-up to the World Cup.
After 13 years' service, Cole retired from international duty on Sunday after Hodgson informed the Chelsea left-back he had not made his 23-man squad, which was officially announced on Monday.
Hodgson has opted for Baines and 18-year-old Luke Shaw in his squad instead of Cole.
Should Baines get an injury, Hodgson would be left with Shaw as his only option at left-back.
Shaw may be one of the most exciting players in the Barclays Premier League, but he only has 45 minutes of international experience in his locker.
When asked whether he would consider calling Cole up if Baines suffered an injury, the England manager said: "You would have to ask Ashley that... I would like to think so."
Hodgson has not named Cole among his 30-man provisional squad, but the England boss could draft the 33-year-old in if Baines gets injured after June 2.
The England manager insisted he could not place Cole on the seven-man standby list out of respect for the Chelsea defender, who has 107 caps.
If Cole does not make a return after possibly the briefest spell in retirement, Hodgson's only other option would be to draft standby player Jon Flanagan - a natural right-back - into the 23.
"Circumstances could make the decision a very good one or it could make it a very bad one," Hodgson said of dropping Cole.
"If Baines suffered an injury (in the friendly) against Peru (on May 30), it would make the selection of Shaw a very bad selection.
"If we go through the World Cup with Baines playing the majority of games and Shaw coming on and doing very well it makes it a very good one."
Shaw is also the subject of a £27million bid from Manchester United.
Hodgson wants Shaw and Adam Lallana, who has been linked with a move to Liverpool, to have their club futures sorted by the time they land in Miami for England's second training camp on June 1.
"Luke Shaw is quite a strong lad mentally," Hodgson said.
"He will get a lot of help from us to make sure his head doesn't get scrambled.
"I would like (transfer deals) to be sorted before we go to Miami.
"They could have a medical if we had a free afternoon in Miami, but I am definitely not going to have agents swirling around the camp."
The Football Association's decision to announce the squad at the headquarters of team sponsor Vauxhall opened the England manager up to all sorts of car-related questions in his press conference.
After a relatively uninspiring yet unbeaten qualifying campaign, many fans expected England to struggle in Brazil this summer.
But with the emergence of Shaw, Raheem Sterling and Lallana, Hodgson has every right to insist England should not be regarded as a clapped out old banger.
He even thinks England have a chance of winning the tournament for the first time since 1966.
"I believe the squad can win the World Cup," he said.
"Otherwise what's the point?"
Indeed there is a rather youthful and bold look about the 23-man squad Hodgson named.
Ten players are under the age 25. Only six have been to a World Cup before and nine of the 20 outfield players have 10 caps or fewer to their name.
Hodgson has shrugged off the notion that he is a conservative coach by selecting Sterling, Ross Barkley, Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere and Jordan Henderson in midfield.
Michael Carrick and Tom Cleverley have been left on the standby list following their poor displays with Manchester United while Barkley hit the headlines recently with a stunning goal against Manchester City.
The Everton midfielder has been in fine form in the second half of the season, but Hodgson has warned against expecting too much too soon from the teenager.
"He is a very exciting player, but I hope people are realistic with the level of expectation," Hodgson said.
Toronto striker Jermain Defoe, 31, is only good enough for a place on the standby list. John Stones, 19, is rewarded for his fine debut season with Everton by being named on the reserves' list.
As expected Rickie Lambert is favoured up front ahead of Andy Carroll, who has paid the price for an injury-ravaged season with West Ham while Fraser Forster made the cut as Hodgson's third-choice goalkeeper.
There were no surprises in defence. Phil Jones and Chris Smalling join first-choice defensive pairing Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka in the 23 while Glen Johnson takes the only right-back spot as Kyle Walker is out through injury.


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You know, we haven't decided if Jon Bon Jovi's part-ownership of the Arena League's Philadelphia Soul makes the league more interesting, or less. On the one hand, a "rock star" who writes about just the perfect karaoke song owns a sports franchise and screams and yells from the luxury booth. On the other, it's Jon Bon Jovi.
Anyway, Jon Bon got a little testy at a game the other day and starting flipping off the referees. And it turns out, he was wrong and didn't understand a call correctly.
"I didn't understand the rule," Bon Jovi said. He was told later by ESPN2 announcer Mike Greenberg that all a receiver has to do is take two steps with the ball in his hands for it to be a catch - and replays showed that's about what Bergeron took before dropping the ball then recovering it at the back of the end zone. Oops.
"I apologize for the middle finger thing," Bon Jovi sang. "I didn't know the rule. Simple as that."
We're a little bewildered by the notion of Mike Greenberg explaining a football rule to Jon Bon Jovi, but, hey, we can't figure out why there's a team called "Soul" either.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Freshman Alexxis Isaac (San Antonio, Texas) sank two free throws with no time remaining to complete a dramatic come-from-behind victory for MIT as it defeated Springfield College, 51-50, in a NEWMAC women's basketball game on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers improved to 10-12 on the year, marking their first 10-win season since the 2007-08 campaign, and raised their league record to 6-10. In addition, the win over the Pride was the first for the Cardinal and Gray since 2003.
The opening minutes of the game were closely played as a basket by freshman Michelle Battipaglia (Katonah, N.Y.) put MIT in front, 6-5, at the 15:46 mark. Springfield responded with a 21-4 run during the next 11 minutes, creating its largest advantage of the day (26-10). The Engineers chipped away at the deficit, entering halftime trailing 27-17.
MIT registered an 11-4 run during the first four minutes of the second half, coming within three (31-28) on a Battipaglia basket. In the next minute, the Pride increased its cushion courtesy of a basket and two free throws. With 14:04 on the clock, a steal by junior Anna Merrifield (Honolulu, Hawaii) led to a jumper by freshman Mari Kordell (Ijamsville, Md.), igniting a 17-2 spree which resulted in a 45-37 lead at the 7:34 mark. Springfield countered with 12 unanswered points to reclaim its advantage (49-45) with 1:54 to go.
