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The number of influenza-related deaths in California have increased by seven during the past week, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in a press release Jan. 17.
According to Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and state health officer, the confirmed flu-related deaths in the state has increased to 45 for the season so far, including two pediatric deaths.
In addition, there are an additional 50 deaths under investigation, according to health authorities.
Chapman, like other health officials at all levels, reiterated to the public to get their flu shot. "Flu activity continues to increase statewide, including reports of hospitalizations, severe disease and the number of deaths," said Dr. Chapman. "We are clearly in the midst of what appears to be an earlier peaking, severe flu season, and I encourage everyone who has not yet gotten a flu vaccination to do so. The influenza vaccine remains the most effective way to protect yourself from the flu."
Related story: Misperceptions about flu vaccine concern health advocates
Flu-related deaths have been reported from 20 California counties to date.
Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says there is now 40 states reporting "widespread" influenza activity, this is up from 35 states just one week ago.
The CDC says that while influenza A (H3N2), 2009 influenza A (H1N1), and influenza B viruses have all been identified in the U.S. this season. To date, influenza A (H1N1) viruses have predominated.
This is the H1N1 virus that emerged in 2009 to cause a pandemic. H1N1 viruses have continued to circulate among people since that time, but this is the first season that the virus has circulated at high levels since the pandemic.
While the greatest burden of hospitalizations and deaths usually occurs among people 65 and older, so far this season just 23 percent of hospitalizations have been in people 65 years and older.
This season's pattern of more hospitalizations across younger age groups is likely due to existing levels of immunity to this virus across the population.
The CDC states:
Serology studies during the pandemic suggested that people 65 years or older had existing antibodies against H1N1 viruses, perhaps because they were exposed to similar viruses – predecessors of 2009 H1N1 viruses – earlier in their lifetimes.
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A team of master technicians watch several monitors and track an overwhelming amount of real-time data during the race – from minute details about the car, to changing weather conditions, to information about all the other race cars. Then these highly trained racing engineers instantaneously analyze the data and provide it to the pit crew and the driver in order to make the best possible decisions to win.
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Appendix C:RMP Paleontological Project Statements
Project Statement #1
Project Number: YELL-N
Title: Inventory and Photodocument Paleontologic Resources
Funding Status: Funded: 0; Unfunded: 96.00
Servicewide Issues:
The lack of basic data regarding the significance, distribution and threats related to the paleontological resources limits park staff's ability to properly manage this non-renewable resource. The scientific and interpretive value of Yellowstone's fossils, excluding paleoflora, remains reltively unrecognized. The ancient Yellowstone Ecosystem remains to be discovered within the park's sedimentary rocks.
Description of Recommended Project or Activity
A detailed literature search should be conducted at the beginning of the project, to provide an inventory of known sites and specimens.
A paleontological locality inventory and monitoring program needs to be established for Yellowstone National Park. Most of the park's fossil localities are not recorded and are unknown to park management. These fossil localities should be documented to allow their distribution and significance to be integrated into park management programs.
The park needs to establish and develop a paleontologic resource database. The paleo-database will include all geographis, stratigraphis, taxonomic and taphonomic information related to Yellowstone's fossil record. Additionally, a paleontologic resources locality map would be produced and incorporated into the park's GIS system. The development of a paleontological inventory and monitoring program includes the establishment of a cyclic locality monitoring schedule.
The program includes the hiring of a staff paleontologist to direct the Inventory and Monitoring Program. The paleontologist will supervise a team of students and volunteers to photodocument and map all unrecorded fossil localities, to record all relevant associated data, develop paleo-resource database, to preserve or collect any significant fossil specimens, and assist curatorial staff with paleo-specimen curation.
Year 1: Hire paleontologist. Inventory park paleontological localities and photodocument.
Year 2: Continue to inventory paleontological localities and photodocument.
Year 3: Complete inventory of paleontological localities and publish photojournal wieh descriptions of all park fossil localities. Produce paleo-locality map through GIS. Incorporate paleontologic resource data into park management and planning documents.
Budget and FTEs
Unfunded Act Budget Year Source Type ($1000s) FTEs 1 PKBASE-NR MON 32.00 1.0 2 PKBASE-NR MON 32.00 1.0 3 PKBASE-NR MON 32.00 1.0
Alternative Actions/Solutions and Impacts
1) No Action. Continue to manage Yellowstone's paleontological resources without the benefits of an inventory and monitoring program. The lack of a cyclic monitoring schedule will be inefficient and thereby increase the potential that valuable fossil specimens will remain undiscovered and lost through erosion or theft.
2) Develop a Paleontological Locality Inventory and Monitoring Program for Yellowstone National Park. Photodocument and map all park fossil localities and develop a paleontological locality database. Establish a cyclic monitoring schedule for fossil localities.
Compliance Code: EXCL
Explanation: 516 DM2 APP. 2, 1.6
Project Statement #2
Project Number: YELL-N
Title: Preserve Threatened Paleontological Resources
Funding Status: Funded: 0; Unfunded: 36.00
Servicewide Issues:
Problem Statement: Management of paleontological resources present intriguing challenges. The balance between conflicting demands of preservation, research and visitor access must be recognized. The principle threats to paleontological resources include loss due to erosion and development, and illegal fossil collecting. Each of these threats impact the integrity of paleontological localities for research and visitor education.
Erosion is a natural process that continually destroys exposed fossils and uncovers previously buried material. The natural erosion cycle is often disrupted by excessive visitor traffic, construction, or other developments. Paleontological resources are not typically considered in pre-construction surveys, which may result in the unnecessary loss of fossil material.
An increasing interest in fossils by the public, coupled to a growing commercial fossil market, is becoming a significant threat to fossil resources preserved in national parks. Illegal fossil collecting can be classified into three categories: 1) inadvertent casual collecting, 2) intentional casual collecting, and 3) intensive intentional collecting. These range from souvenir hunting to systematic removal of the most valuable specimens to be sold in the commercial fossil market.
Although Yellowstone National Park contains significant paleontological resources, there is not an ongoing program to mitigate the threats to paleontological resources. Such a program would address all aspects of park management, including interpretation, protection, maintenance and resource management.
Description of Recommended Project or Activity:
A paleontological resources protection program should be integrated into the environmental review process at Yellowstone National Park. The program should identify and mitigate the threats to known paleontological resources and contain a strategy for identifying impacts on previously unrecorded fossil resources (through surveys, literature review, etc.).
The park program should also establish a member(s) of the park staff to evaluate paleontological resource threats and develop strategies to reduce these threats. In particular, to identify ongoing programs or existing practices that impact park fossils.
