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With the recent approval of the Aspen Brook gravel pit it has never been more important to bring more attention to this great river. We have always insisted that the key to protecting the Exploits River from harmful and needless industrialization is to use it; the more people that experience the beauty, culture and excitement of this historic river the louder the voice will be to preserve the river for recreational use for generations to come.
With this in mind, we are launching the Exploits River Appreciation week which will be the first week of July. We would like as many people as possible to come on out and experience what the Exploits River has to offer, and will be running a series of promotions to encourage people to do just that!
For those of you who enjoy paddling, here are a few suggestions on how you can do your part to Save the Exploits River, and have the time of your life while you do it:
Paddle the River From Red Indian Lake
The section of the Exploits River from below the dam at Red Indian Lake to Badger is considered one of the best stretches of river for recreational paddling in the world! This portion of the river is extremely deep, fast and stretches through a wilderness full of large game and absent of human interference. It is literally a paddler's dream! Quite suitable for canoes or kayaks, this trip is ideally taken over two leisurely days with ample opportunities to camp along the way (but can be run in a single day). There are a few sections, most notably Red Indian Falls, that require an easy portage, and we would be happy to provide you with a map and detailed instructions on what to expect along the way.
Experience our Badger Run route on Canoe or Kayak
For those of you that have been on our exciting Badger Run rafting trip, you should consider trying your hand at white-water canoeing or kayaking, and running it with some friends! This 15km stretch of untouched wilderness is punctuated by easy to navigate rapids, swifts, and spectacular beauty. Most of the trip is suitable for all levels of experience, but inexperienced paddlers will want to avoid or portage some of the more intense features. The Badger Chute should be portaged by all but the most experience paddlers. Feel free to end your trip at our chalet property, or continue on as far as Rushy Pond.
Flat-water Paddling – Great Family Adventure!
If you are looking for a more relaxing way to enjoy this incredible river, you should consider taking a canoe or kayak trip from our property at Aspen Brook down to Rushy Pond. This section of the Exploits is perfect for leisurely canoe trips as the river is fairly swift and does most of the work for you! The route will take you down the southern side of the river, far removed from the signs of city life, giving you the feeling of a true wilderness experience. For an added treat, you should consider camping on one of the many ruggedly beautiful islands you will encounter on route; we can give you a few suggestions and help you plan the perfect family camping trip. Along the 15km route, there are many great opportunities to bring the canoe to the shore and explore the hidden wonders of this great river.
Another great activity would be to take a hike through one of the many trails in Grand Falls-Windsor along the Exploits River. Perhaps you could bring a picnic lunch with you, or spend some time cleaning up the litter that has been carelessly left behind. There are also dozens of excellent geocaching opportunities along the Exploits (see map of caches); most of the caches have been placed in the areas with the best possible view, or areas of historical significance. If you have never geocached before, it's essentially a world wide treasure hunt and a GREAT activity for families! We would be happy to help get you started!
To do our part to get people on the river we are going to offer some new programs, and deeply discount our river trips and watercraft rentals to ensure everyone has the chance to experience the Exploits. As always, everyone is more than welcome to use our property and river access to begin or end your Exploits River adventure free of charge. We also offer shuttle service, and can arrange pick-up/drop-offs at any point along the Exploits River at very reasonable fees.
Over the course of the day we will introduce our full program of discounts and special offers designed to get as many people as possible on the Exploits River. Whether you use our equipment or your own, please try to take some time to really experience this treasure before industry and poor resource planning destroy it forever. We need you to help us prove that this river is worth saving. Join us for the Exploits River Appreciation week in whatever way works best for you, and send the government of this province a clear and unmistakable message:
See you on the river!
Jason Nault
Office Manager


