text: Should players consider tanking? The question has always been "should tanking be allowed?" That to me is a very simple question… Yes. Why should it not be allowed? If a team believes that its best way to be competitive is through the draft, then why should they not do it? Other teams are welcomed to ruin their seasons as well. It is fair game, unlike saying buying up players in free agency. An to add to the "fairness," it is not even a guarantee that tanking will help you get the 1st pick, thanks to the (broken) lottery system. However, even if management decides to tank, should players take the season off? The question is fundamentally different. Team management is paid to work the phones, and set up their team to win, even if it is in the long-term future. Coaches still need to coach. Executives are expected to work the phones, and be executing their plan. But what are players paid to do? Play! Then what happens when the team's best interests is for their star player (being paid over 20 million!) to sit the season out? Should the player oblige? He is basically being told to sit, watch, and collect his paycheck. Is that the right thing to do? In the Knicks case? Yes, it is. Anthony has clearly pushed himself beyond his body's limits, and that is actually causing more harm than good. The man in the midst of a 5 year, 100+ million contract! And this is his first year! Why should he risk injuring his leg when the team knows that it prefers to lose games? The rationale is against Anthony… but I do admire him for doing something that may make him unpopular. He is trying to own up to his contract, as best as he can. Now that he has shown us that he has pride, he has too show us he has brains, though. He needs to shut it down, and prepare himself mentally and physically for next year.


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Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall: Curry is a very talented player but when I watched him I just didn't see 1st round ability from him. He's been very productive at Marshall and deserves to be at the Senior Bowl, I just don't know that I buy him as a 1st round pick based on the film I've seen of him. I will be very interested to see how he does against this significant jump in competition.
Mike Martin, DT, Michigan: Martin is an all effort/all hustle defensive tackle that I like despite his lack of size. He's going to be a rotational guy from day one in the NFL in my opinion and while he won't wow people at the weigh-in I think he is going to make an impact at the next level.
Shea McClellin, DE, Boise State: I'm glad McClellin got an invite here because I like him as a defensive end. I don't think he's a 1st rounder but he's definitely in the 2nd/3rd round range on my board right now and I haven't done much film study on him yet. He's got some edge speed and if he filled out his frame a little bit I think he could be a 4-3 left end and apply a pass rush from the position which is much harder to find that many realize. He can definitely help himself this week, so I'm looking forward to watching him.
Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington: Ta'amu had a TON of hype going into the bowl game against Baylor and then Baylor ran right up the middle all game and people started to hop off the bandwagon. Ta'amu didn't impress me in that game at all obviously, but he didn't get to be a legitimate NFL prospect because he played like that all season. He will make himself a lot of money this week if he shows he can stand up to double teams and that he has some burst off the line of scrimmage. But he will continue to drop if he gets washed out versus the run and shows no push as a pass rusher.
Billy Winn, DT, Boise State: Winn is a guy I have been high on since last year, he's got impressive size and length based on the film I've seen of him and I really like his upside as a 4-3 DT or as a 3-4 defensive end. He's got versatility and I think he's going to end up going in the first two rounds, especially since this defensive tackle class isn't exactly stacked.
Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati: Wolfe is an underrated player that doesn't have huge upside but I think he has starting potential in the NFL. Brandon Holstein (@NFLDraftRoundUp on Twitter, follow him) pointed him out to me the first time months ago this season and when I got a chance to watch him I liked what I saw. Again, he's not a stud defensive tackle but he is definitely draftable in the 3rd/4th round range in my opinion and I look forward to seeing what he can do this week.
Andre Branch, DE, Clemson: Andre Branch was a player that I did not like at ALL when I watched him as a junior last season with Bowers opposite him, so I did not have high expectations for him as a senior at all. Most of his pressure on the quarterback came as a result of one on one's and he didn't show that he could use his hands at all and accomplished all his production thanks to his athleticism. But this year he flashed hand usage and the ability to use pass rush moves when I watched him. He has a TON to prove this week because if he has a good week he could be one of the biggest winners of the Senior Bowl thanks to his prototypical defensive end size and athleticism. Keep an eye out for Branch because he could make himself a ton of money this week.
Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina: Coples came into the season projected to be a top 5 pick and his stock has slowly slid ever since then. He didn't live up to expectations as a defensive end this year and plenty of people are projecting him inside to defensive tackle. I have no doubt that he could bulk up to play defensive tackle, but I haven't given up hope on him as a left end. I think people really underestimate how difficult it is to find a left defensive end that can play the run and rush the passer at a high level. Coples has that potential and I think that is what will keep him from sliding out of the top 20 or 25 ultimately. He has a lot to prove this week as well, and as a Tar Heel fan I will certainly be rooting for him.
Jaye Howard, DT, Florida: I am really happy that Howard is here. I remember watching him as a junior and thinking that he definitely had draftable ability and I believe he was on my list of potential break-out players this year. He definitely deserves to be here and he could open some eyes this week. He's not the flashiest guy but he is reliable and should make some plays in the backfield this week.
Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina: Ingram has a chance to make himself a lot of money this week as well. He's got quality size for a defensive end and has really improved his stock over the course of the season when everyone (including me) thought Devin Taylor and Jadeveon Clowney would be the talk of the defensive end position. I'm excited to see him live this week.
Tydreke Powell, DT, North Carolina: Powell is a player that I personally think is very overrated. He's got a late round grade from me at this point and having seen a significant amount of film on him I'm not sure there's a lot he can do this week to change my mind. His upside in the NFL is a 4-3 NT but he doesn't offer much as a pass rusher and he doesn't defend the run well either. His best bet is to land in a scheme that asks all of their defensive linemen to penetrate and make plays in the backfield, but he isn't the athlete to consistently do that (it's just what he likes to do, based on film). Powell could get exposed this week if he doesn't play with better gap responsibility, and I have no reason to think he will based on the film I've watched.
Courtney Upshaw, DE/OLB, Alabama: I'm very glad Upshaw is here and I'm sure a lot of other people are as well. He will likely be playing out of position at 4-3 DE all week, but he has enough ability to play with his hand down and succeed even if his best position is 3-4 OLB in my eyes. I'm excited to see him in person because he really impressed me when I watched him this year, especially in the National Championship.
Honestly, I'm not wowed with the linebackers here. Zach Brown (North Carolina) is the odds on favorite to be the first one drafted, but I'm not high on him and he looks like a better athlete than a linebacker when I watch him. He won't be able to show his tackling ability this week so he could really impress people thanks to his athleticism and potential but he struggles with wrapping up and making quality tackles. One guy I do like is Nigel Bradham (Florida State). He's not an elite prospect but I think he will be a NFL starter in a 4-3 defense. Another guy I am very high on is Keenean Robinson from Texas. He's got great instincts and may be my odds on favorite to boost his stock as much as any other linebacker in Mobile this week. Look out for him, he is an absolute player.
Defensive Backs:
This defensive back group took a hit when Mark Barron (Alabama) announced that he would not be here this week, but it makes sense that he elected to skip it because his stock can really only go down at this point. I'm very excited to see Casey Hayward (Vanderbilt) who I have been talking up for well over a year at corner, Janoris Jenkins (North Alabama, formerly of Florida), Alfonzo Dennard (Nebraska), Jamell Fleming (Oklahoma) and Leonard Johnson (Iowa State). Jenkins was a corner I was very high on when he was at Florida, so it will be fun to see him in person despite the troubles he has this past year. Jamell Fleming and Hayward were both on my potential break-out players list that I posted before the season this year, so I am very excited to see both of them live. I really like both of them in coverage even though they may not have prototypical size (Hayward may be 5'9" or 5'10") and speed. They're good cover corners and that should show this week.


