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Boon Frog Pod Review
December 23rd, 2009
The Boon Frog PodBug Pod
The base attaches to the wall of your tub with double sided tape or suction cups if you want it to be "less permanent". Both options are provided in the box, it's really just up to you to decide how solid you want it to be on your wall. For our kids bathtub, we started with the suction cups but they didn't hold up so well. So, reluctantly, I went for the tape next. It holds up pretty well, but be sure to store only the light bath toys. Otherwise, this thing will come crashing down at 2am and wake everyone up…not that it happened to me.
The design is playful and smart. Whether you buy the Frog or the Bug, they are sure to be a hit with your child. From a practical standpoint, it's a really great product. The shovel/storage bin has several large holes to strain the water-logged toys once you've collected them from the bath. So all you need to do is wave it around through the bath water to pick everything up and then place it in the base on your wall. In addition to holding the shovel, the base also has a ledge at the top for shampoo and soap storage.
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Spring is almost here, and I'm ready for that sun to shine! Next season is all about piling on your mega-big iconic shaped pendants. Designers like Michele Scholnick, Lanvin, Baleciaga and Max Mara are all embracing this look into their collection. To get a head start, learn how to make this simple and beautiful gold chain necklace with two rare and unique pendants. In just 3 Easy Steps!
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Gorgeous open sleeves with cinched detail, boho style neckline and beautiful flowing polyester georgette fabric make this bebe maxi dress a total standout. Try yours with a pair of ornate sandals and a sparkling clutch to complete a perfect dinner date look.
- 100% polyester
- Center back to hem: 59" (150 cm)
- Polyester georgette lining
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Open Shoulder Maxi Dress is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 5 out of 5 by dellyme from perfect dress for casual or dress up perfect for summer and fall. vibrant color beautiful material
Date published: 2013-10-12
Rated 5 out of 5 by FloridaCrissy from TIMELESS! This is such a gorgeous unique maxi dress! I usually wear a medium in bebe an had to go with a small to get a good fit as the medium was to loose looking. I paired my dress with wedges, a thick belt, and head jewelry for a gorgeous bohemian look! This is my favorite maxi!
Date published: 2013-09-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by Viola from Pure elegance I love this dress. I got a small size and it fit perfectly. Not only is it sexy, it's elegant. I love the way it flows and it's not heavy. Love love love it, thanks Bebe
Date published: 2013-07-30
Rated 4 out of 5 by Pelona01 from The dress is great on catalogue The color is not as red as in picture and way Longer , covers shoes and I'm 5'5 , w heels taller. Still very beautiful just not as shown , especially lenght. I ended up returning as it was almost like a night gown.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by nycdreamer from Beautiful dress!! I am in love with this dress!! The color, fit, and design is gorgeous. I really love the neckline especially, very boho..If you want to feel like a goddess please get this dress immediately. I am only 5'3" and bought the XS, and with heels the length is fine. It is too long otherwise..Sometimes wish Bebe made more petite lengths, otherwise a fantastic buy! I will pair my dress with a metallic belt!! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!
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Linux Users of Victoria (LUV)
Website: http://www.luv.asn.au/
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LUV is the original and largest Linux users group in Victoria. With a membership in excess of 1100, regular monthly meetings and several active mailing lists, LUV is an essential part of the Victorian Linux community.
Border Linux Users Group (BLUG) - Albury Wodonga
MelbPC User Group Linux Unix Be OS SIG (LUBe)
Website: http://www.melbpc.org.au/
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Convener: Thom Lyons (9525 9793)
Meeting: 1st Thursday, 7pm till 10pm, Chadstone Interest Group Room
This SIG is for beginners, gurus and everyone in between, Bring a machine, bring a a book, bring a disk, bring your questions or just bring yourself. We share our knowledge, help each other and explore all aspects of the Linux/Unix operating systems and the "Be" operating system.
Melbourne Linux Users Group (MLUG)
Website: http://www.mlug-au.org/
Melbourne Linux User Group (MLUG) is a Melbourne based group of Linux enthusiasts. MLUG also has a number of national and international members as we don't restrict membership by locality. MLUG meet on the last Wednesday of the month from 6pm to late at Muttis, 118 Elgin Street, Carlton. (Take tram 96)
MLUG is Linux/Unix based without focus to any specific distribution. MLUG members range from Linux coders and System administrators, to end users who just use the Linux GUI for their desktop. Even if you are not yet a Linux user but are interested in learning, you are most welcome to join. We run workshops every month that everyone can join in on.
MLUG membership is free. Just join the MLUG mailing list and you are a member. See our website for details.
Melbourne Novell Users Group (MNUG)
Regular Meeting night: 2nd Thursday of each month (except Jan)
Meeting Location: Novell's offices, 8th Floor, 574 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne
Website: http://www.mnug.org.au
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MNUG is a non-profit organization, committed to promoting the exchange of information among users of Novell's many products, including SUSE Linux. MNUG is a local chapter of Novell Users International (NUI), and therefore provides access to the full range of NUI benefits.
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Our group focuses on the social issues around software and technology. We avoid deeply technical discussion since plenty of other groups do that. We meet monthly, have a presentation and some discussion, then some chat about current news. Some of us then continue the discussion over dinner at a nearby restaurant. Other times we hold free software games nights, host visiting international guests, or run public events like Software Freedom Day.
(Inactive) Ballarat Linux Users Group (BLUG)
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The Ballarat Linux Users Group aims to increase knowledge about Linux and assisting both individuals and businesses within the Ballarat region who wish to try it out or require further information. Currently it is based largely around students and staff at the University of Ballarat, however we would like to incorporate the larger community as much as possible.


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DALLAS — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed suit against Advance Components, Inc. for age discrimination, complaining that the company unlawfully subjected a national sales representative to age-based termination.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-02115-B), Dan Miller, national sales representative for the company's central region, was terminated on Oct. 6, 2009 because of his age, 61. The company claims that the termination was a result of the "economic downturn." The EEOC investigation revealed that a much younger employee with less experience was given Miller's territory.
Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The EEOC sued after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. The agency seeks injunctive relief including the formulation of policies to prevent and correct age discrimination. The suit also seeks lost wages and interest and other damages.
"The owner of this company wanted to project a new, younger image," said EEOC Senior Trial Attorney William Backhaus. "He should not have chosen to fire an older salesman hired by the company founder to achieve whatever fleeting image he was seeking. Mr. Miller's only fault was not staying forever 30."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Perry Mansfield ArtsBootCamp
For kids ages 11 – 14
1-3 PM in Library Hall
THE PERRY-MANSFIELD ARTS EXPERIENCE – FOR YOU – IN DOWNTOWN STEAMBOAT! Designed especially for 11 – 14 year olds who prefer not to attend the residential Junior Camp but want to include an arts program in their summer plans. The new ArtsbootCamp is taught by the same stellar Perry-Mansfield faculty. At Bud Werner Memorial Library Hall, you will study for two hours each day (theatre and dance), culminating in participation in the 4th of July Parade in downtown Steamboat as part of the Perry-Mansfield contingent.
WHAT YOU'LL STUDY Our faculty is preparing a special program for our first ArtsBootCamp that will have you dancing, writing, singing, and acting for two hours each day in Library Hall at Bud Werner Memorial Library. You will also learn the same dance that our residential students are preparing, so at the 4th of July Parade, you will all perform together. Come prepared to be challenged, to experiment, to explore and to perform.