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Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies are repeatedly pushing the idea that they've been rendered helpless by the explosion of new communications technologies. The argument that wiretapping laws should undergo "modernization" to match today's communications technologies has been used to justify a package of legislative amendments that would broaden online surveillance powers. The most controversial aspect of this proposal is a mandatory data retention framework, which would require blanket storage of all Australians' communications data for up to two full years.
Despite the oft-repeated narrative that there is an urgent need for this new set of wiretapping capabilities, a recently published official overview points out that the government has offered very little in the way of concrete evidence to back up this claim.
Censorship circumvention software is about to become very popular in Egypt. On Wednesday, the country's Prosecutor General, Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, ordered government ministries to enforce a ban on pornographic websites, based on a three-year old ruling by Egypt's administrative court, which declared that "freedom of expression and public rights should be restricted by maintaining the fundamentals of religion, morality and patriotism" and denounced pornographic content as "venomous and vile."
An anonymous government official claims that the order was a response to the ultraconservative Salafi "Pure Net" campaign, which staged a demonstration in front of the Cairo's High Court on Wednesday, calling for an enforcement of the ban on Internet pornography on the grounds that such sites "violate Egyptian customs and values."
After nearly two years of non-stop social unrest and protests against the ruling monarchy, things have taken a precipitous turn for the worse for civil liberties in Bahrain this week. Martial law rules have been in effect in the tiny Gulf nation since late last year, but on Tuesday, the government took the remarkable step of declaring a ban on all public rallies and demonstrations--a move government spokesman, Fahad al-Binali claims is "temporary" and intended to "calm things down" after the recent deaths of protesters and police officers.
In an interview with viEUws, the European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, affirms that Europe wants to close the Canadian-European Trade Agreement (CETA) by the end of this year—which would have been today, since the European calendar year ends on October 31.1 CETA is a trade agreement designed to strengthen economic ties between Canada and the EU through "free" trade and increased investment.
In July, EFF called for the immediate release of open source developer and Creative Commons volunteer Bassel Khartabil, who had been detained in Syria since March 12, 2012 as part of a wave of arrests made in the Mazzeh district of Damascus. We felt that the situation was especially urgent in light of a recent Human Rights Watch report documenting the use of torture in 27 detention facilities run by Syrian intelligence agencies. Now it appears that our concerns were well-founded.
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We were pleased to see the Bing.com homepage today. The photograph that is featured on Bing.com today (28th March, 2013), is a beautiful underwater panorama made by the 360Cities photographer Marcio Cabral in Brazil, the Mysterious Lagoon. Congratulations to Marcio Cabral! Discover its mysterious by clicking on the image!
Why is this lagoon mysterious?
Because it is considered one of the deepest submerged caves in Brazil, with more than 220 meter of water column (maximum depth reached by professional cave diver Gilberto Menezes de Oliveira, in 1998), as Marcio Cabral wrote in the panorama description.
Bing.com is one of the most used search engines in the world. Thanks a lot to the Bing.com team for bringing 360Cities panoramas to an even larger audience. Also, thanks a lot to 360Cities photographers whose work deserves to be seen by a worldwide audience.
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Interview: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on '¡Uno!,' '¡Dos!' and '¡Tre!'
As it turns out, the song makes a great 12th-track album closer for ¡Uno! — a graceful counterpoint to the pop-punk mayhem that has come before and a musical marker that points the way to some of the material on the two subsequent discs. To complement the stylistic thrust of ¡Uno!, Armstrong also had a clear sense of the guitar sound he wanted and the overall production approach he wished to pursue.
"I really wanted the record to be a classic Green Day sound," he says, "but I also wanted to introduce new elements of different guitar sounds—cleaner tones—and to mic the room so you can get the real power of the speakers moving the air to give it more of a live sound. It's a bit of an AC/DC type of guitar sound, where it's really powerful but what you're actually listening to is a clean guitar tone."
This live-in-the-studio approach was also facilitated by the fact that Green Day rehearsed the songs at the same facility in which they recorded them—their own place, Jingletown, in Oakland. It was formerly called Studio 880 but has since been endowed with a new name and new Neve mixing console. For the sessions, the band also drafted its longtime live guitarist, Jason White.
"He was in the room with us the whole time," Armstrong says. "He's been playing with us for over 10 years now, so we figured, 'Let's bring him in and he'll be the fourth member. He can be Cuatro.' So for all the rhythm tracks, he's in the right speaker and I'm in the left. He added a really great element because he's got a really smooth kind of style to him, whereas I'm more percussive. He matches what I'm doing but adds a vibe to it."
Longtime Green Day producer Rob Cavallo also encouraged the band's live-in-the-studio approach to the recordings. "When Rob came and watched us jam," Armstrong recounts, "he was, like, 'This is what the record should sound like. It should sound like you guys jamming in this room.'"
Cavallo was Green Day's producer from Dookie onward (although his involvement in 2000's Warning was minimal). But he fell away from the fold for 21st Century Breakdown, which was produced by Butch Vig. So how did Cavallo get back in the picture?
"By apologizing," Armstrong deadpans before dissolving into laughter. "He just wanted to mend things. We had sort of a strained relationship after American Idiot. I don't really know why. I don't think he even knows why. It just turned ugly for a while. But we started having talks together again, and he said how much he really wanted to do the record. I started getting into playing him demos again, and he started champing at the bit to produce. So it was just a slow process of rebuilding the friendship and the relationship again."
One other thing helped put Green Day back in pop-punk mode: they started playing songs from their first two albums, 39/Smooth and Kerplunk, while touring for 21st Century Breakdown.
"On our last tour, we were playing a lot of old songs, like 'Who Wrote Holden Caufield?' and 'One for the Razorbacks,'" Armstrong says. "It was really fun. And sometimes when you're in the middle of playing the song you start to realize, Oh, god, I remember who this song was about. I remember what I was feeling at that time. How is it relevant to me now? You almost get lost in all that, and you're performing it in front of 10,000 people or whatever. It's a trip going back like that. I think we were reluctant to do that before the last tour, but then we just started bringing those songs in. We've always wanted to write songs that we could play 20 years later, like the Rolling Stones are able to play '19th Nervous Breakdown' and stuff like that."
¡Uno! ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! are certainly awash in songs that reference Armstrong's punk-rock past as a kid growing up in Berkeley, California's highly politicized, hardcore Gilman Street scene. The new albums' overall mood of adolescent pop abandon is tempered by a wistful note of nostalgia that creeps into many tunes, some of the most frankly autobiographical songs that Armstrong has ever written.
"X-Kid" from ¡Tré! deals with the suicide of a close friend of Armstrong's. "I don't really want to get into it," he says. "It's too heavy." And "Carpe Diem" from ¡Uno! is also haunted by intimations of mortality. That song's about living in the moment," he says. "I think the older you get, you have to appreciate your time on this planet."
On a more cheerful note, "Sweet 16" is an unabashed love song to Armstrong's wife, Adrienne, written as a gift to her for the couple's 16th anniversary. They met during an early Green Day van tour while she was studying sociology at the University of Minnesota. At the time Armstrong was 18 and she was 20. It was pretty much love at first sight, although it took them both a little while to realize it fully.
"'Sweet 16' is about being in a relationship for a really long time," Armstrong says. "The first verse is about my relationship with Adrienne when we first met. And the second verse is more about our relationship now. And just how time passes and just kinda, 'Wow, we're still here and still together.'"
Perhaps more surprising is the song "Amanda" on ¡Tré!. It references Armstrong's brief relationship with a militant feminist punk-rock girl, actually named Amanda, during the Gilman Street days. She broke up with him and has haunted Green Day's body of work ever since, although usually in veiled or fictionalized form. She was the inspiration for Green Day's mega-hit "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and also formed the basis for the character Whatsername in 21st Century Breakdown.
"Yeah, she's in that," Armstrong acknowledges, "and all the way back to a song like 'Stuart and the Avenue' [from Insomniac]. She's an old friend who goes back to a long time ago—kind of like a recurring dream. She's shown up in different songs here and there that are bitter or bittersweet. I wrote the song 'Amanda' from a perspective of, 'Okay, now that we're grown-ups…' She's got her kids and her husband, and I've got my family. And it's just asking the question, 'How are you? What's life like for you? This is what I'm up to.' We had a chance to reconnect and talk a little bit. And that was that."


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A Significant Win
Credit: JOE MADONNA
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84123820@N00/2758143250
License: CC BY-NC 3.0
You may recognize this famous gold medalist. He's Michael Phelps, the world-champion swimmer. The times of world-class athletes like Michael Phelps may be measured to the hundredths of a second. That's important because the times are often very close. A new world record may be set by just a split-second difference in time.
Why It Matters
- The need for accuracy in timing athletic events makes significant figures important. Significant figures are the correct number of digits for reporting a measurement or calculation. Just the thought of significant figures may make you cringe, but using them really isn't difficult. You just need to apply a few simple rules.
- How accurately must swimming times be measured, and how many significant figures are required? To answer this question, watch the video below. It shows Michael Phelps setting a new world record in an exciting 100-meter race. Notice how little time separates his time in this race from the previous world record.
Can You Apply It?
Learn more about significant figures at the links below. Then answer the questions that follow.
- http://www.ducksters.com/kidsmath/significant_digits_or_figures.php
- http://web.campbell.edu/faculty/fetterman/Significant%20Figures.htm
- True or false: The number of significant figures is the minimum number of figures required to report a value without loss of accuracy.
- Which figures are significant?
- all non-zero figures
- any zeros between significant figures
- trailing zeros to the right of a decimal point
- all of the above
- Which figures are not significant?
- trailing zeros to the left of a decimal point
- leading zeros to the right of a decimal point
- leading zeros to the left of a decimal point
- two of the above
- How many significant figures are there in each of the following numbers?
- 1000
- 1000.0
- 10.005
- 0.005
- Why is it important to use significant figures when recording a measurement, such as an athlete's time in a race?
- When using a digital measuring device, how many figures are significant?
- When using an analog (non-digital) measuring device, how many figures are significant?
- What significant figures would you record for the measurement of liquid in the graduated cylinder shown below? Why? (Assume that the cylinder is marked in milliliters.)
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- In the swimming competition in the video above, what was Michael Phelps' time? What was the previous world record? How much time did he shave off the previous world record?
- In this swimming competition, swimmer's times were measured digitally. How many significant figures are there in Michael Phelps' winning time? Why?


