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Color Cubes is a set of Tetris-like puzzle game available for download that can be played on the computer. The set includes 3 games with 3-D graphics for hours of addictive game play. The three different games, including Classic which is a classic style Tetris game with different shapes that must be arranged to form a line across the game area. The other two games, Color Blocks and Rotated Color Blocks, are columns of colored blocks that must be matched horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to make them disappear. Besides the challenge of playing the games and trying to keep the play area from filling up with blocks for as long as possible, each game includes bonuses that add fun twists to game play. Color Cubes is a free download that works with Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME, and 98. Because of the small file size - just 3.3 Mb - the game will download quickly so you can be playing your favorite version of Color Cubes in no time at all. The low minimum requirements for the game, including 233 Mhz processor and 32 MB of RAM, means Tetris fans can play the game on almost any desktop or laptop at home, work, or school. As someone plays, each game keeps track of their score and time so they can easily compete against their own best records or even against their friends' high scores. Game players can find Color Cubes available at My Real Games ( [url removed] ) where they can always download free games.
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CHESTERFIELD, MO (KPLR) – MODOT has reopened all lanes and ramps of Highway 40 through the Chesterfield Valley. Construction crews have been tearing down the Chesterfield Parkway West Bridge and the Chesterfield Airport Road span since Friday night.
It caused detours in two areas on I-64, backing up traffic both Saturday and Sunday.
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Monday, May 9, 2011 - 7:49am
Dr. Mark Wong, chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) at The University of Texas School of Dentistry, and OMS resident Simon Young, DDS, PhD, MD, are part of a team selected to receive the 2011 Hershel M. Rich Invention Award for their "Combined Space Maintenance and Bone Regeneration System for the Reconstruction of Large Osseous Defects."
The Hershel M. Rich Award is presented annually to Rice University faculty or students for an invention that demonstrates creativity and originality. Wong is an adjunct professor in the Department of Engineering at Rice. Other team members include Antonios Mikos, PhD, the Louis Calder Professor in Bioengineering; Kurt Kasper, PhD, of the Rice Department of Bioengineering; postdoctoral student Meng Shi, PhD; and Patrick Spicer, a Baylor College of Medicine doctoral student.
The team's "space maintenance and bone regeneration system" uses a polymer to maintain space within an injured bone and deliver antibiotics to treat local infections while a custom-shaped, vascularized bone flap is developed in another part of the body for transplantation once the wounded site is ready for grafting. The system involves technology developed with support from an Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine grant.
The award was established by Hershel M. Rich, a Rice alumnus who earned a bachelor of science degree in 1945 in electrical and mechanical engineering. Each team member receives a cash award and a certificate. Dr. Kyriacos Zygourakis nominated Wong and Young for the award.


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Regulating Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis
A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis
The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more controversial uses have arisen such as HLA typing to save the life of a sibling, gender selection for social reasons, the prevention of late onset diseases, or the prevention of diseases which may be genetically predisposed to developing such as breast cancer. The technology surrounding PGD is constantly developing, giving rise to new and unexpected consequences that create fresh ethical and legal dilemmas.
Featuring internationally recognized experts in the field, this book critically explores the regulation of PGD and the broader legal and ethical issues associated with it. It looks at the regulatory situation in a number of jurisdictions including New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, but it also explores a number of themes of wide significance including a historical consideration of PGD and its part in the creation of the "genetic embryo" as a political tool, the over regulation of PGD and the ethical difficulties in handling additional unexpected medical information yielded by new technologies. This book will be of particular interest to academics and students of law, medicine and ethics.less
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BRISTOL — The famous last name grabs one's attention. It's the combination of effort and basketball I.Q., however, which makes Isaiah Wilkins a special player according to his head coach.
Wilkins, the stepson of former Atlanta Hawks star Dominique Wilkins, scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Greater Atlanta Christian's 68-59 victory over Memphis Hamilton in the first of four Arby's Classic quarterfinals Saturday evening at Viking Hall.
"He doesn't let that get to him," GAC coach Eddie Martin said about Wilkins and all the talk about being Dominique's son. "He's got to be his own person and he's got to be his own player. He totally is and his basketball I.Q., to me, is off the charts. That's why coach (Tony) Bennett at Virginia recruited him so hard, not just on his ability, but because his basketball I.Q. is so good."
Wilkins, a 6-foot-7 senior who is committed to Virginia, showed some of the flash asscociated with his last name on a couple of occasions. He thrilled the large crowd in attendance with a trio of two-handed, rim-rattling slam dunks. It was all part of the gameplan to bring extra energy to his team.
"I try to bring energy to the team on both offense and defense," Wilkins said. "Those open dunks help a lot."
Despite the big dunks, his game is much different than that of the Hall of Famer who has raised him since he was six years old. The emphasis isn't as much about high scoring totals and being a copy of the "Human Highlight Film." His goal is more about getting teammates involved.
It was clear in the first quarter when he dove to the floor to fight off a Hamilton defender for a loose ball.
Coach Martin said, "We really challenge our guys to play defense. When your best player gets on the floor after a loose ball, nobody else can say a word about getting on the floor after a loose ball. It's contagious."
In fact, Wilkins wasn't the leading scorer for the Spartans on Saturday. That distinction belonged to 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Garrett Covington, who made five 3-point goals in a 23-point effort. With Wilkins playing so strong on the inside, it helped Covington to move around and get open looks on the outside.
"Moving around was the key for me," Covington said. "I was creating open space from the defender to get open shots."
The points were needed to offset Hamilton's brother duo of Dedric Lawson and Keelon Lawson who scored 18 and 13 points, respectively.
Greater Atlanta appeared to be cruising to an easy victory, scoring the game's first seven points and up 36-27 at halftime. A rally by the Wildcats, however, put Hamilton ahead 44-43 for a few seconds in the third quarter before the Spartans regained control.
"We just had to stay calm in that situation," Covington explained. "We just had to keep a cool head and have the confidence that we would regain the lead."
Wilkins' slam in the fourth quarter which put his team ahead 62-51 seemed to end the Wildcats' chances. It was the type of moment one might expect from a player with such a famous name. However, Wilkins called it simply going about his business.
"People expect this pressure, but I just try to go out and play my game," he said. "I'm completely different player and I'm just trying to fulfill my own legacy."
Oak Ridge 54, Murfreesboro Oakland 47
The Wildcats pulled out to a 30-24 advantage at the end of the first half and led throughout the second half to down the Patriots.
Isaac Merian, who recently signed with Lee University, led the way with 20 points and six rebounds. Oak Ridge coach Aaron Green was pleased his team came out with the victory on a night when he felt the pace favored Oakland.
"They got the tempo more to their pace than to ours," Green said. "But, you've got to win games different ways. We found a way to win and that's important. Those kind of games will help you come later in the year at tournament time.
"This kind of game is exactly why you bring your team to this type of tournament. You're going to play different styles and teams and your kids can learn from this."
Jaylen Henderson added 10 points as Oak Ridge maintained anywhere from a 6-10 point lead most of the second half.
Oakland was paced by Kyle Oliver, who totaled 25 points and 14 rebounds. Oliver, a lanky 6-foot-5 and 205-pound junior, is a highly recruited football wide receiver who recently visited Vanderbilt. Ricky Dunnaway, the Patriots' 6-foot-7 and 240-pound post player, had nine rebounds, but was limited to just seven points.
Christ School, N.C. 69, Milton, Ga. 53
Mo Lewis IV, who has made the decision to attend the Naval Academy next fall, scored 24 points to help the Eagles sink the Greenies, and put a second Atlanta-area team in the Arby's Classic semifinals.
Lewis was an efficient 8-of-13 from the floor and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line. In addition, Shawn O' Connell posted a 17-point effort and Chris Lewis ended with 11 points.
Milton controlled the contest, up 38-27 at the half and 51-42 at the end of three quarters. The Eagles scored the first five points of the final period to add some breathing room.
"Our defense really set the tone for the game early on," Milton coach Matt Kramer said. "I've been telling these guys we're a really good basketball team when we pass it ahead, get on the boards and share the ball. Early, they did a great job of that and our defensive energy was terrific."
Alex Wnuk was the leading scorer for the Asheville-area Christ School with 15 points. Lloyd Burgess, a 6-foot-10, 285-pounder who is going to UNC Greensboro, had 14 points and 11 rebounds. John Caldwell also scored 14 points in the losing effort.
Tennessee High 47, Urspring, Germany 43
Adam Mitchell had 18 points and six rebounds to lead the host Vikings to the victory over the defending tournament champion in a consolation bracket game.
Mitchell was 8-for-8 from the free-throw line as Tennessee High finished 17-for-26 as a team overall. Caleb Easterling finished with 12 points as the Viking defense held Urspring to 1-of-15 behind the 3-point arc.
Christian Sengfelder paced the German team with 13 points, followed by 10 points apiece by both Zaire Thompson and Mahir Agva.
United Faith Christian, N.C. 64, Gate City, Va. 55
Akim Mitchell led four Falcons in double figures with 15 points in the win over the Blue Devils .Ty Gadsen ended with a dozen, Nehemiah Mabson had 11 and Elijah Evans finished with 10 for the Charlotte-based team coached by NBA veteran Mugsy Bogues.
United Faith led 13-4 at the end of one quarter and 30-20 at the half.
Dylan Jenkins had a game-high 27 points for Gate City. Nick Qualls scored 15 and John Reed Barnes finished with 11. Michael Collier was the only other Gate City player to score with a single basket.
