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Progress ~ At long last, an update Holy Umbrella: Dondera´s Wild!!,
# Posted on July 27th, 2009 11:08 PM by Gideon ZhiBefore I launch into the update proper, let me first express regret at the silence on the front page lately. Marathonning Alpha Gaiden like I did was taxing and tiring, and my state of exhaustion is/was not helped by a rigorous work schedule; I do 38 hours over three days, and by the time I come home after that I barely have the energy to do ANYTHING. I´m lucky if I get that energy back by 9PM the night before I have to go back to work. That said, in the last several weeks (not to mention the last several months) I´ve made quite a lot of progress on several of my projects.
To begin with, I´ve reinserted the majority of Holy Umbrella´s text, and it´s gone through an initial alpha test phase. There are still several issues and a couple of untranslated text boxes, but nothing that a few days hopefully won´t fix. See the first of the accompanying screenshots for an example of inserted text.
Similarly, some fairly major strides have been made in Majin Tensei recently. The last of the technical issues surrounding font replacement have finally been resolved, and some theoretical assembly workarounds for text expansion that I´d been thinking about have proven to operate flawlessly in practice. The result is that, at least for now, I can insert roughly 3/4s of the "main" script with no issue, and that the rest shouldn´t be far behind. Meanwhile the demon dialogue has been fully dumped and translated, and is ready for insertion as well, but I want to get the rest of the text into the game before I futz with that any further. Again, see the other accompanying screenshot for a sample of inserted text actually working correctly in-game.
I´m not sure if it´s been mentioned on the front page or not, but Romancing SaGa 2´s script has finally been translated, thanks to Eien ni Hen, translatress extraordinaire. I´ve outsourced script formatting to local forum and IRC junkie Arle, who has already completed a good chunk of the work. Screenshots will be posted as soon as they´re available, but I have no idea how long that´ll be.
The last game I´m going to mention in detail is LUNAR Walking School. As I´m sure I´ve probably mentioned before, the entire game has been hacked and translated, and has been "sort of" ready to go for a while; however, I´d wanted to give its script another going-over before releasing it. Well, I´ve gone through the first of the main plot arcs and done all the edits I´ve wanted. This, if I recall correctly, comprises chapters 1-7, or about half the game. It takes about three to four hours to edit a chapter, so call it fifteen to twenty hours of hard work on my part before this is ready to go. That said, I can only work on one thing at a time, and there are a lot of other things vying for my hours, so don´t expect LUNAR immediately.
All that said, I´d like to remind everyone, myself included, of the loooooooong list of games with translated scripts that are also vying for my time. These are all in varying states of completion, so remember, just because the script is translated doesn´t mean that the game is anywhere near ready for release. So, without further ado, the list, excluding the four games mentioned above: Adventures of Hourai High, Ancient Magic, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, Ganbare Goemon 2, Ladystalker, Lagrange Point, Laplace´s Demon, Madara 2, Makaitoushi SaGa, Megami Tensei, Mystic Ark, Rejoice, Slime Morimori Dragon Quest, Solid Runner, Super Puzzle Puyo 2, Super Robot Wars 4, Super Robot Wars EX, Super Robot Wars Gaiden, Tactics Ogre, and Ys 5. I have not forgotten about ANY of these. It´s a question of time and motivation, both of which have been at an unfortunate premium these days.
Hopefully I´ll have a release coming in the next few weeks, but I´m not going to make any promises. Again, sorry for the silence. I´ve just been extremely tired of late.
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Release ~ Merry Christmas - SRW Alpha Gaiden Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden
# Posted on December 26th, 2008 02:03 AM by Gideon ZhiYep. There´s not much else to say at this point, other than that this is a basically untested beta patch. Also, I´m really sorry for taking so long with this. Because it´s basically an untested beta patch, we ran into some crippling last-minute issues, first with the patch not properly replacing the game´s executable and thus leaving the asm hacks out of the resultant disc image, and second with the Premium Box version of the game just not working at all. Both issues have hopefully been resolved! Note that the patch was developed based on the original release of the game, so patching the Premium Box release has been tested even LESS. But it should work, fingers crossed.
Huge, huge thanks out to Excellen (Chrissy on some boards, Hokuto on others) for her extra-hard work over the last four years translating this game´s mammoth 3+ megabyte script. Thanks also to SilverSonic, whose initial (sadly failed) attempts at translating the script got the project on its feet in the first place! Thanks as well to everyone else mentioned in the readme who contributed to the project, and to Masaki and Iriliane from our IRC channel for performing some last-minute grunt testing on the Premium Box version of the game.
Well, I think that about covers it. Enjoy the game, everyone!
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Miscellaneous ~ Tomorrow´s release# Posted on December 24th, 2008 10:10 AM by Gideon ZhiPlease do not panic if nothing shows up at midnight tonight. I´ve done midnight releases in years past, but this year I´m going to be visiting family today and tomorrow, and will be staying overnight in a place with no internet access. As such, tomorrow´s release will be arriving later in the day, rather than in the morning.
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Miscellaneous ~ It is going to be a good Christmas.# Posted on November 15th, 2008 06:01 AM by Gideon ZhiThe likes of which we´ve not seen in several years! More than I can count on one hand! Just don´t, you know, complain. And I know some of you are GOING to. We went with canon wherever possible.
Yes, I´m being deliberately cryptic. But you´ll like this.
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Progress ~ Last but not least, Madara 2. Madara 2
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:57 AM by Gideon ZhiTom finished this one a while ago, but I never mentioned it, because I do so love posting screenshots of this stuff. But alas, again! Nothing to show for it yet, I´m afraid.
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Progress ~ Lady Leaps Ahead Ladystalker - The Apocalypse Engine
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:55 AM by Gideon ZhiThis one too! Ladystalker has also been fully translated, also thanks to satsu! Unfortunately again, nothing to show for it yet :/
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Progress ~ Hourai High marches onward Adventures of Hourai High
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:53 AM by Gideon Zhisatsu finished translating Hourai High´s script about a month ago, maybe a little longer. Again, nothing to show off, I´m afraid :/ Also, mind not the busted previous news post (and its missing comment link); it´ll get fixed soon.
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Progress ~ Slime DQ Squidges Along Slime Morimori Dragon Quest
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:14 AM by Gideon ZhiJust dropping a quick word about the first - of several - games whose text translations have reached the "complete" marker in the last few months. Slime DQ is the most recent, thanks to Tom/DDS, who is now working on something else for us which I´m sure you´re all rabid for! No screens, unfortunately; I haven´t hacked the text into the game yet, so I don´t really have anything to show off.
Announcement ~ LUNAR announced - feedback wanted LUNAR Walking School
# Posted on August 3rd, 2008 10:42 PM by Gideon ZhiSo here it is, ready to be playtested... or is it? The script is still slightly wooden, in a translated-from-Japanese sort of way. It´s hard to pinpoint what´s wrong with it, and maybe it´s only something that a trained eye can see, but it´s certainly not on par with recent stuff like LaL 2.0. Passable, maybe? I´m not sure.
So, I´m asking for opinions. Would you all rather see another edit pass, or should I just toss it into betatesting? It´s certainly otherwise ready.
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Miscellaneous ~ Looking for investors.# Posted on July 4th, 2008 05:36 AM by Gideon ZhiDo you love what we do here? Do you enjoy older games from days gone by, or perhaps feel that the current generation of games is lacking something? Have you ever wanted to support Aeon Genesis, but haven´t known how?
Well, here´s the thing. I´m looking for investors to help fund what I´ll call a "splinter" operation. This isn´t going to be AGTP, although it will follow similar lines. It won´t replace AGTP either - at least, I hope it won´t - so your favorite WIP projects aren´t going anywhere. (In the event that I AM forced to close AGTP, all current project files will be made public for acquisition by other groups.)
