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What is a dog groomer?
A dog groomer is a service professional who provides dog grooming and basic hygiene care for your dog. Dog groomers are typically animal lovers who are competent and comfortable working with a wide range of dog breeds and temperaments. Dog groomers are knowledgeable about the care needs for different kinds of dog coats. A poodle will have different haircut needs than a shih tzu, for example, so it pays to have a trained pro provide the proper cut. Good dog groomers know how to safely clean your dog's teeth, bathe your dog, and cut their nails without going too short. They understand how to trim the hair from around your dog's face, express anal glands, and clean your dog's ears. Many people who choose dog grooming as a profession also pursue other dog services such as attending veterinary school, running a doggy day care center, working as a professional dog walker, and more.
What does a dog walker do?
We all know our dogs love going on long, adventure-filled walks, but jobs and family and commuting can make it difficult to give them the leash time they deserve. You can hire a professional dog walker to make sure your furry friend gets adequate exercise and outdoor time each day. A professional dog walker may be an individual contractor or work for a dedicated dog-walking company. In either case, you want to make sure the pro has the appropriate insurance in case of an emergency. Some people opt to give the dog walker a key to their house; others to have them pick up the dog from the yard. Dog walking can happen as often as multiple times per day, or just a few times a month as needed. Here are some questions to ask when you are interviewing a new dog walker:
- Will you or someone else be walking my dog?
- Do you have a backup plan if you can't make it for a scheduled walk?
- Will you walk my dog by itself, or do you walk several dogs at once?
- What are your different walk routes?
- When will you pick up and drop off?
- How will we communicate?
- Do I have to commit to a schedule or are you flexible?
- What's your cancellation policy?
- What's your response plan if my dog gets injured or becomes sick?
- How and how often do I pay you?
- Do you offer package pricing if I buy multiple dog walks up front?
What is included in a dog grooming?
Dog grooming is so much more than giving your dog a bath. Dog grooming is a broad term that covers all aspects of canine cleanliness and hygiene. The services included in dog grooming will vary based on your needs and what you choose to pay. Unless they are rolling in cowpies or playing in mud puddles, most dogs are okay getting a shampoo bath only as needed. You'll know when they need it if they smell bad or are bringing dirt into the house. Some dogs, like shepherds and shih tzus, have thick coats that can get matted and tangled without regular care. Pro dog groomers can deftly blow dry a dog's hair after a bath so that it is shiny and smooth. Dog grooming can include brushing that detangles dog hair and also thins the undercoat to minimize shedding.
Dog grooming also includes hygiene services such as toothbrushing and ear cleaning. Clean teeth are important to the health of your dog, and the pros have the patience and proper technique to get it done. Regular dog grooming can stave off tear stains, those reddish stains below your dog's eyes. Anal gland expression is something not many people want to do on their own, even if they love their dog. A dog groomer can safely and efficiently release any blocked anal gland fluid. Other dog grooming services include nail trimming and clipping. Nationally, dog grooming prices range from $60 to $80. Most dog groomers offer discounts to customers who purchase monthly packages or bundle multiple grooming services at one time.
How much do dog walkers charge?
The cost of dog walking depends on several factors including length and frequency of dog walks, the number of dogs on the walk, distance to your house, and any additional services you request. The national average cost range for a dog walk is $10-$20, but that price will vary based on where you live in the country and the regional cost of living and doing business.
The longer the dog walk, the higher your costs will be. Dog walkers offer a range of walk lengths, from 15-minute potty breaks to long hikes of 120 minutes or more. For example, a dog walker may charge $15 for a 15-minute walk and $35 for a 35-minute walk. Requesting that your dog be the only animal on the walk will typically mean a higher cost than if you permit your dog to be walked in a pack of dogs. You may be able to get a discounted rate if you have more than one dog to be walked. For example, a professional dog walker may charge $28 for one dog or $33 for two dogs on a 60-minute walk. If you need additional help — like feeding the dogs or giving them medication — dog walkers may be able to provide this service at an additional fee. Dog walkers may charge higher rates for walking your dogs on holidays.
How much does it cost to get a dog's nails trimmed?
Dog grooming prices for nail trims can vary based on the the size and temperament of your dog, where the nail trimming takes place, and whether you bundle the trim with other grooming services. The average cost to get your dog's nails trimmed usually ranges from approximately $10 to $25. Nationally, the average for dog grooming prices is $60-$80, which usually encompasses not only nail trimming but also bathing, haircuts and other services.
The cost to trim a dog's nails can vary based on whether the dog is at a doggy day care and has the service as an add-on, whether you bring your dog to a groomer's business, or whether you have a mobile groomer provide nail trimming at your home. Nail trimming costs less than nail grinding, which usually is done with a Dremel or similar tool. Nail trimming should be a regular part of of your dog's care, as overgrown nails can be painful and cause problems.


text: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Newest WCPT Networks Connect PTs Around the World APTA members interested in physical therapy education or amputee rehabilitation now have an opportunity to interact with like-minded physical therapists (PTs) from around the world via new networks developed by the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT). The WCPT Network for Amputee Rehabilitation and the Network for Physical Therapist Educators are available free to members of APTA. Both networks offer LinkedIn groups as a way to facilitate international discussion of issues. If you are interested in joining, send an e-mail with your name, country, WCPT member organization, professional background, and field of expertise to email@example.com. APTA is a member organization of WCPT. The latest WCPT additions join a growing list of interest networks and subgroups hosted by the confederation. These include groups focused on international work and study, aquatic therapy, health promotion, intellectual and developmental disability, neurology, pediatrics, and women's health.

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All About Sam
At last, Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's irrepressible little brother, gets a chance to tell his own story. From his first days at the hospital, through his Terrible Twos, to his first days at nursery school, we see what Sam is really like. But things are never quite what they seem. In the delivery room, Sam's first words, "Don't drop me," are heard only as, "Waaaaahhhh!" And even though he has a perfectly logical explanation for flushing his sister's goldfish down the toilet, no one understands. From training pants to moving day to nursery school, Sam continually tries to unravel the mysteries of the world at large, facing each crisis and adventure head on and responding with his own brand of humor, candor, and naive insight.
In All About Sam, Lois Lowry has created the younger brother only Anastasia Krupnik could have. Anastasia fans will be quick to welcome this new voice into the series, and Sam will no doubt gain many new fans of his own.
"Sam's adventures, some of which also occur in the books about Anastasia, are warm and life-affirming; they are related with humorous affection, without a trace of condescension." -- KIRKUS REVIEWS


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Visit Vocations Toronto at www.vocationstoronto.ca, a resourceful site in answering these questions.
Our first reading is from the Book of Revelation. For many of us, this is a really odd book of the Bible that has all kinds of images and which can be used to prove almost anything. It is in this book that we encounter the famous number of 144,000 who will be saved. If we take that number literally, probably you and I won't be among them! The point is not the number but that these person tried to be faithful to the Lord. That is our challenge today and it was the challenge of all the saints. Those whom we consider saints are those who did the works of God while they were alive in this world.
The second reading today is from the First Letter of John and makes the point that we are children of God. This is a gift of the Father's love. Perhaps we don't always feel very much that we are children of God and in our modern world so much of reality is based on feeling. John wants us to know that we are children of God. From that knowledge we can begin to act and eventually our feelings can come to accept the reality that we are children of God.
Sometimes we have to ask ourselves: do I really believe? And we have to remind ourselves that believing is not feeling. Sometimes we feel our belief and sometimes we don't. Sometimes we feel as if we believe in nothing. Yet feeling is not believing. Feeling is about what we feel, not about what we have decided is the ultimate truth.
The Gospel from Matthew today describes how a believer tries to live: poor in spirit, mourning, meek, seeking righteousness, merciful, clean of heart, peacemakers and accepting persecution. We may find ourselves a long way apart from these values and ways of living, but we can still choose to embrace them because it is the invitation of God Himself. At times it even seems that when a person embraces even one of these beatitudes, then all the others come along. The challenge is to recognize that I can choose this way of living because it is Jesus Himself inviting me. It is not my own human strength. I am a child of God and a brother or sister of the Lord.
All of this helps us realize why we celebrate this Solemnity of All Saints today. These ordinary women and men became great because of their commitment to the Lord Jesus. These women and men sought God as the main focus of their lives. These women and men served others with love. The number of the saints includes Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Jewish people, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and every other brand or type of person, including those who never even explicitly believed. We Catholics venerate in a special way the Catholic saints recognized by our Church even as we also recognize that saints have always been living in our own times and are found among all peoples and beliefs.
