text:
THE Australian dollar is more than one US cent lower, weighed down by a combination of factors.
At 12pm AEDT today, the local unit was trading at 102.52 US cents, down from 103.65 cents yesterday.
The currency reached an overnight low of 102.43, its weakest level since Tuesday of last week.
Early this morning, Sydney time, the US Federal Reserve released the minutes of its January policy meeting. They showed that some members were worried that the bond-buying programs could eventually escalate inflation and unsettle financial markets.
IG Markets analyst Chris Weston said the Australian dollar and other risk assets were falling ahead of the release of the minutes.
"It did fall afterwards because the US dollar got a bit of a boost," he said. "A lot of the damage was done going into the minutes."
"There is no one smoking gun from what I can see - we did see some weaker US housing starts numbers, there had been some rumours that a US hedge fund was liquidating some sizable positions in a number of asset classes."
Mr Weston said falling gold prices were also putting downward pressure on the Australian dollar.
"What we've got to remember while the iron ore price is holding up quite nicely our fourth biggest export is gold and if gold prices are getting smashed then there are going to be headwinds for the Australian dollar," he said. "I wouldn't be looking to buy gold at all."
Tomorrow, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens will appear before the House of Representatives committee.
"I think that is going to be the next catalyst," Mr Weston said. "There are going to be a lot of questions about he strength of the Australian dollar."
"There has been this thing from Glenn Stevens and the RBA talking quite vividly about the Australian dollar's strength, while at the same time not acting on it."
Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was firmer. At 12pm AEDT today, the March 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.465 (implying a yield of 3.535 per cent), up from 96.440 (3.560 per cent) yesterday. The March three-year bond futures contract was at 97.130 (2.870 per cent), up from 97.090 (2.910 per cent).


text:
Our mission
Our mission is to significantly decrease incident HIV and HIV-associated infections and to decrease mortality and morbidity due to HIV and HIV-associated infections and co-morbidities among infants, children, adolescents and pregnant/postpartum women.
Search for contact info for colleagues within the IMPAACT Network.
This document highlights major steps in protocol implementation and gives a quick look at accrual for each study. It is updated monthly.
Proposals for new IMPAACT studies may be submitted by internal or external investigators in the form of a three-page study "capsule" any time.
Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute of Mental Health of the US National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
It's sad to say, but when it comes to quickly sharing photos, point-and-shoots really can't compete with the phones in our pockets. This camera concept has a unique solution: it saves photos to three USB memory sticks for easy distribution.
If your sharees are in the immediate vicinity, the UCIM concept, designed by Jung Eun Park, works great—just snap your shots and let your friends run off with the USB nubs full of photos. That becomes problematic when that friend lives half way around the world, sure, but it's better than not having a camera without any sharing options.
And while this particular model may generate some questions—how do I get the USB keys back from my friends? etc—it does seem a little bit inspired at a time when cheaper point-and-shoot cameras are going to need to start connecting, in some way, to stay relevant. [Yanko via Wired]