Both squads had chances to move the score but they could not convert as the Pride eventually turned the ball over with 21 seconds remaining. Kordell sank a layup six seconds later and on the in-bounds Isaac fouled a Springfield player, sending her to the charity stripe with 14 seconds on the clock. The Pride hit the front end of a one-and-one, but Battipaglia hauled in the ball after the missed second attempt. Kordell followed with a layup with eight ticks left and on the in-bounds Battipaglia stole the ball. She fired it to Isaac who had a clean look at the basket but was fouled just before the buzzer. Springfield called a timeout, but Isaac drained both shots to clinch the victory.
Kordell led all scorers with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting and added four steals while Battipaglia tallied 11 points, five rebounds, three steals, two assists, and one block. Isaac finished with 12 points, four rebounds, and a steal. Merrifield notched seven boards, four points, two steals, and a block as sophomore Tamara Pena (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) added two assists and two steals.
MIT finished the day with a 32-16 advantage in points off turnovers, including a 24-10 margin in the second half. The Engineers also bested the Pride in second-chance points during the second stanza with a 7-2 edge.
MIT continues its road trip on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at NEWMAC foe Wheaton College.


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"NewsWrap": Mexico's Supreme Court overturns a law in the state of Oaxaca that defined marriage as exclusively heterosexual, while the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review both California's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8 and one of several eligible cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA); a county judge rejects a request by church groups and a rightwing "family" group to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Illinois' ban on civil marriage for lesbian and gay couples, while a longtime lesbian couple becomes the first to get a marriage license in the state of Washington at the stroke of midnight on December 6th, the first hour that they became available to same-gender couples, and Portland plans to be the first city in Maine to issue licenses to and perform weddings of gay and lesbian couples when that state's marriage equality law takes effect at midnight on December 29th; a lesbian West Point graduate marries her longtime partner in the U.S. Military Academy's iconic Cadet Chapel, becoming the first same-gender couple to wed there since the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and the advent of marriage equality in the state of New York, while a gay male couple becomes the first to have their wedding celebrated in the pages of "Jet", the venerable biweekly magazine aimed primarily at African-American readers; a family court judge in Israel approves the first divorce of a Canadian-married gay couple whose legal union had been recognized by order of Israel's High Court of Justice; and the iconic Hikaru Sulu beams down to the mythical comic book town of Riverdale ["Oh my!"] (written by GREG GORDON, produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported this week by WENZEL JONES and CAROLE MEYERS)
The U.S. SUPREME COURT dominated the news on December 6th with the announcement that it would hear two cases dealing with marriage rights: California's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8, and one of several cases challenging the constitutionality of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act -- that's the 1996 law that denies legally-married lesbian and gay couples more than a thousand federal rights and benefits of civil marriage. PACIFICA RADIO'S CALIFORNIA EVENING NEWS recapped the day that night (anchored by MARK MERICLE and ROSE KETABCHI, with reports by CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ and DAN FRITZ featuring comments by California Attorney General KAMALA HARRIS, titular Prop 8 plaintiff KRIS PERRY, Marriage Equality USA Legal Director JOHN LEWIS, former San Francisco Supervisor CHRISTINA OLAGUE, and L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Chief of Staff DARREL CUMMINGS; plus segment intro music from "You Can't Hurry Love" by the DIXIE CHICKS) [9:37]; we pause for a brief word from "Gandalf the Gay" IAN McKELLEN, from his recent appearance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report", followed by Sir Ian's "TWO" I.D. [:39]; U.S. commentators were still buzzing about the Supreme Court marriage announcement that evening. On MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show", guest host Ezra Klein decided that he needed to see an attorney: KENJI YOSHINO, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at the N.Y.U. School of Law [www.kpfa.org; www.msnbc.com]
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ON THE verge of crying, Camilla turns her head away as husband Prince Charles views harrowing images recording atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Second World War.
The Duchess of Cornwall, whose father, Major Bruce Shand won two Military Crosses for his bravery as an Army officer, joined Charles on an emotional visit to the Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the Czech Republic yesterday.
In 1942, the church in Prague was the scene of a last stand by seven Czech soldiers, who took refuge in the crypt after assassinating the senior SS officer and police general Reinhard Heydrich, known as the Butcher of Prague and once named as Adolf Hitler's heir.
The soldiers were betrayed to the Gestapo, who sent 800 officers to surround the cathedral with orders to capture the group alive. The Gestapo were forced to storm the church and spent three hours attempting to smoke and flood the men out.
Three of the Czech patriots died defending the nave while the remaining four fought until down to their last bullets, which they used on themselves.
The killing lead to the so-called Heydrich Terror when, in a bid to quash national resistance, the Nazis razed the village of Lidice, 20 miles from the capital. All the men were shot, the women were sent to concentration camps and the children were all sent for adoption in Germany.
As well as viewing the memorial to the victims, the royal couple laid a wreath for the dead. The cathedral visit came as they neared the end of a nine-day tour of eastern Europe, which has already taken them to Poland and Hungary.
Crowds gathered outside Prague's castle to greet them before their meeting with President Vaclav Klaus and his wife, Livia Klausova which was followed by an official dinner at Prague's castle hosted by the president.
Charles and Camilla return to Britain on Tuesday.


text: Fungicides Can Protect Corn Health, Even in Drought March 5, 2013 10:32 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Rhonda Brooks Editor, Farm Journal MagazineEditorial Director, Farm Journal Media Email Conventional thinking would lead you to believe that fungicide use in corn during a severe drought makes little to no sense. Some plant health experts say otherwise. "Even as adverse as conditions were in many parts of the country last summer, if the corn pollinated, we found that fungicide use still protected the crop and improved yields," says Randy Myers, Bayer CropScience fungicide product manager. Likewise, Myers says it's important for farmers to realize that fungicides aren't able to save corn plants on the brink of death. Instead, they can prevent and control diseases and improve corn plant health. "Fungicides, physiologically, impact the health of corn plants and contribute to higher photosynthetic rates," he says. "They also help corn plants use nitrogen more efficiently and develop stronger cell walls that are less prone to lodging." Myers says his best advice to corn growers going into the 2013 season: make a proactive plan to use a fungicide as timing is critical. "A lot of growers come into the process in more of a reactionary mode," he reports. "In the process of buying the product and arranging to have it sprayed plant health suffers and you lose yield potential; the value of the fungicide application is basically muted," he explains. "If you go out in the field and scout and think you need to spray, that means you need to spray now." Myers shares additional recommendations on fungicide use in the following video, filmed during the 2013 Commodity Classic in Orlando. For More Information Read more coverage from the 2013 Commodity Classic and associated events. Back to news


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It's spring and time to take to the road. But instead of hitting the fossil fuels, use your legs as gas. In other words, jump into Bike Week, happening all over Massachusetts next week.
