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For the test was used Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (Karmic) 64 edition - without any "adjustment" - even with the "live" edition.
It worked out of the box - really good & inexpensive Linux laptop!
Noisy fan, though.
With Mandriva 2009.1 ethernet works only with ACPI disabled.
With Mandriva 2010.0 I obtained only a black screen 5 second after boot. The same in safe mode.
To make backlight adjustment work in Ubuntu Karmic with Kernel Mode Setting, follow this guide:
I need help with the Extensa 5635Z. on linux mint 17.3 the videos on youtube and other video players are flickering and they are not watchable.
On Linux Mint Nadia 14
Backlight control via Fn-LEFT/RIGHT does not work for me.
Rest seems ok so far.
The solution given by xbix87 is not working. It broke the system, now it does not recognise the display
Daoes anyone have a solution?
hey just wondering can i upgrade the graphic card to a high one ??
And if so how much can i upgrade it
many thanks lee
I own an Acer Extensa 5635Z. Its Dual core 2.0 Ghz processor. Just to let others know i am successfully running a core 2 Duo T9300 2.5Ghz now. I upgraded the laptop processor and all is ok.
Well for linux i know it will work great specially on Mandriva.
i have a big problem with my acer that when instaling ubuntu it shown only a black screen then nothing.. pleaaaaaaaaase help me if someone have succeded to instal any version of linux on the acer extensa 5635z..
BIG problem here: no speedstep working, noisy fan starting once a minute.
Tested with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.04 & 9.10, Live-CD and regular install.
Any suggestions? Are you all SURE, that speedstep was working on your machines? I consider returning my machine to the dealer…
For Backlight
run in a terminal : sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line edit in
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=0 acpi_backlight=vendor"
save and close
in a terminal give: sudo update-grub
wait and rebootBold Text
Acer Extenza 5635Z 433G25Mi
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
I had applied GRUB changes described above and after reboot Fn-Left/Right does change Backlight.
But I have another problem:
I have installed Ubuntu Lynx from Wubi into file. After opening notebook while sleeping - it didn't wake up (though it waked up normally hundred times before). After plugging out and in battery, it restarted but Wi-Fi has died!
Bluetooth is always on after restart (can be switched off by the Bluetooth button), Wi-Fi is off (and doesn't respond when I press WiFi button).
It says network is down. Reinstalling drivers and installing linux-backports-wireless-lucid didn't help.
I didn't manage to fix it and had to use Ethernet connection instead.
Did anyone had same problem with Wifi on Ubuntu Lynx?
Hi Ivan,
right-click on the network symbol on the top right menu bar, there you can activate the network (again).
Suspend/hibernate is not supported when running under wubi, afaik.
On my Extensa 5635z even under a regular installation (w/o wubi) the suspend mode doesn't work. It hangs on wake-up (till now, I still hope to find a solution for that) …


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On April 26th, 2014 hundreds of filmmakers, non-profit organizations, and inspired citizens documented stories and investigated 10 questions for the future of New Orleans as part of a city-wide, participatory media-creation event. The resulting media will be showcased in an interactive geo-tagged archive and a TV series on the future of the American city. In addition, local media partners will showcase the most powerful and inspiring videos created during the one-day filmmaking event.
On April 26th, the people of New Orleans filmed stories that investigated one or more of the 10 questions below.
More than just prompting interviews, the following questions are inspiration for visual investigations:
This is your chance to help create a TV Series and Geo-tagged archive featuring stories that matter most to you. This is a historic film project that gives you the power to tell your unique story and show the world what a day in the life of your city is like—through your eyes. You have the opportunity to have your voice heard, to share your personal portrait of the city and to help determine the future of your city. Additionally, this project will result in a TV series on the future of American cities that will feature select captured footage and run on local PBS affiliates.
No. You may investigate as many or as few as you wish. In addition, the 10th question is up to you, allowing for flexibility in how you participate.
Your Day. Your City. Your Future. is an initiative that invites urban dwellers to document stories that inform the sustainable future of their communities during a 24-hour filming event. The project launched with 11 US cities on April 26, 2014. Your Day. Your City. Your Future. leverages the power of hyper-local storytelling and the medium of film to capture and archive authentic, compelling narratives happening now in urban areas.
Submissions create an accessible geo-tagged city wide archive showcasing all media created that day. Project producers are also working with local PBS affiliates and public broadcasters to create a TV series that will include the captured footage and investigate the future of American cities.
Will our cities be powerful pillars of society in 20 years? With growing populations and overconsumption of finite resources, how will the legacy of our cities navigate the future? Faced with climate change, terrorism, crime, corruption, and disparity of wealth, our cities have incredible challenges that strike at the core of humanity's ability to sustain. However, these emblems of density, with their complex histories and vast diversity, offer hope by cross-pollinating ideas and providing the innovations of technology, mind, and spirit required for humanity to thrive.
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Their first global media event on 10.10.10 was an amazing success. For the first time in history, One Day on Earth created media with participants in every country of the world contributing on the same day. The United Nations and over 60 non-profit organizations participated, and they collectively created over 3000 hours of video, an interactive geo-tagged archive, as well as a groundbreaking feature film. It has since developed into an annual media event (11.11.11. and 12.12.12.) and inspired the Your Day. Your City. Your Future. project.
