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Council approves new Wisconsin police station
|(MADISON, Wisc.) -- Ignoring Mayor Sue Bauman's pleas for fiscal restraint, the City Council voted unanimously to include $1.7 million in the 2001 capital budget for the design and construction of a new South Madison police station.
Members also approved appropriating nearly $713,000 for Madison Metro's operating budget, which will help address about two-thirds of the transit utility's projected $ 1 million shortfall for 2001. (The Transit and Parking Utility will hold a public hearing Nov. 28 to consider service cuts and fare hikes to make up the approximately $300,000 gap that remains.)
In urging support for a new south side police station, Ald. Tim Bruer argued that his district has been waiting for such a facility since 1987. He called the current facility at 835 W. Badger Road overcrowded and grossly inadequate.
''The building is a disgrace,'' said Bruer, District 14.
Bauman, however, urged defeat of the measure, expressing concern about the city's growing debt.
''The real issue is how much flexibility are we going to have in the future,'' said Bauman, whose long-range capital improvement plan included money for a south side station in 2004.
The police station debt, which is added to the operating budget starting next year, is expected to amount to about $291,000 in 2002.
Assistant Police Chief Noble Wray said the department was prepared to break ground next spring at 837 Hughes Place. And he acknowledged mixed emotions about the council's action.
''It was a tough policy decision,'' he said.
''On one hand, we appreciate the opportunity to build a district station. But we also realize the financial situation it places the city in.''
Council members also approved borrowing an additional $100,000 to install traffic signals at Spring Harbor Drive and University Avenue; Raymond Road and McKenna Boulevard; and American Parkway and Eastpark.
In all, council members added $1.8 million in capital improvements to the budget, for total capital spending of $71.7 million. That includes $25.5 million in borrowing, a $500,000 increase from 2000.
Last year's capital budget was $93.9 million.
Council members also approved an operating budget for 2001 that will raise an average homeowner's taxes by $78, according to comptroller Dean Brasser.
Based on a tax rate of $9.34 per $1,000 of assessed property value, taxes on an average $ 149,831 home would be $1,399, up from $1,321 last year.
Spending would increase 5.9 percent, from $159.2 million in 2000 to $168.8 million.
Operating budget amendments approved include:
*$77,000 to the Police Department for towing services. The budget increase will be offset by increases in fines.
*$18,353 to the Public Health Department to hire a Spanish-speaking outreach worker.
There was no attempt to restore some $70,000 for scheduled leaf pickups, a cost-saving measure that lawmakers have said is causing great concern among their constituents.
An amendment that would have required city staff to study the pros and cons of privatizing the collection of trash and recyclables was defeated, with Bauman casting the deciding vote.
The 2001 operating budget includes full-year funding for the new Alicia Ashman Library, the newly remodeled Hawthorne branch library and a new public health facility on the east side.
It also funds recruit classes for the Police Department, keeps the Fire Department's minimum daily staffing at 62 firefighters and includes more than $200,000 to keep the city's ice rinks open.
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text: In his second book, Extra-Curricular Activities, John Waldron shares humorous observations that come from the confusion and mayhem of his not-so-ordinary life as a gay single parent. Whether in the midst of a tee-ball game or the not so hallowed sanctuary of the Catholic Church, stuff happens. Cub Scout outings, children's birthday parties or summer camp are an ideal time for Waldron to reassess his shortcomings as a parent and expound on his unusual insights. Sometimes humorous while other times endearing, John's stories of parenting his two sons resonant at some level with all readers and their memories of family and those activities that define childhood. Parents from all walks of life will recognize themselves in John's shoes as he maneuvers as an outsider through long-cherished organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America and Little League. The book leaves the reader with the overriding importance of a sense of humor and the fundamental value of persistence.

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Kobo Vox, Android Tablet Designed for Reading
I've ordered this and it looks like I will be able to receive and review it before I get the Kindle Fire. The feature set of the $199 Kobo Vox is really good:
It has full open access to Android 2.3 and the Android Marketplace rather than the Amazon forked access. This means you could, if you wanted, download and use the Kindle Amazon app along with the nook App and Aldiko and any number of reading apps available on the Android platform.
It has WiFi and Micro USB, a 7″ AFFS+* multimedia display with a 1024×600 resolution. The device ships with 8GB of memory and a SD slot. It weighs about 14.2 ounces. More tech specs here. The processor is on the slow side: 800 Mhz; 512 RAM.
*Advanced Fringe Field Switching Technology, supposedly looks good outdoors as well as indoors.
So comparison:
|Kindle Fire
|Kobo Vox
|Nook Color
|7″ multi-touch display with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and anti-reflective treatment, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi, 16 million colors
|7″ AFFS+ multimedia display; 1024 x 600 resolution, Multi-touch screen with Anti-glare and exceptional +/- 89 viewing angle
|7″ multi-touch display, 1024 x 600 delivering 169 pixels per inch (PPI)
|14.6 ounces
|14.2 ounces
|15.8 ounces
|1 GHz TI OMAP dual-core SoC, 512 RAM
|800 Mhz; 512 RAM
|ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at 800 MHz, 512 RAM
|Android OS
|Forked 2.3 "Gingerbread"
|Open 2.3
|Forked Android 2.2 "Froyo"
|Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, USB 2.0 micro, does not support ad-hoc (peer to peer) networks
|Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro USB
|Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and micro USB (also does not support ad-hoc wifi networks)
|3.5 mm stereo audio jack, top-mounted stereo speakers.
|Built-in speaker and universal 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack
|Built-in mono speaker and universal 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack
|7-8 hours
|7 hours
|8 hours
|Internal Memory
|8 GB, but only 5GB available for storage and 4GB of that is reserved for BN purchased content
|External memory
|No, but free cloud storage for any AMZN purchases, 5 GB storage for personal documents
|32 GB SD Memory Card
|32 GB Micro SD Memory Card
|Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8.
|Books: ePUB, including fixed layout and enhanced ePUB. Images: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP Audio: MP3, AAC, .3gp, mp4, m4a, flac, ogg, wav, mid. Video Formats: 3gp, mp4, webm*It should be noted that because of the open access to the full Android marketplace, Kindle consumers can use the Vox by downloading the Kindle App
|EPUB (including Non or Adobe DRM), PDF; Other documents: XLS, DOC, PPT, PPS, TXT, DOCM, XLSM, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, DOCX, XLX, PPTX; Graphics: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP; Audio: MP3, MP4, AAC; Video: MP4
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Hey all,
What is the name of the Competition held in the U.S. (Florida I think) where fighter pilots from several countries compete to see who is the best?
