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OS MasterMap Topography Layer support
The Topography Layer is the most detailed, current and comprehensive map dataset of Great Britain. You can reference your data with it to any real-world feature, helping you to manage your organisation's assets more effectively.
Schema 9 and OS data fulfilment
The Schema 9 upgrade to OS MasterMap Topography Layer and OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Network Layer was released in March 2017. We also went live with an upgraded data fulfilment system. Learn more
- How often is the OS MasterMap Topography Layer updated?
All OS MasterMap® datasets are created from a single master dataset, which is refreshed regularly. Currently, the refresh period for Topography Layer supply is every six weeks.
OS MasterMap Topography Layer works on the principle that you will take an initial supply of all data in your area of interest and then update the data by taking change-only update (COU).
COU brings your dataset up to date with the most recent OS MasterMap data available from Ordnance Survey.
The update of real world features within OS MasterMap Topography Layer depends on which category of change the feature falls in, as described in our Basic scale revision pollcy.
- How can I find out if a certain type of real-world object is represented?
Please see the real-world object catalogue (12 Mb PDF), which lists every type of real-world object in the OS MasterMap Topography Layer specification, and details how it is represented by Topography Layer features.
- What scale is OS MasterMap Topography Layer data?
For cartographic representation, OS MasterMap Topography Layer is captured and designed for display at 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10 000 scales in urban, rural and mountain/moorland areas respectively. In GIS OS MasterMap can be viewed over a considerable range of scales. The most scale-sensitive feature types, such as cartographic text and symbol features, are fixed in size and rapidly become less clear at smaller display scales (that is, when zoomed out).
OS MasterMap Topography Layer is also suitable for use in non–cartographic applications where the concept of scale is less applicable.
- How accurate is OS MasterMap Topography Layer?
We define accuracy in three ways:
Absolute accuracy – how closely the coordinates of a point in the dataset agree with the coordinates of the same point on the ground (in the British National Grid reference system).
Relative accuracy – positional consistency of a data point or feature in relation to other local data points or features within the same or another reference dataset.
Geometric fidelity – the 'trueness' of features to the shapes and alignments of the objects they represent when testing the data according to the dataset specification against the 'real world' or reference dataset.
The following table represents the absolute and relative accuracy applicable to the scale at which the product was surveyed.
Original survey scale 99% confidence level 95% confidence level RMSE* 1:1250 Absolute Accuracy 0.9 m 0.8 m 0.5 m Relative Accuracy +/- 1.1 m (up to 60 m) +/- 0.9 m (up to 60 m) +/- 0.5 m (up to 60 m) 1:2500 Absolute Accuracy 2.4 m 1.9 m 1.1 m Relative Accuracy +/- 2.5 m (up to 100 m) +/- 1.9 m (up to 100 m) +/- 1.0 (up to 100 m) 1:10 000 Absolute Accuracy 8.8 m 7.1 m 4.1 m Relative Accuracy +/- 10.1 m (up to 500 m) +/- 7.7 m (up to 500 m) +/- 4.0 m (up to 500 m)
*RMSE (root mean squared error) is the square root of the mean of the squares of the errors between the observations.
- What are OS MasterMap Topography Layer themes?
In OS MasterMap Topography Layer, features are grouped into themes, such as buildings, land and water and so on, to enable more flexible data selection by customers. The rules that dictate which theme a feature becomes part of are governed by the classification attributes of the feature. These rules are in OS MasterMap Topography Layer themes chapter of the user guide (PDF).
Full supply and change-only update (COU) data will contain all of the themes in your contract area.
- Do Topography Layer boundaries represent legal property extents?
No, OS MasterMap Topography Layer doesn't show information on land and property ownership.
- How do I determine the captured accuracy of a feature (capture scale)?
For topographic area features in OS MasterMap Topography Layer, it is necessary to look at the accuracy of position attributes of the topographic line features, which form the boundary of the area feature polygon. Please see the User guide (PDF) for further information.
- How does OS distinguish between attribute change and physical change?
OS provides the answer to this question in the 'Reason for change' attribute:
If the attribute of the feature have changed the 'Reason for change' attribute would be Reclassified.
If the geometry of the feature changed (the feature has been edited by an operator) the 'Reason for change' attribute would be Modified.
When both attribute and geometry have changed, the 'Reason for change' would be also Modified.
- What are the advantages of TOIDs as a referencing system?
Each and every feature within OS MasterMap® has the TOID® (TOpographic IDentifier) as a unique reference. This makes it possible to identify any single feature within the dataset without any ambiguity.
Current referencing systems, such as coordinates and addresses, are subject to interpretation between users. This creates fuzzy matching issues between organisations wanting to exchange data; for example, will the building St James House be picked up in another system where it is spelt St James' House?
TOIDs will stay the same throughout the life cycle of each feature. In other words, if a feature changes, the TOID will stay the same as long as it is deemed to be the same feature; for example, a house having an extension built is still the same house and fulfils the same purpose. This provides a continuity of reference even though a feature may undergo changes.
This makes the TOID a robust referencing system that customers can use alongside, or instead of, their own referencing systems and can link to their own information about the feature.
Having unique references is essential to making the most out of storing data within a relational database management system, as these rely on unique referencing to be able to store, sort, manage, query and retrieve data efficiently.
- Where can I find details of the Topography Layer upgrade?
Please see our guide to the changes, where you can learn about the new content, styling options and more.
- How do I obtain OS MasterMap Topography Layer – Building Height Attribute?
Building Height Attribute is an enhancement to and forms part of the OS MasterMap Topography Layer, so you are entitled to obtain Building Height Attribute without additional charge if you hold a current license for OS MasterMap Topography Layer.
Members of our public sector mapping agreements may log in and download alpha data for England and Wales and Scotland. Customers who order Topography Layer directly from Ordnance Survey should contact our Customer Service Centre or their Account Manager for more information. If you obtain your OS MasterMap Topography Layer data holdings via a Partner, please contact them.
If you aren't currently a customer, you can still download a small area of BHA sample data.
- How often will Building Height Attribute data be updated?
As OS MasterMap Topography Layer - Building Height Attribute is an alpha release, the data is not currently maintained. However, we are continuing to expand the amount of coverage that is available.
The third alpha release of Building Height Attribute was released in early December 2014. It expanded the coverage to over 11,000km2 of urban areas and included attribution for some rural areas.
We aim to use customer and partner feedback from this alpha release to further develop the attribution, with an intention that in future it will be incorporated into the wider OS MasterMap Topography Layer specification and be supplied and maintained as a part of the Topography Layer.
- What file format is Building Height Attribute available in?
In order to supply Building Height Attribute to customers quickly, we will initially supply this attribution as a comma delimited (.csv) file, which can be joined to OS MasterMap Topography Layer using the TOID. There are instructions to help you with this process in the Getting Started Guide.
We aim to use customer and partner feedback from this first alpha release to further develop this attribution, with an intention that in future it will be incorporated into the wider OS MasterMap Topography Layer specification and be supplied in GML as a part of the Topography Layer.


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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2007/07/12 - MCX, Indias leading commodity bourse, recorded the highest-ever delivery of 57,030 kgs of silver valued at Rs 97.09 crore in its July 2007 contract. The previous high of 50,040 kgs, valued at Rs 51.67 crore, was witnessed in May 2005.
