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News: Using the GNU Arch version control system for your project
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Article: Using the GNU Arch version control system for your project
Item posted by Jérôme Marant <jerome> on Sat Mar 6 18:35:46 2004.
How do I use GNU Arch for my project?
(We assume that you already used your download area, that everything worked
well. If it is not the case, please read the related FAQ entries first)
There is currently more than one way to work with GNU arch: the decentralized
way and the centralized way.
- Setting up a public archive mirror (decentralized way)
The most common way of using arch is the decentralized way: the developer
works with his local archive and publishes it on a regular basis.
Let's assume email@example.com is your local archive, where
'project' is your project name.
Firstly, setup your public archive at gna.org with the following command
('archive-2004' is the symbolic name for your public archive location)
tla make-archive --listing --mirror email@example.com \
Then, synchronize your public archive:
tla archive-mirror firstname.lastname@example.com
Usually, it is more practical to synchronize your public archive whenever
commits are done into the local archive. This can be achieved by the means
of a commit hook. A hook is a small shell script that is run by tla when
commands are run. It is located at ~/.arch-params/hook.
Here is an example:
if [ "$1" == "commit" ]; then
tla archive-mirror email@example.com ;
(Please note that your public mirror is locally know as
- Setting up a centralized public archive
If you want several developers to commit direclty into the same public
archive, you may be interested in making the public archive the main one,
so every authorized commiter can access it at any time.
This can be done that way:
tla make-archive --listing email@example.com \
- Accessing a tla project archive
Firstly, register the tla archive with:
tla register-archive email@example.com \
Then, retrieve the archive revision into a local directory:
tla get firstname.lastname@example.com/revision local-directory
For more details about GNU arch, please consider reading the documentation
available at http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-arch.
A community wiki is also worth browsing at http://gnuarch.org.
This article comes from the FAQ entry:
|Viewarch? (posted by Nicolas LAURENT, Fri Mar 12 23:01:55 2004)
is there any change to see a viewarch configured with this new feature?
Anyway, many thanks for setting up this service and to gna! team for their work!
|RE: Viewarch? (posted by Mathieu Roy, Sat Mar 13 18:29:55 2004)
Yes, someday. We have nothing against, we just have to study how we could add it cleanly.
|Re: It is secure (posted by Jérôme Marant, Thu Mar 11 12:50:58 2004)
I think you have the centralized way in mind.
Arch is mostly used the decentralized way anyway, so
IMHO, using the centralized way doesn't bring any benefit.
|Is it secure ? (posted by Martin Voelkle, Thu Mar 11 09:50:31 2004)
Does putting revision information in the upload area mean that anyone with write access to that area (any developer from the project) can erase versioning information ?
Isn't it what pserver and ssh jails are supposed to avoid ?
|RE: Is it secure ? (posted by Mathieu Roy, Sat Mar 13 18:39:28 2004)
Hum, pserver is not used at Gna! for authentication, because of it's too long history of security holes.
SSH allow authenticated access. SSH is used with Arch, like with any other tools at Gna!.
Basically, projects members can remove the data of their projects, if they want to: they can remove stuff from the arch repository as well as they can remove packages from the download area.
However, we keeps backups, in case of trouble, and I suppose that a member of a project that behave badly will be dropped off the project in a short time. So I guess it is not a big issue.


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On January 26, 2004, EPA's regional administrator signed a Federal Register notice approving five State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the state in February 1999, March 2001, August 2001, September 2001, and January 2004, to modify its Cleaner Burning Gasoline (CBG) program. The modified state rules apply to gasoline distributed in the Maricopa County ozone, CO and PM-10 nonattainment areas, including small portions of Pinal and Yavapai Counties. Arizona developed and modified these fuel requirements to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulates (PM-10). EPA is approving Arizona's modified fuel requirements into the Arizona SIP since the state was able to show that these requirements are beneficial to air quality and do not impede the state's attainment of the ozone standard.
We received mostly positive public comments on the rule proposed in September of 2003, including one from the Western States Petroleum Association, and one adverse comment from the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest. We have responded to the comments and are finalizing our action. In addition, our proposed action in late September was perceived by some as banning MTBE in Arizona, which is not the case. The Arizona legislature would have to act in order for an MTBE ban to be put in place, although this action does lay the groundwork for an MTBE ban.
Specifically, EPA approved, among other changes, the following changes to Arizona's gasoline program:
- replace Arizona 's interim CBG program with a permanent program,
- amend the wintertime CBG program to limit the types of gasoline that may be supplied, and
- remove the minimum oxygen content requirement for summertime gasoline.
The cleaner burning gasoline program is one of many measures developed by the state and local community to clean the air in Phoenix. The Phoenix area is currently designated as a serious nonattainment area for ozone, carbon monoxide, and airborne particulates, although the area has been reporting clean data for ozone and CO since 1997. Upon receipt of and action on maintenance plans for each pollutant, EPA will be able to redesignate the Phoenix area to attainment for CO and ozone. Motor vehicles are the single largest source of air pollution in the Valley.
Related Documents
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- Press release on the final rule (January 26, 2004)
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Below are links to EPA's Fact Sheet on the finding, the proposed and final rulemakings, and links to additional sites for further information. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on November 20, 1997. EPA received four comment letters in support of the action. Responses to the technical comments raised by the commenters were included in the final rulemaking, which was pubished in the Federal Register on February 10, 1998. EPA published a separate notice approving Arizona's opt-out from the federal reformulated gasoline program, effective 90 after the effective date of this final rulemaking.

