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The appropriation, "General expenses, Coast Guard," shall be available, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, for the payment of traveling and subsistence expenses of teachers while actually employed by States or private persons to instruct the children of keepers of lighthouses.
33 U.S. Code § 748. Teachers for children of lighthouse keepers
"Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Lighthouse Service" on authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, § 2(a), set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred and consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part, with Coast Guard.
All functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2) of Pub. L. 89–670, however, provided that notwithstanding such transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in time of war or when President directs as provided in former section 3 (now 103) of Title 14, Coast Guard. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.


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text: Underperformance in European equities is unwarranted Market analysis - 9/16/2016 Although it was not a particularly busy week for economic statistics and results, markets turned hesitant ahead of next Wednesday's Fed and Bank of Japan meetings. It is highly unlikely the Fed will hike rates in September but investors will be watching for any statements so as to anticipate a later move. The Bank of Japan's statements will also be scrutinised as it wants to get inflation higher and preserve the bank sector by helping to restore the yield curve. European equities USequities Japaneseequities Emergingmarkets Commodities Corporatedebt In fact, some strengthening of the curve occurred in Japan as well as in Europe and the US at the beginning of the week before stabilising mid-week. In Europe, spreads between peripheral countries and Germany widened in recent days as risk aversion increased across the board. As far as asset allocation is concerned, we view year-to-date underperformance in European equities as unwarranted. Results have been in line with US stocks, earnings expectations are being revised higher and lending has resumed to households and non-financial companies. European equities top of page Europe started and finished the week on the back foot as volatility rose, trading volumes fell and the oil price retreated. This took place just a week ahead of a Fed decision on an interest rate hike which looks increasingly unlikely. Bank, insurance and energy stocks were the worst hit while defensives fared better. In company results, luxury stocks came under attack despite Richemont reporting in line with expectations. Watch industry figures continued to reflect problems with inventories and were not offset by jewellery sales. Hermès decided to stop issuing detailed guidance on sales, the only company which had hitherto done so, and markets interpreted the decision as a profits warning. The stock plunged 8% on the news despite upbeat half-year figures which showcased improved sales and profitability. H&M's August sales were disappointing (+7% when the consensus was expecting +12%) and its stock levels looked risky. Zodiac returned to 3.9% in like-for-like growth in the fourth quarter and other company announcements suggested that the group had returned to normal trading conditions. A new CFO has been appointed. Renault said global sales had risen 8.6% in July and 22.2% in August, a performance that reflected strong momentum in its new range and a good balance between Europe and the rest of the world. Ongoing growth rates and cost reductions scheduled for the second half suggest 2016 results could be good. In M&A, Monsanto finally succumbed to Bayer's bid proposals after weeks of talks. The USD 66bn deal will be funded by debt and a rights issue. Bayer expects the tie-up to be earnings enhancing from 2018, the new entity's first full year. In contrast, Praxair and Linde abandoned talks over a friendly merger due to disagreements over the location and role of the future head office. US equities top of page Markets edged higher after the previous Friday's steep fall when volatility surged. Retail sales ex autos and energy slipped 0.1% when they were expected to rise 0.3%. August industrial production fell 0.4% compared to the previous month while industrial capacity utilisation was in line with the 75.5% expected. Among a crop of acquisitions in the semiconductor sector, Renesas Electronics acquired Intersil for USD 3.22bn, a 43.9% premium. Renesas hopes to complete the deal before June 2017. Elsewhere, the Monsanto/Bayer deal is the largest ever all-cash bid. Apple jumped 9% after operators Sprint and T-Mobile said the new iPhone 7 was seeing very strong demand (Apple had refused to communicate on the subject). General Motors unveiled the characteristics of its future electric car, the Bolt, in a sign of its determination to unseat Tesla. Bolt will be marketed this year and will run for 380km after a full charge. This is more than Tesla's Model 3 which is expected to be launched in 2017 with a range of 345km. Bolt will be priced in the same USD 37,500 range as Tesla models. Over the last 5 trading sessions, only technology managed to advance thanks to Apple. Energy and commodity stocks both fell sharply. Japanese equities top of page Following a decline in US stock and oil prices, Japanese indices ended the week at a three-week low with the Topix down 3,3%. Financials were the worst performing sector. As speculation grew that the BoJ might deepen its negative interest rate policy at next week's committee meeting, major banks such as Resona, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, MUFG and SMFG fell sharply on the potential hit to margins. The Real Estate sector was also hit with three mega developers, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo and Mitsui down by 4%, 4,9%, and 5,7% respectively. On the other hand, market participants now expect the central bank to reduce purchases of long term 20/30-year bonds so as to steepen the yield curve. That would benefit investors in long term debt, particularly life assurance companies. As a result, the yield on 20 year JGBs increased to a six-month high and T&D Holdings rose by 4%, making the life assurance company the week's top performer among Topix large 100 names. Nintendo initially climbed on news that it would be launching a new Mario game series for iPhones, but ended the week 3,7% lower as investors locked in profits. Emerging markets top of page Emerging market stocks continued to fall throughout the week as growing concerns over the ability of central banks to stimulate global growth led to their worst run in three months. However, losses were pared towards the end of the week as the odds of a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike receded. China's credit expansion saw a strong rebound in August with new loans coming in at RMB 2.4 trillion. Near-term growth was mainly fuelled by a property boom in the biggest cities. August macroeconomic data showed an improvement in the country's economic outlook. Industrial production (IP) grew 6.3% YoY in August, beating expectations of +6.2% and July's +6%. Two of the bright spots were higher manufacturing and increased electric vehicle production. Record-breaking winds and heavy rains disrupted transport and led to power outages as super typhoon Mirant cut a path across Southern Taiwan and headed towards China. Thailand's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for its 11th consecutive meeting, the longest streak on record, as an economic recovery continued to gain momentum. Although Indonesian exports fell 0.7% in August from a year earlier, this was far better than the 10.6% drop forecast by economists and could signal a turnaround for a sector that had been in decline for almost two years. The Indian telecoms sector saw some consolidation when Reliance Communications announced the demerger of its wireless operations into a 50/50 joint venture with Maxis (Aircel's promoter) to create the 4th-largest telecom operator. The deal is likely to be completed in the first half of 2018. India's trade deficit remained at a low USD 8bn in August or within the range seen in the last couple of months. Commodities top of page This week's headline event was the sharp fall in the oil price on worries over excess supply. Trading in metals was more mixed. Brent crude lost USD 2 to 45. The sell-off was primarily on rising concerns of increased production in Nigeria and Libya. The Nigerian situation seems to be improving -Exxon resumed exports from Qua Iboe in July- and Libya's national company NOC lifted force majeure in the country's ports after the national army under General Hafter