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He didn't bring it up, but when a reporter at We Day asked actor Martin Sheen if he had a message for Saskatchewan's premier about the Keystone XL pipeline, the veteran actor and prominent activist had plenty of advice.
"Don't do this," Sheen replied. "It's not going to be something you're going to be proud of in the future. That, I can promise you."
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is set to travel to Washington next week to urge United States lawmakers to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a $7-billion, 1,800-kilometre pipeline that would ship oilsands crude from Alberta down through Saskatchewan and six U.S. states to Texas refineries on the Gulf of Mexico.
Sheen told reporters Wednesday that Wall should "leave Mr. Obama alone. He's got enough problems."
The pipeline is unnecessary for oil supply, and is driven by profits and a desire to control the world's energy resources, Sheen said.
He implored politicians to listen to the farmers and indigenous people raising concerns about the project.
"We've had enough damn spills on that thing already, and some in the States, as well," he said. "This is so huge. And there's such a potential for disaster. You know it's going to happen."
Protecting the environment should be the priority, Sheen said.
"You don't need it," he said. "Please. You've got such a magnificent country and you've got a small population to look after. Treasure the environment. This is the only one you get. You can't go back."
Wall on Wednesday responded briefly on Twitter, saying, "I don't work for Martin Sheen."
Then, he tweeted, "Anyone ask Martin Sheen how he feels about U.S. importing oil from countries that deny women basic rights? #hollywoodhypocrisy."
Sheen is not on Twitter, but a few users of the social media outlet fired back at Wall.
" 'Ask Martin Sheen how he feels about importing oil from countries that deny women rights?' — but there's no oppression in China!" tweeted activist Paige Kezima, presumably referring to the province's sales of uranium and potash to the Asian superpower.
"I get it now," quipped political columnist Murray Mandryk on Twitter. "@PremierBradWall was so mad at Martin Sheen/Daryl Hannah opposing Keystone XL, he killed the Sk. film industry."


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Hello everyone in the new 2015 year. :)
As my new year resolution, I'm trying to get back on track with my blog. So... I'd like to share today a free digital collage sheet with grunge alphabet letters. Look, how cute a personalized pendant looks with such letter :) And it's so easy to make. Just follow this tutorial!
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In Grand Rapids, we had department stores with odd names like Herpolsheimers (HER-pole-shy-mers), Wurzburg's, and Steketees (like Chickadees). Wurzburg's was my favorite, because they sponsored the annual Christmas parade, so the real Santa was there. During the holidays, these stores all competed to see who could create the best window displays, and it was magical, especially when it snowed.
Herpolsheimers, Wurzburg's, and Steketees also competed for customers in that closed space called downtown, and what happened to them is what's happening today in the world that these essays probe: television — and especially television news — in our increasingly postmodern world.
One of the central questions for local media companies these days is "How do I expose my work online to a wider audience?" Nearly everyone in any community is online these days, but local media company web efforts are limited to those they already reach on the air or in print, and that doesn't translate to a lot of new revenue. This is at the heart of the Yahoo! newspaper consortium deal, because Yahoo! claims it cumulatively reaches 70% of the users in any market, while the newspapers only reach around 40%.
For television, this is an equally perplexing matter. While people are watching more television, that viewing is so fragmented that the ratings for individual programs are shrinking at alarming rates. Hence, the universe in which a local station operates is getting smaller, so we're shifting our focus to where the money is going. While the new world is exploding with growth and is exciting beyond anything in recent memory, it's a damned frustrating place in which to work, for the "audience" is fluid, nimble and mobile. If only they'd just sit still!
They won't sit still, and worse yet, they want to watch certain things while bouncing from here to there. Hence, the titanic battle between the entertainment industry and iTunes and YouTube over who will be the ultimate host of copyrighted videos online. It's the most significant web issue these days, because there's an incredible amount of money at stake. And even more than that, it's a business war to see who will be the control panel when the marriage of the Web and our television sets is complete.
For the copyright holders, it means a bright future, if they can maintain control of videos they see (and the law sees) as theirs. For people who the industry once considered customers, the winner will get their allegiance, assuming they have a say in the videos that they see as theirs. The more the industry behaves as if people are merely "consumers" of their "products," the less likely it is they will come out on top, because the choice — at least for now — belongs with the audience for these videos.
Let's step back for a moment and view this matter from another direction. The creators or licensees of anything copyrighted have historically been able to ply their wares in authorized spaces and places, what I'm going to identify here as various forms of "spectrum," to borrow a term from broadcasting.
Movie studios used to work only within the distribution chain of movie theaters, a form of spectrum that permitted them — and only them — to compete with each other for the eyeballs of moviegoers. This was and is a tightly-controlled, closed network of spectrum. The era of video tapes brought a completely new revenue stream to the studios and spawned a new distribution network — the video store. It wasn't until digital video came along that studios began to realize the loss of control over their spectrum.
The music industry worked within the spectrum of radio, which drove people to buy records at record stores. In my youth, we bought and swapped records with our friends, and nobody argued with the fundamental fact that those records were ours to do with as we pleased. Radio stations also worked within this spectrum to profit from advertisers who wanted their products adjacent to "Wake Up, Little Susie." It was a beautiful thing. 8-track and then cassettes followed, and soon we were walking around with "our" music thanks to Sony and the Walkman. This was all new money for the music industry, and everything was fine until digital audio signaled trouble for the closed network.
The television industry (joined at the hip with the studios) functioned within the closed network of broadcast spectrum, a license for which remains an enormously profitable proposition. When the cable and satellite industries swooped in, this closed network was expanded from without, but there was enough room for everybody to be happy. While digital TV has broadened the network more, it is still very much closed, but this business with the Web threatens to blow that apart.
Telephone companies used to function within the highly closed network of lines that crisscrossed our towns and connected us with each other. The age of "Ma Bell" and its lack of competition meant monopolistic control of the spectrum and everything related to pricing. Cellular phones work within yet another layer of spectrum, the closed nature of which brings profit to the pockets of those who control it.
In each of these cases, the institutional player has been able to increase profits by bundling crap with quality, and that's the real problem from the end-user's perspective. Sandwich a loser between two winners and suddenly the loser becomes a winner. Put two great tunes on an album with ten throwaways, and you can charge extra for those hits. Force people to subscribe to lousy channels in addition to the good ones. Add fee after fee to enable people to get what they want, because you own the lines. Crank out a steady stream of mediocrity in the hopes that one will reach blockbuster status.
These are the worlds in which incumbent communications businesses work. Each is being disrupted by the Web, and each is throwing everything they've got at "the problem" of maintaining the closed nature of their former spectrum.
What makes the Web so different is that it is an entirely open network, although the deep pockets of the status quo are lobbying everyone with breath to change that by creating tiers of service. The argument in Congress is that we're running out of bandwidth, which means a TON of money to beef up the Internet, and the people spending that money should be entitled to profit from the build-out. While that's certainly true, the reality is that this disguises what is essentially an attempt by the incumbents to restore some form of command and control mechanism (tiered pricing) to the open network. This means that those with money will be the only ones able to advance the spectrum, and this is exactly the old profit model wearing new clothes. But I digress.
On the Web, all of these individual companies are merely pixels on the overall page, blips in a spectrum of equal blips. There's no doubt that mass marketing muscle in the worlds within which the incumbents currently play gives them an advantage over the other blips, but it doesn't influence the essential infrastructure. This is why innovations from other blips can explode across the entire Web and why we're seeing new models being developed everywhere.
So now let's look at this thing between the networks, the studios, YouTube, and iTunes and examine what's really taking place — an attempt to create a new "spectrum" within which the creators of content can apply old rules. Each wishes to be the aggregator that people use to access "their" videos online and eventually through their TV sets. The problem is that neither aggregates all, and that defeats the intended purpose. The only way this will ever happen is if everybody works together, and that's contrary to traditional rules of engagement.
YouTube has created a spectrum for the prosumer movement. It's exploding, because anybody can be a studio, a newspaper, or a TV station today. You can create your own music and get recognized. The networks and the studios are terrified by this, and rather than find a way to play within this spectrum, each has chosen to try and create their own.
iTunes has created a spectrum for distribution of music and videos to Apple's assortment of devices. The networks and studios don't want to play here, because Apple controls pricing, and the arrangement destroys their ability to bundle crap with quality.
So what do the incumbents do, besides lobby the government for protection? They try multiple distribution outlets, which — from a brand extension perspective — is no doubt smart. In the case of Hulu.com, NBCU and News Corp are trying to create their own new form of spectrum, which would actually make a lot of sense if everybody decided to pool their resources. And I think this is what they originally envisioned, but the other players were a little too proud to get in on something that their competitors created. Of course, if the original vision included NBCU running things, then it was ill-conceived from the get-go.
These are difficult times for incumbents, to say the least, but extending their business models to the Web will only have limited success, because the basic structure of the beast is contrary to theirs. Even people within those businesses who "get" this, don't know what to do or are thwarted by inertia and structural barriers that block getting anything done.
I'm waiting (but not holding my breath) for an arrangement between all incumbents that allows them to move their competition between each other to a single platform on the Web, to operate as they wish within this specialized platform. Think of it as moving their existing spectrum to cyberspace and operating therein. If you want network television, for example, you go to the network television platform. If you want movies, you go to the movie section, and so forth. This could actually be done — and it would be useful for "consumers" — but it would require individual companies within these industries to work together, and that is very unlikely to happen.
For local media, the same thing could be done. If users wanted access to local news video, they would go to one place, where all local news video was available. This would create a form of spectrum within the whole, where individual players could duke it out just like they do in their own universe today. The problem, again, is that it would require separate companies to work together, and that's highly problematic. The number one station would tell the others to go to hell, because they think they can a) do just fine on their own and b) it would "cheapen" them by putting their work on the same stage as their competitors.
Would this station prefer their work to stand alone as a blip in the overall spectrum of the Web or be a part of a bigger blip, a piece of spectrum designed specifically to better enable users to find their work? And this same number one station is stratching its head, trying to figure out how it can attract a larger audience.
For the answer to this dilemma, let's go back downtown, to that piece of closed retail spectrum. As people moved to the suburbs, the retail world understood that it had to be where the people were. It could not expect the people to come to them.
And so the suburban shopping mall was created, and what is a mall but a group of competitors banded together for the convenience of shoppers? Would the number one department store refuse to anchor the mall, because its chief competitor was on the other end? Of course not!
But here's the rub: Shopping malls weren't created by the department stores themselves. They were content to work from downtown locations as the suburban drift disrupted their world. Malls were built by outside developers, who could see what was really taking place. The same could be said for the communications world as regards the disruption of the Web.
Herpolsheimers, Wurzburg's, and Steketees are all out of business today. Had they taken a more proactive role — one that actually would have been viewed as cannibalizing their own business models — they would not only be in business, but they'd likely own the malls in which department stores are now only tenants.
This idea of competing against yourself is central to overcoming disruptive innovations. The history books are filled with stories of those who chose only to defend themselves against such forces, and when television broadcasters — the creators of the video communications niche — decide that they'd rather go down fighting than live to fight another day, their fate is already sealed.
The ghosts of my youth testify it is so.


