text: Ahrimanes Newsletter #11 20.03.06 ==================================================== [ AHRIMANES NEWSLETTER ] ==================================================== 1.0 - Editorial 1.1 Word From the Editor 1.2 Last Issue 1.3 Next Issue 2.0 - Concepts 2.1 Crypt Card Focus 2.2 Library Card Focus 3.0 - Deck 3.1 Sandra's Buffet 3.2 Sign Off --[1.1 - Word from the Editor]----------------------- Sanguine Instruction vs Spontaneous Power: or the ongoing problem of superior skills in Bloodline decks. Now in past issues I have talked about both of these cards, and I have now come to the opinion that Sanguine Instruction is the better option as the two pool cost for Spontaneous Power can be hard to bear. Also there is usually more room in the action section of a deck than the Masters, which seems to be filled even before I start a deck. Spontaneous Power has its place, normally in multi discipline combo decks, but for most decks where you merely desire, rather than need the superior skills then Sanguine Instruction will do the trick for you. --[1.2 -Last Issue]------------------------------------ Well I finally got to try the Ahrimane Block Prevention deck, and it got 1vp, when preying on a Laz beatdown deck, and came close to the game win although the Ravnos Tap n Bleed did its tapping badness. Then in a second game it was foiled by a OBF DOM !gangrel deck. The Blood Costs are a little high, and certainly in some games you would struggle to do much. Antero mentioned it might be a problem and it could be, I think a couple less Presence skill cards, which could be replaced by the bloat card of your choice - Jake Washington, Giants Blood etc. See feedback is good, and gets you immortalised in 'print'. Anyway I have revised the deck, removing 1 Heart of the City and 2 Presence skill cards, which have been replaced by 1 additional Prophesies of Gehenna and 2 copies of Anarch Troublemaker. These two work well together, and can really put the pressure on if used together. --[1.3 -Next Issue]------------------------------------ Next time we will look at Vultures Buffet, the new Engling Fury? Also we will fuse Equipment and The Wildebeest, surely that will never work, or will it? Also there should be full details of Nights of Reckoning - due for release on 3rd of April. --[2.1 - Crypt Card Focus]-------------------------- This month it is another non Ahrimane, but a vampire who fits right in with the plan. Sandra White Clan: Caitiff (group 3) Capacity: 1 Disciplines: Camarilla: If Sandra diablerizes an older vampire, the controller of that vampire burns 1 pool. Rarity: Anarchs:U2 Now most people can see the use of Sandra in a deck that slaps people into Torpor, so I won't dwell on that. Instead think of Vultures Buffet, and you can actually come out ahead! Normally Sandra does her thing, of eating the best target in Torpor, and then she burns in the Blood Hunt as there aren't enough votes to save her. Fair enough, a Pool for a Pool, and you have planned for your loss right? Well with a Vultures Buffet, you could gain two (three with Hungry Coyote) Blood, and one Pool once Sandra is in the Ash Heap. That sounds like plenty to fuel the next Sandra, and the next and so on! Also Sandra helps bring down the average crypt cost, with a little weeniefication - something that is impossible to do with the Sterile rule that affects all Ahrimanes preventing the use of traditional weenie creator cards such as The Embrace. Of course there are other weenies you could use, but Sandra's special is where it is at! --[2.2 - Library Card Focus]------------------------ This month we look at two lesser cards, that will help you win games! Cull the Herd Type: Action Cost: 1 blood +1 stealth action. (D) Look at another Methuselah's hand. That Methuselah discards all ally or retainer cards in his or her hand. The acting vampire gains 1 blood from the blood bank for each card discarded in this way. Rarity: Sabbat:R SW:R This card is often overlooked and this was written about in another Newsletter, although I couldn't find which, quite a while back as a method to check a players hand, at stealth, for the cost of one blood. Yes the main effect is for removing Allies, but the 'side' effect is quite powerful, as written above - check a hand, without requiring a discipline! I actually think that this card is even better now as it is more likely to find an Ally or two in a players hand with the new batch that have been released in the past few years, such as Neighbourhood Watch Commander, Procurer and others, and that means that you regain the blood spent on the action. Plus with a Vultures Buffet or two you can gain some pool - all good right? Once you have checked your opponents hand you know if you can go ahead with those big bleeds, as you saw the bounce, or lack of it. Prophecies of Gehenna Type: Master Unique master. Put this card in play. During your master phase, you may tap this card to look at your prey's hand. If you do so, your prey takes control of the Prophecies of Gehenna. Any Methuselah may burn this card during his or her untap phase by revealing his or her hand to all players. Rarity: Promo:20040301 Going back to the Editors Note of actions vs Masters, here is a card that allows that all-important look at a player's hand at the cost of a Master Phase (to play). Prophecies of Gehenna (PoG) has the advantage of being played as a Master card, and thus not requiring an action to bring it into play, or to use it. Sure it circles around the table, and can be removed by a Methuselah revealing his or her hand. But it is free, and looks in the Master Phase, which could show you any Sudden Reversals before you play your all important Master Card. So it can be quite defensive as well. Sure you could use Owl Retainer, but sometimes you don't want to be in combat, or can't get there, and it serves no purpose, whereas both of these cards allow you to look when you want, rather than when you can, and thus allow you to plan your turns that much better. --[3.1 - Deck: Sandra's Buffet]--------------------------------------- Well some of you eagle eyed readers will have spotted that last months deck used this months featured library cards - giving you chance to try them before I write about them, so this month we feature next months Library card; Vultures Buffet. Deck Name: Sandras Buffet Author: Sam Marsh Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 7 average: 4.09 4x Sandra White 1 Caitiff:3 3x Muricia 7 ANI PRE SPI Ahrimane:4 3x Effie Lowery 5 ANI SPI obf Ahrimane:4 1x Gentha Shale 6 ANI PRE pot spi Ahrimane:4 1x Aiyana, The Wolfca 3 pre spi Ahrimane:4 Library [90 cards] Action [16] 3x Enchant Kindred 8x Nose of the Hound 1x Tier of Souls 4x Vulture's Buffet Action Modifier [4] 4x Aire of Elation Combat [32] 16x Aid from Bats 10x Carrion Crows 2x Pack Alpha 4x Taste of Vitae Combat/Action Modifier [4] 4x Swiftness of the Stag Master [14] 6x Blood Doll 1x Carver's Meat Packing and Storage 2x Effective Management 2x Guardian Angel 1x Sudden Reversal 2x Tension in the Ranks Reaction [16] 5x Falcon's Eye 3x Forced Awakening 3x Guard Dogs 5x Speak with Spirits Retainer [4] 2x Murder of Crows 2x Raven Spy Again this deck is untested by me, so is bound to have some flaws, but I should soon have more time to make these things and then they will get tested - I promise. --[3.2 - Sign Off]------------------------------------- Well within the next few weeks there will be new Crypt cards - Hunters, who will make an appearance in the Legacies of Blood expansion. 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Trafalgar Square sparkled bright orange on Saturday 16 April for Holland House, in association with easyJet. The free entry festival, which is a celebration in honour of the Dutch Queen's birthday, provided a great kick off to the Royal wedding celebrations in 2 weeks. Over 50,000 people, dressed up in the Dutch national colour of orange, are estimated to have joined in the festivities over the course of the day.