Does it have "William Tell" in the name? I think I remember that, not sure though.
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Coach Shares Plunge: Handbags Not Immune to Weak Economy
Turns out sales of luxury handbags and accessories aren't immune to a tough economy. Coach shares are getting pummeled after the retailer disclosed the weak economy is crimping North American sales. The company blamed declining consumer …
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Handbags at Church
One of the worst images in the first world are of women clutching their handbags on the way to Communion. Sure, it is dismaying that anyone would steal your purse inside a church, but what troubles me more is this: What am I doing when I leave that …
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PPP Retreat
The PPP retreat is an overnight, two-day experience for sophomores, juniors and seniors at an off-campus location. The weekend allows students to explore key questions about how to fully engage in the PPP program, discover new tools for deciding on opportunities after graduation, and connect with PPP faculty, alumni and fellow students.
In the fall of sophomore year, PPP students immerse themselves in political campaigns, ranging from city council to presidential races. From walking door to door talking to constituents to being a part of strategy meetings with their candidate, PPP students get an intimate view of the political system. On Election Day, the campaign experience culminates with students working the polls and speaking about their experience to radio and television stations at the Hamilton County Board of Elections. As a result of this semester experience, many students continue working for their candidates or go on to work campaigns in other races.
Annual DC Trip
The Washington DC trip is a central aspect to the legislative politics course during sophomore year. After engaging in issue research and policy-formulation, coalition-building, and broadcast and narrowcast communications, the students travel to DC to meet with department chairs, federal legislators, and leaders in non-profit organizations. Students work in teams to discuss their issues with political leaders, sometimes attending twenty to thirty meetings in a two-day period. Students learn to depend on their teammates and represent themselves, the PPP program, and Xavier University in a professional manner.
Internship Opportunities
Internships offer practical, hands-on work experience and allow you the opportunity to develop a network of professional contacts that may lead to future job placements and guide your decision-making on future career interests. The Public Policy Internship immerses students in the real issues and challenges facing policy makers governing at federal, state and local levels. Participants in the program put knowledge into practice, hone leadership skills and gain a better understanding of the political process.
Study Abroad
Three of the most popular study abroad programs for PPP students include a summer semester in Paris, Rome or London. Each of these programs combine courses specific to the location with cultural and historical experiences outside the classroom. These trips continue the PPP curriculum by discussing issues of the public through a historical, philosophical and political lens. These programs, however, are not limited to scholars, as they also attract students from many majors and concentrations.
"In PPP, you learn how to integrate yourself into the public, wherever you go, and it teaches you how to advocate for that public."
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Posted on: August 24, 2010 8:14 pm
The Hip that doomed Favre
The Fantasy Football Geek known as River Rat dodged a bullet or actually several of them today on the news of Vikings reciever Sidney Rice undergoing surgery. Out of 17 teams drafted so far, some automated, and some live, none of my teams posessed the talented receiver. It is my understanding that on some sites games, such as Yahoo, Rice is in the elite class of "can not drop" player. It could be interesting to see if that status is relaxed. Being that at this time, he is expected to miss the first 8 games it might be iffy for those that have him on their roster if they will be allowed to drop. Always when a player hits the IR, this is the case, but we will have to see.
Now, continuing with this thought, here are Rats Views From The Alley.
It is my understanding that Rice's injured hip was evident at the end of last season. It is also my understanding that Sidney was encouraged to have surgery on his injured hip during the off season. Instead, he chose to treat the injury differently. Now here we are just a couple of short weeks from the opening of the season, and he has gone under the knife. Be it a mis-diagnosis, or just plain scared of surgery, he has put his team in a bit of a situation. Last season, Brett Favre and Sidney formed a bond that was evident in the locker room following the loss to the Saints in the NFC championship game with an emotional 45 second embrace between the two. One wonders if this information was withheld from Favre during the "visits" to talk him into coming back. If I am Brett, and my favorite target is on the shelf for at least half of the season if not more, and another favorite target was carted off the field in an ambulance from complications from migrains last week, I would be nervous, and maybe even a bit pissed off. With an absolutley brutal schedule to start the year, (Saints, Dolphins, Jets, Cowboys, Packers, Patriots , the Lions are in there too, but this could turn into a 3-5 start) Brett's last gasp at a Super Bowl ring could be over before his offensive weapons are at full strength.
Posted on: October 12, 2008 12:59 pm
2008 NFL Predictions (Revised)
Well it just goes to show that trying to predict what is going to happen in the NFL season in early August isn't worth diddly squat. I like so many others, have been witness to a lot of surprises both good and bad. Lets review.
AFC Central
New AFC Central
1. Pittsburgh
AFC South
August Prediction
The South has surprised me the most. Where did the Titans come from? They are a much better team with Kerry Collins leading them than Vince Young. The defense has been superb. The Colts have fallen from the throne, but yes I am a homer so I am predicting a rebound the last 2/3 of the season. The Colts have yet to win in their new home so we may want to put the roof back on the old one for now. The Jags seem to have all of the weapons to become a powerful force except depth at O-line. Injuries have destroyed them. And as of the writing of this I am surprised the Texans are still winless, Ike may have thrown them out of rhythm much like Katrina did to the Saints a few years ago.
AFC West
Question, who took the Chargers away and left us with this one? I guess having the best team on paper doesn't make you the best team. The O-line is a mess, only during the shootout in Denver was there much life up to this point. And LT hampered my a toe has been almost non existent. Denver on the other hand has been remarkable on the offensive side of the ball. Jay Cutler is coming into his own and is playing efficiently. The melt down at Kansas City the only blemish. The Raiders firing of Lane Kiffen IMO was a big mistake. They may have a very rough year…..again. KC, they are who we thought they were.