We plan to open up the filming campaign to other major cities. You can nominate your city at http://yourdayyourcity.org/#movement.
No. This is open to amateur and professional filmmakers, as well as ordinary inspired people. We want to capture the real, raw human stories taking place in American cities. If you have a story to tell, you're invited to join us.
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Lily is a filmmaker and educator based in New Orleans. In 2008, Lily co-founded New Orleans Video Voices, a women-led media collective dedicated to expanding media literacy across the Gulf Coast. Bayou Maharajah, her first feature-length documentary, has won prizes and played to sold-out audiences across the world. Her work has appeared on Democracy Now!, GritTV with Laura Flanders, Current TV, Electronic Intifada, SF Bay View, CommonDreams, and local PBS programming. Visit Lily Keber's Page
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John Richie is the director of Shell Shocked: The New Orleans Youth Story. John is currently working alongside other New Orleans' filmmakers on a documentary about Louisiana's disappearing gulf.Visit Page
Ralph is New Orleans based EMMY winning visual story teller/cinematographer who has been working professionally for more than 20 years. He started in news, doc, reality TV and now also does music videos.Visit Page
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Kevin Hughes is a Louisiana native and has been playing with cameras ever since he could hold on to them. He received his MFA degree in film production from UNO.Visit Page
Milo Daemgen is a filmmaker living in New Orleans and co-owner of the production company The Greenhouse Collective.Visit Page
After a long 8-year career, 2 Associated Press awards and 2 Press Club awards Crista ventured out on her own. Her first full-length documentary "NOLAbound" premiered at the JOY Theater in March 2012.Visit Page
Andrew Bryan graduated from the University of New Orleans in 2011 with an MFA in Film Production. His most recent film, The Wand, won Best Film at the 2013 New Orleans 48 Hour Film Festival.Visit Page
Jordan Flaherty is a journalist and community organizer based in New Orleans. His reporting has been featured in the New York Times and audiences around the world.Visit Page
Jerald L. White is a New Orleans artist, crazy bicyclist, and community advocate – also known as Bottletree. Jerald is a member of the Press Street/Antenna Arts Collaborative.Visit Page
Christopher C. Brown is a New Orleans native, an independent film producer, and is currently studying law. He is on the Advisory Board of the New Orleans Film Society.Visit Page
Dr. Schwarzman He is the founder and director of the Crossroads Project for Art, Learning and Community in New Orleans and the co-author of "Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts."Visit Page
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These pages are dedicated to breastfeeding women everywhere. They provide what is needed in the start of life. Breastfeeding is a very important act in nurturing children, and often a highlight in the life and memory of women, as the photos below suggest.
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Here we present the tenth page of photos banned from the social utility Facebook, as well as a few that haven't been. With several hundred million users, Facebook still removes from its pages photographs of women breastfeeding, despite complaints about that practice beginning as long ago as June 2007.
Facebook claimed that breastfeeding photos violated its terms of service if they showed "an entire breast." Eventually it dropped the vagueness and the euphemism and claimed that all photos with a visible nipple or areola were "obscene," "pornographic," or "sexually explicit." This claim by Facebook is at odds with legislation, case law, and actual practice throughout the USA. In addition, breastfeeding itself is allowed in public, exposed breasts or not, in almost all states in the country. By its attitude and action, Facebook is wrong. It demeans and stigmatizes women and breastfeeding.
In May 2009, the same Facebook spokesperson responsible for the above claims said that Facebook removes only a small number of photos of naked women breastfeeding. That would be funny if it weren't so ignorant. Facebook also claims that images of breasts harm children. That's absurd. Facebook wrongly uses children as an excuse for its immaturity and errors.
Facebook is undoubtedly a great utility, both useful and fun. Its worldwide acceptance on the Internet confers upon it a responsibility to do better.
The protest against Facebook's removal of many breastfeeding photos isn't really about legality. It's not even about rights. It's about what is right.
Number of photos in this collection: 416. Of those, 400 have been banned, some more than once. The few others are here for comparison. Comments from the photos' owners are often illuminating. Note that many thousands more photos have been banned than we have collected.
In recent times, whole accounts have been removed by Facebook over one beautiful, important, helpful, legal photo. Facebook also uses inappropriate skin-recognition software to present targeted users with many randomly chosen photos of theirs to delete on threat of losing their account. Unlike comparable sites, Facebook has appointed itself the world's moralistic photo vigilante, deploying these and similar tactics well known from large tyrannical European states of the 20th century. Its ignorant, crass, inexcusable censorship, which it attempts to justify with glib spin that is false in every detail, also indirectly supports the USA's longstanding dehumanizing manipulation of women's bodies and its high rate of violence against them.
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We don't believe in that. Women's breasts in photos like these bother no one except those who have unfortunately been trained to be embarrassed by them or to control them when they have no right to.
We posted most of the photos at the same height. We acknowledge that some appeared on Facebook bigger, and a few smaller. The effect a photo has depends on size, among other things. Also, we cannot guarantee how things like colour or contrast appear, because they depend on individual monitors.
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The above five photos from Amber Plyler were banned about January 3, 2011.
