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Insydius added a bug in Bug Tracker[Beta6] Background ProcessesOn my dashboard, it shows I need to run some Background Processes.
However, click on "manually run them now", takes me to a page that doesn't run.
In addition, from here, when clicking any link on the left navigation takes me to this error.
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Insydius added a bug in Bug Tracker[Beta6] Show as ThumbnailsI've uploaded images back in Beta3, they've worked fine for Beta4 and Beta5, however now on Beta6, they seem to be broken while in thumbnail mode.
They appear fine if you switch over the tab view on the upper right.
At first I thought all the images were lost, so I deleted all the images from a category, on the front page they still show both a quantity and a thumbnail as seen pointed by the pink arrow.
In addition, on the front page, the thumbnails too are missing and broken. When you mouse over any thumbnail, it has a blank avatar and says "by" as in "image name by user name".
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Insydius added a post in a topic Where is the option to show blogs to guests?It could be related to my bug issue, if you have phpMyAdmin you may be able to fix this yourself temporarily now until the next beta.
Insydius added a bug in Bug Trackerblog_editors and blog_authorized_usersI noticed the two in the table rows, and previously a blog owner could assign editors to be able to post in a blog owner's blog. However in the settings, group permissions, or when editing a blog I fail to see the spot where additional users can be assigned to post on a person's blog.
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Insydius added a bug in Bug TrackerBulk Mail Preview ErrorAfter composing a message for my email body, I clicked on save and when I got to the Bulk Mail Preview page, I received this error
A configuration or server error has occurred EX2 exception 'ErrorException' with message 'htmlentities() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given' in /home/domain/public_html/system/Email/Email.php(522) : eval()'d code:321 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: IPS\IPS::errorHandler(2, 'htmlentities() ...', '/home/domain/p...', 321, Array) #1 /home/domain/public_html/system/Email/Email.php(522) : eval()'d code(321): htmlentities(Array, 7, 'UTF-8', false) #2 [internal function]: IPS\Theme\email_html_core_emailWrapper('Dothack Network...', Object(IPS\Member), ' Hello CyberC...', Array) #3 /home/domain/public_html/system/Email/Email.php(525): call_user_func_array('IPS\Theme\email...', Array) #4 /home/domain/public_html/system/Email/Email.php(160): IPS\_Email->wrapEmail() #5 /home/domain/public_html/applications/core/modules/admin/bulkmail/bulkmail.php(300): IPS\_Email->__get('body') #6 [internal function]: IPS\core\modules\admin\bulkmail\_bulkmail->iframePreview() #7 /home/domain/public_html/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(85): call_user_func(Array) #8 /home/domain/public_html/applications/core/modules/admin/bulkmail/bulkmail.php(41): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute() #9 /home/domain/public_html/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(129): IPS\core\modules\admin\bulkmail\_bulkmail->execute() #10 /home/domain/public_html/admin/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run() #11 {main}Here's an example of the page.
Afterwhich, the email continues to sit not being sent because of this prompt.
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Insydius added a bug in Bug TrackeripsDataItem_stats_numberDon't know if this is intentional. However, on the main board index, I noticed an odd bug with "ipsDataItem_stats_number". On the index it states, 4 posts, but when you goto that forum it only has 2 topics.
I had originally thought, well maybe the counter on the board index was including the replies for each topic. Except one thing, there were 0 replies to the topics so the math didn't add up for me. However the top left corner confirmed the actual quantity for that particular forum. Though I did notice this math error does apply to ALL the forum sections on the index. Especially with new forums only having 1 topic stating there are 2 posts in them.
I looked around a bit and realized that the number must be coming from the database and I think I found out where. In the table "forums_forums", the 2nd and 3rd table rows "topcis" and "posts", at the moment have identical numbers. For the Announcements forum in the example above, there are 2 topics and 2 posts according to the database, which gives us 4.
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Insydius added a comment blog_social_groupFront end.
Insydius added a bug in Bug TrackerTags for DownloadsA strange change has occurred. When entering tags for files in the IPS.Downloads Beta4; they do not pass onto the database. They worked for me before, I hadn't changed tag settings or modified the category which already has tags prior to my Beta4 upgrade.
The first two files at the bottom had tags added during the Beta3 and Beta3a update. And the ones above them reflect files added after the Beta4 update. I checked the "core_tags" and "core_tags_cache" database to see if they were sent anyways, but no new tags.
I thought it may had been the words I used, so I changed it up in the 6 files I uploaded. I even went back and clicked Edit Details and that didn't work either. Nor are the tags I wanted to use were blocked by the profanity filter. I typed the words in separated by commas, they blue-outlined like normal. I even tried typing them by pressing enter which works to make the blue-outlined. Both attempts made no difference.
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Insydius added a bug in Bug Trackerblog_social_groupPreviously I installed IPS4.0.0 Beta3 and later upgraded to Beta3a. During that time when I made blogs, they appeared just fine for everyone. I kept to the default settings when creating blogs except for the title and description of course. However after upgrading to Beta4, I noticed new blogs I make now have blog_social_group set to 0 instead of NULL. I immediately noticed my new blogs were not appearing on the blog list because of the fact. I did not check the Only Members I Choose Can Read This Blog setting when creating the two blogs. But I checked phpmyadmin and sure enough, they were set to 0 unlike the other blogs. So I edited the value to NULL and suddenly the blogs appeared.