took over the oil terminals. NOC also said it could increase output by 300,000 b/d by next month from today's 300,000 b/d. Pre-revolution levels were at 1.4 million b/d. The IEA, OPEC and the EIA all released their monthly reports. The IEA had the biggest market impact after revising down demand growth expectations for 2016 by 0.14 million b/d to 1.28 million. The agency cited slowing demand in China and India. We confess we are rather surprised by this move as Chinese demand and future prospects still look positive: crude imports rose 24% in August and domestic production has not stopped declining and fell 9.9% YoY in the same month. And according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), auto sales have also risen 12.7% to 14.2 million YTD. Demand in India is equally strong and even increased to 11.4% YoY. The agency also revised down its forecasts for demand in 2017. All 3 agencies have revised up non-OPEC output for 2017 to reflect US drillers resuming production. After last week's plunge in inventories due to tankers being unable to dock in the US, the market was expecting stocks to return to normal. Instead, they slipped a little but investors preferred to focus on a 35,000 b/d rise in US production, 30,000 of which came from Alaska. Corporate debt top of page Credit September 21 is the new target date for any decision on rates from the Bank of Japan and the US Fed. In the meantime, credit markets saw fresh volatility and indices widened. The Main ended at 72 while the Xover widened to 336. In investment grade, inflows remained strong thanks to the ECB and also the CSPP which has bought more than EUR 23bn in bonds since it was launched in June. The new issues market was calmer. Novartis, BP and ENI sold debt with rather long maturities and Saint-Gobain issued a zero-coupon bond with a 3 and- a-half year maturity. The week was notable for high volume on the High Yield new issues market as it reopened after the summer break. There were 7 new issues including Ziggo, the Dutch cable operator (JV Liberty/Vodafone) which raised more than EUR 3bn to refinance and cover the payment of a dividend. As well as GFKL (financial services) and Thom Europe (jewellery), car rental company Hertz refinanced its euro and US dollar debt by raising more than EUR 1bn. Financials were affected by the USD 14bn+ fine levied by the US Department of Justice on Deutsche Bank for mortgage mis-selling during the 2007-8 crisis. SwissLife issued a perpetual NC 10 bond with a 4.5% coupon. Convertibles "Like London buses…" After months of waiting, we saw the third successive week of robust primary activity in the convertible bond market, this time in all regions around the world. Having said last year that it wanted to sell Vimpelcom (one of the world's largest integrated telecom operators, primarily operating in Russia), Telenor came to market with a jumbo deal – a USD 1bn 0.25% 3-year convertible bond - which proved a huge success and rose as far as 106 in early trading. In the US, Oasis Petroleum (OAS) issued a USD 275m 2.625% senior unsecured 2023 maturity, the proceeds of which will be used to tender for a portion of the company's 2019-2023 unsecured notes. In Asia, just before the mid-Autumn Festival, Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (Thailand's largest meat and feed producer) offered USD 300m of 5Y convertibles exchangeable into CP All shares (the country's largest convenience store operator); the proceeds will be used to repay existing debt and/or on general corporate purposes. In Japan, after being placed with domestic retail investors on September 7th in conjunction with a share placement, Aeon Financial's 3-year, JPY 30bn convertible was made available to global investors to trade on exchanges from September 15th. The company runs the consumer credit services of the Aeon Group (one of the largest retail groups in Japan) both in the domestic market and across South-East Asia. Given recent movements in equities and interest rates, we expect the primary market to remain active in the weeks to come. Bayer, for example, says it intends to issue a mandatory convertible bond, partially to finance its planned tie-up with Monsanto. 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This is the last part of Ruth's story and poetry. I hope everyone has enjoyed reading of her family and walking with her as she wrote the poetry of her memories!
|Leila Ruth Harvey Douglass
'The Prize'
While walking in the hills one day along a hogback rise,
In glancing down, to my surprise,
lay a treasure to be prized.
With glinting side, serrated edge and needlepoint so fine,
I picked you up and held you tight.
For now you were mine!
Who made and fashioned you so fine?
And did you fall from beaded pouch
or shot from bow to kill a bird
With feathers prine?
Though many years have passed
since you were dropped that day
I'm still wondering who he was
that passed along that way.
Was he a chieftain of his tribe?
Or was he a renegade,
with buckskin clothes,
feathers in his hair and
painted for a paleface raid?
The wild wind blowing o'er the plains,
he rode his pinto where?
Fifty years have passed and gone
since I found you there.
With winter snows and summer rains
how long had you lay there?
To me, you are my treasure yet
and still no answer why or where.
And as I add you to my treasure store,
I guess your age…
Two hundred years or more.
Ruth Harvey Douglas
As I am dreaming and communing with my god
I think of friends I knew and those beneath the sod.
There are no tears, there are no regrets,
For I hold a bouquet of violets.
I dream of the hills of home and the house my father built,
I see my mother's out stretched arms
Which beckon me tonight.
There are no tears, there are no regrets,
For I hold a bouquet of violets.
I dream of sisters with hair of brown and fair like driven snow.
They hold the hands of her who had the hair of gold.
There are no tears, there are no regrets,
For I hold a bouquet of violets.
I dream of brothers, straight and tall, who stand beside the throne
With radiance all around.
There are no tears, there are no regrets,
For I hold a bouquet of violets.
I hold the golden family chain; just two links are left,
For year by year each link has fallen away in death.
There are no tears, there are no regrets,
For I hold close to my heart the bouquet of violets.
Ruth Harvey Douglass, 1969
Authors note: A niece of Ruth Douglass typed up "As I Remember" for her Aunt Ruth and later gave a copy to my mother-in-law, Kathleen Hopkins. After reading the memoirs, Kathleen could see that there was genealogical value to the work, along with the sentimentality of it. Kathleen contacted Ruth's daughters Beth Dearinger and Polly DeGrazia to ask if she could make a few minor revisions and print the book using a computer. She then gave a copy of it to the Genealogy Department in the Laramie County Library in Cheyenne, Wyoming with the consent of Ruth's daughters. Mom retyped this work in the year 2011 to help me with this presentation of Ruth's story and poetry.
The steam tractor and engine that was mentioned in Ruth's story, and owned by the Harvey family, threshed grain for many local farmers in the area and we have many pictures of the threshing machine with all the Harvey family members standing on and near it. My husband's grandfather, Earl Harvey, bought the steam machine from his brother Elmer and took it to the Slater Flats area where Earl had homesteaded. Earl drilled many water wells for neighbors on the Slater Flats, Wyoming with that old steam engine. The old boiler from that original engine ended life in Wheatland, Wyoming and was used by the laundry department of the old Wheatland General Hospital. The rest of the original engine was sold as scrap metal when WW II started.
|Harvey steam engine, Wyoming
|Drilling a well with the steam rig, Wyoming
Obituary of Leila Ruth Harvey Douglass, The Poetess
Ruth Harvey Douglass was born in Albia, Monroe County, Iowa on 29 September, 1894, and came as a child to Wyoming with her parents who homesteaded near Albin, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was there she met and married Mark Miles Douglass. During their lifetime they lived in several communities of Wyoming; Wheatland, Slater, Horse Creek and Chugwater before they moved to Washington state in the early 1940's.
As a Wheatland resident, Mrs. Douglass served for years as Assistant Platte County Superintendent of Schools under Mrs. Cora A. Douglass, and also assisted in the Platte County Treasurer's Office when needed.
While in the Slater area, Mrs. Douglass, her husband and daughter, Polly, lived on the property now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jack McQuisten. She was instrumental in the organization of the Slater Women's Club in 1936 and served several years as President.
