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Seymour July 16- Only 1 day left before the Badger Stock Car Tour invades the 1/3 mile banked clay oval at the Seymour Speedway. The IMCA Sport Mods are also on the big program running a non sanctioned, non point night.
It is going to be a HOT day Wednesday and even hotter racing action as the BSCT series kicks off with the first day of a three day swing mini tour. The series runs to the Thunder Hill Speedway on Thursday night and ends up at the Speedzone in Oshkosh on Friday night where the Badger Mod Tour joins the program.
Pit gates open at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon with the draw cut off for the Sport Mods at 6:15 and Stock Car Tour drivers at 6:30. Pit passes are $25.
The Grandstand opens at 5 PM with gate prices at Adults $10. Seniors 55 and up/Students 13-18 $8. and Kids 12 and under FREE with an adult.
Racing starts at 7 PM…SHARP!
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I've done a clean install (with a clean account) of vanilla KDE 4.5.1 a couple of weeks ago, and there is no blue transparent panel anywhere, and the edge actions were there long before Windows 7 was out.
Which distribution introduced the transparent blue theme?There are differences yes, but the inspirations are obvious and the timing of the change from black theme to transparent blue theme was suspicious at best.
KDE did switch from the black theme (Oxygen) to a white theme (Air) sometime around 4.3 or 4.4, but this had more to do with people not liking the black theme (complaining that it looked like Vista, although it was older than Vista), so they went back to classic KDE colours used in KDE 2 and KDE 3.
It is White-blue... Not exactly like Win 7, but close... Especially if you consider the timing of this change...
BTW: What an ugly GUI...
Light grey has been the KDE colour since KDE2. KDE1 user a middle-grey tone, which was more similar to Windows.
This is a blue panel: http://keemanxp.com/blog/wp-content/...-7-desktop.jpg
THIS is a light grey panel, very similar to the KDE2 and KDE3 colour: http://static.arstechnica.net/kde45b_ars.png
If you claim that these are the same, then you are the colourblind one.
BTW, Blue has been the de-facto KDE colour since KDE2. The vanilla icon themes and wallpapers have always been blue, and the default widgets were light grey. Even if they made a blue panel (and they didn't), it is not stealing from Windows, who started with white, went to medium grey, then to some brownish tint, then to black, and now to blue.
But since GNOME fanboys have invested so much effort into convincing the world that KDE looks like Windows, they will go to great lengths to convince themselves that sticking with light grey = copying windows, because windows went from dark grey to blue.
Whatever rocks your boat. I can't wait for april when the desktop is revolutionised by a port of plasma to pure C and a window manager that can do 3d
Never used gnome 1.x or kde 1.x and i bet u haven't tried them too, so please cut the crap trolling kid.
To everyone that has been living under a rock; GUI's are going back to gray tones, with slight color added to it. KDE is even evolving the GUI design after we went back from textures to 'tatoos'. This is not just the desktop, but universal.
As usual; Gnome is ages behind the times. Gnome now has this human skin kind of color which has been the default Windows XP style. Welcome to yesterday! But don't worry; they'll upgrade to Vista's piano black with the Gnome-Shell. Maybe they'll go glossy and back after that

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The "Financing Water for All" report stated that financial flows to the water sector need to at least double, and need to come from financial markets, from water authorities themselves through tariffs, from multilateral financial institutions (MFIs), from governments, and from public development aid paralel to a reform of the water sector governance.
The report came out with recommendations to improve water sector financing and adressed all stakeholders.
If the recommendations were maybe to recent to be perceived in depth during the World Water Forum in Kyoto, 2003, they started soon permeating the international community during the following months.
The Development Committee in its Communique for its 2003 Spring meeting in Dubai noted "the recent report of the Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure, and asked the World Bank to consider before its next meeting how it can implement relevant recommendations of the Panel report".
