The terms of this agreement ("Terms of Service" or "Terms") govern the relationship between you and Alpesh (hereinafter "Alpesh" or "Us" or "We") regarding your use of Alpesh's social games and related services, which include applications for mobile devices and Alpesh branded websites (the "Service"). In this agreement, "Alpesh" means Alpesh Vaghasiya. In either case "Alpesh" includes Affiliates, which shall mean subsidiaries, parent companies, joint ventures and other corporate entities under common ownership.
Subject to your agreement and continuing compliance with these Terms of Service and any other relevant Alpesh policies, such as the Forum Rules or Loyalty Program Terms, Alpesh grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license subject to the limitations in Sections 1.5-1.9 to access and use the Service using a Alpesh supported web browser (such as Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer) or mobile device solely for your own non-commercial entertainment purposes. You agree not to use the Service for any other purpose.
You understand that while at times you may "earn" "buy" or "purchase" (a) virtual currency, including but not limited to virtual coins, cash, tokens, or points, all for use in the Service; or (b) virtual in-game items (together with virtual currency, "Virtual Items"); these real world terms are only being used as shorthand. You do not in fact "own" the Virtual Items and the amounts of any Virtual Item do not refer to any credit balance of real currency or its equivalent. Rather, you may purchase a limited license to use the Service, including software programs that occasionally manifest themselves as these items. The purchase and sale of the limited license referred to in these Terms of Service is a completed transaction upon receipt of your direct payment or redemption of a Alpesh game card or a third party virtual currency like Facebook Credits. Any "virtual currency" balance shown in your Account does not constitute a real-world balance or reflect any stored value, but instead constitutes a measurement of the extent of your license.
You shall not use the Service if you are located in a country embargoed by the chicago or if you are on the chicago Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals.
You understand that on certain Alpesh websites your user ID number, name and profile picture will be publicly available and that search engines may index your name and profile photo.
Alpesh reserves the right to remove or reclaim any usernames at any time and for any reason, including but not limited to claims by a third party that a username violates such third party's rights.
Any use of the Service in violation of these License Limitations is strictly prohibited, can result in the immediate revocation of your limited license granted by Section 1.4, and may subject you to liability for violations of law. ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DISRUPT OR INTERFERE WITH THE SERVICE INCLUDING UNDERMINING OR MANIPULATING THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY Alpesh GAME IS A VIOLATION OF Alpesh POLICY AND MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.
upload or transmit or attempt to upload or transmit, without Alpesh's express permission, any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including, without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats ("gifs"), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "spyware," "passive collection mechanisms" or "pcms").
WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER REMEDIES, Alpesh MAY LIMIT, SUSPEND, TERMINATE, MODIFY, OR DELETE ACCOUNTS OR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE OR PORTIONS THEREOF IF YOU ARE, OR Alpesh SUSPECTS THAT YOU ARE, FAILING TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR FOR ANY ACTUAL OR SUSPECTED ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER USE OF THE SERVICE, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. YOU CAN LOSE YOUR USER NAME AND PERSONA AS A RESULT OF ACCOUNT TERMINATION OR LIMITATION, AS WELL AS ANY BENEFITS, PRIVILEGES, EARNED ITEMS AND PURCHASED ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, AND Alpesh IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO COMPENSATE YOU FOR ANY SUCH LOSSES OR RESULTS.
Alpesh reserves the right to stop offering and/or supporting the Service or a particular game or part of the Service at any time either permanently or temporarily, at which point your license to use the Service or a part thereof will be automatically terminated or suspended. In such event, Alpesh shall not be required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to users in connection with such discontinued elements of the Service.
You may cancel any Account registered to you at any time by following the instructions at www.alpeshvaghasiya.com.
The Service (including without limitation any games, titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialogue, catch phrases, concepts, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, moral rights, documentation, in-game chat transcripts, character profile information, recordings of games played using a Alpesh game client, and the Alpesh game clients and server software) are copyrighted works owned by Alpesh Vaghasiay. Alpesh reserves all rights, including without limitation, all intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, in connection with the Service.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU SHALL HAVE NO OWNERSHIP OR OTHER PROPERTY INTEREST IN AN ACCOUNT, AND YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ALL RIGHTS IN AND TO AN ACCOUNT ARE AND SHALL FOREVER BE OWNED BY AND INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF Alpesh. GENERALLY, GAME OR OTHER ACCOUNTS CREATED WITH Alpesh WILL BE CONSIDERED ACTIVE UNTIL WE RECEIVE A USER REQUEST TO DEACTIVATE OR DELETE THEM; HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE ANY ACCOUNT THAT HAS BEEN INACTIVE FOR 180 DAYS.
Alpesh owns, has licensed, or otherwise has rights to use all of the content that appears in the Service. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, you agree that you have no right or title in or to any content that appears in the Service, including without limitation the Virtual Items appearing or originating in any Alpesh game, whether "earned" in a game or "purchased" from Alpesh, or any other attributes associated with an Account or stored on the Service.
Alpesh prohibits and does not recognize any purported transfers of Virtual Items effectuated outside of the Service, or the purported sale, gift or trade in the "real world" of anything that appears or originates in the Service, unless otherwise expressly authorized by Alpesh in writing. Accordingly, you may not sublicense, trade, sell or attempt to sell in-game Virtual Items for "real" money, or exchange Virtual Items for value of any kind outside of a game, without Alpesh's written permission. Any such transfer or attempted transfer is prohibited and void, and will subject your Account to termination.
"User Content" means any communications, images, sounds, and all the material, data, and information that you upload or transmit through a Alpesh game client or the Service, or that other users upload or transmit, including without limitation any chat text.
You own your User Content. You hereby grant Alpesh and its Affiliates a perpetual and irrevocable (other than as provided below), worldwide, fully paid-up and royalty free, non-exclusive, unlimited license, including the right to sublicense and assign to third parties, and right to copy, reproduce, fix, adapt, modify, improve, translate, reformat, create derivative works from, manufacture, introduce into circulation, commercialize, publish, distribute, sell, license, sublicense, transfer, rent, lease, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, or provide access to electronically, broadcast, communicate to the public by telecommunication, display, perform, enter into computer memory, and use and practice, in any way now known or in the future discovered, your User Content as well as all modified and derivative works thereof in connection with our provision of the Service, including marketing and promotions thereof. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, you hereby waive any moral rights you may have in any User Content. The license you grant Us to use user posted content (except any content you submit in response to Alpesh promotions and competitions or any other content specifically solicited by Alpesh) ends when you delete your User Content or you close your Account unless your User Content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it. However, you understand and accept that removed content may persist in back-up copies for a reasonable period of time.
You are entirely responsible for all User Content you post or otherwise transmit via the Service. Alpesh assumes no responsibility for the conduct of any user submitting any User Content, and assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Service for inappropriate or illegal content or conduct.
The Service may include various forums, blogs and chat features where you can post User Content, including your observations and comments on designated topics. Alpesh cannot guarantee that other members will not use the ideas and information that you share. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or don't want others to use, do not post it on the Service. Alpesh shall have no responsibility to evaluate, use or compensate you for any ideas or information you may choose to submit.
If you submit suggestions, proposals, comments or other materials (collectively "Submissions") within the Service you understand and agree that Alpesh (1) shall have no obligation to keep your Submissions confidential; (2) shall have no obligation to return your Submissions or respond in any way; and (3) may use your Submissions for any purpose in any way without notice or compensation to you.
Alpesh IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A MEMBER'S MISUSE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST IN ANY FORUMS, BLOGS AND CHAT ROOMS.
Information, materials, products or services provided by other users (for instance, in their profiles) may, in whole or in part, be unauthorized, impermissible or otherwise violate these Terms of Service, and Alpesh assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the Service by any person, please use any "Report Abuse" link provided or contact us at Customer Support.
Alpesh may reject, refuse to post or delete any User Content for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, User Content that in the sole judgment of Alpesh may violate these Terms of Service.
Alpesh reserves the right to limit the storage capacity of User Content that you post on, through or in connection with the Service.
Your information, and the contents of all of your online communications (including without limitation chat text, voice communications, IP addresses and your personal information) may be accessed and monitored as necessary to provide the Service and may be disclosed: (i) when We have a good faith belief that We are required to disclose the information in response to legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena); (ii) to satisfy any applicable laws or regulations (iii) where We believe that the Service is being used in the commission of a crime, including to report such criminal activity or to exchange information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction; (iv) when We have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the health and/or safety of you, another person or the public generally; and (v) in order to protect the rights or property of Alpesh, including to enforce our Terms of Service. By entering into these Terms of Service, you hereby provide your irrevocable consent to such monitoring, access and disclosure.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Service and any other parties with whom you interact through the Service and/or Alpesh games. Alpesh reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with these disputes.
In the Service you may purchase, with "real world" money, a license to use Virtual Items and or other goods or services. You may also obtain a license to use Virtual Items by redeeming Alpesh game cards or third party virtual currency, such as Facebook Credits.
You can license Virtual Items by visiting the purchase page in one of our games, providing your billing information, confirming the particulars of your purchase and re-affirming your agreement to these Terms. When you purchase a license to Virtual Items from our Service, We may send you a confirmatory e-mail that will contain details of the items you have ordered. Please check that the details in the confirmatory e-mail are correct as soon as possible and maintain a copy of it for your records. Alpesh keeps records of transactions in order to deal with any subsequent queries. If you purchase Facebook Credits from Facebook, you are agreeing to Facebook's Payment Terms and Alpesh is not a party to the transaction.
Your license to Virtual Items for use in Alpesh games is a service provided by Alpesh that commences upon acceptance by Alpesh of your purchase or redemption of third party virtual currency. By ordering a license to use Virtual Items you agree and accept that Alpesh will provide it to you promptly following completion of your purchase. If you reside in the European Union and you purchase a product or service from Alpesh, you may have the right to withdraw from a purchase within seven calendar days, commencing on the day after the date of purchase (the "Cooling Off Period"). However, you lose your right of withdrawal if the performance of the services begins before the end of the Cooling Off Period. Accordingly, please note that if you purchase a license to use Virtual Items from Us, your right of withdrawal is lost as the performance of our services begins promptly once your purchase is completed.
You agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes incurred by you or anyone using an Account registered to you. Alpesh may revise the pricing for the goods and services it licenses to you through the Service at any time. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT Alpesh IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.
