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Lost Story: The Last Days of EarthUpdated 2 days ago TBD Single Player First Person Shooter
Lost Story: The Last Days of Earth - a sci-fi action adventure first-person game. The story takes place in a world that is not yet destroyed by the Seven...
The Source Engine is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. Its unique features include a large degree of modularity and flexibility, an artist-driven, shader-based renderer, accurate lip sync and facial expression technology, and a powerful, efficient and completely network-enabled physics system.
The Source engine was first shown to the world by being the power-horse behind the hugely anticipated Half-Life 2 which was released in late 2004. Since then the Source Engine has been upgraded with the release of such titles as Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Team Fortress 2 and the Left 4 Dead series to name a few.
Whilst it has been years since the release of the Source Engine they haven't yet unveiled a 'next-generation engine' as the Source engine is always updating and is just as relevant in the gaming world today if not more than when it debuted in 2004. It has been aided by the release of the free Source Development Kit (SDK) which include such features as HDR for developers to use in their projects. Hence the reasons stated we have yet to see 'Source Engine 2'.
On July 10th 2012, Valve released the 'Source Filmmaker' - a freeware client to allowed anyone to make movies inside the Source Engine. More information on the Source Filmmaker can be found here.
Below you can find a list of amazing features that the Source Engine boasts:
About Portal 2 with 2 comments by laakkone on Feb 1st, 2015
After Chell finished her turn going through 19 challenging tests surrounded by lethal testing
elements and crackpot AI GLaDOS, it is time for that again. This time a "few" years later.
"The Enrichment Center reminds you that the
Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to
stab you and, in fact, cannot speak." -GLaDOS
Test chamber 17 is originally from Portal 1. I decided to remake it into Portal 2 using elements of overgrown theme.
"In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice." -GLaDOS
So hurry up and find your way to the Steam Workshop page and hit Subscribe to order ticket back to Test Chamber 17 !
Regards, laakkone
Lost Story: The Last Days of Earth - a sci-fi action adventure first-person game. The story takes place in a world that is not yet destroyed by the Seven...
The project is created on the engine, Source, immediately tell you that it has no connection with the world of coca Half-life, but it was a project inspired...
Garry's Mod is a sandbox mod for the Source Engine. Unlike normal games there aren't any predefined aims or goals. Players are given tools and are left...
First-person roleplaying game, based on White Wolf's popular Vampire: The Masquerade pen-and-paper RPG. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines combines...
An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes...
Is this engine's even outdated? Cmon tell me.
Because it ISNT.
This engine is faar better than FreakBait3,Cryengine.
Just because it was created at 2004 it wasnt outdated yet.
No Im not a fanboy,so **** you who think i am.
See Ya.
It is by definition, outdated. As time goes on, technology standards change, tools improve, support improves. Source was designed to be very modular, which is why the engine you see today is still somewhat viable. But its clear you came here with a made mind, its clear you are a blind fanboy who only listens to the resources that gives him the answer he wants, and its clear you've never once developed anything with source.
Outdated =/= useless. But the tools are horridly out of date, and the overall workflow is not good for commercial development.
Look at all the facts, not just the ones you like.
i dont know so **** you
Hello out there, I am in the beginnings of creating a Terminator game, using the Source Engine. It takes place in the Future War shown in the 1984 film. Currently, I have only a friend and myself working on this project. We need help.
Anyone with experience and interest in contributing contact me for further details.
Thank you for your time.
Some people says that this engine was outdated....
Yeah,dipsh**s these days.
Anybody want to help with a game in Source SDK? (Need help with models, weapons, and textures. I'm all set with ,enus, GUI's, HUD and level design.)
ask me im makin a mod called operation kill gordon for half life 2 a recreation of all the half life games i started just a few weeks after the release of half life 2 im about 90% finished. i can help
Yay for Valve
Hi, there! I am new arround here, so can you tel me how to download source engine? thank you.
the sdk that you actually use to make maps/mods/games is free to anyone who owns half life 2 or many other source powered games on steam where it can be found under the tools tab
Wait how do you make a full fledged game? I only see the "Create a Mod" choice.
Highest Rated (16 agree) 10/10
Even tho it is aging and it is beginning to show its weakness comparred to other more modern engines, it is still my most preferred engine and the only one I was able to get into succesfully. And with all of the updates Valve is giving it, I think the source engine will be with us for a long time. I wouldn't really recommend this for a commerical product, just because there are so many more modern engines out there that will be a lot easier in the long run (like UDK), but all of the commercial games…
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Dude said he'd cover me. So now I just have to keep my fingers crossed that everything else will fall into place.
I was just looking at this the other day and was thinking of flying out for it. Maybe fly in on Saturday morning, hit the evening session, then do some sight seeing on Sunday (I've never been anywhere out east before), then fly out sometime on Monday. Anybody else thinking of going to the evening session?
Tickets go on sale noon on March 26th.
I still think I'm down.
Should make for an interesting night with Widespread Panic at Walnut Creek Amphitheater Saturday night.
The Baron will be flying AFAIK. Might be able to con BeeGeette into giving the South Wake chapter of GRABASS a lift. Shoehorning Walker and Dude into the back of the VUE was cool in a strictly platonic sort of way.
Dude, DO NOT let me forget to burn you some Shad-Rapp cd's.
How fast do tickets to this tend sell out?
I'd love to go ahead and grab a few ASAP when they go on sale, but I'm still waiting on the go-ahead from a few more people who'd be driving up from Charleston with me.
Are extra tickets fairly easy to dump at-cost on CL, just in case?
They usually sell out pretty quick, but there is never a problem selling them. I had to sell mine last year and within 10 minutes of posting the CL ad, I had 10 phone calls.