New AFC West
AFC Playoff Seeding from August
NFC East
I really don't think there are any changes to make here. They are all just MUCH closer than I originally thought. Washington after the terrible week 1 showing has been playing dominate ball. They currently lead the Cowboys and have a fairly easy middle of the schedule plus have played all of their road division games. Actually I may have just talked myself into swapping them. This is a tough division to pick. Dallas looks very on and off, Romo looks human at times. Dallas may be a good weak side receiver away from greatness again. The Giants look good, Eli has matured into a leader instead of the aw shucks kid from next door.
New NFC East
NFC Central
OK show of hands, who picked the Bears to be the monsters of the midway again? Kyle Orton is looking pretty good this year. The Bears still need to draft a young QB to be ready fro the future though. Kyle could be this years Derek Anderson, just not with the stats, just in bringing his team back from despair. The Packers aren't the same without #4, but Aaron Rogers is playing well. Minnesota for all of the attention we were to give to their Defense this year has not panned out. Adrian Peterson is about the only bright spot here. And the Lions…..um…..well……..well they did fire Millen
New NFC Central
NFC South
New NFC South
NFC West
Arizona is playing very well, they may have finally fixed the defense, each year I am tempted to say this is their year, and each year they screw it up. But………Maybe, if they can keep Warners jersey clean then yes, Matt L won't get it done. The Niners with Mike Martz have the offense ticking. Ok who even heard of TJ before this year? As well Frank Gore has been a beast. Poor Mike Holmgren, not the way he wanted to go out, maybe they can rebound. But its not easy to run an offense with 5th and 6th string receivers after the injuries hit them. Rams, well if you can't say anything nice…..so moving on.
New AFC West
NFC Playoff Seeding from August
They you have it my friends. Thanks for reading and I welcome your comments.
Posted on: August 2, 2008 10:26 am
2008 NFL Predictions
Well here we are on the verge of another NFL season, and I can't wait. I thought it would be fun to make our predictions for this years division titles. I would like to see everyones predictions as well. We can't be worse than Prisco can we? Ok lets go.
AFC East
AFC Central
AFC South
AFC West
AFC Playoff Seeding
NFC East
NFC Central
NFC South
NFC West
NFC Playoff Seeding
Well there you go, there is my guess and I do mean guess. Injuries are always a factor in a season. One of these teams could put several players on the IR in week 1 and blow all of this out of the water.
So my challenge to you, give us your predictions, no need to go into detail if you don't want to. Let us know. Thanks for reading.
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The ALT+GR button is the one to the right of the Space Bar. Google is amazing :P
I am shocked that there is some one that did not know that.
I myself edited my money in game with easily but with this table it seems you can use god mode as well.
I didn't try it yet but i'll asap.
forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?p=5432680&sid=0917109ae9570b9e7c8d3db21097446dEdit: I tried this now, and it works. It's very simple. And you can edit your character or companion's stats also.
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With today's shrinking labor pool, high turnover, and troubling employee behavior, human resourcemanagers are under pressure to hire star employees. One key to snagging these stars is improving thehiring process by using axiology.
Formal axiology is a deductive science developed by Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Robert Hartman thatmeasures how people think. He called the different ways that people know things the "dimensions ofvalue." He determined that while people think in all three dimensions (intrinsic, extrinsic, and systemicvalue), we have preferred "recipes" for our own thinking. Our own thinking biases and abilitiesdetermine our personalities, guide our interpretations and reactions, and direct our decision making.
- People who predominantly favor the intrinsic dimension use their intuition, do business by building personal relationships, and need confirmation from their gut reactions before making a decision.
- Extrinsic thinkers compare choices, look at things and people in practical ways, and think in comparative terms. They examine different properties and characteristics and compare the choices to make the "best" decision.
- Systemic thinkers have mental images of people and things and measure what they see against those preset images. They make decisions based on preset standards and constructs, think in terms of right or wrong, and want things to make sense or be reasonable before they make a decision.
By knowing the basics of these dimensions, you can probably identify some of the predominantthinking biases of your coworkers, friends, or even yourself. A fuller knowledge of axiology and thetools that have stemmed from this science can help HR professionals reduce the risks in the hiringprocess.
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Hartman applied the dimensions of thinking to a mathematical system. Now the subjective comparing ofpersonalities or preferences can be removed from the hiring regimen. I developed the Zerorisk HiringSystem using axiology to help employers objectively measure areas that are critical for success in specificjob positions, generate individual thinking profiles of the candidates, and provide individually tailored,behavior-based questions to improve the interview process.
Using an axiology-based instrument, an interviewer is able to discern the true nature of the candidate'smanagement style and ability to exercise sound judgment when in stressful situations.
If you have determined that the candidate has what it takes to do the job, that does not necessarily mean he orshe will do the job. A person may be perfectly capable of great success, but if drive, determination, and workethic are not there, the job will not get done. We have tested people who had the skills, abilities, andjudgment to be effective managers, only to find that they had no interest in managing people. It was better forour clients to learn that before those people were placed in management positions.
Assess Company Culture
Once you have determined that the candidate has the talent and drive to get the job done, don't make thatoffer yet. Assess your company culture and the environment within which this person will be working. Areyou placing a person who thrives on human contact in a dog-eat-dog environment where no one leaves thecubicle? Are you hiring a person who needs structure and throwing him into a position with no jobdescription? If you place people in an environment that conflicts with their internal needs and values, theywill have a hard time successfully performing in the job they have been hired to do. Don't assume thatpeople who can work effectively for a Milquetoast manager can also be effective for a direct, in-your-facemanager, because in most cases they can't.
Axiology can reduce risks inherent in hiring. It can aid in uncovering the motivations behind differentbehaviors, in sorting through the facades created by résumés, and in keeping the issues and matters clear asyou assess candidates, jobs, and your company.
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The story of the Venezuelan economy and its troubled currency, the bolivar, can be summed up with the following phrase: "From bad to worse"—over and over again. Yes, the ever deteriorating situation in Venezuela has taken yet another turn for the worse.
