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Local Motion's electric cars target Silicon Valley HQs. 14 March 2012Last updated at 17:33 ET By Laura Locke Technology reporter, San Francisco Israeli President Shimon Peres tried out one of Local Motion's prototypes at a recent conference in San Francisco In an age when most Silicon Valley start-ups focus on creating software for web services or apps, newcomer Local Motion stands out for building a working prototype weighing 107 stone (680kg).
14-y-o Florida girl buys foreclosed house with money from Craigslist furniture-selling hobby. NPR's Planet Money profiles Willow Tufano, a 14-year-old Florida girl who saved thousands of dollars by harvesting furniture from foreclosed houses and selling it on eBay.
She's just bought half interest in a house that went for $100,000 at the peak of the bubble. Her mom owns the other half, and the house went for $12,000. They rent it out for $700 a month now. Chana Joffe-Walt writes, POD House » POD House. Stephen Cave - Stayin' alive. A group of American psychologists has discovered a simple way of turning ordinary people into fundamentalists and ideologues.
Their method requires neither indoctrination nor isolation nor any form of brainwashing; indeed, it can be done anywhere and in a matter of minutes. It is just this: the researchers remind these ordinary folks that they will one day die. In one experiment, for example, the psychologists asked a group of Christian students to give their impressions of the personalities of two people. SOLIPSIST. At SXSW, homeless people become WiFi hotspots. [Video Link] Over the weekend, I noticed that David Gallagher of The New York Times observed in Austin, "Homeless people have been enlisted to roam the streets wearing T-shirts that say 'I am a 4G hotspot."
A number of other folks I follow on Twitter who are attending the annual SXSW event there mentioned it, too, with concern. China: 30-story prefab skyscraper built in two weeks. Of course it's safe! In Changsha, China, a 30-story hotel project went from blueprint and prefab parts to finished building in fifteen days.
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…it turns out that trying to make a profit in this business is harder than expected. When grown and sold legally, marijuana can be an expensive proposition, with high startup costs, a host of operational headaches and state regulations that a beet farmer could never imagine. In Colorado, for example, managers must submit to background checks that include revealing tattoos. The state also requires cameras in every room that has plants; Mr. Klug relies on 48 of them. Prices for pot, meanwhile, have plummeted, in large part because of growing competition. And bank financing is out of the question: Federal law doesn't allow these businesses, and agents sometimes raid growers even in states where it is legal…Another outfit, La Conte's Clone Bar & Dispensary, formed a partnership with another marijuana firm to share some costs. But it produced a profit margin of only 6% on revenues of $4.2 million last year, according to Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Heidl, who says he considers that an unacceptable return given the financial and legal risks. To expand the business, the firm has branched out to sell everything from smoke-free dispensers to body salves and brownies infused with pot. Still, he says, "the economics of cannabis are so difficult." [WSJ]
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Victoria police said they received a call Monday of a possible poisoning at a downtown office building on Vancouver Street. Three employees, all at once, had been taken to hospital with similar symptoms, including light-headedness, numbness in the limbs and disorientation. Investigation led to the office refrigerator and some brownies which, it turned out, had been baked with marijuana. Further inquiries revealed all three workers had eaten the baked treats. The brownies had been brought in by one woman who had discovered them in her freezer at home. Her son had baked the chocolate treats a year ago, stored them in the freezer and forgotten about them. The investigating officer confronted the son, who admitted to baking the brownies. No action was taken even though a criminal charge of possession of a controlled substance or administering a noxious substance could have been laid. However, it is expected that the son will take part in community work to hold him accountable. [TC]


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Things are definitely buzzing in the Beehive state, thanks in part to Gov. Gary Herbert's (R-UT) zeal for reform.
"We're creating jobs at twice the national average," Herbert said in a phone interview with FreeEnterprise.com. "We went from an unemployment rate of 8.3% to 5.7% since I've been in office. We're seeing more people engaging now in looking for work. They're getting off the sidelines and getting in the search."
A lot of those job searchers will likely find jobs creating goods to go overseas. According to the U.S. Chamber's 2012 Enterprising States report to be released on June 13 at its annual Jobs Summit, Utah is the second fastest growing export state overall. Exported goods include electronic memory circuits, aircraft parts, vehicle airbag systems, and x-ray equipment and tubes.
Herbert says that a diverse economy is key to growth. "We have robust tourism and travel, but we also have a renewed emphasis on energy, which is another area where the federal government could learn from us," Herbert says, referencing the administration's delays on major energy projects. Other sectors doing well include life sciences, medical devices, aerospace and new high tech companies, Herbert says. "Every sector of our economy is growing again, except for government. Government is flat. It's all good signs of a recovering economy."
Making government more flat has been a key initiative for Herbert since becoming governor in 2009. Today, Utah has 22,256 government employees, the smallest number of employees since 2000. "We did a top-to-bottom review to optimize services—not just cut jobs—but optimize what we have to efficiently use taxpayers' dollars." That review by a 16-member commission, including business and political leaders, resulted in 56 different recommendations on ways to improve the government, which Herbert says Utah is now in the process of implementing.
Among the recommendations was a review of the state's regulatory environment. In last year's State of the State address, Herbert called on his cabinet and agencies to review of all of Utah's business rules and regulations. Over a period of 10 months, Herbert's administration found that the state had a total of 1,169 regulations. Of those, 48% had a direct impact on businesses, and of those, 368 had no real public purpose, so he eliminated all 368 outdated regulations. "They were somebody's good idea 20 years ago," he says. "There were a lot of nonsensical ones."
One of those "nonsensical" regulations included a requirement that day care facilities could not have a milk dispenser. Instead, they had to have individual milk cartons. "Those are more expensive and harder to open, so for the purpose of ostensibly having more sanitary conditions, it actually wasn't, so we got rid of it," Herbert says.
Just as important, according to Herbert, is the fact that he, along with the state legislature, has put in place a mechanism in which the state's Office of Economic Development is required to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of any regulation created by a new piece of legislation, something that the federal government has resisted thus far, despite calls to do so. "We wish the federal government was as bright as we are here in Utah," Herbert says.
Herbert will join Govs. Dave Heineman (R-NE), Jack Markell (D-DE) and Scott Walker (R-WI) at the U.S. Chamber's 2012 Jobs Summit on June 13 in Washington D.C.
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Three best places for Vietnamese street food in Melbourne
Omelette rice paper rolls at Miss Chu |
Pho and a rice paper roll at Roll'd |
Category: Budget, City, Dinner, Lunch, Prahran, Solo diners, South Yarra, Vietnamese
Omelette rice paper rolls at Miss Chu |
Pho and a rice paper roll at Roll'd |
Top little round up of places that do decent street food. I wasn't completely taken with Hanoi Hannah on recent visits either. The first few weeks were a standout but since then it has become very lazy.
Ahh so you have MissChu there now! She seems to be everywhere nowadays
Brilliant, thanks for this! I have to try these places the next time I'm in Melbourne.
I'd take any or all I adore Vietnamese and when it's done well, it is so perfect for snacking on as well as eating at meals. I think these would fuel Melbourne shopping / wandering perfectly!
U know what I really miss sigh… Co Do in Richmond. I can't get sxxt-all good Vietnamese food here in HK. Not that Melbourne serves the most authentic Vietnamese foods either, but at least it is closer to the truth :S
Okay.. I've been to 1 our of 3.. but they are all so hard to get too on a workday ! Waaaaaa
DYING to try Roll'd since my CBF friends are addicted to it.
Need to try the other ones too, can't get enough Vietnamese food.
