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School budgets pass in Chester, Bock, Jonynas re-electedMarch 06,2013
School budgets pass in Chester
CHESTER Voters in Chester passed three school budgets, two special articles and re-elected two Select Board incumbents on Town Meeting Day.
The $208,273 town school district budget passed 360-175; the $5,808,609 Green Mountain Union High School budget passed 469-309 and the $2,812,062 River Valley Tech Center budget passed 337-129.
Voters approved $25,000 for the Chester-Andover Elementary School capital surplus fund, 375-155 and $15,000 for the Green Mountain Union High School technology equipment and repair reserve fund, 581-196.
There were three candidates vying for two one-year Select Board seats. Thomas Bock was re-elected with 288 votes and Arne Jonynas was re-elected with 278 votes. Tami Ravlin lost with 225 votes.
No information was provided on the town budget. The $2,433,806 town budget was $69,197, or 2.9 percent, more than this years budget of $2,364,609.MORE IN Southern VermontBENNINGTON — Ask author and Bennington College graduate Charlotte Silver if the title of... Full StoryPresident Calvin Coolidge was remembered in all sorts of ways Saturday on the 143rd anniversary... Full StoryPresident Calvin Coolidge was remembered in all sorts of ways Saturday on the 143rd anniversary... Full Story
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Just an FYI, it's been on sale at 33% off since the beginning, but this appears to be the largest discount it will receive.
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Posted 21 July 2013 - 09:33
Uh don't get Infestation. It's horrid. Also, the company is horrid. I'm honestly shocked that 1. it's got a decent amount of players and 2. Valve even let them back on Steam (which ties into 1)
Damn, I was about to buy that game. Looked alright tbh. What's so bad about it?
Posted 21 July 2013 - 09:45
Damn, I was about to buy that game. Looked alright tbh. What's so bad about it?
When it originally came out on Steam it was called War Z and apparently they lied about all kinds of features, the game was extremely buggy and just not very good at all. Valve ended up refunding thousands of customers and the game was removed from Steam. Now the game has been put back on Steam with a completely new name which to me is pretty shady, seems like they're trying to trick people into thinking it's a completely new game when it isn't. Also Valve removed the Metacritic score from the game's store page so users can't see the terrible rating. The whole situation is a mess. I don't know why Valve even put it back after what happened.
Posted 21 July 2013 - 19:38
Same games over and over. I was hoping something different would make the daily sale like Trine 2 or Giana Sisters. Oh well, I'll buy them anyway.
Edit: Just found out Green Man Gaming is having an Indie sale with better prices and a far greater selection of games than Steam.
Posted 22 July 2013 - 16:12
I picked up:
Civilization V Gold
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
The Walking Dead
Fall 3 - GotY Edition
Fallout: New Vegas
FTL: Faster Than Light
Really enjoying Civ 5. Played a little bit of Dark Souls and Walking Dead.
Going to hold out a little longer on BioShock Infinite. I suspect around the fall sale time it will be in the $10 range.

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To improve operational efficiencies, Hertz International had a choice of either refreshing its existing infrastructure across its European locations at considerable expense, or implementing newer technologies. In addition to centralising the server estate, Hertz International wanted to simplify its complex desktop infrastructure, which constituted a considerable capital investment. Having over 4,000 PCs and laptops spread over 1,000 sites around Europe, upkeep and maintenance of these were real issue in terms of time, resource and cost. Following a review of the major offerings on the market, Hertz International decided to implement VMware View as it best suited the organisation's needs and would easily integrate with its existing server virtualization infrastructure. It also made a decision to replace legacy desktop devices with zero client Wyse terminals.
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Tales of Middle Earth (ToME) is the first ever fully playable total conversion for AoK based on the works of J.R.R Tolkien. Featuring full 18 realms of...
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Hey Tolkien fanboys (and fangirls),
Make sure to check out the new showcase screenshots for the full version of Tales of Middle Earth, coming soon! featuring Harad, Rivendell, and Rhun, just 3 of the 18 civilizations available in this Tolkien inspired mod for Age of Empires II
Full version improvements over the beta will include:
• All new Rohan/Rhovanion buildings
• All new Harad buildings
• All new Rhun buildings
• All new Rivendell buildings
• Additional variations for some civ's buildings.
• Dozens of new units, as well as over a hundred new unit graphics added since the beta.
• Individual graphics for each unit line based on race or civ.
• Heroes, new technologies, and super units at the wonder.
• All terrains, cliffs, and forests have been reskinned.
• Over a hundred new editor objects/buildings/units.
• New gameplay features like dwarven mines and tax collectors
• In depth balance changes and revamped technologies based on beta release feedback.
A release date still has not been set, but we are getting close! So keep an eye out for more screenshots and updates.
Tales of Middle Earth (ToME) is the first ever fully playable total conversion for AoK based on the works of J.R.R Tolkien. Featuring full 18 realms of...