Alpesh may provide links on the Service to third party websites or vendors who may invite you to participate in a promotional offer in return for receiving an optional component of the Service and/or upgrades (such as in-game currency). Any charges or obligations you incur in your dealings with these third parties are your responsibility. Alpesh makes no representation or warranty regarding any content, goods and/or services provided by any third party even if linked to from our Service, and will not be liable for any claim relating to any third party content, goods and/or services. The linked sites are not under the control of Alpesh and may collect data or solicit personal information from you. Alpesh is not responsible for their content, business practices or privacy policies, or for the collection, use or disclosure of any information those sites may collect. Further, the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Alpesh of these linked sites.
It is Alpesh's policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Alpesh reserves the right to terminate without notice any User's access to the Service if that User is determined by Alpesh, in its sole discretion, to be a "repeat infringer." In addition, Alpesh accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to protect their materials.
You understand that the Service is an evolving one. Alpesh may require that you accept updates to the Service and to Alpesh's games you have installed on your computer or mobile device. You acknowledge and agree that Alpesh may update the Service with or without notifying you. You may need to update third party software from time to time in order to receive the Service and play Alpesh's Games.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER Alpesh NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES, OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, DISTRIBUTORS, LICENSEES OR LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, "Alpesh PARTIES") WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY ANY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY CONTAINED HEREIN APPLY TO ANY AND ALL DAMAGES OR INJURY WHATSOEVER CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE UNDER ANY CAUSE OR ACTION WHATSOEVER OF ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) AND THAT THE Alpesh PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL OR DATA, IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE.
YOU FURTHER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE Alpesh PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE, AND YOU AGREE NOT TO SEEK TO HOLD THE Alpesh PARTIES LIABLE, FOR THE CONDUCT OF THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICE AND OPERATORS OF EXTERNAL SITES, AND THAT THE RISK OF THE SERVICE AND EXTERNAL SITES AND OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE Alpesh PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR MORE THAN THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID Alpesh IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS (180) DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH YOU FIRST ASSERT ANY SUCH CLAIM.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID Alpesh ANY AMOUNTS IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS (180) DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH YOU FIRST ASSERT ANY SUCH CLAIM, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH Alpesh IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICE AND TO CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IN THE SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN PARTICULAR, NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT THE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF ANY CONSUMER OR EXCLUDE OR RESTRICT ANY LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM ANY NEGLIGENCE OR FRAUD OF Alpesh.
You agree to indemnify, save, and hold Alpesh, its affiliated companies, contractors, employees, agents and its third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners harmless from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of your use or misuse of the Service, any violation by you of these Terms of Service, or any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants made by you herein. Alpesh reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify Alpesh, and you agree to cooperate with Alpesh's defense of these claims. Alpesh will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
If a dispute arises between you and Alpesh, our goal is to provide you with a neutral and cost effective means of resolving the dispute quickly. Accordingly, you and Alpesh agree that We will resolve any claim or controversy at law or equity that arises out of this Agreement or the Service (a "Claim") in accordance with one of the subsections below or as We and you otherwise agree in writing. Before resorting to these alternatives, We strongly encourage you to first contact Us directly to seek a resolution by going to Customer Support. We will consider reasonable requests to resolve the dispute through alternative dispute resolution procedures, such as mediation or arbitration, as alternatives to litigation.
If you are a resident of the United States, this Agreement and any dispute arising out of or related to it or the Service shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of United States as they apply to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within United States between United States residents, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree that any claim or dispute you may have against Alpesh must be resolved exclusively by a state or High court located in United States. except as otherwise agreed by the parties or as described in the Arbitration Option paragraph below. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within United States for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes.
All claims you bring against Alpesh must be resolved in accordance with this Legal Disputes Section. All claims filed or brought contrary to Section 8.2 shall be considered improperly filed. Should you file a claim contrary to Section 8.2, Alpesh shall be entitled to recover attorneys' fees and costs up to $1000, provided that Alpesh has notified you in writing of the improperly filed claim, and you have failed to promptly withdraw the claim.
Alpesh may publish additional policies related to specific services such as applications for mobile devices, forums, contests or loyalty programs. Your right to use such services is subject to those specific policies and these Terms of Service.
In the event of a conflict between a translation of the Alpesh Policies and the English version, the English version of the Alpesh Policies will control.
Except as expressly and specifically set forth in this these Terms of Service, no representations, statements, consents, waivers, or other acts or omissions by Alpesh shall be deemed a modification of these Terms of Service nor be legally binding, unless documented in physical writing, hand signed by You and a duly appointed officer of Alpesh.
You acknowledge that the rights granted and obligations made under these Terms of Service to Alpesh are of a unique and irreplaceable nature, the loss of which shall irreparably harm Alpesh and which cannot be replaced by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, Alpesh shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief (without the obligations of posting any bond or surety or proof of damages) in the event of any breach or anticipatory breach by you.
You irrevocably waive all rights to seek injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Service or any Alpesh game, exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Service or any content or other material used or displayed through the Service and agree to limit your claims to claims for monetary damages, limited by Section 7.2 (if any).
Alpesh shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of Alpesh, including without limitation any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond Alpesh's control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network infrastructure failures, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.
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In this policy, "Alpesh" refers to Alpesh Vaghasiya. and its Affiliates, which shall mean subsidiaries, parent companies, joint ventures and other corporate entities under common ownership. We may also refer to Alpesh as "We" or "Us". Personal data of users that reside outside of the United States is jointly controlled by Alpesh vaghasiya, United States.
We may allow you to "register" with Us by using Facebook Connect or other SNS authentication options to create an account or profile within the Service. We may also provide a more typical registration flow where you may be required to provide the following information: your age or birthday (for age screening and/or to better understand who our users are); your first and last names; your e-mail address; a password and other information that helps Us confirm that it is you accessing your account.
We may also offer you the option to complete a user profile that is visible to other Alpesh users. Your user profile may include: a profile photo; one or more game username(s); your gender; biographic details that you provide; links to your profiles on various SNS; details about the games you play; and a Alpesh user ID number that is created by Alpesh and used to identify your profile.
The Alpesh user ID number used to identify your account and profile will be public and will appear in the URL of your profile page, but will only permit access to information that is considered public or that you have designated as public in your settings.
Your first and last names and profile picture are considered "public" on Alpesh websites that offer direct access to Alpesh games and search engines may index this publicly available information. When We offer profiles, We will also offer functionality that allows you to opt-out of public indexing of your public profile information.
We may also offer you the ability to import your address book contacts or manually enter e-mail addresses so that you can (i) locate your contacts on Alpesh; and (ii) invite those contacts to join you in our games. We will store those contacts for purposes of helping you and your contacts make connections on our site. If you do not want your contacts stored just follow the instructions available at the "Learn More" link. Passwords provided to Alpesh for the purpose of accessing your address book will not be stored.
If you play Alpesh games on your mobile telephone or other mobile device, including iPads and tablets, We collect mobile device identifiers, including MAC Address, and IP Address. In certain games We will create and assign to your device an identifier that is similar to an account number. We may collect the name you have associated with your device, device type, telephone number, country, and any other information you choose to provide, such as user name, character name, geo-location or e-mail address. We may also access your contacts to enable you to invite friends to join you in the Service.
If you purchase a license to use in-game virtual currency or virtual items directly from Alpesh, We will collect the billing and financial information necessary to process your charges, which may include your postal and e-mail addresses. Alpesh may also receive the billing and payment information that you provide when your purchase is processed by another party, such as Facebook (for Facebook Credits) or Apple (for purchases on iOS devices). Our Terms of Service explain our policies and terms relevant to our charges and billing practices. Please note that purchases of third party credits or currencies like Facebook Credits may also be subject to additional policies.
With your consent We may send push notifications to your mobile device to provide game updates and other relevant messages. You can manage push notifications from the "options» or "settings" page within the relevant game. You may also be able to manage them from your device's settings page for the relevant game.
We may send local notifications to your mobile device to provide game updates and other relevant information. You can manage local notifications from the "options" or "settings" page within the relevant game.
When you access our websites or play our games, We collect (i) certain technical information about your mobile device or computer system, including MAC Address, IP Address and mobile device ID; and (ii) usage statistics about your interactions with the Service. This information is typically collected through the use of server log files or web log files ("Log Files"), mobile device software development kits and tracking technologies like browser cookies to collect and analyze certain types of technical information. Some of the cookies the Service places on your computer are linked to your user ID number(s). For more information on how We utilize cookies and other tracking technologies please review the "Cookies and Automated Information Collection" portion of Section 3 ("How We Collect Information about You").
When you play one of our games, Alpesh collects and stores certain information that you provide directly or through the SNS or other third party website that is offering our game(s). To provide a richer game play and social experience, We also collect information about your play and interaction with other players and the Service. The bulk of this information is collected and stored through the use of Log Files, which are files on our web servers that record actions taken on our games and websites.
We may record and store archives of these communications on Alpesh's servers to protect the safety and well being of our users and Alpesh's rights and property in connection with the service. You acknowledge and consent to the recording and storage of such communications for these purposes.
We may collect or receive information from other sources including (i) other Alpesh users who choose to upload their email contacts; and (ii) third party information providers. This information will be used to supplement your profile – primarily to help you and your friends connect. It will be combined with other information We collect.
One important use of your information is communication. If you have provided your e-mail address to Alpesh, We'll use it to respond to (i) customer support inquiries, and (ii) keep you informed of your in-game activity, including comments from friends, notifications about in-game status such as "Your Turn" as well as notifications of game request. Some messages, such as invites for friends to join you in a game, may include your name and profile photo. We may also send promotional e-mail messages and promotional SMS messages ("Promotional Communications") directly or in partnership with parties other than Alpesh. Each Promotional Communication will generally offer recipients choices about receiving additional messages.