Budget and FTEs
Unfunded Act Budget Year Source Type ($1000s) FTEs 1 PKBASE-NR MON 32.00 1.0 2 PKBASE-NR MON 32.00 1.0 3 PKBASE-NR MON 32.00 1.0
Alternative Actions/Solutions and Impacts
1) No Action. Continue to manage and protect Yellowstone's paleontological resources based on a cursory understanding of the threats. Fossil resources may remain unrecognized and be lost through development, theft or neglect. Scientifically significant localities may experience adverse impacts.
2) Develop a Park level paleontological resource program for the management and protection of threatened paleontological resources into management planning and decision making.
Compliance Code: EXCL
Explanation: 516 DM2 APP. 2, 1.6


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SMU Men's Swimming Team Are Champions
Fourth Straight Night With A Record Broken
SMU Women's Swimming Team Finished Third In C-USA Championship
Fourth Straight Night With A Record Broken
SMU Men's Team Remains In First After Day Three of C-USA Championship
Record Setting 400-Yard Medley Relay
SMU Women's Team Remains In Third After Day Three of C-USA Championship
Record Setting 400-Yard Medley Relay
Mustangs Win 400-Yard Freestyle Relay
2012-13 (Sr.):Conference USA Championship: Placed sixth in the 200 butterfly, eighth in the 100 butterfly and 15th in the 500 freestyle... Finished third in the 500 freestyle in a tri-meet versus Arizona and Texas... Placed fifth in the 800 freestyle relay (Matthew Roney, Eastman Holloway, Nicolai Hansen) at the Classic at SMU... Captured eighth in the 100 butterfly at the Cougar Invitational.
2011-12 (Jr.): Did not compete.
2010-11 (So.): Helped the 400-yard freestyle relay team take second place with a time of 3:08.94 at the Chesapeake Elite Meet on 12/19.
2009-10 (Fr.): Finished third in the 100-yard butterfly (52.20) against the University of New Orleans... Placed third in the 100-yard butterfly (51.70) against Arizona.
Top Times:
49.19 - 100-yard butterfly
1:50.89 - 200-yard butterfly
4:42.22 - 500-yard freestyle
Prep: Lettered in swimming and water polo... Was an All-State and All-American selection... Named to the Honor Roll and Dean's List.
Personal: Chose SMU for the swim team... Parents are Tom and Ann Smith... Father played hockey.


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A night-time view of the Victorian Dover Priory Rail Station taken on Sunday, October 17th, 2010, from the Western Heights.
Dover Priory is also referred to as Dover Priory Train Station and Dover Priory Railway Station. Click for information on Dover Priory Station Facilities and Train Times (from National Rail Enquiries).
The two columns of orange blobs on the left-hand side of the photo are reflections off of the carraige roofs of trains parked in the freight area of the station; there are two trains in the left-most column and one in the other.
Below the centre of the photo a covered foot-bridge (approx. 350 yards away) joins platforms 2 and 3 on the left to platform 1 and the Booking Hall on the right. Platform 3 is the outermost of the detached platforms and has a silver-topped train parked alongside it.
Trains to Deal, Ramsgate, Canterbury East, and London Victoria leave Dover Priory through the tunnel between the upper two of the three offset red lights at the top of the photo. Trains to Folkestone Central, Ashford International (Channel Tunnel, Chunnel), and London Charing Cross leave the station through a tunnel in the Western Heights below the viewer.
To the right of the Booking Hall is Priory Station Approach Road with the Priory Hotel on the other side (with light trails). The approach road joins Folkestone Road out-of-shot to the right. The silhouettes of houses on Folkestone Road (which runs left to-right across the photo) can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner.
Above the roundabout at the top of the approach road are Priory Steps that lead up to a ridge on the other side of which is Tower Hamlets and Robsons Yard (where I live!)
The grounds of Dover College are to the right of the Priory Steps.
Half-way down the hillside - between the viewer and Folkestone Road - is the North Military Road (with its "Piggy Steps") which runs up to the Napoleonic and Victorian North Entrance out-of-shot to the left. These are part of extensive fortifications embedded into the Western Heights.
Another component of this "Forgotten Fortress" is the Drop Redoubt, the outer moat of which is immediately behind where the photo was taken from.
A Dover District Council webpage on the regeneration of Dover states (1):
This project is now well advanced with public realm and highways improvements along Folkestone Road and Station Approach. The High Speed Rail Link began its operations in December 2009 an is already well established with business commuters.
It is important that visitors to the town get an excellent first impression and in partnership with Southeastern and our leisure operators, the high speed service will bring day trippers and overnighters keen to explore the vast array of heritage in the District.
History of Dover Priory Train Station (2)
The Victorian Dover Priory opened on 22 July 1861 as the temporary terminus of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR). It became a through station on 1 November 1861 with the completion of a tunnel though the Western Heights to gain access to the Western Docks area, where LCDR created Dover Harbour station.
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It was also suggested that there will be another significant plot twist involving The Wicked Witch of the West and Regina. Many fans have suggested that it has something to do with Regina being The Wicked Witch of the East, as Grumpy says, the kind you drop a house on. Parrilla says that it's not out of the realm of possibilities and you shouldn't rule it out.
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TRITON NOTES One-time NCAA Championships qualifier (2014) ... Two-time All-America honorable mention (both individual).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014-15 Competed in all nine meets, including second PCSC Championships.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013-14 All-America honorable mention in 1000 and 1650 free ... Placed 15th in 1000 (9:24.23) and 13th in 1650 (15:40.94) at NCAA Championships ... Earned NCAA B cuts in 1000 free (9:18.62) and 1650 (15:39.40) at PCSC Championships, both season bests ... Also earned season-best time in 200 free at PCSC Championships in prelims (1:46.09) ... Won 1000 free in dual meets vs. Grand Canyon (1/4) and at California Baptist (1/18) with respective times of 9:44.33 and 9:44.23.
CLUB Competed for CLASS Aquatics in Westlake Village since 2004.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2013 graduate of Westlake High School in Westlake Village ... Marmonte League champion in 500 free in 2011 ... County Swimmer of the Year in 500 in 2012 ... Broke WHS record in 500 as a senior ... Warriors were four-time Marmonte League champions.
PERSONAL Born May 25, 1995 in Tarzana ... Mother is Maura Mitrushina ... Has an older sister named Maria McSorley ... Mathematics (applied) major with minors in music (clarinet performance) and Russian literature at Muir College ... Playing music and learning Russian are among his hobbies ... Roots for the New Orleans Saints ... Favorite athlete is Marques Colston ... Top movie is Year One ... Lists his mother, private clarinet teacher and swim coaches as his greatest influences.


