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Posted By Wiki11 | On February 18 2018 | Tags: Swift TEAMDSG GarciaRios GarciaRios philly | Keywords: Danny Garcia, Dany Garcia, Philadelphia boxer Danny Garcia, Brandon Rios, WBC welterweight champion, Mandalay Bay Events Center, Danny Garcia Wiki, Danny Garcia Age, Danny Garcia Family, Danny Garcia Birthday, Danny Garcia Birthplace, Danny Garcia Height, Danny Garcia Weight, Danny Garcia Total Wins, Danny Garcia Total Knock Out, Danny Garcia Knock Out, Danny Óscar García, welterweight
Philadelphia boxer Danny Garcia knocks out Brandon Rios with a vicious powerful right hand punch. It took 9 rounds by Former WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia (34-1, 20 KOs) to overpower Brandon Rios (34-4-1, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center. It was Garcia's first fight after narrowly loosing welterweight title unification bout last March and Garcia sent shock-waves in violent fashion.
Garcia established himself again among elite fighters at 147 pounds by knocking out Brandon Rios and he became just the second opponent to knock out Rios in the former lightweight champion's 39-fight, 13-year pro career. According to Garcia, Rios recklessness left him open for counter shots and he got the benefits in a big way. Garcia says
I felt the ring rust a little bit in the beginning. I wasn't as sharp as I wanted to be. He's a good inside fighter and he was giving me some good inside cuts. It was a good nine rounds. He came to fight but I was prepared for it. I came to box, and I did that. I came to bang, and I gave the fans what they wanted with a knockout.
I just noticed when I was getting my punches off he was in front of me, and I just let the straight right hand go. … I was using the lateral movement and that's why I probably couldn't get him out of there early, because I was giving him the benefit of the doubt by coming forward. But as soon as I got the fight in the middle of the ring, like I wanted in the later rounds, then I took it to the middle and landed good shots.
Although Brandon Rios wanted to continue and was able to stand on feet, referee Kenny Bayless took his time and asked Rios to walk forward before closing off the fight at 2:25 of Round 9.
Rios said
I'm a little mad because I don't go out like that. I'm a warrior and I got back up, and I was ready to continue. But I guess the corner stopped it, but I'm f**king mad, man. I'm mad. I'm mad. I know they love me and everything, but I was still breathing. I was still walking around. I got up fine. They can stop it when I'm almost f**king dying. I'll die in that ring. That's the kind of warrior I am. I'm mad because I got up
After looking at Thurman, Garcia said
No doubt, I would love the rematch with Keith Thurman. But it's on him. Whenever he is ready, we can fight. I took the loss like a true champion and I bounced back like a true champ.
Nickname: Swift
Real Name: Danny Óscar García
Age: 29
Birthday: 20 Mar, 1988
BirthPlace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Weight: Light welterweight
Height: 5' 8.5" (174 cm)
Reach: 68 1⁄2 in (174 cm)
Nationality: American
Stance: Orthodox
Total Fights: 35
Total Wins: 34
Wins by Knock Out: 21
Losses: 1
Father: Ángel García
Occupation: Boxing
Posted By Wiki11 | On February 13 2018 | Tags: wimbledon asicstennis ausopen johannakonta eastbourne actionwoman | Keywords: jo konta, radwanska, konta tennis, kvitova, j konta, konta johanna, konta tennis player, kerber, johanna konta, johanna konta wiki, johanna konta age, johanna konta height, johanna konta residence, johanna konta birth place, johanna konta tennis, konta, konta wiki, konta age, konta height, konta residence, konta birth place, konta tennis
British No 1 tennis player Johanna Konta again excited to repeat last year's
Wimbledon bomblast this summer. Konta is planning to play again in the
Nottingham Open, Birmingham Classic and Eastbourne International in the lead-up to the
grass-court Grand Slam. She was the runner-up in
Nottingham Open last year in July and became the
first British woman to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals after Virginia Wade in 1979.
The Eastbourne tournament is particularly popular because of Konta because her family home is within stone's throw distance away of the Devonshire Park complex that hosts the event.
Since there is only 3 weeks remaining between
French Open ending and Wimbledon starting and she suffered a less successful time and was upset by Bernarda Pera in the second round of the Australian Open last month, Kontaannounced that she is again preparing to get the maximum amount of grass-court practice before her home grand slam.
According to Konta:
These tournaments provide me with the perfect pathway to Wimbledon. Last year it proved to be the best preparation possible as I enjoyed my most successful Wimbledon ever, and hopefully it will have the same effect for 2018.
The grass-court season is one of my favorites and nothing compares to competing at home with passionate fans, friends and family who are behind you all the way.
I know I'm incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd and especially in Eastbourne, where my family home is just a stone's throw away from Devonshire Park. It's such a special feeling.
As always I know there will be a really strong player field at Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne and I'll face some tough opponents in competitive matches, but I can't wait to get on court and fly the flag for British tennis.
Full Name: Johanna Konta
Age: 26
Date of Birth: 17 May 1991
Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality: British, Australian and Hungarian
Residence: Eastbourne, England, UK
Country: Australia (2008-2012), Great Britain (212-Present)
Height: 5ft 11inch (180 cm)
Relationship Status: Single
Boyfriend: Jackson Wade
Father: Gábor (a hotel manager)
Mother: Gabriella (dentist)
Grand Father: Tamás Kertész (football player)
Half Sister: Eva Emese
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach: Esteban Carril (2014–2016), José Manuel García (2015–2016), Wim Fissette (2016–2017), Michael Joyce (2017–Present)
Prize Money: $5,000,00+
Singles Career Title: 3 WTA (Women's Tennis Association)
Singles Career record: 312–182
Singles Highest Ranking: 4
Singles Current Ranking: 11
Doubles Career Title: 0 WTA, 4 ITF (International Tennis Federation)
Doubles Career record: 66-66
Doubles Highest Ranking: 88
Doubles Current Ranking: 286
Johanna Konta was born in
Sydney, Australia. Her parents met in
Australia. She spent her childhood in
Collaroy, Sydney's Northern Beaches. At the age of 8, she was first introduced to tennis at an after-school program and at the age of 14, she began attending the Sanchez Casal academy in
Barcelona. Later on, her family settled in
Eastbourne, East Sussex. She became a British citizen in May 2012 and then switched her sporting allegiance
from Australia to Britain.
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I have an embarrassing amount of brownie recipes in my file. Caramel brownies, cookie dough brownies, mint brownies...but every one needs just one perfect classic brownie recipe. It's like the black pencil skirt in your wardrobe. No matter how many trendy and colorful clothes you might have in your closet, you always go back to the pencil skirt. It's timeless. This right here is your black pencil skirt brownie. A perfectly moist and gooey brownie with just the right amount of cracking on the top that never goes out of style. This recipe also has a special place in my heart as well. Leaving everything and everyone that you love to move to the other side of the world can be a scary and lonely thing. A few weeks after we moved in, Julie (of the chocolate cake fame) showed up on my porch with a plate of the most delicious brownies and a warm embrace. My heart and my stomach were full and I knew right then that we would be just fine.
1 C butter, melted
½ C cocoa powder
2 C sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 C flour
2tsp baking powder
1 C chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350. Melt the butter, add cocoa, sugar, vanilla, eggs and beat all together with an electric beater until smooth.Add the flour, baking powder and chocolate chips. Stir together and pour into 9x13 glass baking dish and bake for 35-40 minutes until the center is just set.
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Just before Christmas I visited a man who has been incarcerated. We have been friends for a long time. The recent circumstances of my friend's life have motivated me to remain close to him.
During the course of our conversation, I asked, "What seems to cause you the greatest struggle?" He lowered his head. After a brief silence, he tearfully responded, "I question, Will I ever experience true happiness again?" He continued haltingly, pensively, rehearsing the actions of his past that had put him out of touch from all that once meant everything to him.
The book of Nehemiah traces the actions of Nehemiah in leading the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The sin of the nation of Israel had placed them far from their beloved homeland. The Bible has a lot to say about the "wages of sin." Sin always leads us to places that we don't want to be.
We don't know all of the sentiments of Nehemiah as he lived through the "prison" of his captivity. There must have been something about his character, in spite of his circumstances, that caused his rise to being cupbearer to the king. I have often heard that the isolation of imprisonment only enhances ones skills as a law breaker. Nehemiah was different. His character remained in tact. He was promoted to a trustworthy job. There were reasons for him to be a happy captive.
Any peace of mind that he might have had was destroyed, however, as he conversed with one of his fellows who had just returned from Jerusalem. He simply asked his friend a question. "How are things going in Judah?" Hearing a description of the fallen down walls of Jerusalem and the gates being burned with fire stole any contentment that he once had.
My imprisoned friend has often said to me, "If I could just find a "re-wind" button. If I could somehow erase the wrong that I have done. If I could somehow heal the hurt. But I can't." Why should his face not be sad?
Nehemiah couldn't hold back the tears. He mourned for days. His visits to the king couldn't conceal his sadness. It was on one of those days of sadness that the king questioned his cupbearer. "Why is your face so sad, since you are not sick?" Nehemiah responded with a question of his own. "Why should my face not be sad? The city, the place of my fathers tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire?" Nehemiah 2:3
The tears of Nehemiah and the nobility of King Artaxerxes, resulted in the end of a sad story. Nehemiah was granted release to return to his homeland for the purpose of rebuilding the city of Jerusalem.
Statistics make it clear that some people cannot survive life outside of prison. Years of bondage seem to acclimate some to the security that imprisonment provides.
The Christian life is not a call to perpetual sadness. There is reason, however to experience sadness in a world like ours. Our recent Christmas season became clouded as we were forced to ponder the actions of a lone gunman who masacred more than twenty small school children. "Why should my face not be sad?"
The words of an old Gospel song seem to catch the sentiments of my remarks. "This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from heaven's open door and I can't feel at home in this world any more."
Paul captured these thoughts another way. "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Romans 8:18
Like my incarceraed friend, like Nehemiah, like Paul, let's not get so acclimated to the prison of the present that we lose the capacity to be saddened by "the wages of sin."
"Why should my face not be sad?"
Farewell, my blogging group. It's been a fun year.