text:
There are very few things in this world that you can honestly say you can't live without. Your digestive system is definitely one of those things. Simply put, this system is in charge of absorbing and transporting all the nutrients your body needs in order to thrive -- and it gets rid of all the waste the body doesn't need. As you read this article, your digestive system is chugging along, all its parts working together as a team (well, at least we hope it is).
This digestive team is composed of a bunch of hollow passageways that start at your mouth and end at your anus. These organs are aided by a couple of friends, the liver and the pancreas, with a few cameos from the brain and nerves.
Everything you eat takes a long journey through your body -- if stretched out, the system would measure about 30 feet, most of it the winding intestines [source: Kids Health: Digestive System]. And the entire ride is usually over in a matter of hours. Of course, there can be bumps in the digestive road, but we'll get to those later.
So how exactly do all of these organs work together? Let's begin by following the topsy-turvy journey of a ham and cheese sandwich.
The Digestive Tract: Mouth to the Stomach
Let's say you've picked up a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch. Before you even take a bite, your nose smells it and signals the brain, which sends word to the nerves controlling your mouth's salivary (spit) glands. Once the glands have their cue, they get busy secreting juices, making your mouth water. When you bite into the sandwich, the salivary glands get even more excited and secrete more saliva, making the food moister and easier to swallow.
This content is not compatible on this device.
Before the sandwich even leaves your mouth, an enzyme in your saliva called amylase begins to break down the carbohydrates in the bread. When you swallow, the sandwich pieces slide down your pharynx, also known as the throat. They then come to a fork in the road: One pathway is the esophagus, which leads to the stomach, and the other follows the trachea, which leads to the lungs. Of course, the correct path is through the esophagus, but sometimes food can take a careless detour. So when we say something went down the "wrong pipe," it means it went through the trachea, usually because you were breathing or laughing when you swallowed. Not to worry, this rarely happens -- the act of swallowing closes the epiglottis, a flexible flap over the trachea. So the sandwich pieces will normally slide into the esophagus through the upper esophageal sphincter, a ring-shaped muscle that opens only when food is swallowed.
Once the sandwich is in the esophagus, involuntary muscle contractions -- or peristalses -- push it toward the stomach. At the end of the esophagus, the lower esophageal sphincter lets the food into the stomach. It opens and then quickly closes to keep the food from escaping back into the esophagus. Ever had heartburn? This occurs when this sphincter isn't working properly and stomach acid manages to splash into the esophagus. If this happens chronically, you might have Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD.
In the stomach, the food begins its preparation for the small intestine. Glands in the stomach secrete acid, enzymes and a mucous that coats and protects the stomach from its own acids and prevents ulcers. The stomach's smooth muscles contract about every 20 seconds, stirring up the acid and enzymes and turning your sandwich into a liquefied blob (chyme). But some foods just can't be reduced to chyme and remain a pasty, solid substance that is released into the small intestine in a process that takes more than an hour. Your liquefied sandwich, however, can be out of the stomach in a mere 20 minutes [source: Gastro.net].
Next stop: the small intestine.
The Large and Small Intestines
Your now unidentifiable sandwich squirts into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. The breakdown process continues with enzymes from the pancreas and bile from the liver. Again, peristalsis helps mix up these juices. The next small intestine section is the coiled jejunum, followed by the ileum, which leads straight to the large intestine. These two sections absorb nutrients and water more than they break down food.
The small intestine has a smaller circumference than the large intestine, but it's actually the longer of the two sections -- it has the surface area of a tennis court! You may wonder how all this fits into your body. The answer is simple: The surface of the small intestine has many tight folds that can absorb nutrients and water -- they greatly increase the surface area. These folds are covered with villi, or tiny projections that have even smaller microvilli on them. Villi and microvilli have affinities for specific nutrients. That means that several different kinds of villi will grab the nutrients, electrolytes and dietary molecules in your sandwich (like the carbohydrates and folic acid from the bread, protein and sodium from the ham, and calcium and vitamin B12 from the cheese). The absorbed nutrients move through the wall of the intestines and into blood vessels that take them throughout the body.
Once all the good stuff is taken from the food, the indigestible parts are transported into the large intestine, the final stretch of the digestive process. The large intestine absorbs extra fluid to produce the solid waste we know as feces. To move the waste, the colon uses the same involuntary muscular movements that we learned about earlier. Unlike the stomach and small intestines, though, whose movements take a matter of hours, it takes days for waste to move through the large intestine -- the waste moves at a pace of about 1 centimeter per hour [source: Gastro.net].
The large intestine has three main parts. First is a pouch called the cecum. (The cecum is home to the appendix, the small fingerlike pouch that can become inflamed and extremely painful in some people.) Next comes the colon, which has three sections: ascending, transverse and descending. In the first two sections, salts and fluids are absorbed from the indigestible food. Billions of bacteria that normally live in the colon help to ferment and absorb substances like fiber. While these tracts absorb, they also produce mucus that helps feces move easily through the descending colon and into the third part of the large intestine: the rectum. Here, your feces wait to be excreted through the anus in your next bowel movement.
While your sandwich moves through the system, other organs, glands, hormones and nerves are pitching in as well. We'll find out what they do and why you should care.
Digestive Accessories: Organs and Glands
The stomach and intestines get a lot of help from other organs, glands, hormones and a few nerves. Let's look at what these digestive accessories do and how they've made themselves essential to the process.
The main organ involved in digestion is the largest in the body, the liver, which accounts for about 2.5 percent of your overall body weight [source: Gastro.net]. The liver has a big impact on your bodily functions. In terms of digestion, it is involved in breaking up, digesting and absorbing fats. This is all thanks to bile, a brownish-yellowish fluid that's made in the liver and excreted through the bile ducts and into the small intestine.
The liver's extra bile is stored in the gallbladder. When food starts heading to the intestines, they signal the gallbladder to give up the bile. If the gallbladder has to be removed for one reason or another, the liver just stores the extra bile in newly expanded bile ducts.
The pancreas may be smaller than the liver, but it's an efficient factory. It produces pancreatic juices, which are made up of enzymes that help in digestion. An enzyme is a protein that can cause chemical changes in organic substances like food. The enzymes in the pancreas cause chemical changes that, with the help of bile, break down proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
Essential glands are all over the digestive system, from the mouth to the intestines. In the mouth, salivary glands are there to start the process. Saliva moistens your food and uses an enzyme to begin breaking down starch into smaller molecules.
The stomach glands excrete juices that are a little stronger. When the food arrives, glands in the stomach lining squirt out acids that break down food. They also produce an enzyme specifically designed to break down proteins, like in meat. This breakdown continues when the food encounters even more glands in the intestinal walls. These are in charge of excreting enzymes that work with bile and the pancreatic juices to keep breaking down food and absorbing its nutrients.
Digestion Process
Hormones control the regulation of the entire digestive process -- some even regulate your appetite. The hormones produced in the mucosa cells of the stomach and small intestines work by stimulating these organs and their digestive juices.
The three hormones responsible for the digestion of your sandwich are gastrin, secretin and cholecystokinin (CCK).
- Gastrin gives the stomach the signal to produce acid. It also plays an important role in the growth of the stomach, small intestine and colon lining -- which, as you now know, is needed for absorbing nutrients and excreting digestive juices.
- Secretin communicates with all the major digestive accessory organs. In the pancreas, a call from secretin causes the excretion of those helpful digestive juices. Then secretin calls the stomach, causing it to produce pepsin, an enzyme used to digest protein. Secretin's final call is the liver, which then produces more of that much-needed bile.
- CCK talks to the little organs: the pancreas and the gallbladder. With the help of this hormone the pancreas grows and produces more enzymes. Once the gallbladder hears from CCK, it knows to release all the bile it has been storing for the liver.
As we mentioned, a few hormones also work to encourage you to start and stop eating that food. The first of these is ghrelin, which both the stomach and small intestine produce when there is no food in them. So, when ghrelin levels run high, your appetite is stimulated. Peptide YY, a hormone made in the gastrointestinal tract, works in an opposite manner. Once you finish that sandwich, it's excreted to quell your hunger.
Not surprisingly, nerves are involved in digestion regulation.
- Extrinsic nerves are based in the unconscious part of the brain and in the spinal cord, and they need the help of the chemicals acetylcholine and adrenaline. Acetylcholine works with hormones to encourage the stomach and pancreas to make more digestive juices. But its main function involves the movement of the digestive organs. Once released by an extrinsic nerve, acetylcholine causes these organs' muscles to contract and move food through that long digestive tract. Adrenaline, on the other hand, relaxes these muscles when no food is in the system.
- Intrinsic nerves are embedded all along the digestive tract, from the esophagus to the colon. These nerves don't get their signal from the brain but instead jump into action when your food stretches the walls of the various hollow digestive organs. Depending on the amount of stretching, these nerves release an abundant amount of substances that can either speed up or slow down the digestive process.
Absorption and Transport of Nutrients
Now that you have the road map to your digestive system, along with the lowdown on its accessories, let's see how everything works together to give your body all the nutrients you need.
- Carbohydrates: Remember that ham and cheese sandwich we followed earlier? The bread is made up largely of carbohydrates, which begin to break down when you take that first bite. They continue to be broken down by the digestive juices in the pancreas and small intestine lining and are then absorbed in the small intestines, where they enter the bloodstream. The starch in the bread is broken down in much the same way, but with an extra step. Its breakdown produces glucose, which is stored in the liver and provides you with energy.
- Protein: The ham consists of protein molecules that need to be digested -- protein is the key player in building and repairing your body tissues. Enzymes first attack these molecules in the stomach, and they're finished off in the small intestine with help from enzymes and those handy pancreatic and intestinal lining juices. Then the smaller protein molecules become known as amino acids. They're now small enough to be absorbed through the small intestine and right into the blood.
- Vitamins: While our food is digested, vitamins are absorbed in the small intestine. There are two basic types of vitamins in the food we eat: water-soluble and fat-soluble. The water-soluble vitamins (B vitamins and vitamin C) are absorbed easily along with the water in the small intestine, where they then travel through the body via the blood vessels. Fat-soluble vitamins (vitamins A, D, and K) are absorbed just like the fat mentioned above. Once absorbed, however, they are stored for long periods of time in cells called lipocytes. Water-soluble vitamins don't stay in your body for long -- extra amounts of these are usually eliminated in a quick trip to the bathroom.
Digestive Problems at the Top
With all the steps involved, there are bound to be some bumps in the digestive road. Many of the following digestive problems may seem relatively harmless, but approximately 14 million people end up hospitalized each year because of them [source: National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse]. The full list is probably too long to keep most people's attention, so we'll discuss a few of the most common -- starting from the top.
- Belching: Some people are better at it than others, but all burping is the result of the same factor: air. If you drink bubbly beverages or swallow air when eating, air collects in the stomach and then gets pushed back out your esophagus and quickly out the mouth. Three to four burps after a meal is considered normal -- more than that and you might have a medical condition, like an ulcer.
- Vomiting: Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of stomach contents up through the esophagus, usually propelled by the abdominal muscles. One of the most common reasons for vomiting is foreign bacteria that have hitched a ride on your food. Once those bacteria irritate the gastrointestinal system, a signal is sent to the brain and vomiting soon commences. Viral stomach infections are no better -- they can cause vomiting for days until the virus is out of the body. Another digestive reason for vomiting is a food allergy, like lactose intolerance. If the food itself isn't the problem, you might want to watch the overeating, another common cause of vomiting.
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD): Symptoms of this chronic digestive disorder are seen in nearly 22 million Americans and cause more than 700,000 hospitalizations each year. People who suffer from GERD essentially have a lazy esophageal sphincter, that valve connecting the stomach and the esophagus. The lazy sphincter allows acidic stomach contents to come back up into the esophagus. The presence of all this acid in the esophagus results in a burning sensation in the middle of the chest, better known as heartburn [source: National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse].
- Peptic Ulcers: A peptic ulcer is essentially a hole in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine. Once thought to be a reaction to stress, it is now known to be caused by an invasion of the Helicobacter pylori bacterium or of certain medications, like anti-inflammatory drugs. These culprits manage to weaken the protective mucous in the stomach and allow acid to eat through.
- Stomach Bug: It's no accident that an illness that involves cramps, abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting is referred to as a "bug." That's because most gastrointestinal infections are caused by unwanted bacteria, viruses and parasites. The names of these little germs depend on where you live, but the most common offenders in the United States include salmonella, shigella, E. coli bacteria and the parasite giardia.
- Lactose Intolerance: Lactose intolerance, which affects up to 50 million Americans, is the inability to digest the major sugar in milk [source: National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse]. If you're lactose intolerant, your digestive system doesn't produce enough of the enzyme lactase, which is found in the small intestine. So, it doesn't break down milk into simpler sugars that the body can digest. Those with lactose intolerance experience mild to severe nausea, cramps, bloating, gas or diarrhea, usually 30 minutes to two hours after ingesting a dairy product.
We've covered the throat, the stomach, and even a tiny bit of the small intestines. But plenty of problems occur below the stomach, too. We'll discuss the most common digestive problems below the belt in the next section.
Digestive Disorders at the Bottom
Let's explore the problems that you might encounter after your food passes through your stomach and enters the intestines. These winding organs can be home to many an ailment, but again, we'll stick to the most common disorders.
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): There are two major types of IBD, a chronic inflammation of the intestines: ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. These sometimes debilitating conditions affect more than 600,000 Americans every year [sources: Family Doctor, National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse]. Both diseases create ulcers in the intestines, which results in abdominal cramps, diarrhea, intestinal bleeding and weight loss. Crohn's disease generally affects the entire small and large intestines, and ulcerative colitis usually occurs only in the large intestine, beginning at the rectum.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): Unlike IBD, which is a structural problem in the intestines, IBS is a functional problem. There's no visible damage, like ulcers or tumors, but the intestines are causing trouble. People with IBS can have recurring, unexpected bouts of abdominal pain, bloating, constipation and diarrhea. Many times these symptoms are triggered by ordinary things like stress, hormonal changes and even antibiotics. The exact cause isn't known, but a leading theory is a problem with the signals between the brain and the intestines.
- Celiac Disease: Here, your immune system is to blame -- it damages the digestive system when you eat gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and the many foods made with these products. People with celiac disease can't easily digest nutrients from gluten-filled foods and experience diarrhea, abdominal bloating and exhaustion. But they can avoid problems if they keep their diets gluten-free.
- Tapeworms: Tapeworms aren't as common as other digestive ailments, but they're worth mentioning for the gross-out factor. Tapeworm eggs or larvae enter your digestive tract via contaminated food. Once they've settled into your intestines, they begin stealing nutrients, like vitamin B12. Strangely, most people won't experience any symptoms. But if the freeloading goes on long enough, you can suffer from malnutrition, weakness, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss. The ultimate danger comes when the worms decide to move into other parts of your body, like your lungs or liver. There, they form cysts that can cause much more serious problems.
- Flatulence: We all know that everybody farts, but do you know why we do it and how much? Gasses like hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane are produced during food breakdown in the large intestine. When excess gas is sensed in the rectum, a signal is sent to the brain, which ascertains if it's a good time to release the gas. If it's a go, the sphincters relax, the rectum contracts and a fart is born. An average person produces up to 3 pints of gas per day and will pass it 10 to 25 times a day. If it's happening more often, you might have a digestive issue, like lactose intolerance [source: WebMD: Flatulence].
- Constipation: An introduction might not be necessary, but constipation is defined as difficult, infrequent or incomplete bowel movements. The meaning of "infrequent" can vary -- anything between three times a day to three times a week is considered normal [source: WebMD]. The bottom line is: If your stools pass without discomfort and are a normal consistency, you're not constipated. This uncomfortable condition is caused a slow-moving large intestine. When stool stays there for too long, too much water is removed, making it hard. While occasional constipation isn't a problem, chronic constipation can lead to painful hemorrhoids or fissures.
- Diarrhea: Diarrhea happens when muscle contractions cause a person's intestines to move too fast, and the intestines don't have time to absorb water from the waste matter before it's sent out of the body. Intestinal inflammation can also create diarrhea by leaking fluid into the stool. There are numerous causes of diarrhea, from bacteria to stress, so it's no wonder that most Americans suffer around four bouts of it every year [source: WebMD].
To learn more about digestion, take a gander at the links on the next page.
Related HowStuffWorks Articles
More Great Links
- Auerbach: Wilderness Medicine, 4th ed. Mosby, Inc. 2001. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/89997564-3/683509740/ 1483/489.html#4-u1.0-B978-0-323-03228-5..50058-6--cesec104_2969
- American Society for Bariatric Surgery. http://www.asbs.org/html/patients/bypass.html
- Centers for Disease Control: Taeniasis. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Taeniasis.htm
- Cleveland Clinic: Gastrointestinal Disorders. http://www.clevelandclinic.org/ health/health-info/docs/1700/1700.asp?index=7040
- Cohen & Powderly: Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed., Mosby, An Imprint of Elsevier. 2004. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/89997564- 3/683509740/1209/487.html#4-u1.0-B0-323-02407-6..50170-7-- cesec14_4848
- Discovery Health Gross&Cool Body: Poo. http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/yuckystuff/poop/js.index.html#
- Emedicine: Tapeworm Infestation. http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic567.htm
- Fact or Fiction? Chewing Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=8FA2DE22-E7F2-99DF-3F1DEE397 3ED24E7&page=1
- Family Doctor. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/ digestive/disorders/252.html
- Gastro.net. http://www.gastro.net.au/digesitve_description.html
- General Anatomy of the Ruminant Digestive System. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DS061
- Heritage, Ford; Composition and Facts About Foods. Soc. of Metaphysicians (1987)
- Kids Health: Digestive System. http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/digestive.html
- MadScientist.org: Digesting a Hot Dog. http://www.madsci.org/
- Mayo Clinic: Tapeworm Infection. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tapeworm/DS00659/DSECTION=1
- Medtronic: GERD. http://wwwp.medtronic.com/Newsroom/LinkedItemDetails .do?itemId=1101835641931&itemType=fact_sheet


