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my entry was the March Cliffhanger challenge:
First Contact by Mistral
PART ONE-We Just Have To Keep Our Heads Here
The starship hung like a jewel in our sky. The news feeds were full of speculation on whom they might be. I'm sure Dr. Sful was upset at the arrival of people from another world upstaging his landmark voyage to the stars, yet I had a feeling that these people and their appearance in our star system, coming so close with our first flight to another solar system, were related.
I was reading another report on the micrometeorite abrasion of the Leaper during his manhood flight when the news feed interrupted me. As the early stories came in of a mysterious, artificial light in our sky I couldn't help but wonder. What had Dr. Sful brought back with him? Many of the feedcasters speculated on the same thing. Dr. Sful was adamant in his belief that nothing within the range of his scanners had been detectable. Since Leaper had traveled across three light years the scans had been cursory at best but in the interest of preserving the public peace the government had supported his statement wholeheartedly. A bit of time passed before the repetition of the newsfeeds finally broke. Channel 2 had gotten an exclusive with the great man himself.
"Dr. Sful, what do you believe this is?" The caster waved an arm at the graphic of the mystery light behind her.
Sful cleared his thorax and scratched his chiton in that pompous manner that drove most of us junior researchers insane. "It stands to reason that going out into space and the interstellar void would increase our chances of encountering another star-faring race." He paused to suck nectar. "I am not surprised that they have arrived here, not surprised that they came to make contact. It stands to reason," and here he stroked his melan to emphasize the point, "that they have, possibly, been watching us. Maybe they need to see that we can come to them before they will come to us."
"But Dr. Sful, what if their motives are something less than benign?"
He looked into the camera directly and said, "Well, I would guess that we would be dead about now, wouldn't we?" and he used that awful chuckle that he thought people appreciated. The feedcaster focused all of her eyes on him for a moment, as if unsure of how to react. Then she chuckled too.
"I guess you're right, Doctor. Since we're still here I'd have to speculate that they come in peace."
Sful turned several eyes at her. "And you have no training to decide such a matter. Why don't you leave it to the experts?" There was the Doctor I admired and hated, slashing his chances of any further media exposure.
I looked up as the computer signaled that the test results were finished. That's why I missed the single most momentous event in our history, the First Moment as the aliens arrived.. The abrasion factor was exactly as predicted and I was about to enter a simple "Approved" mark on it when the feedcast caught my eye.
"…and we have eyewitness accounts of aliens in Markeesin, right in the city courtyard! According to the reports, they just appeared out of thin air!" The feedcaster was all but drooling on her chiton. Dr. Sful looked confused.
"Re-entry, even with heat shielding much better than our own, would take minutes if not hours! There is no possible way these," Sful sputtered, "whatever they are, appeared. It must be a group of local yokels dazzled by the aliens' high technology!" He appeared quite happy with his pronouncement, his hunting arms clacking with approval.
The feedcaster hadn't been given her job. She brought an amazing sense of focus to her next question. "Then you're saying the Presidia and the Council are nothing more than 'local yokels' who have mistaken the suddenly-appearing aliens who materialized in front of the Presidium Fntoss a few moments ago for a fast re-entry?" Her sub-arms were crossed in a confident manner. Her hunting arms clacked once, with an ending emphasis.
Dr. Sful was very uncomfortable, and I noticed that some of the lab assistants had gathered around the 'caster to watch him squirm. "Well, no, I mean, yes, they may have arrived suddenly, I mean, they had to get here somehow." He gazed down at his lap and I heard a few of the now, rather large, crowd around me snicker, hunter arms clicking loudly. The feed switched to the Presidium courtyard. Back legs scratched in surprise as the camera zoomed in on the aliens.