Double Dutch skipping challenge
The greatly anticipated grand final of the easyjet and holland.com Double Dutch skipping challenge took place during the event. Four teams from all different corners of the country showed off their amazing skills. Eventually, after a nail biting final, the team from Kingston, Surrey was crowned the Double Dutch skipping winner of 2011. The team won a city break to Amsterdam including accommodation and return easyJet flights along with orange iPod nanos.
Orange madness brings an authentic Dutch atmosphere
Holland House always brings the best of Holland to London; Dutch culture, Dutch lifestyle, a warm and welcoming nature - and it certainly did not disappoint this year. On the main stage, the day kicked off with Storybox, followed by Boris, Typhoon & New Cool Collective, De Coronas and Baskerville, who completed the fantastic line-up and really got the crowd partying.
Also, art lovers crossed the square to experience the fabulous 17th century Dutch Masters on show at the National Gallery. While back on the square, the kids had great fun in the kid's corner where they enjoyed theatre performances, clog painting and balloon modellers.
Visitors to Holland House also enjoyed the many authentic Dutch delicacies on offer such as stroopwafels (caramel waffles), cheese, poffertjes (mini-pancakes), Dutch fries with a selection of sauces and broodje beenham (Dutch bacon).
Love is in the air
During Holland House 2010, Chiswick locals Ben and Tamsin Nijhof met each other and fell in love. They got married not long after and came back to Holland House this year to mark their first anniversary. The Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions helped them celebrate by offering a second honeymoon to Amsterdam with complimentary easyJet flights and 2 nights at the Park Hotel Amsterdam.
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With the advent of Cataclysm and its attendant pre-expansion patches, Azeroth is (as has been said thousands of times) undergoing a dramatic change. Over the last few weeks it's got me thinking, and the result is a topic suggestion:What does 'home' mean in your book? Do you have a particular home in Azeroth – a place you feel you belong, that you know like the back of your hand, or that you feel more comfortable in than anywhere else? Would this be different for different characters or different factions, or is there just a place that really resonates with you? Do you think Cataclysm will prompt you to find new and different turf, or will you be heading back there first thing to see what might have changed? If it is destroyed, how do you think that will affect your experience of the game, or your characters' lives? Or do you think the whole idea of having a home doesn't even really apply to a game?
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On our recent trip to Dublin and London, one of the main things on our to-do list was to enjoy some good meals. Dinnertime at home with a three-year-old is far from relaxing or luxurious, so we wanted to enjoy some dining experiences on our adults-only trip that we can't replicate at home. I think we were successful in meeting our goals, and I'm excited to share a few of the places where we chowed down in case you have a similar trip in your future. This is by no means a foodie blog, so I'm not going to be able to tell you that the such and such spice brought out the such and such flavor, but I will tell you if I thought it was good or not. One of the ways I love to experience different locations is by the food, and atmosphere matters just as much as food quality. I want to actually feel like I am in a different location, and most of these restaurants did a good job with that.
If you want to play catch-up, here are the other installments in this (almost finished) European trip report.
European trip to London and Dublin: Planning
US Airways Envoy Suites to London
Getting To and From London Airports
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Dublin
Get Out of Dublin for Amazing Sights
Andaz Liverpool Street (London)
Eating Our Way Through London and Dublin (this post)
Since our first night on this trip was spent eating at a restaurant outside of Windsor, I will start my highlighting with some of our better meals in the greater London area before moving on to Dublin.
The Winning Post:
The Winning Post is located in an 18th century building in Winkfield, which is just outside of Windsor. It is about 20 minutes from Heathrow Airport by car. It has a bar, restaurant, and ten rooms where you can choose to stay. We just went there for dinner, but it was a meal and location full of character. It was a fun way to spend our overnight near Heathrow without feeling like we wasted a night of our vacation.
The ceilings were a little low, so duck if you are over six feet. It gave the place a homey feeling on a snowy February night.
Their menu seems to change regularly, but one of our favorites was an appetizer platter shown below. It was huge and after eating it we could have likely just split an entree, but as usual our stomachs were bigger than our eyes and we ordered a ton of food.
While I enjoyed everything, I felt like the standouts were the meats, breads, and coffee.
Most entrees seem to run in the £15 – £20 range, so not McDonald's prices but not insanely expensive either. My only regret about our meal here is that it was already dark when we went to the restaurant as otherwise I think we would have been in for a very nice and scenic drive. They do accept reservations on their website.
Afternoon Tea at Brown's Hotel (London):
A friend insisted that I have afternoon tea at the Brown's Hotel while I was in London. The hotel touts itself as London's first ever hotel that opened in 1837 and continues to be a top five star hotel in the Mayfair part of London.
Traditional afternoon tea is £39.50 per guest and gives you your choice of 17 teas and a variety of finger sandwiches, pastries, fruit and plain scones with cream and strawberry preserves, as well as a choice of freshly baked cakes. They replenish it as often as you like, so there is no reason you will do anything other than roll out of there. In other words, come hungry.
I opted for the traditional choices, but they had a low-cal option as well that actually looked really good.
The scones and salmon/lox sandwiches were my favorite, but I didn't come across anything that wasn't pretty good.
Oh and of course there was tea that was pretty enjoyable as well. All in all it was a very relaxing way to spend a couple of hours just chatting and enjoying being in London having an experience that we could have never had at home. While our daughter was not there on this trip, it would be a blast to take her for tea when she is a bit older as she could enjoy reading books about it in advance and getting all dressed up for the experience.
I do recommend making reservations ahead of time if you want to do tea at Brown's Hotel as they seemed to be quite busy.
Bentley's Oyster Bar (London):
Bentley's Oyster Bar has been open in London since 1916 and still uses the same marble topped bar. You can eat at the oyster bar, outside, or at an actual table. We had reservations for a table, but opted for the bar as we like the interaction and weren't really hungry enough after tea to warrant a table.