We will provide your information to third party companies to perform services on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, e-mail delivery, hosting services, customer service and to assist Us in our marketing efforts. We direct all such third party service providers to maintain the confidentiality of the information disclosed to them and to not use your information for any purpose other than to provide services on Alpesh's behalf.
The Service supports and may encourage interaction among players. In most Alpesh games your SNS friends will see your name, profile photo and descriptions of your game activity. In many AlpeshAlpesh games friends and other players will be able to see your game profile, which may include your name or a "game name" and your profile photo, which in certain cases can reveal your SNS User ID number or Alpesh ID. For example, in Teen Patti Three Cards Poker any other player may encounter your game profile, if you are playing. Access to a Alpesh ID or your SNS User ID may allow others to view the public information associated with your related SNS or Alpesh account. Other players may also be able to send you game requests or even friend requests through the related SNS' communication channels.
We may share (i) aggregated information (information about you and other users collectively, but not specifically identifiable to you); (ii) anonymous information; and (iii) certain technical information (including IP Addresses, MAC Addresses for mobile devices and mobile device IDs) to develop and deliver targeted advertising in the Service and on the websites of third parties. We may also allow advertisers to collect these types of information within the Service and they may share it with Us. Advertisers may collect this information through the use of tracking technologies like browser cookies and web beacons. The information collected may be used to offer you targeted ad-selection and delivery in order to personalize your user experience by ensuring that advertisements for products and services you see will appeal to you, a practice known as behavioral advertising, and to undertake web analytics (i.e. to analyze traffic and other end user activity to improve your experience). To learn more about behavioral advertising or to opt-out of this type of advertising for participating ad networks, you can visit the GFNetwork Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance.
Alpesh games or their purchase pages may display an "offer wall" that is hosted by an offer wall provider. The offer wall allows third party advertisers to provide virtual currency to users in exchange for interacting with an advertisement or for completing a marketing offer that may include signing up for an account with one of those advertisers. These are not offers made by Alpesh. These offers may be displayed to you based on certain technical information, such as your geographic area or anonymous demographic information. After clicking on one of these advertisements, you will no longer be on a site hosted by Alpesh or a partnering SNS. To properly credit user accounts and to prevent fraud, a unique identifier, in some cases your user ID number, will be shared with the offer wall provider.
Your information, and the contents of all of your online communications (including without limitation chat text, voice communications, IP addresses and your personal information) may be accessed and monitored as necessary to provide the Service and may be disclosed: (i) when We have a good faith belief that We are required to disclose the information in response to legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena); (ii) to satisfy any applicable laws or regulations (iii) where We believe that the Service is being used in the commission of a crime, including to report such criminal activity or to exchange information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction; (iv) when We have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the health and/or safety of you, another person or the public generally; and (v) in order to protect the rights or property of Alpesh, including to enforce our Terms of Service.
In the event that Alpesh undergoes a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, We may transfer all of your information, including personal information, to the successor organization in such transition. If material changes to Alpesh's privacy practices will occur as a result of the business transition, We will notify you and other users (in the manner described in Section 12) of the business transition prior to transferring your personal information.
To manage the information Alpesh receives about you from an SNS where you play our games, you will need to follow the instructions at that site for updating your information and changing your privacy settings. You can manage certain aspects of information collection and use by going to the settings of your (mobile) device and reviewing the permissions of each application.
www.alpeshvaghasiya.com. Place "Delete My Account" in the subject line and include your first name, last name, e-mail address and user ID number for the SNS from which you access our games (if applicable) in the body of the e-mail. We will respond to your request within thirty (30) days. Please note that certain records, for example those pertaining to payments or customer service matters, will be retained for legal and accounting purposes. If you have sent or posted content on the Service, We may not be able to delete it.
If you wish to review or change the information Alpesh has about you, e-mail Us at the address provided herein.
You can turn off push notifications by visiting the "options" or "settings" page within the relevant game. You can turn off local notifications by visiting the "options" or "settings" page within the relevant game.
You can stop further use of your geo-location (for example through "check-ins") by visiting your device's settings for the relevant application or the "settings" page for the relevant game. You can also stop checking in.
If you play our games at a third-party SNS, Alpesh will be able to access and store profile and other information about you as described above. The categories of information you share with Us will depend, in part, on the permissions you grant Us and the privacy settings you have established at the SNS where you access the application. Alpesh does not offer an "opt out" option for specific fields that are shared by the SNS where you access and play the game(s).
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You'll notice the sermon text always begins with a list of the scriptures of the day, which are the basis for the sermon. You may find it helpful to read those passages before delving into the sermon itself.
Grace mercy and peace from the one who is, who was, and who is to come….
I was asked by an Episcopal friend and colleague recently: Do Lutherans believe this verse?
He knew how Martin Luther wasn't a big fan of the book of James and went so far as to suggest it should be tossed out of the canon.
He knew that our Lutheran theology and identity is grounded in the good news that by grace we have been saved through faith, and this is not our own doing, it is not because of our good works, but is the gift of God.
So what do Lutherans think, then, about the verse that comes to us today?
It looks like we're willing to read it in worship, at the very least.
Well, I told my friend that I'm a Lutheran who believes it.
Because I think it challenges us to consider what brings faith to life.
If we had simply gathered here for coffee every Sunday morning over the last 10 years and acknowledged to each other that, yes, we are still Christians before heading out the door… well, sure, Jesus would still love us, of course, but… how alive would our faith be?
So one of the things I'm happy to say about our years together is that they have been full of life! We dove into the deep end of the pool, asking ourselves what it would mean to be church in this moment, in this place and neighborhood? Where were we called?
We've gone all kinds of places together. We've had successes. We've had failures. We've had joy in communion with one another. We've had conflict as we took on difficult and complex ministry tasks and ideas. We've taken risks and gotten creative. We have trusted God and we've been scared. We've had healing and growing and all that goes with it when you really dive in and go for it.
It is so much better to step out boldly in faith even if you sometimes fall on your face or make the wrong choice than to never step out in faith at all.
This is what Luther meant when he shared his own famous line: Sin boldly!
Go for it, people of God! Go for it. If we really believe God's got us, that the Holy Spirit is right here as our Advocate and we are in God's hands, then you go for it. Live out this faith of yours.
And so we have. And God has been faithful.
And I shall always be grateful.
Because the good news, being good news and all, will always compel us, always send us out into the world to share the good news with others, to love others as we have been loved, to serve others as we have been served.
This has always been and shall always be the pattern of the Christian faith.
Free gift given = Forgiveness. New life. Never-failing love and presence. Eternal identity.
Children of God = Respond in faith and love as the free people you are.
This is the pattern of death and resurrection. And it just keeps going.
The promise is that new life will always come.
So let us be thankful for sinning boldly together for the last 10 years. I hope your faith has been challenged. I hope you have wrestled with it. I hope diving into the works given to us to do has brought life to your faith – and even more faith to your life.
I have certainly grown. You have challenged me and pushed me to become a better pastor. You have challenged me to know myself better and both be true to myself and faithful to my call. I shall always be in your debt.
Because being challenged often helps us get where we need to go.
Just after Jesus told the Pharisees last week that they were using the law incorrectly and needed to examine their hearts and remember why the law was given to them in the first place, here we now finding Jesus acting a whole lot like those Pharisees and scribes.
And preachers have been scratching their heads over this passage ever since.
The Jesus we know stands with the outsider. Almost exclusively. Here is the lone exception.
Not only does he not stand with her, Jesus compares the Syrophoenician woman to a dog.
And yet, she isn't intimidated or scared off. Maybe she's used to this treatment.
In any case, she continues. She demands that she is entitled to at least a little bit of God's love, too. And without much effort at all, she seems to change Jesus' mind.
Without even getting up from the dinner table, Jesus casts the demon from her daughter back at home and sends the woman on her way.
From there Jesus and the disciples continue on their way, and the next one in need of Jesus isn't given such a hard time, even tho he is most likely a gentile just like the women, given that they are in the Gentile region of Tyre. This deaf man, also an outsider, is healed with the word Ephphatha.
We hear these two stories of healing at a turning point in Jesus ministry.
This passage is situated between the two feeding stories in Mark's gospel. In chapter six, people are fed on the Jewish side of the Sea of Galilee. In chapter eight, they'll be fed by Jesus on the Gentile side.
The kingdom of heaven is about to be blown wide open and Ch 7 holds the turning point.
In Christ there is neither male nor female, slave nor free, Jew or Gentile.
Jesus is for all and we are ONE in Christ.
So I really wonder if Jesus is making this declaration by letting the Syrophenician woman make it for him, on behalf of all gentiles just like her.
The way she says it indicates her understanding.
Yes, but even the dog's get the crumbs from under the children's table.
Yes, she acknowledges, there is priority for the Jewish people, the children, chosen by God, but I am arguing for Gentile inclusion as well. Because we know the crumbs, if they come from you, shall be enough.
It's a tremendous statement of faith.
It's always the outsiders who recognize the true power of God.
And then, Ephphatha. Be opened.
Jesus doesn't just heal this man. He points all of us to where he is headed, and where we are to follow.
Be open! Open your hearts and minds! My new community, the kingdom of God is for ALL.
Now let's go. Let's take that good news and go. Head ourselves for the other side of the Sea and keep going.
This past week, Bishop Jim Gonia joined the council and me here and led a ritual called the "Blessing of Transition." It was a time where affirmations and encouragements were offered. Council offered them to me. I offered to them.
In the sanctuary we gave thanks for the ministries of baptism, communion, preaching, funerals, weddings, and the sending of us into the world that have happened over these last 10 years.
It was a powerful moment, so I want to offer affirmation and encouragement to all of you as well.
You are a precious part of God's beloved community.
You are a brave and loving part of the Body of Christ.
You have made a difference to the world and especially in this neighborhood in the name of Christ. I encourage you to stay confident going forward. Sin boldly. Remember the works God has given you to do not only witness God's love to others, they bring life to your faith as well.
And don't forget to laugh. I encourage you to laugh at yourselves and with each other as often as possible. This life of faith is way too important to be trusted to a bunch of overly serious people. So if you do find yourselves taking all this too seriously, just remember that day you made me sit under the cross fountain in the park on Stewardship Sunday and get soaked. Or the evening at the block party when Ollie Daniels stood in the middle of the parking lot and hula hooped for all of us. Or ask some of these young people to sing their favorite silly song with their favorite silly actions. Or ask one of the women to tell you about the time that Bernice Parker short-sheeted all the hotel beds at a women's gathering.
When we take ourselves too seriously, that's when we're most tempted to shoosh the Holy Spirit and tell her we've got it all under control.
And you don't want to do that! Just think of all the adventures you'd miss out on! Besides, life abundant is surely meant to include joy and laughter and gratitude – as much as we can get.
I thank you, friends. You have all contributed to and enriched one of the most significant chapters in me and my family's life. You have cared well for us. You have made me a better pastor. So I thank you. We thank you. And I will thank my God every time I think of you.
For all of it, I say, one more time, Thanks be to God.