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
I and Alberto Ferrari will speak at SQLBits XI (Nottingham, UK – May 2-4, 2013) and there are many good reasons to join us there, especially if you are interested to DAX!
Here are our sessions:
As I said before, the training day is an introductive course. If you already know DAX and want to improve your skills, there is a 3-day Advanced DAX Workshop I will teach in London on May 13-15, 2013. It could be also a good reason to visit London if you come from other countries!
Now that we are almost done with the PowerPivot for Excel 2013 book, we will write more articles – stay tuned!


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Computing Facilities
The colleges maintain several Windows computer labs for general student use, but our department maintains several additional computing facilities specifically for our educational purposes. Most of our computers run Linux, the primary operating system used in most of our courses. Linux is a popular open source operating system.
College of Saint Benedict
On the CSB campus, the Clemens library computing lab contains three Linux computers and dozens of PCs available during the extensive hours that the library is open. The computer science department staffs this lab in the evenings with student TAs who provide assistance to any students who want help mastering the concepts in their computer science courses.
Saint John's University
The SJU campus houses our primary laboratory facilities, a row of four connected rooms on the ground floor of Peter Engel Science Center. These rooms are open for student use when they are not scheduled for a class during the school day and are exclusively reserved for student use during TA hours in the evenings.
Peter Engel 212, Linux laboratory
PENGL 212 is our main Linux laboratory, housing nineteen Linux workstations with dual monitors. The computers are clustered in groups of two or three to provide an environment inviting students to collaborate on their lab work.
This laboratory is used for all of the formal lab sessions that are part of the first three courses within the computer science major and also occasionally for other courses. During the day, it is often scheduled for CSCI 150, 160, 200, and 239 laboratories, but when it is not scheduled, the laboratory is open for students to use.
Peter Engel 218, Windows laboratory
PENGL 218 contains seventeen PCs running Microsoft Windows. Laboratory sessions for CSCI 130 and 140 are scheduled for this room. At other times, the laboratory is open for students to use.
Peter Engel 208 laboratory
PENGL 208 is used mainly as a drop-in center for daytime use, (when PEngl 212 is occupied by a laboratory or class), and is used as a general purpose open lab in the evenings. This lab has four Linux workstations, three Windows computers, and one Mac. All of the department's computers have hardware support for intensive 3-dimensional graphics, especially useful for our 3D graphics programming elective. PENGL 208 also contains some comfortable furniture to make it a more versatile space to study, use the computers, or socialize.
Peter Engel 204, multipurpose room
PENGL 204 is a multipurpose room. We rotate special-purpose laboratory equipment into this room as needed. This room is regularly used for hands-on lab exercises for the Networks course when it is offered. Other recent uses of the space include: for designing, building, and programming robots using Lego robotics kits; for building the most recent version of our high performance parallel cluster; and for students to experiment with network security issues.
Several of our classes are taught in PENGL 238, a classroom equipped with a projection system and computer for the instructor and 16 Windows computers for students to practice concepts during class.


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Winter root mash with buttery crumbs
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving for 10
- kcal158
- fat9g
- saturates5g
- carbs17g
- sugars0g
- fibre5g
- protein4g
- salt0.57g
- 650g parsnips, cut into even chunks
The fact that the parsnip is a member of the carrot family comes as no surprise – it looks…
- 650g swede, cut into same size chunks as the parsnips
A member of the cabbage family, the swede is often confused with the turnip, though they look…
- 142ml tub soured cream
- 1 rounded tbsp hot horseradish (English Provender is good)
Horseradishhors rad-ish
Horseradish root is larger than an ordinary radish, and has a hot, peppery flavour.
- 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
This popular herb grows in Europe, especially the Mediterranean, and is a member of the mint…
- butter, for greasing
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
For the butter topping
- 50g butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 50g fresh white breadcrumbs (from about 4 slices)
- a small handful thyme leaves, plus extra for scattering
This popular herb grows in Europe, especially the Mediterranean, and is a member of the mint…
- 25g parmesan, coarsely grated
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
In a large pan of boiling salted water, cook the parsnips and swede, covered, for about 20 minutes until tender. Drain well, then mash them together using a masher or food processor until reasonably smooth but still with a bit of texture. Stir in the soured cream, horseradish and thyme and season with salt and pepper.
Spoon into a buttered shallow ovenproof dish and put to one side.
Make the topping. Melt the butter in a frying pan and cook the onion for 5-6 minutes, until gorgeously golden. Mix in the breadcrumbs and stir to brown and crisp a little. Season with salt and pepper and add the thyme. Take the pan off the heat. Spoon the mixture casually over the top of the mash. Scatter over the parmesan. (Can be made ahead to this point and kept covered in the fridge for up to a day. Or can be frozen for up to a month.)
Bake with the turkey (190C/gas 5/ fan 170C) for 35-40 minutes if doing from cold, 25-30 minutes if not, or 11⁄2-13⁄4 hours from frozen (put foil on top, and remove it for the last 10 minutes) – until golden and crisp on top. Serve scattered with a few more thyme sprigs and leaves.