text:
Bulk Email Software
MaxBulk Mailer - The email marketing tool
Your browser does not support the HTML5 video tag.
Recent questions from our users
How can I send Base64 encoded messages with MaxBulk Mailer?
I set up my bulk email message but authentication fails
Is Maxprog software prepared for macOS 11 Big Sur?
How do I use Mandrill for sending emails
Emails not delivered despite successful delivery report
Do I need a mail server account to use MaxBulk Mailer?
How can I validate Hotmail and Gmail email addresses?
I have bought a new computer, how do I transfer the license?
Ha desaparecido mi contabilidad de iCash
How many emails can we send in a single click?
What does 'relay not permitted' mean?
Do I need my own SMTP server to use MaxBulk Mailer?
We want to include click-through in our emails.
What is the MaxBulk Mailer privacy policy?
How does the base64 encoding function work?
Does eMail Verifier need port 25 or an SMTP relay to work?
How to get started with eMail Bounce Handler
How can I clean up the blacklist?
No Images in Preview (only object frames)
How can I send a test email message using my list
Sorting a recipient list by date using an optional column data
I want to get click-though statistics with MLM
How can I add an unsubscribe link
The Bank accounts are missing from the list
Office365 server SMTP settings
Je n'ai pas reçu le N° sur ma messagerie
eMail Verifier stops at 30% of the email file to be analyzed
Can I make payments with bitcoin ?
How can I send a link to a PDF
My email service just blocked me for using MaxBulk Mailer
Sending emails through an Exchange server
Training live Youtube events, Q&A webinars and videos
Where are the MaxBulk Mailer DKIM settings ?
Error #22 when trying to verify a list of email addresses
MaxBulk Mailer newsletter mailing list subscription
I lost my activation key (serial number), can I recover it?
Is there a limit to how many emails you can send ?
I created all my transactions with the wrong year
Sending a unique invitation number with MaxBulk Mailer
Using the Cc and Bcc fields
The MaxBulk Mailer statistics button does not work
Bitcoin Purchase
How can I do a simulated bulk e-mail delivery
iCash on MacOS 10.15
Comcast - An authentication error occurred
All entries timeout
How to transfer iCash account data to a new computer
Keeping output original Excel and CSV file format
PayPal error, do you accept Bitcoins?
A column has disappeared in the Account Manager
Bitcoin Payment
How can I update an asset value
How to handle bounced emails from Outlook
iCash file size grew up over 120 Mb
Need help installing MLM on server
What are your payment methods
Images not displaying in Preview after update to 8.7
Not able to verify anything
How to send an email with a picture in the body
Images are missing in the message preview
Mail being sent to unsubscribed addresses
How to DKIM sign an email with MaxBulk Mailer
Bad Gmail addresses marked as valid
Amazon SES (correct) settings
Importing Bank statements into iCash
Picture with text on the right
Error with every email-adress (even my own, working one)
Not receiving the Delivery Report
I've tried to download the latest version for 3 days...
Nothing is downloaded
MLM Unsubscribe feature
Spaces disappearing when using the Styled Text format
Email editor and responsive emails
Text disappearing when previewing and sending
How does eMail Verifier compares to online services?
How to get click-through statistics with MaxBulk Mailer
About eMail Extractor privacy
BCC sending mail merge email
Question about your software
Accessing the MaxBulk Mailer blacklist
Scanning a subfolder rather than the entire inbox
Erreur #103: Le URL n'est pas valide
Cambiar de macOS a Windows
Maxbulk - switching computers
Stalled - Infinite Loop
Unable to import my contacts into MaxBulk Mailer
Setting DKIM for the first time
MLM Unsubscribe Link
The application is crashing
Authentication errors...
Cannot authenticate with Gmail
Desactualizado 32 bits a 64 bits
Importing a csv/txt file
Using eMail Bounce Handler
Importing recipients from a text file
The program does not verify any address
Importing accounting data from Quicken
Error cargando iCash
TLS1.2 support
eMail Verifier is timing out
Upgrading 8.5 to 8.6
Creating submaps
Unexpected Blacklisting
Comcast residential bulk limits
HostGator delivery limits
Someone using your software is sending SPAM
Mise à jour vers 8.6.1
Quelle est la différence entre iCash et iCash SE?
Error in the installation 'api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll is missing
Where are the SMTP settings stored?
Bad e-mail addresses are sometimes marked as valid
Lately all my emails are going into the recipients spam folder
Resend Registration Licenses
Mail-merge sender data using tags
How to embed a photo into the email text
Not working Error #22
MX record not found
Messages says delivered but I haven't received it
Lost emails
Custom Attachments
TLS 1.2 Support
Upgrade MaxBulk Mailer SE to Pro
I purchased the product and did not receive the serial number
Reconciled amount is wrong
Can't send emails thru Gmail
No puedo registrar mi número de Licencia.
Where are the delivery logs?
Most of my messages are rejected
Activation Key
Earthlink changed settings and MailBulk Mailer does not work
Missing a lot of messages and labels in Italian
eMail Verifier speed and capacity
Using the List function
No consigo que envíe mails. SSL
Sending to a maximum of 300 e-mails per hour
Using eMail Bounce Handler with eMail Verifier
My customers are not receiving my messages
Last update broke everything...
Recuperar Maxbulk Mailer SE
Icash update
Wont print Anything
MaxBulk Mailer no longer sending links
Empty folder after download
Fallo cierre programa
Someone is illegally using your software with my email address.
Mensaje de error al cerrar la aplicación
MaxBulk Mailer SE
eMail Verifier is only able to test Gmail addresses
Plan de actualización
New download wont open
No se ejecuta el programa
Custom Max Bulk / Adding new features
Someone is spoofing my email address to send spam
eMail Extractor not working properly on my computer
Email Verifier vs online verifers
How can I use my update plan on a new computer?
Why do I get a Delivery Report message after each delivery?
What mail server can I use with MaxBulk Mailer?
Subject Command Tag
PDF attachments not received
Remote lists
Déplacement/copie de contacts entre documents
MLM upload gives 0 address(es) have been uploaded to 'List'
Where to find the log files of Maxprog Bulk Mailer
Exporting data does not include past sent information
Unsubscribe with text file does not update remote list
Problemas de verificación
Result file takes long to appear
Max Bulk Mailer crashes every time after send 100-150 emails
Can't find my activation key
eMail Verifier is Hanging up
Authentication failed / Relaying error
64bit version of iCash
How do I turn of Click Tracking ? in Plain Text?
eMail Extractor y mensajes en Outlook
Desaparición de datos
I have misplaced my activation key for eMail Extractor
The program found no email addresses
Computer crashed, trying to rebuild mailing lists and preferences
MLM URLs don't work
Creating a remote list
No files in File Manager
How can I update from iCash 7.5.3 (App Store) to 7.6.x
Your Kind Assistance Please!
Word docs with weblinks
La page web reçue est différente de celle envoyée avec mbm
Erreur de n° de série
The software asks for an account ID and password
Forwarding emails sent by MaxBulk, cut and paste not working
MLM cannot connect
Lost serial
Freezes after pref change
Resend/Recall Function
Slow loading iCash data files
Where are the logs?
Won't send any emails
Deal of the day is not applied
My computer rebooted and i lost my serial number
Transferring recipient lists between two MaxBulk Mailer copies
Computar cuotas de hipoteca como gasto en los informes
Won't verify lists
Links not working
MacOS 10.13 High Sierra
64-bit version of iCash availability
Email account is not connecting through Maxbulk server
Je n'arrive pas à envoyer mon message à toute ma liste en une fois
Quels sont mes identifiants MLM?
DMARC Evaluation error
Where are the preferences and the lists stored on Windows?
Web Page format doesn't work for me
Upgrade to the App Store app?
List of attachments in the Preview panel
How do I get a picture to be displayed on the top of the message?
Recipients are no longer organized alphabetically
I would like to know if MaxBulk Mailer can personalize emails?
Chinese characters and trial version footer issues
How can I upgrade the App Store version to last available on maxprog?
Unified Email server
Desactivar notificaciones del plan de actualización
It takes forever to import my email list into the software
The iCash Currency Manager doesn't update anymore
I'm receiving lots of 'Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender' bounces
Connection problem with Apple iCloud server
Free upgrade, or not free?
I can't send a PDF attached to my message when it contains pictures
How can I download files with sequential numbers in their name?
Problem applying styles to a conditional statement result
Any MaxBulk Mailer tutorial to get started?
How to upgrade from Standard to Pro
License Key Recovery
Cannot install the last update
MaxBulk Mailer sent all the messages to me rather than the recipients
Erreur d'authentification du serveur Gmail
Does MaxBulk Mailer come with its own internal SMTP server?
Pièces jointes
Stops processing in the middle of the list
I lost the activation code / license number
How I can I recover the serial number?
How I can change the old activation key with the new one?
Adding Hyperlinks to MaxBulk Mailer messages
Emails not received despite MaxBulk Mailer delivery confirmation
Any dedicated bulk mail server I can use with MaxBulk Mailer?
All transactions are displayed with the same date
Can I pay with Bitcoins?
Adding an Unsubscribe link to messages
Your document is set to ISO-8859-1 but your HTML code use UTF-8
Problems with importing tab delimited files.
Updates for AppStore Version
Editing the Transaction Types list on Windows
Problème de connexion
Adding a URL to an image and placing pictures side by side
How to configure office 365 of microsoft
Generic questions
How do I install Maxprog software on my computer?
How can I change an application language?
How to register the software I've just purchased?
How can I recover the serials I have lost of products I purchased here?
How can I recover my serial from a registered application?
How can I find out the product name and version my serial unlocks?
Where can I read your software License Agreement?
How to fix software issues (doesn't start, runs slowly, crashes often, ...)
Double-clicking on my files no longer opens them with the software, why?
If you want to make the most of the software that you have acquired at Maxprog, do not miss the
Stan's Blog
. It is a library of Tutorials and Tips covering specific features and tipical problems you may have when using our tools. This page is updated regularly depending on the topics discussed in our
public forums
and issues reported thru our
. If you are interested on what we are currently working on (or want to participate in beta testings) don't miss the
Stan's Logbook
For years, MAX Programming has provided companies around the globe with sophisticated and innovative solutions. Our commitment to quality is not only evident in our products, but also in our people. It is our mission in Professional Support Services to ensure that our products perform to the fullest of their ability in order to meet the business objectives of our customers. We provide the tools and information required for improved productivity. To accomplish this, we offer an array of services including: Technical Support,
Education Services
Consulting Services
Maxprog is part of an internet site network made of
® - Max Programming, S.L.U. - © 2001-2020 - All Rights reserved
Company Info
Site Map
Legal Notice
Privacy Policy
Contact us
Live Chat