Decided to try a third time and created yet another blog, same result, the blog disappeared because it's blog_social_group was set to 0.
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Insydius added a bug in Bug TrackerFLV Gallery Album Upload ErrorThis error appeared when I uploaded four .flv files to the gallery. Three of the images did not have a screenshot, only one was given a screenshot. All the flv files were under 2mb in file size. And the images were added to an Album and not a Category. This was my first time uploading flv files so not sure if it only occurred with my files.
Oddly enough, of the four files, they appear in the album. However the album states only 2 files exist in the column. And when I view the images individually, two say "No video with the supported format and MIME type found", and the other two appear blank.
Album: http://www.dothack.org/gallery/album/11-fate-must-die-studios/
Blank File #1: http://www.dothack.org/gallery/image/215-basic-sword-model/
Blank File #2: http://www.dothack.org/gallery/image/214-basic-sword-model/
Broken File #3: http://www.dothack.org/gallery/image/212-base-male-model/
Broken File #4: http://www.dothack.org/gallery/image/213-basic-female-model/
Also on the blank files, the Credit/Copyright are missing from the upload details.
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Insydius added a bug in Bug TrackerModeratorCPAll groups, regardless of "Can report content?" enabled or disabled, all groups can see the ModeratorCP in the UserLink Menu. In addition, they can see the Approval Queue and all the other hidden content.
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Insydius added a bug in Bug TrackerGallery Images Not DisplayingA configuration or server error has occurred
Sorry, there is a problem exception 'ErrorException' with message 'template_store_missing' in /home/domain/public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php:546 Stack trace: #0 /home/domain/public_html/applications/gallery/modules/front/gallery/view.php(222): IPS\_Theme->getTemplate('view') #1 /home/domain/public_html/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(94): IPS\gallery\modules\front\gallery\_view->manage() #2 /home/domain/public_html/system/Content/Controller.php(42): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute() #3 /home/domain/public_html/applications/gallery/modules/front/gallery/view.php(53): IPS\Content\_Controller->execute() #4 /home/domain/public_html/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(124): IPS\gallery\modules\front\gallery\_view->execute() #5 /home/domain/public_html/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run() #6 {main} Error code: EX0 Contact Us This appears on the gallery when viewing an image. I installed 4.0.0 Beta 3 originally, and then upgraded to 4.0.0 Beta 3a; I hadn't uploaded an image before this upgrade so not sure if it this error is due to 3a or just 3. However I will admit towards the end of upgrading, I did receive several "Try Again?" prompts.
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OCD-DRU Piggyback Program Manager Tommy LaTour (fourth from left) and
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Representatives from the Louisiana Office of Community Development-Disaster Recovery Unit joined with local officials and co-developers Gulf Coast Housing Partnership and Dr. M.W. McCaleb Educational Fund, Inc. in a groundbreaking ceremony today at the McCaleb Supportive Housing Apartments in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans.
McCaleb Supportive Housing is a new-construction apartment complex at 1220 South Robertson Street that will offer 43 one-bedroom units of affordable housing for individuals earning 50 percent of the area median income or less, with 21 of the units designated as Permanent Supportive Housing Units for the homeless.
To help finance the $7.6 million project, the developer used $5.3 million in Community Development Block Grant money from a pool of federal disaster recovery funds administered by the OCD-DRU, which was "piggybacked" onto $430,000 in HOME funds a dministered through the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency. The City of New Orleans contributed an additional $700,000 in HOME funding. HOME funds are a Department of Housing and Urban Development program for low-income housing. In addition, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas awarded the project $301,000 through its Affordable Housing Program.
OCD-DRU Interim Executive Director Pat Forbes said, "The use of disaster recovery funding in the construction of this all-new, 100 percent affordable community in the Central City neighborhood will help provide critically needed workforce housing that will continue our recovery from four devastating hurricanes within three years. Our recovery needs workers and workers need affordable housing."
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership President Kathy Laborde said, "The cost of safe, healthy housing is out of reach for many low-income workers in New Orleans. The McCaleb Supportive Housing initiative will address two challenges: providing much needed affordable housing and support services that will help our City's at-risk population succeed in life, work and community."
The apartment complex will include community spaces for private counseling offices, a computer room with high-speed Internet access, a kitchen pantry, a multi-purpose room, tenant storage space and secured parking. The project will be built to sustainability and energy efficiency standards as set by Enterprise Green communities.
PSH-designated units are linked to supportive services for vulnerable populations in non-institutional settings, thus reducing emergency room visits and other high-cost health and social service interventions for people with chronic disabilities. Services include case management, life skill development and recreational activities, in addition to referrals for health care and mental health services. The model is a national best practice with cost savings that outweigh the expense of the services.
GCHP is working with the McCaleb Education Fund to develop the project, which will be located on a vacant lot next to the Progressive Baptist Church where the executive director of the fund also serves as pastor. The fund was established by the church in 1988 to meet the social needs of the Central City community.
GCHP is a nonprofit real estate developer established after Hurricane Katrina to build quality affordable housing in the Gulf Coast area.
Louisiana has awarded a total of 68 Piggyback projects in areas of the state most impacted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and Gustav and Ike in 2008, amounting to more than $614 million. In total, the Piggyback program will create more than 8,300 rental units to help replace housing stock lost in the storms.
