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Surprisingly, eight citizens and two Trustees showed up at Monday evening's Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) meeting. Not surprisingly, six of the citizens were there to talk about unexplored options (the banning of cultivation, infusion, and sale of medical marijuana) the Town might consider. Unfortunately for those six hearty souls who had braved the frigid temperatures instead of watching the Auburn/Oregon game, medical marijuana was not on the agenda. What was on the agenda were possible amendments to the Town's annexation procedures.
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Stonewall is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew White as Director of Stonewall Cymru. Andrew is currently Head of Health and the Voluntary Sector Unit at the Welsh Language Board.
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This game for its old DAOC like realm vs realm and feel for the game has gotten a complete facelift and a lot more polish. Its sporting a completely new interface that isnt clunky and actually streamlined nicely. I do not hardly think many free to play games merit any praise but out of all of them Ive played over the years , this one seems to be a sincere attempt of making a quality DAOC clone game .
Graphics - while still outdated by todays standards they have been hugely improved with this past months very large game update. Water filtering of textures and lighting has gotten a makeover. Added in FXAA darker shadows and nights , and bloom etc. Add in SweetFX with AA off in the options and this game actually looks really good. Next month faces of characters are getting revamped and it looks like armor and weapons so its getting a huge facelift to modernize it.
Gameplay- is still the old tab targeting quest driven system until your high enough to realm vs realm . Combat animations are more fluid now from what Ive seen and it seems to have some more polish done to it. They added in some battlegrounds instanced pvp along side of the very large realm vs realm zone and also there is now 9 relics of power held in each of the realms keeps just like DAOC had.
There has been a new race added as well to each of the three realms. New armor sets and siege weapons. Gold used to repair doors and keeps and upgrade them etc. All in all its a good close clone to DAOC in combat and atmosphere.
The dev team seems pretty commited to the game and at least on the game samba realms online version the staff is active daily on the forums etc.
Anyways I really think this game needs a new review done since its changed so much in the last two months compared to the old game. Its really the only true 3 realm pvp game I can think of that is a direct clone of DAOC and worth a look again.
Also I was playing at 4am on the realms online server for america and the realm vs realm zones were pretty active still so that was good to see since I thought for sure the game would be dead. I was pleasently surprised to see all the care and changes done to this game and its getting some decent love now and worth a look if you want to play a realm vs realm game thats pretty old school.
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Any news on dungeons or crafting?
Played this a while back and it was believed that they were not interested in either at that point in time. Instanced dungeons we were told were not going to happen despite the fact that you had one on Ignis when you had to fight a giant spider. If they added those I would consider returning.
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Quick question..
Have they decided what to do with the RP? Do they do anything?
B1mble - well, the spider quest for level 1(?) is still the only instanced quest. And i have not heard anything to suggest the devs are changing their position opposing any introduction of crafting. actually, Regnum is really almost 90% focussed on pvp. Almost all the effort is put into making a balanced open RvR pvp game which is hectic and full of combat. It does make it probably in the top 3 F2P balanced open RvR pvp DAOC style games out there. The game isn't for people who want to really roleplay ro craft in their mmos. By open pvp it seems if your opponent is online, he cannot hide in an instance and you should be able to find and kill him (suposedly).
General Dru - By RP you mean Reputation Points which are scored for player kills? Well they have introduced a new rankings page which produces figures on weekly change in RPs and lifetime total RPs. Thee figures are calculated on a total RP basis as well as on the basis of a kills per death ratio. They haven't released the formulas (yet) :( The rankings page can be seen here
The top names all show the players who are often seen in the warzone and who are supposedly (good" at fighting.
Regnum isn't a perfect mmo. They only have a small dev team. But the combat is intense, you do get 30 vs 30 vs 30 battles, it is well balanced and it is F2P and not buy to win. The only comparable alternatives would be Aika Online and Aion Online, and it is arguable regnum has better combat balance and variety.
I even looked at Warhammer Online but Warh O is f2p up to level 10. Levels 10-40 need u to pay.
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the game is still a grind until max lvl where the fun is (RvR) and some classes have a hard time leveling up solo ><
it is somewhat grindy. is the grind more or less than Aion and Aika Online - anyone know?
basically how i approached it was this: Levels 1-30 is fast on Regnum. After level 30 I grinded and warred in the warzone. Killing players gives about 10 times more xap especially at low levels. o if I just got one or 2 hits in on a high level player and others killed him I would get mega xp. 2ndly, on Haven server they have regular and surprise 100-200% xp boosts. So all i did was wait till boost time and grinded fast.
Finally, actually I didn't mind fighting level 50-60s even though i was levels 30-45s. It is pvp versus human players and so, eventhough they were stronger, I found ways to either win or annoy them to hell (hehe.. wait till level 58 is grinding and is on 10% hp, then gank him for mega xp lol). Nice thing is, all your stun/effects spells as a low level player work on high level players. As I passed levels 50-55 I actually found myself missing the grind a bit. Also as a level 40, I liked hunting other levels 40s and 30s. Even running and escaping from level 60s was fun. It made them mad.
Figuring out how to level up solo is a bit of a puzzle for each character. Mages, barbs and archers are easier. But once you figure it out and know your expectations, it becomes easier. As hunter i aimed for about 100,000 xp per hour of grinding, if 100% boost was on.
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So whats the point of grinding just so you can get to the rvr.?