There are slight but prominent variations in the elven build sets, particularly the silvan Mirkwood and Lorien sets vs the more Noldor/Sindarin architectures of the other elven realms.
Are you guys still alive?
Slumbering along, but getting there! You know how slow holidays can be!
haha yes i know that very well. It's nice to see you guys around again!
Hurry up and realise please
We are working on improved AI alongside.
Nice job, cant wait for the final version ;)
Highest Rated (4 agree) 10/10
Excellent game. Units are have amazing detail. I don't like the design of the Elven buildings but hey, that's just opinion. I haven't noticed any glaring glitches. **Just a few problems... After opening the game a few times, it stopped playing 'Lord of the Rings main theme' and replaced it with the standard medley. I suppose that if I reinstalled it, it would work just fine but I'm far too lazy. I noticed that Rohan, as an AI, will build the Hornburg rather than the standard castle for that type…
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The largest impacts of increases in temperature will not be experienced due to changes in the mean, but by changes in the extremes. This is illustrated using UK heatwaves to show that the number of days which will require preventative action will increase by roughly a factor of 6 for a 2ºC increase in summer temperatures. Continue reading Extreme UK heatwaves
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Reinventing the colour wheel
Between 5-10% of men and around 0.5% of women are affected by various forms of colour blindness. The most common form is deuteranopia, for which distinguishing between red and green is particularly challenging. This has been pointed out many times before, but it may be worth remembering next time you make a figure or visualisation: 'red and green should never be seen'.
[Part of the #endrainbow campaign.]
Central England Temperature in 2014
2014 was a warm year for much of Europe and the globe, and may end up being the warmest year on record globally. But, no-one experiences a global mean temperature directly, so how about more locally? Can the signal of a warming climate be seen?
The end of the rainbow
An open letter to the climate science community
Ed Hawkins, Doug McNeall, David Stephenson, Jonny Williams & Dave Carlson
Dear colleagues,
This is a heartfelt plea. Continue reading The end of the rainbow
Which colour scale is best for you?
Everyone sees colours slightly differently. With a multitude of colour options available to make complex climate-related maps & line-graphs, which do you choose? Which colour scale is best for you?
Visualising UK summer temperatures – what are the odds?
How will UK summer temperatures change in future? And, how might we best communicate the possibilities? This is a short post describing one effort in visualising the possible outcomes. Continue reading Visualising UK summer temperatures – what are the odds?
When will we reach 2°C?
A change in global surface temperature to 2°C above pre-industrial climate is often used as a threshold for 'dangerous climate change'. Although impacts will tend to get worse as temperatures increase, there is no clear evidence yet of such a sharp threshold in the climate. However, the 2°C threshold seems to be useful to policymakers. So, when might we expect to reach this threshold and have any regions experienced such a change already? Continue reading When will we reach 2°C?
Demonstrating climate variability
Communicating climate variability has become an important issue with the recent slowdown in global surface temperature rise. Below are some examples of different aspects of communicating these issues, with a focus on regional spatial scales, but more examples would be welcomed! What works, and what doesn't? Continue reading Demonstrating climate variability
The cascade of uncertainty in climate projections
Climate projections have demonstrated the need to adapt to a changing climate, but have been less helpful (so far) in guiding how to effectively adapt. Part of the reason is the 'cascade of uncertainty' going from assumptions about future global emissions of greenhouse gases to what that means for the climate to real decisions on a local scale. Each of the steps in the process contains uncertainty, but which step is the most important? And, how might this be visualised? Continue reading The cascade of uncertainty in climate projections
The future of the slowdown
Imagine it is 2031, and the IPCC is preparing to release its 8th Assessment Report. How does the recent slowdown in global mean surface temperature rise look? As this largely depends on how fast the climate warms from 2014 onwards, we can explore a range of possibilities. Continue reading The future of the slowdown
Sources of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections
The recent IPCC AR5 includes a discussion on the sources of uncertainty in climate projections (Fig. 11.8, section 126.96.36.199), which updates previous analyses using CMIP3 (temperature, precipitation) to the latest CMIP5 simulations. The dominant source of uncertainty depends on lead time, variable and spatial scale. Continue reading Sources of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections
Near-term regional climate: the range of possibilities
What are the possible regional temperature trends over the coming few decades? Globally, on average, there is expected to be a long-term warming, but this is not necessarily true for any particular location or period. What are the probabilities of a local warming or cooling? Continue reading Near-term regional climate: the range of possibilities
Recent slowdown in global surface temperature rise
The Science Media Centre recently held a briefing for journalists on the recent slowdown in global surface temperature rise, and published an accompanying briefing note. The Met Office also released three reports on the topic.
