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(1) The Director shall—
(A) keep the Congress and congressional committees fully and currently informed of the major activities under this subchapter; and
(2) The Director shall include in any such report a description of the extent to which agencies have—
(A) reduced information collection burdens on the public, including—
(i) a summary of accomplishments and planned initiatives to reduce collection of information burdens;
(ii) a list of all violations of this subchapter and of any rules, guidelines, policies, and procedures issued pursuant to this subchapter;
(iii) a list of any increase in the collection of information burden, including the authority for each such collection; and
(iv) a list of agencies that in the preceding year did not reduce information collection burdens in accordance with section 3505 (a)(1), a list of the programs and statutory responsibilities of those agencies that precluded that reduction, and recommendations to assist those agencies to reduce information collection burdens in accordance with that section;
Source(Added Pub. L. 104–13, § 2,May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 181; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1064(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–275.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3514, added Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(a),Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2823, and Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 819], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–308, 1783–339, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 819], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–308, 3341–339, related to requirement that Director keep Congress fully informed prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 104–13.
2000—Subsec. (a)(1)(A), (2)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 106–398substituted "subchapter" for "chapter" wherever appearing.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–398effective 30 days after Oct. 30, 2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1065] of Pub. L. 106–398, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3531 of this title.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which the 8th item on page 41 identifies an annual reporting requirement which, as subsequently amended, is contained in subsec. (a) of this section), see section 3003 ofPub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
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In this post from his blog, Kiran Bulusu, Founder of Sensory Health Systems and a graduate of the Silicon Valley chapter, shares his recent experience with the Founder Institute.
Below "My experience @ Founders Institute" has been republished.
"Finally the day arrived. My company Sensory Health Systems graduated from the one of the world's largest and finest startup accelerators, "Founder Institute" . It was one of the most intensive programs I have ever gone through and the key take away is: "Ideas are worthless unless thought, validated, derived, and executed well". I went with a passion of doing a chronic disease management app and I have pivoted at least a dozen times before I settled with my current idea of early detection platform for cardio-respiratory care. Without the expert mentors feedback and the weekly assignments (aka: company building activities), I would have easily wasted 2 years of time and money. Every entrepreneur knows time is the essence of money and I'm grateful that I quickly learned from just 4 months.
The workshops, weekly company building assignments, group discussions and hot seats where everyone has to pitch in front of mentors/whole class really makes this an interesting program. There is a lot of hard work and sweat involved. I was really stressed for time between a full time job, which involved working in 2 different time zones, 2 kids under 3 years and my spouse working for another startup. But what kept me going was the FI ecosystem of expert mentors, and each of the mentors despite their busy schedule always responded and provided me with meaningful feedback. I never had the occasion where a mentor would just say this doesn't work or this sucks. They always told me how best to go to my next stage.
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What Should the U.S. Do about China?
Recorded: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The recent U.S. alignment with India seems to be another indicator of an informal U.S. policy to contain China. Will strategic containment work if China is allowed to fully integrate itself with the world economy?
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Innovative Solutions for Iraq
Recorded: Thursday, February 16, 2006
The recent elections in Iraq have not resolved the main problems therea constitutional crisis, continued terrorism, a potent Sunni rebellion, and fighting between religious and ethnic groups that could result in a full-blown civil war. Is the Iraq war a hopeless quagmire that has been lost, or can the U.S. still foster a united, peaceful and prosperous Iraq?
Experts: Peter Brookes, Ivan Eland, Lawrence J. Korb, Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (Ret.), D. Gareth PorterType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy
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Recorded: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London that local governments may force property owners to sell out and to make way for private economic development, even if the property is not blighted. In response, many states have passed legislation and proposed amendments to their state constitutions to block this unprecedented government assault on the rights of property owners.
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WASHINGTON – An Annapolis man is charged with trying to hire someone to murder his wife.
Wendell Brian Mansel approached a Leesburg, Va., man asking for help in finding a contract killer, according to Leesburg police. That man contacted police and officers began an operation using an undercover officer who posed as a hit man.
Mansel traveled to Leesburg over the course of a few weeks and met with the undercover officer to lay out specifically how he wanted his wife killed, police say.