The Disaster Recovery Unit within the Office of Community Development is dedicated to helping Louisiana's citizens recover from hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike. As the state's central point for hurricane recovery, the OCD-DRU manages the most extensive rebuilding effort in American history, working closely with local, state and federal partners to ensure that Louisiana recovers safer and stronger than before.


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Preview Sam Sparro's forthcoming 2012 album [music video + album art]
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Feb 17, 2012
Genre: Electronic
Category: Music Videos, News
Artists: Sam Sparro
Sam Sparro holds a special place in my heart. His 2008 eponymous debut marks a renaissance in electronic music as much as it does a turning point in my life.
First, it was a lovely, warm piece of un-offensive dance pop released at the height of the electro boom that really gained momentum in 2007 or, if you prefer, the peak year of the Loudness Wars. There are a couple of absolute anthems off this record but the only one I *need* to cite is Black and Gold.
Second, it provides an emotional-memory that's pretty important to me. You know that feeling you get with certain pieces of music that transports you back to a certain time and place? The one where you feel, for a moment, how you were feeling that month, where you were standing, etc. I get that with 'Black and Gold'. I'm listening to the album in Abu Dhabi while looking out on the Gulf at sun rise, writing some shit for this cool new site I just started called Salacious Sound.
So, touchy-feely sentimentality aside, Sam Sparro is a vocal g. His collabo with Basement Jaxx 'Feelings Gone' on their 2009 album Scars was a standout track on album which included classics like 'My Turn' and 'Raindrops'.
The album, titled Return to Paradise, is "coming spring 2012." Given his upcoming April 4-28 US-tour, I am guessing we can expect it soon!!
Sam Sparro – The Shallow End
The first track to see the light of day off 'Return to Paradise' is called The Shallow End, and is literally a compilation of his home movies. Listen to it below!


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Baidoa — Several Somali MPs have slammed Ethiopian government over unswerving interventions against Somali politics.
Scores of Somali MPs have started to hold special sessions in the south-western town of Baidoa to deliberate the mediation efforts of Somali's transitional Government leaders led by Ethiopian government leaders which they see as "intervention".
Some reports say that following the two top government officials have agreed at Addis Ababa talks they've started to use some MP's as their political actors in the face of the other side.
One of the MPs not in favor of Ethiopia Abdi Said known as "Jiniboqor" says that it was unbearable Ethiopia to dictate the government leaders for their own political routes.
"It was deplorable that heads of government to be dictated for what they would act in their country's politics" Jiniboqor said.
Another MP Mohamed Osman Maye has urged Ethiopia government to be in awe of the sovereignty of Somalia as well to avoid further interventions.
"Please stay out your neighbor's politics as sovereignty" Maye said.
Some MPs those previously backed Ethiopia's interventions are at present appeared to be opposed to it including the sacked Mogadishu mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb " Mohamed Dhere" who previously announced that Ethiopia and TFG have solitary enemy that is " the insurgents"
Nearly all of Somali people are asking them what will be next with these disagreements between Somali government members?


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Cairo — Egypt plans to launch its second satellite for scientific research and establish a new space authority and national space agency as well as work with other African states to pave the way for a new African space agency.
But some experts have warned that the aspirations may exceed Egypt's financial and human resources, and that the country is rushing to launch a new satellite despite having learnt little from the loss of its first one in 2010 after just three years of operation.
The planned satellite, called EgyptSat 2, will be manufactured, assembled and tested in Egypt, Mohamed Medhat Mokhtar, chair of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, tells SciDev.Net.
"The design phase has been running for ten months successfully using Egyptian expertise," Mokhtar says. "An expert foreign partner will join at the end of this phase to review and approve the outcome of the design phase, and hence support the activities of the next phases."
Belal El-Leithy, the manager of NARSS's earth observation ground receiving station, says: "Sat 2 will use modern technology to acquire images for uses in several sectors, including agricultural, geological and environmental applications and research. We hope to be ready to launch Sat 2 in about three years."
Egypt launched its first satellite in 2007 but some critics argue that the country has done little to retain its expertise in this area.
"We have lost most of the engineers we have trained in the EgyptSat 1 programme, as some went to [work in] refrigerator factories and others left the engineering field completely," says Ayman Hamdy Kassem, professor of aerospace engineering at Cairo University and a member of the research and training team for the EgyptSat 1 satellite project.
Echoing Kassem's views, Farouk El-Baz, director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, United States, tells SciDev.Net that EgyptSat 1's short life discouraged similar projects.
"They lost communication with the satellite and had no idea why. So no one learned a thing from the loss," he says.
Because the satellite was designed abroad, in Ukraine, Egyptian scientists and engineers were not fully trained in its design or monitoring, says El-Baz.
"Thus, it was basically a loss for Egypt because it was not part of a long-term programme to place Egypt onto a space research track."
But El-Leithy maintains that EgyptSat 1 was an experimental satellite that was only designed to operate for three years with full performance, which, he says, it did, providing many useful images for Egypt and its neighbours.
"Countries all over the world lose control over satellites all the time, as this type of industry is risky because it operates in a harsh environment," he says.
"The problem," he adds, "is when you let one incident stop your progress and waste your gained technological expertise and your trained scientific workforces."
Beyond satellites
Egypt is also planning to establish two new space bodies. The Egyptian Space Authority would be responsible for space technology activities, including the research, design, manufacture, assembly and testing of satellites.
And Egypt's interim president is said to be reviewing a proposal to set up a national space agency.