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I'm running a bit late with this. Like a month.The winner will be decided by February10 and be presented on that date at the Boston Society of Film Critcs Award Ceremony at the Brattle Theatre. Send in your votes now!
The Alpha Wolf in "The
Iggy, the Iguana in Jafar Panahi "This is Not a Film"
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Recall -- Firm Press Release
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La Preferida, Inc. Issues A Voluntary Recall Of La Preferida
Whole Pinto Beans 29 OZ. (Water & Salt)
Alejandra Moran
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 11, 2013 - La Preferida, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 4,734 cases (56,808 cans) of La Preferida Whole Pinto Beans 29 oz. (Water & Salt). Can Code: PINTO LP, BEST BY 01/03/2015, "Time" 3003. The manufacturer's preliminary inspection indicates 420 cans may not have been fully processed, which could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or by pathogens, which could lead to illness if consumed. To date, there have been no reported injuries or adverse events associated with the consumption of this product.
These products were distributed for retail sale nationwide from January 7, 2013 thru February 6, 2013. The recalled product can be identified as follows:
La Preferida Whole Pinto Beans 29 oz. (Water & Salt)
Product with this code, should be returned to your local grocery store to receive a full refund.
For consumer questions, please call 1-866-251-8268.
Thank you for your full cooperation and immediate attention in this matter. This voluntary recall is being made with the knowledge of the Food and Drug Administration.
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DEX: Debian and its derivatives, getting things done together
Since I resumed active status in Debian, I've been thinking about how to bridge the gap between Debian and its derivatives*. I've spoken at length with Zack, the attendees of the Derivatives BoF at DebConf 10, and the fine folks at the Derivatives Front Desk about the technical and social issues affecting derivative projects, and could probably write a very thorough series of blog posts on the subject.
Instead, Zack and I decided to try doing something about it: we have begun a project to test out a new approach to the problem.
Introducing DEX
DEX is all about action: merging patches, fixing bugs, crunching data, whatever is necessary to get changes from derivatives into Debian proper. DEX doesn't try to change the way any existing project works, but adds a "fast path" for getting code from one place to another.
DEX is a joint task force where developers from Debian and its derivatives work together on this common goal. As a pilot project, we've established an Ubuntu DEX Team focused on merging code from Ubuntu into Debian. With members from both projects, we hope to be able to resolve blockage anywhere in the pipeline. Whatever needs to get done in order to merge an Ubuntu patch, someone in the Ubuntu DEX team will know what to do. If we get good results with Ubuntu, we hope that other derivatives will follow. With thanks to David Paleino, we're excited that the Utnubu project is merging into DEX as it aligns well with their goals. I'm very grateful to have Colin Watson and James Westby signed up to contribute as well.
Our first project is simple: turn this list green. This is an archive of quite old patches from Ubuntu, most of which have probably been merged already or made obsolete, but they pre-date any kind of tracking system so they need to be verified. Once that's done, we'll move on to a new project with a new todo list.
If you want to see Debian benefit from technical work done in derivatives, DEX is a chance for you to act together to make it happen. If you work on a derivative and want to carry a smaller delta, come and join us. I'm sure we'll learn a lot from this experience.
* There are many instances of great cooperation between Debian and derivative distributions, including joint package maintenance teams, and some derivatives are even part of the Debian project. Nonetheless, there are areas were most people I've spoken to agree that we need to do better. This is what I've referred to as the "gap".
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Turn to canned corn already flavored with peppers for an easy start to this creamy, meatless casserole.
Long-grain rice, when cooked, produces light, dry grains that separate easily.
Not sure what size your casserole dish is? Fill it with water and measure the water to determine the size.
Serve this cheese-topped side dish instead of Spanish rice with any of your favorite Mexican entrees.
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Korg DS-8
The DS-8 is Korg's contender among synths like the Roland D-50 and Yamaha DX7. It is a digital FM synthesizer with 4-operators per voice, 8 voices of polyphony and 8 parts multitimbrality. It's good for percussive, strange effect noises and such because its sound (similar to the DX7) is so unique. It has some digital effects such as chorus, flange, delay and analog-like controls for modulators, envelopes and the LFO. A joystick provides control of modulation and pitch bending. It also has a performance section for quick edits on the fly using (3) real-time sliders to control timbre, EG1 and EG2. A nice alternative to the common DX-7.
Lookup Korg DS-8 Prices
The link above will take you to an eBay search for this synth to see active listings with more images, specs and information. If you don't find it there, try looking in our forum marketplace. Our marketplace gets thousands of visits every week so make sure to check back often if you want to buy or sell a synth.
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Are you looking to buy or sell a Korg DS-8? Post an ad in Gear For Sale or a request in Gear Wanted. For spare parts and repair services check out Gear Services & Other Goods. Our forums also has a Buyer's Guide section where you can ask for advice on buying synthesizers.
- Demos & Media
Korg DS-8 4 Op FM Performance Synthesizer Demo
Audio Clip 1 - Korg DS-8 Demo #1 from Korg DS-8 @ deep!sonic.
Audio Clip 2 - Korg DS-8 Demo #2 from Korg DS-8 @ deep!sonic.
Audio Clip 3 - Korg DS-8 Demo #3 from Korg DS-8 @ deep!sonic.
Manual - Original owner's manual available as free PDF downloads.
Factory Patches - Standard factory loaded patches in MIDEX format.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 8 voices (4 FM-operators per voice)
- Oscillators - 2 oscillators
- LFO - 1 LFO: saw / triangle / square / sample & hold
- Filter - None
- VCA - 4 DCA (1 per operator)
- Keyboard - 61 keys w/ velocity & aftertouch
- Memory - 100 user, 10 multi patches, external card slot
- Effects - 1 unit effect (delay, chorus, flanger, double)
- Arpeg/Seq - None
- Control - MIDI (8-parts)
- Date Produced - 1987
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 13:19
To help you get a jump on the Memorial Day weekend - the unofficial start of summer - Metro-North Railroad has extra early getaway service on Friday, May 27, and plenty of trains to get you to your destination during the long holiday weekend.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 12:31
As we welcome the warmer weather and sunny days ahead, Metro-North is offering perfect packages for those who want to enjoy outdoor adventures or choose to explore indoor spaces. Whether you're looking for some physical activity or a day filled with culture and relaxation, the Railroad has your perfect getaway to scenic New York City, Hudson Valley and the shores of Connecticut.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 09:53
MTA Adds Service to Area Beaches to Kick Off the Summer Season
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 13:45
Governor Andrew Cuomo has put the planned $121 million modernization of the Long Island Rail Road's aging Hicksville station on the fast track, announcing the LIRR and the prime contractor have agreed to complete the job in 22 months, 13 months sooner than planned. "Hicksville station is the LIRR's third busiest station – topped only by Penn and Jamaica - and it's a key transfer point for customers on the Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma branches," Governor Cuomo said. "To have such an important transportation hub encumbered by construction for three years was out of the question. In order to speed up the process both the LIRR and the contractor have worked out a unique construction methodology shortening the total construction time from 35 to 22 months."
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 13:35
Customers seeking to connect between Fulton Center's Dey Street Concourse and Port Authority's World Trade Center transportation hub will be able to use the underground passage to reach the PATH station, Battery Park City and World Trade Center Towers 1 and 4 will be able to do so, starting Thursday, May 26 at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 09:46
The $27 billion 2015-19 MTA Capital Program has received final approval from the Capital Plan Review Board. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo made the announcement on Tuesday regarding the passage of this Capital Program, marking the largest investment in MTA infrastructure in state history, and outlines five years' worth of vital investments to renew, enhance and expand the MTA network.
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 13:59
The Long Island Rail Road's popular Cannonball express, offering premium Hamptons Reserve service and the fastest ride from Manhattan to Montauk, debuts Memorial Day Weekend with the Cannonball East departing Penn Station on Friday, May 27 at 4:06 p.m.
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 13:49
The public will have another chance to be heard regarding future reconstruction work on the Canarsie Tunnel, which carries the [L] train under the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan. A third community meeting will be held on Thursday, May 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Beraca Baptist Church at 9602 Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn.
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 11:35
The MTA Long Island Rail Road is holding its first round of public meetings this week on the LIRR Expansion Project, which will improve efficiency and safety for commuters and residents on Long Island.
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 10:34
The MTA's Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for May 20 - May 23
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 12:40
In order to restore full train service as quickly as possible, MTA Metro-North Railroad crews are working around the clock to make temporary repairs to the railroad's Park Avenue Viaduct in Manhattan that was damaged by a four-alarm fire underneath the viaduct on Tuesday evening.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 21:24
Metro-North service suspended to and from Grand Central
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 17:08
Save $10 on Tickets to the Show Plus, Ride Free on the Long Island Rail Road!
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 11:33
Station Improvements Underway on Upper Harlem Line
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 16:34
Metro-North has partnered with some of the region's top tourism partners to offer customers special discounted excursion packages. Representatives from regional destinations and attractions will help you plan your next getaway – whether it's a family outing, romantic weekend or outdoor adventure. Explore easy to reach, affordable and exciting daytrips and overnight places to go and things to do throughout New York City, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut, including: Discovery Times Square, Empire City Casino, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Lyndhurst Mansion, Maritime Aquarium and much more.
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 13:25
MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced that it will enter into a contract with Ensco Inc. to design, build and deliver one of the most advanced track inspection vehicles in the world. The vehicle will use innovative laser, optical and inertial sensor systems to analyze the condition of the rail and track infrastructure, alerting Metro-North to any track anomalies.
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 12:25
Bus safety was once again a top priority for the MTA. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) hosted more than 75 researchers, representatives from major bus manufacturers and safety experts from federal transportation agencies and transit agencies around North America to discuss bus and pedestrian safety issues during a bus safety symposium on May 10.
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 09:44
The MTA's Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for May 13 - May 16
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 13:30
Construction for the $23.9 million modernization of the Long Island Rail Road's Wantagh Station has begun. On Thursday, MTA Long Island Rail Road President Patrick A. Nowakowski marked the official start with a groundbreaking for the project made possible by the State of New York's support for the MTA Capital Program as well as a $4 million contribution from Nassau County. Nowakowski was joined at groundbreaking ceremonies on Sunrise Highway by State Senator Michael Venditto, State Assemblyman David McDonough, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads, Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Erin King-Sweeney and Chris Brown, President of the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce. Also on hand was Barney Fortunato Jr. of Long Island-based Fortunato Sons Contracting, Inc., the primary contractor on a project expected to create 100 construction jobs.
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 10:12
The MTA's Weekender: The Way Around Weekend Work for May 6 - May 9