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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Award-winning poet, novelist and essayist Julia Alvarez came to West Georgia on Sept. 22 to speak about her work and the craft of writing.
"A book always wants - and remember this when your teachers ask you to rewrite something or revise something- a book always wants one more draft than you want to give it," Alvarez said during a gathering at Kathy Cashen Hall.
"It's hard, hard, work," she said. "But if it's what you want to do, there's pleasure in it."
Perhaps Alvarez's most famous novel is In the Time of the Butterflies, The novel tells the story of the Mirabal sisters, founders of the underground movement against the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo. The sisters, known as Las Mariposas (the Butterflies), were brutally murdered "on a lonely mountain road" in 1960, she said.
Alvarez told her audience she felt haunted by the Mirabal sisters because of her own family's story.
She was born in New York City when her parents fled the Trujillo dictatorship. But shortly after her birth, the family returned to the Dominican Republic, where her father became involved in a plot to murder Trujillo.
When the plot was discovered, the family fled again to New York. Alvarez was 10 years old then. Four months after her family arrived in New York, the Mirabal sisters were dead. Her own family was alive.
There were four Mirabal sisters. Alvarez was one of four sisters, she said. Three Mirabal sisters were murdered. The second-born Mirabal sister survived. She "lived on, to tell the story," Alvarez said. Alvarez is the second-born sister of her family. She felt like was meant to write the book.
"I call it green lights," she said.
The novel began when Alvarez was researching the sisters for a postcard series about heroines.
She was supposed to write only a paragraph for the back of the postcard. But when she traveled to the Dominican Republic, the people she met led her to different pieces of the sisters' lives: the surviving sister; the home in which they grew up; the prison where they were locked up; the road where they died.
Alvarez saw the blue dress Patria Mirabal was wearing when she was murdered -- blood still stained the lap. She touched Maria Teresa's long black braid.
"It was like visiting a house that was haunted," Alvarez said. "I felt like they were all around…. I felt like I was connecting with the sisters."
Students were eager to hear Alvarez; many arrived early and stayed to speak to her one-on-one.
Tamara Jean, 19, was among the first to arrive.
In Alvarez's collection of essays, Something to Declare, the writer speaks about the tug of different cultures, Jean said.
Jean can relate: Haitian by ethnicity, she is from Westbury, Long Island, a suburb just outside New York City. Jean, a second-year nursing student, graduated from Harrison High School in Cobb County.
"It was hard for her, at first, to fit it," Jean said.
Coming to Georgia, "it was hard for me to find people who understood where I came from," she said.
Alvarez read from her book In the Time of the Butterflies Wednesday, September 22, from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Coliseum.
In the Time of the Butterflies is this year's National Endowment for the Arts Big Read selection. The Big Read program is an effort to restore reading, for fun and enlightenment, to a prominent place in American culture.
For more information about Ms. Alvarez go to: http://www.juliaalvarez.com/.


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What? An all brown painting?
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If you look at it very carefully you can see the slightest, slightest, slightest traces of the previous monochrome layers. Ever so slightly. You have to really look and you'll see them. If you don't come close, if you don't have the time to look carefully? You won't see them.
Without art lessons V flew straight up into the all one color purist approach embraced by famous painters: Malevich, Marden, Kelly and Reinhardt.
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How is it possible for the A.R.T. artists to have such power?
Imagine yourself no longer dashing about, no deadlines, no errands, no bills to pay. Imagine yourself able to sit perfectly still. Able to remain silent. Able to have the time to really look, listen, absorb and think. Imagine what an hour of perfect, fully awake, stillness and silence would allow your mind to take in.
Now try to imagine yourself in this kind of 'ascetic' state', for a whole day. For a week. For a month. For a year. For ten years. Can you imagine this? Can you imagine how different your inner life would be?
If the fuel of serious artists is: stillness, is silence... the A.R.T. artists have more fuel than the average person. Far more.
V does not labor towards the making of a sun, a house, a rainbow, but goes for nothing less than the purity and power at the heart of Art.
V has the artistic confidence to not worry that people won't 'get' what she's after. It must feel great for her to have found a program that will let her run with her ideas, the vista ahead of her: wide open. We spoke with her, to see if the Tracker was getting everything the way she wanted it. V signals: Yes.
Will your second painting -another monochrome- be ready in time for the upcoming show?
LOL. You see what we're saying? Most artists with a chance to get two paintings in an exhibition in a great gallery, would drive to get more of their work on display. Not V. The piece wasn't finished and would not be finished in time. It would require more layers. More layers hidden by other layers, one color, one feeling, hidden by another, the earlier colors unseen, yet still there.
The night of the opening at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, V's brown monochrome hangs on the white wall, bathed in incandescent light. We got a note from someone who had taken time to really look at JALCSBKKEGEJMO DISUDAAKKUSAA'.
"For me V's painting represents both the unspeakableness of the falsehood of the world, and at the same time evokes the mystery of the creative force; both earth-like and hopeful."
Let's see, how, prior to her monochromes, V first engaged the concept of veiling what lies beneath, what lies within.
She had created a sort of Mondrian: Nicely balanced interlocking rectangles of pastel colors. It was so easy on the eye, we knew it would sell at the next show, no doubt about it.
To us the painting looked complete, but not so for the artist. The bravura move was yet to come. She directed the blending of watered down black, mixed with a spoonful of silver. When asked where this watery black would be placed on her painting, V signaled: the whole thing. The Tracker asks, "You want to paint the black over your entire painting?" (the Tracker moves a finger along all four edges of the canvas) The whole thing, I have that right?"
Clear yes signal from the artist.
We couldn't believe V was going to paint over all those pretty pastels she had taken weeks to so carefully arrange. OMG. We had to use A.R.T. discipline not to say anything further. It was her painting, her vision, her ideas, not ours.
And so the Tracker applied the black.
The Tracker asks, "Is this right?"
V signals, "Yes."
"Exactly right?"
At this moment, in this room, some might inwardly think: this proves the artist is crazy, or 'developmentally disabled'. But oh how wrong they would be. How very wrong. The mystery had been established, and the magic was on its way.
In the next minute or two, as the layer of wet black oxidized, the colors beneath began to re-emerge. No longer pretty pastels but unified as a more singular field of subtly tinted cor-ten steel.
When we saw the colors that had been blotted out, breathing up through the black, we freaked out. Someone shouts, "Wow!" The Tracker whispers, "Check it out. Check, it, out!"