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Teaching with Maps
Lessons, Activities, Map-Making Resources, and More
Lessons & Activities
Lesson Plans
Introduction to Latitude and Longitude
Students in grades K-2 look at lines of latitude and longitude on a map of the U.S. and discuss why the lines are helpful. They also discuss how temperature varies with latitude.
A View from Overhead
Students in grades K-3 develop an understanding of the overhead view presented by most maps. See six more lessons at Map Adventures.
Mapping Your State
Students in grades 2-4 work in groups to create a state tourism map.
How to Read a Topographic Map
Students in grades 4-8 learn how to read a topographic map of Salt Lake City.
Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map!
Students in grades 6-8 evaluate historical and geographical information on 16th-19th century maps and create maps of their own.
Genographic Project: Looking Ahead
Students in grades 9-12 discuss how the world may change in one thousand years, and then work in teams to create an imaginary updated study of human migration.
Making the Invisible Visible
Students in grades 9-12 evaluate and compare ways geographers, cartographers, artists, and scientists are beginning to map cyberspace.
Activities & Games
Explore Mars
Collect rock samples on the surface of Mars with a map and Rover.
MapStats for Kids
Students in grades 5-8 can click Globie to learn map concepts or Stixie to learn about statistics. Five games will help students practice the skills.
Galaxy Zoo
Students in grades 9-12 can help astronomers classify galaxies according to shape.
Sally Ride EarthKAM
More Lessons & Activities
National Geographic Maps: Tools for Adventure
Aimed primarily at elementary students, this site includes information about using maps, games, and links to other National Geographic resources.
National Geographic Maps: Tools for Adventure: For Educators
Many lesson plans and activities for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
Mapping Discord: Creating a Primer on the Arab World
Students in grades 6-12 create an annotated map of the Middle East and North Africa.
Connecting the Dots: Interpreting U.S. Census Data
Students in grades 9-12 examine maps representing census data from the last 100 years and generate and find answers to research questions.
Mapping Our Neighborhoods, Mapping America
Students in grades 6-12 read an article and interpret an associated map showing local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey to learn where immigrants have settled in the U.S. during the last ten years. Answer six data analysis questions using both resources.
Education Resources
The US Geological Survey offers many lessons, activities, and teacher packets for K-12 classrooms.
Google Earth Lessons
This site aids teachers using Google Earth in their classrooms. Some of the links are dead, but the site is still worth investigating. NOTE: the site is not affiliated with Google.
Historic Maps and Lessons
Chicago's Newberry Library offers maps and lessons for grades K-12, covering the themes of exploration and encounter, migration and settlement, environmental history, transportation, political and military, and communities.
Background Resources
Map Making Guides
These grade level guides introduce mapmaking, explaining map elements, map design, and types of maps. They include links to related resources.
Teaching with Infographics | A Student Project Model
A social studies teacher with years in middle school and high school classrooms characterizes herself as a "fanatic" about using infographics in education. In this series of blog entries, she describes ways to use infographics.
Math/Science Nucleus: Types of Maps
Introduces elementary students to types of maps and geographic information systems.
National Weather Center: Weather Lessons
A basic introduction to map analysis and interpretation for students in grades 5-8.
USGS Science Resources for Primary Grades and for Middle School and High School
These USGS pages included geography resources.
USGS Science Resources for Undergraduate Education
Although designed for college undergraduates, some of these activities might be fitted to high school students.
GeoThentic Online Environment
Designed to use geographic technology to make and justify decisions about contemporary issues: for example, where to build a hospital in San Francisco based on seismic activity and population density. Teachers can sign up for a free account.
Videos & Interactives
- Mapping America: Every City, Every Block
Distribution of racial and ethnic groups. Enter specific locations and expand for details.
- Introduction to the National Map
This is a 6 minute film about the National Map.
- USGS Video Lectures
Six video lectures (roughly 60-90 minutes) suitable for high school students, covering mapping and remote sensing.
- Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Videos
Scroll down – almost to the bottom – for videos on manual and computer mapping.
- Personalize Google Maps
Video Tutorial
- IBM Research Creates World's Smallest 3D Map (5:21 minutes)
Learn how IBM scientists created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt.
- Mapping the Universe (2:43 Minutes)
Astronomers map a record-breaking 1.2 million galaxies to study the properties of dark energy.
Printables & Quizzes
- Xpeditions Atlas: Maps Made for Printing and Copying
- The National Atlas: Printable Maps
- Microsoft Research Maps (aerial, topographic, and road maps)
- Google Earth in the Classroom ( PDF, 800 KB, 2 PP)
- Google Maps in the Classroom ( PDF, 1 MB, 2 PP)
- Quia: Map Skills
A 20 question quiz on reading and using various types of maps.
- ILike2Learn.com
Dozens of self-correcting quizzes covering the continents.
- MapQuiz
Timed and untimed quizzes covering Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States.
Special Purpose Maps
Examples of Special Purpose Maps
Statistics for Making Maps
- FedStats
Statistics from more than 100 agencies.
Expanding the Concept of Mapping
- Galaxy Zoo: An Atlas of the Universe
This web page features nine main maps, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous. The first map begins with the nearest stars and then the other maps slowly expand until the entire visible universe is shown.
- The Whole Brain Atlas
Labeled images of normal and abnormal brain anatomy in 2D and 3D.
- Online Education Kit: Understanding the Human Genome Project
This resource provides an overview of the Human Genome Project (HGP), educational materials, recent research, and information on other organisms.


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In the news have been two unusual stories, both of them exposing outrageous abuse of innocents abroad, neither one broken by what we normally consider the news media. Instead they were launched by zealous outsiders from the edges of the informational ecosystem, and were fiercely embraced, until their claims were scrutinized and found wanting.
That flight path—from fringe to mainstream and from acclaim to skepticism–is worth looking at. It says something about the way various media play together and, at times, slap each other around. And for traditionalists, it's also reassurance that the arduous work of getting the story right remains irreplaceable, no matter how polished the message and how compelling the cause.
The first story originated with the release this month, online, of a half-hour film, "Kony 2012," from a nonprofit organization called Invisible Children. The movie, an energetic piece of agit-prop from a group with strong evangelical moorings, is the centerpiece of a PR campaign to bring to justice a Central African warlord named Joseph Kony. For years, his brutal insurgency conscripted little boys as killers and little girls as sex slaves.
Although he has been at it since the 1980s and was indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2005, the success of "Kony 2012" gave him unparalleled notoriety. Downloaded some 100 million times, it has drawn a gush of celebrity support.
The second story was the public radio broadcast of a powerful expose by a Chicago monologuist named Mike Daisey on working conditions in some of the vast Chinese sweatshops that assemble Apple Inc.'s coolest toys. Daisey had Continue reading "Flawed pleas for overlooked causes"


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Welcome to macOS
Your Mac includes macOS, the world's most advanced desktop operating system. macOS includes features and apps you'll use each day, and it enables your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch to work together.
Work seamlessly across all your devices
Your Mac works with your other devices so you don't have to interrupt the flow of your day. For example, Handoff lets you start a report on your iMac, continue it on your iPad, then finish it back at your desk. To check if your Mac allows Handoff, click in the Dock, then click General. Learn more about Handoff.
Do more with the apps on your Mac
Your Mac comes with fun apps for doing everyday things—Safari for browsing the web, Messages for texting, Photos for sharing photos, and more. To open an app, click its icon in the Dock. To see all the apps on your Mac, click in the Dock. Learn more about Mac apps.
Search your Mac and beyond
Forget where you saved a document? Want to check movie listings? Use Spotlight to search for apps, photos, and other files on your Mac and get flight status, news, sports, weather, and more from the web. Spotlight can even do conversions and calculations. To search, click in the menu bar and start typing. Learn more about Spotlight.
See your content on every device
When you keep your information and files in iCloud, you can always access the latest version on any device. To set up iCloud, click in the Dock, click iCloud, then sign in with your Apple ID. Learn more about iCloud.
Make your Mac unique
You're different—your Mac can be, too. Use your favorite photo as the desktop picture, move the Dock to the side, or change the voice Siri uses. To explore all the ways to customize your Mac, click in the Dock. Learn more about System Preferences.
For a quick tour of macOS High Sierra, check out What's New in macOS. If you're new to Mac, jump in with Mac Basics.


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Miranda Lambert won big at the Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night, taking home statuettes for Top Female Vocalist, Single of the Year, Song of the Year and Video of the Year for "The House That Built Me."
Lambert beat out show co-host Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Lee Ann Womack for Top Female Vocalist.
Top Male Vocalist went to Brad Paisley, beating out Keith Urban, George Strait, co-host Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean. In his acceptance speech, he thanked his dog.
Until the very last award, it looked like Taylor Swift was going to go home empty-handed. Just in time, she won Entertainer of the Year, selected by fans.
Lady Antebellum won a pair of awards: Top Vocal Group and Album of the Year, for "Need You Now." Band member Charles Kelley was glad not to have a certain competitor.
"Thank you, Miranda Lambert, for winning this last year and not being in the category this year!" Kelley said.
Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon (and her Louisiana accent), Donny and Marie Osmond, and Rihanna (wearing white fringe) all made appearances.
U.S. & World
Selected readings: Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood Reporter


text: This weekend I'm really happy to publish some pages by Derbyshire illustrator Andrea Joseph. Andrea often uses ballpoint pens in her work and every sketch is amazingly detailed. Make sure you check out her blog for more inspiring moleskine pages or you can buy prints and zines from her Etsy shop here.