In response to this request, the World Bank Group (WBG) published in September 2003 a paper titled "Implementing the World Bank Group Infrastructure Action Plan (with special emphasis on follow-up on the recommendations of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure)". This paper intended to inform the Development Committee of the WBG Infrastructure Action Plan, which was developed in response to client demand to revitalise the WBG infrastructure business. An integral part of the Infrastructure Action Plan is the WBG follow-up action to the recommendations of the Camdessus Panel.
The G8 summit in Evian adopted a G8 Water Action Plan, which closely follows the Panel recommendations and called the World Bank "in consultation with other MFIs to study and recommend necessary measures to implement the following proposals made by the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure: using financing instruments in a more flexible manner to allow loans directly to sub-sovereign bodies, where appropriate; developing guarantee and insurance schemes for risk mitigation; and addressing the issue of sovereign and foreign exchange risk coverage".
The World Bank Group issued a Response to the Report of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure in July 2003, which oulined the World Bank Group proposed follow-up actions.
In response to the Panel recommendations and the following request of the G8, the World Bank Group begun a series of initiatives designed to investigate and possibly resolve some of most persistent financing problems in the water sector.
A Comparative Review of IFI Risk Mitigation Instruments and Direct Subsovereign Lending (Pricewaterhouse Coopers, 2003) was carried out to summarize experiences of multilateral banks in issuing guarantees for water and other infrastructure projects and in subsovereign direct lending.
Subsequently, a working group meeting of all Multilateral Financial Institutions was held to review the experiences and to identify ways to increase financial flows to the sector. Findings from the review were presented in the paper Financing Water Supply and Sanitation Investments: Utilizing Risk Mitigation Instruments to Bridge the Financing Gap, Aldo Baietti and Peter Raymond, 2005.
The Asian Development Bank (AsDB) actively participated in the Panel and generally supports the Panel recommendations, which are broadly consistent with its water policy. AsDB committed to help implement these recommendations and issued the Response of the Asian Development Bank to the Report of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure in January 2004. This response is intended to situate the AsDB's water-related work in the context of the Camdessus Report and to provide stakeholders with AsDB's perspectives and key issues.
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January 1st, 2012, 02:03 AM #1
What's the last movie you watched 2012
Watched a few over the holiday break:
The Skin I Live In - really enjoyed this, very dark, sometimes humorous, modern take on the Frankenstein story. Spanish director Almodovar can do no wrong lately with this his latest after other sublime movies such as Volver, Broken Embraces and Talk to Her.
The Ides of March - not a bad movie, well acted by Clooney and Gosling (who seems to be the latest flavour of the month, and has been pretty good so far), but I thought it was average overall. Probably also American politics is not the most inspiring of topics (personally) so the subject matter wasn't a great start.
Moneyball - quite a good movie even if you don't like baseball, though it was a fairly formula-driven underdog-proves-them-wrong movie
Kill List - now this was quite good, a genre-bending British movie about two hitmen doing some final jobs that go very strange. Not for the faint-hearted but well acted and a bit original for a change.
The Inbetweener Movie - have never seen the TV series, but this was a good bit of fun with a few genuinely funny bits (especially the dance scene to impress the girls). Quite juvenile humour with plenty of swearing; if this is your thing you can't go wrong.
January 1st, 2012, 08:16 AM #2
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January 1st, 2012, 08:19 AM #3
So, if you like a bit of gratuitous slaughter then Centurion is for you. If you prefer something a little less focused and more towards Hollywood style then The Eagle fits the bill.
January 1st, 2012, 03:31 PM #4
I got dragged out to, "Hugo". It was actually a delightful surprise. I enjoyed it a lot. Before that, I saw "A Dangerous Method". That was pretty good. You can't go wrong with Keira Knightly getting whipped while wearing a corset.
But you know, I think the feel good movie of the year was, "Melancholia".
January 2nd, 2012, 08:59 AM #5
Despicable Me
I remember someone saying they'd seen this not long ago, and I saw it for sale in Tesco. I thought I might as well get it, so I did.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some great animation, some great voice work and some really good humour. It reminded me a lot of Megamind, although I have to say I felt this worked better even though it's aimed at a younger audience. I liked how it wasn't a love story in the way these sorts of films tend to be, but it was sweet - if a little creepy at first.