Here on the Vineyard, Phil Hughes from Wheel Happy Too is joining the YMCA's after-school prgram on Monday, May 15, at 3:45 p.m. to give a presentation on the importance of proper bike etiquette. The event is for children ages five to eleven.
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Test::Perinci::Tx::Manager - Transaction tests
version 0.38
Test performing action using transaction.
Will initialize transaction manager ($tm) and test action using $tm->call(). Will test several times with different scenarios to make sure commit, rollback, undo, redo, and crash recoveries work.
Arguments (
* denotes required arguments):
tmpdir* => STR
Specify temporary directory to store transaction data directory in.
name => STR
The test name.
f* => STR
Fully-qualified name of transactional function, e.g.
args* => HASH (default: {})
Arguments to feed to transactional function (via $tm->call()).
reset_state* => CODE
The code to reset to initial state. This is called at the start of tests, as well as after each rollback crash test, because crash during rollback causes the state to become inconsistent.
status => INT (default: 200)
Expect $tm->call() to return this status.
reset_db_dir => BOOL (default: 0)
Whether to reset transaction data directory before running the tests. Note that alternatively, you can also use a different
tmpdirfor each call to this function.
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First introduced in 1999, the Lexus RX300 is a midsize crossover SUV that the brand produced until 2003. Although the RX300 only saw a single generation of production, the vehicle underwent a mid-cycle refresh in 2001.
While Lexus produced it for only four years, the Lexus RX300 is significant in that it was one of the first crossover luxury SUVs introduced into the U.S. market. During its limited run of production, the RX300 became something of a hit and had a run as the best-selling luxury SUV on the market. At the time of its discontinuation in 2003, the RX300 was scheduled for a complete redesign. However, the RX 330 replaced it.
A midsize luxury crossover SUV, the Lexus RX300 entered the crossover luxury SUV market segment early. Drivers appreciate the RX300 for its smooth drive train, polished demeanor, and well-appointed interior. Not only was the RX300 the best-selling luxury SUV on the market at one time, it was also the top-selling model produced by Lexus. However, despite its popularity, the RX300 still has its flaws. Like many SUVs designed around a truck-based platform, the RX300 gets poor gas mileage and offers a stiff, rough ride for a luxury model.
Reviews indicate that the Lexus RX300 suits drivers for long road trips. The midsize SUV's quiet cabin and ability to absorb road irregularities make it ideal for extended highway odysseys. Another helpful feature is the ability to slide the back seat forward and backward five inches. This allows parents sitting in the front seat easier access to children riding in car seats in the rear.
2003 was the final model year for the Lexus RX300. Introduced in 1999, the model received an extensive overhaul in 2001. In its final two years of production, little changed about the RX300. A five-passenger crossover SUV, the 2003 RX300 comes in a single trim level with the option for either front-wheel drive or traction-enhancing all-wheel-drive. It contains a 3.0-liter V-6 engine that produces 220 horsepower and 222 lb-ft of torque. Transmission-wise it comes equipped with a four-speed automatic.
The 2003 RX300 is constructed on a unibody platform and has similar dimensions to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Its maximum cargo capacity is 75 cubic feet, and its towing capacity maxes out at 3,500 pounds.
The all-wheel drive version of the vehicle can go from zero to 60 in 9.1 seconds. While the ride quality of the RX300 receives criticism for being rather stiff, the vehicle's transmission earns high marks for silky smooth shifting. This smooth transmission couples with the MacPherson struts that come standard on the model, giving the 2003 RX300 drivability on par with a light minivan. The vehicle is ideal for daily driving, and its sprung suspension easily absorbs common road irregularities. Steering and braking also work well.
However, like many luxury SUVs, the RX300 is, in truth, poorly equipped for off-road duty. Its low maximum towing capacity, and low-range transfer case, make it unsuitable for anything other than light off-roading.
While the 2003 Lexus RX300 may come up short in the ruggedness department, one area where it lives up to its billing is in luxury. The RX300's interior offers plenty of space and comfort, and it is well appointed. The dashboard and instruments use quality materials, and standard interior amenities include automatic climate control, full power accessories, and a cassette player. Standard safety features include front-seat side airbags and anti-lock brakes.
The 2003 RX300 boasts exterior features such as 16-inch alloy wheels, chrome door handles, scuff plates emblazoned with the Lexus logo, and fog lights. Optional additions for the 2003 RX300 include a leather package that boasts cowhide seating surfaces and headrests, a wood-trimmed steering wheel, a wood-trimmed shift knob, two level seat heaters, and a DVD-based navigation system.
Lexus introduced the RX300 in 1999 and produced it for a single generation. However, models prior to a mid-cycle refresh that took place in 2001 do differ slightly from later models. Standard safety features such as stability control and brake assist are not included on models from before 2001. Also, options such as the DVD-based navigation system, HID headlights, chrome wheels, and wood-trimmed steering wheel do not come on earlier models. Models prior to 2001 also have a different grille, as well as different front and rear lights. The 2001 redesign also increases driving range with the addition of a larger fuel tank capable of holding 19.8 gallons.
Models produced between 2001 and 2003 remained essentially unchanged from one another.
2003 Lexus RX300
SUV, Utility/Offroad
The 2003 Lexus RX300 serves as Lexus' best-selling vehicle.
2002 Lexus RX300
The 2002 Lexus RX300 sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a prime example of a luxury SUV with a car-like ride and handling.