I didn't know there were so many Vietnamese in Australia. The street food looks so good! I don't know when I'll ever get over there since everything's so expensive, but I'd love to check these places out, and wherever you think has the best pho
Check out my website for Vietnamese restaurants and other places to visit in America!
Hate to burst your bubble but miss chu is average at best. The environment is upbeat and contemporary but food is poor. I would not recommend wasting money here.
No restaurants in Footscray, the rest are from Prahran and South Yarra.
Why? Are you that retarded?
Hi Waz
This is the second sentence "I'm not talking about your traditional Vietnamese restaurants along Victoria street in Richmond or out in little Saigon in Footscray, but instead the new wave of stylishly decked out no bookings places…". I have reviewed more traditional Vietnamese places in Footscray on here but that's not what this post is about.


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Title: The Stark Truth – The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History
Author: Jayson Stark
Pages: 206
Ever since the beginning of baseball, there has always been "The Argument." Fans have plopped themselves into seats at stadiums for years and debated. On barstools, they have squabbled for hours upon end. It may be the most important thing in all of sports: determining just who is overrated and just who is underrated.
As the topic of his first book, ESPN baseball expert Jayson Stark chose a lofty goal: an attempt to name the most overrated and most underrated players of all time. After countless hours of research and soul searching, it seems as if he has done an excellent job of picking the right names.
Stark begins with a huge name: the most overrated right handed pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan. It may seem a little odd for someone to argue that a man who pitched until he was 62 with seven no hitters, a large number of strikeouts, and a blazing fastball is overrated, but Stark backs up his claim. Ryan never fared well in Cy Young balloting, walked way too many hitters, and his teams rarely fared better in games not started by him. It makes sense to rank him there.
His discussion of Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones as the most overrated player at his position makes tons of sense, even for a Braves fan. Jones strikes out way too much, has lost a step or two in the outfield, and does not run particularly well on the bases anymore. If superagent Scott Boras is expecting $20 million a year for his client, then I feel sorry for whatever team gives it to him. Talk about buyer's remorse.
Of course, Stark also put Derek Jeter as the second-most underrated shortstop of all time. There are people out there who rate the New York Yankees captain as someone who covers more ground than Lamborghini Diablo. That's obviously false, and the stats back it up. Jeter never produces much at the plate, except for batting average and on-base percentage. Those are valuable, but he won't ever hit 25 home runs. There are selections some people may disagree with, but for the most part, readers will concur with Stark.
Then there is Stark's writing style. If you're not familiar with it, he tends to use hyperbole and tries to be funny. It is definitely a worthy addition in Stark's articles, but for 200-plus pages, not so much. He spends a lot of time beating around the bush, rather than just getting to the point. This can be seen in the discussion of Duke Snyder. He also fudges with the statistics, bringing up Sandy Koufax's six bad years, as well as his six spectacular seasons. That's nice if you're going to do it all the time. However, Stark uses Babe Ruth's few seasons as a left-handed starting pitcher to rank him first all time there. That does not seem right.
All in all, I give this book two balls. It's nice to have around, nice to read at least once, but it's not something that absolutely needs to be on your bookshelf.
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- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Sat, Sep 14, 13 at 0:02
I think I like the original layout. It gives you more variety, even if there is a little less space. Most people have coats, dresses, suits, etc. that they want to hang up and it will give you more space for these items. For now, what if your husband gets rid of some clothes...or moves them to another closet? Since the kids are gone, why not have the clothes you wear most often in the master closet...and both of you store the extra items in another area. With the suitcase :) |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 1:14
Marti this is a tough one for sure. I like the look of the rods along the long wall. I have a total love hate relationship with those plastic drawers. I used three of them stacked on what would be your short wall to keep my shoes in.They do not come up very high so I can reach around them as needed. I am with LL. Move the clothes you and DH do not use to another space to bring out as you need to use them. Change of seasons or weight. LOL I am there too so making a joke of this. In one house we had was a 6 foot closet and we used water pipe and fittings to make a top rod all the way across and then a second rod only part way with the proper lengths of pipe and fittings it all screwed together and made wonderful hanging space. It left about a foot for hanging long things. I would ditch the suitcase and put it in the garage. I keep ours on the shelf in our closet but they are soft sided so do not take up much room when empty. We usually do not use them much but have used them more since Joe had been sick. My second choice is the way you first had it described. Most important is to get rid of the clothes not worn. And I need to take my own advice on this one too. Chris |
I've been working my way through my clothes, trying on a couple of things every day to see what fits and what needs to be ditched. I need to have dh do that too but I will practically have to dress him myself to get him to do it. Our garage is too dusty for the suitcase in the garage but I'll see if I can find somewhere else. Chris, I think that is exactly what I'll do, but using the rods I have already. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to put the top rod all the way across. Thanks! |
Regarding shoe storage, we solved our problem with shoes by buying some of the under bed storage boxes on wheels... drop the shoes in, push them under the bed, easy to get to but out of the way. One or two pairs on the floor or in a basket in a corner if you use them every day, or store near the front or back entry of the house if you are one of the many who remove shoes when coming into the home. best wishes |
You'll laugh, but I am going to put some cabinets (with doors) in the dining room for shoes. That's where we always seem to put them on and take them off, so they might as well be close. |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Wed, Sep 18, 13 at 13:58
Not laughing at all. If it works for you then do it. |
- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Thu, Sep 26, 13 at 11:01
I think that's a great idea! |
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MILWAUKEE Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that he doesnt know anything more about an FBI raid on the home of one of his top aides beyond what hes seen reported in the press.
Walker said its hard to tell whether he should be concerned about Wednesdays raid on the home of Cynthia Archer, who was his aide while Milwaukee County executive and followed him to work in state government when he was elected governor.
The raid came amid a secret Milwaukee County investigation that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, citing unnamed people familiar with the case, has reported focuses on whether county staffers in Walkers office did political work on the taxpayer dime.
We dont know what exactly is involved, Walker said Friday when asked about the raid after a public event at Milwaukees General Mitchell Airport. As far as what I know is what Ive been reading in the press. I dont have any more information beyond that.
Walker said he has not been in contact with Archer and his office has not been told anything about the raid.
Archer told The Associated Press on Thursday that she has done nothing wrong, she didnt know why the FBI raided her house, and she never was told whether she is part of the ongoing investigation.
This weeks action is a reminder of long-simmering questions surrounding work by Walkers county staffers, one of whom admitted last year to anonymously posting pro-Walker comments on websites while on county time. It also raises questions about how deep the investigation will go and what implications it could have for the rising first-term Republican star.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm has declined to comment on the case.
It also raises questions about how deep the investigation will go and what implications it could have for the rising first-term Republican star.
The Journal Sentinel reported that the secret proceeding allows witnesses to be subpoenaed and compelled to testify under oath, while forbidding them from talking publicly about the case.
Archer claims no wrongdoing
Archer told The Associated Press on Thursday she never has done anything inappropriate and that Walker never asked her to do anything inappropriate.
She also said she never was subpoenaed and wasn't told she was involved in the investigation.
Archer, 52, who is on paid sick leave from her job as a legislative liaison with the Department of Children and Family Services, said she was awakened early Wednesday by FBI agents knocking on the door of her Madison home. She said she didn't remember seeing a warrant and didn't ask them to produce one.
"They wouldn't need a warrant. If they need anything I'll give it to them," said Archer, adding she had no plans to hire an attorney because she has done nothing wrong.
Walker was out of state Thursday campaigning for Republicans in Kentucky and spokesman Cullen Werwie said his office would have no comment on the raid or investigation.