Mentor, Ohio 86, Dobyns-Bennett 70
Kyle Hagey poured in 25 points as the Cardinals pulled away from the Indians late for the win.
Kade McClure finished with 17 points and Conner Krizancic had 14 points for a Mentor program, which had finished in the top three of the Arby's Classic each of the past three years.
Paul Gadson had a team-high 15 points for D-B. Makale Foreman finished with 14 points and John Fulkerson posted a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds.


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"But it was so artistically done..." - Grand Admiral Thrawn's final words
I found today some really good fan fiction and although it is not related to SWTOR - it does relate to my absolute hero of SW Thrawn, and as I know there are many who enjoyed Thrawn Trilogy I thought you might like it.
The name of the series is Daughter of the Empire
Here is the link
At beginning I thought it's meh... but the more I read the more captivated I was.... there are 3 books of more then 400 pages each... so plenty of reading... it has a quite dose of romance... though done in Thrawn's style... quite fitting him imo
There is something in this books that is special... it feels beuatiful... Thrawn will never be the same for me... I fell like I know him so much better now LOL... though in the same time... in some way I feel loss... oh well:)
I did not play SWTOR as I was reading until late at night... the book just sucked me in...
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Hey Devs, just so you know. The more you give us to play with, the more we play.
There are some decent fanfics out there.
The Star Wars fanchise tends to attract some of the better writters.
Bookmarked for a later date. Thanks for the link.
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A method for anodic bonding of wafers and a device essentially composed of such bonded wafers. An intermediate layer is placed between two wafers, after which the two wafers are anodically bonded. The method and the device have the advantage of being implementable and manufacturable, respectively, in a particularly cost-effective manner. The anodically bonded intermediate layer plastically encloses any possible particles present or evens out differences in height of the wafer surfaces to be bonded and thus prevents any extensive bond defects from occurring.
1. A method for connecting first and second wafers, comprising:
situating an intermediate layer between the first wafer and the second wafer; and
anodically bonding the first and second wafers.
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Manufacturing of SOI (silicon on insulator) wafers was originally motivated by the development of microelectronics to achieve better electrical insulating of the integrated circuit against the substrate, for example for high-current or high-temperature applications. A typical SOI wafer which is suitable for processing microelectronic circuits has a base wafer which has a typical thickness between 800 μm and 300 μm. A thin oxide, which has a thickness of approximately 0.5 μm to 2 μm, is applied to the base wafer. A monocrystalline silicon layer having a thickness between 1 μm and 100 μm is situated over the oxide. The crystal quality of the upper silicon layer is important for implementing the integrated circuit elements.
In the past few years, SOI wafers have increasingly aroused the interest of manufacturers of microelectromechanical structures (MEMS). In particular, for applications in the area of optical MEMS components or rotational speed sensors, demos and new functions are being increasingly shown. Advantages compared to thin-film technologies, with the exception of polysilicon epitaxy, include the absence of a stress gradient, and the possibility of producing thick layers and planar surfaces.
Two approaches have been used for manufacturing such wafer substrates.
In the first approach, known as the SIMOX method, very high doses of oxygen are implanted in a monocrystalline silicon wafer. In the subsequent healing of the radiation damage at very high temperatures, a buried oxide layer having a thickness of approximately 0.5 μm is formed. A thin silicon layer is recrystallized over the oxide layer and forms an undisturbed monocrystalline film. Subsequently a thicker monocrystalline layer is grown on this silicon nucleus layer using an epitaxial method. The IC components are formed later in this epitaxially grown layer. The SIMOX method is very expensive because it needs equipment for high-current oxygen implantation. In addition, in this method the thickness of the useful silicon layer and of the oxide layer is limited. Another constructive limitation of the SIMOX method is that it is not possible to run buried printed conductors underneath the functional layer. The printed conductors must be run on the surface. Encapsulation of the micromechanical components is thus made considerably more difficult because it is then impossible to provide a topography-free bond frame for the cap in a simple manner.
In the second approach, the base wafer is provided with a thin layer of thermal oxide. A second wafer is bonded onto this oxide layer using a direct bonding method. This wafer is thinned from the back side to the desired target thickness, damage etched, and polished. The problem in any direct bonding method is the yield and therefore the cost. Direct bonding methods are highly sensitive to particles which result in extensive bond occlusions. Therefore, significant yield losses are to be expected when the oxide layer is structured. In the direct bonding method it is not possible to run buried printed conductors underneath the functional layer, because extensive bond defects may occur due to the topography. This in turn makes encapsulation difficult.
The present invention is directed to a method for anodically bonding wafers and to a device.
An essence of the present invention is that an intermediate layer is placed between two wafers, after which the two wafers are anodically bonded.
The method and the device according to the present invention have the advantage of being implementable and manufacturable, respectively, in a particularly cost-effective manner. The anodically bonded intermediate layer plastically encloses any possible particles present or evens out differences in height of the wafer surfaces to be bonded and thus prevents any extensive bond defects from occurring.
The manufacture of SOI wafers using the method according to the present invention is particularly advantageous.
In an advantageous embodiment of the method, the intermediate layer is a glass layer, and it is applied by spin-on deposition to at least one of the two wafers. The intermediate layer may be distributed evenly on the wafer and it may produce an even surface.
The bondable intermediate layer is structured in a further advantageous embodiment of the present invention. Structuring may be performed, for example, if a cavity is formed between the base wafer and the second wafer when bonding. This cavity may be involved in the manufacturing of freely movable sensor structures.
It is furthermore advantageous that the intermediate layer is formed such that it plastically encloses any particles present and evens out height differences of the bonded surfaces. This ensures that no extensive bond defects occur during bonding.
It is particularly advantageous that second wafer (1, 100, 200, 300) may have several layers, in particular a silicon substrate (1) and further layers (3, 4, 403). If these layers are structured in some way, the intermediate layer is able to even out any height differences of the surfaces caused by structuring and thus prevent bond defects.
In another particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention, an electrically insulated conductive layer is produced on the silicon functional layer of the second wafer. This conductive layer may be structured to form printed conductors, which are locally bonded to the functional layer. They establish the electrical connection between the electromechanical structures of an MEMS component, which are not defined until the base wafer and the functional layer are joined. By combining several structured conductive and insulating layers, there is a possibility to establish almost any electrical connection within the bond surface, so that even more complex sensor structures, for example, having intersecting printed conductors, may be designed. In addition, buried printed conductors allow flat surfaces to be formed on the top of the functional layer, so that known encapsulating methods such as bonding may be used.
The method allows acceleration sensors or rotational speed sensors, for example, having buried printed conductors to be manufactured in a four-mask process, the functional layer being able to have any desired thickness. In addition, doping of the functional layer, planarization, or protective oxides are not needed.
A device according to the present invention is advantageously manufactured in particular according to the method of the present invention.
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Tue Oct 4 2011 (Updated 10/14/11) Inspired by Egypt, Motivated by Financial Inequality, Occupy Wall Street Expands Across US
Thursday Nov 17th, 2011 12:03 PM : Small crew of folks is picketing FBI racial profiling and civil liberty abuses as director Mueller gives speech at 595 Market St #OccupySF
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 10:11 AM : #occupysf continuing picket and sit-in at Wells Fargo headquarters, Montgomery and California St. #ows
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 8:26 AM : Just Cause says call Joseph OHayon, Wells Fargo VP and tell him stop arresting the 99% 240-586-7661 #OWS #OccupySF
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 8:17 AM : Speakers and street theatre at California St entrance of Wells Fargo headquarters #occupysf #ows "You owe us"
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 7:57 AM : Hundreds have arrived at Wells Fargo in march from #occupysf. building is surrounded by crowds in the street on all sides #occupysf #ows
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 7:52 AM : BLO - Brass Liberation Orchestra - serenading at Wells Fargo's back door. SFPD writing up report w/ locked-out bank executive #occupysf
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 7:46 AM : Frustrated Wells Fargo bankers out on the sidewalk sipping their lattes "Banks got bailed out we got sold out" #occupysf #ows
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 7:42 AM : Wells Fargo headquarters in SF sealed off by #occupysf, no sign of SFPD. #ows "Who bailed out the banks? We bailed out the banks"
Wednesday Oct 12th, 2011 7:33 AM : Dozens have locked down at Wells Fargo headquarters, Montgomery and Sacramento in "foreclose on wall st west" #occupysf #ows
Saturday Oct 8th, 2011 10:58 AM : NorCal, share yer own reports, vid, & pics at http://www.indybay.org/publish.php
On September 17th, over one thousand demonstrators poured into New York City's financial district to confront corporate greed by establishing an ongoing presence, day and night, in lower Manhattan. The idea was to create an American Tahir Square on Wall Street. Police blocked marchers from reaching Wall Street, but hundreds persisted and set up camp in Zuccotti Park, now dubbed Liberty Plaza. Hundreds were arrested on October 1st, after marchers took the Brooklyn Bridge. The occupation continues today in New York.
In San Francisco, demonstrators likewise called for an occupation of the financial district starting on September 17th. Protesters arrived outside of 555 California Street, formerly known as the Bank of America Center, and spoke out for a new economic order in the U.S. that does not favor the wealthiest 1% at the expense of everyone else. After an hour of speeches, a large group from 555 California marched and chanted throughout downtown, with numerous passers-by cheering on the demonstration and its message of economic equality. While not as large as the East Coast action, demonstrators have maintained an ongoing presence ever since. The occupation is currently located in front of the Federal Reserve building on Market Street, and protesters marched on the afternoon of October 5th. After midnight on October 6th, SFPD and city workers raided the site and took away the kitchen, tents, and truckloads of other occupier supplies. Several were beaten by SFPD and one was arrested during the raid.