The key points were: (1) recent changes need to be put in longer term context & other climate indicators such as sea level, Arctic sea ice, snow cover, glacier melt etc are also important; (2) the explanation for recent slowdown is partly additional ocean heat uptake & partly negative trends in natural radiative forcing (due to solar changes and small volcanic eruptions) which slightly counteract the positive forcing from GHGs; (3) the quantification of the relative magnitude of these causes is still work in progress; (4) climate models simulate similar pauses. Continue reading Recent slowdown in global surface temperature rise
What will the simulations do next?
Recent conversations on the recent slowdown in warming has inspired an animation on how models simulate this phenomenon, and what it means for the evolution of global temperatures over the next few decades. Continue reading What will the simulations do next?
Visualising the role of natural variability
A new analysis by Clara Deser and colleagues (accepted for Nature Climate Change), provides some fantastic visualisations of the crucial role of natural variability in how we will experience climate. Continue reading Visualising the role of natural variability
Nice climate figures
"A picture is worth a thousand words", says the popular adage. It is something that we, as climate scientists, should take seriously, especially given the vast quantities of literature we might read through. Continue reading Nice climate figures
Visualising climate with 2d colour bars
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Fairfax, Va. -- A George Mason University researcher has won a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that may lead to a way for curing HIV in the next five years.
It's an especially sweet moment for Yuntao Wu, a molecular and microbiology professor, because his lab lost funding last year due to federal budget cuts. "We struggled for an entire year and finally the good news came," says Wu, who works in the School of Systems Biology and the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, both in the College of Science (COS).
But really, the good news is for people struggling with HIV, which leads to AIDS, because Wu has found a promising strategy to defeat the virus. He's borrowing an approach from the Greek poet Virgil and using a Trojan Horse to breach the fortress of HIV.
"It has the potential to offer a cure," Wu says. "We'll know in four to five years."
Wu and his lab team take an HIV-like virus, scoop out its insides and insert an HIV-destroying therapeutic. "But on the outside, it looks like an HIV virus," Wu says. "This Trojan virus then infects the HIV-harboring cell and kills itstopping it from making and spreading more viruses."
Wu's approach is almost as tricky as HIV's ability to hijack T-cells, which are the body's defense against disease. The HIV virus hides in T-cells, avoiding recognition and elimination by our immune system. Wu's strategy is to use the Trojan virus to find and infect the HIV-hiding T-cells, and then force the HIV virus to replicate. The replication of HIV will trigger the release of a therapeutic protein that will eventually lead to the death of HIV and the infected T-cells.
Wu began working on this strategy a decade ago and found success in the test tube. He's gratified that the approach may be the best way to eliminate the HIV-harboring reservoirs that are one of the most formidable obstacles for a cure to HIV infection. "This is what we've imag
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SAN DIEGO, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, and also provided full year 2013 financial guidance.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120924/MM79973LOGO) Financial ResultsRevenuesRevenues for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):Three Months Ended March 31,20132012Revenues:Animal health and nutrition
7,416Grain processing
2,1663,585Oilseed processing
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7,229Total revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 decreased 20% to $13.8 million from $17.2 million in the prior year, primarily due to license revenue recorded in 2012 from DSM and Novus International. Combined product and contract manufacturing revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 increased 6% to $12.4 million from $11.7 million in the prior year.
Product revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 decreased 13% to $10.2 million from $11.7 million in the prior year, primarily attributed to a decline in grain processing revenue due to the timing of orders from a major customer, as well as adverse business conditions impacting the corn ethanol industry. The Company also reported lower revenue from its grain processing and oilseed processing product lines as a result of the sale of its Veretase® alpha-amylase and Purifine® PLC enzymes to DSM in March 2012.
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Cheesecakes can be made ahead of time (except for the garnish), wrapped tightly and stored in freezer for up to 2 months. Thaw in refrigerator overnight. Top with garnish just before serving.
I made this with lemon, and it was good for the time it took, but not as good as a more complicated recipe.
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I am Chinese just moved to US, live in MD before, will have to move to Palo Alto, CA in March. Everything in here is new to me. I'm really active, love exercise, antique stuff, live music, nature, art, wine tasting, and traveling. As my experience in MD, People is so nice, only sad that , even have friends they don't live so close to each other, have to drive. Different from where I live in China. Coz of new in the area, most of the time I stay at home cooking Chinese food, the food around my place is not really Taste or maybe I haven't fine the nice restaurant yet, recently, I learned how to bake bread and cakes, some are good, some are not, I just give the good results to my neighbours and so happy to heard they said that's delicious, Hehe~~~. I am the kind of person who go to gym at least three times per week, in order to keep pretty and healthy forever as everyone does..I probably have some grammar error here,pleased noted that I am still improving my English skill, getting better ^=^... I am looking for someone who like to have fun,open-minded, positive, hardworking,accomplished, self motivated.. Chemistry?
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Alright, after watching this video I've changed my opinion a little.
