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This is a list of frequently asked questions about Xfce. Feel free to improve and/or extend this page, but keep it clean and easy to read for other users.
Xfce is a desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms (such as Linux, Solaris or BSD). Xfce is "Designed for productivity. It loads and executes applications fast, while conserving system resources." (Olivier Fourdan). This philosophy should appeal to anyone looking for a fast, modern, and efficient working environment for a *NIX box.
"Ecks Eff See Eee". The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, but since then, Xfce was rewritten twice and doesn't use XForms toolkit anymore. The name survived, but the F is nolonger capitalized (not "XFce", but "Xfce"). Currently the acronym doesn't stand for anything (suggestion: X Freakin' Cool Environment).
A mouse, obviously, for all kinds of reasons like world domination and monsters and such.
Xfce is developed to be versatile. It is currently supported on Linux, Solaris and BSD, but has been known to run in some shape or form on IRIX, MacOS X, and Windows.
Xfce 4 components are licensed under free or open source licenses: GPL or BSDL for applications and LGPL or BSDL for libraries. Read the documentation, the source code, or the Xfce homepage for more information.
There is no set schedule, but there are goals the developers try to meet. That said, the creation of deadlines does not lend itself well to those working without compensation. So the overall goal is to release a new version as certain goals are reached. Unfortunately, that does not allow the advanced statement of any release schedule. Please check back often to read any news releases about the product.
Xfce can be installed in at least two different ways:
There are three different ways to do this:
exec startxfce4 to your
.xinitrc in your home directory and simply use
if [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" -o "$(tty)" = "/dev/vc/1" ] ; then startxfce4 fi
Oh yes. And probably it is the default behavior of most distributions.
LXDM is the display manager of LXDE. But it is universal. I (Paiiou) think that it is an excellent manager for Xfce: no dependencies on GNOME or KDE, nice interface, very complete. Most distributions have a package to install. Regarding the configuration, check the presence of a file (or add) /usr/share/xsessions/06xfce4.desktop (the location may differ depending on the distributions), such as:
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Xfce4 Comment=Use this session to run Xfce4 as your desktop environment TryExec=/usr/bin/startxfce4 Exec=/usr/bin/startxfce4 Icon=/usr/local/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon1.png Type=Application
Lines TryExec and Exec may also differ between distributions.
If you want to avoid Gnome or KDE dependencies and a more attractive interface than XDM, you can give SLiM a try. Read the SLiM manual for more information.
If you installed Xfce system-wide and you want to use the GNOME Display Manager (gdm) to start your Xfce session, you will have to create a .desktop file to teach gdm how to start the Xfce session. This is a sample desktop file, Xfce.desktop:
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Xfce4 Comment=Use this session to run Xfce 4.4 as your desktop environment Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 Icon=/usr/local/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon1.png Type=Application
It is usually enough to simply copy the example file to the Session directory used by gdm; this directory is usually located in /etc/dm/Sessions, /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions, /usr/share/xsessions, /usr/X11/share/gnome/xsessions or some other location, refer to the documentation of your system for details. You need to restart gdm after you created the file.
If you installed Xfce system-wide and you want to use the KDE Display Manager (kdm) to start your Xfce session, you will have to create a .desktop file to teach kdm how to start the Xfce session.
First you need to find where kdm searches for its .desktop files:
locate kde.desktop
Common locations are /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions or /usr/local/share/kdm/sessions. Once you found the kdm session directory, you need to create a new file Xfce.desktop with the following:
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Type=XSession Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 Name=Xfce4 Comment=The Xfce4 Desktop Environment
Xfce simply wants your hostname to be in
/etc/hosts. Example input:
127.0.0.1 localhost
For some reason, your X applications can not connect to the session manager. Possible causes are: your hostname cannot be resolved (see Login problems section), your home partition or partition containing /tmp is filled up, your hostname contains non-ascii characters (no umlauts allowed, in particular) or that either ~/.ICEauthority or /tmp/.ICE-unix has wrong permissions. Also check .xsession-errors for clues.