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do turkeys spit n drum in the fall or is that reserved for the springtime?
I was sitting out near a corn edge today trying to see where the birds are at right now and after a few soft yelps on the slate i couldve sworn i heard drummin. i answered back and heard something move in 3 different directions. Maybe i just have turkey fever from waiting all summer and im hearing things but what do you veteran hunters think? I did end up finding some scratchings and a homely looking tailfeather later but never saw any birds


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Quite a silent week on my behalf. I had an interesting struggle with one of our terminal servers; some processes on it went into 'uninterruptible sleep' while waiting for I/O from NFS, and never woke up, elevating the loadavg of the machine to ~15. Signals didn't help, and I didn't want to boot the box, so I had to play around in kernel space (modify task_struct) to get rid of them. I enjoy this sort of challenges alot, since you always learn something from them.
I was happy to find some bug reports on my new spong Debian packages and spent some time on them. I am trying to get the spong-server and client to run as a non-root user, but am not very confident that the upgrade from older packages will go smoothly once I do this change.


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How to Make a Good Day on the Water Great: 5 Tips to Reduce Trash
Posted On August 2, 2012 by Catherine Fox
With record temperatures coloring the weather map red across much of the country this summer, many of us are seeking relief on lakes, rivers, bays and the ocean. This past weekend, I beat the heat by floating blissfully down the Shenandoah River at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia in an inner tube.
But right away I saw that my fellow tubers and I weren't the only things being carried downstream. Around me bobbed all kinds of trash heading for the Potomac River, the Chesapeake Bay and eventually the Atlantic Ocean. Wind and ocean currents might even carry this trash to the North Pacific Gyre, or Pacific Garbage Patch.
My friend Steve and I made a fun and friendly competition of spotting and cleaning up Styrofoam cups, food wrappers, red-and-white fishing corks and even someone's lost Croc. Continue reading »


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Aikpracha Meenayothin vs. Frank Giorgi added to Yokkao Extreme 2013
- Written by Rian Scalia
Yokkao Extreme 2013 takes place on January 26 in Milan, Italy and already has a stacked card featuring Saenchai vs. Diesellek Aoodonmuang, Kem Sitsongpeenong vs. Jordan Watson and more. Aikpracha Meenayothin has been penciled in for the event for a long time now and today it was revealed who he'll be fighting.
Aikpracha will fight Frank Giorgi of Australia in a 71kg Muay Thai bout. Giorgi made his name in Thai Fight in 2011 where he advanced to the finals by defeating Abraham Roqueni and Vuyisile Colossa before losing to Buakaw Por. Pramuk.
This is a pretty good fight based on who's available around 70kg in Muay Thai. Giorgi is no slouch and is 3-0 on the year so far with all three of his wins coming in Australia, including against Steve Moxon and Tobias Alexandersson. Aikpracha also didn't lose in 2012, going 8-0.