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Further privatisation of UK NATS
Air traffic control remains one of the least reformed sectors of aviation worldwide. A natural monopoly (even the most committed pro-marketeer would hesitate to propose individual aircraft receiving competing ATC instructions), national airspace is also regarded as a key strategic asset by virtually all countries. There have been a few examples of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) being "commercialised" in various degrees, notably in Australasia, Canada and the UK. On the whole these experiments have been successful, but as yet they have not spread very far, at least for the main en-route services, and have not involved full privatisation. Outsourcing to private companies has been more common in the provision of tower services at airports, with Spain becoming the latest country to seek to reduce costs (and the considerable power of the ATC unions) in this way. With the European Single Sky and SESAR initiatives, the European Commission is certainly pushing for radical reform of European ANSPs, but not for the first time there is resistance from some key countries.
NATS on the cusp of further change
In the UK, NATS (National Air Traffic Services) is about to undergo a further transformation, which may yet act as a model for at least some other ANSPs. To understand fully what is being proposed it is necessary to go back a decade or more to the initial introduction of private capital into NATS. In 2000, the UK's Labour Government, having declared while in Opposition that "our skies are not for sale", announced that it would after all partly privatise NATS, through a so-called Public Private Partnership. This involved the sale of 46% of the shares in the company to a Strategic Partner, with the Government retaining 49% and 5% allocated (for free) to employees. One particularly unusual aspect of the sale was that although the Strategic Partner would have only a minority shareholding, it would effectively control the company, with rights, inter alia, to appoint Senior Management, approve/veto the Business Plan, appoint a majority of Board Directors if necessary, etc. The objective was clearly to introduce private sector expertise to turn NATS into a more commercial, efficient and profitable company.
By the standards of most ANSPs, NATS was probably not a particularly badly run company. It was well respected in the industry and had a good safety record. But by private sector standards its performance left much to be desired. Its major projects were repeatedly delivered late and over budget, if they were delivered at all. Its quality of service, particularly in terms of flight delays, was poor, imposing substantial costs on its airline customers. And despite having some of the highest charges in Europe, its financial performance was modest. NATS was desperately in need of reform if it was to meet the growing demand for ATC services in the UK and across a large part of the North Atlantic. But reform would certainly be far from easy. Apart from a management with a well entrenched public sector ethos, NATS' employees, especially the controllers, were well paid and highly unionised, as were those of most other ANSPs. Controllers share with airline pilots the ability to severely disrupt air services relatively easily. Any reform would have to be handled carefully if industrial relations were not to suffer.
There was considerable opposition in the UK to the partial privatisation of NATS, especially from the trade unions and the left of the Government's own party. This partly explains the restrictions placed on the sale, notably a commitment to build a new ATC centre in Scotland and safeguards for employees and their pensions which were to prove costly for the new owners. Nevertheless, the Government pressed ahead with the sale. Three bidders were eventually shortlisted: Lockheed Martin, already a major partner of NATS in the provision of equipment for the new Swanwick ATC centre, the largest in Europe; Serco, a company specialising in buying public assets and turning the companies around; and a consortium of UK airlines.
Both the Lockheed Martin and Serco bids created issues for NATS's airline customers. There were doubts about having the company's principal equipment supplier as its Strategic Partner, and concerns that Serco's reputation for aggressive management would damage sensitive industrial relations, with the airlines taking most of the pain from any airspace closure or capacity reduction. These were certainly factors in encouraging an airline consortium to mount its own bid, but at least as important was a growing realisation that an efficient, customer-focused ATC system was critical to airline operations.
If the quality of NATS' services could be dramatically improved, the impact on the quality of the airlines' own services, and their profitability, could be marked. The airlines accepted that they would have to make a competitive bid, but they offered the added attraction of a so-called "not for commercial return" investment. In other words, their main return would come from cost savings for their own (and other carriers') operations, rather than directly from the investment in NATS. In the charged political atmosphere of the sale, that was quite a marketing ploy. (Incidentally, "not for commercial return" never meant "not for profit". The airlines always intended that they would get a reasonable financial return from their investment, but over a very long period, perhaps some 20 to 30 years). The risk of being accused of bias against the interests of other airlines was greatly reduced by inviting IATA to take a seat on the NATS Board.
The seven carriers which formed the so-called Airline Group (AG), British Airways, British Midland, easyJet, Monarch, Airtours, Britannia and Virgin Atlantic (Airtours and Britannia were later replaced by Thomas Cook and Tui following mergers among UK charter airlines) succeeded in being chosen as the preferred buyer of NATS in the first half of 2001. hey were always the politically favourite (or in the case of the trade unions, the least objectionable) bidders, but still had to come up with the highest bid. Some GBP800 million was paid to the Government, plus a commitment to a GBP1 billion investment programme over the following 10 years.
The investment was highly geared, reducing the capital call on each airline, an approach which didn't find favour with NATS' new economic regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority. The structure of the AG was that of seven equal partners, each with a single vote, and for most key decisions a majority of six out of seven was needed. The airlines owned shares in the AG and the AG held the 46% holding in NATS. Unfortunately, the high gearing of the bid created a serious early problem with the collapse in traffic after the events of 9/11. NATS finances were under severe pressure and a financial restructuring was needed, with additional capital provided by the Government, which retained its 49% stake, and by the airport operator BAA, which took a 4% shareholding, reducing the AG's stake to 42%. However, the AG's key Strategic Partnership Agreement, and with it effective control over NATS, remained in place.
So much for the history. How has the PPP worked out in practice?
The answer is: remarkably well. By almost every measure it has been a success. From the AG perspective, and perhaps surprising given that many of the airlines involved are usually fierce competitors (think BA and Virgin!), the shareholders have worked together effectively and co-operatively. Furthermore, they appear to have had a very positive impact on NATS. As for NATS itself, the company has been transformed.
Safety, already at a high level, has improved significantly. Flight delays have come down to levels where they are no longer of any real concern for customers. Project delivery is top quality, usually on time and on budget. Progress has been made in reducing borrowing and the long-term pension burden, although NATS does remain a high cost producer, with charges to match. The company is far more customer-focused than before. Finally, it now produces healthy profits and has started to pay a steady dividend. In fact, the financial return for the AG shareholders has proved to be far more attractive than was originally envisaged, even before any further share sale.
NATS has now been a partially privatised company for some ten years. Given its transformation, it is perhaps not surprising that at least some of the airline investors have considered selling their shares, in whole or in part. At the same time, the parlous state of the UK public finances means that any asset sale is attractive to the Government. There is unlikely to be a shortage of willing buyers. NATS is a respected ANSP brand with a monopoly over a large slice of European and North Atlantic airspace, with (according to its airline customers) a weak regulator whose reputation has yet to recover from its failure to control BAA effectively. There is the prospect of a steady and growing stream of dividends and potentially a key role in any reorganisation of European airspace.
Where to next?
For many, however, that still leaves the question: what type of company will NATS be after a further sale of shares? To get close to understanding the answer it is necessary to consider the options now facing the current major shareholders, both the airlines and the Government.
First, how many shares to sell? It seems very likely that BAA will sell all of its 4% stake at the earliest opportunity. NATS is less of a strategic investment for the airport operator than it is for airlines and BAA has never been a particularly active shareholder. As for the Government, it is almost certainly true that some (notably the Treasury) would like to sell the whole 49% stake. At the same time, the Government has been lobbied to maintain at least a 25% shareholding in order to retain influence in Europe, where the Single Skies and SESAR initiatives are now building up momentum. Sources suggest that no final decision has yet been made, and may not be for some time. What the Government does have to do quite quickly, however, is seek Parliamentary approval for a sale. This process could take several months and may be controversial. There are still politicians who regard the UK's airspace as a key strategic asset and are concerned that control over it should not pass into "undesirable" hands.
It appears that the airline shareholders in the AG are no longer united in their vision of the future. Press reports suggest that easyJet, now NATS' largest customer, would prefer to maintain the status quo. At least two of the charter carriers, on the other hand, do not seem to see any reason to retain a shareholding at all. The positions of the other airlines may lie somewhere between these two extremes, and may indeed be flexible to at least some extent, depending on the details of any sale. One factor does seem to be clear, however: none of the airlines see much benefit in just being shareholders in NATS, despite the attractive dividend stream. If they retain all or some of their stakes, they want to continue to exercise real influence, which means retaining the Strategic Partnership Agreement in some form. It is difficult to envisage the current SPA surviving untouched, but how much of it can be saved will depend to a significant extent on what kind of sale is pursued.