Assign a key with the Keyboard Settings → Shortcuts to the command
xfdesktop -menu. (This does not work reliable since Linux Kernel is tickless, so xfdesktop -menu needs a fix) The menu will popup where your mouse is located. You can also use
xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu to popup the panel menu (also provided by xfdesktop and make sure you have the plugin in your panel ^_~).
Assign a key to the command
The windows button (also known as the superkey) not working as a modifier is related to the toolkit, GTK+ in the case of Xfce. If you want to have the windows-key working we recommend you to upgrade GTK+ to at least version 2.10.0.
There are two possibilities to achieve this. Or you should use a display manager that turns the numlock on (eg. gdm, check the settings) or you can use a little program called numlockx, adding
numlockx on in your .xinitrc will do the job.
Use xmodmap to assign keycodes to your Media keys to make them available for the Xfce shortcut editor:
To determine keycodes of the multimedia keys use the program
xev. Create a
.Xmodmap file in your $HOME directory containing those keycodes and assign keysyms to them. Example:
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 237 = XF86AudioMedia keycode 230 = XF86Favorites keycode 236 = XF86Mail keycode 178 = XF86WWW
All possible keysyms can be found in /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB or /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB. To ensure that the .Xmodmap file is loaded when you start Xfce add
/usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap to your
.xinitrc or
.xprofile file. When you start the shortcut editor the assigned keysyms should show up when you press one of your multimedia keys. Now it is possible to assign a command to them.
Note: Several problems with auto-loading of .Xmodmap files at xfce startup have been reported (also when issued as autostart command). Search the xfce bugzilla sites for current problems. As a workaround, run
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap by hand every time, or try out
editing the somewhat less straightforward xkb configuration files.
All keyboards are different, keycodes can differ(eg. my keyboard with few keycodes above, not working) and of course not everyone has time to search XKeysymDB file. You can acquire keycodes from your keyboard with xev. In terminal type:
xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '/keycode /s/^.*keycode \([0-9]*\).* (.*, \(.*\)).*$/\1 \2/p'
then press key of which keycode you need, eg. I press "Stop" and got output "174 XF86AudioStop".
There are several options. One is to use
xfce4-xkb-plugin, see http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-xkb-plugin . You can also use the
setxkbmap command with the two letter keyboard code as argument; you can edit your X server configuration file to choose a different keyboard layout (change the value after
Option "XkbLayout", e.g.:
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak").
Yes, of course… Keyboard shortcuts are defined on two locations. The shortcuts to handle the window manager are defined in the Settings Manager > Window Manager Settings > Keyboard. The
Default theme can not be changed, but when you add a theme you can change that one. More global keyboard shortcuts, like volume adjustements, can be found in Settings Manager > Keyboard Preferences > Shortcuts. Again you need to add a new theme before you can start customizing it.
Use the following command, which will produce a nicely formatted text list to standard output:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -l -v | cut -d'/' -f4 | awk '{printf "%30s", $2; print "\t" $1}' | sort | uniq
If you want to put this list into a file, add
> filename at the end of command.
You can't.
Menu accelerators let you set a keyboard shortcut to a menu item or entry. To enable menu accelerators go to the main menu and select:
Settings → Appearance → Settings tab
and select the 'Enable Editable Accelerators' option.
Alternatively you can run the command xfce4-appearance-settings from a terminal or from the Alt-F2 run command instead of using the menu to get to the appearance settings to enable accelerators.
Use kiosk mode (see xfce4-session and panel docs).
The left-button single-click menu button display speed is linked to the double click speed. If one wants the menu to appear quicker, just change the double click speed in the Xfce 4 Settings Manager Mouse properties to be faster. Or, one can right click on the title bar to get the menu displayed almost instantly without adjusting the double-click speed. The menu will display both ways.