While I can´t divulge much just yet, I have put together a viable business plan; the only problem is, this is going to be stupidly expensive for one person to fund. Now, don´t get me wrong - I´m not asking for free money. I´m looking to drum up some capital that I can then take to a venture capitalist to say, "Look what I was able to raise on my own!" I will *not* take any money until venture capital comes through, and even then you will be paid back with commensurate interest within a few years. This is not without risks, of course, but if I wasn´t confident in my plan I wouldn´t be throwing this out here.
If you´re interested and can help fund this, even a little, please send an email to this address. Let´s do something awesome and show the industry who´s boss.
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The league has ruled Pacioretty commited an illegal hit to the head "in which the head was targeted as the principal point of contact."
Unless he appeals the decision, Max-Pac will miss the Canadiens' games in AnaheimWednesday, San Jose on Thursday and Los Angeles on Saturday. He will forfeit $ 26,351.34 in salary.
Here's Brandan Shanhan's explanation, with video.
"When cutting across the middle on a play like this, all players accept that a full body check may be looming," Shanahan says. "However, what no player should expect is that his head will become the principal point of contact on a hit."
Shanahan said the positioning of Kris Letang's head on the play did not effect the itent of Max Pacioretty's check.
The onus "was on Pacioretty to make sure he didn't make Letang's head the principal point of contact."
While Pacioretty asserted, in his Monday morning phone conversation with Shanhan, that Letang's leaninging into his shot changed the angle of the hit, Shanahan ruled "it is still his reponsibility to make principal contact through the core of Letang's body."
Instead, the NHL disciplinarian ruled, Pacioretty shifted his weight to his right leg, making Letang's head the principal point of contact.
In levying a three-game suspension, Shanahan acknowledged Pacioretty has "no history of supplementary discipline".
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The Central Connecticut women's swimming and diving team fell at Florida International University on Saturday by a score of 146-90. The Blue Devils accumulated 11 top-two finishes on the day with freshman Christine Rasile and junior Karen Novak leading the way for CCSU.
Rasile earned two individual silver medals, one in the 50 yard freestyle with her time of 24.70, and another in the 100 freestyle clocking a time of 53.59. Rasile also helped the 200 yard medley relay squad to second place. The squad, comprised of Rasile, classmate Stephanie Czulewicz and seniors Kristina Gulia and Kellen Power, touched the wall in 1:51.73.
Novak also tallied two second-place individual finishes. She completed the 1000 freestyle in a season-best time of 10:42.62 and also registered a time of 5:17.45 in the 500 freestyle. She also helped the 200 freestyle relay squad to second place, touching the wall in 1:46.53. The squad included Novak, senior Kathryn Kiely, as well as freshmen Kaysha Dassler and Sabree Thomas.
In the 100 butterfly, Power claimed second with her time of 1:00.62. She was followed by freshman Lisa Ward in 1:02.02, good for third, and sophomore Selene Chilton (fourth, 1:03.50). Freshman Janel Crespo touched just after Chilton in 1:03.51.
Chilton also placed third in the 500 yard freestyle with her time of 5:18.20.
In the 100 freestyle, Thomas earned third place, just behind Rasile, with her time of 55.30.
The Blue Devils also performed well in both the 100 yard backstroke and breaststroke, claiming second, third and fourth in each. Gulia finished second in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.62), followed by sophomore Alaina Papiro (1:09.91) and Dassler (1:15.91).
In the 100 backstroke, Czulewicz finished second (1:03.05) and junior Kaylin Sylvester touched third (1:03.64). The pair was followed by Crespo (1:07.10).
From the 1-meter board, sophomore Jessica Goldman, four-time 2013 NEC Diver of the Week, broke her own CCSU record with her score of 258.67, good for second place. Sophomore Kaitlyn Beaver placed third with her score of 210:15. The pair also finished second and third from 3-meters. Beaver claimed second (223.87) while Goldman took third (207.97).
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As students matriculate to college and graduate to the next level of higher education, �it�s your move,� and now you are deciding on your own. Today or next week, you will move out and up.
As students matriculate to college and graduate to the next level of higher education, �it�s your move,� and now you are deciding on your own. Today or next week, you will move out and up.
If I could bring together the third-grade chess club composed of Abigail (my rising freshman at USC), James, Ross, Melody, Taylor, Taylor and Taylor (Yes, I had three �Taylors�) and others I led back for a final lesson as they head off to college or the career of their choice, I would begin by saying, �It�s your move.�
Remember, the motto �As a chess club member, I will think well, act smart and move quickly. And then, I may win!� Remember the times you would begin a move, and I would smile and say �Go there,� while often as many times saying, �Don�t go there.� Let me make some �moving� recommendations.
First, you are a miracle, a creation of God, divinely shaped to be who you are. Be you and move accordingly as He guides you . Go There! Never let the world or a professor or a boss squeeze you into their mold. Also, remember to let others be who they were shaped to be by the God who gave them life. Just because you are the life of the party does not mean everybody else should be. Besides, it could take away from your own personal expression. Or, just because you have a great idea doesn�t mean everyone else�s is stupid. Don�t Go There! It takes all kinds of people to make the world go around.
Second, remember your Creator. There is a God. You are not Him. Neither are those who would cause you to doubt. As Scripture says, �The fool has said in his heart �There is no God.�� Even when a smart person says, �There is no God,� Don�t Go There! Look around you and see the creative evidence of His hand. Begin by looking in the mirror.
Third, show up. Ninety percent of success happens when you show up on time. Go to class. Get to work. Engage yourself in what is going on even if you have to pinch yourself when lectures get boring. Go There! Most people skip and skim. Don�t Go There!
Fourth, obey those in authority over you. Go There! You may not agree with them, and often, you should not agree. Nevertheless, they are in charge. Follow their structure. One day, you will be in charge, and you will want people to follow you and your rules. Don�t take charge. You�re not ready. Don�t Go There!
Fifth, when you mess up, ��fess up.� People of all stripes are so much more forgiving when you tell the truth rather than leave them guessing. Go There! In any relationship, admit it when you blow it. It will save you a lot of negative consequences including lying and self-deception, which are the worst conscience-killing consequences of all. Don�t Go There!
Sixth, value what you say you value and act consistently. For instance, should you choose to get up and go to church on the weekend, the moment you walk in prepared to worship you will change at that very moment. Your value will be driven down deeply for a very simple reason � no one is telling you to go. But Go There! Enrich your faith as you enter the ivory towers of higher education. It will be tested and can be strengthened. You�re big people now. You will be tempted to run past boundaries of what is right and wrong. Don�t Go There! For instance, the law says you cannot drink until you are 21. Even when you can, should you? Stretch yourself, but don�t snap your conscience and potentially lose your life along the way.
Seventh, fail forward. You are not going to get everything right. Choosing friends, introductions, beginning classes, speaking up, trying new things, tests, experiments and everything else in life carries with the risk of failure. To try is to risk failure. To love is to risk not being loved in return. Those who risk nothing have nothing and accomplish nothing. Try and fail. Learn from it. Get better. Go There! When you fail, remember the definition of insanity is to keep doing things the same old way and expecting different results. Don�t Go There!
Finally, come home. It�s where those wonderful yet frustrating, loving yet lacking, wanting to be perfect yet imperfect people are who love you the most. They miss you and in your most candid moments, you will miss them. Stay in touch. Life is all about love. Everything else goes away. It�s your move. I cannot wait to see how you will change the world. Just remember where you have come from and to whom you belong. We love you.
The Rev. Ray Hardee, a graduate of Gardner Webb University, now teaches there. He is senior pastor of Forest Pointe Church in Belmont.