CLASS REGISTRATION ArtsBootCamp is open to all 11 – 14 year olds without audition. Simply register online by clicking here. Handbook and Student Forms will be available soon.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND As we celebrate the beginning of our second century, Perry-Mansfield has established the Community Scholarship Fund to support local Routt and Moffatt County youth who are interested in participating in our world-class art programs. Application for support from the Community Scholarship Fund is available to students who have APPLIED to the program.
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Chocoflan combines the very, very best of two worlds! This cake features a moist chocolate cake topped with a rich and silky flan with sticky dulce de leche sauce and crunchy walnuts. It's a double decker dessert that is sinfully decadent and is certain to satisfy any, if not all of your dessert cravings.
Flan is a creamy, somewhat delicate, cooked egg custard made with condensed and evaporated milks, typically flavored with vanilla. To make this chocoflan caramel is added to a bundt pan first, followed by the cake batter, then the flan is poured over top and baked in a bain marie or water bath. Where magic happens. The flan sinks to the bottom and the cake rises to the top. When turned out of the pan the flan winds up on top with the oozing caramel.
Dulce de Leche is a milk caramel made from condensed milk. You can make your own or find it in the Spanish food section of your market with the baking products, it comes in a can and sometimes a plastic squeeze bottle. You can also use a thick caramel dessert sauce.
The soft, milky custard and dark, dense cake may seem like an unlikely combination but are insanely good together. Very sweet, a small piece is all it takes to be satisfied. This is an impressive cake to make for a special occasion and I already have plans to make it for the holidays.
This is sometimes served warm but is best served after chilling for 24 hours so plan ahead if you are making it for a special occasion.
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NBC's fall police drama UC: Undercover is sounding more and more like this year's Miami Vice.
Like that '80s pop culture phenomenon, the new series features two ethnically diverse hotties in the lead: Oded Fehr of The Mummy Returns and Jon Seda of Homicide: Life on the Street. Add a villain or two, cool theme music, and presto: instant hit.
Or so apparently hopes producer Shane Salerno, who announced the high-profile casting of booming-voiced actor Ving Rhames of Pulp Fiction fame, in what's hoped to be the first of several big-name guest stars.
Rhames, currently onscreen in John Singleton's Baby Boy, will join the show as larger-than-life drug lord Quito Real. One or two of his episodes are expected to air during the November sweeps, Variety reports.
Hip-Hop Soundtrack Planned
Salerno, who worked with Rhames on the upcoming Sonny Liston biopic Night Train, says it's a "radically cool honor" to have Rhames sign on for the guest stint. "This guy's cool with a capital K," he says.
Salerno says he hopes that the Golden Globe-winning actor's appearance will "make it cool to play a villain" on the new show. Future guest stars already include Steven Bauer, who played the suburban drug lord in Traffic, and Angie Everhart, who played a killer vamp in Bordello of Blood. While we don't know if any of the characters will have a pet crocodile or sport pastel suits, Miami Vice seems apt as Salerno tells Variety that UC is a "very music-driven series" that will feature musicians and other pop culture personages as guest stars. Beside a weekly soundtrack of hip-hop and trip-hop tunes that "reflect what people are listening to," Salerno says, he will release a remixed version of UC's theme music to radio stations.


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BLACKSBURG, Va. (Oct. 2, 2009) - Led by junior Diana Navrostskay (Kviv, Ukraine) two singles wins, the ETSU women's tennis team got a strong performance during day one play of the 16th annual Hokie Fall Invitational Friday in Blacksburg, Va.
Navrostskay reached the Flight B semifinals after taking care of business against Virginia Tech's Shannon Betts 6-0, 6-1, in the quarterfinals. The Lady Buc newcomer also dropped Albany's Livia Gherman in a tight 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, win during first round play.
"I was real impressed the way Diana played today," said Lady Buc assistant coach Travis Sandlant. "This fall she has worked hard at her fitness level. I think that showed today after a long three-set win in the first round. Diana is a player that we expect big things from this season and it was good to see her get off to a good start in this tournament."
Joining Navrostskay with singles wins was sophomore Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain), who earned a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), victory over Winthrop's Lisa Wilkinson in the Flight A bracket. Unfortunately, for the 2008 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman team member, Marshall's Isabell Raich outlasted the Lady Buc letterwinner 6-2, 6-0, in her quarterfinal contest.
Junior Kelly Holtzhausen (Johannesburg, South Africa) also joined the winning ways, as the Tennessee Tech transfer dropped former teammate Laura Porras in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. However, like Jaime, Holtzhausen fell in her quarterfinal match to Marshall's Kristina Koprcina 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.
In doubles action the Lady Bucs continued their success as Jaime, and fellow sophomore teammate Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela), advanced to Saturday's quarterfinal round with a close 9-8 (7), win over the Virginia Tech team of Katie Blow and Yasmin Hamza.
"I'm proud of all our girls today," said Sandlant. "I thought know matter what the outcome was, that everyone of our players competed hard and played with great effort. This tournament features a number of good players and teams and overall our girls battled in a number of close matches. Hopefully, we can get that same intensity and attempt tomorrow."
Attached above is a link, courtesy of the Virginia Tech Athletic Department, with day one results.
For more information on the championship ETSU women's tennis team, please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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Clarkson University's David Powers to Be Named Professor Emeritus
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David L. Powers will be named professor emeritus at Clarkson University's 115th Commencement on Sunday, May 11. Powers is being honored for 41 years of exemplary service to the University.
A professor of mathematics, Powers has influenced several generations of undergraduate students as a professor, mentor and advisor. He has taught a majority of the undergraduate course offerings and also originated several courses, including mathematical modeling and advanced engineering math. He proposed the major in applied mathematics and statistics and initiated the department's current outreach program to new students and by directing the development of an online algebra refresher course and support courses for first-year students.
Powers earned his doctoral degree in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, and his bachelor of science and master of science degrees in mechanical engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Powers has authored several textbooks on differential equations and linear algebra, and authored the widely adopted text Boundary Value Problems, which is currently in its fifth edition and is the text for his signature course, Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems.
His principal area of research has been in graph theory, a topic on which he coauthored a monograph and supervised four doctoral students to completion. Powers has continued to pursue other areas of research that address a variety of topics in applied mathematics. He has been author or co-author of more than 60 research articles. His awards and honors have included an Organization of American States Fellowship, a Fulbright Lectureship, and several Clarkson awards for advising and computer applications.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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Alternative education center at Manchester's Stark House finds supportBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 09. 2013 9:19PM
MANCHESTER — A proposed alternative education center had a mostly positive reception at a community meeting Tuesday at the site of the facility on the city's North End.
New superintendent Debra Livingston joined Mayor Ted Gatsas in laying out the plan for the center, which would serve as an alternative school for struggling students in grades five through eight.
The meeting was held at 1234 North River Road, a state-owned facility known as the Stark House.
The building has been vacant for more than two years, and the state is willing to lease the building to the city for a dollar a year. The proposal is up for a vote at today's Executive Council meeting.
Gatsas said he was hopeful the center could be opened by the fall, but he said this would depend on being able to reallocate the state Medicaid dollars that he wants to use to fund the center. No money in the district's 2014 budget has been set aside for the facility.
In response to a question from a resident concerning the center's cost, Gatsas said: "I always have the taxpayer in mind in any decision, but I think this is going to be beneficial to the community and the city and the kids. If we can start early, that's going to be a burden we're not going to see later."