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On September 14, 2017, the Irish Post issued a series of stamps dedicated to the National Plowing Championship. The series consists of se-tenant stamps and a miniature sheet.
The National Ploughing Championships is a huge agricultural show that takes place in different locations in Ireland every year in September. Remarkably it is one of the largest outdoor events in the world with over 1,700 exhibitors.
Everyone in Ireland appears to be aware of the Ploughing Championships and people all over the country seem to know when it is on (even those with no agricultural connections) thanks to regular media updates, news bulletins, etc. But not many know of the history of the championships – there are records of a ploughing match in Camolin Park, Wexford on October 20, 1816.
The first inter-county ploughing contest took place in 1931 as a result of an argument between two lifelong friends, Denis Allen of Gorey, Co Wexford and JJ Bergin of Athy, Co Kildare. Each argued that their respective counties had the best ploughmen. This resulted in a challenge being called for. Therefore on Monday February 16 1931, the first National Ploughing contest took place in Mr W.K. Hosie's field at Coursetown in Athy, Co. Kildare. Many years later, in 2011, this same venue was once again host to the National Ploughing Championships.
Today, the Ploughing Championships requires over 700 acres to accommodate what has become a festival, including a tented trade village, a food fair and a craft village, fashion shows, sheepdog trials, loy digging (manual ploughing), lamb shearing and cookery demonstrations. Aside from the ploughing itself, there are exhibitions and trade stands offering everything from new cars to pet food.
This issue celebrates the unique National Ploughing Championships with two beautiful stamps designed by Ger Garland.