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August 6, 2001
|Ron Harris
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Kelly Huff
WASHINGTON - The first full wave of mandatory electronic filings of campaign finance reports was successfully received and processed last week by the Federal Election Commission. Record numbers of filings were submitted electronically and quickly made available on the Internet, according to FEC technicians and analysts.
The reports are now required by law to be filed electronically with the FEC by many federal candidates, party committees, and PACs. The July 31 filings detail financial activity for the first half of 2001 (through June 30). The Commission received 519 reports on filing deadline day, bringing the total to 2,994 for the month of July. Of those totals, 318 were new electronic filers on deadline day, and there were 1,135 first-time filers for the month of July. To date, 407 House members have filed electronically.
Electronically-filed reports are available for public viewing on the FECs website, www.fec.gov, shortly after being received by the Commission. Images of reports pages are posted on the website within 24-48 hours.
Mandatory electronic filing was instituted by Public Law 106-58 on September 29, 1999, effective with financial activity beginning January 1, 2001. That laws predecessor, Public Law 104-79, effective December 28, 1995, established voluntary electronic filing. That voluntary system began with a single filing in June 1997 and has grown into a system that supports some 2,700 electronic-filing committees. Mandatory electronic filing applies to all candidate and political committees that file reports directly with the FEC and exceed (or expect to exceed) a $50,000 threshold in contributions or expenditures in a calendar year. The United States Senate is exempt from these regulations, the Secretary of the Senate being the point of entry for Senate campaign finance reports. The Secretarys office then transmits to the FEC, overnight, images from paper filings.
Many committees not meeting the $50,000 threshold and not required to file electronically are now doing so voluntarily, FEC analysts say, due to the ease and speed of transfer.
FEC Chairman Danny L. McDonald noted, "The FEC and the filing community were prepared for this initial mandatory electronic filing deadline. I commend FEC staff for their efforts, likewise the committees for their cooperation, promptness, and completing the required modifications in their systems. As the FEC and the political community progress in electronic filing, and an increasing number of committees become more and more comfortable with the process, I believe well someday wonder how the FEC and the political community managed to cope with reports before the days of electronic filing."
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In my opinion, i think Hasbro should re-do the 12" Jedi Luke Skywalker. I think he should be wearing an all black robe and come with his green lightsaber, and whats with the bone, maybe he should aslo come with R2 which has a part which can fire out lukes lightsaber handle like in the movie? Thats just my idea, so what do you people think?
Oh, another idea would be that luke come with a magnetic hand which would attract to the lightsaber so luke could catch it when r2 shoots it out. Wishful thinking i guess


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Michael Loden, who coached Pontotoc High School's boys this season to their first state championship in soccer, believes a lot of folks contributed to the Warriors' success.
Pontotoc finished with a 19-3-1 record and defeated West Lauderdale 6-2 to win the MHSAA 4A title.
"J.T. Thompson, who had coached the boys, had a good foundation built," Loden said. "We had to build only a little bit on it."
Pontotoc, which lost to Corinth last season in the North Mississippi title match, had a powerful trio of players returning in Piercen Burchfield, Fredy Gutierez and Rafael Vidana.
"The talent was here. I didn't have to do a lot," added Loden, a Mooreville native who coached fastpitch softball and junior high football at Potts Camp before coming to Pontotoc. "With the talent and skill here, we were able to focus on a lot of other things. We learned to be a team."
However, some credit should go to Loden for putting a talented cast of players together to win a state championship. For those efforts, he has been named the 2013 Daily Journal Coach of the Year in boys soccer.
The Warriors, who finished the season ranked No. 6 overall in the state, won 16 consecutive games after a 3-3-1 start. The team's losses were to defending 5A state champion Starkville, Center Hill and Madison Central.
One of the team's early wins was against 6A Tupelo.
"We finally got all of our starters back (three from cross country) and had everybody healthy, things kind of clicked for us," Loden said. "We got better and better as a team as the year went on.
"At the end of the year, we were playing as well as anybody in the state."
Pontotoc scored 22 goals in four playoff games against Senatobia, New Albany, Florence and West Lauderdale.
"That's pretty impressive against the level of competition we played," Loden said. "As talented as these kids are, they didn't get lazy. They got better and better."


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Posted on 2 Dec 2010 by Jacob Corrigan.
With the Ohio Bobcats (4-2) set to host the Thundering Herd of Marshall (4-2) on Saturday at 2 PM, here are some notes and comments before the matchup and a small preview of the matchup: -The Herd are coming off an 88-79 win over Florida International on Monday in Huntington. Redshirt freshman guard DeAndre Kane scored 25 points for the second consecutive game. Kane connected on 8-o-f-14 field ...


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Council Decision Endangers Children
Original post made by Outraged, Menlo Park: Downtown, on Feb 10, 2007
The Almanac's suggestion that this is a victory for parents is absurd. There is plenty of other vacant space in town that would be far safer for locating a childcare center. It is only a victory for the childcare operator, who will save money by locating their center in a run-down industrial building rather than more appropriate facility.
And speaking of money, this is likely to cost the city money as sales tax producing businesses once again flee Menlo Park for more business friendly towns. Eight resident business owners, a Silicon Valley business association and the landlord of the neighboring industrial park all told the city council that putting a childcare center in the heart of our industrial zone would make them less likely to stay in Menlo Park. Responsible employers like drug company Alza said that they have corporate policies against locating hazardous operations near childcare.
The Mayor's statement that we all "just have to live together" is ridiculous. No one would think about allowing a chemical plant to move into a residential neighborhood. That is why we have zoning laws.
Lastly, council members Cline and Robinson stated that they would vote to allow the project to go forward because "there were already other childcare facilities within a quarter mile of the industrial park." So how does knowledge that other children may already be within the hazard zone make it OK to put more children right in the center of it.
The council majority's action to over-ride the planning commission in favor of a Palo Alto business owner is the worst kind of political favor -the kind that endangers the lives of children and encourages our most responsible businesses to relocate to other towns.
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editor of The Almanac
on Feb 10, 2007 at 11:24 am
Richard Hine is a registered user.
For a related story, "Preschool approved for MP industrial zone," click here: Web Link
Almanac staff writer
on Feb 11, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Rory Brown is a registered user.
In your post, you state, "the Almanac's suggestion that this [the approval of the preschool] is a victory for parents is absurd."
In my story regarding the Casa dei Bambini proposal, I said that at the City Council meeting, council members sided with parents over landlords and business owners. The Almanac didn't say, or imply, that the approval of the project was a "victory" for all Menlo Park parents.
a resident of Hillview Middle School
on Feb 12, 2007 at 11:25 pm
I have to agree with the original post that the only winner here was the Casa Dei Bambini business owner. Menlo Park parents would be better served if the council had done what Mr Cohen suggested and try to find an alternative location for the school.
Your article also gives the false impression that the school was supported by a large number of Menlo Park parents when in fact the majority the speakers in favor of the school were from Palo Alto and Mountainview.
P.S. I don\'t know the Jill Wernicke that you quoted, but I do not see anyone by that name in the Menlo Park phone book.
a resident of Menlo Park: Fair Oaks
on Mar 19, 2007 at 7:33 am
This is indeed a "victory" for the city. The surrounding businesses do not pose a hazard beyond the bounds of their properties, for that would be illegal. Affordable childcare and excellent preschool education are a benefit to employers as well as citizens and add value to our community.
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GAME: #7 Florida at #1 Alabama Location: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Capacity 101 000 Where can I watch: CBS at 8pm (eastern) This game could very well be the "gran daddy" of the regular season. Ever since last year's SEC Championship game, which pitted the #1 and #2 teams in the nation for the second consecutive year in a de facto national semi final, the players, fans, and med...