Former U.S. Atty. Steven Biskupic, who Walker's campaign hired after receiving a subpoena for campaign emails shortly after last year's election, did not return a message seeking comment.
Lawmakers call for repeal
Democratic legislative leaders reacted to the raid Thursday by introducing a bill to repeal changes that allowed the governor to replace civil service positions in state agencies with political appointees.
The changes were just one of many Walker-backed initiatives the Republican-led Legislature passed at breakneck speed after Walker took office in January.
Archer's current job is one of those former civil service positions.
Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca said the bill introduced Thursday would ensure political cronies aren't working for Walker and future governors.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate called news of the raid disturbing, and urged Walker to explain any role he may have in the investigation.
Democratic state Sen. Chris Larson, who served 2 1/2 years on the Milwaukee County Board when Walker was county executive, said he's not surprised the governor is trying to distance himself.
"Knowing Walker, having worked with him at the county, he's never been one to admit when he does something wrong," Larson said. "It would be pretty earth-shattering if he did it this time."
Investigation focuses on staff
The Journal Sentinel reported that people familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity said the investigation focuses on the activities of Archer and Tom Nardelli, Walker's former county chief of staff.
Both worked three years in Walker's county executive office and both followed him to Madison after the November election.
Nardelli quit his state job in July and did not return messages seeking comment Thursday. Archer served as deputy Department of Administration Secretary until she quit on Aug. 19 and started the Children and Family Services job on Aug. 20 before going on leave.
Walker previously has said he has not been contacted in person by prosecutors but that his campaign had been asked for emails and information related to a staffer in his county office, Darlene Wink, who posted pro-Walker messages on websites on work time.
Wink resigned in May 2010 after admitting to posting the anonymous comments on websites and blogs.
Her attorney, Chris Wiesmueller, acknowledged Wink posted the comments, but said Thursday he had no idea whether she was connected to the raid on Archer's house.
"I'm really in the dark in how we get from Darlene to Cynthia Archer," Wiesmueller said.
Authorities several months ago seized work computers used by both Wink and Tim Russell, a former Walker campaign staffer who was working as Milwaukee County housing director. Unlike Archer, neither Wink nor Russell went to work for the state after Walker was elected governor.
Scrutiny of Walker's campaign operations have resulted in one conviction.
William Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., was sentenced to two years' probation in July after being found guilty of two felonies related to exceeding state campaign donation limits and laundering campaign donations to Walker and other Wisconsin politicians.
Walker's campaign returned the $43,800 in donations Gardner had given him.


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Longest I had was a Nikon Series E 135mm f/2.8, but these guys are too cute not capturing. They are California Sea Otters, aka southern Sea Otters to be different from the northern ones at Alaska.
This was at a harbor near Moss Landing.
Album of the coastal day trip: (quite a few with other camera systems)


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Click here for directions to the Soul Food Garden!
Every other Tuesday FBC Dalton's Soul Food has a clear purpose: to provide a good, free meal and an
enjoyable night out for families who otherwise might not have such an
opportunity. Meals are provided almost every other Tuesday in our Fellowship Hall.
Serving times are 4:30 - 6:30pm. Meals are free to eat-in and $3 to carry out.
Soul Food Ministry is expanding!
We have a very fruitful garden! If you would like to help with this part of our ministry contact Courtney Allen.
Children's Choir
Our Children truly make a joyful noise to the Lord! Click here for more on this choir.
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Take Two for October 31, 2012
NYC Marathon to go on despite storm damage
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Runners make their way up 1st Avenue in Manhattan during the 2011 ING New York City Marathon in New York November 6, 2011. The 26.2 mile marathon course is through the five bouroughs of New York City and is one of the largest in the world.
On Sunday, Nearly 50 thousand distance runners are scheduled to run in the 43rd New York City marathon.
It is one of the largest events of its kind in the world with close to 47,000 people expected to participate. However, the hurricane out East has forced officials to change some plans and there is worry that many runners from overseas may not be able to reschedule flights in time for the race.


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Over the past few years, consumer social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube have radically changed the way we communicate. Seeing the benefits of consumers' real time social information sharing, enterprises have been adopting social business systems like IBM Connections not only to meet the expectations of today's employees and partners, but also to increase productivity and reduce costs.
At the same time, video usage has seen substantial growth within the enterprise, with Forrester reporting that over 27% of firms already implemented enterprise IP/digital video for internal use, and Gartner predicting that by 2016, large companies will stream more than 16 hours of video per worker per month. Innovative enterprises are using video to harness corporate knowledge. As a result, organizations are recognizing that in order to maximize the benefits and adoption of their social business software, they must enrich traditional social business components like news-feeds, communities, blogs, wikis, and profiles, with video. The simplest way to marry advanced video creation, consumption, sharing, and delivery capabilities with social business software is by using packaged video integrations.
Kaltura's Video Extension for IBM Connections combines Kaltura's market leading enterprise video platform with IBM's leading social business software, into a seamless user experience that leverages video to dramatically improve collaboration, knowledge sharing, and communications across the organization. Think adding YouTube-like capabilities to a Facebook-like portal, with the addition of workflows and security mechanisms required by the modern social enterprise. This empowers employees with intuitive video tools that they are already comfortable using, while providing peace of mind to IT by allowing to securely centrally manage all rich media content in the organization.
Here is a short overview of how Kaltura's new Video Extension can work seamlessly within IBM Connections:
So why video, you ask? There are many reasons why video is key to your organization's communications, here are just 5 things to think about as you plan the future of your social business strategy:
- Video is engaging and simplifies complex ideas:
Both consumers and enterprises recognize video as an engaging and entertaining medium to convey powerful messages, engage audiences, and illustrate complex ideas. Video is the perfect starting point to get the conversation going since video viewers retain 50% more material than those who just view traditional information sources (according to a recent Wharton Business School study). According to Forbes, 59% of senior executives prefer to watch video instead of reading text, if both are available on the same page. So when your IBM Connection users are creating blogs or initiating online ideation discussions, wouldn't it be great to let them add a relevant video into the mix? - Videos reduces cost by boosting training and 'multiplying' sales-force:
7,500 video views per day on salesforce.com – this is equivalent to work done by 46 hyper efficient sales reps, educating customers on the product (According to Greney Jamie, VP, Social Media and Online Video, Salesforce). Similarly training videos watched by thousands of employees and partners are equivalent to dozens of corporate instructors onboarding and training employees and partners. "By integrating Kaltura into our virtual learning site and transitioning all broker training online with video, we have decreased the onboarding timeline for a new agent from 6 to 3 months" (VP of Learning, Coldwell Banker). No matter how you look at it, video cuts costs significantly. - Videos shortens 'time to knowledge' and facilitates expertise creation and recognition:
Tapping into the communal knowledge base of a globally distributed workforce is one of the main benefits of social business software like IBM Connections. Add to that the ability for experts to easily record How-to videos and tutorials accessible 24/7 from any device, as well as the long "shelf life" of video, and you significantly shorten the time it takes to find information in your organization in the years to come. Once you find the information, it is also about comprehension – it is much easier to watch a 3 minute video walkthrough, like the one embedded within this blog post, as opposed to reading a 10 page user manual. Provide your IBM Connections users with Employee Generated Content (EGC) tools like screen-capture, webcam recording, and mobile capture, and watch the level of organizational knowledge sky-rocket as a result of the videos they create and the chance to be publicly recognized for their expertise (you get bonus points for gamification initiatives that reward employee participation!). - Video authenticity brings people together:
Video helps employees break geographical and cultural boundaries, with "nearly in-person" experiences that add depth, authenticity, and personification to their corporate online identity. Many of our customer executives use live video or send recorded video messages to thousands of employees, in order to create a sense of familiarity and closure that is unmatched by text-based communications. Many companies also initiate video contests to foster a sense of company-wide community and corporate pride (see this great example). An IBM Connections portal where executives and employees record and share their video messages and personal user-profiles, and where employees participate in creative video contests, transforms a large workforce into a tighter, community that takes pride in its work. - The demand for consuming and creating knowledge on-the-go:
Today's workforce requires access to knowledge anywhere-anytime on a myriad of mobile devices. With limited time at hand, and limitations of the mobile device screen size, video is the best medium to access knowledge "just-in-time" by providing both visual and audio comprehension. This is especially important for mobile and "desk-less" employees like Sales, technicians, first responders, and retail staff who often need to learn a topic on-the-go right before taking action. In other situations, capturing and sharing knowledge videos remotely is business critical capability – think insurance agents documenting an incident on-site using their mobile device video camera. Imagine how powerful this can become with the proliferation of wearable computers like Google Glass and Motorola Golden-i, where video will play an even more central role for communicating, learning, and collaborating "on the fly".
