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Perhaps if developers got more positive feedback when they did stabilization-focused releases they might be more inclined to do more, but they seem to get nothing but complaints when they do that.
On top of that, the people who complain loudest about all the bugs in KDE also seem to be the ones who think it is a waste of time reporting bugs on bugzilla.
But this is worked on as I understand it.
Anyway, I've been using KDE 4 since 4.0. With about a 2y hiatus, mostly at work. So you can understand my confusion when people go around complaining the KDE is inferior or buggy. Sure, a few releases have been a bit problematic, but nothing I couldn't work around. A bug is not critical just because it happens to affect you.
Slow-ass? really? I just give Nepomuk 512mbs of RAM in settings and forget about it. Its high enough that Nepo never uses that much, and can index at its maximum speed. Can't really call Nepomuk or Akondi ugly since they dont have a GUI... its all backend.
MySQL is a bit much of a dependency, I wish they'd switch it out for SQlite but thats just me *shrugs*
"fucking around" is a bit much for Kopete vs Telepathy, and plain just wrong for Gstreamer. I'm glad to see Telepathy-KDE is coming along nicely, Kopete was never really my favorite application and the desktop integration is awesome. GStreamer...I cant even imagine what you were trying to get at. Phonon has always allowed you to use libVLC, libXine or Gstreamer without any problems thanks to the abstraction layers.Originally Posted by dfx.
Can't comment on the compile flags because I run Arch, not Gentoo or kde-src. But if you've got problems, report bugs, and if you are still using KHTML...you're doing it wrong. KHTML has been replaced by WebKit, and even if you are still using Konquerer you can tell it to use a Webkit backend instead of KHTML.Originally Posted by dfx.
Lack of manpower/interest is kind of an ironic statement to make considering Martin just got hired to be a full time developer on Kwin and even before then he was doing weekly development updates on Kwin.Originally Posted by dfx.
How is it a fucked-up design, exactly? They are using the best of modern technologies available to them, and the ones they arent using they have plans to use such as QT5 and Webkit2. Thats the joy of the level of abstraction KDE chose to do, they can gradually replace the backends without it being too much of a big deal.
Ericg, do you think dfx might be trolling and not really expecting a reasonable answer?
but nooo, having one giant uneven virtual screen from all the monitors, no-matter size or matrix/tube parameters, is the brink of fashion today... back in KDE 3.X i could even label separate screens, as if they were usual virtual screens, but only real. which they exacly are. but nooo, now everyone ass-backwardly spreads out multiple outputs on one "real" X screen and then puts DE's virtual "desktops"/screens on top of that :/
first, gimme my separate screens, then put your virtual crap on each of them, _separately_, damn it !
i actually did set up "Zaphod mode" on my 4.9.2 via static (xorg.conf) config file, and kwin does treat secondary screen as a separate, independent desktop space. but some parts of KDE still are confused about it, like, for example, it's monitor configurator is all fucked up and useless, and plasma's virtual desktop menu thinks it's one giant sausage-of-the-screen still. and i'm sure i will experience all the subtle fuck-ups eventually.
i have 6 HDDs on my desktop, almost 6Tb overall. i don't need no "search service" beyond simple locate & find, because everything is in order.
2) i don't need it, i disabled it, but it doesn't remove that crap out of my system, nor does it free me from compiling MySQL for it.
at least now they made KDE not to complain and whine about it being disabled. after it been disabled, by me, because fuck that.
Could be a possibility, Bug, but he's not always a raving lunatic so I decided to go for optimism and hope he wasn't actually trolling this time.


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May 16, 2014
A total of $1,000 was raised and will be donated through The Kortney Rose Foundation to the pediatric brain tumor research program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
April 25, 2014
Chair and Specialist Professor of Music and Theatre Arts Joe Rapolla and Monmouth University students were featured in the Asbury Park Press on April 25.
April 14, 2014
Over $10,000 was raised for The Valerie Fund
April 09, 2014
President Paul R. Brown invited students to join him and his wife, Joan, for the Met: Live in HD simulcast performance of La Boheme in Pollak Theatre on April 5.
April 01, 2014
Event will raise money for The Valerie Fund.
March 25, 2014
Monmouth University students participated in poetry workshop with President Obama's Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco
Cancro pledges $110,000 to Monmouth University at the event.
March 20, 2014
An opportunity to network with music educators and participate in a Q & A panel, mock interview, or mock audition.
March 12, 2014
Ryan Orgera will be based at Monmouth University
March 04, 2014
Cancro is the founder and chief executive officer of Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems.
February 25, 2014
Hit musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors will run in March
February 14, 2014
Paws for a Cause" event includes police dog demonstrations and door prizes.
January 02, 2014
Honorable mention for essay titled, "The Future of Music Educator's Journal: How Should It Change?
December 10, 2013
The tidal flooding from Superstorm Sandy in Ocean and Monmouth counties exceeded previous record elevations set in 1992 by 12 to 18 inches. Eighty-mile per hour winds also generated waves across the lagoons and bays of the four coastal counties, raising tidal elevations 4 to 5 feet above normal.
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Fifteen students joined President Brown for the simulcast performance of Tosca

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Please note that as of October 24, 2014, the Nokia Developer Wiki will no longer be accepting user contributions, including new entries, edits and comments, as we begin transitioning to our new home, in the Windows Phone Development Wiki. We plan to move over the majority of the existing entries. Thanks for all your past and future contributions.