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If any railroad corporation required by law to pay the costs of surveying, selecting, or conveying any lands granted to such corporation, or for its use and benefit, by any Act of Congress, shall, for ninety days from notice or demand by the Secretary of the Interior, as provided by section 908 of this title, neglect or refuse to deposit an amount sufficient to meet the expense of surveying, selecting, and conveying the unsurveyed lands granted to such company, or for its use and benefit, by any Act of Congress, and designated in the notice or demand by the Secretary of the Interior, as aforesaid, the rights, title, and interests of such company, and all those claiming by, through, or under it, in and to the unsurveyed lands designated in the notice of the Secretary, as aforesaid, shall cease and forfeit to the United States; and the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the Attorney General, who shall at once commence proceedings to declare the forfeiture and to restore the lands forfeited to the public domain.
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Beginning Monday, May 20, West Virginia University at Parkersburg will extend its daily public hours to 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Many offices such as the Student Welcome Center, financial aid, records and the non-traditional studies office will be open until 7 p.m. All college locations, including the Jackson County Center in Ripley, will be closed Friday through Sunday.
With the implementation of the new schedule, the college will see an approximate 10 percent savings in weekly utility costs, which amounts to $1,500 to $2,000 per week depending on the weather and other factors. In addition, the new extended morning and evening hours will help WVU Parkersburg better serve non-traditional, working students.
"With a large percentage of our population working full- or part-time, it can be difficult for those students to take care of enrollment, financial aid and other college processes during a typical work day," said WVU Parkersburg President Dr. Marie Foster Gnage. "These summer hours will allow those individuals to stop in before or after work to get the services and personal attention they need."
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The Asian Religions Area of the School of Religious Studies supports one of the largest teaching programs in Asian Religions in North America. The School of Religious Studies teaches more than 30 courses in all aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese and Japanese religion from the basic introductory level to advanced graduate seminars. It has thriving M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Hinduism and Buddhism and teaches its own courses in Sanskrit and Tibetan languages.
In addition, the Department of East Asian Studies of McGill University teaches courses in Taoism and Confucianism, which complement the courses in Chinese and Japanese Religion taught in the School of Religious Studies.
Asia and its Religions
The study of Asian religion and culture is more and more becoming an essential element of the education of a global citizen. Asia contains more than 60% of the earth's people. The two largest countries in the world by population are China and India with more than a billion people each. After the United States, the second, third and fourth largest economies in the world are China, Japan and India, as measured by purchasing power parity. The Asian financial crisis of 1997 showed that the "butterfly effect" is true; the devaluation of the Thai bhat caused financial crisis in countries around the globe, including Russia, Brazil and the United States. One needs to understand Asia to understand both the international world today and Canada today. All the countries of Asia have come to the West. Not only is Vancouver predicted to become North America's first city with an Asian majority population, but every major city in Canada has significant Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and other Asian populations.
Although several of the Asian religions have been in North America for long periods of time (the first Buddhist temple, for example, was opened in Vancouver in 1904), they originally were confined to ethnic communities and resided on the margins of mainstream Western culture. This changed in the 1960s when both Canada and the United States changed their former race-based immigration laws and adopted race neutral points-based immigration. Then in the 1970s, under Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada adopted a policy of official multiculturalism. Immigration from the Asian countries surged with the result that now in the major urban centres of Canada, one can easily find Hindu temples, Buddhist meditation centres, Sikh gurdwaras, and Chinese and Korean Christian churches. At the same time, the 1960s saw huge and dramatic challenges to conventional social attitudes. In the wake of this changes, Asian religions became increasingly an option for people in mainstream western culture.


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The Hellenic Ornithological Society (BirdLife Greece) has just published its national inventory of marine Important Bird Areas (IBAs) presented in the book Important Areas for Seabirds in Greece.
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Why the Fish Eagle's striking call signifies urgent action to tackle 'Intruders' in Lake Naivasha.
The Zambian Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has turned down a mining proposal at one of Zambia's key important bird Areas – Lower Zambezi. The proposal to mine eight million tonnes of copper ore per year was put forward by Mwembesi Resources Ltd, an Australian affiliated company. The project would involve development of the main pit at Kangaluwi and satellite pits at three other areas.