text:
US Immigration, Work Visa and Employment Solutions Center
Helping skilled professionals and graduates achieve their dream of living and working in the USA
Work Visa Sponsorship Jobs and International Recruitment Solutions
Over the years, H1 Base has helped over 100,000 people find Jobs available for visa sponsorship to work in the USA. Gain from our 18 Years extensive knowledge and wealth of experience in the U.S. work visa sponsorship and immigration employment market
H1 Base helps thousands of U.S. Companies each year to find and recruit the best and brightest talent for their businesses. From entry level to seasoned professionals to executives, we help you recruit the best International workers
Hundreds of Career Centers at Universities and Colleges Trust and Purchase services from H1 Base to help their International students obtain OPT and H1B Visa sponsorship after graduation; to help them start great careers in the USA
There are two primary visa categories: 1) Immigrant Visa: is for someone who intends to live and work permanently in the USA. 2) Non-immigrant Visa: is for someone to come temporarily to the USA for a specific purpose such as study, tourism, training, medical treatment
Do I qualify for an H1B visa? What are the requirements?
How do I find jobs and employers that provide visa sponsorship for International and overseas based workers
What is a Green Card and how can I get one ?
How do I find out and compare all the different types of US visas I might qualify for?
What is the process to file for an H1B visa. Is there a 'fast-track' method to get an H1B processed and issued?
Quickly and easily learn about USA work visas / permits. Free guides, information and tips to help you Compare USA visas and permits to find out which one is best for you. Learn about which visas / permits you qualify for, the steps and process to file an application and get issued a visa. We help you find everything you need to know, and the latest updates, in one convenient place
Immigration in general is quite complicated and it's important to know the correct methods throughout every stage of the process We'll help you learn the best-practice methods so you can enjoy a smooth, reliable and successful journey
Trying to find the right jobs and the right companies that offer visa sponsorship opportunities can be very challenging and time consuming for International professionals and students (especially those located overseas). With over 14 years expertise in the visa sponsorship employment market we've learned all the most effective and reliable methods, techniques and strategies that generate the fastest and best results
Job Seekers from around the World consistently use our solutions to help them save months of searching, and to boost their opportunity of finding and obtaining dream career opportunities with the Countries best work Visa sponsoring employers
Learn more about our job search and recruitment solutions
Learn more about our resume improvement and writing solutions
Learn more about our interview coaching and mentoring solutions
We will keep you up to date with all the latest news, important updates, and special offers
Copyright © 2000 - 2020. All rights reserved.
All information, resources and services on this site are available to all people regardless of national origin and citizenship status.
By accessing and Using this Site or Services you Consent and Agree to our Terms and Conditions of Use
and Privacy Policy
and Cookie Policy


text:
Here's what the LAMB community had to say about Star Wars: Epidose IX – The Rise of Skywalker and Cats:
Star Wars: Epidose IX – The Rise of Skywalker
LAMB Average: 3.04 (28 sites)
Often Off Topic (5)
MovieRob (4.5)
Joel Watches Movies (4)
The MN Movie Man (4)
Paul's Trip to the Movies (4)
Citizen Charlie (3.5)
August 2018
26th August –Often Off Topic's Dog Day Blogathon
September 2018
1st September – LAMB's Director's Chair – Richard Lester
10th September – LAMB's Acting School 101 – Mickey Rooney
The Large Association of Movie Blogs | Acting School 101 – November 2020 – Jodie Foster said:
[…] Parrot DiscoThe Code is ZeekMovie Reviews 101The Movie WafflerJoel Watches MoviesMovieRobLAMBCASTDan the Man's Movie ReviewsCinema WonSean Kelly On MoviesSobriety Test Movie ReviewsFr. Dennis at […]LAMBCAST #180: ELYSIUM
The Large Association of Movie Blogs | LAMBCAST #558 JAY'S FAREWELL PARTY said:
[…] Back to the Future trilogy, Planet of the Apes franchise, Timecop, Timecrimes, Southland Tales, Big Trouble in Little China, UK Meetups 1 & 2, Goonies, Howard the Duck, The Chipmunk Adventure, The Wolf of Wall Street, […]LAMBCAST #519 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA …
The Lamb's December 2020 MOTM (Holiday Special) – My Rankings | MovieRob said:
[…] To vote, click here […]Vote for December 2020's Movie of …
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) | MovieRob said:
[…] Check out the podcast here. […]LAMBCAST Extra Portion #43: Acting School …
The Lamb's November 2020 MOTM – My Rankings | MovieRob said:
[…] To vote, click here […]Vote for November 2020's Movie of …
The Alliance Lately: Issue No. 12 – The Minnesota Film Critics Alliance said:
[…] At his site, Liedke reviewed the horror film "Host" for the Large Association of Movie Blogs' Movie of the Month. […]The Movie of the Month for October 2020 …
the Large Association of Movie Blogs © 2012


text:
Workshop objectives:
- Build awareness and capacity among national authorities as well as IGO's and NGO's about the use of the World Heritage Convention as a marine conservation tool in the Insular Caribbean.
- Provide overview about the World Heritage Convention and the process needed for a successful marine World Heritage designation focusing on the use of serial and transboundary approaches.
- Identify and agree on specific follow-up activities to implement the World Heritage Convention for the marine environment in the Caribbean.
- Discuss on ways and means how other international environmental instruments could be applied to conserve the marine biodiversity in the Caribbean context in conjunction with the World Heritage Convention and explore synergies as appropriate.
- Strengthen existing and establish new connections between the governments, resource users and various marine conservation organizations in the Caribbean for the conservation of, and support for, the existing and proposed marine World Heritage sites.
Expected results:
- Representatives from the Insular Caribbean countries have been trained on the application of the World Heritage Convention and informed of other relevant international instruments for marine environment conservation.
- Commitment to collaborate in pursuing nominations of at least two marine serial and/or transboundary World Heritage sites in the Caribbean countries.
- Partnerships established or strengthened among the regional and international organizations active in the Caribbean for the conservation of existing and proposed World Heritage sites.


text:
There are plenty of compelling narratives to go around this Olympics, and if what you need to really get into the spirit of competition is a little drama, NBC's got you covered because network television has figured out that Clash of Nations is just too bellicose a sell for the summer games. Far better, figure the TV producers, to inject a little human suffering into each competition, that way viewers will feel guilty for not tuning in and supporting a one-armed gymnast whose parents made her do meth with them, and whose body, btw, is riddled with cancer.
via HuffPo [HuffPo]


text:
In a worldwide evaluation of municipalities, the Intelligent Communities Forum has decided that Columbus, Ohio, is the only American city that ranks.
Robert Bell, founder of the Intelligent Communities Forum (ICF), visited Ohio's state capital this week to see for himself whether Columbus deserves to be named the ICF's most intelligent city of 2013. According to NBC News, Bell revealed that more than 400 cities competed for the designation. Columbus is the only U.S. city to be named in this year's top seven.
While in Columbus for a three-day stint, Bell investigated the claims made by the city in its entry relative to technology and education. Among the facilities on his itinerary were Ohio State University, the Columbus Metropolitan Library and innovation incubator TechColumbus.
"Is what's taught in your universities and your technical schools informed by the needs of business? Is government at the table trying to shape the outcomes for the good of all the citizens not just the top-tier citizens?," Bell asked, explaining some of the evaluation criteria to NBC. "Columbus has those things in abundance. While I've been here I've heard two words over and over again, you want to be open and want to be smart, and those are great advantages in the 21st century," Bell added.
Other contenders for the award are Taoyuan County and Taichung City, Taiwan; Tallinn, Estonia; Oulu, Finland; and Stratford and Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Honorees will have to wait until June to find out who the ICF names as the most intelligent city in the world -- a decision made by a global panel of academic leaders and private sector representatives.
Columbus, Ohio, photo from Shutterstock
Looking for the latest gov tech news as it happens? Subscribe to GT newsletters.


text:
Watch CBSN Live
"Real men don't let anyone push them around."
That's the mindset of men bound by what psychologists call the "culture of honor." There's an undeniable appeal to the idea that one should stand up to bullies. But new research by University of Oklahoma psychologists shows that homicide, suicide, and accidental death are more common in "honor" states than in "dignity" states where cultural norms emphasize the dignity intrinsic to each individual.
Do you live in an honor state or a dignity state? Keep clicking to see the psychologists' 50-state ranking...
Credit: istockphoto
Are North Dakotan men the nation's wimpiest - or the most reasonable? North Dakota kicks off the psychologists' ranking, meaning it's less bound by the deadly "culture of honor" than any other state in the union.
Credit: iStockphoto
Credit: Flickr/kevinmjack
Credit: Flickr/dougtone
Credit: Andy Dean
Credit: Flickr/Tony the Misfit
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: iStockPhoto
Credit: Flickr/chezjulia
Credit: Thester11
Credit: Qwerty510
Credit: Flickr/Ken Lund
Credit: Fotopedia
Credit: Urban
Credit: Flickr/Rich Bowen
Credit: Getty Images
Credit: flickr/sdbruns
Credit: flickr/sailorbill
Named in honor of King Charles I, South Carolina is the most "honorable" state - but honor comes at a high cost. Psychologists say that the "culture of honor" in South Carolina and in other states accounts for about 7,000 deaths a year.