In a panicked, misguided response to the country's economic woes, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has requested emergency powers over the economy. And the Maduro government recently announced plans to institute a new exchange rate for tourists in an attempt to quash arbitrage-driven currency smuggling.
These measures will likely prove too little, too late for the Venezuelan economy and its troubled currency, the bolivar. Indeed, the country's economy has been in decline since Hugo Chavez imposed his unique brand of socialism on Venezuela.
For years, Venezuela has sustained a massive social spending program, combined with costly price and labor controls, as well as an aggressive annual foreign aid strategy. This fiscal house of cards has been kept afloat—barely—by oil revenues.
But as the price tag of the Chavez/Maduro regime has grown, the country has dipped more and more into the coffers of its state-owned oil company, PDVSA, and (increasingly) the country's central bank.
Since Chavez's death, this house of cards has begun to collapse, and the black market exchange rate between the bolivar (VEF) and the U.S. dollar (USD) tells the tale. Since Chavez's death on March 5, 2013, the bolivar has lost 62.36% of its value on the black market, as shown in the chart below the jump.


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Despite this, I think he is being bullied. He has come in the last few days with his ears bleeding, I've cleaned them off, and put an ointment on them.
I've attached a picture below, as you can see it's not wear the halter is, so it can't be halter rub, and he wears a fly mask, so that also confuses me! [how could other horses bite through the mask?]
So I'm kind of doubting that the other horses caused it, but I don't know what else has caused it.
Here's what it looks like, it's the same on the other ear too [sorry he moved when I took the picture it's a little blurry] :


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The DoT may soon issue new telecom licences to Idea Cellular which had earlier refused to accept guidelines related to 3G roaming pacts in the unified license, sources said.
The Department had said that it was illegal for telecom operators to sell 3G services in areas where they do not have spectrum. Telecom companies Airtel , Vodafone and Idea Cellular had contested the DoT's point and the matter is now sub-judice.
Also read: Vodafone shares hit 12-year high on Verizon talks
Telecom tribunal TDSAT had given a split verdict on the dispute between DoT and the three operators over 3G intra-circle roaming pacts. The matter is now pending with the Delhi High Court.
When contacted Idea Cellular refused to comment on the development. Idea had emerged second biggest winner by getting spectrum in 8 circles which included all the seven circles where its licences were cancelled and an additional win in Bihar where it licences were unaffected by the apex court order that cancelled 122 telecom permits in 2G scam.
DoT has also suggested signing Unified Licence agreement for Jammu and Kashmir and Orissa service areas where there is no mention of 3G roaming pact norms.
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I sometimes wonder if the name alone sells images sometimes - if they're famous, then the shots must be "great".
I remember seeing Mario Testino's images at the National Portrait Gallery in London a few years back; I felt many were rather ho-hum and certainly wouldn't have parted with my hard earned cash, to grace a wall at home.
At around the same time, I purchased a small print by a photographer who shoots for Vollers Corsets (Alwyn R Coates) - it was (to me) a fantastic image and I remembered thinking how much more powerful it was, than Testino's image of Catherine Zeta-Jones also in a corset.
Others would probably disagree, but for me, this particular collection of Testino's work was a collection of snapshots that were only "great" because they were images of famous celebrities.
Of all the images that were on show - the well known B&W image of Diana, Princess of Wales, was the only one that I remotely enjoyed viewing, the rest left me cold, and uninspired.


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FLAC v1.2.1b Bundle for Windows issue, Version info is incorrect and complete re-write of file
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FLAC v1.2.1b Bundle for Windows issue: Version info is incorrect and complete re-write of file
These are the issues:
* In this first issue when viewing the file properties in Foobar2000 it will list the incorrect version info as "reference libFLAC 1.1.0 20030126" when I've insured I've encoded with "reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917", and I know for with certainty I can't and couldn't use any older FLAC version like that because those prior to v1.2.1 didn't like my computer at all. I've even re-downloaded the FLAC v1.2.1b Bundle for Windows ("flac-1.2.1b.exe") and overwritten/overinstalled what I already had and it's still the same.
I've noticed that it only happens if I use the FLAC Bundle for Windows that comes with Speeks FLAC frontend to do the encoding. After I complete tagging an album in Foobar2000, and then look in the Properties it will list the incorrect version information. Now here's what's strange if I do all of the encoding via Foobar2000 I don't run into this issue at all! So I'd suppose there's some tagging component in the FLAC bundle responsible for this?
* In this second issue I've noticed that Foobar2000 is doing what I think is a complete re-write of the flac's - remember these are the problem flac's with the wrong version info in them. First I can change a few simple text in the tags and it will update them very fast. Then when for instance applying ReplayGain or inputting additional tag info I had forget it will take forever to update the tags.
I've also did some very brief testing by encoding via Foobar2000 and haven't yet ran into the issue with it wanting to completely re-write the whole file when tagging.
So am I to assume there are issues with the FLAC v1.2.1b Bundle for Windows causing all of this? I've been using it for years and never bothered once to look at the properties before in Foobar2000 until the other day, and then thought that along with the very slow tagging/complete file re-write could be somehow related.
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How do you encode? Do you use the frontend, command line, EAC, etc.? How comes you are so sure you've used FLAC 1.2.1? If you for some reason use 1.1.0, the second problem is related because in FLAC 1.1.3 default padding size was increased.
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Update: I've completely dumped using the bundle and have switched to solely using Foobar2000 for all the encoding now since it doesn't cause any of the issues I was facing.
To answer your questions:
I encoded using the FLAC Frontend which came with the Windows bundle.
I know I was using 1.2.1b because that's what I downloaded from the FLAC downloads on SourceForge, plus I even checked the version number by running the command to see the version using flac.exe.
I was thinking some tagging component in the 1.2.1b bundle may be using some older libflac compile or something along those lines to cause the issues.
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I encoded using the FLAC Frontend which came with the Windows bundle.
Tagging components shouldn't touch the vendor string.
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The old frontend has its issues but it's not changing the encoder string of your files. It seems to be somewhat buggy and it doesn't specify the paths to the command line tools it uses, so if you have old flac.exe in your system search path, it gets used. Run a search for flac.exe on your machine and remove all old versions you can find.