As with all MCX commodities contracts, silver contracts too are tailor-made largely for the physical commodity users so that they may plan their hedging strategy better. The popularity of the contracts on the exchange platform can be gauged by the fact that MCX is the worlds largest bourse for silver, in terms of contracts traded.
"The new record in silver underscores the efficacy and transparency of the complete trading, settlement and delivery process deployed at MCX. We are glad that the trading community is finding opportunities on the Exchange to discover better price from a nationwide market offered on the MCX platform, said Joseph Massey, DMD, MCX.
Since silver was trading at a six-month low the price on December 30, 2006 was Rs 21,285 per kg -- a number of investors chose to buy on the MCX because of the assurance of purity of the silver bars. The settlement rate of the July silver contract, expired on July 5, was Rs 17,024 per kg, said Jigar Pandit, manager-commodities at Sharekhan Commodities. Investors were also attracted by the excellent cash and carry arbitrage opportunity which assured them of 1.3% returns.
About MCX
Headquartered in the financial capital of India, Mumbai, MCX (mcxindia.com) is an independent, demutualised nationwide electronic multi commodity futures exchange set up by Financial Technologies with permanent recognition from Government of India for facilitating online trading, clearing & settlement operations for futures market across the country. The exchange started operations in November 2003 and presently is the top commodity exchange in the country with 70% market share of the total commodity derivatives trading volume in the country. Among the top ten commodity derivatives exchanges in the world, MCX ranks among the top three bullion, energy and copper exchanges in the world in terms of contracts traded. The average daily turnover of MCX is about US$2.2 billion.
Apart from being accredited with ISO 9001:2000 for quality management, it is the worlds first and only multi-commodity exchange to have achieved ISO 27001:2005 certification, the global benchmark for information security management systems.
MCX offers futures trading in 58 commodities, defined in terms of the type of contracts offered, from various market segments including bullion, energy, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, oils and oil seeds, cereals, pulses, plantations, spices, plastics and fibres. The exchange strives to be at the forefront of developments in the commodities futures industry and has forged eleven strategic alliances across the world, including with Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Chicago Climate Exchange, London Metal Exchange, New York Mercantile Exchange, New York Board of Trade and Bursa Malaysia Derivatives, Berhad.
Financial Technologies India Ltd, a leading provider of transaction automation technologies for Equities, Derivatives, Forex and Commodity markets, is the majority shareholder of MCX. Other key stakeholders include Fidelity International, State Bank of India & its subsidiaries, National Stock Exchange (NSE) and National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD).
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Council has announced £758,000 worth of work to protect hundreds of homes from flooding.
The council has approved 13 proposals for new schemes - including Moreton and Newent - that will drastically reduce the possibility of flooding in the county.
The cash will significantly reduce the risk of flooding for 639 homes in the county which have previously flooded on one or more occasions since 2007.
Preparation work for the projects is starting immediately and the county council hopes most of the work will be finished in 2014/15.
The work is being carried out in partnership with local councils and relevant agencies and will involve a variety of measures including flood defences, watercourse improvements and improving resilience for individual houses.
Councillor Vernon Smith, Lead Cabinet Member for Highways and Flood, said: "I know how devastating flooding can be and that's why this council has taken the decision to invest this money into schemes that will genuinely change the lives of the people whose homes have been affected by flooding over the last seven years.
"It's great that these improvements are being carried out so quickly. If we do have another wet winter I know this work will make a huge difference."
As well as these specific areas, a portion of the money will be spent on providing individual property level flood protection for a number of homes near to the River Severn in Tewkesbury Borough.


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Carlsbad, CA, United States, 2009/11/05 - Gig board launched to help people needing side work. After creating a profile, people looking for gigs subscribe to specific categories, and receive real-time text and Email alerts when gigs become available.
A new website has been launched to provide opportunities for the average American to make extra money, and for businesses who are feeling the effects of the economy. The website, GigAlert.com, provides free business leads to service businesses, and extraordinarily low rates to all businesses looking for full and part-time employees.
"This is a business born directly from the economic crisis we are facing. The 'underemployed' need side work, entrepreneurs need business leads and businesses are finding it hard to spend $300-$500 on one personnel ad placement," said Doug Macklem, founder and CEO of GigAlert.com. "Our website is user-friendly, has technological conveniences, and protects privacy."
Email and phone text alerts for those who desire immediate notifications.
job ads will be included in the Indeed.com job search results. With millions of job seekers and hundreds of millions of job searches per month, Indeed is the leading search engine for jobs.
has over 450 categories for "gigs", part and full-time jobs combined. Gigs are one-time jobs - - a handyman or a landscaping project for example. Companies seeking part or full-time employees would be listed under the job category.
allows a business or an individual to create a free profile to apply for gigs.
charges only $29 for a business to post a job ad for 30 days, while typical pricing for other outlets range from $99 for 7 days to $300 to $500 for 30 days.
"This is a personal story for us," said Macklem. In changing career paths I was looking for new business leads, or even side work, to help supplement my income. After searching for a job board that met my needs I came up empty, so I decided to solve the problem by creating a website to help people looking for work, find work, and to help businesses find new customers."
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Time certainly flies and today we're posting our 200th inspiration gallery! For our 100th we did a massive post about how sex is used in advertising. So I thought that we could do the same for this post only smaller. For those of you who missed the first post, you can view it here: Inspiration Gallery #100 – "Sex sells".
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Here is the complete list of new features that are available in QTP 11
XPath and CSS based object identification
Identify objects not only using normal object identification but with XPath and CSS identifier properties. A much awaited and a killer feature
Good Looking and Enhanced Results Viewer
The new improved results viewer provides an executive summary page with summary data, pie charts and statistics for both the current and previous runs and a quick link to the previous run results.
Easy Regular Expressions
You can now create reg ex with the help of syntax hints. Regular Expression Evaluator is available to test regular expressions that you have created. Good One.
Now identify objects not only in relation to each other but in relation to neighboring objects.
With this feature, QTP 11 has moved beyond the unreliability of ordinal identifiers. Objects identified with ordinal identifiers are good only as long as they maintain their relative positions with respect to each other in the new build of application. In case if this position changes or gets interchanged, ordinal identifiers may go for a toss.
HP has now introduced Visual Relation Identifier.
A visual relation identifier is a set of definitions that enable you to identify the object in the application according its neighboring objects in the application. You can select neighboring objects that will maintain the same relative location to your object, even if the user interface design changes. You define visual relations in the Visual Relation Identifier dialog box, which is accessible from the local or shared object repository, and from the Object Properties dialog box.
Load Function Libraries at Run Time
With the help of LoadFunctionLibrary statement. You can now load a function library when a step runs instead of at the beginning of a run session.
Test Your GUI and UI-Less Application Functionality in One Test
Since QTP is integrated with Service Test, you can now test your GUI and non-GUI based apps in a single run.
Record Support
For FireFox is now available.
Much Awaited Log Tracking is available now
QTP 11 is capable of receiving Java or .NET log framework messages from your application which can then be embedded in the run results.
Embed/Run Javascript in web pages
Manage Test Data
Improved test data management when integrated with Quality Center
Web 2.0 Toolkit Applications Support
QTP 11 now supports Web 2.0 Toolkit Applications out-of-the-box similar to any other add-ins.