One option is a public sale of shares, an IPO. This might have a number of attractions. For example, it would produce a wide spread of new shareholders, with no one single party likely to be dominant. It would also make it easier for those current shareholders who might not want to sell all their shares immediately, as they would have the option of further sales at later dates of their choosing. On the other hand, an IPO would also have potential disadvantages, not least in failing to maximise the sale proceeds. The AG Strategic Partnership Agreement would almost certainly disappear and any remaining influence by the airlines be limited to the size of their retained stakes in the company. Finally, there would be little to stop a single investor buying up all or most of the shares post-IPO. Potentially, this could be an embarrassment to the Government, especially if an "undesirable" investor was involved. Post full privatisation there may be little the Government could do to influence such an outcome.
The alternative to an IPO is a trade sale. As already mentioned, NATS is potentially an attractive investment to certain companies and financial institutions. Both Lockheed Martin and Serco were shortlisted in the original PPP in 2001. Some of the AG shareholders appear to be concerned that financial institutions looking for a relatively short-term investment (say 5 to 7 years) would not be in the interests of either NATS or its customers. ANSPs are long-term businesses, with investment programmes spread over many years. There is a fear by some that the company could be fattened up for an early on-sale without due regard being paid to the longer-term implications. Financial institutions with a longer-term horizon, on the other hand, such as pension funds focused primarily on a steady stream of dividends, might be more willing to support a continued role for the Airline Group, and hence help to ensure that the customers' interests are protected. It is perhaps not surprising that at least some AG shareholders are said to favour such a model. Finally, one should not ignore the possibility that another ANSP, perhaps DFS of Germany or NavCanada, might join a consortium to bid for NATS. That would introduce a very different possible scenario, especially with the political pressure in Europe to consolidate ANSPs.
Too many players
Air traffic control is the sector of the aviation industry where reform has had least impact. Overwhelmingly it remains government owned and controlled, treated as a strategic asset. As a result, there are far too many companies operating inefficiently, with the additional costs, both direct and indirect, borne by the airlines and ultimately their passengers. Nowhere is this more evident than in Europe, where every State, from Germany to Malta, has its own ANSP and jealously guarded airspace. Things are moving, albeit slowly. The political pressure to change is gaining momentum. The UK's NATS was the first significant ANSP to introduce private capital and a unique partnership with its principal customers.
Others such as Canada and Australia also commercialised their operations, but in a different way. The NATS model has certainly been a success, and it is perhaps surprising that as yet it has not been copied elsewhere. Growing pressure on national finances might well see a move in that direction before too long in several countries. NATS is now about to move to its next stage, with additional, possibly full, privatisation. There are clear risks involved, but also opportunities. What seems certain is that a further ten years from now, the air traffic control business is likely to look quite different from what it does today.


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I printed off another plate of Mendel parts the other week, including two more Z-axis drive screw blocks. This time I increased the height of the support layer (7 slices rather than 4) to better accommodate the slight sloping of the glass foam base. I was more careful in removing the large parts this time, and tried first to peel the HIPS support off of the glass foam as the first step, rather than trying to remove the ABS parts from the HIPS right away. I found that using a pocketknife to lift up the HIPS at a corner worked very well, and I was able to remove all the parts with no breakage. The HIPS is still bonding to the ABS more strongly in some spots on the tray than in others (the bonding in the rear right corner still being the strongest), and I'm at a loss as to why.
I decided to try printing one of the large toothed pulleys this time around to see what the resulting quality would be like. While it's certainly functional enough for the goals of a self-replicating rapid prototyper project, I think using traditionally manufactured off-the-shelf pulleys when possible is a much better solution – no need to cripple precision in the name of purity. You'll also note the helical looking object at the far right – this was the first non-Mendel part I had tried printing. It's a screwable jewelry box that I found on Thingiverse. Unfortunately, I was a bit eager when putting the two halves together, as I should have lightly sanded the surfaces first. The fit is rather tight, and now I can't get the two pieces apart.
With this latest batch of parts complete, I had a look inside the dry box on the Stratasys to see how much filament I had left. Very little, it turns out – perhaps 7 turns each of ABS and HIPS. I was expecting my shipment of filament from New Image Plastics to have been here over a week ago, but in doing a little digging, it appears they can be slow to ship to their hobbyist customers. I can't blame them – the big industrial orders that actually keep them in business get priority, and it's very kind of them to take the time to deal with RepRap users at all. I suppose a bit of patience is in order.
So, what to do with a Stratasys FDM 1600 that's just sitting idle? Have a look at the innards, that's what. I could find no real information on what is inside the FDM machines other than illustrations in Stratasys patents, and what I can see inside the build chamber. However, the Stratasys 1996 10-K filing notes that the "sole current supplier of the X-Y stage for the FDM 1650, FDM 2000 and FDM 8000 benchtop systems is Asymtek." It was a solid bet that I'd find some Asymtek hardware inside, and likely other off-the-shelf parts as well (as commodity 1/16 DIN temperature controllers were used on the front panel rather than a more integrated system). The manual cautions against removing any panels, as it could wreck the calibration. The side panels do look rather beefy, but I'm guessing there's not a great deal of interesting machinery or wiring behind them. The upper cover, on the other hand…
The front of the machine is to the left – you can see two of the thermocouple wires that run to the temperature controllers on the front panel. There's a DIN rail for power distribution at the top left of the photo, and as best I can tell, the white box underneath the large circuit board on the right is just a power supply. Just out of view in the upper left is the LCD keypad interface, which is an Intelligent Instrumentation CTM150B-00. The big beige box in the lower left is the Asymtek controller, model A-201 (for which I found the operation manual and the service manual). Asymtek manufactures fluid dispensing equipment generally used in manufacturing circuit boards, and the A-200 series appears to have been specifically targeted at OEMs to use as a turn-key motion control system. This looks to have been a very shrewd choice by Stratasys – rather than having to build a motion control system from scratch, they found an off-the-shelf system that was extremely well suited to the task. Given the wording of the 10-K filing, I'm guessing that the X-Y mechanics were all from Asymtek as well (looking inside the FDM build chamber, it easily looks like an upside-down A-100 or A-300 for the X-Y).
The big circuit board itself is what I assume to be a proprietary Stratasys board, as there are no company, brand or model names silkscreened onto it. The two ROMs are labeled as firmware 7.04 (which I think is the version the LCD panel displays on startup). The large square chip is a National Semiconductor HPC46003 16-bit microcontroller – no internal ROM on this version of the uC, hence the need for a pair of socketed ROMs.
I couldn't learn a whole lot right away from the circuit board (though if I get a chance I'll dump the contents of the ROMs), so I started looking into the Asymtek controller. I came across a paper on fractal fill patterns that used an FDM 1650 as a testbed (the late 90s must have been a great time for grad students to play with Stratasys machines – unlike newer models, these older units have a high hackability factor). The paragraph that jumped out at me was:
The Stratasys FDM 1650 machine used for the experimental tests is driven by an Asymtek A-201 digital motion controller. The A-201 controls the x-y movement of the depositing head, the z movement of the stage, and the rotation of the two electrical servo-motors mounted on the head that feed the thermoplastic wire into the two liquefiers. The controller uses Automove Control Language (ACL) for programming [7]; Stratasys has implemented a slightly modified version of this language, called Stratasys Machine Language (SML). It is similar to Hewlett Packard's PCL used to control plotters and all commands are strings of ASCII text.