They were soft beings, that much was obvious. Although upright like us, they lacked any form of chiton. Their skin reminded me of the younglings before their exterior fluids hardened, soft and pink. They wore rather more garments than we did, covering most of their bodies. There was hair upon the parts of their bodies that were exposed, similar to the rugat or fnex that roamed the woods beyond the capital. I wondered if they were warm-blooded. Obvious machines, portable in size, were attached to their mid-sections or carried in their hands. I assumed they were recording or scanning devices, although some of the junior technicians speculated as to the possibility of weapons. I noticed that the leader was readily apparent, for the others returned to him after waving their machines around. It seemed obvious that they were reporting to the lone being that lacked hair upon his head. I scratched an itch on my second-knee and saved my analysis to moly-cube. The feedcaster was going on in a rather silly way about how unusual they were. Since they were from another world, I had accepted that they looked different from us long before she did. My business was other worlds. The concepts came easily to me.
As the feeds followed the official greeting of the aliens, I spent a little time checking on my brood and then went to my quarters to pumice myself. After a quick plate of grubs, I felt ready to return to work. I figured Dr. Sful would be getting back from his interview soon and would need his ego soothed, so I made haste as best I could. The public transportation system was a mess and I got back to the Super-luminal Research Institute much later than I'd planned. The good doctor was present ahead of me and had worked himself into a fine snit. When I walked in he was raving to anyone who would listen.
"There are aliens but they can't be hostile!" He was trying to shout above the din of computer chimes announcing new results from the analyzers and the incessant tolling of the com net. What seemed like a thousand grad students were answering the multitude of inquiries, shouting between themselves. I saw T'rl standing in a corner of the vast Central Synthesis Room looking interested but removed from the events around him. I sauntered over casually, ducking what, to me, were mere children to reach his side.
"Anything new?" I asked.
T'rl glanced at me with his head cocked. "Rubbish. They are trying to second guess what is going on in there." He waved a forearm at one of the primary feedcasters, which showed the aliens stepping into the seat of government. "Our visitors are probably going to arrange trade agreements and mutual defense treaties. It's what I'd do in their place." He stroked his melan before he continued. "I really doubt anyone out there," here he lifted his forearms high, "Would look at interstellar conquest as a viable option. Space is just too big." I nodded at him but withheld my judgment. Just then, the com net buzzed for the thousandth time and one of the grad students waved every arm he could spare at me.
"Excuse me, T'rl, it seems that one of these babies needs my attention."
T'rl laughed with his legs and said, "Of course. Don't torture the …" he squinted his left eye, "Boy too much!" I grinned and walked over to the kid. When I arrived, I used my best Professor voice.
Yes," I asked. The poor child wilted.
"I have the Presidia wanting to talk to you, Madame Professor." He held out the com to me as if he thought I would bite his head off. I took it graciously.
"Thank you, child," I responded. "The Presidia! Why me and not Dr. Sful?" I thought to myself. Gathering my wits, I took a deep breath and lifted the com to my mouth.
This is Dr. Sra. How may I be of assistance?" I was surprised to realize that I was trembling with nervousness at addressing our leader.
The voice in my hearing aperture was known the world over. "Doctor, I understand you've been heading up the analysis of Dr. Sful's flight. Is that correct?"
"That is correct." I could hear my own voice coming from somewhere. I knew it couldn't possibly be from me-I was too shocked and nervous to speak.
"I'd like you to come and meet our visitors. I suspect your insight would be useful."
I could feel the room moving, and an idle part of my mind wondered if there had been some kind of tectonic shift.
"I would be honored to help in any way I can," I replied.
"Of course you would, dear. If you could come to the Presidium now?" She left the question dangling in front of me. "There should be a groundmover outside the Institute in a few moments." The connection ended and I handed the com back to the nervous young male in a daze.
"I guess I'm going to advise the government," I commented idly to the boy. I wasn't even sure why I spoke to him. I snapped to and headed for the cloak room. Tossing my lab coat onto a hook, I grabbed the cloak I'd worn to work and headed for the steps out in front of the Institute. The groundmover was waiting for me, and I suspected it had been there when the Presidia called. The driver had the Presidium livery painted on his chiton and he only nodded as I slipped into the vehicle. The drive was eerie, with few people out on the streets. I realized that the population, world-wide, had watched the aliens arrive and were even now nailed to their feedcasters. Then I realized that in a few moments I might very well be in front of those same cameras, broadcasting to millions. I prayed that I would comport myself accordingly.