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Having an especially satisfying bowel movement. Can also just mean taking a shit. Named after a man that has bowel movements over 10 times a day.
"I just took a Tucker and I feel better already". It can also be used when experiencing pain. "My stomach is killing me, I think I need to take a Tucker". I'm "taking a Tucker" and somebody comes in and interupts me!
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New Mexico History Museum
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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DateMay 2009
LocationNew Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Exhibition DesignGallagher & Associates
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Visitors read and study a facsimile of this key political document, in which Mexico ceded regions of the southwest to the U.S., while contemporary interviews play out competing interpretations of the treaty.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 is a living document with daily relevance to the people of New Mexico. Bringing together high-resolution images of the full treaty, transcription tools, and historical perspectives, this interactive experience lets visitors delve into specific issues or get an overview of the treaty's history. Video interviews with experts depict different interpretive lenses brought to bear on the treaty. Visitors and students of history beyond the southwest area can experience the interactive online, just as museum visitors experience it on site.
Press & Awards"New Museum Showcases New Mexico's Colorful History," The Associated Press, Deborah Baker, May 14, 2009
Interactive displays are an important part of the museum's mix... [including] a sophisticated, bilingual exhibit on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and made New Mexico a U.S. territory. Highlighted portions of the treaty link to interviews with historians.
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- Kieran Lynn
- Technology Director
- Thomas Wester
- Developer
- Jeremy Brown
- Producer
- Melissa Paugh
- Production Artist
- Rebecca Rosen
- Production/QA Assistant
- Elizabeth Bourke
- A/V System Design
- Romeantics
- A/V Integration
- Electrosonic
- Exhibit Design
- Gallagher & Associates
Project Group
- Project Overview
- Decoding the Segesser Hides
- New Mexico Oral Histories
- Shifting Boundaries
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo


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Project: P-PH 0014(177)421 PCN 546N Brookings County
Location: US14 from west of 22nd Avenue to east of 34th Avenue in Brookings
Improvement Type: Reconstruction
Public Meetings
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) has a long history of public involvement in the development of transportation plans and projects. The 2005 passage of the Safe, Accountable, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requires a public involvement process. Public meetings for the project scope and/or design will occasionally be scheduled to collect public input, provide information and answer questions.
Public Information Meeting - August 15, 2012
Public Information Meeting - November 17, 2011
For further information regarding this project, contact Paul Knofczynski, Project Identification Coordinator at (605) 773-3936.


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One time, I was at the $2 movie theater (R.I. Motherfucking P.) with a bunch of my friends watching the Sigourney Weaver flick Copycat. The theater was packed, not surprisingly, as a $2 trip to the movies in Manhattan was the steal of the 90's. During a climactic scene on a rooftop where Sigourney is nearly killed, when the cops finally show up after the showdown, this kind of drunk guy who'd been annoyingly grumbling throughout the movie exclaimed about the arriving police "Always late....just like my brother!" I don't know why I just told you that story because since it's probably not funny to anybody except me and my friends, but I did. And you read it, so the joke's on you. It's also black history month in case you didn't know, and here I am telling you that with 6 days left in the month. Always late....(fill in the punchline.)
I was drawn to this book Black Girl in Paris in a Brooklyn discount store. I didn't read it, since I don't know how, but I found the image on it's cover enchanting. If this book were set in New York, she'd be sporting a showercap, airbrushed corn chip nail tips, and puffing a blunt an hour on some Jaimee Foxworth steez. But it's not. I had to delve into my brain as to what attracted me to this book. And then I realized, I've seen her before. I know who this girl is. It's one of the most awesome black girls on the planet. The one, the only Surya Bonaly.
Surya Bonaly is the blackest and most fantastic and explosive figure skater ever. Born in Nice, France, and adopted by a white lady, she went on to become France's nine time National Figure skating champion, five time European Figure Skating Champion, and a three-time silver medalist at the World Figure Skating Championships. She unfortunately never won any golds in Worlds, or placed in the Olympics, but her unconventional skating style remains one for the legends, with her signature move, a backflip, which she lands on one foot - and she is the only skater in the world capable of doing this. She's basically the love child of 50 Cent and Serena Williams on ice. I used to skate, and when I was a kid, I thought she was the Sugar Honey Iced Tea.
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Surya now lives in the United States, and does those Professional Ice Skating tours. I can honestly say I haven't had a hankering to see Elvis Stojko in action with his leather pants and vest set spinning through a quadruple toe loop since I was about 12, but now that I know Surya is involved as well, it's on like Donkey Kong. Who's coming with me?


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Chapter 123:2-9 Monthly Reports
Contractors and subcontractors shall provide monthly utilization work hour reports for the contractor's or subcontractor's total workforce within the state of Ohio to the compliance officer of the contracting agency. The report must be filed by the tenth day of each month, beginning with the contract award and continuing until the contractor or subcontractor completes performance of the contract. A contractor's or subcontractor's failure to submit a monthly utilization work hour report shall be a basis for invoking any of the sanctions set forth in rule 123:2-7-01 of the Administrative Code.
Eff 6-9-75; 11-9-80;
Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03 review dates: 3/1/2002
Rule authorized by: Executive Order of 1/27/72 and The Black Elected Democrats of Ohio, et al. v. Richard F. Celeste, Governor, the State of Ohio, et al. (3/18/88), S.D. Ohio No. C2-82-1198, unreported.
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Actress Megan Brown tends every feature.
Mark Sowell begins his transformation.
Megan Brown laces up Valarie Gray-Holmes.
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Monitors residents' conditions; develops and implements nursing care plans; performs routine nursing procedures and treatments; assists physicians and/or RN with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; administers medications; documents nursing care in patient medical records; maintains narcotic and medication records; communicates nursing observations and concerns to other members of the health care team.Education Level
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Khari Pierce necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
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I am a government contractor who has decide to follow his dream of being a chef. I have invested in a mobile kitchen instead of a full restaurant for less overhead. I am very health concious and do not eat red meat or pork. We are grilling our food and are tryingto promote health and wellness. I love to be around people, love to cook and just want people to be pleased. I want people to enjoy there experience of Goode's catering between the food and the staff.
Mobile vending is very big in Washington DC. My audienced is government workers, tourists, and DC residents. It is a good ethnic mix of people who want something different. The crowds will mostly be young adult crowd older adult crowd and during week end events younger kids. Trying to creat a new market with all poultry and health concious but there is a market for it. For differant week end events the food will be differant according to the event. The adult crowd will be the majority of my crowd 21-and over.
I want a look of a vacation, colors like bright carribean colors. A ocean feel I want it to stand out. I would like a chef caracter if possible maybe have wheels somewhere to show it is mobile. I want the writing to be in a creative design or block letters or bubble letters or something. The colors are the biggest thing want the colors to look like looking into the water in the carribean islands royal blues and aqua and ocean green kid of mixed in. An ethnic looking chef or something suttle.
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Vaporizing is advertised as the best way to kick that bad habit of smoking, but critics say it may kick-start a new generation of smokers.
The latest generation of e-cigarettes, also known as vaporizer pens or "vapes," has kicked up a debate about its impact on those who use them.
"Vaping," as it's now commonly referred to, involves a device with a battery-powered heating element that warms a liquid turning it into vapor. People can pick the level of nicotine or hash oil, for marijuana. Similar to a hookah, the user can also choose a flavor.
"You are vaporizing a liquid-based substance as opposed to burning vegetation, which is overall better for the lungs," explained Frank De-Levi. "The vape scene is growing everyday in the Bay Area."
De-Levi just opened up "Only Vapor" in downtown San Bruno, the latest shop in the Bay Area to sell the vapes. He said this is the best way to quit smoking cigarettes, adding he knows this from personal experience and from the stories of his loved ones.