Regnum failed for me because I suddenly realised that it was not going to become a fleshed out world that I could roam around in and have multiple possibilities for my character. It was a straight up repetitive borefest untill RvR at which point I asked (on the forum) why they didn't just make everyone max level and give them points to distribute in their chosen class.
Its not like anyone could aim for being the best armourer/weaponsmith/trader or the best dungeon runner or the best anything else in the game now is it?
Seriously, games like this are a waste of life. Its like adding levels to Team Fortress 2 and saying you cant play in matches untill your level 30.
I might look in on this again in the distant future but unless they make it a bit more 3D then meh! I would rather watch paint dry.
Originally posted by B1mble
yea.. Regnum isn't really for everybody. you're right, i dont think Regnum will ever let you flesh out your character with things like new cities to explore, amazing magic things to craft or even new instances for quests etc. i mean, even i get bored of pvp. but.. well that's all i use Regnum for. ( I pvp about 2 hours a day, split into about 4 random sesssions).
so basically Regnum is only good if all you want is to be able to jump in, have fun running around killing players and dying in sometimes hilarious situations, and jump out. no need to chat to people, no need to roleplay, quest, grind etc etc.
Why don't they make it a max level mmo? Yea, I think they should. GW2 has a max level RvR area. I suspect Regnum doesn't because 1) they need money by selling xp booster scrolls and 2) somehow players enjoy fighting other players of different/higher levels. it's actually quite funny to run into battle as a lowbie 40 level player and gank kill a level 60 as he is heroically fending off a mob of enemies. And you get mega xp for the kill. All that bravery undone. and of course it is quite a challenge to defeat a higher level player in pvp - can be done depending on your build and combat situation. its also very painful to lose to a lower level player. you see, the way they built the combat mechanics, lower level players' stuns etc all work on higher level players.
so.. yea Regnum really isn';t for every1. Team Fortress 2 is F2P right? But.. i prefer Regnum because I get a top down 3rd person view in Regnum and this gives a completely different tacitcal gameplay element. TF2 is more like a FPS to me. FPS pvp is really boring for me ( i tried quake, counterstrike etc etc) because i feel so restricted in situational awareness.
Nah.. the gfx may remain very basic for a long time. I actually like the clean look. I played Silkroad Online (wow amazing artwork) and games like Dungeons * Dragons Online --- but i dont like the more detailed beautiful gfx because of that odd golden glow covering everything. it actually hurts my eyes. Nights and Days in Regnum are so crisp and clean - i feel my head clear riding round in Regnum.


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Thank you for your recent editorial about solar power. It's important that people realize that solar and wind are viable energy solutions in Vermont.
I've analyzed the economics of solar power in Vermont under GMP's new "Solar Rate" net-metering program. This program offers people a "market rate" credit from their power bill for solar power generated by homes and sent into the grid, meaning people can go solar without having to go "off grid."
Most importantly, the economics of solar power now makes sense, even in Vermont. After consulting with experts at Northern Power, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Solarbus.org and others, I've calculated the realistic "return on investment" Vermonters can expect. Here's a summary of the solar-economics:
With Vermont's average of 4.5 hours/day of "Full Sun" (including average number of cloudy days, winter's shorter days, etc.), a 2,000-watt solar system (that will cost around $15,000 to purchase/install), will generate 270 kilowatt hours per month.
Assuming that the cost of electricity will increase only 6 percent per year during the next 30 years, the 270 kw hours generated each month and "net-metered" will equate to an average annual savings of over $1,600 per year over those 30 years. That means over the course of the 30-year expected lifetime of the solar panels, the home will save over $49,000 from that $15,000 investment. That's a 30-year ROI of 231 percent which would please just about any investor, and a "breakeven point" of 16 years from the initial investment.
To see a detailed annual view of the cost/credits for a typical home under this scenario, visit my blog at http://carbonshredders.org/blog/4.
Because the solar panels can connect right to a home's power meter, there's no need for dozens of expensive batteries that need to be replaced every five years. And homes have the convenience of being able to use more power than they generate with their solar panels if they need to.
With all the homes out there carrying mortgage debts of hundreds of thousands of dollars, a $15,000 investment to save $49,000 seems pretty reasonable to me.When I had looked into solar in the past it seemed that the net-metering process was too complicated and didn't pay out fair value for power generated, etc., and dealing with batteries never quite made sense.
Thanks to your recent editorial about GMP's new program, there is at least one more home in the Mad River Valley that will be going solar as soon as possible.
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Video game and comic fans alike will unite in excitement when Jordan Mechner, one of the world's best video game creators and Todd McFarlane, one of the world's best artists, come together on the latest Prince of Persia project.
Disney Book Group's Disney Press imprint announced today the top tier comic book talent contributing to Prince of Persia: Grains of Sand, the first-ever graphic novel written by the creator of Prince of Persia, Jordan Mechner. Todd McFarlane (Spawn) created exclusive art to be featured on the cover, and interior art will include some of the most talented names in comics.
The 128-page graphic novel, a full-color action-adventure anthology featuring six original stories, is based on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the feature film to be released by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films on May 28, 2010. Prince of Persia: Grains of Sand will publish in April 2010 simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.
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At San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 24, 2009, Jordan Mechner, Todd McFarlane, Bernard Chang, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Cameron Stewart will discuss the Prince of Persia: Grains of Sand graphic novel anthology for the first time at Disney Press's panel (11:30am-12:30pm, Room 3) at the San Diego Convention Center.