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Zapp! English Listening 3.7 – Entertainment
In this unit you are going to get better at listening to natural conversations about entertainment and how people spend their free time. You'll hear a variety of speakers describe their hobbies and how they entertain themselves, as well as discussions on TV and the role it plays in people's lives. The recordings will also help increase your vocabulary relating to sports, pastimes and leisure activities.
Real English conversations contained in this listening
Here are some details on the different people, conversations and accents contained in this Real English Listening:
- 3 speakers individually explain how they spend their free time and what kinds of entertainment they prefer when they are in Spain and in their home countries. Pam is from Scotland, Kami is from the USA and Laura is from the UK.
- 1 longer free discussion between the same 3 speakers develops the points in more details and discusses the good and bad things about TV as well as their viewing habits. Both of these recordings take place over cups of coffee in a local cafe, with all the background noises usual in this environment.
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Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg
Representing Birth Injury Victims Suffering From Head Trauma
While there are various birth injuries that can occur during the labor and delivery process, one of the most serious types of birth injuries that a newborn can suffer is head trauma. An infant's head is typically the first body part to enter the birth canal and tends to withstand the majority of the pressure that occurs during a delivery. In addition, complications often arise during deliveries warranting the need for more intensive measures.
Devices such as vacuum extractors and forceps are the medical devices that are generally utilized by obstetricians. Unfortunately, these assistive devices are often used improperly or with excessive force causing serious head trauma. These injuries can range from mild to severe and can be temporary or permanent.
Common Newborn Head Injuries
Some of the more common types of newborn head trauma caused by birth injury are:
Skull Fracture:
The bones on an infant's skull can be fractured during the birthing process. Fractures can occur during a difficult delivery from the tremendous pressure that is exerted on an infant's head as it travels through the birth canal. The use of forceps or vacuum extractors can also cause skull fractures. A linear skull fracture is a thin break in the cranial bone that looks like a line. The bone is not depressed or distorted in any way. Linear skull fractures usually heal within a few weeks with no intervention. A depressed skull fracture occurs when part of the cranial skull is crushed inwards toward the brain causing an indentation or depression. Surgery may be necessary.
This is one of the most common injuries that babies suffer at birth particularly during a vacuum extraction or forceps-assisted delivery. A cephalohematoma is a collection of blood between the skull and the thin membranous lining know as the periosteum which covers the bone. This condition occurs when tiny blood vessels are torn as a result of pressure applied to an infant's head during the labor and delivery process. A large bump or bulge will typically be present at birth. Babies need to be closely monitored for secondary complications such as jaundice, anemia or infection. The bulge will typically heal on its own within several weeks with no treatment.
Caput Succedaneum:
A fluid collection under the scalp that is visible as a lump or swelling on the head. There may also be some bruising. This condition typically occurs during a head-first delivery when pressure from the uterus pushes the infant's head against the cervix. No treatment is needed and the swelling usually resolves on its own within a couple of days.
Subgaleal Hematoma:
This is a serious condition in which a collection of blood accumulates between the scalp galea aponeurosis and the skull periosteum. This type of birth injury occurs most often when a vacuum extractor is misused during a delivery. If a subgaleal hematoma is not quickly diagnosed and treated or misdiagnosed, the baby can suffer serious consequences such as jaundice, hypovolemic shock, brain damage or even death.
Intracranial Hemorrhage:
This condition arises when bleeding occurs in or around an infant's brain. The rupture of blood vessels within the skull causes bleeding. There are several different types of hemorrhages depending on where the bleeding occurs. Some examples included subarachnoid hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage and intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Symptoms can include lethargy, irritability, seizures, bulging fontanel, poor feeding and signs of shock.
The Law Offices of James R. Moyles: Experienced Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Pittsburgh Protecting the Rights of Birth Injury Victims in Pennsylvania
If you suspect that your child has suffered a birth injury caused by medical malpractice or negligence, contact The Moyles Law Firm to discuss your potential claim with a highly skilled Pittsburgh medical malpractice lawyer who knows how to get results. We will aggressively advocate for and protect your child's best interests. We can assist you in recovering compensation for medical and hospital expenses, costs of future treatments, lost wages from missed time at work, and pain and suffering. Call our Pittsburgh office at 412-281-1055 or our Harrisburg office at 717-233-5400 to schedule a consultation with one of our experienced medical malpractice lawyers or contact us online.