An avid collector or Indian artifacts she lost a valuable collection when the service station her husband was managing at Horse Creek burned to the ground. It was then that they moved to Chugwater, Wyoming where they lived for several years before moving to Washington.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and belonged to the Wheatland and also to the Chugwater Chapters.
Ruth Harvey Douglass passed away on 26 Jun, 1973 in Seattle, Washington after an extended illness.
Our family feels so blessed to have these wonderful poems and writings of Ruth, which give us the insight into the lives of our ancestors which we would not have had without her prose and poetry. Her poetry brings so many beautiful memories to those who knew Ruth and for those of us in the family who never had the pleasure of knowing her- she drew a beautiful picture for us to see in our minds and gave us a path to follow in the discovery of our beloved ancestors.
Thank you to Mom for the hours of work to help to bring this story to the page and again to her and Aunt Hazel for their genealogical work over many years which has helped us all to learn about our family gone before us.
A Poetess in the Family, Ruth Harvey Douglass- Part One: hereA Poetess in the Family, Ruth Harvey Douglass- Part Two: here
A Poetess in the Family, Ruth Harvey Douglass- Part Three: here
All stories, poetry and photographs in this series are owned and copyrighted © by the Harvey and Hopkins families and may not be reprinted without the permission of the family. Contact clchopkins[at]gmail[dot]com


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"Library Journal" has named "The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger" by Dr. Albert Bell of the Hope College history faculty one of the five best mysteries published in 2008.
"Library Journal" is read by more than 100,000 library directors, administrators and staff in public, academic and special libraries, and is in its 132nd year of publication. Its review sections evaluate nearly 7,000 books annually. The 2008 "Best Books" list, released in December, included "Best Genre Fiction" in five categories: mystery, science fiction and fantasy, romance, Christian fiction and thrillers.
In its review of "The Blood of Caesar" in June 2008, the "Library Journal" called the book "outstandingly researched and laden with suspense," noting that "this journey into ancient Rome by history professor Bell could be one of the masterpieces of the historical mystery genre."
Bell's first mystery featuring Pliny the Younger, who was a real-life historical figure, as a protagonist was "All Roads Lead to Murder," which was set in April of A.D. 83 and followed his sleuth as he solved a murder in the provincial city of Smyrna. "The Blood of Caesar," published this past summer, takes place a few months later in the city of Rome itself.
Pliny's success in solving the previous crime has drawn the attention of the empire's current ruler, Domitian, who fears that a rival might challenge his claim to the throne. Domitian enlists Pliny to determine if there are any previously unknown relatives of his deceased predecessor Nero, who was supposedly the last of the great Julius Caesar's descendants. At the same time, the body of a mason who was working on Domitian's palace is found in the building's library, and Pliny's mother implores Pliny to find the killer. In the course of his dual investigations, he begins to find that the two cases might be related.
"The Blood of Caesar" draws on Bell's professional interest in ancient history. His scholarly work includes the book "Exploring the New Testament World," which reviews the social, political and cultural background against which the New Testament was written, and a number of articles on topics including Pliny the Younger.
According to Bell, Pliny the Younger had held a variety of government offices in the Roman Empire, and is known through surviving letters that include his first-person account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and his investigation of the Christians in the province of Bithynia. His appellation distinguished him from his uncle, Pliny the Elder, who wrote a natural history that was one of the era's largest compendiums of science.
"The Blood of Caesar" is Bell's sixth work of fiction. In addition to "The Blood of Caesar" and "All Roads Lead to Murder," he has also written the mystery "Death Goes Dutch," which is set in present-day Grand Rapids; the mystery "Kill Her Again," which involves an archaeological dig in modern-day Italy; the historical novel "Daughter of Lazarus," which is set in first-century Rome and includes Pliny the Younger as a character; and the children's mystery "The Secret of the Lonely Grave," which is set in contemporary Kentucky and in 2008 won the inaugural Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award from Western Kentucky University Libraries. He also wrote the autobiographical "Perfect Game, Imperfect Lives: A Memoir Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Don Larsen's Perfect Game," which reflects on the 1956 World Series.
A professor of history, Bell has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1978. He holds a bachelor's degree from CarsonNewmanCollege, a master's from DukeUniversity, a Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Seminary and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina.
"The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger" is published by Claystone Books, an imprint of Ingalls Publishing Group of Boone, N.C., and is available for $15.95 at the college's Hope-Geneva Bookstore or at any bookstore or online book dealer.


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Kenyan Internet Costs Too High Because of Confusion About Undersea Cables
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 28, 2009 - Confusion about the legal status of undersea cables has caused internet connectivity costs to remain inappropriately high for web users in Africa, speakers said last week at a two-day conference here sponsored by the non-profit group Africa Gathering. "There is a need for an on-going relationship regarding the integration of cables between states, in order to regulate bandwidth, and give consumers high quality internet access, at reasonable costs," said Nkeiru Joe, a lecturer in International Law at the University of Kent, Brussels. Keep Reading


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This may be the best complete program we've ever done on the state of Iowa's education system. We deal with just about every cliche and excuse offered up by the education establishment for under-achieving. From KIPP Academy in Chicago, Jim O'Conner takes failing inner city minority kids and gets them ready for college. How do they do it? Listen. The National Council on Teacher Quality measures how well Iowa colleges teach teachers to teach. Short answer. They flunk. Judy Hintz from Education Resources picks up the pieces when kids don't learn to read. How? Everyone with concerns for children's education should hear this segment.
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Power management integrated circuits (PMICs) are used to manage a server's power requirements. PMICs are included in battery operated devices such as media players and mobile phones. Demand for PMICs is increasing due to the rising demand for portable gadgets with multiple functionalities. The global PMIC market also includes LED lighting, electric vehicles, energy harvesting and renewable energy markets. The global market for PMICs has shown remarkable progress in recent years and is also showing attractive market potential for the future.
The global PMICs market has registered sales revenue at USD 15.8 billion in 2011 and is projected to exceed USD 26 billion by 2018 growing at a healthy CAGR of 7.4% from 2011 to 2018. Use of PMICs as a tool for efficient electricity distribution has given rise to demand from alternate energy sectors too.
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Actor Steve Martin has broken his silence on the birth of his first child with Anne Stringfield, insisting fatherhood is going great because "I have a wonderful wife."
The star and Stringfield, who is 26 years his junior, quietly welcomed a baby in December, and managed to keep the birth news, sex and name of the child a secret for months.
Martin appeared on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on Tuesday to promote his new bluegrass album, "Love Has Come For You," but he was unable to dodge questions about the new family member in his life.
Letterman told viewers the newborn was a little girl, and when asked about his daughter's name, the 67 year old joked, "We've thought about the name quite a bit. Conquistador. What do you think? I didn't want to go with one of those Hollywood weird names. Conquistador is a statement."
The funnyman, who brought a fake baby monitor onto the show to prove he's a "responsible dad," later took on a more serious tone and thanked his wife of six years for being such a tremendous parent: "It's going great because I have a wonderful wife."