Stakeholders have given a nod of approval to a new economic analysis study showing that soda ash mining at Lake Natron is not economically viable.
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The National Wetlands Committee of Panama celebrated Earth Day with the visit of the Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention, Anada Tiéga, to Panama Bay Ramsar Site.
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Will Spray Nicotine Be the Next Quit-Smoking Fad?
Tobacco giant Philip Morris International has just bought the rights to a new technology for delivering nicotine in a aerosol spray. The upside: Nicotine addicts get their fix without all the toxins associated with smoking. The downside: It'll be at least three years before it hits the market.


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- "Don't worry, guys, I'll never be too good or too evil again. From now on, I'll just be me."
- ―Bender
- "Uh... do you think you could be just little less evil than that?"
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- "I don't know. Do you think you could survive a 700 foot fall?"
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Hell Is Other Robots is the ninth episode of production, Season One and the season finale of broadcast Season One of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on May 16, 1999. The episode guest stars Adam Horovitz and Mike D as themselves, and Dan Castellaneta, famous for his role as Homer Simpson on "The Simpsons", another show Matt Groening created; as the Robot Devil.
The episode explores the various degrees to which humanity tends to regard "religion" by following Bender, a robot. The episode was featured in the Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection DVD box set, and received positive reviews by critics.
The story begins with Fry, Leela, and Bender at a Beastie Boys' heads concert, where they are invited backstage afterward by an old acquaintance of Bender's, Fender. While meeting the Beastie Boys, Bender and Fender ditch the "organ sacks" and Bender is introduced to "jacking-on", the dangerous abuse of electricity.
Soon Bender's dabbling becomes a full blown addiction to electricity, and he resorts to desperate measures to get his fixes (such as forcing the Planet Express Ship to fly through an electrical storm). After hitting rock bottom, Bender realizes he has a problem and turns to religion for help; joining the Temple of Robotology. He is then baptized in oil and has Robotology's symbol welded onto his chest by Reverend Lionel Preacherbot.
While the rest of the Planet Express crew is initially happy that Bender has given up his addiction, they quickly find the new Bender tiresome, and try to bring out their friend's old personality by taking him to Atlantic City and reintroducing him to vice. They succeeded in bringing about the old Bender back, but were unaware that the contract of Robotology stipulates that if Bender sins, he is sent to Robot Hell for all eternity, and soon the Robot Devil abducts him as he seduces several fembots.
As Fry and Leela track Bender to The Inferno ride at Reckless Ted's Funland, using Nibbler as a bloodhound, Bender is shown around Robot Hell by the Robot Devil in the form of a song. Eventually Fry and Leela use the Fairness in Hell Act of 2275 to challenge the Robot Devil to a fiddle contest for Bender's soul and a solid gold fiddle. If they lose, they get a small silver fiddle and the Robot Devil gets to kill Fry. While they are unable to best the devil in musical skill, Leela beats the Devil with the solid gold fiddle and the trio flee Robot Hell with a pair of stolen robotic wings The Robot Devil attempts to stop them by closing the ceiling gates. Luckily, the trio are able to escape by dropping the gold violin Leela was carrying, which was adding weight to their ascent. Once they are out of Robot Hell, Bender promises to be just evil/good enough.