There are two possibilities. The first is by middle clicking on the desktop (if you have xfdesktop running) or you can add the window list plugin to the panel (is provided with a
xfce4-popup-windowlist command).
cp ~/.cache/xfce4/desktop/menu-cache-name-of-the-generated-file.xml ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/menu2.xml cd ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/ cat menu.xml > menu3.xml cat menu2.xml >> menu3.xml mv menu.xml menu.orig.xml mv menu3.xml menu.xml
Now, you already have a menu with all the categories in the main tree with some duplicates, but you must first edit menu.xml with your favorite editor and remove the 4 following lines in the middle of the file, otherwise the menu editor will complain about a wrong format:
</xfdesktop-menu> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE xfdesktop-menu> <xfdesktop-menu>
That's all. Now you can run the menu editor, remove the few duplicates and edit all as you like.
Settings > Desktop > Menu > Menu Editor
Notes: by removing the "system" line, you will remove all the duplicates menu entries from the auto generated file. So, if it is changed in this auto generated file, they don't appear anymore, but you will get rid of most of the duplicates.
To restore the original menu, just do in a terminal:
mv menu.xml menu3.xml; mv menu.orig.xml menu.xml
Please see this wiki entry.
You can find more information about Thunar in the Docs section.
No, you can not. But you can do for example:
rm %f then in context menu you'll have button "permanent delete"
Thunar allows you to edit menu accelerators by simply hovering over the chosen action and by pressing the new keyboard shortcut you want to assign. To activate the editable menu accelerators select the "Editable menu accelerators" entry in the User Interface Settings plugin.
Thunar is following the freedesktop standards in this. Following the links below you can find out more of this freedesktop specifications. Read more here and here.
You will find your deleted items in
Two possible ways. First, You'll need to build thunar with support for gconf (GNOME thumbnailers) and install one of the available movie thumbnailers for GNOME, i.e. Totem includes the totem-video-thumbnailer. Second, You can get thumbnails without GNOME by installing thunar-thumbnailers plugin.
Thunar has had the ability to browse remote network shares (such as Samba and FTP) since Xfce 4.8/Thunar 1.2.
Yes. In Settings > Desktop > Icons > Appearance, select 'None'.
You can adjust this via Settings > Desktop > Icons > Appearance.
When a new tab is opened from an external link in Firefox, it asks the WM to show the window containing the new tab. If the window that has requested to be raised is not on the current desktop, the Xfce Window manager will bring it to the current desktop by default. If you do not want this behavior, there is a hidden option to control this behavior. For Xfce 4.4 in
~/.config/xfce4/xfwm4/xfwm4rc you can put the following:
For Xfce 4.6 and 4.8 you can go to Xfce Menu > Settings > Window Manager Tweaks and go to the tab Focus, or you need to use the xfconf-query tool to change the setting:
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/activate_action -s bring|switch|none
As the name suggests, the "bring" option moves the window requesting to be raised to the current workspace, the "switch" option switches workspaces, and the "none" option takes no action.
The above command edits the file "~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml" by adding or modifying this line: " <property name="activate_action" type="string" value="switch"/> "
The Xfce Window Manager has a feature called smart placement which can be adjusted based on the window size. Basically it will automatically center windows that are below a certain size and once they get bigger than that, new windows will try to be arranged automatically in the best place to have coverage. You can adjust the minimum size setting under Settings → Window Manager Tweaks → Placement.
Short answer: no.
Long answer: If the application supports it, it will restore itself at the location and size you last specified (example: Terminal or Thunar). If the application doesn't support it you can use a window matching application like
devilspie or
wmctrl is a commandline tool that can switch workspaces, move windows between workspaces, move window positions, maximize windows, etc.
libwnck is a library that does similar things.
If display compositing is enabled, the Xfce Window Manager allows you to adjust the opacity of a window by hovering your mouse over the title bar, holding down the Alt key, and using the scroll wheel (down lowers the opacity, and up raises it). So use Alt+ScrollWheelUp to reset the transparency.