We Catholics believe in a "communion of the saints," which means that all who have died and all who still live are able to touch one another's lives in some mysterious way. Those who are with God are still able to intercede for our well-being and we are able to be in relationship with them. Our faith is not about being alone, but about being with all others through all eternity. Today we give thanks for those who have gone before us and who intercede with God for us. Let us rejoice with them!
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17 August 2013 at 1.12pm | 7 Comments
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev. The Flames of Paris @RoyalOperaHouse MINDBLOWING! I've never seen ballet like it #flamesofparis #ballet
— Rebecca Kenny (@rebeccakenny2) August 17, 2013
Osipova just leapt and spun round the stage in a frenzy throughout.Stashkevich brought the lyrical touch,she's magic.#Bolshoi #FlamesOfParis
— Chris (@ManInSeatD26) August 16, 2013
Best. Ballet. Ending. Ever! "You look depressed. Here, have a severed head. You're welcome" #Bolshoi #FlamesofParis
— Vampire Soup (@VampireSoup) August 16, 2013
#FlamesOfParis Bonkers historically and plotwise, but a nuanced, intelligent reading by Osipova. Bolshoi men on fire.
— Luke Jennings (@LukeJennings1) August 16, 2013
#Bolshoi #FlamesOfParis is Ratmansky at his most scintillating. I would gladly storm the Bastille for Osipova's epic Jeanne.
— Leena Hassan (@leenahassan) August 16, 2013
Bolshoi Flames of Paris lots of fun. No, you won't be moved, but the dancing is so clever and full of energy. Loved Kretova as the actress
— Catchip (@catchip) August 16, 2013
@RoyalOperaHouse wld love to see a RB version of flames of Paris. Bolshoi tonight amazing but think RB could enhance/expand adeline role
— Stuart Edmonds (@Stueds) August 17, 2013
Night of ballet and revolution at #FlamesofParis - some incredible dancing by Osipova/Vasiliev sent audience wild. So exciting!
— Emily (@italyheaven) August 16, 2013
@RoyalOperaHouse #Bolshoi's #FlamesOfParis was the antithesis of Smirnova's Swan Lake. I feel beaten about the head - in a good way.
— Attila (@attilalondon) August 16, 2013
What did you think of The Bolshoi's The Flames of Paris?


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We, Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers,
Look heavenward and speak the word aloud.
Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves,
And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation:
Peace, My Brother.
Peace, My Sister.
Peace, My Soul.
-Maya Angelou (excerpt from Amazing Peace)
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Canada's Copyright Board Shuts Down Industry's Request For 'You Must Be A Criminal Tax' On MicroSD Cards
from the moore's-law-is-a-constant,-your-blank-media-levy-shouldn't-be dept
The Copyright Board of Canada (CBC) is hastening the demise of the "you must be a criminal" tax on blank media, at least in Canada. Granted, it's chosen to allow the $0.29 per blank CD tariff to continue until that media form's eventual demise, but it seems to be offering that to the CPCC (Canadian Private Copying Collective) in lieu of something it wanted much, much more -- a tariff on microSD cards. (It could also be a form of stasis -- something easier to maintain than uproot. The decision points out that levies on cassette tapes continued all the way through 2009.)
Even though it is allowing the levy on CDs to continue, the CCB points out how ridiculous this action is.
Blank CDs are low-price, low-margin goods. Increasing the per unit levy on them probably leads to an increase in price. Triggering an increase in the price of a good close to or at the end of its life cycle through an external factor such as a levy imposed by a government agency seems absurd.Absurd? Absolutely. But there's nothing about applying a "you must be a criminal" tax to blank media that isn't.
There are several problems inherent in the CPCC's tariff demands, not the least of which is the application of static rates to technology that increases in capacity while dropping in price. Here's what the CPCC proposed back in 2011:
CPCC proposed to maintain the current rate of 29¢ per blank CD and to set rates of 50¢ per microSD card of one gigabyte or less, $1.00 per card of more than one but less than eight gigabytes, and $3.00 per card of eight gigabytes or more. It argued that both blank CDs and microSD cards qualify as audio recording media and that the proposed rates are reasonable.And here's what's wrong with that proposal according to Michael Geist:
The financial impact of the levy would be significant. A 2GB SD card currently sells for about $6.00 and this would add an additional dollar or almost 15% to the cost. Given that the levy would remain static (or even increase) but the costs of SD cards are dropping by roughly 30% annually, the percentage of levy in the overall cost would likely gradually increase over time. Moreover, music plays a small role in the use of memory cards. A recent report indicates that digital cameras are the primary market for SD cards with smartphones the second biggest (and fastest growing) market. Music is a small part of the equation, yet the CPCC is demanding payment for every memory card sold in Canada regardless of its intended or actual use.Geist wrote this back in 2011 when the CPCC was pursuing a tariff on nearly every form of blank media. Since then, prices have continued to drop and storage capacity has expanded, which would make the tariff the most significant portion of the purchase price if allowed. And, of course, the CPCC was basing this on the assumption that consumers primarily buy media cards in order to store pirated content, something that clearly isn't true. (This argument is also deployed by entities like the MPAA in reference to other technological advances -- for instance, it expressed concern that faster internet speeds will just help people infringe more efficiently.)
The CPCC must have at least partially understood the uphill battle it was fighting as it abandoned every other form of memory except microSD cards in September of 2011. Then the Canadian government gave it the shaft when it excluded microSD cards from tariffs with legislation enacted on October 18, 2012. What all this activity boils down to is the CPCC fighting for a chance to collect a retroactive tariff on microSD cards sold between Jan. 1, 2012 and October 17, 2012.
Even in that limited window, the CBC has chosen not to allow CPCC to pursue this tariff, primarily because the costs of determining what amount should be collected and the collection efforts themselves would far outweigh the income received, especially since the CCB would not allow the CPCC to use its outdated methodology (see above) to determine the levy rate.
[T]he royalties generated would most likely be relatively modest, and certainly less than what CPCC proposed for the following reasons. CPCC's proposed rates rely on the Stohn/Audley model which determines royalty rates as the product of a price per track and the number of tracks copied onto the blank media. The price per track is the same for both microSD cards and blank CDs: one cannot expect it to be higher for the former than the latter. But because of its reliance on the number of tracks copied, the model tends to generate high royalty rates for microSD cards. Having decided to abandon the model for blank CDs, we would not use it either to set a levy on microSD cards. As a result, a strong possibility exists that the amounts to distribute would be less than the costs entailed in collecting and distributing the levy…The CBC does note, however, that its decision not to certify this tariff doesn't completely shut down every avenue the CPCC might want to take in pursuit of fees it clearly believes it's owed. It offers up this possible angle, which seems to contain a bit of a jab in the direction of industries that have tried to litigate themselves back into profitability.
When taken as a whole, the circumstances of this case make any attempt at certifying a fair and equitable tariff for microSD cards impossible. The determination, implementation and enforcement of any potential tariff will almost inevitably be largely futile, certainly unfair and considerably disruptive. This is an exceptional situation, one that lends itself to the proper exercise of our discretion to refuse to certify a tariff not because of a lack of evidence, but because any tariff we would set would be, under these very special circumstances, manifestly unfair and inequitable.
Private parties are free to litigate even when this makes no economic sense. An application before the Board is not a civil cause of action.So, there's that, if the CPCC wants it. The consumer certainly doesn't and probably doesn't appreciate being charged a "pirate tax" for media that very possibly will be filled with content of their own creation.
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Pit bull saves deaf teen from house fire
'Ace' licked the face of sleeping teen to alert him to fire
A teen is alive thanks to the family's pit bull, who woke him up from a nap when his house caught fire.
Nick Lamb, 13, who was born deaf, was home alone and sleeping without his hearing aids when the fire began, reports The Associated Press and WXIN. Indianapolis Fire Department Capt. Rita Reith says Lamb was unable to hear the smoke alarms going off.
"Ace," the family's beloved 2-year-old pit bull, came into Lamb's room and licked his face until he woke up. That's when he realized the house was full of smoke.
Lamb grabbed his cell phone, his hearing aids and Ace and got out of the house, where he texted his mother and called 911.
The house was almost completely destroyed, and the damage was estimated at $175,000.
Lindsay Bernard, Lamb's mother, credited Ace with saving her son.
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Hibiki-an ships worldwide directly from Uji in Kyoto, Japan.
Cost of Shipping
Our shipping fees are the same worldwide.