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A Golden Pen for Iran's Zaid-Abadi
The World Association of Newspapers on Wednesday honored the jailed Iranian journalist, Ahmad Zaid-Abadi with its Golden Pen of Freedom Award in the German city of Hamburg. Zaid-Abadi, right, was sentenced in 2009 to six years in prison, five years of internal exile, and a lifetime ban on working as a journalist. He is behind bars in Tehran's Evin Prison where, he told Xavier Vidal-Folch, president of World Editor's Forum, "the desperation that jailers create is such that you are convinced it's the end of the world."


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I bet when he does that it really pisses off the secret service.
I bet when he does that it really pisses off the secret service.
I have to assume that by now most of you have discussed with your local legislators some kind of propsal that would have some common ground that both sides could live with regarding the gun situation that has everyone all stirred up?
Yes or No?
I hate rude behavior in a man, won't tolerate it. Captain Woodrow Call
Thats as stupid as the defense for rape.......poop,pee,hurl,and claim AIDS to run the rapist off.
Biden that close to presidency is scary,scary. absolute NUT
Bonadventure's Buster ***
Bonadventure's Bijoux
Bonadventure's Jiggs
His name is James Sensenbrenner, and I asked him to support the 2nd amendment.
He promised me he would!
I don't need Joe Biden, Diane Feinstein, Nancy P or you telling me what they will "allow" me to have or what I "need."
That is the kind of rhetoric used to fire up the useful idiots!
How would you like to be told what language we will "allow" you to use with your 1st amendment rights?
I mean, what words do you really "need" to use???
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Stan b & Elvis
"The thing I admire about the rat tail is that it takes commitment. It's not like one day you just decide you want one, you have to grow out that bad boy and you have to repeatedly convince the hairdresser to trust you because it's a great idea."
Think you just identified the current problem in our political system.
I am personally not against background checks. I am for updating the ATF system to computerized system that card filing. I am against assault rifle bans and magazines limits. I could support gun registration if they backed it up with a consistutional admenment to prohibit the government from seizing firearms. There is plenty of room for compromise. If all you want is win or lose, what happenes if you lose?