The mob scene in front of the Presidium stretched across a number of streets, the crowd larger than the one that had assembled for Leaper's launch. It took us forever to get through, our vehicle moving barely above walking speed. When we finally arrived, crowd control people had to hold back the masses as I exited. It was quite overwhelming, my hunter arms clacked in and out of their sheaves, I was more nervous than I'd ever been. Entering the Presidium Fntoss did not help put me at ease. The receiving hall was jammed with feedcasters and their crews. The mercury lights blinded me over and over again. My escort formed a phalanx around me to get through the press of bodies. We eventually pushed through to the main anteroom. The situation wasn't much better there. Assistants to the Council scurried about and lesser politicos clumped in bunches, discussing the latest turn of events. My escort led me to the Audience Chamber without letting anyone near. I was glad for that, as my hunter arms kept sheathing and unsheathing involuntarily.
The peace of the Audience Chamber was a welcome relief, but I hadn't been there for a moment before the Presidia, herself, called attention to me. As she spoke, I could see the little cluster of aliens standing in front of her Chair. They looked on curiously at my intrusion.
"Dr. Sra, I am so glad you are here! Please, come and meet our new visitors!" One did not refuse the Leader. I walked forward as the leader of the aliens walked back towards me. It took a moment in this overwhelmingly massive room for us to reach each other. Finally, I could see him/her up close. The bare scalp I'd noticed earlier radiated a bit of heat that was perceptible to my eyes. There was a noticeable air of softening of the outer…whateveritwas that he used in place of a chiton. I noted it as he approached and wondered, was it the effect of some change in diet that he was given as a leader or was it, perhaps, a relaxation of his outer covering brought on by the passage of time? Then he /she was there, in front of me.
The light from the immense, painted windows that lined the room cast a spectrum of color upon the floor. As the alien leader stepped close he bowed as a signal of respect. I knew this, intellectually, but when the light from the right arm window glanced upon his pink exo-covering the blend of colors on his neck touched an instinctive reaction. That is the best I can say it, the best way to explain what happened next. My mind was screaming, "Czir!" even as my hunter arms lashed out.
"Hello, I'm Captain Jean-Luc Pi-"and his head rolled upon the floor of the Audience Chamber while blood pumped a shocking scarlet onto the tiles from his twitching torso.
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Thanks, Ken. I'm going to focus on our non-GAAP results for Q1. I'll then review guidance for Q2 and turn the call over to Mark for his comments. Larry isn't with us today because he is at an important race for the America's Cup.
I want to start by letting you know that currency in Q1 gave us a 2% headwind for new software license and total revenue, which was more than my guidance last quarter. So today, my comments on the quarter will generally reflect constant dollar growth rates.
Q1 for us was really solid overall and quite strong in the Americas. We're especially pleased with our software results, as total software revenues were $6.1 billion, up 8% from last year. Software updates and product support revenues were more than half of the total company revenue at nearly $4.4 billion, up 8% from last year. Attach rates and renewal rates remain at their usual high levels, and software updates and product support continue to power earnings and cash flow. New software license revenues were $1.7 billion, up 6% from last year. Looking at GAAP results by region, we saw excellent results in the Americas with growth of 15%. That's growth upon a previous year, so that's really very strong. Asia-Pac saw solid growth of 5%, while EMEA declined 5%.
There were some interesting product details that I think bode well for the future. Exadata Software was up over 15%; GoldenGate in-memory software was up 30%; BI Technology and Foundation Suite were up around 10%. Also strong was retailing, CRM sales and applications in North America generally. The quarter wasn't dependent on any one large deal, anything like that, it was just a very solid quarter. Hardware systems product revenue was $669 million, as older products like the older M-series and Netra saw significant declines.