They have a full menu, but we opted to just try different oysters. Where we normally eat, there is usually just one or maybe two types of oysters, so having over a dozen was quite different for us. We let them help us select different oysters so we could taste a variety of flavors (and yes they do all taste different). We made reservations ahead of time on TopTable (the UK version of OpenTable).
The atmosphere here was great, as were the oysters and service. I would like to come here again when I am not stuffed with scones, but I'd have to plan on spending a lot more as even just a few oysters added up relatively quickly.
The Winding Stair hasn't been around as long as some of the places we visited in London, but it makes up for it with a good view and good locally sourced food. It is located on the river Liffey in Dublin and you must go up a winding stair to get there….shocker, huh?
We actually didn't have reservations here, but went right when it opened for dinner and they were able to give us a window seat as long as we promised to be done by a certain time.
We opted for their pre-theatre menu where you must be done (and gone) by 8:15PM. The three course menu is €29.95 per person. For the first course I had the potato cake with smoked salmon and cream. It was amazing – I've craved it since eating there. Pretty much everyone around me was ordering this same first course.
For the second course I stuck with the fish theme and while it was great, I wish I could have tried more local produce that they seem quite proud of.
All in all we thought the restaurant was a good value with a great view.
This restaurant advertizes "no frills seasonal Irish food" and that was enough to sell me. It is located very close to Trinity College and the Westin Dublin. We went right when they opened for lunch and took advantage of the two course lunch €17.95 though we did add the bread for €2.95.
For the first course I had some pork which was presented in a little glass jar. It was great as it was actually really functional for making sure I was able to spoon out every last juicy drop!The second course was a hashed duck pie that was equally beautiful and delicious.
This was literally real "meat and potatoes" type food that made it feel like we really were in Ireland. I know not everyone likes to experience new places with their appetite, but we sure do.
On this trip our strategy was often to get one free meal from the breakfast included in the hotel, and then have one "big" meal out per day – most of which are shown here. That makes the price tag that can come with some nicer meals much more palatable…though we did a pretty reasonable job of using lunch and pre-theatre menus when possible to keep costs down.
Do you like to experience destinations via local food and restaurants when you travel? If so, I'd love to hear your favorites!
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Great post!…i'm going to London next week and I was wondering did you have any opinion about the London pass or the 2 for 1 deals or just any attractions to def see or NOT see
Ryan, food and rest were our two main attractions in London – especially since we had just been there are few months prior and didn't have all that much time there. I really wanted to go to Churchill War Room and the Imperial War Museum, but I just ran out of time for the former and the later was closed until sometime this summer. We did go to Tower of London and that was good, though pricey (suggested donation I believe).
So, those are all ones I wanted to do, but I only made it to one. I had done some of the other sightseeing like Buckingham, Big Ben, etc. on a previous trip.
@Ryan If you mean the half price theatre tickets, make sure you go to the official TKTS ticket booth in the center of Leicester Square. The area is filled with rip off shops pretending to be the official one.
For anyone interested in world history, the British Museum is just stunning. Entrance is free, and there are free guided tours much of the day, usually around an hour about a special topic: Egyptian, or Roman, or Greek etc. They have the schedule on line. It would take days to see it all.
For anyone interested in art, from medieval thru post impressionist, the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square is incredible. Again free, with a hour long guided tour of four or 5 paintings twice a day, different paintings each tour. Daily 11:30 and 2:30, be a little early as they do start on time. No sign up, just meet the guide at the Sainsbury Wing Information desk.
The Impressionist section here is wonderful. {don't confuse this with the National Portrait Gallery next door, which is just a bunch of portraits of people you have never heard of}.
Robert, thanks for sharing. Some of these are still on my future list for London as well!
Just landed in MSP from LHR via Bus Elite on Delta. great timing on your story. If you go make sure to visit Bath and Oxford, worth the trip. Sixt upgraded us to an E320 Mercedes for 10 pounds extra per day or less than 30.00 total US per day. Amazing trip
I hope you ventured all the way upstairs to the restroom at The Pig's Ear. There was some interesting artwork and it was quite a long walk upstairs when I visited last year. Great review!
What, you didn't have any Indian food in London?! Chicken tikka masala is widely known as a true British national dish.
I don't understand the no fees on BA DUB to LON. I keep getting 9K Avios plus $155 fees rt.
tassojunior, from DUB – LHR I am seeing 4,500 Avios + 22.50 in taxes/fees, and RT I am getting 9K + $45 taxes and fees, so I can't replicate what you are seeing.
That's really odd that I keep getting 9K plus $155 fees on BA. I've tried several times and also tried a few other close cities with similar fees.
tasso, yeah I don't get it. I did the search again last night and still got the same low fee amount. Are you actually to the point of booking and it still says the higher amount?
I'm guessing tassojunior doesn't qualify for Reward Flight Saver – "Our newest type of reward flight is designed to offer better value on shorter flights. Reward Flight Saver is available on British Airways and Iberia flights in zones 1-3 to members who have collected at least one Avios in the last 12 months. All you pay is Avios plus a flat fee or Avios & Money plus a flat fee — we pay the taxes, fees and charges for you."


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Intel researchers work on new way to display, share images
Pictures and video can be rearranged, enlarged with just a touch on walls, tables
Computerworld - Intel researchers are working on a new way to display photos and videos, making them more social and collaborative.
"It's about being able to display images of any type on any surface," said Manny Vara, senior technology evangelist for Intel. "It changes the way we interact with things. It makes our images more interactive."
Researchers demonstrated the technology, which is still in development, at Intel's European Research & Innovation Conference in Barcelona last month.
Vara demonstrated the project, dubbed Display without Borders, with a laptop, a Microsoft Connect sensor and a projector. Intel didn't give a timeframe for when the technology might go to market..
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Events — By JGM Staff on November 16, 2010 at 10:50 amThis past Saturday the Atlanta based artist and emcee Sean Fahie AKA Speak Easy opened his solo show Coronas, Condoms & Cigarettes at Ponder Wonder in East Atlanta. The show was about facing your vices and Sean took his head on through art. The space lead viewers through a journey, his journey. Starting with awesome drawings and watercolor pieces in his signature style on the left. Right in the middle was a huge middle finger painted on canvas amidst scattered empty liquor bottles. This was Sean's message to the art world, fuck you, like me or not, I've arrived. Glad to witness it. At the end of the night Sean wrapped up the show with a cool performance, peep the video below. Click here to view more photos from the opening.