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Unquiet on the Western Front - Pac-12, Mountain West, and BYU news.
Nothing ever goes as planned.
Zach Bloxham declares that BYU's independent status in college football has been "a failure."
Even Better Than The Real Thing.
Arizona will replace the grass in Arizona Stadium with artificial turf. (Arizona Sports)
Where did it all go wrong?
California Golden Blogs tries to figure out how Cal's 2012 season went so wrong so fast.
What's mine is mine, what's yours is mine.
California high school senior outside linebacker Kenneth Olugbode flips his 2013 commitment from San Jose State to Colorado. (The Ralphie Report)
Second verse, same as the first!
Colorado HS senior defensive end Timothy Coleman flips his 2013 commitment from Colorado State to Colorado. (The Ralphie Report)
Wish List.
Kyle Rancourt looks at Washing State's recruiting needs at every position. (CougCenter)
The Manly Man.
Jim McGill profiles California JUCO defensive tackle Marcus Manley, who has committed to Cal's 2013 recruiting class. (The Bear Insider)
Juwann Day's Journey Into Night.
Georgia HS senior athlete Juwann Williams commits to Oregon's 2013 recruiting class. (The Eugene Register-Guard)
By George, I think they've got it!
Nevada HS senior offensive lineman commits to Oregon's 2013 recruiting class. (Addicted to Quack)
UCLA recruiting. (Sorry, I've got nothing here.)
Bruins Nation looks at UCLA recruiting.
Nothing you can say can tear me away from my Gaius.
Texas HS senior defensive lineman Gaius Vaenuku commits to Utah's 2014 recruiting class. (The Deseret News)


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The Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball , in Los Angeles, started 16 years ago and on the two days following the Fourth of July this year(2013) it was again holding Royal Court at the Historical Park Plaza Hotel. I would be interviewing the Producers on Friday, and had my lovely wife Sandy to assist me. I would also be photographing the event on both nights.
The opulent Park Plaza Hotel was built in 1925, created by architect Claud Beelman in a classic Neo-Gothic style, adjacent to LA's famous MacArthur Park. The venue sits with ample outdoor area, with food and drink, vendors, and always seemingly a stage full of Belly Dancers. The large lush interior spaces embody classic architectural detail from floor to soaring ceilings and was a perfect setting for two magical nights.
Its marvelous to me how things in my life come around. I've always envisioned a sort of show, play, theatre where artist, performers, and participants could enmesh themselves in art, and storytelling, as one. And that is exactly what I found at the Labyrinth Ball The Park Plaza. I am always intrigued with `The People' who come from all walks of life, to create and be a part of a fantasy inspired magical dream world.
Both evenings were an orgasmic visual feast of performers on stages, and performers mingling within. There was Fairies and Elves galore, vocalist, musicians, and choirs performing throughout the weekend. There were aerialist, acrobats, and stilt walkers everywhere you could look. The variation of Costumes, Makeup, and Creative Ideas was something you'd expect in LA, and still, not be fully prepared for. The diversity was spectacular.
Originally envisioned as a tribute to the David Bowie movie, The LOJ is Co-Produced by Shawn Strider of Sypher Art Studios, and Sasha Travis, so well known in her role with The Astra Dance Company and in ` The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari '. When we met with both Sasha and Shawn just after the Ball began Friday evening, I expected two people who would be in a frenzied and hoping to get me "out-of-there" quickly. I could not have been more wrong. Shawn and Sasha were absolutely delightful and such a pleasure to talk with.
Shawn told us about some history with Sypher, as well as other Events including The Golden Stag. Sasha regaled us with stories about Dr. Caligari which I'm sworn to secrecy about. I could see in both the passion for their art and for creativity. Their calm demeanor belied the extensive organization and wherewithal to Produce such an amazing event so flawlessly. Shawn Strider told me that the Labyrinth Ball was created for artist to have a medium [my word] to tell their stories.
I asked Shawn and Sasha at the end of my Interview, where they see the Labyrinth Ball going in the future. Shawn and Sasha looked at one another, then looked at me. Shawn said, `we want more artist to be able to tell more stories'. For me the story of both nights, was The People, telling their stories in costume and having a Ball. My story is better told with photos of The People.


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A simple method of calculating the Wannier-Stark resonances in 2D lattices is suggested. Using this method we calculate the complex Wannier-Stark spectrum for a non-separable 2D potential realized in optical lattices and analyze its general structure. The dependence of the lifetime of Wannier-Stark states on the direction of the static field (relative to the crystallographic axis of the lattice) is briefly discussed.
The paper studies the dynamics of transitions between the levels of a Wannier-Stark ladder induced by a resonant periodic driving. The analysis of the problem is done in terms of resonance quasienergy states, which take into account the metastable character of the Wannier-Stark states. It is shown that the periodic driving creates from a localized Wannier-Stark state an extended Bloch-like state with a spatial length varying in time as ~ t^1/2. Such a state can find applications in the field of atomic optics because it generates a coherent pulsed atomic beam.
The paper studies quantum states of a Bloch particle in presence of external ac and dc fields. Provided the period of the ac field and the Bloch period are commensurate, an effective scattering matrix is introduced, the complex poles of which are the system quasienergy spectrum. The statistics of the resonance width and the Wigner delay time shows a close relation of the problem to random matrix theory of chaotic scattering.
A new method for calculating Stark resonances is presented and applied for illustration to the simple case of a one-particle, one-dimensional model Hamiltonian. The method is applicable for weak and strong dc fields. The only need, also for the case of many particles in multi-dimensional space, are either the short time evolution matrix elements or the eigenvalues and Fourier components of the eigenfunctions of the field-free Hamiltonian.
We study the statistics of the Wigner delay time and resonance width for a Bloch particle in ac and dc fields in the regime of quantum chaos. It is shown that after appropriate rescaling the distributions of these quantities have universal character predicted by the random matrix theory of chaotic scattering.
The paper studies the effect of a weak periodic driving on metastable Wannier-Stark states. The decay rate of the ground Wannier-Stark states as a continuous function of the driving frequency is calculated numerically. The theoretical results are compared with experimental data of Wilkinson et at. [Phys.Rev.Lett.76, 4512 (1996)] obtained for cold sodium atoms in an accelerated optical lattice.
The statistics of the resonance widths and the behavior of the survival probability is studied in a particular model of quantum chaotic scattering (a particle in a periodic potential subject to static and time-periodic forces) introduced earlier in Ref. [5,6]. The coarse-grained distribution of the resonance widths is shown to be in good agreement with the prediction of Random Matrix Theory (RMT). The behavior of the survival probability shows, however, some deviation from RMT.
The quasienergy spectrum of a Bloch electron affected by dc-ac fields is known to have a fractal structure as function of the so-called electric matching ratio, which is the ratio of the ac field frequency and the Bloch frequency. This paper studies a manifestation of the fractal nature of the spectrum in the system "atom in a standing laser wave", which is a quantum optical realization of a Bloch electron. It is shown that for an appropriate choice of the system parameters the atomic survival probability (a quantity measured in laboratory experiments) also develops a fractal structure as a function of the electric matching ratio. Numerical simulations under classically chaotic scattering conditions show good agreement with theoretical predictions based on random matrix theory.


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Two friends had made their way to Wolfies and as they dined, they texted and said "it reminds me of your homeland!" So when hubs and I were out running errands, we decided to get to give it a try and see if it had some Wisconsin love in both atmosphere and food. We had noticed it another time when doing a few errands in the area, but it wasn't open at that point. Tucked back in the shopping area of 116th Street and Keystone, you may need to weave a bit through the streets to give it a try.It looked liked a Northwoods type of atmosphere from outside – so far, it fit the description.
When we made our way inside, we entered into the main dining room area. Set with many tables, including low and high bar tables and televisions all over with a long bar on one end, it was cozy and comfortable. Dark, wood interior and forest green in color, the rich color palate made it even more comfortable with the woodsy feel of a lake house or log cabin. There was also a side room with a fireplace and a lot of comfortable seating. A great place to sit and relax after a long day.
We were immediately sat as the restaurant was not busy at all. I was glad to see the service was quick and attentive because of this. Our server greeted us with a smile and reviewed the menu as we expressed it was our first time. We ordered a drink and a few items to sink our teeth into. I was jonesing for nachos – it is my weakness – so I knew we were going to order them if they were on the menu. And yes, they have nachos, but not any type of nachos. Buffalo chicken nachos. Even as I write this, I'm still not quite sure how I feel about them. I was really excited, but I wasn't blown away. The chips were covered with buffalo sauce and chunks of chicken. Though there could have been more chicken, there was plenty of lettuce and tomatoes, all of good standard, and this ranch sauce drizzled over the top. I'm a bleu cheese girl when it comes to my buffalo, so maybe to have that melted in with the cheddar would have gotten me to love these. Some chips were crispy, others not so much as they soaked in the buffalo. I'm still indifferent on these, but I'd probably order them again to give it another go as I l0ve the concept.
When hubs see pretzel, he's sold. He quickly decided that a few more appetizers would round out his meal as the pretzel breadsticks were calling his name something fierce. They were doughy, soft and tender on the inside, but subtly had that crisp pull on the exterior. They had a great flavor too, and with the queso, it was a match made in heaven. I couldn't help but dip them in a little ranch too (yes, I stole one despite hubs hungry eyes) and enjoyed every bite. The wings he ordered, hot in flavor, were absolutely delicious. The hotness factor could have been amped up as they weren't really spicy, but the crispy fried chicken crunched as your teeth sunk into the tender meat. I love wings when you can really taste the chicken and the sauce just gives it a little boost. I would definitely order the wings again, though with bleu cheese dressing rather than the ranch served with it.
I ordered the bacon blue chicken sandwich. Crispy bacon, lots of pungent bleu cheese and a good cut of chicken, it was a large sandwich. From all of the appetizers, I really only took two bites and saved it for dinner that night (it heated well – sans veggie and bun of course). The chicken was grilled, leaving a little too many charred bites. But the chicken itself was extremely tender and I liked the classic combination of bleu cheese and bacon. A Caesar dressing mayo was applied generously to the hearty bun and added a nice flair to the sandwich that I wasn't anticipating. And with that said, ignore the menu description of the mayo as it is a misprint. As for my side, our server recommended the mac and cheese, so I took her up on it. I was happy to see it was baked with a crisp topping but still creamy, cheesy and decadent. Nothing outside of a box, it was clearly homemade and seasoned correctly (sometimes mac can be too salty, just my opinion, due to the overload of cheese). It was a nice substitute for the regular fries. It was quite a large side though, which is another reason I didn't eat the sandwich.
We clearly ate too much, despite not finishing anything on the table. But the food was good, the atmosphere homey and comfortable, and the service friendly. As mentioned, there wasn't a lot of people in the restaurant, so staff were chatting more openly than I think they would with one another on a regular day, though this didn't bother me. The televisions were great around the restaurant – lots to see from many angles – and there is plenty of room in the restaurant. On a busy night, it could potentially get really loud though. Pricing was reasonable and average as our final bill came to $43 before tax and tip. This also included a soda and 16oz Alpha King beer.
There are locations in Fishers and Noblesville too. I would assume the environment and food is similar, but can't be certain on that. They clearly took the same menus as the Carmel menu says "Coming soon to Carmel", so those could probably be updated. But I enjoyed our luncheon and would head back for a casual evening. Who else has been? What are your thoughts?
Wolfies Grill * 1162 Keystone Way * Carmel, 46032 * 317.844.9070