"The state space agency of Egypt will be an independent entity and will directly answer to the presidency of Egypt," Mokhtar says.
The agency would organise and govern Egypt's space activities, aiming to stimulate the national economy, and cooperate with similar regional and international entities on sustainable development initiatives, he says.
Mokhtar adds that Egypt is working with other African states, including Algeria and South Africa, on preparing policies and strategies to establish the first African space agency under the continental coordination of African union commission.
El-Baz says the national space agency could help "infuse a spirit of science excellence" in the present day NARSS, which, he says, is poorly funded and has no clear objectives.
But Kassem is highly sceptical that the agency will take off in the near future because of a lack of funding and trained personnel.


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IN AN age when people seem incapable of translating pounds into kilograms, it's a surprise to learn that merchants in the ancient world routinely handled conversions between several different weighing systems. "In antiquity, they could deal with at least 10 systems," says Clifford Lamberg-Karlovsky, an archaeologist at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lamberg-Karlovsky and his colleague Alfredo Mederos of the Complutense University in Madrid spent two years studying ancient texts to work out the relative values of shekels, talents, minas and other units of weight used in trade from India to North Africa between 2500 BC and 1000 BC.
To their surprise, they found that it was relatively simple to switch between the different units they looked at. "It's very straightforward," Lamberg-Karlovsky says. "The idea that over vast distances you can have convertibility indicates the birth of globalisation," he says.
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Bradley Cooper leaves 'Jane Got A Gun' without a villain - again
"Jane Got A Gun" has been in trouble since it started filming, and things just got even worse for the movie. It started when longtime director ">Lynne Ramsay quit the film on its first day of production, and now star Bradley Cooper has backed out of the project as well.
"Regretfully, due to date conflicts between the film I am currently shooting for David O'Russell and 'Jane Got a Gun,' I am unable to join Natalie [Portman], Joel [Edgerton], Noah [Emmerich] and [director] Gavin [O'Connor] on this truly exciting project," Cooper says in a statement to Deadline. "I was really looking forward to being a part of it and hope to work with each and every one in the future."
Producers are reportedly looking at actors like Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hiddleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tobey Maguire to replace Cooper. He had previously replaced Jude Law, who replaced Edgerton. Michael Fassbender was originally supposed to play the male lead in the movie, but he also left the film and Edgerton took his role. "Jane Got A Gun" started filming in mid-March.


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On Friday, I came to a point where I was thinking there has got to be a better way. My attention was on dry erase markers and math workbook bookmarks.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Little things make a big difference
On Friday, I came to a point where I was thinking there has got to be a better way. My attention was on dry erase markers and math workbook bookmarks.
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I have 66 so I cannot do the marker situation, but I wish I could. That is my number one "issue" - dried out or flat dry erase markers. You would think by 3rd grade they would know if you press too hard it will go away!ReplyDeleteReplies
The place value video is fantastic! Thank you for sharing-I am going to bookmark it.ReplyDelete
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Hi Jen,ReplyDelete
We have youtube blocked at our school, but I found a website where you just cut and paste the video's url off of youtube, and then you can watch it on your computer! It's:
It's the best thing that's ever happened technology wise in my class (besides Class Dojo and engrade). Love it! Love your blog too!
The other advantages to downloading it from youtube areDelete
1) no advertisements for potentially 'non-educational' products
2) no collage at the end of the video of 'related videos' that may not really be related - and may be inappropriate.
You Tube is an excellent resource, but we have to remember that not everything on there is appropriate.
Please use the appropriate their not there in your description. We want teachers to have a good reputation.ReplyDeleteReplies
As a teacher, you should've also pointed out where the error was because the writer is most likely not aware of their mistake.Delete
"Singapore Math really held there attention because it is not something we do often." The word "there" in the quoted sentence above should be "their." Beyond your proofreading skills, I hope you got some great ideas from this blog Delhi!
Love your ideas Miss Willis!
Delhigirl- I have never claimed perfection just because I'm a teacher. So if it bugs you that occasionally I make errors then please don't visit my site. My goal in creating this site was to share free ideas with others...not to set a good reputation for all teachers. So take your negativity and good reputation elsewhere! Their are probably other sites out there that would love your criticism, don't ya think?ReplyDeleteReplies
Love your ideas especially the dry erase markers. I teach low to moderate special education. I have a few students who are always losing their marker and then claiming that another classmate stole theirs. This will solve that problem. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Use http://keepvid.com/ (just drag the bookmarklet to your bookmark toolbar) to download those fabulous YouTube videos, then save them with your unit, not only do you avoid streaming issues and the possibility of network downtime, but you will be able to use them next year.... and if blocked at school--download at home.ReplyDelete
I am SOOOOO doing that marker label!!! There is always 1 or 2 that won't put their cap on the right way and pass that up to someone else. LOL... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...the bookmarks for the math book. We are just going to Go-Math in my county. I'm definately doing this!!!ReplyDelete


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Phishing, UNIX and plug-ins...
By csant. Tuesday, 5. December 2006, 10:42:30
PhishTank has been added as an additional Fraud Protection blacklist. PhishTank is a free community site where anyone can submit, verify, track and share phishing data.
Fixes to the Fraud Protection feature.
Fixes to Opera freezing with Flash 9 on Linux.
Fixed smooth scrolling on UNIX! w00t!!1!