Occupations began in San Jose on Sunday, October 2nd, Santa Cruz and Sacramento on Thursday, Oct. 6th, Berkeley on Oct. 8th, and Fresno on Oct. 9th. In Sacramento, police arrested twenty occupiers and gave them stay-away orders on the first night of the occupation. Occupation began in Oakland on Monday, October 10th and another is planned for Santa Rosa beginning on Saturday, Oct. 15th.
Similar occupations have started or are being planned across the U.S. in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Hawaii, and dozens of other cities.
San Francisco: Benefit for Occupy SF (3pm Oct 10th) | Occupy SF, Anti-War March Down Market Street (Oct 8th) | Fed Reserve Vigil and Meeting (Oct 7th) | Labor and Community Groups Announce March Through SF Financial District (Oct 12th) | Mayor Ed Lee's statement on the rights of OccupySF (Oct 6th) | Occupy SF Not Discouraged (Oct 6th) | October 2011 Solidarity - SF - 2 (Oct 6th) | October 2011 Solidarity - SF (Oct 6th) | Federal Building Occupation Rally in SF Features Daniel Ellsberg (Oct 6th) | CodePink, Raging Grannies and Friends at Federal Building (Oct 6th) | Occupy SF - General Assembly - Part 2 (Oct 6th) | Occupy SF - General Assembly - Part 1 (Oct 6th) | OccupySF Resists Raid by Police and City Workers After Midnight, | Occupy San Francisco, Interview with Allie List (Oct 6th) | Letter to OccupySF from the National Lawyers Guild (Oct 6th) | OccupySF Resists Raid by Police and City Workers After Midnight, 2 of 2 (Oct 6th) | OccupySF Resists Raid by Police and City Workers After Midnight, 1 of 2 (Oct 6th) | Police Brutality at Occupy SF Encampment (Oct 6th) | Cops Raiding Occupy SF Site Right Now 40-50 cops (Oct 6th) | OccupySF (Oct 5th) | Occupy SF March (Oct 5th) | Occupy SF March (Oct 5th) | Oct. 5th march | Weekly open mic night | Occupy SF Getting Stronger on Market Street (Oct 2nd) | We Are The San Francisco 99 Percent Occupiers - We Are Here To Stay | Global Revolution Marches Through San Francisco | SF economic protests focus on foreclosures (Sept 29th) | Occupy San Francisco | Occupy Financial District San Francisco, Interview with Guy (Sept 19th) | #OccupyFDSF - Occupy Financial District San Francisco, Day One March (Sept 17th) | Original Occupation Announcement
San Jose: Occupy San Jose: A few photos (Oct 9th) | No Arrests Yet at Occupation of San Jose City Hall Plaza (Oct 8th) | Occupy San Jose! Marching/Chanting (Oct 7th) | San Jose City Hall Occupiers Await Arrest in Wee Hours (Oct 7th)
Santa Cruz Indybay Feature | Occupy! zine: an intro to consensus, your rights, and occupation
Sacramento: OccupySacramento Day 3: 14 Arrested Early Sunday Morning (Oct 8th) | OccupySacramento protests at Jail; ~13 arrested Saturday night (Oct 8th) | OccupySacramento will stay until midnight Friday (Oct 7th) | Twenty Arrested: Challenge Unfair Punishment of Occupiers! (Oct 6th)
Fresno: Occupy Fresno begins (Oct 9th) | Make Wall Street pay to Heal America (Sept 1st)
Berkeley: Occupy Berkeley protest starts one week early (Oct 8th) | Occupy Berkeley Meeting (Oct 5th)
Oakland Indybay Feature | New Flyers & Images for Occupy Oakland!
Los Angeles: 1,000 march to occupy L.A. (Oct 1st) | LA IMC
San Diego: Occupy San Diego movement planning major action for downtown, Oct 7th
Wall Street: Wall Street Runs America | 20,000 marched to Occupy Wall Street (Oct 5th) | Ed Schultz Co-opts Occupy Wall St. for Democratic Party | Protesters in it for the Long Haul | Fuel for Occupy Wall Street's Fire | Brooklyn Bridge Takeover and Arrests (Oct 1st) | Saturday action 400-700 arrested (Oct 1st) | Friday update: March to Police Station (Sept 30th) | Rage Against Wall Street | Thursday update: Labor solidarity (Sept 29th) | Tuesday update: March and talks with labor (Sept 27th) | Wall Street Occupation Continues (Sept 26th) | Information about NYPD officer Anthony Bologna, who allegedly pepper sprayed innocents | White shirt NYPD pepper spray women behind barricade at #OccupyWallStreet (Sept 25th) | Live video feed from Occupy Wall Street | Wall $treet Occupation Has Begun - Watch LIVE
See Also: Occupy Oakland | Occupy SF | Occupy Wall Street | Occupy Together | Adbusters
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Bought Bruce Gilden's Fashion Magazine yesterday which in fact is a collection of 7 magazines, each 40cm high and 30cm wide. Entitled Power, Fame, Addictions, Body, Fantasmes, Exclusive and Illicit. The big format fits perfectly to those powerful pictures. There's a multimedia presentation on Magnum In Motion with Bruce talking about the project. Awesome.
Every friday I like to read the friday quote on sonicblog. Today it's Matt Stuart saying
"People say street photography is somehow old-fashioned and cliched, but, if that's the case, so is portraiture or sports photography; you might even say so is photography itself. Sure, we're recording the everyday world in much the same way that street photographers have always done, but times change and things move on, and street photography is a record of that at ground level. That is why it is so important to resist calls for it to be banned or controlled."
Other fine sources for quotes about photography are quotegarden.com and photoquotes.com.
Robert Lebeck is one of West Germany's grandmasters of photojournalism who started his carreer when Elvis Presley was a US soldier based in Germany – there's a very interesting interview on the Radio Bremen website (German).
German photographer and Seconds2Real member Andreas Stelter is presenting beautiful street photographs on his website kaipho.com as well as some interesting essays about the history of photography, photojournalism and – of course – street photography. Enjoy.
The Pool Gallery in Berlin represents visual artists and some well known photographers from Germany such as Andreas Mühe and Ostkreuz founders Harald Hauswald, Ute Mahler and Werner Mahler. Tonight it's the opening of an exhibition entitled Things Fall Apart that deals with the idea of loss and deterioration of social and political structures in the United States. The exhibition is curated by Amy Stein and features works of seven contemporary American female photographers: Juliana Beasley, Lisa Kereszi, Stacy Mehrfar, Justine Reyes, Robin Schwartz, Amy Stein and Zoe Strauss. Doors open at 6pm here.
The 2ed exhibiton of FENSTER61 in this year's European Month of Photography in Berlin is up since Monday night. Christian Doppelgatz ist showing a series of striking portraits he took of youngsters from Berlin-Marzahn last year. Check out more portraits of the series on his website.
I don't know anything about Parisisan photographer Alain Delorme, but this series is just awesome.
Berlin Treptow 2010
Berlin 120° is an extraordinary exhibiton of Frank Silberbach at unterwegs Galerie, Torstraße, Berlin. Frank Silberbach uses a panorama camera for his b/w street photography in Berlin. All images were taken in the last few years and have a lot of little details in them to discover. This man should definitely make a book out of it! Some images online + details about the exhibition here.
Some interesting openings I'm going to visit tonight…
Michael Wolf, Tokio Compression Book Release at 25books
Winners of 3. Kassel Photobook Festival Werner Amann, Axel Beyer und Chad States at Future A.D.Deertz Shop, Torstraße 106, Berlin-Mitte
Graduation exhibition of Ostkreuz School of Photography at c/o Berlin
Paul Trevor took pictures on the streets of Liverpool in 1975 and ist now returning to find the people he had photographed. A beautiful documentation about a beautiful project on the bbc pages.
"It's impossible to be a photographer and not make social remarks. Impossible. That which you know spills over into your photographs."
– Fred Herzog / more quotes here –
Another street photography highlight of this year's European Month of Photograhy is opening tonight at c/o Berlin. Fred Herzog is one of the very early color street photographers who began to shoot in color in the early 50s. Check his photographs on the Equinow Gallery's website.
There are some interesting street photography exhibitions at this year's European Month of Photography in Berlin. Rudi Meisel is featured with two solo shows: London as it was, 1967-1973 will open later that month, the other exhibition entitled Life in cities with photographs from the last 10 years will open tonight at loftgalerie für Fotografie, 7pm.


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By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2007 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a small group of Boy Scouts they were on the right track, during a meeting at the Pentagon yesterday.
"Congratulations for the awards that you've gotten (and for) being chosen to do this," Gates told the eight Scouts representing the Boy Scouts of America's various programs and regions of the country.
The group was in town to present the organization's annual report to the nation. The report is mandated by the organization's congressional charter, Renee Fairrer, the National Council's associate director of communications, said.
The group presented Gates with a copy of the report, as well as a framed patriotic painting depicting a Scout. The secretary made his own presentation of Defense Department mementoes, one of which -- a DoD flashlight -- was a particular hit.
Gates attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and earned the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award before graduating from high school. Upon assuming his current position within DoD, however, he resigned his membership on the Boy Scouts national board as well as his presidency of the National Eagle Scouts Association, which he'd held since 1996.
"Scouting obviously means a lot to me," Gates said.