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Jordan Mechner is one of the videogame industry's most respected creators. His titles, including Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Karateka and The Last Express appear frequently in critics' lists of the best games of all time.
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From the team that brought the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia. A rogue prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess (Gemma Arterton) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world. Directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) with a cast that includes Sir Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, hits theaters Memorial Day Weekend, 2010.


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Anatta, the Buddhist teaching on not-self is often misunderstood. How does the sense of self contribute to suffering? Do we have the capacity to be with the self fully in all its dimensions or nuances? Or do we get caught up in what we think it should be or what we want it to be?
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We will engage in Dharma teachings, meditation, creative exercises and group discussions to identify when concepts of self tend to arise and solidify, and then learn how to bring compassion and lightness to these moments.
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An incident involving a Logan County Middle School eighth-grader, his suspension and arrest has sparked nationwide interest and controversy. The teenager wore a T-shirt depicting an AR-15 rifle, the NRA logo and the slogan "Protect your right." A school staff member asked him to change the shirt. His refusal and subsequent events ended with his suspension and arrest.
The Logan County Board of Education has secured the services of an independent investigator to look into the circumstances surrounding the suspension. The investigator has completed interviews related to the situation and his report is expected soon.
Wilma Zigmond, superintendent of Logan County Schools, said the unusual step was taken because the Logan County Board of Education wanted to ensure a complete, objective evaluation of the situation was conducted. No school board members were involved in the initial decision to suspend the student, Zigmond noted, and they became aware of the situation only after the case received significant publicity because the student and family members talked to the media.
Although student privacy policies prohibit Zigmond from directly commenting on a specific case, she addressed general policies and resulting actions.
"Logan County school policies do prohibit certain kinds of attire, including shirts that promote drug-, alcohol-, or tobacco-related products that are prohibited in school buildings," Zigmond said. "Students also are told they 'will not ignore or refuse to comply with directions or instructions given by school authorities,' in accordance with school policy."
Contrary to some reports, Zigmond added, shirts that depict guns or promote the National Rifle Association are not expressly forbidden by school policy. In fact, on a recent Monday several students wore shirts promoting the NRA without any incident whatsoever.
"What students are not permitted to do, however, is disrupt the educational process," she said. "That policy is in place to benefit everyone and ensure an appropriate learning environment for all Logan County students. I can say unequivocally that no student in our county has ever been suspended for wearing a t-shirt that promotes the NRA."
Phyllis Adkins, president of the Logan County Board of Education, stressed that school board members support both the First Amendment and the Second Amendment.
"Our members understand the sensitivity surrounding this issue, but it should be made clear that board members have not taken any action regarding a student suspension," Adkins said. "We are interested in ensuring that we have all the facts, however, which is why we hired an outside investigator. After receiving that report, we will determine whether board action is warranted. Our primary object is – and always has been – to ensure that our students receive the best education possible and that our staff members have a safe and respectful environment in which to work."


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ICBA Opposes Lower Capital Standards for Credit Unions
Credit Unions Would Receive Expanded Powers While Enjoying Tax-Exempt Status
Washington, D.C. (Sept. 29, 2005) - The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) criticized a proposal by the National Credit Union Administration to lower the capital requirements for federal credit unions that participate in that agency's Regulatory Flexibility Program or RegFlex.
"In many cases, credit unions have exceeded their statutory mission and use their tax-exempt status to unfairly compete with taxpaying community banks," said Camden R. Fine, ICBA president & CEO. "This proposal by NCUA expands the powers of many credit unions and diverts them from their central mission of serving the credit needs of low-and-moderate income consumers."
In a letter to NCUA, ICBA also argued that the proposal increases the risk exposure to the NCUA Share Insurance Fund. "Credit unions that participate in the RegFlex program should be subject to a higher capital requirement than the 7% minimum capital standard for well-capitalized credit unions," the letter said.
ICBA has long opposed expanding powers for credit unions as long as they enjoy a tax-exempt status and are not subject to the same laws and regulations - such as taxation and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) -- as banks. NCUA has asked Congress to lower the well-capitalized net worth requirement to 5% from 7%. Congress has not acted on the NCUA legislative plan. By reducing the capital requirements for RegFlex, the NCUA is allowing more credit unions to take advantage of the program and therefore be exempt from a number of restrictions including limits on fixed assets, taking non-member deposits, and purchasing certain loans.
"NCUA should not be trying to circumvent the intention of Congress by taking regulatory action to reduce the capital requirements for 3,400 credit unions that participate in the RegFlex Program and that are not subject to the restrictions that other credit unions are subject to," said ICBA in its letter.
To view the complete statement, visit www.icba.org.


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The LeFlore County Fire
Fighters Association
(LCFA) has received a grant
from Homeland Securities
Assistance to Firefighters
Grant program (AFG). In a
Regional grant submitted
by host Post Mountain Fire
Department, the LCFA was
granted $159,000 to purchase
414 handheld and 116
mobile radios. Each department
will receive 15 handhelds
and 4 mobiles with
the host receiving 9 handhelds
. All 28 fire departments
in LeFlore county
agreed to be a part of the
grant which was submitted
in May of 2010. Each fire
department had to submit
run reports, number of firefighters,
types of apparatus
and financial information in
order to process the grant.
This grant was an excellent
show of teamwork by all
LeFlore County Fire departments.
The 10 percent
match of $15,900 for this
grant will be divided among
all 28 departments in the
amount of $567.86 each.