Automatically Parameterize Steps
You can instruct QTP 11 to automatically parameterize test steps at the end of record session.
Silverlight Add-in
To test objects in Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 applications. [After installation, Silverlight Add-in is displayed in the Add-in Manager as a child add-in under the WPF Add-in]
Extend WPF and Silverlight Support
You can use WPF and Silverlight Add-in Extensibility SDK to develop support for testing third-party and custom WPF and Silverlight controls that are not supported out-of-the-box
Use Extensibility Accelerator for Web Add-in Extensibility Development
Avoid Downtime Due to License Server Failures
Useful for concurrent license users. With redundant license servers you can create failover, so that if your main license server fails, your remaining servers maintain availability of your licenses without causing any downtime or loss of licenses for users.
You can get more information on HP Functional Testing 11 here and download it here.
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ACRL/NEC Comments on NEASC-CIHE Draft 2015 Accreditation Standards
In recent weeks an increasing number of Chapter members have become aware of proposed changes in the New England Association of Schools & Colleges - Commission on Institutions of Higher Education Accreditation (NEASC-CIHE) Accreditation Standards. This revision marks a significant shift for academic libraries in eliminating a separate Standard for libraries, quite reasonably a concern for this profession. After consulting with ACRL National Leadership on the revision and learning of this trend in accreditation, a number of Board members and volunteers came together as an informal group to write a statement; as we worked we were invited to meet with CIHE staff. At that meeting on October 13, 2015, CIHE staff suggested we submit a written statement offering specific suggestions to improve the Standard. That statement was sent yesterday and is shared here.
Credit for this statement goes to members of the group that worked with me to create this statement, and attended the meeting with CIHE staff as their time allowed. Their time and energy in a very compressed timeframe made this statement as effective as we feel it is:
- Dawn Emsellem, Salve Regina University
- Nancy George, Salem State University
- Lindsey Gumb, Roger Williams University
- Jaime Hammond, Naugatuck Valley Community College
- Laura Robinson Hanlan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & ACRL/NEC Vice President/President-Elect
- Maura Keating, Bryant University
- Bob Rezendes, Bristol (MA) Community College
- Marianne Thibodeau, University of Maine, Machias
- Phil Waterman, Assumption College & Past ACRL/NEC President
And especially, thank you to Barbara Kenney of Roger Williams University, who reached out to CIHE staff to open a dialogue.


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The public has been voting all week to kick out two of the remaining housemates before this Friday's final.
It's between Rex, Darnell, Kat, Mikey, Sara, Mo and Rachel. But, in true Big Brother style, there's a twist in the tale. The eviction will take place during a cross-dressing party!
So, if Rex is voted out (please, please, please let it be him), he may well have to leave, face the crowds and have his exit interview in Kat's dress. There is a God!
So don't forget to tune in tonight, even if you've not been following it this year, as we reckon it's going to get really good in next few days...


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First Mich....IM glad you guys got back SAFEFLY and im sorry we couldnt hook up while you were here but I understand how drama works in family dynamics!
Second-thank you for the package-i got it a few days after you left!! The diapers are adorable!! dd might get a few more weeks out of the nb dipeez but the other 2 fit beautifully and we looooove em.
Third-Im sorry this happened to you! Please let me know if yuo need anything and I will help you with what I can. I am so so so sorry-that is no way to end a trip!!!!!! Keep this in mind tho, keep an eye out for those diapers on ebay and other FSorAuction sites...if the thieves had half a pea brain they wouldnt throw em out and you might be able to track them down (read: win auction and pickup at thieves house with a hammer in hand...j/k). I feel really really bad for you bc I know coming home from a trip is havoc enough but thats rough mama--let us know what you need. I dont have the kind of diapers you are missing but I might have something. Hang in there chicka. s
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Now if I can just get my hands on some BottomBumpers again :LOL
-Alice, SAHM to dd (2001) and ds (2004) each of whom was a , who each self-weaned at 4.5 years , who both 'd, who were both, and both: . Also, , and !
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What size? Fitteds or AIOs?
-Alice, SAHM to dd (2001) and ds (2004) each of whom was a , who each self-weaned at 4.5 years , who both 'd, who were both, and both: . Also, , and !
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I do hope they were dirty diapers!
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I have a brand new HP Envy with Windows 8. I have only had it on for around 1 hour and was just setting everything up when we had a power outage. Since the power has been restored, I am unable to log back in. I just have the plain coloured screen, with my name and log in. I am using the password that I have used for 15 years on my other computers, so I know that it's the correct password but the computer is telling me that it's the incorrect password and I have no idea where to go from here, I don't have any options. Can someone please help me, it would be much appreciated.
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You could try the recovery partition option, if there's one available.
Have you tried no password, I mean living the password blank!
Did you use a Local Account or a Microsoft Account, !If you sign in with a Microsoft account, please go to Microsoft account sign-in webpage and reset it!
Make sure the keyboard is in the proper language.
At the login screen, verify / click the bottom right input language button to make sure it's the right input.
Here in Québec, some systems (ASUS and MSI) are French - France (AZERTY) by default EVEN AFTER SELECTING FRENCH CANADA as the language to install, as opposed to French - Canada (QWERTY). 'Location' is also set to France as opposed to Canada. Needless to say, there's a few settings that needs to be changed to make sure French - Canada is the input language for the current user, at login screen and for every new account created.
All other brands are French - Canada so this issue doesn't apply to those.
Might be something as silly as that.
Again, this might not be your issue, but a heads up any way.
It is the Nums lock that does it. You probably do not have seperate numeric keys and when the nums are locked, you get garbage. Unlock the nums lock and it should work. There is a key on the upper part of your keyboard for that.
With the power outtage while your machine was running your hard disk may have errors on it. If the other suggestions do not work, boot a windows installation DVD if you have one and get to the command prompt option and run chkdsk C: /r
where C: is your windows installation partition. It may take a while to complete
I tried to find your machine's specs, user manual and configuration on HP's site but need the model #
Yes, every forum get those "customers". But we are like a lighthouse. Always shining the beacon whether the captains of the ships want the help or not.
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This is an excerpt from the June 2014 issue of Guitar World. For the rest of this story (and a never-published Dimebag Darrell interview from 1994), plus features on Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx, Carlos Santana, the history of MXR pedals, Nergal, columns, tabs and reviews of new gear from EVH Gear, Dunlop, Randall, Taylor Guitars and more, check out the June 2014 issue at the Guitar World Online Store.
Strength Beyond Strength: A lesser band would have played it safe. But in 1994, Pantera risked commercial suicide with their over-the-top metal opus Far Beyond Driven. The result was Number One hit.
Metal was in a strange transitional state in 1994 when Pantera released their third major-label album, Far Beyond Driven.
Bands like Metallica and Megadeth still remained dominant forces, but many diehard metal fans felt those groups were losing their aggressive edge. Slayer remained as heavy as ever but seemed unable to increase their following beyond the die-hard cult fan base they'd established with Reign in Blood.
Other contenders, like Cannibal Corpse, Corrosion of Conformity, Helloween, Mayhem, Napalm Death and Testament, appealed to disparate factions that splintered the scene into smaller subgenres instead of bringing together a large fan base.