"My brother had been smoking for 20 years. He picked one up, and he hasn't picked up a pack since," De-Levi said.
But it's who is picking up the devices that is worrying some health experts. A recent CDC poll revealed that the number of middle and high school students surveyed who admitted to trying vapes doubled in just one year, to nearly two million in 2012.
For Phil Boissiere, a psychotherapist in San Francisco who always talks to students at local high schools, that is the biggest red flag.
"A kid could use it anywhere, passing between classrooms, in the bathroom quickly," Boissiere said.
He said teens have even confessed to playing a type of "game" – using vapes for both nicotine and marijuana in the same room as their parents.
"Without mom and dad catching on," explained Boissiere. "There are bragging rights: hide where you can, pull it off, who you can do it in front of without getting caught."
It's gotten so popular, people and businesses are hosting "vape meets" where users show off their devices. Candace Garcia, a counselor for students in Santa Clara County, said she's noticed a boom in popularity of vapes in the last year. Garcia said she's also noticed an alarming trend of girls turning vaporizers into accessories.
"It's like if you're pulling out lipstick, you want to look like you match," Garcia said. "So with this e-cigarette or vaporizer pen, if it's hot pink and you have a hot pink purse, it looks cool. So I've seen it a lot."
The color choice isn't the only thing that continues to grow; the technology is also advancing. That leaves some worried about not one, but two addictions.
"It's made a cigarette look like an iPod, it's made it sexy again," Boissiere said. "We all are a little addicted to technology. Whenever you or I pull out our smartphone, there's a little release of dopamine. When people use drugs and alcohol, there's a large release of dopamine. And you've got a double whammy."
And perhaps, it's what's luring in first-time smokers. The same CDC study found about 160,000 of those students who experimented with vaporizers had never smoked an actual cigarette.
"Even if they aren't interested in the drug aspect, they might be interested in the technology aspect of it," said Maria Lara, a school counselor for districts in Sunnyvale and Cupertino. "And that creates a whole nother variable to deal with in this trend."
San Francisco General Hospital Doctor Neal Benowitz is also a nicotine expert with UC San Francisco's Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education. He said the latest generation of e-cigarettes or vapes are far less toxic compared to the first ones that came out 10 years ago.
"I have to say that more recent products are much cleaner so analyzes of products nowadays show much lower level of contaminants," Benowitz said. "They still have some toxins and there are still some concerns, but most likely, e-cigarette users are right that e-cig use, if they stop smoking, will be much less harmful."
Still, he has concerns about impact to the overall population.
"People don't see as many people smoking anymore," Benowitz said. "All of a sudden, people are carrying around e-cigs so smoking behavior becomes renormalized."
Beyond that, Benowitz said there's a major lack of regulation which pushes many questions to the forefront, namely safety.
"Some of the cartridges can be really big and contain a lot of nicotine," he said. "So in theory, if someone were suicidal or a child got ahold of them, they could get a potentially lethal dose of nicotine."
For De-Levi, his personal experience is all the proof he needs.
"I've lost that smoker's cough," he said, blowing out some vapor. "I feel more clear. So an expert can tell me whatever they want, what I feel in my body is going to be the ultimate dictator."
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10 Most Influential Female Nurses of All Time
Nurses impact lives every day. But once in a while, a nurse comes along who touches the lives of the world, and not just her patients. These women went above and beyond for the field of nursing. They served in wars, broke down racial barriers, and campaigned for women's rights. They have become role models for women everywhere, not just nurses. However, nurses can be especially proud to share a title with these ten ladies.
1. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
"The Lady with the Lamp" is the quintessential nurse figure. She cared for the poor and distressed, and became an advocate for improving medical conditions for everyone. In her early life, Nightingale mentored other nurses, known as Nightingale Probationers, who then went to on also work to create safer, healthier hospitals.
In 1894, Nightingale trained 38 volunteer nurses who served in the Crimean War. These nurses tended to the wounded soldiers and sent reports back regarding the status of the troops. Nightingale and her nurses reformed the hospital so that clean equipment was always available and reorganized patient care. Nightingale soon realized that many of the soldiers were dying because of unsanitary living conditions, and, after the war, she worked to improve living conditions.
While she was at war, the Florence Nightingale Fund for the Training of Nurses was established in her honor. After the war, Nightingale wrote Notes on Nursing and opened the Women's Medical College with Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.
International Nurses Day is celebrated on Nightingale's birthday, May 12, each year.


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stan's first shots Stanley had his first vaccinations today. He was such a brave little boy -- didn't cry a bit when he got his shot. But he howled bloody murder when he got his nails trimmed. He got a good health report and is on his way to becoming a big boy. He's already two pounds! wow!
We are so relieved that Mabel is getting along with little Stanley. She is even washing him when he lets her. Right now he's so playful he won't sit still for very long and he keeps swatting at her tail, but she's been very patient. I have to try to get a photo of them together!
After taking him to the vet, I worked on commissions, then ran errands and collected supplies for my classes in Portland next week. I started packing my suitcases for the workshop a little bit, I am so glad I sent 60lbs of stuff ahead because there is no way I could bring everything with me. I am making of lists of what I can buy when I arrive in Portland so I don't have to try to haul it there. Sometimes it's just easier to buy it when you get there. I wonder if there is a Home Depot near the hotel. I will have to find out!
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Hi Claudine, yes, there is a Home Depot only a few blocks from the Embassy Suites Hotel. It's the first light on the other side of I-205, left turn and you're almost there.
Hope your trip to Portland is good. OUr weather has been gorgeous the last few days so hope it holds out. It will be a great time at A&S even if it doesn't!
Hope your trip to Portland is good. OUr weather has been gorgeous the last few days so hope it holds out. It will be a great time at A&S even if it doesn't!
I was just going to write and tell you the same thing! Home Depot is not far away, and there's a Michael's over there too, but you probably already knew that.
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A few weeks ago, Michelle McCool was billed as being in an intergender match on WWE Superstars. I was excited. This would have been real progress for the WWE. When I asked which male Superstar she'd be opposing, I was unfortunately informed that it was a match against Beth Phoenix. It was billed as an intergender match to fall in with the Glam-a-Man moniker that Team LayCool had attached to Beth Phoenix. I was disappointed. I love Beth Phoenix, but the dashed promise of the elusive boy vs girl match was a slight letdown.
I got to thinking about why the WWE are so afraid of pitting women against men. On the surface, it's obvious. This is the PG era, where all WWE programming is produced to be child-friendly. The mere mention of violence against women, even a choreographed wrestling match, would be unacceptable. It would be wholly hypocritical of a company so geared towards entertaining younger viewers to be seen to condone men hitting women.
At Christmas I began playing the Smackdown vs Raw 2010 video game. It doesn't have the facility to allow intergender matches. As in the shows themselves, mixed tag matches are the closest you can get.
When a male competitor is in the ring, you have to make sure your female competitor tags her male partner in. If you're playing as a male Superstar and strike one of the Divas, even accidentally, you lose immediately by disqualification. Though, curiously, if you're playing as a woman and hit a man, you aren't disqualified. On the 19th April episode of Monday Night Raw, while Luke Gallows and CM Punk beat Triple H down to have his head shaved, Serena was encouraged to kick him. But in no way could Triple H have retaliated against Serena.
Even on TNA, which likes to suggest that it is anti-PG by having half its roster spill their own blood on a weekly basis, there is still a certain awkwardness towards men and women fighting each other. During TNA's tour of the UK this February, guest writer Toni reported on how Hamada had practically begged Amazing Red for a match, which he seemed loathed to give her. Amazing Red eventually fought and beat her, but only after displaying an obvious conflict of conscience at being in a match with a woman.