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Hi everybody !
I'm running the last snapshot on iBook G4 :
kern.version=OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC) #54: Tue Oct 15 02:17:27 MDT 2013 email@example.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
This is not happening on i386 arch.
dmesg :
[ using 551344 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ] console out [ATY,Via_A]console in [keyboard] , using ADB using parent ATY,ViaParent:: memaddr 98000000 size 8000000, : consaddr 9c008000, : ioaddr 90020000, size 20000: width 1024 linebytes 1024 height 768 depth 8 Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2013 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC) #54: Tue Oct 15 02:17:27 MDT 2013 email@example.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC real mem = 268435456 (256MB) avail mem = 246067200 (234MB) mainbus0 at root: model PowerBook6,5 cpu0 at mainbus0: 7447A (Revision 0x101): 1066 MHz: 512KB L2 cache mem0 at mainbus0 spdmem0 at mem0: no EEPROM found spdmem1 at mem0: 1GB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 memc0 at mainbus0: uni-n rev 0xd2 "hw-clock" at memc0 not configured kiic0 at memc0 offset 0xf8001000 iic0 at kiic0 adt0 at iic0 addr 0xae: adt7467 rev 0x71 mpcpcibr0 at mainbus0 pci: uni-north pci0 at mpcpcibr0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "Apple UniNorth AGP" rev 0x00 radeondrm0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility 9200" rev 0x01: irq 48 drm0 at radeondrm0 mpcpcibr1 at mainbus0 pci: uni-north pci1 at mpcpcibr1 bus 0 macobio0 at pci1 dev 23 function 0 "Apple Intrepid" rev 0x00 openpic0 at macobio0 offset 0x40000: version 0x4614 feature 3f0302 LE macgpio0 at macobio0 offset 0x50 "modem-reset" at macgpio0 offset 0x1d not configured "modem-power" at macgpio0 offset 0x1c not configured macgpio1 at macgpio0 offset 0x9: irq 47 "programmer-switch" at macgpio0 offset 0x11 not configured dfs0 at macgpio0 offset 0x6b: speeds: 1066, 533 MHz "gpio4" at macgpio0 offset 0x1e not configured "gpio5" at macgpio0 offset 0x6f not configured "gpio6" at macgpio0 offset 0x70 not configured "gpio11" at macgpio0 offset 0x75 not configured "extint-gpio15" at macgpio0 offset 0x67 not configured "escc-legacy" at macobio0 offset 0x12000 not configured zsc0 at macobio0 offset 0x13000: irq 22,23 zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0 zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1 snapper0 at macobio0 offset 0x10000: irq 30,1,2 "timer" at macobio0 offset 0x15000 not configured adb0 at macobio0 offset 0x16000: irq 25, via-pmu, 3 targets apm0 at adb0: battery flags 0x5, 0% charged piic0 at adb0 iic1 at piic0 akbd0 at adb0 addr 2: iBook keyboard with inverted T (ISO layout) wskbd0 at akbd0: console keyboard ams0 at adb0 addr 3: EMP trackpad <tpad> 4-button, 400 dpi wsmouse0 at ams0 mux 0 abtn0 at adb0 addr 7: brightness/volume/eject buttons "battery" at macobio0 offset 0x0 not configured "backlight" at macobio0 offset 0xf300 not configured kiic1 at macobio0 offset 0x18000 iic2 at kiic1 wdc0 at macobio0 offset 0x20000 irq 24: DMA atapiscsi0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <MATSHITA, CD-RW CW-8123, CA0T> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(wdc0:0:0): using BIOS timings, DMA mode 2 audio0 at snapper0 bwi0 at pci1 dev 18 function 0 "Broadcom BCM4306" rev 0x03: irq 52, address 00:0d:93:ee:95:91 ohci0 at pci1 dev 26 function 0 "Apple Intrepid USB" rev 0x00: irq 29, version 1.0, legacy support ohci1 at pci1 dev 27 function 0 "NEC USB" rev 0x43: irq 63, version 1.0 ohci2 at pci1 dev 27 function 1 "NEC USB" rev 0x43: irq 63, version 1.0 ehci0 at pci1 dev 27 function 2 "NEC USB" rev 0x04: irq 63 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "NEC EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Apple OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "NEC OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at ohci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "NEC OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 mpcpcibr2 at mainbus0 pci: uni-north pci2 at mpcpcibr2 bus 0 kauaiata0 at pci2 dev 13 function 0 "Apple Intrepid ATA" rev 0x00 wdc1 at kauaiata0 irq 39: DMA wd0 at wdc1 channel 0 drive 0: <HTS421260H9AT00> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 57231MB, 117210240 sectors wd0(wdc1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 "Apple UniNorth Firewire" rev 0x81 at pci2 dev 14 function 0 not configured gem0 at pci2 dev 15 function 0 "Apple Uni-N2 GMAC" rev 0x80: irq 41, address 00:0d:93:b3:df:b0 bmtphy0 at gem0 phy 0: BCM5221 100baseTX PHY, rev. 4 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets bootpath: /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:/bsd root on wd0a (01303bffef94bfcd.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b WARNING: clock lost 9598 days, using FS time -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! drm: initializing kernel modesetting (RV280 0x1002:0x5C63 0x1002:0x5C63). error: [drm:pid0:radeon_get_bios] *ERROR* Unable to locate a BIOS ROM drm: Using generic clock info radeondrm0: VRAM: 128M 0x0000000098000000 - 0x000000009FFFFFFF (32M used) ttm_pool_mm_shrink_init stub trying to bind memory to uninitialized GART ! error: [drm:pid0:radeon_ttm_backend_bind] *ERROR* failed to bind 1 pages at 0x00000000 error: [drm:pid0:radeon_wb_init] *ERROR* (-22) create WB bo failed error: [drm:pid0:r100_init] *ERROR* Disabling GPU acceleration drm: radeon: cp finalized drm: radeon: cp finalized Finalizing pool allocator ttm_pool_mm_shrink_fini stub drm: Zone kernel: Used memory at exit: 0 kiB drm: radeon: ttm finalized drm: Forcing AGP to PCI mode error: [drm:pid0:radeon_get_bios] *ERROR* Unable to locate a BIOS ROM drm: Using generic clock info radeondrm0: VRAM: 128M 0x0000000098000000 - 0x000000009FFFFFFF (32M used) radeondrm0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000078000000 - 0x0000000097FFFFFF ttm_pool_mm_shrink_init stub drm: PCI GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x0000000001249000). drm: Connector Table: 2 (ibook) drm: No panel info found in BIOS drm: Panel info derived from registers drm: Panel Size 1024x768 drm: No TV DAC info found in BIOS radeondrm0: 1024x768 wsdisplay0 at radeondrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0 wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)
That's all I get when launching xombrero :
xombrero:/usr/local/lib/libestdc++.so.14.0: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.56.0 : WARNING: symbol(_ZN11__gnu_debug17_S_debug_messagesE) size mismatch, relink your program xombrero: config_parse: cannot open /home/giryu/.xombrero.conf: No such file or directory Segmentation fault
midori segfaults as well ! seems like Brave Xombrero is not to blame at all.
Are you building packages from source? If so, why? Why not go use the packages found at the mirror sites? Looking at ftp.openbsd.org, the timestamp on xombrero-1.6.3v1.tgz is 17 October. Without researching this any further given that this is only two days newer than the snapshot, I would assume this is synchronized enough to the 15 October snapshot mentioned to work correctly. However, this is only an assumption.
Again, you give no evidence that you understand the ramifications discussed in Section 15.4.1 of the FAQ which has been mentioned to you before.
This is an indication -- not proof, but indication -- of an out-of-synch library as described in FAQ 15.4.1:
xombrero:/usr/local/lib/libestdc++.so.14.0: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.56.0 : WARNING: symbol(_ZN11__gnu_debug17_S_debug_messagesE) size mismatch, relink your program
Hi ocicat !
It was a fresh install to avoid upgrade-related problems (of of which was the bad X display when I moved from 5.3 stable to current .. which is now history :-) )
This recent thread http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=8152 is about the same iBook G4 , I put *installed* between asterisks
The "snapshot packages" that can be found at mirrors in /pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/<arch> are made available for user convenience, for the popular architectures. They are not going to be perfectly in sync with the snapshots avilable for the same architecture. Here's why:
OpenBSD -current users are expected to recognize this situation and build these particular packages from ports, themselves.
...& if you find that a new snapshot or package does not work for you, you can easily restore from backup, because good system administrators perform backups on a regular basis, & before performing massive configuration changes.
Last edited by ocicat; 28th October 2013 at 04:37 AM. Reason: spelling
jggimi , ocicat , thank you and sorry for being late (as usual).
Am I right to conclude that being-current nullifies the rule of thumb stated in the faq :
Snapshot packages are made available to -current users for convenience, only. They may or may not be usable with either a snapshot or with a built-from-source -current.
Synchronicity with snapshot packages cannot be assured, and the impact of an out-of-sync environment is described in FAQ 15.4.1. However, snapshot packages are truly convenient. Building from ports takes time and resources.
Sometimes they are sufficiently out-of-sync that they will not install. At other times, they may install but present problems.
Some more level setting about -current:
Another option is to be patient and stay with precompiled packages.
Current development tends to run in cycles with the most stable time period occurring when ports is frozen in preparation for a new release. Conversely, you will see more update errors shortly after base and ports are "unfrozen". Typically the developers will do a major update to key packages at that time.
Look at the mailing lists, follow the discussions (there is a thread on xombrero breakage as we speak) and retry your upgrade after a new ports build hits your OpenBSD server of choice.
jggimi, ocicat, shep , million thanks to all of you !
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Hi, I'm Mimetir, and I'm a member of the WoM crew. No really, I am. A few months ago I would rant and mutter disconsolately on a weekly basis about the importance of being a care bear or how to slay your latest internet dragon. I haven't posted for a while. Yes, I know, bad panda, no cookie. And from what I've heard of boomkins' mana at 80, we really need cookies.
But that's not what I'm here to talk to you about today. See, I haven't posted on WHoM for a while because I've been working on my own site, MMO Melting Pot. I premiered it here at WoM a few months ago and since then have been trekking through the wilderness of the WoW blogosphere to find the most interesting articles. When I find an interesting article I drag it back to my museum website and post bits of it up with a short summary, credit and a link, so you can go read it fully yourself.
Just in case that's got you running in terror thinking I'm some kind of creepy museum curator with a speciality in dissecting innocent blog posts, let me rephrase it simply. Over on MMO Melting Pot we find the best posts and put them all in one place for you to peruse.
I miss posting on WoM. And things are getting exciting post-patch. So, I (and Matt) thought, why don't I do a roundup of posts that've cropped up recently relating to healing, guild management or raiding articles, here at WoM? That's win-win for everyone: I get to post here (read: ramble at you), you get interesting things to read and Matt gets a regular Saturday post.
Well, I say it's win-win for everyone, but I understand holy paladins are chewing the walls in frustration. Sympathies guys. Anyway, here's your roundup delivery with some paladin halp thrown in. Some of these are posts we've linked already at MMO Melting Pot, some of them are posts so far unfeatured and fresh for WoM's roundup:
- Guide to Dispels in 4.0.1 – Ecclesiastical Discipline guest posted for MMO Melting Pot last week with a complete list of what us healers (as well as other classes where applicable) can dispel now, as some of it changed in the patch. No more shamanistic poison removal? Noes!
- Perhaps Healing Isn't So Bad After All – TwilliK over at Arcane Envoy says that paladin healing's actually not too bad. She's recounting her recent experiences healing in Heroics and it looks like it's felt like being thrown in at the deep-end, but also really rewarding getting it right. Makes me want to revive my own holy pally…
- Holy Paladins in 4.0.1 – A Beginner's Guide – are you looking at your holy paladin and cowering in fear? Aunna over at Bandage Spec has a straightforward guide to get holy paladins on their feet. There are loads of guides out there covering everything for the patch but given Holy Paladins seem to have it worst off, I figured linking this might be helpful. Her guide has information on your spells, gear, glyphs, spec, and crucially – what to expect and how to play.
- Tell Us How Your Spec Is Doing In 4.0.1 – most weeks the editors at MMO Melting Pot throw up an editorial feature. This week, the patch has been about for a while and we want to know how you're getting on. Healer role changed a lot and it's great? Terrible? People are dying left right and centre? Tell us your tales!
- Impressions On Healing So Far – Zinn over at Jinxed Thoughts has written a roundup of how he's found healing classes work now. He starts off with a general overview of the similarities between class healing spells then goes through the healing classes with what he's enjoyed or been disappointed by. He's also got a separate post on quite how much he loves Chakra as a holy priest.
- Nils and Raven say levelling needs balance, and soon – two bloggers with the same worry: that the levelling game is too easy and doesn't teach players, including healers, the ins and outs of their class. The quality of play after waves of new characters level to 85? Don't think about it. Both Nils and Raven say it needs fixing, and have ideas.
- Thought of the Day – Getting Rid of the DPS role – a brief thought from Spinks over at Welcome to Spinksville. Short but sweet, this one's interesting for everyone. How do you think getting rid of player DPSers would affect healing, if at all?
Last but not in any way least, some sad news:
- Lights Out – Lara of Root and Branch has shut up shop. Root and Branch has been a core part of the resto druid blog community for so long that the lights dimming on it is going to leave a big hole in the resto druid community. She'll be missed, if her commenters are anything to go by – but we all wish her the best, safe travels and epic (real life) loot. /tree cheer
That's it for this week. I'm planning to do this weekly for WoM, as often as possible.
What do you guys think? That's the sort of thing we do daily over at MMO Melting Pot, though it's not always roundup posts. Did you get an interesting read out of it, or has it inspired you to throw your thoughts into someone's comments arena?