Only real gripe is that Russell Brand wasn't any good... Sort of. He might have been better if the character he played suited the voice more. It just didn't work for me.
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Couldn't believe my luck when i got this today in my local charidee shop for 1 scottish pound .
Directed by Jacques Tourneur of Cat People fame. Again the most striking thing for me is the use of shadow and light. Whether this is d.o.p. skill ,Tourneur or both i don't know but i am impressed. [ i'd be grateful for any more knowledgable readers input here ] . Certainly black and white filming accentuates the contrast that perhaps colour films can't exploit.
Cat People had the fabulous swimming pool scene where the waves were reflected on the ceiling and voices echoed.
Night of the demon also has the famous ' It's in the trees it's coming ' line which Kate Bush sampled on Hounds of love lp .
January 6th, 2012, 05:27 PM #8
I too liked Despicable Me though it suffered by comparison with Megamind which I saw in the same week - and thought was the better of the two. My wife and Number two daughter kept nudging each other all the way through Despicable Me and whispering - "It's Dad!". Couldn't see it myself.
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Cheers Junkmonkey i was just in the right place at the right time.
Did you catch the recent Tourneur season on BBC2? Assuming you're brit based or have access to brit terrestrial!
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Killer Elite - yawn. Jason one-expression-unconvincing-hardman Statham teams up with Robert DeNiro, who has some of the most godawful lines of his career, as mercenaries to pull off three assassination missions against former SAS soldiers who killed the sons of the exiled Sheikh of Oman. Clive Owen, who does by far the best job with a crap script, tries to stop them. Don't bother watching this movie, every cliche, cheesey line and possible action movie trope you can think of thrown into a mixing bowl and painted to look part Bond/part Bourne, as so many recent movies have also failed at. When you have a Welshman played by an Australian with a Bondii Beach accent and a crack team of mercenaries using a civilian on a mission (with accidental comedy classic effect at a supposedly poignant moment) you know this hasn't been thought out. It's supposed to be based on a true story, I have my doubts. Avoid.
January 7th, 2012, 06:46 AM #11
I don't even look at the listings any more because it depress me that so many people are so easily pleased with the dumbed down bilge they broadcast. I stopped watching after I realised Horizon (which used to be a serious science program) had been watered down to the point that it was bland infotainment arsedribble and cut in such a way (with ready made commercial break points) that it would be easy to sell to the Discovery Channel.
January 13th, 2012, 09:55 AM #12
X-Men: First Class
OK, this film was both brilliant and a steaming pile of something best left unmentioned. Firstly, the McAvoy and Fassbender worked well, and I think their portrayals were pretty good (although Xavier came across as a little... strange, I think, as if McAvoy had learned how to be British by watching Austin Powers), and the 'bad guys' were generally good except for Emma Frost/Jessica Jones, who looked consistently ridiculous throughout the whole film. I was also moderately impressed with Jennifer Lawrence who worked well as Mystique, but her performance was hindered by the script and its poor decisions, but also another aspect (which I'll get to). I thought the plot was fairly good, and the intricacies worked well, but I didn't care about the impending war or anything, I was more interested in how they worked together and so on.
The problems? Sometimes it seemed like too much time had been spent on showing off the special effects, and a lot of the mutants shown got pushed into the background. They also picked up on some of the more obscure characters and then basically forgot about them for most of the film. There was also the make-up department, who were - not that I could do better - absolutely terrible. Beast looked atrocious towards the end, and Mystique once again looked absolutely ridiculous, and it seemed like they put Lawrence in poses that would show off her breasts - there was the scene where she was working out, the couple of nude scenes and then her conveniently unzipped jumpsuit near the end, with a number of shots of her cleavage.