I fully understand why the WWE would be nervous of pushing the matter in the current litigation climate. Wrestling struggles to maintain a respectable reputation at the best of times. It doesn't need an over-zealous parent filing a lawsuit against the company because their son broke their daughter's sternum copying a move he saw Chris Jericho put on Gail Kim, for example. Bad publicity indeed. But the real contradiction is not Violence Against Women vs PG Programming; it's Reality vs Unreality.
Professional Wrestling is something of an alternate universe. Wait. That's putting is mildly. Wrestling is a complete alternate universe where the rules of real life do not apply. This is a world where Rey Mysterio can take on the Big Show and win. A place where seemingly random people run up to CM Punk in the middle of a show and demand that their head be shaved to rid them of their toxic sins. A universe where people are carried out of arenas on spinal boards and carted off in ambulances, only to reappear an hour later with a sledgehammer in their hand to finish the job they started earlier in the show. It's a world where you can physically and verbally abuse your boss and still have a job in the morning.
If we all have enough sense to understand kayfabe, why should the rules be different for intergender matches? Can't John Cena's 'Don't Try this at Home' video cover all aspects of the content?
Ok, so my brother never listened to such advice when we were kids. I was regularly the victim of a Stone-Cold Stunner. But if it's an adequate disclaimer for anything that happens during the show, why not let it be a disclaimer for intergender matches too? If reality played any part in wrestling, Rey Mysterio would win less matches, the police might like to speak with Mr. Punk to ensure that he's not taking advantage of vulnerable members of society, Triple H would still be in traction permanently and The Hart Dynasty would have been fired the day after Wrestlemania 26.
Women and men fighting each other should be no more of a concern than placing a 5'6″ man in the ring against a 7'0″ man. It's not like when Annika Sörenstam asked to play in a Bank of America Colonial golfing tournament on the Men's PGA Tour, and there were genuine concerns as to whether she would be at a physical disadvantage playing against men. Wrestling is a scripted form of entertainment without the need for real world logic.
Just yesterday I was watching a 2007 CHIKARA match where Icarus, Gran Akuma and Brodie Lee took on Cheech, Cloudy and Sara Del Rey. Sara Del Rey did not seem out-of-place in any way. She was just another performer who played an incredible part in the match. She was not treated any differently because she was a woman. In fact, Brodie Lee won the match by lifting Sara up to his 6'7″ shoulders and slamming her into the canvas for the pin. Nobody thought of it as a guy beating up a girl. Nobody feared that Sara had been abused in any way when he rolled her over and shouted in her face. She just happened to be the competitor who lost the match.
This is the fundamental difference between mainstream, primetime wrestling and independent wrestling. Assumed social responsibility and feared lawsuits aside, women in the WWE and TNA aren't valued in the same way that women are in independent wrestling. The Divas match at this year's Extreme Rules Pay Per View was so incredibly insulting that I only continued to watch it because I knew I would have to recap the PPV for this blog. The prospect of a Women's Title match on a Pay Per View should have been thrilling. Instead, I just peeked from behind a cushion while Beth Phoenix and Michelle McCool fought it out in an 'Extreme Makeover' match. This was basically a standard extreme rules match but in place of trash cans, chairs and tables, the ladies had to hit each other with ironing boards, mops, brooms and buckets. They also sprayed each other with hairspray and were allowed used of a large table of make-up akin to that laid out for a grooming challenge on America's Next Top Model.
I'm amazed they didn't send Beth Phoenix out dressed as Rosie the Riveter and Michelle McCool dressed as an aproned 1950s housewife. If Creative were concerned about placing the Divas in a match requiring an extreme stipulation, couldn't they just have gone with a LumberJills match or, even better, a ladder match? They certainly could have ditched the idea of a dumbed-down extremes rules match. The only good thing to come out of this was that Beth Phoenix went away the new and very deserving Women's Champion.
I'm all for irony. It can be fun. But for this match to have been ironic, it would have needed something opposing to be compared to, and there is very little in the WWE which doesn't pander to outdated stereotypes. The Raw brand is particularly guilty of this – sending the ladies out to compete in ballgown matches etc. I'm not even saying that women shouldn't have feminine gimmicks. Strong characterisation is key in all professional wrestling. But when one of the few women in the WWE who looks slightly different to the rest has her face plastered in lipstick because she doesn't fit the standard physical mold, there isn't much hope of any genuine intergender matches any time soon.
At least Beth Phoenix was allowed to enter the Royal Rumble this year. I've mentioned before that while her dalliance in the ring with CM Punk during the Rumble match was short, it was truly exciting and especially memorable.
It seems to me that intergender matches, when done well, are the sign of a confident and respectful franchise. Until WWE begin respecting and trusting the women on their roster to pull off quality wrestling matches and allow them to be more than just supplementary to the male stars, I can't see women being pitted against men. I was informed last week that Creative are discussing ways of strengthening the division. Whether this is true or not is anyone's guess; especially a week after they released both their poster-girl in Mickie James and one of their edgier female wrestlers in Katie Lea. It's difficult not to be cynical, especially when people like Jim Ross have their reservations about a positive future for the women of the WWE, but I'll hope for the best. Once you start expecting less than the best, there's no impetus for those in charge to change anything.


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The Dance Recital. Mom, Christine (Szerejko) Shenette, is on the left. Dancers in the center and on the right are unidentified. Photo, circa 1927, taken in Worcester, MA.
2 comments:
- Joan said...
The little dancers from Worcester, MA, have such a delightful "professional" way about them, could have been from Kiev or Paris. Delightful.
- May 19, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Delightful--a good word to describe that photo. Thank you for your kind comment. If I rmember correctly my mom said she only danced for a couple of years. Back then they were doing pointe at five and six years old! Thankfully they don't do that anymore. I still have one of her tiny ballet shoes. I found it buried in the basement when I cleaned out her house. Wish I knew who the other little ballerinas were...
- May 20, 2010 at 11:40 AM
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On Wednesday morning, the House Agriculture Committee passed the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2012. Passage came after 90 minutes of heated rhetoric, grandstanding and warnings that the budget cut proposals were a threat to the committee's much-touted bipartisanship.
In March, the House Budget Resolution passed, requiring some $33 billion worth of agriculture cuts over 10 years.
The charged atmosphere at Wednesday's hearing was assured when committee-controlling Republicans proposed that nutrition programs — chiefly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) — bear the full brunt of those required cuts. Nutrition programs comprise nearly 80 percent of agricultural spending.
The committee's majority members were put on the defensive immediately by opportunistic Democrats who repeatedly claimed the proposals show harsh disregard for the hungry and poor and would knock children off school meal programs. Republicans insisted that none of the recommendations would prevent families in legitimate need from food assistance.
At the hearing's outset, Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, committee chairman, laid out the thinking behind making the nutrition program cuts.
"Over the past 10 years, the cost of SNAP has nearly tripled — increasing by 270 percent. The cuts we are proposing today cut only 4 percent over the next 10 years. We'll do that in a number of ways."
Among those ways:
- Stop states from "gaming" the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to save $14.3 billion over 10 years.
Lucas charged that states can make "nominal payments to households so that they get an income deduction to help them receive a higher amount in SNAP benefits. In practice, that means that states can game the system by sending a $1 check which can trigger an increase of up to $130 in SNAP benefits."
- Ensure that only cash assistance triggers SNAP eligibility, which will save $11.7 billion over 10 years.
"Many states have implemented categorical eligibility for SNAP, which means that any household who benefits from a low-income assistance program is automatically eligible for SNAP benefits," said Lucas. "Some of these benefits can be as simple as providing a household with a pamphlet or access to a 1-800 number hotline. When states implement categorical eligibility, these households do not need to meet SNAP asset or gross income tests."