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Job retraining programs and career-focused education are cool, but skills mismatch just isn't a big problem with the economy. Business owners who say they can't find qualified workers are either terrible at business, or are pulling your leg. If they can't find qualified workers, it's because they're not offering high enough wages.
Business types like higher unemployment because it means they have more leverage to lowball employees on wages. Right now the wages they're offering are too low to clear the market. This is why people need to be hollering not just for some good-enough response to the unemployment crisis from Congress and the Fed,but specifically for full employment policies. We want a tight tight tight labor market that gives workers lots of bargaining power over employers, lots of leverage to quit, demand raises and all the good stuff.


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The room is equipped with a double bed (1,80 x 2,00 m) and clock radio. In addition, there is a sofa bed, which provides for 2 additional persons beds, cable TV set with a 32 "flat screen TV and dining table for 4 persons.
In addition, the apartment has a balcony with seating on the season. The kitchen is included coffee maker, toaster and kettle, cookware, tableware, glassware and cutlery for 4 persons fully equipped. The bathroom has bath, toilet and sink. Additional storage space for luggage, etc. found in the hall closet.
House rulesUnderground parking (optional):
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Fine occasion. Cozy Restaurant at street level. One bedroom is very very small.
Located not quite as central as one might think, but close to KOCH-Strasse Ubahn.
We had a little trouble with getting in touch with that would let us in.. We arrived very early, but no flexibility. But quite Ok occasion as we would use again.
Fin lejlighed. Hyggelig Restaurant på gadeplan. Det ene soveværelse er meget meget lille.
Ligger ikke helt så centralt som man umiddelbart skulle tro, men tæt på KOCH-Strasse Ubahn.
Vi havde lidt bøvl med at komme i kontakt med den der skulle lukke os ind. Vi ankom meget tidligt, men ingen mulighed for fleksibilitet. Men helt Ok lejlighed som vi gerne ville bruge igen.
It was a nice appartment at a good location near the U-Bahn and near the city centre. The appartment was well equiped. The maintenance could be better, because of a leackage on the roof. Water was coming of the roof.
Central. Clean. Spacious.
the apartment was super delicious and is located in a lovely area with local shopping option and close to the city center. it is not the last time I rent from there. I give it four stars out of what we got for the price, the only negative experience was that there were only linen, duvets and pillows for 4 people and not the 5 that were commissioned.
lejligheden var super lækker og ligger i et dejligt område med lokale indkøbs mulighed og tæt på bymidten. det er ikke sidste gang jeg lejer derfra.
jeg giver den fire stjerner ud fra hvad vi fik for prisen, den eneste negative oplevelse var at der kun var sengetøj, dyner og hovedepuder til 4 personer og ikke de 5 som der var bestilt til.
TV went every 3 min. from! No one is there to help. No air conditioning. Simply too expensive for service ... 0 Location is OK
TV ging alle 3 min. aus!
Niemand der da ist, um zu helfen.
Keine Klimaanlage.
Einfach zu teuer für 0 Service...
Lage ist OK
Beautiful apartment located in an area but work in very noisy day. When we arrived on a Sunday, lacked toilet paper .... (closed) ... and kitchen towels. Apartment for 6 people, but there were only 5 water glasses and nothing to put his business in the bathroom lit by a single 25 watt bulb .. For delivery in Germany, the service is not up to our expectations. Take the example of Switzerland ....
Bel appartement bien situé mais dans un secteur en travaux donc très bruyant la journée.
A notre arrivée un dimanche, manquait le papier toilette....(magasins fermés)... et les torchons de cuisine.
Appartement pour 6 personnes, mais il n'y avait que 5 verres à eau et rien pour poser ses affaires dans la salle de bain éclairée par une seule ampoule de 25 watts..
Pour une prestation en Allemagne, la prestation n'est pas à la hauteur de notre attente. Prendre exemple sur la Suisse....
Very nice apartment in a very nice part of Berlin. Spacy and clean, with a nice little terrace. A few minor details could be better, but overall a very pleasent stay.
Great place. Clean and bright and excellent location right next to Hallesches Tor station and just down the road to Checkpoint Charlie. Mehringdam Platz is not the most exciting place but other cooler places are very easy to get to (I recommend Krezueberg for uber fantastisch nightlife). Toilet cistern made a constant, annoying dripping sound but this is a very minor gripe. I vote yes!
We had an amazing time staying in the apartment! The views from the balcony were great and the location was ideal for travelling around the city. Couldn't of stayed in a better place and we will definitely be booking again!!
Nice apartment, clean and functional, well located for public transport (metro station just outside) and not far (by metro) of the main attractions of the city. But not good if you want to party.
Chouette appartement, propre et fonctionnel, bien situé par rapport aux transports en commun (station metro juste devant) et pas loin (en metro) des principaux sites à visiter de la ville. Mais pas bien situé si vous voulez faire la fête.
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Wikipedia's mathematics article describes the topic, not only its branches, but also how it is related to science, what the role of esthetics is in it, etc.
Paul Taylor: Practical Foundations of Mathematics. Free online book on mathematics, huge areas of mathematics are described thoroughly, many of them closely related to computer science and functional programming (relational algebra, category theory, Curry-Howard isomorphism).
G.J. Chaitin especially his Understandable Papers on Incompleteness, especially The Unknowable (the book is available on this page, just roll the page bellow that big colored photos). The book begins with the limits of mathematics: Gödel's undecidable, Turing's uncompatiblity, Chaitin's randomness); but (or exactly that's why?) it ends with writing on the future and beuty of science.