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It's the earliest-ever tournament opener for District 4, and will be
followed on Monday by the opening game for Pecos' Senior League
All-Stars. Pecos' Junior League All-Star team will wait until next
Thursday to play their first game.
Alpine joined District 4 two years ago, and have had success at the
Senior League level, beating out Pecos for the title last year after
losing in the finals two years ago. They haven't done as well at the
11-12 year old level, but Little League coach Lee Serrano said Thursday
that Pecos will have to improve on its practice efforts in order to win
on Sunday.
"We're a little sloppy right now, but we had been doing good until
today," he said, after a Wednesday scrimmage against the Junior League
team. "Of course we started practice early today, at 6 o'clock, and they
may have been a little flat."
Serrano said Matthew Levario, the only returning player from last year's
All-Star squad, is the probable pitcher on Sunday, "but that's subject
to change. ... We played a little series against the Junior Leaguers
yesterday and I was impressed with Barney (Rodriguez). He held them
Serrano said the team has hit well in practice. "We've got some good
hitters up there. Little David Elkins has really been impressing me."
The winner of the game will go to either Big Lake or Crane for their
second round contest on Tuesday, while the loser will play Wednesday at
either Crane or Big Lake.
Pecos' Senior League team will host Ozona in their opener, set for 7
p.m. Monday. The Senior's could play all their tournament game at home
if they can go through the double-eliminated tournament undefeated. The
winner Monday will host Alpine or Big Lake on Wednesday, while the loser
hosts Alpine or Big Lake on Thursday.
The Junior League could play all but one of their games at home if they
go unbeaten, but their opener is against the team that beat them in
Little League last year, San Angelo North. They'll host North on
Thursday, with the winner hosting North Concho or Tri-County on Saturday, while the loser will host one of those two teams on Sunday.
The fight was only minutes old, but Holyfield had set the tone. He
would not be intimidated by the fearsome Tyson, before or after the
``Your's the bully in there,'' trainer Don Turner told Holyfield in the
corner after the round ended. ``He ain't the bully.''
Saturday night, Holyfield must be the bully again if he is to do for a
second time what most thought would be impossible when he stopped Tyson
in the 11th round last November to win the WBA heavyweight title.
``I have to force my will upon him. I have to make him fight my
fight,'' Holyfield said. ``He knows he can't fight going backwards. So
the main thing is to press forward.''
In a fight that offers staggering riches to both boxers, Holyfield
might be right in that it comes down to one surprisingly simply
equation: The fighter who can impose his will on the other man in the
ring will walk out with the victory and the title.
Holyfield is guaranteed $35 million and Tyson expected to make some $30
million in a fight that could take in $130 million in ticket and
pay-per-view sales. It will be televised on pay-per-view, beginning
about 11:30 p.m. EDT from the MGM Grand Garden.
For Holyfield, though, this one's not so much about money as about
``I want to show everyone that first win wasn't a fluke,'' he said.
``I'll put my heart and soul in this fight. There will be no excuses.''
The oddsmakers still aren't convinced, making Holyfield a 2-1 underdog,
though the odds were narrowing as bettors flocked to put money on the
Neither is Tyson, whose career and place in boxing history could ride
on whether he can figure out a way to get inside the counter-punching
Holyfield and land enough big punches to win.
``I'm going to do pretty good Saturday night,'' Tyson said. ``He's not
going to have the championship Saturday night.''
Tyson's prefight mental state could be questioned, however, after his
camp lost a bid to have Mitch Halpern ousted as referee. The Nevada
Athletic Commission voted 4-1 Thursday night against the request of
Tyson's co-managers to replace Halpern, who refereed the first fight.
``Mike Tyson is totally, totally convinced this man cannot be fair with
him in this fight,'' co-manager John Horne told the commission. Horne
said Tyson might not be ``psychologically prepared'' to have the same
man who stopped the first fight in the ring in the rematch.
Both fighters weighed in Thursday at 218. Tyson was four pounds less than their first fight, while Holyfield was three pounds more.
SAN ANTONIO - Tim Duncan has made his debut in San Antonio - at a
lively street party and pep rally in front of the Alamo.
It only made him more eager to start making his mark in the NBA with
the Spurs.
``To be accepted like this coming in here gives me a great feeling for
this city and how much it loves basketball,'' Duncan said. ``All this
excitement, all this focus on me, I'd rather be out there on the
The Spurs used the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft on Wednesday to select
Duncan, a 6-foot-10 center from Wake Forest.
Duncan was the consensus player of the year and was twice a firstteam
All-American. He averaged 20.8 points, a national-best 14.7 rebounds and
3.3 blocks per game his senior year.
``It's party time, fiesta time. We're happy to have him here,'' said
Gregg Popovich, Spurs coach and general manager.
Duncan said he hopes to be a big contributor in the Spurs' quest to
return to NBA title contention.
The Spurs envision Duncan as part of a powerful front line featuring
seven-time All-Star David Robinson, whom the Spurs drafted in 1987, the
last time the team had the top pick.
Asked by a reporter who would take the final shot in a tight game,
Duncan looked at Popovich and replied diplomatically: ``The guy with the
``I just hope that I can do the best that I can to improve this team,''
Duncan said. ``I have to go in there and be a rookie and see what comes
... and be my best and do my best.''
San Antonio suffered through a franchise-worst 20-62 season this past
year as the 7-1 Robinson missed all but six games with back and foot
injuries. He has been working out with weights and on the basketball
court and is expected to return healthy this fall.
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Let the Children Come to Me | Kids are a gift, from their new life at birth to their joy and energy as they grow. We also believe that children are just as welcome as any adult to come worship King Jesus, since he himself welcomed them as full members in his kingdom (Luke 18:16). For this reason we encourage families to keep their children with them in the worship service so they can learn to trust, worship and pray to God as we celebrate his grace together. To help families with young children, we have two ministries located in our Children's Ministry portable behind the sanctuary.
Nursery | The nursery is open at the beginning of service for children from birth-2 years. You are welcome to drop your child off at any time during the service. Our children learn the foundational stories of the bible through activities, songs, story time, and playing together. You can sign in your child with service producer in the entryway of the portable on arrival.
Kid's Class | Kids ages 3–5 who are able to sit in a group and learn can start off in the service. The will be dismissed to a separate class during greeting time before sermon. You can lead your child to the class or walk them to the teacher in the lobby. Our preschoolers learn the love and grace of Christ through dialogue with the teacher, study of the Word, hands-on activities, and fellowship. They will return to the sanctuary when the sermon is over.
Resources to Help | We provide kids Bibles, clipboards and crayons in the lobby as a resource for busy little hands. While we recognize leading your kids in worship can be quite a challenge, we are also committed to helping you navigate and cultivate your child's devotion to the Lord.
Further Questions | Contact Tabithah Schwandt
We take your children's safety as seriously as you do. All our volunteers have been background checked (state and national) and interviewed before being placed on a team of at least two people. To further train our volunteers we also have begun conducting a yearly, nationally recognized, abuse prevention training called, "Darkness to Light." When you bring your child to the nursery or kids class in the middle of service, we will have you sign your child in with one of our service producers.


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D wears: Peace top by Baobab / Harem denims by Baobab / Shoes by MÁA
The leaves are coming down in huge numbers over here. Autumn has really made its announcement in style and the explosion of colours are spectacular as usual. D was on a mission to find the best looking Autumn leaves he could for a Kinder project, so off we went to see what we could find. We quickly found some nice BIG leaves that we saved, and he also found a big pile of dried leaves that was the best to jump and walk in. By the end of our little walk we had found everything he needed to bring to Kinder, and today I saw the most lovely Autumn tree, handmade by all the kids at Kinder with all the leaves attached to it. Autumn you are alright! You bring us warmth in colours when the winds fail to.


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Free Cone Day 2017: Here's where you can get FREE ice cream in Palm Beach County
Ben & Jerry's is celebrating Free Cone Day on Tuesday, April 4.
The national chain will be serving up free scoops from noon to 8 p.m. at a host of stores across the country.
In Palm Beach County, ice cream lovers can pick up a free treat at the Ben & Jerry's location in Delray Beach. The shop is located at 1155 E Atlantic Ave.
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Blue Mountain Village
Run Collingwood is pleased to partner with the resort properties of Blue Mountain Resorts and The Westin Trillium House for race weekend accommodations. Pick up your race kit Friday, then head to Blue Mountain Village and rest well for your race on Saturday. There's plenty for you to see and do Saturday and Sunday after the race!
So many lodging options at Blue Mountain!
We are happy to announce that in addition to the Westin Trillium House, we now offer special room rates at these other fine hotels at Blue Mountain.
- Weider Lodge
- Mosaic
- The Grand Georgian
- Seasons at Blue
- Blue Mountain Inn
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Some say, Cartoon HD has been removed from XBMC. As far I know, the Cartoon HD has been removed from iTunes, but the XBMC Addon still works. Although, SuperRepo has already removed it for god knows why.
This is how you should get your Cartoon HD.
- Go to the
Settings>File Manager>Add source.
- Then type
Xfinityas the name and
http://xfinity.xunitytalk.comas the url and click OK.
- Then go back and go to
Settings>Add-ons&>Install from Zip File>Xfinityand click on
XunityTalk_Repository.zip. Wait a few seconds until a pop up shows that it is added.
- Then go back to
Settings>Add-ons>.XunityTalk Repository(make sure it is "enabled"). If not restart XBMC and follow from step 1 again.
- Inside
.XunityTalk Repository, go to
Video Add-onsand select
Cartoon HDand click Install. Wait for a few seconds until a pop up shows that add-on is enabled.
To enjoy, go to the
Home screen>Videos>Video Add-ons>Cartoon HD.
Keep any eye on http://xunitytalk-repository.googlecode.com/svn/addons/ as long as the "plugin.video.cartoonhd/" is there, xfinity didnt remove it. As many say, the source site is down, it might be taken down anytime.