Image usability design guidelines
The average user using the mobile applications have less time and are sometimes too lazy to go through the text that you have put in the notification dialogs/controls etc to let them know of some information. The text displayed could be to let the user know of a range/intent of a control/setting or sometimes about the result of an action that the user had requested earlier. It has been observed that a picture says a thousand words, and is generally easier to understand and definitely less time consuming as compared to reading the text and then deciphering the meaning of the same.
Usability team should consider the usage of images in the application where they could be used to replace/complement the existing text content. It would not only make more aesthetic sense but also reduce user fatigue if they were forced to read the entire text. For instance if you were designing a chat client, for a particular buddy's current status, instead of saying something like Mayank – Status Online, if you just depicted it with some icons/images, like a green background window and different colored text or maybe just an icon denoting availability.
Key usability tips for using images/icons
Some of the key points to consider while using images within the application for either notification of events or otherwise are as under:-
Follow the conventions & be consistent
In case you are using standard images which are available in the public domain, make sure you use them in the right place, as certain images are almost etched into user memory and they denote a specific meaning only. So if you use them out of the context, you would end up confusing the user all the more. For instance the skull-bone image is a common image to denote danger/a definite no-go do not use it in the positive intending places like successful download of content notification etc.
Another thing to ensure is that if you have used a specific image for a specific intent makes sure you follow that throughout the application. Do not use the same image on two different meaning places. For instance if you decided to use a green balloon to denote a contact being online, do not use it when the contact goes to a do note disturb status etc. In case the usage is not consistent the entire purpose of using the image i.e. helping the user decipher the message/information quickly, is lost because now they are not sure what the image really denotes.
Scale the image according to screen size/mode
While using images it is important to test the appearance of the image on different sized target devices, especially on the ones which support more then one display mode, like portrait, landscape etc. The image should scale up/down nicely as per the current mode of display. You certainly do not want a chopped/clipped image on different modes; it does not look good from a usability perspective.
Avoid flickering or sluggishness due to image loading
Since the image takes some time to load into the runtime buffers while drawing/scaling etc, it is very important to optimize the drawing/rendering logic in your code. The logic should ensure that there is no flickering when the image loads/reloads/re-draws itself on different situations like the options menu coming up/navigating back and forth between views etc. In case you are going to use some images which have an application life scope you should consider loading them into the buffers only once so that the UI doesn't slow down each time there is an image load.
A common technique to avoid flickering is double buffering, details can be found CS001049 - Avoid flickering with double buffering and CS001268 - Using double buffering in Java ME
Right backgrounds/contrasts etc are used
The idea of using an image is to make the UI look attractive and also to convey a particular message to the user. Hence it is imperative that the images being used stand out from the rest of the content/background of the application views. Make sure to test the application look and feel against different themes, as they have different colored backgrounds etc. At least the testing should be done on the default themes which come pre-loaded on the device, it should not happen that the image gets lost in the background color/images of the themes.
Another thing to consider is that the images stand out in most of the light conditions i.e. bright sunlight or inside the room where it might be slightly dark etc.
Resize/fit & position the images correctly
While using images as icons within a built-in/custom control make sure that the image is not too big or too small. Both the conditions are going to affect the overall usability of the control for the user. The right sizes for the images would ensure that they are in sync with the rest of the content both in the control they are being used and with the overall view being displayed. The images should not be cropped/clipped while they are being displayed in the controls as it would not look nice then. The positioning of the images on the UI is also critical as images placed out of position would lose their appeal and efficacy.
Maintain the right balance
Although images are appealing from a usability perspective and as the UI designer one might be tempted to make extensive use of images, it is important to strike the right balance between subtle and going overboard. During the ui design stage one should carefully consider the scenarios where the use of image makes sense. In this context taking the services of an expert designer is always recommended, as they would give you a wire frame which would not only look nice but would be user friendly.
Use image for application icon
One should always consider using a well designed image to be the application icon. If you do not specify any icon for the application it doesn't look nice and is also not easily distinguishable from other applications which also use the default icon. A good looking image which possibly explains your application well should be used as the application icon, for instance if you are developing a dialer, you could look at using some telephone related icons, or in case of game application like car racing maybe use some snazzy car image as your application icon etc.
Default icon for the application
Custom icon for the application
More details on defining application can be found here :-
How to define application icon
Image for splash screen/about dialog
From a usability standpoint an application which does some background processing before being able to start the main view, it is imperative to use splash screens. The splash screen would notify the user that the application is loading. Using an animated image like a .gif is also a nice idea for the splash screen.
More details on the splash screen can be found from below resources :-
How to display splash screen in a non GUI thread
Simple Splash screen implementation
Splash screen usability design guidelines
The company's logo should also be displayed in the about dialog as much as possible, it makes good sense from a marketing and usability stand point. You certainly want the users to be aware of the company and seeing the company icon user's can associate your company with that image if they see it again/some place else.
Consider image applicability
Image should not be used as substitute for essential text. So it is important to first evalute whether a particular image will be clear and easy to comprehend from a user perspective. In some cases using a combination of both image and text could be the best way to go about it, for instance in the case of Tooltip.
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The identity of two Irish immigrants who are part of the iconic "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" photograph, which depicts laborers eating lunch 69 stories above Manhattan sitting only on a hanging beam, were revealed by an Irish filmmaker in 2013.
Séan Ó Cualáin, a filmmaker from Connemara in Co. Galway, believes that two Irish immigrants, Matty O'Shaughnessy and Sonny Glynn, both now deceased, are the bookends on the famous steel girder.
