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Aruba Overview
If you're looking for an escape from the ordinary, Aruba offers a cultural trip around the globe, without the added jet lag. With more than 80 nationalities spinning around this kaleidoscope of culture, you'll find a number of unique experiences in the lively tropical hues of downtown Oranjestad, the succulent flavors of a Euro-Caribbean fusion of food and in the most vibrant celebrations Aruba has to offer. Much like the people who call Aruba home, the island's varied geography provides visitors with a host of natural attractions to see and explore like white-sand beaches, mountainous peeks and a desert-like interior. After a healthy dose of Aruba's culture, head toward the western shore. It's a posh destination that has all the gambling and excitement of big city life, but you'll still have the beach a few steps away.
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Mapping Out Aruba
Aruba can be broken up into three different regions for visitors to explore. The first, Oranjestad, is Aruba's capital. With plenty of colors, sights and sounds, it's best explored on foot so travelers can enjoy a tasteful mix of new and old Aruba. Western Aruba is where travelers will spend the majority of their time, as most resorts are located here. The area features a booming nightlife, casinos, restaurants and shopping centers, in addition to the beautiful beaches. Finally, Eastern Aruba is considered to be the adventurists' destination. It's less populated and home to the island's vast Arikok National Park where you can take jeep tours and explore Aruba's beautiful landscape.
Barhopping on the Kukoo Kunuku
Climb aboard a psychedelic '57 Chevy bus and party like there's no tomorrow! After a night out barhopping on the Kukoo Kunuku, you'll be able to say you've experienced the ultimate pub crawl.
As E-Entertainment Television's #1 excursion, these wacky hand-painted buses drive you around the city for the best bar hopping in Aruba. Every outing starts out with a champagne toast, followed by dinner under the stars. Then with Caribbean music to light your way, the Kukoo Kunuku bus takes you to a number of different bars and clubs. It's a party on wheels that will send you home with a busload of memories. Go ahead and climb aboard the Kukoo Kunuku -- it's an Aruban adventure you won't want to miss.
High Rollers Paradise
Aruba's casinos are one of the biggest draws to the island. From the pulsating lights and sounds of the strip, Aruba offers a true Las Vegas style experience right on the beach.
Many of its casinos were modeled after some of Vegas' most upscale casinos. But while most gamblers are from the US, there's no need to dress up Vegas-style. The barefoot elegance of Aruba's casinos attracts high rollers and non-gamblers alike, so you can have a brush with Lady Luck anytime!
Golf Like a Champion
Located on Aruba's northwest tip, the Tierra del Sol golf course is the island's only PGA championship golf course. With 18 challenging holes, this Robert Trent Jones II designed par-71 course takes advantage of the island's rugged landscape.
The course is conveniently located 5-10 minutes away from all of the island's major resorts, so you can take in a quick game and still have time to explore parts of the island. However, if you'd rather just hit a few balls, the course also includes a full length practice range, putting greens, chipping areas and a magnificent clubhouse that sells a fine collections of clothing, balls, clubs and other accessories.
Shop! You Can't Stop!
While you came to Aruba to relax, you'd be crazy if you didn't spoil yourself with some much needed shopping! With so many great stores to choose from, who could resist the temptation to shop 'til you drop?
Shopaholics and window-shoppers alike will find pleasure in the huge selection of international name brand products priced up to 35% less than those in the United States. With all those savings, you'll have the chance to pick up those earrings you have been dreaming about, those shoes you saw in a fashion magazine, that dress.....well, you get the picture.
From jewelry store-lined streets to upscale chic malls, Aruba's bountiful selection of shopping centers offers an escape from the high-rise resorts, but remains equally impressive. Stores are generally open Monday through Saturday, from 9am-6pm.
It's a Dazzling Affair
We know you can find many Carnival celebrations in the Caribbean islands, but until you've experienced the glitz and glamour of Aruba's Carnival, you won't realize what you've been missing.
The events kick off January 1 and won't stop until March 4. So, if you're traveling to Aruba during these months, be sure to check it out all the Carnival details. With locals and tourists out enjoying the fun, it will be easy to see why people call this "One Happy Island".
Aruba Quick Facts
Dutch (official language), Portuguese, Creole, Spanish, French and English
Aruba's currency is the florin, but the US dollar is generally accepted everywhere.
Aruba uses 110 volt outlets
All U.S. citizens must have a valid passport when traveling to and from Aruba.
Drinking Water
Aruba's drinking water flows from the world's second largest desalinization plant and is completely safe to drink.
Time Zone
Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours)
Peak Season
The peak tourist season spans from mid-December through mid-April.
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I need a logo that sends a very professional message. My customers will be at Fortune 500 companies, Startups and inbetween! Yes I got them all covered.. I have customers in those segments presently. Thats why I am looking for something thats both "corporate" and "web2.0".. I dont want to come across as "expensive" - but want to come across as "Excellent" "FairValue" "StateofTheArt" (hence web2.0) and "experienced" "seasoned" "history of delivering value" etc. which is more around the whole "corporate" side of things.
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I am looking for something very "web 2.0" so that is the look I am going for. http://www.web20logo.com has samples. We are in the "web 2.0" timeframe, so I would like to stick with that design aesthetic however, I am open to other ideas, so please don't feel pigeon-holed!
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Quote: He was beating Thai & Japanese boxers at their own game when not many could beat them in gloves. Fighting anyway they wanted.
Quote: Urquidez fought in three bouts which were eventually ruled no-contest (NC). The first, in Los Angeles in March 1977, was a nine-round NC (WKA) against Thai boxer Narongnoi Kiatbandit. The second and most controversial fight was against another Thai fighter, Prayuth (sometimes spelled Prayoud) Sittiboonlert in August 1978 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese and Thai officials state this was a bout and a loss for Urquidez, who had difficulty with the Thai's aggressive knee and clinch strategy. Urquidez and the WKA state it was a no-contest, that there was no weigh-in, and that larger-than-usual gloves were used. Officially, the fight was ruled a six-round NC (KATOGI). Finally, Urquidez fought to a seven-round NC (WKA) against Billy Jackson in Palm Beach, Florida. The no-contest status of these fights has been corroborated in print by Paul Maslak (Chief Administrator of the Star System) [1]. However, recent research has come up with new data which casts a shadow on Urquidez's "undefeated" record. In the November 1984 issue of Official Karate Magazine, on page 45, Paul Maslak in his Star System Ratings (for March 1984) lists Urquidez as the Star System World Super-Lightweight Champion with a record of 56 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw, with 47 wins by knockout, and 14 wins by kick-knockout. Almost a year later in the September 1985 issue of Official Karate (page 44), Urquidez's record is still listed as 56-1-1.
Quote:I Have only seen Benny fight American Kickboxing rules. And they have no low kicks.And the Bruce lee Cro Cop example was just to pick a martial artist from the past and one from the present.And Bruce was a martial artist that turned into acting, not an actor that learned Kung Fu. ===========================================================Then you have not really seen Benny fight most of his matches were in Asia. Thats why we differ, Youtube and see for yourself.I understood that but I was making sure that you knew that was not a probably situation, not to mention that Sifu Lee is dead.I stated actor & a Gung-fu Instructor, it had no reference to chornological order but for what he was most popular for, outside the realms of martial art.You debate from limited data and mute issues, but your opinions are valid because they are yours.