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Kotoamatsukami is the ultimate genjutsu granted by Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan. The technique itself allows the user to enter the opponent's mind and manipulate them by giving them false experiences, making it seem as if they were doing things of their own free will. It is regarded as a genjutsu of the highest class, due to the victim being entirely unaware that they are being manipulated.[1]
As a testament to its power it was strong enough to even negate Kabuto Yakushi's control over the revived Itachi Uchiha, in spite of the former's authority being considered almost absolute. After the technique is used, it requires around a decade before it can be used again, but this period can be drastically reduced through the possession of Hashirama Senju's cells, as observed by Danzō Shimura's use.[2] However, despite the additional stamina granted by Hashirama's cells, it is asserted that this technique still can't be used multiple times in a single day.[3]
Danzō gained access to this dōjutsu by taking and later implanting Shisui's Sharingan into his own right eye-socket while Shisui was still alive. Shisui entrusted his remaining Sharingan to Itachi, who implanted it into the eye belonging to one of his crows. This crow was later forcibly stored inside Naruto Uzumaki and rigged to emerge only in response to confronting Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan. Upon activation, the genjutsu would give the order "protect Konoha" to whomever was affected by it. Itachi intended this to be used on his brother, in the eventuality that he turned against the village and assumed that he would have transplanted his eyes in order to obtain an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan by then. The crow was instead used on Itachi himself, after being reincarnated and inadvertedly using his Mangekyō Sharingan when encountering Naruto during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
The Kotoamatsukami (別天津神, Literally meaning: Distinguished Heavenly Gods) are a group of five Shintō gods that appeared at the beginning of the universe. When the Heavens and Earth were created, three of these gods came down from the Takamagahara (高天原, Literally meaning: High Heavenly Plains) as so-called 'single gods' (独神, hitorigami): gods that did not appear as a husband-wife duo. These three gods are called the 'Three Gods of Creation' (造化の三神, Zōka no Sanshin) and where:
- Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami (天之御中主神), the supreme god.
- Takamimusuhi-no-Kami (高御産巣日神), the god of conquest and rule.
- Kamimusuhi-no-Kami (神産巣日神), the god of birth.
After them, when the land was formed and sea was rising to the surface, two more gods appeared:
- Umashiashikabihikoji-no-Kami (宇摩志阿斯訶備比古遅神)
- Ame-no-Tokotachi-no-Kami (天之常立神)
These five gods have a special place among the Heavenly Gods (天津神, Amatsukami), hence their name: Distinguished Heavenly Gods (別天津神, Kotoamatsukami). After them came the 'Seven Generations of the Age of Gods' (神世七代, Kamiyo Nanayo), the last of which were Izanagi and Izanami, who were responsible for creating the Japanese archipelago.
- Unlike a number of other Sharingan related techniques, this ability seemingly doesn't require direct eye contact, as Danzō never removed the bandages that hid it from view.
- The Fifth Mizukage commented that she couldn't help but conclude that there was a connection between this technique and the power that controlled Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage.[4]
- With Danzō crushing the eye he took from Shisui and Itachi burning the remaining one along with one of his crows, this technique may have become lost forever as no other known Uchiha acquired it after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.


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As of now (20 October, just after 22:00UTC) there are eight uses of the discount code left.
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The PDFs are really well done and are going to be a great resource. Because PDF files are vector based, you can upscale them to 600% or more to look at detail on the images of each object. These should be great on Apple or Android tablets.
The file unzips into a main index file and folders based on each constellation. Subfolders contain the tours for AutoStar, NexStar and EQ. The main folder also contains a separate constellation index and one file each for galaxies, planetaries and nebulas within that constellation. It's a huge amount of information and I love the "observing card" style presentation for each object.
Now, I just have to figure out how to incorporate these guides into my observing. It's too good not to use.
Posted 22 October 2012 - 01:52 AM
attempted to unzip - got error - "Error: central directory not found."
Hi WAARHEID,
Sorry to hear the file does not unzip (yet). I assume you use Windows (7)? Windows can give some trouble when it comes to unzipping large files... Can you please give the application WinRAR a try? Download link: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Let me know how it works for you!
Posted 22 October 2012 - 01:56 AM
Yes, there are plenty of files in the edition you got, and that's "just" the 5-6" Northern one..!
I hope you get a chance to use the guides and tours soon.
All you need is clear skies now.
All the best,
Posted 22 October 2012 - 02:29 AM
Next question... What are the APD files?
Posted 22 October 2012 - 02:35 AM
The .apd files are the AstroPlanner planfiles. Like the tours, they match the observing guides. There's a bit more information on the Clear Skies website (planfiles page) and a lot more on the AstroPlanner website.
Posted 22 October 2012 - 03:59 AM
I did use it on the Veil Nebula though and for the first time in my 3 year astro 'career' I managed to positively identify the different filaments. And I saw some additional ones as well thanks to the DSS images.