If you have no window borders anymore and can't focus windows, xfwm4 probably closed itself. This happens sometimes and due to the random nature of this annoying bug it's hard to track. But there are workarounds available.
Sounds like the simpliest solution. You need a terminal and a command executioner (like xfrun4 (alt + f2)) with focus. In the terminal you enter following command:
xfwm4 --sm-client-id=${SESSION_MANAGER##*/} & disown
And you're done, xfwm4 should be now in your session again. If this doesn't work, stick with method 2 or 3 below.
Because xfwm4 goes fishy most times at start up it isn't bad if you have to log out. You hadn't done anything important until than. So log out, remove ~/.cache/sessions/* (probably with
rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions/*
and login back again. Don't do this while you're logged in to xfce! Don't do this if you love the xfce session feature (because you delete all sessions, duh)!
If you already use xfce4.10 you have the possibility to use the GUI to delete the sessions cache (as you can see, the devs are annoyed, too). Open xfce4-sessions-settings → Session and click »Clear saved sessions«, than log out and in again. This should be all.
There are two possible reasons why the application is started: It is saved in the last session or it is listed in the auto started applications. Follow 1 of the two steps below to get rid of the applications.
xfce4-autostart-editor and remove the application(s). You can also manually delete those files in
~/Desktop/Autostart and
~/.cache/sessions/ directory when you're not logged in. And if you don't want xfce remember every session you should turn off (uncheck) "Automatically save session on logout" in Settings Manager → Sessions and Startup (tab General)
There are two way to fix this: sudo and hal/dbus. Default starting from version 4.4 is hal.
You have to allow the user(s) to execute
<prefix>/libexec/xfsm-shutdown-helper with sudo.
<prefix>/libexec/ may be changed on your distribution, i.e.
/usr/lib/xfce4/session/. Install sudo and run
visudo (root) and add the following line (replace prefix with the correct path):
%users ALL = NOPASSWD:<prefix>/libexec/xfsm-shutdown-helper
Add the user to the
users group (root):
gpasswd -a <username> users
Add the user to the
power group:
gpasswd -a <username> power
When you logout and login again, the shutdown and restart buttons should be sensitive. For more information you can referrer to the xfce4-session and sudo documentation.
Make sure that the hal and dbus daemons are started on boot, and that you are running a recent version of dbus (at least 1.1). Refer to your distribution for exact steps.
In the steps below the groupname "power" is used. This is DEPENDING ON YOUR DISTRIBUTION.
Your /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf should contain a section similar to this:
<policy group="power"> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/> ... </policy>
Add the user to the
power group (root):
gpasswd -a <username> power
When you logout and login again, the shutdown and restart buttons should be sensitive.
Enable the checkbox "Prompt on logout" in the session manager settings.
Just don't run it at startup…
xftaskbar4 line in your
$sysconfdir/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc or
If you select this option, the window manager will show an hourglass while the program is loading. The startup notification libraries have to be installed. They are probably available with your distribution. This feature is only supported by modern applications (Gtk2.x and Qt3.x based).
Please note that the API is not yet frozen, and therefore Xfce 4 is only guaranteed to work with the startup-notification library version >= 0.5.
As Xfce is modular by design all of those visual elements are actually separate processes. You can just start their process again to regain them. If you want to make sure that they are started again next time you login you should check the "Save session for future logins" in the logout dialog or check "Save session automatically on logout" in "Sessions and startup settings".
xftaskbar4 (Xfce 4.2 only)
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xfdesktop (can depend on the dbus service, Xfce 4.4 only)
There are at least 6 possibilities:
It is more likely that the icon theme you are using renders too many SVGs making it very hard to scroll. Switch to another icon theme.