text:
We're not fans of hiking—obviously—but this Picnic For One design would be the thing we'd take with us if we were hiking. The container is waterproof and skinnable (in case you don't like military grey), and contains a plate, a cup, cutlery and room for spices. Plus, you know, food.
So after you finish up your picnic for one, you can neatly pack everything back into the container before your throw yourself off the cliff because you've got nobody to go hiking with you.
It's Just A Picnic For One [Yanko Design]


text:
Anna's Mom Lawyers Up
TMZ has learned Anna Nicole Smith's mother has hired a Florida lawyer to get Anna's body released for burial.
We've confirmed that Virgie Arthur has hired Coral Gables attorney Stephen Tunstall to secure the body. But there's a catch: There are two outstanding California court orders preventing burial. A judge has put a hold on the release of the body; a second order demands a DNA sample from Smith.
We're told Larry Birkhead's lawyer, Debra Opri, will ask a Miami court to "domesticate" both orders from the California court. If granted, the orders would have full force and effect in Florida. We're told Opri is making the requests in Florida today and tomorrow.
But there's a twist. We're told Birkhead has no objections to releasing the body, provided he gets a DNA sample sent to the lab he selected. For some reason, we're told Stephen Tunstall has not agreed to release the DNA to Birkhead's lab.
TMZ spoke with Tunstall, who said "I have been retained by Virgie. I do not wish to have any contact with anybody in the media."
Waiting for your permission to load the comments.


text:
In the midst of turmoil over Maori land in 1987, it was still possible to enjoy an idyllic childhood as a tomboy, beachcombing the shorelines of Omarere Beach and Kai Iwi lakes.
Janaya Rehu remembers less about being with her nan and her great-aunt at the occupation of a Maunganui Bluff - farmland owned by Allan Titford and his family - than happily skipping along sand dunes.
Now 34, Rehu says she didn't understand the complexities around the property dispute at the time. "I was probably too young to absorb what was going on but I do remember it was a really traumatic time. The farmer was causing this uproar and a Maori carving was cut down.
"We lived further down at Omarere but my nan and Aunt Kitty had ties to the land and there we were. There were a lot of land claims going on at the time."
Still, the tense days of occupation aren't the enduring memories for Rehu, now a mother-of-three living in Wellington.
"When I think back about those times, I remember more than anything standing on the sand dunes. I was such a tomboy, just out there scratching around the beaches.
"I don't remember the photograph being taken or being in the newspaper."
But she knows the picture well. A large print of it held pride of place on her nan's lounge wall and it was passed to her when her nan died.
"We tried to get it restored but the restorers refused because of the copyright stamp on the back of it."
The dispute over the land lasted nearly a decade. Titford bought the 570ha near Waipoua Forest in 1986 and it wasn't until 1995 that he was persuaded to accept $3.25 million in compensation for his farm, which was bought from him and handed back to Maori. The Titfords moved to Australia.
Rehu was adopted by her grandparents under the customary whangai practice after her mother was struck by a car and disabled. After her grandparents died, she took over her mother's care. This week, she started a new job as a personal assistant.
She says she's still saddened by reports of land disputes in the north.
"I moved to Wellington when I was 13, but I still get upset when I hear about it still going on. I do believe it's just about money for some of them and that's why it's still going on.
"It's really sad that so much energy and time, which could be spent living, is wasted on this."
Allan Titford said this week he is still bitter about the conflict over his farm. He received only $850,000 of the compensation, he says. "I was never treated fairly and that's why I am not a farmer today."


text:
Your pregnancy and baby guide
Introducing your toddler to a new baby
Open all pages about Your pregnancy and baby guide
Main navigation
Getting pregnant
- Secrets to success
- Am I pregnant?
- Problems
I'm pregnant
- Early days
- Week by week
- Twins
- Preparing for the birth
- Work out your due date
- Tests scans and checks
- Your pregnancy (antenatal) care
- Vaccinations
- Your health and wellbeing
- Existing health problems
- Common pregnancy ailments
- Pregnancy-induced conditions
Labour and birth
- The start of labour
- The birth
- Emotions and worries
- Premature babies
Your newborn
- How to breastfeed
- Breastfeeding problems
- Lifestyle and breastfeeding
- Bottle feeding
- Newborn screening tests
- Newborn essentials
- New parents
- New mums
- Twins and multiples
Babies and toddlers
- Weaning and solid foods
- Teething
- Baby health and care
- Spotting signs of serious illness
- Reflux in babies
- How to take a baby's temperature
- Reducing the risk of SIDS
- Treating a high temperature
- Sleep problems in children
- Coughs, colds and ear infections
- Diarrhoea and vomiting
- Infectious illnesses
- Children's medicines
- Looking after a sick child
- Serious conditions and special needs
- Constipation in young children
- Your baby's height and weight
- Baby health and development reviews
- Leg and foot problems in children
- Learning, play and behaviour
- Twins
- Safety and accidents
- Parenting
The arrival of a new brother or sister can be unsettling for a toddler who is used to having your full attention.
You may find that your toddler is not as happy and excited about your new baby as you are. Some find it difficult to adjust.
These tips may make introducing your toddler to their new brother or sister a little easier:
- Try to keep up your toddler's routines and activities. Going to playgroup, visiting friends and telling a bedtime story might be difficult to organise in the first few weeks. But sticking to established routines will help reassure your toddler.
- Accept that your older child might not love their new brother or sister at first. They may not feel the way you do. It's lovely if they share your pleasure, but do not expect it.
- Be prepared to cope with extra demands. Your toddler may need more attention. Friends or relatives may be able to help out, but your child will still need 1-to-1 time with you, so that they do not feel as if they've been forgotten.
- Encourage your older child to take an interest. Children do not always love babies, but they do find them interesting. You can encourage this by talking to them about what they were like as a baby. Get out their old toys and show them their baby photos.
- Distract your toddler during feeds. Your toddler may feel left out and jealous when you're feeding the baby. Find something for them to do before you start feeding, or use the feed as an opportunity to tell them a story or have a chat.
- Be patient with babyish behaviour. Your older child may ask for a bottle, want to be carried or, even if they are potty trained, start wetting themselves again. This is completely normal behaviour, so try not to let it bother you and do not punish them.
- Expect some jealousy and resentment. It's almost certain to happen at some point. Ask for help from your partner, friends or relatives, so that you can have time alone with each child. This will help you balance the demands put on you.
- Encourage your toddler to help with the baby. Turn looking after the baby into a fun game. Perhaps ask your toddler to help with a nappy change, and encourage your child to talk to the baby.
Page last reviewed: 04/10/2019
Next review due: 04/10/2022


text:
Companies that want to sell online content in the European Union know that the common market doesn't apply to everything; selling digital music or offering movie downloads in Europe means negotiating separate licensing agreements in different countries and launching multiple storefronts. Today, the European Commission announced a plan to create a single, European-wide market for online music, films, and video games. It's even pushing for content owners to get their collective act together and produce a truly interoperable, consumer-friendly DRM system.
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding announced the plan today with a statement saying that "Europe's content sector is suffering under its regulatory fragmentation, under its lack of clear, consumer-friendly rules for accessing copyright-protected online content, and serious disagreements between stakeholders about fundamental issues such as levies and private copying." The way forward, she said, is clear. "Do we want to have a strong music, film, and games industry?"
The answer, of course, is a resounding "Yes! Oui! Ja!" The Commission plans to adopt a "Recommendation" by the middle of 2008 that it will use to encourage content owners, ISPs, and consumer groups to make progress in these areas. The Commission already knows that it wants to see more content made available online, and today said that it is "strongly encouraging stakeholders" to streamline negotiations over rights.
The Commission also wants to see rights licensed on a multi-territory basis, rather than country-by-country. Without such multistate licenses, it can be "difficult for online services to be deployed across Europe and to benefit from economies of scale." Negotiating rights to sell digital music, for instance, can be thorny enough in just one country, but when you multiply the problem by five, ten, or twenty countries, the history, laws, and language issues make it truly daunting. Being able to purchase EU-wide licenses for songs would make opening such stores far simpler, and it would be more likely that smaller markets would have access to such stores.
DRM, where it is used, also needs to remain transparent to consumers, a goal which includes interoperability. The Commission notes that "lengthy discussions amongst stakeholders have yet to lead to the deployment of interoperable and user-friendly DRM solutions." This is an early candidate for understatement of the year, and European countries have long shown themselves more interested, at a national level, in the issue of DRM and its problems than the US government ever has. Still, it's hard to see much coming from this; the private sector has had incentives to get this done for years and has so far failed.
Finally, the Commission plans to lay out "cooperation procedures" between ISPs, content owners, and consumers. The goal is to create "codes of conduct" for each party that will curtail piracy but also make available more "attractive content online."
The language of the announcement talks repeatedly about "encouragement" and "recommendations," but the Commission seems to be making an implicit promise to regulate in these areas if more is not done over the next few years by the private sector. Serious money is at stake as online content sales blossom in Europe; according to the Commission's own projections, revenues from online content sales will surge from €1.8 billion in 2005 to €8.3 billion in 2010.