In summary, bringing together video and social business provides great value: fast, asynchronous, visual, authentic and engaging knowledge exchange through a many-to-many communication channel, resulting in speedier product lifecycles, competitive advantage, educated employees and constant dialogue across the global enterprise and customer base. Learn more about how enterprise video can enhance your business here.


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Non-directed altruistic donation
Non-directed altruistic donation (commonly known as altruistic donation) is a form of donation whereby a healthy living person is able to donate a kidney to someone they do not know.
A non-directed donor can either donate to a patient on the national transplant list to create a single transplant, or donate into the paired / pooled scheme to create a 'chain' of transplants. Please see below for further information.
Non-directed altruistic donor chains
Introduced by NHS Blood and Transplant in 2012, this form of donation is where a non-directed altruistic donor donates their organ into the paired / pooled scheme. By matching two or more donors and recipients, a chain of operations can be carried out. The remaining organ at the end of the chain is then donated to the best matched recipient on the national waiting list. Further information can be found here.
How to get further information about becoming an altruistic donor
If a person wants to donate an organ or part organ, they will need to contact their local transplant unit in order to be assessed. This assessment will include a number of medical tests and also a mental health assessment. These tests will take a number of months to be completed.
If an individual is assessed as a suitable donor they will be referred to an HTA Independent Assessor (IA). The IA will interview the potential donor to ensure the requirements of the Human Tissue Act 2004 have been met. The IA will submit a report of their interview to the HTA. The decision on the case is then made by a panel of Authority Members.
Following approval the donor's name will be put forward to a national allocation scheme and matched to a suitable recipient. This works in the same way as deceased donation, where a donor is matched to a patient on the national waiting list.
Further information can be found on the NHS Blood and Transplant website here.
Read about the first UK meeting of an altruistic kidney donor and a stranger recipient, which happened in 2007.
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Current Status as of June 24: A few stray blooms but this year's season has pretty much ended. Thanks to everyone---members, visitors, student interns, volunteers, staff---for making this one of the best peony seasons ever.
What is peak bloom? Peak bloom represents an ideal time to visit the garden and see many different peonies in bloom. Bloom season estimate in any given year is a staff "best guess" and will be updated as spring progresses. Difficult to predict exactly when the peonies will bloom. They choose their own schedule!
The Peony Garden peak bloom time usually begins in late May to early June. This is when a majority of the herbaceous peonies burst into an intense display that usually lasts about two weeks.
An urban myth says there is a peak day when all are in bloom. Not so - there is a peak season. Since each peony blooms on its individual schedule based on weather and genetic programming, there has never been a "peak day" when all are in bloom. Nor will that ever happen. So enjoy them in bloom and revel that Nature runs on its own calendar.


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The Faculty for Business, Economics and Statistics has set itself the goal of maintaining its position as one of the leading research institutes in Europe. Our researchers devote themselves to both basic and applied research with special attention to theoretical analysis.
One of our goals is the development of concrete solution concepts to deal with future challenges and purposeful transfer of knowledge within the economy and within society in general. To this end, the Faculty for Business, Economics and Statistics at the University of Vienna steps outside its world of models to take up the real challenges posed by globalisation, socio-demographic change and the ecological need for modernisation. Cross-faculty research platforms, using synergies, pooling resources and making multi-layered academic work possible, serve this purpose.
The Faculty for Business, Economics and Statistics is committed to the highest quality in research and takes the long-term perspective in line with its mandate. With well-aimed transfer of knowledge and technology the faculty, like its alma mater the University of Vienna, works towards the continual development of the innovation potential of and for the economy and society.
Structured doctorate programs and so-called initiative groups ("Initiativkollegs") serve to foster young researchers. Young researchers and doctoral candidates are selected according to strict quality criteria, assessed by international peers. The doctoral candidates in the groups will be integrated into existing research teams as "early stage researchers".
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Somehow Tim Tebow was denied the MVP Award this past Saturday despite being mostly horrible at throwing a forward pass all season long.
The mere thought of Tebow being awarded the NFL's highest regular-season honor was ludicrous. But when he didn't receive a single vote, that was the first event that made us think a little more deeply about the championship potential of the mobile, option quarterback whose primary purpose is to run, and his place in a league where two quarterbacks broke Dan Marino's single-season passing yards record this year, and two more came close.
The other event was the Super Bowl, a game in which both quarterbacks combined for -1 rushing yards.
This isn't solely about Tebow either. He's just the most prominent name that we're blatantly using to get page views who's currently associated with mobility under center, and a run-first mentality. Michael Vick has gradually become more of a pocket passer, but his allure still lies in his athleticism. The same can be said for Cam Newton, the Panthers' rookie who was much more of a pocket presence in his rookie year than we all anticipated, but he still finished with 706 rushing yards.
A running quarterback is a luxury, whether they're the centerpiece of a unique offense that's rarely seen daylight in the NFL (Tebow), or their mobility leads to elusiveness, and a weapon that can be utilized in special situations (Vick and Newton).
But when we look back over the past decade as the gradual shift to a passing league has taken place before peaking this year, the future of the mobile quarterback in the playoffs and especially on the league's brightest stage looks bleak.
Combined and including the playoffs, Vick, Newton, and Tebow rushed for 1,955 yards this year for an average 57.5 per game over 34 appearances. When they're successful, the league's three most prominent rushing quarterbacks achieve their success by disregarding long-held football conventions. They're unconventional, and it works, especially for Tebow.
But the Super Bowl–and therefore the mold for a championship team–still requires a conventional quarterback. Including the Giants' win Sunday, over the last decade quarterbacks have combined for just 108 rushing yards in the Super Bowl. The average then is an incredibly meager 10.8 per game, and even that number is skewed by outliers posted in 2006 (Matt Hasselbeck had 35 yards, and Ben Roethlisberger had 25), and Roethlisberger again in 2011 with 31.
Individually, the average for the 20 Super Bowl quarterbacks over the last 10 years is 5.4 yards. Here's the full breakdown:
Year | Winning QB | Losing QB | Total rushing yards | Total yards for rushing leader |
2012 | Eli Manning | Tom Brady | -1 | N/A |
2011 | Aaron Rodgers | Ben Roethlisberger | 29 | 31 |
2010 | Drew Brees | Peyton Manning | -1 | N/A |
2009 | Ben Roethlisberger | Kurt Warner | 2 | 2 |
2008 | Eli Manning | Tom Brady | 4 | 4 |
2007 | Peyton Manning | Rex Grossman | 0 | N/A |
2006 | Ben Roethlisberger | Matt Hasselbeck | 60 | 35 |
2005 | Tom Brady | Donovan McNabb | -1 | N/A |
2004 | Tom Brady | Jake Delhomme | 12 | 12 |
2003 | Brad Johnson | Rich Gannon | 13 | 10 |
That's not a typo in 2011. Rodgers rushed for a career-high 356 yards last year, but he had -2 during Green Bay's Super Bowl win over Pittsburgh, while Roethlisberger had 31.