For NVidia users, add this to your settings:
nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=0 -a GlyphCache=1
For all users, your driver may not support argb visuals very well. You can disable it for Terminal by exporting the environment variable XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1. To disable it for Terminal only, put the next lines inside ~/bin/Terminal for example (given you have a personal bin directory, you can also put it inside /usr/local/bin):
#!/bin/sh XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 /usr/bin/Terminal
The gtk-xfce-engine-2 package has to be installed using same prefix as Gtk2 itself. When installed from sources, the engine is, by default, installed in /usr/local, while Gtk2 is often installed in /usr. Just install gtk-xfce-engine-2 again using
./configure –prefix=/usr, and the themes will hopefully become available.
You can read everything about changing themes in the How to install new themes wiki page.
Enable the Composite extension in the X11 config file and make sure Xfwm4 is compiled with embedded compositor (
xfwm4 -V).
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
Pay attention: recent versions of X.org turn composite on by default. If you experience speed problems or any other glitches you have to disable it explicitly:
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection
If you have a reasonably new X.org (7.1, possibly 7.0) and your graphics card is listed as "supported" at X.org's EXA status page, you should also enable EXA by adding this line to the card's Device section in your xorg.conf:
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Enabling EXA will normally provide a speed increase for compositing and font rendering, but may cause a small reduction in OpenGL rendering speed.
Once the Composite extension is activated, go to
Settings → Panel and
Settings → Window Manager Tweaks.
ATI R3xx/R4xx (9500 to X850, X1050) users may also need this in the
device section for the card:
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy" Option "AccelDFS" "true" # but see radeon(4) Option "EnablePageFlip" "true" Option "EnableDepthMoves" "true"
NVidia users may also need this in the
device section for the card:
Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.txt.gz (and search for "RenderAccel" and "AllowGLXWithComposite") to see if they are recommended at all for your system. At least for recent NVidia GLX drivers, "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" is only for X servers older than X11R6.9.0, and "RenderAccel" "true" is the default setting, and therefore not required. If you are running a recent NVidia driver and a recent xorg-server, you do not need these settings (and should not use the "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" setting).
It's not possible. This setting has to be managed by the application itself.
First, try another Gtk theme, since some themes override the color. If it doesn't solve the problem, you probably have an old ~/.gtkrc-2.0 : remove it and try again.
In order to improve focus management this option was removed.
You need to add the Orage Clock to the panel. Then you can middle-click the clock to open the "Global Time" window, to which you can add any number of clocks.
You can report bugs here or ask on the mailing lists or forums for help. If you want to report a bug please read the Xfce debug guide and the Pidgin get a backtrace to ensure your bug report actually makes sense and is useful.
Whenever we feel like it is ready to be released. If you are unhappy with this you can always choose to hire the whole Xfce developer crew and pay us (we accept VISA/MasterCard, but not American Express)… Then we can even tailor it to your liking…
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Pasqualina Napoletano
Pasqualina Napoletano (born 28 September 1949) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Central region with the Democratici di Sinistra, a Vice-Chairwoman of the Socialist Group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.
She is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Napoletano was born in Molfetta, Province of Bari.
She joined the Italian Communist Party in 1971, and was responsible for the women's section in Rome; in 1980, Napoletano was elected member of Lazio Regional Council, and also became group leader.
She was elected to the European Parliament in 1989, and became Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Budgets. Her commitment to this was combined with activity in the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on Cooperation and Development.
In November 1996 she returned to the European Parliament, and became Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy, as well as member of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries. From 1999 to 2004, whilst still a Member of the European Parliament, she became Chairman of the Italian delegation and Vice-Chairman of the PSE Group.
She was rapporteur on Wider Europe for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and took part, as member of the European Parliament's delegation, in all the activities involved in the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. Napoletano is currently responsible for foreign policy in the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
From 1994 to 1996, she returned to teaching, and subsequently took up the post of head of the Deputy Prime Minister's secretariat.
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Steamboat Springs A contagious horse disease known as "strangles" is lingering at Sidney Peak Ranch, a month after most of the unusually large outbreak subsided.