V, calm, composed, smiles her warm smile. Her expression eases back to seriousness as she looks at the painting.


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The quick bread - scone as in gone, fawn, pawn
The stone and the place - scone as in boon, loon, soon
Scone as lone, phone, stone - never.
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The quick bread - scone as in gone, fawn, pawn
The stone and the place - scone as in boon, loon, soon
Scone as lone, phone, stone - never.
I like watches, I have a couple, so the time-telling thing was not a driver for me. I have to say I largely agree with you. I got an Apple Watch, used it for a few weeks, lost interest and only recently started using it again. I find it useful during the working week for almost all of the things you mention. At weekends I prefer my older (and nicer) mechanical watches.
"Uber ignores both"
I'm not a great defender of Uber preferring the traditional Lahndahn cabbie (they can use bus lanes!), but in London at least their drivers have to be licensed and insured as private hire drivers - i.e. exactly the same as book-on-the-phone minicab drivers.
Nothing like keeping yourself well informed before uttering a pointless and wholly inaccurate iOpinion, is there?
No, not really. Most watches may be round, but there's plenty that aren't. Plenty of mechanical watches are square or rectangular. A few classic examples can be found here:- http://www.thewatchgallery.com/magazine/hip-to-be-square/
AIUI yes.
I suspect that in the fullness of time Apple will give developers access to the watch face IDE
Yes - invoice on the way to El Reg for the wholly unnecessary processor overhead and the cost of warding off Flash exploits. Oh, and BTW, the BBC are getting an invoice too - their news site still insists on Flash for some of their output.
Whilst welcome, I can see an issue with this if it applies to the iBook Store - those people who are, shall we say, less than scrupulous, now have access to a pretty impressive and free lending library. I can read quite quickly and could easily read any book within 14 days. Except Stella Rimmington's "novel" - I wish I had been able to return that for a refund!
Square/rectangular designs for watches have been around for a tad longer than any smart watch:-
Cartier Tank
Bell & Ross
Baume & Mercier
Richard Mille
Round vs. square is simply personal preference and sod all to do with tech fanboyism of any flavour.
This machine is clearly aimed at home/education/light users. There won't, or shouldn't, be any 3D rendering use cases for this starterMac™
It's still a bit pricey though even if it is an all-in-one requiring no separate screen purchase, but having been a convert from Windows to Mac some years back, I've still got and use my original 2010 (I think) 24" iMac whereas and my similarly aged 13" MackBook still works without interruption/slowing/breaking, although it's now in the hands of the student offspring of a friend rather than mine. In the same time period I've "burned through" at least two Windows laptops, so total cost of ownership works out very well for Macs and me.
In fairness, STOS was designed to be a space opera. By Roddenberry.
'Further, being CEO is rather different to most jobs - he has considerable scope to make hiring and advancement decisions and he is inherently the "face" of the company.' - bolccg
This is so true. I do remember one place where I was contracting the PM took me aside after a month and asked me to slow down as the rest of the team (and him) were being made to look bad and that they relied on the weekend overtime payments being slow brought them! This was a financial institution where they were all on bloody good base salaries and some were also contractors.
However, I have to say that, as a (now) senior manager who used to code for a living, the number of times I've been given delivery estimates which I _knew_ to be ridiculously long and grossly "padded" is legion. The trick is to discuss properly with the developers, challenge where necessary, sign off what's agreed and then have solid change control to avoid the dreaded scope creep.
...should be consulted.
"Crystal radios have an antenna that can double as a washing line."
As a boy, my crystal radio antenna was strung up along my Mum's washing line :)
"You can create a USB recovery drive using ANY Windows computer running XP or above. You could probably even do it on a Linux machine. You just need to be able to format the USB drive as FAT32 and extract .zip files"
To the vast majority of "normal" users, that's gobbledegook right there.
It looks pretty good. If you want slightly heavier text, then you can choose "bold" in the accessibility menu. I've done this for my 4S (age-induced eyesight deficiency) but not needed on my iPad mini.
Is space grey the new gunmetal?
Inspired choice and should give saving the universe a little more clarity and direction
"A bad equivalent" is possibly a bit harsh, but in fairness Apple TV does do all the things you say and does them extremely well.
I use Apple TV/Airplay extensively both at home for all the usual sources:- built-in to Apple TV itself and streaming/mirroring from any number of fruity goodness devices and at work for presentations from iPad or MacBooks &etc. It's so easy to use and so dependable that, for me at least, it is very much worth being inside the walled garden.
Now, if Apple were to respond to this by dropping the Apple TV price...
...however unlikely that may be.
Far more likely that the markets reacted to the lack of announcements on new iDevice and other consumer hardware.
True. And a £1000 paperweight when I'm out of range of WiFi or 3G. Which in some parts of the UK I visit isn't that uncommon:(
I just quickly priced up a 13" Macbook Air
2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core Core i7, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM, 512GB SSD, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 2 x USB 3, Thunderbolt (ok, ok)
All for £1599 including VAT.
Apart from a better screen, just what am I getting in a Pixel that warrants not going for a a full blown OS with half-decent local storage such as a Macbook for OSX or a Samsung/Sony (or even a Macbook with Bootcamp) for Windows?
Substitute ManU for iPhone and Arsenal for Android (or vice versa) and you have the level of the pseudo-debate we see all too often here.
I have one phone type but not the other, it suits me fine and I really DGAS what anyone else chooses to buy with their money. Until a phone manufacturer pays me to evangelise or criticise then I have no interest in doing so. And I'm really, really bored with those who do. Perhaps El Reg could consider locking all threads which descend (often very rapidly) into yah-boo-sucks mode?
BTW I have no axe to grind about football either,
Here's the problem - El Reg's demographic are not the target market for Ultrabooks/Airs - those users aren't compiling code/video editing/playing CoD at 6 gazillion FPS.
The demographic these machines are aimed at is mostly management types and they're using Office, sending emails, reviewing spreadsheets and surfing the net for news/reports. They can afford the machines (or their employers can) and they place a premium on size and lightness and, yes, on the cool factor too. There's no point in serious techies slagging off these machines - it really is horses for courses.
Oh dear - icon says it all.
Fairly simple -
Cross-border for no recipient charge (if data and roaming switched off the message doesn't go anyway)
Delivered/Read status
Some packages include 500 texts not unlimited
Mmm. Clearly you've mis-read or not understood the story.
Apple is in no way trying to stop you selling your work via any other channel, just saying you can't use their (free) assembly line to build for another channel.
BTW Home/Student Office has pretty much the same terms.
You'd think, but you'd be so very wrong. Some of the people I know who are the most susceptible to any advertsing/marketing are also the most intelligent and otherwise hard-nosed business people. Some of them work in IT.
...the gazillions of £/€/$ about to be spent on re-fitting bottling plants and the concomitant gazuillions of kilos of CO2 thus generated will help how?
OS X 10.7.2 on two Macs
iOS 5 on an iPad and iPhone
No issues at all.
I'm a big Apple user, I like its products and they work for me.
But this is crazy. Apple should (and will) protect it's IP but protecting the looks of something just because there's similar (not identical/fake) out there. Nuts. Besides anything else simple ergonomics would tend to move tablet design down the iPad-a-like route.
Wonder if Bang & Olufsen might consider suing Apple for use of snazzy glass and aluminium designs?
Dole claimants are in receipt of _my_ money, so why should I subsidise criminals?
Those not on the dole are in receipt of money they earn for themselves, and their punishment cannot therefore be to have that taken away and must take some other form.
...get the best advice you can from professional contractors. Start at www.pcg.org.uk with PCG's Guide to Freelancing.
But I would say that, wouldn't I.
OK, whilst I don't think that these tactics are particularly "gentlemanly", contractors are in business and sometimes business is just war without guns.
Not nice, not very palatable, but it's the real world, deal with it. Over the last 15 years two of the three times this has happened to my business (not at UBS), I accepted it, the third I chose not to and the agency/client backed down within hours. This course of action may not be appropriate for all contractors, but they can and should resist if possible - that's just good business practice. They should also consider demanding that their agency take a lesser margin and share the loss - after all the large proportion of an agency's work is paid for within the first few weeks of a contract and with a reasonable allowance for admin/factoring costs the remainder of the contract is at a healthy profit.
If ALL the banks/agencies do it simultaneously then that smacks of collusion/cartel and the MMC, DBERR (or whatever they're called this week) might get to hear of it from a bunch of contractors with good lawyers, but on a bank-by-bank basis, this is just business and you can bet your bottom dollar that other suppliers are getting similar sort of pain.
Bear in mind that most senior employees of UBS are pretty much in the same boat with ever-decreasing (and paid in shares) bonuses, salaries held frozen for years at a time (not even CPI/RPI increases &etc) and ever-decreasing levels of morale.
At some levels old-hand staff in many companies are line managing recent joiners who are on much, much higher base salaries because the old-timers have had years of frozen pay and the newbies join at market rate or better. Old-timers may be reluctant to move because their bonus funds are in shares which are not yet vested so they feel locked in to their current employer (the obvious intention of such schemes).
BTW whilst it's fashionable to beat the banking fat-cats about the head, remember that for every barrow-boy trader or investment rocket scientist there a dozens and dozens of staff on "normal" rates of pay.
That's exactly what this message is - messaging is all about audience.
Teens simply have no concept of what t'Internet is. They think it's safe. Despite many, many warnings my teenage children still say/do/post stupid things on the Internet. I constantly have to remind them that anything they say do/say/post is effectively in the public domain.
Unfortunately they believe Zuckerberg and his chums that "we'll help you keep your stuff safe" a lot more than they believe me saying "Internet==not private."
I have both an iPad and a laptop and, indeed, I have a desktop.
They're different tools for different jobs (pun intended) albeit with a degree of overlap in functionality. The iPad is surprisingly versatile and has replaced about 85% of my laptop use, but I still use my laptop when I need to do detailed/lengthy content creation, and my desktop when I need the power/speed for compex content creation (rarely - it''s more often just an excuse to get out of the living room and into the study).
IMO a notebook would be useless for me as it can't do the role of a laptop and has none of the advantages of an iPad.
So, all this fuss about "get a notebook/laptop" and "iPads can't do x, y or z" is actually pretty irrelevant and could more usefully be replaced by "choose the right tool for the job and if device x doesn't do the job you want it to do, don't buy it."
It's all a little bit like a having car and a motorbike - you wouldn't necessarily want to use the latter for a long journey with three passengers on a cold and wet day when a car is the clearly more suitable option, but you might want to use it for a quick, unencumbered country spin on a nice sunny day when you have no passengers.
The war on drugs is lost and continuing it is a complete waste of time and effort.
Much better to de-criminalise and put the soft stuff into off-licences and the hard stuff into pharmacies for non-prescription purchase. Pharma stocks, tax revenues and those who wish to all get high.
FWIW I find the iPad easy to read in all the circumstances I've tried it - even in the recent bright sunlight. OK, the reflective screen is a bit of a pain but since I retain, even at my great age, the power of mobility then adjusting to suit isn't a problem.
If the aforementioned blighter on the Tube can't even use an iPad then presumably he won't be needing to ride the Tube to work for much longer?
Loads of free publicity for Apple. I really don't think this was a drunken mistake. By anyone.
I've got a few Apple toys and I quite like them, iMac better than Windoze for me, iPhone works for me, will likely buy an iPad v2 yadda, yadda, yadda.
This censorship, however, is monumentally stupid. Why don't Apple just get over themsleves and have an "adult themes" section of iTunes & App Store with a second level of access protection if they're that worried about it? This would likely be their most profitablke section:-)
No change to the basic rate. Cool. Thanks Gordon. However:-
For all wage earners
Allowances will, again, not be increased in line with inflation (stealth income tax)
For all except the very lowest wage earners
NI will go up (stealth income tax)
For those (quite a lot) earning over £37,400 and being taxed at 40% on pay above that limit
The limit will, again, not be increased in line with inflation (stealth income tax)
For those (relatively few) earning over £100,000 but below £150,000
Allowances will be reduced to, ultimately, 0 (stealth income tax)
For those (even fewer earning over £150,000 and being taxed at 50% on pay above that limit
I'll bet now that this band limit won't go up in line with inflation either (stealth income tax)
Y'see, there's lies, damned lies, and statistics...
...and there's the amazing inability of the UK electorate to understand percentages - 20% of quite a lot is quite a lot, whereas 20% of not a lot is not a lot
...although Jones (PCG backed) win in the House of Lords largely did for it. The Chancellor refuses to finally kill off the family business tax (Google for that phrase!) so PCG hasn't given up campaigning against it.
Which is why PCG will be watching this very carefully.
We've worked long and hard to get sensible responses from all of the political parties and now the Tories have made a massive step in the right direction we won't be resting on our laurels.
PCG will continue to lobby vigorously to ensure that all nano-businesses, including IT contractors, get a fair deal for the risks they take.
And yes, I am that ChrisB and I make no apologies for sounding the PCG's horn on this occasion:-)
FoxPro anyone?
Agreed - I've been working in Europe a lot this year and my O2 bills have been quite high at c£300 per month. They'll very kindly waive the one month ETF if I upgrade to a 3GS and sign a new two year contract. Generous in the extreme.
I'll be moving back to Vodafone in the New Year.
Broadly I agree that protectionism is a bad thing, however we're talking about ICTs in this case. i.e. Those who are brought to the UK to carry out roles in the UK which would (and should IMO) have been carried out by locals, whether contract or permanent. It would appear that some companies are abusing the ICT system to bring in non-specialist workers (those workers who have generic IT skills such as C#, Java &etc rather than specific expertise, knowledge and skills which can _only_ apply to their employer's business and practices).
These generic IT skills are no longer on the MAC's Skills Shortage list due to successful evidence submission and lobbying by PCG and therefore visas are no longer granted to fill the non-existent IT skills shortage. Some companies are using the ICT route to get what effectively amounts to cheap labour into the UK - this is not what ICTs were originally intended for.
This is a very different kettle of fish to offshoring, which, although IMO potentially very short-sighted, cannot be described as abusing the system.


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This is our world and our world alone!
Our youngest guests (from 3 years up) simply adore the Kids and Youth Club. In the 200 m2 club rooms, in the Fun Park or in the Indian Country adventure section, children can run riot, play and have adventures to their hearts' content while getting to know all their new friends.
Special club rooms for children and young people, with the latest games, lots of space for running around, doing handicrafts or just chilling...800 m2 adventure playground and outdoor Fun Park. All supervised by a fantastic team of competent child and youth leaders.Excursions in the surrounding countryside with lots of activities – in both summer and winter.
Open daily from 9.30 am to 10.00 pm. Our team will be there for you!
We also offer the Alpenrose special package for kids, where the food is cooked according to the wishes of the little guests.Needless to say, everything is all-inclusive here as well.
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Get on your toboggan
What fun!
Not only during the day but at night-time too, the region's toboggan runs invite visitors to partake in a little sporting fun.
Innsbruck the Beautiful
The pretty city on the River Inn
Innsbruck's Old Town, museums, shopping areas, cosy cafés and beautiful tourist attractions are all well worth a visit.
The golf season has opened ...
Start of the golfing season
One of the most beautiful golf courses in the Alps will tempt visitors to tee off – the Alpenrose is in on the action too.
Two wheels, one adventure
Our 'racing stable'
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When the Alpine roses bloom
In June and July, the magnificent carpets of Alpine roses all around the region will captivate every hiker and lover of nature.
It's a cult thing.
5th Karwendel Hike
This will be taking place on 24 August this year, when more than 2,000 participants will meet for the iconic hike to Pertisau.
All aboard the nostalgia train
For more than 120 years,
the Lake Achen steam rack-and-pinion railway has been travelling from the valley to the lake. A great experience for all the family.
Cows with headdresses!
Round-up time is here again
It's a wonderful spectacle when the cows are brought down from the high Alpine pastures – and everyone celebrates.
Nothing beats a good walk
Natural beauty ...
... and hiking fun. During the Alpenrose hiking weeks, you can experience the very best the autumn season has to offer.
Old but still great
500 old power packs
There's lots to look at and enjoy at the Tractor Festival and Vintage Car Meeting ('Oldtimertreffen') on 4 October in Maurach.
It's 'Törggelen' time
Burgi invites you ...
... to the 'Törggelen' festival; sample the year's new wine in a sociable get-together accompanied by chestnuts and ham.
Come on a ski run with me
My cross-country skiing paradise
Those with sporting ambitions come together at the Lake Achen Nordic Skiing Race or at the Lake Achen 3-Valleys Race.
Simply delicious
Fondue in the mountains
In January, Burgi regularly travels with our guests to the fondue evenings held in the Bergrestaurant Rofan mountain restaurant. A real experience!
Trapper adventure
Snowshoe hiking
Nature at its purest, sporting challenge and the possibility of hiking to the most picturesque locations.
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Losing 20 pounds in a month is easy if you decide to walk it off! This is a surprisingly effective and easy way to get that fat off of your body for good. You will be a couple of sizes smaller in no time if you just forget about starving yourself and get up and start moving.
Walking Fast Melts Fat
Although you can walk slowly and casually and still get the eight off it is most effective if you walk a little faster. Strolling slowly is not going to help you become svelte in a hurry. You need to be walking for at least one hour at a pace that gets your heart rate up and gets it pumping. The faster your heart muscle beats while you are walking the more you will burn fat.
You can reach your goal of walking off five pounds a week if you can walk at a moderate pace for at least thirty to sixty mintues a day. If you walk too slow it will take you three months to lose that unwanted weight instead of one month.
The Math Behind Walking For Weight Loss
A pound of fat equals 3500 calories. In order to lose that one pound a week you will need to burn off 3, 500 more calories than the total calories that you consumed for that week.
When it comes to losing weight, the length of time that you spend walking does not matter as much as the amount of distance you cover. However the faster you walk the more calories you will be burning while you are travelling that distance. So if you want to lose two pounds a week you might have to walk one and half to two hours a week at a moderate pace to reach your goal.
Pace Yourself to Lose Pounds
For each person there is an optimal fat-burning pace. Trainers call this "the determined walking pace."
You know you are in the determined walking pace zone if you find yourself breathing a little hard but not huffing and puffing while walking. You should be moving at a pace that is not a strain, yet at the same time it should be a little hard for you to keep up a conversation.
One psychological trick for keeping up at this pace is to pretend that you are in a hurry or late for an appointment the entire time that you are walking. Keep up that attitude of walking for as long as you can and then start moving at a slower pace every now to give yourself a break. You do not want to get so out of breath that you cannot endure walking a long distance.
When you engage in little bursts of walking like this per day it is comparable to interval training which also gets your heart rate up for a while and then lets it slow down a bit.
The reason that it is important to get a bit of speed is because you get the most health benefits possible from your walk if you can get your heart rate up. While your heart rate is up it means that you are exercising at sixty to seventy percent of your maximum heart rate. This is the percentage at which your body burns calories more efficiently and speeds up your metabolism in general.
Put Some Heart In Your Weight Loss Efforts
If you have ever told yourself "I want to lose 20 pounds in 1 month!" then you need to strengthen the most important muscle in your body which is your heart. The heart needs to be able to work efficiently so that it is able to pump nutrients through your circulatory system and nourish your tissues.
The faster you work, the harder the muscle works and the stronger it gets. The stronger your heart is the more weight you will lose.
Walking Has Other Benefits As Well
Walking is wonderful for helping you lose those unwanted pounds and also for helping you handle stress related mood disorders. It helps you produce more "feel-good" chemicals in your brain so you feel less stressed.
Studies have shown that people who are less stressed produce less cortisol which is a chemical that expands the waist line. People who are calm are less likely to develop flabby pot bellies.
Walking has also been shown to prevent all kinds of different cancers including colon and breast cancer.
Walking can also help keep your immune system working well, especially if you decide to exercise in all kinds of different weather. However keep in mind that if you are a beginner walker-for-weight-loss that that walking too far and too fast too soon can actually cause your body's immune system to be lowered.
The immune system lowering effect of too much exercise is something that people with AIDS and other auto-immune disorders should be aware of before they start a walking program. The key is to take it easy when you first start and especially don't overdo it if you are in recovery from an illness or operation. In fact it is a really good idea to get checked out by a doctor before you begin any kind of exercise program – including a plan to walk your weight off.
Buying A Pedometer Can Keep You On Track
If you would like to monitor how many calories you are expending while you are taking your walks you will need a pedometer. These range in price from twelve dollars to eighty dollars depending on how or where you buy it. You can usually get an affordable version that not only counts your calories but also counts the miles you've walked for under twenty dollars in your local drugstore.
If you need to lose 20 pounds in one month then buy a pedometer and invest in a good pair of running shoes. It is all you really need to do to get that weight off no matter how much you eat.


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2013 Golden Globes reactions: Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and more
Don Cheadle, Wes Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow and others respond
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Ewan McGregor, 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'
"Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press for this nomination. It's wonderful that our movie left its mark. Emily Blunt is such a talent and a joy to work with, and I'm so happy the HFPA recognized her performance, as well as our film. I look forward to the Golden Globes, as they are always fun and send my congratulations to all those who believed and participated in Lasse's vision."
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I imagine this question has been asked before, but I can't find it.
I have three domain names,
example.net (this one has a bunch of subdomains), and
example.org. Currently, all three are on shared hosting, and use the host's standard nameservers).
I have bought shared hosting at another company, because I want to move some sites from the USA to the UK, but I'm not using it yet.
What I'd like to do is
change the nameservers for all domains to
universe.example.net, and
example.comto the UK host;
move some, but not all, subdomains of
example.netto the UK host.
I don't have my own server. Both the US and the UK hosts are shared hosting, so I imagine I'll need a third-party company to run nameservers. Or perhaps not. I know some hosts allow you to have your own nameservers as aliases of their nameservers, but that probably wouldn't allow me to move some stuff to the other host.
Also, the US host, when it receives a request for a subdomain which doesn't exist, just serves up the main site. That's quite handy, and I'd like to keep it. So I'd like to set up a record like
*.example.net pointing to the US host, so that
random-query.example.net gets the US host, while
existing-domain.example.net will get either the US or the UK host, depending on what I've set.
I'm pretty sure the above is possible, but I have no idea how to go about it.


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A colorful life kit?! I can't wait to see it! And the flowers are absolutely gorgeousReplyDelete
I wanna live in Uhah/Idaho. Could we relocate in 10 days?! :p Have a great time!! :)ReplyDelete
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You look out your window and you just may think the following is a joke.
High school softball and baseball pitchers/catchers will start practicing around Maine in just five days.
Full team practices for all spring teams will start on March 31st.
Those practices will obviously be inside for a while as the fields around Eastern Maine are snow covered, many with more than a foot of the white stuff.
The Bangor Christian baseball team is the two time defending class D state champion.
The Patriots are scheduled to open the season on April 21st.
It is unlikely that the regular season will get underway as scheduled.
Pitching depth will be key for baseball teams to get through what will most likely be a schedule that will be filled with busy weeks during the month of May.
Bangor Christian has defeated Buckfield in the state title game each of the last two seasons.
The Patriots finished 2013 with a 20-1 record.
Bangor Christian softball will be looking to improve on a 3-13 record.
Bangor Christian baseball/softball 2014 schedule- please check the MPA website, the Eastern Maine Facebook page, emsportsblog.com, and with the school for updated schedules throughout the season.
- April 21st- VS PVHS- 4.p.m.
- April 23rd- VS Stearns- 1 p.m.
- April 25- VS Schenck- 1 p.m.
- April 28th - @ Deer Isle-Stonington- 4 p.m.
- May 2nd- @ PVHS- 4 p.m.
- May 5th- VS PCHS- 4 p.m.
- May 7th- @ Central- 4 p.m.
- May 12th- @ Searsport - 4:30 p.m.
- May 19th- @ PCHS- 4:30 p.m.
- May 20th- @ Stearns- 4:30 p.m.
- May 23rd- VS Central- 4 p.m.
- May 24th- VS Deer Isle-Stonington- 11 a.m.
- May 27th- VS Searsport- 4;30 p.m.
- May 31st- VS Katahdin- doubleheader- 11 a.m.
- June 2nd- @ Schenck- 4 p.m.


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The first attempt at this slab pie recipe I had one immediate reaction, "Holy crap this is a big pie!"
You'd think I'd intuitively know that based off of a couple factors:
- It's name is a "slab pie" – generally you wouldn't associate that with something marginal in size.
- It was filling an entire 1/2 sheet pan – baking cookies on a half sheet gives you a nice amount, but there is a majority of empty space between the cookies. This was FILLING the entire 1/2 sheet!
Yet these subtle indicators did nothing to help my baking math and I way underestimated the amount of dough and berries I'd need. After rolling out what was thought to be a huge amount of dough, I barely had enough for the bottom. And as my mounds of mixed berries scarcely served their purpose and Diane graciously went on a quick berry run to acquire a proper berry bounty.
After a quick scramble to toss together another batch of dough for the top, the end result was quite tasty. Exquisitely tasty really, and it demanded an immediate remake to refine the quantities. The end result is a dessert fit for a feast! Especially for those summertime backyard gatherings or for those upcoming game day parties.
I based the dough loosely on my new favorite tart dough recipe, just adding a bit of sugar to sweeten it slightly and adjusting quantities a bit to keep it simple to make, nice to handle, and still having the texture I was looking for. Add a layer of chocolate chips which melt down perfectly when the pie is baked. Then toss together a ton of berries (one can never have too many berries!), then bake, slice and serve. With a dusting of powdered sugar.