September 17th, 10 am: confirming appointment of Ms. Ricarda Ganjam to the Public Charter School Board.
September 24th, 12:30 pm: discussion with adult education students and providers on literacy and adult ed. in DC.
September 30th, 10 am: discussing public school food services and the DCPS food services vendor contract. Note that DCPS is attempting to survey users of its food services.
October 1, 10 am: discussing proposed legislation on ways to provide help to child development centers and clarifying the licensing process for online education.
October 14, 1 pm: hearing on proposed legislation to clarify charter school financing and conflicts of interest therein.
October 21, 4:30 pm: hearing for youth 21 years old and younger to speak about DC's education system and their experiences therein.
–Upshot of October 1 deadline for a report from the task force on school collaboration "on the strategic plan and timeline for the process of formalizing the disposition of former DCPS buildings to charter schools" (per page 74 of the aforementioned report).
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Sitka Tribe Names New General Manager
Rachel Waldholz, Alaska's Energy Desk - Anchorage
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska has hired a new general manager. Lawrence SpottedBird, currently of Washington State, will start work on Monday.
STA's previous manager, Ted Wright, resigned in October, after about two years on the job. Tribal Attorney Allen Bell has been serving as the interim manager since then.
Speaking with KCAW on Thursday, SpottedBird, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, said he has spent the last 34 years working with tribes and Native American entrepreneurs on business and economic development. He currently runs a consulting firm, SpottedBird Development.
Lawrence SpottedBird will take over as general manager of STA on Monday, April 14. (Photo by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska)
"I consult with primarily tribes and Native American individuals in business development, with a focus on federal contracting development, looking for opportunities in contracting with the U.S. federal government," SpottedBird said. "A lot of tribal governments and Native American entrepreneurs are taking advantage of the many incentive programs in the federal government and developing contracting enterprises to do so."
SpottedBird has also spent time in Southeast Alaska: from 1999 to 2000 he served as general manager of Shaan Seet, the village Native corporation in Craig, on Prince of Wales Island.
Tribal Council Chairman Michael Baines said SpottedBird's background in economic development is exactly what the Sitka Tribe needs. One key priority for STA in coming years will be finding new sources of revenue, Baines said.
SpottedBird agreed.
"Getting a solid footing financially and budgetarily is very important," he said. "So I will be focusing on looking at ways to address the budget and financial situation that any tribe – or any government really – faces around the country."
Baines said the Council received about sixteen applications for the position, and flew in three finalists for interviews. All of the finalists came from outside of Sitka.
SpottedBird will be formally introduced to the Tribal Council and public at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, April 16, at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Na Kahidi, immediately before the council's regular meeting.
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Q: How to test try result in orElseTry function call How can I test the result of a dw::Runtime::try() function call in a following orElseTry function call? I want to match the result kind (the error type), and take different actions based on the type of error thrown by the previous try, but no have to match if the try() result status is true or false.
I'm trying to emulate the typical try/catch Java style where I catch various types of errors.