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I have only ever had flac.exe installed in two locations:
C:\Program Files\foobar2000
Now it's just down to only being in the Foobar2000 folder.
I don't know what caused it but it is definitely something inside that bundle causing it, and it will only rear its ugly head if changing/updating the tags in say Foobar2000, and then the version/vendor string gets changed for whatever reason. Anyways like I've already stated in a previous post I moved to using Foobar2000 for the encoding, therefore I'm done with this topic now.
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One of Britain's leading estate agents has told how he 'smelled a rat' when a conman posing as a wealthy banker tried to buy a £2 million home.
Former cab driver Richard Jerome posed as an international financier as he tried to buy luxury homes at Sidmouth, Looe, and Northamptonshire.
He made an offer for £1,975,000 for a £2 million home under a false name after a series of viewings with his ex-teacher wife Hazel.
The 65-year-old told owners Simon and Clare Martin-Redmond-Smith they were looking for a permanent home in Britain after winding down business interests in the Caribbean.
His offer for Badby Lodge at Badby, Daventry, was their second attempt to buy a home in the area, having previously offered £560,000 for an 18th century four bedroomed period cottage called Ambleside at Hellidon, Daventry.
Jerome used false surnames in both transactions to conceal the fact he is a convicted conman, Exeter Crown Court was told.
He claimed to be a banker with links to the charity Unesco and interests in Russia and the West Indies and Russia.
They also tried to buy The Gazebo in Sidmouth, for £750,000 and £310,000 for Valhalla in East Looe.
On all four occasions Jerome and his wife were foiled when estate agents learned their true identities.
They have both been convicted in the past of a scam in which they pose as buyers, move in before completion, and refuse to budge.
The couple also tried to buy two properties in Devon and Cornwall with a total value of £1 million.
Exeter Crown Court has heard how they offered a string of excuses to explain why they did not have the money.
They included claims they were on holiday in the Caribbean and unable to pick up e-mails, having problems with their bank in Calgary , Canada , on business in St Petersburg , Turkmenistan and Minsk , and caring for sick relatives in hospital.
He also claimed to be a banker handling huge sums of money for the relief organisation Unesco.
Jerome also persuaded a woman who answered a lonely hearts advertisement to invest $100,000 in a bond which he claimed would pay a high rate of interest. She allegedly received nothing.
Quentin Jackson-Stops, a member of the founding family of the blue blooded estate agents Jackson-Stops and Staff, said he was suspicious about Jerome before learning his true identity.
He made his offer under the name of Jerane, although is was recorded a Jaerane and Jairane in other paperwork.
Mr Jackson-Stops said he warned the owner of Badby Lodge to be cautious about the offer.
He said:"Mr Jarane said he planned to install a swimming pool at the house and said the money for the purchase would be routed through an offshore company to save tax.
"He said he was also viewing properties with Knight Frank, and Savills, with prices up to £4 million. He made an offer.
"I think I smelled a rat even before I heard about their past. I had googled his name and could not find anyone anywhere with that name. I told the owner that if the offer came to anything I would eat my hat."
Former minicab driver Richard Jerome, aged 65, and ex primary school teacher Hazel, aged 62, of Watling Street, Towcester, are both accused making false representations that they had the funds to purchase Valhalla, in West Looe Hill, Looe, and Gazebo, in Peak Hill Road, Sidmouth between 2009 and 2011.
They also face three charges of obtaining more than £1,000 worth of surveys on the properties by deception.
The couple deny two more counts of fraud which allege they made false representations that they intended to purchase Ambleside House and Badby Lodge Farm, both near Northampton , between 2010 and 2011.
Jerome is accused of fraud against a woman in Northamptonshire who invested $100,000 in 2011 and has not been repaid.


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James Harrison, who has worked with Steinberg throughout his 10-year stewardship of the Webster Film Series and will be replacing him as director, ran through a list of notable events and guests speakers. Highlights included Crispin Hellion Glover with Big Slide Show and What Is It?, Ray Dennis Steckler, with Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, D.A. Pennebaker, with Monterey Pop, Ray Harryhausen with Jason and the Argonauts, and Webster University Global Leader in Residence Steve James, with Hoop Dreams and three other films.
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Eric Rothenbuhler praised the thoughtful, intellect Mike brought to his work at Webster. He abandoned his formal remarks. With good humor, Rothenbuhler noted the similarities between his and Steinberg's careers and the artists with whom each had worked, such as John Waters, Reverend Billy, Albert Maysles, and others.
After the guests were served cake and refreshments, Steinberg invited them inside the Winifred Moore auditorium for his remarks. His emotional message was heartfelt. He thanked former Dean Debra Carpenter and longtime chair of the department of Communications and Journalism Joe Schuster for the opportunities they had given him. Steinberg thanked everyone in the audience for their support over the years. He said that he had come to learn that involving the community is, in itself, a form of art, and one he hoped he could continue in his work at the International Wildlife Film Festival and The Roxy Theater in Missoula, Montana.
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SEATTLE (April 25, 2013)—Seattle police Officer Jim Ritter patrols in a fully restored 1970 Plymouth Satellite cruiser, which is part of the Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum, a non-profit that Ritter founded in 1997.
It's one of 14 vintage police vehicles restored by volunteers.
The idea was to use the old cruiser in parades and other special events, but the car attracted so much attention that Ritter is using it as his everyday ride in community outreach efforts.
There's one concession to modern technology in the vintage patrol car--it has an up-to-date radio.
But everything else is period, including the bumpy ride and lack of air conditioning.
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2013 Annual Report
2. Conduct expanded national and international field trials and phenotypic evaluations of cacao germplasm and breeding populations. 2.A. Establish new cacao field trials in Puerto Rico and Hawaii for evaluating newly developed cultivars from the breeding program of INIAP and CATIE. 2.B*. Continue to conduct existing field trials in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Continue with the phenotypic evaluation of resistance to FP, BP, WB, Ceratocystis, CSSV, VSD, Mirids and CPB.