The Irish emigrants' sons Pat Glynn, 75, and Patrick O'Shaughnessy, 77, both Boston residents, are adamant that their fathers, two brothers-in-law -- are the two men at either end of the famous shot.
"Pat (Glynn) was working and noticed the picture. He saw his father looking right back at him holding the bottle," Ó Cualáin told the Irish Voice.
"He went to his cousin like a child with a new toy and said his found his father."
Glynn is wearing a hat on the right end of the beam, staring directly at the camera; he has a bottle in his left hand.
"When O'Shaughnessy saw the image he said that was the picture his father always spoke about it but at the time it wasn't an important photograph."
O'Shaughnessy was the man on the left end of the beam, getting a light for his cigarette.
The two emigrants had left Shaneaglish in Galway in the 1920s destined for a new life in America. They ended up working alongside one another on a construction job at New York's Rockefeller Center.
"Economics drove those men onto the beam in the middle of the Great Depression. Millions of people now look at that picture all over the world," says Ó Cualáin.
"It sounds strange but their story adds up," added O'Cualain, who runs Sonta Productions from his native Galway.
The black and white image was captured on September 29, 1932 by photographer Charles C. Ebbets as the group of men took their lunch break atop a steel girder 69 floors up on the Rockefeller Center.
As their worn work boots dangled over the edge, the New York skyline provided the backdrop with Central Park in the distance. The picture would later run in the Sunday edition of the New York Herald Tribune.
The true identities of the 11 workmen are largely unknown, although several people have come forward claiming a family connection.
The two cousins made the journey down from Boston where they took a trip to the observation deck on the 70th-floor Rockefeller Center, to gaze at the same view their fathers had enjoyed during their long work days, almost 80 years previously.
"They were honest workers trying to make an honest wage," reflects Ó Cualáin.
"This was just one day in their fathers' lives and they are happy that people respect and appreciate their hard work."
The Galway filmmaker first heard about the Irish immigrant involvement in the picture from a friend who had seen a signed copy of the print hanging in a Galway pub.
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Celebrity breakups of 2012
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On 7 April, PAHO will celebrate World Health Day under the theme of Urbanization and Health. As part of this celebration, PAHO is launching the I Hispano-American and Inter-American Contest of Best Practices in Urbanization and Health.
The Call for Submissions will be open from 10 February to 19 March, 2010. We kindly request your collaboration in sharing this announcement with other social, governmental, non-governmental and private groups and institutions that are involved in projects and initiatives that contribute to urban health and encourage them to participate in the contest.
We also request that this announcement be disseminated as much as possible since our goal is to have at least one Best Practice experience entry per each one of the main cities in the region. Five of the Best Practices in Urbanization and Health will be awarded a prize and we hope that one of them is presented by you.
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Shaw seeks re-election to Glendale Common Council
JoAnn Shaw will seek re-election to her 6th District seat on the Glendale Common Council on April 3.
Shaw, a licensed customer service manager at the Derek Parker Agency of American Family Insurance, lives at 5792 N. Argyle Ave., with her husband.
She has a bachelor of science in business administration and a certification in Human Resource Management from Cardinal Stritch University. She was first elected to the council in April 2006.
Council members serve two-year terms and earn $2,700 a year.
Crews clear crash that closed right lane of NB I-43 at Brown Deer Road
Crews have cleared a crash that closed the right lane of northbound Interstate 43 at Brown Deer Road. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office responded.
West Allis-West Milwaukee taps Shorewood superintendent for top spot
Shorewood School District Superintendent Marty Lexmond was appointed superintendent of the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District by the school board Wednesday.
He will start July 1, but will start visiting West Allis-West Milwaukee schools next week to meet and interact with teachers, staff and students.
Building relationships is a prime goal to enhance teamwork and in identifying a path for the future, Lexmond said.
West Allis-West Milwaukee will give him the opportunity to use skills he has acquired in both suburban and urban education, he said. The district has strong elements of both and he is excited to address its challenges, he said.
Lexmond will succeed Kurt Wachholz who retired late last summer.» Read Full Article
Burglary suspects flee police in Brown Deer, crash car in Whitefish Bay
Brown Deer — Five teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 were arrested after allegedly burglarizing a house in Brown Deer, leading police on a high-speed chase through the North Shore and eventually crashing into a light pole in Whitefish Bay.
A Brown Deer resident called police at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday to report a burglary at a neighbor's house in the 8500 block of N. 66th St. Brown Deer police arrived in time to see two vehicles flee the scene of the burglary. One of the vehicles fled into Milwaukee, where officers stopped pursuing the car after the chase exceeded 100 miles per hour. Police later learned the vehicle was stolen.
The other vehicle, which was also stolen, led police east on Brown Deer Road, then south on Lake Drive before it drove over police stop sticks on Lake Drive in Fox Point, Whitefish Bay Police Chief Michael Young said. When the vehicle started to slow down, four teenagers bailed from the vehicle and were arrested, Young said.
The 17-year-old driver continued driving south on Lake Drive, turning right onto Henry Clay Drive and crashing into a light pole just east of Whitefish Bay Middle School. The driver attempted to flee on foot, but was caught by officers less than 30 seconds after the crash, Young said.
No one was injured during the incident, which involved collaboration between officers from Brown Deer, Bayside, Fox Point, Whitefish Bay and Glendale.» Read Full Article
Glendale mayoral candidates will debate city issues tonight
Glendale mayoral candidates Bryan Kennedy and JoAnn Shaw will participate in a candidate forum tonight.