I think WoW is just one of those games you have to see in motion, and I can accept that. I liked what I saw from that video.. I like the art direction and how crazy the design is. It's definitely a far cry from the path they took with Vanguard, so I can see why so many of you find it hard to change. They look like two completely different games.
WoW looks more fast-paced.. almost like a platformer. Vanguard is slower and more methodical, more life-like.
I think I'm of the same opinion as Tyger--both are good games. One decides to take one approach and the other decides to take a completely different approach to MMOs. I like them both. I like Vanguard's realistic look and feel, but I've always been a fan of fantasy-like craziness like you see in WoW.
So when all is said and done, I'll probably own all 3. Vanguard, WoW, and EQ2.
And then I will officially give up my entire life, because I barely get anything done as it is with just Vanguard.
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Go ahead freeskiers, and lay down some train tracks in the trees. The Elan Apex Skis are packed with technology that's going to make your off-piste adventures even more epic than that time you were skiing in a whiteout and didn't see the creek - but in a good way. Resort Rocker blends tip rocker with just a wee bit of camber, and the Thin ALU Profile gives you an accommodating flex while maintaining torsional stiffness. Elan knows that off-piste = not-groomed = a million different conditions, so in the Apex they designed a ski that's both built for epic backcountry powder days, and accommodating when you're stuck with yesterday's leftovers.
- Design: Truly All-Mountain
- Camber: Reverse-camber Resort Rocker / slight traditional camber blend
- Ski Dimensions: 128-88-108
- Binding: not included
- Turn Radius: 21.1m (size 177)
- Freeski design for off-piste adventures
- Thin ALU profile uses dual titanium for good torsional stiffness and a soft flex
- Dual Titanium around the core for extra response
- Resort Rocker blends rocker in the tip with slight camber for varying snow conditions
- Channel Woodcore reduces weight
- SST slanted sidewalls provide durability without a ton of weight
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"So what is the difference in the Elan Apex ski for $399 versus the $599 Elan Apex that I see online?"
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"Re: $399 and $599 Apex skis, yes different years but are there any construction differences such as more rocker/early rise or different dimensions? The $399 Apex listing shows Ski Dimensions:114/70/100 then states that it is 88 under foot, which is right? Thanks!"
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"The dimensions are different on both as well as the turn radius. These newer skis have a turn radius of 21.1m and the dimensions are 128-88-108. The older skis have a turn radius of 13.7m and the dimensions are 114/70/100."
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Episode PremiereSeptember 25, 2007
Show Period2003 - now
Production CompanyCBS, Paramount, Belisarius Prod., thinkfilm
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DirectorThomas J. Wright
ScreenwriterShane Brennan
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- Mesrop Agjanyan
- Webster Williams
Directly following the events from the previous episode, Tony is still undercover as Anthony DiNardo and meets Jeanne's father, La Grenouille, who knows Tony's true identity. Director Shepard reveals to Gibbs and his team that she had given Tony an undercover mission to build a relationship with Jeanne in hopes of capturing La Grenouille. La Grenouille approaches Director Shepard for protection after deciding to quit the arms smuggling business against the CIA's wishes.


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Men's Wearhouse Launches the Well-Dressed Man Facebook Contest
Men's Wearhouse is now accepting photo submissions for its first ever "Well-Dressed Man" Facebook contest. Those who appreciate a good sense of style are encouraged to upload a photo of either themselves or someone they know, dressed in professional attire, to the Men's Wearhouse Facebook page. Facebook users will then vote for their favorite photo, and the contest winner will receive a $2,500 shopping spree at Men's Wearhouse.
According to a survey conducted by Kelton Research, 91% of Americans think that dressing well can make a man appear to be more physically attractive than he really is. The "Well-Dressed Man" contest encourages fans to embrace this idea and share their thoughts about what they believe a well-dressed man looks like. The lucky winner of the $2,500 shopping spree will be able to shop the latest men's fashions, including designer suits, casual comfort, accessories, shoes, and more at any of the 900 Men's Wearhouse locations nationwide, or shop online at www.menswearhouse.com
This contest will run for a limited time: Photo submissions and votes must be posted by 11:59 p.m. on November 17, 2011.
About Men's Wearhouse
Since it was founded in 1973, Men's Wearhouse has become one of the largest specialty retailers of men's apparel in the country, with more than 900 stores carrying a full selection of designer and private-label suits, sport coats, casualwear, and accessories. Today, The Men's Wearhouse, Inc. family of companies includes Men's Wearhouse, MW Cleaners, K&G Fashion Superstore, TwinHill Corporate Apparel, and Moores Clothing for Men in Canada, making it one of North America's leading providers of quality and value in both apparel and apparel care. In addition, Men's Wearhouse operates in a global corporate apparel and workwear group consisting of Dimensions and Alexandra in the United Kingdom. For additional information, please visit the company's website at www.menswearhouse.com.
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We are not making too many releases or updating this blog very often, but picoFlamingo keeps going on, under the hood. Some brief notes on what has been recently added and will be available soon with the release of picoFlamingo 0.4.2.