Another google search, and I found the Automove Control Language reference. Sure enough, the commands detailed looked just like the lines in a .SML file generated by Quickslice. I wondered what modifications Stratasys made to ACL to create SML, as a sampling of commands I pulled from a generated .SML file are all present in the ACL reference. In fact, I have a sneaking suspicion that the "Stratasys Modeler Language Programming Reference Manual" noted in Øivind Brockmeier's thesis was hardly more than a re-labeled ACL manual (perhaps to hide the identity of a key supplier), especially as Øivind notes that the revision of his copy was 3.4 from May 1991, and revision 3.4 of the ACL manual was released on April 22, 1991. Sure enough, in tracing the RS-232 cable in the FDM 1600, I found that it runs right into the A-201 – the brains of the FDM are Asymtek, not Stratasys!


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Searching for long range dect phones has brought you to this article. It's probably because you're disappointed with the other results of long range dect phones searches.
It's true to say that we are very safety-conscious today and there are European and Worldwide standards in existence to which all wireless products must conform. To extend the coverage of your average DECT phones to turn them into long range dect phones then you require a suitable number of repeaters that extends the signal into the desired areas of your premises. In some cases you will have a limitation on how many hops you can have. With the D5020 handset it can be considered among long range dect phones due to its being able to roam through up to ten different sites. long_range_dect_phones.pdf
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I think we're now in the "home stretch". Most of the work and improvements I've wanted to make on the house are pretty much done at this stage. Sure, I've got several things still outstanding, like wardrobes and storage for my bedroom, but the "big" stuff is finally done.
Over the last couple of weeks the final pieces have come together. It hasn't been 100% plain sailing of course, because that would be far too boring!
For example, the other evening I came home to discover this:
Of course several of my friends immediately suggested "ceiling cat":
Apparently what had actually happened was that when they tried to install the heated towel rails to replace the rather ugly radiators that came with the house, they found that there was a rather large joist in the way, so they had to run the pipes around it. Either way it's since been put back to "normal", though I suspect it'll need a coat of paint.
But a little bit of inconvenience is worth it in the long run. I now have nice heated towel rails in both the main bathroom and the en suite. They look fantastic and also give out more heat than the tiny little radiators that were there originally.
I've always wanted a wet room or at least a rainforest style shower. I don't have the space for a wet room, but I was able to get the standard shower replaced with this Mira one which has two heads:
As I mentioned back in February, one of the upgrades that the heating and plumbing system got was the addition of a water pump, so all the taps and the shower are under high pressure. For some of the taps that means that you need to be careful not to turn them on fully, or you'll end up getting soaked. But for this new shower the pressure means you get a very energetic shower which will definitely wake you up! I love it!
One of the big things for me was getting plenty of shelving and storage installed. The office has floor to ceiling bookcases, which are now covered in books, though there is still plenty of space available. I also wanted to get bookcases in the dining room area and something for my TV and AV gear. The guy who did my bookcases did an absolutely fantastic job!
The television is mounted on an adjustable bracket. The cupboard on the right-hand side will take all of my DVD players, amplifier etc., etc and has a generous number of sockets builtin. I'm not 100% sure how I'll manage getting the speaker wires in and out of it, but I'll deal with that when I get around to reconnecting everything (a chore I am absolutely dreading!).
The dining room now has two lovely floor to ceiling bookcases. And of course I'm going to use the one closest to the kitchen for cooking books. I'm not 100% sure what will end up in these bookcases, but it's impossible to have too much shelving and storage space!
As you can see it's a slightly darker coloured wood than what was used in the office, but that works out really well.
I've also decided to take the plunge and get wardrobes and storage for my bedroom as well. It's not cheap, but it's really good quality, so I think it's worth the investment to get it all done properly.
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Adam Greyhawke had vowed to never marry again after he lost his wife and child. He never wanted to feel that pain again. When he sees Miss Katherine Wright he immediately wants her but will keep his distance, though he will be tempted to be near her.
Miss Katherine Wright has had many suitors but never did she want one like she wanted Adam. She will want him but she knew that he would not marry her. She tried to be indifferent but he brought out the passion inside of her.
Wedding Night with the Earl is the third book to the series The Heir's Club of Scoundrels Trilogy by Amelia Grey. I really liked this story.
Adam's character was rakish but he wasn't a bad guy. I liked that he went after Katherine even after he found out that she had limp. Not all suitors would or if they did they were possibly after her inheritance. Adam wanted Katherine as she was. I liked that Adam had an inner struggle. He wanted Katherine but knew that he could not claim her because he would not marry her. He was not out to use her and walk away. Katherine's character intrigued me. She had been injured long ago in a carriage accident which left her the only survivor. Despite the accident Katherine was a strong woman. She might not show it all the time but it was there under the surface. I liked that she was breaking out and trying to walk on her own without her cane which was due to Adam's encouragement.
This is the last book to the trilogy and I have no doubt that I will come back to this author.


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I've had enough early dumps which at first appeared fine and after some play discovered they were not - that now I pull the board out of each cartridge, fully clean with 99% alchol, polish with a white high poly eraser, dry, reassemble and only then dump. No more issues with dumps that have corruption. .
I cleaned again but the result is the same The forcesystem and forcesize configuration is ok, i increase the size and the rom change from 2mb to 4mb or 6mb (depending on how much i put it)Other ideas to test?


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I have bilateral lymphedema and I'm finished with therapy and now wearing compression pantyhose. For the past few weeks, my right knee has been very sore. Is it possible that I may have developed some fluid on my knee because of all the lymph fluid moving around?
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January 26, 2019
Screenplay (1984) – Lee Ryder, Eric Ryan, Jon King
Release Year: 1984
Cast: Michael Braun, Lee Ryder, Eric Ryan, Jon King, Mike Carr, Brian Palmer, Robert Vega, Daniel Holt
Genres: Classic, Vintage, Pre-Condom, No Condoms
Video language: English
Winner of the 1984 award for "Best Gay Film" by the Gay Critics Association, this Steve Scott film is one of his best, technically superior and only suffering because of its underdeveloped and slow-moving (yet forgivable due to its dramatic tension) storyline. Characterization and narrative, too, add to its overall superior quality.Hung Lee Ryder plays a drifter who wanders into the shooting of a porn film, shot on location at the Lost World Resort in Palm Springs. The film begins as a latino crewman/ chauffeur, Robert Vega, is being sucked off in a moving-van trailer by a clean-cut man. Robert plugs his hole with his uncut pud and they both blow as Ryder happens upon the scene. Wardrobe gopher Jon King delivers a costume to the porno's cowboy star, Eric Ryan, who's fresh from the shower. King, vocalizing all the way, kneels down to take Ryan's huge cock in the shower to test his virility and noisily sucks his meat before getting a no-hands peration and butt-fuck on the bed.Having given Ryder a lift to the set ("this isn't the fluffy-hair over-hung twink of Huge and Huge II, this is a Lee Ryder that Scott's camera has lovingly captured in a new state; two years older, slightly more muscular; a new sleek, almost panther-like carriage.", Manifest), the latino admires him showering and offers him a blowjob. Vega takes it to the hilt and ends up swallowing the load emptied onto his tongue.A subplot reveals, too, that Vega is a spy for Ryan's lover, Michael Braun. Ryan later finds himself with Ryder, and as the cowboy porn star fellates him, dirty-talking Ryder spews "suck that big cock," "lick my balls," and "take it easy." Scene five has the crew chowing down at a Palm Springs restaurant. Lust-smitten Ryan ends up hand-jobbing the shy Ryder under the table, in one of the most convincing and imaginative scenes ever created. In an aside from the main plot, a film crew worker masturbates through his skivvies while a sleeping buddy lays beside him in the nude.A lover's spat occurs once Braun arrives on the scene and is concluded by a suck-off reconciliation, with Ryan's meat shooting hard. Still upset, Braun moves to the pool, spying an exhibitionist beating off by a picture window. Both men end up jacking off and an underwater camera excellently captures Braun exploding in the pool. The finale has King and Ryder in a betrayal session. King takes Ryder's 10" boner both orally and anally, continuing his clever mouthings ("suck those balls," "take that fuckin' big dick"), and the encounter has been set up by Braun to prove to Ryan that Ryder is just another "star fucker."