Rod Hanna, president and chief executive officer of Sidney Peak Ranch, said Monday that strangles infected 15 of the 61 horses at the ranch from late December through early March. The ranch is a horse-boarding facility that includes an indoor riding arena, outdoor pastures and 32 adjacent home-sites on Routt County Road 14, south of Steamboat Springs off Colorado Highway 131. At least one horse at the ranch still has the disease, which is also known as "horse distemper." Strangles is characterized by a swelling of lymph nodes beneath a horse's chin and in the throatlatch area, possibly affecting a horse's ability to breathe. The disease is a bacterial infection that most often runs its course in about 10 days and is rarely fatal, but it can spread rapidly among horses in close proximity to one another.
"Surprisingly enough, a lot of people don't know about it," barn manager Angie Harding said of strangles.
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alie Bieber said her half-Morgan horse, named Shadow, is currently suffering symptoms from the disease at Sidney Peak, which Bieber called "the best barn I've ever boarded a horse in." Bieber said Shadow could have become infected with strangles at a friend's pasture.
But one local horse owner is not happy with the conditions at Sidney Peak. Laurrelle Crawford removed her Tennessee Walker gelding from the ranch in November, she said, because of concerns about a lack of health precautions.
"I made complaints last year because they were putting a sick mare next to mine," Crawford said. "They weren't taking care of the place to protect the health of the horses that were there. Now, I'm nervous about bringing my horse back from Arizona. This is about protecting all the horses in Steamboat."
Sidney Peak Ranch is requiring all new horses boarded at the facility to have a strangles vaccination, which Harding said has about a 60 percent success rate in preventing infection. The ranch boards horses in individual stalls inside the barn, outdoor paddocks and an outdoor pasture.
Harding said strangles likely came to Sidney Peak in an influx of new horses that began boarding at the ranch in December.
"This is the first year we've had 60 horses," Hanna said.
Symptoms of strangles include a fever, a reduction of energy and an unwillingness to eat.
"It's basically the same as strep throat in humans," Hanna said.
Harding said treatments include letting the disease run its natural course, lancing the boils to induce drainage, or in some cases, giving the horse antibiotics such as banamine.
"Mild cases usually resolve themselves without incident and probably do not require antibiotic therapy," said the North Dakota State University Extension Service, which said in a February article that strangles was a common affliction among horses this winter. "Applying hot packs to swollen and abscessed lymph nodes can be beneficial. : Any equipment that has come in contact with an affected horse, including brushes, buckets and tack, should be disinfected thoroughly."
Local veterinarian Mike Gotchey, who treated the horses at Sidney Peak, could not be reached for comment Monday.


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GBP/USD fell by 100 pips on Wednesday, hitting the lowest level in 6 weeks. Pound plunged to $1.6692 as British CBI realized sales dropped sharply. As a result, the market has tested the October 2013 channel support to the downside. On Thursday the cable has recovered some ground, returning into the $1.6740 area, but the market sentiment towards the pound still remains negative.
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I'm 1 year old today! This morning I got to wear a birthday hat and get my picture taken. Before mom left she gave me one of my presents. I got a hedgehog. It's so cool. When she gave it to me I ran right into my crate so no one could bother me. Mom was "pretending" to be nice to get me out of the crate but I didn't want anything to do with her. When I get a new toy I need privacy so I can investigate it and find the best part of it to chew on. I can't wait for tonight to see what else I get. I think I might be getting a special treat. I love birthdays!
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A Palatka police officer had to be taken to the hospital Saturday night, after being shot during a traffic stop.
It happened just before 8:00 p.m. on U.S. 17, just south of Carter Road.
Police say Corporal Pete Ruiz stopped a suspected drunk driver, and as he approached the vehicle, the driver, Paul Savage, shot him in the shoulder.
They say Savage got out of the vehicle and continued to shoot.
Corporal Ruiz returned fire, but Savage got back in his vehicle and drove away.
Police caught him in the woods about five miles away.
Corporal Ruiz left Shands Hosiptal in Gainesville this afternoon.