FREE international shipping on all orders of US$36.00 or more.
For orders less than US$36, we charge by weight using the following rates (rates are the same worldwide):
|100g (3.53oz)
|800g (26.24oz)
|200g (7.06oz)
|900g (31.77oz)
|300g (10.59oz)
|1000g (35.27oz)
|400g (14.12oz)
|1200g (42.36oz)
|500g (17.65oz)
|1400g (49.42oz)
|600g (21.18oz)
|1700g (60.01oz)
|700g (24.71oz)
|1900g (67.07oz)
Delivery time (Standard International)
Once you order, the merchandise will usually reach you in 7 to 12 days from Kyoto, Japan. The delivery time is different for each destination, depending on the postal service and customs conditions in each country.
In the rare case that customs checks the shipment, the package will likely need an additional week to reach its destination. Also please note that postal delivery service is especially congested at the end of the year around Christmas and New Years. Therefore we cannot know exactly what date the merchandise will be delivered. Please place your order in a timely manner to allow for shipping time.
Express International
- - Add US$9.50 to standard shipping.
- - Delivered to you worldwide with a faster, more precise schedule, and is traceable (package location is tracked).
- - All orders of US$150 or more get FREE International Express at no extra charge.
Express International Delivery has a faster, more precise schedule, and is traceable (package location is tracked). It is an additional US$9.50 and the delivery time is usually 4 to 8 days (*).
This is also a good option for gifts, especially during the busy winter holiday season when international shipping gets congested. To choose this Express International Delivery Option, please check the box on the checkout page.
All orders of US$150 or more get FREE International Express shipping at no extra charge. If you order US$150 or more, you don't need to choose Express International Delivery Option, you will get this option automatically.
To track your package, please view your Order History in the Account Information section of our website, where you can check the shipment tracking details updated in real time.
(*) The delivery time is different for each destination, depending on the postal service and customs conditions in each country. Please note that we can't guarantee the delivery time or exact date of delivery.
Customs Duties and Taxes
Customs duties vary depending on your country. If you have to pay a custom duty, you will be required to pay the duty when you receive your order.
- Rates of Customs Duties on Tea Leaves
- United States---no duty
- Canada---no duty
- Australia---no duty
- United Kingdom---no duty up to 32 Pound (3.2 % over 32 Pound)
- European Union---no duty up to 45 Euro (3.2 % over 45 Euro)
- United Arab Emirates---no duty
- Brazil---no duty up to 50US dollar (10% over 50US dollar)
- Russian Federation---no duty up to 5,000US dollar (20% over 5,000US dollar)
- Singapore---no duty
- Taiwan---no duty up to 300TW dollar (19.4% over 300TW dollar)
- China---no duty up to 1,000 Yuan (15% over 1,000 Yuan)
- The Republic of Korea---no duty up to 100,000 Won (513.6% over 100,000 Won)
- Only a few countries prohibit importing tea leaves
- Nigeria
- Colombia
- Sri Lanka
Taxes other than customs duty, for example, VAT (Value-Added Tax), can be possibly imposed when you receive the parcel (especially in the EU region). It depends on each country's regulation, order contents, order amount, or each circumstance. We don't charge you any taxes with your order payment. And we are unable to bear any responsibility for any taxation issue. For more details about what taxes may be required in your country, please contact the tax or customs authority in your country.
We are very concerned about environmental destruction in the world. Environmental destruction and pollution have an impact on all life, but especially on farms, which depend on the land.
We wrap our parcels as simply as possible, while still being well protected during delivery. The simple packaging also saves on international shipping costs and gives our customers the lowest possible price for high-quality tea.
Return and Reshipping Policy
We will gladly exchange damaged, defective, or wrongly shipped items. Additional shipping will be paid by Hibiki-an. If you receive a damaged or defective item, please save the item and all packaging for inspection by the carrier. Please notify Hibiki-an of the damaged or defective item within one week after you receive the order.
Once your order is shipped, possessive rights of the products belong to the purchaser. If the parcel does not reach its destination because the purchaser incorrectly entered the delivery address, we don't accept responsibility. Therefore, please enter the delivery address carefully and correctly. In addition, after your order is shipped, we are unable to accept any change or cancellation to your order except for damaged, defective, or wrongly shipped merchandise.
In the unlikely event that your order of tea or tea ware does not match with your liking, you may exchange for any item with a price less than or equal to the price of the original item, as long as you agree to the following: When you ship the return item back to us, the parcel must be insured for the full value of the item, and you are responsible for paying all shipping costs. We can only accept new unopened tea packages, and new unused tea ware. The replacement items will be shipped after the return items arrive back to us safely. Please notify Hibiki-an of the exchange request within one week after you receive the order.


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Chocolate Basket
You'll give a few fun new twists to "sweets for my sweet" when you weave this good-enough-to-eat basket. It's made from chocolate. In time for Valentine's Day, Crafting Traditions home economists quickly pulled together this container using easy-to-create chocolate "clay" that's completely edible. And not only is it a cinch to finish, it's long-lasting, too. You can store your basket safely in a sealed plastic bag for a month or more—if you can find a way to keep it away from nibblers! Crafterthoughts… You can embellish your basket even further by making a bit of extra "clay" from white chocolate, rolling out a length and forming it into a bow to attach to the basket. Here's another tasty idea—weave smaller baskets from thinner ropes to use as individual place markers for a party. Don't contain this kitchen craft only to February 14—it's a treat to make anytime of year.
Total TimePrep: 1 hour + chilling
Makes1-1/4 cups
- Materials needed:
- Thirteen 3-inch pretzel sticks
- Flexible plastic cover to a 16-ounce container (such as sour cream), about 4-1/2 inches diameter x 1/4 inch deep
- Paper towels
- Wire rack
- 1-quart bowl
- Waxed paper
- Chocolate clay:
- 10 ounces dark, milk or white chocolate candy coating, melted
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- Combine candy coating and corn syrup just until blended. Spread onto a sheet of waxed paper to 3/8-in. thickness (about an 8-in. square).
- Let stand, uncovered, at room temperature for 2-3 hours or until dry to the touch. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap; let stand overnight. Use immediately or store up to 2 weeks.
- Building the Base
- 1. Dip pretzels completely in melted chocolate candy coating or chocolate chips. Place on a wire rack and chill for 10 minutes. Reserve remaining chocolate. (Pretzels may be prepared a day ahead.) Be certain plastic cover is clean and dry. Place two dampened paper towels in the bottom of the bowl and position cover on the towels(to hold it in place). Place ends of the chocolate-coated pretzels around outer edge of cover, resting the other ends against the side of the bowl to form the supports for the basket sides (photo 1). Spoon or pour melted chocolate into cover (photo 1) until it is 1/8 in. from the top; reserve remaining chocolate. Be certain chocolate surrounds all pretzel sticks. Chill until chocolate is firm, about 30 minutes.
- Remove from the bowl. Carefully loosen the edges of the plastic
- cover and remove. Set base on waxed paper.
- Make three ropes about 20 in. long; braid and set aside. Remelt
- remaining chocolate and place a drop on the top of pretzels. Lay braided ropes on top (photo 3), blending the ends to create a finished edge. If pretzels break, "reglue" with melted chocolate; chill until set.
- Beginning to Weave
- 2. Knead a 1-inch ball of Chocolate Clay until pliable but not soft and roll into 1/4-in.-thick ropes. Beginning on the inside of a pretzel, loosely weave rope around pretzels (photo 2).
- Repeat, adding the next rope by overlapping slightly and pressing
- ends together. Continue to weave between pretzels until the top of
- the pretzels is reached, ending the last rope on the inside of a pretzel.
- Finishing the Basket
- 3. Make three ropes about 20 in. long; braid and set aside. Remelt remaining chocolate and place a drop on the top of pretzels. Lay braided ropes on top (photo 3), blending the ends to create a finished edge. If pretzels break, "reglue" with melted chocolate; chill until set.
Editor's Note: Chocolate confectionery coating is found in baking sections of most grocery stores. It is sometimes labeled "almond bark" or "candy coating" and is often sold in bulk (1 to 1-1/2 pounds). You can also substitute 1-3/4 cups semisweet or milk chocolate chips. Finished size: Basket is about 7 inches wide x 3-1/2 inches deep.


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Conditions in Pakistani-administered Kashmir were stable in 2010, although political infighting in Azad Kashmir led to the resignation of the prime minister in July.Nationalist groups' demands for greater autonomy remained unfulfilled, and ongoing talks between India and Pakistan yielded little substantive progress on the Kashmir dispute. The territory continued to suffer from sectarian strife and limits on freedoms of expression and association, among other human rights abuses.