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Most families spend a lot of time together in front of the TV, so it's so important that you make the right choice when purchasing a new screen. Whether your a movie buff, a sports mad armchair supporter looking to watch Live Football on TV, have children who love their animated cartoons, or a wife or girlfriend that loves her soaps, you should always have a budget in mind when buying a new TV. You should also consider other factors such as room size and the time you spend in that room (you don't want to splash out a fortune on a 42 inch TV if its only for your kids room or spare room)
One of the first things you should consider for your new LCD, LED or Plasma TV is the size. This will determine the price range. Generally, you can find TVs as small as 19 inch, and they go upwards to 22 inches, 24, 26, 32, 37, 40, 46, 50 and as high as 52 inches!
Once you have decided on the size of the screen you need to keep set a budget - obviously the bigger the screen, the more expensive the TV will cost. If you are purchasing an LCD, Plasma or LED TV for your main sitting room, you will probably want to spend more than for your other rooms in your house, such as your kitchen or bedroom.
When you have decided on a size and budget for your new TV, most people will then think about the colour. Try to choose a colour that will compliment your room, if you have black and grey decor, a Silver or Black gloss TV will look perfect, or if you want to make a statement with your new screen, why not opt for a white or red one?
You may watch a lot of DVDs on your smaller bedroom TV, in which case you may want to look at a TV / DVD Combi screen (such as a 19" Freeview TV) which integrates the DVD player inside the TV to save space. Additionally, you may not have satellite TV such as BSkyB or Virgin Media, so you may prefer to purchase a Freeview box with your new TV, and if you record plenty of programmes, check what your requirements are such as a freeview recorder such as Freesat or VHS to DVD.
PriceInspector likes to do his job in style, so he is well up on his fashion. Designer labels such as Lyle and Scott, Barbour and North Face are his favourites amongst others.
One of his favourite items are Jackets from all the best designers such as Fred Perry, Superdry, Barbour, Penfield, Berghaus, Helly Hansen, North Face and Belstaff. Alternatively, he mixes a jacket with items such as a Parka (in Green), Fur Gilet or Windcheater.
If you are looking for a decent fancy dress costume, you might want to look at popular costumes such as Queen of Hearts or Cheerleader costumes as these usually go down a treat at parties.
Other great prices on some clothing items include underwear such as Sloggi briefs or the classic backless bra which is sometimes so hard to find on the high street. At Christmas time, the good old Christmas Jumper flies off the virtual shelf, with many going for the "geek sheek" look. If you are buying clothes as a christmas gift, you should play safe with Levi Jeans or a classic Polo Shirt, or even a football kit - just make sure you know sizes first!
Footwear shopping has kept us on our toes over recent years, with many different styles for both men and women allowing people to make their fashion statement. PriceInspector has kitted out people with the best prices on many favourites such as Hunter Wellingtons and Doc Martens as well as Converse and Adidas Gazelles trainers.
If Boots are more your style, then why not take a look at the classics from Timberland (such as the Nellie), Caterpillar or Kickers, which have always lead the field in durability and style. You could also try a pair of Emu Boots, which are part of the famous Ugg range. If you are more of a rocker, you should stick to Doc Martens, or you could go bold with a pair of Fur Lined or Rocket Dog boots.
If Wellies are more your thing, PriceInspector has found some great prices on Hunters and Joules Wellies, which look great for walking in the rain or sunshine. Or, if you are more casual, you could purchase a pair of Vans, or lounge around the house in some fitflops or slippers.
Trainers are great for day time footwear, and we have some great deals on classic trainers such as Nike Air, Mecurial, Adidas (such as the Chile 62) and Y3.
We all know what its like when you walk into Currys or Comet when trying to look for a new Washing Machine - you see an overwhelming number of white, silver and black washing machines, tumble dryers and dishwashers, making it impossible to work out which one is suitable for your needs.
To be honest, whenever I have looked for a new machine, asking a staff member does not usually help, as they simply don't have the knowledge that they are supposed to have. Its useful to know a few basics before you go, such as:
1) Do you need an integrated model so its hidden away in your new contemporary kitchen?
2) Are you looking for a Slimline machine because of tight space?
3) Do you prefer a Twin tub model due to the number of washes you perform each day?
4) Or maybe you need a specific sized washing machine load such as 10kg to suit a family with two children?
There are a few well known brands in the Home Appliance white goods market, including Hotpoint, Bosch, Indesit, LG, Zanussi, Miele, Beko, Whirlpool, AEG and Samsung to name a few. The likes of Miele and Samsung tend to be more expensive than brands such as Hotpoint and Whirlpool.
Price Inspector have a buyers guide to help you make the right decision for you. Generally speaking, if you spend that little bit more than you budgeted, you will find that the washing machine will be quieter, cheaper to run, have more wash settings, and will have a longer life before its ready for being replaced.
Coffee Makers have become pride and place in many kitchens over the last 5 years and have come a long way since the Teasmaid hit the market. No longer do you have to pay over the odds for a Skinny Latte or Cappuccino at your local Starbucks or Costa Coffee. You can now find yourself a cheap coffee maker for your home with your own coffee capsules!
Before you decide on which coffee maker to purchase, you should ask yourself how often you drink coffee - if you can't function without that caffeine boost first thing in the morning, or you enjoy having three or four different types of coffee whilst relaxing on the weekend or evenings, then you should invest that little bit more in a good brand of coffee machine.
One of the most popular brands is Dolce Gusto, which comes in various colours such as red, black, grey and white. It has many different drink options including Latte, Cappuccino, Americano and Hot Chocolate.
Another version of the Dolce range is the Krups model. If you are looking for a cheaper option, you can find some decent deals for a Tassimo Coffee Maker, which is made by Bosch.
If you want to know a bit more about the different types of coffee makers have a read of our buyers guide.
Most people will admit that when it comes to buying a radio or sound system, they don't pay too much attention to anything other than the price.
However, if you take your Audio seriously, whether you listen to music or radio commentaries, then you should consider a few things before offloading your hard earned cash such as:
1) Do you just need a simple radio to play the local radio station tunes? If so, a standard clock radio may be enough to keep you happy.
2) If you want to enhance the quality of the sound, you should invest in a DAB Radio (DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting) or DAB Clock Radio if you need waking up in the morning. A good brand for DAB radios is Roberts, but they don't come cheap. If you have a great collection of CD's you might want to upgrade and buy a DAB Radio and CD player and get an all-in-one model.
3) Bose are one of the biggest brands in the world of audio. If you are on the hunt for a SoundDock, new speakers or an Ipod Dock, then your best best is to look at the range that Bose have available.
4) If you own an iPod (and many of you do these days), then you can combine its use not only for portable, but for more traditional requirements, such as using it as an Alarm Clock or as a standard Clock Radio.
5) Finally, if you live in a house that doesn't like the noise blasting out of your stereo, sound bar or iPod Nano, then you should invest in a good pair of Wireless headphones. Also, if you regularly use headphones but live in a noisy household, you can now get some Noise cancelling headphones which drown out any background interruptions.
If cooking is your passion, or even if you like to rustle a meal up quickly at dinner,
you should invest in a decent Food Processor.