Tayler McGillis, 12, was sporting a chest full of more than 70 merit badges.
"Tayler, you're cut out for big things," Gates said. "I didn't have that many by a long shot."
The annual trip to the nation's capital is an opportunity for exceptional Scouts to learn more about their government, Fairrer said.
"Each year we bring a delegation of young people that represent different programs and different areas of the country to get a behind-the-scenes look at Washington and what happens, and the leaders who make Washington … run," she said. "These represent some of the best Boy Scouting has to offer."
Ashton Pruitt fits that bill. The 15-year-old received the highest award the Boy Scouts offer for meritorious action, Fairrer said.
"During Hurricane Katrina my family stayed," Pruitt said. "The water started rushing through the house, so I helped my grandmother, my legally blind brother, my mother, and also my uncle, get out of the house and get on the neighbor's roof."
The family members remained on the roof until firefighters rescued them 19 hours later, he said.
Pruitt attributes his actions that day, at least in part, to his Boy Scout training, some of which was very recent. "The week prior to this incident we went on a camping aquatics weekend, where I got the swimming merit badge and learned how to use pants as a flotation device," he said.
Since arriving in Washington on Feb. 24, the group had seen some of the city and presented its report to President Bush. They had a tour of the White House and several other events ahead of them before leaving for their respective homes tomorrow.
Pruitt said the group had enjoyed all of its activities, especially meeting Gates. "It's always good to meet other people who were in Boy Scouts and grew up to be very successful in life," he said.
Related Sites:Boy Scouts of America2006 Boy Scouts of America Report to the Nation


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Q. You describe yourself as close, loving, as mated for life as a pair of geese. But there was abuse, early in the marriage. Can you ever really forget a black eye?
A. You have to forgive to move on. Do you forget? No. Does it make you wiser going forward? Absolutely. After it happened it wasn't so much an issue of his being different but that I was different. Either I had to change or walk out, and I didn't want to walk out. If he wanted me to stay he had to do something about himself, be the man I fell in love with and not the asshole with demons inside.
Q. What happened?
A. My anger about him hitting me lessened substantially once he got help and learned to talk about it, and the Prozac. With his death the anger went away altogether. That particular anger. [Also] I think many more smart, accomplished and strong women are hit than would ever own up.
Q. Let's talk about what people should know, men or women, about the major earner in the family, and the family money.
A. If you are married to someone who is in a small business, you do need to educate yourself. If you're in the will, if you're the heir, however unctuous it might be to stick your nose in, you need to ask to see the audits. It's true particularly if you're not involved. I had nothing to do with Howard's business, and here I was the heir to it, not knowing anything about it at all. In a sense, I had enabled what happened to happen.
Q. What else?
A. Read what you're signing, even if it has been prepared by an accountant. There is nothing wrong with handing the financial affairs over to your spouse. But get educated about it. Find time to talk with your spouse about money, to check in every month, or three or six months. I did ask, what will happen to me if you die? And he said, "Sell Nathans immediately." In theory, that was great advice. But he left me in a situation where I couldn't sell Nathans immediately, in fact not for 12 years.
Q.What about your son?
A. Spencer. He had the parachute, emotionally. I made sure of that. Howard did too. He's got some demons, as we all do. I'm very proud of him. Every decision started with him.
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|Oliver Fromme <olli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Jonas Sundström <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are /usr/src/games/* > really supposed to be part of the base system? In my (personal) opinion, it _should_ be part of any oper- ating system that calls itself "BSD". It is a historical part of BSD. /usr/games existed in 2.8BSD (1981) and possibly earlier (which I can't check right now, unfortu- nately). Apart from that, I don't think there is a good reason why it should be removed. Space considerations don't seem to be a good reason, as the whole /usr/games directory is only 200 Kbytes, which is smaller than /bin/ls (on my FreeBSD 4 machine here anyway). Just my 2 Eurocents. ;-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, Konrad-Celtis-Str. 72, 81369 Munich, Germany ``All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream.'' (E. A. Poe)


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Cute CKC tiny female Maltese puppies
We have 9 weeks old tiny female Maltese puppies. They're CKC registered. When they're full grown around 4-5lb. Have had shots and are dewormed. Very healthy, playful cute white cotton balls. They're non shed, hypoallergenic. One year health guaranteed. $890----each( cash only ).No checks. I live off of I-20 East, close to City Covington. (45 minutes East of Atlanta ) If you are interested please call me for more information. 404-680-1179 Thank you!
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Social Circle
Goldendoodle / Biscuit Jack F1B Male available for sire
Biscuit Jack is a frisky, friendly, and energetic 4 year old F1B male Goldendoodle ready and available for breeding. He is unproven and has not before been active in this manner: pricing options can be discussed in person with this consideration. Pictures and Video links of Biscuit Jack have been provided. Please contact Elijah Gardner for serious inquiry or to arrange a visit. All health records will be available.
Video links to see BISCUIT JACK IN ACTION follow:
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Rare Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka toy breed goes AKC- Humperdink
BOLONKI WERE ORIGINALLY BRED TO BE THE ULTIMATE HOUSE PET FOR APARTMENT LIVING. This delightful little dog is perfect for a family, apartment living, or working as a therapy dog. Missing the "little dog" complex, these little guys are not yappers and are friendly to everyone. With a standard size from 4 to 12 pounds, these little ones fit just about anywhere. Our family of Bolonki lives near Savannah, GA, and offer a few quality puppies every year to the right home. The price quoted is for pet registration. Humperdink, whose parents are both Russian imports, has show potential, and ...
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AKC registered Boxer Puppies
Beautiful 6 week old Boxer puppy for sale, NW Georgia. 1 female and I male left out of a litter of 5. AKC registered, sire and dam on premises. Tails docked and declaws removed, three worming treatments completed and 1st set of vaccines.
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Pomeranian puppy-training included!
One unusual tuxedo black and white boy puppy looking for new pet parents! I am a professional dog trainer and this puppy has been handled gently since birth, used to cats and kids. Shots wormed health guaranteed in writing! a $100 deposit will hold. Calls only, no texts or emails because of scammers! (texts and emails will be ignored) 404-991-8056.
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9 Week old female Yorkie puppy
9 Week old female yorkie puppy ckc papers also she has all shots first vet visit also dewormed she weighed 1.7 lbs at vet visit .. She is very loving and playful please contact me with any further questions serious inquires only please 404-934-4432
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AKC Labrador Puppies
AKC Labrador Puppies
Born June 8th, ready for new homes August 3rd. 4 males, 1 female. Pups have been wormed, had first shots and have been vet checked. All are healthy. Sire has been certified hips & elbows. These are quality pups. They will come with full AKC registration, shot record and puppy kit. call or text 678-855-1886.
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English bulldog
English bulldog lokin for new home for more information contact me 6783965925
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AKC Champion Bloodline Boxer Puppies OFA Certified Parents
I have two remaining boxer puppies left from a litter of ten I have one sealed brindle male and one fawn female still available. Both parents are AKC registered, DNA certified and are OFA heart certified. They both have phenomenal pedigrees in their background dad has many many champions throughout his pedigree and mom has multiple DNA testing through the AKC In her background. The mother is ...
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Handsome Lab Puppy Needs A Home
My goofy foster is still looking for a forever home. He's available through Orphan Annie Rescue and is as sweet as can be. Roughly 7-8 months, neutered, up to date on shots, house broken, and crate trained. He's a super smart boy and know how to sit, speak, and lay down. He LOVES other dogs and will play all day with them. He's such a sweet and laid back boy (especially considering his age) ...
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*AKC Mini Chinese Shar Pei *
"Mini Shar Pei" puppies born 05/04/14 Both parents on site, all shots and de-wormings, dew-claws removed, one year limited health guarantee, The price listed is 800 is a pet price with limited AKC registration. To get full breeding rights and full AKC registration, the price is 1000 & comes with FULL AKC at time of purchase. A $350 nonrefundable deposit will hold the puppy with the ...
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Boxer Pups - AKC - Champ Bloodlines - Live Video Feed
We had a beautiful litter of boxers born on 6/18.
If you would like to see pics, videos, and live images.
Please visit http://akc-boxers.com
If you have issues with the link; please text the word "PUPS" to my contact number and I will send you the link.
Lots of images and details available on the site.
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Cute CKC 7 month old teacup female Yorkie (Yorkshire Terrier)
We have a 7 month old ( 01-01-2015 )very cute tiny teacup female Yorkie . She's CKC registered. Now she's around 3lb. Have had shots and is dewormed. Very healthy, playful cute teddy bear. She's non shed, hypoallergenic. One year health guaranteed. $890-----( cash only ).No checks. I live off of I-20 East, close to City Covington. (45 minutes East of Atlanta ) If you are interested please ...
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Cute CKC tiny female Maltese puppies
We have CKC 9 weeks old tiny female Maltese puppies. When they're full grown around 4-5lb. Have had shots and are dewormed. Very healthy, playful cute white cotton balls. They're non shed, hypoallergenic. One year health guaranteed. $890----each( cash only ).No checks. I live off of I-20 East, close to City Covington. (45 minutes East of Atlanta ) If you are interested please call me for ...
Two Blue Teacup Chihuahua
For Sale... Two Blue Teacup Chihuahas... Scrap and Soob. 2.5 years old. They are current on all shots and have a carrier case. We would like them to go together. Asking price is $1200 or best offer.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
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Powder Springs
Cute 7mth Male Chihuahua for Sale
Alex is a seven month old, solid cream colored Chihuahua looking for a good home. He is male, not been fixed, and is current on his shots. He is playful and good with kids.