Our LG Optimus3D Speed has finally arrived!. Autostereoscopic screen, stereo camera and a powerful OMAP4 1GHz dual core processor... that's a lot more than our PhotoMint concept :).
A little bit more voice commanding with picoFlamingo, this time using CMU PocketSphinx and featuring multi-language support, that is, dynamically switching between different language at run-time. This feature makes picoFlamingo the first presentation solution for international organisations as UN or EU... just kidding :). A video demonstration after the break
picoFlamingo "The Cracking Egg" source code is available for download!. A new version of the user manual is also available as well as our current Android Remote Control work in progress. Now you can try it on your preferred device. For the time being we have seen it running OK on Beagle, OMAP ZoomII and OMAP4 Blaze!
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Yes, thanks to NetKitty and the S2 Bluetooth Terminal, I can send commands to picoFlamingo directly from my G1 phone. In principle the BT Chat example available from the Android SDK should also work, but, at this point, I'm stuck with Android 1.5 on my G1 and the RFComm Bluetooth sockets are not available on that version.
A couple of week ago I found an article about the Liskov Substitution Principle and the unavoidable reference to the circle/ellipse or square/rectangle problem.
I looked to the different solutions in the wikipedia page and I though than that was actually one of the "semantic problems" computers does not face very well. So I spend sometime thinking about this and my conclusion was that the solution will depend on the intended use of the classes in a given application or model.
Then I'd got the idea of using AOP and dynamic inheritance to implement the semantics for a given application as an orthogonal feature, keeping the class hierarchy as isolated as possible. In other words, to extend a given model with aspects that encapsulates the semantics behind it.
So, I tried to implement this idea using GNU/EDMA
Hi everybody!
The Open Hardware Summit want a logo for Open Hardware to be attached to the definition. Of course we love to participate, so these are our proposals:
Hi everybody,
It's been a long time since my last entry. We did some stuff in the way hoping it comes soon the result...
Going to the point, as the title says, we have collaborated in another issue of OR the Techie Spanish magazine. This is issue 5 so congratulations from here!
If you speak Spanish, or you can live with automatic translations, take a look to this open magazine, Occam's Razor. The lastest number includes an article about Open Hardware, featuring BeagleBoard and PandaBoard projects, and several other Open Hardware projects.
VRPN is a great library to interface to a lot of input devices commonly used on Virtual Reality applications. From magnetic trackers to datagloves, the list of supported devices is quite long.
So, why do not use a BeagleBoard with a wifi interface as a VRPN server?. That could be very useful as the beagle is pretty small, has low power consumption (so it could run on batteries if needed) and enough CPU power to deal with most of the input devices supported by VRPN.
Our current simple-alpha-version of Wendy is available for download!. Wendy is a simple SDL application used to prototype our Pervasive Widgets (AKA Hermits).
You can download the source code from here. You will need the SDL, SDL_image and SDL_ttf development packages to compile it..
Here is the README for this version 0.1. It has been tried (not really tested) on x86 linux (Ubuntu), BeagleBoard, OMAP Zoom2 and Openmoko Freerunner :)
In our first demonstration introducing our Pervasive Widgets (the HERMITs), we just used the events on our SDL application (Wendy) to detect the user activity. However that is not very convenient if we want to use proper widgets in our devices, so we need to look for a more transparent way to detect user activity.
As we are running an X-server the XScreensaver extensions are a good option for that. What we want is to be able to detect when there is some user activity, but we do not want to get events every time user press a key or touch the screen... we want them only if that didn't happen for a while
Now that the first decade of XXI century is about to finish, it is time to introduce a revolutionary concept to develop during the next one.
The Papermint Design team proudly introduces the HERMITs.
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Halloween is the perfect excuse to do something cute.
We can't resist the monster sexappeal side and decide to do something. So we are having a party for kids on this month and a terrrific poster to announce.
If you want to use for your own scary party just download the full size image without the test from the image gallery (here)
Enjoy the sangría!
MUVIMAN is a simple PhotoMint deviation. MUVIMAN extends the idea of real-time image sharing to real-time video sharing. Based on picoFlamingo this system allows to watch different real-time video streams and zoom into any of them.
MUVIMAN is aimed to support security guards on museums or offices allowing them to check in advance nearby video sources to increase their situation awareness.
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To combat the malaise, fast food joints are pursuing a high-low strategy, or, as I prefer to dub it, the "Moms and Bros" strategy.
Initially, President Obama wowed the big rich, leading The New York Times to dub him "the hedge fund candidate."
The latest purge prompted Carl Bildt, Sweden's foreign minister, to dub Mr Kim's regime "the empire of horror."
"give a name to," originally "make a knight," from late Old English dubbian "knight by striking with a sword" (11c.), a late word, perhaps borrowed from Old French aduber "equip with arms, adorn" (11c.) of uncertain origin, but there are phonetic difficulties. Meaning "provided with a name" is from 1590s. Related: Dubbed; dubbing.