Tickets are currently on sale, make sure you get 'em while they're still available.
Evening session is already sold out.
I went ahead and picked up a block of tickets to the afternoon session. I guess it won't be a problem recouping expenses for anyone in my party that backs out.
Frink, did you run into any trouble selling your tickets? There's a lot of "non-transferable" speak in my confirmation email, but I don't see why it would be a problem just forwarding unused e-tickets to someone else.
3:05 and both sessions are sold out. Y'all weren't kidding about tickets going fast!


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"Clean Reader" Censorship App Sources Its Texts from Page Foundry – So Complain to Page Foundry, Not an App Store
UPDATE: As of 11:25 AM, 26 March 2015, Page Foundry has announced that they will no longer be providing the Clean Reader app with the Inktera bookstore catalog. Thank you to any and all readers who took the time to contact them and expression your opposition to the unauthorized alteration of authors' works. Original post follows.
TLDR: If you're upset about the "Clean Reader" app, which sells ebooks and then automatically censors words it deems offensive from the text (without the permission of authors or publishers), email the leadership of Page Foundry and ask them to stop supplying Clean Reader with its texts. Their contact information is as follows:
- Dan McFarland, CEO – firstname.lastname@example.com
- Kenton Bohn, Executive VP of Business Development – email@example.com
- Ron Nobles, VP of Strategic Planning – firstname.lastname@example.com
- Company front-facing email – email@example.com
If you're not sure what I'm talking about, or what to say to these fine gentlemen (and, potentially and hopefully, fine women, behind that company-wide address), read on!
First the background, for those who need to be brought up to speed: a truly odious team of mom-and-pop developers (literally) have come up with an ebook retailing app that automatically censors out "bad words" from the ebooks it sells. Depending on user settings, you can go from censorship as mild as just scrubbing the F-bombs all the way up to (and I'm not kidding) blanking out uses of "breast."
This was, to hear the developers tell it, their solution to their Precious Little Snowflake child being sad because a book she liked had bad words in it. Authors are, understandably, pissed (excuse me, "peeved") — to soothe this couple's delicate sensibilities and inability to have a fucking conversation with their child about what a word means and why a writer might choose to use it, their work is being modified without permission.
This is something we all should be offended by. Clean Reader's censorship in particular happens to be of an especially patriarchal, misogynist, and anti-sex variety — most of the censored words have to do with sex or bodies, especially women's bodies; the app replaces "vagina," "pussy," and "cunt" with "bottom," apparently on the theory that women's parts are especially naughty but everyone has butts so those are okay. (I also think it tells you a lot about the minds that wrote this app that their approved, non-offensive substitution for "nigger" is "Negro.")
But even if you have some sympathies with the developer's breed of morality (which, don't), you should at least be able to agree that retailers have no business censoring the entire body of a written work without the author's permission, even via a wink-wink-nudge-nudge endrun that inserts the censorship for the reader after the purchase has been transacted.
So by all means, snag the app (it's free) from the Apple or Android store and leave a bad review — it's soothing, moderately useful, and a good first step.
That said, Clean Reader can only exist because it sources its texts from Page Foundry's Inktera catalog, a collection of titles that Page Foundry sells to various distributors. Contacting them and expressing your concern that their works are being censored by one of their clients is a much more effective approach than contacting the developers or leaving a bad review.
Don't just get angry — get involved! Send an email to the leadership of Page Foundry, who can be conveniently reached at the following addresses:
- Dan McFarland, CEO – firstname.lastname@example.com
- Kenton Bohn, Executive VP of Business Development – email@example.com
- Ron Nobles, VP of Strategic Planning – email@example.com
- Company front-facing email – firstname.lastname@example.com
Be polite, be direct, and let them know that one of their clients is engaging in activity you find morally reprehensible. It sounds stupid, but this is how change actually gets made. They are reading and responding personally, at least as of this morning, when I got a very nicely written (but naturally noncommittal) reply from their CEO. So…write a fucking letter! You are also welcome to copy-paste the one I've written below, which I sent earlier today.
Sample letter follows:
To the Leadership of Page Foundry:
I am a concerned customer writing regarding your association with the "Clean Reader" app for mobile devices (http://www.cleanreaderapp.com/).
The Clean Reader app sources ebooks for sale from your Inktera bookstore, then applies a filter over words that the app deems offensive after a work is downloaded.
This is direct censorship without the approval of either the author or the publisher. It alters the text in a way they did not consent to, on behalf of the retailer's personal sensibilities.
Many authors have spoken out against this, writing far more eloquently than I could — I invite you to read Joanne Harris's thoughtful and detailed post on the subject (http://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/114425387366/why-im-saying-fuck-you-to-clean-reader).
Jennifer Porter also provides an excellent rundown of the filter's grievous flaws (http://www.romancenovelnews.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1167:my-clean-reader-app-experience&Itemid=53). Beyond being censorship, and inherently offensive to writers and readers, the app is making dangerously confusing substitutions, like replacing the word "vagina" with "bottom." This is both anatomically incorrect and suggests that a woman's vagina is somehow more "dirty" or "wrong" than a different part of her body, and it is only one of many examples of the Clean Reader app's damaging, misguiding, and unwanted substitutions.
I do not believe that Page Foundry should be in the business of supporting censorship. I strongly encourage you to sever ties with Clean Reader, and to deny them access to your catalog of works. Page Foundry has nothing to gain from association with a developer whose only stated purpose is to alter written works without the consent of authors or publishers.
Very Sincerely,
A Concerned Reader


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Though the offices of the Red Sox' baseball operations department were entirely full as the clock ticked towards midnight, the mood was a boisterous one. It seemed that everywhere that the Sox turned, signs of promise abounded.