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My EA Chelsea plant that I've had for over a year may need repotted. When I water it, the water runs right through and the plant becomes dry very quickly. It's growing very nicely, though. Does it need repotting? Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by ladygreensleeves 10(Fla) (My Page) on Wed, Jun 2, 10 at 13:27
Tip it out of the pot and check the ratio of potting mix to roots.....which is greater? If it is so rootbound that their is very little soil repot, but only up one size. |
You might also try setting the pot in a tray to water and let it get good and wet. Many commercial mixes are heavy on peat and they can be very hard to keep evenly moist if they dry out. If the water runs off and down the inside of the pot instead of soaking into the mix you will have to give the pot a good soaking to wet all of the mix properly. Mike |
- Posted by ladygreensleeves 10(Fla) (My Page) on Wed, Jun 2, 10 at 15:46
I think most of us eventually repot our EA plants. As the potting mix they use is terrible. Once it dries out it shrinks from the side of the pot and turns to a brick that does not absorb water and like Mike said when you water it runs down the inside of the pot and out the bottom. And you have to soak the pot to get the soil moistened again. The roots end up suffocating and dying. Just an after thought...... |
Thanks LGS and Mike! I will repot it sometime once I get my new soil mixed (potting soil with orchid bark). When I do that, I'll know if it was rootbound or not. It never has bloomed, but then again it is a carnosa cultivar. Brad AKA Moonwolf |
Brad, I have several still in the old EA mix - species that are small leaved, and very impractical to repot because of their size. Often times, they're very potbound and you can't get the old soil off the roots to put them in new soil without damaging them and sending them into a downward spiral. So I've learned a watering method that works. First, don't let them get completely dry (sounds like you've learned that one!) I water them about once a week, and when I water, I hang them over my kitchen sink and water until water flows out the bottom. I wait about 15-20 minutes then do it again. And if it comes out just as fast the 2nd time, I wait another 15-20 minutes and do it a 3rd time. Still in old EA mix are lacunosa (since '03 or '04), tsangii/DS-70, & incurvula or brevialata (depending on who you talk to...) Probably a few others I can't think of right now. Just a little advice if you decide to leave it in the EA mix... Denise in Omaha |
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FILE - In this April 9, 1997 file photo, Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse and winner of the half-million dollar 1997 Lemelson-MIT prize, poses with the computer mouse he designed, in New York. Engelbart has died at the age of 88. The cause of death wasn't immediately known. (AP Photo/Michael Schmelling, File)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Doug Engelbart, a visionary who invented the computer mouse and developed other technology that has transformed the way people work, play and communicate, died late Tuesday. He was 88.
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., where Mr. Engelbart had been a fellow since 2005, said Wednesday that it was notified of the death in an email from his daughter and biographer, Christina. SRI International, where Mr. Engelbart used to work, also confirmed his death. The cause of his death wasn't announced by either organization. Attempts to contact Mr. Engelbart's surviving family weren't immediately successful.
Back in the 1950s and '60s, when mainframes took up entire rooms and were fed data on punch cards, Mr. Engelbart already was envisioning a day when computers would empower people to share ideas and solve problems in ways that seemed unfathomable at the time.
He said his work was all about "augmenting human intellect" — a mission that boiled down to making computers more intuitive to use. One of the biggest advances was the mouse, which he developed in the 1960s and patented in 1970. At the time, it was a wooden shell covering two metal wheels: an "X-Y position indicator for a display system."
Mr. Engelbart "brought tremendous value to society," said Curtis R. Carlson, the CEO of SRI International. "We will miss his genius, warmth and charm. Doug's legacy is immense. Anyone in the world who uses a mouse or enjoys the productive benefits of a personal computer is indebted to him."
The notion of operating the inside of a computer with a tool on the outside was way ahead of its time when Mr. Engelbart began working on it. The mouse didn't become commercially available until 1984, with the released of Apple's then-revolutionary Macintosh, a precursor to future breakthroughs such as the iPhone and iPad.
Mr. Engelbart's conceived the computer mouse so early in the evolution of computers that he and his colleagues didn't profit much from it. The mouse patent had a 17-year life span, allowing the technology to pass into the public domain in 1987. That prevented Mr. Engelbart from collecting royalties on the mouse when it was in its widest use. At least 1 billion have been sold since the mid-1980s.
Although computer mice remain prevalent, their usage is waning as people increasingly control smartphones and tablets in an even simpler way: by merely swiping their finger across a display screen.
Among Mr. Engelbart's other key developments in computing, along with his colleagues at the Stanford Research Institute and his own lab, the Augmentation Research Center, was the use of multiple windows. Mr. Engelbart's lab also helped develop ARPANet, the government research network that led to the Internet.
In a precursor to the dramatic presentations that Apple founder Steve Jobs became famous for, Mr. Engelbart dazzled the industry at a San Francisco computer conference in 1968. Working from his house with a homemade modem, he used his lab's elaborate new online system to illustrate his ideas to the audience, while his staff linked in from the lab. It was the first public demonstration of the mouse and video teleconferencing, and it prompted a standing ovation.
"Doug pioneered network computing technologies when it was not popular to do so," Sun Microsystems' then-CEO, Scott McNealy, said in 1997.
Even so, the mild-mannered Mr. Engelbart gave deference to his colleagues and played down the importance of his inventions, stressing instead his bigger vision of using collaboration over computers to solve the world's problems.
"Many of those firsts came right out of the staff's innovations — even had to be explained to me before I could understand them," he said in a biography written by his daughter. "They deserve more recognition."
In 1997, Mr. Engelbart won the most lucrative award for American inventors, the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Three years later, President Bill Clinton bestowed Mr. Engelbart with the National Medal of Technology "for creating the foundations of personal computing."
Douglas Carl Engelbart was born Jan. 30, 1925, and grew up on a small farm near Portland, Ore. He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University, taking two years off during World War II to serve as a Navy electronics and radar technician in the Philippines.
It was there that he read Vannevar Bush's "As We May Think" in a Red Cross library and was inspired by Bush's idea of a machine that would aid human cognition.
After the war, Mr. Engelbart worked as an electrical engineer for NASA's predecessor, NACA, at its Ames Laboratory. Restless, and dreaming of computers that could change the world, he left Ames to pursue his Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley.
He earned his degree in 1955. But after joining the faculty, Mr. Engelbart was warned by a colleague that if he kept talking about his "wild ideas" he'd be an acting assistant professor forever. So he left for the research position at Stanford Research Institute, now SRI International.