As long as you have at least a 2'x3′ section of counter space to roll it out, this slab is well worth the monstrous proportions. And if your clan can't eat it all, I'm sure there is a neighbor or two who could use a little sweetening up. 😉
Layer pie fillings
fresh raspberries, blueberries and blackberries
brush with heavy cream
Two slices per person (or maybe three)
Mixed Berry Slab Pie with Chocolate
Yield: Makes One 13"x18" Pie
Total Time: 1 hour
This makes a massive slab pie, easily serving a small army or a few teenagers. At first it may seem intimidating to roll the dough so large then transfer it to the 1/2 sheet pans, but this dough handles quite easily and if you happen to break it, you can always patch with dough scraps. If you have less to feed, then you can always divide the recipe in half and use a 1/4 sheet pan, but there are always neighbors who will take the leftovers so we encourage you to give the full recipe a shot!
Dough Ingredients
- 8 c (1000g) Flour
- 1 c (200g) Sugar
- 2 t (10g) Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
- 1 lb (455g) unsalted cold Butter, cut into 1/2" pieces
- 3 lrg. Eggs
- 1/2 c (120ml) cold Water
Slab Pie Filling Ingredients
- 1 Pint (12 oz or 340g) Blueberries
- 1 Pint (12 oz or 340g) Raspberries
- 1 Pint (12 oz or 340g) Blackberries
- 1 c (200g) Sugar
- 3 T (24g) Cornstarch
- 1 1/2 c (270g) Chocolate Chips
- Cream for brushing top of slab pie
- Powdered Sugar to dust slab pie
Preheat oven to 400° F. Set aside two 1/2 sheet pans (18"x13") You'll use one for the slab pie, the other as a template.
- Combine berries in a large bowl. In a medium bowl whisk together pie filling sugar (1 c) and cornstarch until well combined. Add sugar mix to berries and gently toss to coat berries. Set aside.
- Make Dough. In a large bowl, whisk together dough flour, sugar, and salt. Pinching with your fingers or using a pastry blender, incorporated butter into mixture until no large pieces of butter remain and mixture has a crumbly texture.
- Whisk eggs and cold water together. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture, then pour egg mix into well. Working from the center out, combine egg and flour mixes together until the dough holds together. If necessary adjust with a little additional flour or cold water if dough is sticky or if not holding together.
- Divide dough into a 2/3 and 1/3 portion.
- On a large floured surface, roll out larger portion of dough to a 24"x19" rectangle (I'll roll out slightly larger then trim edges straight to the dimensions), dusting the underside and top of dough with flour a few times while rolling out to keep dough from sticking.
- Gently roll the dough around the rolling pin, then unroll it over the first sheet pan. Adjust dough so it sits evenly into sheet pan then dock the pastry by pressing in with your fingertips several times making indentions across the bottom of the pastry.
- Layer in chocolate chips. Layer in berry mix. Set aside.
- Roll out remain 1/3 dough portion to just larger than 18"x13". Flip your second sheet pan upside down and gently press into dough. Use impression to cut dough to size, gently roll it around rolling pin, then unroll it over the slab pie to form top crust.
- Fold excess dough bottom, up and around to meet pie top and gently pinch to form top edge. Brush top and edges with cream. Using kitchen scissors or a knife cut slits into top of slab pie.
- Place in oven and bake 30-40 minutes or until top is golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Dust with powdered sugar, slice and serve.


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The UN's recent reports on the treatment of children in Syria and in the Roman Catholic Church revealed some of the despicable acts committed against boys that are part of a disturbing and hidden global trend.
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Another ultimate weapon located within "Final Fantasy VII" is Tifa's Premium Heart, which packs quite the punch. After events at Mideel and Cloud has returned to the party, players can go digging at Bone Village, for a chance to obtain a special key, the Key to Sector 5, which will allow the player back into Midgar.
Once in Midgar, the party must head over to Wall Market, and inspect the broken or 'fake' item shop, and Tifa's ultimate weapon, Premium Heart, will pop out. It is also good to note that this can be done before Cloud is returned to the party, if the player travels to the shop with both Cid and Tifa in the active party. This will prompt a scene in which Cid fixes the broken machine within the automated item shop, and out falls Tifa's Premium Heart.
Much like Barret's ultimate weapon, Tifa's does not provide any stat boosts, yet unlike Barret's ultimate weapon, Tifa's does not give her long range status either. Fortunately, the special effect of this powerful weapon makes up for such shortcomings. The damage of Premium Heart is calculated by how close to full Tifa's Limit Bar is, multiplied by her Limit level.
Basically, if Tifa had all four Limit levels, and her Limit Bar were full, then it would be a full Limit Bar * 4, however the Limit Bar is calculated in numbers. So as the battle progresses and Tifa takes more blows, she becomes stronger and stronger, and once her bar is full, she is able to unleash a potential 7-hit combo on an enemy or enemies, which will most likely do maximum 9,999 damage per hit.


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Today's trip down memory lane throws up a birthday, two signings and a record attendance!
2010 – A Richard Dunne own goal gifted Sunderland a home win over Aston Villa.
1991 – Republic of Ireland striker John Byrne joined Sunderland from Brighton & Hove Albion for £225,000
1984 - Goalkeeper Kieren Westwood was born in Manchester
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Good morning Saints fans,
It's a slowwwwwwwwwww news day!
That said, the NOS are shaking up their practice schedule this week, beginning today. Coach Sean Payton is making his players and assistant coaches available to the media at noon and practice is being held at the Superdome starting at 2:30 p.m. It is closed to the public.
I'm not exactly sure why Payton is moving his team down to the dome. True, the indoor facility prevents the team from conducting special team drills live under the roof but they can hold them outdoors on Airline Drive as part of the two-hour workout and make it open to the public.
Too, the 4-ply grass that covers the lower 40 out here at Tom Benson Manor is far better for the players than Field Turf, particularly at this stage of training camp.
Plus, last time I peeked outside the media compound, it is perhaps one of the most beautiful days of the summer. Blue skies, low humidity, etc., a great day to try and get better. To boot, the Saints play their third exhibition game of the preseason outdoors against Oakland on Saturday afternoon.
I'm sure Coach Payton has his reasons. I know he didn't consult with me.
Anyway, Saints oficials say the scheduled practices tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday are open to the public. Once those times are given to us, we'll post them.


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Dear all,
its quite clearly stated that independence of decision variables are necessary for solving optimization problems using the simplex method.
Is this a requirement for all linear optimization techniques? And if so, what methods could be used to bypass this requirement. I have been able to solve such problems using exhaustive search and by heuristic techniques, but I would be grateful if someone could point me towards some good papers regarding optimization with interdependencies between decision variables.
Thanks in advance.