There are three instances where the overall rushing total is in red figures, and a QB had zero rushing yards on seven occasions. McNabb is easily the most mobile of all the quarterbacks who've played in a Super Bowl since 2003, and the McNabb we saw in 2005 was McNabb in his prime. By that point he had started to stay in the pocket much more, but he still had elite running ability for a quarterback, and during his second season he ran for 629 yards. But against the Patriots he posted a goose egg.
Looking down that list, the championship game has been largely populated by pocket statues like Brady, Gannon, Johnson, Warner, Brees, and both Mannings since 2003. Newton and Vick have shown the ability to be comfortable in the pocket, while Tebow still treats it like grandma's old couch with the plastic cover and rusty springs.
Recent history says there's little room for Tebows in the Super Bowl.


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In the spirit of full disclosure, let me begin by stating that, like 50 percent of the potential audience for Superbad, I don't have a penis. So my sense of what's funny about the hardware and its capabilities a fertile source of laughs in this torrentially foulmouthed, sex-mad comedy of good high school kids gone horny and male friendship cemented by sexual anxiety is that of an observer, rather than an owner. Also, my high school years are so far behind me that the guys who were geeks then are now the balding fathers of sons who have inherited the earth as website wunderkinds and highly paid sitcom writers.
But while it is demographically challenging for me (and, perhaps, for others who graduated high school when thong underwear was still only an option for strippers, not students) to love the movie with knowing gusto, it's easy to enjoy the pulsing phallic comedic energy of the enterprise. Superbad is a third serving of gaily dirty, man-boy sweetness, after The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, under the aegis of comedy impresario Judd Apatow, and it's a festival of blithely unreliable information about What Women Want. As best friends and graduating seniors Seth (Jonah Hill, the stocky, shock-haired, high-flame Oliver Hardy of the pair) and Evan (nascent comedy superstar Michael Cera, the low-burn Stan Laurel) face the prospect of a partnership disrupted by the distractions of college, they envision one last chance to unload their nagging virginity: They'll get a couple of girls drunk at a party and do 'em. Lay 'em, plow 'em...choose the age-old crudity of your choice.
For help in procuring liquor, the underage strategists enlist a fellow nerd (novice phenom Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who provides false hope of similar stardom to the millions of four-eyed, sparrow-chested peers without his unique, squeaky style). And the supersuave mono-moniker the kid chooses when he scores a fake ID McLovin becomes an extended punchline involving doofus cops and a wild, no-parents- in-sight party. The rest is mishap, improv, declarations of love (between BFFs Seth and Evan), and, well, chastity.
That's Superbad's clean little secret, the throwback thing that's almost as fascinating to this seasoned female as the fabulous illustrations of male genitalia (clad in the raiment of superheroes) that Seth used to draw in grade school. For all the boasts about banging, the scramble to buy booze, the elaborate teen-male nightmare horror at the sight of scary menstrual blood from some girl's mysterious Down There, the movie doesn't stray from a path of righteousness. This notion of a wild party is so safe, it might as well be an instance of approved Amish oat-sowing. We take his word that Evan has a crush on his nice classmate Becca (Martha MacIsaac), although we have no idea who she is besides a female person who, even when dangerously drunk and in the mood, doesn't take off her bra. We agree to pretend to believe that Seth has plans to get it on with Jules (Emma Stone), the impossibly perfect hottie who's popular and not mean and retains her coolness although she doesn't drink when all around her do.
In The 40 Year-Old Virgin, the desires of a sexually frightened early-middle-aged man meet up with the reality of a mature woman with her own wants. In Knocked Up, a younger skittish fellow faces the adult consequences of sexual activity with a semi-mature woman who has to figure out her own wants. We're going back to the future, my friends: Jules is even less likely representing a real, live girl. I know that teen transformation is the point of Superbad's fantasy vibe, a story about boy friends, not the chicks who get in the way. But it's also the movie's limitation.
Abundantly talented Seth Rogen (star of Knocked Up, who plays one of the cops, opposite Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader) and Evan Goldberg (best-childhood-friend-from-funny-Canada) wrote the script when they were themselves young(er) guys. And although Apatow (who's almost 40) produces and Greg Mottola (even older, an episode director of Apatow's Undeclared) directs with an adult understanding of and affection for teen hormonal rhythms, the story is still that of boys and their wangdoodles. Superbad is cute if you like guys who aren't even remotely bad, in a coming-of-age tale so old-fashioned the girls might just as well be wearing bloomers. B


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So, in our pricing there was a $4700 cost for sod and flower garden. We are going to have a pool put in with in 1 to 2 years. So, I don't want to have sod put down just to have it dug up. Dh wants to have it put down. We have a 22 pound inside dog. So, we have to have something down so she isn't bringing in red dirt on the new floors. Builder suggested we just put down rye and bermuda seeds at the same time and we would have some grass with in a month then in the spring the bermuda would come up. Does this sound right? I will post this in the garden section too. $1500 of the cost was the flower gardens for the front yard. I am going to have them put in the flower garden area but not the plants. So, he said $750 for that. The house is on 1/2 an acre. $3200 seems like a lot to me for sod. They just throw it down don't even roll it out to make it more even. |
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- Posted by stinkytiger (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 15:09
Hi, Sod is the most expensive way of getting a lawn. But it sort of looks good on day one if they do a good job. A lawn from seeds is cheaper and you get the kind of grass you want. But you need to look after it more. Mind you sod also needs looking after from day one. Watering is the most important aspect. If I had to do my house again the things I would like to install are: 1) A decent aamount of top soil 8-inches minimum. This would make my lawn look so much better ... but both are expensive items. Best, Mike. |
I was going to ask if you are doing irrigation...that was so worth it for us! Our lot is b/w 1/3 and 1/2 acre...we sodded the front and seeded the back to save $. The difference b/w the two is huge, even a year later and even with core aerating and over-seeding last fall and monthly Tru Green applications of various fertilizer and weed/pest prevention. We are slowly seeing the back yard come around, but it will probably be another year or two before it looks as good as the front, which looks awesome. A dog who likes to go outside would seal the deal for me! |
Call some local nurseries/sod dealers and ask their price per square foot for sod only. You'll quickly get an idea of the markup you're being offered. Keep in mind that your land might need to be prepped in some way.. leveled, top soil brought in, etc. A 1/2 acre is 21,780 qs. ft. How big is your house's foot print? Let's say it's around 2000 sq ft, then you have to sod 19,780 sq. ft. max (you obviously won't sod flower beds and whatnot.) 19,780 / $3,200 = $6.18/sq. ft. For my area, that is high.... but it does back to how many feet are they actually sodding and how much do they need to do to prep the lot? |
- Posted by david_cary (My Page) on Wed, Sep 5, 12 at 6:30
lolauren - your math is off. That price would be unbelievably cheap - $.15 a sqft. We have a 1/2 acre lot and we went right to the sod company. It was $2000 or so but we have a lot of non sodded areas. I think it was about $.50 a sqft although it isn't priced that way. The problem with lawn advice on a forum like this is that everyone's soil and climate is different. Seed might work very well in some areas. |
$3200 for sod, including installation, prep work and adding top soil (if needed) seems like a pretty good deal to me! David_Cary is right - that is closer to about $.15 a square ft. |