When British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan in 1947, the Hindu maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir tried to maintain his principality's independence, but he eventually ceded it to India in return for autonomy and future self-determination. Within months, India and Pakistan went to war over the territory. Following a UN-brokered ceasefire in 1949, Pakistan refused to withdraw troops from the roughly one-third of Jammu and Kashmir that it had occupied, but unlike India, it never formally annexed its portion. The Karachi Agreement of April 1949 divided Pakistani-administered Kashmir into two distinct entities—Azad (Free) Kashmir and the Northern Areas. Pakistan retained direct administrative control over the Northern Areas, while Azad Kashmir was given a degree of nominal self-government.
A legislative assembly for Azad Kashmir was set up in 1970, and the 1974 interim constitution established a parliamentary system headed by a president and a prime minister. However, the political process was disrupted for long periods by military rule in Pakistan as a whole. Even when elections were held, Islamabad's influence over the voting and governance in general remained strong, and few observers considered the region's elections to be free or fair. In the 1996 polls, the Azad Kashmir People's Party (AKPP) won a majority in the legislative assembly after the rival Muslim Conference (MC) party mounted a boycott due to fraud allegations. The MC won the 2001 elections, but within weeks Pakistani leader General Pervez Musharraf installed his own choice of president. In 2006, the MC again won a majority of the 41 directly elected seats, and MC candidate Raja Zulqarnain Khan emerged as president. MC leader Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan became prime minister after receiving Musharraf's nomination, though he was eventually deposed in a 2009 no-confidence vote. The next two prime ministers resigned to avoid no-confidence motions in December 2009 and July 2010, as factional struggles within the ruling MC continued. Raja Farooq Haider, who stepped down as premier in July, alleged that the federal authorities had a hand in destabilizing the Azad Kashmir government. After his resignation, Sardar Ateeq was unanimously elected as the new prime minister.
Meanwhile, in the Northern Areas, the lack of political representation fueled demands for both formal inclusion within Pakistan and self-determination. In 1999, the Pakistani Supreme Court directed the administration to act within six months to give the Northern Areas an elected government with an independent judiciary, and to extend fundamental rights to the region's residents. The Pakistani government then announced a package that provided for an appellate court as well as an expanded and renamed Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC). Elections to the NALC were held in 2004, but the body had few real fiscal or legislative powers. The court of appeals was established in 2005.
Nationalist and proindependence groups in the Northern Areas continued to agitate for increased political rights, and in 2008 Islamabad began implementing structural reforms that yielded modest improvements while leaving most authority in federal hands. The August 2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order (GBESGO),which renamed the region and replaced the Northern Areas Legal Framework Order (LFO) of 1994, provided for a somewhat more powerful legislative body, the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), with the authority to choose a chief minister and introduce legislation on 61 subjects. While the government argued that the GBESGO established full internal autonomy, nationalist groups noted that a governor appointed by the Pakistani president would still be the ultimate authority and could not be overruled by the new assembly. Moreover, many subjects were excluded from the assembly's purview.
In November 2009 elections for the GBLA, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which was the ruling party at the federal level, won 12 of 24 directly elected seats; 10 of the remainder were divided among four other parties and four independents, and voting for two seats was postponed. Syed Mehdi Shah, head of the PPP's Gilgit-Baltistan chapter, became the region's chief minister. Doctor and social worker Shama Khalid was appointed as governor in March 2010, but her tenure was cut short in September when she died of cancer; Wazir Baig, speaker of the GBLA, served as an acting replacement through year's end.
Despite periodic talks and high-level meetings between India and Pakistan, little progress has been made toward a comprehensive resolution of the Kashmir dispute. Negotiations resumed in mid-2009 after a breakdown stemming from a November 2008 terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, and continued during 2010. In July 2010, the Azad Kashmir leadership objected to the exclusion of Kashmiris from the bilateral talks.
Political Rights and Civil Liberties:
The political rights of the residents of Pakistani-administered Kashmir remain severely limited, despite a number of improvements tied to the end of military rule and the election of a civilian government at the federal level in 2008, and elections for the new GBLA in November 2009. Neither Gilgit-Baltistan nor Azad Kashmir has representation in Pakistan's Parliament.
Gilgit-Baltistan, previously known as the Northern Areas, is still directly administered by the Pakistani government, meaning its status falls short of compliance with a 1999 Supreme Court ruling on the issue. Because the region is not included in the Pakistani constitution and has no constitution of its own, its people have no fundamental guarantee of civil rights, democratic representation, or separation of powers.
Under the August 2009 GBESGO, Gilgit-Baltistan's political structure now includes the 33-member GBLA and a chief minister, as well as a 15-member Gilgit-Baltistan Council (GBC) headed by the Pakistani prime minister and vice-chaired by the federally appointed governor. The GBC consists of six members of the GBLA and nine Pakistani Parliament members appointed by the governor. The GBLA in turn is composed of 24 directly elected members, six seats reserved for women, and three seats reserved for technocrats; the reserved seats are filled through a vote by the elected members. Ultimate authority rests in the hands of the governor, who has significant powers over judicial appointments and whose decisions cannot be overruled by the GBLA. In addition, many financial powers remain with the GBC rather than the elected assembly. A majority of high-level positions in the local administration are reserved under the GBESGO for Pakistani bureaucrats, limiting local involvement in decision making.
No proindependence candidates won seats in the 2009 GBLA elections. Local nationalist leaders accused federal authorities of preventing their parties from holding public gatherings, and of favoring Pakistani parties with funding and other forms of support. The leadership of the Gilgit-Baltistan Democratic Alliance, a nationalist coalition, and three of its candidates were arrested prior to a rally shortly before the elections, and several proindependence leaders boycotted the vote. Although two people were killed and some 40 injured in violence between supporters of rival candidates, the elections themselves were largely peaceful, and female voters were able to participate in most areas. Observer missions from the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the Free and Fair Election Network characterized the elections as competitive, despite procedural flaws including an inaccurate voter list, allegations of rigging and interference, and misuse of state resources to benefit the ruling PPP.
Azad Kashmir has an interim constitution, an elected unicameral assembly, a prime minister, and a president who is elected by the assembly. Both the president and the legislature serve five-year terms. Of the 49 assembly seats, 41 are filled through direct elections and eight are reserved seats (five for women and one each for representatives of overseas Kashmiris, technocrats, and religious leaders). However, Pakistan exercises considerable control over the structures of government and electoral politics. Islamabad's approval is required to pass legislation, and the federal minister for Kashmir affairs handles daily administration and controls the budget. The Kashmir Council—composed of federal officials and Kashmiri assembly members (including the Azad Kashmir president and prime minister), and chaired by the president of Pakistan—also holds a number of key executive, legislative, and judicial powers, such as the power to appoint superior judges and the chief election commissioner. The Pakistani military retains a guiding role on issues of politics and governance.
Those who do not support Azad Kashmir's accession to Pakistan are barred from the political process, government employment, and educational institutions. They are also subject to surveillance, harassment, and sometimes imprisonment by Pakistani security services. The 2006 legislative elections in Azad Kashmir were marred by rigging allegations, but unlike the 2001 voting they featured few instances of physical violence and harassment, possibly because of the greater international presence in the wake of a devastating 2005 earthquake in the region.
Azad Kashmir receives a large amount of financial aid from the Pakistani government, but successive administrations have been tainted by corruption and incompetence. Aid agencies have also been accused of misusing funds. A lack of official accountability has been identified as a key factor in the poor socioeconomic condition of both Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. However, the region has benefited from improvements in accountability at the federal level and the transfer of some budgetary powers to the GBLA in 2009.
The Pakistani government uses the constitution and other laws to curb freedom of speech on a variety of subjects, including the status of Kashmir and sectarian violence. Media owners cannot publish in Azad Kashmir without permission from the Kashmir Counciland the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs, and publications with a proindependence slant are unlikely to receive such permission, according to the U.S. State Department. Several dailies and weeklies operate in Gilgit-Baltistan, mostly under the auspices of the K-2 publishing house, and provide some scrutiny of official affairs.In recent years, authorities have banned a number of local newspapers and detained or otherwise harassed Kashmiri journalists. In addition to official pressure, local journalists have sometimes faced harassment and attacks from nonstate actors. The presence of foreign media and aid organizations has helped to partially open the tightly controlled information environment. In the aftermath of the earthquake, local press freedom organizations set up private radio stations that focus on news and humanitarian information, contributing to greater media diversity. Internet access is not usually restricted but remains confined to urban centers. Telephone and mobile-phone access was long deliberately limited, but has improved since the 2005 earthquake. However, both phone and internet services in Gilgit-Baltistan are under the control of the Pakistani military, which has unfettered powers of surveillance.