"I have fought to breastfeed Levi through thrush, low milk supply due to PCOS, refusal to latch in the early days,
The above 14 photos, from Misty-Dawn Kelly, were banned in every month between September 8, 2010 and January 11, 2011. The one in the third row
When we were preparing to post the 14 photos from Misty-Dawn Kelly mentioned above, she sent us the two immediately above, banned on
Misty-Dawn writes: "I don't understand why it is so wrong for a mother to show a picture of her nourishing her child with the main source that God has placed on her body.
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Horned helmets on vikings. Not sure if anyone else has brought this up, but sadly they did not have horned helmets. Their helmets were actually overall quite plain and unadorned.
Horned helmets are terribly impractical on the battlefield, though. Instant hand-holds.
This is another annoying myth. What do you think you're opponent is trying to do to you, when you're not actually trying to kill him? Grabbing for something, instead of running someone through, is a sure fire way to get killed. Same with long hair and the like. No one's going to grab at them, they rather try and MURDER their opponent. And any activity that does not involve murdering, gives THEM a chance to murder you.
If I remember correctly, it was the Germanic Visigoths who had horned helms.
Which indirectly reminds me of one of my own annoyances, possibly already mentioned up-thread...the idea that full plate was clumsy and unwieldy to where knocking a knight over was like flipping a turtle upside down. Assuming your plate was made right, it weighed less than the field packs modern infantrymen carry, was better-distributed, and very well articulated. There are videos of people wearing modern-day replica field plate doing gymnastics.
Actually, I always envisioned it as 'grab with the off-hand, yank, and stab with the sword-hand', rather than simply 'try to unhelm'. And, as Louise pointed out, they probably had something holding the helmets on - and if you yank on someone's head, that's going to distract them at the very least (if not throw their aim off entirely.) If your off-hand isn't encumbered by a shield (by choice or by mischance), any distraction would work in your favor.
Which is also a myth.There have been only two melee combat styles in the world. Two weapon and two handed. Two handed is both hands on one weapon, like spears, axes and other sweeping weapons that are great for battlefield control, and dealing with multiple targets. Two weapon runs the gamut from shield, dagger, sword (well weapons in general), cloak, chain gauntlet (rarely, and mostly for dueling) and other tools of murder. Forget what Hollywood has taught you, forget what Olympic fencing has done to a combat style, you NEVER ever leave your off hand empty. To do so would cut both your offensive and defensive power in half, and that can be lethal. To you.Which brings up another myth, the shield. It's not some lump of wood and metal that rests on your arm until you need to block with it. There are plenty of surfaces you can use to attack your enemy with, and even better, it's designed to be used in conjunction with your main weapon!
I blame D&D for this one, but once plate and maille came into being the Shield being a Knight's weapon was dropped for melee combat. For two main reasons. First, lack of control, the metal around you gauntlet made it hard to feel where the shield was, but more importantly, you needed more power to do more damage to your opponent. The only place the shield showed up regularly was in the hands of lighter armoured troops or lance-men. And if the cavalry got dismounted, off went the shield. Assuming they landed on their feet. Which actually happened more than not.
The all Native American tribes were nomadic misconception is one that likely comes from the fascination with the western pop culture image of the old west where plains tribes were more often mentioned. However, the Zuni, Hopi, and other Pueblo peoples were sedentary. Despite being one of the best known subdivisions of native peoples, many forget that the Iroquois were also a sedentary culture.
Wasn't that the Aztecs? Or did they both do the ripping-out-of-hearts bit?
Mayans...the guys who ripped out hearts in human sacrifice at the top of pyramids. Who thought they were a peace-loving people?
Is that including the fact that a lot of their sacrifices were captured prisoners of war? If I remember right, one of the other things history books tend to forget was how Cortez broke the Mayans leading a small army of all the other little tribal powers the Mayans had been abusing and warring against for generations, not just his Spanish conquistadors.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has made "change" the hallmark of his presidency. For his team of advisers, a more operable term may be "continuity."
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Many of the advisers who helped Obama chart his first campaign never left and they're now playing important roles in the White House and at Obama's re-election headquarters in Chicago.
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Obama's bid for four more years in office marks the first time that a modern re-election campaign has not been run out of Washington, placing a premium on a seamless back and forth between his political advisers in the White House and his Chicago campaign's upper echelon. Members of Obama's inner circle meet regularly at the White House to discuss strategy and have thus far avoided major messaging gaps between the two time zones.
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If there's a knock on Obama's campaign structure, it's that there hasn't been an influx of outside voices. Most of Obama's team has remained with him throughout his presidency, with the exception of figures such as Rahm Emanuel, who left as White House chief of staff in late 2010 to run for Chicago mayor, or Emanuel's successor in the job, William Daley, the brother of former Chicago mayor Richard Daley. Daley's stint ended in January.
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-- David Axelrod. A former political reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Axelrod has known the president since the early 1990s and was a driving force behind Obama's message of change during the 2008 campaign. A former top adviser to Obama in the White House, Axelrod is a calming influence on Obama's team and has helped craft a focus on middle-class voters who were already suffering before the recession.
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-- Valerie Jarrett. A top adviser in the White House, Jarrett is a longtime friend of the Obamas and has become a trusted aide to the president. At the White House, Jarrett has been Obama's conduit to the business community and an important sounding board for the first couple. In a nod to their friendship, the Obamas attended the wedding of Jarrett's daughter in Chicago prior to June's Group of 20 summit in Mexico.