The forum, hosted by the North Shore Republican Club, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 in the community meeting room of the North Shore Library, 6800 N. Port Washington Road. Candidates will respond to a series of questions from a moderator, as well as questions from the audience.
Initial Reaction Podcast: Is Diamond Stone the greatest ever?
The guys look back at state-tournament weekend for boys basketball and examine state titles for Dominican, Brown Deer and Young Coggs Prep, plus another great run for Germantown. And how sweet will the round of 16 be for the Wisconsin Badgers?
The Sprint Episode Three: WIAA state basketball tournament retrospective
The WIAA state basketball tournament featured a number of local entrants, with two bringing home gold balls and another grabbing silver:
- See all the photos from state tournament weekend.
- Fourth estate: Dominican becomes the second-ever program to win four consecutive state titles, including a stunning 93-point performance against Regis in the state semifinal.
- Germantown's three-year reign atop the mountain came to an end at the hands of mighty Stevens Point.
- Stevens Point looked a lot like recent Germantown teams in knocking the king from the throne ... will the programs collide again?
- Stevens Point coach Scott Anderson and Germantown helmsman Steve Showalter exchange roles.
- Brown Deer is bringing home gold again after repeating as Division 3 state champion.
- Greendale fell to Rice Lake in the Division 2 semifinals, a team boasting McDonald's All-American Henry Ellenson.
- West Allis Central also ran into Stevens Point in Madison.
- The Initial Reaction podcast asks if Diamond Stone is the best the state has ever seen and looks back at state weekend.
Whitefish Bay native finishes 46th in Iditarod
Whitefish Bay native Laura Allaway finished her first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 21.
Allaway, who has worked with sled dogs in Alaska since 2007, finished the 1,000-mile race in 12 days, 3 hours, 3 minutes and 54 seconds. She took 46th place.
For more information on Allaway, check out this Whitefish Bay Now story from January.
New bus route running through Brown Deer
The Milwaukee County Transit System started a new bus route in Brown Deer on Sunday, March 22.
Route 276 is a new route that provides service from Park Plaza and Brown Deer, to Green Bay Road, to Cherrywood Lane primarily along Brown Deer Road. The area contains several office and industrial businesses that do not have transit service. Route 276 will run weekdays from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The new route and schedule are available to view on RideMCTS.com.
Proud Brown Deer boys basketbal team claims second state title
Last year's WIAA Division 3 title for the Brown Deer boys basketball team was an historic first-time event full of hugs, tears and a sense of accomplishment.
This season's impressive repeat championship, claimed March 21 at the Kohl Center in Madison with a 74-60 victory over Appleton Xavier, was also an historic accomplishment. But this time, the hugs were a bit more reserved and the tears of happiness were replaced by proud smiles.
"No less fun, no greater feeling," said veteran Falcons athletics director Mike Novak.
In short, this was something the 25-4 Falcons felt that they had earned after erasing an early 7-0 deficit to the Hawks (24-4) and steadily building a margin that was as large as 23 points in the second half.
"We came into it confident," said senior power forward Zack Baun, a starter on last year's champions. "If anything, we were more hungry than last year. We knew we had to get going because we had something to defend."» Read Full Article
Brown Deer boys basketball team heads back to state title game
Brown Deer boys basketball coach Kelly Appleby is a big fan of the 1990s juggernaut Chicago Bulls' squads and Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson.
Jackson trusted his players and so let them play through bad moments, and Appleby tends to follow that model, as he did in his team's 62-50 in the WIAA Division 3 state semifinal March 20.
When top-ranked in state Prescott sliced an 8-point Brown Deer lead down to one at 25-24 early in the third quarter at the Kohl Center in Madison, Appleby trusted the defending state champs' skill and instincts.
Turned out, he was right to do so, as this is what happened in the next 1:39:
Forward Jordan Milam earned a 3-point play, and after a turnover, guard Craig Schimenz drained a 3-pointer. Donovan Lucas hit a floater in the lane, and Lewrenzo Byers knocked down two free throws.» Read Full Article
Dominican overwhelms Regis in state semifinal
You could say Eau Claire Regis' unbeaten run through the 2014-15 boys basketball season didn't even make it back to the court after halftime.
Whitefish Bay Dominican (24-3), on a mission to win its fourth consecutive state championship, delivered a resounding performance in the state semifinal at the Kohl Center in Madison on March 19, burying the Ramblers with precise shooting in the first half and pulling away for a 93-54 victory.
The win was the precursor to the Knights' championship game victory over Mineral Point on March 21.
Diamond Stone, who has averaged 19 points and close to 12 rebounds in his six previous state-tournament games, continued to solidify his legacy in state hoops history with 33 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks.
Perhaps even more impressively, his teammates couldn't miss from the perimeter, notably senior guard Austin Moutry (4 for 5 from 3-point range, 16 points).» Read Full Article
Truck being hauled by military convoy strikes overpass in Mequon
A box truck atop a flatbed truck in a military convoy traveling through Mequon was knocked onto Interstate 43 on Wednesday afternoon when it struck the Port Washington Road overpass as the flatbed operator drove beneath the bridge, the sheriff's office said.
No one was injured in the accident, reported shortly after 3 p.m. in the southbound lane. The incident caused the full and partial closure of the lane until about 5:30 p.m., according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
It appeared that only minor damage was caused to the overpass bridge. A DOT inspector will determine if the structure is safe, according to a news release from the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office.
As authorities investigated the accident another crash involving two vehicles occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 94 at Port Washington Road, resulting an injury to one person that is not life-threatening, according to the release.