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The Engineered Systems customer base continues to expand nicely. Exadata bookings look very good. Revenues from Exalytics, SuperCluster and the Oracle Database Appliance all grew over 100%.
For the company, total revenue for the quarter was $8.4 billion, up 4% from last year. Our non-GAAP operating income was $3.7 billion, which was 6% higher than last year, and operating margin expanded to 45%. We still believe there remains ample leverage in the business model.
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I'm not a man, but I sew for my DH. His favorites are Jalie 2107 (pants/shorts) and Kwik-sew 2777 (dress shirt). He loves the Jalie pants so much, he lives in them on the weekends. I'm currently cutting out 2 more pairs of pants and a pair of shorts for him. The great thing about the Kwik-sew patten is it fits DH right out of the envelope! DH is built like a linebacker with monkey arms, and finding RTW shirts to fit is a serious pain. We usually get "close enough" so they don't look bad. Now, he gets shirts that fit him perfectly (just finished shirt #4 last week).
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Thank you so much. I'm ordering the Classic!
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A recent Burda World of Fashion had polo shirts for women, men and children. I think it was a couple of months ago. I haven't sewn them, but maybe someone else has and can review if they have not already been reviewed.
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Though Ripplefest 2004 may have started with some inclement weather, the weekend certainly wrapped up beautifully. Thursday night's rain was chased away quickly by a bright beaming sun and plenty of cool breeze.
Hitting this festival less than a week after Bonnaroo, I was struck by the intimacy of it. Small and easy with about 2000 fans in attendance, this festival goes back to the roots of outdoor summer music. A large shelter houses the stage and plenty of dance space, while bales of hay are scattered outside for additional all-day seating. Camping is permitted anywhere on the grounds, either two seconds away from the stage so you can boogie in your tent, or minutes away along the perimeter of the pond behind the venue.
The line-up wasn't too shabby either, with Dark Star Orchestra headlining on Friday night and ekoostik hookah bringing it home very late on Saturday. Dark Star did a stellar version of the Grateful Dead's first "Terrapin" show--2/26/77 at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino CA. A fun "U.S. Blues" encore and a fitting "Ripple" filler closed the show and set the mood for a long and strange night of campfires and fireworks.
The One-Eyed Show took the stage at roughly 1:30 and played an energetic and impressive set of their own. Born in St. Mary's, Ohio, about 30 minutes from Bluffton, this band was the unexpected pleasant surprise of the weekend. Though some members were unable to make this gig due to prior engagements, the family feel of Ripplefest took over as members from other bands were happy to sit in and jam. Midwestern festivals are no stranger to this group, though, as The One-Eyed Show and fellow Ripplefest talent, Grasshopper Pie, have co-produced their own festival, Tabfest, for the past five years. Located in Mendon, Ohio, Tabfest is another Ohio gem, this year featuring Dickey Betts and Great Southern. This kickass Ohio-style festival takes place July 23-24 and will donate 100% of its profits to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Miami Valley.
Yellow Submarine played on the big screen by Disc O' Pizza and campfires raged till sun-up at this year's Ripplefest, bringing another great weekend to an end. Cheers to Carol and Bill from Bluffton, who sure know how to throw one hell of a party.
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Troubleshooting LED Blink Codes or Beep Codes During Startup or Boot
could you post the sequence
Re: Blink codes for HP dv5-1002nr[ Edited ]
01-25-2011 08:20 PM - edited 01-25-2011 08:21 PM
I have the same computer and same error. When I turn on the computer the screen is blank and caps lock and num lock LEDs keep blinking. It blinks once every four seconds. According to the HP guide it looks like it is the CPU, but i have changed the CPU and still same problem. I already tried RAM, hard drive and I am afraid it might be the motherboard or graphics card. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance.
Re: Blink codes for HP dv5-1002nr
at that point no many options left might try removing the Bios battery for a few minutes then re seating


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This is an excerpt from the essay "The Future of U.S.-Chinese Relations" from the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs magazine.