Please contact me if you think he could be a welcomed addition to your family.
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AKC English Bulldog Champion Bloodlines
Top quality puppies available AKC Champion Bloodlones. Vet Check, up to date on Vaccines and dewormings. We provide a 1 year Health Guarantee. We have been breeding bulldogs for 15 years
Give us a call for more information
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I have a very beautiful girl available for a new and loving home. CASSIE MAE is her name and her D.O.B. is JULY 16th, 2011. Cassie is I.O.E.B.A. reg. with papers-in-hand. Cassie has never been bred but she has not been spayed either. Cassie is also housebroken. She is a very loving and caring female with one of the best temperments that I've ever seen. Cassie is 1200.00 OR O.B.O. ONLY VERY ...
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pomeranian pup
I have 2 boys and one female. Born a day b4 mothers day. They are loving , full of energy, and a bundle of fur hahaha.
Contact me for more info. Text me at 6788266481.
They are ready for new loving homes can meet up or pick up today .
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Shihpoo's LIL Teddy Bears
Shihpoo's Are So Sweet & So Pretty !!!! I have one black female ready for a good home. I have two males ready for a good home Aug 14, taking deposits on the males so you get to pick the one you want. They are utd on shots, health guarantee. Mom is a 10 lb shih tzu ,Dad is a 8 lb poodle. So they should be around 10 lbs grown. WILL MAKE GREAT PETS !!! Call 706-473-2898
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2 CKC Reg. Male puppies 5 females Maltipoo
Non shedding and hypoallergenic Maltipoo puppies
3 white females
2 white and tan females
Born July 10
$600 each.
I have 2 males that are black and white, black white brown. $500 each.
Mom is 9 lbs. Dad is 12 lbs. Family pets. Not a breeder.
$100 deposit to hold till ready to go.
shots and wormer will be given.
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AKC Yorkie Female
6-year-old female Yorkshire Terrier needs a loving home and someone who can give lots of attention. Very sweet temperment, good with children. Not spayed. Less than 4 lbs. excellent health. $250
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Locust Grove
we have a female yorkie pup dob 6-10-15 for sale. she is 7 weeks old and will be ready to go this coming weekend at 8 weeks old. ava and ozzie is the mom and dad. She had her first shot and a vet check. you can call me at 770 584 6237 for more information price is $600
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Miniature Pinscher Puppy
Absolutely adorable Min Pin puppy. 11 weeks old. Ready for her forever home. Happy and healthy. Shots and dewormings. $250. Text or leave voicemail and your call will be returned. Anytime is fine. No emails.
706 817-6235.
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Real Champion German Rottweiler Pups
Contact Info:
Location: Stone Mountain,Ga.
Work Number: 773-569-5453
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**We Do Not Ship, Must Pick Up**
Just Females Available.. Champion Bloodline German Rottweiler pups for a rehoming fee of $450. UTD on all shots & been dewormed twice. Natural security guard & excellent for personal protection. Champion Bloodline & will be top notch for family protection & top ...
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Stone Mountain
*~ AKC Brindle Female Boxers puppy ~*
*~AKC Boxer puppies~*
Born June 1st, ready to go to their forever homes.
Tails docked, dewclaws removed, vaccinated & dewormed.
I have 2 brindle pups left(1 female & 1 male)
Raised In our home everyday noises, our 3 young children, small dogs, 2 cats and a guinea pig , these pups are incredible well rounded. These guys will make great family pets. Please email me if you have any questions. ...
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AKC Brindle Male Boxer puppy
AKC Boxer puppies-1 Male(first 2 pictures) & 2 Females Left
Born June 1st and are now ready to go to their forever homes
Tails docked & dewclaws removed
Vaccinated & dewormed.
I have 3 brindles left(2 females & 1 male)
Raised In our home everyday noises, our 3 young children, small dogs, 2 cats and a guinea pig , these pups are incredible well rounded. These guys will make great family pets ...
Cute Yorkshire Terrier Yorkie Male Ready Now
We have a really sweet little yorkie male looking for his new family. He has had his first set of shots and is ready to go. He comes with a one year health guarantee. If you are interested in giving this sweet boy a home please give me a call or email. 770-335-1971
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Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
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If you're looking for ideas on how to effectively teach English language learners in all grades, you've come to the right place! This updated section includes the following topics:
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These resources offer tips for getting to know your students and their families, as well as ideas for working with special populations such as refugees and migrants.
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These resources offer guidance for placing ELLs in the appropriate classrooms, as well as special considerations for ELL assessment and information about special education and ELLs.
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These resource sections are filled with strategies for instruction in reading, writing, and content areas, along with recommendations of useful tools and ideas to support your teaching and information about the Common Core State Standards.
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It's an often enough heard call, that if only all those manufacturing jobs that were offshored to China weren't then the US economy would be in a much better state. We hear this often enough about Apple for example, who pretty much don't have any involvement at all with manufacturing in the US (although a couple of their suppliers to do make chips in the US. Samsung in Austin TX for example).
But I'm afraid that those jobs are just never coming back. Doesn't matter what anyone tries to do: there just isn't going to be a revival of manufacturing as a source of mass employment.
Let's look at Apple's major supplier in China, Foxconn. Wages in China are approaching $6,000 a year for a semi-skilled manufacturing worker in the coastal provinces. This is of course vastly better than the $600 they might have been getting 20 years ago (yes, that is inflation adjusted). So what is Foxconn doing?
Well, there's already been announced the plan that they're going to install a million robots in their plants. Given that they currently employ some 1.2 million people that's a fairly stark statistic. A robot is now cheaper to run than a $6,000 a year manufacturing employee.
This isn't all they're doing either:
Foxconn Technology Group is to set up an operation in Indonesia with plans to invest $5-10 billion over five to 10 years and starting with the assembly and production of 3 million handsets per year, Indonesia's Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan told reporters on Tuesday.
The first investment will start in October and in phase two of the project, starting in July 2013, Foxconn will build a plant and increase output to 10 million units per year.
Wages in Indonesia are currently a quarter to a third of that Chinese number.
Take these two points together though and you can see why mass manufacturing employment just isn't ever going to come back to the US. Manufacturing production might well, indeed in some areas already is. But the jobs won't. For if at $6,000 a year employees are already so expensive that they're being replaced by machines or by even poorer people, then who on earth is going to open a factory in the US requiring tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, of people on $40k a year?
Quite, they're not. It would be sensible if we all just admitted that manufacturing as a source of mass employment is going the way of agriculture. Time to find something else for people to do. And no, shouting at Apple for "offshoring jobs" isn't going to change anything at all.


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amsn webcam trouble
When ever i try to use my webcam on amsn it does not work it does work fine on yahoo messenger.
it has worked before but most of the time it doesn't id say 95% failed attempts
i have a router connected to my modem. there are 3 computers in total connected
but my cable is connected to a wireless router i have in my room so i can have wifi but also connect my xbox 360
i have tried connecting it trough the ethernet cable with out the wifi and it still hasn't worked
Please help !
I don't think its a problem with your internet I just think its amsn because when I connect to webcam on msn I would say 90% of the time I can see myself but the person Im talking to just sees a blank screen. My webcam works fine everywhere else like skype, chat roulette and etc.
testify asked
well is there any other way to use webcam on msn ??
I couldn't find one so I just gave up on it.
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Difficulties ahead for Vietnamese economy
The challenges facing the Vietnamese economy in the 2012-2015 period were discussed at an economic forum on Vietnam held in Hanoi on January 10.
Experts at the forum said that in 2012, the Vietnamese economy will continue to confront many threats due to fluctuations in the world economy such as high inflation, declining growth, trade deficits and low liquidity of the banking system.
They believe that adjustments to macro-economic policies will have a strong impact on economic growth targets and efforts to curb inflation in this year.
They presented two scenarios for the Vietnamese economy in the new year. In the better one, the Vietnamese economy could grow at an annual rate of 6-6.3 percent; for the other one, the economy will only grow 5.6-5.9 percent per year.
Inflation could decrease to 8-10 percent in 2012 and 6-7 percent in 2013.
However, obstacles to reducing interest rates remain as many banks lack liquidity and bad debts continue, often taking months to resolve.
Dr Tran Dinh Thien, head of the Vietnam Economics Institute, said many businesses will collapse because they failed to access capital early.
Some experts hold that Vietnam's major task for the first quarter of 2012 is to stabilise the liquidity of the banking system through re-providing capital (from banks), and transferring redundant capital from banks to tSTC that are running short.
Many economists at the forum believe that the major targets for the 2012-2015 period are to stabilise the macro-economy and shift the national economic structure.
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April 23, 2005
WORCESTER, Mass. - Senior quarterback John O'Neil (White Plains, N.Y.) completed 13 of 19 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns, as the Holy Cross football team played its annual spring game at Fitton Field. The offense was able to total exactly 300 yards on 66 plays from scrimmage, good for an average of 4.5 yards per play. The defense forced a pair of turnovers on the day, recording two interceptions.