With hair bands extinct and grunge entering a decline that was accelerated by the suicide of Kurt Cobain that April, a vacancy opened in the mainstream. The release of Far Beyond Driven was perfectly timed to fill that void, although it was not by design. It was instead a fortuitous coincidence: Pantera simply gave hardcore metal fans the intense, no-compromise album that they had been waiting for.
"We achieved quite a bit of success with Vulgar Display of Power, but we wanted to take our music to another level completely," Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul says. "People were expecting us to go the Metallica route and make something like the Black Album that was a little more mainstream and commercial. We didn't want to do that, and we knew that our fans didn't want us to do that. So we set out to make the most extreme album of our career."
The decision seemed like it would be commercial suicide, but it proved to be the opposite. Far Beyond Driven debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 Albums chart upon its release on March 21, 1994.
"We knocked Ace of Bass, Bonnie Raitt and even Soundgarden out of the top of the charts," bassist Rex Brown proudly recalls. "Magazines like Billboard called us this overnight sensation, but we were a band for the people that had been around a long time. MTV and radio didn't create us. We built a strong fan base over the years, and our fans came out in numbers and really put us on the map."
Far Beyond Driven is quite likely the most heavy and extreme album to ever reach the Number One position on the Billboard charts, with later efforts by Tool and Slipknot coming a distant second.
Unlike Pantera's two previous major-label albums, Far Beyond Driven didn't have any bona fide singles, although tracks like "I'm Broken," "Becoming" and "Five Minutes Alone" became staples of Pantera's live sets for years to come.
From the beginning, Far Beyond Driven was designed more to assault than appease, with singer Phil Anselmo's growling, bellowing vocals rarely carrying a discernible melody and Dimebag Darrell's guitars sounding like pneumatic drills and industrial tools.
"I'm into sounds, man," Dimebag said in a February 1994 interview with Guitar World [See the June 2014 issue]. "I still love playing lead, and I've always loved playing rhythm, but I'm trying to open s--- up and get some new sounds on tape. And let me tell you, there are some sounds on this record."
Pantera started work on Far Beyond Driven in November 1993 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band had previously recorded its albums at the Pantego, Texas, studio that belonged to Vinnie and Darrell's dad, Jerry Abbott, but he had recently moved the studio to Nashville to get more work as a country music producer and songwriter.
"It just felt comfortable to keep working in my dad's studio," Vinnie says. "The studio had all of the same gear that we used to make Vulgar Display of Power, but the new facility was nicer. It still had the same MCI JH-500 console, which was a relic, but it had a really nice edgy 3kHz sound and midrange that we wanted to keep.
"We used a lot of vintage gear—Massenburg EQs on the kicks and these old Neves that we rented for the toms and snare. We were happy with our sound, and [producer] Terry Date was excited about moving in there and working in a new facility. Financially it was a much better deal for us too. It would have cost us a fortune to record in a studio in New York or Los Angeles."
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Up to now, machine-driven image recognition hasn't just been a science-fiction artifact brought to life, it's been a practical upgrade. Programs that can identify objects and even people help us learn about the world around us - or at least save time when labeling photos.
But Facebook's bout of bad publicity over a facial-recognition feature called Suggested Tags suggests how we can wind up on the other end of the image sensor. In the nightmarish future some critics of the social network now evoke, our mug shots become yet another searchable, indexable item on the Internet.
An op-ed on the Guardian newspaper's web site argued that Suggested Tags puts us well on the primrose path to the zero-privacy future of the film Minority Report, with "corporations bombarding passersby with holographic advertisements which crawled up the sides of walls, addressing them by name."
A post on PC World's site called this feature "downright creepy": "imagine, a world in which someone can simply take a photo of you on the street, in a crowd, or with a telephoto lens, and discover everything about you on the internet."
Ugh. But let's rewind first.
Back in December, Facebookannounced in a blog post that it would suggest tags for new photos. If it saw a Facebook friend in a picture whom you or others had tagged in earlier shots, it wouldsuggest that person's nameand invite you to keep, correct or drop that label.
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Suggested Tags works like the facial-recognition options that have been in photo software since at least 2005 (when a since-shuttered Bay Area startup named Ojos launched one such application) and now constitute major features in Google's Picasa, Apple's iPhoto and Microsoft's Windows Live Photo Gallery. In all of these systems, once you identify people in enough photos, the software will take it from there and try to find them in other pictures.
Facebook has the advantage of a far larger set of tagged photos with which to start. It has the disadvantage of a history of privacy missteps.
(Discovery News and I use Facebook to market ourselves.)
This time, however, Facebook doesn't warrant the hand-wringing. Suggested Tags only work among friends (spokeswoman Jaime Schopflin e-mailed Monday that the site only suggests tags for closer friends, not every casual friends-list acquaintance), require human action to take effect and aren't shared off the site.
She added that Facebook's technology can't find one face out of the "billions" of portraits on the site: "It can only pick one face out of a hundred."
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The true photo-privacy risk on Facebook remains unchanged: the demonstrated willingness of friends to tag us in possibly unflattering shots, a move we can only undo after the fact. You've edited your privacy settings to limit who sees photos tagged of you, right?
(The process to opt out of Suggested Tags could be simpler, though: In the Account menu at the top right of Facebook, select Privacy Settings; on that settings page, click the Customize Settings button; on that second settings page, click the Edit Settings button to the right of "Suggest photos of me to friends"; in the small window that appears, pick "Disabled" from the menu.)
But what about the future of image recognition? As it becomes increasingly available - on Tuesday, Google added a "search by image" option to its Chrome browser - some companies will be tempted to misuse it.
And they won't need to know your name to put you in potentially creepy scenarios. Would you be bothered by an ad that merely matched ads to your perceived gender and age? That was demonstrated in Tokyo last year.


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Champaign, Il., publisher Human Kinetics has hit a milestone: its first million-copy seller. The 37-year-old publisher released the first English-language edition of Strength Training Anatomy in 2001 and the third edition pubbed early in 2010. The book, by French journalist and anatomical illustrator Frédéric Delavier, features more than 600 full-color illustrations of the muscles that are worked during strength training, as well as the surrounding structures, including bones, ligaments, tendons, and connective tissue. The updated third edition has 48 additional pages, 12 new exercises, and 18 stretches.
Human Kinetics CEO Brian Holding learned about the book during a meeting with Delavier's French publisher, Christian Vigot, at Frankfurt. Looking back, he said, "Never in my wildest dreams did I expect this book to sell one million copies."
Strength Training Anatomy has been translated into over 30 languages and spawned Human Kinetics's successful Anatomy series, which includes Delavier's bestselling Women's Strength Training Anatomy. The Anatomy series has sold 1.8 million copies. Delavier's next book, The Strength Training Anatomy Workout, co-written with Michael Gundill, will be released in March 2011.


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Canadian DJ's remix of David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' seen by millions
World-renowned Canadian DJ and producer Skratch Bastid posted a video tribute to the late David Bowie on Facebook which has created quite a stir.
Paul Murphy, AKA Skratch Bastid, was working late Sunday night at his Toronto studio when he checked his social media feeds and discovered the passing of the legendary rock star.
The Halifax native remixed Bowie's biggest hit Let's Dance and posted the video on his YouTube and Facebook pages.
It has been viewed over five million times on Facebook while also being shared over 100,000 times.