On the field at Fenway Park, the Sox were busy handing the Yankees' lunch to them. The 7-0 win saw the continued dominance of Josh Beckett along with the third home run of the year from a potentially resurgent David Ortiz.
In Triple-A, Clay Buchholz was once again too good for an opponent, allowing one run in five innings to lead the PawSox to a 2-1 win. In Single-A Greenville, pitcher Hunter Strickland was shutting down a Rays affiliate, while a couple of the top power-hitting prospects in the Sox system, Anthony Rizzo and Will Middlebrooks, went deep in a 12-0 win.
It was a good day for the Red Sox as an organization on the field, but the most significant developments were taking place off of it. Hidden in the subterranean recesses of Fenway Park, the baseball operations staff was busy adding to the foundation of the Sox future.
Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft started on Tuesday. The Sox got to make their first three selections. In doing so, the team believes that it acquired some of the next players who will serve as the oil for the player development machine.
The Sox grabbed high-school outfielder Reymond Fuentes with a first-round pick (28th overall), right-hander Alex Wilson in the second round (No. 77) and multi-talented prep star David Renfroe in the third (No. 107).
"It's about as good a day as we can have," said Sox G.M. Theo Epstein (for audio, click here). "Now we'll just cross our fingers and hope we're saying the same thing about three years from now."
While it is difficult for the Sox or anyone else to project what might be happening a few years ago, there were quite a few insights that could be gleaned from the Sox' first three selections of the 2009 draft. Among them:
Reymond Fuentes
Fuentes, the first player taken in the first round out of Puerto Rico since 2000, was one of the fastest players in the draft. The 18-year-old confirmed the relevance of speed to his game.
"My strength is my legs," Fuentes said shortly after the Sox selected him with the 28th pick of the first round of the 2009 draft. "My game is slap the ball and start running… On defense, I have good range, and cover a lot of space and ground in the outfield."
Amateur scouting director Jason McLeod said that he has plus-plus speed, and was a sprinting champion in Puerto Rico. Fuentes received comparisons to a pair of Sox (current and past) centerfielders: Jacoby Ellsbury and Johnny Damon.
Former Red Sox infielder Alex Cora – now teammates with Carlos Beltran, Fuentes' cousin – offered the following assessment via text message:
"Beltran's cousin, Jacoby's clone," wrote Cora. "Saw him. He flies. Good level swing. Hard worker."
As they followed the 18-year-old, particularly this spring, the Sox began to see something more. Physically, the outfielder – who is a cousin of Carlos Beltran – began to develop this year. McLeod and G.M. Theo Epstein went to scout Fuentes in Puerto Rico in May, and at that time, his bat had advanced in noteworthy fashion.
"I thought his bat speed had improved from where he was at the beginning of the spring," said Epstein. "The ball was coming off his bat much better. He started to really interest us as a guy who was not just going to disrupt on the bases, who was not just going to flash a plus-plus run tool in centerfield, but who could really hit as well. For us, that pushed him up into the first round."
Alex Wilson
Perhaps it is a commentary on the anticipated success of pitchers coming off of Tommy John surgery that the Red Sox thought about selecting Alex Wilson in the 2008 draft. At that time, the right-hander was less than a year after he had undergone the procedure, and roughly a year removed from the last pitch he had thrown.
Wilson was instead taken in the 10th round by the Cubs, from whom he turned down a reported $600,000 signing bonus (second-round money in last year's draft) to pitch in the Cape League and to return to Texas A&M. Wilson, who moved from the rotation to the bullpen during the season, finished 6-6 with a 4.22 ERA. More impressively, he fanned 120 and walked 25 in 90 innings.
"At times, his fastball (a mid-90s offering) and curveball can be really overpowering," said McLeod. "He's a real bulldog competitor on the mound. We really like the repertoire that he brings."
Though Wilson finished the year as a reliever for the Aggies, the Sox will have him begin his pro career as a starter, as they have done with other top picks such as Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price in recent years. There, he will work on refining a changeup that will likely determine whether he can stay in the rotation or whether he will ultimately head to the bullpen.
The Sox said that Wilson received the blessing of their medical staff. Wilson seemed to have no concerns about his health for the long haul.
"I've got a new arm," he told the Charlestown (WV) Daily Mail. "You can't ask for much more than that. I'm completely healthy and I've felt that way the majority of the year."
David Renfroe
The storyline might sound familiar: talented, multi-sport player who is a) a gifted pitcher and shortstop with b) pro baseball bloodlines and c) a scholarship offer to an SEC school gets selected by the Red Sox.
In 2008, it was first-rounder Casey Kelly, a pitcher/shortstop/quarterback whom the Sox gave $3 million to convince him to begin his professional career rather than go to college at Tennessee.
In 2009, it is Red Sox third-round pick David Renfroe, a quarterback, pitcher and shortstop at South Panola High School in Mississippi (just south of Memphis) with a scholarship offer to Ole Miss.
Like Kelly, the Sox will probably have to pay a hefty premium to convince Renfroe to forego college. Unlike Kelly, the Sox would like to see Renfroe develop as a shortstop and third baseman, rather than a pitcher.
McLeod and assistant scouting director Amiel Sawdaye encountered Renfroe at last summer's Under Armour/Baseball Factory All-American Game at Wrigley Field. The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder struck out five hitters in two innings in the showcase game, but he also put on a show in batting practice and hit a homer in the game.
"We liked him, at that time as a pitcher. After watching him take (batting practice) that day, we were like, 'Wow, this guy swings the bat pretty good,'" said McLeod. "So this spring, we got to see him both pitch and hit. He did well at both."