Senior tailback Steve Silva (East Providence, R.I.) scored the first touchdown of the game on a four-yard rush. Silva finished the day with 47 rushing yards on 13 attempts, while also catching four passes for 56 yards. The only other scoring in the game came on a pair of touchdown passes by O'Neil. He hit senior wide receiver Bob Turkovich (Bedford, Pa.) with a 40-yard strike, then connected with senior tight end Matt Lane (Marlboro, Mass.) on a 24-yard touchdown pass. Both Turkovich and Lane finished the game with three receptions, as Turkovich totaled 59 yards and Lane had 33 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, junior linebacker Jesse Loubier (Winthrop, Mass.) had a team high 10 tackles, including one sack. Junior linebacker Dan Adams (Springfield, Va.) ranked second on the squad with five tackles, while senior defensive back Kevin Dunn (Gaithersburg, Md.) and sophomore defensive back Kent Flanders (Atlanta, Ga.) both had interceptions.
The Crusaders have now concluded spring practice, and are scheduled to open the 2005 season when they play host to Sacred Heart on September 3.
2005 Holy Cross Spring Football Game Statistics
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Steve Silva (13-47-1), Gideon Akande (7-28-0), Jeff Ahmadi (1-10-0), John O'Neil (6-8-0), Brian McSharry (1-0-0), Jarrod Betz (1-(-5)-0), Mike Finucane (2-(-9)-0).
Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT): John O'Neil (13-19-186-2-0), Brian McSharry (3-8-25-0-0), Jarrod Betz (2-5-10-0-0), Mike Finucane (0-3-0-0-2).
Receiving (No-Yds-TD): Steve Silva (4-56-0), Bob Turkovich (3-59-1), Matt Lane (3-33-1), Sean Gruber (3-27-0), Bryan Anderson (1-17-0), Kevin Kelly (1-10-0), Thomas Harrison (1-9-0), Joe Hogan (1-5-0), Ryan Maher (1-5-0).
Punting (No-Yds): Ryan McManaway (3-78), Mike DeSantis (3-71).
Extra Points (Good-Att): Mike DeSantis (3-3).
Tackles (Solo-Asst-Total): Jesse Loubier (6-4-10), Dan Adams (4-1-5), Matt Lemire (3-1-4), Garett Roberts (4-0-4), Casey Gough (2-2-4), Kent Flanders (1-3-4), Will King (3-0-3), Kyle Tinsley (3-0-3), Chris Nielsen (2-1-3), Adam Sadowski (2-1-3), Darran Davis (2-0-2), Kevin Dunn (2-0-2), John Markus Pinard (2-0-2), Ryan Dietz (0-2-2), Dana Buglione (1-0-1), Marc Crosby (1-0-1), Brad Grinna (1-0-1), Tyler Nugent (1-0-1), Seun Bayode (0-1-1).
Sacks (No-Yds): Will King (1-5), Garett Roberts (1-5), Dana Buglione (1-4), Matt Lemire (1-4), Jesse Loubier (1-2).
Interceptions (No-Yds): Kevin Dunn (1-0), Kent Flanders (1-0).


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During this upcoming season of joy, thanksgiving, and celebration, I want to extend my warmest greetings, deep thanks, and best wishes, to the brave men and women of the United States military, and to their families.
I know the holiday season is especially difficult for those service members who are unable to spend it with their loved ones. These troops sacrifice their holidays, so that fellow Americans can safely enjoy theirs. In doing so, they are part of a tradition that dates back to our nation's founding.
On Christmas Night, December 25, 1776, General George Washington and his band of 2,400 men crossed the icy Delaware River, won victories against British and German troops, and stirred new hope into the struggle for freedom and liberty.
Nearly one year after that famed crossing, the Continental Congress celebrated the hard-fought victory of our troops at Saratoga, New York, by proclaiming the first ever national day of Thanksgiving.
Today, more than two hundred years later, thanks to the efforts and toughness of the men and women of the U.S. military, the cause of freedom and liberty endures. And though nothing can extinguish the pain of being away from family during this time, our troops can find comfort in knowing that the American people are forever indebted to them and grateful for their selflessness and commitment to America's security.
To the troops who watch over our nation: I thank you for your service, and I pray for your safe return home. To the families who share their loved ones to defend our great nation: I thank you for your sacrifices and support.
May God forever protect and bless you, your families, and our nation.
As Written by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Washington, D.C.
As Written by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, The Pentagon
As Written by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Washington, D.C.


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It's always nice to see your creations about the place, and now there are two new places to find pippijoe! Oh, they also have other people's stuff too, which may be worth a look!
Rosie Pose in an online boutique with gorgeous gifts and inspired children's clothing. You can find some really beautiful and individual things there!
Udessi is a brand new online gallery featuring Australian artists, craftspeople and designers. Based in Brisbane (my home town!) Kim also writes a blog that is definitely worth a peek!


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It is well established that high safety performance not only promotes the health and safety of personnel, but also positively impacts the organization's reputation. A key aspect of establishing and maintaining a high safety performance is having an experienced and knowledgeable safety representative whose priorities and objectives are aligned with your organization. The challenge is finding the right person for the job, that has the skillset, an effective approach and is available within your timeline.
The resources and time it takes to effectively hire a site safety professional is daunting. There are four metrics to the hiring process sourcing, screening, interviewing and hiring. To effectively complete all of these steps takes time and money. Another challenge can be keeping the site safety professional from leaving the project before it is complete. If this happens, the company is forced to start at the beginning of the process to backfill the position which cost more time and money.
Working with a safety consulting company like Trinity Safety Group for safety staffing needs has several advantages over hiring your own full-time safety employee. The bottom line is when you use a safety consulting company the risk is transfered, they become a turn-key solution. Beyond the inital benefit, most firms like Trinity Safety Group has many safety professionals on staff with diverse experience and expertise. Now you have a team of safety professionals at your finger tips when that need arises. When you hire a reputable firm you should get the following:
A professional safety staffing service is focused and equipped to provide you with experienced professionals whose expertise matches your project. The staffing service will carefully evaluate each project and ensure that you work with only the most qualified team members.
According to NACE, the average time from interview to offer is 22.5 days. Consider the time spent writing up the position description, posting the position, gathering and reviewing resumes, and scheduling interviews, and analyzing all qualified candidates before even making the offer, and you'll realize how quickly it adds up. A safety staffing service understands what you need for the job and has refined, smooth processes to quickly fill your position.
In addition to the benefit of having an experienced staff ready to hit the ground running, there are substantial cost advantages to choosing a staffing service to staff your project versus hiring a permanent staff member. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the average direct cost for a new employee is $57,967.88 including basic wages, benefits, and taxes. Add in costly overtime during the vacancy of the position, recruiting and advertising costs, screening and testing costs, and this number can quickly grow exponentially.
By using a safety staffing service, you save costs in several areas, including:
A staffing service has access to a wide pool of highly qualified candidates. They can provide you with safety professionals anywhere in the country. No matter where the project is located, how big or small, a safety staffing service will work with you on each and every staffing need. Established safety staffing agencies often work with professionals and skilled workers who are open to short term, project, or part time work that have strong backgrounds in their field. Having experienced talent that can quickly come in and adapt to your position can provide you with great flexibility.
After spending all of the time, money, resources, and effort in the hiring process, you want to be sure that your hire is a good one. Partnering with a safety staffing service will give you the peace of mind and confidence to know that you're hiring someone who will live up to expectations.
When it comes to your safety staff you cannot take chances. Find a reputable safety consulting firm who specializes in safety staffing to reduce the burnden of finding the right safety professional in a timely manner.
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Obviously, you want your company to be safe. But what if you don't have a formal safety program in place? Where do you begin? How do you bring the entire company on board and help your employees catch the vision? We are often asked these same questions.
If your company is starting from scratch, establishing a safety program can seem like a daunting task. But it is very important. That's why we've put together this blog post - to help you easily implement a solid safety program.
1. Develop a plan of action that includes both management and employee involvement.
It's essential to develop a program that will meet the needs of everyone within your organization. However, a binder filled with procedures is not going to help your employees stay safe. That's why we recommend employee safety representatives are part of the process. This will encourage their continued support and participation.
2. Designate a health and safety representative.
As with any good plan, you will need to assign someone to take this responsibility. This individual must have authority to do the job and the ability to work and interact with employees at all levels within the company. Choose someone that has the knowledge of both the facility and general safety requirements. The designated person should be credible knowledgeable about the operations. Management must give adequate resources (time, authority, money) to develop an effective program.
3. Determine the health and safety requirements of the specific workplace and operations.
In order to succeed, you need to figure out the established requirements associated with your company's location, operations and equipment. This will help you develop a hazard assessment strategy, pinpoint hazardous areas and procedures (causing significant injury or illness) and provide the background for correction and control strategies.
To aid with this, you will need to look into:
4. Conduct a hazard assessment of the workplace
Your ultimate goal is to identify and prevent hazards. Develop an initial plan for assessing the workplace with a comprehensive safety and health survey. During the initial survey, you will want to identify any hazardous situations and all violations of laws, regulations or standards.
Effective strategies for an initial workplace survey include:
Step 5: Correct identified hazards.
Once identified, you should promptly correct all hazards. This will build credibility of your company's health and safety policy. Financial resources may be required to correct some hazards. Every reasonable effort must be made to provide adequate funding to protect the workplace safety and health of your company. If a complete correction of a hazard is delayed, interim measures may be necessary in some instances.
Step 6: Keep the workplace hazard-free.
Once hazards are corrected, ensure that the workplace remains hazard-free. Rules and procedures should be clearly stated and understandable. Although it is not always required, work rules and emergency procedures be in writing.
Once the procedures are established, it is important to develop a means for enforcing them. Enforcement is particularly important initially, when management will experience the most resistance to the new rules and procedures.
Step 7: Train Employees in Safety and Health.