"So this one's for you, David — a tribute, just having some fun with a dancefloor smash that has always been a favourite to double copies of while keeping people moving," Murphy wrote. "Don't mind the smilin', I can't help it. Rest easy…"
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difficult to identify the solution that performs best in a respective scenario, especially since they were not all implemented and compared in the same setting.
In this work, we give an overview on existing PSI protocols that are secure against semi-honest adversaries. We take advantage of the most recent efficiency improvements in OT extension to propose significant optimizations to previous PSI protocols and to suggest a new PSI protocol whose runtime is superior to that of existing protocols. We compare the performance of the protocols both theoretically and experimentally, by implementing all protocols on the same platform, and give recommendations on which protocol to use in a particular setting.
secure against related key attacks from hash proof systems in the
standard model. We show that the schemes presented by Jia et
al. (Provsec2013) are special cases of our general theory, and also
give other instantiations based on the QR and DCR assumptions. To
fulfill the related key security, we require the hash proof systems
to satisfy the key homomorphism and computational finger-printing properties. Compared with the construction given by Wee (PKC2012), our construction removed the use of one-time
mounted against block ciphers. Among them, differential and linear attacks are widely used. In~\\cite{V98,V03}, it is
shown that ciphers that achieve perfect pairwise decorrelation are secure against linear and differential attacks. It is possible to obtain such schemes by introducing at least one random affine permutation as a round function in the design of the scheme.
In this paper, we study attacks on schemes based on classical Feistel schemes where we introduce one or two affine
Since these schemes resist against linear and differential
attacks, we will study stronger attacks based on specific equations on 4-tuples of
cleartext/ciphertext messages. We give the
number of messages needed to distinguish a permutation produced by such schemes from a random
permutation, depending on the number of rounds used in the schemes, the number and the position of the random affine permutations introduced in the schemes.
In this work, we present a new framework for composite-to-prime-order conversions. Our framework is in the spirit of Freeman\'s work; however, we develop a different, ``polynomial\'\' view of his approach, and revisit several of his design decisions. This eventually leads to significant efficiency improvements, and enables us to circumvent previous lower bounds. Specifically, we show how to implement Groth-Sahai proofs in a prime-order environment (with a symmetric pairing) almost twice as efficiently as the state of the art.
We also show that our new conversions are optimal in a very broad sense. Besides, our conversions also apply in settings with a multilinear map, and can be instantiated from a variety of computational assumptions (including, e.g., the $k$-linear assumption).
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It has been argued recently that misconfigurations or compromises of the RPKI\'s trusted authorities can present new risks to the routing system. Meanwhile, the advocates of ROVER claim that it provides a \"fail-safe\" approach, where the Internet will continue to work as it is even when ROVER fails. This poster therefore compares the impact of ROVER failures to those of the RPKI.
state-recovery and universal forgery attacks was very recently shown to
be suboptimal, following a series of surprising results by Leurent et
al. and Peyrin et al. These results have shown that such powerful
attacks require much less than $2^{\\ell}$ computations, contradicting
the common belief (where $\\ell$ denotes the internal state size). In
this work, we revisit and extend these results, with a focus on
properties of concrete hash functions such as a limited message length,
and special iteration modes.
We begin by devising the first state-recovery attack on HMAC with a
HAIFA hash function (using a block counter in every compression function
call), with complexity $2^{4\\ell/5}$. Then, we describe improved
trade-offs between the message length and the complexity of a
state-recovery attack on HMAC. Consequently, we obtain improved attacks
on several HMAC constructions used in practice, in which the the hash
functions limit the maximal message length (e.g., SHA-1 and SHA-2).
Finally, we present the first universal forgery attacks, which can be
applied with short message queries to the MAC oracle. In particular, we
devise the first universal forgery attacks applicable to SHA-1 and
In this paper, we propose a new verifiable and secure outsourcing protocol for the problem of computing the characteristic polynomial and eigenvalues of matrix. These protocols are not only efficient and secure, but also unnecessary for any cryptographic assumption.


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Study of Oral AMN107 (Nilotinib) in Adult Patients With Imatinib - Resistant or - Intolerant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Blast Crisis, Accelerated Phase or Chronic Phase Previously Enrolled to CAMN107A2109 Trial
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The purpose of this study is to provide patients with imatinib resistant/intolerant chronic myeloid leukemia - in blast crisis, accelerated phase and chronic phase, who have been previously enrolled to CAMN107A2109 and benefit from the treatment, with access to nilotinib (AMN107) in Poland until such time as the treatment with this drug is financed by the National Health Found in Poland (via 'therapeutic program') or for a period of 18 months, whichever comes first.
|Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
|Drug: nilotinib
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open-label, Multicenter Study of Oral AMN107 (Nilotinib) in Adult Patients With Imatinib - Resistant or - Intolerant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Blast Crisis, Accelerated Phase or Chronic Phase Previously Enrolled to ENACT (CAMN107A2109) Trial
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MedlinePlus related topics: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Leukemia
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Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Myeloid Leukemia Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Chronic Myeloproliferative DisordersU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- hematologic response [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- cytogenetic response [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: nilotinib
Drug: nilotinib
Other Name: AMN107
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Imatinib - resistant or - intolerant Philadelphia chromosome-positive CML in chronic phase, accelerated phase or in blast crisis patients previously enrolled to CAMN107A2109 trial in Poland and continuing the treatment with nilotinib at the time of enrollment for this trial.
- In the opinion of the investigators would benefit from the further treatment with nilotinib
- No evidence of extramedullary leukaemic involvement, with the exception of liver and spleen
- Males or females ≥18 years of age
- WHO Performance Status of ≤ 2
- QTc ≤ 450 msec on the average of three serial baseline ECG (using the QTcF formula).
Patients must have the following laboratory values:
- Potassium within normal limits or corrected to within normal limits with supplements prior to the first dose of study medication
- Total calcium (corrected for serum albumin) within normal limits or correctable with supplements
- Magnesium within normal limits or corrected to within normal limits with supplements prior to the first dose of study medication
- Phosphorus ≥ LLN or correctable with supplements
- ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 x ULN or ≤ 5.0 x ULN if considered due to tumour
- Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN unless considered due to tumour
- Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or 24-hour creatinine clearance ≥ 50 ml/min
- Serum amylase ≤ 1.5 x ULN and serum lipase ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Written signed and dated informed consent prior to any study procedures being performed.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known T315I mutations
Impaired cardiac function including any one of the following:
- LVEF < 45% or below the institutional lower limit of the normal range (whichever is higher) as determined by echocardiogram
- Inability to determine the QT interval on ECG
- Complete left bundle branch block
- Use of a ventricular-paced pacemaker
- Congenital long QT syndrome or a known family history of long QT syndrome
- History of or presence of clinically significant ventricular or atrial tachyarrhythmias
- Clinically significant resting brachycardia (< 50 beats per minute)
- QTc > 450 msec on the average of three serial baseline ECG (using the QTcF formula). If QTcF > 450 msec and electrolytes are not within normal ranges, electrolytes should be corrected and then the patient re-screened for QTc.
- History of clinically documented myocardial infarction
- History of unstable angina (during the last 12 months)
- Other clinically significant heart disease (e.g. congestive heart failure or uncontrolled hypertension).