Even this amount in the
past would have created a
burden to some departments
without the new 1/4 sales
tax approved by voters last
In the year 2013 the FCC
's narrow banding mandate
will take effect and some
departments were not going
to have equipment that
would have been compliant.
This mandate states On
January 1, 2013, all public
safety and business industrial
land mobile radio systems
operating in the 150-
512 MHz radio bands must
cease operating using 25
kHz efficiency technology,
and begin operating using
at least 12.5 kHz efficiency
technology. Radios will
have to both send and
receive their transmission
in narrowband to be compliant.
Emergency Manager
Micheal Davidson and
LeFlore County 911 have
updated all county FCC
licensed frequencies to be
narrowband compliant and
are improving communications
with new repeaters
and common paging channels.
With the improvements
of these channels
departments will have to
reprogram existing radios
that are narrowband compliant.
The new grant
approved equipment will
come complete with those paging channels already
included. Due to funding
shortfalls in the past some
departments have been
operating with an insufficient
amount of radios.
Until now, fire departments
have operated with no
Standard Operation
Procedure (SOP) for communications.
Each fire
department's radios were
programmed with various
titles and frequencies making
communications complicated
at the least. Through the
County Fire Association
meetings all departments
have had a say in the the
entire process from the new
communications SOP to
choosing the radios. There
was some difficulty in meeting
the Oklahoma State
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s
Interoperability Plan .
(OSCIP) The addition of the
12 character display had
vendors scurrying to find
state compliant radios within
the grants budget. The
state plan also includes common
frequencies that function
as mutual aid channels
and running incident command
from the smallest to
the largest incident and
across state lines.
Installation of the mobiles
has already begun and deficiencies
in other equipment
are being addressed as well.
Handhelds should be distributed
in August .


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More than 6,000 Connecticut shoreline property owners have applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has awarded about $4 million for state residents forced out of their homes by Superstorm Sandy.
While state officials continue to add up totals for a major FEMA request later this week, it's clear that damage in the region will exceed multibillion-dollar levels, particularly in harder-hit New Jersey and New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reportedly seeking $30 billion.
President Barack Obama's expedited disaster declaration for Connecticut's four shoreline counties the day after the Oct. 29 storm helped get initial assistance quickly to affected homeowners, said state officials who expect to tabulate the total damage suffered in all eight counties by midweek.
It is unclear whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will seek longer-term infrastructure funds, including new breakwaters and flood control measures along Long Island Sound, where the storm damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. His spokesman said Monday the governor is concentrating on the short-term recovery aid, but is thinking ahead and has "daily contact" with cabinet-level officials in Washington.
Rita Egan, spokeswoman for FEMA, said from a new Disaster Recovery Center behind the senior center in Fairfield on Monday that agency workers have received assistance applications from 7,271 property owners statewide, including 4,667 in Fairfield County and 1,621 in New Haven County.
About 3,466 have requested home inspections, of which about 2,000 have been completed by the agency's 200 field workers, she said. Of the $3,974,039 in FEMA awards approved by mid-afternoon, all but about $200,000 were for housing assistance, with the rest for personal property loss. She did not have the exact number of recipients of the initial FEMA awards.
"Everybody needs to register with FEMA to begin the application process," said Scott DeVico, spokesman for the state division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
The money available from FEMA is to help property owners pay for lost possessions, moves to hotels, public infrastructure repairs and for towns and cities to pay overtime for public safety and public works crews during the storm and its aftermath.
DeVico said the early response from the president, declaring the four shoreline counties preliminary disaster areas, expedited the flow of FEMA funding that is getting to displaced residents. But the state's overall request for disaster relief will include the interior counties, including Litchfield County.
"In normal circumstances, we would do the assessment first," said Andrew Doba, spokesman for Malloy. That assessment process would have been time-consuming, he said, noting that the early presidential declaration cut the bureaucratic red tape for the state by announcing right away that the state met federal disaster guidelines.
State officials believe that much of the $30 billion the New York governor is seeking, as reported Monday by The New York Times, is not disaster-related money, but infrastructure-hardening investments for which he needs congressional approval.
The newspaper report included requests for $3.5 billion to repair bridges, subways, tunnels and commuter rail lines in New York City; $1.65 billion to fix homes damaged by the storm and $1 billion in municipal overtime costs.
Forty three residents of New York City died from storm-related causes, 23 in New Jersey and four died in Connecticut.
Doba said the governor is seeking aid from all areas.
"Nothing is off the table as far as long-term issues go," Doba said in a phone interview. "We are currently working with FEMA, getting aid from traditional points, but the governor is in contact with federal officials on a daily basis. I think we're making our case for disaster relief at the highest levels."
On Monday, state and local officials were working with FEMA in cataloguing preliminary damage estimates in Litchfield, Windham, Hartford and Tolland counties, to add to the shoreline areas of Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex and New London counties.
Part of the delay in getting a statewide total was the inability of FEMA officials to get into some of the hardest-hit areas in the days immediately following the Oct. 29 storm.
"I don't want anyone to think we're perfect," said Egan, the FEMA spokeswoman, noting that people who receive rejections for aid, can request a second property inspection. Some homeowners are being turned down for aid pending a determination from their insurance companies. "We try to do our best."
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Digital Signage Gives Customers a More Personal Shopping Experience
Deliver the "wow" with Intel® technology
Your opportunity to engage
Walk into any store, hotel, airport, school, movie theater, health club—you name it—and it's likely you will encounter a digital display that is advertising a product, promoting a brand, providing you with directions, or even inviting you to step up and interact. That's digital signage.