So, in conclusion, it continues to widdle all over the X-Men franchise just as the previous four films did, and whilst like them it's watchable and even enjoyable at times, it doesn't even attempt to keep in-line with the comics nor to repair what's wrong with them.
Oh, and one other thing. Mystique is older than most of the other X-Men, including Wolverine, and this was pretty clearly shown in Wolverine: Origins (the comic, not the film). There is absolutely no reason as to why she should be shown as a child and then a young woman in First Class. It makes no sense.
But at least I'm a bit more convinced about the upcoming The Hunger Games film. And Ms Lawrence is kinda cute...
January 13th, 2012, 01:57 PM #13
James McAvoy is british? Says on IMDB he grew up in Glasgow. First thing I saw him on was Children of Dune and he was pretty British in that movie.
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A Scot.
He was in Shameless.......which I've never watched.


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Portage comes with a default configuration stored in
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all Portage configuration is handled through variables. What variables Portage
listens to and what they mean are described later.
Since many configuration directives differ between architectures, Portage also
has default configuration files which are part of your profile. Your profile is
pointed to by the /etc/portage/make.profile symlink; Portage'
configurations are set in the make.defaults files of your profile
and all parent profiles. We'll explain more about profiles
and the /etc/portage/make.profile directory later on.
If you're planning on changing a configuration variable, don't alter
/usr/share/portage/config/make.globals or make.defaults. Instead use
/etc/portage/make.conf which has precedence over the previous
files. You'll also find a /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example.
As the name implies, this is merely an example file - Portage does not read
in this file.
You can also define a Portage configuration variable as an environment variable,
but we don't recommend this.
Profile-Specific Information
We've already encountered the /etc/portage/make.profile directory.
Well, this isn't exactly a directory but a symbolic link to a profile, by
default one inside /usr/portage/profiles although you can create
your own profiles elsewhere and point to them. The profile this symlink points
to is the profile to which your system adheres.
A profile contains architecture-specific information for Portage, such as a
list of packages that belong to the system corresponding with that profile,
a list of packages that don't work (or are masked-out) for that profile, etc.
User-Specific Configuration
When you need to override Portage's behaviour regarding the installation of
software, you will end up editing files within /etc/portage. You
are highly recommended to use files within /etc/portage and
highly discouraged to override the behaviour through environment
Within /etc/portage you can create the following files:
These don't have to be files; they can also be directories that contain one file
per package. More information about the /etc/portage directory and
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Code Listing 1.1: Reading the Portage man page
$ man portage
Changing Portage File & Directory Locations
The previously mentioned configuration files cannot be stored elsewhere -
Portage will always look for those configuration files at those exact locations.
However, Portage uses many other locations for various purposes: build
directory, source code storage, Portage tree location, ...
All these purposes have well-known default locations but can be altered to your
own taste through /etc/portage/make.conf. The rest of this chapter
explains what special-purpose locations Portage uses and how to alter their
placement on your filesystem.
This document isn't meant to be used as a reference though. If you need 100%
coverage, please consult the Portage and make.conf man pages:
Code Listing 1.2: Reading the Portage and make.conf man pages
$ man portage
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1.b. Storing Files
The Portage Tree
The Portage tree default location is /usr/portage. This is defined
by the PORTDIR variable. When you store the Portage tree elsewhere (by altering
this variable), don't forget to change the /etc/portage/make.profile
symbolic link accordingly.
If you alter the PORTDIR variable, you might want to alter the following
variables as well since they will not notice the PORTDIR change. This is due to
how Portage handles variables: PKGDIR, DISTDIR, RPMDIR.
Prebuilt Binaries
Even though Portage doesn't use prebuilt binaries by default, it has extensive
support for them. When you ask Portage to work with prebuilt packages, it will
look for them in /usr/portage/packages. This location is defined by
the PKGDIR variable.
Source Code
Application source code is stored in /usr/portage/distfiles by
default. This location is defined by the DISTDIR variable.
Portage Database
Portage stores the state of your system (what packages are installed, what files
belong to which package, ...) in /var/db/pkg. Do not alter
these files manually! It might break Portage's knowledge of your system.