"We fell in love with his athleticism," said Epstein. "Our scouts did a really thorough job with him as a position player and pitcher and really fell in love with the kid…There's a lot to like with this prospect. We see, as of right now, as we sit here today, his highest upside as a position player and potential impact bat."
The Sox had plenty of contact with and looks at Renfroe -- an 18-year-old whose father, Laddie, played four games for the Cubs -- including a workout at Fenway Park just last week. Renfroe fell in the draft due to signability concerns (the New York Post suggested that he might seek as much as a $3 million bonus), but the Sox likely would not have taken him if they didn't think they could come to terms with him.
Over the past couple of drafts, the Red Sox have loaded their system with young centerfielders and shortstops. And so, naturally, the team drafted a centerfielder and a shortstop with two of its first three picks.
In doing so, the team remained true to its mantra of taking the best player available. But the notion of stockpiling also represents another conviction of the Sox, namely that the club should take young, middle-of-the-field position players at every opportunity with the idea that they can always move them elsewhere at a later date.
"You can never have enough centerfielders and you can never have too many shortstops in the system," said Epstein. "If you're going to have a lot of players at a position, you want it to be in the middle of the field. These are young players we're talking about.
"As centerfielders mature, a lot of them move off and become right-fielders or if their bat comes into play, they play left-field as well. Whereas if you have a surplus on the corners, those guys can't really go anywhere."
In the lower levels of the Red Sox system, Fuentes joins the likes of Che-Hsuan Lin and Jason Place (Salem), as well as Greenville's Pete Hissey, as an athletic centerfielder.
"At the end of the day, we still line up our board by talent," said McLeod. "We never draft for need or on a position basis. (Fuentes) was the guy we really wanted."
Renfroe – whose size (6-foot-3, 205 pounds) raises some questions about his ability to stay at short for the long term – joins a group at short that features Derrik Gibson (likely to be assigned to Lowell), Oscar Tejeda in Greenville and Yamaico Navarro (currently injured) in Salem.
It was not long ago that Puerto Rico was a hotbed of baseball talent along the lines of the Dominican Republic. Roberto and Sandy Alomar, Carlos Delgrado, Carlos Beltran, Jorge Posada…
But in recent years, the talent pool coming from the island has been decidedly shallow. The development has been the subject of concern to players from Puerto Rico, and some befuddlement in scouting circles.
"We've discussed it on a couple of occasions at our Scouting Director meetings (of all 30 clubs) and it's (a situation) we can't really put our finger on," McLeod said. "Some say the Amateur Draft has hindered the talent pool some how and the kids there should be back in the International market but I find that hard to believe.
The challenges of scouting (Puerto Rico) are that they don't play a regular high school season. It's more like legion baseball down there so you're usually flying in for a workout and maybe one game on the weekend," he continued. "Needless to say, our area scout in Puerto Rico did a great job putting us in position to see Reymond play a lot and ultimately our evaluations and background on him gave us the comfort level to take him with our first pick."
In being selected first, Fuentes represents a milestone for Puerto Rico. Fuentes is the first first-rounder out of Puerto Rico since 2000, when the Jays took Miguel Negron with the 18th overall selection.
"Being in the first round from Puerto Rico is amazing. I'm very excited," said Fuentes. "I thank God everyday for giving me the tools to be a first rounder."
Puerto Rico has become a challenging scouting environment. There are few organized opportunities for high-school play (Fuentes played just 13 high-school games as a senior), and so teams must identify showcase events to monitor players in whom they are interested.
That being the case, it took a long commitment to Fuentes to get to the point where the Sox were comfortable taking him first. The Sox' area scout in Puerto Rico did just that, putting Fuentes on the team's radar two years ago. All spring, top Sox evaluators traveled to and from Puerto Rico to monitor Fuentes, until the club reached the point where it was not merely comfortable but thrilled to tab the centerfielder.
This marks the third straight year that the Sox have taken a player in the draft out of Puerto Rico, following shortstop Kenneth Roque (20th round, 2007) and Christian Vazquez (9th round, 2008). Prior to Roque's selection, the Sox hadn't taken a player out of Puerto Rico since 1997.
Fuentes is the cousin of Beltran, one of the great five-tool talents in the game. Renfroe is the son of a former major leaguer. Casey Kelly, taken in the first round last year, is the son of a former major leaguer with two family members (a father and brother) who work in pro ball. Daniel Bard, taken in the first round in 2006, has a father and uncle who played pro ball.
It should come as little surprise that those who grow up in and around the game have an advantage when it comes to cultivating their own playing skills. The Sox suggest that they do not value a baseball upbringing in its own right, but that it can serve as a favorable checkmark in player evaluation.
"Blood lines are always nice, but I think we try to assess makeup," said Epstein. "We try to assess the prospect for who he is as a person, try to get a feel for his personality and background, make sure there are no red flags…If you have blood lines as well (as sound makeup), that's always a leading indicator for success."
For weeks, many have suggested that high-school catcher Max Stassi seemed like a good fit for the Red Sox in the first round. The Sox certainly scouted him as if they agreed.
Stassi worked out at Fenway Park on Monday, and has been followed closely by the Sox for some time. But though he was available at the time that the Sox made each of their three selections, the team did not take him.
Signability was a major factor in Stassi's slide. According to the Appeal-Democrat (Yuba City, Calif.), Stassi's father Jim, a former pro catcher, said that it would take "top 20 money" to convince the catcher not to go to UCLA. Teams balked at that price.
"He would have gone in the (compensation round) if we had settled for (a) slot (value bonus)," Jim Stassi told the paper after he was contacted by the Rockies, Tigers, Cardinals and Rangers during the course of the draft. "(They asked) if slot was going to get it done, and we said no, he's going to school."
