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What did you end up going with Angela?

I have returned LCD's to futureshop in the past without issue. Never to best buy. Futureshop tries to sell you on the extended warranty (I always say no)

Hi Britney, I do not think JoeBlow thinks it is weird that you are back. I think what he is referring to is that timzawastin has been a member here since Aug. of last year and this is the first and only post he has made here. Other members here have also PM'd me about this post (some who claim to have met you in the past) and timzawastin is suspected of SHILL posting for you here by them and they have asked me to look into it. You and timzawastin do not appear to be the same person so I am leaving the recommendation for now but I would encourage all members who have had experience with Britney Collins to either post here and verify that this recommendation is legit or use the reputation system and click on the Add to timzawastin's Reputation link under his post and either AGREE or DISAGREE with this post. I would caution ANYONE reading this recommendation until some of our other members (With higher post counts and higher reputation levels) can confirm it. If the members here DO not agree with this recommendation they are welcome to PM me and explain why. If the senior members can confirm that this is a SHILL post I will of course remove it. Recommendations by people with little or no post count or reputation is a indication that the recommendation may not be comming from a trusted source so the potential of the recommendation being a SHILL post is MUCH higher.

Best buy and futureshop are the same company from my understanding. Best buy is more of the "Super Store" version. Even the websites were almost the same last year (I have not checked maybe they still are) oddly enough they do carry different prices.

If you search the word "Escort" today on google you will find that none of the "Advertised links" (AdWords Paid links) that show up on the top and right side of the page are visible any longer. I supose Google must be concerned (probably due to the CL charges) and has pulled these ad words campaigns. Some of the Toronto escort agencies were spending over 5000 a month on google adwords so this is a BIG drop in revenue for google as I suspect they probably make over 10 million dollars a year globally off the escort world alone. Here is the info they sent out to all of us as they cut our accounts off... -> Content: At this time, Google policy does not permit the advertisement of websites promoting escort services or related content. As noted in our advertising terms and conditions, Google may refuse any ads or terminate any of your ad campaigns at any time, for any reason. POLICY DEFINITIONS: Escort Services: Unacceptable Content: Google believes strongly in freedom of expression and therefore offers broad access to content across the web without censoring search results. Please note that the decisions we make concerning advertising in no way affect the search results we deliver. Please note that both your ad and keywords have been suspended at this time.

Congrats Boner! Nice to have you here with us!

Thanks kih, you beat me to it. I moved the question and thread over.

I have searched. You can export pst files or run a program that uses Mapi but you must re-enter each rule one by one. It took years to get the rules working just perfect on outlook. I am hoping the guys at WINE come out with some office 2007 or simply outlook 2007 stable run version. I also would like to see a stable photoshop CS run on linux. I like Gimp but I love photoshop and the only stable version is photoshop5.5. Really right not the only real choice is to go with a MAC and run parallels in coherence mode for the best of all worlds.

It is unfortunate that I had to restrict the chat room to just registered members but too many trouble makers were causing problems. I agree it is a lot better now without the guest option.

The original post title says 1/2 hour and the body of the original thread says hour - this is confusing people I think. I think pinkfloyders is asking for 1/2 hour rates.

I might just have to check that out. I could find new life for my old MAC cube.

Wonder if something like "Naturally Speaking" would work with chat. I used this before and it's amazing. http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ I just don't have it installed don this computer to try it.

No, guests can view threads here. If you lock it out to the public the search engines can not index the threads. Guests can not use such things as the "Search feature" or post replied or PM... (or use the chat room <- this encourages a lot of guests to register). We get LOTS of guests. Right now it's not a busy time of the day and we have 160 registered users are currently on the site and 223 guests. At times we can have 5 or 6 hundred guests viewing threads.