Atwater Park is getting new playground equipment this year
Shorewood — Work is underway on a new playground at Atwater Park.
The village's Department of Public Works began dismantling the existing playground on the north end of the park Wednesday morning to make way for a new playground of the same size. The Shorewood Village Board on Monday approved a $100,000 contract with Northland Recreation to build the playground.
The wood chips on the existing playground will be replaced with a rubber surface to make it accessible for wheelchairs and people with physical disabilities. The playground will also feature several ramps, which will make all levels of the structure accessible by wheelchair.
The playground will have a nautical explorer theme, with a ship mast, helm and catwalk bridge and a ship that rocks back and forth. The playground will also feature time-tested favorites like slides, ladders and monkey bars.
The playground is expected to be finished by the end of May - just in time for the Shorewood Men's Club chicken barbeque event on June 13. Atwater Beach also opens to the public on June 13.
Mequon police identify woman killed in grocery lot as driver's wife
caused him to run over his elderly wife in the parking lot of a Sendik's grocery store in Mequon, police said Tuesday.An 87-year-old man apparently suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel that
Lorraine T. Winter, 85, of Milwaukee, died in the accident, which occurred just after 3:30 p.m. Monday at the store at 10920 N. Port Washington Road, according to a police news release.
The driver of the vehicle was her husband, Henry J. Winter, who remained hospitalized "as it appears he had some sort of medical event which possibly led to this unfortunate tragedy," the news release stated.
The vehicle was in reverse when it struck the parked vehicles and then accelerated forward and struck Lorraine Winter, whom investigators at the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office later determined had died from multiple blunt force injuries in the accident.
Police continue to investigate, and said in the release they not intend to seek criminal charges.
Mequon-Thiensville hires new bus company
Mequon — The Mequon-Thiensville School District hired Riteway Bus Service to provide transportation services next school year.
The contract approved by the School Board Monday night will result in $240,000 in savings in the first year. The bid required gas prices to become Riteway's responsibility, with additional savings realized by the district if fuel prices continue to remain low. Riteway will use all new vehicles with GPS units and camera units installed in all vehicles.
In November, the district released a request for proposal for the provision of transportation services for a term of three years. After reviewing the proposals, a transportation committee recommended the proposal from Riteway Bus Service. Riteway's contract also includes improved performance language, penalties for late buses, and specific requirements for regular drivers.


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The restored Ambassador Hotel is located in downtown Milwaukee, close to Marquette University, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, and Bradley Center. Also nearby are Milwaukee Art Museum and Miller Park. With its ideal location in the city center, the Ambassador is also near train and metro stations, shopping, a ferry terminal, a medical center, and a convention center. A complimentary downtown shuttle service is available for guests.Hotel Features.
The Ambassador Hotel - Milwaukee preserves the original Art Deco style that has made it a Milwaukee landmark since the 1920s. The hotel features many of the hallmarks of Art Deco design, including, marble and terrazzo floors, stylized polished nickel sconces, bronze elevator doors, ornate plasterwork, and authentic memorabilia, including original Envoy Lounge drink menus.
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Amenities featured in the 132 guestrooms include speakerphones, air conditioning, and coffee/tea makers. In addition, amenities available on request include refrigerators and turndown service, minibars, clock radios, and slippers. Flat-panel televisions with premium TV channels and ESPN are available in guestrooms. Business-friendly amenities include complimentary wired and wireless Internet access, multi-line phones. All guestrooms provide sofa beds and desks. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, and designer toiletries. Guestroom services include in-room massage and wake-up calls.
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Back then it was a major pain to get the Dark Mod to install and properly operate on Linux. This was due to the game having had *very* specific ideas on where to install stuff, and the defaults where the game expected its media did not fit my file system structure (e.g., all my games are at /mnt/data/games, not /usr/local/). Sadly, symbolic links did not work at all. Also to select a campaign one would have to select it ingame (which would apparently copy some files around?) and then restart the game, which would only work spuriously etc.
I think I read back in the days that the open source engine release would offer you the opportunity to rework the whole file system stuff to work "as expected" (unzip game and/or new campaigns wherevery you want, start, play). Any chance this already happened?
The installation now only needs one directory /home/username/.doom3/darkmod/ and all the FMs are only under /home/username/.doom3/darkmod/fms/ and no longer copied on "install". The mod itself also does no longer restart to install/uninstall a mission, it just reloads all the assets. This fixes issues with duplicate files and directory confusion.
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Pasta with Italian Sausage, Roasted Red Peppers, Olives and Goat Cheese
I don't normally plan a meal for Friday nights when I meal plan for the week. I use that night to clean up leftovers from the fridge. I don't post about my Friday night dinners too often but every once in a while they turn out pretty good. This time I found a single Italian turkey sausage in my freezer and half of a red pepper, some olives and some goat cheese in the fridge. I immediately thought of using them in a pasta dish. Pasta is a great medium for finishing off odds and ends as it is a glue that binds all of the ingredients together. I knew that I would have to roast the red pepper for some extra flavour. I like balsamic vinegar with roasted red peppers and with goat cheese and so it was in. With that I had a quick and tasty pasta dish using odds and ends from my fridge. This recipe is only for one but you could easily double it or quadruple it.
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1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
MIDDLETON — On Wednesday, Jan. 16, the power point presentation about Governor Wentworth and the education they provide for grades 7 through 12 was well received, notwithstanding some comments from residents who would prefer to see a new AREA Agreement worked out with Farmington. Those opinions were amicably discussed, including the information that suggestions have been made that a similar presentation be made for Farmington and any other schools being investigated. Other issues of concern are the transportation of students and whether students near graduation would be given the option to graduate from Farmington if another school becomes the one approved by the voters.