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|"Sami" I'm not overweight, I'm under- tall...really!
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|"Sami" I'm not overweight, I'm under- tall...really!
|" Put me in coach, I'm ready to play "
What a happy horse post! Your chunky monkey is adorable - I can relate to his issue. I can't wait to read about you and Dusty's inaugural ride.
Glad you got lots of horse time in this weekend. :)
He does look nice! Glad you had a good day with them and that they're coming along nicely.ReplyDelete
Perfect conditions! Beautiful arena.ReplyDelete
It's starting to warm up (sloooowly) in my neck of the woods, too! It's nice to see horses that have a little extra energy to play and have fun--a little sunshine is good for everyone. I'm glad to hear you'll be riding Dusty again soon.ReplyDelete
I covet your indoor. Also, I'm jealous of how shiny and not-hairy-at-all your horses are. I'm trying not to post pictures of my horses at all right now, for fear that they will be mistaken for yaks.
Sammi has the physique of a Warmblood stallion.... we'll just leave it at that. No need to bring his height up at all.
Sami is such a cute little guy- and just look at his beautiful dapples!
It's been a little too warm here lately, my poor ponies are sweating just standing around the pasture.
Sami is the only one who is not hairy and yak like and filthy. The rest are in the process of shedding out. Maybe it's because he's an Arabian and doesn't have much hair. As for looking like a stallion, well, he hasn't been one for two years now.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
Sami has such an intelligent and elegant head. Beautifully dappled he is too. And what a gorgeous arena you have. I'm not jealous at all ;-)
Hope Donnie's problem will be resolved (or solved, too lazy to look up the correct translation and I'm sure you know what I mean. Not too lazy to type all these extra words though. The mind boggles ;-)) soon. Poor Donnie.
Sammi is adorable.
My guys don't look too hairy until they start to sweat, which is almost immediately in this weather. It was in the upper 70's today and they have only just begun to shed. It's not exactly fair to them to work too hard but you've made a good, gentle start with everyone.
Hope Donnie feels better soon. Glad the vet is coming back to check things out. It is a bit worrisome.
With that nice, big gymnasium to work in, Sami will be in tip top shape to be a starter in the first game of the season.ReplyDelete
He looks stunning!! And so does that perfectly groomed arena. As it gets warmer here I am wishing I could load this crew up and come your way. :)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful arena! Nice that you were able to share the warmth and sunshine with your horse family. Sami is a cutie!ReplyDelete
We seem to have skipped the springtime 70s and gone straight to the early summer 80s (87 today - ick).
Sounds like everyone at your house is off to a great start this spring. Well, except for Donnie (hope you are feeling lots better soon man :o)
"I'm not overweight, I'm just under-tall"
How handsome Sami looks! I was just remembering what shape he was in when you rescued him. He's a lucky lucky horse, as are all of your herd. Love this weather! I only hope that we don't have a sweltering summer since it's this warm already. What's best about it is that there are no flies yet. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
Looks like everyone except Mellon and Donnie are ready to get back under the saddle just in time for the mud. Long winter breaks are terrific for the mind and the weather now ideal for getting back in shape. Good luck with Donnie....ReplyDelete
you and the crew are welcome anytime. we'll keep a pasture open for you!
Wow, Sami looks good! And such a sweet face. Glad to hear spring is having the desired effect, even on Blue ;o) Can't wait to hear about your ride with Dusty. Lovely arena, btw.ReplyDelete
I love your indoor, too, and and I'm jealous about your temperatures being so high. I think saddling is a good idea--for the same reason. Sounds like they're all happy to be back working again.ReplyDelete
That's a good idea lunging them with the saddle on to prevent back soreness when you do start riding.
Now if only we could think of doing something with all this hair we get off in the spring. We'd be in the money!
I think Sammi looks gorgeous - so shiny and sleek.
What a great time you've been having with all of your horses. Life is good!
That all sounds very good. I love your description of Blue knowing what he's supposed to do attitude.ReplyDelete
Oh Sami! He is my favourite. Lovely to see some photos again. He looks more mature now, with or without belly...Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
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1A maskil of David, when he was in the cave.* A prayer.
2With my own voice I cry to the LORD;
with my own voice I beseech the LORD.
3Before him I pour out my complaint,
tell of my distress in front of him.
4When my spirit is faint within me,a
you know my path.b
As I go along this path,
they have hidden a trap for me.c
5I look to my right hand to seed
that there is no one willing to acknowledge me.
My escape has perished;
no one cares for me.
6I cry out to you, LORD,
I say, You are my refuge,e
my portion in the land of the living.f
7Listen to my cry for help,
for I am brought very low.g
Rescue me from my pursuers,
for they are too strong for me.
8Lead my soul from prison,
that I may give thanks to your name.
Then the righteous shall gather around me*
because you have been good to me.
* [Psalm 142] In this lament imploring God for help (Ps 142:2–4), the psalmist tells how enemies have set a trap (Ps 142:4–5), and prays for rescue (Ps 142:6–8). The speaker feels utterly alone (Ps 142:5), exhausted (Ps 142:7), and may even be imprisoned (Ps 142:7). Prison is possibly a metaphor for general distress. The last two verses are the vow of praise, made after receiving an assurance of divine help (Ps 142:7).
* [142:1] In the cave: cf. 1 Sm 22:1; 24:1–3; Ps 57:1.
* [142:8] Then the righteous shall gather around me: in the Temple, when the psalmist offers a thanksgiving sacrifice.
d. [142:5] Ps 16:8; 73:23; 121:5.
f. [142:6] Ps 16:5; 27:13; 116:9; Is 38:11.
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Keith Urban Reassures Fans Before Surgery
Aside from a few one song performances, Keith Urban has cleared his calendar for the remainder of 2011. He says he'll be undergoing surgery to remove a polyp that formed during his most recent tour with Jake Owen.
"I just went a little hard on this tour, and got a polyp on my vocal cords, so [I'm] going to have that taken off," Urban tells Australia's Kyle and Jackie O radio show. "At some point during the tour I hemorrhaged into a vocal cord and then this little polyp formed and it's not going anywhere."
The procedure is fairly common -- in fact, British pop star Adele and Kiss rocker Paul Stanley recently underwent the same operation.
"It's not an uncommon thing, and we've certainly been seeing a lot of it recently too, but I think the technology has improved and so the success of this kind of surgery is much greater now than before. I'm hoping I can continue that tradition!" Urban says.
Urban recently appeared during the Glen Campbell tribute at the CMA Awards and will appear at the 'CMA Country Christmas' special on ABC Dec. 1.