Pakistan is an Islamic republic, and there are numerous official restrictions on religious freedom. Religious minorities also face unofficial economic and societal discrimination, and are occasionally subject to violent attack. Sectarian violence has continued between Shiite Muslims, who form a majority in Gilgit-Baltistan, and the increasing number of Sunni Muslims, who have migrated to the region with the tacit support of federal authorities. An upsurge in attacks in 2009 included the April assassination of a Shiite leader in Gilgit-Baltistan, a September bomb blast in Gilgit that triggered sectarian clashes, and a December suicide bombing at a Shiite religious procession in Azad Kashmir. Another bout of sectarian violence occurred in August 2010 in Gilgit. Many such incidents have allegedly been instigated or encouraged by Pakistani security services.
Academic freedom and opportunities are limited. Local groups continue to call for the right to learn Shiite and Sufi teachings in government-run schools, as well as the right to learn local languages and scripts, both of which are discouraged by the Pakistani authorities. Many areas do not have schools for girls, and in September 2010 the only university in Gilgit-Baltistan was closed due to lack of funds.
Freedoms of association and assembly are restricted. The constitution of Azad Kashmir forbids individuals and political parties from taking part in activities that are prejudicial to the region's accession to Pakistan. Police in recent years have regularly suppressed antigovernment demonstrations, sometimes violently, but there were no reports of deaths or lengthy detentions in 2010. Small protests continue to take place on occasion; workers demonstrated against Chinese construction companies in Skardo in September.
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are generally able to operate freely. Programs run by the Aga Khan Foundation, an international development organization that focuses on members of the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam, have faced harassment and violence by Sunni extremist groups in the past, though no such attacks have been reported in recent years.The situation for labor rights in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir is similar to that in Pakistan, but with even fewer protections for workers. Unions and professional associations have routinely been banned by the authorities.
Under the GBESGO, the chairman of the new GBC appoints Gilgit-Baltistan's chief judge and other judges "on the advice of the governor."All judicial appointments in Gilgit-Baltistan are based on three-year contracts subject to discretionary renewal by the bureaucracy, leaving the judiciary largely subservient to the executive. In addition, the judiciary is not empowered to hear cases concerning fundamental rights or cases against the executive. Meanwhile, as the 1999 Supreme Court ruling has not yet been fully implemented, cases concerning Gilgit-Baltistan are considered outside the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In 2009, local judges went on a hunger strike to protest the lack of an independent judiciary in the territory.
Azad Kashmir has its own system of local magistrates and high courts, whose heads are appointed by the president of Azad Kashmir in consultation with the Kashmir Council and prime minister of Pakistan. Appeals are adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. There are also Islamic judges who handle criminal cases concerning Islamic law. Disputes over the politicization of judicial appointments remain a concern, according to a detailed 2010 report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. A long-standing dispute over the 2006 appointment of Mohammad Reaz Akhtar Chaudhry as chief justice of the Azad Kashmir Supreme Court culminated in a confrontation between the prime minister and the president in April 2010, when the former attempted to sack Chaudhry for misconduct and appoint his rival, Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, to the post. Both men ultimately resigned in May, and senior judge Khwaja Shahad Ahmed was subsequently appointed as acting chief justice.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate reportedly engages in extensive surveillance—particularly of proindependence groups and the press—as well as arbitrary arrests and detentions. In some instances, those detained by the security forces are tortured, and several cases of death in custody have been reported. Impunity for such abuses remains the norm. Under the colonial-era Frontier Crimes Regulations, residents are required to report to local police stations once a month. A large number of Pakistani military personnel are stationed in Gilgit-Baltistan, particularly at times of potential unrest, such as the 2009 elections.
Islamist militant groups, including those backed by the Pakistani military, operate from bases in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Groups that once focused on attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir are reportedly expanding their influence and activities in Pakistani Kashmir, including the establishment of new religious schools. They have also increased cooperation with militants based in Pakistan's tribal areas, such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In Pakistani Kashmir's first suicide attack, a bomber from the tribal areas targeted army barracks in June 2009, killing two soldiers and injuring three; the TTP claimed responsibility. Although the government claimed to have raided and sealed off the Muzaffarabad headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba, also known as the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, other reports indicated that the militant group continued to operate training camps in the region.Tension between pro-Pakistan Islamist groups and proindependence Kashmiri groups—as well as some local residents—has reportedly increased in recent years and has led to a rise in attacks against local Shiites.
Several hundred families displaced by shelling between Indian and Pakistani forces prior to a 2003 ceasefire remain unable to return to their homes and have largely been excluded from earthquake-related assistance schemes. An estimated 90 percent of the housing destroyed by the 2005 quake, which killed at least 88,000 people and left several million homeless, had been rebuilt by mid-2009, but reconstruction of education and health facilities has lagged, according to local authorities. The Azad Kashmir government manages camps for refugees from Indian-administered Kashmir, the bulk of whom arrived after the situation on the Indian side worsened in 1989. Many more of the refugees (roughly 1.5 million) live elsewhere in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan.
A bus service linking the capitals of Indian and Pakistani Kashmir was launched in 2005, allowing some civilians to reunite with family members. Since the 1970s, the Pakistani government has encouraged the settlement of Pakistanis in Gilgit-Baltistan in an effort to shift the demographic and ethnic balance in the region. Under the GBESGO, many of these settlers were given formal citizenship rights in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The status of women in Pakistani-administered Kashmir is similar to that of women in Pakistan. While honor killings and rape reportedly occur less frequently than in Pakistan, domestic violence, forced marriage, and other forms of abuse are issues of concern. Women are also at risk of molestation and attack by Pakistani troops, and such attacks often go unpunished. Women are not granted equal rights under the law, and their educational opportunities and choice of marriage partners remain circumscribed. As in some parts of Pakistan, suspected Islamists occasionally mount attacks against NGOs that employ women and on their female employees.


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- "Stay in formation, everyone. Don't break ranks if one of us is killed."
- —Alastor Moody[src]
"Flight of the Order of the Phoenix" is theme that represents the Advance Guard of the Order of the Phoenix in the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Composed by Nicholas Hooper, this theme appears as the Order spirits Harry Potter away from 4 Privet Drive to its headquarters, 12 Grimmauld Place. It is later heard during the closing credits of the film.
"Flight of the Order of the Phoenix" is a lively theme that begins with a slow build on snare drums and strings, joined by faster strings and brass in a rising theme that includes a bit of the motif of "Dumbledore's Army," before coming to a triumphant conclusion.
It appears as Track 17 on the original motion picture soundtrack of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, making it very much out of sequence from where the theme appears within the main film itself.
In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, a brief snippet of this tune is played each time the player clears a level as a sort of victory theme and it is also used during the depiction of the flight sequence within the game.


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Big Telco Lobbyists Produce CNN OpEd Arguing That CISPA Is Good For Privacy
from the just-trust-the-government deptWe've noted already that the big telcos love CISPA, as it gives them widespread immunity to violate the privacy of users in handing over all sorts of information to the government. It appears that the efforts by various organizations like the ACLU, EFF and others to push back on CISPA as a blanket tool for the abuse of privacy is beginning to get to the telcos, because they've sent out their big guns -- former Congressmen and now both big telco lobbyists, Steve Largent and Rick Boucher -- to post a ridiculous, fact-lacking op-ed piece for CNN (with very little disclosure) arguing that CISPA is good for privacy.
We'll get to the argument in a moment, but first, while the article correctly notes that Largent leads CTIA, and that CTIA is a DC-lobbying group for telcos, it does not note that the telcos stand to benefit by getting broad immunity under CISPA. Worse is the disclosure around Boucher. Back when Boucher was in Congress, he was actually one of the good guys, especially on copyright issues. Yet, since losing his seat, he went to work for Sidley Austin, which is basically AT&T's legal caddie in DC. His disclosure leaves out Sidley's ridiculously close relationship with AT&T or how AT&T benefits from CISPA. Great work, CNN, making sure that your credibility continues to be at the scraping-bottom level.