"add or alter sound on film," 1929, shortening of double; so called because it involves re-recording voices onto a soundtrack. The type of re-mixed reggae music was so called from 1974, probably for the same reason. Related: Dubbed; dubbing.
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A form of reggae music marked by weird, unexpected, and discontinuous sounds: The hypnotic weirdness of such music has helped make dub the most popular form of reggae
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C&D Construction's GAO Bid Protest against RUSH ConstructionDownload Decision
C&D Construction argued in its bid protest that RUSH Construction's bid to repair the Canaveral Lock East and West Canaveral Lock and Barge Canal should have been rejected as nonresponsive.
The Invitation for Bids (IFB) incorporated the provisions of the FAR, which provided for evaluation of price as the sum of all base and optional prices, FAR § 52.217-5. The 5th amendment to the IFB included several changes, including a change in references, which indicated that the contractor would reuse and reinstall approximately 1,190 linear feet of fender material, and "would supply the remainder as new fender material."
At the opening of the bids, the contracting officer noted that RUSH's bid schedule was different from the one provided in the amended IFB. The contracting officer did not allow inspection of original bids or duplicates under FAR § 14.402-1(c), so C&D relied on this statement from the contracting officer to file its bid protest. The contracting officer prepared a memorandum detailing her conclusion about the inconsistencies, denoting incorrect numbering, but stating that "title, quantities and all material aspects of the bid schedule" were correct. The memorandum also articulated that RUSH's bid acknowledged all five amendments as was materially consistent with the IFB.
The contracting officer ultimately awarded the contract to RUSH as it was the lowest bidder. C&D was the second lowest bidder. C&D protested stating RUSH's bid should have been rejected as non-responsive, because of the discrepancies in its bid schedule. The Corp of Engineers and RUSH argued that the agency properly waived the discrepancies, because the bid did not vary significantly from the IFB. The GAO ruled that it did.
The GAO determined that the "discrepancies in Rush's bid here were not a mere minor informality," but rather reflected a commitment for less work than was identified in the original IFB. Specifically, the GAO found that at the time of bid opening, "RUSH had not made a firm commitment to perform the east wall scope of work at specific line item prices." Since the identified discrepancies reflected material differences in the work and the manner of its performance, they could not be waived.
The GAO recommended that the agency revoke RUSH's waiver of discrepancies, terminate the contract under "convenience of the government," and award the contract to the next lowest bidder. GAO also recommended that C&D be reimbursed for its cost of filing and pursuing its protest, including reasonable attorneys' fees.Contact US
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I'm the one you can bring home to mom.
I'm at an exciting stage in my life where anything can happen. I'm hoping to get to know genuine people who can make this time in my life even more meaningful and create memories with. I enjoy the simple pleasures in life: family, friends, love, and laughter. I'm a bright, bubbly, easygoing, and genuine girl with a big sense of humor and a bigger heart. (I definitely have some sass and love to be sarcastic, so if you can keep up and play along - extra points!) I love music, animals, dancing, trying new foods, exploring hole in the wall places, spontaneous day trips (especially with a partner in crime ;) ), relaxing with a good movie, painting, even playing video games. I am self sufficient and ambitiously successful. I have been afforded an opportunity of an education and I take pride in utilizing it to its full potential. Yet, my quirky ways will astonish you! I'm definitely young at heart but I do have my "old soul" moments. As far as what I'm looking for, attraction is important, but chemistry is everything. It doesn't matter what you do or where you go in life, but who you spend it with. I truly believe that. So, whether it's a quiet evening at home, or a spontaneous night out, I'm up for making great memories with an honest, independent gentleman - someone that is down for spontaneous adventures, can make me laugh, and treat me like the lady I am. And for that special man that can treat me like a queen, it's in my nature to treat him as my king.
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I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I have Dogs
I have a soft spot for all animals.
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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
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So, where's the "it's just USADA, they don't have any power and it doesn't mean anything" choir now ?
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Charisma, it's not all a lie. He still beat other people who "cheated". In my opinion, and I now this isn't shared by everyone, I think doping should become legal and call it a day.
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Or perhaps he knew they had him dead to rights and a long drawn out battle would not change the outcome but would do further damage to his public image and tank his LiveStrong foundation/endorsements? He certainly is quite the hero for proving he was the best doped to the gills guy of them all, his EPO was just a cut above the rest.
How is it fair? they had a witch hunt, and he just gave up dealing with their bs any longer.
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Just saw that too, and I am delighted. Glad Cueto is not going to be an experiment in this.
Just saw that too, and I am delighted. Glad Cueto is not going to be an experiment in this.
Six integral Reds set to play in Classic
Volquez, Cueto, Votto, Hairston make final cuts for tournament
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A total of nine Reds players, including six that play integral roles, will be representing their countries in the World Baseball Classic next month.