Flash now works on FreeBSD! OMG!!!11!1!
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We would like feedback specifically on any regressions you might notice with plug-ins on Linux. Note that the fixes might not fix all issues with Flash 9 yet, but you should see improvements.
A little note on where to enable smooth scrolling on UNIX: you find a checkbox to enable the feature in the advanced tab of the preferences, under "Browsing".
For our FreeBSD users that would like to experiment with Flash on FreeBSD: getting Flash to work is (unfortunately) not completely straight-forward yet, but here is a little HOWTO:
Copy operapluginwrapper from the Linux static .1 archive to your local installation
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This larger silver printer is a great printer if you need to print invitations. We are always having a party and I hate to spend the money on invitations if I don't have to! I get so many compliments on them I have even begun to start doing them for neighbors and friends events that they have since they like them so much. It has demonstrated nothing but the best in color and a very productive little machine.
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This was the large format printer we chose because of the odd sized paper we use to print our magazine proofs at the office. It is doing a great job. It is slow, but that is ok, we need highest quality possible, and we are getting it. I'd definitely get this if you need the large format.
Not enough memory for what I do.
This might be great for the home or small business, if you need to make large prints up to 24" in width. Sadly I had to return this printer. My company does a lot of large photo prints. Although the quality on this came out good, the 64MB of memory just wasn't enough. It says it does a 4 min print, which it just about did, but spooling the print job took over 20 minutes for a single project, but mind you I have very large projects. If only this printer had upgradable memory.Going to have to convince the boss to invest in the higher model.
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The Antlers Bearcats and Lady Cats celebrated their 2011-2012 Basketball Homecoming & Senior Night on Friday, January 27, 2012. The 2011-2012 Antlers Homecoming Basketball Queen is Taylor Tedder and the King is Dakota Turner. The Lady Cats fell to Atoka Lady Wampus Cats, but the Bearcats walked away with a victory against the Wampus Cats.
The Moyers Tigers traveled all last week, first up for the Tigers was Milburn. First up was the Lady Tigers. The first half was rough on the Lady Tigers, we put up a lot of shots, but nothing was falling in our favor. Sophomore Shelby Clark scored first for the team with a free-throw and Jr. Calli Winters secured the first basket for the girls. Sr. Carrie Collins battled tough under the boards but at half, Milburn was in the lead 27-10. Shelby Clark got the third started off right with a basket and Sophomore Gabby Renteria and Jr.
This week our Bearcats and Lady Cats traveled to Tushka for the AmeriState Invitational Tournament. In the first round our Bearcats were facing our neighbors the Moyers Tigers. The first half stayed pretty close with Sophomore Tanner Brown putting up 9 points, 4 rebounds, shooting 100% from the free-throw line. The buzzer sounded on the first half with a score of 19-23 Bearcats. Helping the Tigers out were Brandon Slocum with 12 points, and Jake Dudley with 8. The second half our Bearcats were able to maintain a small lead with Jr. Harlan House scoring 8 points, and Jr.
Mason Kellet, a senior from Henryetta High School and former Antlers Public Schools student, signed an intent to play Juco baseball for Allen Community College, a college much known by their baseball. First baseman and relief pitcher, Kellet has had an impressive High School career here in Henryetta.


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Habitat for Humanity and Mississippi State University will team up yet again for their third annual Maroon Edition House.
Ground breaking is set for Monday, with the help of MSU President Mark Keenum and a number of community and university leaders.
The ceremony will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at 70 Murdock Street in Starkville. Following an invocation and reading of scripture, Keenum will be given a hammer and the honor of driving the first nail. Zaxby's will provide milkshakes and cookies following the ceremony.
This will be the third house for the Maroon Edition and Habitat for Humanity partnership. In 2009, the organizations built a home for a family with three children, ages 12, 10 and 6, who were living in a small house that needed a lot of repair.
Last year, they built a home for a mother with two sons. One of her sons has muscular dystrophy, so the home was built to be fully handicap accessible. The homes were built right next door to each other on Greenwood Street in Starkville.
This year's home will be built for someone who is part of the Mississippi State family. Kimberly Riley is employed by Aramark and works at the Union on the MSU campus.
She has three children, a daughter in fifth grade, and a daughter and son in first grade. The house will be constructed mostly by MSU students, faculty, staff and alumni.
The university is asking for donations of gently used MSU t-shirts that will be used to create a quilt for each of the three families living in Maroon Edition Habitat for Humanity homes.
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In this recipe, the shrimp are cooked by quickly boiling them, whereas in a traditional ceviche the seafood, marinated in a spicy mixture of lemon or lemon-lime juice, appears cooked but isn't.
Active time: 2 hr Start to finish: 2 hr
YIELD: Makes 8 first-course servings
Make lemon oil:
Cook oil, turmeric, and zest in a 1- to 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and chill at least 1 hour. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into another small bowl (discard solids).
Make sauce:
Combine sauce ingredients in a 4- to 6-quart pot and boil, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 2 cups, 30 to 40 minutes. Pour through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl (discard solids), then set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water to chill sauce.
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Cook shrimp in cleaned 4- to 6-quart pot of boiling salted water until just cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and transfer to another bowl of ice and cold water to cool. Drain and halve lengthwise, then chill, covered.
Heat 4 tablespoons lemon oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté carrots, stirring, until just tender, about 3 minutes. Spread carrots with oil from skillet on a plate and chill.