As for the actual argument, let's sum it up this way: "CISPA is good for privacy, because CISPA will mean more security and security means more privacy." That's really is the argument, and it's misleading in the extreme:
The debate on cybersecurity has produced a sideshow centered around the belief that added security means a reduction in privacy. Such views are nonsense. Quite simply, digital privacy cannot exist without cybersecurity. Weak security equals weak privacy. Want better privacy? Raise your security game to prevent hackers from stealing private data. Let the experts from the private sector and government communicate with each other so when they see threats, they can alert others and work together to create a solution.Except... no one is complaining about experts in the private sector and the government communicating with each other. So their whole argument is based on a lie. The worry is that CISPA also gives companies blanket immunity for sharing personal information of their users/customers with the government, and then allows the government to do whatever the hell it wants with that information. That's the opposite of "good security." In fact, it guarantees that it's more likely that this information will leak and be available to bad or malicious players.
Critics don't like the fact that CISPA enables information sharing between the federal government and the private sector in order to prevent cyberattacks and to pursue cybercriminals, hackers, fraudsters and others intent on harm. As they see it, such cooperation constitutes a potential privacy invasion that is so egregious as to merit no further consideration.That's a blatant misrepresentation of the complaints. The concern is the sharing of personal information. Many were perfectly happy with the executive order, which allows for greater communication -- because it does not involve companies violating the privacy of its users.
Their concerns are, no doubt, well intended. But they are also out of touch with reality and risk unintended consequences that only serve to allow cybercriminals to operate with impunity.Who's out of touch with reality? Those of us who accurately note the problem, or the two big telco lobbyists (who fail to note whom they're speaking for in the op-ed), who flat out misrepresent the concerns of privacy advocates?
The breadth and scale of the threat of cyberattacks on our nation's critical infrastructure -- financial institutions, electric and water utilities and air traffic control systems, to name just a few -- to say nothing of consumers' personal data, is no longer in debateGreat. If it's no debate, please point us to the evidence that there's a real risk (i.e., what is the actual harm and why can't it be taken care of currently via information sharing allowed under existing law?). We'll wait. We've been waiting. I imagine we'll be waiting some more.
Meanwhile, the avenues and opportunities by which hackers have to penetrate our networks are growing hand in hand with our increasingly mobile communications ecosystem. On the consumer side, for example, a recent study concludes more than 40% of U.S. smartphone users will click on unsafe links this year, potentially spreading malware that can steal data and dollars to their friends, family and colleagues.And how will CISPA stop this?
Does that sound like a dynamic we would be well served to leave unaddressed? Should we keep our fingers crossed and hope things go OK? Or should we work together to provide the nation with the most effective reality-based cybersecurity we can achieve?Again, what is the problem with existing laws that prevent us from tackling this "dynamic" today? Why does everyone refuse to answer that basic question. No one is suggesting that companies and infrastructure providers should just "keep our fingers crossed and hope things go OK." To pretend that's what privacy advocates are saying is simply a misrepresentation of reality by two lobbyists who know exactly what they're doing in smearing privacy advocates with lies.
Clearly, the latter is what we need: a cooperative approach, one that allows for lawful sharing of information on where, how, from whom, and in what guise cyberattacks and other forms of cybercrime are emerging so defenses can be prepared.And... why should that involve personal information of users? And... what laws are currently blocking the necessary information sharing today? Please, do let us know. Because that's important and (not surprisingly) every CISPA supporter wants to ignore it.
At its heart, good security starts with good communication. When it comes to securing our critical infrastructure, shouldn't all parties be able to communicate with one another about what they are seeing and how attacks can be repelled?Same questions as above.
Of course they should. That is why it so critical that Congress passes CISPA and the President signs it into law.So... you completely misrepresent the position of privacy advocates, fail to explain why the bill is needed, pretend that the alternative to CISPA is to twiddle our thumbs and wait... and then insist that we need to pass the bill. Wow. You can take the politician out of his Congressional seat, but you can't stop the political doublespeak emanating from his mouth, apparently.
Debate is useful when it advances a discussion and removes obstacles to positive outcomes. However, to be constructive the debate must be based on reality, not abstractions.Funny you point that out when your entire op-ed is not reality based.
Continued stasis serves no one, except hackers and those who would seek to do us harm."And passing blanket immunity protects our clients after we pass along private info of our clients. But let's ignore that part."
Why does CNN allow publication of such obvious crap?
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Is it possible to do changes to the login screen in Ubuntu 11.10? I'm running with a laptop and an external screen and in boot and login they're mirrored and has a weird resolution.
To clarify: I'm using my laptop with an external screen, with my laptop to the right and the screen in front of me. I've set it up as an extended desktop (is that right?). But it's not like that on the login screen, there, my screens are mirrored and has a weird resolution, way bigger than it should be. Does that make any sense?
When logged in, my external screen is the "main" window, where the top bar is and so on. To my left, my laptop has only the desktop wallpaper, there I can place whatever I like. It's like one big desktop on two screens. So, at login I would like the same.
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App Review: Where To? – GPS Points of Interest by FutureTap
by Rob on
August 24, 2009
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Navigation, Utility
Ever been out and wondered what was around you? Ever looked for an easy selection of nearby Mexican restaurants? Need to find a park or post office close by? Well, Where To? GPS Points of Interest by FutureTap answers these questions in a nice and elegant way. I've been using Where To? now for a few days and found the app to be well polished, full of data and very easy to use.
When you start the app you are presented with a dial of symbols. Each symbol is for a different type of POI (point of interest) that may be near you. Touch it and you are given a list to help narrow the search results. So, for example, if you touch 'restaurants' on the dial, the next screen will give you a list of different types of restaurants (eg: Mexican, Italian, etc). Once you select the type then you are taken to a Google map that plots everything that matches the criteria that is around you.
In our area, Salt Lake City to Provo, UT, we found that the app worked pretty well. Everything we searched for was plotted on the map and as we cross referenced that with what we knew to be out there it had all the results (and then some) of what we were expecting. However, it seems as though the app is picking up too many results. When I searched under Attractions > Zoos the app also listed the morning radio station "Z-Morning Zoo on ZHT 94.9FM." This was pretty common, to get results that didn't quite match the intended search. It would appear as though the app is searching for anything with "zoo" in the title. This behavior was present for nearly every search that we did.
We also ran the same searches within the Maps application, since afterall, the Google Maps app can pinpoint points of interest around you as well. The two results were very similar except the Google Maps app would not give the "extra" results, just what one would expect. This lead us to conclude that Where To? doesn't offer much over the already included Maps app other than a nicer, easier to use user interface.
The price as tested was $0.99. However, according to the listing that is on sale from $2.99. So my recommendation is that if you're used to using the Maps app than stick with it but if you like nice user interfaces then at $0.99 you can't go wrong. However, we don't feel the app is worth it's regular $2.99 price tag since you already have this functionality on your device.
- The app by default uses your current location and plots POI's around you. If you want to find POI's in a different location: search for a POI around you > go to the maps > then use the search icon at the top. Enter your new location (Say, Boston, MA). The map will now show you POI's around Boston. To go back home, touch the GPS location button.
- You may want to experiment between the Maps application and Where To? to find which one has the results that you trust the most, and then use that app going forward.
- Holding your finger on the dial will allow you to read what each symbol means.
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William A. Klein taught and wrote in the fields of business organizations and federal income taxation.
Before joining UCLA, Professor Klein clerked for Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He then worked at the U.S. Department of Justice and for a Boston law firm, before teaching at the University of Wisconsin for ten years. His recreational activities include running, skiing, and fly fishing.
Professor Klein has co-authored: Business Organization and Finance (11th ed., with Coffee and Partnoy, 2010); Federal Income Taxation (15th ed., with Bankman, Shaviro, and Stark, 2009); Business Associations, Cases and Materials on Agency, Partnership, and Corporations (9th ed., with Ramseyer and Bainbridge, 2015); and Agency, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Entities (3d ed., with Ramseyer and Bainbridge, 2012). His recent articles focus on the legal organization of economic activity.


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eddieyates brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
4 Gewinner wurden aus 34 Designs von 5 Designern ausgewählt.
We would like a clean, smooth, and professional-looking logo design.
We have something in mind for the content of our logo.
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Vector graphic in any major format
The actual company name is theshoweroutlet.co.uk, but instead of using a particular font thoughout the logo, we would like to see graphical representations of bathroom fittings to make up some of the letters.
We have included some examples below:
I would also like to see a colour example and a black and white example. Bathrooms generally being predominantly black and white.