In 1990, Mr. Engelbart started the Bootstrap Institute, which researches ways to advance collaboration on complex problems.
Video of his 1968 demonstration: http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html


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PHP & jQuery image upload and crop v1.1
We are looking for new features to be added to this plugin, please leave your requests in the comments on the following page : JQuery / PHP Upload and Crop – Feature Request
Due to popular demand, further updates have been made to this script, to allow upload of JPG, GIFs and PNG images! Same great functionality now even more useful.
Please note the old script is still available at PHP & jQuery image upload and crop.
If you are not familiar with the concept, it may be worth reading the old article first.
As with the previous script, ensure you have the following:
1. We will be using the session variable to hold the random file name (in our case the timestamp).
We are now also storing the file extension that is passed through the script, to ensure we are dealing with the right type of image.
//only assign a new timestamp if the session variable is empty if (strlen($_SESSION['random_key'])==0){ $_SESSION['random_key'] = strtotime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s')); //assign the timestamp to the session variable $_SESSION['user_file_ext']= ""; }
NOTE: Once the thumbnail is created we set the session variable to equal nothing, this will then allow a new image to be uploaded along with a new name.
2. Capture, rename and resize the uploaded file.
The validation section has also been updated and been made more secure by checking the mime type as well as the image extension.
foreach ($allowed_image_types as $mime_type => $ext) { //loop through the specified image types and if they match the extension then break out //everything is ok so go and check file size if($file_ext==$ext && $userfile_type==$mime_type){ $error = ""; break; }else{ $error = "Only ".$image_ext." images accepted for upload"; } } //check if the file size is above the allowed limit if ($userfile_size > ($max_file*1048576)) { $error.= "Images must be under ".$max_file."MB in size"; }
3. Same as before, we grab the coordinates using the imgAreaSelect plugin and send the details to the server.
There are a number of options with this plugin which you can see using the link above. We opted for an aspect ratio of 1:1 (height and width of 100px) along with a preview of what we are actually going to crop.
NOTE: Using the php calculation below makes the script that much more dynamic, all you now have to do is set the height and width of your thumbnail and the script will calculate the ratio/preview sizes for you! (Thanks to Long for the tip.)
$(window).load(function () { $("#thumbnail").imgAreaSelect({ aspectRatio: "1:thumb_height/thumb_width", onSelectChange: preview }); });
The preview function below, is run as soon as you create your selection. This places the right part of the image into the preview window. The second part of the function populates hidden fields which are later passed to the server.
function preview(img, selection) { var scaleX = / selection.width; var scaleY = / selection.height; $('#thumbnail + div > img').css({ width: Math.round(scaleX * ) + 'px', height: Math.round(scaleY * ) + 'px', marginLeft: '-' + Math.round(scaleX * selection.x1) + 'px', marginTop: '-' + Math.round(scaleY * selection.y1) + 'px' }); $('#x1').val(selection.x1); $('#y1').val(selection.y1); $('#x2').val(selection.x2); $('#y2').val(selection.y2); $('#w').val(selection.width); $('#h').val(selection.height); }
This function is not really required, but helps by checking to see if the user has made a crop selection. In our case it is a required step. The form is submitted if the values exist, i.e. a selection has been made.
$(document).ready(function () { $("#save_thumb").click(function() { var x1 = $("#x1").val(); var y1 = $("#y1").val(); var x2 = $("#x2").val(); var y2 = $("#y2").val(); var w = $("#w").val(); var h = $("#h").val(); if(x1=="" || y1=="" || x2=="" || y2=="" || w=="" || h==""){ alert("You must make a selection first"); return false; }else{ return true; } }); });
4. Finally it's time to handle these new coordinates and generate our new cropped thumbnail.
if (isset($_POST["upload_thumbnail"])) { //Get the new coordinates to crop the image. $x1 = $_POST["x1"]; $y1 = $_POST["y1"]; $x2 = $_POST["x2"]; // not really required $y2 = $_POST["y2"]; // not really required $w = $_POST["w"]; $h = $_POST["h"]; //Scale the image to the 100px by 100px $scale = $thumb_width/$w; $cropped = resizeThumbnailImage($thumb_image_location, $large_image_location,$w,$h,$x1,$y1,$scale); //Reload the page again to view the thumbnail header("location:".$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]); exit(); }
Take a look at the demo and download a copy to see the full working code.
So far we have tested it in FireFox 2 and 3, Internet Explorer 6 and 7 and Safari 3.1.2 with pretty good results. The only issue we found was when uploading transparent gifs and pngs results in a black background.
Click here to see it in action
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SUSHI Schemas Change and Correction Notes
SUSHI Core Schema and WSDL
SUSHI 1.6.xsd (October 1, 2008; edited October 20, 2008)
- Removed the redundant Report placeholder from the Sushi schema. This should fix the problem with the SAX parser not being able to parse the redundant nulled element.
- Added header documentation.
- Documented various elements.
SUSHI 1.6.wsdl (October 1, 2008; edited October 20, 2008)
- Added header documentation.
- Documented various elements.
sushi1_5.xsd (July 16, 2007; corrected May 8, 2008)
- Fixed the use of the ">" character in a <documentation> line to ">"
sushi1_5.wsdl (July 16, 2007; corrected May 8, 2008)
- Filename corrected to remove underscore before version number.
- Import schema location filename for sushi schema corrected to "sushi1_5.xsd".
COUNTER_SUSHI Schema and WSDL
counter_sushi3_0.xsd (October 1, 2008; edited October 20, 2008)
- Renamed the counter/sushi response type from ReportResponse to CounterReportResponse. This fixes a problem with contract-based modeling technologies where the repeated element name results in an arbitrarily incremented name being created in its place, e.g. ReportResponse1. This new name gives clear meaning to the derived element type.
- Added header documentation.
- Documented Reports elements.
counter_sushi3_0.wsdl (October 1, 2008)
- In the WSDL, "import0:ReportRequest" was changed to "sc:ReportRequest".
counter_sushi2_5.xsd (March 13, 2008; corrected May 8, 2008)
- Filename corrected to remove underscore before version number.
- Line 2 reference to sushi namespace version corrected to 1_5.
- Import namespace filename for counter schema corrected to "counter2_5.xsd".
- Import namespace filename for sushi schema corrected to "sushi1_5.xsd".
- Schema locations changed to include full path.