Final rosters were revealed on Tuesday, and there were no stunning additions or changes of heart.
First baseman Joey Votto will play for Team Canada, while starting pitchers Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto and center fielder Willy Taveras are set to play for the Dominican Republic. Utility player Jerry Hairston Jr. will play for Mexico, and catcher Ramon Hernandez will play for Venezuela.
Participating players will leave camp to join their squads on March 1. The 16-team World Baseball Classic tournament will run from March 5-23.
Among the Minor Leaguers in the organization, pitchers Alexander Smit and Juan Carlos Sulbaran are playing for the Netherlands while infielder Yen-Wen Kuo is headed to the Chinese Taipei club. Reds closer Francisco Cordero was on the Dominican preliminary roster but opted not to play because he is returning from offseason ankle surgery.
Votto, Taveras, Hernandez and possibly Hairston are expected to be regular players for Cincinnati this season. Reds manager Dusty Baker was expecting them to leave camp and is preparing the players, and his own team, accordingly.
"All the [Classic] guys, I will get them ready to go seven to nine innings," Baker said on Tuesday morning. "We have four days to do it. They'll take most of the at-bats while they are here."
Volquez, a 17-game winner and 2008 All-Star, and Cueto will form two of the Reds' starting five in 2009. They will benefit from having Reds special assistant to the general manager Mario Soto as the Dominican pitching coach.
MLB Network will televise 16 World Baseball Classic games, along with a nightly studio show dedicated to the tournament. ESPN will televise 23 games of the Classic in the U.S., including the semifinal and final games, across ESPN and ESPN2 and on its Spanish-language platform, ESPN Deportes.
There could be some chances for Reds players to compete against each other and against the United States squad. Both Canada and Venezuela are in pool C with the U.S. The first-round games for that group are being held at Rogers Centre in Votto's hometown of Toronto.
"At the end of the day, there is nothing like playing in a game and then going home and having dinner with your family," Votto said recently.
Since Team Canada also has Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, Votto was already told he'd likely be the designated hitter during the Classic.
The Dominican Republic is in pool D and playing its first-round games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. If Canada and the Dominican Republic advances, Volquez and Cueto could end up pitching to either Votto or Hernandez.
I miss Adam Dunn.
Soto promises WBC watch on Volquez, Cueto
By Hal McCoy
Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
SARASOTA, Fla. When Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto leave camp to play for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, they'll have a persistent shadow.
To the good fortune of the Cincinnati Reds, Mario Soto is the Dominican pitching coach and he says, "I'll be watching them like a cat. I'll keep 'em out of trouble and working hard."
"From what I understand, a lot of players loafed and didn't do their work at the last WBC, but I'm going to make sure they do all their work and do it right," said Soto.
Soto says he doesn't believe the absences of Volquez and Cueto will hurt them in their preparation for their season with the Reds unless they get hurt.
"Volquez will start the first game for the Dominican and Cueto probably will start the third game," said Soto.
I miss Adam Dunn.
Volquez is pitching against the Marlins today for the DR.
Dunn is batting 5th and playing RF for team USA today.
Volquez to Bonafacio:
foul bunt
Ground out to 1st.
Is the DR game on TV?
I miss Adam Dunn.
No, I have it on gameday audio.
It's on 790 the ticket in Miami if you can find a stream somewhere.
Volquez to Baker:
called strike
ball 1
strike 2
ball 2
strike 3
Baker strikes out swinging.
Volquez to Ross:
ball 1
ball 2
Ross pops out to Reyes at SS
Volquez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
The USA/Yankees game is on MLB Network.
Dunn just K'd looking.
Willy T, hitting 9th for the DR, just struck out.
Volquez to Dallas McPherson:
strike 1
strike 2
ball 1
ball 2
ball 3
McPherson flies out to Cruz on the warning track
1 out
Volquez to Uggla:
strike 1
ball 1
ball 2
ball 3
Uggla grounds out to Reyes at SS
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I have a 16hh dappled grey mare, she is about 11 now and over the past 2 years or so has had a lot of time off work. I seem to be constantly bringing her back into work for her to just go lame again.
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With digital imaging and multimedia becoming the hottest thing since the Zippo lighter, there is now a host of software solutions to cope with whatever you want to do. Movieshop Deluxe purports to take care of your entire movie making wants and needs -- but does it? We reviewed this on a fairly low spec PC running XP, but it didn't seem to suffer, however, we were using small files, as video editing can become a big game.
The basic editing window provides you with a few main areas taking care of selecting your media, assembling the storyboard, the timeline and a preview area. It is simple to get your media of choice up and involved, it will cope with a wide range of different file types, and you can convert it to whatever output you want, including DVD standard to play back on a conventional player.