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Yeah sometimes it can be…a little rough; a little stormy in life. Sometimes life throws us a curve ball
But it's what we do with that ball that makes the difference. Do we catch it and just stare at it, or do we keep the ball in play, sending it where it needs to go next. So do we roll with life's ups and downs, keeping our eyes on our target? If we do that we'll still get where we're going- we'll just take a slightly different route, that's all.
Stay in the game.
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The preliminary FPO is designed to be a talk given a minimum of six months before your anticipated FPO date. It covers results to date and planned research, and serves as a preliminary critique of the proposed dissertation. Under the old system, by the time of the FPO it was too late to give much meaningful feedback. The faculty believe that the more feedback given, the better the final dissertation will be.
Six months before your anticipated FPO date (or with the permission of the Director of Graduate Studies at another time), you will do the following:
- Prepare a thesis outline. This should show research and results to date and indicate planned work to complete dissertation.
- Select your two thesis readers and your three non-reader (examiners) faculty members who will attend your final FPO. Give them the thesis outline, and agree on a date for the preliminary FPO.
All outside committee members (any non-Princeton faculty) must be pre-approved by the Graduate School. Normally outside members are only approved as readers. Outside members must be Assistant Professor or higher, or of equivalent rank in industry. Send their c.v. to the Graduate Coordinator with a 2-3 sentence explanation of why this person should be on your committee, and it will be submitted for approval. You will be notified once the outside member is approved.
- Give the date, committee members, and abstract to the Graduate Coordinator, who will announce the talk.
The talk will be open to the public. Following the talk, the committee members and the student will meet privately. At that time the student will be asked questions and given feedback regarding both the talk and the future planned research. No formal grade will be given.
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Give the economic turmoil lately I've no idea how to allocate my 401K contributions. Reaching out to see if I can get any good advice. Would love to get opinions on if the following allocations are good or bad?American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fd R4 10% INVESCO International Growth I 10% Columbia Acorn International Z 10% Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Y 20% Royce Pennsylvania Mutual Fund - Inv 10% Vanguard 500 Index Fund 20% INVESCO Charter I 10% Lord Abbett Fundamental Equity I 10% Returns for all of the above are down signficiantly for the year to date. My fund choices are listed below. The only funds that are up year to date are Money Market, Bond, Speciality and Balanced. I'm thikning of changing my allocation mix but am also thinking that maybe I should stick it out since I have over 20 years to ride it out (I'm 39 years old) and maybe it's not so bad to be buying in a down market. Thanks in advance for any advice! Here are my fund choices:Asset Allocation: Fidelity Advisor Freedom Inc I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2005 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2010 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2015 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2020 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2025 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2030 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2035 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2040 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2045 I Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2050 I Money Market Vanguard Admiral Treasury Money Market Vanguard Reserve Prime Money Market Inst Bond American Funds High Income Trust R4 PIMCO Total Return - A Balanced American Funds Income Fund of America R4 Large Cap American Funds Fundamental Investors R4 American Funds Growth Fund of America R4 American Funds Washington Mutual Fund R4 INVESCO Charter I Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Y Lord Abbett Fundamental Equity I Vanguard 500 Index Fund Mid Cap Fidelity Advisor Leveraged Co Stk I Small Cap Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Instl Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Y Royce Pennsylvania Mutual Fund - Inv International American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fd R4 Columbia Acorn International Z INVESCO International Growth I Specialty INVESCO Real Estate Fund Inst Stock Micros Systems, Inc. Unitized Stock Fund
You are leaving out some critical information, like how old are you, how many years until you envision retirement, what are your 401k assets, what other retirement savings do you have? Can you tolerate short term risk for long term gain or do daily fluctuations make your spine tingle with joy and pain?FuskieWho notes the reason for the nosiness is that selecting 401k options depends on your investment time window, risk tolerance and overall portfolio picture...
Thanks for the reply FuskieActually I did give my age, 39, and indicated risk tolerance given that I have 20+ years to retirement.I'm really just looking for an idea as to that funds are expected to perform the best over the long term.
To keep it simple, and assuming you are retiring and taking income around age 65, the Freedom 2035 would be an easy option to pick. It has reasonable expenses (.79), low turnover, and seems to perform as well as all over target date 2035 funds per morningstar. It is negative YTD as well but that should not concern you - that just means it is on sale.You could diversify with other funds but the last thing I would focus on what be how they did this year. Use some of the various asset allocation tools available online and then select the funds that fit those asset classes that have the lowest volatility and the cheapest expenses and you should do well.
Given your long term focus, I think your current allocation is fine. Most of us think the economy will recover slowly. The equity investments you make now will probably do quite well. So keep buying equities for now and don't worry about short term performance.You seem to be 100% into equities with a reasonable position in international stocks and small caps. That is fine for now.When you get within 10 years of retirement, you might want to consider adding some bonds.When stocks start doing well again, you will be able to see which of your funds are doing well. Judging when stocks are down is more difficult, but if you must compare them to their respective indexes or the S&P 500. But hold off for now if you can.
At your age and with your goal of an early retirement at 59, I would consider a 60-40 mix of stocks over bonds, maybe 70-30 if you want to be more aggressive.Now, there are five metrics you want to consider when evaluating a mutual fund:1. Management Tenure. You want to look for a mutual fund whose lead manager has been around a while. These are the individuals with proven track records keeping the fund in line with its stated objectives (read the prospectus to know what those are). The longer they have been around, the more diverse the economic conditions they will have navigated the fund which means the better chance they can be successful in any market.2. Expense Ratio. Mutual funds invest in equities and as such incur transaction costs just as we would if we were buying companies ourselves. These costs are built into the mutual fund NAV price, but it's smart to know how much of your share price is going to pay for management and how much is actually investment. A lower expense ratio, usually found in index funds, means more of your money is working for you.3. Turnover Rate. The Motley Fool tends to promote buy and hold investing and the same can be said for mutual funds. The logic is simple - the fewer trades made by fund managers, the lower the expense ration. A low turnover rate also suggests the fund is invested in strong, high quality companies with long term growth potential. Not surprisingly, index funds tend to have the lowest turnover rates since the companies making up the index do not change.4. Past Performance. Sure, past performance is no guarantee of future returns, but it is reasonable look at how the fund's management has performed over time in a variety of market conditions. The last 5 years can tell you how they have done during the recession. The last 20 years can tell you how they have performed when things were more rosy. Consistently above average returns over different periods of time indicate a management team that doesn't panic and is flexible to market changes, and that is good news going forward.5. Dividend Yield. Not every mutual fund pays a big dividend but if you can find one that that meets the other requirements and also has a good annual yield, then you can take advantage of dividend reinvestment programs available in most 401k plans to grow your positions quantitatively in addition to your regular contributions, so that the growth in gains are even more powerful.Other things to consider. I usually check to see that a mutual fund is nearly totally invested. If you are putting your retirement hopes in a mutual fund, you don't want the fund manager to be leaving a large amount of its assets in cash or safe short term securities. You want the money working for you.FuskieWho hopes this gives you some tools you can use to become better educated and invested in managing your 401k...
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It was that moment, I knew that I had won something awesome! (Even though, this was a bit far out of date). But, as a consistent (no bragging > <) winner, I need to share out my tips! (^^) . This time around I won a pair of Chilam Crazy Hour Concert 2014 @ Bukit Jalil, well, not entirely me though!
The whole story went like this! I spotted a slogan contest for the VIP ticket for Chilam Crazy Hour 2014. I joined swiftly and shared this news to my bff. And, eventually, my slogan actually failed to capture the hearts of the judges; while my bff, on the other hand, scored the win! As token of appreciation, he invited me to join him! (^^) So, you can guess that the next silly tip is:
#4: Be friend with winners! Because you will have a lot of freebies to be shared with you!