Of course, that doesn't mean that the Sox won't make a late bid to convince him to forego that commitment. A year ago, the Sox spent $2 million on fifth-rounder Ryan Westmoreland to buy him out of a commitment to Vanderbilt. So the possibility remains that the Sox could try to acquire a talent who was projected by many as a first rounder on day two of the draft.
"We spent plenty of time with him. At the end of the day, you still have to line up your board as you see it," said McLeod. "Max is someone that we think highly of. He's still out there. We'll see what the draft holds tomorrow. We did pay a lot of attention to him."
Rob Bradford contributed to this report.
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It was a decade of great heroes like Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh, and of passive leaders like Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. The exuberant freedom of flappers drinking bathtub gin and dancing the Charleston did little to counter such powers of oppression as the rapidly rising Ku Klux Klan. Only the fictional wealth of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby survived the stock market crash unscathed; by the end of the decade, the comic adventures of Charlie Chaplin's little tramp bore faint resemblance to the grim realities faced by countless destitute Americans.
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Here is a link that might be useful: Kentucky Beekeeping Associations
I may have some bee equipment to sell you. I've kind of moved back to Louisville but am keeping one hive on my property in Elizabethtown. I have lots of frames already made and may have some acceptable boxes.
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The folks in the bee business (exterminators in the know) can usually advise what's available in your area. I looked in the yellow pages to find one that captured my swarm and helped me put them in a box - although had my own empties.
They tell me that bees usually like the old, used hives better than nice newly painted, etc. hives. Of course, they probably should be cleaned thoroughly before use. I usually use a propane torch to clean off the frames and scorch the inside of the boxes before reintroducing to the bees, however.
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The increasing threat of improvised explosive devices (IED) in Iraq has led to widespread interest by Congress and the public regarding the availability of critical force protection equipment. GAO initiated a series of engagements under the Comptroller General's authority to address these concerns. In March 2006, GAO reported on factors that affected the production and installation of armor for the Army's medium and heavy trucks. This engagement examines issues affecting the production and installation of armor for the Marine Corps' medium and heavy trucks. The objectives were to (1) determine the extent to which truck armor was produced and installed to meet identified requirements, (2) identify what factors affected the time to provide truck armor, and (3) identify what actions the Marine Corps and DOD have taken to improve the timely availability of truck armor.
The Marine Corps met its requirements for the production and installation of add-on truck armor in September 2004--8 months after the requirements were identified in January 2004. In addressing its truck armor requirements, the Marine Corps used a three-phased approach. In the first phase, the Marine Corps validated its initial requirement in January 2004 to armor 1,169 trucks for protection against IEDs and other similar threats. Due to the immediacy of the need to deploy forces to Iraq by March 2004, the Marine Corps installed interim armor that did not provide sufficient IED protection, which Marine Corps officials acknowledged, stating that their intent was to field some level of protection until a more robust armor solution became available. In the second phase, the Marine Corps increased its armor requirement to 1,438 trucks in April 2004 and fully met that requirement in September 2004 with armor that provided enhanced IED protection. In the third phase, the Marine Corps is upgrading to integrated armor for its 7-ton trucks, which provides improved protection because the armor is built into the body of the vehicle. They expect to complete installation by May 2006. Two factors affected the timely production and installation of Marine Corps truck armor. First, a lack of a synchronized approach between the Marine Corps and the Army on addressing truck armor requirements and solutions resulted in the Marine Corps identifying its truck armor requirements and seeking armor solutions 2 months after the Army. Consequently, this delay may have limited the Marine Corps' ability to field interim armor that met IED protection requirements in the first phase, and may have contributed to the time to provide add-on truck armor to deployed Marine Corps forces in the second phase. The Marine Corps did not officially identify a requirement for truck armor and did not begin seeking out armor materials from industry until January 2004--2 months after the Army began its truck armor program in November 2003. According to Marine Corps officials, the armor-grade steel needed for sufficient IED protection was not available from suppliers in time to meet the Marine Corps' deployment timeline of March 2004. As a result, the Marine Corps fielded the interim armor with only limited IED protection. Second, mission needs restricted the rate at which the Marine Corps could replace its interim armor with add-on armor and install integrated armor. The Marine Corps and DOD have taken actions to improve the timely availability of truck armor and other critical wartime equipment. For example, the Marine Corps increased the rate of installation for integrated armor by expanding its armor installation capacity. The Marine Corps is alsotaking longer-term actions, such as developing a plan to address the availability of truck armor for future operations. In addition, DOD established a joint requirements process to improve coordination and accelerate the process of fielding urgent wartime solutions. However, it is unclear whether this process applies to urgent wartime needs such as armor because it excludes the development of new technology solutions.
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Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: As stated in its comments to this report, DOD believes the Army-Marine Corps Board (AMCB) and the Navy- Marine Corps Board (NMCB) address information sharing issues at the 3-star level. While the AMCB was not mature enough during the winter 2003/spring 2004 to influence the initial up-armor issue, DOD stated that it provides a suitable venue for similar topics, provides a means to share information, and meets the "spirit and intent" of the GAO recommendation. Consequently, DOD has planned no further actions to address this recommendation. However, as we stated in our report, while we agree that these Boards enhance the coordination between the two services, they represent an agreement between the services, initiated by the services. The intent of our recommendation is for DOD to develop a more comprehensive DOD-wide process that requires synchronization and coordination between the services in identifying common urgent wartime requirements and developing solutions to those requirements.