We strongly recommend training employees in safety and health. Train employees about how companyâs safety and health program will benefit them and they will make the program work. Retraining is wise (we recommend annually), since health and safety are long-term commitments. Similarly, training should be required for all new employees.
Step 8: Keep the program up-to-date and effective.
At this point, most of your hard work is done. However, it's important to maintain the new, safer environment you've created. Don't forget to document all the work you've done so it can be reviewed to determine program effectiveness down the road.
By following these easy 8 steps, you are well on your way to establishing a safety program. Have questions? Give us a call, we're happy to help.
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Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress. Exposure to extreme heat can result in occupational illnesses and injuries. Heat stress can result in heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, or heat rashes. Heat can also increase the risk of injuries in workers as it may result in sweaty palms, fogged-up safety glasses, and dizziness. Burns may also occur as a result of accidental contact with hot surfaces or steam.
Workers at risk of heat stress include outdoor workers and workers in hot environments such as firefighters, bakery workers, farmers, construction workers, miners, boiler room workers, factory workers, and others. Workers at greater risk of heat stress include those who are 65 years of age or older, are overweight, have heart disease or high blood pressure, or take medications that may be affected by extreme heat.
Prevention of heat stress in workers is important. Employers should provide training to workers so they understand what heat stress is, how it affects their health and safety, and how it can be prevented.
Heat Stroke
Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related disorder. It occurs when the body becomes unable to control its temperature: the body's temperature rises rapidly, the sweating mechanism fails, and the body is unable to cool down. When heat stroke occurs, the body temperature can rise to 106 degrees Fahrenheit or higher within 10 to 15 minutes. Heat stroke can cause death or permanent disability if emergency treatment is not given.
Symptoms of heat stroke include:
First Aid
Take the following steps to treat a worker with heat stroke:
Heat Exhaustion
Heat exhaustion is the body's response to an excessive loss of the water and salt, usually through excessive sweating. Workers most prone to heat exhaustion are those that are elderly, have high blood pressure, and those working in a hot environment.
Symptoms of heat exhaustion include:
First Aid
Treat a worker suffering from heat exhaustion with the following:
Heat Syncope
Heat syncope is a fainting (syncope) episode or dizziness that usually occurs with prolonged standing or sudden rising from a sitting or lying position. Factors that may contribute to heat syncope include dehydration and lack of acclimatization.
Symptoms of heat syncope include:
First Aid
Workers with heat syncope should:
Heat Cramps
Heat cramps usually affect workers who sweat a lot during strenuous activity. This sweating depletes the body's salt and moisture levels. Low salt levels in muscles causes painful cramps. Heat cramps may also be a symptom of heat exhaustion.
Muscle pain or spasms usually in the abdomen, arms, or legs.
First Aid
Workers with heat cramps should:
Heat Rash
Heat rash is a skin irritation caused by excessive sweating during hot, humid weather.
Symptoms of heat rash include:
First Aid
Workers experiencing heat rash should:
Recommendations for Employers
Employers should take the following steps to protect workers from heat stress:
Recommendations for Workers
Workers should avoid exposure to extreme heat, sun exposure, and high humidity when possible. When these exposures cannot be avoided, workers should take the following steps to prevent heat stress:
CDC Resources
OSHA-NIOSH INFOSHEET: Protecting Workers from Heat Illness
MMWR: Heat-Related Deaths among Crop Workers, 1992-2006
CDC: Extreme Heat
Additional information on heat stress illnesses and prevention.
En Español
NIOSH: Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Hot Environments (Revised Criteria 1986)
This document presents the criteria, techniques, and procedures for the assessment, evaluation, and control of occupational heat stress by engineering and preventive work practices. Included are ways of predicting health risks, procedures for control of heat stress, and techniques for prevention and treatment of heat-related illnesses.
NIOSH: Working in Hot Environments
Workers who are suddenly exposed to working in a hot environment face additional and generally avoidable hazards to their safety and health. This publication discusses the safety and health consequences of heat stress.
OSHA-NIOSH INFOSHEET: Protecting Workers from Heat Illness
Health Hazard Evaluations
Other Government Resources
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Safety and Health Topics: Heat Stress
Provides a guide to information regarding the recognition, evaluation, control, and compliance actions involving heat stress.
OSHA Technical Manual Section III: Chapter 4 - Heat Stress
Provides descriptions of heat disorders, investigative guidelines, sampling methods, control, and PPE.
OSHA Sawmills eTool: Heat Stresses
Provides information on the hazards of heat stress and possible solutions or controls.
OSHA Quick Card: Heat Stress
Provides heat stress factors, symptoms, prevention tips, and first aid recommendations.
En Español
OSHA Fact Sheet: Protecting Workers from Effects of Heat [PDF - 22 KB]
Provides information that will help workers understand what heat stress is, how it may affect their health and safety, and how it can be prevented.
OSHA Fact Sheet: Working Outdoors in Warm Climates [PDF - 25 KB]
Hot summer months pose special hazards for outdoor workers who must protect themselves against heat, sun exposure, and other hazards. Employers and employees should know the potential hazards in their workplaces and how to manage them.
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service: Heat Index
NOAA: Heat Wave - A Major Summer Killer [PDF - 268 KB]
Provides general information regarding the recognition and control of heat stress.
Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA): Heat Stress - What to Do.
Provides documents related to heat stress in the mining industry.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Wildland Fire Safety - Heat Stress
This brochure focuses on the risks of heat stress, and what the firefighter should do to minimize those risks.
U.S. Army: Heat Index Calculator
Additional Resources
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists: Product Store - Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices
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American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment: Analytical Determination and Interpretation of Heat Stress Using Calculation of the Predicted Heat Strain
This document specifies a method for the analytical evaluation and interpretation of the thermal stress experienced by a subject in a hot environment. It describes a method for predicting the sweat rate and the internal core temperature that the human body will develop in response to the working conditions.
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ANSI - Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment: Medical Supervision of Individuals Exposed to Extreme Hot or Cold Environments
This International Standard provides advice to those concerned with the safety of human exposures to extreme hot or cold thermal environments.
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ANSI - Hot environments: Estimation of the Heat Stress on Working Man, Based on the WBGT-index (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature)
This document gives a method, which can easily be used in an industrial environment for evaluating the stresses on a individual. It applies to the evaluation of the mean effect of heat on man during a period representative of his activity but it does not apply to very short periods, nor to zones of comfort.
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Texas A&M University - Texas Cooperative Extension: Coping with Hot Work Environments
En Español
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Step 1: Ingridients
2 Cups Of Sugar
1 Gallon of Water
Extra equipment.
1 Gallon pitcher (makes measuring 1 gallon of water easier)
Citrus Juicer (otherwise you'll need more lemons)
Step 2: Prep and Cook
Tip: It helps to roll (with pressure) your lemons on the counter before cutting an juicing - this helps soften the interior for faster/easier juicing.
Next, fill your pitcher with 1 gallon of filtered water (but not to the top - leave a little room for later). Then, pour off about 1 cup into a large saucepan and add two cups of sugar.
While continuously stirring over medium heat, bring your sugar water to a boil. At first the sugar won't dissolve, but with a slow application of heat - all of your sugar will dissolve. Never stop stirring.
Once the sugar mixture comes to a boil, continue stirring and boil for about a minute or so. The mixture will become thicker and it will start to turn a yellowish color. This is a sign that its done. Add your lemon juice immediatly and bring to a boil.
If you'll be drinking everything within a few days, it's not necessary to boil your lemon/syrup mixture - boiling just ensures nothing will spoil for a somewhat longer stay in your ice box
Remove your pot from heat and pour in the remaining water. Stir well. Now, slowly pour back into your gallon pitcher. You may have some leftover ade that won't fit in your pitcher. You can immediatly drink this (with ice) or just pour it off.
Yes... And, for eating :)
2 X 8 = 16 cups


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colorful dancing characters?
Click on the image above for a trip to nutcrackerballet.net, the jumping off point on your journey into all things Nutcracker including production reviews, notes on the story's history, links to movie versions, and a host of other informative and interesting resources. Although most people know that the original tale was written by E.T.A. Hoffman, most are unaware that it is Alexandre Dumas' kinder and gentler version that provided the story used by Tchaikovsky for his ballet. This and many other interesting facts are waiting at nutcrackerballet.net.


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This is the final post for my Google Summer of Code 2013 project – implementing advanced statistics importers for Amarok. Please read the first post if you would like to know more about the project.
So here came the end of Google Summer of Code 2013. It's the best moment to talk about what has been planned, what was done, and – traditionally – what the future holds. Oh, and let's get some stats and pictures (because that's what we're here for)!
I planned to:
- rewrite following statistics importers based on the existing StatSyncing framework:
- Amarok 1.4 (FastForward)
- Apple iTunes
- create new statistics importers for the following media players:
- Amarok 2.x
- Rhythmbox
- soft goal two-way synchronization for created importers (I guess I shouldn't call them "importers" anymore, but something like "synchronization targets" just sounds too unwieldy)
- softer goal write tests for created importers
- side goal make new importers easy to write.
We all know that thing about plans and reality in software development, right?
So let's recap what I've done:
- I created a framework for importers that takes care of managing them, loading and saving their configuration
- the consequence is that a user can create, remove, reconfigure new importers on a whim
- programmer can also make as many configuration options as he wants and store as much state in the importer as needed
- I created following statistics importer types, loadable as plugins:
- Amarok 1.4
- Amarok 2.4
- Apple iTunes
- Banshee
- Clementine
- Rhythmbox
- …and I implemented two-way synchronization for each of them
- I wrote tests for every importer and all parts of the framework (except for one helper, as it's destined to be removed)
- I made new importers very easy to create – and they automatically gain all goodies from the framework.