Quote:On youtude did you see the fight against Chigor <=spl if those weren't knees I don't know what are. Not to mentioned the guy he was fighting was kick during the break and the referee didn't try to stop him. Also the knees that were not knees dropped Benny to the Mat.But you know what that still didn't stop his opponent from getting Knocked the F%$&^ Out, three times in that same fight it should have been stopped but national pride forced the opponent to take that abuse.Benny fought in their home town most times, thats asking for a a$$ whipping or to be cheated. But not if you KTFO! Excuse my french.The Dutch fighter Andy Hug was a verygood fighter a big guy with great flexibility, but not the versility in technique that the Jet had, imho.
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Part of the fun in Geocaching is placing caches out for others to find. That is one of the big reasons I like to share my hobby with others. I want them to place caches too. There are some rules and guidelines on placing caches. Geocaching.com has a nice section on it and you local reviewer will point out any problems that he is aware of when you post your cache placement.
What is a cache? I mean physically what is it? What am I looking for? These are common questions from someone new to the sport. The simple answer is that it is anything that can contain a logbook as that is the only requirement for the cache itself. The idea is to have a container that blends in with the environment well so that you would be unlikely to spot it unless you are looking for it. Some folks take this very much to heart and the term 'hidden in plain sight' becomes the bane of my existence at times.
Common urban and suburban caches containers are fairly small. Often you find a well camouflaged Altoids tin or 35mm film canister as a container. I have seen drilled out pieces of wood and pinecones used as well. Local hardware stores provide a treasure trove of container ideas. Spare key holders are popular. They might be a small magnetic metal box with a slide lid or something like a rock that is often used for a house key hidden in landscape. Good selections of heavy duty plastic boxes are often available and paint or colored duct tape for camouflage. Be sure to check out the aisle with magnets. These attached to your container gives countless hiding possibilities.
The Army Navy Store sells Ammunition boxes. These are virtually indestructible, watertight and already painted a dark green. These boxes are great in some of the more naturally landscapes parks under fallen stumps. An assortment of other camouflaged boxes are available too as you scan the aisles.
The grocery store can be a place for your imagination to go wild. There is the section with plastic boxes. Spend a little more and get ones that will stand up to the weather. Sometimes the boxes can be free because they contain your favorite foods and a cache container is better than the trash bin for the container. Peanut butter jars, plastic cocoa mix boxes and seasonally there are nut, cookie and candy tins ready for you to use. Sometimes there are large lidded buckets for the asking at the bakery department (frosting comes in them.) Some plastic juice bottles and frosting tubs are possible containers. My check on these common containers is the dishwasher test. You need to make sure that the container and lid are really clean so that bugs and critters dints get into your cache. The containers need to be sturdy. I figure if you can put them in the dishwasher and if they come out still able to seal tight and in the original shape, they are worth a try as a cache container.
The favorite hobbies of your friends and families will lead you to find other unique containers. There are mail order places for geocachers to find great containers and I will talk about them in a future post. Remember that occasionally a container must be replaced so be sure to have several alternatives on hand.
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Jussi Kalliokoski < firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Chris Rogers <email@example.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Jussi Kalliokoski < >> firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Stéphane Letz <email@example.com> wrote: >>> >>>> > >>>> > I'm probably badly misinformed, but the value of high priority >>>> threads seems a bit vague to me, since I'm not sure about what's the OS >>>> support level for high-priority threads, I think for example in Linux you >>>> still have to compile your own kernel to get real high priority thread >>>> support. >>>> >>>> No. You would possibly need a special kernel for very ¨*low latency* >>>> thread scheduling, but not for RT scheduling and thread priority >>>> management. A regular Linux kernel is now quite usable, assuming the audio >>>> thread can take RT scheduling capability, which is given using Realtime Kit >>>> in PulseAudio AFAICS or correctly setting a special "realtime" group with >>>> appropriate values (see here for JACK: >>>> http://jackaudio.org/realtime_vs_realtime_kernel and >>>> http://jackaudio.org/linux_rt_config) >>>> >>> >>> Thought I'd be misinformed! Thanks for the clarification, and sorry for >>> the mixup. >>> >>> >>>> On OSX real-time threads are actually "time constraints" threads, that >>>> are going to preempt any other non RT thread and are "interleaved" with >>>> other RT threads. The CoreAudio callback will run in a real-time >>>> constraints started and configurated by the CoreAudio frameworks for the >>>> audio application. >>>> >>>> >>>> > And using high-priority threads might not always even be desirable, >>>> for example in low-end devices it'd be horrible if the UI became completely >>>> unusable because an audio thread was occupying the whole thread. >>>> >>>> But if not RT, then the audio will "glitch"... Do we want reliable >>>> audio? or not? >>>> >>> >>> I think you mean to ask "do we want audio in RT threads", because even >>> that doesn't always warrant reliable audio nor does not having it exclude >>> reliable audio. The answer to that question would be sometimes yes, >>> sometimes not. Glitchless audio isn't worth much if the application becomes >>> otherwise completely unusable. Is high-priority audio threads a feature >>> that warrants for the complexity that comes with the native nodes? >>> Especially given that we still have the possibility of RT thread workers >>> open. >>> >>> I'm pretty sure that for example my Android phone doesn't run it's audio >>> in a real-time thread, even networking connections can sometimes glitch the >>> audio. But it's never bothered me, I'd actually rather have the UI in an RT >>> thread like iOS does and have that always go before the audio and anything >>> else for that matter. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. >>> >> >> But many people have asked for improvements to the Android audio >> performance and do not appreciate high-latency and glitches. I know that >> iOS *does* use high-priority threads and it works great for them, so your >> argument seems to be rather weak. Believe it or not, I think there will >> actually be many people who are interested to process live audio in >> real-time in web applications, or to play synthesizers using the MIDI API. >> Just because we've had terrible performance on the web with Flash, etc. >> doesn't mean we have to stay in the stone age, lagging so far behind the >> desktop audio applications abilities. >> > > It wasn't really an argument, it was just my personal opinion. And I'm not > suggesting we have bad performance, I'm suggesting a different approach at > tackling performance issues. I agree that RT threads offer benefits in some > cases, but some cases they don't and it should be up to the developer to > decide what takes priority in his/her application. Hence I'd rather we try > to get RT thread support for workers so that one can just decide whether to > use a real-time thread or not by choosing the type of worker to use. If we > had that, what on earth would be lagging behind desktop audio applications' > abilities? > But Jussi, I'm approaching the problem from the perspective of what is possible to do today using well-known techniques, and not wishful thinking of something which might be possible five years from now. We simply don't have the level of technology in our JavaScript runtimes, garbage collection, blocking calls, the taking of locks, threading issues, etc., to deliver the kind of performance which people expect, and will compare to desktop/native applications. In the meantime, people are asking for advanced audio features now. Because audio is deadline-driven, you always need to be concerned with worst-case performance and not average case performance (for gc etc.) Here's an interesting link which explores some of these issues: http://www.rossbencina.com/code/real-time-audio-programming-101-time-waits-for-nothing ChrisReceived on Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:01:17 UTC
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This was one of the more honest chants, the final line corroborated by other songs being sung to the tunes of Gary Glitter and the Addams Family ("...Vienna family, da-da-da-da, *STAMP* *STAMP*, da-da-da-da..."). It made for great amusement, also allowing four lagered-up English monoglots to join in the fun.
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Playing an extremely conventional and rigid 4-4-2, First Vienna were under the cosh from a more fluid, technically adept and organised Lustenau side straight from kick off. The home side defended with two banks of four, and regularly relied on the solid performance of their 'keeper, Kuru Bartolomej (who should be good, given the amount of practice he inevitably gets).