They are a great time saver, and replace many kitchen utensils as they can chop
like a knife, knead dough like a
mixer, blend like an electric blender
and extract juice as well.
Two very popular food processor brands are
Magimix and Kenwood.
Some things to consider that will impact the budget before buying a new food
processor are noise, size, capacity, speed and number of functions
or accessories.
All of this information can be found by reading our
Food Processor article.
Buying toys is a hard task these days for parents, especially now
because there are just so many different types of toys and games to choose from,
such as a Snow Sledge for the winter, a
Tech Deck,
Smart Trike,
Baby Gyms, a
Bouncy Castle for the garden or even Lego.
Knowing this, PriceInspector has spent a lot of time and effort writing a great
selection of guides on the different brands and characters which will identify which
are your childrens favourites.
Have a quick read of our Toys and Games guide to
start with and you will find all the information you need such as Buzz Lightyear,
Duplo, Barbie,
Iggle Piggle,
Littlest Pet Shop,
Leapster, Lego City,
Fisher Price,
Sylvanian Families or Little Tikes.
Women love to look good, but they also love to smell nice. These days, there are literally hundreds if not thousands of perfume brands available, and sometimes it can be difficult making that decision. Some go for the more traditional, well known brands such as Chanel or Clarins, many younger girls are enticed by the celebrity fragrances such as Katie Price or Britney Spears.
If you are daring, you may go for a striking smell from leading brand Thierry Mugler, who offer expensive choices such as their Alien or Angel fragrance. Other expensive brands of perfume includes JAdore, Gucci, Opium, Joop, Jean Paul Gaultier, Coco Chanel, Estee Lauder, Marc Jacobs (such as Daisy), Chloe, Clinique, Armani, Diesel and Ralph Lauren.
More often than not, women are attracted to the particular smell of a fragrance, which makes it difficult to describe online. Most of our users already know what they are looking for, but having a good sniff around (pardon the joke) could save them up to 50% in some cases. There are good deals on particular lines at the moment including Flowerbomb, Fahrenheit, Dune, Miss Dior Cherie and Knowing by Estee Lauder.
If you are looking to modernise your home this year, let our Price Detectives show you some of the latest offers on all kinds of different home furniture - there are some hot deals on Nested Tables, Dining Suites, Dining Chairs (such as cream leather), Sideboards and Festools - just make sure you check on stock levels and delivery dates on furniture when you buy online as some retailers may take up to 6 months to fulfill the order.
Having a baby requires a lot of preparation, but luckily PriceInspector has great prices on some of the essentials you need. When you bring your newborn home, you will need First Born Baby Milk, you should shop around until you find the formula that your baby likes. You should also buy a decent steriliser kit so that your bottles remain clean.
For new mums, its essential that you have the right equipment when you are on your travels - a decent changing bag is a must, we recommend the Yummy Mummy brand. If you are due to go on holiday with your baby, make sure you have thought about travel cots and whether your accommodation provides a suitable cot.
Buying a pushchair can be a difficult task as there are so many to choose from, all varying in size and price. If you know if you are having a boy or girl, then colour can be considered, otherwise you should try to keep the colour neutral. Some of the better brands of puschairs include Stokke, MacLaren (Techno XLR and footmuffs), Bugaboo, Quinny Buzz and ICandy. Once your baby is a little older, you need to think about upgrading their baby seat to a booster seat in the car, or let them loose on their own set of wheels with the very popular Smart Trike Bike.
Kids love toys, and PriceInspector has the best deals on all kinds of toys, games, toy brands and age ranges. We have checked out on some of the more traditional toys such as bouncy castles, dolls houses (such as Sylvanian Families), train sets, board games, play dolls, Lego and Toy Story.
Depending on the age of child you are buying for, you should make sure you do your research to avoid disappointing them. For example, Lego has so many different themes such as Lego City, and Star Wars to name a couple.
If your child is into the outdoors and bikes, then we have a massive selection of kids bikes including Ben 10, BMX bikes, Mountain bikes, Disney Princess bikes or even scooters such as the Micro Scooter. You could also opt for a Trampoline if your kids have energy to burn.
If your child is a playstation fan, why not treat them to a chair designed for gaming, or if they like watching movies, get them the full James Bond Box set. Or, if they fancy being the next XFactor star, get them a Karaoke machine (just make sure you buy ear plugs too!) and keep them restricted to their bedroom (splash some colourful wallpaper to theme it)
Small Appliances are essential in todays home, and PriceInspector outlines some of the best deals on appliances in the kitchen.
For your kitchen floor, a steam mop is essential - not only does it clean better than the alternatives, but it removes 99% of bacteria. A decent dish drainer is also money well spent.
A kettle is pretty important for those who like a decent brew, so researching is important if you want to get the most out of your cuppa. Some brands now have the option of buying a kettle and toaster set in similar colours to give your kitchen tops and designer look. Some of the better brands include Dualit and Delonghi, and come in a variety of colours such as black, red and cream.
Deep Fat Fryers are a great addition to the kitchen, as they allow you to do so much more than just frying chips...by far the best in the market is the Tefal Actifry.
If cooking is your passion, or even if you like to rustle a meal up quickly at dinner, you should invest in a decent Food Processor such as the Kenwood version. They are a great time saver, and replace many kitchen utensils as they can chop like a knife, knead dough like a mixer, blend like an electric blender and extract juice as well.
If you are a slave to the ironing, make your life much easier and invest in a decent steam generator iron - the best brands include Tefal and Le Creuset.
Most of us love pets, whether it be a dog, cat, bird or hamster. PriceInspector is no different, so whether it is dog food, peanuts for birds, cat calmers such as Feliway, flea treatment, you will find the best prices in the UK on our comparison site.
Having the right bed can be one of the most important items you will ever buy. If you value your sleep and need a healthy sleeping pattern, then you should do your research on types of mattresses, bed frames such as Four Poster, bed sizes and positions such as Mid Sleepers, bed requirements such as storage. You should also check room size and whether you require compact solutions such as a Folding Z-Bed.
Ask anyone to name a well know brand in the world of Vacuum Cleaners, and most people will talk about Dyson. These quirky models not only look good (is it possible for a cleaner to look good?!) but work much better than their competitors from Electrolux, Henry, Miele and Vax. Dyson vacuum cleaners are at the top end in terms of expense, but they will last much longer.
If you are on a tighter budget, you can pick up a cheaper model for around 30, but as the old saying goes, "you pay for what you get".
PriceInspector would advise you pay a little bit more for a cleaner that will stand the test of time, such as the Dyson DC25, DC14, or DC24 model.
If you need some more advice on the type of cleaner you need (such as upright, cylinder, bagless, bagged, steam, handhelds) you should have a good read of our Vacuum cleaner buyers guide.
Most people will buy a replace their fridge freezer every 5 to 10 years or even longer, so its important you make the right decision. You may be looking for a new one as your family grows, or if it reduces. Either way, there are a few things to consider when making that purchase.
1) Size is one of the most important things to consider - if your kitchen is tight you may need to opt for a smaller model, but if you have a larger room, you may be considering a large or American style fridge freezer.