The School Board continues to strive to provide residents with information on their labors. To do that, new links have been added to the Middleton town website. There is now a School District tab which links to School Board minutes and to a 'Frequently Asked Questions' page. The "Send Us Comments" option is also available to send them questions, comments or suggestions.
Several interesting items were covered at the last Selectmen's meeting. Kat Pollard, President of the newly founded Middleton Food Pantry, along with Pastor Cliff McMullen requested approval to use the Town Hall 'vault' for storage space. The Selectmen gave provisional approval to look into it, noting that John Mullen and Cheryl Kimball confirmed that it is now confirmed that the Town has received a grant to do an assessment of the Old Town Hall. The report will cover such issues as recommended stabilization of the structure, regaining use of the second floor, and preservation of the Town Hall as a historic landmark. While the Food Pantry is not yet operational, anyone with questions or a desire to volunteer any kind of assistance should contact Kat at (603) 539-2588. Jon Hotchkiss reported that the Town's Hazard Mitigation Plan has been received and is on file at the Municipal Office.
The Police Blog (Middletonnhpolice.blogspot.com) posted 1/19 has some sobering statistics on how crime has increased in our own backyards. An effort will be made to more closely match the dates of the Police Log to the reports on the BlogSpot. Additionally, from the Police Department comes a warning (in spite of the frigid nights) to keep your cars locked to prevent theft.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Style points don't matter. Hockey East points do.
Austin Block made a bid to win the game in the waning seconds of the third period, but UVM goalie Brody Hoffman turned aside the shot from the slot.
UNH pulled even at 8:53 of the second period with its fourth power-play goal in two games when van Riemsdyk's shot from just inside the blue line snuck past Hoffman.
UNH went 3 for 8 on the power play in Friday's 4-3 win with 11 shots. It was the first time the Wildcats had as many as three power-play goals in a game since Dec. 5, 2010.
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Cape Town. Show day.
On throwing back the hotel drapes this morning I was greatly relieved to observe static palm trees around the spa pool, much in contrast to their head-banging activities of the past couple of days. The gale-force winds appear to have blown themselves out, leaving us a tranquil (and noticeably hotter) day in which to stage our rock extravaganza in safety. Another meteorological bullet dodged.
I had breakfast with an old friend who I know from R.E.M. days which was a welcome brush with reality. We didn't actually leave the hotel but it was a gesture at least towards having some contact with the outside world. All too soon though I was back in a van and stadium-bound. My band-related duties were relatively light today, as we'd pretty much confirmed today's set list and strategy last night. Tonight's show is being broadcast to Africa (though only on the radio, which is me off the hook) so the band came in to soundcheck and for a brief rehearsal with Yvonne Chakka Chakka, a South African singer who was to duet with them for one song (if indeed it is possible to duet with four other people).
Somewhat more prosaic activities filled my afternoon, mostly concerned with the next leg of the 360 tour. I figured out my flight routings to South America (a wise man gets this sorted out early, as there are limited numbers of flights, so with the quantity of us all trying to go on the same dates it can end in tears if you dilly dally). There was also Brazilian visa stuff to do (no visas for Chile or Argentina, just for Brazil for some wonderfully random reason) and also this years U.S. visa application (no visas needed for Canada though... again wonderfully random). I was also planning on turning in my receipts for this leg but when it came to it I just couldn't be arsed. This is a little atypical for me, but I suspect I won't be the only person trying to cash African Rand cab receipts with our tour accountant when we get to Chile.
After the show there was a soiree on the roof of the Hotel Overdone. We were jokingly calling it the end of tour party, even though we've only done two shows on this leg. I managed to locate my guests and spent a couple of hours hanging out, ending up at a table with Michael Mittermeier, his wife & his manager. Michael is a German comedian & a friend of the band (I can't remember now how they met exactly, but I do know that at a show in Germany on the Joshua Tree tour, Michael was the guy Bono pulled out of the audience to play guitar. Whether this helped instil a desire to follow a career in comedy, we'll never know for sure. They're a very pleasant bunch and we were having a splendid time when Bono arrived and in keeping with the last time we spent an evening together (in Munich, I dimly recall) he decided that whiskey was the order of the night. The single malt arrived and rather nice it was too.
Shortly after the whiskey drinking began, I realised I'd left my phone in my room and should go and retrieve it (perfectly normal tour phone separation anxiety). I made my way down a couple of floors to my room, found my phone and then... well, I just saw this great big bed made up and ready to go. It was 2.30am, the bed was turned down, pillows plumped, the lighting was soft, and the giant plasma screen set to "ambient media" producing something sounding akin to Enya on Quaaludes. I was a bit knackered and the lure of the pillow exceeded my will to resist, so I just got into bed, giggling with delight, without so much as a 'gute Nacht'.
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Hi Willie, as a subscriber I was so happy for having the privilege to listen to the show in Cape Town in real time. I was very thrilled to be part of such a special global event. When listening to "I Still Haven;t Found..." I was amazed by the duet with the South African singer Yvonne Chakka Chakka. With her strong voice she really put a lot of soul in the music. It is also great that you mention U2;s longtime friendship with the German comedian Michael Mittermeier. On TV I once heard Michael talk about his luck to play guitar together with U2 on the Joshua Tree Tour. This performance must have been the beginning of a great relationship. I also know that he wrote a book called "Achtung Baby" (it deals with fatherhood). On YouTube you can see a very funny video where he presents this book in a comedy show. Thanks for this great diary entry! Gute Nacht, Willie!