- Posted by GreenDesigns (My Page) on Wed, Sep 5, 12 at 11:06
That IS cheap for sod. Incredibly cheap. But bermuda sod in late fall won't work so great. The best thing you can do is to spend some money on having topsoil brought in and overseed with winter rye to hold it in place, not sodding Bermuda in fall when its about to go dormant. And buy that top soil from some place reputable, not just scrapings from another construction site. The areas that you eventually sod will "take" better, and the areas that you decide to seed will also grow better. If you are in an area that has bermuda being suggested, then the winter rye is a good one to tide you over winter with minimal erosion. Seeding or sodding bermuda in the fall is a waste of money. Not enough of it will remain in the spring to be able to give you a decent lawn if you seed, and the roots of sod will not make it into the subsoil to hold the sod in place. That would be fine if you didn't walk on it until summer when it greened up, but with a dog, you're likely to have significant shifting of the sod and it will be pretty lumpy bumpy by summer as the soil under it shifts from the traffic. Look into doing centipede in the late spring of next year if you are far south enough for it. It's much lower maintainence than Bermuda as in it grows shorter and is more drought tolerant, and it's a tougher bladed grass to hold up to pets. It won't be as "pretty", and it's more expensive, but your water bills will be significantly less and the wear paths from the dog will be less apparent. Speaking of that...it does no good to put in sod or seed of any kind without some way of keeping it watered. A sprinkler system may seem to be one of those unexpected expenses that you didn't count on, but if you don't put it in now, you'll have to dedicate yourself to dragging a hose and sprinkler around your yard for a couple of months to make sure the grass is established. Putting in a sprinkler later will mean trenching up all of that established grass. The time to do it is when the yard is still dirt. |
David.... oops! I divided backwards, eh? That number makes a lot more sense..... and, I agree, it's a great deal. That is what we can get grass seed for here! |
Thanks for the advice still not totally sure what we are going to do. Maybe do we will sod our front yard and seed the back. I just hate paying to sod it just to dig it up later. |
Our lot was sodded with bermuda last November and before "winter" hit ours had already taken root and has done just fine. We are in central Arkansas so it depends on your climate. We also have an area that we seeded this summer that gets a lot of the water runnoff and that bermuda has grown crazy thick; it probably looks better than a lot of the sod. I was suprised to see how much seed cost. If I were you, I'd try to find a sod dealer and get some quotes for the amount you need. We laid down over 1/2 an acre ourselves and although it took some work and getting dirty, it wasn't really hard to do. |
- Posted by bdpeck-charlotte (My Page) on Tue, Sep 11, 12 at 10:09
Spend money on an irrigation system first. If you don't have money left just seed then. Sod will be tough to keep alive without irrigation. Our sod was about $0.30 per sq ft, bought directly from a Sod Farm. You pay a fee for the delivery and a per pallet price. We needed a full tractor trailer load, so it worked well for us. Brian |
bd is correct. Only sod if you have to have instant gratification. I'm across the river from him and I've seen hundreds of lawns just seeded in our clay and within a year or two, look great! |
^ x 2 of the last two post. About 3 years ago me and my dad got a tractor trailor full of sod for his yard and my yard. We installed an irrigation system in his yard and did not put one in my yard since I wasn't planning on staying there that long. Well guess which sod still looks green to this day and is the best lawn on the block and whose sod died before the end of the summer? I would never even think about putting in sod without an irrigation system, total waste of money (not something I heard but actually experienced....expensive lesson learned!!) just my .02 cents! |
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Re:Moving on to the next MMO (669 comments)
Beta tested ESO, Looks good but hasn't grabbed me.
I tried Beta. Fuck Beta.
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Re:Moving on to the next MMO (669 comments)
Beta tested ESO, Looks good but hasn't grabbed me.
I tried Beta. Fuck Beta.
Fb (133 comments)
I bet they got comprehensive access to beta and ran away screaming!
Re:Producing good TV is Expensive... (116 comments)
I think what a lot of people (particularly Slashdotters) fail to realize is the cost to produce some of these shows. Take a show like Portlandia - You'd think you could shoot it with a handycam and a Macbook, but in fact there is a large crew of professionals behind the scenes -
That's not a large crew of "professionals". That's a large crew of people standing around doing nothing of value. You need a director, somebody to hold the camera and somebody of hold the microphone. Everything else is all Hollywood bullshit. Assistants and assistants to assistants. Lackeys and assistant lackeys.
Lighting. Multi camera shoots.
Then things like props and costumes, makeup, etc, all need to be on set.
Re:Prepare the industry stonewalling. (143 comments)
The paint is no longer the problem. Anywhere near a busy road is permeated with lead from the gasoline.
It was banned decades ago, aside from a tiny number of old cars.
Re:The actual quote (197 comments)
Angela Merkel: "Screw Obama. I'm going to build my own internet, with blackjack and hookers. And privacy."
And no Beta!
Re:so what free codec can/should I use? (235 comments)
VP8/VP9. Include VLC Portable on your USB stick and you're fine.
And that plays when I drop the stick into my bluray player?
Re:Wow (888 comments)
I see no evidence for this. There is not enough oil to spend on transportation driving fuel guzzling vehicles like in the US but this is not the model used in other 'civilized' places in Asia like Japan. They use electric public transport a lot.
Japan's per capita energy use is similar to that of Europe, and about half that of the USA, but twice that of china, and 4 times that of India, Indonesia, etc.
That ignores externalised energy though - manufactured goods consumed in the west are made in the east which skews the energy usage levels to mean the west is lower than it should be based on consumption.
It's bad regardless, even if the u.s. dropped down to Japan or France levels, and china, India, Indonesia, brazl, and Africa were brought up to Japan levels.
Re:Wow (888 comments)
Yes, in the Star Trek economy, gold is still rare. However, since there are few commercial applications for gold, you would see the price drop precipitously.
In 24th century Star Trek gold is worthless (outside of primitive cultures). I can't believe I have to say this on slashdot. Latinum is valuable, as it can't be replicated, but given its not a practical means of exchange they suspended liquid Latinum in worthless gold.
Re:Wow (888 comments)
You also have the problem of what people are going to do with themselves all day. Some people handle this well and others handle it very poorly.
Well I won't be on beta, that's for sure!
Re:Super gender queer (462 comments)
I apparently did. Why is "2 girls, 0 guys" okay, but "2 girls, 1 guy" is a society destroying ratio-of-single-men-to-single-women distorter? Esp. since it does a better job preserving the ratio of single men to single women then a lesbian relationship?
I would imagine the op was assuming equal numbers of lesbian and gay relationships, but un equal numbers of 1 man 2 women vs 1. Woman 2 men relations.
That's probably a fair judgement on current facts.
Re:Super gender queer (462 comments)
I just want to make sure I understand: 2 girls, 1 guy is horrendous
No, You're thinking of two girls, one cup
Re:It doesn't matter. (180 comments)
1) You must burp a lot more than I do. It's unusual if I burp twenty times in a week unless I've been drinking beer
I'm confused -- there's a week which doesn't involve drinking beer?
Re:It doesn't matter. (180 comments)
There's a reason why hundreds of attention whore's testimony about aliens and the government is floating around on the web.
fixed that for ya'
You really didn't
Re:Control vs. Prosperity (119 comments)
Allowing Internet connectivity reduces the centralized control that a totalitarian Communist system requires in order to protect the leaders and the system itself from the inconvenience of reality.
It's OK, the cable companies and telcos are trying their hardest to put the genie back in the bottle.