text:
Company will be first vendor in Southwest Florida to accept it.
For entrepreneurs at the HuB, traditional dollars and cents may be going out of fashion.
The business incubator in Sarasota will become the first vendor in Southwest Florida — and it says the first real estate landlord in the state — to officially accept a controversial new digital currency that is gaining popularity in other major markets.
The HuB, and many of the 50-plus companies that call the downtown building home, now accept bitcoin as if it were cold, hard cash. They hope to set a trend for other businesses throughout the area to more widely accept the new method of payment.
"We're still in the early stages, but we see the potential, so we're working to become one of the early merchants, with the hope that more will follow," said Rich Swier Jr., founder of the HuB. "We're accepting it as cash."
Bitcoin is a virtual peer-to-peer form of currency that is purchased and traded online.
Unlike most forms of money now used — including the U.S. dollar — bitcoin is not controlled by one single government, corporation or centralized bank.
Consumers cannot hold it, or tuck it away in their wallet because it does not physically exist. But that does not mean it is not real — or valuable. Right now, the price tag for 1 bitcoin on most Internet exchange websites is about $739.
The currency has exploded in popularity across the world as more tech-savvy consumers make their purchases on the Internet — where bitcoin is believed to be secure, anonymous and widely accepted.
It has also has been controversial.
The currency was scrutinized after several national media outlets learned of an online market where consumers could use bitcoins to buy heroin, LSD and other illegal drugs. Some of the exchange sites that sell bitcoins have also reportedly been hacked and looted.
Still, two recent Congressional hearings deemed the new currency to be perfectly legal. Bitcoin ATMs are even being installed in some major cities in Canada.
Swier said he likes that Bitcoin has been created and sustained by the masses, while also keeping consistent with the digital and innovative nature of the HuB.
The HuB's core operations will begin to accept bitcoins from tenants immediately. Many of the entrepreneurs and local start-ups operating inside the building's walls are expected to soon follow — if they have not already.
Even the coffee shop in the lobby will accept the digital currency for its lattes and muffins.
"We believe it's a great way to expand our business to millions of people who transact with bitcoins online," Swier said. "We see this as a competitive advantage. Currently, it's not being accepted by a lot of people, but there are a lot of different bubbles popping around."
Software entrepreneur Jesse Biter, who owns the HuB building and runs his car dealership supply business there, also sees Bitcoin as an opportunity.
Biter said it is probably too premature to roll out bitcoins in the automotive industry. But he does not rule out the idea in the future.
"It's kind of more of an experiment right now," Biter said. "It's a new, global, virtual community."


text: FINALLY! I'm so happy for you dude, that's awesome. I hope you love it, I thought it was an amazing guitar myself. I just can't wait for my replacement to come in. probably next Wednesday or so. Just in time for me to have to change the shipping address, but that's a minor gripe. Definitely take a lot of pics. Can't wait to see it!


text:
Requirements for Recertification :
Any individual who was previously issued Fire Fighter I certification by the Commission, and whose Fire Fighter I has expired, may be recertified by successfully completing a Recertification Course as prescribed by the Commission. (The requirements for recertification shall not be construed as to preclude any employing agency from requiring any individual to complete any training required by the employing agency.)
Fire Fighter I Expiration:
A firefighter has an EXPIRED STATUS if the firefighter has not maintained fire service employment over one year from the last date of termination from a fire department. Fire service employment is any paid municipal, county, state or federal service that requires the candidate, as his primary duty, to actively and routinely engage in fire protection services. Volunteer status is not sufficient to maintain Fire Fighter I certification.
Please note, the fire chief of the employing department is responsible and required by Alabama Administrative Code to maintain and properly file the current required forms and necessary information regarding fire fighter employment.
A firefighter's current employment record must be maintained at the Alabama Fire College to maintain current active status.
Email firstname.lastname@example.com to check current status.


text:
An influential internet industry group said today it would cost almost £29bn to deploy a 1Gbit/s new fibre optic line to every home and business in the UK, raising the spectre of a renewed digital divide if operators are able to neglect rural rollout in favour of more profitable urban infrastructure.
The finding comes shortly before a key government advisor on next generation broadband makes his recommendations.
The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG), a policy body funded by a who's who of net giants, said the market could probably justify investing in dedicated fibre to about two thirds of the UK population who live in densely populated urban areas.
Alternative technology known as Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) could deliver fibre to the home via a 2.5Gbit/s link shared between 32 premises. The BSG estimates GPON would bring the cost down to £25.5bn. The short-term option of pushing new cable to roadside cabinets (FTTC), allowing for downstream speeds of between 30 and 100Mbit/s using VDSL over existing copper lines, would cost about £5.1bn.
Interestingly, BSG reckons the long term cost of operating a FTTH network will be 30 per cent less than BT spends running the existing copper lines. A FTTC deployment while cheaper in the short term would actually cost more to run than current infrastructure, it said.
The groups's sums have been given as evidence to Francesco Caio, the government's advisor on next generation broadband, who reports next week. He has already said in interviews that he doesn't believe the UK's lack of a coherent next generation internet strategy is causing it to lag behind competitor nations.
Caio also signalled he will likely advise against state subsidies for fibre, suggesting rural areas might be served by wireless technolgies.
The Ofcom Consumer Panel some pre-Caio report lobbying last week, arguing that country dwellers were neglected during ADSL deployment and must not be left behind again.
BSG chief executive Anthony Walker said: "The scale of the costs looks daunting but the report does shed light on how some of these costs can be reduced and what the likely extent of commercial rollout will be. It should focus minds of commercial players, policy makers and regulators on the potential solutions to these challenges."
Most of the extra expense of FTTH compared to FTTC is accounted for by digging up roads and other civil engineering costs, BSG said. It recommends that big savings can be made by sharing ducting with utilities companies, a policy that has proved successful in France and is currently under review by Ofcom.
The group's full rundown (pdf) is here. ®


text:
If you caught this years Daytona 500, it seemed as though the race would never get started, and then it almost seemed as though the race would never end. Lucky for Dale Earnhardt Jr. (being the night owl that he is) the race went to 1:00 Tuesday morning. Matt Kenseth claimed the checkered flag at Daytona International Speedway, Dale Jr. came in second, while "The Biff" finished in third.
Right out of the gate it seemed as if something was in the air at Daytona. Jimmie Johnson hit the outside wall on lap 2, taking with him Kurt Busch, Danica Patrick and also a couple of other drivers.
There were wrecks and crashes all night long, the biggest one came from Juan Pablo Montoya when he was trying to catch up to the field, while the track was under a caution. Montoya came out of the pits after complaining that there was something wrong with the car. As he made his way around the track something broke in the rear end and send the Target machine skidding sideways right into the tracks jet dryer truck which exploded on impact.
Both Juan and the driver of the track truck were ok, and evaluated. Juan was checked out and released from the medical center right away, while the truck driver was kept for observation and then released. Montoya's car sat in the infield grass in a smoldering heap.
This week the Camping World Truck Series is off, the Nationwide Series will run on Saturday, and the NASCAR Sprint Sup Series will run on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway.
Jimmie Johnson seems to be the fan favorite at Phoenix with 14 top tens and 4 wins, and Jeff Gordon also knows how to get the job done at Phoenix with 2 wins and 18 top tens. Both driver should be a great pick for you fantasy league. It will be interesting to see how Jimmie Johnson does this week with a new fill in crew chief for the short-term.


text:
Next: ax_find_scala_stdlib, Previous: ax_find_hamcrest, Up: The Macros
AX_FIND_JUNIT will look for the JUnit java library. When found its path will be put in JUNIT_CPF as a classpath fragment.
To override the location define JUNIT_JAR to the wanted path.
Download the latest version of ax_find_junit.m4 or browse the macro's revision history.
Copyright © 2013 Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik firstname.lastname@example.com
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.


text:
Like most women, my friends and I are concerned about how to be good mothers. But what concerns me about being a good mother is very different than other women's concerns. By good mothers, my friends mean effective mothers who can motivate their children to behave well, and calmly deal with the situation when they don't. They don't really worry about whether their children will love them or want to be in a relationship with them when they get older.
For me, this is not a given. I worry about whether I can let myself be close to them without hurting them. I worry about how to raise them in a way that won't leave psychological scars. I worry that just having me as their mother will damage them. I worry that there is something sharp and harsh about me that will hurt them the way I was hurt.
I am surrounded by people who constantly reassure me that I am a good mother. But it is impossible for me to relax and enjoy their praise. I am always monitoring myself, watching and waiting. In my eyes, I am always suspect.
At school, I shone. At home, I pretended not to exist.
My own mother was mentally ill. She was scary and controlling, and my earliest memory of her is of how she terrified me. She would pull my hair until clumps of it came out in her hands. She would yell at me if I made any noise, regardless of whether that noise was laughing or crying. I learned early to make myself invisible. I moved like a silent shadow through our house, unwilling to do anything that would attract attention. I thrived at school, where teachers were lavish with their praise, and being noticed did not automatically mean being punished. At school, I shone. At home, I pretended not to exist.
As I child, I didn't understand that it was her illness that made me feel differently about her than other girls felt about their mothers. I thought that it was something lacking in me, that I was defective in some way, and had not been given the capacity to love my mother in the same way that others had.
It was years before I could contemplate becoming a mother. Years of therapy in which I painstakingly unraveled the twisted contortions of my past. I used those years to learn Torah, replacing unhealthy thinking with a vital and fresh new system of thought. A supportive rabbi helped me to imagine a different future -- a new script that was not based on the past.
But the act of giving birth to my own daughter still terrified me. When I didn't have enough milk to breastfeed my daughter, despite pumping, taking herbs and working for months with a lactation consultant, I felt this was just another proof of my internal deficiency, first as a daughter, and now as a mother. I returned to therapy again, to receive more support at this crucial junction.
Recently I came across a study of women who had been raised by mentally ill mothers. As one woman who participated in the study said, "Please don't refer to her as my Mom. It feels too intimate." These women struggled to define and reconcile their mothers' illness in the context of their relationship with them.
Yet their mother's illness was always a barrier between them, an unnatural presence that prevented true and relaxed intimacy. Many of these women abandoned the struggle as adults. Most of them left home prematurely before they reached adulthood. Their stories mirrored my story. In the stories of these strangers, I had found a community.
It is difficult to talk about this. The relationship between a mother and a child is considered by many to be almost sacred, and this makes it difficult to acknowledge that my own experience has been otherwise.
I am terrified of becoming my daughter's nightmare.
I have made peace with the fact that my mother was ill. Life with a chronic illness is not life as other people know it. But it is harder for me to make peace with my own motherhood. Having a mother who was mentally ill is different than being an orphan. An orphan can grow into her memory of her mother. For me, that is my biggest nightmare. I am terrified of becoming my daughter's nightmare.
For this reason, I can understand it when someone who has had a childhood similar to my own chooses not to have children. They do not trust themselves, and cannot risk allowing someone so vulnerable to become so dependant upon them. My brother, for instance, has made this choice.
I also do not fully trust myself. Yet what has allowed me to have courage and move forward, despite my fear, is my trust in God. Jewish sources tell us that there are three partners in the creation of a child – a mother, a father and the Almighty. God is not only present at the conception of a child, He remains intimately involved with that child, helping his parents to raise him.
I would be terrified to do this alone. My fear would paralyze me; my memories would haunt me. Even my husband's help would not be enough to reassure me.
Accepting that God is our partner has allowed me to shoulder this awesome responsibility. This knowledge has reassured me that although we will not become perfect parents, God will help us not to be destructive ones either.
My fears have pushed me to uniquely develop myself as a mother.
I think that my fears have pushed me to uniquely develop myself as a mother. I am extra careful to monitor my moods. Since I remember all too well the terror I felt in the face of my mother's uncontrolled anger, I do not allow myself to reach a state of excessive anger. I consider it simply too dangerous to relate to small children in such a state.
I do not discipline my children in a state of anger. I calm myself down first before deciding if consequences are necessary, or what a suitable punishment might be. I take a break, go into my room, lock the door, and talk directly to God. "I need You to help me out now," I tell Him, "because I am feeling so overwhelmed." These five minutes of prayer allow me to open my bedroom door and face the chaos again, only calmer, and with fresh perspective.
I also take extra care not to reach a state of exhaustion, which makes it harder to keep control of myself. When I go to sleep at night, I say to God "I am going off shift. You keep watch." In this way, I remind myself that I am allowed to concede my limits, both physically and emotionally, and ask for support and reinforcement.
It has been almost seven years since I first held my newborn baby daughter, and it has been a long and intense ride. She has been joined by a brother, and although there is an incredible amount of work that goes into rearing children, there is also an incredible amount of joy.
Had I allowed my fear to control me, I would never have known such intense pleasure. I would never have been touched by such magic.