- Do away with $48 million worth of yearly bonuses to states for improving SNAP program efficiency. That will save $480 million over a decade.
- Reform funding of Employment and Training (E&T) programs under SNAP.
"Federal formula grants help cover the costs of these initiatives," said Lucas. "However, USDA also provides a 50/50 cost share benefit when states spend more than their federal grant on these E&T programs. By maintaining the federal grant but cutting the 50/50 cost share, we can save $3.1 billion over 10 years, while ensuring that SNAP participants can still access training resources."
- Eliminate inflation indexing for "nutrition education" for SNAP participants to save $546 million over 10 years.
- Save $5.9 billion by "ending an artificial increase in benefits from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
"We're closing loopholes, reducing waste and abuse, and increasing the integrity of the program by ensuring SNAP serves only those households who qualify for the program," said Lucas. "There is no denying that SNAP provides important support for many Americans. That's why it's important that we ensure the integrity of this program."
Predicting the rancor to come, the committee's ranking member, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, wanted "a short and abrupt conclusion" to the hearing. He also wasn't shy in expressing dislike of the House Budget Committee process and its unwillingness to touch the massive defense budget while insisting on cuts in agriculture.
"It's often said that the Agriculture Committee is the least partisan of all the Congressional committees," said Peterson. "We have a bipartisan tradition of being reasonable and a commitment to working together in the best interests of our constituents. I still think that's true — but today, I think, is somewhat of an exception.
"In fact, I would contend this entire process is a waste of time because it doesn't mean anything. The Senate has not agreed to any kind of reconciliation and … most certainly will not touch this bill.
"So, this proposal before us is not serious. You can't have a serious conversation about getting the budget under control when you take large items like defense off the table, which is really why we're here. Taking a meat ax to nutrition programs that feed millions of working families in an effort to avoid defense cuts, is not a serious way to achieve deficit reduction.
"It's no wonder nobody likes Congress."
Peterson said he understood why Lucas needed to "engage in this political exercise. I just caution that if we continue down the path before us today it will be far more difficult (to pass a farm bill). So, the best thing is to just kind of get by this — this isn't going to mean anything anyway."
Committee members then engaged in a predictable series of back-and-forth statements, hewing to party-line positions on all sorts of policies.
At the end of the hearing, California Rep. Joe Baca, voice rising with indignation, pointed out that "we help other countries and are willing to spend all kinds of money on other countries. And we haven't cut (funds) to other countries. … We see other countries being fed and we're not feeding our own people right here in the United States. Where are our priorities? They should be for the people right here."
Baca — whose district contains more than 180,000 households that receive SNAP benefits — then made it even more personal. "Have any of you ever been in a situation where you needed help? Where you needed the SNAP program? Well, I was in that situation. I was struggling and couldn't make it. My wife couldn't make it and we had to feed my child. … Thank God we had food stamps."
He urged the committee to consider such families before passing the proposals. "It's easy to sit here and cut everybody else, but you aren't in that damned situation."
Up to that point, Baca's barbed comments were accepted quietly by proponents of the SNAP cuts. But when he brought religion into the mix, Peterson's earlier concerns about widening the partisan divide seemed prophetic.
"From a religious perspective, the Lord has always told to us to watch others and help others," said Baca. "Love thy neighbor. Take care of that neighbor. If we truly believe in caring about others, we'll do the right thing because God and the Lord and the churches have asked us."
Immediately, Florida Rep. Steve Southerland wanted to debate theology. "I hear oftentimes reference to scripture in the Bible from (the Democrats). I cut my teeth on a church pew, all right? I grew up in a Christian home. My father never dropped us off at church, he parked the car and we went in.
"I'm proud to be a born-again Christian. I'm proud of the fact that He's the Lord of my life. But I know this, sir: nowhere in scripture did God give the instruction to government over us as the individual. I'm just telling you."
Baca and Southerland began to shout over each other as Lucas banged his gavel.
Baca: "He took care of all the people, as well! When He took the bread and divided the bread and gave bread to everyone who was going hungry…"
Lucas, still banging the gavel, called for order.
Southerland ended comments to Baca sharply, demanding he revisit scripture. "Read it, sir! Don't take it out of context. He was speaking to individuals, not government."
Rather than a roll call, the dead-on-arrival legislation was passed by voice vote — likely to provide committee members cover from unhappy constituents.


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Jolla Keynote Speech, SLUSH, 21 November: In Words and Photos
I managed to get a few snaps while Jolla were on stage at the SLUSH event and thought it would be nice to share here although they are a bit grainy due to poor stream quality!
It was a wonderful start to the presentation with all of the Jolla guys taking to the stage in waves. While everyone was still on stage, individuals from each sub-teams then gave a brief overview of what they were trying to achieve and each sub team departed the stage after their representative had finished speaking. So to start there were waves of people coming on stage and gradually waves of people leaving the stage. It was a really nice touch and we loved the tee's!!
After the rest of the Jolla guys had said their parts, CEO Marc Dillon proceeded to charismatically give us the concept behind Jolla: one of openness, connectedness, community, and ultimately making partnerships. You could really feel the energy being given off by Dillon and by this stage there was a real buzz.
Next, Dillon introduced CIO Sami Pienimäki to talk about some of the partnerships. Unfortunately I missed getting a photo of Sami speaking of the China partnership with D.Phone. After Sami and next up, CIO Stefano Mosconi invited Dillon back up for a team hug (sweet moment), and continued to talk about Jolla wanting to redefine the idea of open source.
After Stefano, Dr. Antti Saarnio took to the stage to drill into the way Jolla planned to make the business profitable… he quipped about selling the Jolla tee-shirts at the event! He also went on to talk about partners who Jolla had linked up with – we can see 'myriad' clearly in the background slide image and have also since had confirmation that Sailfish will be Android App compatible.
Next, CEO Marc Dillon returned to the stage to introduce the UI video for Sailfish:
After the video presentation, Dillon commenced to introduce us to the Sailfish UI starting with the lockscreen.
After discussing the lockscreen, we moved to the multitasking which looked very innovative. For example he showed how you could go into the music player, then from the multitasking screen you could control the music player without going back into the player itself. For instance a swipes on the multitask panel for the music player paused the player and another swipe on the panel skipped the track. This idea also worked with for example the phone multitasking panel where one swipe displayed contacts and another swipe showed the dialler all without going into the app itself.
Finally, he talked about the homescreen which really looks nice indeed just sorry the grainy photos don't do it any justice!
And that was a wrap – it seemed to pass by in seconds and I was buzzing throughout (and still am!). It was really nice to see the guys behind Jolla and I think they did a fantastic job under the circumstances (mic not working at one point, sound issues during the UI demo). During some parts, I wished it could all slow down a bit because it felt like the speeches were passing by so quickly but they do have a strict time limit and admittedly I was trying to write and save photos at the same time!
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Final online usage numbers for 2012 released on January 1 confirmed that Windows 8 failed to match Windows Vista's uptake pace during its first two months.
Preliminary numbers from Net Applications last week indicated that Windows 8 would end the month behind Vista's uptake at the same point in its release cycle. The new data confirmed the earlier projections.
According to the US-based analytics firm, Windows 8's December global usage share was 1.9% of all Windows PCs, slightly lower than the 2.2% Vista posted in early 2007 after two full months of availability.
Windows 8 did make its strongest showing in the month's final week, however. In the week ending December 29, which included Christmas, Windows 8 accounted for 2.1% of all Windows systems, a jump of 0.4% from the week before.
It was Windows 8's largest week-to-week increase since its October 26 launch.
The inability of Windows 8 to keep pace with Vista is a troubling sign for the new operating system. Vista was pegged a failure, in part because it was adopted by relatively few customers, so associations with that flop rather than with the triumphs before and after - Windows XP and Windows 7 - could paint Windows 8 with the Vista brush.