Recommendation: To ensure that the services make informed and coordinated decisions about what materiel solutions are developed and procured to address common urgent wartime requirements, the Secretary of Defense should direct the service secretaries to establish a process to share information between the Marine Corps and the Army on developed or developing materiel solutions.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: DOD is issuing a directive-type memorandum (DTM-10-002) to provide department-wide guidance on the JUON process, and this guidance addresses the intent of our recommendation. For example, the DTM clarifies that for cases where technology is not mature enough to fully resolve the identified need, developmental efforts shall be initiated concurrent with fielding a mitigating solution. According to DOD officials, the DTM is in final coordination within the department and is expected to be issued in 2010. Additionally, the Joint Staff, J8 is currently working on an update to CJCSl 3470.01, "Rapid Validation and Resourcing of Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUON) in the Year of Execution". According to DOD, that update will clarify, among other things, when and if the JUONS process can be used when materiel solutions require development of a new technology or capability.
Recommendation: To ensure that the services make informed and coordinated decisions about what materiel solutions are developed and procured to address common urgent wartime requirements, the Secretary of Defense should clarify the point at which the Joint Urgent Operations Needs process should be utilized when materiel solutions require research and development.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
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The macaroni was really good - creamy and tasty. I asked for some pepper and salt to spice it up, and the waitress also bought some Tabasco back with her, so I sloshed a bit if that on as well. The onion was barely cooked, still slightly crunchy. All good. Walked back to ...
A Tale of Two Cities
... So we stuck around. Of course no visit to Panama would be complete without seeing the great engineering feat that is the Panama Canal. It's 100 years old, inaugurated August 1914 and Panamanians voted in favour of the canals expansion in 2007. It may be a bit of a bore to see but like most museums, it's emotive history draws the crowds in. Accountable for the huge cultural mix in Panama today, workmen from all over the Caribbean, Americas and Europe came to ...
El Nica Pana
... Fidel Castro Jnr. Other than that our time in Panama City was spent preparing for our boat trip and organising all the essentials we would need as well as doing laundry. Although the San Blas archipelago is part of Panama we are going to write about the boat trip in our next entry with Colombia. Stay posted. Sarah Julian's corner: El Tunco in El Salvador was basically just a little stop over on the way to Nicaragua, I did have plans to give surfing a go but it was to rough ...
Panama Canal
... security with time to spare! Another surprise was when we arrived we were handed a card for free medical health care while we were in the country and it went up to US 7500 in costs as well as us 150 dollars a night for a hotel for up to ten days in the case of nursing as well as a ticket home. Free medical, we thought, this place must be rich! Driving towards Panama City, we were hit by how rich the place was, full of luminous high rises. Totally different to what my ...


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Business Wire: Samsung Mobile Expands NFC Capabilities with TecTile™ Version 3.0
Samsung's TecTile mobile application update offers more programmable settings, deeper app integration and the ability to program multiple commands to a single TecTile. DALLAS -- Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile) - the No.1 mobile phone provider in the United States and a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the No. 1 smartphone provider worldwide1 […]
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Analysis of detailed version of preliminary ITC ruling on Samsung complaint against Apple
A couple of days ago, the detailed version of the initial determination made by Administrative Law Judge E. James Gildea on Samsung's ITC complaint against Apple entered the public record. It spans 611 pages, not even counting the recommendations on remedies and bonding, and the attachments. Prior to the release of this document, only sparse […]
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We've received some interesting information from an insider at Carphone Warehouse suggesting that a black version of Samsung's Galaxy S III is in the works, and we're inclined to trust it. Here's our evidence, from the company's internal product database: Given this new leak from Carphone Warehouse, we're starting to think it's the former. When […]
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Stay next to the National Theater, the Culture House and Harpa.
Spacious 3 floor apartm. (2nd, 3rd and 4th) right in the city center surrounded with a variety of restaurants, bars and shops.On the 2nd fl. there is a half bathroom and a private entrance to the apartment.The 3rd fl. is divided into 1 bedroom with a double bed,1 living room,1 dining room and a kitchen.The 4th fl. is divided into 1 full bath, 1 laundry room and then a sleeping area with 1 double bed and the 2 single beds.The apartment has big windows and is very bright and has a unique view of the National theater, the Cultural house and a partial view of the harbor.Original artworks on the walls by two of Iceland's best known artists Hulda Hákon and Jón Óskar.Reykjavik's oldest and most splendid breakfast place the Grey Cat on ground floor open 7am-3pm/ 8am-3pm on weekends.
We stayed here with one other couple and found the apartment to be clean, spacious, well-equipped, and conveniently located in Reykjavik. It can be a little noisy on weekends late, but it never bothered us; in was a pleasant reminder that we are in a city and people are having fun! (a few broken bottles around the streets is always disappointing but nothing you don't see elsewhere). We felt very safe, even in darkness & late. Parking garage is close and ridiculously cheap. Grocery & Vinbuden within walking distance. Wifi worked great but we never used it for movies or anything. The one thing I would caution against is there are two flights of stairs, so maybe not a good thing for a much older couple who is lucky enough to still be traveling about. We loved the charm of the apartment, and the fact that there were two toilets. Fun seeing the kitties on occasion by our doorstep too!
We stayed here as a family, and could not have been more impressed. The owner is very helpful, and maintains good communication which gives you confidence. The location is perfect for exploring, with the central bus station a 5 minute walk away (all excursions leave from here), cafes and restaurants within easy access. The cafe downstairs was very convenient and the food was very good.
The appartment is very well equipped for visitors, the beds are warm and comfy, the shower is very powerful. There is not one thing I could not commend about our experience with this flat and its owner. It was awesome.
I will be returning at some point in the near future and I will definitely stay here.
Thank you so much!