In case, you are not sure of who is Cheung Chi Lam (or Julian Cheung or 张智霖), he is a famous actor from the 90s, but started as a singer in Hong Kong. He was famed for his roles in 1994 The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射雕英雄传) and one of my all-time favourite Return of the Cuckoo (澳门街). I still remembered because of the drama, I wanted to visit Macau for a long long long time, yet to be realised though (Anyone care to sponsor me?). Anyhow, he also married the love of his love (also the love of my life), Anita Yuen (袁咏仪). Years married with Anita, he was overshadowed by her talents. But, the Chilam Crazy Hour Concert finally marked the recognition from both Anita and their fans, on the his success. Please check out this link, pretty cool, when she guested in his concert in 2014, where she said: "..people call him as Anita's boyfriend last time, but today, when people see me, they called me Julien's wife, which I have longed for that long...!", signifying how proud she is with her hubby.
The concert started late (around 8:45pm), because of Friday jam near Bukit Jalil (like always)! Thank goodness bff and I went there late and slowly enjoyed our dinner! His concert was quite enjoyable and his singing was pretty much stable and nice! But, we vividly remembered that Julian had to cut off his shirtless scene in the concert! (in Malaysia, guy also couldn't strip, hahahaha). But, to our surprises, he invited handsome muscle guy Him Law (罗仲谦) and Z-Chen (张智成) whom I had not seen like a long long time, as guest singers. And actually Z-Chen and Julian's names were just one-word difference in Mandarin (when they joked about it, being brothers)!
Then, he changed into his super hot Captain uniform!!!! Oh damn! It was also a few days to his birthday! So, the organizer even prepared a nice birthday celebration for him! Just as the enjoyable concert coming to the end, he sang the iconic song from Triumph in the Skies (冲上云霄), 歲月如歌, as an encore song which concluded the concert beautifully! Now, he is the idol to me (seriously, he did not like 40 plus to me, with his awesome appearance and fit body) hahahahaha, though Anita will always have the larger piece of my heart! Enjoy the song!


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text: Nigeria finished third in their group [Getty Images]Holders Nigeria were bundled out of the African Nations Cup qualifiers after being held to a 2-2 home draw by South Africa and missing out on a top two place in Group A. Striker Tokelo Rantie scored twice for South Africa who let a two-goal lead slip and were denied a first ever win in Nigeria by a late leveller. AFCON 2015 Qualified: GhanaIvory CoastCameroonAlgeriaMaliCape Verde IslandsSouth AfricaCongoTunisiaZambiaBurkina FasoGabonGuineaSenegal Equatorial Guinea The pacey 24-year-old opened the scoring two minutes before halftime with an excellent run and finish past home goal-keeper Vincent Enyeama. Rantie netted his second three minutes after the break when his hustling forced a defensive mistake and he easily rounded Enyeama to fire into an empty net. Nigeria pulled a goal back with 22 minutes remaining as Ikechukwu Uche's shot hit the post and rebounded into the path of substitute Sone Aluko. South Africa were reduced to 10 men on 71 minutes when midfielder Reneilwe Letsholonyane received a second yellow card and Aluko set up a tense finish with his second from 25 metres in injury time. Elsewhere, Ghana's Mubarak Wakaso scored with a fantastic long-range strike as they booked their place at the finals with a 3-1 victory over Togo. Ghana top Group E with 11 points and will be joined at the finals by Guinea, whose 2-0 win over Uganda in neutral Morocco saw them finish runners-up in the section. Ivory Coast also qualified for the African Nations Cup after a tepid 0-0 draw with 10-man Cameroon, who had Stephane Mbia sent off just before the hour in Abidjan. Cameroon had made the event as Group D winners and showed little sense of adventure in a game that ended in farcical circumstances with the Ivorians passing the ball around in defence and the visitors showing no desire to win possession. Results: Ivory Coast 0-0 CameroonDR Congo 3-1 Sierra LeoneEthiopia 0-0 MalawiMali 2-0 AlgeriaGhana 3-1 TogoGuinea 2-0 UgandaNiger 1-1 MozambiqueZambia 1-0 Cape VerdeNigeria 2-2 South AfricaSudan 0-1 CongoBurkina Faso 1-1 AngolaGabon 4-2 Lesotho SOURCE: Reuters Africa Sport Football Cameroon Congo Republic


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Dead When I Got Here
This film is about a man finding purpose for his life in the most unlikely place after years of self-destruction. Infested with gangrene, unable to walk, Josué was cast out of the traumatised streets of Juárez, México into the desert and dumped in a mental asylum run by its own patients. Assisted by people employing empathy as the only means of survival, Josué transcended near death - discovering compassion in his darkest hours. Six years later, Josué manages the asylum. He dreams of his estranged daughter in California - last seen 22 years ago. Trawling the Internet, Vanessa encounters her father in the trailer for this film. The reunion offers Josué possibility to repair his shattered past and start life afresh. http://www.deadwhenigothere.org/
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- 2015
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- 72 mins
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- Mark Aitken
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- Chuck Bowden
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- Sibila Estruch
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- Mark Aitken
- Director of Photography
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- Mark Pilkington
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- Josué Rosales
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Court worker is fired after providing sample motion, which inmate uses to win DNA test and release
A court worker who provided a copy of a winning motion for seeking post-conviction DNA testing helped Robert Nelson win the reversal of a 1984 rape conviction for which he had been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.
But doing so also cost Sharon Snyder her job after court officials in Jackson County, Mo., determined that she had crossed a line by providing advice about a case, among other claimed violations of court rules, the Associated Press reports.
She admittedly gave a copy of a winning motion for DNA testing to Nelson's sister, who gave it to him to use as a sample in drafting his own winning motion. When the test was performed, it showed that he was not a match. Nelson had previously filed two other motions seeking DNA testing, but they were denied.
Snyder, 70, was fired less than a year before she was scheduled to retire. Initially distraught about the possibility of losing her pension, she later learned that her retirement benefits would remain in place, which apparently helped her take a more philosophical attitude over the loss of her job.
"I lent an ear to his sister, and maybe I did wrong," Snyder said. "But if it was my brother, I would go to every resource I could possibly find.
"I think I might have been the answer to his prayers."
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"Smile" photo from MeytalCohen.com
Recently, on Facebook, I stumbled across drummer Meytal Cohen's excellent cover—with Jennifer Lynn and Christine Wu on electric violins—of System of a Down's "Toxicity." It led me down a rabbit hole of other drum covers by Cohen, ultimately to discover that she left Israel at age 21 to pursue a dream of making music in Los Angeles. What's significant here is that she mastered her trade by carefully listening to and modeling the performance of drummers she admired. In August of 2013, she leveraged that skill to an extremely successful Kickstarter project to fund her own original album.
This reminded me of reading that Hunter S. Thompson once transcribed, on typewriter, both The Great Gatsby and A Farewell to Arms, just to get a feel for what it meant to write a great novel. Or to quote William Zinsser, author of On Writing Well, "Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I'd say I learned by reading the men and women who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it."
Similarly, educators often assign "sentence modeling" to students as a way to have them absorb effective constructions and styles. The students choose sentences they admire, then rewrite them with different words while preserving the original structure.
As Lynn Gaertner-Johnson points out in "Copy What Works," the same strategy can both save us time at work and lead us to mastery of business writing. By modeling our own writing on other successful documents in our workplace, we shortcut the writing process, while simultaneously training ourselves to write most effectively.
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Escape From Terra - Now available on Kindle. Buy the complete series today!
I'm gradually accumulating a list of Free Society Holidays...So far, Bill Of Rights Day is December 14th [day after tomorrow!]July 7th is Heinlein Dayand now let April 22nd be Bettie Page Day [invent your own Rite of Spring and take some naughty pictures!]Token


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Without I want in sympathy to pat a tender place.
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Citrix Meta Frame – Installation Error
I am trying to install citrix MetaFrame on a computer to be installed in our operation center to manager our XEN servers.
When I try to install it, it gives the following error and got exited from the setup.