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One of the things that my husband and I wanted to do while we were in Singapore was to drink a bona fide Singapore Sling at Raffles Hotel. "Ugh, you may be disappointed. It's all pre-mixed and modernized. The hotel has little of its original charm," local food expert Christopher Tan told us. Despite Chris's forewarning, we went to Raffles anyway, on the afternoon of New Year's Eve.
Dressed in casual travel clothes, we didn't want to line up for afternoon tea with the high-rollers, who were decked out in pressed dresses and high heels. Raffles is a tony, elegant establishment but surely there was a bar that evoked the era when adventurous traders hung out at the hotel, got drunk, and made deals.
The Singapore Sling was available at several Raffles bars so I stopped a cook who was pushing a speed rack through the hotel and asked him where we ought to go. "The Long Bar," he said with confidence.
We found the bar's sign by a staircase, with a few Japanese tourists posing for pictures in front. Interestingly, once you ascend the stairs to the actual bar entrance, there's another sign that reveals that the current Long Bar is not the original one, that no one knows where the original Long Bar was. So maybe Chris was right…
We stepped inside and hesitated. The atmosphere was cool rattan but new and polished, somewhat characterless. The hostess was indifferent to the parade of tourists like us. From perusing the menu at another Raffles bar, we knew that the Singapore Sling cost $28 Singapore dollars ($22 US dollars). My husband and I looked at each other, and I said, "When the heck are we going to be able to do this again? Table for two please."
We got the only table available. It was by the terrace, perfect for a wide view of the bar. While there was little actual history in that particular Long Bar, two things stood out. One, you can litter at the Long Bar. A box of peanuts is placed at each table and guests are suppose to dispose of the shells on the floor. Raffles Long Bar is probably the only place in Singapore where littering is encouraged. It felt a bit strange at first.
Second, the drink menu includes not only the $28 price but also the recipe for the Original Singapore Sling. It's as if Raffles wanted to reward you for paying the price of admission. There's also a recipe for a 1887 Singapore Sling champagne cocktail, but the equatorial heat called for gin. We wanted to try what Raffles was presenting as the original version, given the debate about what Raffles barman Ngiam Tong Boon actually concocted in the early 1900s.
Yours truly took a photo of the recipe. I didn't mind being tacky and didn't understand why no one else was. It was my souvenir.
The drinks came out and they were pretty good. They may have been pre-mixed but the bartenders may have shaken them. There was a nice amount of foam on top, the mark of a good Sling. We nursed them for an hour or so, ate peanuts, then paid the bill which was about $60 USD with taxes and tip. I put one of the coasters in my purse.
It was an experience worth having and once home, I hankered for that drink again. I asked my husband to assemble all the ingredients and make it for my birthday last Sunday. Instead of jarred maraschino cherries, we used homemade ones that I found in the back of the fridge.
Yes, that's the Raffles coaster underneath our homemade version, which was refreshing and delicious, more vibrant than the one at Raffles. If you don't want to fly to Singapore, here's what you need to make one or two yourself.
Sarawak pineapple juice is suppose to make Singapore Slings super foamy. What works for me is from Trader Joe's, which makes great pineapple juice. One small can is enough for 2 generous drinks. The other thing about the foam is you have to shake hard and long – advice from Jeff Bareilles, my friend and Manresa restaurant's beverage director.
Instead of Cointreau, we used triple sec because we had it in the house already. There's little involved so it's negligible. As for the gin, we keep several, but high-octane Tanqueray balanced out the other intense liquors well. Cherry Heering and Dom Benedictine are sold at well-stocked liquor stores and markets. If you don't want to buy the big bottles, try finding the little ones. But why not stock up and impress your friends?
Use precise measuring cups, such as this or these. You can double this for two drinks, adding enough ice to fill about 3/4 of the shaker.
Singapore Sling
Yield: 1 drink
- 30 to 35 ml gin, such as Tanqueray (use more for an edge)
- 15 ml Cherry Heering
- 7.5 ml Dom Benedictine
- 7.5 ml Cointreau or triple sec
- 120 ml unsweetened pineapple juice, such as Trader Joe's
- 15 to 18 ml fresh lime juice (use more if juicing with a reamer)
- 5 to 10 ml grenadine (use less if you don't like sweet)
- A forceful dash of Angostura Bitters
- Ice cubes
- Pineapple and maraschino cherry (optional, for garnish)
- Pour ingredients, from the gin down to the grenadine, into a cocktail shaker. Add the bitters. Drop in enough ice cubes to fill about 2/3 of the shaker. Cover and shake hard and fast, until the container feels cold, about 30 seconds.
- Fill a tall glass with ice, then strain the cocktail over the ice. If you want, garnish with the pineapple and cherry. Drink up.
Related post: My best Mai Tai recipe


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A big Thanks to all my readers! I would like to share the joy of celebrating a great milestone with you all. The blog hits 200,000 views! Yes, and with all fairness it doesn't count my own visits to the blog .
This wouldn't have been possible without you. Hope to get your support in the future too.
I'll continue bringing vegetarian delights to you each week.
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|This article is about the playable kangaroo. You may be looking for the faun with the same name or the alp.
Sheila (シェイラ Sheira in Japanese) is a female mountain kangaroo who first appeared as a playable character in Spyro: Year of the Dragon. She also makes appearances in Spyro 2: Season of Flame and Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs, where she serves as a playable character in the former.
Character Development
Sheila was originally a male kangaroo with horns, hair and wore an orange shirt and red boxing gloves. Her designer, Oliver Wade, wasn't certain about the design and didn't know that she was going to be named Sheila. "I honestly don't remember what I was thinking with the horns and the hair that you can vaguely see. I also didn't know her name was going to be Sheila so she looks a little more like a male kangaroo. Maybe that's why the hair is there...I may have tried to make her female looking at one point."[1]
In Sheila's original form, she looks like a plain kangaroo with brown fur and green eyes. Her redesign in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy shows her with red hair in pig-tails, she also now wears a khaki safari shirt with a backpack, and her fur color seems to be more lighter. Her pupils are also much bigger.
Sheila is generally an easygoing character. She speaks with a smooth Australian accent and enjoys the 'simple pleasures of yesteryear'. She is friendly to those she cares about, but doesn't take any prisoners when it comes to kicking Rhynoc butt. Sheila is more than happy to help Spyro on his journey, and gives him a hand when he is fighting in Buzz's Dungeon.
Sheila's gameplay focuses on her jumping ability—she can jump like Spyro, but can perform a double jump in the air. Furthermore, if Sheila jumps when she hits the ground, she will perform a super jump. Sheila attacks with a kick and can also do a stomp move in the air, similar to Spyro's headbash move. This attack helped her defeat Buzz alongside Spyro.
Sheila's native realm is a mountain alp known as Sheila's Alp, a cool, peaceful place inhabited by several goats. She took responsibility for teaching her goat neighbors certain tricks to survival and does her best to protect them from harm - and from each other's tricks.
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Around the time of Year of the Dragon, Sheila's Alp was overrun by Rhynocs. Sheila was perceived as a threat to the Sorceress' plans, and so her capture was ordered. The Rhynocs succeeded in kidnapping Sheila and imprisoned her in a cage in Sunrise Spring, to be guarded by Moneybags (who was easily persuaded by bribes). Moneybags' greed ended up hurting the Sorceress' schemes, however, when Spyro agreed to pay him a number of gems in exchange for Sheila's release. When freed, Sheila kicked Moneybags hard into a stone wall as payment for keeping her imprisoned. Before returning home, Sheila explained to Spyro that's been over a thousand years since the Dragons vanished from her worlds, and all the magic vanished with them. Afterwards, she had been loyal to Spyro ever since he freed her.
Shiela later heard that the Sorceress was planning to ambush Spyro on his way to Midday Gardens with a monster named Buzz, and the kangaroo hurried over to Buzz's Dungeon to help him out. While Spyro and Buzz mainly charged at each other, Buzz was knocked into the lava pit, and Sheila would then stomp the monster with her feet to force him to sink under. After a while, Sheila was able to finish Buzz off with a powerful stomp, which caused Buzz to sink into the lava and to his demise.
After the Sorceress's first defeat, Sheila was seen back in her realm lecturing two Mountain Goats for teasing a Moose, which resulted in one of them, named Billy, getting his head stuck in a mountain wall. Spyro arrived and asked Sheila if she had seen Hunter as he had been looking for the cheetah all day. The kangaroo told him that Hunter made her promise not to tell him where he and another person went, partly exposing the secret by accident. When Spyro was shocked by the news, Sheila said that he did not hear anything from her.
- Sheila is the only playable character in the classic series to be female, unless you count Ember, though her gameplay is not essential to the game, unlike Sheila.
- Sheila has the most areas (other than her home realm) where she is playable, with four. Bentley and Agent 9 have only three each, while Sgt. Byrd has only two (but is also playable in the main area of Enchanted Towers).
- Also, Sheila is one of only two playable characters to have two areas within the same home realm. The other is Agent 9.
- Both are also playable in Season of Flame, where they help Spyro defeat Ripto.
- Also, Sheila is one of only two playable characters to have two areas within the same home realm. The other is Agent 9.
- Sheila is only playable character in Year of the Dragon to not be featured on the European box art.
- She is the first playable marsupial.
- If you decline Moneybags' offer to let Sheila go, he mentions the Sorceress would have her executed the following Thursday.
|Playable Characters
|Spyro the Dragon - Sheila the Kangaroo - Agent 9 the Monkey
|Ripto - Crush - Gulp
|Non-playable characters
|Hunter - Zoe - Bianca - Moneybags -Bentley - Professor
|Sunny Plains - Celestial Plains - Starry Plains
Country Farms - Shamrock Isle - Canyon Hop - Minty Mines - Temple of Dune - Tiki Tropics - Alpine Adobe - Crush's Dungeon - Candy Lane - Haunted Hills - Winter Mesa - Watertopia - Rumble Jungle - Lunar Ledges - Arctic Outback - Gulp's Overlook - Moon Fondue - Gypsy Road - Dreamy Castle - Volcano Vaults - Ripto's Mondo Volcano - Ripto's Volcano (Boss)
|Gems - Rhynocs
|Main Characters
|Spyro - Sparx - Ripto - Sgt. Byrd - Moneybags - Hunter - Bianca - Agent 9
|Dragon Shores
|Virtual Playground - Dragon Shores - Fairy Library - Yeti Serengeti - Byrd Barracks - Thieves' Guild - Rabbit Habitat
Banana Savannah - Kangaroo Hoodoos - Moneybags' Mansion - Cheetah Spot Spa - Professor's Secret Lab
Rhynocs n' Clocks - Chateau Ripto
|Gems - Homeworld - Ripto - Dragon Eggs - Heart of Lands
Playable Characters
|Classic series
|Spyro - Sparx - Hunter - Sgt Byrd - Agent 9 - Sheila - Bentley - Blink
|The Legend of Spyro series
|Spyro - Cynder
|Skylanders series
|Spyro the Dragon (Dark) (Legendary) - Gill Grunt - Trigger Happy (Legendary) - Cynder - Terrafin
Stealth Elf (Legendary) - Chop Chop (Legendary) - Eruptor - Ignitor (Legendary) - Prism Break - Stump Smash
Flameslinger - Zap - Ghost Roaster - Voodood - Bash (Legendary) - Sonic Boom
- Drobot - Boomer - Whirlwind (Polar) - Dino-Rang - Zook - Wrecking Ball - Sunburn - Camo
Wham-Shell - Slam Bam (Legendary) - Drill Sergeant - Lightning Rod - Warnado -
Double Trouble (Royal) - Hex