Portage Cache
The Portage cache (with modification times, virtuals, dependency tree
information, ...) is stored in /var/cache/edb. This location really
is a cache: you can clean it if you are not running any portage-related
application at that moment.
1.c. Building Software
Temporary Portage Files
Portage's temporary files are stored in /var/tmp by default. This
is defined by the PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable.
If you alter the PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable, you might want to alter the following
variables as well since they will not notice the PORTAGE_TMPDIR change. This
is due to how Portage handles variables: BUILD_PREFIX.
Building Directory
Portage creates specific build directories for each package it emerges inside
/var/tmp/portage. This location is defined by the BUILD_PREFIX
Live Filesystem Location
By default Portage installs all files on the current filesystem
(/), but you can change this by setting the ROOT environment
variable. This is useful when you want to create new build images.
1.d. Logging Features
Ebuild Logging
Portage can create per-ebuild logfiles, but only when the PORT_LOGDIR variable
is set to a location that is writable by Portage (the portage user). By default
this variable is unset. If you don't set PORT_LOGDIR, then you won't receive
any build logs with the current logging system, though you may receive some
logs from the new elog. If you do have PORT_LOGDIR defined and you use
elog, you will receive build logs and any logs saved by elog, as explained
Portage offers fine-grained control over logging through the use of
If you used enotice with Portage-2.0.*, you must completely remove
enotice, as it is incompatible with elog.
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ŌĆ£Show Big Pine home is where the heart is,ŌĆØ Sherri Newman of JakeŌĆÖs Saloon said in a press release announcing its own benefit fundraiser for victims of the Center Fire. ŌĆ£The time is now to show our support at home. Bring it in, bring it big, bring it for Big Pine.ŌĆØ
Relief efforts for victims of the blaze continue to be organized, locally and throughout the state. There are fundraisers and clean-ups of all sorts planned for the days and weeks ahead.
The efforts have been widespread, yet unorganized until now. The Big Pine School District has set up a link on its website listing legitimate organizations accepting donations, where victims can receive help and a calendar of meetings and other events.
At an emergency meeting of town members and leaders in Big Pine on Monday, it was determined that AltaOne Federal Credit Union will be the sole funding institution for a relief fund, said Christa Padilla of BPUSD.
One group is bringing in volunteers from all over the state to help the community clean up and start to rebuild. Fred Weatherly, a local resident representing the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Organization, said the groupŌĆÖs team leaders will be in Big Pine this week to talk to the community and map out a plan to start cleaning up after the Center Fire. Weatherly said he expects the volunteers and equipment to begin showing up next week. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a fairly immediate response,ŌĆØ he said.
The relief organization does this sort of disaster clean-up in California and beyond.
The relief organization will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. tonight at the First Baptist Church of Big Pine at 293 Chestnut St. Weatherly said the meeting will be to discuss how the group and citizens ŌĆ£envisionŌĆØ how the clean-up process should proceed.
Weatherly, director of the High Sierra Resort Ministries and chaplain for Mammoth Lakes Hospital, added that the relief organization will also be available to speak with individuals to discuss specific details.
It is not known how big of a team the relief organization will send. Weatherly explained those details depend on the amount of need, but he expects it to be big. He described the relief organization as very organized and self-sufficient. There are chainsaw teams, debris teams and heavy equipment teams.
The relief organization also brings its own camping and cooking supplies. ŌĆ£We are here to serve and can take care of our own needs,ŌĆØ
Weatherly said.
The mission of the clean-up effort is to rid the area of anything dangerous, including mobilehome frames, dead trees and burnt-out cars.
Inyo County Integrated Waste Manager Chuck Hamilton said the fees will be waived for fire victims at the Bishop Landfill and there should be no problems finding space to put all the debris.
He said the relief organization has made Big Pine a priority despite the group being busy with flooding in Southern California, tsunami damage in Crescent City and even sending teams to Japan.