While Windows 8 competed with Vista in uptake, it clearly has lost the battle with Windows 7. By the end of Windows 7's second month of availability, the 2009 OS powered 6.2% of all Windows machines, or more than three times Windows 8's current share, Net Applications' data showed.
But Windows 8 debuted in a decidedly different environment than did Vista, or even Windows 7.
Analysts, who have been predicting a weak reception for the new operating system for months, have cited a sweeping set of reasons for their forecasts. One, enterprise upgrade fatigue - companies that recently moved from Windows XP to Windows 7 have no stomach for another migration anytime soon - puts Windows 8 in the same boat as Vista.
In 2007, most businesses relied on Windows XP, a proven workhorse with more than five years behind it. Few bothered to tackle Vista. Windows 8 faces a similar situation, with the three-year-old Windows 7 now widely used by enterprises. Experts have said it's unlikely companies will migrate to Windows 8 because of the robustness of Windows 7 and their recent move to it.
Economic conditions may also be playing a part in Windows 8's lethargic uptake, although the data doesn't completely explain the new OS's sluggishness.
The Consumer Confidence Index, a widely-cited economic indicator, averaged 68.3 in the last two months of 2012, a far cry from the high-flying 109.7 of Vista's initial two months of availability during the first quarter of 2007. By that metric, it's understandable that Windows 8 lags behind Vista.
But during the first two months of Windows 7 PC sales, the Index was even lower than currently, with an average of just 49.7 for the final two months of 2009, when the US was in the throes of a major recession after the financial implosion in 2008. According to the Index, Windows 8's uptake should be greater than Windows 7's. It's not.
Instead of leaning on only upgrade tendencies and economics, most analysts have hammered a different observation: Unlike its two precursors, Windows 8 - and the PCs that run it - must compete with tablets, a device category jump-started by Apple's iPad in April 2010.
Under that explanation, dollar defections to tablets translates into a slow-down in PC sales - and corresponding sluggishness in new operating system's uptake.
It's clear that users, whether consumers or enterprise workers, are increasingly choosing tablets - virtually all of which run a non-Microsoft OS - as their mobile device. That reduces sales of Windows machines, especially notebooks, and generally lengthens everyone's PC refresh cycle.
Research firm IDC, for instance, recently raised its 2012 tablet sales forecast to 122 million devices, up 72% from 2011. Meanwhile, sales of PCs - although still dwarfing tablets - have stalled, and will likely come in flat for the year or even down from 2011.
Last October, IHS iSuppli forecast the latter, noting that if its projections turned out accurate, 2012 would be the PC market's first annual decline since 2001, when the "dot-com" bust traumatised the industry.
Net Applications' numbers also reported on trends other than Windows 8's uptake.
Windows XP lost 0.7% last month to close the year at 39.1% of all personal computers, or 42.6% of Windows-only machines. Vista slipped slightly as its share continued to edge toward zero.
Meanwhile, Windows 7 picked up 0.4%, ending December with a 45.1% share of all PCs and 49.2% of all Windows PCs.
Windows overall gained ground last month, increasing its share by 0.3%, the largest increase since last March. At the end of 2012, Windows powered an estimated 91.7% of the world's personal computers, down half a point for the year, just a third of Windows' loss during 2011.
Mac OS X and Linux both lost share in December, with the former down 0.2% to 7.1% and the latter off less than 0.1% to 1.2%. Apple's operating system finished the year up 0.7%, while Linux was down 0.2%.
Net Applications measures operating system usage by tracking unique visitors to approximately 40,000 sites it monitors for clients.


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The Souls series is a genre unto itself. Brutally unforgiving, the games are polarising. Some say that they're masochistically hard, while others claim that they're masochistically hard and they want more. Well, the initial niche that followed Demon's Souls became a million strong with Dark Souls, and with the recent trailer shown of Dark Souls II, we had to ask its two biggest fans of the series what their thoughts are right now.
Anyone with any other thought than, "nice CGI," is talking out their ass.
What? LOL
I'll answer that question when I actually see the damn game and know more about it.
I don't think anything of Dark Souls 2 because i haven't seen any gameplay yet. Making judgements on something that doesn't exist yet is what a moron does.


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Investigators Seek Cause of Plymouth Fire
PLYMOUTH, Minn. (AP) - Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a multiple-alarm fire at a Plymouth apartment building that displaced residents of at least 20 units.
Fire departments from as far away as Eden Prairie and Bloomington were called to help fight the fire that heavily damaged the 62-unit building in the Vicksburg Village complex early Friday. It was reported around 4 a.m. and was largely contained by about 7:30 a.m.
There were no serious injuries, though a few residents were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
Plymouth Fire Chief Richard Kline says the first started on a third floor deck.
He says the building did not have a sprinkler system but met city code because it was built before sprinklers were required.
The Red Cross is assisting displaced residents.


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"Black Nativity" to star Whitaker and Bassett
The musical Black Nativity will start production in late January 2013 with Oscar winner Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland") attached as the male lead, opposite Angela Bassett and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls"). Fox Searchlight will distribute the film.
A few months ago, the studio decided to shut the film down before production began in October due to the lack of a Black male lead that can carry a film and match up with Bassett and Hudson. It stated that Samuel L. Jackson had backed out of the role and Laurence Fishburne had turned it down. Sources said that Jackson was never on board to begin with
'Black Nativity' tells the story of a teenage boy from Baltimore who is sent by his single mother to Harlem to spend Christmas with the grandparents he's never met. Through his grandfather's Christmas Eve sermon, he learns about the importance of faith and family. Hudson will play the mother who hasn't spoken to her father since they had a falling out after she got pregnant. Bassett and Whitaker will play the boy's estranged grandparents, Rev. Clarence and Aretha Cobbs. Whitaker is expected to play multiple characters during the Nativity sequence.
Lemmons is writing and directing the film based on Langston Hughes' gospel musical that was first performed on Broadway in 1961. Casting director Tracy 'Twinkie' Byrd is currently putting together the rest of the cast. Production will run from January to March 2013 in New York City.
Bill Horberg and Celine Rattray will produce with Galt Niederhoffer and Daniela Taplin Lundberg, while Joy Goodwin will executive produce.
Whitaker had directed Bassett in the 1995 romantic comedy-drama and blockbuster hit "Waiting to Exhale" that also starred the late Whitney Houston, Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine. Whitaker also played Hudson's father in the 2008 film, "Winged Creatures."
He will next be seen opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Last Stand," which theaters on Jan. 18 and he recently completed production on Lee Daniels' film, "The Butler."
Freeman to stars in 'Now You See Me'
The trailer has been released for 'Now You See Me,' which is directed by Louis Letterier (Clash of the Titans) and opens on June 7, 2013.
The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Isla Fisher, Melanie Laurent, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, Common and Michael Caine.
The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic ATLAS (Jesse Eisenberg), perform a pair of high-tech magic shows, first astonishing audiences by robbing a bank on another continent, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funneling his millions into the audience members' bank accounts.
FBI Special Agent DYLAN (Mark Ruffalo) is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes—and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he's forced to partner with ALMA (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation he turns to THADDEUS (Morgan Freeman), a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery. One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is key to ending the magicians' crime spree. Could it be Thaddeus? Or Alma? Or could it really be…magic?
As pressure mounts and the world awaits the Horsemen's spectacular final trick, Dylan and Alma race to find an answer. But it soon becomes painfully clear that staying one step ahead of these masters of illusion is beyond the skills of any one man—or woman.
