I ordered my 1.5 DSG in February as soon as it became available to order. That is why I am so amazed to be in this situation now. I also cannot comprehend how the dealers don't know what's going on with no official statement from VW - absolutely appalling customer service!
Agreed - the silence from VW Crawley is deafening. Woeful service.
Was told this week that it had been brought forward from a 2019 build.
With car sales down i wonder why, surely over production is now possible to meet this reduced demand!
Come on VW, please give us an explanation.
This is absurd. Considering all the previous challenges, you would think Volkswagen would take better care of its customers.
I ordered a T-Roc at the beginning of April and was told that I would drive it in September. I have not heard of any timetable changes but the delay is guaranteed, I think.
I could accept the delay (or some delay because it's much harder to sell my current car next year than sell it now) but only if the reason for the delay is explained openly. This is a nightmare.
I hope that mine (1.5 style) is not delayed. It have already been moved 1 month .
Mine was moved back 4 weeks (1.5 SEL) and I recieved it exactly when the revised date came.
White T-Roc SEL (2018) with Sports Pack.
Ordered my wife's 1.0SE in solid white with winter pack and rear view camera on 20th April. Yesterday according to the tracker it went from "processing order" to "with the factory" Dealer has said approx delivery back-end of June, early July. We will have to wait and see.
Been here before, last two Tiguan's have been factory orders 3-4 months each time IIRC.
Just had notification from our dealer that our 2.0 SEL Auto ordered mid Feb is subject to emission retest and might not meet the quoted published data. Also as a side note it may alter vehicle tax band.
They also inform me that the lead time for "my chosen vehicle" may be extended. No mention on what time scale they are talking about!
When ordered we were quoted delivery 3rd week May, two weeks ago we were informed that we have a build week of week 20, this means as it was it was going to be 5 weeks late. Now God knows when it might turn up. Wife is not happy, no new car for her birthday.
So this Re-testing is only for UK?