2001 Lexus RX300
Not only is the 2001 Lexus RX300 the best-selling Lexus, but it's also the first SUV that's based on a car and can feel like it from behind the wheel.
2000 Lexus RX300
The 2000 Lexus RX300 provides a good example of how the features of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) blend with elements of luxury.
1999 Lexus RX300
The 1999 Lexus RX300 is a brand new venture into the SUV crossover market for the luxury automaker.


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text: Debian Squeeze, Apache, ISPConfig 220.127.116.11 I followed the guide here: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-m...ns-servers-on-debian-squeeze-with-ispconfig-3 except that I said yes to install the firewall in the ISPConfig install. I created a FTP user in the control panel and am attempting to connect with FileZilla, but I keep getting this error in FileZilla Status: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:21... Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message... Response: 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ---------- Response: 220-You are user number 1 of 50 allowed. Response: 220-Local time is now 10:25. Server port: 21. Response: 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login Response: 220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server. Response: 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity. Command: USER edited.sampleuser Response: 331 User edited.sampleuser OK. Password required Command: PASS ************** Response: 230-User edited.sampleuser has group access to: client1 Response: 230- sshusers Response: 230 OK. Current restricted directory is / Command: SYST Response: 215 UNIX Type: L8 Command: FEAT Response: 211-Extensions supported: Response: EPRT Response: IDLE Response: MDTM Response: SIZE Response: REST STREAM Response: MLST type*;size*;sizd*;modify*;UNIX.mode*;UNIX.uid*;UNIX.gid*;unique*; Response: MLSD Response: AUTH TLS Response: PBSZ Response: PROT Response: UTF8 Response: ESTA Response: PASV Response: EPSV Response: SPSV Response: ESTP Response: 211 End. Command: OPTS UTF8 ON Response: 200 OK, UTF-8 enabled Status: Connected Status: Retrieving directory listing... Command: PWD Response: 257 "/" is your current location Command: TYPE I Response: 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary Command: PASV Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX,219,173) Command: MLSD Error: Connection timed out Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing Any ideas why the connection gets timed out?


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Posted: Fri 07 Jul 2006, 12:44
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I apologize if this isn't the appropriate forum section for such a request. Please move it to a more appropriate section if this is the case. I'm just trying to get the best visibility I can for it among the regulars.
I work for a major manufacturer of computer hardware and we're seriously considering Puppy as a candidate for testing our flashdrive-embedded OS proof-of-concept project. Without going into too much initial detail, we're trying to determine the extent of chipset bottleneck in computer boot speeds.
In order to demonstrate our solution, we need to show the difference between booting an OS that is decompressed at boot time and booting an OS that is not decompressed at boot time (but is still in archival format). The two OS platforms must otherwise be identical.
Really this is just a long way of asking someone here who has a properly configured Puppy host-compiler environment to please make available a pup_201.sfs file that has been created with mksquashfs using the -noD -noF and -noI command line parameters. These parameters of course cause squashfs to create the .sfs file without any compression.
If someone here (and I realize this would most likely be Barry, since his host system is the source of the distro) could make available an uncompressed pup_201.sfs, we would be eternally grateful.
We're willing to attempt the feat ourselves, but we haven't managed to set up a proper host-compile environment and will probably need some guidance building one that would provide what we're looking for.
P.S. We're using Puppy in the office here more and more. We love it!
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Posted: Fri 07 Jul 2006, 12:54
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you easily could create it youself.
The folder is
so you create a uncompressed like this:
cd /root
mksquashfs /initrd/pup_ro2 pup_201.sfs -noD -noF -noI
This creates a new pup_201.sfs in 10 seconds, it is 187 MB in size.
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Thanks for your (slightly embarrassing but nonetheless) excellent solution. It is exactly what we need, and as a result Puppy will be our testing OS of choice for future endeavors as well.
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I'm just now reading this thread. Thanks for giving the answer Mark!
We would like to know the result of your tests!
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Posted: Tue 11 Jul 2006, 12:24
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Hi Locodarwin; Here's a complete set of tests with Ubuntu & DSL comparing most of the compressed fs.
Basically it's what I'd conjectured for years... that newer CPUs decompress faster than the HD reads.
This means that with newer PCs, ALL the compression methods are faster than raw files on the HD.
AND... in looking into cloop, squashfs, & e2comp, it looks like Barry made a good choice in Squash.
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Thanks for your reply, sunburnt. I apologize for missing it earlier.
The hard drive read speed is indeed the bottleneck in such an application. Modern CPUs have no problem beating the pants off the hard drive when it comes to compressed vs. uncompressed data. You can demonstrate this easily by ghosting a system with Norton Ghost, first creating a "highly" compressed image and then an uncompressed image of the same partition or disk. The highly compressed image will re-ghost leaps and bounds quicker.
But what if that HD bottleneck is removed?
Our tests set the preliminary stage for eventually showing the performance/boot-time difference between systems when how fast it takes to get the information into memory isn't a factor. The goal is to create systems that, after post, boot up to the desktop at the fastest possible speeds.
Near-future media drives will no longer be a bottleneck - hence our decision to look for other boot duration solutions.
Puppy decompresses rapidly no matter what, as the squashfs file isn't very large. That would suggest it might not be the perfect candidate for illustrating our point. However, one cannot simply zip up, say, the entire Windows XP OS and then see how long it takes to boot.
And systems like Ubuntu aren't as easy as Puppy to design this test around, either.
Puppy's decompression speed, while barely interesting to us humans, is perfectly significant for our testing, because in the lab our two flavors of Puppy (now 2.01 compressed .sfs and uncompressed .sfs, as well as a gunzipped init.rd) load off of our proprietary test drives within 0.14 seconds of each other. That's awfully close. It is actually possible, therefore, to measure the (unrelated) decompression time between the two flavors - while simultaneously suppressing unwanted ulterior factors - using just a simple bus signal trace.
The difference is significant, at least on the scale we're considering.
As the amount of data that needs to be decompressed increases, though, the CPU speed then becomes the determining factor of bootup duration. What can we do to diminish the significance of processor speed?