Savage remains in the Putnam County Jail under charges of attempted first degree murder, reckless driving, driving with a suspended liscense, resisting arrest without violence and battery on a police dog.
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Don't be fooled by the drab and unattractive interface: Wild Edibles is a seriously useful reference guide for anyone interested in foraging their own food. the app is packed with useful information, including where and how to get ingredients from, which parts to use, how to treat them safely, and how to differentiate between poisonous petals from edible perennials.
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This is not an easy time to nurture a new generation of corporate leaders. Training budgets are being slashed while a depressed housing market has made it harder to move around for better job opportunities. And yet the need for top talent is growing. A record 1,484 U.S.-based chief executives left their jobs in 2008, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Many more could step down this year as losses mount and executive angst runs high. "The CEO job today is more stressful and draining than at any time in history," says Tom Stemberg, the founder and former CEO of Staples (SPLS). "People have just run out of gas."
At a time when corporations worldwide are crying out for new thinking, BusinessWeek (MHP) decided to take a look at some of the CEOs of tomorrow. These are senior executives who are not yet in the corner office but who have won the attention of headhunters, peers, and their own bosses. Some of the 20 leaders profiled in the next few pages are company veterans. Others have eclectic résumés that cite experience in different industries and jobs. What unites them is an understanding of the global marketplace as well as a knack for sensing and seizing new opportunities.
What's striking about many of these candidates is that they were identified as promising early on and given opportunities to prove themselves. Their careers highlight the critical importance of an oft-ignored management priority: succession. While the median CEO tenure today is just six years, according to Booz & Co., few boards and managers carefully nurture a stable of successors. Last year, the National Association of Corporate Directors found that 42.4% of companies had no succession plan at all.
The economic crisis has exacerbated this problem as resources have diminished. Guy Beaudin, an executive coach at RHR International in Toronto, has seen a 25% reduction over the past year in work helping clients groom future leaders. Veteran coach Marshall Goldsmith, who just wrote a book on succession, compares such moves to cutting back on research and development: "There's a short-term benefit but a long-term cost."
For a sense of how to do it well, look at the seamless CEO transition at DuPont (DD) earlier this year. Chief Executive Charles O. Holliday Jr. had spotted top lieutenant Ellen J. Kullman as a potential successor more than a decade ago. Holliday, a gregarious Tennessean and DuPont lifer who became CEO in early 1998, had mentored Kullman since they met in the early 1990s in Tokyo. He was running the Asia-Pacific operations, and she was visiting as a senior manager in the electronic imaging unit. He was impressed with Kullman's willingness to learn. "There goes a future leader," Holliday recalls saying to himself. Kullman remembers being peppered with questions. "He scared me," she says.
Kullman joined DuPont as a marketing manager in 1988 and was quickly promoted, distinguishing herself by improving troubled units. She was tapped in 1995 to run DuPont's $2 billion titanium technologies business and later turned a newly formed safety-products division into what became the company's highest-earning segment during the time she ran it. "We had to change our business model three times before we found the right one," Kullman recalls. "There were times when I questioned whether we could get there or not."
Kullman was executive vice-president when Holliday told her last September that she would soon replace him in running DuPont. While her appointment came a bit sooner than Wall Street analysts expected, no one was surprised to see her taking over as CEO at the start of this year. (Holliday, 60, has stayed on as chairman.)
Within DuPont, a 206-year-old Wilmington (Del.) conglomerate, executives appreciate the importance of cultivating the next generation of leaders.
Their predecessors learned the hard way: President Henry du Pont's death in 1889 left the company without a strong hand on the helm since the family patriarch had designated no obvious successor. In the aftermath, DuPont was nearly sold to a competitor before three du Pont cousins bought the business for $12 million in 1902.