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The Class Action Lawsuit That Managed to Take Down Nike and Apple [e212]
#class action lawsuit #lawsuit
Nasir and Matt discuss the settlement from a class action lawsuit involving Nike and Apple for an underperforming product.
NASIR: All right. Welcome to our podcast where we cover business in the news and our legal twist. My name is Nasir Pasha.
MATT: And I am Matt Staub.
NASIR: Right on cue. Did you see how I pointed to you? I was going to do the "three, two…" with the silent one and then for you to go.
MATT: Always helpful.
NASIR: No problem. That's why I'm here – to make sure you're on-time.
MATT: Who do we talk about today? Cecil, the Lion?
NASIR: No, poor Cecil.
MATT: Oh.
NASIR: They still can't find the dentist. I guess the authorities went to his door and knocked on the door and then he didn't come out. Like, literally that was the article I read. Like, they don't know where he is. But, if you're just going to his house and knock on the door, that's probably not the best way to find him.
MATT: "We saw his car. We saw somebody walk in five minutes earlier but, when we knocked, nobody answered. So, you can only assume he's not there." Well, no Cecil, the Lion. But, we are going to talk about these FuelBands.
NASIR: Yeah, Nike Fuel.
MATT: Nike Fuel. Do you have one of these? Did you buy this?
NASIR: No, I didn't buy that version. Nike Fuel's actually been out for a while, but I did know people that used to have it and I think that my dad ended up buying one, eventually, but what's goofy about it, is that he would just shake his arm – and I've seen other people do that – and basically it acts like you are moving or whatever so you could reach your goal pretty quickly that way.
MATT: Well, that's probably why we're talking about it and there was this class action settlement, and not only Nike but Apple was involved as well in this too. So, let me get to the class action part of it, I guess, the settlement terms. Basically, the agreement is, if you bought a FuelBand from January 2012 through June 2015, you are going to be entitled to either a $15.00 payment or a $25.00 gift card which reminds me, I never received any Red Bulls.
NASIR: Yeah, I haven't either. Sometimes it takes time.
MATT: I haven't moved. I'm still here. Red Bull, if you're listening, I haven't got my two Red Bulls that are probably going to be not tasting very good because it's going to be so hot and bottom of the barrel Red Bull.
Anyways, there is this class action settlement and it kind of centers around this false advertising claim essentially saying that the things that it's supposed to do – the FuelBands are supposed to do like, track steps and count calories – actually didn't do that very accurately and that comes as no surprise based on what you just told me that you essentially move your wrist around and you're burning tons of calories.
NASIR: Yeah, exactly. There's plenty of these things now. I had the FitBit when it came out – well, actually, after it came out about a year or two ago – and then now I have a Samsung Gear Fit that goes really well with my phone. But, frankly, I mean, these are all pretty useless when it comes to accuracy. In fact, when I was buying mine, I remember to figure out what was the most accurate. People would take like five or six arm bands and wear them for the day and they'd all have different numbers. So, I guess, in theory, one of them could be accurate. But, most likely, they weren't and I think the most important thing is consistency because, just the nature of measuring steps and distances, it's not a complete science – you know, it's not a ruler where you're measuring something in that respect. But, the problem is that, when you're selling something – in other words, okay, they settled, right? Nike and Apple, they say that they want to avoid litigation costs so let's just get rid of these guys and settle this lawsuit and that's well and good and that possibly may be the case but there could have been liability here because, think about it, if I'm selling any kind of other device that measures, what's the expectation of the consumer that it's going to give me a measurement that is accurate? And there's been tons of other cases very similar to this. Just when it comes to medical tests of marijuana, you know, sometimes they're not accurate but, if you sell this test to test for marijuana use and it's not accurate, why shouldn't you be responsible if you're saying that this is how you measure for drug use? In the same sense, Nike is selling this FuelBand that measures calories burned and all this and so forth and I'm sure it's an estimate or whatever. The sophisticated user can understand the limitations of it. But, from another person, if they're following a diet based upon this, then it's understandable why people may feel like they've been wronged.
MATT: And it was only a $2.4 million settlement which, for those companies, it's essentially nothing.
NASIR: Yeah, relatively very low and these are products that are… it seemed like they were products anyway, right?
NASIR: The class goes up to recently June 2015. So, If you bought something recently, but I think that the Nike FuelBand – and I'm just trying to figure out why Apple is included in this because I believe they only sold these Nike FuelBands at the retail store online but I don't think they actually manufactured them so they just kind of just got thrown into the mix.
MATT: Under those circumstances, you would think that Nike is paying the bulk of that. Oh, I guess the things that are coming out are either a gift card for Nike or cash from Nike. So, maybe Apple is contributing to some of that cash. I don't know.
NASIR: Actually, I think it said that Apple didn't contribute anything, including any legal fees. Nike may have had some kind of identification that was triggered and that's why they put up the funds for that.
MATT: Yeah. I mean, it's good for them. They're still alleged. Initially, in the lawsuit, it was both of them that these allegations of false advertising and the warranty terms and things like that. This is more clear cut it looks like because we have a product that is meant to track the number of steps and tell you how many calories you're burning and, if it's clearly no doing that, then it hasn't lived up to what was advertised. But, in instances where it's not as clear cut, I mean, to me, it's very hard to draw the line on when this is false advertising or when something doesn't live up to the warranty terms that were as were advertised. You know, there's a lot more for ambiguity. That, to me, is the much harder angle to look at.
NASIR: No, absolutely, and when you're selling products, especially that you manufacture, you have to balance. I mean, obviously, you want to be able to sell that it functions in the way that it's intended. But, at the same time, you have to understand the limits and the craziness of consumers. I shouldn't even say "consumers." The craziness of lawyers that will take advantage of even the simplest, smallest misstep that you may have in any of your marketing material. All it takes is one advertisement that makes some claim that can be read in a way that is not in your favor. Just think about things that are very popular nowadays – I don't know, maybe less so – and we always see this on Shark Tank and Mark Cuban always attacks them, of course – these wristbands with magnets in them and they do all these holistic kind of… you know, have holistic effects and so forth. But yet there is no proof to it and those kinds of statements aren't really evaluated by any kind of FDA or other similar regulatory body and so, those kinds of statements, you have to be very careful about what people take from that because people may want them anyway. Even if they have no real effect, they may think that it just makes them feel better and it has some kind of placebo effect but you've got to be kind of clear with that.
MATT: It's difficult because, in this case, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's supposed to do very objective things and it didn't. You can tell that it was wrong but, you know, when you actually look to consumer expectations, it's a much different space because this is a Nike product. I mean, that's the top of the line brand and people have pretty high expectations of that. But what if you bought an off-brand of a similar thing? It was much cheaper. I mean, the expectation is going to be lowered. But at what point is it so lowered that you feel that you were taken advantage of and you should get some money back on it? It's a really hard area and, like you said, an attorney can bring something on any other of this if they really want to if there is some problem so you're never going to get out of that unless you're absolutely perfect with it but it's just a really weird area that companies that are producing products or even services too need to kind of tow the line and figure out the best way to approach it.
NASIR: You mentioned something in there as expectations and I think that's the most important thing. This is kind of my mantra for our clients – that it doesn't matter what put in your advertisements, it doesn't matter what you put in your contracts, if somehow the expectations aren't met by the other party – or your employees, for example, or whatever – there is going to be conflict and dispute. And so, that's why little things like making sure your contract is clear and understood, making sure that when you're presenting your product or service that you're open and upfront, and so long as you meet your expectations, no one is going to care. Well, lawyers will care. Like I said, they're going to find anything and everything but they still need a cooperating client. An attorney still needs the cooperation of a disgruntled employee to file a lawsuit against you or another attorney still needs a cooperating business to file lawsuit against you for some business dispute. So, expectations are by and far the most important thing you can focus on when you are presenting your product, service, or dealing with other parties.
MATT: I hate to keep going back to this but, for this specific example, I mean, the expectations were that it would count the number of steps to at least a very close approximation of what it was and that it would tell you how many calories you were burning and the expectations are going to be even higher with a product that's branded Nike. So, this to me makes perfect sense but we do obviously deal with a lot of small – obviously smaller – companies than Nike are our clients but…
NASIR: A little smaller.
MATT: But, yeah, it's much more difficult for them because the room for error is just a much smaller window. I mean, Nike only paid out $2.4 million and whatever the attorney's fees, blah blah blah, and other costs but, you know, for a small business, this is a game-changer if there's some sort… I don't expect there to be class action lawsuit against smaller businesses but it just takes one person to cause problems for you as a business owner.
NASIR: Yeah, absolutely. By the way, if you guys have purchased a Nike FuelBand, just go to nikefuelbandsettlement.com and you can find all the information you need to file a claim, and the deadline to that is January 4th 2016 so you have time.
MATT: Yeah, that's a long time.
NASIR: You only have about a couple of months to opt out of the class action in case you want to file a separate lawsuit against Nike and Apple so keep that in mind as well too.
MATT: I am sure people actually do that but I don't know why you would.
NASIR: Yeah, you're right. I'm sure people do that but that would be very silly. If you think you can do better than the $25.00 or I should say the $15.00 payment or the $25.00 gift card that they're offering, then, you know, feel free to go right ahead.
MATT: I mean, you're already out, like, almost five hundred bucks just to file a lawsuit so probably not worth it.
NASIR: Yeah, you can get your cost back supposedly.
MATT: Well, it's too late for us to buy FuelBands or else we can get out in this class action and wait for our gift card.
NASIR: I should have bought a bunch of FuelBands back in June 201 and made a bunch of money.
MATT: I was going to say, when was the settlement agreement executed?
NASIR: I was trying to look at that but I think somewhere around earlier this year because I think the court still has to have a fairness hearing to adopt it and I think that's happening in November or so.
MATT: It looks it was signed by Apple, May 26, 2015 – end of May. I guess they gave them another couple of weeks to get into the class hearing but, yeah, class action is a whole different ball game. I think we've talked about that a few times before on here.
NASIR: All right. Well, thanks for joining us on our episode about being truthful in your advertising.
MATT: Keep it sound and keep it smart.