Our question then became...is it possible/practical to offload the work of decompression to the system chipset as it is being streamed to memory from the drive, thereby eliminating the need for the processor to decompress the data during or after the fact?
The conclusion we've drawn is yes, it will be possible and practical, given as-yet-unreleased advances in firmware and flash memory, to decompress data into system memory prior to the involvement of the processor - using an algorithm on a virtual machine inserted into the North bridge portion of the chipset. Basically, we pre-process Puppy's entire compressed OS on the fly as it loads, leaving the processor free to start chewing on the parts as they stream into memory.
We can simulate it using FPGAs at this point. We'll be looking into a hardware demo soon.
It might not sound like much of a time-saver at this point, and in truth it isn't - with current hardware. When you consider the size of Vista and other trends towards gigantic, all-inclusive operating systems, it's not hard to see how important boot-time compression will become, and how significant pre-processed decompression will also therefore become.
I can't speak of further particulars on this forum, as I'm contractually bound by non-disclosure agreement. Just be assured that Puppy is helping us make the case, and in the process is getting some good internal exposure with a pretty significant client base.
We're grateful to Puppy's creator and community for their efforts on a fine, worthy operating system. Puppy has helped to justify my existence at my workplace. How's that for a user testimonial?
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Posted: Fri 04 Aug 2006, 17:57
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Locodarwin; Just what I suspected for the HD tests, flash would show less difference (acess times).
Running Puppy in memory isn't going to run any faster compressed or not.
BUT the apps. in a squash file taking up 2.5 times less space in memory still makes it well worth while.
Especially considering that the Puppy boot portion (vmlinuz & initrd.gz) is < 4 MB (initrd.gz decompressed).
The squash file is 67 MB & expands to 175 MB, saving 113 MB of memory, WOW!
Using the MB chipset to do the decompress of the squash file is innovative!
I'd always said: What if the compression was a built in native instruction in the cpu?
Then ALL data storage & communication could be compressed FAST, memory included.
Puppy's squash file loaded into memory is a current method of memory compression.
But the compressor is still a kernel module, & so software, so it's slower.
Imagine the speed if the cpu or another piece of hardware did the work!
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Posted: Mon 14 Aug 2006, 21:51
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Locodarwin wrote:
Puppy decompresses rapidly no matter what, as the squashfs file isn't very large. That would suggest it might not be the perfect candidate for illustrating our point. However, one cannot simply zip up, say, the entire Windows XP OS and then see how long it takes to boot.
And systems like Ubuntu aren't as easy as Puppy to design this test around, either.
I am far from an expert on this topic, in fact I can only follow about half of what you said. When reading this paragraph I quoted however, I thought well why doesn't he just use Puppy unleashed to make the most bloated Puppy ever. Then use the same commands to create an uncompressed version. Puppy Should be quite large if every single package were installed. That might make it easier to demonstrate your point, to whoever your audience is.
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Not a week after posting about Paris's beauty event Rives de la Beaute, we've found another reason to love Francophone beauty things... Jill Bucy spa in Seattle. Yes, you read that right... Seattle. This is one of the few places in America where 30-year old French beauty brand Biologique Recherche is available. I remember looking longingly at the Biologique Recherche site years ago when recruiting brands to the e-commerce site I had just launched. As far as I know, it's still not available in the UK, although it is in Germany, Cyprus, Spain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and the Ukraine.
Get the same sort of treatments Parissiennes get at Jilly Bucy with her Classic French Facial, Advanced French Facial or 45-minute Vital Cleanse.
After living in Paris and frequenting the tiny, local spa on Rue de Montorgueil, I know what it is to have a French facial treatment (although, talking about other treatments, nothing yet compares to the manicures you can get at the cheapy places in the states). Efficient and resulted-oriented (there was no music, no faff... just pure beauty treatment)... and I miss it. Wouldn't it be grand to have such treatments feature in our regular beauty routines a la française?
Other French beauty finds are available at Jilly Bucy as well, including Sothys Institute and Savon de Marseille.
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text: Corn Market Bounces Back After Six-Day Slide December 14, 2012 10:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Scott Harms, Archer Financial Services Email The corn market surged back higher Friday erasing most of the week's losses. The corn market traded lower for six consecutive trading sessions before catching a bid on Friday morning. The slide in the corn market was caused by continued poor export demand for U.S. corn. Exports this week were just 10 million bushels, which leaves the year-to-date commitments down 47% from a year ago versus the USDA estimate of down 26% from a year earlier. For weeks, the market has heard that South American corn supplies are on decline and that soon global trade for corn would have to shift to the U.S. The weakness to corn values was aided by a sharp selloff in the wheat market on Tuesday following a surprising jump to the estimates of U.S. and global supplies to wheat. Slack corn demand and weakness to the wheat market was joined by fund selling tied to a continued stalemate in Washington that helped to create an over $.50 slide to March corn from its November high. March corn has found support near it November lows, an area that likely will define the bottom of the trading range leading up to the January 11th Production Report. The top of that near-term trading range is likely to be near $7.65, which would is defined by the 100-day moving average as well as the late November highs. The next critical level of resistance that corn will face in the near term is near $7.45 basis March corn as a series of moving averages, including the 50-day, converge. We would look for that area to be tested in the next week or so, and any price strength above $7.50 to be tied to an increase in demand or those positioning for a bullish January Production Report. We have largely moved to the sidelines on corn hedges this week and will use price strength between $7.45 and $7.85 to re-establish hedge protection. On a day like today, the grain markets are very insignificant. My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. Back to news


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The most relevant thread would seem to be viewtopic.php?f=5&t=764&p=4097&hilit=coracle#p4097
If you can be bothered to get skilled at using froe and cleaving brake and have suitably straight-grained ash, you can split your own. But since your needs seem to be for volume production, the saw-milled option is probably best.
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Coracles are a lot easier to make with bent Hazel.
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Have you tried any of the local coppice group members?