I would switch to thunderbird in a heartbeat if it would import my outlook rules. Unfortunately it does not (I have tried). I hate outlook but I am committed to it right now. As for the virtualbox how is the overhead? Have you used this app yet? I have worked with other VM ware but parallels is by far my favorite as it combines mac and pc all on one desktop in Coherence mode (Like you are using one OS). YouTube Demo of Parallels running in coherence mode

Everyone has the ability to create rooms. If someone comes into chat and starts to get naked or flirty on cam we all know that the naked or flirty girl's cam will take over the main room discussion. Those same discussions still take place in chat (but they take place when the naughty girls are not in the room as guys are just being social and chatting away when nothing else entertaining it taking place in the room - and that is great) When a lady comes on cam (Not even a naked or flirty lady) All of a sudden people will perk up and the guys who sit and wait will all of a sudden start to chat - often private messages (but that is fine as long as they are showing respect). It's human nature! If we take away the cam element from the room the room would be less busy. We all know that, sure some of you would like to beleive otherwise or try to convince yourself otherwise but we really all know the truth. It is very easy to make a new room and invite your conversation into the new room, the guys who wish to go to the new room and still watch the lady on cam can either switch back and forth or open the cam video and still view it while chatting in room number 2 (or 3 or 4) etc... The chat is VERY flexible for this type of thing. Please remember... 1) It is a marketing tool for the site 2) It is a marketing tool for the ladies (All the ladies) 3) It is a social tool for our members 4) and so much more... as it is what you all make it. Sometimes TEXT can be VERY enticing and sexy but we all know a picture is worth 1000 words... A cam show is work 10'000! If the chat room did not have the cam stream and mic ability it would not be as busy (we all know that) so we have to take the good with the bad and work around things you may not personally enjoy. It is silly to get mad if some girl is showing her "privates" on cam. Just close her cam window and you don't have to look at her if you do not like to see that and open a new room and call it "No CAM room Text only" or whatever you want to call it. (Very simple) A SP getting mad cause another SP is getting naked is silly - it's a adult site, nudity, sex and sex appeal, fantasy etc... is what it's all about. A intelligent conversation is nice (until the naked lady comes in than all attention will be on her - just a fact of life any no one here seams to want to admit this so I will) If you do not want to get naked don't (No one will pressure you to do this - if they do they will be asked to leave the site). If you get upset when another lady comes into the room and gets naughty or flirty on cam chances are your mad cause she will take over the chat and get most of the attention. Sure some guys will say "No, that does not interest me" to you but chances are that guy had her cam stream open and is watching too! The guys in the room will talk to anyone in most cases .... some do sit quit and will only talk to the ladies (That is fine too everyone is here for different reasons I guess) but a naked woman, or a sexy flirty lady on cam makes it very difficult to pay attention to anything else. Those same guys who say "I don't care for the cam shows" are the first ones to have that cam window open to check out the ladies when they turn the cams on. The chat should accommodate everyone. So use it the way you want to use it and others with similar interests as you have will also use it that way. It is an extension to this site. You don't all chat in the same forum we have LOTS of forums with many different conversations going on at any time. You all participate in each forum you have interest in. Use chat the same way... some aspects will not appeal to everyone buy you all have complete control over these things. Before the chat server was upgraded we had a room for NON-CAM-CHAT and a room for CAM-CHAT and oddly enough no one really ever used the NON-CAM-CHAT room. So I will add it again if you wish (The default room will still be the cam chat room however) and for those who do not care to see the guys texting to the cam show girls can easily move your conversation to the second room)

Before you order make sure you go into a store and compare it. I like a lot of Acer products (Lots of bang for your buck) but I am not keen on all the monitors they sell. We have a 19 inch Acer here at the office and I find it very dull... (Low Contrast and it's about 2 years old now) the one you spec out here however is 40000:1 contrast (That is really a big number for the contract level) so if you like how vivid the display is in person the price is right. My cons on the one here: -I hate that when you turn it on it displays the acer logo for a few seconds before allowing you to see the screen. -Low contrast (Dull) I would recommend going into bestbuy or futureshop (or any of those stores) and compare them in person side by side. The thing with LCD's is only a few companies actually manufacture them. Most of them are re branded. For instance when you buy a dell monitor it says DELL on it. The CRT's use to be Sony trinitrons (Very good monitors for crt's) but when they switched to LCD they mixed it up. For instance... BenQ (Of all companies - known for very CHEAP components) supposedly makes a dell 24" widescreen that gets excellent reviews (from what I have been told this is not first hand). I also hear most of the Dell monitors are Samsungs. I know the 19" ones from a year or so ago are for sure and LG I recall made the 18" option.