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I keep writing these extremely long journal entries and then waiting a month to write the next one.
Post-Halloween: Helix and friends held a really cool Halloween party about two weeks after Halloween (around mid-November) at an American Legion meeting house or something. It was a nice clash of realities, because you had to drive to this clubhouse that looked like it would be the Royal Order of the Water Buffalo, but when we got closer, it was definitely a Halloween party, with cool lights, DJs, the whole nine yards.
I wore my "salesman" costume again, but this time powdered up my face and wore black lipstick: Death of a Salesman! (pause for big laffs) Josh went way futuro, with plastic clothing and glo-sticks and glo-stars glues all over him. I played Yatsura's "Glo-stars" song while he was gluing them on, natch. Andrew, Jay, and Gary just went as themselves, happening people that they are. I met up with a bunch of people I hadn't seen in a long time, including Doron, and I met a bunch of new people I have no hope of remembering.
Life: I have no life. Andrew is really getting into cooking lately, and not just things like mac & cheese or ravioli. He's cooking ambitious things like pot roast, pepper steak, and leg of lamb. Things that cause vegetarians to recoil in horror. But the strange thing is that most of them turn out great! Since he stays at Rob's a lot, frequently we will go over there on weekend mornings and cook breakfast: pancakes, bacon, biscuits & gravy, egg scrambles, and coffee. This is practically the definition of a weekend morning for me.
Rabbit flew in on Saturday morning and we spent most of the past weekend practicing, with a few breaks for food and to go up to the Red Vic to watch Hedwig and the Angry Inch again. We actually practiced 21 songs, which is far more than we could do in a single set, but since we're playing two shows (Friday and Saturday), we'll probably just do different songs on different nights. We're sounding a lot better, I think, and this time I'm playing bass a lot more, so I'm trying to do that more competently.
Strick came in a week or so ago, but he's been pretty busy catching up with everyone since he got here -- I think this is his first visit since the spring! Somehow he and Commie have gotten on bad terms, so Commie's been peeing on Strick's stuff and scratching him when he's around. I don't know why, but I wonder if maybe Commie can sense that Strick always forgets he's a boy-cat and calls him "she". ;)
After @Home died, Andrew got fed up with cable modem service entirely, so I hooked him and Strick together and he joined the LLIC. It was the first time I'd been to it since it moved to Brat's basement, and it reminded me that I should join, as soon as I build a new scrap machine.
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Comment Re:... grow a pair ? (Score 4, Insightful) 426
even after you managed to grow yourself TEN THOUSAND PAIRS you still ain't gonna do no shit to the Government of the United States of America
they are so entrenched and they have EVERY PART of the system working for them
This is what "they" have placed in your head to dis-empower you. By telling you that you can only vote for mainstream parties, the big parties avoid getting any competition. You should do it anyway just in order not to be a collaborator.
plus, even if the citizenry of the USA give a fuck, who are they going to vote for ?
i mean, what choice do they have in the polling station ?
vote Republicans ?
vote Democrats ?
vote alternative ? which alternative ??
Any alternative. Libertarian; Green; Californian Independence Party; Beer Party. Anything. Every vote for an alternative is a long term threat which shows people are unhappy. It builds up alternative parties by giving them money. It makes politicians from mainstream parties take an interest in your views and try to get you back. This gives a chance that change for the worse will slow.
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"Once bitten: The fight over what is — and what is not — Lyme disease," by Deirdre FultonUnder Our Skin | directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson | Open Eye Pictures | 104 minutes | Thursday, September 18 @ 7 pm | at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland | $7 | 207.828.5600
Released earlier this year, Under Our Skin labors to bring "the Lyme controversy" into mainstream conversation. That controversy, discussed at length in the piece that accompanies this one, is nowhere close to being resolved. Nor is it easily understood, though director Andy Abrahams Wilson does a good job of boiling down the salient facts, albeit from a biased point of view.
Wilson became interested in Lyme disease after a friend struggled with neurological problems and was ultimately diagnosed with Lyme. He quickly recognized that beyond the basic facts, there exists a severe lack of credible information about the disease.
"I was shocked about what I thought I knew about Lyme disease," he writes in his director's statement. "How I hadn't taken it seriously, and how I knew few others did either. I was shocked that something with such far-reaching, life-and-death implications went so unnoticed.
"As with most mysteries," he continues, "I soon found that conspiracy theorists filled the void."
Under Our Skin goes into some of those theories, primarily to investigate the persecution of "Lyme-literate" doctors who believe that long-term (sometimes intravenous) antibiotic therapy is called for in certain cases. The documentary delves into whether or not the Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme disease panel harbored conflicts of interest or plain-old narrow-mindedness when it issued guidelines for diagnosing and treating the disease — guidelines that suggest chronic Lyme infections don't occur, and that it is dangerous to treat Lyme disease with long-term antibiotic regimens (as many people in the film did).
But most importantly, Wilson's film focuses on several sick people who say they suffer from chronic Lyme disease — and who have found doctors who agree with them. Their stories are dramatic, scary, and heartbreaking. When he flashes quickly from one to the next, letting them share what they've been told is wrong with them, or how they feel about their sickness, it's extremely effective.
Most arresting is Mandy Hughes, a beautiful young woman who was "diagnosed" with chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, and dystonia before she tested positive for Lyme. In uncomfortably long, lingering shots, Wilson shows us Mandy's good days — when she smiles and laughs about the absurdity of her condition — and her bad ones — having a seizure on the couch, attaching a tube of antibiotics to a port in her chest, or fretting that her husband will get sick of her sickness.
The only problem with Under Our Skin is an absence of climax; Wilson moves from the mystery of the illness, to the involvement of the doctors and insurance companies, to the question of whether or not Lyme can be transmitted through sex or from a mother to her fetus, but never moves through a complete story arc. But perhaps that's the point — the true tale of this multifaceted illness is far from its resolution.
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Hi guys, I have two questions regarding graphic design programs and how they relate to games:
1) I stumbled upon this blog on being a games artist and in the "What software I should learn" section, it says " For starters, you should learn Photoshop. It's pretty much the industry standard for 2D artwork. " Why is it this case? I thought Adobe Illustrator and similar vector based drawing programs like Inkscape is standard for 2d artwork. Where does photoshop come in?
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2) Do employers mind if I use freeware programs? I learned how to use photoshop in high school for image manipulation and moved on to a freeware program called GIMP and still has it to this day. Right now, I am practicing vector drawing on Inkscape (Freeware program compared to Illustrator). I have experience in photoshop and illustrator but I am using freeware counterparts because Photoshop and Illustrator combined are expensive, especially since I have loans to pay for college.
3) Ok so this may not have to do with the topic but since I am here: Do game artists stay at one company for long or are they like freelancers? I checked out some game art portfolios and the resumes attached. To my surprise, they have worked at multiple game companies as if they were job hopping. I was hoping to stay at one company for a while...
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I found my collection of these going through some random Star Wars things I've collected over the years. I have the complete set the Fan Club offered some years back as well as the 6 suplemental offered with various exclusives. To recap the many versions...
FRIDAY Obi-Wan Kenobi
SATURDAY Qui-Gon Jinn
SUNDAY Anakin Skywalker
THREE DAY Darth Maul
BACKSTAGE Pit Droid
ALL ACCESS Sebulba
VIP GUEST Queen Amidala
EXHIBITORS Jar Jar Binks
VOLUNTEER Battle Droid
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IMPERIAL Fan Club #1 Mara Jade
REBEL Fan Club #2 Jek Porkins
BOUNTY HUNTER Fan Club #3 Aura Sing
TATOOINE Fan Club #4 Wuher the Bartender
IMPERIAL Fan Club #5 Darth Vader
JEDI COUNCIL Fan Club #6 Mace Windu
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EXHIBITORS Jar Jar Binks signed by Ahmed Best
THREE DAY Darth Maul signed by Ray Park
STAFF C-3PO signed by Anthony Daniels
Since there is not going to be anymore, I think they're kind of a neat collectible. Anybody else get these?