- Known cytopathologically confirmed CNS infiltration (in absence of suspicion of CNS involvement, lumbar puncture not required)
- Severe or uncontrolled medical conditions (i.e. uncontrolled diabetes, active or uncontrolled infection)
- History of significant congenital or acquired bleeding disorder unrelated to cancer
- Previous radiotherapy to ≥ 25% of the bone marrow
- Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to Day 1 of study or who have not recovered from prior surgery
- History of non-compliance to medical regimens or inability to grant consent
- Use of therapeutic coumarin derivatives (i.e., warfarin, acenocoumarol, phenprocoumon)
- Patients actively receiving therapy with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g, erythromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, clarithromycin, telithromycin, ritonavir, mibefradil) and the treatment cannot be either discontinued or switched to a different medication prior to starting study drug or who are within 5 half-lives of the last dose of this medication prior to starting study drug.
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
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|Gdansk, Poland
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Poznan, Poland
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Warsaw, Poland
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Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|Responsible Party:
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01368523 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
EUDRACT 2008-000755-10 ( Registry Identifier: EUDRACT )
|Study First Received:
|June 6, 2011
|Last Updated:
|November 15, 2016
Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
chronic phase
accelerated phase
blastic phase
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Blast Crisis
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Neoplastic Processes
Pathologic Processes
Imatinib Mesylate
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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It was about a year ago that you realized the challenges in reading the manifests and inventory paperwork in the stocking aisles. Error rates had been increasing, and you're sure it's because your staff hasn't been able to see what they're doing.
The decision you made a year ago to pursue a capital investment in your lighting system feels like one of the best decisions you've made in some time. While the approval process took a lot of work, you are there —signatures in hand, ready to move forward.
Now what?
Bids—Do they really save you money?
You now have capital assigned to your lighting project. Oftentimes the immediate response is to turn to procurement or a third party program management company to set up a bid for the work. But, that may not result in the success you had originally envisioned.
What you need and want is the greatest potential value from the dollars you are about to spend. The process of developing the specification requires that those involved fully understand the needs of the facility, and the potential value of each technology or solution choice available to you.
While your internal procurement department or an external program management company are typically quite adept at setting up and managing the process of procurement for specific items and services, it is less likely that the bid development process will be born out of a thorough evaluation of your lighting needs and options.
Simply put, they aren't lighting experts. Without this experience it's easy to overlook key opportunities to save—both on your initial investment and the downstream costs of the installed solution.
Also, a bid process, even when it is put together well, can take 60-90 days or more just to prepare. Then there is the bid process itself. During that time you've spent the savings you could have realized by moving ahead with a qualified, turnkey solution provider.
The savings, depending upon your location, can easily surpass the value realized through a bid process. And, a bid process typically removes the real value from the field of providers that you are talking to. The perceived need to drive down to the lowest available cost can rob your organization of real value that is available from true turnkey providers.
So, what have you gotten for all the hard work you put in to gaining capital approval? A devalued solution, installed by a low cost provider that is likely most interested in getting in and getting out without an eye to your long term interests.
You understand that your operation can benefit from the right lighting solution. Yet, from a lighting solutions standpoint, you don't know what you don't know—which could be a lot. This unknown and the absence of lighting expertise in the decision making process has the potential to undermine your ability to maximize the value of the capital dollars you fought so hard to get.
Spending the time to make yourself the new "lighting expert" is an option, but that takes time—which translates into lost energy savings—and your "day job" requires your attention.
Vendor selection
Who can provide the greatest value from your investment?
Finding the right turnkey partner will be a key to your success. It is best to identify someone that has both the experience you need, and the flexibility to address your needs in all areas and all facilities. Local providers may provide a quick answer, but they often lack the staff and capacity needed to maximize the potential solution.
Some larger and more diverse firms are too large to focus on the unique needs of your facility, and you may receive quick, over-simplified or short-sighted answers in order to move forward.
What to look for:
True turnkey capabilities
Vendor neutral product and solution providers
Track record of a value added partnership approach
Experience that supports your needs
Lighting designers that are a part of a turnkey solution can produce a series of options that help you reduce initial costs, improve performance against goals and improve downstream value.
The synergy between the designed solution and incentive program value can further reduce initial costs.
Incentive programs like those available through the Efficiency Vermont RELIGHT program recognize the increased energy savings typically seen as a result of a robust design process. According to Efficiency Vermont, the RELIGHT program has yielded twice the savings seen through standard customer lighting conversions.
Implementation Timelines
Will implementation steal valuable energy savings?
You've identified your vendor partner. Products have been selected, and it appears that things are ready to move ahead. Now the key is to get things done quickly and efficiently. If you have one site to convert, then staging and avoiding high volume operational activities will be critical. If you have multiple sites, additional work will be needed to maximize the scheduling and material movement for all locations. This can save valuable time and money through the process.
The vendor partner you select should be able to effectively manage all the moving parts to ensure that pre-inspections for utility rebates are performed as quickly as possible, product is landed when and where needed and installation crews arrive when the site is ready to go.
Finally, site coordination should be tight so as to ensure a smooth transition from space to space, and to accommodate operational changes that may require project schedule adjustments.
Timely completion of projects can add thousands of dollars to your bottom line, improving the payback that you've already had approved for your project. This will help you increase the project value and can help ensure success with future capital requests.
Project timelines, if mis-managed, can be costly and are impacted by several key actions and decisions before AND after your capital project has been approved. Working with a true turnkey provider to review and prepare for these in advance of your capital approval will ensure your project maximizes the potential of the hidden savings available to you and your organization.
John Loheit is director of marketing and rebate administration for Energy Management Collaborative. www.emcllc.com


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- Africa: The Daniel Ogechi Akujobi Memorial Foundation (DOAMF) in Nigeria will receive support for the "Project Read to Succeed" program, which provides libraries for public schools in the country.
- Asia Pacific: The Planeterra Foundation will receive a grant to assist the New Delhi Streetkids Project and the Women's Vocational Training Café program in India. These programs provide education, job training and counseling services for women and children in New Delhi.
- Caribbean: The Western Union Foundation will support Haitian Education & Leadership Program (HELP) scholarships for students to complete higher education degrees, with an additional focus on skills training and career services.
- Europe: Interkulturelles Zentrum in Austria will be provided with funding for the MyWU Kids Summer Camp, which is a two-week program that includes language and sports skills training for underprivileged children. The camp is open for all children between ages 8-11, subject to program eligibility requirements.
- Middle East: A grant to Lebanese American University in Beirut will help provide financial aid to students under the school's Annual Scholarship Grant program.
The Western Union Foundation today announced its second quarter 2013 grant commitment of US$1.7 million, which will be distributed across more than 20 nonprofit, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world. To date in 2013, the Western Union Foundation has announced grants totaling more than US$2.9 million. The grants are designed to help increase access to – and improve the quality of – education programs in multiple regions. The grant cycle provides further support for the Western Union Education for Better program, which is a three-year commitment to growing young minds through strategic grants that focus on secondary education and vocational training. "We are actively supporting NGOs that are committed to expanding educational opportunities for global communities," said Patrick Gaston, president of the Western Union Foundation. " Education for Better is a long-term program that not only includes grant making, but also consists of collaborations with Western Union Agents to make a tangible impact on the communities and customers we serve. To date, many Western Union Agents have joined in the Education for Better program, with the Western Union Foundation matching Agent grants to support educational programs around the world." NGOs receiving a grant as part of the Western Union Foundation second quarter 2013 cycle include:


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Opening and closing the Native port at 1200bps triggers a 'soft erase' procedure: the flash memory is erased and the board is restarted with the bootloader. If the MCU crashed for some reason it is likely that the soft erase procedure won't work as this procedure happens entirely in software on the SAM3X.