I really got this idea from Pixar animations, anyone who has seen one of their films (The Incredibles, Bug Story etc), will notice that for the i of Pixar they use a sort of a upright spot lamp.
Of course, our logo wont be as intricate nor will it move, but I thought it may help!
We are also trying to bring an element of fun and familiarity to our customers, so we want the graphic of each letter to reflect this.
The individual letters that make up or company name are t, h, e, s, o, w, r, u, and l. So here are our ideas.
t this is ready made for a tap (fawcett) graphic
h this is a side on toilet
e possibly just standard
s some sort of s-bend colour / black-white pipe
o a front facing toilet seat
w possibly just standard
r a tap (fawcett)
u a u-bend pipe
l an upright shower head and attachment
Feel free to try other ideas though!
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Marshfield is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1640 and was previously called (Green's Harbour) (Rexhame). It can be found in Plymouth county. For more information, contact the county at 870 Moraine St., Marshfield 02050. On the attached map, Marshfield is shown as 9 in Plymouth county.
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Due to recent issues which have led to Forum staff having to moderate and edit posts for OPSEC reasons a few trends have become apparent.
1/ It seems unclear to some posters what exactly can and cannot be posted with regards OPSEC
2/ When posters breach OPSEC in the opinion of the forum staff and are subsequently moderated they seem to think it is ok to debate the forum staff as to why their post was edited etc.
So,for the guidance of all concerned a few pointers.
A/ First and foremost lets recap on article 4 of the Forum rules.
" Please note that any comment relating to your military service in the Irish Defence Forces that is in breach of military regulations or Official Secrets Act 1963, or considered by Admin/Moderators to be of a militarily sensitive nature, will result in the immediate removal of the comment and possible disciplinary action by Admin/Moderators and may result in disciplinary action by the military authorities against the author of such comments. It should also be noted that this includes the posting of information which may compromise the security of military installations which is also forbidden".
So.Fairly cut and dried.The Forum staff make the call and can edit any comment at any time without recourse to the OP. If the issue is borderline forum staff usually consult one another and a final decision take as to what is kosher or not.
B/ An example of good and bad posting RE OPSEC is as follows.
" The DF has purchased 24 Armoured utility Vehicles".( Good: Public domain.No specifics)
" The AUV is a Toyota Landcruiser fitted with a winch and an armoured cab" (Good: No compromise of type of armour or what can defeat it and a winch is not operationally sensitive)
" The AUV will be used overseas by the DF to enhance force protection"(Again Good as it is a general comment and doesn't give specifics)
" X amount of AUV's will be sent to X and the rest sent to y"(BAD: Gives specific locations of where they are to be used.An aggressor can use that info to factor into their plans what they now need to ambush an Irish Convoy
" Each AUV will be fitted with X weapon system( Borderline) and x amount of ammo is usually carried(BAD: Now a potential aggressor knows how long we can stay in the fight should it come to it before they can overrun us or press their attack).
So.In short if you are going to comment or post.Keep it general with regards capabilities.DO NOT post specifics and don't try to debate the staff when it comes to this subject as the MODS have the final say.
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About the [@item[@0..$#item]] thing...no reason other than using the supplied example from the docs (after all, good enough for damian, good enough for me). chromatic caught this when I posted, I checked and as you say, there is no difference other than less typing!As far as the #15 goes, the problem is that the grammar file has no way to contain the RD_AUTOACTION specification with the command line as given. I also played with the expanded .pl version but still couldn't get it to provide identical behavior. What did work was the suggested sledge hammer approach--fix each instance by hand! There may have been a discernable pattern to what was used as default, but I didn't see it and didn't have the time to track it down.
I like your final 'additional suggestion', the Parse::RecDescent version of 'do as little as possible to get the job done'.
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* Existing operators win frequencies for 4G-LTE networks
* Two newcomers lose out despite auction conditions
* CTU regulator had wanted to boost competition in market
By Robert Muller and Jason Hovet
PRAGUE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The three existing Czech mobile operators, Telefonica Czech Republic, T-Mobile and Vodafone, won an auction of radio spectrum for 4G high-speed mobile data networks, the telecoms regulator said on Tuesday.
The regulator, CTU, said two newcomers, Revolution Mobile and Sazka Telecommunications, did not win any frequencies - a surprise given that auction conditions included setting aside space for a fourth operator.
The sale raised 8.5 billion crowns ($420.44 million) for the Czech state budget.
"They (new entrants) followed a strategy that did not earn them any frequency," CTU spokesman Martin Drtina said.
Governments across Europe are rushing to roll out networks based on 4G's LTE (long-term evolution) technology, which enables faster mobile broadband access.
"Given the operators have been experimenting with LTE already, I gather that customers will be able to use really fast Internet on a mobile or tablet in a large part of the Czech Republic within one year," CTU Chairman Jaromir Novak said in a statement.
Telefonica Czech Republic, which already covers significant parts of the capital Prague and second city Brno with LTE networks, said it would start building a 4G network in new locations in the first half of 2014.
It paid 2.8 billion crowns for its received frequencies, including 2.4 billion for two blocks in the important 800 MHz band.
T-Mobile also won two blocks in that bandwidth, paying 2.2 billion and 2.6 billion overall. Vodafone received one block in the 800 MHz band for 2.7 billion, paying 3.1 billion overall for frequencies.
Earlier this month, investment group PPF, owned by the Czech Republic's richest man Petr Kellner, agreed to buy a 65.9 percent stake in Telefonica Czech Republic from Spain's Telefonica for 2.5 billion euros, or 305.60 Czech crowns per share.
"It is clearly positive news for Telefonica (Czech Republic)," Komercni Banka analyst Josef Nemy. "But I would expect the share price to stay around the PPF offer."
PPF has said it planned to launch a mandatory tender offer for the remaining Telefonica Czech Republic shares.
Customers have long criticised the Czech market for being too expensive, although operators earlier this year cut their voice and data services prices, launching a price war.
CTU had wanted this auction, which was launched just over a week ago and had been expected to last several weeks, to give a new operator a foothold in the market.
"The price for frequencies was not in accordance with the company's strategy for building a fourth mobile network," Czech investment group KKCG, which owns Sazka Telecommunications, said in a statement.
CTU had cancelled an initial auction in March after receiving bids of more than 20 billion crowns, which it said were so high that they risked inflating the price of the services and delaying the launch.
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Let me begin by saying I am a lady. I'm not a lady in the sense that I'm a European aristocrat or married to an English lord. I just mean I'm a well brought up woman from a good middle class family. I went to college, twice actually, and was taught table manners, courtesy, and respect for my fellow human beings. I don't spit in public…well, actually I don't spit at all unless I'm brushing my teeth. I don't litter, I stop for people in crosswalks and generally try to behave in a manner that would make my father proud of me. I have been known to swear on the occasion when I think it will make me feel better, or sometimes it can just burst out of me, like the other day when my poor older dog Annie rolled over and fell off the bed. Sometimes, however, bodily changes in my life during the last 20 years have pushed me to the brink of my ladylike behavior.
When you live with chronic pain in your sitter, it does something to you. Sacroiliac pain affects your daily life in an enormous way; not that my sitter is enormous, but the problem is. What I find difficult: waiting, when it involves sitting on a hard chair; long trips anywhere; and the challenge of daily stretches to keep my legs, which are connected to my ass bones, functioning. I also suffer from irritable bowel disease which is really an embarrassment at times. When you go through life being constipated or having diarrhea, it is a constant challenge to plan your life while holding on to your dignity. I rarely go anywhere in the mornings of my life because I have to be near a toilet. Mornings are also the time when I take my daily handful of pills and do not feel very sociable or even feel like moving all that much until the pills do "their thing."
When I do venture out to take on life and pretend I'm healthy and well, I have, by necessity, memorized the location of every public toilet in town. You see, it's tricky because I look so normal, but inside, I'm always concerned about making it home in time before I have "an accident." I always carry an extra pair of panties in my purse. (I apologize about this to my son-in-law who I know is a faithful reader and is now holding his hand across his face saying, "My eyes, my eyes.") I know there are many women and some men who have to worry about incontinence of the bladder and secretly wear pads that arrive at their homes in large brown boxes so they don't have to buy them at the market. When you suffer incontinence of stool, well, let's face it, there is the humiliation, the odor, and the whole general disgusting idea.