Big retailers have led the way. By putting the right screens in the right places and showing the right messages, businesses are achieving the kind of personalized engagement that shoppers crave. Today digital signs are used to showcase hot new inventory, promote closeouts, measure message effectiveness—and so much more. Whether designed into a point-of-sale end-cap display, used as a stand-alone marketing system, or attracting customers to an interactive vending system, digital signage takes the shopping experience to a whole new level.
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Digital signage is key to the omni-channel
Digital signage is a core element of an omni-channel experience, whereby shoppers enjoy a consistent and seamless engagement regardless of the device or channel in use. When in-store digital signage connects to the Web, social media, and mobile devices, it becomes an important omni-channel conduit, and an engaging access point to a wealth of information—for consumers and retailers alike. Consumers enjoy an online-type of shopping experience while reaping the benefits of being in-store, where the merchandise is available to touch, try, and buy.
Delivery of digital content to every screen
Optimizing the customer experience is the focus of Intel® Retail Client Manager (Intel® RCM)—an intelligent software solution that enables you to deliver digital content to every screen, including digital signage, with greater impact, when and where it matters most. Reach specific audiences in a timely manner, remotely manage your messages in near real time, and launch customized content dynamically.
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Transform your signage into an intelligent, situation-aware content system using Intel® Audience Impression Metrics Suite (Intel® AIM Suite). This powerful analytics technology senses viewer responsiveness and determines gender and age group, then adapts messages accordingly. Intel AIM Suite can also measure the duration of a person's gaze, further enhancing your ability to track consumer behavior, adapt messages, and measure return on investment (ROI). Use Intel AIM Suite to better understand your shoppers in ways that will help you optimize your engagement and sales.
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I have a vacation with my sister and all of our kids.
Spectacular days.
Spectacular evenings.
With the most gorgeous sunsets.
And an entire list of cardigan patterns to google, thanks to you!
That sounds like a pretty perfect vacation!
Very lovely pictures!
August is already blessing you!! and it's only the 3rd!! Can't wait to see what cardigan you choose. Happy Summer friends!!
Seriously beautiful and so relaxing looking! You and your sisters have toooooooo much fun~you are so blessed!
I so enjoyed the knitting list too. I immediately fell in love with that whole look of Sullivan: the check blue shirt, faded jeans, and fossil gray lacy front cardigan! I'm going for that look~it screams I want!!!
Have a wonderful August.
Sounds like a wonderful vacation!
Fantastic sunsents - love the colors that you were able to capture with your camera! Did you make any good purchases while on the Cape? Glad you had a good time with your sister and the children.
Do let us know what cardigan you select - and what yarn, too!
Hope you are having a great time! I'll talk with you when you get back! enjoy your time!
Enjoy!!!! Looks
Ike it is impossible not to though from those pics!
Enjoy!!!! Looks
Ike it is impossible not to though from those pics!
I just saw the best cardigan on House on Hill Road. If I don't get a job knitting a sweater I'll be making it for myself. Looks like you're having a wonderful time.
Beautiful! I think I love Cape Cod! (I've never been but what great pictures.)
How wonderful!! Enjoy the rest of your vacation!
one more cardigan idea.....the twisted cardigan. check it out on ravelry....a great pattern!
Leslie, do share the list of ideas! I'm a total cardigan knitter. I noticed the new Twist Collective has some lovely ones.
i'm casting on sullivan tonight! have a great vacation!!!
Looks like a magical August!
I'm LOVING the looks of the Sullivan Cardigan! Hmmmm...just might have to add that to the (ever-growing) list. Cape Cod looks totally fab...enjoy!
What beautiful pictures. Enjoy your time.
Beautiful photos!!! Just a cardigan thought - Atelier - check it out on Ravelry - unique construction, joy to knit and comfortable to wear... Have fun!
And Happy August days to you too.
Thanks for the postcards from your trip! I feel like they were all signed with a hug!
You crack mu up! :-) Loved the first picture! :-) Cape Cod - one place I've never been and would love to visit, maybe even stay awhile. Probably will never happen, but I can dream. Enjoy for me too. :-)
Oh, fun! What a fabulous time.
Looks fantastic you lucky thing. Enjoy. x
Have a great time! And don't forget to share the details.
looks like your having a great time!
Happy August to you!! Looks like lots of good times. Love your new header....perfect.
What lovely photos. I love Cape Cod!
Looks like you had a great time at Cape Cod. I'll have to try the yummy kale drink. Think I can make it with a blender? I'll let you know. Doesn't school begin soon?


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Lower Division Requirements
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
BA - Communication Studies
San José State University -to- CSU, Fullerton
Community College students should meet with a counselor as soon as possible to determine the equivalent courses offered at that institution. Students should complete as many as possible of the lower division requirements listed below, prior to transfer.
Lower Division Course Requirements
Community College Course Equivalents
STAR Act (SB 1440):
|The Communication Studies department accepts the AA-T in Communication Studies (SB 1440 degree) for transfer into these majors. We recommend transfers complete the following articulated courses when course choices for the AA-T in Communication Studies are available. We strongly encourage students to take courses which clear the American Institution requirement and 2nd semester/quarter of English composition as part of their CSU GE or IGETC requirements for the AA-T degree (doing so will increase greater choice in the 60 units of SJSU course work to be taken after transfer).
Communication Studies Department offers BA - Communication Studies, and BA - Communication Studies, Preparation for Teaching.