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Sun Microsystems recently announced the official release of the ZFS source code. The highly innovative ZFS filesystem, which represents a revolutionary breakthrough in filesystem technology, is possibly one of the most valuable features of Solaris. When Sun began to liberate the Solaris source back in June, they said that the code for important components like ZFS would also be made available under the CDDL license within a matter of months. Despite a somewhat shaky history with regards to open source promises, Sun has kept its word this time, and interested developers now have complete access to the ZFS source.
ZFS has many compelling features that make it one of the best filesystems ever designed. Engineered from the ground up for superior performance, reliability, and ease of administration, ZFS boldly goes where no filesystem has gone before. A unique pooled storage model effectively eliminates the need for partitioning, support for copy-on-write transactions eliminates the need for fsck-ing while automatically ensuring optimal data integrity, and the built-in compression algorithms can reduce space usage by up to three times while actually improving I/O performance. To put it simply, ZFS kicks some serious ass. The pooled storage model is particularly impressive, and of significant value to system administrators:
ZFS presents a pooled storage model that completely eliminates the concept of volumes and the associated problems of partitions, provisioning, wasted bandwidth and stranded storage. Thousands of filesystems can draw from a common storage pool, each one consuming only as much space as it actually needs. The combined I/O bandwidth of all devices in the pool is available to all filesystems at all times.
Pooled storage is an incredibly fascinating concept, and the way that it is implemented suggests a whole new paradigm for filesystem management and manipulation. In an illuminating blog entry a ZFS developer discusses some of the administrative implications of pooled storage:
It's likely that administrators will be creating a file system for every single user and probably a file system for every project as well. ZFS provides a powerful hierarchical naming scheme for managing this, potentially very large, name space.
The nature of the naming scheme and the flexibility of ZFS filesystem allocation blurs the distinction between filesystems and directories in some ways. Obviously, the power and versatility of ZFS implies the necessity of a strong administrative interface. The ZFS command line interface is quite elegant, and I feel that it will provide administrators with a lot of much needed control.
So, now that the ZFS source code is available for use, will we be seeing it in Linux sometime soon? According to a Sun FAQ about ZFS, a Linux port "is currently being investigated." ZFS was primarily designed for deployment in an enterprise environment where performance and scalability are extremely critical. It was engineered with a totally different set of assumptions, so comparing it to other contemporary filesystems like NTFS or Reiser would probably not be practical.With sophisticated self-healing capabilities and support for a new highly reliable data replication model called RAID-Z, a Linux port of ZFS could potentially become a very popular choice for commodity file servers, but the benefits of ZFS on a desktop Linux system are debatable. If a stable and effective Linux port was available today, I wouldn't hesitate to use it on a production file server.


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Missouri Defeats Arkansas, Undefeated at Home
COLUMBIA -- It was Senior Night at Mizzou Arena, and for Missouri seniors Alex Oriakhi, Keion Bell and Laurence Bowers, their last home game came as a 93-63 win over the Arkansas. The win against the Razorbacks made the Tigers undefeated at home this season, with a record of 17-0 at home.
Laurence Bowers started the game on the right foot for the Tigers, scoring the first five points of the game. Arkansas came back and scored seven straight points, including five from BJ Young. Despite the seven turnovers in the first eight minutes, Missouri hit three straight 3-pointers, including two from Jabari Brown.
At half, the Tigers were up 48-22 over the Razorbacks.
The second half started with five points by Arkansas' Young and Marshawn Powell. Missouri's Bowers, Oriakhi, Brown, and Bell also were main scorers for the Missouri Tigers during the second half.
Bowers had a total of 24 points and 11 rebounds in the game. Other top scorers for the Tigers were Brown with 23 points and Oriakhi with 10 points. Arkansas' Young scored 27 points for the Razorbacks.
The win over Arkansas gives the Tigers a record of 22-8, and 11-6 in the SEC.
Missouri's biggest win against Arkansas was previously in 2006 by 22 points under Arkansas' current head coach Mike Anderson.