23 February, 2011
The wee small hours
Oh, Willie, how much I enjoy your tales. Makes me feel like being a fly on the wall every time. Even more so when you write about the charming twist of fate that brought together Michael Mittermeyer and U2 so many moons ago, leading to an ongoing friendship. The man himself has spoken about the event numerous times and it drew me even more into loving the band, thinking that anything is possible with these four humble, amazing guys that form U2. Thank you so much for sharing the magic with us mere mortals. :-)
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4. The King's Dagger
This blade is enchanted, great-grandfather said. While you bear it, no evil men or Orcs can harm you. She wasn't sure she believed him, but every day she carried it, its slim weight tugging at her belt as she gathered berries or wood, herded the goats, fed the chickens. Although the red damask hilt had faded, the black blade could cut through green wood like butter.
That day, she must have been daydreaming. The men approached so quietly that she heard nothing until a voice said, "Don't be afraid, mistress."
Startled, she whipped out the dagger and whirled to face the threat. Two young men, tall, dark-haired, their weaponless hands raised in a gesture of peace, stood at the garden gate.
"Rangers!" she said, thrusting the blade toward them. "What do you want?"
"A warm place for the night," said one.
She walked toward them, the knife clenched before her. She stopped short of their reach, the fence between them, and stared into their faces. "Why are you here?"
"We mean no harm," the man said. "We will work for your trouble."
They stood patiently, hands raised, unmoved, until the dagger caught the glance of the taller one. His eyes lit in recognition.
She pointed the black blade at his chest, firming her grip. "It is a magic blade," she said warningly, "a gift from the king for our service. Beware, if you intend evil here."
"Many years ago, then," said the man. "A great honor."
The respect in his voice surprised her. "You know of the Old Kings?" she said.
"We do." His steady, clear eyes held her gaze. "And of the power of such blades against harm."
He speaks true, she thought with wonder. He knows. "All right, then," she said, lowering her arm. "You may come in."
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Chapter 1. The Dark Clouds
1.0. The Awakening
January 1th, 1936 06:00 AM.
The president Niceto-Alcala has just awoken. The New Year party have been moderate, lasting only until 02:30 AM, but his age has started to show, his head was dizzy and didn't understand at first why he have awaken at such early hour in the first place. After a minute, he decided to open the windows of his apartment, in order to get some fresh air.
Winter in Madrid was mild compare to other european capitals, especialy the northern ones, but some snow was falling.Niceto look at the snow getting on trees and houses for half an hour, enjoying the scene of snow flakes falling down, getting blowed up by the wind, then falling down again, only to get melted onto the warm street. Then an ideea strike his mind, allowing him to see the truth : the lifes of men are the same as the snow flakes, eventualy melting away after some useless flying. As an eminent scholar, an ilustrious writer and thinker he has indulged himself to some most primitive and instinctual needs, greed and self preservation.
After been president of Spanish Republic for five years, since the king Alphoso XIII has abdicated in 1931, he couldnt present even to himself any kind of acomplisment. Changing eight governments in these time he only did a game of preserving his power at all cost, at the expenses of the country. By manipulating the republicans against the right wing, the socialist against conservators, the liberals against the syndicates, he had only keep his post.
In 1934 those politics maneuvres have made the situation bad enough that the asturian miners revolted, seizing the town of Oviedo. Only the intervention of the army, led by general Franco, manage to settle things, at the expenses of some hundreds of human lifes.
This brutal intervention of autorities have manage however to prevent another revolt, in Catalonia.
After remembering all these, the president knew that he couldn't get another mandate, nor did he wanted anymore. But still, just less than two months until the elections, he can try to do something good for the country, to redeem at least in his own eyes. He telephone immediately his friend and head of the government, Manuel Portella, and ask him to call a government meeting, at Palacio Nacional, 11:00 AM.


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Could steam do the same if they fail? (And I really doubt they will fail)
It's a publisher coiche, not Valve's one.
Requirement of third party software to download and play game is not DRM anymore?Steam doesn't impose any drm
Earth 2160 retail version works In SP without requiring internet connection, unless you want to play MP. Steam version works otherwise.If you buy the box of the game, most probably, will need to stay connected the same way if you purchase the game on steam.
And you can do the same thing with retail versions of game, without need of installing a third party software like Steam, which also creates additional problems. Search a bit and you find a loads of topics how people have problem with backup games or playing in offline mode.As many people said before, Valve games just need a one-time activation, and you can activate them everywhere you want as many times as you want, then you can happily play offline as many times you want.
Could steam do the same if they fail? (And I really doubt they will fail)
It's a publisher coiche, not Valve's one.
First, you can buy plenty of Steam games over the counter to get real DVDs with the files on them. After you install, if just launches Steam to authenticate. So your point about wanting a real CD is nonsense, what matters is the type of DRM present not the way you get the files.
2nd, if Earth 2160 doesn't work in SP without a connection in Steam, then you should complain to the makers of that game. Steam absolutely supports this, but they can't fix crappy code that the game developers make for them. It sounds like they just did a bad job of porting the game onto steam.
3rd, it's absolutely true that Steam gives Valve a lot of control. If you don't trust them, then it would be a scary system. But honestly they've been friendlier to gamers than pretty much any other gaming company over the past decade, so when they say that they will free the DRM if the company ever goes under I actually believe them. Their founder has actually said he hates DRM but they just have to have it or no one will publish any games through Steam. I would be nervous about a steam system run by EA or Ubisoft. I'm not with Valve.