3: Apply association mapping and genomic selection approaches to genomic and phenotypic data to accelerate the breeding of cacao having improved productivity, host-plant resistance to biotic stresses, tolerance to environmental extremes and superior product quality. 3.A. Perform association mapping procedures to isolate new QTLs from cacao germplasm collections in Puerto Rico and Trinidad. 3.B. Apply different genome-wide selection (GWS) models to predict genomic breeding values (GBV) in full-sib family crosses of cacao planted in Ecuador and Costa Rica.
4. With ARS cooperators develop and maintain an expanded database of genetic, genomic, and phenotypic data for cacao.
Once SNPs have been identified, they can be employed in a genetic assay that does not require electrophoresis or a dedicated molecular genetics facility staffed with highly trained technicians. Because breeding trials are established in cacao producing countries where such molecular genetics facilities do not exist, it is imperative to develop high throughput assays that can be performed and analyzed in the field to be able to use the molecular data for Marker Assisted Selection (MAS). Continue with existing field trials in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, and Ghana assisted by MAS to validate putative resistance to FP, BP, WB, Ceratocystis, CSSV and VSD. Establish new field trials in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Preventative breeding for Frosty Pod (FP) and Witches Broom (WB) in West Africa and South Asia. Using the markers flanking the Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) for WB resistance on LG 1 and LG 9, selection of seedlings can be made from within families with 'SCA6' or 'SCA12' as a parent, that contain the genes conferring resistance to WB.
Collection of phenotypic data in segregating populations at all field locations (Ecuador, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, and PNG) is currently in progress. Leaf samples for SNP fingerprinting have been collected in Ecuador and Costa Rica. In addition, the evaluation of disease resistant plants selected in our collaborative breeding effort in Ecuador and Costa Rica is also underway.


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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Merde Il Pleut umbrella + Bella Pagoda umbrella in black
Pare*Umbrella's Sonnet umbrella in black + Cathedral Ceiling umbrella
In Vancouver (and perhaps in other rainy cities?) it seems like there is some sort of real or imagined snobbery against umbrellas. Apparently if you're a "real" Vancouverite all you wear is a Gore-tex jacket with a hood. Well, I wouldn't be caught dead in Gore-tex outside the dog park or ski hill, so I happen to like umbrellas.
If you lose or break umbrellas easily, these might not be for you. But if you guard your umbrella with your life like I do, check out these beautiful options. I've had my Pare*umbrella for around 6 years and can vouch for its quality. I like to think of an umbrella as an accessory, not an afterthought.
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I just moved to Seattle and caved on a nice umbrella. I don't really understand why it's preferable to walk around wet when it's not necessary.
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|Neurodevelopmental Outcome Among Multiples and Singletons: A Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit's Experience in Turkey.
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|Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the neurodevelopmental outcome at 12-18 months' corrected age between multiples and singleton preterm infants. Methods: We designed a prospective study of preterm infants (≤32 weeks gestation) born and hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit between November 2008 and November 2009, whose assessments were performed at 12-18 months' corrected age. Neurodevelopmental impairment was defined as the presence of any one of the following: moderate or severe cerebral palsy, severe bilateral hearing loss or bilateral blindness, mental developmental index score, or psychomotor developmental index score less than 70. Results were compared for both multiples and singleton infants. Results: One hundred and fifty-nine multiples and 211 singleton infants were assessed at 12-18 months' corrected age. The neurodevelopmental outcome including all parameters at 12-18 months' corrected age in multiples was not significantly different from singleton preterm infants. Conclusions: Multiple gestation in preterm infants is not associated with an increased risk of neurodevelopmental impairment at 12-18 months' corrected age compared with singleton preterm infants. For further information, long term and high participation in neurodevelopmental follow-up and evaluation at pre-school age will be needed.
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Over the past year and a half, Gov. Scott Walker has launched an ideological civil war in Wisconsin. It has plunged our state into unprecedented political turmoil and it has caused real pain for people across Wisconsin.
Walker, without any warning, took away worker rights and protections. He set women back by weakening safeguards for equal pay for equal work. Walker made the deepest cuts to education in Wisconsin history and made college more expensive. He raised taxes on seniors and low-income people, while giving huge tax breaks to big corporations and the super-rich.
And he took his eye off the ball on job creation. Walker campaigned for governor in 2010 promising to focus on the economy. But when he took office, jobs took a back seat to pursuit of his ideological agenda.
The results speak for themselves. On Walker's watch, Wisconsin lost more jobs than any other state in the country in 2011. And over the past 12 months, under Walker, Wisconsin led the nation in job loss.
As Wisconsin continued to shed jobs, Walker seemed more interested in traveling across the country, raising massive amounts of money from wealthy and powerful conservative special interests. Instead of making good on his promise to create 250,000 jobs here in Wisconsin, Walker focused on raising $250,000 per check from extreme, right-wing donors in other states like Texas, Missouri and Florida.
Throughout his ideological civil war, it has been all about his national ambitions, not the people of our state. He has been more interested in his own job than in jobs for Wisconsin workers and families.
Over the past 16 months of bitter division and political turmoil caused by Walker's partisan agenda, one thing is now clear: We cannot come together and fix Wisconsin as long as we keep Walker as governor.
It's time for a new path forward - and that is exactly what Tom Barrett offers.
Tom will end Walker's ideological war, and put Wisconsin first - not his own political career.
Tom will be a fiscally responsible steward of taxpayer dollars. As mayor of our state's largest city, Tom passed balanced budgets that invested in key priorities and avoided wasteful spending.
Tom will undo the massive cuts to education that Walker pushed through - the deepest in state history - and he will invest in colleges and technical colleges that develop job-generating innovations and train our work force.
He will actually focus on jobs, not ideology, and he will get Wisconsin working again.
And Tom will be a governor as honest and fair as the people of Wisconsin. He will restore trust and integrity in Wisconsin. And unlike the current governor, Tom will not need a criminal defense fund.
As our governor, Tom will end the ideological civil war, bring people together, focus on jobs and put Wisconsin first.