On January 19, 2011, US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao issued a joint statement at the end of Hu's visit to Washington. It proclaimed their shared commitment to a "positive, cooperative, and comprehensive US-China relationship". Each party reassured the other regarding his principal concern, announcing, "The United States reiterated that it welcomes a strong, prosperous, and successful China that plays a greater role in world affairs. China welcomes the United States as an Asia-Pacific nation that contributes to peace, stability and prosperity in the region."
Since then, the two governments have set about implementing the stated objectives. Top American and Chinese officials have exchanged visits and institutionalised their exchanges on major strategic
Kent, CT- On January 19, 2011, US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao issued a joint statement at the end of Hu's visit to Washington. It proclaimed their shared commitment to a "positive, cooperative, and comprehensive US-China relationship". Each party reassured the other regarding his principal concern, announcing, "The United States reiterated that it welcomes a strong, prosperous, and successful China that plays a greater role in world affairs. China welcomes the United States as an Asia-Pacific nation that contributes to peace, stability and prosperity in the region."
Since then, the two governments have set about implementing the stated objectives. Top American and Chinese officials have exchanged visits and institutionalised their exchanges on major strategic and economic issues. Military-to-military contacts have been restarted, opening an important channel of communication. And at the unofficial level, so-called track-two groups have explored possible evolutions of the US-Chinese relationship.
Yet as cooperation has increased, so has controversy. Significant groups in both countries claim that a contest for supremacy between China and the United States is inevitable and perhaps already under way. In this perspective, appeals for US-Chinese cooperation appear outmoded and even naive.
The mutual recriminations emerge from distinct yet parallel analyses in each country. Some American strategic thinkers argue that Chinese policy pursues two long-term objectives: displacing the United States as the preeminent power in the western Pacific; and consolidating Asia into an exclusionary bloc deferring to Chinese economic and foreign policy interests. In this conception, even though China's absolute military capacities are not formally equal to those of the United States, Beijing possesses the ability to pose unacceptable risks in a conflict with Washington and is developing increasingly sophisticated means to negate traditional US advantages. Its invulnerable second-strike nuclear capability will eventually be paired with an expanding range of antiship ballistic missiles and asymmetric capabilities in new domains such as cyberspace and space. China could secure a dominant naval position through a series of island chains on its periphery, some fear, and once such a screen exists, China's neighbours, dependent as they are on Chinese trade and uncertain of the United States' ability to react, might adjust their policies according to Chinese preferences. Eventually, this could lead to the creation of a Sinocentric Asian bloc dominating the western Pacific. The most recent US defence strategy report reflects, at least implicitly, some of these apprehensions.
No Chinese government officials have proclaimed such a strategy as China's actual policy. Indeed, they stress the opposite. However, enough material exists in China's quasi-official press and research institutes to lend some support to the theory that relations are heading for confrontation rather than cooperation.
US strategic concerns are magnified by ideological predispositions to battle with the entire nondemocratic world. Authoritarian regimes, some argue, are inherently brittle, impelled to rally domestic support by nationalist and expansionist rhetoric and practice. In these theories - versions of which are embraced in segments of both the American left and the American right - tension and conflict with China grow out of China's domestic structure. Universal peace will come, it is asserted, from the global triumph of democracy rather than from appeals for cooperation. The political scientist Aaron Friedberg writes, for example, that "a liberal democratic China will have little cause to fear its democratic counterparts, still less to use force against them". Therefore, "stripped of diplomatic niceties, the ultimate aim of the American strategy [should be] to hasten a revolution, albeit a peaceful one, that will sweep away China's one-party authoritarian state and leave a liberal democracy in its place".