-- Robert Gibbs was Obama's top campaign spokesman in 2008 and then became White House press secretary during the first term. After leaving the podium in early 2011, Gibbs emerged as one of Obama's most ardent defenders during the 2012 Republican primaries and on cable television as the general election took shape. Gibbs was with Obama before Obama gained national prominence during the 2004 Democratic National Convention and understands Obama's message as well as anyone.


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Understanding his mom's health issues, he left Las Vegas in April to lend a hand where he could. His timing couldn't have been better. Earlier this month, she underwent open-heart surgery.
"The way I see it, she's my mother," said Seward, a versatile 57-year-old veteran of screen and stage. "There's nothing else more important than that. I have to do what I have to do to make the situation better for her."
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While a student at Warwick High School, he sang in bands including Ship of Fools and Sounds of Country. By the late 1970s, he'd relocated to Hollywood where he hoped to break into the movies as an actor. Learning to do stunts helped him get in the door. His resume says he worked as a stunt man on films including "1941" with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and "Reds" starringWarren Beatty.
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- The BSA Hiking Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Hiking as one of your monthly themes.
- Hiking merit badge is an option for Eagle Scout (requirement 3.j.).
- All Scouts should consider starting Hiking merit badge immediately upon joining a Boy Scout troop for the following reasons:
- The first four requirements are relatively easy for most Scouts. Completing these allows you to work on requirements 5 and 6.
- The following is a direct quote from the requirements:
- The hikes in requirements 5 and 6 can be used in fulfilling Second Class Rank (2a) and First Class Rank (3) rank requirements, but only if Hiking merit badge requirements 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been completed to the satisfaction of your counselor.
- In other words, if you go ahead and knock out the first four requirements early, you'll be able use later hikes to kill two birds with one stone.
- This is an Eagle required merit badge. It generally takes a long time to earn so the faster you get started, the earlier you'll get done.
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1. First aid: Hypothermia - Heatstroke - Heat Exhaustion - Frostbite - Dehydration - Sunburn - Sprained Ankle - Insect Stings - Tick Bites - Snakebite - Blisters - Hyperventilation - Altitude Sickness
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First-aid skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid merit badge pamphlet • First-aid kit • Emergency kit • Guide to Safe Scouting • Annual Health and Medical Record
- Hiking Links: Leave No Trace - Essentials - Amer. Hiking Soc.: Safety - Food - Cold - Myths - Footwear -
- REI: Compass - Day Hike - Food - Hydration - Insects - Layering - Lightweight - Navigation - Rain - Socks - Sun - Hot/Cold
3. A blank conditioning plan is in the Hiking Worksheet.
4-5. Blank 10-mile Hike Plans are in the Hiking Worksheet.
6. A blank 20-mile Hike Plan is in the Hiking Worksheet.
7. A blank report is in the Hiking Worksheet.
Related awards
- Outdoor Skills Awards
See also
|General Merit Badge information
External links
- Backpacker Magazine
- Hiking First Aid Tips
- Rails to Trails Converted railroad routes throughout the country.
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- Health Risks: Sun, Bugs, Plants
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- Breaking in New Hiking Boots
- Compasses
- Compasses: A Note About Declination
- Conditioning for Backpacking
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- Layering
- Energy Foods
- First-Aid Kits
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- Food Handling/Storage
- Food Organizing Tips
- Gaiters
- Geocaching: One Man's Story
- GPS: How to Use
- Hiking Boots
- Hydration
- Hydration Pack
- Hygiene and Sanitation in the Backcountry
- Insect Repellent
- Lightweight Hiking
- If You Become Lost
- Minimum-Impact Travel
- Navigation Basics: Map and Compass
- Personal Locator Beacons
- Menu Planning
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- Staying on Course
- Sun-Protection Clothing
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Temperature Extremes
- The Ten Essentials
- Trailhead Security
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The James Bond franchise turns 50 this year. To celebrate, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, California is holding a Bond marathon featuring eight of 007's best films this weekend.
Ahead of the upcoming film, "Skyfall," this November, PeekYou has figured out the Web's favorite James Bond.
The site, which launched in 2006, aggregates scores—called PeekScores—defining everyone's popularity on the Web from Obama to, well, yourself.
According to Michael Hussey, CEO of PeekYou, the score does not reflect influence, like Klout. Rather the algorithm used calculates each Bond's digital footprint across the Web delivering a score from 1 to 10.
Hussey says the site assesses 20 factors across the Web including popularity on social media sites, such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, and numbers of news articles and blog posts.
While few people attain a perfect score of ten, all the Bond men fair above eight. See if your favorite Bond actor is the most popular on the Web.


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I've decided to add a "Coming Soon …" Page because there are particular things I wanted to write about with regard to researching certain ancestors and I know some of my family/cousins have been waiting to find out certain things about those ancestors.
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purplesystems necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 162 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
We are a very small and new business which will offer adventure motorcycling rentals and tours in New Zealand. Typically a tour would consist of the rental of the motorcycle and equipment, a personalised tour and accommodation.
Once we have the the website and business up and running with the new logo, we have plans to expand to cover other countries and would then give the designer of this logo the opportunity to do the other logos and also T-Shirt designs.
Our target audience are motorcyclists from all over the world who want to experience an adventure of a lifetime on a motorcycle in one of the most scenic countries in the world.