Somehow, however, First Vienna held on and the sides went in 0-0 at half time. We filtered out with the locals to stock up on more beer and emit the several pints consumed before the game. In the (men's) toilets there's a strange gallery of polemical stickers. One sticker depicts, from behind, three skin-heads in bomber jackets and Doc Martens taking a piss in a urinal, with something below about "die soziale national partei". I couldn't quite figure out if this was pro-Nazi or a, ahem, piss-take.
Another sticker was for the "anarchosyndikalistische" lot, or "students" as we now call them in the UK. Another sticker boldly declared: "Space Invaders Against Sexism". Too right.
In the second half Lustenau had the privilege of attacking the end nearest their 6 (six) travelling supporters. These half a dozen hardy lunatics spent the whole game isolated and drenched, standing and singing alone on the roofless stand opposite the home fans. I say "lunatics", but they use a slightly different word as a self-description, standing as they were behind a large banner reading "Freaks on Tour".
Just two minutes after the break the freaks were jumping for joy as their team sprung the offside trap, and the notably impressive winger Daniel Schopf made it 0-1. The home fans were briefly silenced, but hardly surprised, and before long were singing and stamping away as before.
One of First Vienna's many problems on the pitch is that they apparently have two "luxury" players upfront, yet have no ideas beyond hoofing it up to them as if they have the height of Duncan Fergusson and the work-rate of Carlos Tevez. They have neither, of course, so First were reduced to switching to a 4-3-3 with three attacking substitutions.
It hardly brought the game to light, but it did get them a bit higher up the pitch, and their endeavour was rewarded with just a few minutes to go by a very generous-looking penalty decision. Up stepped one of their "luxury players", centre forward Rade Djokic, to send the 'keeper the wrong way and level the scores.
As we jumped and punched the air and shouted "Vienna" it was hard not to be charmed by this club. Nick Hornby famously wrote how he fell in love with the Arsenal after a terribly scrappy 90 minutes of kick-and-rush at Highbury. The rubbish football was irrelevant; he wasn't after the faux-glamorous fare at Chelsea or Tottenham. He was after identity and belonging. You get both with First Vienna. All together now: "Yellow and blue are the colours, Football is the game..."


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We received hundreds of narrative, documentary, animated, experimental and/or student-made short films, 1 to 10 minutes in length, that creatively explored methods and ideas to responsibly manage and use Earth's most precious resource.
Films were screened by a judging panel and finalists were selected each year. Finalists were flown to Los Angeles, where they were guests at a formal screening event hosted by wildlife expert, Jack Hanna, 30-year veteran of documentary films and TV shows.
"Our entire existence is dependent on water being readily available. As a person who has spent a better part of my life traveling the world, I have witnessed the devastating affects that changes in water availability has on the communities, cities, countries, and ecosystems," said Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio, and host of Into The Wild. "It was a tremendous thrill to be able to join Rain Bird and the creative filmmakers to drive awareness of the importance of responsible water use and can't think of a better medium than film to teach and encourage us all to get smarter about our water consumption."
Films from the competition are now available for viewing on our YouTube channel.
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Five tips to master Exchange 2013 OWA's new features
Learn how to get the most out of OWA 2013 and its features with the help of these five tips.
End users can access calendars, contacts and email with a browser in Outlook Web App. But with OWA 2013 in Exchange Server 2013, end users have access to new features such as merging calendars for a single view and Bing maps.
We found the five best resources to give admins a quick introduction to Exchange 2013 OWA and the best ways to navigate its features. Plus, we look at how mobile users can benefit from OWA 2013.
Expand Outlook access with Exchange 2013 OWA offline mode
With Microsoft introducing access to OWA offline in Exchange 2013 and enabling it by default, organizations can give users more email access options. End users can now do certain tasks that hadn't been possible offline, including opening cached messages, writing new messages and accessing calendars or contacts.
Five ways OWA 2013 can help mobile users
Microsoft focused on improving mobility for Exchange Server 2013; it made five notable improvements to make Exchange 2013 OWA easier for mobile users. One of the top improvements is OWA Offline, which lets mobile users access their mailbox without Internet access, but the other four are just as important.
Avoid an Exchange migration gotcha for OWA redirection
To help your organization have a successful Exchange 2013 migration, avoid common "gotchas" to make the process much smoother. One common gotcha involves redirecting OWA. Making sure your organization has a plan around Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2013 coexistence scenarios, for example, can save time and money down the road.
Helpful hints for OWA 2013 mobile device usage
OWA 2013 was designed with touch-based and non-Microsoft devices in mind, so it's important to know OWA 2013 features and how to use them. The touch-friendly mode has a few improvements, including fewer elements in the display, but it also supports offline access for browsers.
Customize OWA themes in Exchange 2013
One change Microsoft made in the premium version of Exchange 2013 OWA was making it easy to customize, although customizing older versions of OWA involved a similar process. Microsoft recommends building new themes because you could do irreversible damage to OWA if you modify an existing theme.
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Police say a would-be bank robber in New Jersey walked away after the teller asked for some identification.
A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt walked into the Santander Bank branch along Brewers Bridge Road in Jackson Township Wednesday afternoon and handed the teller a note asking for money.
Lt. Steven Laskiewicz tells the Asbury Park Press the teller told the man to remove the hood and show some ID.
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"It was reported that a male subject had entered the bank and passed a note to a teller asking for a sum of money. When the teller told the male, who was wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt, to remove the hood and also asked for identification, the male claimed he did not have any and then left the bank," Laskiewicz told the paper.
The same bank was robbed on Valentine's Day by a man who handed a teller a note saying he had a gun.


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- Cartoon Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine/Dark Lord, C-3PO, Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku.
- Vocal Talent: Mat Lucas (Anakin Skywalker), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Tom Kane (Yoda), Nick Jameson (Palpatine), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Grey Delisle (Asajj Ventress).
- Directed By Genndy Tartakovsky.
- Produced By Genndy Tartakovsky.
Supervising Producer: Brian Miller.
- Edited By Paul Douglas.
- Art Direction: Paul Rudish, Scott Wills.
- Storyboards: Bryan Andrews, Mark Andrews.
- Director of Production: Jennifer Pelphrey.
- Production Manager: Shareena Carlson.
- Production Coordinator: Darrick Bachman.
- Model Design: Andy Suriano, Lynne Naylor-Reccardi.
- Vehicle Design: Todd Frederiksen.
- Background Supervisor: Dave Dunnet.
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In the game Freemarket, you have the ability to flood/bleed memories between characters. The only time this becomes ambiguous is when a memory is a first-person memory.
Here's an example. Pretend my name is Mike. Let's say I have a memory that Bob gifted me(Mike) a quadrostar somoflange when I visited his workshop. Now I successfully flood this memory to Joe. Does Joe remember Bob gifting the somoflange to himself(Joe), or does Joe remember Bob gifting the somoflange to me(Mike)?
To get even crazier, what if I flood the memory to Bob? Does Bob remember him gifting the somoflange to himself(Bob)?


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MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Dec. 28, 2012) - Bowmore Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:BOW) ("Bowmore" or the "Company") has closed a $425,000 non-brokered flow-through private placement (the "Placement") with Canadian investors consisting of 1,416,666 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.30 per Unit. Each Unit is comprised of one flow-through common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one non-flow-through common share of Bowmore at a price of $0.40 each until June 28, 2014.
The net proceeds raised from the Placement will be used for eligible Canadian exploration expenses on the Company's Quebec properties.
The Company paid aggregate finder's fees of $29,043 (representing a 7% finder's fee paid in respect of the subscriptions placed by the finders) and issued a total of 96,808 share purchase warrants ("Finder's Warrants") (representing 7% of the Units placed by the finders). Each Finder's Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common share of Bowmore at a price of $0.40 each until June 28, 2014.