Please take a look at earlier posts if you're interested in pictures – I didn't want to overload this one with duplicates.
Let's get the total number of changes reported by git:
konrad@KonPC-Linux ~/kde/src/amarok $ git log a214c0a2^..HEAD --shortstat \
| grep -E "file(s)? changed" \
| awk '{inserted+=$4; deleted+=$6} END \
{print "lines inserted:", inserted, "lines deleted:", deleted}'
lines inserted: 21529 lines deleted: 10225
That's a nice number of changes. Here's what it actually sums up to:
konrad@KonPC-Linux ~/kde/src/amarok $ git diff a214c0a2^ HEAD --shortstat
303 files changed, 13519 insertions(+), 2257 deletions(-)
The difference between these numbers tells us a story: at least about ⅖ of the code I wrote was removed afterwards through heavy refactoring. (Alright, maybe this wasn't much of a story.) In other words I not only overshot my initial plans, I was also making sure I'm doing it with style. ;) Of course the numbers take into account only the changes that were finally committed – there were a lot more in between.
Let's make some code size comparisons between old and new importers.
As you can see, the numbers are similar. Rhythmbox and iTunes importers are made bigger by XML-processing code (oh how I hate it), and Amarok 2.x and FastForward importers by custom, rich configuration widgets. The simplest importers, Clementine and Banshee, are small and pretty.
Oh, but that's not the whole story here, is it? All of the new importers also contain write capabilities – they can sync the statistics back to the foreign media player. Without it a new importer can easily fit inside 100 lines, as demonstrated in one of my previous posts. Mission accomplished.
As an aside, I find it interesting to note that the number of lines does translate very well into the number of characters. The average number of characters per line for measured code is 38.17, with standard deviation of 2.60 characters between files.
Oh, and I have proof that I was actually doing something during GSoC. Do take a look at this video that I made, if only for the amazing soundtrack (720p recommended). For details, please see the video's description.
The future
So, it's the end of Google Summer of Code, but it's not the end of the project nor my contribution to Amarok. Arguably the most important event in the project's lifetime – code review – still lies ahead. Not only that, but I already have some further refactorings in mind.
Other than the project, there's always a lot to do for Amarok, and the great community around it makes it hard to leave – so I'm not. There's just too much fun to be had. ;)
Well, that's it for the post. I'm going to take a few days off and then an academic term starts, and I'm back to my daytime job – I'll need some time to adjust my schedule. Thanks for sticking around. It's been – and continues to be – a pleasure!


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It pains us to report that hard times have hit the golf-course design industry. Projects have dried up, architects are laying off staff and closing offices. If the end is near, well, at least it's going out with a Big Bang.
The brightest starburst is America's Best New Public Course of 2008, Chambers Bay in suburban Tacoma, Wash., a Robert Trent Jones Jr.-Bruce Charlton design that has already been named to host the 2015 U.S. Open and the 2010 U.S. Amateur. It's the second Best New win for the partners in the past three years, the sixth overall for Jones, and their first design to host an Open.
Nearly equal in luminescence is the year's Best New Private Course, Gozzer Ranch Golf & Lake Club overlooking Idaho's Lake Coeur d'Alene, a Tom Fazio design that stresses backwoods beauty over cosmopolitan opulence.
Our North Star this year is Tobiano Golf Course, a captivating Thomas McBroom layout west of Kamloops, British Columbia, our first Best New Canadian selection from that province since 1999 and McBroom's sixth victory in this category since 1994.
Also burning bright is the Best New Remodel of 2008, Saucon Valley Country Club's Old Course in Bethlehem, Pa., which Fazio and company refurbished in time for the 2009 U.S. Women's Open. Coupled with Gozzer Ranch, this marks the 13th and 14th Best New wins for Fazio, who continues to lead the field by a couple of light-years.
As usual, Golf Digest's annual survey of America's Best New Courses was based on evaluations filed by our national panel of more than 900 male and female golfers who judged each course on Shot Values, Design Variety, Resistance to Scoring, Memorability and Aesthetics.
What is different this year is the single competition among public courses. In 1996, we introduced separate Affordable Public and Upscale Public categories, divided by a green fee of $50. In 2006, we raised that limit to $75, which in retrospect was a mistake; in most communities, $75 is not considered an affordable green fee. For 2008, we found it difficult to assemble a competitive field for the lower-price category, and so we have reluctantly combined the two. Rather than fretting about the future, let's celebrate the best and the brightest of the past year's golf architecture.
Photos: Best New Courses of 2008 | Complete History of Best New Courses


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Learn more about MasterCard®. Use the links below to jump to specific areas.
Can I use my PayPass on contactless payment readers that don't display the PayPass logo?
How close does the 'tap' have to be to the checkout reader?
How will purchases appear on my monthly statement?
What is a key fob or payment tag?
Do I have to treat my PayPass in any special way?
Why aren't signatures required?
What do I do if my PayPass has been lost or stolen?
Q: What is MasterCard PayPass?
A: MasterCard PayPass is a 'contactless' way to pay for purchases under $100. It's like having exact change wherever you go. A simple tap of your card, key fob or PayPass-enabled mobile phone is all it takes to pay at the checkout.
Q: How do I benefit?
A: There are many benefits with PayPass. It's like having exact change wherever you go, so you don't have to worry about carrying around a lot of cash or fishing for coins. You are in control because your PayPass never leaves your hand at checkout. With PayPass you get better record keeping of all your purchases than using cash for those small everyday items. It's fast and ideal at places where you're in a hurry, like at stadiums, fast food restaurants, petrol stations and more.
Q: How can I get my own PayPass?
A: To apply for a MasterCard PayPass, contact any of the growing number of participating financial institutions (card issuers) listed on our website. Check back often, as new card issuers are added regularly.
Q: Where can I use PayPass?
A: Anywhere you see this symbol at the checkout, you can tap to pay with your PayPass. This includes fast food restaurants, petrol stations, convenience stores, pharmacies, stadiums and more.
If you don't see the symbol, your PayPass card can still be used by swiping at the checkout, like normal MasterCard cards.
Q: Paying with PayPass
A: To make a purchase, simply tap your PayPass card, key fob or PayPass-enabled mobile phone on the 'contactless' payment reader at the checkout of participating retail locations.
Q: Can I use my PayPass on contactless payment readers that don't display the PayPass logo?
A: No. You can only use PayPass where you see the PayPass symbol.
Learn How to Tap
Q: How close does the 'tap' have to be to the checkout reader?
A: You need to touch the reader with your card or the wallet your card is in. Please note that if you have more than one PayPass card in your wallet, you should remove the specific card you wish to use to pay.
Learn How to Tap
Q: How will purchases appear on my monthly statement?
A: Purchases made with PayPass will be displayed on your statement just like any other purchase you make with a regular card.
Q: How does it work?
A: PayPass uses a hidden embedded computer chip and radio frequency antenna. After you tap your PayPass at the checkout, payment details are sent wirelessly to the MasterCard network. Moments after you tap, you will receive payment confirmation and be on your way.
Q: What is a key fob or payment tag?
A: A key fob or payment tag is a special PayPass device that you can attach to your key chain. Card issuers sometimes provide this as a companion to your traditional MasterCard plastic card. Usually very small and made of plastic, PayPass fobs/tags contain the same contactless computer chip and radio frequency antenna as regular PayPass cards.
Q: Do I have to treat my PayPass in any special way?
A: Treat your PayPass as you would any credit, debit and prepaid cards. Always know where your PayPass is and keep it in a safe place. Check often to make sure none of your cards/devices is missing. And be sure to keep a record of all your card numbers, expiration dates and emergency phone numbers in a safe place.
Q: Is there a battery?
A: There is no battery used to activate your PayPass.
Q: Do I need to turn it on/off?
A: If you have a PayPass-enabled mobile phone, there are features allowing you to turn it on or off. If you are using a mobile sticker, it works as if the card and device were always on and ready to use. PayPass cards and fobs are also always on and ready to use.
Q: Is it safe?
A: Yes. With secure encryption technology and Zero Liability protection, PayPass is as safe as your regular card.
- You are in control: your PayPass never leaves your hands to make a payment.
- No accidental payments: your PayPass must tap the reader at checkout.
- Not billed twice: Even if you tap more than once at the checkout, you'll only get billed once for your purchase.
Q: Why aren't signatures required?
A: To ensure that using PayPass is as quick, simple and convenient as cash, retailers/merchants that accept PayPass do not need you to sign for small purchases ($100 or less).
Q: What do I do if my PayPass has been lost or stolen?
A: If you have lost your card or suspect unauthorised activity on your account, stop using your PayPass and immediately contact the financial institution that issued your card.
Q: Questions not answered here
A: If you have a question that has not been answered here, please contact the financial institution that issued your card as only they hold account-specific and unique information. Usually the customer service number for your financial institution will be printed on the back of your card.


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Courses: Prophetic Imaginations in the American Tradition (RELGH214A01)
Fall 2010
An examination of prophecy as a form of social criticism in colonial and contemporary America . The course identifies the prophetic tradition as an extension of the American Jeremiad. Particular attention is given to Reinhold Niebuhr and Martin Luther King Jr.
Fulfills: HU III Limit:25
Taught By
Haverford, Hall 112
Meeting Times
TTh 11:30-1:00