COUNTER Schema
counter3_0.xsd & counterElements3_0.xsd (June 15, 2009)
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Description COUNTER schema with enumeration. (added June 4, 2009; finalized June 15, 2009) - counterElements3_0.xsd
Enumeration schema, linked to COUNTER schema. (edited June 4, 2009; finalized June 15, 2009)
These current versions include the following changes from the earlier October 2008 versions:
- The allowed values for the following elements are now enumerated in the counterElements3_0.xsd.
- IdentifierType
- DataType
- Category
- MetricType
- Counter3_0.xsd now imports the counterElements3_0.xsd to provide enumeration of data values for certain data elements. This allows XML validation to test for correctness of these values as well as the overall structure of the resulting COUNTER XML report.
- The Count element within Counter3_0.xsd was changed to have a data type of xs:nonNegativeInteger to correctly reflect the expectation of the data for this element (previously it was xs:float).
counter3_0.xsd (edited October 20, 2008)
- The PubYr attribute and InstitutionalIdentifiers element were added.
- The "Instance" element is now repeatable enabling multiple metric types (e.g. ft_html; ft_pdf and ft_total) to appear for one itemPerformance element.
- Added file-level documentation.
- Documented Reports elements
counter3_0.xsd (edited February 21, 2009)
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P2OASys Tool to Compare Materials
TURI developed the Pollution Prevention Options Assessment System (P2OASys) tool to help companies determine whether the TUR options they are considering may have unforeseen negative environmental, worker or public health impacts.
P2OASys allows companies to assess the potential environmental, worker, and public health impacts of alternative technologies aimed at reducing toxics use. The goal is more comprehensive and systematic thinking about the potential hazards posed by current and alternative processes identified during the TUR planning process. The tool can assist companies:
- Systematically examine the potential environmental and worker impacts of options, examining the total impacts of process changes, rather than simply those of chemical changes
- Compare options with current processes based on quantitative and qualitative factors.
Embedded formulae in P2OASys provide a numerical hazard score for the company's current process and identified options, which can then be combined with other information sources and professional expertise to make decisions on adoption of alternatives.
Companies input both quantitative and qualitative data on the chemical toxicity, ecological effects, physical properties, and changes in work organization likely as a result of the proposed option.
The assessment tool is used by the TURI Laboratory to assist companies in finding safer cleaning alternatives. See an example of how the lab is using P2OASys.
- P2OASys worksheet this is a macro-enabled Excel spreadsheet
- P2OASys manual for setting up and runing the tool
- Data collection spreadsheet for use in capturing relevant data for alternatives
- Locating data - suggested locations to help collect data for P2OASys
- L-M-H spreadsheet - for use in assessing low, medium and high values
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" | Now I shall eat for a day. | " |
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Fish is a food item that typically comes from Ponds. It is also dropped by Merms. It restores 12.5 Hunger and stacks to 40 in the inventory. Fish can be dried on the Drying Rack for 1 day to produce Small Jerky, and are the main ingredient in Fishsticks and Fish Tacos using a Crock Pot. Fishing (like killing Gobblers) does not increase the player's Naughtiness level, meaning it is a safe food source for those fearing Krampus.
Unlike most other meat foods, fish can be eaten raw without losing sanity.
Cooked FishEdit
Cooked Fish is obtained from cooking Fish with a Campfire, Fire Pit or Star. Like other cooked foods, it cannot be dried on the Drying Rack; however, slowing the spoil time by cooking is inconsequential when Fish are plentiful.
Fish can be obtained by using a Fishing Rod in a Pond, or dropped by Merms when killed (along with Frog Legs).
- When examined by certain characters, such as Wilson, the character will say, "Now I shall eat for a day." This is a reference to the proverbial saying, "If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach him to fish, and he'll eat for a lifetime."
- When a Fish is on the ground, it flops around, then perishes, its eyes becoming crossed out.
- Wickerbottom's favorite food is Fish, judging by her examination quotes. This is referring to fish being considered a "brain food".
- Fish having a spoilage time of 3 days could be a reference to one of Benjamin Franklin's quote, "Guests are like fish. They stink after 3 days."


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Washington Fruit & Produce Co. in Yakima, Wash., has used Extenday since 2005, mainly in Gala apple blocks. There, the company sees not only color improvements but also up to a 10 percent increase in yield, says orchard manager Dan Plath.
"If [color] was the only reason it wouldn't justify the expense," he says.
For color alone, Mylar foils suffice, he says. The company chooses that material for its older Fuji and Gala varieties.
"We have to work harder on those to get color, so there's a lot of room for improvement," he says. "But the newer generations [of those varieties] are where we're getting 70 to 80 percent premium [fruit]."
If improving fruit color is your main objective, Schmidt says, you can wait until a few weeks before harvest to install reflective foils or fabrics. Laying out the material at bloom helps increase cell division to ultimately boost fruit size and yield.
Hold off early deployment until after any severe frost forecasts, Plath says.
Reflective materials substantially reduce ground warming from spring sunlight, which can translate into a degree or two drop in nighttime orchard temperatures—a potentially crucial difference for frost protection.
Mylar foils cost less up front, Schmidt says, but are less durable and must be replaced after a single season, increasing disposal costs.
Sturdier materials such as Extenday represent a bigger initial investment, but can be used for five or six years before replacement.
And unlike the foils, they also can stand up to being rolled up and moved to a new location partway through the growing season, he says.
Many growers take advantage of that sturdiness, placing the fabric strips in apple blocks early in the season to boost cell division, then transferring them to cherry orchards before harvest.
After finishing up cherries, they return the fabric to apple orchards to boost fruit color, he says.
"The benefits more than pay for all that moving around," Schmidt says. Growers get three to four uses each year out of the same product rather than investing in three times as much reflective material.
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There's a great temptation for new app developers to take a huge sigh of relief when they have got their app out there 'on the shelf,' so to speak. Many think that all the hard work has been done and its now time to reap the benefits. But, of course, it doesn't end there. How do you find out how your visitors perceive your app. Do they like it and see everything that you have to offer? Do they use it how it was intended? Where are the problems that might mean your visitors not returning? Appsee is an iOS ... Read more
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Facebook Erects Supercomputers With Giant Stacks of Mac Minis
- Friday December 6, 2013
If you walk into one of the massive data centers that underpin Facebook's ever-expanding online empire, you'll find tens of thousands of computer servers, many of them designed by Facebook itself. But those aren't the only machines you'll see stacked by the dozens inside these warehouse-sized computing centers. You'll also find Mac Minis.