The center would serve an estimated 25 to 30 students in its first year.Another resident who said he recently purchased a home in the well-to-do neighborhood said the project "sounds great," but he said speeding cars on North River Road may pose a hazard.
"If we can make this a school zone, it could be win-win," he said.
Another resident raised the concern that the center would divert teachers from already understaffed schools.
Gatsas said it was possible that some current teachers would work in the school, but he said the district would apply for grants to hire additional staff.
Superintendent Livingston said such a center would likely require staff with specialized training.
"This kind of setting, the staff would be specially trained to handle kids who have a tough time, who academically are well behind," she said.
Gatsas also sought to draw a distinction between the center and the nearby Youth Development Center, which serves students with major behavioral problems. He maintained that the center would function like a school and students would be confined to the grounds. "This is going to be about kids sitting down and learning the ABC's," he said.
Resident Michelle Papanicolau, who works as an adviser at Nashua High School North, said having a center that caters to middle school-aged children was "a smart idea.""Sometimes students act out because they don't know what's happening in the classroom, so they act out to be the behavior problem, not the one who's not smart," she said.
The meeting was organized by Ward 1 Alderman Joyce Craig and was attended by several school board members, including Dave Wihby, Kathy Staub and Sarah Ambrogi, along with Alderman Pat Long.
Executive Councilor Chris Pappas, who represents Manchester, said he was confident the council would approve leasing the facility to the city.
"I just think it's important to serve this need in Manchester, especially with the disappearance of CHINS that really hurt our community," Pappas said, referring to state budget cuts to the Children In Need of Services program.
Pappas added, "This building is going to be taken care of in a way it hasn't been in the past couple years."
Gatsas said he was hopeful that the program could be up and running in a matter of months, but he said the first step was to get control of the building.
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In its Distribution Centers in Belgium and Germany, Avnet Logistics manages all inventory of Avnet EM EMEA's distributors.
- Both facilities handle product of about 170 electronic component suppliers. ERP-Systems control the product flow of over 200.000 different articles. The average value of inventory on stock exceeds 400 Million Euros.
- Both locations receive shipments from electronic components suppliers, perform incoming inspections, book shipments against the distributors purchase orders, store and ship the product. In order to prevent the supply of outdated products the Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) support a FIFO (First In First Out) strategy, based on product date codes.
- Avnet Logistics also executes logistic programs of the Avnet distributors, such as Just-In-Time and Kanban deliveries. Other specific services include bar coding, labeling, vacuum packing and breaking down reels to smaller reel quantities.
- Both warehouses have a combined capacity to ship 11.500 shipments per day to customers in countries throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.
- Avnet Logistics also takes care of all necessary paperwork required for exporting goods. To ensure that all applicable laws for duty, tax, export control and shipments are properly respected and all necessary information are recorded, Avnet Logistics runs its own Export Control program.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Politics cost me money
Arnold Schwarzenegger lost out on ''millions of dollars'' when he was the Governor of California.
The 'Last Stand' actor took a seven-year break from acting to pursue his political dreams and while he loved being able to give something back to the people of America, he admits it wasn't great for him financially.
The 66-year-old Austrian said: ''I always saw my movie career as ongoing. I stepped out for seven years to be Governor of California but I was never trying to be a career politician who runs for Congress and the Senate. I just felt since America has given me every opportunity to achieve in life. I should take time out to serve the people regardless of the lack of pay. I gave the money back, as a matter of fact.
''It was around $187,000 a year, which is petty cash... for me! I lost out on earning tens of millions of dollars and it also cost me - political campaigns are expensive - but none of that mattered. I wanted to help the people. It was the most educational thing I've ever done.''
Schwarzenegger says he was told not to bother entering the political world because nobody would vote him in.
He said: ''I was told if you run for governor you'll lose because people don't take people from showbusiness seriously when it comes to politics... blah, blah, blah. I've heard it all with the impossible thing but I didn't pay any attention because I believed.''


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Turner Prize-winning sculptor Tony Cragg emerged in the late 1970s with a bold practice that questioned and tested the limits of a wide variety of traditional sculptural materials, including bronze, steel, glass, wood, and stone. "I'm an absolute materialist, and for me material is exciting and ultimately sublime," he has said. Eschewing factory fabrication of his works, Cragg has been known to merge contemporary industrial materials with the suggestion of the functional forms of mundane objects and ancient vessels—like jars, bottles, and test tubes—resulting in sublime, sinuous, and twisting forms. One of his best-known works is Terris Novalis (1997), an enormous, enigmatic public steel sculpture of engineering instruments. "When I'm involved in making sculpture, I'm looking for a system of belief or ethics in the material," he says. "I want that material to have a dynamic, to push and move and grow.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Funeral services have been set for Caitlin Mary Nelson, a 20-year-old Sacred Heart University student who died Sunday.
Visitation is from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 7, at St. Helen's Church, 1600 Rahway Ave., Westfield, N.J.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at the church.
Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Nelson, a junior at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, died Sunday, three days after choking during a pancake-eating contest on campus.
She died of asphyxia due to obstruction of the airway by a small mass of food, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner said.
Related story: Sacred Heart University mourns the death of 20-year-old social work student
Last Sunday night's Mass at SHU's Chapel of the Holy Spirit was dedicated to Nelson. The event was attended by thousands of students, faculty and staff.
The service at SHU was followed by an impromptu candlelight vigil as community members consoled one another and offered prayers for her and her family and friends.
Nelson, a lifelong resident of Clark, N.J., was born May 3, 1996, in Summit, N.J. Her parents are Rosanne (Iuzzolino) Nelson and the late James A. Nelson, a Port Authority policeman who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center.
At SHU, Nelson was studying social work and was a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority, where she served as vice president of community service.
Nelson was also a member of Camp Sea Stars North and the Resiliency Center of Newtown.
At St. Helen's Church, she was a peer minister and a participant in the Catholic Heart Work Camp and Sr. Pat's Kids Camp.
"Caitlin gave in every aspect of her life, including donating her organs as a final act of giving," the obituary said.
She is survived by her devoted mother, Rosanne Nelson and her friend, John Fitzgerald; and her sister, Anne Catherine Vetri and her husband Frank.
She was predeceased by her father, James A. Nelson; her maternal grandparents, George and Anna Iuzzolino; and her paternal grandparents, Robert and Catherine Nelson.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to two organizations where she volunteered:
- Sr. Pat's Kids Camp, c/o of St. Helen's Church, 1600 Rahway Ave., Westfield, NJ 07090 or
- Camp Sea Stars North, c/o Resiliency Center of Newtown, 153 S. Main St., Newtown, CT 06470.
Arrangements were handled by Walter Johnson Funeral Home. Click here for more information or to leave an online condolence.
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If your kids aren't headed off to summer camp this year, you might be stumped as to what to possibly do to keep them entertained and keep you sane. And unfortunately where I live, fun, cultural and educational activities are rare jewels, so we typically have to venture off at least an hour to enjoy ourselves. But don't be discouraged if you live in Small Town, NC like me; North Carolina is chock full of other destinations that are well worth the travel time. I've…Continue
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Will Airlines Finally Lift The Ban On Electronics In The Sky?
We've all been there: you're sitting on your flight furiously texting away to let everyone in vacationland know your ETA. Then the flight attendant comes by and says to power that bad boy down. But do you? Or do you just tuck it into your pocket without fully complying?