All securities issued pursuant to the Placement will be subject to a four month hold period expiring on April 29, 2013.
BOWMORE is a Canadian exploration mining company focused on precious metal exploration in Canada and Mexico. For further information on BOWMORE, visit www.bowmorexploration.com.
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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Shrubs < 50 dm, resinous, generally gland-dotted
Leaves < 10 cm, thread-like to wedge-shaped, entire
Inflorescence various; heads radiate or discoid; involucre 314 mm, obconic to hemispheric; phyllaries in 26 series, ± lanceolate to ovate, generally resinous, tips erect to recurved, obtuse to acuminate or tailed, midrib often thickened with a resin gland
Ray flowers 030; corollas 212 mm, generally yellow
Disk flowers 470+; corollas 311 mm, yellow
Fruit 28 mm, ribbed; pappus white to brown
Species in genus: ± 27 species: w North America
Reference: [Nesom 1990 Phytologia 68:144155]
Generally flowers summer/autumn. Some species hybridize with Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
Plant 540 dm, glabrous to puberulent, gland-dotted when young
Leaf < 40 mm, linear, acute
Inflorescence: heads radiate, many; involucre 58.5 mm, 3.54.5 mm diam, obconic to ± cylindric; phyllaries 1624 in 45 series, < disk flowers, oblong, tips greenish, oblong or acute, margins narrow, white, ciliate
Ray flowers 18; corollas 46 mm
Disk flowers 520; corollas 58 mm
Fruit 34 mm, subcylindric, 47-angled, hairy; pappus of disk flowers > corollas, brown
Ecology: Plains, foothills
Elevation: < 800 m.
Bioregional distribution: South Coast, Channel Islands, w Sonoran Desert
Distribution outside California: n Baja California
Synonyms: Haplopappus p. A. Gray
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April 2, 2012
The importance of animals in human history is almost impossible to overstate. For millennia, animals have been tools of war and agriculture, companions and adversaries. And yet, the field of human-animal studies is a relatively recent pursuit in academia. Hosted online by DePauw University, Humanimalia: A Journal of Human/Animal Interface Studies is one of only a handful of academic journals dedicated to the ancient, but changing, relationship.
Professor of English Istvan Csicsery-Ronay branched out from his background in science fiction to found Humanimalia in 2009. Like others in his field – particularly its youngest scholars – he was drawn to human-animal studies by the conspicuous absence of animals in the digital age.
"There are more and more young people who are interested in science fiction studies because they are fascinated by contemporary techno-culture," Csicsery-Ronay says. "What's really struck these folks is that most of the technophilic, technocentric thought in our culture entirely excludes animals."
Rather than approaching the subject from a specific point of view, however, Humanimalia includes perspectives from philosophy, politics and art side-by-side.
"There was only one major journal that dealt with the philosophical dimensions of human-animal studies, but it's very activist, and has a very social-theoretical approach," Csicsery-Ronay says. "The point of Humanimalia is to have a venue for more humanistic approaches."
In the spring 2012 issue of Humanimalia, Fredrik Karlsson, a post-doctoral researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden, writes about the tendencies of anthropomorphism, or attributing human traits to non-humans, and the opposing mechanomorphism, or describing animals strictly in mechanical terms. While Karlsson acknowledges that casual comparisons to human behavior might assume too much of animals, he argues that anthropomorphism can be still a valuable tool for creating familiar analogies and better understanding.
"There have been arguments for using something that's called critical anthropomorphism," Csicsery-Ronay says. "Essentially, you can't get to square one in imagining that animals have emotional lives or cognitive flexibility – all the things a machine can't have, but we assume a sentient organism does have – without using our only model for that, which is humans."
How we talk about animals might not affect only how we treat or understand them, either. A perceived wide separation between animals and humans may also have repercussions for human society, Csicsery-Ronay says.
"The larger you consider the gap between humans and animals to be, the more likely you are to treat animals as just things," he says. "The greater that gap is, the more inclined a culture is to view the inferior human – which could be women, a race or ethnicity – in animal terms."
Another article in the spring issue, written by Thom van Dooren, a lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and Deborah Bird Rose, a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, discusses human-animal interface in a geographic sense.
Over the years, the city of Sydney grew to envelop a colony of penguins, who've adapted to their increasingly urban surroundings by nesting in, around and under man-made structures. Similarly, a large species of bat called flying foxes call many of Sydney's tree-filled parks home. Both the penguins and the flying foxes have permanent habitats in the city, but as undomesticated animals, they could be considered curious guests or, at worst, pests in the traditional concept of an urban space. Instead, van Dooren and Rose promote them as co-inhabitants of a multi-species city.
The belief in human and animal commonality, whether sharing space or psychology, is found throughout Humanimalia.
"Everybody who writes for the journal accepts as a baseline that humans and animals have evolved together, and that the nature-culture division that's so core in civilizations is really an artifact," Csicsery-Ronay says.
Six issues in, Csicsery-Ronay says he's pleased with Humanimalia's progress, half-jokingly expressing relief that it has so far avoided an open fight between different wings of its readership. There's still room to grow, however, and he hopes that the journal's open, online nature will help broaden the conversation.
"Human-animal studies is absolutely fresh and new," he says. "I look at Humanimalia as one of the mechanisms for creating the field. In a way, I'm watching an experiment. I have this feeling that we can watch a new intellectual institution develop from the ground up with the help of social media. We just need more people reading it and writing for it."Back


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When Dana Smithers was preparing a home for the real estate market, she told the owner that his valued collection of samurai swords must come down from the walls.
"That was gruelling for him," says Smithers of the elegant, if lethal, weapons.
However, if a property is to appeal to as many potential buyers as possible, any item deemed personal — from family photos and memorabilia to political or religious art, meaning anything that might distract, offend or provoke — must go temporarily into storage, insists Smithers - founder of PRES Home Staging and Redesign.
According to the North Vancouver-based pioneer of the relatively new home-staging business, the process of "depersonalizing" a home and "pre-packing" expressions of one's personal life is key to selling the property for as much, and as quickly, as possible.
"Once you put your home up for sale, it's a piece of merchandise," says the staging teacher and author of books that include Start & Run a Home Staging Business, from Self-Counsel Press. "The biggest mistake home-sellers make is that they're not able to look at their property objectively."
Taking a no-nonsense look at your well lived-in home and then giving it an unemotional makeover — whether by doing it yourself or by paying a stager to provide part of all of the services — is what home staging is all about.
Susan Evans of Home Suite Home Staging in downtown Vancouver says: "A lot of people think it's just a fun job, but there's a big business component, too."
Evans charges $225 for an initial consultation of a standard-sized house. That will include a room-by-room assessment, measurements and photos, followed by a proposal and cost estimate for a full staging.
In Smithers' experience, consultation for a one-bedroom apartment (excluding furniture or fixture rentals) will cost $500, while a day in a house would be about $1,000.
Some realtors include a basic $100 staging consultation fee in their service package.
It's then up to the homeowner to decide if he or she wants to hire a stager. In the end, reports Smithers, staged homes sell 50 per cent faster, and for six to 13 per cent more than those that have not been prepared for the market.
In starting the process, Smithers asks: "Who is most likely to buy? A couple with children, or pets, a senior, or a young corporate person? Or someone who wants to flip the property?
"Look at what's being sold in your neighbourhood, who's bought, and for how much," she advises. By understanding the potential buyer, you're in a better position to decide how much time and money to spend on staging, and what's required.
Professional stagers — experts in home-design trends — will tell you to make it as simple, uncluttered and open-spaced as possible.