It's probably implemented in the Arduino bootloader.
if (CDC_SET_CONTROL_LINE_STATE == r) { _usbLineInfo.lineState = setup.wValueL; // auto-reset into the bootloader is triggered when the port, already // open at 1200 bps, is closed. if (1200 == _usbLineInfo.dwDTERate) { // We check DTR state to determine if host port is open (bit 0 of lineState). if ((_usbLineInfo.lineState & 0x01) == 0) initiateReset(250); else cancelReset(); } return true; }
May I ask why you need to use sam-ba?
I don't - per se, as BOSSAC works fine, and I can include BOSSAC in an application if I like to be able to program my devices. (Speaking of BOSSAC by the way, who makes it - and where can I find documentation etc?)It simply frustrates me, that I cannot, or we cannot, get the official Atmel tool to even connect to the devices...
SAM-BA ships with support for all of Atmel's evaluation kits but does not provide generic configurations for other boards. It is a complex task with little documentation to modify SAM-BA to support custom boards. Sometimes, one can get away with using one of the evaluation kit configurations if it is similar to a custom board but other times not since custom external devices could cause a conflict.


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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by serpentine009, Dec 3, 2012.
Anyone know how to not reply all to a group text? Using handcent and/or stock app?
Are you talking about a group text from an iPhone user? I don't think there is a way. You can just send a new text to the one person you want to get it and it will be sent through the existing convo
No, I have a message thread with Person A. Then Person A sends from his Galaxy S3, a message to me and another person. In Handcent I see the green indicator that a new message is in the thread, both on the group message and the thread between me and person A only.
It is very frustrating. I didn't even know a third person was included when I got the message. I hate it.


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Gov. Mark Dayton proposed a bold budget to increase Minnesota's competiveness in the global economy and get Minnesotans back to work. If enacted, the governor's budget will deliver an economy Minnesotans can depend on for high-quality jobs, living wages and a stronger middle class.
Since 2008, Minnesota and the nation endured a damaging recession. Three years ago, our state's unemployment rate peaked at 8.5 percent with more than 250,000 Minnesotans out of work. Today, our state is well on the path to recovery and outpacing many states' economic growth. In 2012, Minnesota had the 12th fastest job growth rate and the 11th lowest unemployment rate in the country.
However, as Gov. Dayton stated in his State of the State address, we have a lot more work to do. Nearly 170,000 Minnesotans are still struggling to find a job — which is enough unemployed workers to fill the stands at Target Field four times over. We can, and must do better.
Minnesota needs significant investments in infrastructure and economic development incentives to make our state competitive in attracting new business opportunities. In a recent New York Times study, Minnesota ranked 39th among all states in economic development spending — including both funds and tax incentives. On a per capita basis, Minnesota ranks 46th.
I should note — economic development isn't just about incentives. There are many other reasons why companies are interested in expanding or relocating their business in Minnesota. Our strong education system, abundant natural resources, highly skilled workforce and ease of transport to all coasts of the United States make Minnesota an attractive place to do business. But, the reality of today's competitive economic development environment is that companies across the U.S. and the globe are receiving robust incentive packages from other states and then asking, "What will Minnesota offer?"
The answer to that question is, unfortunately, not very much. Our key economic development tool — the Minnesota Investment Fund (MIF) — does not have one dollar in the bank. Over the last decade, funding for MIF has been reduced by 86 percent. And, our state's second largest economic development tool, JOBZ, is scheduled to sunset in 2015. Meanwhile, other states are ramping up their efforts to attract businesses and high quality jobs to their communities. Michigan has a $50 million closing fund to lure new business and Texas boasts a $200 million closing fund.
Minnesota needs an economic development toolbox that will show companies that Minnesota values their investment and put our state in the running for major business expansions and relocations. We don't need to match other states' proposals dollar for dollar — but, we do need economic development tools that give us a seat at the negotiation table.
Gov. Dayton's budget invests $86.5 million in targeted economic development incentives — including MIF, a reformed JOBZ program called the Minnesota Job Creation Fund, transportation and housing improvements and global competitiveness. These key investments would attract an estimated $1.5 billion in private investment in Minnesota's economy, and help create tens of thousands of new, high-quality jobs across our state.
And, there is a lot more in Gov. Dayton's budget proposal for businesses to like.
The governor proposed cutting business property taxes by 3.6 percent and providing employers a $466.5 million unemployment insurance tax cut — giving businesses more money to expand and hire new workers. The governor also proposed eliminating unfair corporate tax loopholes enjoyed by only a few companies in order to pay for the largest corporate income tax cut in 26 years — a 14 percent reduction in corporate income tax for all companies.
These attributes of the governor's budget will strengthen our business climate and create the jobs and economic growth Minnesota needs. But none of this is possible unless we have the courage to make difficult choices and raise the necessary revenue to create long term solutions for the state's economy. We need to invest in our state, in order to maintain its competitiveness.
For more than 40 years, Minnesota has been a national economic leader because we made smart investments in our schools, our workforce, our communities and our economy. Generations of middle class Minnesotans could depend on our state's economy for good jobs and living wages; entrepreneurs had an opportunity to succeed with access to a skilled workforce and a strong, supportive business climate.
We can choose to reinvest in this legacy or watch it slip away. This governor has chosen to invest in a stronger economy, and a better Minnesota. But he cannot do that work alone. It requires all of us working together to get Minnesotans back to work and make our state a true competitor, and a leader, in today's global economy.
Katie Clark Sieben is commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)


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New NEMO superintendent arrested for stealing, forgery
Wed, 15 May 2013 23:55:03 GMT —
UPDATE: The South Shelby R-IV School Board is going to withdraw its job offer to a superintendent candidate amid allegations that he stole money from his previous school district.
The agenda for Thursday night's emergency school board meeting said the district will rescind its offer to Michael â??Mikeâ?? Rennells, 34, of Grant City, Missouri.
The Putnam County native hired to be the new superintendent of the South Shelby R-IV School district in Shelbina is facing legal troubles.
Incoming superintendent, Michael â??Mikeâ?? Rennells, 34, of Grant Gity, Missouri, is accused of stealing from the school in northwest Missouri where he is currently superintendent.
According to court documents, Rennells faces one felony charge of stealing and two felony charges of forgery.
Those charges were filed Monday in Worth County.
Investigators claim Rennells used the school district's credit card to buy nearly $1,700 worth of items for his personal use.
They said Rennells also fabricated invoices and made misleading representations on the districtâ??s Credit Card Purchases form to try to cover his tracks.
If his name sounds familiar, that is probably because Rennells used to be principal at Green City High School and later at Schuyler County High School.
He was also a coach in the Green City district during his time there.
According to our friends at centralmoinfo.com, Rennells is scheduled to start his new job in Shelbina on July 1, 2013.