There are logistic hurdles to jump, Weatherly explained, such as county regulations, waste management and individual insurance policies. Once the red tape is cut through, Weatherly said, ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre going to be here a really long time.ŌĆØ
Those who want more information about becoming part of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Organization can go to http://www.csbc.com/disasterrelief, or call Weatherly at (760) 934-3122.
Additional relief efforts:
ŌĆó There will be a clean-up party from 9 a.m. to dark on Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning at the Rossi Ranch and continuing through the other fire ravaged areas of town. The party needs volunteers and prepared food to feed workers that can be delivered to an emergency kitchen set up at 761 Nancy Ln. Those wishing to help should wear old clothes, gloves and shoes as it will be a very dirty job; shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, trucks and trailers are also welcome. For more information, call Sue Short at (760) 914-1109 or e-mail email@example.com.
ŌĆó JakeŌĆÖs Saloon in Lone Pine is hosting a Fire Relief benefit tomorrow. The bar opens at noon with dinner to start at 7 p.m. and music following at 9. The Los Viejos, the band of ŌĆ£old guys,ŌĆØ will playing music and dinner will be provided for a $5 donation. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and a representative from IMACA will accept checks and other monetary donations (no furniture).
The saloon will also be accepting donations of toiletries and other necessities.
ŌĆó Donations are still being accepted, and those in need can pick up items at the Big Pine Methodist Church from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Welcomed items include all household items, clothing and other goods.
ŌĆó Donations can also be made at the Shirley Summers Gospel Ministries on the Big Pine Indian Reservation from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
ŌĆó Bishop Waste Disposal and Mammoth disposal are also accepting cash and gift card donations and serve as a drop-off location for non-perishable food and household items through April 15 at dump locations at 100 Sunland Indian Reservation Rd. in Bishop and 59 Commerce Dr. in Mammoth. Portable toilets and roll-off garbage containers will be set up around the burn sites provided free of charge by Preferred Spetic and Disposal of Bishop.
For a complete listing of donation centers and fundraising events, or to add an event, go to www.bp.k12.ca.us, or call Padilla at (760) 938-2222.
Weatherly said that the rebuilding process begins with the efforts of the next days and weeks. ŌĆ£You have to clean up before you can launch a dream.ŌĆØ


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ELIOT -- Community spirit shone bright on the Seacoast recently.
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Dr. Grader-Beck's clinical interests include systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome, with emphasis on complex patients that are difficult to treat, as well as patients with vaginal sicca.
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New Durham woman on trial for starving child accused 10 times previously
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
DOVER — A series of witnesses called to the stand on the fifth day of the trial of Christina Thomas, a New Durham woman indicted on first degree assault for allegedly starving a young boy for years, echoed what the prosecution stated in its opening argument — "a number of people let (the alleged victim) down in this case."
Only in December 2009, when the wife of Christina Thomas's father-in-law, Marlene Thomas, reported the abuse, followed a week later by a call from the New Durham School, did the claims become "founded" in the eyes of the office.
Foster's is not identifying the victims in this case to protect the juvenile.
"Food was his world," Painter said, adding when nurses brought him his first meal at Maine Medical Center, consisting of soup, chicken and rice, he requested peanut butter to slather on top of the dinner.
She added during that time, the boy struggled to understand his biological mother was his actual mother, and claimed he referred to Thomas as "mommy."
The trial adjourned just before 4 p.m., as jurors rushed home to beat the evening storm. Judge John M. Lewis told them to avoid researching the case. The trial will continue Tuesday morning and is expected to continue for the next two weeks.


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Safe patient mobilization techniques class open to Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center employees.
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This class covers safe patient mobilization techniques (repositioning, transfers etc.) and an introduction to the use of lift equipment. Class is taught by physical therapy staff and is very hands on with each participant having the opportunity to practice techniques being taught.
While class is mandatory for all newly hired patient care employees and employees who sustain a work related injury related to patient mobilizations, the class is open to all interested Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center employees.