2) Type: Which type of fridge freezer do you need? Does it need to be Frost free? Do you need an integrated fridge freezer as part of your new kitchen? Does it need to be built in or under counter? Or maybe you want to stand your fridge on show with an overstated Side by Side fridge freezer?
3) Colour: There are more colours than ever to choose from if you are looking to complement your contemporary kitchen. As well as the traditional white, you can now buy a fridge freezer in Silver, Black, Red, Stainless Steel or maybe Cream.
4) Brand: Some brands are more expensive than others. Smeg's retro fridge freezers can cost in excess of 1000, but there are less expensive models available from around 200. Starting with the cheapest brands, Hotpoint, Whirlpool, Electrolux and Zanussi cater for the lower end of the market, whereas LG, Beko, Bosch, Maytag and Samsung (some of the black and silver models by Samsung are pretty special) offer more exclusive fridge freezers with a price tag to match. Not all brands offer American style fridges though, so your choice is more limited, Samsung and LGcovering this market as well as other types such as Integrated frost free and Side by Side versions.
If you are still confused by all of this have a good read of our Fridge freezers article, which goes into more detail regarding types. We also have a great buyers guide on American style fridge freezers if you are looking for that wow factor.
A cooker is undoubtedly the most important piece of equipment in your kitchen. When its time to invest in a new cooker, you should take your time to research before hitting the "Buy" button.
We have all the information you need to consider when choosing a new cooker, such as size, type of cooker (gas, electric, duel, range), brands such as Cannon or AEG, style such as Freestanding or integrated, colour such as white or stainless. Read our complete article on Cookers.
PriceInspector is a bit of a DIY fan, although he isn't great at it. However, he is good at finding the best DIY deals in the UK, so if you just so happen to be looking for Cordless Drills (such as 18v), Paving slabs for your garden, looking to build a shed for storage, adding a Gazebo to give your outside space the wow factor, or smaller jobs such as putting up a curtain pole or cleaning up your house with extra storage, then we have the cheapest prices.
Bags are the perfect fashion accessory, especially for women. Radley and Ted Baker seem to be hot property at the moment, with bags and purses being top of the list when shopping online. Messenger bags have become very popular these days for younger people who want to look cool.
PriceInspector enjoys a tipple like everyone else, but over the years, he has helped our users find loads of cheap booze and spirits. Whisky is much cheaper to buy online these days, with brands such as Jack Daniels, Famous Grouse and Jameson available.
Vodka is also very popular in the UK, especially Smirnoff or Grey Goose. At Christmas time, sales for Baileys increases massively, so make sure you get yours in time for the festive period.
Jagermeister (or jager bombs) is also very popular in the UK, and PriceInspector can get some great discounts when you multi-buy. We also have some great deals on Wine, such as Villa Maria Sauvignon or Oyster Bay
People often assume that champagne is expensive, but this is not always the case, especially when shopping with us. Veuve Clicquot is very affordable on PriceInspector, as well as the range of Cristal Champagne, so if you have something to celebrate, do it in style and within budget!
Other popular liquer that we have great prices on include Bombay Sapphire, Cognac and even Tia Maria.
Christmas soon comes around and if you are struggling with a Tree this year, why not leave the real one this year (and save yourself all that cleaning) and buy an artificial or Fibre optic Christmas Tree. Don't forget to buy an updated Advent Calendar too, and don't be tempted to eat the chocolate if you buy it weeks before. A word of advice, if your wife drags you into Next this year, try and avoid the Christmas department, as she will spend a fortune replacing all the christmas decorations you already have!
Looking to play more Golf this year? If so, you should make sure you have the best gear to help you shoot lower scores. A golf trolley is important as it takes the stress of the body when walking around the course, especially the electric versions. Motocaddy are the best in it's field. New for 2013, if you struggle for distances, you should try GPS for Golf, which gives you accurate yardages for each shot.
As you might know by now, PriceInspector has his nose into everything (or should I say Sherlock Bones does), so here are a bunch of items that have recently been investigated by our price detectives!


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Monday, December 26, 2011
What a Difference...
Even though others braved the rain and threatening storms I decided I'd prefer nice weather.
Today - one day later - the sun was shining and everything looked different. The only problem remaining was wind that made the sea a little too rough for comfortable paddling! I did kayak - but had a few stretched muscles when I got back.
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ooh, that first murky shot is so cool! love it! now, get yourself a painkiller!ReplyDelete
The weather is not what it used to be that´s for sure !ReplyDelete
Welcome to visit my website were I fish from ...ok not kayak but kanoe . Happy New Year !
Hi MickReplyDelete
You are well protected there, by Fraser Island.
Big sees further south.
Happy New Year.
Hi Denis, yes I have heard about the big seas and apparently Rainbow Beach got them too. Thanks for your New Years Greetings.ReplyDelete
And there might be more big seas soon, with TC Grant heading east!ReplyDelete
You captured the summer storm beautifully in that first shot!
Hi Snail, yes I just read that TC Grant could be causing more trouble. Very hard to get close to shorebirds in weather like that so I have to photograph something - even the storms!ReplyDelete


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A collector of old school video games has sold a collection of thousands of games for $1.2 million.
The French video game collector named Andre had amassed a collection that included all games for most of Nintendo's consoles, all of Sega's and NEC's games, which included some 7,000 individual games.
The Los Angeles Times tracked down Andre and asked him why he wanted to collect the entire sets of these videos:
"I perfected some full sets by getting every title of them factory sealed, just for the challenge of it," he said in an email. "Some titles are extremely hard to come by brand new when they're 25 years old. Now that the mission is complete, maybe it's time to move on."
The collection includes the rare Nintendo Virtual Boy and the short-lived Sega Dreamcast, complete with its about 550 games. But among the rarest items in the collection is a game called Go-Net for the Sega Mega Drive (known as the Genesisin the U.S.), which Andre said there are only two of on the planet. He also included the game Kunio-Kun Dodgeball Gold for the Super Famicom (which is the Japanese version of the Super Nintendo). Andre said only eight copies of Kunio-Kun Dodgeball Gold were ever produced.


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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Philadelphia condones vigilante justice against presumptively innocent men accused of rape
An update of this story.
The hanging trees from the Old South have been figuratively replanted in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.
On a steamy day in June of 2009, an innocent man named Michael Zenquis was beaten by an angry mob after he was wrongly accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. A female onlooker yelled, "Rapist!" He heard someone say he deserved to die while others shouted, "Kill him, kill him!" Michael was beaten with sticks and a baseball bat. Michael was stomped. Michael was bleeding, but he kept yelling, "I'm innocent, I didn't do anything." When the vicious attack finally ended, Michael had sustained injuries to his back, his eye, his shoulder, and his foot.
The police took Michael away but quickly discovered they had picked up the wrong guy. So what do you think they did? They dropped him right back in the neighborhood where the animals had beaten him. Getting out of Kensington alive became a terrifying ordeal for Michael.
In light of this despicable atrocity to an innocent man, what did the Mayor do? What did the police commissioner do?
I'll tell you what they did: nothing.
Worse. The next day, a different mob caught up with the actual rapist, named Jose Carrasquillo. What do you think happened? The mob gave him a brutal beating that lasted several minutes until the police got there.