On the Chinese side, the confrontational interpretations follow an inverse logic. They see the United States as a wounded superpower determined to thwart the rise of any challenger, of which China is the most credible. No matter how intensely China pursues cooperation, some Chinese argue, Washington's fixed objective will be to hem in a growing China by military deployment and treaty commitments, thus preventing it from playing its historic role as the Middle Kingdom. In this perspective, any sustained cooperation with the United States is self-defeating, since it will only serve the overriding US objective of neutralising China. Systematic hostility is occasionally considered to inhere even in American cultural and technological influences, which are sometimes cast as a form of deliberate pressure designed to corrode China's domestic consensus and traditional values. The most assertive voices argue that China has been unduly passive in the face of hostile trends and that (for example, in the case of territorial issues in the South China Sea) China should confront those of its neighbours with which it has disputed claims and then, in the words of the strategic analyst Long Tao, "reason, think ahead and strike first before things gradually run out of hand... launch[ing] some tiny-scale battles that could deter provocateurs from going further".
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Brussels (ICRC) – Domestic legislation must reflect medical ethics, according to leading experts attending a workshop on legal protection for medical services during armed violence.
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text: Kane says that the group illegally "obtained more than 59,000 oxycodone pills" and profited "$1.7 million."Attorney General: Rite Aid employee assisted in Philly prescription drug ring Josh Kruger January 22, 2015 News & People, What's Up Now More than 2 million Americans have a problem with prescription painkillers, says the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Now Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has announced that the supply of illegally-distributed painkillers in this state just got significantly smaller. "We have dismantled a prescription drug ring that was a major source of supply in Philadelphia," Kane said in a statement yesterday. According to authorities, nearly two dozen people participated in the wide-ranging drug syndicate. The state says it uncovered "approximately 550 fraudulent prescriptions" over the course of nearly two years and in 44 counties across Pennsylvania, all in connection with the same suspected group. The attorney general's office says the group was based in Philadelphia and relied heavily on forgery and runners to con pharmacies and evade detection. One of the individuals charged, Quiana Bostick, 35, a Rite Aid employee from Philadelphia, allegedly "changed doctors' phone numbers in her employer's database" to another phone number answered by the suspected leader of the drug ring, Kevin Andrews, Jr., 37, of Delaware County. Authorities claim Andrews would then "confirm" forged prescriptions for pharmacists calling to verify them. The state's allegations say Andrews drove runners to pharmacies as far as Erie, Pa., to evade detection. According to the attorney general, Andrews "coached associates buying the prescriptions, suggesting they look injured with slings or bandages and advising them on what might trigger suspicion so they could abandon the transaction." In all, 22 people, mostly suspected drug runners, were ensnared by the investigation. Kane said the group illegally "obtained more than 59,000 oxycodone pills" and profited "$1.7 million." The state plans on trying the defendants in Blair County, about 230 miles, or about a four-hour drive, from Philadelphia. "The diversion of prescription narcotics in the Commonwealth feeds addiction to even deadlier street drugs, like heroin," Kane said, asserting that 90 percent of all heroin addicts debriefed following state investigations "report that their addiction began with prescription drug abuse." Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Login with your Social ID Your email address will not be published. Name* Email* Website Comment


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Former employees of Mrs. Green's Natural Market in Mount Kisco began picketing in front of the store on Saturday to protest alleged unfair labor practices. The protest follows recent clashes between workers and store management over a failed union organizing effort last year. Organizers say nine workers were fired this month in retaliation for backing the union. Ernie Garcia has more at the Lohud Westchester Blog, http://westchester.lohudblogs.com/.
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Crossville, Cumberland Co. (WVLT) - Just after ten this morning, officials say a fire started inside the Delbar products incorporated building.
50 employees were evacuated by the time the fire department arrived.
Two tried to fight the fire using water hoses and a fire extinguisher. They were treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital.
A Crossville deputy chief, who was struck by falling debris, suffered minor injuries to the head and back.
No word on his condition at this time.
The company makes rear and side mirrors,
And has three facilities in Crossville.
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Two-Class Community: Last.fm to Start Charging Users
The free music portal Last.fm is known for offering worldwide users an unlimited array of Internet radio options. Now, certain users will have to pay three bucks a month.