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The age range is normally between 25 - 60 years and the typical client has a good, disposible income to allow them to afford these adventures. Typically they are mostly men however sometimes they do have wifes or girlfriends accompany them.
We require a logo to be designed which can be used not only on our website but also on emails, brochures, stickers, advertising cards, and possibley even T-shirts. Ultimately the logo will also be used on DVD's and films of the adventures.
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A great example of what we have in mind is here: http://www.bikeroundnz.com
This site incorporates the company name and a graphic which represents riding a motorcycle and the feeling of freedom of New Zealand. We would like this kind of fresh and clever idea but do not want it to just be based on this one. Notice the use of the Kiwi (the bird is often used to symbolize New Zealand).
We have a preference of the colour blue to symbolise the New Zealand flag and colour of water there, but we will leave this up to the designer.
The logo also has to be adaptable in the future to allow the logo theme to be followed through to other countries (for example Australia, USA, UK) etc.
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So, Barbados is my home now and I've certainly enjoyed the past
One of my favorite things about Barbados is the way people talk. Some people may rave about the Jamaican accent or the Trini lilt, but I've grown fond of the Bajan dialect. There are some hilarious sayings that tickle my ears when I hear them. Here are a few of my faves:
"Cheese-on-bread": To express shock, excitement, disappointment, disbelief, etc. Similar to "Oh my goodness!" In a sentence, one might hear: "Cheese-on-bread! Can't believe he dropped the ball AGAIN!"
Kuh-DEAR (also spelled, kadir, cuhdear, kuhdeer, etc): Similar to "awwww"; When i was traveling to St. Lucia recently, I told my Bajan friend that I missed home (aka Barbados), to which he replied "Kuh-DEAR!!! Yuh Bajan now!"
"Yuh gettin' tru?" (aka, "you getting through?): The first time someone asked me this, he had to repeat himself so many times that he just relented and said, "how are you doing?" So much easier, no?! Lol.
Scabbical: this word cracks me up, but i'm not exactly sure what it means. according to urban dictionary, it means "unclassy, trashy, etc" there's an ad running on the radio that refers to a "scabbical turkey" that's gotten loose, but mostly, i hear it referring to a woman who sleeps around or something. will check back with you on this one.
Wukkin' up: bumping and grinding, dirty dancing, insane hip gyrations. I try to practice wukkin up every weekend.
Bashment: when i hear this word, i think of the moment when a party goes from tame to buckwild in the span of like 15 mins. everyone's standing around sipping their delicate cocktails and next thing you know, the DJ plays like 2 or 3 good songs in a row and it's just chaos, body parts flying everywhere, sweat dripping, etc. to me, that party has reached bashment proportions. Lots of that going on in Barbados.
Bim: a nickname for Barbados, short for Bimshire, which is what England called Barbados back in the day
STUP-see (or maybe it's pronounced STOOP-see): the equivalent of sucking one's teeth to express disapproval. I can't quite stupse yet, but it won't be long now...
No telling which of these verbal ticks I'll come back to America with, but I get a good chuckle. Anyway, I have lots more to talk about but will save it for later. :)
Until then,


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- Election result leaves Israel more divided than ever
- Benjamin Netanyahu can look left or right for coalition partners
- His group lost votes to more right-wing parties and a center-left bloc
- Whoever rules, it is not clear they'll be able to provide answers to Israel's pressing problems
Elections in Israel always generate much excitement domestically and internationally. However, they hardly produce conclusive results of a clear winner in terms of policies and leadership. No single party has won an absolute majority since the country was founded more than 64 years ago.
Tuesday's election leaves Israeli politically more divided than ever: the ruling party Likud-Beitenu and its leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman are injured and badly bruised, but not knocked out.
The party lost around a quarter of their combined seats in the Israeli Knesset. Nevertheless, in the mysterious ways that Israeli politics operate, Netanyahu is still best positioned to form the next government, but just barely and without absolute certainty.
The results will lead to weeks, if not months, of the customary horse-trading process of building a coalition that brings together into government politicians who have at times little in common, let alone a coherent agenda.
Netanyahu's triumphant speech to his supporters on Tuesday night, following the declaration of the exit polls, couldn't conceal the fact that his party's showing in the elections was disappointing, and that the task of forming a stable coalition remains thorny.
The center-left bloc did better than predicted. The biggest surprise of the elections was the newly-formed Yesh Atid Party (There is a Future), led by Yair Lapid, which gained 19 seats, and the Labor party which also managed to increase its number of seats slightly to 15.
Following the counting of nearly all the ballots it became clear that Netanyahu's gamble on a joint list with former Foreign Minister Lieberman didn't pay off.
The joint list lost to the resurgent, more right-wing, party Jewish Home, led by Naftali Bennett, and some votes even migrated to the center-left, which defied public opinion polls to become almost equal in size to the right-bloc.
The election campaigning is over, the billboards on the streets are removed, and the election jingles are silenced. But challenges remain for the new government.
Internationally, the Middle East has changed dramatically, as result of the Arab Spring, posing great strategic challenges.
Iran continues its pursuit of nuclear capability and resolving the conflict with the Palestinians seems to be as remote as ever.