The general BA - Communication Studies major has no lower division course requirements or prerequisites, beyond completion of Lower Division General Education. The department will accept, as electives in the major, up to 8 semester units of Speech Communication courses that are not also used to satisfy Lower Division General Education requirements (i.e., no transfer courses may be double-counted for both GE and major electives). Community College students should meet with a counselor as soon as possible to determine which baccalaureate level courses offered at their institution, are articulated with SJSU.
|No specific courses are required. However, potential majors should satisfy their CSU GE Area A 1-Oral Communication requirement with a public speaking course. Only courses that are approved baccalaureate level lower division Speech Communication courses will be accepted for transfer.
Students may select up to 8 semester units of lower division electives for transfer from courses articulated with the following courses:
|COMM 010 Communication and Human Relationships
|No Current Equivalent
|COMM 020 Public Speaking
|HCOM 102 Public Speaking
|COMM 021 Performing Culture and Society
|No Current Equivalent
|COMM 040 Argumentation and Advocacy
|HCOM 235 Essentials of Argumentation
|COMM 041 Critical Decision Making
|No Current Equivalent
|COMM 045 Media and Culture
|No Current Equivalent
|COMM 060 Verbal Reasoning
|No Current Equivalent
|COMM 074 Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication
|No Current Equivalent
Support courses required for Preparation for Teaching select:
|ENGL 056A English Literature to the Late 18th Century
|No Current Equivalent
|ENGL 056B English Literature Late 18th Century to Present
|No Current Equivalent
|ENGL 068A American Literature to 1865
|No Current Equivalent
|ENGL 068B American Literature 1865 to Present
|No Current Equivalent
WST Prerequisite:
|Beginning Fall 2014 the prerequisite for the WST is the completion of the CSU GE A3 with a grade of C or better. All students are strongly encouraged to complete a second English composition course as part of their lower division GE prior to transferring to SJSU (either to meet CSU GE Area A3 or C2). In doing this students will be more prepared to pass the WST and 100W course at SJSU.
|Once the following recommended course has been completed with a grade of C or better, students should contact our testing office: testing.sjsu.edu to register for the WST exam at SJSU (passing the WST prior to your first semester at SJSU will prevent delays in registration for upper division courses):
|2nd English Composition/Critical Thinking Equivalent Transfer Course
any course approve for the IGETC Critical Thinking/Second semester English composition 1B area is highly recommended
|No Current Equivalent
|ENGL 001B Argument and Analysis
|No Current Equivalent
Prior to transferring to San Jose State University all transfers must earn at least 60 transferable semester units (90 quarter), including the CSU four basic skill courses required for CSU admission eligibility. Within those 60 semester/90 quarter units students are strongly encouraged to complete the following:
1. Lower Division Major Course Requirements (especially for STEM Majors):
Complete as many of the lower division courses required for the major as possible. Many of these courses may be double counted as part of the CSU GE-Breadth 39 semester unit requirements. These requirements are shown above.
2. General Education Requirements:
Complete all the CSU GE Breadth requirements at the community college (39 semester units/58 quarter units). The approved courses for each area can be found at www.ASSIST.org under the link "CSU GE-Breadth Certification Courses" for your college. Many of these courses can be double counted to meet the major requirements shown above, so choose your courses wisely. Please see your college counselor/advisor to review your general education in order to receive FULL OR PARTIAL CERTIFICATION PRIOR TO TRANSFER to San Jose State University.
3. Second Semester English Composition highly recommended:
Complete the second semester English composition course (or equivalent) with a grade of "C" or better prior to registering for the WST and 100W course at SJSU. Approved courses can be found above within the lower division major requirements. Be sure to select this course as part of your CSU GE-Breadth 39 semester unit requirements. Once this course is complete, students are encouraged to take the WST exam at SJSU to avoid delays in enrollment for other SJSU required courses. To register for the WST contact our Testing office at testing.sjsu.edu.
4. American Institutions Requirement (US 1, US 2, and US 3 must be completed):
This requirement is normally 2 courses and can be taken as part of your CSU GE-Breadth 39 semester unit requirements (GE Area D and sometimes Area C). The approved courses can be found at www.ASSIST.org under the link "CSU US History, Constitution, and American Ideals Courses" for your college.


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Student's #SimpleNotes Project Inspires Positive Mental HealthPosted Jan. 7, 2013
"How are you going to change the world," assistant professor J.D. Ponder, Ph.D. asked his Communication and Influence course.
Throughout the semester, Ponder charged his students to think about how they could change the world as one single person. Shaffer decided that she would focus on inspirational messages.
"I'm really big on the little things," Shaffer said.
While developing #SimpleNotes, Shaffer considered how people would perceive the messages, what would make them take off and why they would pay attention.
In her academic research, Shaffer explored cognitive consistency, or the comparison of a person's self-perception and reality, and how depression and anxiety can affect a student's experience in college. From there, she investigated how social media could have an impact through the diffusion of innovation theory.
After considering several options such as posting flyers or using sidewalk chalk, Shaffer thought of writing messages on PostIt notes and tracking it with social media. She crafted short, encouraging messages on the notes and added the hashtag, #SimpleNotes, so she could track how people shared her message on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr.
Shaffer tested her project on the Kent chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms, which is "a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly in treatment and recovery," according to the organization's website. Shaffer is president of the chapter, so she hung the notes in the meeting room and bathroom before a meeting. She noticed how the members started talking and tweeting about the notes, taking pictures and sharing them with their followers and automatically adopted the hashtag on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. At the end of the meeting, Shaffer revealed her project and asked for their help in sharing messages.