We were so very happy with our stay in this lovely apartment. The owner, Burkni, was so very accommodating and a wonderful host. We learned a lot about my ancestors from Iceland and the area they came from just from our talks with Burkni. We could not have been happier with our choice to stay here and we hope to return for a longer stay in the future! We will never forget our wonderful stay in Iceland! Thanks Burkni and the best to you and your family.
Kindly, Your new friends from Edmonton, Canada
My wife and I recently stayed here and we couldn't be happier with our choice. The apartment is clean, centrally located and unique. The owner was awesome; not only was he there to great us when we arrived early in the morning, but he also gave us a ton of recommendations for local restaurants and activities outside of Reykjavik. The apartment gets a ton of natural light and is the kitchen is fully stocked with all the appliances/utensils one could need to prepare meals (which we did daily). Also, beds are really comfortable. Can't recommend this spot highly enough.
I booked this apartment for 2 couples for a week in July. I was keen to find an apartment that had a tub, shower, washing machine, because my husband was running the Laugavegur Ultra Marathon. This apartment is in the PERFECT location - tucked away down a quiet side street, but steps away from the main streets (Laugavegur and Skólavörðustígur). A short 5 min walk to the Harpa, the habor and the Sun Voyager. 25 minutes walk to the Central Bus Station (BSI) and about 5-10 minutes Hlemmer, a smaller bus station.
The apartment was very clean and sweet, and had everything we needed - towels, sheets, cooking utensils, spices, foil, toilet rolls, hair dryer, black out blinds, guide books and maps, pots and pans, great oven, dishwasher.... There was endless supplies of hot water from a powerful shower. The hot water smells of sulphur (eggy) but that is normal for Iceland. The beds were extremely comfy and smelled fresh and clean. We all commented on how lovely the beds were. There is one downstairs toilet/sink, and an upstairs toilet/sink/bath/shower/laundry room that is accessed through the upper bedroom. The apartment is very pretty and decorated nicely. It feels very cool with bright colors, art on the walls and lots of books -- hipsters will love it. Non hipsters will love it too, because it is like home and feels very safe and secure.
There is a cafe downstairs (Grái Kötturinn) that serves coffee, eggs, pancakes etc. It smelled good and was always busy. We did not go there as we cooked brekkie everyday in the apartment to save on Kronur.
The apartment does seem pricey - Iceland is expensive in general - but when you arrive you will be so glad you spent the money. Do not hesitate to book it before someone else does!
Other things to note:
Burkni was very kind, helpful and interesting. Thank you so much, Burkni!!
There are 3 cute cats that live in the apartment downstairs - added bonus!
Friday and Saturdy nights will be quite noisy until around 6am as there are bars around. Don't let this deter you from this great apartment, but be prepared for some drunken singing in the streets.
Take a FlyBus to and from the airport.
Bring rain gear - It rains a lot.
Bring a camera - Iceland is breathtaking.
The listing description, photos and previous reviews tell it as it is. Very clean, comfortable, excellent appliances, spacious rooms and interesting art decor.
As in other reviews, Burkni was on hand to meet us and explain features, even though our flight had been delayed 7 hours until 01:00 AM arrival. Location can't be beat! There was some noise from weekend revelers, but that is to be expected - it is Reykjavik!
Thanks Burkni, we loved your house and we hope to return!
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I'm developing a website (using Drupal and php) that consists mostly of images. The images will all have a sepia filter applied to them when on the main page of the site.
I want to use imagefilter to generate the images as they're loaded to the main page, but when I apply/print the image after the filter, it prints garbage characters. I've tried adding
to the code, but just tells me the image is corrupt and can't be displayed properly. Below is my code:
//This is the path to the image, it's referenced by what I'm given from Drupal.
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$image = imagecreatefromjpeg($nodes[0]->images['_original']);
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Now, through a ton of work and annoyance, I CAN get this to work using CSS, but it's somewhat a hack and I'd like to avoid doing it that way if possible. I'd also like to mention that these images will be displayed on a page with other elements.