A: Are you looking for something like this? You will basically need to store the result of the try() to evaluate later
%dw 2.0
output application/json
import * from dw::Runtime
var d =  "" /* change to number to work */
---
do {
    var opp = try(() -> 1 + d)
    ---
    if(opp.success)
        opp.result
    else if(opp.error.kind == "UnexpectedFunctionCallTypesException")
        "expected error"
    else
        "unexpected error"
}

A: I am not sure what result you are after but you can continuously do try's using orElseTry() as you mentioned. Sample code below will do the following: it will try if num is a string / number, add 1, if failed try appending "1" if it is an array else just write value of num to consider other cases.
%dw 2.0
output application/json
import * from dw::Runtime
var num =  {}

---
{
    result: try(() -> num + 1) orElseTry (num ++ 1) orElseTry (num)
}

So changing the value of num from above code will result to following:
if num = 1
{
  "result": {
    "success": true,
    "result": 2
  }
}

if num = []
{
  "result": {
    "success": true,
    "result": [
      1
    ]
  }
}

if num = {}
{
  "result": {
    "success": true,
    "result": {

    }
  }
}

A: The way I would do it is with pattern matcher but with types
%dw 2.0
output application/json

type Error<Kind <: String> = {success:false, error: {kind:Kind}}

import * from dw::Runtime
---
try(() -> fail("first try") )
    orElseTry fail("second try")
    // orElseTry "Three times the charm!"  //uncomment to see log message
match {
    //if(ue.error.kind == "UserException")
    case ue is Error<"UserException"> ->
                ue orElse
                        fail("ERROR: getUsers failed with a UserException error: " ++ write(ue, "application/json"))
    else ->
        log(
            "INFO: One of the try or orElseTry functions succeeded.",
            $ orElse fail("Unhandled Error: " ++ write($.error, "application/json"))
        )
}

A: What about this type of pattern to test the type of error caught by a try/orElseTry function, then conditionally fail or log a message with the previous caught error information. This pattern logs the message if any previous try/orElseTry function succeeds. Otherwise one of the fail functions throws an error that includes the previous thrown error information, and the error if filtered by the "kind" of error.
    %dw 2.0
    output application/json

    import * from dw::Runtime

    try( () -> fail("first try") )
orElseTry fail("second try")
//orElseTry "Three times the charm!"  //uncomment to see log message
match {
    case ue if(ue.error.kind == "UserException") ->
        ue orElse fail("ERROR: getUsers failed with a UserException error: " ++ write(ue.error, "application/json"))
    case result if(true) ->  log(
        "INFO: One of the try or orElseTry functions succeeded.",
        result orElse fail("Unhandled Error: " ++ write(result.error, "application/json"))
        )
}

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For Many Economists, Stimulus Falls Flat
By Declan McCullagh
January 28, 2009 / 8:17 AM / CBS
An unusual aspect of the recent debate in Washington is the lengths that supporters have gone to marginalize anyone who questions the so-called stimulus plan.
Robert Reich, Bill Clinton's labor secretary and member of President Obama's transition team, claims "almost every economist will tell you the stimulus has to be massive." Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman accuses skeptics of "making totally non-serious arguments."
Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, says "economists agree" that doling out large sums to state governments is "effective." Vice President Joe Biden says that "every economist that I've spoken to" believes the spending package "has to be big."
Perhaps the vice president should broaden his social circles. The truth is that, instead of being uniformly in favor of the massive spending bill, which is being championed by congressional Democrats with Obama's support, economists remain divided.
You may have heard that respectable economists, including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, say stimulus spending should be high or higher. But some news organizations have been less than diligent in telling you that other respectable economists are deeply skeptical of the idea, flatly oppose it or favor competing proposals such as additional tax relief.
The University of Chicago's Gary Becker, another Nobel laureate, warns that "the true value of these government programs may be limited because they will be put together hastily, and are likely to contain a lot of political pork and other inefficiencies." Becker says that in that case, spending could do more harm than good.
Naturally, the process of porkification already is underway. An analysis by taxpayer group Americans for Limited Government shows the $825 billion bill includes $200 million for beautification of the National Mall and millions for new cars for federal bureaucrats. Then there's the flap over contraceptive-related spending. If cars and condoms qualify as emergency "stimulus" spending, what doesn't?
Some of Becker's colleagues are more emphatic. John Cochrane, a finance professor at the University of Chicago's business school, published a detailed paper this week on the topic. He sketches an argument for lower taxes right now - instead of higher spending - while simultaneously whittling down the budget deficit.
Another option, he says, would be for the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury to print more money and issue more bonds. Cochrane writes: "Some economists tell me, 'Yes, all our models, data, and analysis for the last 40 years say fiscal stimulus doesn't work, but don't you really believe it anyway?' This is an astonishing attitude. How can a scientist 'believe' something different than what he or she spends a career writing and teaching? At a minimum policy-makers shouldn't put much weight on such 'beliefs,' since they explicitly don't represent expert scientific inquiry."
New York University's Thomas Sargent says, according to the Chicago Tribune: "The calculations that I have seen supporting the stimulus package are back-of-the-envelope ones that ignore what we have learned in the last 60 years of macroeconomic research."
The Cato Institute, a non-partisan think tank that takes broadly free-market views, was frustrated enough by the conventional wisdom in Washington that it took out a full-page ad on page 11 of the New York Times on Wednesday. The ad, which will also appear in Roll Call magazine and Thursday's Washington Post, is signed by scores of economists and says "we do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance."
Greg Mankiw, a Harvard economics professor who was chairman of George W. Bush's Council of Economics Advisors, is a self-described stimulus skeptic; he recently pointed out the Democratic Congress' own budget office says that only 8 percent of the proposed "stimulus" spending will take place in the 2009 fiscal year.
I could go on, but you get the idea. These statements add up to an important conclusion that has received too little attention: Many of the nation's top economists believe the deficit spending Washington is rushing to enact simply will not work. Instead of proving to be a potent stimulus, the legislation could prove to be a mild depressant.
Remember, the stimulus cash has to come from somewhere. If taxes are raised, people will be poorer. If the money is borrowed, it must be paid back with interest, and anyone lending to the U.S. Treasury has less to spend on other items. As in other parts of life, there's no free lunch.
Don Boudreaux, the chairman of the economics department at George Mason University and contributor to CafeHayek.com, pointed out in an interview this week that economists still agree on many topics, such as the benefits of free trade and the harmful effects of price controls.
"Keynesianism was in fact not a good theory," Boudreaux says, referring to the theories of the late economist John Maynard Keynes that encourage government spending. "In the profession, Keynesianism was almost dead until the past few months. It was never dead in the popular mind. It's a flat Earth kind of theory. People look out and see the Earth looks flat, so it must be flat. By and large, macroeconomists rejected at least the standard Keynesian line. Now it's back and that's a real mystery."
He adds: "I think one of the fears is that the perception of the size of the downturn is so intense that even among professional economists, a lot of prudent, careful thought has gone out of the window: 'Geez, we have to do something...' The problem is not some kind of sudden lack of consumer confidence. The problem is that the bubble burst."
Boudreaux and the other economists who are skeptical of stimulus spending may, as I tend to believe, be right. They may be wrong. But the arguments are not as one-sided, and the truth is more complicated, than stimulus proponents would have you believe.
Declan McCullagh is the chief political correspondent for CNET. He previously was Wired's Washington bureau chief and a reporter for Time.com and Time magazine in Washington, D.C. He has taught journalism, public policy, and First Amendment law. He is an occasional programmer, avid analog and digital photographer, and lives in the San Francisco Bay area. His e-mail address is declan.mccullagh@cnet.com
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Declan McCullagh is the chief political correspondent for CNET. You can e-mail him or follow him on Twitter as declanm. Declan previously was a reporter for Time and the Washington bureau chief for Wired and wrote the Taking Liberties section and Other People's Money column for CBS News' Web site.