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As mentioned on the Clear Skies website Samples page a few CSOG samples are freely available. You can visit the page to download, or click on the (identical) links below:
- Planetary nebulae in Cygnus, 8-10" telescopes
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- Carbon stars in Orion, 8-10" telescopes
- Open clusters in Vela, 5-6" telescopes, the second of two open cluster guides in this constellation for this aperture
- the Messier objects in Coma Berenices
- the Herschel 400 objects in Auriga
- the Dunlop objects in Centaurus
These links download a zipfile containing the sample content. All images in these samples are "true" (unmirrored, north up, east to the left).
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The 25% download code, as mentioned in the first post of this topic is still active!
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CCM Secretary General Wilson Mukama yesterday expressed "disappointment" over what he saw as a tendency by parliamentary committee leaders to flout House standing orders by ruling on issues without observing laid down procedures.
He said some are known to usurp powers and pre-empt matters by publicly giving highlights of discussions they routinely hold with various people and institutions instead of tabling them at the House Speaker's Office first for appropriate action.
Addressing journalists in Dar es Salaam, Mukama suggested that the committees were pre-empting the House "by furnishing the media with reports discussed in their meetings, which leaves the public confused".
He said protocol demanded that the committees first submit the reports to the Speaker of the National Assembly, "who will then decide whether to have them tabled in the House for debate or other action".
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Warp core is the common designation for the main energy reactor powering the propulsion system on warp-capable starships. During the 22nd century, warp reactors aboard Template:ShipClass starships were technically known as the "Gravimetric Field Displacement Manifold". (ENT: "Cold Front") The reactor had eight major components. (ENT: "Desert Crossing")
On Federation starships, the warp core usually consists of a matter/antimatter reaction assembly (M/ARA) utilizing deuterium and antideuterium reacting in a dilithium crystal matrix which produces a maximum output of 4,000 teradynes per second. (VOY: "Drone")
22nd century warp cores were designed as oblong cylinders connected by pylon conduits directly into the warp nacelles. (Star Trek: Enterprise) In the 23rd century, the warp core was not situated in the main engineering. The main warp reaction occurred in a dilithium crystal converter assembly which consisted of two flattened rounded nodules situated directly in front of the warp plasma conduits to the warp engines, which were behind a large metal grate. (Star Trek: The Original Series; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II") By 2270, most Federation warp cores were redesigned to consist of a large warp core unit in the secondary hull with matter and anti-matter channeling into the core through vertical conduits, with the resulting energy directed to the nacelles through a horizontal conduit leading out from the rear of the core. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
As a safety precaution, the core could be physically ejected from the ship should an event such as the catastrophic failure of the containment of the matter-antimatter reaction occur and the crew decides it cannot be corrected. (TOS: "That Which Survives"; TNG: "Cause and Effect", "All Good Things..."; VOY: "Cathexis", "Day of Honor", "Renaissance Man"; Star Trek)
Antimatter containment is achieved through the use of magnetic fields, which guide and direct the antimatter through the antimatter engine to injector coils, which precisely compresses and streams the antimatter into the form which enters the dilithium articulation frame. Deuterium, stored in the ship or attracted by the Bussard collectors, is funneled in a stream from the opposite deuterium injector. The molecules enter the lattice matrix of the crystallized dilithium, reacting within it and releasing a tuned energy stream in the form of electro-plasma, a highly energetic form of plasma. The electro-plasma is carried by magnetic plasma conduits throughout the power transfer system. In the Federation power transfer grid, this is the electro-plasma distribution network, comprised of EPS conduits and EPS taps. The most energized stream created is the warp plasma, which exits in twin power transfer conduits connected to the warp nacelles. (ENT: "Cold Front", "These Are the Voyages..."; Star Trek: Insurrection)
During the 23rd century, dilithium crystals were also used in Klingon warp reactions to generate energy at sufficient levels to enable warp flight. A difference noticed in the 24th century was that Klingon engines use a tritium intermix (tritium/antitritium) rather than a deuterium intermix. (DS9: "When It Rains...")