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Matt Frodsham – Birds Experimental Animation
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Sometimes dotmgo is sent self-initiated projects that show off the skills of its creator and they are normally narrative led pieces. In this case however Matt Frodsham sent in a slightly bonkers piece of proof-of-concept animation, which could so easily be extraplolated in to a whole cartoon series. (Take note Cartoon Network…). Continue reading "Matt Frodsham – Birds Experimental Animation" »


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How to Create a Permaculture Design
Geoff's new video on Creating Permaculture Designs, see the full version on Geofflawton.com So you've always wanted to design a beautiful plant system in your garden, but baulked at the idea because, quiet honestly, you can't tell a bean from a cactus or a legume from a walnut and don't have the time or interest… Read more »
Update from Tiger Hill Permaculture
We have been busy at Tiger Hill Permaculture getting ready for our upcoming Specialized Earthworks Course starting February the 20th, 2015. There has always been a bigger vision on how the land was to be utilized and the existing infrastructure was only needed to be repurposed to value add their uses. Take the shearing shed…. Read more »
Permaculture Your New Year and Start Packing Your Backpack
Have you done a PDC? Have you done an Online PDC? Do you want a hands-on permaculture experience in one of the harshest environments on planet earth? Do you want proof that permaculture works and you want to be part of it? Do you want experience with leading on the ground permaculturists who are getting… Read more »
Permaculture Site Establishment: Phases of Abundance
An abundance of jackfruit at Project Bonafide in Nicaragua Five years ago I had the opportunity to join a land-based project (Rancho Mastatal Sustainable Education Center in Costa Rica) already eight years into operation. At my arrival I found a site that had focused on infrastructure and program building over its initial life span. This… Read more »
Permaculture for Pastoralists in the Jordan Valley – Part I
Awassi sheep ready to go to market (and random standards inspector) I've been to the Greening the Desert "Sequel" site three times now. Once was in 2011 when we were at the IPC in Jordan. Once was in 2012 when I went there to take an internship with Geoff and Nadia. This year I was… Read more »
Tiger Hill Permaculture: Phase 1, Water Harvesting Earthworks
In February 2011 I took over the farm, 'Tiger Hill', in Tasmania, Australia. The planets aligned at that time in my life as I had a deep desire to find a property that I could develop to get all of my experience and ideas toward Permaculture on the ground and create my long term vision… Read more »
Report on 5-Day Permaculture Workshop for the Etse Fewus Herbalists Association in Fitch, North Soha, Ethiopia: Part 1
Several years ago we were visited at our project site in Konso, South Ethiopia by an Australian lady called Elizabeth D'Avigdor and her daughter, May. We gave her a tour around our site and showed her what we were up to at the time. I vaguely remember her mentioning that she was working on a… Read more »
Help Marda Permaculture Farm Fund its Dream to Construct a Teaching Center! (West Bank)
The Marda Permaculture Farm is a working farm and demonstration site for permaculture principles, techniques and strategies in Palestine. Based in the picturesque ancient village of Marda, the project promotes food sovereignty, health, self-reliance and empowerment. This is accomplished through modeling water harvesting, recycling, energy conservation and home-scale garden production with readily available and locally-appropriate… Read more »
Advice for Developing a Permaculture Internship Program
Timber-frame raisings have become an annual intern group experience There is no better way to gain hands on experience in permaculture than by spending time on an established (or establishing) site and learning what the work entails day-in and day-out. Interning on a site should provide an equal exchange of one's labor for the opportunity… Read more »
Feed 250 African Families: Sow, Grow, Eat, Repeat
Summary Our demonstration gardens reduce reliance on chemical pesticides and fertilizers while increasing agricultural productivity and providing better nutrition. This project will help children in six Cameroon schools design, plant and maintain a demonstration garden. Their new knowledge, tools and skills will help the whole community eat more nutritiously with less work for years to… Read more »
A Report on the April 2014 PDC at the "Greening the Desert Sequel" Site (Jordan)
I am in Jordan, where the monthly average wage is 300 Jordanian dinar. To put that into perspective, a phone card for one month cost me five dinar. But buying a car is the same as it is everywhere. Their major issue here is water. They have little rain, with an average of under 300mm… Read more »


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Willow Trees
I was wondering if anybody here new what the best willow tree species attracts the most variety of caterpillars for the West coast. I specifically want to attract Mourning cloaks and Western tiger swallowtails.
Thanks, Nicholas
Hi, last year I was looking for the same thing but was unable to find a specimen that would stay small enough. I know the swallowtail like the prunus family as well so I decided to forgo the willow and put the cherry in for them.
I look forward to seeing responses to this thread.
Can't help Nicholas, I'm afraid. But as for SouthCountryGuy, i'm wondering whether it would be possible for you to grow willows by coppicing-basically, cutting off a tree to induce a lot of shoot growth. That keeps all the growth at a low level where you can see it and use it, and makes a large tree manageable in a small space. There was just an article published in the NABA magazine, Butterfly Gardener, which mentioned the technique as a way to grow a large tree in a smaller urban garden.


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NHS will save billions if more cycle to workPublished at 12:01AM, March 30 2015
Alcohol and cigarette consumption falls among commuters who start travelling to work by bicycle, according to new research
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has risked the wrath of cyclists by saying that he would not cycle in London but understood why some people might if they could not afford to take the bus or Tube.
Six cyclists have been killed in the capital in the past two weeks, prompting calls for a ban on certain types of HGVs in rush hour.
Speaking on BBC London 94.9, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: "I've never been a big bike rider anyway but it seems to be that if you get it wrong, or the driver gets it wrong, the person that's going to pay is the cyclist.
"It seems to me that there's a lot of traffic and personally I wouldn't (cycle). But of course some people don't have the choice; economically it's not easy you know. "
He went on: "If you've got someone who can't afford to take a car into the congestion zone - if they did, you can't park it anyway. Some people, they've got limited money and they can't pay for public transport. I understand why they take the choice. It wouldn't be mine."
The recent deaths have put pressure on Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, to review cycle safety in the capital. He has said that cycle routes are constantly under review and has pointed out that cyclist deaths in the last five years have fallen compared with the fatalities in the five years before that.
However, the Green Party peer Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, and others, have highlighted figures to show that the chances of being killed or seriously injured as a cyclist in London rose between 2008 and 2011.
Mr Hogan-Howe's comments today prompted an immediate reaction from the cycling safety campaigner Mark Ames, who tweeted: "Seems to me if chief of the Met doesn't feel safe cycling in LDN, his boss (Boris) has a lot of work to do."
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Universal SQL Editor
Universal SQL Editor is a lightweight Intellisense-enabled database query tool. It allows you connect Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase...
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Cloud infrastructure market leader Amazon Web Services upgrades its tools so that Windows Server 2012 virtual-machine images can move between on-premise systems and EC2.
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Powered by Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 processors, Amazon suggested that these particular instances are ideal for applications running on high-performance NoSQL databases and transactional systems.
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RTCP XR for Summary Statistics Metrics Reporting
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This document defines three RTCP XR Report Blocks and associated SDP parameters that allows the reporting of loss, duplication and discard summary statistics metrics for use in a range of RTP applications.
Glen Zorn <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Roland Schott <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Wenson Wu <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Rachel Huang <email@example.com>
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