I'd recommend contacting Alan Sage, he's an extremely talented coppice worker and lists laths on his product page. A great guy, if he can't do them himself (he tends to be quite busy at short notice) he may be able to point you in the right direction, heres a link for his product page
I have a friend who does laths for English nature (but we're right over on the hampshire side of sussex) and there is also philip hardy up near horsham who also makes round houses and coracles etc, you could find him through the coppice group, he might be able to point you in the right direction, heres his contact details
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Continuing our BlackBerry Jam Unplugged series, we've now posted the latest episode which gives a little more information around HTML5, WebWorks, and the Apache Cordova project.
We'll be continuing this video series leading up to BlackBerry Jam Americas in Orlando in order to give some more background surrounding the topics that we'll be discussing in detail during the conference.
This particular video will give you some information about the upcoming roadmap items that we're looking at for WebWorks and HTML5 developers. We're joined by Erik Johnson from the WebWorks R&D team to talk to us about Apache Cordova and the evolution of the BlackBerry 10 Web Platform!


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National stacking the Human Rights Commission
National have taken to the Human Rights Commission with a very tight noose. The Human Rights Commission have enormous power in relation to most Departments, the Human Rights Review Tribunal has the power to force Government to accept their rulings. When the right have such vast transformation in mind with corporate gulags using forced prison labour and private companies being paid bonuses to disqualify beneficiaries from welfare, making sure the Government have stacked one of the few avenues for citizens to complain to is vital.
It's part of a very obvious campaign by the Government to turn our watchdogs into lapdogs by underfunding them or by appointing right wing flunkies to their governance.
Turning our watchdogs into lapdogs is a neat trick, but the long term impacts don't bode well for our liberal democratic aspirations.
Public Broadcasting is supposed to be a watchdog, but by re-defining talent shows as public broadcasting (because it's broadcast to the public) we mutilate the concept into cheap entertainment to numb and distract rather than engage and challenge. Combine this redefined Circus Maximus content equation to cutting back on public broadcasting funding and the political appointment of John Key's electorate chair onto NZ on Air into the mix, and we have a public broadcasting watchdog that has been neutered and muzzled.
John Armstrong (hardly someone you would call a woolly socialist) pointed out what underfunding the Ombudsman is doing to slow unchecked political power. Slowing our Ombudsman watchdog to a snail's pace could be considered an oversight, but when linked to the exact same resourcing problem at the Office of the Judicial Conduct Commissioner and we get a picture of two of our highest placed watchdogs so squeezed for funding that they can't afford to bark.
These examples pale when you compare them with what National have done to the HRC. Appointing right wing ideologues like ACT MP Ken Shirley or the Reverend Ravi Musuku (who was explaining one election that all Prisoners needed was the word of Jesus to help them along) to the HRC Tribunal is bad enough, but appointing a homophobic bigot like Brian Neeson who has spent his entire political career trying to stop homosexuals gaining any rights is human rights vandalism.
What made all threes appointment to the HRC Tribunal even more difficult to swallow was the underhand methods National used to get them appointed in the first place... "As Justice Minister, Simon Power agreed to a process where candidates for appointment to the Tribunal were interviewed. This happened for a number of candidates, but it is clear from the papers that have been released that Brian Neeson, Ken Shirley, Ravi Musuku, Wendy Gilchrist and Gavin Cook were suggested as members by Ministers late in the process, and did not go through the same process as others who had been nominated," Grant Robertson said. "It is not unusual for Ministers to suggest nominees, but in this case it goes directly against the advice of the Chair of the Tribunal Royden Hindle. The papers note his view that "without interviews by an appropriately selected interview panel the process will not provide an opportunity to properly assess the candidates suitability and thus will fail to provide sufficient security that conflicts of interest and any other potentially adverse issues are identified."
So on top of off of this we now see Judith Collins appointing her mate to the Human Rights Commission. Over riding official recommendations and then trying to keep your relationship with the person you are appointing secret isn't a good look and you know this is serious because Judith's favorite attack dog/pet, Cameron Slater, immediately went to attacking David Fisher the journalist who broke the story with a mock column in the Truth.
Our watchdogs have been defanged and leashed right when major Government social policy is aiming to disqualify thousands from welfare while pushing forced labour camps.
I don't think Seven Sharp will be covering this on Monday night.


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University Requires Students To Pay $180 For 'Art History' Text That Has No Photos Due To Copyright Problems
from the total-failure dept
This year, however, the textbook for Global VISUAL and Material Culture has no pictures. Students have been told that the publisher couldn't get the copyright permissions settled in time for the print run, so students will have to read the book, and see the pictures online by following along on their computer.Students in the class have put up a petition to protest what they quite correctly call a "sham." It's even more bizarre given that recent court rulings in Canada would suggest that the images in question would be given pretty broad "fair dealing" protections for the purpose of education. But, just the threat of copyright claims, apparently, are creating an absolutely ridiculous situation.
There is no discount on the $180 price for an ART textbook that has NO PICTURES. Devoid of pictures. Bereft of art. If I am going to have to pay $180 for an art history book that is of no resale value to next year's students, it had damn well better be an excellent visual reference with hard cover and full colour plates, to keep around for years, festooning my coffee table and that of my heirs.


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Not inquiries about the prospects of Iraq's success through an Occidental prism--rampant consanguineous marriage with over half of Iraqi men married to a second cousin or closer and relatedly tribalism, an estimated IQ of 87 (and likely declining as those fleeing the 'nation' are disproportionately from the professional classes), a PPP of $1,800 (even as it produces more oil than 150+ countries it is roughly as wealthy as Rwanda), and Islam preclude anything approaching a Jeffersonian democracy, or even a non-authoritarian/non-brutally repressive functioning society of any sort.
The questions that arise instead involve what we're trying to do their now. Unbelievably, many Sunnis see the abrupt hanging of Saddam as brought on by a sort of Iran-US alliance!