So, did the mayor or the police condemn the vigilante justice?
Exactly the opposite. The police gave two of the men who helped "apprehend" Carrasquillo $5,750 each.
Further, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey announced he would not pursue criminal charges against the mob. Ramsey explained that the man's injuries were not life-threatening (the new test for assault in Philadelphia?), and, after all, emotions were running high. "From what I've seen so far," Ramsey smugly declared, "we have one victim and that's an 11-year-old girl.''
And the message this sends to people predisposed to vigilante justice is -- what, exactly?
I know, I know. It's pretty damn hard to feel sorry for a child rapist. But "feeling sorry" has nothing to do with it. As ACLU attorney Mary Catherine Roper said: "It's shocking that the police are not going to do anything in response to what is essentially mob violence against [Carrasquillo]. This went beyond apprehending the guy.''
You see, we have no choice but to condemn the savage beating of Carrasquillo. It is impossible to accept the vigilante justice in the Carrasquillo case and condemn it in the Michael Zenquis case.
We condemn all vigilante justice precisely because of the Michael Zenquises of this world.
Finally, word comes that Michael Zenquis is suing the city and the police. We applaud him for that, because it will put the entire ugly affair back in the spotlight. Zenquis' lawsuit claims that officers not only encouraged the "street justice" but that higher ups, including Mayor Nutter and Police Commissioner Ramsey, condoned it. The officers "specifically advised the civilians that they should use physical force against plaintiff," according to the complaint: "(T)he clear message from the officers [was] that they would be free to assault plaintiff with impunity."
Michael Zenquis has this silly notion that after he was beat up, police had a responsibility to warn the public not to take matters into their own hands. "Me being beat up like that, they should have done something about it, because I was on the ground, I was bleeding and I was hurt. I think the police should have done something about it cause they knew I was beat up," Zenquis said.
Why would the police try to stop the mobs, Michael? After all, your beating was just unfortunate collateral damage in a "more important" war.
As we often point out, those of us who closely follow the false rape phenomenon find unmistakable patterns of gendered reactions to rape claims. Based on a fair review of the reported cases, it is reasonable to assert that men, as befitting their status since the beginning of time as women's protectors, typically express greater outrage over rape claims than do women. The mobs in the Carrasquillo and Michael Zenquis cases were entirely or almost entirely male. Claims that women were raped often elicit a visceral reaction of outrage in men exceeding the actual harm inflicted by the crimes.
That there is no "rape culture" is aptly illustrated by the fact that the vigilantes who beat up two presumptively innocent men in the cases referenced above are far more representative of "masculinity" in our culture than is the man who actually raped the little girl. That is not a ringing endorsement of masculinity.
Tossing political correctness aside, it is fair to remind our readers that Mayor Michael Nutter is black. The good mayor would do well to read up on America's long and painful history of overreacting to rape. Such overreaction has had a devastating impact on the black community. His honor should read about the Duluth lynchings and a hundred others.
Maybe then he won't be so quick to condone vigilante justice.
Posted by Archivist at Tuesday, March 22, 2011


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|John Jurgensmeyer, Baylor University - The role that educator and club leader Anna Pennybacke played in the suffrage movement.
|Elizabeth Montalvo Nichols, Dallas, doctoral student at Texas Christian University. Dissertation the social and institutional history of the Texas Association of Women's Clubs (formerly the Texas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.)
Anadelia Gonzales, Ph.D., Corpus Christi, Program Director, Dept. of Women's Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Analysis of the Pan American Association for the Advancement of Women, 1922-1925.
|Ann Gabbert, El Paso, University of Texas-El Paso, graduate student.
Examines the ways that public health reform and policy define and enforce community boundaries, particularly how the actions of women in their roles as public health reformers effect change.
|Holly McCammon, Ph.D., Nashville, Tennesee, Vanderbilt University.
Political activism in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly women's efforts to win married women's property laws and jury rights laws.
|Gwen Kay, Ph.D., Oswego, New York, State University of New York.
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Actor Charlie Sheen has started to see the ghosts of dearly departed friends during visits to their grieving families.
The Wall Street star reveals he has had two eerie encounters that he cannot explain in recent months.
He tells Playboy magazine, "When my friend (writer) Zalman King died, I went to comfort his widow, Pat. We were making a toast and I saw Zalman, who'd been dead for four hours, dance through the background. It was a trip.
"Another dear friend of mine, Stephanie, her father died. I was at her house, and he walked past me on the stairwell one day… I know it was him.
"I just accept stuff like that and don't try to figure it out. I saw these people."


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Asif Ali Zardari likely will lose Pakistan's presidency – and immunity from prosecution
Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, will certainly lose his job in September – and like his predecessor, retired Gen. Pervez Musharraf, he's likely to face criminal charges under the government of newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Zardari has lived with the virtual inevitability of facing charges of corruption since 2009, when Pakistan's activist Supreme Court struck down a 2007 law issued by Musharraf, who was then Pakistan's military ruler, that granted Musharraf and the leaders of several political parties immunity from prosecution on outstanding charges against them.
The law, named the National Reconciliation Ordinance, was part of an agreement struck between Musharraf and the late Benazir Bhutto, a former two-time prime minister, to facilitate Pakistan's return to democracy after eight years of military rule. It was negotiated with the help of the U.S., British and Saudi Arabian governments.
Since ruling the law unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has ignored international treaties granting heads of state immunity from prosecution while in office, and ordered the government to reinstate investigations into corruption charges against Zardari.
The governing coalition, which was led by Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party, repeatedly refused to cooperate; last year, the Supreme Court even sacked the then-prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, over his obstinacy.
But the Pakistan Peoples Party did dismally in parliamentary elections earlier this month, and now Zardari is mathematically certain to lose the presidency when his term ends in August. That will mean an end to any argument about immunity from prosecution for charges that date to the 1990s, when Bhutto, Zardari's wife, was the prime minister.
"The music awaits Zardari," said Aamir Ghauri, a Lahore-based political commentator and television personality.
Pakistan's president is elected by the combined strength of the country's 342-member directly elected National Assembly and the 100-seat Senate, a forum at which Pakistan's four provinces are equally represented.
Zardari would need 222 votes to win a second term as president and retain his immunity from prosecution. His party and its allies still control 62 seats in the Senate, but they lost hugely in parliamentary elections May 11 for the National Assembly, winning just 51 seats. Zardari might be able to count on perhaps another 25 votes from seats reserved for women and religious minorities, but analysts speculate that he'll have no more than 140 votes when the selection of a president comes, far below the total he'd need to stay in office.
That would leave it up to Sharif to decide Zardari's fate. The two were once bitter political foes, but they overcame their hatred while exiled during Musharraf's military rule, and in 2007 they signed an agreement, the charter of democracy, in which they promised to work for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan. They also promised not to persecute each other in the event that either party formed a government nor to seek to overthrow the other's administration.
Sharif made no mention of the cases against Zardari during the election campaign and he hasn't talked about it since he won. Analysts say he'll probably seek to distance himself from the charges against Zardari so as not to disrupt efforts to reverse Pakistan's economic decline and confront the country's crippling energy and power shortages.