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Afternoon Fix: Lisa Murkowski to pursue write-in bid; Christine O'Donnell has raised $1.6 million since her primary victory
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* Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is planning to pursue a write-in bid, according to sources with knowledge of her decision.
* Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell has now raised nearly $1.6 million since her primary victory on Tuesday over Rep. Mike Castle (R).
* Arizona Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry Goddard has launched three new TV ads slamming Gov. Jan Brewer's (R) disastrous debate performance.
* Attorney Joe Miller (R), who bested Murkowski in the Aug. 24 primary, said he's not necessarily a "tea party" candidate.
* Murkowski is slated to make a formal announcement on whether she'll pursue a write-in bid at 9 p.m. Eastern tonight.
* Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) addresses the Iowa Republican Party tonight. Watch it live on C-SPAN starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.
* The three Florida Senate hopefuls meet at their first debate tomorrow night, to be aired on Univision at 11 p.m. The prime target of the attacks on the airwaves so far has been Gov. Charlie Crist (I). Will that be the case tonight?
* Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck (R) face off in their second Senate debate tonight in Colorado Springs.
* Tuesday was the last big primary day of the cycle, but don't forget about Hawaii this Saturday, where former Rep. Neil Abercrombie and former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann face off in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
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Plug and Play co-founder to T.I.P.ians: "Never stop learning"
The Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) Technopreneurship Learning Series (TLS) continues on, this time with Plug and Play Technology Center Co-founder and Vice President of Operations, Jojo Flores. His talk, where he shared his entrepreneurship experiences and learnings to T.I.P. students and faculty members, was held on August 18, 2016 at the T.I.P. Quezon City campus.
"Never stop learning," Flores told the students as he related how he involved himself in different kinds of ventures through the years. These include American Liquid Packaging Systems (ALPS) where he started and distributed 5-gallon bottled water over 10 water companies under the brand, "Aqua Service." He also built on his career in the bottled water business in the Philippines through Metro Bottled Water Corporation, under the brand name, "Wilkins Distilled Drinking Water." Flores is also the Vice President of Chemtex Plastics Asia which he started in Manila in 2012. "They're not technology-related services, but they were important experiences for me because they have prepared me for Plug and Play," he said.
Before his success, Flores failed many times and learned to work doubly harder in order to recover from past failures. As parting advice, he said, "You have to ask yourself why you are doing something. You will have to work hard. The ideas, the execution, and the work, they will all have to come from you."
Plug and Play Technology Center (2006) accelerates the success of a community of over 300 startup technology companies in three (3) campuses at Silicon Valley at any given time. It connects startups to corporations and invests in over 100 companies every year.


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VANCOUVER, CANADA -- June 20, 2005 -- Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. ("Nam Tai" or the "Company") (NYSE Symbol: NTE) is pleased to announce that it has won a new customer order from a leading global provider of imaging, information, and document-related products and services to manufacture LCD modules for digital mobile printers.
The digital mobile printer is a pocket sized wireless mobile printer for use with camera-phones. Using infrared transmission, the digital mobile printer enables users to print real photos from camera-phones anytime, anywhere.
"Driven by the rapidly escalating demands from the end market of LCD display products such as cellular phones, digital cameras and other LCD display equipments, the LCD industry and market has been growing robustly," said Mr. Joseph Li, Chief Executive Officer of Nam Tai. "Thanks to the Company's extensive experience and strong technology know-how in manufacturing LCD products, the Company continues to secure solid businesses from international renowned customers and broaden the Company's presence in the global LCD market."
About Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.
We are an electronics manufacturing and design services provider to a select group of the world's leading OEMs of telecommunications and consumer electronic products. Through our electronics manufacturing services operations, we manufacture electronic components and sub-assemblies, including LCD panels, LCD modules, RF modules, FPC sub-assemblies and image sensors modules. These components are used in numerous electronic products, including cellular phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, copiers, fax machines, electronic toys, handheld video game devices and microwave ovens. We also manufacture finished products, including cellular phones, palm-sized PCs, personal digital assistants, electronic dictionaries, calculators, digital camera accessories and Bluetooth TM wireless headset accessory for use with cellular phones.
Nam Tai has two Hong Kong listed subsidiaries, Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited ("NTEEP") and J.I.C. Technology Company Limited ("JIC"). Interested investors may go to the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong at www.hkex.com.hk to obtain the information. The stock code of NTEEP and JIC in The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong are 2633 and 987, respectively. Investors are reminded to exercise caution when assessing such information and not to deal with the shares of the Company based solely on reliance of such information.


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Tiny Showcase featured another new limited edition print of mine on Friday! It is currently available online at Tiny Showcase as well as my other print that was released on Tuesday.
Archival Print - Limited Edition of 100
9 x 9 inches
$20 unframed | $130 framed
"Journey" is an edition of 100 prints by Nicole Gustafsson. With a small border for framing, the print measures 9" wide by 9" tall. The archival print was created by Tiny Showcase and ships with a corresponding certificate of authenticity. The archival artwork has been printed on a heavy 290gsm natural white print making paper made from 90% bamboo fibres and 10% cotton.
Available hand-framed in in maple with archival mat and glass by Providence's Joel Taplin of Taplin MFG. Framed artwork is archivally matted and hung with UV-protective glass. The hand-made frames are made from locally-milled in maple with inlaid in maple splines in each corner for added strength.
Nicole has chosen The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research as her artwork's charity. The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. $250 from the sale of Nicole's artwork will be donated to Parkinson's research.


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Given the size of a wagon base 80x60 mm plus the gap you are allowed between them you can create a line of 5 wagons that is nearly 2 foot long!
a) Can you deploy them in a straight line perpendicular to you base line, so that they stick out of deployment area or,
b) Do they have to curve round in some way to stay within the deployment area or,
c) Do they all have to be within 3" of your baseline?
As the text talks about using them to protect a flank I would discount C) as being compulsory, but something you could do as an option.


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Avionics Report
September 2011 Issue
MFD Market Scan: Has Their Era Passed?
Standalone MFDs as we know them make sense only for a select few thanks to all-in-one navigators like Garmins GTN 750, GPS portables and the iPad.
Remember overlaying your ADF needle on an Argus moving map display? This is what started the ball rolling on dedicated MFD displays. Years later, Avidyne revolutionized the big MFD with the original FlightMax series. But the upgrade demand for standalone MFDs has plummeted to near extinction. The first salvo was Garmins 530, whose screen took the GPS navigator to the near-MFD level. The new GTN 750 now crosses the line with every major MFD feature save ships radar. On the other end of the scale, most MFD map functions are mimicked by aeras, iPads and the likeand for far less cash.
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text: Part of the IGN Entertainment portal for all things gaming, FilePlanet offers nearly every patch, mod, and demo that game developers and publishers have ever issued. You might experience a wait using the site's free public servers, but registration is not required. Subscribers are provided with high-speed, no-wait servers for $6.95 a month, and a Founders' Club membership, which costs $59.95, gives you extras like GameSpy Arcade 2.0 and plenty more games to try.