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Different - ShmooCon is an annual east coast hacker convention hell-bent on offering three days of an interesting atmosphere for demonstrating technology exploitation, inventive software and hardware solutions, and open discussions of critical infosec issues. The first day is a single track of speed talks called One Track Mind. The next two days bring three tracks: Build It, Break It and Bring It On.
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In the Official Arsenal Magazine, Arsenal's first-team stars tell us about their daily routine. Read on to find out more about a day in the life of Wojciech Szczesny!
What time do you usually get up in the morning?
Usually at about 8.30am.
What's your first drink of the day?
It might not be the very first drink, but I like to have a Pepsi in the morning.
What do you usually eat for breakfast?
A bowl of cereal.
Before heading to training, is there anything else that you generally do?
Not really, just a shower and get dressed!
How long does it take you to drive to the training ground?
No more than 15 minutes, I live quite close.
And what car do you drive there?
A Porsche.
Do you always go on your own?
Are you usually one of the first to training – or one of the last?
I would say I was among the early arrivers actually, usually one of the first.
What do you keep in your locker?
My gloves and some pictures.
On the training pitches do you have any special warm up routines?
Nothing special, I just go through my regular stretching exercises before the session starts.
What aspect of training do you enjoy the most?
The small sided games.
Which team-mate do you think is the best trainer?
It's probably Thomas Vermaelen to be fair
After training what do you take into the shower?
All the shampoo is already in there, so I just take a towel.
Who do you tend to sit with at lunch?
Often I'll sit with the English boys if they are together on a table.
Do you always go straight home after training – if not where might you go?
Not always, often I will go round to visit my girlfriend.
What do you tend to do when you get home?
I do like to take an afternoon nap, other than that I'll probably play some FIFA on the computer.
What time do you eat dinner?
Around 8.30pm usually.
What sort of thing might you do in the evening?
I really enjoy going out for a meal, so usually that.
What's the last thing you do before going to bed?
I like watching Planet Earth, it relaxes me and helps me get to sleep.
What time do you go to bed?
Maybe about midnight.
And in bed do you tend to read, listen to music or go straight to sleep?
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Red Bull driver David Coulthard takes his RB7 racing machine on a tour through NJ's suburban neighborhoods before speeding through NYC's Lincoln Tunnel.
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Hey Jerkface, that pedal next to the gas, it's called the brake and it has a practical function. Use it. The worst dash cam driving from Eastern Europe and Russia.
Driver Jeremy Foley loses control and tumbles down a cliff in a shocking video from the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado.
If you're prone to motion sickness you may want to skip this video. A first-person lap at 200 mph around this natural road course is sure to be the fastest thing you see today.
Photographer Stan Evans hit the open road for a two week solo bike ride across the U.S. and documented his short film with the adventures and people he met along the way.
No other car in the world conjures up more mystery and power than the iconic Batmobile. For fifty years it's been Batman's ride of choice and now the people behind this infamous automobile are revealing its story.
And in badass news of the day… Canadian motorcycle madman is brought to justice after death defying 185 mph suicide run.
What do Stormtroopers do when Lord Vader lets them have the day off? They grab their motocross bikes and lay down some carnage on the sandy dunes of planet Tatooine.
Ken Block takes the next installment of his Gymkhana series and unleashes his four wheeled mayhem on the streets of San Fran. Like a bat out of hell, Ken takes his car on a ripping race through the city's famous winding roads and gnarly hills.
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If you're about to start rebuilding an engine, using stop motion comes highly recommended. Trust us. It really speeds up those 11 months of greasy, tedious work.
The 550-horsepower Bowler EXR-S is not your wife's SUV.
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Reader's Choice for Best in Film: Leading Roles
With only six days to go before the awards are announced, Playboy.com wraps up your picks for Best in Film with performances in a leading role.
Another year of television and film is in the books, which means it's award season and high time the best and brightest stars of the silver and small screens are honored for their work. This year's season kicks off with the Screen Actors Guild awards and Playboy.com has decided to play along, offering not only our picks, but yours and those of esteemed in-house film critic, Stephen Rebello. We covered the most outstanding cast and supporting roles; this week, the most outstanding actors and actresses in a lead role.
The Nominees: Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir: Carlos Galindo in A Better Life. "A Better Life goes beyond your standard father and son coming of age film; Bichir's performance as a devoted but firm father to a son struggling to walk his own path in gang driven East L.A. is inspiring. He captures all the complexities of a father doing his best to be a role model but plagued by his own problems as an illegal immigrant just trying to make a living."
George Clooney: Matt King in The Descendants. "It's a comedy about profound grief in which George Clooney plays a work-driven, distracted, half-white, half-Hawaiian lawyer and the self-described "backup parent" of two young daughters…his frayed, broken performance is absolutely top of the line and he gets perfectly matched by young Shailene Woodley" - Stephen Rebello. Read the full review.
Leonardo DiCaprio: J. Edgar Hoover in J.Edgar. "It's clear from his first appearance on screen that, as Hoover, Leonardo DiCaprio has come loaded for bear. He's obviously worked hard on the voice, gait, movements, the 'look' along with communicating Hoover's fears, peculiarities, insecurities and crippling social ineptness with expert precision. Although DiCaprio's efforts can sometimes come off as too studied and obvious, he hits his stride in Hoover's extracurricular off-the-job scenes" - Stephen Rebello. Read the full review.