On Romulan starships, a different approach is used; an artificial quantum singularity in the warp core is used to harness the energy necessary to power warp flight. (TNG: "Timescape")
Warp cores on starships leave resonance traces, allowing for the ability to track vessels. (VOY: "Caretaker")
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Requested by a family member, this map is based on the Belgariad and Mallorean series by David (and Leigh) Eddings.
Most of the work was done in GIMP, but the ocean texture was almost exclusively done in Photoshop, and the heightmap was edited in Wilbur.
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Thanks SG! I certainly hope so
Love the map... but I curse you, because now I must go back and read the book series... again! Seriously, a really nice map!
Really nice. I always like maps that have the sea in darker colors.
Awesome map! I remember reading both series years ago - loved them. A quick question if you don't mind.... you stated above that you were ok with folks using the map for personal use - would you by any chance have a version that isn't labeled? And if so, would you be willing to share it? I am going to be running a D&D-style campaign for my family, & I've been looking for a world map to set my campaign in. I would like it to be unlabeled to I can fill in countries, cities, etc. specific to my campaign. Your map would work wonderfully for my campaign concept. Thanks either way, and again, great job!
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A graveyard or cemetery was a place where, after death, a person's body was traditionally buried. Such locations were typically accompanied by gravestones. (ENT: "A Night in Sickbay"; TNG: "Sub Rosa")
In 2152, Captain Jonathan Archer of the starship Enterprise experienced a dream in which he was burying his dog Porthos in a cemetery exclusive for pets. (ENT: "A Night in Sickbay")
Rura Penthe was known throughout the galaxy as "the alien's graveyard." (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
In 2365, Geordi La Forge referred to the surface of Surata IV as a graveyard after Data discovered fossilized animal remains. (TNG: "Shades of Gray")
In 2370, Doctor Beverly Crusher, along with Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Counselor Deanna Troi visited the cemetery at the Caldos colony on Caldos II for the funeral of Felisa Howard, Crusher's grandmother. (TNG: "Sub Rosa")
In an alternate timeline, Commander Chakotay compared walking around on a planet in the Delta Quadrant devastated by polaric ion energy akin to being in a graveyard. (VOY: "Time and Again")
In 2371, the USS Voyager attempted to evade the Vidiians by entering a part of space surrounded by numerous subspace vacuoles. Captain Kathryn Janeway compared it to sneaking around a graveyard at night. (VOY: "Fury")
In 2374, Dukat told Captain Benjamin Sisko that he regretted not killing all Bajorans during the Occupation of Bajor and turning Bajor into a graveyard. (DS9: "Waltz")


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By: Kara Duffy
February 19, 2013
Moultrie, GA- Firefighters risk their lives on the job every day; but when flames ripped through a house along 15th Avenue Southwest in Moultrie Sunday afternoon, one firefighter was faced with another obstacle.
Firefighter Jeff Cooper says he was battling the blaze from inside the house when all of the sudden he heard two or three loud popping noises.
He said he then felt a sharp stinging pain on his neck.
Not knowing what hit him, he said he went outside to get checked out by paramedics. That's when they realized he had been hit by a bullet.
"Inside the structure there were several firearms and several boxes of ammunition," said Lt. Justin Cox with the Moultrie Fire Department. "They were exposed to heat and flames and some of the ammunition actually detonated inside the structure."
Firefighters say fortunately Cooper wasn't injured by the brass shell casing. Within minutes he was able to go back to fighting the fire.
"Right now it looks like there was a wood-burning stove that was left burning when the occupants left and it appears the fire originated around the wood-burning stove," said Lt. Cox.
William Massey lives in the house with his brother. He says only a few things survived the blaze.
Massey says even though the material things are gone, he's just thankful nobody was hurt.
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Fabian Joseph clocked one hour, three minutes and 45 seconds to retain the title of a Tigo-sponsored Ngorongoro Half Marathon in Karatu, Manyara Region last week.
Joseph who is preparing for the London Olympics was followed closely by Martin Sulle who emerged second after running for 1:04.26 and third place went to Stephano Huche who was timed 1:04.30.