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I recently put together a small pond/fountain as a gift, and since it wasn't too dificult, I thought I would post a tutorial to take some of the mystery out of it. First, my materials.
-1/2 Whiskey Barrel or Wine Barrel (often used as planters, look at your garden store)
-Round Pond liner, mine was 15" deep and fit my barrel perfectly (Lowes Hardware)
-Pond Pump or Fountain Pump* (Lowes Hardware)
-Flexible Pond tubing, to fit your pump (check the package of the pump, it will specify) (Lowes Hardware
-1"x8" Cedar board
-Decorative water element (I used an antique hand pump that I already had) & bolts or screws to secure it
*A NOTE ABOUT THE PUMP: I purchased a Pond Pump, because I suspect that this water feature may end up with pond plants, goldfish, and most likely a turtle. The pond pump is built to handle debris in the water that its inhabitants will create. If your water feature won't have any living creatures or plants in it, and you're happy with a slower flow, you could probably purchase a fountain pump for less money. The best bet is to read the package and make sure your pump is strong enough for how much water you'll be using (my 210 gph is good for 3'x6' of water, and up to 7.8 ft high) and will tolerate anything living in your fountain.
STEP 1: Place the pond liner into your barrel. If your pond liner doesn't touch the bottom of the barrel, you may want to support it from the inside by adding gravel or styrofoam packing peanuts in the bottom of your barrel before setting the pond liner inside. Water weighs 8 lbs per gallon, so assuming you have 20 gallons in your fountain, that's 160 lbs, and the plastic lip could crack if that's the only support.
STEP 2: Mark with a pencil and straight edge on your cedar board the length you want it across the back of your barrel. Cut your cedar board long enough to fit across the back of the barrel to hold your decorative water element. I used a Compound Miter Saw, but you could use a circular saw, or even a hand saw for this. Often at Lowes, they'll make one cut for you if you know your dimensions. Mine was 25.5" long, and I mitered the corners.
STEP 3: Mark on your cedar board where your element will sit, and where the flexible pond tubing needs to come through. I drilled a 1/2" hole with a paddle bit, since I was using 1/2" flexible pond tubing, a perfect fit!
STEP 4: If your element needs to be secured to the board like I did with my antique pump, mark the holes where the bolts need to be secured. I used 1/4" bolts with a flat washer and hex nuts, so I predrilled my holes with a 1/4" bit. Predrilling is important, even if you're just using regular screws, to keep the board from splitting. If you're using regular wood screws and not bolts, predrill your holes slightly smaller than your screw diameter. Finish securing your element to the board.
STEP 5: Feed your flexible pond tubing through the board and attach to your decorative element, or with my antique pump, I fed it to the top so it will dump water on the spillway.
STEP 6: Place your pump in the bottom of your fountain, and cut your pond tubing to length, leaving a little extra to be able to move your pump around. A box cutter worked well for this, I broke my scissors trying to cut the pond tubing. Attach your pond tubing to the pond pump outlet
STEP 7: Add water to your fountain, enough to cover the entire pump. The pump isn't supposed to run outside of water, it will burn up the moving parts and break, so try to keep it in the water.
STEP 8: Plug in the pump, and adjust the flow valve on your pump and where the water is spraying as needed. Watch out that you don't soak yourself!
STEP 9: Place your fountain in a favorite garden spot where you'll be able to hear the pouring water. If you're interested in Pond Plants, a local nursery will usually be able to help you determine what kind of plants will grow in your area and in this small space.
Most fountains I looked at purchasing before I decided to make my own were well over $200, and nothing fit the style I was looking for. This project was well under $200, and took me less than 3 hours to complete.
If the whiskey barrel isn't your thing, you could also use a good sized fiberglass or plastic flower pot (not clay). Just plug up the drainage hole in the flower pot with expansion foam (look for Great Stuff or equivalent at your home improvement store) and you'll have a beautiful custom water feature to fit the style of your yard. If anyone makes one of their own, I'd love to see pictures and get some feedback on the tutorial.


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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Life in Exurbia becomes expensive (NY Times)
"Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the distant edges of metropolitan areas."
Congrats to our Road I Class!
Congratulations to the graduates of Neale and my Road I class, which we taught last Friday. I'd also like to thank them (and Neale) for putting up with me, since I had not taught this class before!
Los Alamos County Codes
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Are More Cyclists Commuting on the Roads of Los Alamos?
It sure looks that way to me. This morning, coming past the high school on Diamond Drive about 8:10, there were 4 other cyclists in a line immediately in front of me, none of them apparently traveling together but just fellow commuters who happened to be in the same place at the same time.
Left lane full of motor vehicles, right lane full of bicycles.
Here's hoping for lots more of the same!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Maynard Hershon on bike paths vs. the road
Maynard, like O'Grady and some others, have hit the bike paths rather than continue to share the roads with distracted motorists, in spite of the limitations of bike paths. So sez Maynard:
"The bike paths are crowded, particularly on weekends, with clueless, self-obsessed citizens, oblivious, unwilling to admit that others may also be enjoying the path today. When they have to share the path they get testy, certain they've been slighted.
Why, they're just like drivers, oblivious and unwilling to share the roadway. No, they aren't just like drivers. They ARE drivers. They're drivers - disguised as skaters, dog walkers and cyclists.
They're drivers; they're just not in their cars. So they probably can't kill you."
I've only known of one cyclist killed on a bike path by another "unarmed", i.e., car-free person. That was in Calgary, Alberta, where a cyclist and jogger collided and the cyclist got the worst of it--possibly with a little help from a concrete abutment. Problem is, I see little hope in finding servicable "bike paths" leading around the Bandelier Loop or up into the Jemez, as I once happily found running along the North Sea cost of Holland as I rode from Amsterdam to The Hague. I'll therefore stick to the roads. Frankly, I paid for them.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
LANL to sponsor Road I course.
Under the auspicies of the Division of Industrial Hygene and Safety, Los Alamos National Laboratory will be sponsoring a League of American Bicyclists "Road I" bicycling course on Friday, 20 June, 2008, starting at 8 a.m.. The course will be a full day long (including breaks) and will be held at the Canyon Complex Room 172.
In addition to classroom material, the course includes a significant "on road" section. Students should bring a bicycle in good operating condition and a helmet and be prepared to ride on Los Alamos' quieter side streets, including parts of downtown.
The course is designed to give cyclists the confidence they need to ride safely and legally in traffic or on the trail. It covers bicycle safety checks, fixing a flat, on-bike skills and crash avoidance techniques and includes a student manual.This fast-paced, adult cycling course is approximately six to nine hours long and prepares cyclists for a full understanding of vehicular cycling.
The course will be taught by Laboratory staff members Khalil Spencer and Neale Pickett, who are licenced League Cycling Instructors. Classroom material will be provided. Class size is limited to less than 20 students, and is further limited to all LANL badgeholders. Please contact either Khal (email@example.com or email@example.com) or Neale (firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com) by COB Thursday, 19 June to confirm a space and ensure availability.
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In the past I claimed that $4/gal gas wasn't going to convince anybody to change any habits, but it seems I'm being proven wrong. Hop on your bike, it's great!
As promised months ago, here's a cool photo taken in a German town (the name escapes me). It shows the space taken to transport 60 people by car, bus, and bike.