The next step, says Smithers, is determining the primary function of each room. In one home Smithers staged, the room designed as a den had come to house a pet rabbit and lots of junk. She restored it to its primary purpose. In the same home, a computer and related paraphernalia were removed from the space intended for dining.
"Function is first," says Smithers. "And then find a focal point — maybe a fireplace or a great view. The focal point is the first thing you want people to see when they walk in. You want them to say, 'Wow, I love it.'"
The next step is to "de-clutter" and "depersonalize." As a professional stager, says Smithers, "you have to be a psychologist — you have to be tactful. And the seller has to be on board (the process). Ninety-five per cent of sellers are. The other five per cent are not ready to detach (from their home)."
Almost all homes, and definitely those 10 years or older, must be repainted. "It's about refreshing the home — and painting is the No. 1 thing that people can do," Smithers says. Neutral colours are strongly recommended. Expect to pay three to five per cent of the asking price on improvements, she adds.
When a Kitsilano homeowner asked Susan Evans how best to stage his long-neglected heritage property on a limited budget, she advised him to paint the entire four-bedroom house. "This was what was going to give him the biggest impact," she says.
Many homes need new flooring, with hardwood being the preferred option. And for every major purchase or service, says Smithers, get more than one quote. Check out several home-stagers before shelling out for an entire package. "Have them make a presentation. Get references. That's really important."
"Furniture placement is key," Smithers continues. "We usually take out about half of the [owner's] furniture — you only want the essential pieces in each room. The further the eye can travel the bigger the room looks. Most people like a modern, clean look."
Often it's necessary to rent basic, neutral furnishings. Fluff Design in East Vancouver is among local firms that rent everything you need to temporarily furnish a home — from fashionable couches and tables to colourful bedding and lighting.
Flattering lighting then "sets the ambience — it's where the emotions are," Smithers says, pointing out that you can buy all types of lighting relatively inexpensively at home-décor and big-box outlets. "Look for what's trendy and modern."
Finally, the accenting accessories are added: the universally acceptable art, colourful cushions and maybe a handsome plant or vases with flowers.
When Evans was asked to stage a small mill-house in Coquitlam, again on as little money as possible, she and her designer exposed several antique sconce lamps that had been hidden by furniture or overlooked.
By removing about half the furniture, including the TV, taking down the window coverings (a trademark action of Canadian Staging Professionals, with whom she trained), and uncoupling an antique cupboard (or hutch) from the chest of drawers on which it sat, then repositioning the lower piece, the house acquired a new charm and spaciousness.
Sometimes, a stager will create a small "setting" or vignette, Smithers says. For example, in a master bedroom they'll cluster a table with a lamp and book, and a comfortable chair. "It makes you want to sit and read and snuggle up. It's the power of suggestion."
Similarly, Evans demonstrates that by placing a small antique table in an otherwise empty hallway and adding a few accessories, an overlooked niche can be brought to life.
In fact, a byproduct of home staging is counselling homeowners on how to live well, Smithers says. "I've had women walk into the homes that we've done and cry. They wonder why they didn't do it themselves. It's all about the transformation."
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Beans are a wonderful thing. Sure they have a bad reputation, but I don't pay that any heed. I like all kinds: black, kidney, navy, pinto, even black-eyed peas thanks to my southern husband. They taste great, they're filling, you can put them in a million different dishes, and they are cheap.
Canned beans are really handy, but the best addition to your cupboard is a bag or two of dried beans. You can get 2-4 meals out of a bag depending on how many people you cook for. Cook up the whole bag, and store the extra in your fridge for the rest of the week. Even when I was busy, working, and commuting 1 hour to work I still had time to cook beans.
On Soaking
Many places you'll find suggest to soak your beans overnight. There was a time (like 4 days ago) that I would scoff at that idea. I generally prefer foods that I can just throw together without a lot of prep. I'd rinse the beans, toss them in my crock pot with water, and cook on low until they're done. Start in the morning, and you have beans ready for dinner about 8 hours later. Crazy easy!
What happened 4 days ago that I became a soaking convert? I cooked some black beans. Oh the poor black beans were not the culprit. Unfortunately over time the enamel has worn off my crock pot ceramic, and it can no longer be washed off. Remnants of those kidney beans still remain on that pot, sitting in my kitchen waiting for a new life. Still not sure what I'll do with it but I hate to throw it away.
I had a bit of a dull moment which I will blame on the kids and being 5 months pregnant. I panicked; How the heck was I supposed to cook my beans?! To give myself a little credit it only took me a couple of minutes to remember that people have been cooking beans for countless years without electric crock pots. Pot + heat = food. This is where I became the bean soaking convert. Rather than keep my stove on, with its precious costly propane fuel, for 1-2 hours longer than necessary, I finally caved and soaked my beans overnight. They turned out great.
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It doesn't get much easier than this.
- Rinse beans, and cull out the cruddy ones or any rocks.
- Put beans in the pot with enough water to cover and at least 2 inches of room. Put a little extra if you're cooking them overnight in the crock pot. Don't want to wake up to burnt beans!
- Do not salt! This can make your beans tough, and take longer to cook.
- Crock Pot:Turn crock pot on low and cook until done. It will take approximately 8 hours depending on your crock pot. Add water if it gets too low.
- On the stove: Turn the heat to high until water reaches a boil (especially important for kidney beans). Turn heat down to medium low and cook until done. Approximately 3-4 hours.
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Guildhall Library holds land tax assessments for all the wards of the City of London for 1692-4 and from 1703 to 1930.
The only information recorded consistently for each ward is:
In addition the following details may or may not be included:
The main difficulties stem from the inconsistent way in which the assessments were compiled.
The first assessments of 1692-3 were made under the terms of "An Act for granting to their Majesties an aid of four shillings in the pound for one year for carrying on a vigorous war against France" [4W. & M.c.1,1692/3]. The Act specified that real estate and personal property, that is buildings & moveable goods as well as land, were to be taxed. It nominated for each borough and county in England and Wales the local commissioners who were to supervise the assessments & local collection. The tax was voted annually, usually in the spring, until 1798 when it was transformed into a permanent tax but was redeemable on payment of a lump sum. It was levied on a number of different bases : as a pound rate between 1693 & 1696, as a 4 shillings assessment supplemented by a poll tax in 1697 and from 1698-1798 on the system whereby each county or borough was given a fixed sum to collect. In 1949 redemption became compulsory on property changing hands and in 1963 all unredeemed land tax was abolished.
The assessments have been bound alphabetically by ward, and for each ward they are grouped by parish, precinct or liberty. Within this grouping they are arranged chronologically. An index to streets and wards is available at the enquiry desk but Guildhall Library has no comprehensive map of ward precincts.
The catalogue description of the land tax assessments (Guildhall Library Ms 11316) is available at the enquiry desk and in the land tax folder in the microfilm area. It should be noted that between 1703 and 1838 each year's assessments occupy three volumes.
Ms 11316 volumes 1 to 398, covering 1692-1831, must be consulted on microfilm; volumes 399 to 522, covering 1832 to 1930, should be ordered in the original from the Manuscripts enquiry desk. N.B. Volumes 491-522, covering 1901 to 1930, are stored in a separate building and those wishing to consult them must give at least 24 hours notice.
Last updated April 2002
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But learn their tastes, and they'll give you flowers
Are your African violets blooming?
If not, read on to learn why and what you can do to bring out the flowers.
African violets' long-standing popularity grows from lush foliage and their habit of winter flowering. The plants are challenging, but not more than many in-home gardeners can manage. Even propagation is possible with a little knowledge on your part.