According to a blog entry by Richard Jones are all users affected who happen to inhabit regions outside of the USA, England, and Germany. Last.fm fans outside of these countries will have to soon start paying three dollars to access Last.fm. The community features such as rating, charts, events, and videos will remain free of charge. In addition, 30 units will remain gratis as a trial sample to all users.
This move is thought to correlate to sources of revenue and license costs. With 30,000 visitors per month in the US, Germany, and the UK, Last.fm should be able to
sufficiently cover the costs in these countries, but apparently not enough to cover the costs in the rest of the world.
Last.fm emerged in 2002 and is the biggest online radio service worldwide. In 2005, the platform merged with the similar-functioning open source solution Audioscrobbler. Countless Linux audio applications are capable of supporting Last.fm.
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Photon Controller Goes Open Source
VMware bids for a stake in the container industry with a bold effort to integrate containers with its classic virtualization system.
New Point-and-Click Exploit Kit Appears in the Wild
3ROS attack tool lowers the technical bar so anyone can be an intruder.
Firefox Finally Gets Tracking Protection
Mozilla's latest browser offers powerful new privacy feature
New Password Looter Tool Steals Passwords from a Password Manager
If attackers are on your system, saving your passwords in a password vault is no protection.
Over a Million Websites Are Still Using SHA-1
Faulty hash algorithm persists, despite efforts by experts to raise awareness.
Dyreza Malware is Back
Powerful man-in-the-middle attack is now targeting online shopping.
Kernel Developer Matthew Garrett Forks the Linux Kernel
Another high-profile coder says the kernel team needs a kinder, gentler culture.
Bugzilla Bug
Bug database has a bug of its own that could allow an intruder to create an unauthorized account.
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Report focuses federal resources on achieving universal Internet access.
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Wrong move could cause Israel annihilation: Iran Cmdr.
"If the [Zionist regime of Israel] makes a [wrong] move, they will give us an excuse to wipe them off the [face of the] planet." Brigadier General Amir-Ali HajizadehA senior Iranian commander says the Zionist regime of Israel will be obliterated if it makes the mistake of launching a military attack against the Islamic Republic. "If the [Zionist regime of Israel] makes a [wrong] move, they will give us an excuse to wipe them off the [face of the] planet," Commander of the Aerospace Division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh said Sunday.
Hajizadeh said Israel knows that its military is no match for the Islamic Republic's prowess, or else it would not have hesitated to attack Iran.He asked how can Israel attack Iran when it was defeated by Hezbollah, which is a small group compared to the Islamic Republic, in the 33-Day War. Hajizadeh said if Israel wants to attack Iran, it should seek the complicity of Washington, but the US will not "submit to cooperating with this regime" as its bases are within the range of Iranian weapons and missiles. He further announced that Iran plans to unveil, in the near future, a new ballistic missile with a range of 300 kilometers and capable of traveling at more than three times the speed of sound. The projectile has the capacity of targeting defense shields and radar systems and can hit Israel's anti-missile system known as the Iron Dome, Hajizadeh said. Israel has repeatedly threatened Iran with a military strike under the pretext of Western accusations that there is a diversion in Tehran's nuclear energy program towards military aims. Iran has refuted the allegations, arguing that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it is entitled to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The Iranian officials have also promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East. HMV/HGH/AZ


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Calif. officer bitten on head, loses piece of scalp
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — An officer was bitten on the head during a fight that left him with part of his scalp removed.
On Tuesday around 8 p.m., officers J. Beagley and F. Juarez with the Bakersfield Police Department responded to the 3500 block of Madison Avenue to an assault incident involving a weapon.
When officers arrived, they said William Owten, a registered sex offender, resisted arrest and began to fight with the officers.
During the fight, Officer Juarez was bitten on the head by Owten, who removed a piece of his scalp, April Grant of the BPD said.
Moments later, Officer A. Pflugh arrived on scene and deployed her Taser in an attempt to place Owten in custody.