While Iran's President vocally blathers on about how the Holocaust is a myth and how the Iranians need nuclear power, neocon publications paint paltry Persia as the Third Reich reincarnated (nevermind that Germany circa 1941 would crush Iran circa 2006), and our President praises the execution of Iran's greatest antagonist. Our tenuous alliance with Saudi Arabia is strained as the kingdom logically fears growing Iranian influence in the Persian Gulf. While partisan militias (and I'm oversimplifying) cleanse neighborhoods of one another, on the eventual road to relative calm as fanctions that cannot live peacefully together separate from one another, we consider throwing another 20,000 troops into the miasma that is Iraq to train Shia fighters who increasingly use the Iraqi Security Forces and Army as an extension of Mahdi Army and other similar splinter groups targeting Sunnis with ever-growing ferocity. I'm flummoxed and depressed at what appears to be the biggest military blunder in the history of the Republic.
The Sunni response has been noticeably tame. Western media sources have been scouring for evidence that Sunnis are responding to Saddam's hanging with accentuated terrorist activity, but so far it just hasn't been happening:
At least 80 Iraqis died in bombings and other attacks Saturday as they prepared to celebrate Islam's biggest holiday, their first without Saddam Hussein.Since Saddam's death it doesn't appear that Sunnis have even been able to slaughter 200 Shiites.
The bombings came hours after Saddam was hanged in Baghdad for ordering the killings of 148 Shiites in the city of Dujail in 1982. Despite concerns about a spike in unrest, Saturday's violence was not unusually high for Iraq, nor did it appear to be in retaliation for the execution.
Has the tide turned irreversibly in favor of the Shia majority? Iraq has, at best, 27 million people, 4-5 million of whom are Arab Sunnis. Of these, perhaps, liberally, one million are males over eighteen and under forty-five. Many of these one million are in Western provinces away from large Shia populations. For how long can a relatively small minority sustain a guerrilla fighting force large enough to keep the Iranian-backed Shia majority from dominating the capital, the oil, and most of the country?
No wonder Saudi Arabia is alarmed.


text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - What to do prior to contract ending (normally) Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What to do prior to contract ending (normally) Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message dragonsfiresoulJoined: 23 Oct 2012 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:50 am Post subject: What to do prior to contract ending (normally) I tried to search the forums, but the search engine kept timing out, plus I wasn't sure what to search for anyway. From browsing this forum, I've gotten a lot of information about "midnight runners" and other kinds of unfortunate happenings. From what I have gathered, one needs an LOR or Letter of Release if one leaves prior to their contract ending. I don't think it's necessary if the contract has already ended. So, I just wanted to clarify if there was anything necessary to do or receive prior to one's contract ending (with no problems, i.e. not leaving due to bad environment, being fired, etc). I've heard that your next job may want a letter of recommendation from your previous employer. Should I get one now, just in case? Or do they normally only ask for the name and phone number of a reference at your previous employer? Besides the letter of recommendation and/or contact information, would there be anything that I should consider doing/getting prior to my position here ending? (Assuming I will want to teach in the future) Thanks for your help in advance! Back to top ibeattheborgJoined: 17 Dec 2010Location: the deep blue sea Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:09 am Post subject: I don't think you need to do anything. What is your plan? Are you going home when your contract finishes or are you staying in Korea? Your ARC shows the date by which you must leave( usually a month after the contract ends). If you have found a new job that starts after you finish your current job then it's just a matter of transferring your visa to the new school. No new documents needed ( but maybe you'll need a Korea police check for registration with local Board of Education). If you're going home you don't have to do anything. Get a letter of reference in Korean and English if you think it will be a good reference. A genuinely good reference might help if you plan to return here, it certainly helped me. If you are planning to return in a few months, get a D10 visa before you leave. It's easier than having to get a new E2 and you can return anytime within 6 months of the D10 issue-date.Last edited by ibeattheborg on Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:20 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top ttompatzJoined: 05 Sep 2005Location: Kwangju, South Korea Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:11 am Post subject: In Korea, a "certificate of employment" is the document you should get. It verifies your employment with that employer, dates and job description. They are required by law to give is to you. (labor standards act www.moel.go.kr/english/download_eng.jsp?type=&file=(31)LABORSTANDARDSACT_2012.pdf article 39). "references" are not typically asked for nor required. Beyond that, to transfer to a new job, you will need: ARC passport new contract application fee New employer's guarantee (sponsorship form) New employer's business registration (copy) labor standards act wrote: Article 39 (Certificate of Employment) (1) If a worker makes a request to issue a certificate specifying term of employment, job specification, title and wages or other necessary information even after the retirement of the worker, the employer shall immediately prepare and issue the factually correct certificate. (2) The certificate referred to in paragraph (1) shall only contain the items that the worker concerned has requested. Back to top dragonsfiresoulJoined: 23 Oct 2012 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:23 am Post subject: Thanks for the information guys! I'm planning on staying in Korea, and already have a new job lined up and the ARC was the first thing that I looked into figuring out, so I will have that squared away by the time I start my new contract. I just wanted to know if I would need anything else, since I had heard about a recommendation letter previously and wanted to get that taken care of now, rather than find out about it later and have to go back... ttompatz, do you happen to know what the "certificate of employment" is in Korean? 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Hello BLOGGER world? Been away far too long! Who has had a hectic summer? It has been almost fall!! Finally cooling down...kids back in school...getting back to some structure. What is your biggest blogging obstacle?
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New Interface
I admit it...I don't like change...Don't do well with *some* changes at all...One, is this new Blogger interface...so I have put off and put off blogging because I didn't want to deal with it...I even went to Wordpress thinking I would give it a whirl, only to find I disliked it more than Blogger...So as I was poking around to blog, I come across a little icon for settings...and guess WHAT? You can change it back to the old! I had no idea!!! So I'm happy once more...content and able to blog away!
Lots of twists and turns here lately...the main one with my Celiac and ulcers...trying to find foods, stay out of pain and regulate all these meds...BUT yesterday and today I had NO stomach pain since Easter! I am so excited! So the meds must be working...however, I know the power of prayer and I have to give God all the glory! The only good thing that has come out of this is I'm 20+ pounds lighter! I don't recommend this way of eating at all! Rice, tuna, chicken...occasional salad and mashed potatoes have been my food source. I did find yogurt was pretty safe, however, it has to be the low carb ones. I'm not intentionally eating no carbs...just with Celiac, you haven't much choice.