African violets are shade-loving plants whose leaves scorch under the direct rays of the sun. Grow yours in places where they receive only diffused light. Or try growing lights.
When you re-pot, use only a rich organic rooting medium that has been sterilized. You'll find the right mix at garden supply stores, or you can sterilize your own in the microwave. Heat a gallon of moist rooting medium for 10 to 12 minutes on high.
African violet varieties are vast because these popular plants have been hybridized extensively. Cultivars range from miniatures to larger than normal, with varying types of petals, flower colors and velvety foliage.
Not all the hybridizing has produced good qualities. In breeding, some desirable characteristics such as disease resistance, wet-soil tolerance and plant vigor have been compromised. Many of the new cultivars require special care. Some want to be grown in sterile rooting media. Others demand extreme care in watering, refusing to tolerate over-watering or wet foliage. Still others can't abide fertilizer accumulation along the edges of their pot. Even winter flowering has been lost in some cultivars.
African violets are picky about temperature. If they don't like the temperature where they live, they won't flower.
Many of the new cultivars will flower consistently only when temperatures remain constant. Older cultivars flowered best where temperatures were warm during the day and cool at night. The windowsill was often the best place for growing African violets. Today's African violets are best grown in the middle of the room where temperatures remain more constant.
It's still true that you should avoid wetting the foliage when watering the pots. If you typically water from the bottom up, change over once a month and water from the top down to prevent fertilizer salts from accumulating along the top edge of the pots. Accumulated fertilizer salts will burn the petiols, or stalks, of the lower leaves in contact with the edge of the pot. Fertilizer salts appear as tiny gray-green granules clinging to the inside edge of the pot starting from the surface of the rooting medium. If you've got them, scrape them off.
Have I answered all your questions about raising African violets? If not, write and ask and I'll reply.
Ask Dr. Gouin your questions at [email protected]. All questions will appear in Bay Weekly. Please include your name and address.


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BitTorrent isn't the quiet haven it once was. These days, everyone's looking to throttle your connection, spy on what you're downloading, or even send you an ominous letter. If you use BitTorrent, you absolutely need to take precautions to hide your identity. Here's how to do that with a simple proxy.
This post originally detailed the setup of a proxy called BTGuard. Since its original publication in 2011, we've changed our recommendation to Private Internet Access due to BTGuard's slow speeds, bad customer service and other difficulties. If you're still interested in using BTGuard, you can find instructions on its website.
You have a few different options when it comes to hiding your BitTorrent activity, but we've found that a proxy is the most convenient and easiest to set up, so that's what we're going to cover here. We've talked about proxies a few times before, most notably with our original guide on how to set up BTGuard, our guide to safe torrenting post-Demonoid. Unfortunately, BTGuard has never been a great service — it was just the most convenient. Thankfully, Private Internet Access — one of our favourite VPN providers — now provides a proxy very similar to BTGuard, but with faster speeds and better customer service. So we recommend using it instead, using the instructions below. If you don't want to use a proxy, go to the end of the article for alternative suggestions.
How a BitTorrent Proxy Works
When you download or seed a torrent, you're connecting to a bunch of other people, called a swarm. All of those people can see your computer's IP address — they have to in order to connect. That's all very handy when you're sharing files with other netizens, but file sharers such as yourself aren't necessarily the only people paying attention. Piracy monitoring groups (often paid for by the entertainment industry either before or after they find violators) also join BitTorrent swarms, but instead of sharing files, they're logging the IP addresses of other people in the swarm — including you — so that they can notify your ISP of your doings.
A proxy (like Private Internet Access) funnels traffic — in this case, just your BitTorrent traffic — through another server, so that the BitTorrent swarm will show an IP address from them instead of you. In this case, Private Internet Access' proxy server is in the Netherlands. That way, those anti-piracy groups can't contact your ISP, and your ISP has no cause to send you a harrowing letter.
But wait, can't the piracy groups then go to the anonymiser service and requisition their logs to figure out what you're downloading? Theoretically, yes, but if you're using a truly good anonymiser, they don't keep logs, so there's no paper trail of activity leading back to you. All the piracy monitors see is a proxy service sharing a file, and all your ISP sees is you connecting to a proxy service. If you encrypt your BitTorrent traffic (which we recommend), your ISP won't even be able to see that you're using BitTorrent.
Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, there are a few downsides. Most notably:
- Anonymity isn't free. Well, at least the ones worth using aren't. Private Internet Access costs $US6.95 a month or $US39.95 a year. That isn't very expensive though, and it's well worth it for the privacy you get.
- You'll get slower download speeds. Running your connection through another server inevitably slows you down, although how much depends on what torrent you're downloading, who from and a lot of other factors. In my experience, more popular torrents stayed at their top speed of 3.4MB/s (my bandwidth cap) with a proxy, while other less popular torrents slowed down from 1MB/s to about 500-600kb/s. Your mileage may vary. I lost significantly less speed with Private Internet Access than I did with BTGuard though.
- Not every BitTorrent client supports proxies. uTorrent for Windows works great, but Mac and Linux favourite Transmission sadly does not support proxies. You'll have to use something like Vuze or Deluge instead (or try one of the alternatives listed at the end of this article).
- Nothing is foolproof. Using a proxy may bring you increased anonymity, but nothing is guaranteed unless you avoid BitTorrent entirely.
Ready to get started? Here's what you need to do.
How to Set Up the Private Internet Access Proxy
Setting up a proxy just involves signing up for a service and checking a few boxes in your BitTorrent client. We'll be using Private Internet Access and uTorrent for Windows for this guide, but you can tweak things to fit your own setup pretty easily.
Step 1: Sign Up for Private Internet Access
Private Internet Access is primarily a VPN provider. We'll talk a bit more about VPNs later in this post, but what we really want is the SOCKS5 proxy that comes with their VPN service. So, head to Private Internet Access' website and sign up for its VPN service. We recommend starting out with a monthly plan to see if you like it before buying a whole year's subscription.
Once you've signed up, Private Internet Access will email you your username and password. Log into the system with those credentials, and change your password from the client control panel.
Step 2: Generate a Proxy Password
Your account credentials are only to manage your account — we'll need a new set of credentials for the Proxy service. In the client control panel, click the "Generate Password" button under "PPTP/L2TP/SOCKS Password". This is what we'll be using to configure our BitTorrent client. Write down the username and password that appears here (it's different than your regular account credentials)
Step 3: Configure Your BitTorrent Client
Next, open up uTorrent and head to Options > Preferences > Connection. Under Proxy Server, choose Socks5 under "Type" and enter the following information:
- Proxy Type: Socks5
Proxy Host:
- Proxy Port: 1080
- Username: Your Private Internet Access Proxy username (from step two)
- Password: Your Private Internet Access Proxy password (from step two)
Check all of the other boxes under "Proxy" and "Proxy Privacy". Your Connection preferences should look exactly like the image above.
Step 4: See If It's Working
To ensure that it's working, head over to CheckMyTorrentIP.com. This site can tell you what your IP address is, and compare it to the IP address of your torrent client, which will let you know whether your proxy is working correctly. To test it, hit the "Generate Torrent" button, and open the resulting torrent in uTorrent. Then, go back to your browser, and hit the Refresh button under the "Check IP" tab. If it's the same as your browser IP — which you'll see next to the Refresh button — then your proxy isn't working, and you'll want to double-check all of the above settings. If it shows a different IP address (which should be in the Netherlands), then Private Internet Access is successfully tunnelling all your traffic for you.
Other Ways to Anonymise Your BitTorrent Traffic
A proxy like Private Internet Access is the most convenient way to anonymise your traffic, but it isn't the only way. If you want to try something else, here are a few other tricks we recommend.