text:
This accessory converts a monitor mount to hold a tablet or eReader. Install your tablet alongside an LCD monitor OR attach it directly to an Ergotron arm, pivot or stand. Works with most popular tablets and eReaders, including Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble Nook and Amazon Kindle.
- Position your tablet within your digital workflow by installing cradle on an Ergotron mount
- Adjustable contact points keep ports free
- Sliding brackets allow adjustment to a variety of display sizes, with or without case
- Cradle firmly grasps tablet with latch for secure placement
- Easily remove tablet from cradle when you need to go
- Holds tablet in portrait or landscape mode
- Robust metal and composite design dampens shock and vibration
Ergotron Part # 80-106-085


text:
Sold Out
COVID-19 Update: Our delivery service is fully operational and we've implemented a few extra precautions to keep you and our staff safe. We are committed to getting your orders to you as quickly and safely as possible, but please bear in mind there may be short delivery delays. We will keep you updated every step of the way. Thank you for your patience.
*Find Out More >
Find Out More >
International Heavy Delivery Please note, international delivery is subject to availability of service, accessibility to property, local customs costs/regulations, transport mode and shipment size. Europe: Up to 40 working days - from £500* Rest of the world: Prices and timings vary based on location.
This product is available to view in the following stores.
Please note, this information is updated daily, so please call the store beforehand to confirm the product is still available to view if you are travelling a long distance.
Peking Handpainted Chinoiserie TV Cabinet - Black
Xin Bedside Table - Black
Jiande Tray - Black
Product has low stock and therefore we were only able to add to your Basket.


text: If there is one thing that Bollywood actors and actresses have always been known for, its their dance. The gyrating moves, scintillating expressions and graceful dancing styles in movies have invariably helped in popularizing songs in the movies. So we asked our self, who has been the most famous dancer in the industry and only one name comes to my mind - Madhuri … [Read more...]


text:
Compare cheap flights from Cairns to Nadi
When is the cheapest time to fly to Nadi?
Things to do in Nadi, Fiji
Nadi is one of the gateways to Fiji, and it will be your perfect stop before you explore the rest of the country. Check out what this city can offer you. From beaches, scuba diving stops, and more, Nadi will definitely charm you.
Visit the colourful Hindu Temple of Sri Siva Subramaniya Swami. It will impress the culture vulture in you, plus you can get excellent photos here too.
Enjoy a beach day in Nadi. Wear your best sunnies and swimsuits at the half-mile long Wailoaloa Beach, or hop on a bus to Newtown Beach. How about a day of pampering too? Then make your way to Sabeto Hot Springs and Mud Pool. Nearby, there's also the beautiful Nadi Garden of the Sleeping Giant, where you can have a lovely stroll with someone special.
Tour the surrounding neighbour islands of Nadi too! Go island hopping at Denarau Island, Mamanuca Islands, and Nananu-I-Ra island. You'll get some privacy, access to some of best beaches, and amazing travel photos as well.
Nadi has some amazing festivals where you can experience the local culture best. Be part of the weeklong celebration of the popular Bula Festival, and have a feast at the International Food Festival.
Travel outside of Nadi to enjoy the rest of Fiji. Go spelunking in Sawa-i-Lau cave. Discover the sand dunes of the Sigatoka Valley. See the local wildlife at the beautiful jungle-covered Kulu Eco Park and Colo-i-Suva Forest Park in Suva. There's also Bouma National Park in Taveuni, and feel closer to nature with its tall jungle trees, colourful birds, majestic waterfalls, and volcanic peaks.
When to visit Nadi, Fiji
The best time to visit Nadi is from July to September for cooler temperatures, so you can have a comfortable stay in Fiji. But if you're looking for cheaper airfare, book your flights for October, which is the cheapest time to fly to Nadi.
You can fly to Fiji and travel to Nadi as soon as you're done packing, because Australians don't need a visa to visit the country for up to four months. Just check if your passport is valid for at least six months when you return to Australia. Check out Smartraveller too for more info.
Travelling to and around Nadi
Most flights from Australia to Fiji will land at Nadi International Airport (NAN) located on the western side on the island of Viti Levu. Travel from Nadi airport to the city or your resort by:
- Taxi
- Shuttle transfer
- Water taxi
- Private car
Journey time from the airport to your next destination is around 25 minutes to 2 hours depending on traffic and your destination. You can travel around Nadi by bus, taxi, hired cars or booked tours.
There's no time to lose! Get your luggage ready, so you can book your Fiji flights with Skiddoo today.
Best Hotels in Nadi, Fiji
Book cheap flights to Fiji on Skiddoo and book your Nadi accomodation next at one of these top Fiji hotels.
3-star hotels in Nadi (Fiji). Click to book now!
4-star hotels in Nadi (Fiji). Click to book now!
- Naisoso Island Resort Vil
- Fiji Gateway Hotel
- The Terraces Apartments Denarau
- Tanoa International Hotel
Airlines that Fly to Nadi, Fiji
Airlines that offer cheap flights to Fiji from Australia include:
For more on Fiji holidays check out our Flight Deals or view our range of best times to fly.
Today's currency rate
Temperature average in December
Rainfall average in December
156.2 mm
Cheapest time to fly to Nadi (NAN)
All prices refer to return flights to Nadi and include taxes and charges.
Our experiences customer support team is there to help you every step of the way.
With the Skiddoo Price Promise, if you find a cheaper price online we'll match it!


text: 20 Aug Led Flashing Badge By GF 0 Comments Led Flashing Badge Share this post Author GF Leave a comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published.CommentYour name (required) Your email (required) Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