If you will allow your imaginations to run wild for a moment … imagine you want to put together a wedding video to show your relatives in Australia. You can put together opening titles, show the bride walking down the aisle, include some still images from the wedding photographer, Nanny drinking her fourth sherry, the speeches in all their glory and then the first dance, all as a mixture of video and stills, with fancy transitions. We all know that camcorders might not record great sound depending on the venue, so why not overlay the wedding march once you've edited together your new video? You could also overlay the song from the first dance again as well, by using various layers (up to 10). At the end of it, you have the choice of outputting it however you wish - onto VCD, DVD and even humble old VHS.
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Speke Airport aka Liverpool, aka John Lennon
My first encounter of Speke was reading Sandysmiths page, when I was planning my trip from Liverpool to Granada. She inspired me to visit Speke Hall, So I was planning to arrive nice and early.
My journey from Sheffield started off in torrential rain, over the Cat and Fiddle it was sunny, but as soon as I hit the M6 it was horrendous- such heavy rain, that I couldn't read the motorway signs, and missed my turn off- I eventually got back on course, but too late to visit Speke Hall.
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Its getting easier and easier to reach Liverpool from Europe. Being Capital of Culture for 2008 and hosting the Golf Open in 2006 acrosss the estuary on the Wirral has meant many more flights operating in and out of the John Lennon airport. Ryanair and Easyjet are the main low cost charter flight here but Flybe also has a base here now. At the moment there is a bus shuttle into Liverpool city centre - some 7 miles away but plans are well under way for a much needed train link. (nearest train station to Speke is currently 2 miles away at Garston).
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The nearest train station to Speke is a good 2 miles away so if not arriving by car then the bus is your best option. Catch the the number 82a from Liverpool city centre outside Boots) to Speke - or even the 80a (but this will go all around the houses first!)
The bus will pass a large retail park on the outskirts of Liverpool airport and just after this is where you need to get off. Walk back a few yards from the bus stop towards a roundabout (last one before the airport) and follow the brown tourist sign indicating the road to take to Speke Hall. It looks like its totally the wrong place as you pass industrial units but within 5 minutes you reach the lodge at the head of the long drive to the Hall. Another 5 minutes of walking down the drive and you'll reach the Hall.
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Samsung Vibrant finally getting Froyo 1/21/11
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Got it installed via minikies and it's nice. Wifi calling is wonderful for me since its hard to get a cell signal in the house. Haven't fully tested the gps yet but the compass works a lot better. Flash works and the speed of the phone has increased.
They now have a little tab slider that appears when clicking on text so it makes it easier to select text (I hated trying to select text before). You can also share your internet connection and tethering is an option.
The only negatives I've found are that the Avatar movie that was on the phone as a bonus now doesn't work. It says it is locked and asks you if you want to unlock it but after selecting yes, nothing happens. Someone on the Tmobile site said to do a reboot but it didn't help. Many are complaining of the same problem on the forums.
Also the option to leave the phone display on all the time during charging is gone. Not sure if this was a Froyo thing or just Tmobile but that blows. I liked the disdplay to be on all the time while it was hooked to the charger.
Finally the Samsung desk home and car home don't work right anymore. Desk home gets an error on start up and car homelets the screen turn off then when you turn it back on the program is closed. I also tried opening
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I do think that your "Fuck it" attitude was a learned behavior, right?
There are a lot of outside influences that can shape one, was it one for you?
Spill the beans!
I know, I personally had lots of outside influences that made me miss some great opportunities, personal demons which took a few years to get over, human losses that shaped me, and little ones that make me more cautious......still I probably wouldn't change 99% of it, because it makes me who I am. I say 99% only because to me there is no absolute in life. Well maybe in math.lol
First off, forgive me for replying to a post from page 48, but I'm just working my way through this RR (EPIC is the word) and this topic is one that is dear to my heart.
AH's "sweat equity" observations are spot on the money, contingent upon an individual being able to become self-aware enough to overcome limiting programming, e.g., "You'll never amount to anything", etc. We all really do have equal opportunity to rise to our individual peak performance, but limitations are programmed into us along our development that can impede our ability to achieve our peak.
Personally, I think the meditative "in the moment" aspect of riding is entirely conducive to arriving at such self-awareness and helping oneself to overcome limiting thinking. Opportunities aren't granted by life -- that is disempowering and itself limiting thinking. Opportunities are created by right thought and right action creating synchronicity and serendipity in our daily experience. The choices we make (programmed or self-aware) along our journey define the life we create for ourselves.
In becoming self-aware and striving to patiently overcome our demons, we bootstrap serendipity to deliver unto us opportunities that will necessarily change our lives. We may not be Einsteins, but we each have the capacity to rise to our ultimate potential. It is up to each of us to step up and take on that challenge.
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Andy arrives at The Table Set this week with broken shoes and sweaty feet. What's the etiquette there? Do you have a rule about shoes
Andy, Greg, and Nathan are three gentlemen that know how to throw a party.
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