Skills used: knitting, purling, knitting stripes.
If you haven't knitted your own dishrags or washcloths before, you totally should. They're cushy-soft, pretty, cheery, and fast to knit. I'm more of a sponge/scrubbie/brush gal, so mine will stay in the powder room or shower. I might make a few carrying a strand of scratchy metallic or hemp for scrubbaliciousness. I'm a big fan of the scrubby.
Inspired by the happy cotton dishrags in the wonderful and my current favorite knitting book Mason-Dixon Knitting, this washcloth also uses a 2-color slipped-stitch pattern. While it's not as flashy as the Mason-Dixon basketweave, in many ways, I like better. Here's why: it has a tidy slipped-stitch edge (I hate garter edges), the super-easy stacked pattern requires even less thought, and there's less purling, hurrah!
The basic pattern is used on the 2-tone yellow version, while the mix-em-ups repeat is used on the yellow and orange.
All stitches are slipped purlwise.
With yarn A, CO 43 st.
Row 2: Slip 1, p to 1 st from end, k1.
Row 3: Slip 1. Move yarn to back of work. Sl 1. *K4, Sl 1, repeat from * to 1 st from end, k1.
Row 4: Slip 2. Move yarn to back of work. *K4, move yarn to front, Sl 1, move yarn to back, repeat form * to 1 st from end, k1.
Repeat rows 3 & 4.
Repeat all 6 rows 11 times more.
Work Rows 1 & 2 again, then BO, crocheting a little chain loop at the end if you like.
Weave in ends with a sharp darning needle, splitting the yarn as you weave. This keeps the unclingy cotton from unraveling as readily.
CO & work the first 12 rows as per the pattern. Work Rows 1 & 2 again.
Then reverse your colors and work the whole 14 row set in the opposite colors.
Repeat the whole thing, then finish off with one more 14-row set in the original colorway, and BO & weave in ends as above. Ta da!
Awesome! I too am in love with the Mason Dixon book, and was planning on doing a few dishcloths as a housewarming gift for a friend soon! Thanks for the pattern!
Finally, a pattern that I dont have to buy the book for as I just wanted to give it a little try – it looks awesome and definately a change from the ordinary dishcloth. Thanks!
What a pretty dishcloth and great pattern! Thanks for posting it! I can't wait to try it… I'm thinking about making this in Christmas colours as presents…. Once I've got it done, I'll post it on my blog.
1 & 2 are A, 3 & 4 are B.
I love this pattern! Am trying all kinds of variations and every one is more beautiful than the last!!! I can't put the needles down. Thank you for this beautiful pattern, and how 'bout some more?!?!
Not only am I thankful to Rachel for leading her group to this pattern, but also to your website with the clever subtitle and your book. I had a good chuckle from both! What great humor!
Those are so beautiful, thank you so much for sharing the pattern! I think a few handcrafted dishcloths would make a classy gift and save me some money too.
I just made my first one and thought it was so easy! Although, I noticed that when I was tired, I kept mixing up the yf and yb, so I had to keep fixing those.
Mixing up the pattern would be fun to do! I'll have to keep that in mind!
Just wanted to thank you for posting this pattern. I love that it is so simple and yet looks so much nicer then your basic pattern. I am knitting it right now with a verigated colour and a solid colour and its turning out great. Definetly a keeper, making a set of cloths for my sister and gonna use the same wool but in a variety of colour order. Thanks again!
Hi, just wanted to thank you for posting this pattern. I absolutly love it. Its simple and yet looks much nicer then the basic dishcloth patterns I have come by a lot. I just finished one using a verigated yarn and a solid coloured yarn and very pleased with the results. Thanks again!
So cute! I'm gonna give it a try!
can somebody who successfully followed the pattern let me know if you had to revise the pattern to make it work?
Ok..I am confused..when you join color B, do you then knit with both colors, or just the B colour. What do you do with color A while knitting with B? I have never knitted with 2 colors before.
Just use one color at a time. The other just hangs down at the end of the row, waiting for you.
This pattern looks easy, but me and my whole knitting group couldn't figure out the directions. After completing row 2, how do you add the new color and slip the first stitch in that color to start the row[as the pattern states]?
I look forward to trying this. Thanks.
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using Aspose.BarCode.BarCodeRecognition;

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    internal class SwissPostAdditionalService: SwissPostParcelBase
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        public static void Run()
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            string path = GetWriteFolder();
            Console.WriteLine("SwissPostAdditionalService:");
            BarcodeGenerator gen;

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            //Personal delivery(RMP) 0322
            //Return receipt (AR) 0327
            //Cash on delivery(currently obsolete) 0340
            //Electronic cash on delivery (BLN) 0341
            //Items for the blind (CEC) 0610
            //Military mail (MIL) 1007
            //Second attempted delivery on the  following Saturday 2512
            //Electronic return receipt(eAR) 0328
            //ID check(ID+RMP) 0470
            //Business reply label(GAS) 0203

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            gen.Parameters.CaptionAbove.Font.Style = System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold;
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Makers of the Russian Revolution
Biographies, 1st Edition
By Georges Haupt, Jean-Jacques Marie
Until the publication of this book in 1974, the leaders of the October Revolution remained very badly known. This book exhumes the autobiographies written by the men whose actions and ideas have moulded events. Unique as sources of documentation on the Bolsheviks, these autobiographies, encompassing personal and political information up to 1917 add an important historical dimension. They allow the reader to appreciate more accurately the role played by each of the protagonists in preparing and carrying out the Revolution and beyond this they put the Bolsheviks of 1917 in the context of their social milieu and of the circumstances that shaped their minds.
1. The Major Figures 2. Men of October Part 1: Early Bolsheviks Part 2: Former Dissidents 3. Recruits from Other Parties, Other Lands
Routledge Library Editions: The Russian Revolution
Modern History 1750-1945
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Douglas was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1946. He was interested in art at a very early age and after leaving school, apprenticed at an advertising agency/art studio in his hometown. It was at that time he attended the Edinburgh College of Art for a three-year period. At the college he studied extensively on life drawing and draped life.
For many years Douglas traveled throughout North America and Europe. His travels have strongly influenced his subject matter used in his paintings. Douglas enjoys working and feels comfortable in all mediums and his subjects include landscape, marine, nostalgia, still life, western, wildlife, children and everyday activities.
Douglas immigrated to Canada in 1965, and currently resides with his wife and daughter in Oakville, Ontario.