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- Conference date: 8-12 October 2000
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)
There exists an important class of analytical problems that requires both sensitivity and discrimination. This class is exemplified by the increasingly stringent demands of the electronic industry for unambiguous quantitative identification of trace impurities in semiconductor materials at high lateral resolution. Recently, particulate analysis, the isotopic and elemental analysis of micron-sized grains, has also begun to interest the analytical community. The difficulty in these two cases arises from the need to make the measurement before consuming the few atoms of the element of interest while discriminating against the vast excess of bulk atoms. Consider trace analysis of one ppm by weight of zirconium in a SiC spherule of 1 μm in diameter. This grain contains approximately 11,000 Zr atoms. For a terrestrial isotopic composition, half of these atoms are (the major isotope) while only ∼300 atoms are in the important (as we shall see later) isotope. Analysis is, of course, complicated by the need to discriminate bulk species, some of which (such as ) have nominally the same mass as the analyte. Why would such analyses be important? Some primitive meteorites contain presolar dust grains (such as graphite, silicon carbide, nano-diamonds, and corundum) that have survived the formation of the solar system. It is generally believed that these grains condensed in stellar outflows before being incorporated into meteoritic material of our solar system, and that the elemental and isotopic compositions of these grains preserve a nucleosynthetic record of their parent star. Measurements of the elemental composition and isotopic anomalies in these grains provide information both about stellar nucleosynthesis and about the conditions during circumstellar grain formation. The former can be inferred from the isotopic patterns of heavy element trace impurities such as Mo, Zr, and Sr that, although present at levels of only a few thousand atoms, have been measured for the first time using resonant ionization mass spectrometry (RIMS). Currently, isotopic analyses of such grains using the CHARISMA apparatus at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) are revealing new and important information for the first time about the material that condensed to form our solar system. Grains consistent with formation around thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, such as our sun, make up the majority of grains studied to date. However, more recently several grains have been identified, which are believed to be of supernovae origin. Since each grain represents a unique stellar source, complete elemental and isotopic analysis must be performed on individual grains—no averaging is possible. Only with the power of RIMS are such analyses possible.
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Critically acclaimed Xbox Live platformer Limbo has finally been released on PSN in North America.
The previously 360-exclusive title is available now on US PlayStation 3 consoles, and in Europe it'll be up for download tomorrow.
Next month the game will hit Steam across the globe on August 2. In addition developer PlayDead has released the game's soundtrack via iTunes.
The puzzle platformer was released via XBLA on July 21 last year, and has remained an exclusive on the system up to now.
Amongst a plethora of accolades, the title picked up the Best Visual Art gong at the Game Developers' Choice Awards in March.


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Video: Julie Klausner Chats About Great Talk-Show Meltdowns With Scott Aukerman
Scott Aukerman faces his fair share of disasters on his bizarre quasi-talk-show Comedy Bang! Bang! On the semi-scripted late-night show — which returns from a mid-season hiatus tomorrow — Aukerman attempts to do normal celebrity chats, but regularly ends up facing knife-wielding guests or becoming trapped in the fire pits of hell. Since he seems fixated on talk shows' potential for supreme awkwardness, we sat him down with Vulture's Julie Klausner to watch and analyze some of the most infamous talk-show meltdowns in TV history. Keep the cameras rolling! Don't cut to commercial!
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The center deals with professional development and the advancement of knowledge, qualifications, and skills in curriculum planning, instruction, and evaluation in the educational system and within the college. The center includes:
Beit Berl Center for Educational and Social Research conducts research work in the fields of education and society - the principal spheres of activity at Beit Berl Academic College. The Center's primary objective is to leverage research at the college, and to position it among Israel's top research entities. It performs research-studies and internal evaluative research, as well as research projects for external entities.
In 2001, the Kamil Kilani Center for Arabic Children's Literature was established. It contributes greatly to Arab society through the translation of children's literature to Arabic and the development of Arab teachers in the field of children's literature.
The Center focuses on research of social enterprise - organizations with social purpose(s) that are using business methods and the market dynamics in order to achieve those. Such organizations that integrate social and business orientations in their activities are only one form of a growing phenomenon in Israel and in other countries of interfaces between business and society with major implications on society and the business world alike.ISERC website


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PITTSBURGH – An improving economy coupled with a severe drought
that caused increased feed costs for large birds generated a 4.8 percent surge in the 2012 PNC
Christmas Price Index, the whimsical economic analysis by PNC Wealth Management.
Based on the gifts in the holiday classic, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," the price tag
for the PNC CPI is $25,431.18 in 2012, $1,168 more than last year. Last year the CPI
increased by a modest 3.5 percent increase last year and in 2010 it leaped 9.2 percent.
The 29th annual survey results were revealed this morning on an enhanced web site
(www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com) that includes an innovative worldwide gift hunt using the
web. The web site also reflects PNC's commitment to education by teaching economic trends
through the PNC CPI.
This year, the PNC CPI's increase outpaced the government's Consumer Price Index,
which stands at 2.2 for the past 12 months through September. The core index, removing
volatile food and energy prices, is also at 2.0 percent.
"The rise the PNC CPI index is larger than expected considering the modest economic
growth we've had over the past 12 months," said Jim Dunigan, managing executive of
investments for PNC Wealth Management. "Despite some weak spots in the economy,
consumer balance sheets are improving along with consumer confidence, which means this
may still be a spirited holiday season."
As part of its annual tradition, PNC Wealth Management also tabulates the "True Cost of
Christmas," which is the total cost of items gifted by a True Love who repeats all of the
song's verses. This holiday season is the most expensive year ever: very thoughtful True Loves
must fork over $107,300.24 for all 364 gifts, an even more generous jump of 6.1 percent
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Winonans are still voicing their diverse opinions, but the last word on the Winona bridge project is approaching. Thursday at the Winona Armory on Homer Road from 4 to 6 p.m. the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will hold what may be the last public hearing before final approval on the project is issued.
This summer Mn/DOT released near-final plans for a long-planned overhaul of the river crossing in Winona. In the proposed plan a new bridge will be built just west of the existing bridge and traffic will shift to the new bridge while repairs are made to the old bridge. Once work is finished, both bridges will be open. The Winona Chamber of Commerce backed the plan, saying that any delay of the project would put local business at greater risk of the existing bridge being closed for repairs. Some citizens and local leaders balked at Mn/DOT's choice of a concrete box girder bridge for the new structure, which will block upriver views from the old bridge and which they felt was unattractive.
County engineer warns against rehab effort
Historic preservation rules may bar demolition of historic structures like the Winona bridge unless no prudent and feasible alternative exists, but "rehabilitating the existing bridge is not a prudent and feasible alternative," wrote Winona County Engineer Dave Kramer in an open letter to Mn/DOT. "In fact, it is neither prudent nor feasible" (original emphasis).