According to The Week, a recent survey suggests that 40 percent of us fail to power off our electronics before take-off and landing anyway, so what's really happening? Are the pilots' gizmos and gadgets in the cockpit really at risk if passengers don't comply?
That depends on whom you ask.
The FAA has the rule in place because pilots file dozens of reports every year that suggest they are concerned that electromagnetic waves emitted by passengers' cell phones, MP3 players, laptops and tablets, etc. may be interfering with the aircraft's controls. So, that's scary stuff, right? But, and the big but here is, the evidence is theoretical at best.
Because, let's face it, if our personal electronics were as dangerous to flights as the FAA suggests, there would be problems every time we took to the air in a plane. Because, remember, 40 percent of us don't turn off our electronics anyway. Take into consideration, too, that above 10,000 feet, a growing number of airlines are allowing passengers to use the Internet onboard with Wi-Fi. And there have been no reports of dangerous interference here. So what gives?
According to The Week:
The FAA announced last year that it would conduct a thorough review of its electronic device policy—but didn't say when that review would be completed. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D–Mo.) has warned the FAA that if it doesn't soon relax its rules on e-readers and other portable electronics, she will introduce legislation forcing it to do so. "I'm big on getting rid of regulations that make no sense," she said, "and I think this is one.
But when might the ban end?
It could be within a year, but current guidelines require each airline to test every singlemake and model of each and every electronic device it wants the FAA to approve for each type of aircraft in its fleet. That's a whole lot of brands, makes and models of electronics to test!
What's your Instinct? Should electronics be allowed on flights?


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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand man pleaded guilty Thursday to running a $300 million Ponzi scheme, the country's largest ever.
Former Wellington financial adviser David Ross pleaded guilty to five charges of false accounting and theft. The 63-year-old has been jailed pending his sentencing in October.
Regulators say 1,200 investors lost paper returns of more than 380 million New Zealand dollars ($296 million) in the scheme. Serious Fraud Office acting manager Graham Gill said their out-of-pocket losses were at least NZ$115 million.
Ross first began managing funds in 1989. The Serious Fraud Office believes from its investigation that he began running the Ponzi scheme about mid-2000.
Regulators last year suspended his authorization to act as a financial adviser and his company, Ross Asset Management, was forced into bankruptcy.
Gill said Ross reported returns on clients' investments that never existed.
Ross faces up to 10 years' in prison on the most serious of the charges. Regulators aren't planning to file criminal charges against any others.


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Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2012.
Perhaps you are suffering from 'Awareness Week' fatigue? Haven't we had Depression Awareness week already?
It's Dementia Awareness Week too – isn't that just another sort of mental illness?
Perhaps you are fed up with stories of 'celebrity bipolar disorder' and see it as another manipulation of the media by attention hungry stars.
Maybe we should all just pull ourselves together, stop wallowing in self-pity and over-dramatising situations that others just deal with.
After all – all these people on benefits look perfectly healthy don't they? Some of them even laugh, go out, have friends. Why don't they get a job?
And why is that bloke in the next office always off sick? Aren't you stressed too? Perhaps you have shared your suspicions that he is shirking with your mates in Accounts. You can't understand why he doesn't just come back to work and face up to his responsibilities instead of heaping his work onto others.
And that chap that shouts and stares outside your local shops, well he is just scary isn't he? He isn't angry at not being able to make himself understood, or frightened because he can't understand himself. He's just bonkers. He might stab you. Why is he allowed out?
And all those Counsellors – in your Granny's day they didn't have counselling did they? She just got on with things. And your Grandad was called up to fight the Germans. Two of his comrades were shot right next to him weren't they? He didn't need therapy for combat stress.
And for God's sake – why do we all have to keep talking about it? Think positive and cheer up. You don't want to be made miserable by all these other sad buggers do you?
NOW. Listen to yourself. If you can read this and feel affirmation, read it again. And again.
Take a look at this website. And this one. Oh – and this one too.
Now tell me that we are all making it up; over-reacting; shirking responsibilities; attention-seeking. Tell me that it isn't an illness as debilitating and disabling as other, more noticeable conditions.
If you can't do that, or even question some of your ideas about mental health, then consider your own emotional well-being. Mental illness can, and does strike those who consider themselves least likely to be affected.
Take care of yourself.
Doing Good Does You Good is a campaign drawing attention to a report – Doing Good? – released today by the Mental Health Foundation. It indicates that:
- 76% of people feel that others in society are more selfish and materialistic than they were ten years ago
- 67% think that people are less likely to go out of their way to be kind to a stranger compared to ten years ago
The report looks at 'the evidence-base behind how helping others improves our own mental wellbeing and calls for people to carry out more acts of kindness'.
As someone whose mental health issues have been made worse by a desperate need to please and a desire to make other people happy at any cost, I think that this campaign is better aimed at those who think it could never happen to them…
The photograph at the top of this blog is by artist Nettie Edwards and will be included in the forthcoming publication Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, an anthology of prose and poetry written by those with experience of mental health issues.


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Hands up if you use Firefox. Have used it? Know about it? Heard of it? 'Sites up and down the World Wide Web today will be celebrating five years of Firefox. When I sat down to write this I worried about having to list the history of its features and landmark events and the news of the past five years. Other sites will be comprehensively doing that, there is nothing I can add to that list that Google can't surmise. Instead I will be telling you what Google does not know, my story of Firefox and what Firefox has meant to all of us.
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S. AgüeroManchester City Position: Attacker
Fan Choice
S. AgüeroManchester City Position: Attacker
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A. WhiteLeeds United Position: Midfielder
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S. AgüeroManchester City Position: Attacker
Team Ratings
Manchester City
C. Pantilimon
The Romanian had such an easy 90 minutes that he probably could have kicked back in a deck chair while sipping on a cocktail and gazing into the sky. He saved a free kick at the end of the first half, but had little else to do.
K. Touré
The experienced defender rarely looked troubled thanks to City's superiority and some effective shielding by Garcia. However, he made a mess out of several clearances and suffered a few wobbly moments.
P. Zabaleta
City's captain for the day had a comfortable outing. Diouf roamed about a bit and occasionally came up against the Argentine, but Zabaleta was calm and collected throughout.
A. Kolarov
City spent most of their time on the attack, therefore Kolarov had very little to do in terms of defending. However, for a full-back who did not do much defending, he was not as influential in attack as he would have liked. Generally a quiet afternoon.
M. Nastasić
The young defender continues to look a classy player, but he was hardly tested at all against Leeds. Most of the time he was keeping McCormack at bay, and he did so with ease.
Y. Touré
Sorely missed while at the Africa Cup of Nations and now that is back you get the feeling is trying to make up for lost time. Against Leeds he was a commanding presence from the first minute and he bagged an excellent goal as he rounded the goalkeeper after playing two one-twos.
David Silva
The Spaniard is not enjoying his best season in a City shirt, but he looked a lot better today. He played a role in three of City's goals, including a delightful lofted ball over the defence for Aguero's second. Overall he will be pleased with his influential display.
J. Milner
Playing against his former side, Milner received a great reception from both sets of supporters at the beginning of the match and he will be content with his performance. His passing was very positive as he generally looked for the ball in behind the defence, and his partnership with Zabaleta was solid.