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All had undertaken a spiritual journey and were heading for the San Lorenzo Catholic Church to attend the annual fiesta held in honor of the saint known in English as Saint Lawrence and in Spanish as San Lorenzo - the saint for whom both the church and the village that grew up around it were named. The walk was an act of faith.
The traditional route for this annual walk of faith is from the shrine of Santa Rita in Hanover to the church in San Lorenzo - a distance of a little more than 15 miles. People undertake the journey for many reasons: to seek divine assistance, to express gratitude for blessings received, to pray for the well-being of a loved one, or just say a general thank you for life itself.
"I do it because I had a brush with death four years ago," said Dawnee Rios, 39, who has been coming from Tucson, Ariz. for three years to join her uncle, Todd Romero, 70, on the annual walk of faith he has been taking for more than 30 years. Romero, who was born in Santa Rita and now lives in Arizona, says the walk is good for a person both physically and spiritually.
Victor Montaño, 76, would agree. He has been walking a much longer distance to the San Lorenzo fiesta for 32 years, and has gathered a group of friends and relatives to make the journey with him, all the way from Deming.
"Well, 32 years ago, my wife got cancer, and she was having surgery," Montaño explained, as he walked in the Mimbres Valley Friday morning on the last lap of his 4-day journey. "The doctors said her chances weren't good. I was in the waiting room, looking out the window, and I saw a little cloud moving in this direction. I thought the cloud looked like an angel, or maybe a saint. And I thought of San Lorenzo."
He asked the saint for help for his wife, and got the miracle he hoped for. His wife is still alive and healthy 32 years later, and he is still taking the 58-mile walk each year to thank San Lorenzo for this blessing. In his pocket, he carries a list with names of people who are sick, and walks with the hope and faith that the saint will help them, too.
"We pray for everybody," he said.
Among those who have come with him this year is his grandson Jesse Martinez, 29, who brought his 3-year-old son with him in a stroller. His reason for participating in the four-day walk is simple.
"My grandfather walks for everyone else, so I walk for him," he explained.
He's been accompanying his grandfather for six years. They lodge with families some nights and camp out under the stars at other times.
"It's fun-an adventure," he said of the experience. "Every year it's different. I'll keep it up as long as I can. Maybe until I'm 76, like my grandfather."
At the end of the walks of faith, regardless of their length or purpose, is a fiesta that is a simple, down-to-earth blend of piety, community, lively music and a traditional meal of pit-barbecued beef with beans, Spanish rice, green chile, salad and a generous portion of dessert.
It's an event that brings dozens of volunteers together to make it happen, and draws back, year after year, people who have grown up in the church and whose lives have taken them to far-flung places.
A short history of San Lorenzo
The mission at San Lorenzo was founded in 1883, and dedicated to the saint, San Lorenzo, who was martyred at a relatively early age for refusing to turn over church treasures to authorities. When ordered to do so, he made a presentation of crippled, ill and destitute parishioners, saying they were the church's true treasures. He is said to have been burned alive for this insolence, and reportedly advised his executioners part way through the ordeal that he was cooked well enough on one side and they should turn him over to cook the other side thoroughly.
The fiesta celebrates his birth, and is always held on August 10, regardless of what day of the week that falls on. When it's a weekday, volunteers cook 400 pounds of meat in a pit barbecue out behind the church. When the date falls on a weekend, they add another hundred pounds of meat, because attendance is likely to be higher. This past Friday they prepared meals for about 600 people.
People come from as far away as California, Arizona and Nevada, to walk or attend the Mañanitas ceremony.
The fiesta began Friday morning with a 5 a.m. Mañanitas ceremony, which is a celebration of San Lorenzo's birth. A traditional breakfast of menudo and pastries followed. At 10 a.m., a mass was held outdoors in front of the church (to accommodate the crowd) and immediately afterward, there was a procession in which the statue of the saint is paraded around the church and sometimes around the block. They began serving the meal around 11:30 a.m. In the early part of the 20th century, the fiesta included horse races and boxing matches, but things are more sedate nowadays.


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Comprehensive Fact Sheet researched and published by GSA on April 8, 2011 covering GSM/EDGE market/technology developments worldwide incorporating the main findings of our survey of GSM/EDGE network deployments and commercial launches. This report includes a list of every known GSM/EDGE network operator commitment, deployment and commercial launch worldwide. It also confirms the trend by operators to deliver 3G services including mobile broadband on combined WCDMA-EDGE and HSPA-EDGE networks. This report also provides information about EDGE Evolution, which reduces the performance gap with HSPA, and the availability of commercial solutons today.
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Utah convicted killer loses appeal, will likely die in prison
With the simple words "we affirm," the Utah Supreme Court Friday ended a convicted murderer's attempt to get out of prison sometime before he dies.
Those words bookend a 12-page decision that denies Miguel Mateos-Martinez's appeals of his aggravated murder conviction, which in this case carried a sentence of life in prison without parole. The case began in 2007 when Mateos-Martinez, now 25, was just 19 years old and gunned down 24-year-old Faviola Hernandez at a Salt Lake City hair salon.
In February 2011, a jury threw the book at Mateos-Martinez, handing down convictions for one count of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of aggravated assault. Two months later a judge ordered Mateos-Martinez to spent the rest of his life behind bars.
Assistant Attorney General Marian Decker, who fought Mateos-Martinez's appeal, called the supreme court's ruling a victory.
"This was a tragic, tragic murder and it's satisfying to see justice done," Decker said. "Hopefully the family can get some closure."
Mateos-Martinez's attorney did not immediately return phone calls Friday.
The case stems from a botched hair salon robbery. According to police, Mateos-Martinez walked into Hernandez's Glendale area salon, brandished a pistol and ordered everyone to drop to the floor. Court documents say Mateos-Martinez then told Hernandez to go to a back room and retrieve money.
But when Hernandez returned with her own gun, Mateos-Martinez shot her once in the chest and fled. Hernandez died within minutes.
Mateos-Martinez later escaped to Mexico before being captured and extradited back to the U.S. The terms of his extradition prevented prosecutors from pursuing the death penalty in the case.