Domestically, disagreement with the ultra orthodox about serving in the army remains a contentious issue dividing the Israeli society, as does the genuine integration of the Arab minority into Israeli society, let alone the recent economic downturn, and the ever-growing gaps between rich and poor. And this is only a few of the challenges ahead.
Even if Netanyahu seems to be the one with the most realistic chance to form a coalition, Tuesday's results show this is no foregone conclusion.
Even as the ballots were being counted, the parties started informally negotiating the composition of the next government. The next few days and weeks will reveal Netanyahu's preferred partners.
Will he opt for a distinctive right-wing coalition with which he might feel more ideologically comfortable, but will put him on a course of collision with many of Israel's friends around the world?
If such a government decides to expand the building of West Bank settlements and procrastinate -- if not block completely -- any progress on the peace process, it will potentially lead to the isolation of Israel in the international community and to growing tensions with Israel's main ally, the United States.
President Barack Obama, who has already questioned the wisdom of Netahyahu's policies and how well they serve the Israeli national interest, might take a more assertive approach to Israeli policies which he believes also hinder U.S. national interest in the region.
Free from the need to be re-elected and considering Netanyahu's support of his opponent in the U.S. presidential elections, Obama might confront the expected Israeli prime minister's policies more proactively.
Another option open to Netanyahu is to offer either Yesh Atid or the Labor party to join him -- though that would risk a rift with his traditional ultra-orthodox supporters or even parts of his own party.
Alternatively, he might opt to lure parties from both sides of the political map, but this might prove to be way too complex to form, and extremely divisive to preside over, for the duration of the Knesset.
It will be interesting to observe how the strengthened center-left bloc is going to approach coalition negotiations.
Do they believe they can form a government themselves? Are they going to operate as a united bloc that will set clear red lines in order to join a Netanyahu government -- whether on the issue of progress in the peace process or socio-economic issues?
Or will they will jockey for a position and outbid one another for a place around the Cabinet table?
Working as a bloc and adhering to their pre-election promises might either guarantee them a stronger bargaining position in the negotiations to form a government or public credibility, which will pay off in the next elections.
Israeli politicians are not known for such long-term calculations and the temptation of government might prove too big.
Over coming weeks, speculation will mount about the nature of the next government, while the process of coalition building will occupy the Israeli political system and its public.
Whatever the outcome of forming a government, the fragmented results of the election might produce a government incapable of giving the answers to the most pressing challenges Israel faces, and in the end might not even remain in power for too long, before a call for fresh elections.


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Ravens safety Elam on Megatron: 'He's pretty old'
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Ravens safety Matt Elam nearly ran out of breath trying to come up with words to describe wide receiver Calvin Johnson, the main object of focus for Baltimore's defensive backfield Monday night in Detroit.
"Big, fast, athletic, unstoppable, freak," Elam said.
Curiously, Elam went in another direction when asked how best to cover the 28-year-old Johnson, who's amassed a club-record 9,184 yards receiving and 67 touchdowns in less than seven years.
"He's pretty old, so I don't know how physical he'll be," Elam said. "He's a big guy, but he's older. I guess when they get older they're not going to be as physical, you know what I'm saying? We're going to have to be physical, make him uncomfortable."
Elam is six years younger than Johnson, but he's also seven inches shorter and around 25 pounds lighter. So he might not want to test his theory about Johnson's physicality in a 1-on-1 situation in the open field.
The misinformed rookie can only hope the rest of the defensive backfield does its part to prevent that from happening.
"You've got to know when it's time to double him, when it's time to triple-team him," Elam said. "You've got to keep your eye on him, because (Detroit quarterback Matthew) Stafford wants to get the ball to him."
Ravens defensive back Chykie Brown, who's used as a backup, says the Ravens can't afford to let Johnson's reputation get in the way of their effort to keep him from having an impact on the game.
"We're not going to get scared because of the name on the back of his jersey," Brown said. "He puts his pants on just like we do. We've got to out there and do us — get physical on him, play tough on him."
Johnson is arguably the most dangerous receiver in the NFL, and the Ravens have yielded 18 plays this season of at least 40 yards — including a 79-yard touchdown last Sunday to Minnesota's Cordarrelle Patterson, who finished with 141 yards in the snow.
Baltimore's pass defense will be severely tested by Johnson, who, despite of Elam's assessment, does not appear to be anywhere close to being over the hill.
"Megatron. Anytime someone has a nickname like that, you know, kid's real," said Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs, who's been around long enough to know the value of showing Johnson his full respect. "He's probably, arguably the best receiver in the game, and it's going to take all 11 guys to tend to him."
If Suggs can put the pressure on Stafford, then Johnson will have a more difficult time getting free.
"The pass rush is going to be key," Suggs said. "But it's also fun. You get to play against a guy like that, so I think we're definitely looking forward to the challenge. And not only that, it's going to be a big stage, and this guy has a tendency of having big games on big stages. So we get to see how we fare."
Cornerback Jimmy Smith is expected to draw the assignment of covering Johnson off the line of scrimmage, and Suggs intends to see that Smith gets some help.
"The front four, us, we're going to do our job in making sure he don't have to cover him for long periods of time," Suggs said.
If Johnson gets free, the Ravens (7-6) will have a difficult time extending their three-game winning streak.
"He can be a problem, a game-wrecker," Elam said. "We've got to do our job and execute."