Javi García
Yet to show much of the ability which persuaded City to spend so much money on him, but put in a decent shift today. Distribution-wise he was fairly conservative as he just looked to keep move ticking, but he did a good job in breaking play up. He was also an aerial threat from set-pieces.
C. Tévez
Alongside Aguero, City had a highly-interchangeable attack and that worked like a charm as the Leeds defenders chased shadows most of the time. Tevez was involved in most of City's threatening attacks and assisted Toure for the opener.
S. Agüero
Leeds had absolutely no hope of stopping the Argentine in this form. His link-up play with the City midfield was exceptional and he never gave the visitors' defence a moment of rest. Scored a penalty, got an assist and got City's fourth after a great Silva pass.
Leeds United
J. Ashdown
Neil Warnock has remained very loyal to Ashdown this season, contuining to play the second-choice goalkeeper despite playing top opposition. Against City, Ashdown did not produce any howlers, but he will be disappointed at being rounded by Toure for the opening goal.
S. Warnock
A battle between he and Milner looked set to begin towards the beginning of the match, but as the game went on Milner found himself roaming more and more. Luckily for Warnock that meant City posed little threat down the right and he had a fairly quiet afternoon.
L. Peltier
In the first couple of minutes the centre-back looked commanding as he put in a crunching tackle on Carlos Tevez. The match got a lot tougher as it went on, with the constant movement of the City attack causing Peltier plenty of headaches. He appeared more composed than his partner, but he'll be glad to see the back of Aguero and Co.
S. Byram
The presence of Silva, Aguero and Tevez meant he had plenty to deal with in the first half. However, in the second period the hosts seemed reluctant to attack down their left, meaning Byram had more license to get forward. Perhaps should have done better against Aguero for the third goal.
T. Lees
The younger of the Leeds central defenders, and that really showed at times. Tevez and Aguero had a field day against him on occasion, with the latter drawing a penalty out of the England Under-21 international after gliding past him like he wasn't there.
M. Brown
The midfielder notorious for causing trouble on the field had been constrained in previous clashes with Premier League sides this season, but today he let the cat out of the cage at times. Confrontations with Yaya Toure and Tevez immediately spring to mind, while he did not do a great deal on the ball.
R. Austin
The Jamaican midfielder sat very deep and patrolled across the width of the pitch. He made some very good tackles without being over the top like Brown, and he never stopped running for his team.
A. White
The least ineffectual of the Leeds midfield trio. Always offloaded the ball once he received it and rarely put tackles in.
E. Diouf
Tried to put his authority on Leeds attacks, but often he looked like he was trying to do everything himself. When he came deep he did not have much influence and he hardly touched the ball after halftime.
R. McCormack
This will be a match quickly forgotten by the Scot as he was verging on invisible in the first half and was then replaced at the break.
L. Varney
Has been given a hard time by Leeds fans at times this season for less than impressive displays, and today followed a similar pattern. Of course in Zabaleta he faced on of the Premier League's best right-backs so he can't be criticised too much, but he was virutally anonymous.
Replaced Tevez with about 25 minutes to go, filling in on the right just ahead of Zabaleta and he had little chance to impress.
J. Rodwell
The injury-prone midfielder had an extended cameo and looked fairly sharp without doing anything too spectacular.
E. Džeko
The Bosnian was given 10 minutes after coming on for Aguero and looked like a man who wanted to impress as he tested Ashdown from an unlikely angle. He should have crossed, however.


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Christina Aguilera rocks a bright blazer during an emotional performance of her hit song "Beautiful" at the Hurricane Sandy Telethon on Friday (November 2) in New York City.
"I was born in Staten Island. … We are here for you. We will do whatever we can to help. We will not leave any one of you behind, because every single one of you matters," the 31-year-old entertainer shared before she sang.
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The telethon also included performances by Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Mary J Blige and Jon Bon Jovi.
Later in the day, Christina made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
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LEBANON, Maine — Police reported a two-vehicle crash involving a church van with a dozen juvenile occupants early Saturday morning sent five to the hospital with injuries.
LEBANON, Maine — Police reported a two-vehicle crash involving a church van with a dozen juvenile occupants sent five to the hospital with injuries early Saturday morning.
The Lebanon Rescue Department, Maine State Police and Lebanon Fire Department were dispatched to the area of Carl Broggi Highway near the intersection of Little River Road and Depot Road at approximately 9:30 a.m.
According to a press release, a Ford Econoline van had been traveling east on Carl Broggi Highway, operated by a 29-year-old woman from Hampstead, N.H. The operator reportedly slowed for the traffic light at Depot Road and an eastbound 2003 Toyota Corolla driving behind the van, operated by a 23-year-old woman from Shapleigh, Maine, attempted to stop as well. The Toyota then slid and hit the rear of the van, according to reports, which caused extensive damage to its front.
Assistant Lebanon Rescue Chief Jason Cole noted in a press release his emergency response vehicle was almost struck by two other vehicles on the road due to icy conditions while responding to the scene.
Cole added officials were on scene a few minutes after the accident occurred. There, they determined the van had 12 occupants inside and was transporting children to a church in Sanford, Maine from Derry.
Mutual aid ambulances from Sanford and North Berwick, Maine were called to the scene to assist Lebanon ambulances in transporting patients to the hospital.
The five patients, all from the church van, were transported to Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, with non-life threatening injuries. The individuals have been identified as children ranging in age from 12 to 16, and are all residents from Derry, Hudson and Salem.
The operator of the Toyota Corolla was not injured in the accident and her vehicle was towed from the scene.
The accident remains under investigation by Maine State Police.
"We would like to remind motorists when they see an accident scene ahead to start slowing down gently ahead of the accident instead of waiting until they are at the scene and applying their brakes," Cole said. "We had a couple close calls with cars sliding at the accident scene and almost hitting emergency responders working on injured patients."


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posted by David Adams on Tue 5th Aug 2008 21:15 UTC, submitted by peskypescado
I have recently been in the market for a new smartphone. The iPhone looks like some nice hardware and I'm already an AT&T customer, but after Apple's trend of pulling Apps from iTunes lately I'm just not buying. Apple has proven to me that I don't want to live in a closed ecosystem. It made me realize what my real issue with Apple is: their business practices.


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Let's Return To The Gold Standard
Last week, I was perusing the latest issue of The American Spectator (yes, I'm a subscriber and have been since 1994). In it I found a terrific article about returning to The Gold Standard.
First, though, you should read this note from Santa. It fits in well here as he discusses the future and a likely return to a gold-based monetary system.
by Santa Sinclair
My Dear Extended Family,
The replacement of lost liquidity is NOT arithmetic. Booms, like busts, turn geometric on their liquidity effect because of the impact of mass financial psychology. Management of Perspective Economics primarily operated by mainstream media can make the gestation period of this event long, but it cannot reverse the underlying process.
With there being no question whatsoever that a credit event is on the near horizon for Greece, there is no avoidance of a further haircut in the valuation of Greek debt held by international banks, primarily Euroland institutions. What you take away with one hand you must provide with another if the banking system of Euroland is to remain viable. As you haircut (reduce in value for balance sheet considerations) Greek debt you reduce the value of that debt held as assets of financial institutions, therein reducing their viability to borrow in order to conduct their banking activities. This mark down is in full gear as speculation advertises to the world that the next step in this Greek tragedy is a haircut of value to just 30%.
How is it possible for the Euro wizards of words to punish Greek debt severely but not hammer others equally now under assault both by mainstream media as well as the undertakers of bond ratings in the USA?