Use a VPN
A virtual private network (or VPN) is very similar to a proxy, but instead of rerouting just your BitTorrent traffic, it reroutes all your internet traffic. For some people, that's a good thing — it gives you privacy all over the web. However, it can also be inconvenient, navigating you to different web pages for that VPN's country or causing issues with streaming services. If you have a NAS, you can set up your VPN on it to route only your NAS traffic, which is a perfect option for downloading anonymously. VPNs are about the same price as most proxies, and I personally have found that I get better speeds with most VPNs than I do with a proxy.
So which VPN should you use? Check out TorrentFreak's list of the best VPNs for BitTorrent, as well as our Hive Five on the subject to find a provider that works for you.
Rent a Seedbox
Unlike proxies and VPNs, seedboxes don't route your BitTorrent traffic through another country. Instead, you actually rent a dedicated server that resides in that country and do all your torrenting through that machine. They usually have insanely fast speeds, and if you're on a private tracker, they'll seed 24/7, giving you a great ratio. Once you download a torrent on your seedbox, you can just connect to it via FTP and download the file as fast as your home connection allows. Note that seedboxes also require a bit of extra setup, and some may require a little command line work to get running.
Seedboxes are more expensive than proxies and VPNs, ranging from entry-level boxes at $US10 or $US20 a month to fast boxes with more storage at $US50 or even $US100 a month. But it offers a lot of advantages over proxies and VPNs — if you have the money to spare and want super-fast speeds and a good ratio, we highly recommend getting a seedbox. Providers like Whatbox, Feral and Bytesized come highly recommended, but a bit of searching can provide you with alternative options. Shop around and see which one's best for you.
Ditch BitTorrent Altogether
Your last alternative is to try a new file sharing service entirely, like Usenet. It offers encrypted connections and doesn't connect to peers, so others can't track what you're doing. It doesn't always have the selection that BitTorrent has (depending on what you're downloading), but it offers a lot of other advantages, most notably higher speeds and better privacy. Check out our guide to getting started with Usenet to see if it's right for you.


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The latest stop in our quest to unearth great shopping spots across the country and around the world is Boston-area boutique Tess & Carlos. With three locations in Massachusetts and one in Pittsford, New York, this Boutique of the Week is well worth a visit if you're in the market for impeccably constructed clothing from independent and up-and-coming European and American brands.
Boutique: Tess & Carlos
Locations: Cambridge, Concord, and Newton, MA and Pittsford, NY
Owner: Tess Enright
Launch date: 1995
Store concept: The concept behind my store is that the clothes we sell here are forever wearable. We carry brands that are off the beaten path, and I look for pieces made of beautiful, high quality fabrics. It's always been my vision that my store will carry a mix of great pieces that will become staples in any woman's wardrobe. Because great style isn't about trends and fashions, it's about being confident in what you're wearing and dressing to your own personal style.
Specializing in: Italian and French labels. Though we do carry many American brands and lines from other countries as well.
Best sellers: Samantha Sung, Organic by John Patrick, Ter et Bantine, and Hache.
Typical customer: Is a busy woman, whether a full-time mother or a working professional, who just doesn't have a ton of time to shop. Our customer knows what she wants, knows we carry it, and comes in for what she loves. She's classy, serious about her style, and trusts us to provide her with lasting, beautiful clothes.
Store aesthetic: Polished and sleek. The décor is minimal with pops of color.
Most unique items: Dresses and separate pieces from Ter et Bantine and Hache, Samantha Sung shirt-dresses and skirts, Biella Collezione scarves and sweaters, Layla shirt-dresses, and tees and sweaters from Organic by John Patrick.
Inspiration for opening the boutique: I opened the boutique because I wanted to work for myself, to be independent. I'd been in retail for thirteen years before I realized that it was my calling to open my own store. I've never looked back!
Listening to: Nina Simone, Al Green, Marvin Gaye….
The staff is talking about: Everything! We chat about everything from our families to what books we're reading to what we're going to wear over the weekend. And we talk about NPR; I'm an NPR nerd!
If I didn't run the boutique, I'd be… Spending all my time with my children. I'd be a full time mother.
In my free time, you'll find me… With my family, going out to dinner (we love Sportello in Boston) or to the movies! Oftentimes both.
For more about Tess & Carlos, check out their blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!
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From 1984 until 2000, I was the Seneca Township Deputy Clerk. I was elected Clerk in 2000. I am proud to have served the township residents for 24 years. I chose not to run in 2008. I was pleased to endorse and vote for Allison Ott. She is a very highly qualified, professional individual.
Since the newly elected township board has been in office, I have been dismayed by some of their actions. Each member is given a book detailing the rules and responsibilities for that office, along with a township zoning ordinance book. It is the responsibility of each member to familiarize themselves with those books. Unfortunately, it often falls to the clerk and supervisor to make sure all the regulations are followed properly. Sometimes that does not make those offices very popular.
Last year, before the new board took over, a special use permit was issued to Dayna Cordts for a daycare at her new home on Weston Road in Seneca Township. The details of that permit were completely clear and were accompanied by a letter from the township attorney. Mrs. Cordts had six months from the time of issuance of that permit to construct a fence around her property. The permit was signed by both Mrs. Cordts and the members of the Planning Commission. That should have been the end of the story. However, Mrs. Cordts did not abide by that permit. Instead, she allowed the permit's timeframe to lapse and at another Planning Commission meeting, insisted the permit did not apply to her.
Allison Ott upheld the Seneca Township Zoning Ordinance as it is written. There is a lengthy procedure necessary to amend an ordinance, requiring multiple public hearings.
The Planning Commission cannot make any changes to an ordinance at their meetings.
Monthly township board meetings are a public forum in which complaints and problems may be addressed, but not to the detriment of the business which must be conducted. When a motion is made and seconded, a vote must ensue immediately. At that point, discussion is over and the vote is a matter of public record. Instead, the debate was allowed to continue, creating the environment in which Mrs. Cordts claims the clerk and treasurer were rude and disrespectful.
Allison Ott should not be recalled. I urge all registered voters to vote NO on this recall.
- Kim Quist


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We have seen previously here on Transgender reality that there is a lot of pressure to start taking either hormone blockers or hormones for young people who think they might be transgender. Sometimes it's supposed to be a sort of diagnostic tool, the thought being that if you feel better on the hormones of the opposite sex, that means you are transgender. Often, the decision to start blockers or hormones is presented as something you need to do as soon as possible, even if you aren't sure if it's the right thing, even if you're just 13 years old and confused. Going through natural puberty is framed as "watching your body get ruined".
Kids going to reddit and the many large transgender subreddits there get presented with this over and over again. You need to start hormones now or you will never pass! Testosterone is ruining your body! It doesn't take much for them to internalize this and start obsessing, as we have seen previously.
"Anything I can do?" asks a 16 year old, and gets told by several commenters to "get HRT asap":
"Can I pass?" asks another 16 year old, and again HRT comes up several times:
"What do I have to work with here?" asks a 14 year old. The second comment mentions hormones:
Other commenters talks about how it's possible to get androgen blockers online:
"Get blockers":
Note that this kid has not even seen a therapist yet, and still people are egging him on to get hormones.