I do write reviews for products and such I just can't link to the reviews from cerb ;)

Going from CRT to LCD is a little odd when you go to a widescreen but you adapt after a few days. You will LOVE the widescreen! What to look for... Contrast Ratio 10,000:1 (or higher) Resolution 1920 x 1080 (recommended) Response Time 5 ms (or less if you play fast motion video games) Check your VIDEO card. Chances are if you have a CRT your video card is VGA. You will want to make sure your video card has a DVI cable or better yet a HDMI connector. If not you will want to buy a video card with at least a DVI connector. Some LCD's have VGA connectors but this is a analog signal so you will not want to use it. The picture will be sharper and more true with a digital input such as DVI or HDMI. I have a HP 22'' and I love it. It tilts on it's side so instead of a wide screen it's taller - this is great for reading cerb! but often I am too lazy to tilt it back and forth but I do use it for when I am doing word processing stuff and programming work. I also have a 28'' viewsonic and a 36'' viewsonic (I prefer the 22'' HP as the image is much sharper and the color is much more true and the hot spots are very noticable in the viewsonic monitors. (They fatigue my eyes) the HP has a GLASS like surface and is just very crisp and clear. I can use it for hours on end. My favorite LCD monitor so far is the SONY with the new BRAVIA Engine 2. The refresh rate is 8ms but it's at 120mhz (Not the standard this screen refreshes much faster as the normal is 60-85mhz for CRT's and other LCD's and HD tv's are usually around 100mhz so 120mhz is very fast and makes the picture that much smoother) - The SONY's with the BRAVIA2 engine are made primarily for a TV but it makes a amazing computer monitor if your looking for something high end and it's nice to be able to switch back and forth from TV to COMPUTER. Contrast Ratio 30,000:1 Native Resolution 1920 x 1080 (True 1080p) Refresh Rate 120Hz Response Time 8ms

Good trick on your personal website is to password protect your "Naughty" photos and leave the password in plain view. This was the google bot does not gain access to the password protected area and will not index the naughty photos in google's "Image" library.

Emma, The ladies who are "Showing too much" are not abusing the cam system. They are marketing themselves that way. The ladies are allowed to "Show" whatever they want to in chat (as long as it's legal of course). This business is about sex, sex appeal, fantasy, and much more... these ladies are marketing themselves and doing very well. We know it's not everyone's cup of tea but I assure you that 99% of the guys in the chat room are watching those ladies cam streams and many of them are thinking "I must visit this girl" (and often do - sometimes immediately). It's your choice how you use the chat room. The chat room is also a great social interaction tool for our community... a number of ladies have gone into the chat and just had nice conversations (Some with and some without a cam) and they are doing very well also with obtaining bookings and marketing themselves in the chat room as well. Now, with that said we do not allow the guys to encourage the ladies to get naked or do anything x-rated on cam. This would just be annoying! If someone says "Show me your breasts" (or anything to that nature) they are suppose to get a warning from the moderators (If one is in the room at that time - it's not possible to have a moderator in the room at all times obviously thankfully we have some great moderators here!) The lady or other members can also report the guys to me and also the chat room has a VOTE TO KICK option as well so the other chat members can boot someone for being a idiot. I have logged into the room many times to find a lady (or two) teasing the guys with some flashing, some naughty motions, etc.. and those same girls are making bookings from doing this. That to me is good marketing!! The other ladies who do not do this still enjoy chat and also make bookings (Not nearly as many direct bookings from the chat room - but it is still good marketing). Bottom line, it is not abuse when the ladies get naked. Abuse would be spamming the chat or harassing someone (or fighting, etc..). The reason we do not allow genital nudity in photos on the site is not because any of us would be offended, it is because google and other search engines would give this site a "ADULT X RATING" meaning it would be removed from the search engines until someone searched for it using a adult keyword like "Sex Escort Ottawa" this makes marketing the site MUCH harder as most people would not search for a site like this using the word sex they would simply put "Escort Ottawa".

You know it's working when... Good job CK!

Hi Pete, I am afraid that is her. We are all very sad about this as it hit home for us as well since most of us here have had many phone conversations with her over the years. She was a very nice lady indeed and will be missed by many people I am sure.