South Shelby School Board members became aware of a potential problem when Rennells was locked out of his office in the Worth County Schools last month and placed on administrative leave by the school board there.
Rennells did not return KRES Radio's call for comment, but he told the Moberly radio station during an interview last month he wasn't sure why he was in trouble.
Rennell's bond is set at $10,000. A spokesman at the Worth County Sheriffâ??s Office told KTVO Wednesday afternoon that Rennellâ??s was not in custody at the jail there.
The prosecutor told the radio station that additional charges could be filed once all reports come in from investigators.
Centralmoinfo.com reports that in light of the charges against the incoming superintendent, the South Shelby School Board has scheduled an emergency meeting for Thursday evening.
The board will meet in closed session to discuss plans for where to go from here.
The investigation was handled by the Worth County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control.


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A-4135 Introduced in the Assembly
As we know, New Jersey is a class action lawsuit magnet. A piece of legislation introduced by Assemblymen Gary Chiusano and John Wisniewski, however, would bring more fairness to the process.
Imagine the following scenario: A New Jersey-based business becomes entangled in a product liability lawsuit. The plaintiff's attorneys decide to file suit on behalf of everyone who bought a particular product, whether they were injured or not, and oftentimes without their knowledge. The judge certifies the group of unidentified consumers as a class, and a class-action lawsuit ensues, over defense objections to the certification. In our scenario, our business needs to go through the entire trial before it can appeal the judge's determination of a class.
The legislation introduced by Assemblymen Chiusano and Wisniewski, however, would grant an immediate right to interlocutory appeal. In reality, a class certification usually means the end of the road for New Jersey civil defendants, because trying such cases is simply too expensive and burdensome. Many settle even if there is an error in certifying the class. A-4135 spares all parties time and expense.


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Having filled out many lengthy health insurance questionnaires I'm surprised they don't ask which sports team you follow. If they did, Brumbies supporters would surely attract a lower premium than Reds supporters, who are developing all manner of conditions from their team's procession of split-hair victories.
But all wins count, however they may be achieved. Good sporting teams sometimes conjure victory when they haven't necessarily dominated; other times they dominate and romp home easily.
After the exacting draw between the Reds and Brumbies last week, the top two Australian conference teams reverted to type as the Reds managed a narrow 12-11 win over the Blues while the Brumbies continued to dismantle their opponents with a 41-7 victory over the Force.
As they stand at the end of round 11, and with just six matches and a bye each to go, the Brumbies lead the Australian conference with 40 points to the Reds 37. Both teams have enjoyed seven victories from their 10 matches but the Brumbies have drawn two and lost one compared with the Reds' one draw and two losses. When you dive deeper it is quite illustrative, as in six of the Brumbies' seven victories they have enjoyed the relative psychological comfort of a greater than 10-point margin, whereas all the Reds victories have been by 10 points and less.
But despite how they have arrived at their current standing, either team could now win the Australian conference and that much-coveted home final. Perhaps the Brumbies anticipate a slightly easier run home with three home and three away compared to the Reds' two home and four away, including a trip across the Indian Ocean to South Africa.
Pressure then enterprise
The other interesting difference is that, aside from their local derbies, the Brumbies confront three New Zealand sides whereas the Reds face three South African sides. It is more difficult to ascertain who holds the advantage there as the contrasting styles of the South African and New Zealand teams – and those of the Reds and Brumbies themselves – bring quite distinct challenges.
Friday night's victory against the Blues rounded off a memorable statistic for
Beating teams from the Republic, however, is a different challenge as the Reds' game seems suited to playing against Kiwi opposition, who tend to back themselves and promote an attacking ethos. Interestingly their two losses to date, against the Western Force and the Brumbies, have been against teams that have first been intent on strangling them out of the match before winning it through their own enterprise.
That's why next weekend's derby against the Force is so important for the Reds. They could do worse than take a leaf out of the Brumbies' manual. It will first require unrelenting pressure, followed by regular Reds' enterprise, to deliver victory. Enterprise before pressure may only deliver heartache. In the Reds' favour, they have the services of both
The Brumbies performance on Saturday night was the perfect muse for the Reds as, though they were playing a bottom of the table team in the Force, they were insatiable in their pursuit of victory. Their killer instinct was slightly different to the cunning, but not quite as ruthless, survival instincts of the Reds. With their only hiccup thus far being their lackadaisical draw against the Kings, their maturity and respect for every opposition may be what guides them to the finals for the first time since 2004. In attempting to make the finals they have been dealt a glad hand in that they will not play either the Chiefs or the Cheetahs – both top six teams. In contrast, the Reds don't play the Crusaders (10th) nor the Kings (14th).
So with seven rounds left it remains a battle of wits, wiles and wants for which both the Reds and Brumbies are very well equipped. And, unlike other teams, their fortunes are firmly in their own hands. No such luxury is held by those vulnerable supporters, however, who helplessly accede control, joy, and sometimes their own health, to those out on the field. But I suspect that most of those supporters would happily lose a few nights' sleep and pay a couple of extra dollars in premium to get the right result come the first weekend in August.
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SF Giants Rumors: Buster Posey Mega Deal Talks, Ryan Theriot Could Hang up Spikes, Chone Figgins An Option
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Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says the San Francisco Giants and Buster Posey have quietly begun talks about a possible Mega-Deal. Heyman points out that Posey would like a 10-year deal, and it's not unreasonable since Posey is only 25, and would be 35 when the contract would end.
It could be a big risk to give a catcher a long deal, but Posey isn't just a catcher. He can flat out hit, he's won NL Rookie of the Year, NL MVP, NL Comeback Player of the Year, NL Hank Aaron Award, MLB Batting Title, Silver Slugger Award and two World Series Championships! Yes, he's done all this in just three years, and the 2nd year was the year he was out with his horrific injury. Did I also mention that he can play first base too? This is another way of resting him as a catcher, and keeping him fresh.
"Posey is a once-in-a-generation type player," says Heyman.
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle says free agent infielder Ryan Theriot has had teams calling, but he doesn't want to be anybody's backup. He's looking for significant playing time, or he's ready to hang up his spikes and be a full time father, husband, and possibly a player agent.
"I've had some stuff come up, no doubt. It's not really exactly what I'm looking for playing-time-wise. That's where we're at right now. We'll see what happens," says Theriot.
Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com says (via Twitter) he hears the Giants are not enamored with infielder Chone Figgins for a possible bench role. Figgins was the most desirable third baseman during the 2009 free agency market. Four years later, he's trying to find a team to pick him up…
Don't forget to go to the SF Giants Rumors Facebook page to share your thoughts on locking Posey up long-term, Theriot possibly hanging up his spikes, and Figgins as a possible bench option!
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The Witton Feast
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th August 2017
West Witton, Yorkshire Dales
The Witton Feast takes place over the weekend with Saturday closest to the 24th August. In 2017, the Feast weekend is Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th August.
Both Saturday and Sunday are packed with things to do and see with Saturday morning starting with the Cottage Show, Saturday afternoon the time for the Witton Fell Race and Saturday evening time for the famous Burning of Old Bartle
Sunday is 'Fun Day' which includes all manner of events including children's sports, fancy dress, a falconry display and other entertainments!
We'll be publishing a detailed (well, fairly detailed) programme of events nearer the time so keep a watch on this site!