Jean Dujardin: George in The Artist. " Heart-warming, funny, romantic, lovingly nostalgic and acted to elegant, self-aggrandizing and gallant perfection by Dujardin, whose performance won him a Best Actor prize at Cannes, The Artist recreates a movie era so full of wonder and emotion that it may make you question whether the way we were wasn't a whole lot better than the way we are" -Stephen Rebello. Read the full review.
Brad Pitt: Billy Beane in Moneyball. "Right from the jump, Moneyball gets you feeling—and pulling—for Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane. As played by Brad Pitt in a lived-in, rumpled, flat-out great performance, Beane is quite a character—an emotionally detached, tobacco-chewing, junk food-guzzling loner, a former golden boy gone to seed." - Stephen Rebello. Read the full review.
The Nominees: Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close: Albert Nobbs in Albert Nobbs. "As the pinched, ever-wary, heartbreaking Nobbs, Close gives a tricky, high wire, award-worthy performance yet she commendably resists any temptation to be showy, campy or spectacular in the least. She may not be convincing as a man even for a second but she is so immersed in her odd, improbable character that it's hard to take your eyes off her" - Stephen Rebello.
Viola Davis: Aibileen Clark in The Help. "The movie is on much firmer ground when the quietly powerful, watchful and intense Davis and the sour, hilarious Spencer mostly take over the movie and expose the painful consequences of the racism that to this day plagues and demeans us. Both actresses are so complex, vivid, award-worthy really, that they not only walk off the movie but also make you wish the rest of The Help cut as deeply as they do." - Stephen Rebello. Read the full review.
Meryl Streep: Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. "Streep can be mannered and overly technical. Here, though, she has it all down; she's ferocious, relentlessly unapologetic, scarily funny and full of depth and pathos. In a tinny movie with a titanium-clad movie star performance, Streep is titanic" -Stephen Rebello. Read the full review.
Tilda Swinton: Eva in We Need To Talk About Kevin. "Swinton's performance as the mother of a disturbed and ultimately violent child is chilling. Convincing at all stages of this flashback driven adaption of Lionel Shriver's novel, she brings the idea of a mother's intuition alive, building both suspense and suspicion that her instincts, however gruesome, will prove to be right in the end."
Michelle Williams: Marilyn Munroe in My Week With Marilyn. "Taking on the role of America's one-time darling is no easy feet but Michelle Williams performance is masterful. Playful, seductive and and at times subtly taken aback and confused by her fame, Williams portrays a Marilyn totally engrossed in her own world."
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Lower photo: "La Muerte" by Kahlil Armendariz
Art department hosts B.F.A. student exhibition through Dec. 16
By Tim Brownlee
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(Dec. 13, 2005)--The UTSA Department of Art and Art History presents an exhibit by bachelor of fine arts degree candidates through Dec. 16 at the Arts Building gallery on the 1604 Campus. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
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Discussion in 'Members Zone' started by Sarge, Aug 14, 2009.
Perhaps you could some up with some a bit more gentle than "old fart"?
Couldn't spell gaseous quinquaquenarian
I'd be honored with "Pops Lite"
Morning Pops and good thursday morning to all you guys.
Everyone have a nice New Years.
If you're gonna drink and drive, leave out the drive.
Have a great day and evening boys.
Morning Pops and Zone
Happy New Year everyone
I had to get that out of the way because I'll probably be asleep by the time it rolls in. :laugh2:
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Morning Cbz , morning Jr . Morning Sarge -Yeag and everyone..I agree with Sarge , Party smart --dead or in jail is not a good way to start the new year
Morning Santiago...Zoniacs...early morning hooligans...
So, I decided to close out the year on a high note and purchased a 50inch Panasonic Plasma TV...delivery Saturday...in time for Sunday's game.
I figured, what the heck..might as well end a financial disaster of a year by spending money.
Happy New Year to all....
I've been looking at buying a new tv myself but since I'll be out of town for the game I think I'll wait.
Ya know Yeags, I think I learned something from Santiago this year.
Enjoy life a bit more.
I think it was that great philosopher, Jimmy Carter who said "I doubt there's ever been a person, who on their death bed said "Gee, I wish I would have worked more"
So I went on line and looked for a place that could deliver before the game on Sunday...they're not as crazy expensive as they used to be. The reviews of the set were all great.
So hey, Santiago, thanks.
I hear ya....I need to learn how to do that also. Maybe I should make a resolution to be less of a grump......ya right!!!!!! That will last as long as my lose weight resolution. :laugh2:
Seven years ago, after I had a nasty bout with malignant skin cancer, I was hesitant to buy a Corvette...Yes, no...I really shouldn't...etc etc.
One of the guys at work came up to me and we started to talk about the car...and he pointed to the scar on my face and said "Didn't you learn anything from that?"
Done deal.
I have always felt that when something tragic happens, like what did with Weldon, the best thing we can do is honor their lives by learning something from it AND putting it into action. It doesn't have to be something as extraordinary as dropping moolah on a HDTV...but just some way of acknowledgment.
So, when the bill arrives for the TV, I'll just blame it on him.