Shaffer targeted students at the Kent campus by posting notes in Taylor Hall, Satterfield Hall, the Library and the Student Center. TWLOHA helped her reach the rest of campus. Less than a week after launching, the messages had been shared to other colleges in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.
"It's honestly taken me by surprise," Shaffer said. "I planned to do this by myself and make it a small project and it exploded. For me, it is a reminder that there is still hope for humanity and that there are kind people out there. Even people I didn't know reached out and wanted to do something kind for someone else anonymously."
Shaffer hopes to continue the project as a graduate student, with an extra nudge from Ponder. "In my experience and having Dr. Ponder as a professor, I'm grateful for how willing he was to help. He inspired me to pursue graduate school."
Shaffer is Working with Dr. Jeffrey Child to submit her #SimpleNotes research paper to the 4th Annual Nebraska Undergraduate Communication Conference in April.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
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In this class you will learn how to make your favorite sushi. We will teach you the basics of preparing sushi rice, rolling and cutting sushi, explanation of ingredients and the history of sushi and more.
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Friday, May 16, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
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Recognising the urgency of identifying technology to reduce the CO2 intensity of cement production, the IEA has worked together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) to develop a technology roadmap for cement. This is currently the only industry-specific roadmap; others focus on specific technologies. This joint effort shows willingness to build on progress already made, as well as the industry's understanding that further progress lies ahead.
CO2 emissions from cement production currently represent about 5% of anthropogenic global CO2 emissions. The cement roadmap outlines a possible transition path for the industry to make continued contributions towards a halving of global CO2 emissions by 2050. As part of this contribution, this roadmap estimates that the cement industry could reduce their emissions 18% from current levels by 2050. A reduction of global emissions does not imply a linear reduction by the same percentage in all industries. This roadmap should be understood as a deep analysis of potentials and challenges in one industry.
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We landed in Israel yesterday around 3pm. The flight was soooo long, but most of us were able to get some sleep. I was able to watch Crazy, Stupid, Love which was a good movie. We drove to the kibbutz in Afik, and there are three of us per room on this nice little farm. We are able to see the Sea of Gallilee (Kineret). We took time to reflect on how we were feeling about starting our journey here in Israel. My word was priviledged because I am so lucky to be able to come over to the homeland and have this experience with all of these wonderful Jewish people from around the world.
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Some children are just born for adventure, have it in their blood, jump into new undertakings with both feet, laughing out loud. Clem was this child, courageous and curious. Happily dipping into a ditch, river or lake with both hands, a net or a fishing rod, buckets of snails or tadpoles or frogs found their way back home. Ever fearless, he tromped through woods, fields, beaches looking for animals, treasures, mushrooms, waltzed through museums and monuments, up dizzying tower staircases, boarded airplanes all alone which would take him flying off to far-away lands when he was all but a tiny four-year-old surrounded by strangers. And at ten, he and his father giddily prepared their backpacks for their newest adventure, a trekking holiday through the Moroccan desert.
I was knee-deep in researching my genealogy and vacationed in New York every chance I could get, spending my days at the archives and evenings meeting relatives newly discovered and quizzing them about family. The particular summer in question found me boarding a plane to the States, Simon's small 8-year-old fist firmly in my hand and JP and Clem heading south to Morocco. While I was skimming birth records, naturalization certificates and keeping a small boy calm with an endless supply of superhero figurines and slices of pizza, JP was showing Clem the Old Country, the place he fell in love with all those many years ago.
They spent a glorious week in hiking boots, kicking up sand, days under the burning sun, nights tucked up in sleeping bags under the inky star-lit sky. Huge communal tents were set up for lunches and dinners, two gentlemen preparing tagines and couscous, salads and fruits, fresh breads to see them through the days. Clem was in his element, buoyant and excited, rolling down hills, sliding down mountains on the seat of his pants, running instead of walking, always twenty five paces ahead of his father. Nothing tired him out, nothing slowed him down. Food was gulped down, tents were put up, our little boy could have extended his adventure for an added week and he would not have flinched. While the only other child in the group – the same age as ours – whined and complained, cursed and caused trouble, Clem enjoyed himself thoroughly. Clem lived every single moment to the fullest in great pleasure and delight.
But two days or three were spent alone with his father in Marrakech. Clem and JP stayed in tiny hostels, a place to stash their luggage and lay their heads at night. Days were spent exploring the city, the markets, the sites, sounds, odors and flavors of Morocco. JP was back in his old stomping grounds, a place he knows so well, a culture he loves. And nothing thrilled him more than sharing this with his son, imparting the joy, the pleasure and the knowledge of this magical city, this fascinating country. And the food! For their very first meal in Morocco together, Clem ordered a Chicken Tagine with preserved lemons and olives. A big, bold order for such a young man, a meal bursting with flavors, salty, tangy, exciting! But Clem had always been a great eater, a bold eater and he was afraid of nothing. Driven by his passion for eating and his adventurous spirit, his curiosity and the excitement of being in a strange new country all alone, man to man, with his dad, he ordered this new dish. And fell in love with it. And for those several days, both before and after the hike, every mealtime found him ordering the same dish, Tagine de Poulet aux Citrons Confits et Olives – Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives.