So anyway, getting better but still see the gastro internist in two weeks...Blood work and CT's all came back normal (except ulcer and celiac) So we shall see. If I go the next two weeks pain free, I think I may just cancel.
Well, busy, crazy hectic day tomorrow!! Calling it a night! Thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Need Mercy
I'm not sure I'm liking this new blogger format...but what can ya do...just go with the flow, make the best of it...Adapt and overcome...or is it overcome and adapt? Anyway, I have really been having to do both lately...But my first step needs to be HAND IT OVER TO GOD then go from there...So as hard as it is, that is my best and only option. Now does that mean I am always able to do that, nope...as humans, we still like to have control of everything...we still want answers NOW and we still want action NOW! So now I can't just sit back, but I have to learn that everything is in God's hands and His time...
With that said, it seems like being tested so much lately has sadly made me a bit bitter...not at God, but confused. Plus today everything has been on my last nerve and feel as though I may just snap! We all have those days...
With that said, it seems like being tested so much lately has sadly made me a bit bitter...not at God, but confused. Plus today everything has been on my last nerve and feel as though I may just snap! We all have those days...
My top complaints that I feel guilty about today
- Noisy Neighbors
- Unreliable People
- Selfish Parents
- Those that don't follow through commitments
- Family that cause needless DRAMA
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Anna Paquin debuts her barely-there baby bump Saturday evening at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, held at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.
The expectant True Blood star, 29, and husband Stephen Moyer were guests of The Huffington Post.
Paquin, who confirmed her pregnancy earlier this month, wore a dress by Hervé L. Leroux.
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SAN JOSE — After two subpar seasons by its high standards, the Archbishop Mitty girls volleyball team was determined to get back to the top. Tuesday night, the Monarchs took the most significant step yet toward their ultimate mission — a state championship.
Mitty needed only an hour to win the CIF Northern California Division II title, cruising past visiting El Camino of Sacramento 25-11, 25-16, 25-22.
The victory was Mitty's 37th without a loss this season and sends the Monarchs to the Division II state final Saturday in Irvine against Martin Luther King of Riverside.
El Camino finished 35-6.
Clare Powers (15 kills) and Allie Wheeler (13 kills) led Mitty's power-hitting attack, and Kelsey Crawford added 44 assists.
"It feels awesome," Wheeler said. "I'm so excited. All of our hard work has really paid off. We've been improving so much over the year."
Mitty won back-to-back state and national titles before losing 12 matches in each of the past two seasons. But the Monarchs returned to prominence this fall behind a well-balanced rotation and players who had never experienced moments such as Tuesday's.
The nation's second-ranked team made it look easy Tuesday, dominating an opponent it swept in two games Oct. 20 in the final of the Stockton Classic.
Mitty built a quick four-point lead early in the first game, forcing El Camino to take a timeout.
The Monarchs continued to apply the pressure, stretching the advantage to 20-11 on Powers' soft tap over the net after a marathon rally.
The second game wasn't much better for El Camino as Mitty's big hitters — Powers, Wheeler, Shirin Tooloee — kept pounding the ball over the net.
El Camino pulled to within 23-22 in the third game, but then Wheeler blasted a kill, and Tooloee closed out the match with another kill.
Mission accomplished. Mitty was heading back to the ultimate match.
"It's amazing," Powers said. "This is what we've been working for every single day in practice, to go to state. And now we have the opportunity to go to state. I believe that we work harder than any team in the whole country. We deserve this, and I am so proud of everyone."
Mitty coach Bret Almazan-Cezar said his team executed its game plan nicely against El Camino.
"They're a wonderful team, and they do interesting stuff," Almazan-Cezar said, "and we were able to stop what they do."
Asked about leading another team to the state final, the coach said, "I'm really thrilled for this team because none of them has been there."
For more on high school sports, see Darren Sabedra's After School blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/highschools. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/DarrenSabedra.


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It Is All In the Timing
November 8, 2013
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Judaic message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Shabbat message for Friday, November 8, 2013.
It Is All In the Timing
For observant families, the timing of preparing hot meals is a complication . . . but it's a complication that is definitely possible to deal with – especially in modern times. According to strict Jewish Law, a person cannot light or extinguish a fire (and by extension, a stove) on Shabbat. All hot meals must be cooked before the Shabbat. In the old days, when fires on Shabbat were kept alive by non-Jews who would come in to light and/or stoke the fire in a Jewish home, it couldn't be easier. Simply put an already made pot of delicious Shabbat food on the fire. Or, in the case of Cholent, that mother of all Jewish foods, put a pot of a kind of stew made sometimes of beans and/or sometimes potatoes, and/or sometimes meat, on the fire and let it cook slowly til Saturday lunch. In the schtetlach (villages) of Eastern Europe, often the town baker could be counted on to keep his fire going, and people would bring their pots of cholent to the baker on Friday before Shabbat, and pick them up on Saturday on the way home from the synagogue.
A soup would have to be kept warm until it was eaten, but other foods could be kept until just before a meal, and then put on the fire to warm up. In more modern times, people attached a metal tray called a "platteh," or "blech" over the gas or electric burner. Items to be kept warm or to be warmed up would be placed on the blech. Voila – a hot Shabbat meal. Later, there were electric platehs that could be plugged in. The plateh would stay warm, and foods put on as needed.
And today . . . many manufacturers make stoves with a Shabbat timer. The timer can be set up to turn on or off automatically at the right time to warm up a Shabbat meal. Maybe you even have a Shabbat timer on your stove even without knowing it! With some models, it is factory installed.
Shabbat Shalom


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Searching the six satellite images of Mars provided in this investigation, students identify and locate areas that possibly sustained life in the past, might now sustain life, or could in the future. The URL opens to the investigation directory,... (View More) with links to teacher and student materials, lesson extensions, resources, teaching tips, and assessment strategies. Note that this is the last of four investigations found in the Grades 5-8 Module 2 of Mission Geography. The Mission Geography curriculum integrates data and images from NASA missions with the National Geography Standards. Each of the four investigations in Module 2, while related, can be done independently. (View Less)
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