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I was told I had to meet Deirdre of Featherstone Designs by one of the artists. Deirdre is an award winning platinum smith and woman jewelry designer. I looked at her website and contacted her on Tuesday after our first interview. There was no answer at the studio.
I always ask each artist who they think I should interview or someone they admire. I was told me that Deirdre was an incredible artist, and a fundraising, hell raising, jewelry biker chick, and I knew immediately I had to meet her and include her in this project.
I had one time slot remaining for an interview on Wednesday afternoon. We find a local restaurant that had Matzoh Ball Soup and Greek Salads. It was another clear bitter cold day and we tucked ourselves into a very busy place for lunch. The soup is soul satisfying and the Greek salad fresh.
"OMG we would love to be included in your book!" We set up an appointment in Tribeca for 3:00 that afternoon.
Our Uber gets us to the location of her studio and we are there a few minutes early. I always practice what I am going to say to the artist when I walk in the door to break the ice, and to open up the conversation. It's a great way to build trust.
As we walk up the steps to the door, we ring the doorbell and wait in the now brutal cold wind. A UPS driver in his truck behind us calls to us, Featherstone Design is next door. I turn around and look at him and he smiles big and says "I am good like that!" and we share a laugh. We walk to the next door over, and ring the buzzer.
Deirdre flings open the door, a tall impressive woman with massive amounts of wild blonde hair and paraiba tourmaline colored glasses. I stretch my arm out to shake her hand in the foyer, and say" I was the owner of a 1978 Moto Guzzi V-50 red motorcycle named Columbine, and she laughs and grabs me and whisks us into her beautiful living room style, into the warm comfort of her studio. We sit at her giant work table, and howl in laughter as I examine every piece she has laid out for me to see. I am stunned that she is able to hand build every milligrain platinum component and moving part which, as a bench jeweler myself, I can hardly imagine. Every little opening is hand cut, and moves independently from the other pieces. She wears a pair of platinum pearl and diamond earrings that shimmer like water as she moves. The studio is buzzing with activity.
Deirdre is like the glowing sun in the Caribbean as she beams with pride and excitement to discuss her jewelry. She is thrilled to also be recognized for the dedicated and skillful artist that she is. Her daughter is one of the greatest motivators and inspirations of her life.
As a woman jewelry designer and craftsperson, she embodies everything I hope for in this book and exhibition.


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Photo credit The Old Market.
Like most people we bought a house in the suburbs, but never ventured out of our area too much. Then, 2 years ago, we sold the house and moved to the heart of Omaha – the Old Market District. Here's where we began unpeeling that onion! On our own and with friends, we are finding there is a lot more to Omaha than first meets the eye. I am going to begin sharing some of the gems we have discovered right in our own backyard.
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Photo credit Juliet Old Market.
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The Grenada National Coalition on the Rights of the Child (GNCRC) has provided statistics to show that there were over 600 reported cases of Child Abuse on the island in 2018.
These abuses take the form of Child Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Children Affected by Domestic Abuse and Custody Issues, Children affected by Financial Difficulties, Emotional and Verbal Abuse, Neglect and Abandonment, and Corporal Punishment.
Officials of GNCRC told reporters at a press conference held at its office on Lucas Street, St. George's on Monday that the numbers are very alarming for a small island like Grenada.
According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Child Protection Authority (CPA), Janelle Grant-Hamlet the frightening reality is that there are probably a higher number of unreported cases in the country.
"These are reports that would have reached the Child Protection Authority. We know that persons would report to other stakeholders, but these are our figures and we also know reported cases are cases that we know of. There are cases that we don't know of, where persons may think I don't want to get involved, I don't want to mash up a family as we might put it locally", she said.
Grant-Hamlet stated that the figures in reality could be a lot higher but "this is the figure that we are working with and it's still alarming because child abuse affect lives of people".
Child Sexual Abuse topped the list in reported cases with 203 for the year.
There were no reports of Priest within the Catholic Church being part of the statistics of Child Sexual Abuse as creating quite a stir in the international communities.
Chair of GNCRC, Jeannine Sylvester-Gill said if this problem was to become a problem in Grenada no one will be speared.
"Child sexual abuse happens at all levels and no one is going to be prevented from reporting, no one is going to be sheltered because of who they are, regardless of what level you are, whether it's government, church, community, whatever.
"What we are saying is that we are going to ensure, whoever, wherever, we're going to expose and we're going to ensure our children are protected. It's always a touchy subject especially when you get involved with church and government but, that's our role – we are a non-governmental organisaton, we're non-partisan, we're non-religious but we will ensure that every child's right is protected,.
As the statistics show, 107 children were reported to be physically abused in 2018, highlighting the issue of Corporal Punishment.
Head of the Child Abuse and Awareness Prevention Month (CAAPM) Committee, Ann Greaves noted that Corporal Punishment in all areas needs to be eradicated as it is a form of abuse.
"Corporal punishment is a sign of abuse. This was highlighted in the report that was sent to government some years ago – they said that action needs to be taken, we need to stop maltreating our children.
Corporal Punishment has to be eradicated, it is a form of abuse. These abuses have lasting effects on our children and certainly GNRC will continue to advocate for the abolishment of Corporal Punishment in the schools, home and in the judiciary. It is not in the best interest of our children to continue to treat them in that manner," she said.
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Child Abuse and Awareness Prevention Month is being celebrated in April under the theme: "Time for Action: Stomp out Child Abuse", as the GNCRC which is made up of different stakeholder groups wants to put an end to lip service and let action come into play.
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Shisha smoking effect on residential amenity acceptable
The owner of a restaurant and café in west London overturned an enforcement notice requiring him to cease allowing shisha smoking on the premises, the council alleging that it harmed the amenity of local residents due to noise and air pollution.
At his site visit an inspector noted that the area contained a high concentration of entertainment uses which had the potential to harm the amenity of residents. Residential properties lay within the same block as the appeal site and many had balconies which would be subject to noise and fumes associated with the smoking of shisha pipes.
Although various conditions had been suggested by the council and appellant as a means of controlling the use, the inspector found these to be unsatisfactory. He decided that a condition should require the submission of a site development scheme which would include the arrangements for the burning of charcoal and waste storage and the layout, number and type of outdoor tables and chairs. This would provide the council with the opportunity of ensuring that the scale of the shisha smoking was acceptable. A further condition limited the hours of opening.
Inspector Ahsan Ghafoor; Written representations
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Community pub in affluent area retains staff accommodation
Restaurant use harms vitality of local centre
Juice bar lawful retail use confirmed
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Rich Little, who has just released his first book, "Little By Little: People I've Known and Been," was born in Ottawa, Canada and started his "career" at the age of 12 when he answered back to his teachers in their own voices. Little was working as a disc jockey and talk show host before parlaying his talents into the big time of television.
Still in his early 20s, Little, who was discovered by singer Mel Torme, (then with "The Judy Garland Show,") was asked to make a tape. Instead of the usual impressions, Little did voices nobody did, and was booked on the show.
A master mimic of more than 200 voices, Little continues to impress with a touring schedule throughout the United States and Canada and is currently performing inside the Laugh Factory at New Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas, for an extended engagement of his show "Rich Little Live!" and is also touring with his latest project, "Little by Little" a self-written, humorous show about his life, featuring more than 30 characters.
This week, Ira spoke with Jason Hanson. To listen to the interview click below.
Ex-CIA Officer Jason Hanson is host of the "Spy Escape & Evasion Las Vegas Show, " a 75-minute spy craft stage show opening Wednesday, October 26th at the Stratosphere Hotel & Casino.
The show is designed to teach, inform and entertain individuals and their families. After almost a decade in the CIA, Hanson brings real-world spy safety experience and techniques direct to audiences, teaching critical skills and valuable information to the show.
Hanson, who was born and raised in Northern Virginia, but recently moved with his family to Southern Utah, spent six years with the Central Intelligence Agency.
He is a graduate of Radford University, author of "The Covert Guide to Concealed Carry" and "Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life," writer for Combat Handguns magazine and Personal and Home Defense magazine, a NRA Certified Instructor, and Utah Concealed Firearms Permit Instructor.
This week, Ira spoke with Brian Culbertson. To listen to the interview click below.
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer Brian Culbertson, who will be performing at The Aliante Casino and Hotel, October 14- 15, began his musical studies at the early age of 8 on piano and quickly picked up several other instruments by age 12, including drums, trombone, bass, & euphonium.
Inspired by the great R&B/Jazz/Pop artists of the 70's like EWF, Tower of Power, Chicago, David Sanborn, and others, Culbertson started composing original music for his 7th grade piano recital and hasn't stopped having self-produced 16 solo albums, most of which have topped the Billboard Contemporary Jazz charts.
Having worked and performed with countless industry all-stars, including Michael McDonald, Chris Botti, Ledisi, Barry Manilow, Herb Alpert, Natalie Cole, Chuck Brown, and Bootsy Collins, Culbertson has received numerous awards including being nominated for a 2012 NAACP Image Award and a 2012 Soul Train Award. Also in 2012, he founded the Napa Valley Jazz Getaway now in its 5th year.
His new album, Funk! is a throwback to the stanky P-Funk records from back in the day combining infectious bass lines, greasy horn licks, sing-a-long hooks and of course, landing hard on the "One." This record is also a follow-up to his successful Bringing Back The Funk album from 2008, which was co-produced by the late Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire.
This week, Ira spoke with Marty Allen and Karon Kate Blackwell. To listen to the interview click below.
Marty Allen has worked solo as a comedy headliner in nightclubs and as a dramatic actor in television roles. His friendly, "Hello Dere" greeting is known and imitated by fans throughout the world.
During the 1950s, Allen worked in many of the top nightclubs in the country as an opening act for such stars as Sarah Vaughan, Eydie Gorme and Nat King Cole. It was during this time he became part of the legendary comedy team of Allen & Rossi.
When Karon Kate Blackwell and Allen met in the mid 80s, the two began performing together, combining her music and his comedy.
Blackwell's career began in nightclubs and showrooms throughout the country, opening for Wayne Newton in Las Vegas and Burl Ives in Reno.


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Meet Louisiana's latest political legends 2019 class to be inducted in Cajundome next month Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2019/01/09/meet-louisianas-latest-political-legends/2523858002/
Greg Hilburn, Monroe News Star Published 10:17 a.m. CT Jan. 9, 2019 | Updated 5:38 p.m. CT Jan. 10, 2019
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Raymond "Coach" Blanco will be inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame next month.(Photo: The Daily Advertiser)
Louisiana's latest crop of political legends will include the state's only "first gentlemen" and a "recovering legislator" with the 2019 class holding an Acadiana monopoly.
The 2019 Political Hall of Fame class includes: Raymond "Coach" Blanco, husband of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco; former legislator and radio and TV personality Ron Gomez; former Gov. Edwin Edwards' brother Marion Edwards; former Lt. Gov. Paul Hardy; and business titan Richard Zuschlag.
They will be inducted Feb. 23 during an event at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette and later this year will be celebrated again during a reception at the Louisiana Political Museum in Winnfield.
Raymond "Coach" Blanco: During a nearly five-decade tenure at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a coach, dean of men, dean of students and vice president of student affairs, Blanco became an institution within the campus.
The Blanco era spanned the administrations of four university presidents before he became the First Gentleman of Louisiana.
Last month, former Gov. Kathleen Blanco called "Coach" her "biggest cheerleader." He also advised many other political candidates.
Marion Edwards: The late Edwards oversaw fundraising and operations for the campaigns of his older brother Edwin, Louisiana's only four-term governor.
He was the mastermind of the largest single fundraiser in state political history with a six-day Paris trip raising $6.5 million to retire the 1983 gubernatorial campaign debt of his brother.
The Marion D. Edwards Fellowship in Hepatic Oncology was created at the M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in his honor and he was closely associated with The Acadian Conservatory of Music.
Ron Gomez: Early in his broadcasting career Gomez covered the last term of Gov. Earl K. Long and during phone interviews Long would pause and say, "You getting that, Ronnie?"
He later moved to Lafayette and eventually won a seat in the Legislature, in part to help secure funding to build the Cajundome. Gomez also helped secure funding needed to open the new University Medical Center in Lafayette, which was then part of the state's charity hospital system.
Gomez' memoir: "My Name is Ron and I'm a Recovering Legislator."
He was also the "voice of the Ragin' Cajuns" for 20 years.
Paul Hardy: Hardy was a young political phenom when he was elected as an Acadiana state senator in 1971.
Hardy, who is fluent in French, was later elected secretary of state and invited to represent the United States in an international government seminar in Quebec, Canada in 1976.
He ran for governor in 1979 and just missed the runoff but was elected lieutenant governor in 1987.
Hardy is currently president and managing partner of St. Agnes Healthcare in Breaux Bridge.
Richard Zuschlag will be inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame next month. (Photo: Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser)
Richard Zuschlag: Zuschlag is chairman and chief executive officer of Acadian Companies, which he founded in 1971.
He has served as chairman of the Lafayette Parish Communication District, a member of the New Orleans Business Council, Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana Hospital Association, Acadiana Safety Association, Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, 232-HELP, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association, Council for a Better Louisiana and the University of Louisiana Lafayette Foundation board of trustees.
He was also the recipient of the 2016 Jewell P. Lowe Humanitarian Award presented by 232-HELP in Lafayette, Louisiana and the Community Foundation of Acadiana's 2016 Leaders in Philanthropy Corporate Award.
Tickets for the event are $125 and can be bought by calling 318-628-5928.
Greg Hilburn covers state politics for the USA TODAY Network of Louisiana. Follow him on Twitter @GregHilburn1
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Events begin to spin out of control as Steve Langley's landmark fantasy saga passes its halfway point...
Callie sets out to find a dragon, and sees one during her first attempt, but is unable to capture or kill it—the first in a long series of frustrating hunts. She has also reached the level of Journeyman Magus—but only unofficially, since she has never even been acknowledged as an apprentice. Even so, she begins a new role as trainer to the official apprentices.
With the help of a hunter named Ander, Callie hatches a new plan to capture a dragon by drugging it. That plan goes awry and Callie gives up the attempt, leaving Ander with the dragon's baby, Jeri. To add to her frustration, Callie's efforts to finance her dragon hunts by selling artifacts eat up all the time she would otherwise have left for hunting.
Droud, certain that Callie is hatching some plot against him (it's what he would do, after all) tries to beat her to the punch by attempting to rape her. If he succeeds, he figures, he would not only cause her terrible harm, but destroy her power as well—everyone knows that a woman can only hold magic if she's a virgin. Droud's assault is thwarted when Master Restotin interrupts them, but Restotin must pay for this intervention with his life. Droud flees, and his absence added to their Master's leaves Callie in charge of the school.
Daleran University, upon hearing of Master Restotin's death, tries to take possession of the shop and the school—and as readers will come to expect from Callie, things get messy as a result. When the dust settles, Callie is acknowledged as 'The Sorceress AnKimbo'.
Jeri, having left his home behind after losing everything, starts out on his new life as a solitary hunter and continues on until he comes out of the wilderness and finds a new home in the Timbrul Circus.
Kite and Ciara, in human form, continue to search for Jeri, and plan to find and kill Callie as well—in a human world that is much, much larger than they had imagined.
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Urban Sustainability Trends For Healthy Cities
By Adriano Pilloni | Healthy Cities & Urban Planning, Sustainable Living, Urban Design
The awareness and expectations about environmental and social issues are "mature" topics among citizens in advanced economies, such as the United States and the European Union. Also in emerging economies the interest about these issues is rising (or will rise) as result of the increase in average income levels.
Why Are People Demanding Sustainable Practices?
Economic principles define that the demand for environmental goods is income elastic. In other words, when the average income reaches a certain level, society in general will want to spend a larger income's share on these goods, improving efforts to reduce the pollution. Therefore, based on the law of supply and demand, it's logical to assume that the demand for urban sustainability will lead to the development of greater environmental solutions in our cities.
Urban Sustainability Areas
Currently many cities are leveraging, or plan to use, the available technologies to improve the efficiency of their services, and to solve social and environmental problems.
The World Economic Forum identifies these three interconnected areas of urban sustainability:
These areas are part of the wider concept of the model for "smart cities", which can be easily identified as the master urban trend. In order to discover the sustainability trends within these areas, this article will analyze the WEF "SlimCities Knowledge Cards".
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Smart Energy Trends
Energy is what fuels our cities therefore, there are many important issues, such as GHG emissions, and energy costs and availability, that city planners must consider. To address these issues both the public and the private sectors developed these solutions:
Decentralized Energy and Micro Grids: decentralizing energy generation, thus reducing the transmission distances, makes it possible to reduce energy losses. Micro grids are small-scale, decentralized network.
Smart Grids: a concept that combines ICT with the electrical power networks to manage it in a "smarter" way.
Electric Vehicles: the mass adoption of electric cars can have a huge impact in cutting carbon emissions and fuel demand.
Smart Metering and Info Displays: making energy usage visible is an incentive to reduce the energy consumption.
Real Time Pricing and Demand Response: the New York trial shows how to give a flexible (supply based) price to residents using electricity depending on the time of day energy is being consumed.
Combined Heat & Power and District Heating: both systems offer a substantial efficiency improvement.
Renewable and Feed-in Tariffs: renewable sources can be used to sustainably produce clean energy. Feed-in Tariffs obligate utility companies to buy electricity from renewables and so, that is a useful incentive for the private sector to invest in renewable energy production.
High Efficiency Lamps and Smart Lighting: these systems improve performances and reduce electricity consumption.
Wuhan University research center in China is one of the world's most sustainable building. Image via Inhabitat.com
Sustainable Buildings Trends
The World Economic Forum estimates that buildings account for more than 70% of urban greenhouse gas emissions. Buildings also have significant impacts on energy consumption, water management, and urban planning. Therefore, in order to have tangible benefits for the communities and the environment, it's important to encourage the development of sustainable buildings.
Some sustainable building solutions are listed below:
Certifications, Carbon Policies, and Incentives: are three elements that challenge and encourage the market to deliver "environment oriented" buildings.
Incorporate Plants Into Buildings and Integrated Design: plants provide many benefits such as improvements on biodiversity, air quality and ecology, urban heat reduction, storm water run-off and, psychological benefits. An integrated design approach improves a building's sustainability.
Green Procurement Policies: public sector spending can have a significant impact in driving the market towards "green solutions".
Supply Chain Management and Recycling: supply chains can reduce waste using Plug and Play solutions and recycled materials.
Renewable Energy: buildings can be equipped, for example, with rooftop photovoltaic to produce clean energy from a renewable source.
Smart Buildings: a smart building leverages available technologies, like motion sensors, in order to improve its efficiency.
Refurbishment: refurbishment, both in the commercial and in the residential sectors, if done properly, can improve a building's sustainability. For instance, water saving toilets can reduce water consumption.
Smart Occupants: occupant behavior is key to efficient resource utilization within a building.
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Urban Mobility Trends
Urban mobility affects the livelihoods and lifestyles of many urban dwellers and impacts environmental and economic costs. Hence, the necessity for sustainable urban mobility solutions, some of which are listed below.
Bus Rapid Transit: reduces travel times, rates of incidents and, cuts carbon emission levels.
Rail and Metro: both guarantee fast trips and can carry a high number of people. More than 80% of Tokyo workers use the Metro to get to work.
Road and Parking Prices: either are an extra cost for the car owner and so, are incentivized to use the car only when necessary.
Car Sharing: a more efficient use of resources and provides cost saving benefits from environmental and economic points of view.
Energy Efficient and Electric Vehicles: (see point 3. of Smart Energy Trends)
Smart Transport and Info Provisioning: smart transport systems can reduce delays and traffic, and cut air pollution and fuel consumption. Info provisioning can give people certain information about travel times and costs and encourage them to take public transit.
Cycling and Walking: each guarantee an improvement in physical wellness and generate zero emissions.
Legislation: can stimulate foreign car-makers to produce cars with higher environmental standards.
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Adriano Pilloni Adriano, 25 years old, is a Master Graduate in Environmental Economics and Development from Rome Three University (Italy). During his education he developed a deep knowledge on Economics and a keen interest on Economic Theory with particular regard to energy markets, sustainability, environmental and agricultural issues. He has been proactive during his university time doing many projects and being elected by the students as Advisor of the Economics Dept. of his University. With two other students he developed a project on Food Sustainability which has been selected in the top 30 of the international Barilla contest "BCFN YES! 2013". He did the 2014 European edition of Extreme Blue, IBM's premier internship program for both graduate and undergraduate students. Now he is working as Junior Power and Gas Analyst at GDF SUEZ Italy.
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Time changed for Rays-White Sox on Monday
By Bill Chastain
Monday's Rays-White Sox game in Chicago has been moved from an 8:10 p.m. ET/7:10 p.m. CT start to 2:10 p.m./1:10 p.m. start because of anticipated cold weather.The White Sox announced that fans holding used or unused tickets and parking coupons for the game on Monday can redeem those tickets and
Monday's Rays-White Sox game in Chicago has been moved from an 8:10 p.m. ET/7:10 p.m. CT start to 2:10 p.m./1:10 p.m. start because of anticipated cold weather.
The White Sox announced that fans holding used or unused tickets and parking coupons for the game on Monday can redeem those tickets and coupons for a comparable ticket to any future White Sox game, excluding the Cubs series, and based on availability. Tickets to the Monday game can be redeemed at the Guaranteed Rate Field box office beginning at 10 a.m. CT on Tuesday.
In Chicago, WGN-TV, WGN Radio AM-720 and WRTO-AM 1200/Univision Radio will broadcast Monday's game vs. the Rays.
In the Tampa Bay market, the game will still be broadcast live on FOX Sports Sun, WDAE 620 AM and 95.3 FM. WGES 680 AM (Spanish) will no longer carry the game.
Bill Chastain has covered the Rays for MLB.com since 2004.


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La nueva novela de Maria Dueñas, Misión Olvido. La mejor historia está siempre por vivir. Ya a la venta.
MARÍA DUEÑAS VINUESA (Puertollano, Ciudad Real, 1964) es doctora en Filología Inglesa y profesora titular en la Universidad de Murcia, actualmente en excedencia. A lo largo de su carrera profesional ha impartido docencia en universidades More about María Dueñas.
Dec 02, 2018· La autora de 'Las hijas del capitán' responde a algunas preguntas.
Spanish writer and university professor/lecturer Maria Duenas has written a physically weighty novel but don't be put off by either its size or the professor's academic day job. If you want a signpost before you start reading, I would say Barbara Taylor Bradford meets Ken Follett .
María Dueñas holds a PhD in English philology. After two decades in academia, she broke onto the literary scene in 2009 with the publication of the New York Times bestselling novel The Time in Between, followed by The Heart Has Its Reasons in 2012. Both novels became international bestsellers and have been translated into thirty-five languages.
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Artist Rosaria Pugliese, wearing the Tory tunic here, has two daughters in the fashion industry — Reed Krakoff's Sales Director Bianca Dueñas (left, in the Izzy jean) and Elle's Accessories Director Maria Dueñas Jacobs (in the Polina sweater) — so we know that creativity runs in the family.
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The steel frame is powder-coated so it won't rust if used outdoors. There's no assembly required, so you can just unfold the cot and use it right away. It folds flat in half so it's easy to store and travel with.
Whether your dog needs a comfortable place to relax up off the ground in the backyard, relief from the heat of an ordinary dog bed, or a warmer place to lay than the floor, a pet cot is a great place for your dog to call her own.


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Olšina (dříve Volšina,  Wolschen či Wolsina) je zaniklá obec v okrese Česká Lípa v bývalém vojenském prostoru Ralsko, kvůli jehož založení zanikla. Ležela asi 7 km na severovýchod od Kuřívod. Původní zabrané katastrální území bylo Olšina, současné je pomezí Jabloneček, Svébořice a Náhlov v novodobém městě Ralsko.

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Z obce pochází nález asi 1500 mincí z 15. století.

V obci byly zřízena četnická (r. 1909), telefonní (r. 1902) a poštovní stanice – všechny měly široké správní obvody pro hodně okolních sídel. V provozu byla parní mlékárna s vysokým komínem z roku 1908 (rolníci i z okolních vsí vytvořili Mlékárenské družstvo), cihelna a parní pila, která zajišťovala elektrický proud až do elektrifikace obce v roce 1922. Mezi významné budovy patřila také škola z roku 1890. V místě byly tři hostince, dva obchody a několik obchodníků a řemeslníků. Rolnictví a chov dobytka bylo hlavním zdrojem příjmů prostředků na obživu obyvatel.

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Linda White, Colorado award-winning author, will introduce For the Duration, a powerful World War II novel by the late Nancy Cather Phillips at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at LoCo Artisan Coffee, 544 Cleveland in Loveland.
A longtime Loveland resident, Phillips died Nov. 1, 2016 after a three-year battle with ovarian cancer. Penstemon Publications (www.penstemonpublications.com) published her first novel, A Tardy Justice, in 2014 and Penstemon authors felt it essential that For the Duration be shared with the world.
The novel tells the story of a friendship between a young girl growing up in a small New Jersey town in the 1940s. Living across the street from a German-American family, the girl, Claire, was stunned when the family, which included her friend Carl, simply disappeared.
The 1940s was a dangerous time to have a German surname. In the novel, Phillips re-creates that atmosphere of fear, then leads the reader to the friends' reunion, a lifetime later. We find out what happened in the interim – to German-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and Italian-Americans.
During World War II, those with certain heritages had to survive internment and other atrocities before melding back into American society, however scarred.
Linda White is the author of eleven published books including Too Many Pumpkins and the Christopher Award winning I Could Do That, Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote. A popular speaker at schools and writers' conferences, White was an original member of the writing group that became Penstemon Publications. Nancy Phillips was her best friend and writing buddy for almost 30 years. She helped Phillips' husband Wayne retrieve For the Duration from the author's computer files.
Penstemon authors will be on hand to sell copies of For the Duration and other Penstemon books. Portions of the proceeds will go to the Immigrant Freedom Fund (www.immigrantfreedomfund.org). The event is free and open to the public.
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PHOTOS: Robert De Niro in cement at Chinese Theatre
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Actor Robert De Niro and his wife Grace Hightower attend the 85th Academy Awards nominations luncheon in Beverly Hills, on February 4, 2013. (File/UPI/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo
"You know, Joe Pesci always said I'd end up with my feet in cement," De Niro told the crowd outside the famous Hollywood TCL Chinese Theatre. "I don't think this is what he had in mind."
Actor Robert De Niro participates in his hand and foot print ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 4, 2013. (File/UPI/Jim Ruymen)
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Robert De Niro was immortalized in cement on Monday before he went to the Oscar nominee luncheon. He put his handprints, footprints and signature in the wet cement to be placed alongside other iconic film stars.
He's currently nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "Silver Linings Playbook." It would be the "Goodfellas" and "Taxi Driver" star's first in over 20 years.
Actor Robert De Niro participates in his hand and foot print ceremony with wife Grace at TCL Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 4, 2013. (File/UPI/Jim Ruymen)
Washington, Affleck, De Niro join SAG presenter list 'Marigold,' 'Playbook,' 'Les Miz' snag key SAG nominations Freeman, De Niro to star in 'Last Vegas' De Niro to be honored at Hollywood Awards


Bike Streamers that Light Up!
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Fibers are about 8 inches long. End plugs into the small hole in your bike handle bar grips. Adapters included for bikes with large holes in the end.
Fabulous nightime glow for your Burning Man Bike.
Package includes 2 streamers, batteries included. Each side uses 3 AG13 batteries which last about 30 hours and are replaceable. Available in Pink, Blue, and Rainbow which changes from Red to Green to Blue.


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Contrary to media reports of a flourishing West Bank economy, evidence from the second half of 2010 shows deteriorating labour market conditions, with falling employment growth, accelerating unemployment and lower real wages. These trends disproportionately affected refugees.
In second-half 2010 (H2 2010), non-refugees deepened their labour market activity while refugees withdrew further, continuing the shrinkage in the West Bank refugee labour force. In the context of overall robust labour force growth, both employment levels and unemployment levels increased in the reporting period. Non-refugees accounted for all net employment gains as refugee employment receded. At the same time, non-refugees accounted for all the growth in unemployment. Reduced refugee labour force participation resulted in a decline in the number of unemployed refugees.
volume and persistence of unemployment and consumer price inflation. The data further indicate a deceleration in the rate of employment growth and an increase in the rate of unemployment growth.
Unemployment rates increased for refugees and non-refugees alike, with refugee unemployment rates remaining significantly above those for non-refugees. Real wages declined across the board as refugee wages remained significantly below those of non-refugees on average.
A summary of trends in the West Bank labour market as a whole, and for refugees and non-refugees separately, is provided below. Section 1 provides overall findings regarding labour force participation, employment by sector and activity, unemployment, and wages in the West Bank. Section 2 presents results for refugees, and Section 3 discusses non-refugees.
The reference period is the second half of 2010. Sequential changes compare second-half 2010 with firsthalf (H1) 2010 and can include significant seasonal fluctuations. In tables, sequential changes appear under the column "+/- (Seq.)". Parallel changes compare second-half 2010 with second-half (H2) 2009 for a year-on-year comparison. This largely eliminates seasonal fluctuations in the data. Parallel changes in tables appear under the heading "+/- (Par.)".


In this week's episode of Explore Killington Sara and Slado get to enjoy some fresh turns at Killington Resort during one of the year's biggest snow storms. After a day of skiing fresh powder Slado and Sara head down the road to Moguls Sports Pub….
Bettina visits with David Soucy, PGA Pro and GM at Green Mountain National Golf Course, who tells us why Green Mountain is the #1 rated Public Course in Vermont. Also, Sara and Kaitlyn continue their adventures with visits to their favorite swimming holes.
In this segment, we visit Killington's newest and only year-round bike shop, Alpine Bike Works. We also do some paddle boarding and some hiking at Thundering Brook Falls, where Bettina talks about some of the more popular hikes in the area.


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Q: C# Programatically change cell format of all Excel cells to General As part of an ETL process I am importing data from a variety of different Excel files into a database. Before this happens I need to be able to change the cell format of all cells in an excel worksheet to be in the "General" format.
I have made a start but I'm afraid I dont know how to progress after this:
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Excel.Workbook myWorkbook = MyApp.Workbooks.Open(FilePath,Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,Type.Missing, Type.Missing);

//Code here to convert all rows to data type of general and then save

MyApp.Workbooks.Close();

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated

A: You can use Range.NumberFormat property:
var myWorksheet = (Excel.Worksheet)myWorkbook.Worksheets[1];
myWorksheet.Cells.NumberFormat = "General";

Please note that this may cause problems if your sheet contains date values.

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Q: Azure Maps Indoor Module: Change floor without user input I've been working with the Azure maps indoor module https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/tutorial-creator-indoor-maps . You can allow a user to pick a level with a level control element from the library, however I cannot figure out a way to pre-set a certain level (e.g. I want to start with a certain facility and the 2nd level pre selected when the map loads.) For the facility there is a indoorManager.setFacility() function that allows you to select a facility but I have not found the equivalent for the level.
Requirement: I want to to select a level in Azure Maps without user input.

A: There doesn't appear to be any official way to do this yet, note that Azure Maps Creator is still in preview. That said, I did figure out a hacky way around this (may break in the future).
var facilityId = 'FCL13';
var level = 2;

//Set the facility and the levels "ordinal number". The ordinal number appears to be off by 1.
indoorManager.setFacility(facilityId, level - 1);

//Used to trigger the level control to refresh.
map.events.invoke('moveend')


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Vincitore del Leone d'argento alla Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia nel 1989, giunse alla notorietà internazionale con Sandakan No. 8 (1974) con Komaki Kurihara, che è anche una critica della società - come seguente, Il capo del nord (Kita no misaki) fra cui il personaggio centrale, una religiosa, è interpretato da Claude Jade.
A Venezia fu premiato nel 1989 per la pellicola storica Morte di un maestro del tè, film con Toshirō Mifune.
Molti suoi film furono interpretati da Toshiro Mifune ed egli fu prescelto nel 2002 per completare l'ultima opera di Akira Kurosawa, Il mare e l'amore.

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Q: Ubuntu 12.04 Bootloader failed to install Sorry about the excessively long question, but I figured giving more information would be better.
I recently bought a new desktop for myself, running Windows 7. It has two hard drives, and I wanted to install Ubuntu on a small partition on the second hard drive. I created 25GB "free space" in Windows and ran a LiveCD install. I wanted to select the install options myself but accidentally selected "Install alongside Windows 7," but it seemed to pick up the free space and installed itself there as I wanted it to. However, I was told that the bootloader installation had failed. I chose to "Cancel installation," leaving my computer unable to boot. I wiped my computer and reinstalled Windows.
After that, I tried installing Ubuntu through Windows using WUBI, once using files from my LiveCD and once downloading everything again. Both times the install succeeded, but both times when I restarted and tried to load Ubuntu, it gave me an error - wubildr.mbr was corrupt or missing. I checked in Windows - it was indeed present on the C:\ drive.
I went back to the LiveCD installation, this time going the custom options route. I assigned 16GB to an Ext4 journaling file system and 10GB to a swap file. I got the same bootloader error as before. Being prompted to select a different partition to install the bootloader to, I first tried the partition Ubuntu was installed on. A window came up saying that the install had succeeded, but a second window gave me the same error and choices as before. I went through every single option it gave me, including the Windows partition and the hard drives themselves (dev/sda, dev/sdb). Same result. I then chose to not install a bootloader. Windows still works fine, and I assume Ubuntu has installed but is unbootable.
Knowing that my computer could potentially brick itself again - and, this time around, with a lot of data to lose and hassle to go through if I mess it up - I really don't want to do anything without some advice. So I'll ask this:

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*Why did the bootloader fail to install? Can I fix the error and install Ubuntu fresh?

*Is there any way to get around the error, install the bootloader, and point it towards an existing installation of Ubuntu?

*Is there a quicker and easier solution I might have missed?

EDIT: Thanks for the tip, AthloX. After testing the liveCD in Virtualbox with no installation problems, I looked around for some alternate bootloaders but had no success.
I attempted another install, which installed the bootloader and Ubuntu just fine but bricked Windows 7. I wiped both hard disks clean, including some "System Reserved" partitions I hadn't noticed before, before re-installing Windows 7 on one hard drive and immediately afterwards installing Ubuntu on the other.
Now the computer boots into Windows, but I can pop into the BIOS at startup to boot into Ubuntu via it's bootloader, and I'm guessing it'll only take a bit of poking at the BIOS to swap the load order.

A: I think its a problem with your Ubuntu Live CD. Try to download a new copy from here. Ubuntu also needs a swap area allocated not just free memory space. This document says why you need it.Swap.

A: Check out if your ubuntu install cd is not corrupt. Possibilities of corrupt cd try it in virtualbox in win7 before going physical. If its working fine, then select the appropriate hard disk as you have two; to install the bootloader to their MBR sector, check the same hard disk is first booting in BIOS setting.


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Marvel released two new variant covers to Amazing Spider-Man #645 and #646. The first variant is by Bryan Hitch, with issue #646 getting the variant treatment from Paolo Rivera.
This issue arrives October 13, 2010.
This issue arrives October 20, 2010.
Well TBH it looks like he's at a point between swings, hang time if you will!
Both excellent pieces of art.
And of course the first cover makes him look as if he's broken his left leg. Or is now being played by Goldmember.