Fuck beta (255 comments)
It's worse than the original, and that's impressive
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Watson is in beta. It still lets you quote posts though unlike slashdot beta which is crap. Watson still lets you deep link to posts.
I bet slashdot beta isn't written in text code. It's just a mess of crap. But not in a retro way like slashdot prime.
Re:Sounds great (238 comments)
You can still see how many times it's been modded, just click on the score and it'll give you the breakdown
That just tells you the percentage, same figures if you get 2 mods or 200.
Re:Why? (578 comments)
Those warships and the soldiers on them don't cease to exist when not in Sochi,
The universe ceases to exist every time I close my eyes and reappears when I open them.
Are you deaf? No sense of smell?
Re:Beta (238 comments)
And yet, the number of on-topic comments hasn't increased, either. It's not that people are getting accustomed to beta, it's that they're leaving.
We're locked into the current two-party system by the very nature of first-past-the-poll voting. We're more-or-less locked into Youtube by its sheer mass: your average Joe doesn't have the server space or $$ to hold all that video content like Google does.
We're not locked into slashdot. We have nostalgic feelings for it, but that's all.
And low UIDs. Any replacement site will have to allow UID porting
Re:Sounds great (238 comments)
We can use the blackholes generated by the super sized collider to wipe out beta once and for all.
No need. It's already approaching implosion... site traffic has been cut by a third.
Really? Slashdot users have alexa malware?
The FSF has often believed the "obnoxious BSD advertising clause" in the original BSD license was a problem.
That's a fine opinion. Imagine my surprise when I had cause to investigate a GPLV3 license peculiarity, which allows a developer to do the exact same thing! Between section 5 and 7, it allows a gui developer to splatter advertising over a GPLV3 product, and require that you not remove it. The issue cropped up a few months ago for the excellent project.
I refused to believe it. I was always under the impression that a user could do whatever they wanted with a GPL project, as long as they offered the same rights to whoever they gave a copy too. Sadly the FSF disagree, at least according to their wonderful team of volunteers.
Section 7 of GPLv3 is, I believe, an attempt to balance the needs of authors and recipients/users
I was always under the impression the GPL was about protecting rights of users, above all else, it seems that under v3, that's no longer the case. A shame, but in future I'll have to be very careful about the difference between free licenses (gplv2, modern bsd, etc) and non-free licenses (gplv3).
I havent watched Mastermind for years, but the other day we sat down to watch it. I warn the ball and chain that I wouldn't be able to answer any of the questions, unless "Star Trek" was the specialist subject.
Imagine my shock when somebodys specialist subject was "Star Trek: TNG"! What are the odds?
My faithful router, a P233 with a 512MB Hard drive, is still running. I installed debian on it back last september, however the hard drive was so old and knackered it could barely fsck. The motherboard was from the bottom of a cupboard, the fans whirr at 5 times the normal volume, and I dread every reboot. I daren't write anything to the hard drives, apt-get wont run, and last time we had a power blip, I lost the entire
"top: error while loading shared libraries:
I cant believe it's lasted this long. The HDD is knackered beyond belief, but it's only got 4 more weeks to go... Fingers crossed, this stallwart of a machine, thats transfered dozens, maybe hundereds, of gigs of data over its dying bus, thats being running 24/7 for 9 months, in a damp drying room, using a case and PSU from a P133, plodding along, dropping every port except ssh from a machine at Exeter University.
Just 4 more weeks to hold on....
The two most annoying words in the world. "In this post september eleventh" environment, yadda yadda yadda. There's such things as overusing a phrase!
Please tell me I'm too drunk to be serious, however I could swear I just saw a flash advert for "Sun's Special Web Event". Perhaps I'm out of the loop, but Hemos said - NO Flash playing Ads.
Ironically I search for the announcement of subscriptions, and at the top of the page was a flash advert - Screenshot.
"Hey you're in windows!" Yeah, I know, I'm up at the edit suite, and premiere isnt available on linux (yet), and macs arent available on our budget.
"Hey, you are listening to "Ballard of Bilbo Baggins" by Spock. Yeah, I know. We used it in a production, and it's still on the winamp playlist.
Not got plus two for your karma? Same here.
Why? Slashdot's changed - have a look under "preferences, comments". See that box saying "Karma Bonus (modifier assigned to posts where the user has good karma)"?
If you value the opinions of good posters, set it high, +3 maybe. If you only like trolls, set it to -6.
I dont know why it doesnt default to +1 though.
This discussion was sparked by this thread on xnet. We arent allowed to use xmedia to promote any candidates, and some how this means that we cant discuss them. It's a gracious shame. If you want to reply without fear of being censored, post away. Discussions of individual candidates is not allowed, however I cant delete or edit any replys to this message.
WARNING: Long and lengthly rant for the sole benefit of me:
Ryanair Probably^WDefinatly the worst airline in the world. Ever. Of course, December is a bad time to travel on public transport anyway.
Let me start at the begining.
The plan: Meet parents at gatwick airport, drive down with them through france/germany/austria to Venice, get the boat to Igominitsa, Greece.
Thursday 12th December, 03:30
Rise and shine after 3 hours sleep. Wash and grab my rucksack. I had over an hour to do a 40 minute walk, no problem. Set off.
Thursday 12th December, 04:10 Realise I forgot the car registration document my parent needed. Run back with a 25kg pack on my back.
Thursday 12th December, 04:25 Book taxi as I get registration document
Thursday 12th December, 04:35 Get in taxi, screech off at ludicrus speed.
Thursday 12th December, 04:42 Arrive at coach, jump on board, plenty of time spare!
Thursday 12th December, 08:00 Arrive at Heathrow Airport, get breakfast
Thursday 12th December, 08:50 Depart Heathrow on coach to gatwick.
Thursday 12th December, 09:20 Realise I need a passport!
Thursday 12th December, 10:20 Arrive Gatwick
Thursday 12th December, 10:40 Meet parents, give them the car registration document
Thursday 12th December, 11:20 Get train back to Exeter
Thursday 12th December, 12:00 Sit at Clapham Junction for 45 minutes
Clapham Junction is the worst station I've ever been to. Cant leave the station as I only have a through ticket. One (overpriced) shop with questionable hygine, toilet costs money! 20 fscking pence to use the bog! No wonder the stairs smelt that way!
Thursday 12th December, 12:45 Escape on train to Exeter
Thursday 12th December, 16:30 Get to Exeter
Thursday 12th December, 16:45 pop into bank, attempt to extend overdraft, however my branch (Altrincham) is engaged, so I have to "come back tommorrow"
Thursday 12th December, 17:30 AM, arrive back home after a wasted day and £80.
Friday 13th December, 10:00 AM. Wake up late, get passport, run down to bus station.
Friday 13th December, 10:45 AM. Get bus to Heathrow (Deja-vu?). Very busy as all the students are going home!
Friday 13th December, 15:00 Get to heathrow
Friday 13th December, 15:40 Leave Heathrow, en-route to stanstead for 18:50 flight (bus due in at 17:20, leaving an hour before checkin closes)
Friday 13th December, 17:30 Driver phones up company, overhear him say we are 2 hours behind schedule. Itallian girl next to me in tears about missing the flight.
Friday 13th December, 18:50 Finally arrive at stanstead. Find Ryanair Customer "Service" Rep. Tells me that the flight's closed, its your fault, go wait in that massive line.
Fair enough, it is my fault, however she was unbelievable rude, especialy to said girl who was still almost in tears.
Friday 13th December, 19:20 While waiting for the ticket desk, avoid tabloid reporters doing an article on how bad Ryanair is.