Sad news (I hate posting these news clips). This lady was Kyla from Vancouver (as our community knew her) Her death does not appear to be "Escort" related as yesterday when they published the first news article they did not know she was an escort (It seams like they found this out during the investigation since the first news story was published and it is now made it to the press). I really do hope her death was not related to her choice of profession but still she was part of our community so I am posting the link here to the news article. Full story here http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090317/BC_burnaby_woman_escort_090317/20090317/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome Yesterdays original news story (Not mentioning that she was a escort) http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&ct2=ca%2F0_0_s_1_0_t&usg=AFQjCNF3ED4iHgN9wh07Dnpg7eOFdWF3ww&cid=1315522360&ei=PEDBSfiiEYecMorSr2o&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctv.ca%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2Fstory%2FCTVNews%2F20090316%2Fvan_violence_090316%2F20090316%3Fhub%3DCTVNewsAt11

Here is a old post (Below) if you do a search here for "Criminal code of Canada" you will find a lot of information. SECTION 210, The Criminal Code of Canada This law makes it an offense to: a) "Keep" a brothel (or manage one, own one, ...). (You can't run a IN CALL or BROTHEL) b) Work in a brothel. (You can not work in a brother / incall) c) Be found in a brothel (this is what brothel customers are usually charged with). (You can not be a client in a brothel / incall) d) Rent or lease space to someone who plans to use the space as a brothel. If a person renting or leasing space in Canada is convicted of keeping a brothel in the rented space, the landlord is obligated by law to evict said person. Since most Canadian brothels (using the legal definition) are in fact the homes of the working prostitutes, they stand to lose their homes if they are renters -- and convicted. (Landlords can not rent space to a person to use as a brothel - this allows landlords to evict incall prostitutes) SECTION 211, The Criminal Code of Canada This law makes it an offense to knowingly take, offer to take, or direct someone to a brothel. (self explanatory) SECTION 212, The Criminal Code of Canada This law makes it an offense to: a) Procure or solicit a person to have illicit sex with another person. (agencies and pimps can not hire someone to have sex for money) b) Entice someone who is not a prostitute to enter a brothel for the purpose of prostitution. (again, agencies / pimps can not hire someone to work in a brothel) c) Hide someone in a brothel. (hidden back rooms "Raid Rooms" where people would HIDE if the place was busted) d) Procure someone to become a prostitute. (Can not talk someone into becoming a prostitute who is not already a prostitute) e) Convince someone to leave their residence and become a "frequenter" of a brothel. f) Direct or take a new arrival to Canada to a brothel. (To battle sex slavery) g) Procure a person to leave Canada to become a prostitute. (Same problem other way around - promise big money to work in say Japan or in the Caribbean at a strip club or ranch but you are expected to have sex with customers) h) Exercise control over someone for the purpose of prostitution (commonly used against pimps, also used against escort service owners, managers, and phone operators). I) Drug someone (which includes getting someone drunk) to enable another person to have sex with the person who has been drugged. j) Live wholly or partially on the avails (profits) of prostitution (commonly used against pimps, often used against husbands, lovers, boyfriends, etc.). Evidence that someone is "habitually in the company" of a prostitute, or lives in a brothel, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the person in question lives on the avails of prostitution. SECTION 213, The Criminal Code This law makes it an offense to solicit or "communicate" for the purpose of prostitution in a public place. (Phones and cars are "Grey Areas") (Public Place is defined here - no mention of "Private" place being illegal this is done purposely to allow prostitution to be legal if done in private and not on the street.) It's perfectly legal for a pro to see a client in a hotel room but not use the same hotel room as a bawdy house. It's perfectly legal for a pro to see a client in a client's home or other personal space. It's also legal for pros to advertise in magazines, online and newspapers -- magazines and newspapers in Canada as they are not considered a "PUBLIC PLACE" as defined by the law as a magazine or the internet is not a "PLACE" it is a medium/media and you have the right to advertise your legal business where you wish. Another law often used against both prostitutes and their clients is Section 173 of our Criminal Code -- our indecent act law. This law makes it an offense to commit an indecent act in a public place in the presence of one or more people, or to commit an indecent act in any place with the intent to insult or offend another person. Indecency is not defined in our Criminal Code, so Canadian judges have the power to determine what is indecent on an individual case bases.

If you read the criminal code 210-213 and have a question post it here and I will try to break it down for everyone so that it is more clear. I have spent many...many...many hours researching our criminal code on this subject. I have reviewed every prostitution case and verdict that I could dig up and I am confident that I can help clarify any confusion anyone may have.