But he's also not likely to reject court orders to reinstate the charges. Doing so certainly would anger the Supreme Court and would generate political pressure on his government that would just as easily distract from dealing with Pakistan's many problems.
Zardari spent 11 years in jail because of the charges, and he won appeals against conviction by Pakistani courts. But one case has stuck: an accusation that he and Bhutto were involved in the laundering of $60 million through Swiss banks. A Swiss court convicted them in 2003, but the Pakistani government dropped the case shortly after the Pakistan Peoples Party won the February 2008 general election.
Pakistan's Supreme Court has made it clear that it wants the government to ask the Swiss to reopen the case, though now there's debate over whether the statute of limitations may have run out. Some say yes, and that the case can't be reinstated; others say no, because Zardari already has been convicted.
In any case, come September, Zardari no longer will be able to claim immunity from prosecution.
"His political career is dying and will soon be over," political commentator Ghauri said.


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An early bridge over the Cape Cod Canal
The Cape Cod Canal was opened with much fanfare on July 29, 1914, a toll waterway put into operation less than three weeks before the Panama Canal opened. It bore only a slight resemblance to the canal we know today. The idea of a canal to connect Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay had first been proposed by the Pilgrims, and ill-fated attempts at construction had been tried several times. The completed canal cut transit times around the Cape, but at just 15 feet deep it could accommodate only smaller vessels. Work continued to deepen the expanse, but without the larger ships as customers, the toll operation was a financial failure. Accidents due to dangerous currents and the bridges' narrow openings further scared off traffic, and it was sold to the federal government in 1928. New bridges allowing safer navigation were completed in 1935, and the Army Corps of Engineers expanded the
17-mile waterway to the current 32-foot depth and 480-foot width by 1940.
This photo depicts the Bourne Highway Bridge on Dec. 31, 1926. The limitations of its clearance — even with the sides in the upright position — made navigation challenging. It was the site of frequent ship collisions.


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Nils JOLLIFFE and Jonathon BRANCH (GBR) on Boatracer.co.uk had to jostle for third but eventually won out thanks to their superior downwind speed.
In race two, the start line had been squared up and the fleet pushed pretty hard forcing three to four boats over. With shifty conditions upwind there were plenty of place change opportunities but it was those who worked the right hand side of the course that came out on top. At the top mark Gutted Hedge had the top spot closely followed by James & Angus LUFFMAN (AUS) on Evil Empire and Clive WATTS and Chris DIXON (AUS) on CST composites.
These teams stayed on starboard gybe to take a great gust down the track and beat Gutted Hedgehog to the bottom mark. Jono PANK and Ritchie EDWARDS (GBR) on Ronstan in also joined the pack to complete the top four. The next lap saw a similar pattern with place changes up the beat and down the run but by the final beat Gutted Hedgehog established a good lead that they held to the finish followed by Ronstan, CST composites and Evil Empire.
Day two of the Nationals was sailed is a southeast five to ten knot breeze. The first face of the day was abandoned on the Harbour Master's instructions due to a Tanker sailing through the course. In race three the restart was under black flag and the line was square. The fleet split left and right. Out to the left Boatracer.co.uk led to the favoured left followed the plumbers, Mark BARNES and Tom PYGALL (GBR) on Readycrest and Ronstan.
During the race there were several place changes with the British contingent coming to the fore. Boatracer.co.uk held on to the lead though challenged on several occasions by different boats to win. Second was not so straight forward as a general cargo ship sailed through the course benefiting Gutted Hedgehog who finished second followed by Ronstan and Readycrest, who however were later OCS with eight other boats.
The second race of the day started in an eight knot breeze from the souteast. The race was to turn into a British convention with PICA taking the lead and holding it till the end to take the bullet. Readycrest worked their way through the fleet with Gutted Hedgehog but pipped them to second.
Day three brought classic conditions to Sydney Harbour with a northeast 15-20 knot breeze and grey skies. The first race of the day started in an 18-20 knot breeze. The line was bias to the pin with the fleet splitting to both left and right on the first beat. There was a pile up at the windward mark but all got away without any damage. The fleet converged on the windward mark and the top positions changed throughout the race with the Aussie contingent taking three of the top five places. Gutted Hedgehog won followed by Kieran LIVERMORE and Tim AUSTIN on BangBang, CST composites , Ronstan, and Marty JOHNSON and Mike HALKES (AUS) on Nerdwork.
Race six, and second race of the day started in 20 knots breeze from the southeast. The race started with a charge to the left and was to turn into another Brit convention with Gutted Hedgehog working their way through into the lead with the next four places highly contested. At the finish it was Gutted Hedgehog followed by Ronstan and Boatracer.co.uk.
The third race of the day started in an 15-18 knot breeze from the southeast. The race started with pin bias and a charge to the left was again dominated by the British teams with Gutted Hedgehog taking the win followed by Tim FELLS and Sean DWYER (GBR) on AT&T and PICA.
Race eight and Gutted Hedge had stamped their intentions on the event and had headed for the shore having won the event. The breeze had dropped slightly to about 15 knots. Don and Kate FORSTER on Minibus won the pin and sailed to the left corner and led round the first lap. Nerdwork at last came alive and overtook Minibus to never be seen again. This race developed into an Aussie convention with BangBang and CST composites taking the first three at the finish followed by the British convention.
The event was sailed in mixed conditions with Gutted Hedgehog worthy Open Champions with the Worlds boding well for them. The Aussie Champions were Nerdwork from CST Composites.
The Worlds start on the 9 January with the British Lloyds Register sponsored contingent holding the upper hand, but the Aussie fleet have closed the gap and are not to be discounted. Sailing is to be held between Rose, Chowder and Taylor's Bay.


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Rails' console has a great feature: reload!. Introduced in Rails 1.1, it allows you to update your console's Rails app with any changes you've made on the filesystem.
However, if you create an object, like an ActiveRecord model, and then return to your Rails console to type reload!, it'll only reload the code. It won't reinstantiate any existing objects. And because of the dynamic way that methods get attached to ActiveRecord models, the instantiation process is an important step. So you can make a change in an ActiveRecord model, switch back to the console, hit reload!, and get nothing new at all.
It's probably possible to write some Ruby which queries ObjectSpace for ActiveRecord models, loads their attributes off into a hash, and then reinstantiates them - but making something like that portable could take some serious wizardry. I leave it as an exercise for the reader who is smarter than me. It's a lot easier to just remember, after you hit reload!, you may in some cases have to reinstantiate some of your objects.
It's not perfect, but it still beats starting over entirely from scratch.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Evil Rails Console Gotcha: reload!
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Dale Jones (born 12 March 1964 in St. John's) is a retired Antiguan and Barbudan middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
He won the silver medal at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games and the bronze medal at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games. At the 1984 Olympic Games he competed on the 4 x 400 m relay team. At the 1988 Olympic Games he was knocked out in the heats of the 1500 metres, but the time of 3:49.41 minutes was a new national record. At the 1991 World Championships he competed in both 800 m and 1500 m, setting a national 800 m record of 1:48.62 minutes. He also competed at the 1993 World Championships.