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2015 - Minutes of December 7, 21 Meetings
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Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
December 7, 2015
: Open business portion of meeting.
Quorum present: Earl Moffatt (EM), Chair; Peter Skorput (PS); Curt Wilton (CW). Also present: Admin Asst Mark Webber (AA). Press present: Local Yokel.
Board reviews and approves previous meeting minutes.
Board reviews and approves weekly warrants.
: EM opens the regular meeting to act on agenda items.
AA reports that the new police cruiser, as approved at this year's annual town meeting, will arrive sometime in February. It is noted that the Chief of Police has been frustrated over the delay and lack of communication from the vendor – MHQ. That displeasure has been softened somewhat by the lower than expected final cost of the vehicle, approximately $3,500 less than was appropriated.
Board, in their capacity as Local Licensing Authority, reviews and acts on annual liquor license renewals. Unanimous approvals, conditional upon verification that all taxes and fees with the Town are current, were granted to the following: Truc's Orient Express; Public Market; Queensboro Package; Rouge; Williamsville Inn; Six Depot and; Shaker Mill Tavern.
Board, in their capacity as Local Licensing Authority, reviews and acts on Class II Auto (used car dealer), Class III Auto (junk car license) and Taxi license. Unanimous approvals were granted to the following, conditional upon verification that all Town taxes and fees are current: William Kie, Class II, Class III and Taxi; Troy's Garage, Class II, Class III; Baldwin Motors, Class II, Class III and; Rt 41 Auto LLC, Class II, Class III.
AA informs the Board that Gov. Baker will be attending a meeting at Gt Barrington Town Hall on December 22 at 1:30 and requests that a representative from each of the 19 communities who signed on to a Community Compact agreement to study regionalization of the multiple Southern Berkshire School Districts. CW will represent the Town at the meeting.
Board grants approvals for 2Village School Use Permits.
Board grants conditional approval for a sign permit submitted by a new business to be located at 4 Albany Road, provided that the applicant gain approval from the State regarding distance from the roadway, which is under MA DOT jurisdiction.
Wired West meeting with W.S. Finance Committee scheduled for 12-11 has been postponed until a clearer picture of the relationship between Wired West and the Mass Broadband Institute (MBI) is presented. MBI, the primary State funding and control agency for broadband initiatives to bring high speed service to rural areas recently went public with concerns over Wired West's long term viability. MBI will present their concerns at a public forum at Berkshire South Community Center on December 17 from 2-4.
AA informs the Board that a building permit application was submitted to the Building Inspector by a member of the Village Association. It is noted that the Board, at its previous meeting, requested that the Association seek an opinion from the Building Inspector on their proposal to adapt the public restrooms for use as an information booth, not to seek a building permit. Board further notes that no one other than the Board is authorized to file a building permit application for Town owned property.
Board discusses a complaint filed by David Potter, 24 Pixley Hill Road regarding the condition of his neighbor's driveway at 27 Pixley Hill Road, which Mr Potter asserts is causing water runoff to enter his property causing damage. Both EM and CW note that they have inspected the site within the last week. CW states that the Town will be doing scheduled general grading and maintenance in the area of concern as it does each year. CW further states that both driveways were installed prior to the adoption of zoning bylaws regulating the construction of private driveways (2001). #27 installed in 1994 and # 24 in 1995, according to Highway Dept records. Accordingly, Mr Potter's request that the Town pursue violation action against the owner of # 27 cannot be taken since both driveways pre-date the regulations he cites. CW adds that both driveways would be non-conforming under current bylaws. No formal action will be taken other than to recommend to the owner of #27 to clean up and re-grade the bottom portion of this driveway, which may provide relief to his neighbor across the street.
AA informs the Board that the Department of Revenue, as of 12/7, approved the Town's annual tax rate for Fiscal Year 2016 at $12.33
: There being no additional business to come before the Board, CW makes a motion to
adjourn the meeting. EM seconds the motion. Vote taken, 3-0 in favor.
Meeting minutes approved by
__________________________ __________________________ ________________________
Earl Moffatt, Chair Peter Skorput Curt Wilton
Date: ___________
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December 21, 2015
: Open Meeting. Quorum present: Earl Moffatt (EM), Chair; Peter Skorput (PS); Curt
Wilton (CW). Also present: Admin Asst Mark Webber (AA). Press present: Local Yokel.
Board reviews and approves previous meeting minutes.
Board reviews and approves previous warrants.
Other Business/Action/Discussion Items
Carol Kuller, representing the Cable TV Commission reports to the Board that she and fellow Commissioners have been in continuing contact with Wired West representatives Steve Sautman and Jackie DelRossi along with FinCom Chair Bob Salerno in order to keep up to date regarding events regarding with Wired West, MBI and Charter TV. Carol asked that the Board keep her group up to date with any developments, particularly with Charter. Board thanked Carol and Steve for all their efforts to date and pledged to continue an open exchange of information going forward.
Board has a general discussion regarding the driveway complaints on Pixley Hill Road. CW reports that he, along with the AA visited the site. EM notes that he visited the site on another occasion. CW reports that both the driveway at issue and the driveway of the person who expressed concerns pre-exist the adoption of zoning bylaws regulating driveways and that both would be non-compliant under current regulations but are not subject to current standards. Accordingly, the Town has no authority to order either party to maintain their driveways. CW adds that the Highway Department historically grades Pixley Hill Road, along with the other gravel roads, twice a year.
CW will attend a session at the Great Barrington Town Hall tomorrow to participate in a Commonwealth Community Compact signing pledging sharing of goods and services among 11 South Berkshire communities.
The Berkshire Hills School Committee will be holding a regular meeting at the West Stockbridge Town Offices on January 14
There being no further business to come before the Board, CW makes a motion to adjourn. PS
seconds the motion. Vote taken, 3-0 in favor.
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Date: ______________
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In November 2010, with SDK 1.3, Microsoft introduced the ability to deploy multiple web applications in a single Windows Azure web role. This is a great cost savings benefit since you don't need a new role – essentially a virtual machine – for each web application you want to deploy.
Creating a web role that contains multiple web sites is pretty easy. Essentially, you need to add multiple <Site> elements to your web role's ServiceDefinition.csdef file. Each <Site> element would include a physicalDirectory element that references the location of the web site to be included.
<Sites> <Site name="WebRole1" physicalDirectory="..\..\..\WebRole1"> <Bindings> <Binding name="Endpoint1" endpointName="Endpoint1" /> </Bindings> </Site> <Site name="WebApplication1" physicalDirectory="..\..\..\WebApplication1\"> <Bindings> <Binding name="Endpoint1" endpointName="Endpoint2" /> </Bindings> </Site> <Site name="WebApplication2" physicalDirectory="..\..\..\WebApplication2\"> <Bindings> <Binding name="Endpoint1" endpointName="Endpoint3" /> </Bindings> </Site> </Sites>
For additional detailed information on creating a web role with multiple web sites, I suggest following the guidance provided at these excellent resources:
- MSDN – http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg433110.aspx
- Wade Wegner's blog post – http://www.wadewegner.com/2011/02/running-multiple-websites-in-a-windows-azure-web-role/
- ElastaCloud Blog post – http://blog.elastacloud.com/2011/01/11/azure-running-multiple-web-sites-in-a-single-webrole/
The above resources provide a great starting point. However, there is a once piece of what I think is important information that is missing. When Visual Studio and the Windows Azure SDK (via CSPACK) create the cloud deployment package (.cspkg), the content listed at the physicalDirectory location is simply copied into the deployment package. Meaning, any web applications there are not compiled as part of the process, no .config transformations take place, and any code-behind (.cs) and project (.csproj) files are also copied.
What's going on? CSPack is the part of the Windows Azure SDK that is responsible for creating the deployment package file (.cspkg). As CSPack is part of the core Windows Azure SDK, it doesn't know about Visual Studio projects. Since it doesn't know about the Visual Studio projects located at the physicalDirectory location, it can't do any of the normal Visual Studio build and publish tasks – thus just copying the files from the source physicalDirectory to the destination deployment package.
However, when packaging a single-site web role, CSPack doesn't rely on the physicalDirectory attribute. With a single-site web role, the packaging process is able to build, publish, and create the deployment package.
The Workaround
Ideally, each web site should be published prior to packaging in the .cspkg. Currently there is not a built-in way to do this. Fortunately we can use MSBuild to automate the build and publish steps.
- Open the Windows Azure project's project file (.ccproj) in an editor. Since the .ccproj is a MSBuild file, additional data points and build targets can be added here.
- Add the following towards the bottom of the .ccproj file.
<PropertyGroup> <!-- Inject the publication of "secondary" sites into the Windows Azure build/project packaging process. --> <CoreBuildDependsOn> CleanSecondarySites; PublishSecondarySites; $(CoreBuildDependsOn) </CoreBuildDependsOn> <!-- This is the directory within the web application project directory to which the project will be "published" for later packaging by the Azure project. --> <SecondarySitePublishDir>azure.publish\</SecondarySitePublishDir> </PropertyGroup> <!-- These SecondarySite items represent the collection of sites (other than the web application associated with the role) that need special packaging. --> <ItemGroup> <SecondarySite Include="..\WebApplication1\WebApplication1.csproj" /> <SecondarySite Include="..\WebApplication2\WebApplication2.csproj" /> </ItemGroup> <Target Name="CleanSecondarySites"> <RemoveDir Directories="%(SecondarySite.RootDir)%(Directory)$(SecondarySitePublishDir)" /> </Target> <Target Name="PublishSecondarySites" Condition="'$(PackageForComputeEmulator)' == 'true' Or '$(IsExecutingPublishTarget)' == 'true' "> <!-- Execute the Build (and more importantly the _WPPCopyWebApplication) target to "publish" each secondary web application project. Note the setting of the WebProjectOutputDir property; this is where the project will be published to be later picked up by CSPack. --> <MSBuild Projects="%(SecondarySite.Identity)" Targets="Build;_WPPCopyWebApplication" Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration);Platform=$(Platform);WebProjectOutputDir=$(SecondarySitePublishDir)" />
Finally, for each secondary site defined in the .csdef, update the the physicalDirectory attribute to reference the publishing directory, azure.publish\.
<Site name="WebApplication1" physicalDirectory="..\..\..\WebApplication1\azure.publish"> <Bindings> <Binding name="Endpoint1" endpointName="Endpoint2" /> </Bindings> </Site>
How does this all work? By adding the CleanSecondarySites and PublishSecondarySites targets to the <CoreBuildDependsOn> element, that is forcing CleanSecondarySites and PublishSecondarySites to happen before any of the default targets included in <CoreBuildDependsOn> (defined in the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.targets file). Thus, the secondary sites are built and published locally before any of the default Windows Azure build targets execute. The IsExecutingPublishTarget condition is needed to ensure PublishSecondarySites happens only when packaging the Windows Azure project (either from Visual Studio or via the command line with MSBuild).
UPDATE (1/15/2013): I've added a PackageForComputeEmulator condition to the PublishSecondarySites target. This should ensure the target is also executed when debugging locally via the compute emulator.
I like this approach because it seems like a fairly clean approach and I don't have to modify build events (keep reading) for each secondary web site I want to include. I can keep the above build configuration snippet handy and use it in future projects quickly.
Alternative Approach
The above approach relies on modifying the project file to help automate the build and publish of any secondary sites. An alternative approach would be to leverage build events. I first learned of this approach from "Joe" in the comments section of Wade Wegner's blog post.
- Select your Windows Azure project, and select Project Dependencies. Mark the other web apps as project dependencies.
- Open the project properties for each web application (not the one used as the Web Role).
- For the Build Events, you'll need to add a pre-build and post-build event.
rmdir "$(ProjectDir)..\YOUR-AZURE-PROJECT\Sites\$(ProjectName)" /S /Q
%WinDir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe "$(ProjectPath)" /T:PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder /P:Configuration=$(ConfigurationName);PreBuildEvent="";PostBuildEvent=""; PackageAsSingleFile=false;_PackageTempDir="$(ProjectDir)..\YOUR-AZURE-PROJECT\Sites\$(ProjectName)"
The pre-build event cleans up any files left around from a previous build. The post-build event will trigger a local file system Publish action via MSBuild. The resulting published files going to the "Sites" subdirectory.
Finally, be sure to update the physicalDirectory element in ServiceDefinition.csdef to reference the local publishing subdirectory (notice the 'Sites' directory in the updated snippet below).
<Site name="WebApplication1" physicalDirectory="..\..\Sites\WebApplication1\"> <Bindings> <Binding name="Endpoint1" endpointName="Endpoint2" /> </Bindings> </Site>
When you "Publish" the Windows Azure project, all your web sites will build and publish to a local directory. All the web sites will have the files you would expect.
Final Helpful Info
When deployed to Windows Azure, the secondary sites referenced in the physicalDirectory attribute are placed in the sitesroot folder of your E or F drive. The site that is the web role is actually compiled, published and deployed to the approot folder on the E or F drive. If you want to see this layout locally, first unzip the .cspkg and then unzip the .cssx file (in the extracted .cspkg). This is the layout that is deployed to Windows Azure.
Special thanks to Paul Yuknewicz and Phil Hoff for their insightful feedback and assistance on this post.