Grate zest from oranges into a large bowl. Cut remaining rind and white pith from oranges with a sharp paring knife and discard. Cut orange segments free from membranes and add to zest.
Slice fennel and onion very thinly crosswise with slicer.
Stir carrots into orange mixture along with fennel, onion, lime juice, remaining lemon oil, chives, mint, and salt.
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Seen on SF-LUG's list.
PS - Christian is coming to LUGOD again in April to talk about
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----- Forwarded message from Christian Einfeldt -----
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:13:06 -0800
From: Christian Einfeldt
Subject: [sf-lug] Another GNU-Linux school in San Francisco
I am very happy to let you all know that another school's lab has been
converted from slow, virus-bitten Microsoft Windows to GNU-Linux. This
school is the ISA school at 18th and De Haro. There are now 22 machines
running in the library running Karmic Ubuntu. Most of these machines were
previously too slow to be used effectively by the students, and so they
just sat here unused.
Now there will be about 4 classes in the library daily using Free Software
to do web browsing, email, and essay composition.
In addition, one of the teachers here has been using 3 Linux machines in
his classroom since January, and likes it. Soon, we will install Linux on
another teacher's mission-critical teacher machine, meaning that teacher
will use it for his teacher assignments and work.
This conversion was made possible by James Howard's cool mass installer.
We were able to install these machines in just about 2 hours or so. The
machines are going to be stand-alone clients with access to the Internet,
at least for the short term, until we get a server in here to establish
top-down control of the software. The machines all have parental control
filters that function as part of the SFUSD protection for the students.
It is really rewarding to see machines which had been abandoned as junk
turned into functioning machines to allow students to get online and do
what they need to do.
This particular school project is also a huge step forward for the
Partimus Linux school conversion project, because it has been followed
closely by the IT staff for the entire SFUSD. If this process works well
and is reviewed well by the SFUSD IT guys, there is a chance that we could
see a real domino effect, with SFUSD adopting Linux as a viable
alternative for Microsoft Windows.
The timing of this migration is fortuitous. San Francisco's Mayor, Gavin
Newsom, has come out strongly for FOSS recently:
"Second, I am challenging City departments to use open source software
when they look to update or purchase new software. In recognition of how
far open source has come today, I am also pleased to announce the launch
of my new city web site in open source powered by WordPress. Open source
software has been able to deliver shorter implementation times and lower
costs. We have seen this with DataSF.org, RecoverySF.org and our 311
integration with Twitter."
We are seeing the grassroots movement in schools possible converging with
Mayor Newsom's visionary move to FOSS. Perhaps the day is not far off
when Microsoft will face real competition for the hearts, minds, and
wallets of budgeting departments throughout San Francisco city
So many thanks to James Howard and Grant Bowman, the two FOSS gurus who
have been heading up the schools effort.
We still do need decent printers with ethernet ports, so if anyone has
some that they could share with us, we would be grateful.
Christian Einfeldt,
Producer, The Digital Tipping Point
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A look at the new Churchward Pub, aka the Pop Inn, on Park Street in Alameda.
The Pop Inn's turned into the Churchward Pub, at its old location, 1515 Park Street.
It's got three new TV screens and a lot more to offer locals, regulars and visitors from all over, says owner Joe Churchward, a 1996 graduate of Alameda High School.
Joyce Holsman (pictured above) still tends bar.
"I want to do this with a more European style and as a tribute to Alameda, " says Churchward, who adds that historic photos and other artwork will be put up soon.
The place already celebrates happy hour and also has a DJ on Saturday nights.
The whole Churchward family is involved in the effort, according to Joe, such as his sister Lisa.
"This area has so much to offer, so I wanted to make this place really nice. I'm pleased that people have responded so well so far."
With its official grand opening on October 3 behind it, the pub owner hopes that more of the old clientele and new guests will stop by for football games on Sunday or during other times.
The Churchwards trace the roots of the Pop Inn to 1927, when it was allowed to sell liquor for medicinal purposes. But the real origins need further research, Joe explains.
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Sharks tie series with 2-1 win over Kings
The Kings started to generate the better scoring chances after that, getting denied a goal midway through the period on an early whistle by an official. Los Angeles was unable to generate a shot on goal during two power plays later in the period with Jake Muzzin, shooting high with an empty net to cost the Kings a golden opportunity at a goal.
"For us, it's about how they dominated the first half of the game and then we dominated the second half of the game," defenseman Rob Scuderi said. "But they buried their chances. They play well here and we didn't learn from Game 3, so that's on us for not learning from our own mistakes."
The Sharks opened the game with one of their most dominating periods of the year to the delight of the boisterous crowd chanting "Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.!" from the start.
But San Jose had only one goal to show for that start thanks to solid play from Quick and a shot by Tommy Wingels that rang off the crossbar.
Led by the physically imposing line of Thornton, Burns and TJ Galiardi, the Sharks spent almost the entire first period in the Los Angeles zone.
San Jose jumped on top early when Thornton stole the puck from Slava Voynov on the forecheck and fed Burns, who shot was blocked. Thornton came up with the loose puck and slid a perfect cross-ice pass to Burns, who was not denied on his second chance, beating Quick with a one-timer.
"Burns has been shooting the puck real well so it was just a matter of time until he put one in the net," Thornton said. "After the first shot, the puck just came right back to me. He was open again and I just made the pass."