It can be scary to see just how much you can miss in a blind spot. Contact APS for the latest in collision avoidance technology from PRECO Electronics.
Sometimes a graph or a statistic just doesn't really express what really occurs in the blind spot. Preco Electronics, manufacturer of the PreView Radar blind spot warning system, decided to do something about that and have begun development of a host of blind spot safety videos to show drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and anyone else who interact with large equipment and commercial vehicles what those graphs and blind spot statistics really mean.
A professional driver was used to set up his mirrors to cover his blind spot. We brought in the things that are common around his vehicle, and had him tell us when he could and couldn't see them using his mirrors. The video shows the results.


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Grades are a teacher's evaluation of a student's performance. They are often letters (e.g. A, B, C, D, F,) or numbers (e.g. 1-10.), although in some countries they do not use either of these systems.
Letter grades are most commonly used in the United States and some others. The grades D or C are usually enough to pass.
Grades can also be on a number scale. Typically a midpoint score is a pass. Sometimes the numbers can go in descending order to indicate better performance.
A Grade Point Average, or GPA, takes the grade(s) of a student and assigns point values to them. These points are added up and divided to calculate the GPA.
The grade is the answer to that formula turned into a percent.
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Bacteria is een geslacht van Phasmatodea uit de familie Diapheromeridae. De wetenschappelijke naam van dit geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1825 door Latreille, Peletier de Saint Fargeau, Serville & Guérin-Méneville.

Soorten
Het geslacht Bacteria omvat de volgende soorten:
 Bacteria abnormis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria aborigena Giglio-Tos, 1910
 Bacteria acuminatocercata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria aetolus Westwood, 1859
 Bacteria amazonica (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria ambigua (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria annulicornis Philippi, 1863
 Bacteria baculus (Olivier, 1792)
 Bacteria bahiensis (Piza, 1938)
 Bacteria bicolor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria bigranulosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria brasiliensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria brevitarsata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria capitata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria chacoensis Piza, 1939
 Bacteria chaperi Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria chiriquensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria crassipes Chopard, 1911
 Bacteria cubaensis (Haan, 1842)
 Bacteria culmus Bates, 1865
 Bacteria dentatocercata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria diademata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria divertens (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria donskoffi (Langlois & Lelong, 1998)
 Bacteria dreyfusi (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria ecuadorica (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria fasciata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria ferula (Fabricius, 1793)
 Bacteria foliolata Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria frustrans Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria gracilis Burmeister, 1838
 Bacteria grossetuberculata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria hastata Burmeister, 1838
 Bacteria horni Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria iconnicoffi (Caudell, 1918)
 Bacteria incolumis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria indifferens (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria irregulariterspinosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria krugiana (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria laesa Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria laticauda Bates, 1865
 Bacteria ligata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria lobulata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria longipes (Piza, 1938)
 Bacteria lugens (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria maroniensis Chopard, 1911
 Bacteria montana Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria nigrolineata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria nova Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria obtusa Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria ornata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria pallidenotata Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria pan Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria paramodesta Otte & Brock, 2005
 Bacteria parasanguinolenta (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria pastazae (Hebard, 1924)
 Bacteria peruana Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria ploiaria (Westwood, 1859)
 Bacteria quadrilobata Chopard, 1911
 Bacteria quadrispinosa Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria reclusa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria sakai Bates, 1865
 Bacteria sanguinolenta (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)
 Bacteria serricauda Bates, 1865
 Bacteria simplex Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria straminea (Rehn, 1920)
 Bacteria tenella Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria tubulata Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria virgulata Redtenbacher, 1908
 Bacteria yersiniana Saussure, 1868

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Alabama based Country Music Recording Artist, Nate Fortner, announced today on Instagram that he has a new Country Music Album set to release in the fall of 2019. As a Christian Country Music Artist for most of his career, Fortner is expanding into the Country Music Genre, with his first Country Music Album. Nate is no stranger to Country Music. Coming from a musical family, members of the family have played with Country Music Legend George Jones, one family member was even offered a position playing music for the popular TV Show Hee Haw, which was turned down to play Gospel Music.
"Up and coming Country Music Artists like Nate Fortner are setting the standard for creative songwriting and performance in the music industry."
Singer-songwriter, Two-time Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee, Nate Fortner (SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE) is the definition of Country Music. During the course of his career, He has had the opportunity to share the stage with many well-known Artists. Working with Desert Wind Studios on the recent hit Christian film Brother's Keeper, which also featured Country Music Super Star Travis Tritt, Nate has been a key player in the local Alabama entertainment industry as well.
Having performed on television on multiple occasions including Babbie's House on Atlanta's Channel 57 with Gospel Music extraordinaire Babbie Mason (Bill Gaither Homecoming Concerts). Nate (LIKE ON FACEBOOK) has also served as a Boaz Has Talent contest judge with Sandra Lafferty, who starred in the "Hunger Games film," and "Walk the Line" which featured the life of Country Music Legend Johnny Cash.
As an up and coming Country Music Artist, Nate has already had many songs in the top 20 charts in Christian music. We're excited to see where he will take us with his new career writing and singing Country Music.
Nate Fortner (FOLLOW ON TWITTER) was born just outside of Chicago, Illinois, and raised all his life in Huntington, West Virginia. At the age of 20 years old, he took a summer trip to Alabama to spend time with his mom's side of the family. After a few short weeks, he decided Alabama would be home. Nate had quit his day job of eight years and began touring as an artist, but when his grandma came down sick, he came off the road to help take care of her. "Grandma asked me if I'd write her a song one day like I did for my grandma in West Virginia after she passed. The day she was in the hospital for a procedure that took her from this life, I sat down and wrote her song, "Whispering My Name," which will be on this Country Music Album, "Coal Miner's Grace."
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Educators are often frustrated with students' attachment to their smartphones. But why do we assume the smartphone isn't a creative tool akin to a pencil or brush—a simple way of seeing and interpreting the world around us?
As the world of design moves from the industrial age into the knowledge economy, it's imperative that students understand an ever-expanding array of principles. In the words of Seymour Papert: "The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge." As classroom content grows, the best thing we can teach students is how to be adaptive and curious thinkers.
Students can best embrace uncertainty and find comfort in discovery by pushing the boundaries of the familiar, and this is why the phone excels as a teaching tool. Analogous to the way a drawing teacher encourages mark-making with a branch or one's foot, we can use a smartphone's features in unintended ways that harness its power for creation. Additionally, by exploring the capabilities of, and ever-present reliance upon our smartphones, we can open the classroom conversation to discuss ethical implications in design, including accessibility, privacy and addiction.
Although we must be vigilantly aware of our own assumptions from privilege, the democratization of the smartphone poses the opportunity to develop pedagogical methods and tools that translate effectively to areas of the world where there are limited resources, and where socio-economic circumstances vary widely.
The smartphone is a portable tool that is an extension of most students' hands. Once students learn to use the smartphone in unintended and novel ways, they can apply this method to past technologies and those yet to be imagined. By having students hack, and create in this manner, we are teaching them to think beyond present limitations, while also understanding the societal impact of their designs.