During Mateos-Martinez's sentencing, the judge described the crime as "marked by depravity" because it happened in front of the victim's younger brother and sister, who were 7 and 12 years old. The judge also criticized Mateos-Martinez's apology as hollow, saying it was "too little, too late."
Mateos-Martinez's attorney, Samuel Newton, argued on appeal that he should have faced a lesser murder charge, rather than aggravated murder. He claimed that the more severe charge violated his constitutional rights and gave prosecutors "unbridled discretion to make charging decisions." He also argued that other people in Mateos-Martinez's situation had faced lesser charges.
In support of that claim,Newton provided a list of other defendants in allegedly similar situations who faced aggravated robbery charges as well as mere murder charges.
However, in Friday's decision, the supreme court says Mateos-Martinez's list includes insufficient information to support his claims. The decision also notes that one of the people on his list was his own getaway driver, who faced different charges due to lesser involvement in the crime.
Mateos-Martinez also argued that Hernandez's mother and sister shouldn't have been allowed to deliver victim impact statements at his sentencing. And because his trial attorney didn't object when the statements were made, Newton went on to argue, they erred and were ineffective.
The court disagreed, saying that the statements did not violate Mateos-Martinez's rights.
Decker added Friday that it is common practice in non-capital cases for victim impact statements to be read. She also said that while Mateos-Martinez could theoretically appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, Friday's decision probably means that the case is over.
"This is effectively the end of the line," she said.
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Unfortunately, in the United States, one in every 33 babies will be born with a birth defect, and in 2010, in New Mexico, 190 parents heard the news that nobody wants to hear.
There are many different kinds of birth defects. Some have only a minor and brief effect on a baby's health and some have life-threatening or life-long effects. The most common single congenital condition is hearing loss, which every baby in New Mexico is screened for prior to being discharged from the hospital. Congenital heart defects are the most common condition as a group.
"Most people are unaware of how common, costly and critical birth defects are," said Janis Gonzales, M.D., of the department's Children's Medical Services. "But there are simple steps pregnant women can take to reduce the risk of birth defects."
Women of childbearing age who consume 400 mcg of folic acid daily are at lower risk for having a child with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida, which is a major birth defect of a person's spine. The Department of Health's Family Health Bureau has worked closely with the March of Dimes over the past few years to increase awareness of the need for folic acid supplementation to decrease the number of babies born with neural tube defects.
New Mexico tracks 12 types of birth defects.
The risk of many types of birth defects can be reduced through healthy lifestyle choices and medical interventions before and during pregnancy:
• Plan pregnancy carefully. Use contraception if taking medications that increase the risk for birth defects.
• Eat a healthy diet and aim for a healthy weight prior to pregnancy.
• Take 400 mcg of folic acid daily from the beginning of menstruation through menopause.
• Get a medical checkup before pregnancy and address specific health issues including weight control, control of diabetes, and any medications taken.
• Stop drinking alcohol prior to pregnancy or as soon into pregnancy as possible.
• Stop smoking and avoid second-hand smoke.
• Do not take illegal drugs.
• Know your and your partner's family medical history and potential genetic risks.
"Small steps like visiting a health-care provider before pregnancy and taking a multivitamin every day can go a long way," said Gonzales. "Health-care providers can help all women who are pregnant or could become pregnant to lower their risk of having a baby with a birth defect by encouraging them to follow some basic health guidelines throughout their reproductive years."
To learn more, visit nmtracking.org and nmhealth.org/phd/about_FHB.shtml.
Chris J. Minnick writes for the New Mexico Department of Health. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Yo Kev n'll... At 16:40 01/02/02 +0000, Kyrian wrote: >Dan, et al, > >> >For collaborative discussion, use TWiki: >> This is cool but people are using email discussion lists at the moment. My >> fear is that switching to a pure web passed tool would loose too many >> people. Email is a convenient way for people to communicate and we have to >> work to our participants requirements. >> >> We need discuss the features of what we want before we suggest ways of >> implementation. I've already stated quite a few here: >> http://www.kendra.org.uk/lists/archive/k-framework/msg00024.html >> What do you think? I suspect you didn't have time to read it before hitting >> the town... ;-) >I made time to read all of it before I went out ;-) I eat my words then! ;-) >> Also, and this goes for any application, we need to continue to evolve the >> way that we work. If TWiki doesn't evolve the way we want/need it to or >> doesn't evolve at all then we are stuck, aren't we? >TWiki does support automated notification of topic changes out of the >box, but >by default it only tells you when/who/what topic, and URL of things that >changed, >not the actual text that was changed. > >It could probably be rigged to email out the text that changed, or the >entire new >text of the topic after the change, but I'd have to look into that. > >Also, it doesn't out of the box support modification of topics via >email. There >might be a plugin or something to enable that, which I'd also have to >look in to. > >So while it brings a lot of new stuff into play, it would have >disadvantages if >the above two problems aren't sorted out with it, and perhaps even if >they were.Hmmm... Nice one... What I suggested are only hunches to assist in communication and idea development so, I guess, I'm being a bit too demanding straight off. I'll wait until it's up and running before I'm demanding, eh? ;-)
>> >For project/request management, use RT: >> How could we use this? I don't think we can rush any of this. We have to >> spec out our requirements. >It was just a first impression thing that it could be useful. No worries >if it >isn't... Cool. >> >And for the "peace of mind" element about the website and stuff, well, >> >I'm currently configuring the netsaint system for my own purposes(ie. >> >servers), and I don't mind if Kendra piggybacks that for remote >> >monitoring if you want... >> And who will get the call? I hope it isn't me! >I wouldn't mind taking the call and organising it if the thing doesn't >break >regularly. Cool. Doesn't seem to break any more than any other site. Cheers Daniel


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Served by the Kolimbithres boat, Ayios Ioannis' golden, sandy beach is peaceful, clean, and quiet. Protected by a rocky cove, the beach is attached to the Paros Eco Park, which offers a snack bar and numerous amenities. The blue domed whitewashed Ayios Ioannis monastary sits to the right side of the beach, a short walk in the near distance. Amenities: food and drink; showers; toilets; water sports. Best for: swimming.
In front of Paros Eco Park, Naousa, Paros, 84400, Greece
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