"Is transitioning early really worth it?" asks a 15 year old. The commenters start talking about HRT straight away:
"Stop the damage of testosterone on your body":
Do it now do it now do it now, you'll regret it if you don't:
This kid, who found out he's trans less than a month before and has not talked to a therapist or even told his parents, wonders how hard he should "push for hrt". The answer: very hard:
This 19 year old wonders if he could pass. This exchange is very typical:
In a nutshell, he's told to get on HRT as soon as possible. He mentions feeling stressed out because he's not even sure he wants to transition, but worries that "I don't have enough time to decide". So obviously, the answer is to "start an anti androgen". His concerns about fertility are handwaved away. Can't worry about fertility when the more important thing is to become as pretty as possible!
This premise is most often left unspoken, but if you pay attention it is very pervasive. Passing as a woman isn't enough, the desire to be an attractive, beautiful, sexy woman is very deep among many would-be transitioners. When you take this into consideration, the preoccupation with getting people on hormones in their early teens makes more sense. Here are just a few examples of this sentiment:
This is a recipe for disaster. Young teens go into these communities with problems that are incredibly typical, like feelings of not fitting in with peers, or liking clothing or activities that are seen as being "for" the opposite sex. They are told that even questioning their gender means that they are trans, and to get on puberty blockers or hormones as soon as possible. Again and again, the idea that taking one's life is a natural and inevitable consequence of not being able to get these medications is reinforced.
What happens next?
Yeah. That post was written by Josh "Leelah" Alcorn, who committed suicide later that year.


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I am working on a comprehensive reference of non-human PC rules that will include both WB and Complete. One thing I've noticed in collecting these is that there are differences in these rules between WB editions (which I'll refer to here as WB1, WB2, WB3, and WB3-BH (Brave Halfling)). Is there any kind of precedence or preference for which edition is "definitive"?
Here is just one example of some non-human PC rules that are different by edition. I'm also including references to some other closely related games.
For Dwarves and Haflings:
"Hard to Hit":
-2 to hit by men, -4 to hit by giants, ogres, trolls, etc. (WB1, WB2, WB3-BH, SWL, AD&D 1e, OSRIC)
"Fighting Giants":
Half-damage from giants, ogres, trolls, etc. (WB3, OD&D)
I have several other similar questions but first wanted to see if there's a consensus on the definitive WB rules.


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Astros to evaluate Springer for possible activation
PHILADELPHIA -- One day after rookie outfielder George Springer was forced to leave his rehab outing at Class A Quad Cities after tweaking an injury to his left quad, Astros manager Bo Porter on Thursday categorized the issue as minor.
Springer flew to Houston on Thursday as previously planned and will be examined by the training staff Friday at Minute Maid Park. The Astros had hoped to activate Springer on Friday against the Rangers, but that's up in the air.
"He was going to have a day off regardless," Porter said before Thursday's series finale vs. the Phillies. "Obviously, with him having to come out of the game yesterday, we'll send him through a workout [Friday] and see how he recovers, and if he doesn't have any setbacks, we'll make a decision at that point whether to activate him or give him more time."
Springer played in three games at Quad Cities, serving as the designated hitter Monday and Wednesday. He was supposed to play seven innings in the outfield Wednesday, but a wet field limited him to DH again. He doubled in the first inning and walked in the fourth before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning.
"After missing the number of days in which he's missed, there's no way to emulate game intensity or game speed," Porter said. "You can come out here and do all these drills and it be controlled, but you get into the game and there's no way to control the atmosphere. The hope is that it was just not him playing for 2 1/2 weeks or so and the adrenaline of playing in the game made him a little sore."
Springer was hitting .231 with 20 homers and 51 RBIs in 78 games since being called up in the middle of April. He was the American League Rookie of the Month in May. He's been on the disabled list since July 20 with a strained left quad.


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What should I be doing now for weed control?
Q: The straw mulch I used at the end of summer to suppress the weeds doesn't seem to be working. Should I till it and cover with plastic? black or clear? Is there something better. Or should I add more straw. I could probably bring some cardboard home from work. Is this a healthy option?


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President announces $10 million gift from Fred Fields
February 02, 2012
President Barry Glassner today announced a $10 million bequest to Lewis & Clark from the late Fred Fields. The gift is the second-largest in the history of the college.
"Fred Fields stands among the college's all-time greatest supporters and advocates. We will forever be indebted to him," President Glassner said. "Personally, I feel honored to have had a chance to get to know Fred and spend time with him. His commitment to this college, and ambitions for us, are inspiring."
A renowned business and community leader, Fields became one of Lewis & Clark's most devoted board members. He joined the board in 1985 and served for 21 years, including as chair from 2001 to 2004. As a life trustee, he and his wife, Sue, regularly attended college events on campus as well as in Portland and Indian Wells, California, where they lived part of the year. Even in the final months of his life, with his health deteriorating, Fields frequently came to campus for lunches and meetings.
In 1990, Fields completed a match for a challenge grant that established the Morgan S. Odell Professorship in the Humanities. In 1993, he pledged the lead gift for the Fred W. Fields Center for the Visual Arts, which has made an enormous difference for Lewis & Clark students and the artistic life of the campus in the years since.
Fields was equally transformative in his business career. After growing up in the Depression on a farm in Indiana and serving in the U.S. Air Corps in World War II, he completed his college education and began a long and fruitful career at Coe Manufacturing Company. In 1959, Coe selected the young engineer to manage the company's West Coast operations. In the years that followed, Fields spearheaded Coe's expansion and developed a variety of engineering innovations that enabled the company to grow, and he purchased the company outright in 1976.
Fields owned Coe for 23 years. By the time of its sale in 2000, the company had 750 employees, had acquired 15 related companies, and was selling machinery in the United States and 11 other countries.
In addition to his service to Lewis & Clark, Fields was a trustee at the Portland Art Museum, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Sue Fields, who died in 2010, was a trustee at the University of Portland. The Fields' philanthropy was similarly wide-ranging. In addition to Lewis & Clark, Fred and Sue provided generous financial support to Oregon Health & Science University, the University of Portland, the University of Oregon, Lake Erie College, Purdue University (Fred's alma mater), the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the Oregon Historical Society, the Portland Art Museum, and the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
For his many years of leadership and service to the college and community, Lewis & Clark awarded Fred Fields an honorary doctorate in 2005.
The campus and local community remembered Fields at a special service held on January 21 in a packed Agnes Flanagan Chapel, which Fred had requested as the site for his memorial.


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Morale among businesses in the euro zone improved again in December, but the unemployment rate reached a new record and households held back from spending in the run-up to Christmas, suggesting the bloc's emergence from recession will be slow.
Economic sentiment in the 17 countries using the euro rose by 1.3 points to 87 in the second straight month of gains after almost a year of falls, the European Commission's monthly business and consumer survey showed on Tuesday.
Optimism that the euro zone is beginning to recover from a deep banking and public debt crisis was tempered by data from the EU's statistics office Eurostat showing joblessness in November at the highest level since the euro was introduced in 1999.
Euro zone unemployment rose to 11.8 per cent of the working population or 18.82 million people, and 113,000 more people were without a job than in October, as companies ranging from car makers to retailers let go of staff.
Feeble demand was evident in retail trade data that was also released by Eurostat on Tuesday, showing a mere 0.1 per cent rise in sales volumes in November from the previous month, not enough to account for sharp falls in August, September and October.
Another month of falls was only avoided in November because European motorists spent more on fuel. Sales of food and drinks fell even in the run-up to the year's busiest shopping season.
While business morale has been helped by a series of steps to prevent the break-up of the euro zone, rising unemployment and stalled consumer spending underscore just how difficult the euro zone's economic recovery will be.
Consumer spending generates about half of the euro zone's economic output and the bloc is relying on Asian and U.S. demand for its exports to generate growth at a time when major economies are only beginning to recover from the damaging repercussions of the euro zone's crisis.