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Celebrate your PlayStation memories with the amazing innovations introduced by PlayStation 3 since it exploded onto the video game scene in March 2007.
PlayStation 3 changed the landscape of home entertainment forever when it launched in Europe in 2007. Arriving with a polished black exterior and packing more processing power than any other games system available, PS3 quickly became a firm favourite with fans, breaking new ground with innovative entertainment for all. So, seeing as PS3 reached a milestone of five years in 2012, we take a look at five incredible features the stunning system has brought into your homes since its arrival.
Games - Playtime
"To work on a game like Flower, created by an indie developer and to have it critically acclaimed and win a BAFTA, is definitely a highlight for me." - Gavin Russell, producer (Flower, Journey)
When it comes to games, PlayStation 3 brings a variety of fresh experiences that have to be played to be believed. Innovation is present in many shapes - from the unique gameplay of titles such as Journey, to the creativity and freedom offered by games such as LittleBigPlanet. Naughty Dog's Uncharted series and The Last of Us have raised the bar for storytelling in video games, while Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain pushed the boundaries of emotional content in the medium by using virtual actors - something the developer is set to do again with BEYOND: Two Souls.
It's not just about the big budget titles, either, as smaller, independent game developers have thrived on PS3. The power of the system, coupled with opportunities afforded by PlayStation Network means titles such as PixelJunk Monsters from Q-Games and Eufloria by Omni Systems Limited blossom thanks to a large and appreciative audience.
Motion control gaming has gained a boost too, with the PlayStation Move motion controller arriving in 2010, featuring unrivalled precision for games which use more than just your thumbs. Titles such as Resident Evil 5 and EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 2 become even more intense and engaging experiences with a motion controller in your hands.
PlayStation 3 has helped lead the pack for home based augmented reality gaming as well, taking strides into places rarely explored. EyePet brings a cheeky new friend into your living room via the PlayStation Eye camera, while Start the Party! Save the World gives party games that extra bit of energy to make sure any festivity lasts the distance.
PS3 is also the first home video game system to fully embrace stereoscopic 3D gaming - titles such as Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Resistance 3 and Mortal Kombat all sparkle in this exciting new dimension.
Speaking of changing the way you play, PS3 has given rise to a number of game related events as well, ensuring your skills at home in front of the TV are just as useful outside. GT Academy sees Gran Turismo experts take their driving skills to the real life track as the best racers are given the chance to become a certified racing driver. On the football field, the FIFA Interactive World Cup creates hat-trick heroes in one of the biggest annual video game competitions going.
Network - Bringing people together
Let's not forget about the positive moves PlayStation 3 has made in connectivity. Remote Play brings the worlds of handheld gaming and home entertainment together like never before, as PSP and PS3 combine to grant you access to selected games, music and videos away from the TV - something continued with the PlayStation Vita system's Remote Play capabilities, which will also carry over to PlayStation 4.
PlayStation Network centralises your online friends, allowing you to chat and share your achievements easily. The system also brings the world to your living room via a handy Internet browser, while downloading games, trailers, free demos and other goodies is a breeze with PlayStation Store. Let's not forget the value-packed PlayStation Plus service, which offers discounts, extras and downloadable games for no added cost.
PlayStation Store and PSN have also helped in sharing your imaginative creations. My SingStar Online and LittleBigPlanet.com both use PSN to show your SingStar videos and LBP levels to the world.
With interaction a big part of PSN, it's no surprise that PS3 has taken virtual socialising to the next level with PlayStation Home, a thriving and free online community. Full of games, hang-out spots and surprises, PlayStation Home is the perfect place for PlayStation fans to mingle and party.
Music - Get down on it
Parties have become even livelier with PlayStation 3 via some great leaps and thoughtful bounds in the way you interact with music. Playing your CDs and storing your favourite tunes on the Hard Disk Drive was an expected perk, however the arrival of VidZone in 2009 has offered even more options for any musical youth. The free music video streaming service features thousands of artists to groove to, making it easy to create a personal playlist of greatest hits. Music Unlimited joined in one year later to create a perfect duet of musical harmony, with easy access to millions of your favourite songs, all via your PS3.
Video - Like a bolt from the Blu
"My PlayStation 3 is my home entertainment hub - without it I probably wouldn't have a Blu-ray Disc player." - Elliott Martin, producer (SOCOM: Special Forces, MAG)
PS3 was the first games system to embrace the new world of High Definition heralded by Blu-ray Disc, a format which delivers crisp, clear visuals for unparalleled picture quality due to its huge storage capacity. PS3 immediately became the Blu-ray Disc player of choice for many, providing an affordable home cinema experience no other system could match.
PS3 also makes it easier to buy and rent movies, and watch television when you want. A variety of catch-up TV services including the revolutionary PlayTV make sure you never miss your favourite series or show again. Similarly, invaluable film on demand services such as MUBI and the Video Store of PlayStation Store mean a new movie is never far away. Going out by staying in has never felt so satisfying.
Photos - When you're smiling...
The ability to download and view your photo collection was something explored by PSP, and has been enhanced by Photo Gallery on PS3. Not only can you organise and enjoy your beloved memories in super sharp High Definition, you can also group them by categories such as the facial expressions in the snaps themselves. Later system software updates have allowed your pics to be uploaded to Facebook and web based album, Picasa.
That isn't the only innovation PS3 has added to home photo viewing. Downloadable application PlayMemories allows you to enjoy panoramic, multi-angle and stereoscopic 3D photographs and you can even zoom into the 3D environments for a unique viewing experience.
PlayStation 3 has taken you to amazing new places - so why not celebrate right now and try out some of these remarkable innovations for yourself? Don't forget to tell us your most cherished PS3 moments via our Twitter page at @PlayStationEU and use the #PlayStationMemories hashtag.
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Testing RTL in Thunderbird
For bug 484166 we're moving away from the old search icon to the newer Firefox search icon . Included in this change we need to ensure this icon works for RTL as well as LTR. With bug 481860 offering a way to use css to transform the image I just needed to test that the transform works.
Here are some notes I have from my limited experience working to test application UI in both LTR and RTL. Please drop a comment if you have better experiences, I'd love to be able to save a bit of time.
In the GNOME world to do a simple test of an RTL language you could start up the application with the LANG environment variable set to an appropriate language. For instance:
LANG=he_IL eog
Thunderbird RTL
With Thunderbird I've found a number of options to make this happen.
The UILocale flag can be added your command arguments.
thunderbird -UILocale he
However Thunderbird, as compiled from hg, or download nightly likely doesn't contain the translations needed to run that test successfully.
For the nightly build you'll want to grab a translation XPI from the comm-central-l10n nightly builds. You can drag any of those XPI links into the Thunderbird add-on manager window to install them. (saves a bit of time compared to downloading and installing)
For your compiled builds the process seems a bit longer and more difficult getting the translations from l10n-central built in. I gave up half way through as there is an easy method out there already, at least for simple testing.
Force RTL Extension
An easy alternative approach is to use the Force RTL extension, which I only just found out about today. The extension provides an option in the tools menu to trigger RTL mode, which is really a lot better than trying a language you don't understand. If all you need is to test layout in an RTL this works really well.


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| Getting engaged is one of the happiest times of your life, for sure, but before you decide to spend the rest of your life with someone, it's important to know that you're really, really ready to commit. Here's what you need to know about yourself, your guy and your relationship before you say "yes."
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In a recent AP story...Pelosi is proposing adding a $6.7 billion-a-year fee on insurance companies.
It mentions that she "has been on the attack against health insurers for months....her resolve to make them pay."
My question is why? Isn't this obviously counter-productive?
Why hammer insurance companies for doing business as provided by current law?
She also speaks "that if people are going to required to purchase health insurance(read...mandate), as all the HC bills currently in Congress would require, they need to have access to the cheaper rates government insurance could offer."
Sounds like a definite public option to me and the operative word in the last statement is "could". Coulda, woulda, shoulda.
Is she conniving to make insurers pay so they have to raise their rates, making the government option look better?


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Students in Nolan Middle School's Fine Arts Club for Talented Students (FACTS) completed their second annual mural on a portable near the school's drop-off lane.
According to a press release, this year's mural depicts a 25-foot by 8-foot mangrove scene inspired by Emerson Point.
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The FACTS Club's goal is to transform the portables into a mural gallery showcasing Florida's environment. Students met after school for nine weeks to complete the mural.


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Family: Phrynosomatidae, Earless and Horned Lizards view all from this family
Description Keeled and spiny scales running along its dorsal surface. Spiny. Granular scales. Gray-brown with crossbars and spotting. Red/orange stripes on sides. Blue mottling on males. Sides of neck pinkish on females.
Dimensions 12.7-17.75cm. (5-6 3 1/6")
Subspecies Northern Sagebrush lizard - Singular patches don't cross with belly or throat patches. Washington, Montana, Nebraska to New Mexico and California. Isolated in Montana to North Dakota.
Southern Sagebrush lizard - Patches on throat, belly and back all interconnected. California to Baja California.
Western Sagebrush lizard - White patches between blue patches on throat and belly. Oregon to California.
Breeding One clutch laid per year in June/July, 2-7 eggs per clutch. Hatch July/August.
Similar Species Dunes Sagebrush Lizard - Formerly a subspecies. Paler, lacks blue throat. Lives in sand dunes from Texas to New Mexico.
Habitat Sagebrush areas with gravelly soil and sand dunes.
Range Montana, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, California to Baja California.
Discussion Dirunal. Terrestrial. Insects are main source of food. Sometimes climb up trees to hunt flying insects.