Film Festival Spotlight
The San Diego Black Film Festival will be held from Jan. 13 til Feb. 3, 2013. It was established in 2002 and is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of African American and African Diaspora cinema as well as the education of media arts.
Held each year in late January, the San Diego Black Film Festival is one of the largest black film festivals in the country.
As the San Diego Black Film Festival enters its 11th year, we're more excited than ever. The event continues to experience tremendous growth and is now one of the largest black film festivals in the country and second largest on the west coast. Our motto is "Spotlight on African American and African Diaspora Cinema." We screen over 100 films each year: Comedy, Drama, Documentaries, Animation, GLBT, Horror, Religious, Foreign/African Diaspora, Shorts, Feature Films and music videos.
As the first and largest black film festival of the year, numerous film festival reps scout new films from us for their event. Simply put, each year the San Diego Black Film Festival will premiere a large percentage of the films that will go on success, through out the year at other film festivals, nationally and internationally.


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Last week, after much humming and hawing and debating, my wife and I (and my daughter, of course) got a puppy. Eight weeks old and small-for-now-but-will-get-giant, the only thing he is trained for is to be unpredictable.
We already have an eight year old dog that we also got when he was eight weeks old. He is calm and predictable – a known evil if you will.
Here are three things I've learned so far about getting a puppy. It's remarkably like deciding to sell your home and find a new one.
- Each puppy experience is different.
Assuming your new puppy is going to act, learn, and be like your current dog is crazy. My last dog was calm, docile, and timid. My new puppy jumps off the patio into the flower pots, does a commando roll then flies across the grass in a matter of seconds. Assuming the sale of your current home will proceed in the same way the sale of your last home did falls along these same lines.
Your last home sold in two days with five offers, each of which was a larger amount over your asking price. This sale will most likely be very different. Sales cycles differ. Market conditions differ. The process, documentation, and approach will have changed.
- Professional trainers are worth their weight in gold.
We took my old dog to training classes when he was a puppy. I'd argue that's why he's turned out to be the way he is: in a good way. We decided to take our current puppy to the same training classes. Same company. Same trainers. Same set of classes. The last time we worked with them, things worked out well. They were professional. They offered good advice. They were knowledgeable, and had our best interests in mind.
Your real estate professional is worth their weight in gold, much like the puppy trainers. True, we still had to do some of the work with our puppy, but the trainers provided information, guidance and expertise. They had the knowledge to handle a lot of the unknowns for us and aligned our actions with the end goal which helped us an incredible amount along the way.
- You've forgotten how much work a puppy is at the beginning.
They're a lot of work. An incredible amount of preparation, planning, supervision, and mindfulness. It's been awhile since your last move? You most likely forgot that preparing your home for sale, having showings, dealing with offers and questions takes a great deal of time, effort, and focus. It's worth it in the end, but sometimes it's hard to keep the end result in sight.


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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
April 2010
Brighter is Better
Seminar speaker describes potential of next-generation light sources
Dr. Gwyn P. Williams, Deputy Division Head, Free Electron Laser, Jefferson Laboratory
Like the flocking of the starlings versus the study of a single bird, a complex system cannot be understood by looking at a single element within the system. Enlarge Image
Dr. Gwyn P. Williams, Deputy Division Head of the Free Electron Laser at Jefferson Laboratory, believes the future is bright for imaging science using next-generation light source tools. "I only wish I was 39 years younger," he said in a March 30, 2010, lecture, Light Sources as New Tools for Science, to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers. "I see tremendous opportunities for all of us—especially young scientists who want to get ahead of the game."
It takes good light to get a good picture: Powerful, coherent beams of light are at the heart of producing images with atomic resolution at femtosecond frame rates, Williams said. Scientists will need tools this fast and with this fine a resolution to see chemical, materials and biological processes taking place. More than 12 reports on basic research needs from the Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) define the specific drivers for brighter, faster light sources.
Williams noted there are many scientific drivers for developing next-generation light sources: First, the behavior of many complex chemical and biological systems is not well understood. And, the time when scientists could take a reductionist approach by understanding the behavior of a single molecule or cell has passed. New tools are needed to collectively study the complex interplay between electronic, spin, vibrational and phonon excitations (elevation in energy level above a baseline state) of matter. Scientists need to study these systems from the inside, essentially watching dynamic reactions as they occur through the images produced by light source tools.
Williams used a nature analogy to illustrate the need for studying complex systems apart from their individual elements. "I suppose you have starlings here?" he asked. Then, he showed a photo of starlings' flocking behavior, pointing out that understanding this behavior would never have emerged from looking at individual starlings.
With new tools scientists might be able record the ultrafast dynamics of chemical processes, almost like a filmmaker records a movie in frames per second. They could potentially view self-assembly of new materials. Or, develop a better understanding of cell dynamics.
The future of brightness: Williams went on to describe the Jefferson Laboratory proposal to BES for a new user facility, called JLAMP for Jefferson Lab Amplifier. The proposal would modify the existing infrared/ultraviolet 4th generation free electron laser light source to provide atomic-resolution light pulses by increasing the electron beam energy to 600 million electron volts (MeV). JLAMP would potentially deliver 50 femtosecond pulses at very high repetition rates—brighter and faster than any existing X-ray light source in the nation. If funded, JLAMP could be up and running in 5 years according to the schedule in the proposal.
An attendee pointed out that this level of resolution will potentially provide terabytes of data every femtosecond. This data glut would pose a challenge for effectively understanding what is happening at the molecular level. Williams agreed. He noted it was discussions with scientists such as those attending his talk that could help spark solutions to these issues.
Williams concluded his talk with an invitation to PNNL to work with his team in furthering imaging science and tool development.


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Eva Longoria is backing up her beauty with a whole lot of brain. The actress graduated with a master's degree Wednesday.
Longoria, 38, took home a real degree (not an honorary one) in Chicano studies from Cal State Northridge, where she physically attended classes for three years, according to TMZ.
"Big day today!!! Very excited to graduate for my master's degree in Chicano studies! You're never too old or too busy to continue your education!" the actress wrote on her Who Say site Wednesday, sharing loads of pics of her big day, posing with her family, cohorts and diploma.
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The "Desperate Housewives" alum began the program while she was working on the ABC drama, which wrapped its eighth and final season in 2012, and even completed her schoolwork on the set, her rep told TMZ.
She titled her thesis "Success STEMS From Diversity: The Value of Latinas in STEM Careers." "STEM" is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math. The petite actress also has a bachelor's of science degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M University, according to IMDB.
Longoria celebrated the happy occasion with none other than her parents, friends and family.
"In my cap and gown with mom and dad! I look like Harry Potter!" she wrote, posting another pic. And friends in the Twitterverse and online were quick to send her congrats.
"Huge congratulations on your graduation today!!!! From Canne to Cap and Gown. You are really something. Xoxo m," her "Desperate Housewives" co-star Marcia Cross tweeted.
"Congrats Eva! I remember you studying on set -- that is one major accomplishment. You are living life to the fullest. xxx" wrote her other "DH" co-star Dana Delany.
"proud of you Eva," said "Franklin & Bash" actress Garcelle Beauvais.
"She does these things with such ease and grace," actress Jane Fonda wrote in a blog post, mentioning that after Longoria auctioned off a date with herself at her charity event during Cannes, she jetted back to L.A. to catch her ceremony.
Now that's dedication. But you can just call her Master.
At the ceremony!say.ly/NeW5SLS— Eva Longoria (@EvaLongoria) May 23, 2013
In my cap and gown with mom and dad! I look like Harry Potter! say.ly/zdO5SK5— Eva Longoria (@EvaLongoria) May 23, 2013
Aaand here it is! Me and my diploma! say.ly/Lhy5SOQ— Eva Longoria (@EvaLongoria) May 23, 2013
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