The Kings had to feel fortunate that was all San Jose managed for the period as they killed off two penalties and withstood constant pressure from the Sharks.
NOTES: F Kyle Clifford returned for Los Angeles after missing four games with an upper-body injury in place of rookie Tanner Pearson. ... Kings D Matt Greene, who played only five regular season games because of back problems, was in the lineup for the first time this postseason in place of Keaton Ellerby. ... F Tim Kennedy returned to the Sharks lineup in place of Marty Havlat, who left Game 3 after the first period with a lower-body injury.
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So I found my Honda Manual and went ahead and took the left C.Cover off to take care of the hole in the case from the thrown chain. The actual block is good but the case had a dime size chunk missing under where I had patched it with JPweld
So I just have to go ahead and replace the cover but additionally, the Rubber plug thing on the Stator wire going out is beat up pretty good too. I figured if i'm gonna be clippin wires to get the rubber seal in, I might as well upgrade the damn stator itself since I'll be running HID projectors and heated gear + gps etc here soon.
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2. If I upgrade to the 260watt stator, do I need to upgrade anything else on the bike?? Sorry, I know as much about electrical systems as we know about the Lochness Monster!
3. Before I took the cover off I lightly degreased the motor and washed it with low pressure water to get mud and dirt off. When I took the cover off the little bit of oil in there was milky. Clearly water got in. When I put it back together should I just try to do 2 quick oil changes and try to get it out or is there anything else I should be doing??
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The question I have about that stator is at what RPM does it put out 260w? There are Honda stators that can be swapped if you're really interested but will cost more. Buuut you can run some additional load on the stock stator- you have ~180w to work with so add all the wattages up. Also, switching to LED dash and taillight will be a much easier/cheaper way to free up some power. Leave the directionals stock because they are nice and bright, unless you drive around with them on all the time.
You may be able to add something like Hylomar around that grommet to seal it up, or carefully cut it off and seal that cavity with high temp RTV.
If you upgrade the stator, you might consider upgrading the regulator/rectifier. But shunting regulators like these are happier running bigger loads, as long as they are not exceeding their power rating.
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Phlebotomy is a procedure that removes blood
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Health professionals perform phlebotomy in a medical clinic. The process
is similar to donating blood. A health professional inserts a needle into a
vein in your arm and removes about
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The procedure takes about 30 minutes. You do not need to fast or make special
preparations before phlebotomy.
Health professionals will have you
sit or lie down. During the procedure, they monitor your blood pressure and
Some people feel tired or dizzy after
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Excess iron is often stored in the
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I have made this dip several times in the last few months and it is one of the best ive ever had. I did make a couple of changes and additions to it to suit my tastes... and I have literally been asked to make at least 8 copies of this recipe from friends, co-workers and family.
I had read from previous reviews that it had a tendacy to turn out watery, so I added between 6-8 oz of cream cheese to thicken it up. I also added 1 fresh jalepeno pepper and a handful of radishes for texture.. I also tripled or more the cilantro called for.
When this is refridgerated it thickens up nicely due to the cream cheese.
I started using this on St. Patrick's day for a party when I needed to bring a green appetizer and served it with guacamole green corn chips and breaded, fried asparagus pieces...
Since I have brought it to work for "dip day" several times and made it at home. It has become a hit already and EVERYONE wants the recipe and loves it!!!
I really thought this was a little bland, and my friends and I didn't care for the consistency. It wasn't creamy like real guacamole, it could maybe be called asaragus salsa, ours came out watery. I thought it would get better with age but the asparagus flavor overpowered everything after a day. Won't make again.
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quick, easy. I loved the idea of microwaving also...as a matter of fact, I think that I will no longer steam asparagus but just throw it in the micro. I had some good chipotle salsa. Added red onion for color instead of green. This is a nice change of pace. I kept it more chunky to eat more as a sidedish. Only added some salt and a little lime juice. The chipotle was a very hot salsa so didn't need any more heat factor. Maybe the key is to use a better salsa.
Oh, my! This was a random recipe search when I had asparagus I forgot to make for Easter (!), and wanted to make something different... I added cream cheese as another reviewer suggested, and I didn't refrigerate, just ate it warm. It was fantastic. We are guacamole fanatics, and I must say this was super. I don't give 5 stars too often!
WOW! I LOVE it!!! I just ate half of it warm because I couldn't stop long enough to let it chill! We're big guacamole fans and I make it often, but this is just the sort of change my taste buds needed! I made several changes, but kept the basics of the recipe- I didn't have any salsa left, so I just used a half a medium tomato, a dash of vinegar, and the juice of half a lime to cover the salsa flavors. I also added some ground sea salt and some ground cayenne pepper. I omitted the garlic. And, as I typically do with my own guac recipe, I added a small squirt of honey. But I did taste it before I made all those changes and I still LOVED it! You can hardly even tell that it's asparagus- which my husband is a fan of (since he's not usually a fan of asparagus). Awesome! Perfect with chips and a cold beer! I can't wait to serve this to guests!
I really liked this recipe. It turned out to be a very light tasteful dip. I added some extra spices such as black pepper, red pepper, hot sauce and then tomatoes. It may be great with some fat-free sour cream as well.