Installer Information
There is a problem with this Windows Installer package.
A script required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.
The installation media was provided by our company sr. administrator and I installed the same for three to four times on some clients computers and the same was successful but this time, it is giving me error.
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It was goals galore for the big teams in a super Premier League Saturday with Chelsea and Manchester City coming out winners while Newcastle and Everton were in action, as well as West Ham and Cardiff.
City went into their match with Arsenal hoping to prove their title credentials after a rocky start to the season under incoming manager Manuel Pellegrini.
And the side did just that with Sergio Aguero opening the scoring for the side within 14 minutes. Theo Walcott was on show for the Gunners in his first start for the side since September, scoring a brace, but it wasn't enough to stop Pellegrini's men despite Aguero coming off in the second half with an injury.
Alvaro Negredo and David Silva added to City's scoreboard while Fernandinho put the ball in the back of the net twice and Yaya Toure was successful with a last-minute penalty to take their final tally to six, while Arsenal could only add one goal to Walcott's efforts thanks to Per Mertesacker in the 90th minute.
Meanwhile at Stamford Bridge Chelsea began their game with Crystal Palace the overwhelming favourites and despite looking slightly shaky against the relegation favourites Fernando Torres was able to score in the 16th minute.
Crystal Palace shocked the hosts by equalising thanks to Marouane Chamakh, but not long after the Blues were able to finish off a dominant first half with a goal from Ramires.
The win brings Chelsea closer to leaders Arsenal in the table and the side look to have recovered from their shock Premier League loss last weekend to Stoke.
Over at St James Park Newcastle took a deserved lead over Southampton in the first half thanks to Yohan Gouffran, who took advantage of the opposition's defensive mistakes to get one past the keeper. In the second half though the Saints looked much stronger and in the 65th minute Jay Rodriguez evened out the scoreline with a great counter attack from the southern side.
While it ended in a 1-1 draw both the Toon and Southampton's bench got into a scuffle at the end of the game after Massadio Haidara mounted a challenge on Morgan Schneiderlein. The FA will likely take a closer look at footage to uncover the perpetrators.
Everton were looking to build on their recent good form including a win over Manchester United and draw with table-leaders Arsenal as the club faced a struggling Fulham at home. And within 18 minutes they were in the driving seat with Leon Osman putting one on the board for the Toffees. The hosts' lead wouldn't last though with Dimitar Berbatov scoring a successful penalty to take the score to 1-1 after 67 minutes.
Roberto Martinez's side continued to work hard and Seamus Coleman took advantage of Maarten Steklenburg being unable to get to the ball and fired home in the second half. Gareth Barry made the side feel more comfortable after 85th minute as he slotted home a third goal for Everton and sealed the win. In the dying minutes, as Kevin Mirallas posted a fourth goal for the side their good form certainly looks set to continue, while the Cottagers stay in the relegation zone.
Elswehere Cardiff edged closer towards Premier League safety with a 1-0 win over West Brom while West Ham and Sunderland played out a goalless draw. Stoke and Hull will battle it out in the late kickoff.
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Apple released Aperture 2.0.1 today. While the release notes are the typically terse:
Aperture 2.0.1 addresses issues related to performance and overall stability. It also fixes a number of other minor issues. This update is recommended for all Aperture users.
Apple did provide a longer list of fixes in a separate document which has the following items:
- Upgrading libraries from earlier versions of Aperture
- Publishing .Mac Web Gallery albums
- Preview generation and deletion
- Creating and ordering books
- AppleScript support
- Keyboard shortcut customization
- Appearance of metadata overlays in the Browser, Filmstrip, and on light tables
- Watermarking of emailed photos
- Highlight Hot and Cold Areas
It also fixes a number of other minor issues, some involving the following areas:
- Loupe
- Smart Albums
- All Projects View
- Straighten Tool
- Filmstrip
- Drag and drop import
- Thumbnail generation
- Import window
- Export plug-in reliability
I'm still using the trial copy of Aperture so the update won't come through software update. An Aperture serial number is needed to download the 43.9MB standalone installer. New Aperture trial downloads will be the latest Aperture 2.0.1. Current trial owners can download the full trial version again using the link in your original e-mail (with the trial serial number) and re-installing.


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Paseo Numero 2 -> A Ritoque!
For round
two of the paseos we decided to head to Ritoque - a beach about 30
minutes away from Viña, that is famous for the New Years celebrations that take
place on the beach itself.
The day was cloudy and we were seriously regretting not bringing more clothes and there was a definite chill in the air, but we carried on through the frostbite of those 12 degree te mperatures! The advantage of having relatively wealthy frie nds is that we managed to have 3 enourmous 4x4s between us, so we could climb the sand dunes. Boyo did we have fun! We drove right by the sea, on the sand- we could have stepped out of the car and straight into the sea- and then we hit the dunes. Ama zing. Literally a rollercos ter ride on the sand, bouncing all over the place and just going up and down on what appeared to be a desert, or maybe that was just because I've never seen a desert. Anyway, we found a place to stop and made camp, which technically involved the guys preparing the barbecue and getting the cooler out the back of the truck, whilst the girls plaid a shockingly bad game of frisbee, which turned out to be more of a 'go fetch the frisbee' game.
Then the sun arrived. A very unwelcome guest. This meant that from previously having had temperatures of about 20, they suddenly rose to 30/35 and being in the middle of the dunes meant that the sand was incredibly hot some we were forced to lay items of clothing and anything that would serve as some sort of heat-stopper, to make it across the dunes, without losing a foot in the process.
After each of us had consumed sizeable amounts of meat and beer, it was definitely time to try to find our way to the sea, which we believed to be hours away, due to our seclusion. We climbed in the cars and left the men to clear up. It took us a good five minutes to 'eventually' reach the beach. Michel, Felipe's girlfriend literally ran into the sea, revealing her very very skimpy bikini, which was interesting to say the least, especially as she was probably a size 14. Each to their own.
We then
had a session of games, including Frisbee involving boys and girls, meaning it
flowed, although there was obviously a lot more competition. I then took all
the boys on at beach tennis and beat everyone; I became invincible that
afternoon and gained a lot of street cred!
We then headed
home, all burnt to a crisp and ready for a night out back in Viña. We had to go
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Hawaii Backyard Birds Field Guide Art Print
Regular price $35.00
This watercolor painting features 15 Backyard Birds of Hawaii as a field guide chart. It features the following birds:
- Common Myna
- Common Waxbill
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Japanese White-eye
- Java Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Saffron Finch
- Spotted Dove
- White-rumped Shama
- Zebra Dove
This is a large signed print of the original piece, printed on 13" x 19" inch Professional Canon Luster paper.
It is packaged in an archival poly bag and ships in a tube.


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Our plastic surgeon in Wichita, James, M. Shaw, MD, is excited to offer patients LATISSE®, an FDA-approved treatment to grow eyelashes for people with inadequate or not enough lashes.
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Secret fantasy about work colleague
I'm female and I can't stop this fantasy about an older married male work colleague.
I want him naked while I stay fully clothed. I hope his p**** is small say 4 inches. I get him to lay down on his back and spread his legs while I take him in my mouth, licking and sucking away. After a while I then slowly run my tounge down to his hole. I start to swirl round it gently r****** him. He wonders what is going on while realising this thing he's never experienced before feels wonderful, so he watches me carry on as I move his hand so he's playing with himself. I demand that he comes. And he comes over his belly harder than ever.
I ask him if he wants to kiss my dirty mouth, which he does. Then he tells me he didn't expect to find me playing with his ass so pleasurable and suggests next time I use a well lubed up finger to tease him. He's hard again within minutes so down I go.
I slide my finger tip in between his spread legs and his hips start to move and his c*** twitches. He presses his hips down so my finger goes further inside him as he moans in pleasure, I slowly move my finger in and out, in and out as he squirms a little. I take his c*** back in my mouth as he lets out a loud moan of pleasure and comes almost instantly.