4th, Steam doesn't install any spyware, rootkits, ect. which automatically makes it better than most forms of DRM you find in windows games. The fact that they let you run your account's games from multiple computers also makes it a lot better than most of their competition, who will start locking you out if you activate a game too many times. And I've never had a problem with stability, another common problem with DRM that steam doesn't seem to have. So while I agree that Steam has the <B>potential</B> to be a bad system, calling it the worst DRM in existence is ridiculous. Nonsense.
They absolutely do not have to do that (that I know of) and I'm pretty sure that that information is not present on retail boxes of various games. By Valve putting that information there, I know what has 3rd party DRM and so that I can choose not to purchase any such crap.
I already gave my arguments a long ago. If only you'd have bothered to read them... But you have also forgot why people are against drm in the first place.
But oh well... Steam has been around since the p3 days and the 56k days.
Anyway, even for the purist FLOSS advocates I have a reason to get Steam: where are you going to get the data files for quake, doom, wolfenstein and duke nukem 3D from for which the code is released as GPL? Guess for how much money Steam is offering this without drm and copy protection?
All I can say... No I am not going to even bother calling you faul names for your complete lack of practical insight and your lack of IQ...
I want to know if a Linux game from steam will work in the windows steam. I like the idea of having a game that works on both platforms.
You don't really buy the game files with Steam, but the right to download the title whenever/wherever you want.


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And the rules set out by developers also makes a lot of sense in a technical POV. They are required in order to make companies and enthusiasts cooperate. That is what makes Linux successful. Linus himself has clearly stated several times that the license was chosen from a technical stand point and not to save the whales. The freedom is kind of accidental, but a pretty nice bonus IMO.The thing is, the Linux idea is based on some rules the developers agree on - for simplicity lets say it's what the GPL contains.
How about reversing your statement and say "If a user doesn't agree with that idea, he should user another OS".
Or use an OS with a BSD licence or Windows, whatever. There are plenty alternatives.
Either way Nvidia will loose and I feel sorry for all their hard working engineers. Nvidia does make awesome hardware. Linus middle finger was hopefully not aimed at them.
And I agree with that statement. If for some reason I can't use a particular piece of hardware that I want to use on some OS, that OS gets wiped from my hard drive and I use an alternative that "just works". And the fact is, that's where the consumer's preference has been: operating systems where their hardware works out of the box.The thing is, the Linux idea is based on some rules the developers agree on - for simplicity lets say it's what the GPL contains.
How about reversing your statement and say "If a user doesn't agree with that idea, he should user another OS".
Or use an OS with a BSD licence or Windows, whatever. There are plenty alternatives.
Linux is at best a decent operating system associated with a mediocre application stack and an excellent total cost of ownership. It's precisely the latter of the three that has caused it to be popular in some markets. Linux was far, far inferior to Solaris in the server space, but its associated cost advantages (especially with commodity hardware) made it preferable. On the desktop, Linux is a failure and mediocre in every way. And if Google wanted to fess up the investment, they could easily convert Android over to a BSD or something else and have a mobile OS that is just as technologically capable as Linux if not superior. Android is largely successful because it's not beholden to GPL insanity and FOSS fanatics.
It took YEARS for many commercial entities to dip their toes into the Linux pool after being scared away by the fanatics. It's kind of getting tiring hearing all of the complaints about how hardware X isn't supported in Linux and software company Y won't support Linux and etc., etc., etc. Maybe it's time to look inside and see if there's anything inherent in the platform that makes it unattractive to a wide swath of businesses. Because if there is, then that makes Linux based around an inferior philosophy with limited potential. (Demonstrably proven in the desktop space.)
JMO of course.
There's no doubt that there are people out there that would love to kill proprietary drivers. I love Linux of course but if I couldn't use my NVIDIA video driver for whatever reason, it gets wiped from my disk and I go with the 99% of the world that actually uses their computers as a means to an end.
don't think of non-free/closed-sourced/proprietary vs free/open-sourced/mine , think of it as magic vs science
gpu's are complicated beasts, to write a good open driver one needs to know how such a thing works
slightly off topic but has anyone got the hdmi audio working on an amd e-350 apu yet using the radeon driver?( oh wait no thats amd isn't it nvm )
Does Linux even have feature parity with ZFS yet? Nope. It's only been seven years now. And the ZFS code is 100% open source but since the licenses are incompatible, here we are with objectively inferior file systems in Linux.
Linux took off in the server space because it was free and ran on x86. That's just a fact. It had nothing to do with feature sets or FOSS principles.
Some nvidia "fans" who were "too happy" with complete lack of divers for Nvidia Optimus for Linux have even created the following funny site to show their respect to Nvidia: http://drivers-for-optimus.enodev.org/
For those not familiar with Russian, approximate translation of (foul language!) text to English could be like that:
There are no fucking drivers!
Put this shit to garbage bin.
Though corrected nvidia logo picture is what actually delivers.
Seriously. Nvidia should change their logo! When hardware comes without drivers and documentation it's exactly like that!
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Linux IS an extremely performant OS as proven by it being widely used in high performance computing (HPC), supercomputers/computing clusters (totally dominates here). The Linux devs take great pride in being performant as evident in this very video we are discussing were Linus goes on about an example of how Linux's pathname-lookup is faster than on anything else which was something the devs were micro-optimizing a while back to minimize cache misses while also making sure it scales perfectly.