The proposed rehabilitation would not change the bridge's "fracture-critical" status, Kramer wrote, meaning that even after the work is done "a failure of a single component or connection on the bridge would result in a spectacular collapse of the entire structure." He continued, "It would be an unreasonable and imprudent risk to both public safety and commerce to continue extended use of the existing fracture-critical Winona bridge when a viable non-fracture-critical alternative exists (replacing it with a new bridge). In my opinion, it is not prudent (it does not show good judgment) to rehabilitate the existing fracture-critical bridge."
According to Mn/DOT, the proposed rehabilitation effort will cost more than the new bridge $56-$63 million compared to $52-$59 million and has a designed lifespan of 30 years, while the new bridge is meant to last 100 years. That is not a prudent use of tax-payer dollars, either, Kramer commented. "It is not feasible to spend $60 million, which is more than the price of a new bridge, for a rehabilitation that buys only 30 years of service. In my opinion, it is not feasible (it is not economically practical) to rehabilitate the existing bridge."
Lay people have also raised this point, as well. Why are federal rules forcing us to temporarily repair the old bridge at the same cost as a new bridge, Winonan Thomas Mauszycki asked during a City Council hearing on the project. He called that plan "a poor monetary decision" and added, "It's our money and we ought to spend it constructively."
Winona County Commissioner Greg Olson also raised concerns about the short lifespan of the rehabilitation project, noting that if the historic bridge is demolished in 30 years it may well be replaced with another concrete girder bridge or an expansion of the new bridge. Mn/DOT officials confirmed this is a possibility.
Mn/DOT Project Engineer Terry Ward declined to respond to Kramer's critique or comment on whether replacing the old bridge was prudent. He did note that the approach spans leading up to the old bridge are expected to last 100 years after the proposed repairs.
Although the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) opposed the box girder bridge chosen for the new bridge design, it called plans to rehabilitate the old bridge a victory for historic preservation. Local preservation supporters and other citizens have also expressed support for keeping the old bridge.
Local historic group disappointed
The city of Winona Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) issued a statement on Tuesday expressing dissatisfaction with Mn/DOT's failure to seek the input of the local preservation group when deciding what new bridge design would be best for historic Winona. Some committee members felt more strongly than others, but the group agreed upon a statement conveying "concern and disappointment in the lack of early and continuing consultation with our commission in regards to the Winona bridge project."
In an interview, HPC Chairwoman Lynn Englund explained, "We were not involved in the decision-making and we did not think that was right."
The statement, a letter to SHPO and Mn/DOT, encourages the agencies to "make a concerted effort to work with local heritage commissions and local constituency groups in these processes and before major decision are made such as structural design," when they begin planning for future projects.
Mn/DOT did not meet with the HPC in 2013. The council did not seek a recommendation from the HPC either, though some HPC members spoke at a public hearing to caution the council prior to its approval of the box girder bridge design.
Early in planning for other nearby bridge projects, such as the Hastings bridge, Mn/DOT met with the city historic preservation commissions to seek their input.
The HPC members are appointed by the council to advance the city's historic districts and to encourage preservation.
Hearing Thursday at the Winona Armory, 4 to 6 p.m.
During the hearing local citizens and organizations will have a chance to speak their minds on the project. Mn/DOT will consider their comments before it drafts a final determination on whether the project meets federal requirements to consider aesthetic, cultural, economic, environmental, and historic concerns and choose the alternative that best minimizes any negative affects.
In its Environmental Assessment, Mn/DOT has proposed that rehabilitating the old bridge is prudent and feasible and therefore required by federal historic preservation rules, that the box girder bridge creates the least negative historic impact, and that arch and cable bridge designs would detract from the historic bridge.
In addition to the public hearing, local residents can send written comments to Mn/DOT until October 30. Once the window for public input closes, Mn/DOT will send draft findings to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for approval. There are three directions the project could go:
1. A Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI) This finding would be the final approval needed for construction. Unless public comment steers project leaders in another direction, the project is likely to be granted a FONSI.
2. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Mn/DOT or the FHWA could determine that a more in-depth environmental review is needed for the current proposal.
3. Rework plans Mn/DOT could withdraw and revise its proposal. This would likely require restarting a few months of review by other agencies.
Written comments can be mailed to: Mr. Terry Ward, Designer Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2900 48th Street NW, Rochester MN 55901.


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After suspicious activity yesterday, Moniker asks users to reset passwords
Company says it has no evidence that domain names were stolen.
Domain name registrar Moniker discovered suspicious activity on its network, and as a precaution is asking all account holders to reset their passwords today. The suspicious activity occurred yesterday.
There's no notice on the site about the password change requirement, and if you try to log in you'll just get a message that your password is invalid. However, the company sent an email to all account holders informing them of the issue.
The company states that it is unaware of any domains being lost or transferred out of Moniker by the perpetrators. There's also no evidence that any confidential or credit card information has been compromised.
These types of issues are becoming commonplace, and it's one more reason for domain registrars to add additional layers of protection, such as two-factor authentication, to accounts.
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Oddly enough got same type of issue with my yahoo email account. Brut force attack attempts I suppose.
I thought it was a fake email as it was sent from lt02.net
Cannot log into my account and no notice on site about needing to change a password.
I was also thrown off by the spammy looking lt02.net. Anyhow, I am bloked out of my account for several hours now. The phones seem to be jammed.
Did 2 this morning, very quick to answer the call and helpful….that was the strangest part lol
Email with embedded link, bunch of goons.
Moniker's hold music is from Hell. This is such a major fail on their part. I never supplied any such answers to their bogus "security questions".
This is what I was asked.
1.Account #
2.My name
3.My email used for the account
4.Phone # tied to accountI phoned because I couldn't remember one darn answer to any security questions. Which btw led to deep though, who in fact is my fav artist? I digress
He was able to rush the process and reset the option to reset my security questions manually. Sent me the link to it and baam, new question/answer and in! Took all of 15 minutes including my short wait time.
I would have expected a little more grilling, like when is the last time you logged in, how many names in the account roughly etc.
Blogged about it, too. I wish they indicated in their email that users can choose from an account number, username, or email (instead of just the first option) to have their password reset.
No doubt their phone lines are jammed. Although there can be (?) security issues, I somewhat wonder if lending support via social media like Facebook and Twitter could've helped somehow.
I should've been more clear, but that's (embedded link) exactly what Moniker gives you once you use the reset pword link. I despise having to click on links within emails.


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