I know, there are things we don't talk about in polite society, but I'm not always polite. I try but my body doesn't always co-operate. I'm an RN of many years and have seen it all. I just wish I hadn't experienced it all; but I've come pretty darned close to doing just that. The whole experience of suffering from a bad ass has, in some ways made me a "bad ass." My level and standards of that which is embarrassing have adapted and changed. I think we often hide behind propriety and give it more importance than it really deserves. I have come to believe we should put more emphasis on the quality of life, love, and fairness.
I'm just happy to be alive and to function as well as I do. The term "value" is different for me than for many. I value having the energy to make it through a day, especially one of babysitting active grandchildren. I value my happy marriage and the love of a man who understands my problems as well as anyone can who is not actually living inside this body. I value my many friends, some of whom I have had since grammar school as well as college. I value my many new friends I meet on a daily basis. I value a Power greater than myself who lends me strength and the will to keep going in spite of chronic pain and adversity as well as the humiliating times that are often mine to deal with. Most of all, I value being blessed with a good if somewhat twisted sense of humor, which is why I'm going to end this blog today with a poem.
"Beans, beans, the musical fruit,
The more you eat the more you toot.
The more you toot the better you feel,
So let's have beans for every meal."
I miss eating beans but I just can't. The reasons are obvious. It would be like throwing gasoline onto a fire.
I'll be okay, in spite of the humiliations life brings along as long as I can have dignity backed up by humor. It's always better to laugh at yourself before others do. It's no big deal in the worldwide scheme of life, is it, whatever "it" is? We're alive, aren't we?


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I know you guys are having a blast with the new chibi Dawn lesson I just submitted. Up next is another Pokemon figure that has also been requested probably as much as Dawn has. Up next, we will tackle the task of learning "how to draw chibi Misty", step by step. I know everyone knows who Misty is from the Pokemon series. She is the one that travels with Ash, and Brock. Misty has always been one of my favorite Pokemon figures since the beginning. I loved the episodes where Ash, Brock and Misty almost always ran into Team Rocket. This drawing was so fun to create because I have such a fond memory of when I was into Pokemon back in my early days. Now I'm actually showing people "how to draw Misty" in a chibi form; it's kind of cool I guess. Anyways, have fun guys and be sure to rate, comment and fav on the drawings you like or dislike. I shall return once again real soon.
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So, enough about me. I know that people from all corners of the globe read the stuff on this website. I request of you, fellow beekeepers, tell me about your beekeeping season. Photos would be great too. Has the weather impacted your honey bees? How is the market for your product where you live? Any great new tips or tricks?
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Global Studies
The minor in Global Studies encourages students to become aware of how contemporary political, economic, social, and environmental problems affect vast regions and diverse communities. The curriculum links global awareness to local concerns, emphasizes the responsibilities of democratic citizenship, and engages the challenges of human rights and justice, values and ethics, resource flows, cultural resistances, and environmental crises. The requirements of 24 credits complement general education at the introductory level, promote sharp thematic study in the upper-level core, and encourage practical experiences outside the classroom.
Key questions are: What is globalization? What accounts for the phenomena of globalization? When did the world's polity, economy, environment, culture, and society become global? What analytical tools exist to help students understand globalization's influence on politics, cultures, values and ecosystems?
An interdisciplinary introduction provokes students to think about how globalization touches their lives and to analyze distinct responses to globalization's effects on societies, governments and natural resources. Introductory courses are drawn from existing general education requirements. Students should check carefully the prerequisites for upper-level courses in the minor before choosing lower-level general education courses.
Global Studies upper-level core courses help students acquire knowledge about globalization from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, historical experiences, and cultural preferences. Core requirements address the implications of globalization for citizens, states and communities around the world, include surveys of recent literature, and strengthen communication skills and critical thinking.
Students are encouraged to participate in travel courses and study abroad offered by the University. Some travel courses contain global content and may be applied to the Global Studies minor. Please contact an adviser concerning appropriateness of a specific travel course. At least two years of a modern foreign language is strongly recommended.
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Kevin J Fermanich; Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison*
Ekaterina M Levintova; Professor; Ph.D., Western Michigan University
Sarah A Meredith; Professor; D.M.A., University of Iowa
Cristina M Ortiz; Professor; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Tohoro F Akakpo; Associate Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State University*
Marcelo P Cruz; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles
Steven J Meyer; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln*
Eric J Morgan; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Heidi M Sherman; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
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Tuesday afternoon at 5 the Lady Bisons, 8-2, make the short trip to Belmont, 4-7, for volleyball's version of the "Battle of the Boulevard". This match will not count in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings. The A-Sun match will be held Nov. 9 at Allen Arena, the regular season finale.
"The Lipscomb-Belmont match always carries a little extra weight," Rosenthal said. "It will be neat to see where both of us are at this stage of the season. We want to go where we will be challenged. We know that every time we play Belmont we are going to get their best.
"The rest of the conference will be watching. They will be able to gauge two of the top teams where they are compared to their teams."
The only common opponent for the two teams this year is Purdue. Both Lipscomb and Belmont lost 3-0. The Lady Bisons have won their last six matches, all by 3-0 scores.
The Lady Bisons are led by senior middle blocker Alex Kelly who is first in the conference in hitting percentage (.350), kills (4.48 per set) and points (5.18 per set). Setter Stefine "Jake" Pease leads the conference in assists with 11.30 per set.
The Lady Bisons are first in the conference in hitting percentage (.239), opponent's hitting percentage (.121), assists (12.85 per set), kills (13.70 per set) and digs (16.73 per set).
"We have been asked a lot about why we wanted to play them twice," Rosenthal said. "We talk about going out and playing good programs and they fall well into that category.
"I truly believe that Lipscomb and Belmont should play twice every year. It helps the rivalry and it is only a two-mile away match for us." Belmont offers a few twists this season with the addition of some new players. Coach Deane Webb has also done more shifting of personnel than usual.
"Belmont has some good wins on its schedule," Rosenthal said. "There is some unpredictability to them that we haven't seen in the past couple of years. It is one of those things where are trying to get an idea of who they are going to be playing.
"There is a possibility that a freshman will be playing setter. They also have a freshman on the outside and another freshman in the middle. They also have a sophomore on the outside that we saw in the spring. "
Belmont holds a 25-6 advantage in the overall series, including an 11-2 record at home. But the Lady Bisons have narrowed that bulge in the past few seasons including three wins over Belmont in 2009.
"Belmont holds a big edge in the rivalry," Rosenthal said. "We have a lot of catching up to do.
"We know each other fairly well. We want to best each other in the conference, but we also want to be the best in the city as well. The last four seasons the Atlantic Sun Tournament champion has been from Nashville."
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Coober Pedy is an opal mining town located in the harsh Outback of South Australia, some 850 kilometres north of Adelaide and 680 kilometres south of Alice Springs. Coober Pedy is recognised as the largest producer of opal in the world with an estimated 70% of the world's precious opal being mined in the opal fields of the area.
The Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field, from which the opal is mined, covers an area of 4,954 square kilometres of which it is estimated that approximately 10% of the total area has been worked.
Although opal had been discovered elsewhere in Australia around the late 1800's and early 1900's, it was first discovered in this area by Willie Hutchinson, aged 15 years, in February 1915.
Following this discovery settlement began and subsequently developed into the modern town of Coober Pedy. After World War 1, returning soldiers started to drift here and introduced the unusual and unique method of living underground in "dugouts", as many had done in the trenches of France.
Whilst living conditions were harsh with water and provisions being carted great distances, today the town water supply comes from an underground source 24 kilometres north of town. The water is pumped through an underground pipeline to the water works where it is treated by reverse osmosis. The quality is excellent and people should hold no fears about drinking it.
Today with a population of approximately 3,500, Coober Pedy has one of the most multicultural communities in Australia with an estimated 45 nationalities.
The Stuart Highway was completed in 1987 and now allows a comfortable yet lengthy drive through Central Australia. Coober Pedy is serviced daily by coach services and 6 days a week with Regional Express Airlines. Tourism and mining are the driving economic forces in the town.
Council makes decisions on policy issues relating to services that are provided to the community. These services currently include:
- Road Construction and Maintenance
- Litter Bins
- Traffic Control Devices
- Public Toilets
- Public Cemeteries
- School Community Library
- Tree Planting
- Planning and Building Control
- Rubbish Disposal Site
- Tourist Information
- Fire Hydrant Systems & Fire Protection Through CFS
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- Water Supply
- Community Hall
- Electricity Supply
- Aged Housing
- Aerodrome
- Dog Control & Impoundment
- Quarry Products
- Parking Control
- Emergency Services
- Recreational & Sporting Facilities
- Plant and Equipment Hire
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