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Chevrolet Silverado
I recently discovered that the frame on my turck is bent, cracked, and out of square. The damage is right below the bed mount closest to the cab. It looks as though someone pulled the bottom of the c-channel downward about an inch and a half, until it cracked at the bend. I was simply wondering how safe it is to be driving around with the frame in this condition, or if there is an easy fix. The bend/crack is not near any welds or rivets, and i do not see any "spider" cracks anywhere else. The truck is a 1998 Cheverolet Silverado 1500 W/T Single Cab 2wd with 4.3 liter V6 5spd and 198,000 miles. Thank you in advance so very much for your consideration of my issue. And really neat site, too! I have attatched a photo.
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This looks like the truck was overloaded! Abent or cracked frame is never desirable, go to a frame shop, could be a matter of welding in a reiforcing plate, not too expensive.
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We have a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee that hit a couple parked cars. The frame is bent (front passenger side). is this car worth repairing and car you repair the frame? Thanks!
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I was told that the sub-frame is broken into two pieces on my 2002 Buick LeSabre. Is this something that can happen from excessive wear & tear, I deliver newspapers. My car was recently...
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Federal Perkins Loan
The Federal Perkins Loan is designed to assist students with low family incomes and exceptional financial need. It offers a lower interest rate and more generous repayment terms than the other federally-sponsored student loan programs.
Federal Perkins Loan
- Need-based
- 5.0% subsidized fixed interest rate
- 9-month grace period
- FAFSA required annually
- Must complete Entrance Counseling & a Master Promissory Note (MPN)
- Must meet satisfactory academic progress
- Awarded to both full- and part-time students
Federal Perkins Loan Phase Out
The Federal Perkins Loan program ceased on October 1, 2015.
IMPORTANT: Students were eligible for the Federal Perkins Loan in the 2015-2016 academic year, if the loan was disbursed by September 30, 2015. Any loans that were not disbursed by September 30, 2015 were canceled.
The phase out allows some students the ability to remain eligible for the Federal Perkins loan when all of the following apply:
- if at least one disbursement of a Federal Perkins Loan took place during or before the 2014-2015 academic year
- if enrolled in the same college where last Federal Perkins Loan was disbursed
- if enrolled in the same academic program for which the student received their Federal Perkins Loan
NOTE: If a student changes program of study, s/he will be no longer be eligible for the Federal Perkins Loan. Example: If the student were a Chemistry major but changed to History major; s/he will be no longer eligible for the Federal Perkins Loan.
Aggregate Limits
Maximum Annual Loan Amount
$5,500 (Undergraduate Students); $8,000 (Graduate Students)
Aggregate Lifetime Loan Limit
$27,500 (Undergraduate Students); $60,000 (Graduate Students)
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When you apply for financial aid, you will automatically be considered for a Federal Perkins Loan. Funds are very limited and only students demonstrating exceptional financial need are offered a Federal Perkins Loan as part of their financial aid package.
If you have not previously borrowed through the Federal Perkins Loan program, you must complete an entrance counseling tutorial and submit a completed Perkins Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN) before funds can be disbursed to your student account. In order to complete the entrance counseling tutorial requirement and Master Promissory Note online.
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Definitions for fire alarm
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word fire alarm
Princeton's WordNet
fire alarm(noun)
a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out
fire alarm, smoke alarm(noun)
an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke
fire alarm(Noun)
An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
fire alarm(Noun)
The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
fire alarm(Noun)
An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment.
Origin: fire + alarm
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- Feuermelder, FeueralarmGerman
- alarma de incendios, alarma anti-incendioSpanish
- palohälytys, hälytys, palohälytin, palovaroitinFinnish
- alarme incendie, avertisseur d'incendieFrench
- allarme antincendioItalian
- 火災警報, 火災警報機Japanese
- brandalarmDutch
- brannalarm, brannutrykningNorwegian
- brandkårsutryckning, brandlarmSwedish
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