The argument takes a position that the International Swaps and Derivative Association, which is made up of the manufacturers of these devices, will not self immolate by declaring credit events to be credit defaults. This is the ultimate irreversible can kick directly into the dead end sign at the end of the road of postponement to perdition.
Financial currency inflated hell by global debt monetization is the condition from which there is no escape, except though burning down the old system and making a new one. This is the dead end sign at the end of the road for can kicking. It is the condition of financial perdition. It is not something coming in a distant future. It is here and now, clear and present, if you have the eyes to see.
The means to this end is the combination of sick sovereign debt, risk insurance issued against the default of debt without sufficient liquid capital to do so, and the fact that those entities who issued this insurance are themselves and in truth illiquid under strain thanks to the capitulation of FASB on true market value of their legacy and other assets. This is the construction of the house of financial cards that will not survive intact during the period of 2012 to 2015. This is what gold at $1700 is indicating to those unfortunate enough to understand the practical workings of a system whose life force has been stolen to a degree that can only be deemed epic.
Never in written history has anything this size occurred where trillions has been bled away from an economic system with impunity. In all history when this has occurred the then monetary system imploded, to be replaced always by a commodity based money. That is what the Retenmark was in the Weimar experience. This is what the virtual reserve currency will be that replaces the US dollar in the next three years. The commodity currency definition will be derived by a connection to the gold held by the central banks of all the currencies that make up the Western world averaged virtual currency. This virtual currency will be a computer based settlement mechanism that cannot be traded in by other than central banks on behalf of trade settlement. Each contributing nation will also contribute to a universal M3 that will be the percentage measure of gold's value to determined percentage-wise appreciation of depreciation, constituting value of the position held by each central bank in gold. Few if any central banks need to make transactions to adjust value as the squids of the world will invent derivatives upon which to speculate on the value of gold as a product of the growth or contraction of the western world M3.
This is not by any means a gold convertible system. This is not by any means a perfect system. There will be automaticity in this system but an agreement only by members to perform as above. However this system will work the same as the Retenmark worked. When the need becomes so great to believe in something solid anything that sounds solid has and will again work.
Only a resurgence of business based on solid foundations of equity and not debt can do the final clean up and provide a door to a better future.
No politician anywhere can do the necessary without causing the explosion of the results being heard almost as a new big bang. We are going to inflate this debt away or those in power will be swept away by the violence inherent in the suffering citizen.
Gold and only those things gold will provide the bridge to maintaining a lifestyle, maintain some freedom of choice and most importantly give you options you would not otherwise have. This has been as it always has been and will continue so. The drama of the market is nothing but that – sound and fury presaging but not defining change.
Do not allow anything to deter you from holding that which will build your bridge to tomorrow safely.
I am personally 100% in. It is my intention to hold as much gold as possible lending to me leverage without borrowing or margin. What was done in the 70s cannot be done now because we are only on the cusp of the volatility in the price of gold and it is already impossible to carry leverage except in the manner I have devised for myself participated in by others. I invite you to join with me.
This is a lonely road we are on where its direction does not tend to make friends. The road to freedom of any kind never does.
Stay focused. "Non Carborumdum Est," do not let the hateful, vengeful bashers get you down.
So, anyway, back to the article in The American Spectator. After I read it, I immediately headed to my MacBook to see if I could find a digital copy. No such luck...the article wasn't yet available. Then, today, turdite "Kevin" published a link in the previous thread. Hooray!
Here's the thing: We all know that the current, fiat-based system is failing and will likely soon die a spectacular death. However, there is so very little good information on a gold-based monetary system that anyone looking for something useful to help persuade others is often frustrated by the ignorance and outright disinformation that permeates academia and the media. This article by longtime WSJ writer and editor George Melloan successfully refutes the nonsense spouted by gold's opponents while simultaneously making a clear and understandable case for a gold-based system. First up, here is a link to Mr. Melloan's bio:
And here is a link to the article, via The American Spectator website. I encourage you to read it carefully and perhaps consider printing it and/or sending it to your friends.
Have a great evening. TF
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Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen!
Success to you...
Thank you Mr. President.....
If elected, just make me Ambassador to Electric Ladyland. That's all I ask.
Heck, if you're going to a gold standard in your election campaign then this old poster seems ideal.
Maybe we can get Pining to super-impose your head and a yellow hat into this pic.
Campaign poster showing William McKinley holding U.S. flag and standing on gold coin "sound money", held up by group of men, in front of ships "commerce" and factories "civilization".
Love that Campaign Poster
Santa is bang on - he certainly has a way to cut through to what really matters - cutting out all the day to day noise. The best part, IMO;
"Gold and only those things gold will provide the bridge to maintaining a lifestyle, maintain some freedom of choice and most importantly give you options you would not otherwise have. This has been as it always has been and will continue so. The drama of the market is nothing but that – sound and fury presaging but not defining change. Do not allow anything to deter you from holding that which will build your bridge to tomorrow safely."
Spectator article is also very good. Already sent it to a few family members. (Although they won't take it seriously).
EDIT: Have not added a News Cartoon for a few days, so here is the latest.
we have about as much of a chance of going back to the gold standard as turd becoming pres.
buy facebook stock. that's what all the cool kids are doin.
I'm going to preemptively say
let's talk about anything other than taxes! :)
Harvey says lease rates dropped?
But I'm not seeing it on kitco... at least, nothing dramatic today...
"Today the lease rates on silver have plummeted and thus a raid tomorrow is probably
a forgone conclusion. They need to force the silver longs to pitch away their contracts."
- http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2012/02/greece-bailout-yes-or-nothe-usa-2013.html
Kitco Lease Rates for silver:
So what's he talking about? Am I just clueless? I see they've been steadily dropping since beginning february, but I see no large dip today?
ETA: I think he just used the wrong words, he was clearly referring to Saturday's GATA article noting lease rates had "plunged into negative territory" in the last few weeks. Which is true and obvious from teh chart...
Sorry, Turd
Sorry Turd. But supporting a gold standard, according the the FBI and DHS, makes you some sort of person of interest. Next thing you are going to say is you pay cash for items you desire.
Therefore, I can no long er visit this site, recommend other to visit, follow your waive and sage advice, or do anything to promote you or your dangerous radical ideas.
Fare thee well, Turd.
PS - safe a room at Gitmo for me!
I'm all for it Turd...
But can you have the picture corrected so it doesn't say "others"...the grammar just doesn't work, lol. And hopefully Mr. Paul isn't considered a fool...can you make him head of the Fed so that he can destroy it as soon as possible?
Turd 2012 and beyond!!!
Mr. President...
Reference Point - Gold Standard
Turd, If you want to read about a good way to implement a "new" gold standard. You got to read FOFOA.blogspot.com.
The World Bank President has actually mentioned this reference point gold.
gotta wonder
how much all those derivatives would be worth.........
Or is it: how much would gold be worth?
Gold Standard
Ain't going to happen. The world will see world war 3 before that happens. You can mark my words on that. I know that sounds rather end of the world like....but trust me. These pieces of shit would rather watch the world die before they ever let that happen. Just, because they can.
A Little Bubbling At The Surface...
Sorry exbroker but it MUST happen
SaveAmerica1st- good catch
I rewrote that in a last minute rush and totally missed the error... my bad. Oh well, maybe TF can make me Sekretary of Educashion!