And once back home in the bosom of his family, our occasional jaunt to a Moroccan restaurant would find him perpetuating his far-away experience, titillating both taste buds and memories with the same dish, Tagine de Poulet aux Citrons Confits et Olives – Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives. And JP and I would smile at each other, understanding that that particular dish was not only infused with the bright flavors of olives, saffron and lemon, but with happy memories and that special father-son connection they shared in the sand.
And now, whenever JP decides to make this dish, we make sure Clem is there at the table with us and we smile… he may have forgotten that long ago trip to Morocco, that time spent exploring and dining out with his father, but we see that same ten year old, excited, talkative, adventurous, again and again, every time we serve this dish to him. Like magic.
JP makes this dish regularly with either chicken or fish. He cooks, as he says, au pif, by instinct, and any Tagine – any dish he makes – is adjusted as he goes along so the amount of liquid added, the cooking time, the amount of herbs or spices is all dependent upon taste and the immediate. The homey one-pot dishes he cooks usually are best prepared in advance, allowing the dish the time to sit, the sauce to thicken, the flavors to blend and meld and infuse the meat. Play around…. taste as you go. I have attempted to pin him down to specific amounts and cooking times, but do not be afraid to adjust as needed, to increase amounts to serve more people, to feel your way along the process. The basic directions are more than simple, and can be applied to almost any stew or tagine.
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Serves 4
Prepare the Tagine ahead of time to allow the chicken, once cooked, to sit for at least 20 minutes before reheating and serving.
1 chicken cut in pieces or 2 breast filets + 2 leg/thigh sections
½ preserved lemon (citron confit)
½ ladleful (a dozen or so) large purple olives
2 small onions, peeled, trimmed and finely chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled, trimmed and minced
Small potatoes, as many as desired for four people, peeled and cut into large cubes
1 small bouillon cube (stock cube)
½ tsp saffron powder, turmeric *
Salt and pepper
* One can also purchase yellow "saffron" powder in tiny sachets of individual portions; in France it is sold for making couscous, in Italy for making Risotto Milanese. Use one sachet or tiny packet for this Tagine.
Heat equal parts margarine and olive oil, not more than a tablespoon of each, in a large heavy-bottom pot or Dutch oven. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until tender and golden. Add the chicken pieces and toss/turn to coat with the oil; cook until golden on all sides. Add the potatoes and toss to coat.
Add the saffron powder or turmeric and the salt and pepper, toss the chicken and potatoes until everything is uniformly yellow; add the stock cube, the olives, the half preserved lemon cut in two pieces and 1 bowl of water (about a cup to a cup and a half), cover the pot and allow to simmer for at least 20 minutes or until the chicken and potatoes are cooked through and tender. Toss the chicken and potatoes occasionally during the cooking and add a little bit of water if and when necessary, if the level of water gets too low.
Once cooked, turn off the pot and, leaving it covered, allow to sit and cool a bit, at least 20 minutes – this is a dish that can easily be prepared ahead of time. Before serving, place the Tagine back on a low heat and slowly bring to a simmer; allow to simmer for 10 to 20 minutes to allow the sauce to thicken while the chicken and potatoes heat through. If the sauce is too thick or has evaporated, add more water before simmering; if the sauce is too watery, simply allow it to cook down on a very low simmer until desired consistency.


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Economist Justin Wolfers tweets a graph from Mark Thoma that's very much worth talking about. It measures per capita growth in government spending for the last seven presidents' first term in office. This is what he finds:
The graph tells a simple story that I've recounted before. For all the talk you hear about Obama's historic spree, government spending actually hasn't increased so dramatically under this president. The stimulus was big, but it's over. It's been replaced by, if not austerity (which has struck our states and cities) then a hard correction to the center.
Here's another way to tell the story ... It's a quiz! I present to you the first three years in spending for three recent presidents: Barack Obama, George Bush, and Ronald Reagan. To make it a game, I've removed their names and indexed the spending increases to their first month of office. And I've replaced the dates with integers from 1-10 so you can't guess by looking at the years.
Can you guess which president is which?
The hint that solves the puzzle: They're in chronological order. It goes Reagan, Bush, Obama. Going by federal expenditures (and note these are nominal figures), it would seem that if Obama's a socialist, Ronald Reagan is Karl Marx with an ICBM.
Let me anticipate some of your objections before you make them. (1) Reagan was fighting a war, he jacked up defense spending instead of discretionary spending, and he inherited a recession with inflation that might, well, inflate his numbers. This is all true, but expanding defense was Reagan's choice, and a dollar spent, on no matter what, is a dollar taxed or borrowed. (2) Bush was fighting a war and battling a recession, too. Yes, but he has neither inflation nor a Great Recession. (3) Don't play relativity games with me, Derek, too much government spending is too much government spending, even if Obama's predecessors were worse! There is a time for government cuts, but it's not when you have 9 percent unemployment and your interest rates are below 2%. (4) The language of Obamacare and financial reform are better indicators of big government than federal spending. It's fair to measure government size by its total involvement in people's lives, but that deserves a longer post. (5) We should be more concerned about the taxes and spending to come than the spending that has past. But they haven't happened yet, so they're not part of the president's record.
Maybe I missed some objections -- I'm sure you'll let me know -- and I'll answer in the comment section.
But the bottom line is that it is really, truly time for the myth about Big Spender Obama to die. If anything, it is remarkable that, after a recession and a private sector implosion, the public sector expanded less under this administration than it did under Bush or Reagan, especially when you consider the government cuts made at the state and local levels.


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