Friday 13th December, 19:25 Arrive at front of queue. Ask about options (which I know from phone calls home on the bus). Next Forli flight would cost me £50, and was exactly 24 hours later. Flight to "Venice" would be £30, however no chance to meet parents (who are en-route to "Bologna" Forli). Decide to pay £112 for flight to ancona. While deciding, word comes round that the Forli flight was canceled, and was heading back to the gate (bad fog).
Customer Service offer me next nights flight for no charge, but wont transfer the £50 ticket to the morning Ancona flight. Stay with ancona.
Friday 13th December, 20:25 Get word from home that parents have managed to contact my girlfriend, and found out I'm on the morning ancona flight. (Their mobile was dead)
Saturday 14th December, 02:30 still playing Civ 2 on laptop camped on floor of stanstead airport. Havent had any word from Ryanair, no apology to other Forli travellers that are still at the airport, no offer of food/accomodation vouchers.
Saturday 14th December, 05:30 Check-in opens. At least my baggage wasnt over the pathetic 15kg (33lb) limit.
Saturday 14th December, 07:50 Plane leaves 20 minutes late, a 90mph tailwind gets us to Italy on time.
Saturday 14th December, 10:50 CET (Italy time). Arrive at Ancona. Amazingly my bag made it this time (unlike summer).
Saturday 14th December, 11:20 Clear security with only a brief glance in my hand luggage (noone asking if I had any "drax" this time)
Saturday 14th December, 11:25 Meet parents, leave for boat
Saturday 14th December, 12:00 Get on boat. Hurrah.
Sunday 15th December, 05:30 EET (greek time) Arrive in greece
Sunday 15th December, 08:00 Arrive in Fterno
Sunday 15th December, 08:30 Did I mention taking the cat over? I dont think I did. Cat escape from house, gets lost on hillside.
Monday 15th December, 05:30 Alarm on mobile goes off, wake up, throw mobile across room. Hear meowing. The cat is back (we thought he'd gone for good)
What a journey. Now Ryanair, aside from Rudeness, not allowing to transfer flights after they canceled it, and not offering even a cup of tea in compensation, didnt do anything wrong. However this was the second time I've traveled with them. The first time (July) they lost my bag, refused to deliver it to my destination (or nearby airport), and wouldnt offer any compensation. Eventually they managed to get it to greece, however by then I was driving back through Italy. Eventually picked it up at Venice Marco-Polo 3 weeks late. No compensation at all.
Now of course I'm going back. Heres the plan
Monday 30th December, 05:30 EET (greek time) Wakey Wakey
Monday 30th December, 06:00 Leave Fterno
Monday 30th December, 08:30 Arrive ignominitsa
Monday 30th December, 10:00 Boat leaves igominitsa for Venice
Tuesday 31st December, 06:30 CET (Italy time) Arrive Venice
Tuesday 31st December, Morning, walk arround Venice in "Heavey rain"
Tuesday 31st December, 14:00 Leave for Marco Polo Airport
Tuesday 31st December, 14:30 Arrive Marco Polo, check in
Tuesday 31st December, 16:30 Plane Leaves for Bristol
Tuesday 31st December, 17:25 GMT (UK time) Arrive Bristol
Tuesday 31st December, 18:30 Cleared Customs, get transfer to train station
Tuesday 31st December, 19:15 Arrive Bristol Temple Meads
Tuesday 31st December, 19:50 Leave Bristol on train
Tuesday 31st December, 20:48 Arrive Exeter St Davids
Tuesday 31st December, 21:30 Get home. Celebrate new year with girlfriend
Are the firefighters right to hold the country to ransom for more money?
The first deaths, and probably not the last. But why are firefighters holding the country to ransom like that? For a political motive. They want a 40% pay increase.
But percentages dont say much really do they. Lets look at the figures and compare it to a university graduate.
Typical Firefighter:
Starts work at 16, earning £4 an hour flipping burgers. Total income £8300 p.a.
Joins Fire service at 18, after earning £16,000. Spends next 4 years training (and being paid £17,000).
Becomes fully trained at age of 22. Total Earnings to date: £84,000
Fully trained at age of 22, earns £21,500.
By the age of 30, lifetime earnings are £256,000
Compare to average student.
Starts A-Levels at age 16. Starts Uni at age 18. Graduates at Age 21, or 22.
Starts earning at age 22.
Graduates with average of £5,300 debt. (In my case for sure this is way higher)
Graduates with average wage of £13,700
After 5 years, expects to be earning £26,300
At age 22: Total lifetime earnings: -£5,300
At age 23: Total lifetime earnings: £8400
Over next 7 years, assume generous average wage of £26,300. Total lifetime earnings: £192,500
To match a firefighters total wage at age 30, a graduate would have to earn £28,500 a year, every year, from graduating after a 3 year course.
Instead the average graduate earns £63,500 less then a firefighter by the age of 30.
there arent many firefighters dying. Over 12 years, there were 5 firefighter deaths in London, with approximatly 6500 personel. Thats a 1 in 15,600 chance of dying each year as a firefighter in London. Over a 40 year carreer theres a 1 in 400 chance of dying in the line of duty.
If you smoke, you have a 1 in 4 chance of dying from smoking by the time you each middle age.
Admittably there is only a 1 in 100,000 chance of dying in a normal job each year, or arround 6 1/2 times less likely then a firefighter. However that doesnt include deaths on roads of people like Sales reps, taxi drivers and other high risk professions.
Are the firefighters right to hold the country to ransom for more money?
No, they're not.
Ahh the wonders of creating Smirk's U.S.S Endocrine in houdini.
Hmm, in some ways it sucks (resource hog, drops frames on DV capture when DVIO doesnt, sometime decides it wont play clips at >3fps), but in other ways it's ded gud (edit in 1/10th of the time, plenty of funky things that we cant normally do).
Time will tell. I've just ordered a nice big 80GB 7200rpm hard drive though - that should give enough room for most editing tasks (5-6 hours of DV), but I can always add another later. £85 + vat isnt too bad for a place we have an account with.
BTW, Instead of spending £100 on a 2.4Ah camera battery, I've decided to spend £10 on a 7.2Ah 12V lead acid battery. Buy a nice rucksack, and unlimited power! Hopefully. It's worth a shot anyway.
OK, just not gone. It's been renewed for another season. I admit I've only watched 4 episodes today (Deadmans switch, demons, Redemption Pt 1, Redemption Pt 2), but it still rocks 100 times as much as enterprise, and at its best it's miels better then TNG and DS9 at their best. Best show ever.
Eleesa's here! Hurray!
Trouble is its still to hot here in Exeter - even with the winidow open!
Trouble is its either die with the window closed or listen to the freight trains all night long. Sadly we have to choose the later.
Oh well, 180 hours to greece!
P.S. Got an xtv tshirt today, great stuff. Got a few new DVD's too (Fail Safe, Dr. Strangelove and SG20.
finally got arround to moaning to warrington student support people. They still want me to pay full tuition fees next year, giving me £1400 to live on from October through July. £140 a month, or £33 a week.
My rent alone is £47 a week next year.
On a good note though, eleesa's back tommorow!


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Inside, the Highlander looks and feels very much like the Toyota that it is. I appreciated the large dials for the radio and climate controls, as I was wearing my gloves because of the frigid temperatures we were experiencing in Michigan post-Thanksgiving holiday. The Highlander is a sort of no-frills SUV - you'll find pretty much everything you need in this type of vehicle, such as 5- or 7-passenger capacity, plenty of cupholders, and decent cargo capacity - and that's probably good enough for loyal Toyota customers.
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