In the women's category, Jacqueline Sakilu won the race after spending 1:16.01 while veteran Restituta Joseph finished second at 1:18.21. Restituta has competed without winning a medal in three Olympics, Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004). Siata Romanus emerged third at 1:20:30
This year's race was the fifth edition and it attracted over 200 runners. The race was organized by Zara Charity who works closely with the Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC) to help groom local athletes into world class runners.
Tigo is the sponsor of the event as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives.
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From PostgreSQL wiki
Project to implement Column Oriented STorage in PostgreSQL
As of 9.4, PostgreSQL is a row-oriented database server. The project and requirements described here have the objective of implementing performance improvements using column storage techniques.
Overview of Column Oriented STorage (COST)
Row oriented storage means that columns in the table are generally stored in a single heap, with each column stored on a single tuple.
Various database systems have implemented physical storage so that individual columns are stored separately, with a values of each tuple stored in an array or similar structure, which is known as Column Oriented DBMS: [Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS]
Column oriented storage has become associated with Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence systems where in conjunction with other related features it can enhance performance. While true, this is a simplistic viewpoint and we need to understand where the speed comes from and how that could work for PostgreSQL.
Advantages of COST
Column Oriented Storage would give PostgreSQL
- Faster business intelligence queries
- Ability to improve compression of individual columns
- Ability for PostgreSQL to exceed the current 1600 column limit in one tuple
What would COST look like?
Just as we set storage parameters for each column for TOAST, we would set them for COST also...
ALTER TABLE foo
ALTER COLUMN foocol SET ORIENTATION column;
We might also want to store columns in groups together, like so
ALTER TABLE foo
ALTER COLUMN foocol1 SET COLUMN GROUP 2, ALTER COLUMN foocol2 SET COLUMN GROUP 2;
which would give us the ability to store columns in secondary relations in groups, like Cassandra.
Deeper Insights
What's wrong with TOAST?
The Oversized Attribute Storage Technique (TOAST) does a great job at what it does - storing large values for columns. There are some improvements that can be made, such as improving compression performance or making it more configurable. However, those don't change the basic nature of TOAST: it is designed for storage, not as a means to improve performance of queries.
Specifically, TOAST can be slow for queries because
- TOAST stores all column values separately - multiple row values are not stored adjacent to each other
- TOAST chops up values into chunks, though without much pattern - the column value must be reconstructed for use in search queries
Dangers of Simple Solutions
[Row vs. Column Stores http://db.csail.mit.edu/projects/cstore/abadi-sigmod08.pdf]
"The elevator pitch behind (the column store) performance difference is straightforward: column-stores are more I/O efficient for read-only queries since they only have to read from disk (or from memory) those attributes accessed by a query. This simplistic view leads to the assumption that one can obtain the performance benefits of a column-store using a row-store: either by vertically partitioning the schema, or by indexing every column so that columns can be accessed independently. In this paper, we demonstrate that this assumption is false. We compare the performance of a commercial row-store under a variety of different configurations with a column-store and show that the row-store performance is significantly slower on a recently proposed data warehouse benchmark. We then analyze the performance difference and show that there are some important differences between the two systems at the query executor level (in addition to the obvious differences at the storage layer level). Using the column-store, we then tease apart these differences, demonstrating the impact on performance of a variety of column-oriented query execution techniques, including vectorized query processing, compression, and a new join algorithm we introduce in this paper. We conclude that while it is not impossible for a row-store to achieve some of the performance advantages of a column-store, changes must be made to both the storage layer and the query executor to fully obtain the benefits of a column-oriented approach."
That's all a bit negative, which is a shame.
Basically, we end up by saying that if we store columns individually, compress them all together and then access them without decompression, then we'll go faster.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in America
Recorded: Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Economics and environmentalism are types of modern religions. So says Robert H. Nelson in his analysis of the roots of economics and environmentalism and their mutually antagonistic relations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The present debate raging over global warming exemplifies the clash of these two public theologies.