text:
The National Rifle Association boasts big numbers. It has 4.5 million members and a budget of more than $300 million. It's 142 years old and is arguably unmatched in funding, focus, and fervor.
But now, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with his "super political-action committee," is emerging as a main counterweight to the NRA.
The billionaire businessman-turned-politician is pursuing an ambitious agenda to change the national conversation on guns. He brings to the table a net worth of $27 billion, a record of pursuing unpopular causes he deems important, and the defiant zeal of a man nearing the end of his career who's decided to make gun control part of his legacy.
How effective can a single person be against one of the most influential lobbying groups in Washington?
It's clear Mr. Bloomberg won't travel an easy road. "Any longtime observer of American politics is going to put his money on the NRA," says Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
But then again, Mr. Sabato says, don't count the former media mogul out. "He has enough money to be a real counterweight," he says. "Bloomberg combines almost unlimited cash with a successful politician's understanding of voters and issues, so there's no question that he tops any other NRA opponent, even longtime gun-control advocates like [Sen.] Dianne Feinstein."
Even NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam says: "We have billions of reasons to take him seriously," adding, "He is a well-financed opponent."
Bloomberg so far has poured roughly $12 million into his five-month-old super PAC, Independence USA, to back eight candidates in races across America. He chose them because of several issues, including marriage equality and education reform, but the top issue appears to be gun control. In particular, one race in Illinois – a special primary election in February to fill a congressional seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr. – put Bloomberg and his super PAC in the headlines.
One of the Democratic contenders was Debbie Halvorson, who had previously been given an 'A' rating by the NRA. The other main contender, Robin Kelly, was backed by Bloomberg. A $2.5 million flurry of spending by his super PAC, bankrolling an aggressive ad campaign, turned Ms. Halvorson's NRA rating into a scarlet letter 'A' of a liability. Ms. Kelly emerged victorious in the primary.
"The NRA for too long has held the megaphone," says John Feinblatt, chief adviser to Bloomberg. "The NRA has had the ear of Congress for too long, and the mayor believes it's important for the facts to come out."
What's on a billionaire's wish list? For Bloomberg, it's legislation requiring background checks for all gun sales, restrictions on high-capacity magazines, a ban on military-style assault weapons, and legislation making gun trafficking a felony.
He has also urged President Obama to prosecute those who lie on background checks, remove restrictions on gun-violence research, order federal agencies to provide information for a national background-check database, and appoint a director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which has been without a leader since 2006.
"It's just an outrage, and the public, I think, should stand up," Bloomberg said in a Feb. 19 briefing. "I'm part of the public, and I happen to have some money. That's what I am trying to do with my money – trying to get us some sensible gun laws."
The mayor is taking a multipronged approach to his national agenda: money, media, and old-fashioned politicking.
Besides Kelly from Illinois, Independence USA has thrown $1 million behind then-Rep. Bob Dold (R) of Illinois, who has backed gun-control measures; $2.4 million behind Florida Democratic congressional candidate Val Demings, a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns and a proponent of "responsible gun ownership"; and $1.1 million behind Connecticut Republican congressional candidate Andrew Roraback, who has said his party must be open to "sensible gun control."
Those three candidates, however, did not win in the November elections. (But Independence USA has tallied wins in the five other races it's entered, most of which centered on other issues.)
Independence USA's seemingly scattershot support for candidates across the geographical and political map is "all issue-based," says Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for the super PAC. "We are looking at candidates and where they stand on issues," he says.
When Independence USA supports a candidate, it usually outspends the opposition by as much as 30 to 1, leading some to accuse the mayor of buying elections. Mr. Friedman dismisses that argument as "specious."
The mayor has also been on a media circuit, promoting gun control through appearances with TV personalities including NBC's David Gregory, the women of ABC's "The View," and even Fox's Bill O'Reilly.
On Monday, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a gun control group cofounded by Bloomberg, launched a $12 million ad campaign urging US senators in key states to support federal legislation requiring background checks for all gun purchases. The ads, scheduled to run during the Easter/Passover weekend, target 15 "persuadable" senators in 13 states: Republicans Jeff Flake of Arizona, Charles Grassley of Iowa, Susan Collins of Maine, and Rob Portman of Ohio, as well as Democrats Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and Kay Hagan of North Carolina. According to The New York Times, Bloomberg is financing the campaign himself.
On March 21, he met with Vice President Joe Biden, who's led a task force on curbing gun violence, as well as families from Newtown, Conn., to discuss federal gun laws. Bloomberg has also held a closed-door meeting with former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, herself the survivor of an assassination attempt, who has called for stricter gun laws following the Newtown shooting and has publicly chided the president for not taking leadership on gun control.
Conspicuous in many of these appearances and meetings is disdain for the NRA, which the mayor has said is engaged in "a shameful evasion of the crisis facing our country."
Mr. Arulanandam says Bloomberg is going after law-abiding gun owners rather than targeting gun violence.
"The NRA is interested in doing substantive things to make sure that we reduce the problem of violence in this country," he says. "The mayor has dedicated his bank account to eradicating a constitutional right. We have determined to make sure that he fails."
The NRA does not support universal background checks or an assault weapons ban but does support restricting firearm access to "criminals and the mentally ill with violent tendencies," Arulanandam says.
"Gun bans and other bans, we don't think it's a proper or constructive way of addressing the problem of violence in our society," he says.
Mr. Feinblatt counters that it was gun violence that spurred Bloomberg to push for more gun control in the first place.
"Eighty-five percent of guns recovered from crime scenes in New York come from out of state," he says. "We have an obligation to point out that this is a national problem; it requires a national solution."
Though both sides are on a spending spree to push their respective agendas, the sums remain asymmetrical.
The NRA had a budget of $307 million in 2010. In 2011 – before Bloomberg entered the fray – "the combined budgets of all the groups trying to prevent gun violence came to around $16 million," The New York Times reported.
In last November's elections, Bloomberg's super PAC donated roughly $9.6 million to seven candidates in state races, according to Friedman. The NRA, by contrast, spent more than $25 million in the 2012 elections, most of which went to attack Mr. Obama and support GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
To overcome the NRA, Independence USA and other gun-control groups will have to form a more well-organized, well-funded coalition, gun-debate watchers say.
"The NRA's power has been affected permanently," says John McGlennon, a political scientist at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. "But the real key will be whether there emerges any kind of organized, permanent apparatus to carry on [Bloomberg's] campaign."
Of course, those who know the mayor, and his propensity to gravitate toward seemingly unconquerable challenges, expect him to keep up the fight long after he leaves office at the end of 2013.
"Mayor Bloomberg has had issues he's been very strong on throughout his mayoralty that he's made clear he'll continue to advocate on behalf of post-mayoralty," Friedman says. "Gun safety is one of them."


text:
You are here
HIM Arabic plugin is on its way.
The code is available from my svn repository
svn co http://home.foolab.org/svn/projects/him-arabic/trunk/ him-arabic
* The code is UGLY. A lot of the functionality is still missing.
* No packages yet. I'll create them but my cold doesn't help much :-)
* The above screenshot is for scratchbox not for the actual device. I didn't try yet to run it on the device.
* You will also need an Arabic font. I packaged one here: ftp://foolab.org/pub/apt/pool/arabic/t/ttf-kacst/ttf-arabic-kacstbook_1.6.2+mry-1.0.1_all.deb
I know there's one provided by the browser team. It was me who did the packaging for it but I'll be providing multiple fonts soon so ttf-arabic is now a virtual package.
Sweet! :-)
Hi mohammed, great work - do you think there is an easy way to get this working with hebrew input also? I have already packaged the hebrew culmus fonts, perhaps they would work with your input method? Thanks in advance for any input...
Thanks for your words.
The layout is defined in an XML file.
I've just implemented the ability to "render" 4 layouts that are defined in the XML file.
* mode_a pressed and mode_b pressed
* mode_a released and mode_b pressed
* mode_a released and mode_b released
* mode_a pressed and mode_b released
The problem is there's no way to configure the plugin.
I can simply reserve one of the 4 layouts for Hebrew. How many letters are there in Hebrew (Sorry for the stupid question) ?
In hebrew there are 22 main letters plus 5 final letters, so 27 in total - the normal keyboard layout is like http://www.qsm.co.il/Hebrew/keyboard.htm, if you explain how I can help you make the XML data for hebrew I would be glad to - im setting up scratchbox right now to try compile your input plugin...
The XML is easy:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<layout mode_a="1" mode_b="0">
<key name="'" expand="0" />
mode_a = 1 (Activate when mode_a is activated)
mode_b = 0 (Don't activate this layout if mode_b is active)
For each row in the layout you need keys.
Each key has a name "Which is the string that will be inserted when it gets clicked too" and an expand attribute.
if expand = 1, the key will try to fill the space in the GtkVbox. If 0 then it won't.
Problem is we are limited to 4 rows for Arabic and 5 for English. That's why I'd to move the numbers to a different layout (I updated the code). but that'll be enough for hebrew (Arabic has +28 letters).
The problem'd be fitting the digits somewhere ?
OK. I moved the digits to the Arabic keyboard. We now have a complete empty section that can be used for anything.
I don't mind including Hebrew. It just feels a bit odd to include Hebrew in the "Arabic input method". Fine with me though :-)
Yeah it does seem a bit strange to have hebrew in arabic input method, but its fine with me also - maybe a glimpse of a future more peaceful world :-) Both of them are useful for me as I use hebrew daily but am now learning arabic.
Another idea might be to either clone your plugin and add hebrew separately - or perhaps call it RightToLeft input methods or something similar but whichever way is good with me as long as hebrew/arabic input is available on maemo some way... I think starting with the languages combined as you have done is good (as I am not a good coder yet :-)), perhaps I can help separate them in the future once my C/C++ skills get a little better.
I'm taking a look at the XML files to try and make a hebrew keyboard layout but I can't get the input method to show in scratchbox/xephyr after i've compiled it and done make install - only the english keyboard is available as an input language. Do I have to change anything to activate the arabic input method?
Thanks for the quick replies - there are a few people I know who would be overjoyed if this input method works for hebrew and also in arabic as many of my friends and colleagues speak/use both regularly...
./configure --prefix=/usr is your friend :)
You also need to run "hildon-im-recache"
keys.xml should be in /usr/share/him-arabic/
him_arabic.so should be in /usr/lib/hildon-input-method/
You then need to activate it from the menu.
The code is not really that good. I wrote it while having cold :)
The API forces me to code in a certain way too.
Anyway, let's get it done and later we can see what improvements are needed.
Thanks to your excellent help, I got hebrew input working on scratchbox and also on the N800 under OS2008 beta. I can upload the keys.xml file (svn commit perhaps) if you want to include it, for the moment heres a screenshot from the N800:
The text in hebrew says 'Shalom and thanks to Mohammed Sameer who helped to get hebrew on the N810' :-)
Now that I've actually used the 4th free layout to add more Arabic symbols, I thought about using the languages menu to toggle both languages. This gives you an additional layout that you can fill ?
I'm still working on that. Problem is that the SDK doesn't provide an interface to set the secondary language so I'm still trying to figure out how.
I'm sorry but I don't give anyone access to my personal svn repository (I know this is anti-FOSS but it's my personal one ;-)). You can email me the file and I'll include the layout and credit you.
P.S. The code and data files are under the GPL.
Selam Mohammed :)
Excellent work. Can you possibly package up a phonetic keyboard using English characters (that types in Arabic) in a similar vain to this: http://zsigri.tripod.com/fontboard/arabic.html
Why do we need that ?
I downloaded the Arabic, thanks! However, the site that I really want to use it on has some combined charachters that are not included, what do you think the likelihood of a more advanced arabic charachter set will be released soon?
What site are you talking about ?
Can you please create a .deb package file for OS2006 (gregale)?
I know nothing about linux and don't know what to do with your files.
Why are you still using OS 2006 ?
I have a N770 and no 1GB RS MMC.
Is there any way that I can request a full working Quran app, once we have the Arabic font in there? I really don't need too many functionality but atleast something which can allow me to read/recite the Quran from N800.
I tried to port Zekr in OS2008 and had no luck in the past, also looked everywhere to find the same and had no luck at all.
Zekr needs java which is not available.
Why don't you code one ? I don't think I'll do that.
Thanks to your excellent help, I got hebrew input working on scratchbox and also on the N800 under OS2008 beta. I can upload the keys.xml file (svn commit perhaps) if you want to include it, for the moment heres a screenshot from the N800: