Gadget manufacturer Hanvon is ready to release the Hanvon B10 in Germany. This Windows 7-powered tablet comes with a 1024 x 600 pixel capacitive multitouch display, a 1.3GHz Intel Celeron 743 ULV processor, a 2GB of memory and a 250GB hard drive. The Hanvon B10 also has a 4800mAh battery, a couple of USB ports, a VGA output and a card reader. Additional features include a 1.3MP webcam, Bluetooth, and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. Measuring 10-inch x 6.6-inch x 0.7-inch and weighing 2.1 pounds, the Hanvon B10 is priced at around $975. Video after the jump.

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Spy gadgets are those devices used by detectives in capturing various images and videos during any suspect moves. You might have initially seen all these gadgets in James bond movies. These spy gadgets have become very common now days. You can find these gadgets with many people may be just for fun not necessarily with detectives. With the development in technology and digital world, these are plenty. You can find such gadgets in many devices which you might not have been imagined so far. These gadgets are now popular with a car keys. Cameras attached with binoculars, cameras along with pen are some of the common examples.

Spy gadgets are available in market in different forms. You can buy this either from a store or you can buy online. There are certain things to be noted while buying them. You have to check with clarity of cameras attached with the gadget. The standard gadget must be able to capture and display both images and videos with high clarity. Most of the gadgets come with a USB cable enabling you to connect the equipment either to a television or to a computer. Some of the expensive gadgets are also having inbuilt screen on it enabling you to playback the recordings in case if you want to clarify anything. Children will be more excited on hearing about them. You might be surprising to know that it is possible for every child to make his own spy camera or another spy gadget easily by following certain rules. There are many websites on internet giving instructions on developing a spy gadget from your home without spending much.

While trying to purchase a spy gadget through internet you should be careful on the website you choose. You will definitely come across certain websites assuring free shipping of the gadget to your place. It is definitely clear that the shipping charges are already added along with the actual price of the gadget. Also you should check on to the time gap taken by the website in responding to you after you sent an email. If its genuine website, they will respond within 48 to 72 hours at most. Another important factor to be noted is regarding the security measures taken by the website for doing online transaction for purchase of the gadget. Make sure that you see a lock icon at the bottom of the page or the web address should start with HTTPS indicating secure website where you enter the credit card details. If you do not find either of these, it is always requested to stop all the dealings with that website to avoid the risk.

Thus spy gadgets are becoming popular in many ways and every person who dreams to own one of them is almost turning to reality with the advancement in digital technology

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In the UK, debt collection laws are regulated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT); the governing body that sets out guidelines for creditors to follow when they are chasing a debtor for repayment. Even though those guidelines are not considered as laws, creditors remain under the obligation of following these guidelines. Otherwise they could see their consumer credit licence (and in effect their ability to trade) revoked by the OFT.

The OFT is responsible for giving out consumer credit licences to companies that are deamed fit enough to hold them. What’s more, the OFT is also responsible for establishing rules best practice consumer credit rules. In order to be awarded a consumer credit licence, the trader must comply with the following criterias:

· The trader musn’t have commited any offences that involve fraud, dishonesty or violence

· The trader must comply with credit and consumer legislation

· The trader must not practice discrimination of any kind in connection with their business activity

· The trader musn’t engage in business practices envolving deception, oppression or any other form of unfair or improper practices.

Creditors are also under the obligation of following these rules if the debtor has elected to use a third party debt collection agency to represent them (for example in the case of a debt management plan). However, debtors must be aware of common mis-practices carried out by some dishonest creditors. These include:

· Producing documents that mislead the debtor into thinking they are court documents

· Misleading the debtor by sending them documents that provide them a false impression regarding their situation due to a lack of knowledge

· Contacting the debtors without fully disclosing who is calling and what the purpose of the call is

· Using technical or legal jargon in order to confuse the jargon

· Not providing statements within reasonable time when they have been requested by the debtor

· Contacting the debtor at unreasonable times

· Ignoring reasonable requests of when to contact the debtor

· Making the debtor believe that being in debt is a crime despite the OFT stipulating that it is their guidelines for a creditor or a debt collection agency to do so.

· Harassing the debtor and causing them unnecessary stress

· Refusing a payment or refusing to work with a third party debt collection agency chosen by the debtor in order to deal with their financial situation.

Some creditors will also threaten debtors with visits from doorsteps collection agents who disguise themselves as bailiffs. However, it is illegal for them to enter the debtor’s property as only bailiffs that have been apointed by a court of justice are able to enter a property in order to seize the debtor’s valuable goods. Furthermore, it is also not uncommon for creditors to try and encourage the debtor to take out further loans in order to repay their debts.

If a creditor is found guilty of using any of these techniques in order to obtain the repayment of their debt, they run the risk of having their consumer credit licence revoked, which could then lead to them being unable to trade.

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Ingredients : .
Thaw and dilute with the following. 1 can (6 oz.) frozen grape juice
3 cans water
2 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
Preparation :
In a sauce pan
heat all ingredients over low heat until hot. Mix well. Let stand 5 minutes. Does not have to cool to serve. Remove cinnamon and cloves. Vary by adding 1/2 cup orange juice.

WITCHES FINGERS
Ingredients : .
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup whole blanched almonds
1 tube red decorator gel
Preparation :
In bowl beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla; beat in flour; baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Working with one-quarter of the dough at a time and keeping remaining dough refrigerated, roll heaping teaspoons full of dough into finger shape for each cookie. Press almond firmly into one end for nail. Squeeze in center to create knuckle shape. Using a paring knife make slashes in several places to form knuckle. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet in 325 degree over for 20-25 minutes or until pale or golden. Let cool for three minutes. Lift up almond; squeeze red decorator gel onto nail bed and press almond back in place so gel oozes out from underneath. Remove from cookie sheet and let cool. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes about 5 doz fingers!

NIGHT CRAWLERS
.Ingredients :
.12 large apples
1 8-ounce jar boysenberry jam
4 tablespoons butter
12 gummy worms
Preparation :
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Core apples from the stem end to 1/2 inch from the bottom. Do not push through. Stuff each hole with 1 teaspoon each jam and butter. Place in a pan and bake uncovered for 35 to 45 minutes, depending on the size of the apples. When done, the apple should be tender but not mushy. Remove the apples from the oven. Let cool 15 minutes. Now set each apple in a bowl and spoon syrup from the baking pan around it. In top of each apple, insert a gummy worm with at least half of its body protruding. Makes 12

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While in St. Tropez with her boyfriend, Geri Halliwell aka Ginger Spice made sure her perky girls were safely secured within her red bikini.

The 38-year-old was, appropriately enough, on a motorboat.

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Lindsay Lohan must submit to random drug and alcohol testing, and if she flunks she’s going back to jail … according to Judge Elden Fox.

During this morning’s court hearing … Judge Fox imposed the following ground rules for Lindsay’s probation:
– Reside at home until Nov. 1
– Random drug and alcohol testing twice a week
– Participate in psychotherapy a minimum of 4 days a week
– Attend behavior therapy sessions 2 times a week
– Attend a 12-step program

The judge said if Lindsay flunks her drug and alcohol tests, she’ll go to jail for 30 days — and she cannot leave the state of California without court approval.

Additionally, two counts of being under the influence of cocaine were dismissed.

Outside of court Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, said that Lindsay is “looking forward to beginning a new, and having a productive life and schedule.”

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