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TORONTO - Canadians have pushed their debt levels to an eight-year high in a climate of ultra-low interest rates, according to a new report that suggests consumers are unmoved by repeated warnings that rates will inevitably rise and those burdens could financially sink some households.
The latest report of Canadian debt trends by TransUnion found the average consumer's non-mortgage debt load rose another $192 to $26,221 in the second quarter — the highest average debt per person it has seen since it began tracking the variable in 2004.
The quarter also marks something of a turning point as the second consecutive quarter in which debt accelerated following more than a year of quarterly declines.
"Since the recession we've seen the growth rate come down and then for five quarters there it really wasn't going very far," said Thomas Higgins, TransUnion's vice president of analytics and decision services.
"In the last two quarters we've seen things starting to slowly ramp up in the other direction and start increasing year-over year."
Debt growth was 2.41 per cent higher than in the second quarter of 2011, though the pace slowed slightly from that quarter's gain of 2.99 per cent. However, during the second-quarter of 2011, the growth rate was on its way down from more than 10 per cent year-over-year prior to the recession.
Credit growth bottomed out in the fourth-quarter of 2011, but has been rising again since.
Consumers have taken advantage of ultra low interest rates since the 2008-9 recession to heap on low-cost debt.
During the most recent quarter, the Bank of Canada's key interest rate — which affects banks' prime rates for loans — remained on hold at one per cent, where it has been since September 2010. Coming out of the recession, the central bank set the rate as low as 0.25 per cent in an effort to stimulate borrowing and therefore the domestic economy.
However, with rates still low as the central bank tries to buffer against a globally depressed economic backdrop, the Bank of Canada has declared household debt the number one risk to Canada's economy.
For a while it appeared Canadians were heeding the repeated warnings of top officials and economists from Canada and around the globe that Canadian debt loads are too high. But Higgins says he believes Canadians are ramping up spending as they become more confident that interest rates will remain low for some time.
Last year, those warnings were paired with projections from economists about when interest rates would rise, but now those calls have largely fallen away, with few willing to predict an end in sight to low-cost credit as global economic uncertainty persists.
"There was a real threat sitting there, but that sort of went away, there isn't any sort of imminent warning ... so that's sort of taken the heat off Canadians," Higgins said.
Canadians hear the warnings, but have to "get hit in the face with it," — a rise in interest rates, especially if it were a surprise, or another quick global downturn like that preceding the last recession — before people are "snapped" into paying attention.
"We still continue to do what we're doing until we see the spike in unemployment because some economic shock hits, or all of a sudden the interest rates go up 50 or 100 basis points and my next line of credit statement shows I'm paying another $100 a month in interest, (then it's like) 'holy smokes I got to do something now.' "
Jeffrey Schwartz of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada said he was surprised to see debt growth accelerating again after some previous indications things were headed in the right direction.
"They're making these decisions based on impulse and they find themselves digging further into a hole rather than putting money aside or even paying off debt."
The TransUnion report found that during the second quarter, the average consumer owed $3,556 on their credit cards, $33,721 on a line of credit, $22,493 on instalment loans and $18,881 in auto loans.
A moderately encouraging sign in the report was that delinquency or default levels remained low across the board, but Schwartz says the numbers don't seem to reflect the number of people that are already struggling — those who are just squeaking by on low interest rates, but who could default when rates rise.
"What's overweighing the fact that interest rates are really low is that people are overspending," he said.
"They're not really living within their means and it comes to a point in their lives that their credit cards are maxed out, the banks are not providing any more lending to them, the housing market is not on fire so they can't use their homes as cash registers any more and they're just becoming tapped out."
Last month, another consumer credit reporting agency, Equifax Canada reported that consumer indebtedness, excluding mortgage debt, grew 3.1 per cent year-over-year in the second quarter, down from 4.4 per cent in the same period of 2011.
The Equifax study also found that high-interest credit card debt fell by 3.8 in the quarter and consumer bankruptcies were down 4.5 per cent from a year earlier. Meanwhile, bank loans and lines of credit showed very moderate growth compared to a year ago.
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A gauge of competition for jobs fell in December to the lowest level in more than five years, but the U.S. labor market remained weak and it's too soon for workers to celebrate, according to data released Tuesday.
There were 10.35 million jobless workers at the end of 2013, compared with 3.99 million job openings, translating to about 2.6 would-be workers per spot, according to the U.S. Labor Department. That ratio, down a bit from 2.7 in November, was the lowest since August 2008.
While the trend looks good, here's an ugly fact behind recent drops in unemployment: While some workers have landed jobs, many others have left the workforce. Unsuccessful workers who gave up on their job search were no longer counted as "unemployed," though their career prospects were far from healthy.
"This report represented some deterioration," said Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank. "The overall picture of the report is that job opportunities are just more scarce than they were before the recession hit."
For context, when the recession began at the end of 2007, there were about 1.8 jobless workers per opening.
The markets recently digested another weak reading for payrolls, though the Federal Reserve's new chief, Janet Yellen, told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that particularly poor weather may be at least partly to blame.
Still, various labor-market indicators are signaling weakness a full six years since the recession began. In December, there were 4.44 million hires, compared with 4.97 million at the end of 2007. Job openings in December were down 6% from 4.26 million six years earlier. And workers remain relatively reluctant to leave the security of their jobs, with 2.37 million quits in December, 17% fewer than at the end of 2007.