Gold is the Answer to Currency...Latest from James Rickards
Rickards: You can not take the dollar for granted. I think there is a sense among many of the policy makers and Federal Reserve board governors that the dollar will always be the key reserve currency, and there is no good alternative. Therefore, you can borrow or print as much as you want and have as much debt as you desire. The thinking is that we will eventually grow and pay it back, or there will be inflation or some other remedy. The belief that the dollar is a punching bag that will never break is incorrect.
What would happen if.....
The U.S. and all of the countries in the dollar index simultaneously devalued their currencies 25% ?
Would the dollar remain at 79.12 (currently), or would it go down 25%?
I'm probably wrong, but wouldn't it remain the same since all of the currencies would move down by the same amount?
I know inflation would go thru the roof. Anyway....just something I was thinking about.
Mr T (and Santa)
You're (both) on the right side and pulling for a sound economic system
But i'm with Martin Armstrong on this one, at least as far as saying a Gold or Silver standard is no solution. Both heavy metals have been used before and both have also been trashed (debased)
The problem we have here is problem solving.
Here's where i diverge from Mr Armstrong in that everyone wants one (monopoly) money system replaced by another (monopoly) money system.
The problem with any monopoly, public or private, is the people in charge are all-powerful and it goes to their heads. They end up spending too much which leads us to the reason both Fiat money AND Gold and Silver money has been debased throughout history, DEBT
ONLY a free competitive market (ie. no rules whatsoever) with competing money systems will provide longevity, constant benifical change and the kicking out of the crap.
No man, committee, institution or group of the most brilliant experts in history has or will ever out-think the free market
..is everyone crystal clear on that point?
Let us all do ourselves a favour (and stop playing God) and advocate for a free market in money ...not a new monopoly. The Free Market works (if you let it). Let the competition begin
What was Bernanke doing in Greece today?
The best and most current stuff on the gold standard is Rickards' book, "Currency Wars".
Love that Santa, smart man,
Love that Santa, smart man, but wish somebody could be his personal editor. Simple english always works better, especially when dealing with complex ideas.
DXY Reval
Remember the Euro is over 60% of DXY. If there was a significant devaluation of all currencies in the DXY, the dollar would soar.
Interestingly, I don't think it would affect the POG for long. Sure, we would see a drop, bit imo the POG would pop right back up.
Interesting thought experiment.
This is happening btw, continual, gradual debasement of all currencies. if it happened all at once there would be chaos....commodities panic, oil through the roof, food shortages, rough times...
More likely, eventually, we will see a revaluation of the dollar itself against gold. That's exactly why I buy gold. THAT's when inflation explodes, and you'd do well to make sure you can feed yourself for a year or two WHEN this happens. Won't be long now. 2015 at the OUTSIDE, probably sooner as the global economy sours.
DPH, Bernanke was about...
to get Greeked with his bumbershoot...by some jack booted riot cop with a bad attitude, wouldn't you say?
OBummer May Oust Troops Involuntarily
OBummer May Oust Troops Involuntarily to Meet Reductions in Budget Plan
The Defense Department may have to force soldiers, Marines or other members of the military out of the services for the first time since the aftermath of the Cold War to achieve the spending reductions in its budget proposal.
The Pentagon plans to cut 67,100 soldiers from active and reserve Army units and the Army National Guard in the five years starting Oct. 1, as well as 15,200 from the active and reserve ranks of the Marine Corps as part of an effort to save $487 billion over a decade, according to the budget sent to Congress today. The Navy and Air Force would lose fewer people -- 8,600 and 1,700 respectively -- because of their role in a strategic shift toward the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East.
The military will first try buying out contracts or offering bonuses for people to leave, while working to keep those with valuable specialties such as cyber warfare and acquisitions, according to Travis Sharp, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington policy group, who attended a Pentagon briefing for analysts last month.
"I was surprised that they were going to complete the reductions to the Army and the Marine Corps in just five years," Sharp said in an interview before the budget was released. "What they told us is that they will try to use those types of positive incentives to the greatest extent possible, but that involuntary separations would probably still be necessary." <Article>
Welfare for Illegal Aliens, but let's cut the military while we're still fighting wars and plan on starting new ones.....
If the government was serious about cutting, then, Yes, it would have to reduce the military significantly, but this is all a ploy and its so obvious.... like the military/industrial complex will let them wind down the hundreds of billions going into their coffers.
A Taste of OBummer 2013 Budget Proposal
Unbelievable. Totally. The Title of the Budget is still full of irony... "America Built to last"....... what he should add..... "for another few minutes before I tear this house down!"
From Americans for Tax Reform:
The capital gains rate will rise from 15% today to 23.8% next year. That's because the Obama budget assumes the pre-2001 capital gains rate of 20% for investors earning more than $250,000 per year. On top of this, the Obamcare surtax on investment will raise this rate to 23.8%. Separately, capital gains earned as "carried interest" will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates.
The dividends rate will raise from 15% today to 43.4% next year. The Obama budget proposes taxing dividends for investors making more than $250,000 per year at ordinary income tax rates, which will rise to a top rate of 39.6% under the budget. In addition, the Obamacare surtax on investors will combine to nearly triple the tax rate on dividends in just one year.
The real tax rate on capital gains and dividends is actually even higher than this. Since taxes on dividends and capital gains are a cascaded double taxation on savings, the rate is actually far higher than this. Before being taxed to investors as capital gains and dividends, the money first faced taxation as corporate profits. The U.S. has the highest corporate income tax rate in the developed world at 35%. When factoring this in, the Obama budget is actually proposing a capital gains tax rate of 50.5% and a dividends rate of 63.2%. That would leave U.S. employers and savers at a severe competitive disadvantage.
"But investors headed for the exits in recent days, with a particularly sharp selloff Friday, on fears that Greek politicians might scupper austerity measures demanded by international bodies as a condition of a bailout. Now that Greece's parliament has approved the package, the market's fear of a disorderly default or a Greek withdrawal from the euro zone has receded, at least temporarily—although more tests lie ahead in gaining bailout approval from the euro zone."
This argues the contrary. We'll see in the morning.
The Crazy World of Paul Krugman....
....otherwise known.... as I'm Mr. Big!
cutting the military?
Sounds a lot like a layoff to me--especially if you signed up because you could not land a good job in the civilian economy.


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The Oakland Athletics reassigned RP Fernando Cabrera, SS Grant Green, P Yadel Marti, OF Jai Miller. C Anthony Recker, 2B Steven Tolleson and 2B Jemile Weeks to the minor league camp Sunday, March 20, reports Susan Slusser, of the San Francisco Chronicle. The team also optioned P Trystan Magnuson and OF Michael Taylor to the minors.
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The Oakland Athletics have invited 20 non-roster players to spring training, according to MLB.com's Jane Lee. Among those on the invitation list are OF's Matt Carson, Jai Miller and Michael Choice; C's Anthony Recker and Max Stassi, SS Grant Green, 2B Jemile Weeks, 3B's Wes Timmons and Andy LaRoche, SS Josh Horton; RP's Fernando Cabrera, Vinnie Chulk, Gabe DeHoyos and Willie Eyre; and P's Joe Bateman, Danny Farquhar and Yadel Marti.
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Edge-of-space skydiver grounded by ANOTHER bout of bad wind
Baumgartner's mission still on hold
Updated Skydiving Felix Baumgartner, his mind filled with dreams of reaching supersonic speeds in the highest-ever free fall attempted by a human being... is still sitting in the desert twiddling his thumbs.