I'd love to build him up to a small strap on so he can ride it and come all over me
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This is my perfect dream, I fantasise about my female boss doing this to me. I even have a 4 inch d***! I wish your finger was up my ass right now as I j*** off!!!!
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― Michael Bassey Johnson
Been together …
" The only person worthy of your love is not one who overstayed in the relationship without a single change, but one, who appeared like an angel, and used a single day to make a million change. "
― Michael Bassey Johnson
― Michael Bassey Johnson
We humans cannot survive alone. We are social beings who need constant buzzing of other humans around us. We need our friends or family for consolation in grief, for support in distress, for expressing ourselves and for just been there. I am not a person who got much of the self expressing gene in me. I prefer to grieve alone or to sort out my problems by myself. But on some days of life, we just need the assurance that someone is actually there for us. Someone is looking after us. And that's when friends and family comes in picture.
Student life for us is a total carefree life. Nothing can wrong for us then. Life looks so possible and full of hopes. And it was no different for me and my friends too. But one morning I woke up to an inbox full of messages and lots of missed calls saying that one of my best friends met with an accident and didn't survive it. He was living in another city and was just back home for a week. It was only the previous day I spend time with him and the next day I woke up to hear his demise. That was one moment when even tears failed to acknowledge their presence. The moment when you feel so awake yet felt dreaming. That day itself his family arranged for his final rituals, and I have never seen something like that before. Losing a person is sad, but when that person is very young, it's just terrible.
The next day, I left for class, even when I didn't had the energy or mind. But been at home and engulfing in grief was more than I could handle. So escaping into the cheerfulness of campus was the only way. I went early that day, because I needed that time to compose myself before my gang came and start consoling me. But when I reached, saw the least expected person. He was one person who never reached class before the lecture starts. And here he was now, an hour before the college time. He was sitting at his usual place as if waiting for me, to assure me of his friendship and companionship. That moment I realized, I may have lost one friend to the past, but there are still some more beautiful friends around me to ensure my happiness and smiles. And for a long time, wherever I went he was somewhere around the scene, maybe to make sure I was fine. Also should add, that was the only day he reached class before me in all the four years of our college life.
We both have our differences and fights, and we still show our attitude to each other for days. We are miles away and it's been almost two years since we last saw each other. But it's just a matter of a message or a miss call, and there ends our ego and we both know that no matter what, we are there for each other. When there are friends and dear ones with us to hold our hands, or just to stand beside us during our not so good days, that itself gives us enough confidence to move on. And that's the fragrance of friendship and strength of togetherness.
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Cpl delivers contingent resourcing service as a single service provider for Pfizer
Pfizer is one of Ireland's leading employers and the largest pharmaceutical sector investor and employer with over 3,300 colleagues across 8 locations nationwide and a Capital Investment that exceeds $7bn. Many of Pfizer's leading and newest medicines are manufactured here for global export alongside part of their R&D functions. In addition to the 7 manufacturing sites, Pfizer also has its financial shared services centre in Dublin.
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The power to manipulate the chaotic forces of the universe. Opposite to Order Manipulation.
Also Called
- Chaos/Freedom Control
- Chaotic Force Control/Manipulation
- Disorder Control/Manipulation
- Freedom Manipulation
- Isfet Control/Manipulation
- Mayhem Control/Manipulation
- Turmoil Control/Manipulation
User can create, shape and manipulate the chaotic forces in the universe, allowing them to manipulate probability or manipulate and even shatter reality. They are able to change, mutate, destroy or otherwise manipulate any matter, space/time, living beings, organizations or minds and spirits as well as containing it, so it doesn't spread or spreads only on desired way.
- Chaos Attacks
- Chaos Empowerment
- Chaos Energy Manipulation
- Chaos Inducement
- Curse Inducement
- Chaos Negation
- Destabilization
- Discord Manipulation
- Destruction
- Disaster Manipulation
- Disintegration
- Disruption
- Elemental Manipulation
- Emotion Manipulation
- Form Manipulation
- Meta Matter Manipulation
- Paradox Manipulation
- Unpredictability
- War Manipulation
- Weather Manipulation
- Calamity Embodiment
- Chaos Magic
- Corruption Manipulation
- Creation/Alternate Universe Creation - Chaos is the raw creative force of existence.
- Dark Energy Manipulation
- Feral Mind
- Fire Manipulation - fire is considered a wild, chaotic element.
- Paradox Inducement
- Probability Manipulation
- Primordial Water Manipulation - water is connected to the primal Chaos in mythologies.
- Reality Warping
- Universal Force Manipulation
- Order Manipulation may negate or weaken user.
- May succumb to the forces of chaos and the forces associated with it.
- May send user into the very chaos it created.
- May be conflicted if confronted by Probability Manipulation.
- Users of Chaos Immunity cannot be affected.
- Users of Omnilock are immune as they exist outside of everything.
Known Users
- Drakath (Adventure Quest Worlds)
- Barians (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal)
- Yuma Tsukumo (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal)
- Chaos Numbers (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal)
- Vetrix Family (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal)
- Hart Tenjo (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal)
- Chaos Space Marines (Warhammer)
- Chaos Daemons (Warhammer)
- Chaos Gods (Warhammer)
- Eris/Discordia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Set (Egyptian Mythology)
- Apep (Egyptian Mythology)
- Nun (Egyptian Mythology)
- Chaos (Dissidia: Final Fantasy)
- Lord Chaos (Marvel Comics)
- Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
- Ruth Aldine (Marvel Comics)
- Lord Of Nightmares/L-sama (Slayers)
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Metal Sonic/Neo Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Scourge the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Enerjak (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Chaos Knuckles (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Brotherhood of Guardians (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic)
- Eris (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas)
- Chaos (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Hexadecimal (ReBoot)
- Twin Masters (Hero: 108); via Ultimate Form Transformation
- Equinox (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
- Lords of Chaos (DC Comics)
- Klarion (DC Comics)
- Chaos/Sailor Chaos (Sailor Moon)
- Pinhead (Hellraiser)
- Dr. Satan (The Haunted World of El Superbeasto)
- John White/ The Beast (inFamous 2)
- Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
- Him (Powerpuff Girls)
- Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)
- Imhotep (The Mummy); Power over the Ten Plagues of Egypt
- Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Ethan Rayne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- The Trickster and His Brigade (Doctor Who/The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Dracula (Castlevania)
- Drakath (AdventureQuest Worlds)
- Set and Apophis (The Kane Chronicles)
- Logrus (The Chronicles of Amber)
- Sheogorath (The Elder Scrolls)
- Nrvnqsr Chaos (TYPE-MOON)
- Chaos (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Pandora (Valkyrie Crusade)
Known Objects
- Chaos Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sol Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Worlds Ring (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- The Golden Apple of Discord and Chaos (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Laciel's Sword(s) (Inotia Chronicles, Children of Carnia)
- Core of Condensed Chaos (Inotia Chronicles, Children of Carnia)
- Chaos Energy (Inotia Chronicles, Children of Carnia)
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Hi and welcome back.
I had to cancel the NYC trip for lack of attendance, but with talent already booked, I decided to run what I could locally. We wound up in New Haven on a windy Fall day.
We used one speedlight and my California Sunbounce Micro Mini reflector. We worked off camera flash and just natural light with the reflector (one of my most favorite light modifiers). That's it.
Interested in learning how to shoot like this, tomorrow I'll have an announcement on that!
Thanks for stopping and till next time, happy shooting!


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Behold the Haier Theatre, a full touchscreen media player that might be pretty unremarkable were it not for its surprisingly low price tag: a 4GB version for $90 and 8GB for a measly $100.
The Theatre comes with a 3-inch capacitive touch screen, a built-in FM tuner and accelerometer, plays all your standard digital files and has a 12-hour audio battery life. Haier's also apparently throwing in 35 free music downloads and a free audio book if you sign up for a 14-day trial with eMusic, but even without that that hassle you're looking at a pretty great deal. [CrunchGear and MobileTechReview]