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If you hosted a meeting of the minds — a place where the right-brained dreamers inspired the left-brained doers — Austin would be the perfect place to gather. At the heart of the Austin community, the university offers a home where the creative, artistic minds of the world live side by side with the scientific and technological innovators of tomorrow.
Austin is regarded as an open-minded, friendly and innovative city. The city has been consistently rated a national creative center that draws talented people from across the world to its high quality of life, abundant resources, lively entertainment and active lifestyle.
The city known as the Live Music Capital of the World hosts nationally known festivals such as the Austin City Limits Music Festival, South by Southwest (SXSW) and the Austin Film Festival. The fact that many graduates stay in Austin is a testament to the quality of life in the area.
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The university has long been a pioneer and leader in establishing innovative education programs in technology, so it's no surprise that technology companies such as Dell, IBM, Intel, Apple, Samsung and National Instruments have established major operations in Austin to draw from the highly skilled talent the university produces.
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- Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum: The story of Texas is told through films and exhibits; home to Austin's only IMAX theater.
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- Congress Avenue Bats: Home to the largest urban colony of Mexican free-tailed bats in the country.
- Highland Lakes: Seven lakes, including nearby Lake Travis, Lake Austin and Lady Bird Lake, offer canoeing, boating and jet skiing.
- South Congress (SoCo): Home to eclectic shops and retro clothing stores and the very popular First Thursday event each month.
- Zilker Park: The 350-acre park just minutes from campus is home to the Austin Nature and Science Center, Zilker Botanical Gardens, Zilker Hillside Theatre and the Zilker Zephyr — a train that travels around the perimeter of the park.
- Mount Bonnell: A must-see for any Austin visitor, this popular tourist spot offers the best views of Austin and the Hill Country.
- Hike and Bike Trail: One of the finest hiking and biking trails in the country, the 10-mile trail offers wide paths for bike riding, walking or running.


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At first I only read half the headline and was like "Oh snaples, shitstorm incoming". But then I finished reading and was like "what the hell is AIR?".
It almost sounds like they just don't consider desktop systems in general "hot" anymore, and would drop Windows and Mac OS if they thought they could get away with it.
Adobe might be focusing a little too much on the mobile / smartphone market, to the point of sacrificing or re-allocating developer resources away from the desktops and targeting smartphones instead. They have a massive installed base on desktops and they service a large and steady market in the enterprise sector with Photoshop and the Flash content creation platform (and AIR). If they are going to remove support from the free applications that the content creators depend on to run their content, this will hurt the content creators, because they get fewer users / customers.
If anyone should be upset about this move, it's not the casual user who doesn't pay anything for Adobe AIR. It should be the people who shelled out literally thousands of dollars to buy the expensive content creation software that lets you write AIR apps. Because a piece of their market share just evaporated. And maybe it's not that case that all AIR apps have the same market share as the overall AIR downloads: perhaps certain apps are extremely popular on non-Windows platforms. I wonder how many Pandora Plus users run Linux? I'd bet you that out of all the Pandora Plus (AIR app) users, it's significantly more than 5% running Linux, just because of the nature of the software.
Hypothetically, if Phoronix had their own AIR app, you'd see some 50% or more of its users running Linux, BSD, or Mac. For a general purpose platform like AIR, the overall download statistics mean nothing about the user-base composition of each individual application running on the platform. So it's very possible that Adobe just screwed over some app developers who depend on a significant Linux user base (even if, indeed, their total user count is small). That would make me legitimately angry after spending so much money on their content creation tools.
Oh no, this means I can no longer run...
...come to think of it, everything I use is either coded/scripted in C, C++, BASH, or Perl and there's probably some Python running somewhere on my system, too.
Hell, I don't think I've encountered any Air apps on Windows, either.
I think it's time to seriously look at getting Android applications running on popular Linux distros. If desktop Linux can run any Android app, we've pretty much solved the chicken-egg problem for the desktop Linux issue.