Adverse winds over New Mexico, where he will attempt to land after his death-defying plummet from the edge of space, have once again delayed his launch.
The 120,000ft skydive that will send the Austrian hurtling towards the ground at speeds of up to 690mph was scheduled to go ahead yesterday, but delayed by 24 hours by the weather. And it looks unlikely that the jump will go ahead today either.
The live video feed from the launch site is frozen on a picture of the sky, and the mission is described as "on weather hold". Punters can watch the excitement on the RedBull Stratos site – it's mainly people on mobile phones sometimes walking past the camera.
The huge balloon that will lift the space-suited Austrian is extremely fragile, and that's the part of the mission that will go wrong if conditions are anything other than perfect.
The earliest possible time the titanium-balled jumper will take off today, if at all, is 1730 GMT. ®
Red Bull has cancelled an attempt at the launch on Tuesday after rising winds slammed its fragile balloon onto the desert sands.
The balloon still needed another 20 minutes of inflation but the capsule was attached when the wind picked up and the launch was called off. Felix Baumgartner has left the capsule and the Stratos team are now checking the balloon for damage; it has brought along a spare just in case.
Baumgartner has been up since 2am preparing for the mission and spent over an hour breathing oxygen to flush nitrogen out of his system before getting into his suit.
He will now have to wait for a weather update for tomorrow. Preliminary reports suggest the winds may be too strong, the team reports, and the chances for a successful launch will only decline as the month progresses.
Mission abort due to heavy winds. #straos #livejump— Red Bull Stratos (@RedBullStratos) October 9, 2012


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If you would like to help test the upcoming 1.4.0 release then grab a snapshot from here
I will be updating this link every time I build a new snapshot.
There has been a massive rewrite to the port so a lot has changed.
Be sure to read the keybindings section of the wiki.
N810 is currently fully supported (I have one) and N900 isn't tested yet.
EDIT (OCT 11) New functionality introduced for N800: "Fullscreen" key now invokes the virtual keyboard.
Please test this if you can because I am not sure I am detecting the N800 correctly. On non-N800 tablets, the fullscreen key still toggles fullscreen.Last edited by tsoliman on Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:38 am; edited 25 times in total
Hi Tarek!
Could you post the folder structure for the Lands of Lore CD?
I pulled all of the files from inside each of the folders and clumped them all into one folder.
This usually works for SCUMM.
It's probably not the case for this game.
My GENERAL.PAK, like all the files, is on the root of my Lands of Lore folder.
I'm currently using your scummvm_1.4.0~git5e8562d_armel build.
Any advice?
quote: Originally posted by SmothermunchieAny advice? :)
Keep the folder structure as is on the CD in the game's folder. The datafiles page tells that too, i.e. notice how it tells you to copy the directories.
quote: Originally posted by SmothermunchieAny advice? :)
Thank you Horto!
Hi Tarek.
I posted this yesterday.
It seems like it was a really small bug with your release.
I replied.
Thanks for testing.
Whatever you did fixed this.
quote: Originally posted by SmothermunchieThanks!
Whatever you did fixed this.
A bug was fixed in the way AGI commands are handled. Updating to the latest ScummVM version should fix this - I believe here that the problem was that the Maemo version was and older daily version...(?)
quote: Originally posted by SmothermunchieThanks!
Whatever you did fixed this.


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When day dims into dark at the San Joaquin County Fair, the midway turns into a sensory experience.
When day dims into dark at the San Joaquin County Fair, the midway turns into a sensory experience.
The smell of freshly made curly fries wafts through the air. Rainbows of fluorescent color the night. Screams of excitement, and fright, from rides called Whirlwind, Tornado and Orbiter mix with mechanical swooshes.
Two teenage girls skip by on the pitted pavement between thrills, picking up speed to secure a seat on the next go round of another ride.
"A winner every time," the worker manning a darts game barks.
Patrons of all ages try their luck along a brightly lit game lane.
It's $2 for a dart at one booth, where neon balloons wait for a quick hit.
At Buoy Pitch, young Paul Woodring launches small pingpong balls into the air, trying to land one in the many floating targets. The New Jersey boy, 7, wears a flashy full face mask with black spikes on top.
His sister Morgan, 9, is next to him, taking her own shot at the game of chance.
Parents Paul and Megan Woodring, in the area for a wedding, watch their children as foot traffic picks up.
"It's fun," Morgan said of the games.
The showcase Ferris wheel is backed by the near full moon as riders are stopped at the top, briefly, while more load on.
Underneath a sky saturated by the lights, Monserat Franco, 10, Ana Pena, 16, and Angela Franco, 12, sit on padded stools, hands gripped on the triggers of water guns.
When the bell sounds, the three work to steady their individual guns, aiming small water streams into flower-shaped targets. When the bell sounds again, the winner is at the other end of the row.
Challenging, the three agree.
"We're just playing games, meeting people," Pena said. "Seeing different things."
As the next match begins, chairs now fuller, the girls make a quick dash to the Magic Dragon across the path.
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(AP) — Reducing the size of the Chicago City Council has come up in conversations with voters and aldermen, but a spokesman for Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel said he hasn't proposed it.
Emanuel transition spokesman Ben LaBolt responded Friday to a Chicago Sun-Times story that said Emanuel had broached the subject of cutting the 50-member City Council in half to save money.
The former White House chief of staff is working feverishly to put together an administration so he's ready to take office next month. Emanuel is replacing retiring Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
Emanuel is under pressure to deal with the city's budget crisis.
The Sun-Times said it costs Chicago taxpayers spend $19.5 million a year for the 50 aldermen and another $4.7 million for their 19 standing committees.


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Joe Peron, about to begin his 17th season as Pasadena City College women's basketball head coach,
joins five other individuals as the 2012 class of the John Muir High School Alumni Hall of Fame. The
Muir HOF ceremony takes place on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. held at the high school's Rufus Mead
Auditorium. It is free to the public.
This is the 25th class of the JMHSAHOF, a group made up of 112 distinguished honorees. In the
inaugural class of 1988, both PCC alums and brothers, Jackie and Mack Robinson, were inducted
and in 1990, it was PCC alumnus and Major League Baseball 400-home run hitter Darrell Evans who
was honored. All three are members of both the PCC Sports Hall of Fame and Dick Ratliff Court of
Champions. There are several other former PCC sports alumni who also are members of the Muir
Peron attended Muir from 1978-1981, playing on league title teams in varsity basketball his final
two seasons. He was voted the team's best defensive player award as both a sophomore and a
senior. In 1983, Peron played as a point guard on the PCC men's basketball state finalist team. He
went on to attend Biola University where he played on a national NAIA champion team in 1984 and
was an All-American honorable mention.
Peron's job as a head coach at PCC has become a legendary body of work. Peron directed the
Lancers to the 2009 state championship, the first team state title in the college's women's sports
history. Peron coached six South Coast Conference champion squads as well as lead Pasadena to
three state final games in 2004, 2005, and '09. His 390 career coaching victories are the most in
PCC basketball history (men or women) and he holds an impressive .790 winning percentage.
"Anytime you can be placed into a group that includes Jackie Robinson, you feel like a part of
history," Peron said of his induction. "Muir High was my starting point and PCC is my home. I'm
touched to receive this honor."
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