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See Notification When High Priority Outlook, Gmail, and Hotmail Mail Arrives
EmailTray monitors all of your POP, IMAP, and Web based mail, and pops a notification in the System Tray when new messages arrive. That's a cool trick all by itself, but it gets better. The program automatically sorts your mail into categories of urgency: High, medium, and low, as well as suspected spam. It figures out the priority levels automatically based on the "interconnectedness" of you and the recipient (and you can adjust it as well).
Here's where it gets interesting. EmailTray is easily configured to only alert you when mail of a certain priority arrives. So if you want to know when a high priority message arrives, but not medium or low pri messages, that's easy to do (and is, in fact, the default).
That part is awesome. From there, the program goes into meh territory. It has its own inbox interface, which aggregates all your mail into the aforementioned high, medium, and low categories. You certainly don't have to use this window, and in fact I studiously ignore it, preferring to open Outlook directly. But I can't help but think that recreating a second mail interface is a poor use of developer resources.
Whether you like the standalone EmailTray inbox or not, though, the notification system and automatic prioritization is superb, and well worth installing (especially since it's free).


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Irish court names Khodorkovsky potential suspect in €100mn fraud
The investigation is being conducted by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI), a specialized division of Ireland's national police force, the Garda Síochána, which investigates "fraud-related crime involving complex issues of criminal law or procedure."
The district court is being asked to unfreeze over €100 million (US$106 million) under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, the newspaper reports.
The Irish-domiciled funds, which are in trusts, have been frozen since March 2011. The Irish state has renewed its freezing of the assets every 28 days for the past five-and-a-half years.
The case was reopened by Khodorkovsky himself, who claims that he has already answered all of the Garda's questions concerning the source of money.
Khodorkovsy said he "perfectly understands" the action the Irish authorities took back in 2011 and doesn't object to the freeze.
"At that time, I was still in prison and, naturally, I wasn't able to provide the necessary explanations to the authorities. I think generally that fighting money laundering is the right thing to do and now we are advocating for close attention to be paid to money coming out of Russia," he said, according to the Irish Times.
The Russian ex-oil magnate now believes it's time his assets were unfrozen, or at least he expects the Irish court to explain what he has done wrong.
Speaking in court on Wednesday, Judge Timothy Lucey criticized the length of time the assets have been frozen, saying the procedure should be speedy. "[It's] just as well it wasn't a two-year old race horse – it would be dog meat by now," he quipped.
Michael McDowell senior counsel for the state, said Khodorkovsky was the owner of the funds and that a court "in a country with which Ireland does business" had found him guilty of fraud and tax evasion. The money could have gone from Yukos, which was once worth $40 billion, into a "labyrinthine series" of trusts linked to particular individuals, he said, according to the Irish Times.
Remy Farrell, senior counsel for Khodorkovsky, told the court that "An Garda Siochana [Ireland's police force] have acted as the instrument of a universally-discredited Russian regime."
Khodorkovsky's counsel argued that Irish police were using a conviction that is internationally considered politically motivated for freezing the funds. He said there is no basis for criminal activity in relation to the money and the only evidence of criminal conduct is the Russian conviction.
"As time goes on it's become increasingly difficult to justify the interference of the [Irish] state ... you have overwhelming evidence before you that the conviction [in Russia] was secured on the basis of Khodorkovsky's political beliefs," Farrell said.
Responding to Farrell's comments, the Irish state's legal counsel said: "The Gardai do not have to come to a concluded view that these [funds] are the proceeds of crime, all they have to do is come to the view that they have reasonable grounds to suspect it is."
McDowell also read parts of a sworn affidavit by a garda involved in the case who said there are reasonable grounds to suspect money laundering, and that an investigation was ongoing into Khodorkovsky, his business partner Platon Lebedev and the corporate entities associated with them.
The burden of proof in the case lies with the Irish state which must provide evidence of Khodorkovsky's financial wrongdoing. Any assertions can then be refuted by the defendant in court.
"Ireland is trying to crack down on money laundering in general – just earlier this month Ulster Bank was fined €3.3 million for failing to enforce its directives to take money-laundering training," Irish financial journalist Nick Webb told RT.com.
Webb added that the likely reason the case has taken so long in the Irish courts is because under-resourced financial investigators have been focused on domestic banking cases, and the Russian case was likely "at the back of the pile".
Damien Barnaville, partner at Irish financial services firm LK Shields, said Ireland follows anti-laundering directives from the EU and agreed that Ireland (as well as the US and UK) has recently "ramped up" their fines for, and prosecutions of, money-laundering.
Once Russia's richest person, Yukos founder Khodorkovsky was arrested in October 2003. Following a lengthy trial, in 2005 he was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to nine years in prison. Khodorkovsky was declared bankrupt by a Moscow court in 2006; Yukos was then nationalized with most of its assets eventually handed to oil giant Rosneft.
In 2009, Khodorkovsky was charged with embezzlement and money laundering. The second trial ended in late 2010 with a sentence of 14 years in prison, minus the term that he had already served. After another legal battle, the final ruling cut the sentence to 11 years.
In December 2013, Khodorkovsky was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin and left Russia for Germany to visit his elderly mother. Later he moved to Switzerland, which is now his main place of residence.
Earlier this year, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office sent documents to Interpol that could see Khodorkovsky put on an international wanted list over charges of complicity in the 1998 murder of a Siberian city mayor.
The Russian branch of Interpol declared Khodorkovsky 'wanted' in February after local law enforcement reopened the case into the killing of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Neftyugansk, who came into conflict with Yukos stakeholders and managers and was killed on June 26, 1998, Khodorkovsky's 35th birthday.


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Mrs Celestina Bilaoen Bautista (left) – we call her "Cely" – supports our mission to help bright kids from poor families finish high school with financial aid. She staunchly believes that education is freedom.
She's a retired registered nurse (RN), having worked in the Bronx hospitals of New York city for many years. Earlier in her life before finishing college and earning her Nursing degree, she attended and graduated from St Augustine School in Tagudin, province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Cely is a member of the famous SAS Class of 1958.
Never one to forget her humble beginnings, Cely is no stranger to hard work and self-reliance. She remembers the goodwill of others bestowed upon her specially when she was first starting her Nursing career. Her success story is our success story. She loves these disadvantaged kids. She backs her hope for their success with her continued support and donations to the high school fund.
Thank you Cely and may God bless you always.


text: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Brian Paul <brianp at vmware.com> wrote: > On 07/17/2011 03:50 PM, Marty Jack wrote: >> >> Another problem in the RC1 tarballs appears to be src/mesa/depend. This >> contains a pile of references to >> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/include and will fail if you are not >> on that system. >> >> With that removed I am able to build the RC1 tarballs, but that doesn't >> mean there isn't something else wrong in the parts that I didn't build. > > The depend files included in the tarball should be empty files. Looks like > one of the recent changes to the top-level Makefile lost the 'tarballs' > dependency on 'rm_depend'. > > I'll see if I can fix this later. Actually, we should just omit the 'depend' files from the tarball. In the makefiles we're using -include so there should be no harm if they're missing (but they should be regenerated at compile time anyway). -Brian


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