Experts: Steven F. Hayward, Robert H. Nelson, Max L. StackhouseType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Property Rights, Religion
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Litigation, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling on the Second Amendments individual right to keep and bear arms in Heller v. District of Columbia. Now the question remains whether this right must be recognized by the States and their political subdivisions.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Nelson LundType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S)
Robert Higgs Debates James Galbraith on Obamanomics
Recorded: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs debates James Galbraith (Professor of Economics, University of Texas; son of infamous, liberal, Keynesian economist John Kenneth Galbraith) on Antiwar Radio regarding the folly of government bailouts for insolvent banks, creation of the Glass-Steagall Act as a means to prevent FDIC insured banks from taking excessive risks, benefits and detriments of public and private regulation and oversight, problems of regulatory capture and revolving door politics, divergent opinions on the causes of the Great Depression and efficacy of the New Deal and the arguments for and against government spending on public infrastructure.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Fiscal Policy/Debt, History (U.S)
Jonathan Bean on The Bill Meyer Show
Recorded: Sunday, January 10, 2010
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean, author of Race and Liberty in America is interviewed on The Bill Meyer Show KMED-AM Medford, OR, January 2010
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Get an overview of this hotelAdults-only Merida hotel in Centro with free breakfast
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Hotel Casa Azul features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This luxury hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and a garden. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a theme park shuttle. Complimentary valet parking is available on site.
Hotel Casa Azul has designated areas for smoking.
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- Fitness facilities
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- iPod docking station
- Room service (limited hours)
- Down comforter
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- Individually furnished
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Guests are offered a complimentary full breakfast each morning.
Hotel Casa Azul has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
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Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
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To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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Check-out time is Noon
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Minimum guest age is 12
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This is a thread for those of you who have questions about anything from life that they've ever been seeking an explanation from. This could range from the average cost of a pint of milk, to the very meaning of existence itself.
Hopefully we can all help to answer each others questions, whilst also having our own curiosity and general bafflement resolved in the process.
I'll kick things off...
* Oranges are orange, but why? It's not as if we refer to bananas as "yellows"! Did our wording for the colour derive from the fruit or vice versa?
* Who the heck is Gordon Bennett anyway?! Like many others, I have a tendency to utter his name in anger when I'm in a state of minor annoyance (I reserve the phrase "fucking cunt bag" for when my annoyance levels slip into the red!) but I am completely clueless as to whom Gordon Bennett actually was.
* Why does my neighbor insist on playing on his bongos at three in the morning? The fucking cunt bag!


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[Intro: Interview with Justin Bieber]
Justin Bieber
Pop star Justin Bieber
Denied he fathered a child
There is a lot of good that comes with celebrity, you know that
There is also a pretty white hot spotlight
And you found yourself under it recently, some headlines
To set the record straight, none of it is true
Do you know this woman?
Never met the woman, so
No? Okay, well, obviously this is what comes along with, uh
Life in the fast lane as they say
[Verse 1: Bieber]
She said she met me on the tour
She keeps knocking on my door
She won't leave me, leave me alone
This girl she wouldn't stop
Almost had to call the cops
She was schemin', oh, she was wrong
Cause she wanted all my attention
And she was dragging my name through the dirt
She was dying for my affection
She got mad cause I didn't give it to her
I'm talking to you
Maria, why you wanna do me like that?
That ain't my baby, that ain't my girl
Maria, why you wanna play me like that?
She ain't my baby, she ain't my girl
Cause she's talkin' it; she needs to quit
But I never hit it; I know she's not mine
That ain't my baby, that ain't my girl
And she wildin' out when she talk about
Let me tell you now, that girl she's not mine
She ain't my baby, she ain't my girl
[Verse 2:]
Now she's in the magazines
On TV making a scene
Oh she's crazy, crazy in love
And she's all over the news
Saying everything but the truth
She's faking, faking it all
[Pre-Hook & Hook]
Why are you trying, trying to lie girl
When I ain't never met you at all
Saying goodbye, but how could ya
You do this, you prove this
Your foolness, seduces
That ain't my baby, that ain't my girl
She ain't my baby, she ain't my girl
She ain't my baby, she ain't my girl
She ain't my baby, she's not my girl
While Maria isn't officially about Mariah Yeater, it definitely is about her. Justin Bieber's song about his alleged "baby mama" is an electronic mixture of "Billie Jean" and shots at the obsessive fan.