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Sharing your pictures with friends on Facebook is convenient! It's also really convenient for creepers you hardly know to peer at your body and digitally stalk you too. And with Facebook's privacy settings so confusing, you need something better. You need McAfee's Social Protection app.
It's potentially a very useful tool for people who are slightly paranoid and/or just don't want their mug all over the Internet. The way McAfee Social Protection works is that it allows you to pick and choose which specific Facebook friends can see your photo. Drunk, naked and sprawled across the street? Let's only show that to your two best friends. Working hard on vacation? Let's give your boss access. For the people you don't allow to see pictures, it shows a blurry thumbnail instead—they have no way to access the photo unless allowed.
Even more, McAfee protects you on a whole 'nother level too—your friends who have access to view the picture can't ever download the pictures. McAfee says there is no way to save, download or even use a screen capture tool to grab your picture (it'll only record a blank space), so you don't have to worry about it being uploaded onto the Internet by someone else. McAfee's Social Protection Facebook app is supposed to become available at the end of the month. Facebook stalkers, your move. [McAfee Social Protection via PC World, Read Write Web]


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Pirates sign free agent catcher Russell Martin
The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced the signing of free agent catcher Russell Martin to a two-year contract through the 2014 season. The announcement was made by Pirates Senior Vice President, General Manager Neal Huntington.
The 29-year-old Martin spent the 2012 season with the New York Yankees and established a career high in home runs (21) while appearing in 133 games for the A.L. East champs. His 128 games behind the plate ranked fifth among all Major League catchers and his 21 homers ranked sixth among backstops. He also ranked third among American League catchers in fielding percentage (.994) and was one of the three finalists in the voting for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award.
Since making his debut with the Dodgers in 2006, Martin has thrown out a Major League leading 216 runners attempting to steal (according to the Elias Sports Bureau), while ranking second overall with a 3.79 Catcher's ERA in that time. A threetime All-Star (2007, 2008, 2011), Gold Glove Award winner (2007) and Silver Slugger (2007), Martin leads Major League catchers in games (777) and innings caught (6573.2) over the last six years (2007-2012). He also ranks third among all catchers in throwing out runners since 2007, nabbing 184-of-611 (30%) potential base stealers.
"With the signing of Russell Martin, we have acquired a quality defensive catcher who is a disciplined hitter that adds power to our lineup," said Huntington. "He also brings experience, leadership and a strong desire to compete and win to our organization."
The right-handed hitting Martin was originally selected by Los Angeles in the 17th round of the 2002 First-Year Player Draft and made his Major League debut with the Dodgers in 2006. In his seven big league seasons, Martin has recorded a .260 batting average, 93 home runs, 418 RBI and a .352 on-base percentage. His 92 home runs and .355 on-base percentage as a catcher in that time rank sixth among all Major League backstops. In addition, Martin is first among active catchers with 80 career stolen bases.
A corresponding roster move will be announced later today to make room for Martin.


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I am voting this year! Are you?
Yes it does. Our votes are an important tool to bring about a change in the system. They give us an opportunity to raise our voice against injustice. But many of us have developed a 'chalta hai' attitude, because we fail to see the power of our votes. This attitude is dangerous for the country. By not voting we are encouraging the status quo.
Whom can we vote? Are there good people to vote for?
Good politicians exist. And they must be given a chance to do the best they can for the country , for its people. We must encourage broad minded politicians and leaders to come forward and take charge and to educate and uplift the society - spiritually, morally and socially.
Well, why should i vote?
As citizens, we must protect our country from those who manipulate issues for their personal gains and who lead by playing vote-bank politics. Those with vested interests support insensible decisions and oppose sensible ones. We have to steer clear of such leaders.
If we do not take initiative / responsibility today it will be too late tomorrow.
Come lets join hands in creating better nation.
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Concave Mirror
It is about seven layers of our existence. Body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, ego and self. I always wonder, which is the innermost layer and which one is the outer outermost? I expressed myself about it, in this article "Concave Mirror". You may agree or disagree. This article is also like "Music of Mind" – some random thoughts!!
The arranging of these seven layers should be like a concave mirror. For concave mirror if the object comes nearer to it, its image goes far from it. The object comes at focal point then its image goes so far that it reaches at infinity. This is the principle in car headlight, torch, lighthouse. The lamp is kept at the focal point of concave mirror so its light reaches far far away. What if the object comes nearer to the concave mirror even after crossing the focal point. The image cannot go beyond infinity. So it goes behind the mirror. In school days, it was further surprising.
There is a link between this concave mirror theory and our spiritual progress. If you go more and more inner and deeper to yourself, your horizons expands. Like if you can overcome your mind, be disciplined and show your integrity then you progress individually. In addition to that just be aware about anger, ego and your emotions. With emotional intelligence you can deal with difficult people and have a team of people working under you. Now just care your team members, followers, understand them, love them and then they will become loyal to you. Your reach expands. You progress further in corporate ladder. You start handling bigger group.
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focal point (F)
You will take more responsibility about your people, their work. You take blame on yourself and you expand further. Who belongs to your family? Yes at beginning you feel only your immediate relatives. As you progress, you include more and more people to you family. Your resident society/neighbors then your
country then everybody in the world. You belong to all and all belong to you. Remember? That dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and his relative (brother? ). He convinced to Gandhiji that when we have family issue at our home, Gandhiji should not jump to social service. Gandhiji agreed and argued that the whole country is my family.
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focal point (F)
(Object at 2x focal point)
So you are going more inner and deeper to yourself through meditation, Yoga, devotion etc. You are approaching to mirror, to yourself, to origin, to center. And your image, your horizon, your influence covers more and more geographical area. At one point, you become enlightened. You got all the knowledge.
|Object's position (S),
focal point (F)
(Object at focal point)
Now you know purpose of life, who are you, why are you, what are you, when you will die, everything you know. Now what? What to do with this body? This human body was given to you to realize yourself. Now it has served its purpose. Yet, you cannot leave it, because the present moment is not your death time. So you will do service. You will look around you. Yes people have so much confusion, misconceptions, misunderstanding about God. So you do something for them out of your compassion. You transfer the knowledge from one era to other era.
|Object's position (S),
focal point (F)
(Object between focal point and mirror)
Now your image has gone behind the concave mirror.
Thanks to my school teacher Mr. Bhabha sir , Mithapur High School (MHS)
Courtesy to Wikipedia for the images.
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Bailey honored by Moorhead ChamberBy BY RECARDO THOMAS STAFF REPORTER,
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Long-time Moorhead resident, John Howard Bailey was presented with the Moorhead Chamber of Commerce's Senior Citizen of the Year Award during Friday' night's banquet at the Herman Thigpin Cafeteria on the campus of MDCC.
Bailey is the Delta community's oldest known citizen at the reported age of 100, with his next birthday celebration just weeks away. The recorded date of Bailey's birth is July 7, 1918. However, his daughter Lillie Nash said, "According to the courthouse, this is the year that records were recorded so they automatically added five years to anyone's birth who was recorded that year. This brings his age to 105."
Bailey, the father of 23 offspring, expressed his joy at receiving such a distinction. "I am thankful to have my strength and health as good as it can be. I thank Jesus that he has allowed me to live as long as I have and I can still take care of my personal needs and think for myself," said Bailey.
And although he has passed the century mark, he is still fairly active. "I love to fish, to work on cars as a mechanic," he said.
Bailey is also the recipient of several "first" honors as well. According to his family, he was the first black man to run for mayor of Moorhead, taking on that challenge in 1961.
He then became the town's first black policeman, and worked at that position from 1962 to 1979 when he became the first black to be employed as a security guard at the then Mississippi Delta Junior College. "I also loved working as a policeman to protect and to serve, said Bailey.
"I appreciate the service award that has been given to me and for straightening out my age," he said.


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This interactive animation packs lots of punch, as it incorporates many types of energy transfers and/or conversions into one Rube Goldberg-style chain reaction. It initiates with a cat batting at a feather and releasing a steel ball. After several steps, the cat's food is released into its feeding dish. The animation is automatically paused at intervals to introduce question-and-answer sets.
This resource is appropriate for grades 5-8. It is part of the Annenberg Foundation's Science in Focus project.
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)
4. The Physical Setting
4E. Energy Transformations
8. The Designed World
8C. Energy Sources and Use
11. Common Themes
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Of course, Skyrim mods are not new—neither is using Skyrim mods to recreate Final Fantasy characters. That doesn't mean we are totally jaded and impossible to impress.
Japanese bulletin board 2ch unearthed a couple screens that apparently show Final Fantasy XIII character Lightning recreated with a "recent" Skyrim mod.
Online in Japan, people are saying the Skyrim mod version of Lightning is better looking than the original character! Not sure about that, but the recreation sure does look impressive.
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