I just made this and thought it was wonderful. I did make a few adjustments. I add a good tablespoon of freshly chopped cilantra. I added atleast a cup of salsa. I pureed my asparagus to get more of a guacamole texture. I also added about a tsp of scorned woman (super hot, hot sauce). To give it a little bite. Normally, I only use a drop of that stuff. I got my husband and kids to eat this. NO ONE could guess what the main ingredient was so I DIDNT tell them!!!
This was quite good. It had all the flavor of guacamole, minus the creaminess of the avocados. I do prefer regular guacamole, but my girlfriend and I made this for a party and it went over quite well. Also, I suggest using a blue corn tortilla, or any tortilla with a bit more flavor. The standard tortillas do get a bit buried under the flavor of this guacamole.
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Asparagus Guacamole
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 35
Calories from Fat: 2
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Norplant is a form of birth control developed by the Population Council that was first approved in 1983 in Finland, where it was manufactured by Leiras Oy Pharmaceuticals. The original Norplant consisted of a set of six small (2.4 mm x 34 mm) silicone capsules, each filled with 36 mg of levonorgestrel (a progestin used in many birth control pills) implanted subdermally in the upper arm and effective for five years. The original (6 capsule) Norplant's production has been phased out; USAID's contract ran until December 2006.
The original (6 capsule) Norplant was approved by the FDA in 1990 and marketed in the United States in 1991 by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Norplant distribution in the United States ended in 2002; limited supplies still remained in the U.S. until 2004. Norplant was withdrawn from the UK market in 1999.
Norplant II (Norplant-2, Jadelle), also developed by the Population Council and manufactured by Schering Oy, consists of two small (2.5 mm x 43 mm) silicone rods each containing 75 mg of levonorgestrel in a polymer matrix, instead of six capsules. It was approved May 31, 1996 by the FDA as being effective for 3 years; it was subsequently approved November 22, 2002 by the FDA as being effective for 5 years. Jadelle has not been marketed in the United States; Jadelle is the successor to the original Norplant in USAID's contract beginning January 2007.
The way in which Norplant causes these effects is by use of hormones. A small amount of the hormone progestin is released through the capsules continuously, more during the first year and a half, but then at a level similar to most contraceptive pills afterward. According to studies completed, Norplant has been shown to be 99% 99.95% effective at preventing pregnancy, and is one of the most reliable, though not the most available, forms of birth control around. It is important that people understand Norplant, however, does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases.
Removal can be uncomplicated, but removal difficulties have been reported with a frequency of 6.2%, based on 849 removals. Removal difficulties include: multiple incisions, capsule fragments remaining, pain, multiple visits, deep placement, lengthy removal procedure, or other.
On August 26, 1999, after winning 3 jury verdicts, 20 pretrial summary judgments and the dismissal of 14,000 claims, Wyeth offered out-of-court cash settlements of $1,500 each to about 36,000 women who contended that they had not been adequately warned about possible side effects of Norplant such as irregular menstrual bleeding, headaches, nausea and depression. Wyeth said that most of the plaintiffs experienced routine side effects described in Norplant's labeling information. Wyeth did not admit to any wrongdoing, saying the settlement offer "was purely a business decision," noting "our legal success has come at a steep price because lawsuits are time-consuming, expensive, and have a chilling effect on research," and that it would continue to offer Norplant and would defend "any and all new lawsuits aggressively."
About 32,000 women accepted the out-of-court $1,500 settlements. On August 14, 2002, Wyeth won partial summary judgment and dismissal of the claims of the 2,960 remaining plaintiffs who had not accepted Wyeth's out-of-court settlement offer.
In August 2000, Wyeth suspended shipments of Norplant in the United States because during regular quality assurance monitoring, representative samples of seven lots distributed beginning October 20, 1999 tested within product specifications, but at the lower end of the release rate specification for shelf life stability, raising concerns about those lots' contraceptive effectiveness. Wyeth recommended that women who had Norplant capsules from those lots implanted use backup contraception until they determined the clinical relevance of the atypically low levels of levonorgestrel release.
On July 26, 2002, Wyeth announced that data from investigations conducted in women with Norplant capsules from the suspect lots did not suggest less contraceptive effectiveness than that reported in clinical trials, and that therefore backup contraception could be safely discontinued. Wyeth also announced that due to limitations in product component supplies, they did not plan to resume marketing the six-capsule Norplant system in the United States.


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NASA has created a robot for DARPA's upcoming Robotics Challenge Trials. The Valkyrie is a 6-foot-2-inch humanoid machine with detachable arms, sonar sensors, mounted cameras, and a glowing Tony Stark-esque circle in the middle of its chest. The space agency says it's mobile and dexterous enough to enter disaster zones to provide search and rescue functions.
Project and group lead for NASA JSC's Dextrous Robotics Lab, Nicolaus Radford, tells IEEE Spectrum that Valkyrie was designed specifically for the DARPA competition. Strong legs mean the robot's capable of moving around "degraded environments" typical of disaster-stricken areas, and cameras mounted on its head, body, forearms, knees, and feet, allow it to provide visual information back to its handlers. Extra data can be provided by the robot's sonar and lidar units. Unlike DARPA's own Atlas robot, Valkyrie doesn't require a tether, running instead on a 2kWh battery stored on the machine's back.
Valkyrie builds on the space agency's previous humanoid robot, Robonaut, currently in orbit around the Earth in the International Space Station. Robonaut, built to work in zero-gravity environments, was the size and shape of a bulky humanoid torso. Valkyrie's powerful legs and lighter frame make it better adapted for operating on Earth.