And send him the bill :laugh1:
Good morning, Pops and good morning Zoners. My dramatic purchase came in the form of a new lamp for the dining room. Actually, the wife and I are planning two trips this year. February will find us on a cruise ship in the Caribbean and we are now planning to be somewhere warm next Christmas. I'm taking Sarge's advice and I'm not driving, because the party is at my place tonight! I'm hoping Cbz will drop by and the rest of you are welcome as well. Happy New Year, Guys!:starspin
Sorry Phil --I have decided if I can't drive then it is to far --and you are to far Have a great party and don't mess up the new lamp by wearing the lamp shade
Dam I miss Weldon
Morning, Cbz. Top o' the morning to the rest of you scallywags as well.
So do I, Bob.
Afternoon Pops. I will be happy to see this year pass by. It has not been a good year for me personally and I suspect others too have had a rough time of it. Amoung the things I hated the most was your passing Pops. However, I know that you have better seats now and so, it is a better thing for you. Still, I miss you Pops and I hope that that never changes.
Hey Juke, Sarge, Yeags, Leon, Phil and Bob. Hey Zone, Good New Years Eve to all of you.
Good Morning CBZ----Morning everyone -Happy New year..So nice to wake up early after a nice evenng.I went to bed about 10:30 and passed on the parties and the evils that go with it...Sorry if I typing to loud for the rest of yeah
Morning Pops and Zone
Bob I skipped the parties also. I went to bed shortly after midnight.


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The NHL lockout finally came to an end in the early morning hours Sunday in a New York City hotel ballroom following a marathon 16-hour negotiating session.
After six long months of negotiations, a tentative deal was reached at 5 a.m. to end the 113-day lockout. Training camps are slated to open this week and there will be either a 50 or 48-game season that will begin as early as Jan. 15 and as late as Jan. 19.
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Said Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Association: "Hopefully within a very few days the fans can get back to watching people who are skating, not the two of us."
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Now the nearly 200 NHLers who had been playing in Europe during the lockout will be heading back home and will have a big advantage after playing games for the last three months. Read more by clicking here.
Here is some of the reaction from Canadiens players on Twitter:
Colby Armstrong (@armdog): "Thanks to fans for hanging in there. Exciting time for all you fans. The best game in the world is back. Go Habs Go!!! Hell ya!! Love it."
Brandon Prust (@BrandonPrust8): "Is anybody ready for some hockey? Man this is gonna be good"
Josh Gorges (@jgorges26): "Today is a good day!!! I just want to say thanks to all the fans who have supported us thru this and been waiting patiently… You guys are the best!!"
Max Pacioretty (@MaxPacioretty67): "Great day and great start to the new year. Hoping for a great season now for our team"
Owner Geoff Molson (@GMolsonCHC): "On joue au hockey! Let's play hockey!"
From former Hab Hal Gill (@Skillsy75): "48-50 game season? That means the fans who do come back are in for a treat!"
From former Hab Sheldon Souray (@SSouray): "Ahhhh, the sun FINALLY came out for real this morning!!"
From CBC's Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC): "For all you people that are going to watch NHL hockey this year, make no mistake about it, you're watching it because of Gary Bettman… Bettman was the guy that had to pull the trigger whether this was done or not. He saved the season."
From player agent Allan Walsh (@walsha): "On behalf of my clients and all NHL players, THANK YOU DON FEHR. You did an fantastic job and the players appreciate all your efforts."
From country-music superstar Carrie Underwood (@CarrieUnderwood), who is married to the Predators' Mike Fisher: "Well, folks, hockey is back! Very bittersweet…I just lost my purse holder but gained cheering on my hot husband as he kicks butt!"
And from former Canadien Chris Nilan (@KnucklesNilan 30): First game in every NHL city should be a freebie for the fans
You can follow Twitter updates from The Gazette's Dave Stubbs by clicking here.
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Original post made by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Aug 19, 2010
Kepler's nearly closed a few years back and was rescued by some investors who valued it's role in the community.
We lost Printer's Ink a few years back and more recently Know Knew Books on California Avenue.
There was a WSJ story today about the national chain Barnes and Noble being up for sale. Borders also is a national operation. (I actually read about it online, not in the paper itself. What does that tell you?)
This phenomenon is paralleled by the challenges the print media have been going through the last several years.
Clearly the internet, Amazon's Kindle, the IPAD and related technologies have transformed the way many of us choose to get our content. This even more is the case with people my kids' age, who are in the college or recent graduate cohort.
The tough part about this entire and inexorable change is how to moentize content? Apple did a good job with how to sell music and related entertainment. RIP Tower Records, inter alia.
Book stores and print media are staring down the same sort of situation.
And of course I am posting this on-line!
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 19, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I have a Mac, I have an iPod, I have a iPad, all are very nice in terms of their design and hardware, but Apple is not perfect. iTunes can be very useful to sync all the data between the Mac and the portable devices, but is is a slow, ugly, over-complicated underperforming interface.
Comparing Apple iTunes to Amazon, Amazon has the much better selection, better prices, a better, more random-access web interface, better reviews of items, better selection of items, and much more. As innovative as Apple was with the Mouse and Window system in the 80s? it just does not seem to want to make their systems respond to people. One example is the continuation of the way you can only resize a Mac window from the lower right completely infuriates me every day about how much more effort it is to move and coordinate the mouse than on Window. Windows which I finally decided a few years ago I would not spend any more money on ever.
The experience of reading a book is sadly similar with both companies though. The Apple Reader's interface is flashy and cool, but I don't need the pages to flip while I'm reading, it is a slow annoyance.
On my iPad I use the Kindle client, but each client has its own annoyances. I find the Kindle client very good, almost perfect for reading on the iPad, but interacting with the page, like highlighting or taking notes is annoying. Also missing is the text-to-speech of the real Kindle.
Since I returned my Kindle after its trial period and did not keep it and I am positive that Amazon kept that text-to-speech capability, because some publishers said that legally Amazon did not own the performance rights to books and that "automatic text-to-speech is a performance." What can I say other than the law is an ass.
There are no page numbers in an e-book, often most of the do not have indexes, some, not many, are without a table of contents.
The point is that the e-book experience leaves a lot to be desired, innovative and convenient as it is. I would be sad to see Kepler's or Borders Books go. I love the author events Kepler's has, but they are not well publicized and their chairs are challenging, and sometimes Kepler's is very crowded. When I am there I always try to get something unless I cannot find something.
Borders has no author events that I have ever seen, but I like going there. Borders reminds me of the old Varsity theater that I used to go to when I was a kid. They did mangle the theater up pretty well, but they have a good selection of books and music and listening posts, at least they used to, have not been their lately. One reason is that the restrooms at Borders, at least the men's room, is one of the worst and should be infamous for being dirty, disgusting and malfunctioning in the whole Bay Area. I do not know how they find this acceptable to serve their customers.
The prices of books is high, but I will continue to pay them, but these stores have to offer us something for our money. There is still Books Inc, and they seem to be doing well despite they have the smallest locations and thus selections of anyone, have decent restrooms, and author events as well.
For books there is also the bad service, irritating music, high price at what used to the Tower Records and is now Rasputin Records. I cannot even bring myself to go in there, it is even worse than Tower Records was in terms of staff and loud annoying music, they have no restroom or author events and I think their prices are high even though they sell lots of used stuff.
a resident of Midtown
on Aug 22, 2010 at 8:11 am
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The first time I caught Kepler clerks hiding conservative books was the last time I traded there.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jul 30, 2012 at 10:53 am
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 11:53 am
Bookstores need to adapt by providing services that the internet cannot provide. Think about reading clubs with face-to-face book discussion or poetry reading sessions. Also lectures and other presentations by special guests.
One problem that bookstores had is the trend towards bigger, more expensive stores in the years before the Bush recession. Banks may have been willing to speculate on real estate at that time, but in the end, Bush bailed out the banks but not the bookstores. The bookstores may never recover from that debacle.
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i dont know if this has been a thread before but just who is the best boba (ESB,ROTJ,SE) and why!!
for me its ESB the original, the best. although i am partial to a SE as well
i dont know if this has been a thread before but just who is the best boba (ESB,ROTJ,SE) and why!!
for me its ESB the original, the best. although i am partial to a SE as well
Most of the elders will swear for the Pre-Pro #2 look, because that was the first Boba Fett version they saw. There are some exotic-type persons who love the Pre-Pro #1 bird-like look and even the all white Supertrooper, while others will kill for the ESB-military look (myself included), and others love the action (not so) hero ROTJ setup. And there is the Pre-Pro #3 (a bridge between the Pre-Pro #1 and the ESB suit) and the not so familiar Sandy. And the SE suits... It's good to see an ESB helmet in ROTJ!
For me it's always been ESB Fett. ESB my favourite of all the SW movies for a start and I prefer the uniform color of his jp, gaunts etc. I know a lot of people cite that as a reason not to like the ESB Fett but I've never been keen on the color mish-mash that makes up the ROTJ Fett. Plus I like the lack of spats, the addition of a sidearm and the ESB flamethrower is just awesome. Love all the intricate parts it has.Finally I prefer the detailing and paint style of the ESB. The kill stripes fading from yellow to orange, the bluish hue on the right chest piece, the decals on the ear, the white dot on the jp, the orange stripe on the cape and so on.Just my opinion, I know there are many ROTJ/SE lovers out there too.
I agree with Red, ESB all the way and all for the same reasons. He is the original Fett
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It just depends I guess.. I love Rotj fett cause rotj is the first movie I got to see when i was a kid. I just love the red gaunts and colorful jetpack. They used the same color jetpack for Jango in ep2.
But I have to admit i fell in love with the ESB helmet. Gorgeous to the last paint chip! So i guess thats why I went SE. Thank goodness there was an option for that!
yep have to agree ESB helmet is the best of all no matter what suit its on
I like SE Fett. Reason is I think the color scheme seems to be more miss matched, as it should be.


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While exploding, supernovas not spherical
X-rays reveal uneven allotment of element made by blowup
By Andrew Grant, 12:21 PM February 19, 2014
Giant stars are slightly off-kilter as they go kablooey, research in the Feb. 20 Nature suggests.
When massive stars run out of elements to fuse in their core, they collapse under their own gravity; the imploding material then bounces off the core and explodes in a bright display known as a core-collapse supernova. But computer simulations indicate that if material collapses symmetrically, as scientists long assumed, a star would not explode.
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The place you go to when you eat heavenly chicken; a combination of the words chicken and heaven; found in amazing restaurants such as Chick-Fil-A, which is basically gourmet food compacted into a fast food place.
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I've set aside the area for the apiary and will be installing the first of the bees this weekend. The problem is that this area is not fenced in and is visible from the neighbor's house and the road. It likely is not a problem, but I'd prefer to have them out of sight.
So I think I would like to put a hedge in place to shield the hives from sight. I will likely keep it trimmed to 5' or so. I'd like for it to bloom early to give the bees a head start on the season. The downhill plants will also act as a windbreak from the winter winds, so evergreens may be the choice. I prefer to have plants that produce edible fruit, but not a requirement and probably not an option to get a good windbreak.
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very nicely done gladys and katybob. i'm trying to finish up a couple of christmas presents before i fly out of town next week. i hope everyone has an enjoyable holiday!!!
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very nicely done gladys and katybob. i'm trying to finish up a couple of christmas presents before i fly out of town next week. i hope everyone has an enjoyable holiday!!!
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Thank you very much, Nancy!
I hope you Holliday are very happy and great! Enjoy those!
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Hello everyone!
I hope you are very well! I continue forward with my Dear Jane, this is my week # 25.
Those are E-10, E-11 y E-12. I really enjoyed sewing those!
Share them the photos and I hope they are to your liking.
Enjoy your day! Have a very good weekend! A hug!
Gladys, love your blocks, beautiful colors
Beautiful Gladys as usual - !! The last picture showing all the blocks is stunning. The colours are all beginning to blend together so well.
Gladys, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your E-11! Thanks for posting pictures.
It seems quiet here, I know I have not had time to sew this week. Getting busy before the holidays. Maybe over the break I can do some.
My New Year's resolution .... once I actually make it past Christmas ....eeeek - is to not only catch up but to get this baby Jane done for my guild's Sept 2013 show [even though it surely doesnt look like it now!]
as always, Gladys, your blocks are beautiful - can't wait to see the entire finished piece!
Nancy - the link [post #1866 above]to the corner block is interesting- her block amazing. I have sewn things in rounds before - but to me, it is a series of flying geese and corner blocks and so easily put together in strips. If anyone uses the other method, just be sure to not sew the center into the third round 'hole' the way it is shown. You need to either make another hole or slide the center over.... it is a quarter turn off. Her finished block is absolutely perfect!! I just think the photo in the tute may give some the wrong idea.
Enjoy the weekend and the holidays...Unfortunately.... I continue to get more behind at this point - but as I said before - the New Year will bring great change!!!!! and greater accomplishments!!!!!
Thank you very much for your lovely words to my blocks! This week is complicated, I must finish 4 table runners for the 24! Almost impossible! Lol! I hope to make and publish my 3 new blocks soon!A big hug to each one!


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If the newspaper publishes their addresses, telephone numbers and all data? I think one must be prepared, mentally and physically to the fact that your own data - where do you live, , who are you, what do you own is published in the newspaper and realize that one is a target for some "serious" people. Guns are needed for "normal" protection and not when one is unknowingly and suddenly, thanks to liberal journalists, target for criminals.
I agree with that. Not so much the part about nefarious journalists, but the part about "ordinary" versus "serious."
If you become the target of serious people you are dead meat, gun or no gun. But you might be able to scare off a teenaged burglar who sneaks in to steal your TV for drug money, thinking no one is home.
The goal should be to get the guns out of the hands of the serious criminals -- but that seems to be impossible.
567,299 Reserve and National Guard personnel
1,129,283 total
Tha's data from 'Wikipedia. However Huffington Post quoting Reuters is saying that "The size of the active-duty Army would be trimmed to 490,000 over five years from its wartime peak of 570,000 in 2010 and the size of the Marine Corps would fall to 182,000 from its high of about 202,000."
So I think you got somewhat carried out.
I did not say "nefarious" journalists. I wrote "liberal, anti-gun-activist journalists"
The goal ,as you wrote, is impossible, because it is impossible to eliminate all crime. However, it may be somewhat much more possible if the government (Department of Justice) did not help the criminals, for example by selling guns to Mexican drug barons who of course used these guns on US territory.


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The NRL needs an additional term for its charge sheet: the deliberate high tackle. The first player to aim at is Steve Matai, the Kiwi hit man who is latter-day league's torch bearer for a tradition of thuggery which has starred Les Boyd, Adrian Morley and company.
The NRL's use of the words careless and reckless - which suggest a lack of due care in tackles - is often another trip to the spin doctor's surgery. The fans know. The players know. The coaches know. The medics know. The "waterboys" know. The commentators even know ... not that you'd know from their commentaries.
Those high hits are regularly acts of deliberate intimidation and violence. But nobody wants to say so, lest they break the macho code of conduct, or portray image-obsessed league in a more accurate light.
There is a super-thug in league's midst. Matai has a rap sheet as long as his swinging arms to prove it. He has faced a whopping 13 NRL charges all told, with 11 guilty verdicts. In addition, his shockers include knocking out Mark Gasnier in a 2007 test, which had him sent off.
The KOs just keep coming with Matai. The Manly Maniac knocked out Penrith's Danny Galea in May. Bulldog and fellow Kiwi Sam Perrett can hardly remember Friday night's playoff match after becoming Matai's latest victim. Matai continues to attack his fellow professionals without suffering the sort of bans that the notorious Boyd did long ago, when league had to clean up its act. Pleading guilty, the dedicated repeat offender has received a paltry one-match suspension for the hit on Perrett.
There may be a loophole in the NRL's judicial system that is failing to scoop up Matai and plonk him on the sideline for a decent whack - like a year. But here's a theory: within reason, league secretly likes having a Matai or two around, because they satisfy that primeval attraction to the dark arts. That's also why the NRL still condones the no-arms shoulder charge, which licenses the sickening blindside hit.
I'm absolutely sick of watching Matai's cheap-shot nonsense while an impotent game looks on. There are honourable, fantastic players in the NRL like Nathan Hindmarsh and Micheal Luck who have made thousands of tackles without attacking the head.
The NRL needs to take player safety more seriously, including having the ability to act on complete, cumulative records. A genuine players' association would step in, to protect the majority of members. The Kiwis should take a moral stand and ban Matai. And most importantly, the NRL must re-evaluate a box-ticking judicial system, dust off the history books and find another hanging judge like the one who dealt to Les Boyd. None of this will occur, of course.
Woodcock heads south
Tony Woodcock's flight to the Highlanders isn't exactly an overwhelming endorsement of the Blues' new coaching team but a man desperate to freshen up hardly needed his All Black coach of eight years joining the setup. Woodcock's departure is a blow for the horrible Blues. The young players must stand up and create a new era, but they need a few old heads a la Conrad Smith's influence at the Hurricanes. If Woodcock was tiring of the scene, however, there was no point in staying.
Woodcock is a rugby anomaly - a test powerhouse from the nutty rugby nursery that is North Harbour.
Woodcock at North Harbour is as incongruous as finding a Hummer at an electric car convention. For a test veteran, he's also had a weird ability to blend in to the point of getting lost in the scenery. Before Woodcock had played a first-class game, coaches - including those from other unions - told me he was a star on the rise, that Woodcock was a no-mess Charlie who got the job done.
As such, he's not excited passions like other frontrowers and his out-of-the-Blues transfer was in keeping with the way his career has been conducted. Woodcock's extended Super 15 holiday this year added to signs he was wavering. But he returned in such fine form that those doubts went on the backburner. There is probably more to the story than we've been told. Given this involves the head-down Tony Woodcock, though, we'll probably never know.


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Government should send "price signals" on energy?
posted at 8:30 am on November 1, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Just in case voters didn't figure out Barack Obama's economic instincts towards statism, this interview from 2007 on energy policy should open a few eyes. During the Democratic primaries, Obama had a lot more openness about his desire for top-down control of the economy, especially when it came to energy. In order to change the behavior of consumers, Obama argued, the government had to send "price signals" to deter bad decisionmaking … at least according to the Bureau of Acceptable Consumer Choices:
Q: How do you convince people to change their lifestyles, to live differently, or to turn the question on its ear, are voters ahead of the politicians on this stuff? Do they get it, and maybe the politicians don't?
A: Well, I think, uh, I think voters do understand it. I think it is important for us to send some price signals to change behavior.
Is that the function of government — to fix prices as a punitive measure to change consumer behavior? It will be in an Obama administration. He and a few elites will decide which consumer behaviors are bad, and penalize it with price signals. That usually means taxes or tariffs that drive the cost upwards. I'd guess that Obama isn't celebrating the fact that a gallon of gasoline will likely fall below $2 per gallon sometime this week.
When have we seen government send "price signals to change behavior" before? Oh, yes — in the lending markets. When government wanted more loans given to risky borrowers for political purposes, they sent "price signals" to lenders by having Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy up tons of subprime paper, and then mandated their conversion to securities to send "price signals" to investors. How did those "price signals" work out for taxpayers, consumers, and investors?
We've already had enough "price signals" from government to last a lifetime. We need government to get out of the "price signals" business and get back to normal regulation. Barack Obama revealed himself in this interview as the kind of politician who wants to manipulate markets for his own political ends, and is clueless about how disastrous those actions will prove.
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Newell - same again next year
The Director of Cricket joined in the celebrations after we beat Kent at Canterbury on Saturday night but has since begun to plan for next year.
He said: ?Very few teams have managed to win back-to-back Championships and that will be a huge challenge for everyone.
?We?ve got some good players in the squad who will create real competition for places next year and I?m not looking to let anyone go or to bring anyone in.
?Winning the Championship is a fantastic achievement but I?m more pleased for the team. As a coach you are living every ball and I feel real pride for all the players.
?Whenever we win a game my first feeling is of one of relief and the Kent game was no different. Winning a game as important as this makes everything the players have done worthwhile.?


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I've got to make a few top bars like yours Michael and try them out.
One factor I hadn't considered in these observations was the change in my top bar width. Last year I used 1 1/4". The bees centered the broodnest comb on those top bars with very little problem.
This year I used 1 3/8". DUHHHH! Somehow I forgot about that change. That may be a bigger factor than the method used to guide the bees. Michael kept mentioning his top bar spacing and I spaced it out! DUHHHH! :> )
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Refers to a place where groups of people, typically seniors and farmers gather to have coffee and converse about the days events. The term has its origins in rural Saskatchewan and Alberta, typically "coffee row" occurs in small town restaurants and CO-OP's, but the phenomena has been observed in fast food restaurants in large cities as well as any restaurant that serves "bottomless" cups of coffee and is not too strict on what some would consider loitering.
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Each year, prominent American newsmagazine TIME publishes Top 10 lists covering a variety of topics, including the top 10 video games from that year. This year, they have given Rockstar Games the honor of naming Grand Theft Auto IV the #1 video game of 2008! Brucie Kibbutz would be proud - it's lonely at the top, baby!
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text: On my 03 Avalanche one of my back up lights stopped working. So i bought new bulbs. The old bulbs didnt look blown so i tried them in the tail lights and they worked. I checked all the fuses and they were good. Also when i changed the bulbs i changed both sides and now neither one will work. Some how i did get them both to come back on for a little while when i was testing the socket with a test light. Some one told me to look at the circuit board but i really dont know what do with it. Why do we even have a circuit board? How do i tell if the board is bad andhow bad is it to change out? If anyone knows anything about this please help. Thanks.