"This is remarkably weak given that time-wise we are in a pretty mature economic recovery," Shierholz said. "People are locked into their jobs. The consequences of getting laid off are really severe."
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Senior Adults, Growing, Exploring, Serving
This months program is Program is Legislative Review by Deb Soholt
S.A.G.E.S. meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month in the Round Table Dining room. We eat a great meal for $5 (first time guests are free), we sing, study about a hymn of the month, share announcements and joys, have interesting and informative programs, share fellowship and finish up around 1:00pm.
We are seniors but young at heart. We enjoy sharing stories, antidotes, wisdom and fellowship!


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Today there are 4 prayer points . . .
Our Sunday services, Teen & Children's Church
The anointing of the Holy Spirit on the Welcome Team, the Worship Team, Pastor Dean, those bringing the Word, counsellors & congregation. Pray for the conviction of the Holy Spirit & for hearts to be changed and souls to be won.
The Holy Spirit to draw the lost & needy into our services.
That God will touch & minister to every person that attends our services.
Pray for the safety & protection of all those people on the GCC premises 24/7. Also for Church property.


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What would Broncos fans think of John Elway if he had forced '83 trade to Raiders?
John Elway is the icon of Denver sports. But it could have turned out far differently. In the documentary "Elway to Marino," which debuts Tuesday on ESPN, the scary alternate ending is spelled out. The Raiders came close to pulling off a blockbuster trade in 1983 that would have sent Elway to a hated AFC rival instead of Denver.
How much would Broncomaniacs revered Elway in a Raiders uniform? Oh, my. Listen to Peter Burns and I shudder at that thought in this audio:
OK, fans, you tell me: Had Elway never played in Denver, how much different would Broncos history read today?
Kick it with Kiz and Peter Burns by joining the discussion on Mile High Sports Radio Monday through Friday from 7-9 a.m. At 93.7 FM and 1510 AM.
Find Kiz on Twitter @MarkKiszla. And Peter Burns @PeterBurnsRadio.
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As always, the Boy Scouts of America are prepared with an answer:Ugly Dougly wrote:What kind of perversion can you get into with a goat and clothespins????RedheadBarbie wrote: I hope it involves a goat and clothespins.
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Was feelin' fine
Ate three red shirts
Right off the line
Bill took a stick
Gave him a whack
And tied that goat
To the railroad track
The whislte blew!
The train...grew...nigh (dramatic stretch),
Bill Grogan's Goat
Was doomed to die
He heaved a sigh ,
Of...aw-ful...pain (dramaitic stretch)
Coughed up the shirts
And flagged the train!


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Retired General Stanley McChrystal, in an exclusive interview with Yahoo News, reflected in unusually personal terms on the controversy that cost him his command of the Afghan war and praised Hillary Clinton as "great to work with."
Would Clinton make a good president? "I know she made a good secretary of state," he replied.
"I found her great to work with, and so I have huge regard for her," the former general said during a wide-ranging conversation in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "I don't handicap the presidential race, but I certainly enjoyed working with her."
McChrystal also weighed in on President Obama's decision to win Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's freedom by exchanging him for five Taliban detainees, his plan for winding down the war in Afghanistan, and the widespread failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The former general sat down with Yahoo News on the sidelines of the Franklin Project's summit on national service at Gettysburg, where the tide of the Civil War turned in the Union's favor after three bloody days of fighting in 1863.
The gathering will focus on a proposal from McChrystal that envisions making one year of national service a rite of passage for young Americans between the ages of 18 and 28, with the goal of creating one million national-service positions by 2023.
"They will do good things for fellow Americans, but they will also grow and they will be better citizens in the long term," McChrystal said. "At the end of the day, the real product is going to be better citizens. And I think that is the single biggest way we can make America better for the future."
The retired general said the money — and opportunities — would have to be shaped in a partnership between the private sector and the government.
Americans could do their "service year" through the military as well as established service programs like Teach for America, Americorps, or the Peace Corps. In an effort to make the program accessible to lower-income Americans, a small living allowance would be provided.
But "it's not going to be a big federal agency effort," he underlined, adding that "a vast majority of the funding is going to have to come from private sources," such as businesses and philanthropists.
Americans tend to be service-minded: The country has a high rate of volunteerism and charitable giving. But asking them to commit to a full year of service is sure to pose challenges — and has also drawn criticism ever since McChrystal first floated the idea.
McChrystal is perhaps best known as the general who commanded the war effort in Afghanistan until a Rolling Stone exposé by the late Michael Hastings led to his abrupt ouster. Hastings's piece detailed disrespect for civilian leaders — including Vice President Joe Biden — from McChrystal and his entourage.
"There are days it hurts. There are days I feel like I was treated unfairly," he said about the controversy that ultimately cost him his job. "But, you know, that's really not very important. The only person who really cares about that is me."
Asked whether he misses being a soldier, McChrystal replied: "Absolutely."
"I miss the soldiers every day. I miss the mission. I loved Afghanistan. I miss that deeply," he said.
"I don't miss the bureaucracy of being in the Army," he added. "But I still love the relationships you can build. And it doesn't have to be in military service — it can be anything you're doing with someone that matters. You develop a bond."
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