Although family members continued to run DuPont well into the 20th century, there was a clear recognition that the company's long-term survival depended on its ability to groom competent, professional managers. The $32 billion-a-year outfit has since become what's known as an academy company, alongside General Electric (GE), Procter & Gamble (PG), IBM (IBM), and ExxonMobil (XOM). Such giants rarely have to look outside their own borders to find their next chief, and their emphasis on giving executives broad experience across functions and geographies has made them prime targets for CEO headhunters.
Holliday himself had a lot of help in getting to the top job. He came to the company on a summer internship and says he was mentored all through his career, even after he got the CEO job. Former DuPont chief Irving Shapiro, who ran the company during the 1970s, critiqued Holliday's performance after shareholder meetings, and outside executive coach Bill Morin taught him to be more up front with his staff.
Holliday says he began talking about succession "immediately" on becoming CEO. In addition to the usual "truck list"—a roster of people who could run the show if he were hit by the proverbial 18-wheeler—he tried to imagine who would be best suited to lead DuPont in the 21st century. In his mind, Kullman was an obvious possibility. Although the mother of three's gender and marketing background made her an unusual CEO candidate for DuPont, Holliday felt the aggressive and sometimes sharp-tongued Kullman had a keen ability to see around corners. While many colleagues—including Kullman's husband, who also works at DuPont—counseled her against taking over the nascent safety-products unit, Holliday says Kullman "was able to grasp the image of what it could be." For instance, she came up with new uses for Kevlar synthetic fibers, a brand made famous in bulletproof vests. Among the more popular innovations: $7,000 tornado-proof storm rooms.
When the time came for Holliday to leave, he knew who was ready to replace him. Along with helping Kullman join the General Motors (GM) board in 2004 to broaden her management perspective, he encouraged her to work with a coach to modify her impatient nature. "If I made a statement before, I was just one of the group. Now, it's law," says Kullman. "I have to make sure I am getting everyone's input."
That's especially crucial in a fast-changing environment. Many boards are wondering whether their current CEOs can get them through this crisis. "Overnight, companies that were stable are now in a turnaround situation," says David Bliss, CEO of consultancy Oliver Wyman Delta. "A lot of boards are saying, 'Do we have in our current leader what's required for the future?' " Gerry Roche, senior chairman of search firm Heidrick & Struggles, notes that recessions typically prompt boards to have a "quicker trigger" when it comes to jettisoning leaders. And, the veteran headhunter adds, they're more likely to favor outsiders in filling those vacancies.
The decisions Kullman makes today may translate into a very different DuPont in the future. With almost one-quarter of sales tied to the auto industry, she'll need to look elsewhere for growth. Kullman knows that her biggest decision, though, is not which businesses to invest in, but which people.


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On multiple carb set ups, most often a progressive linkage will work better on the street than linkage set up to open everything at the same time. If the linkage isn't progressive, the driver needs to have a good feel for what the engine needs- much like using a double pumper on the street. There's nothing wrong in particular to that- but there is a learning curve involved; not a plug-and-play deal like a vacuum secondary or progressive linkage set up.
Pontiac (and possibly others) went so far as to hook the end carbs of some of their Tri Power induction systems to a vacuum motor that acted to bring the end carbs in like the secondaries of a vacuum secondary carb. Chevy used vacuum operated Holley 2-barrel end carbs on the BBC 'Vette tripower. In both cases this was to make the system more user friendly, requiring less thought on the part of the driver.
If I had a nickle for every Holley vacuum secondary carb I've seen w/a screw in the secondary throttle arm to make it into a "mechanical secondary" carb, I'd have a at least a couple bucks.
The problem w/this is there's no active accelerator pump for the added airflow, so what results is a huge bog when the secondaries are made to open before they would normally. The primary accelerator pump can be made to cover some/most of the hole in the air/fuel ratio that results when the secondaries are opened prematurely- but then the carb won't work worth a damn on the street because there will be WAY too much pump shot under anything but a WFO throttle. Ordinary around town driving will foul plugs, the off idle response will be the pits and economy will be out to lunch.
There are mods that can be made on the Q-jet to get the secondary throttle blades to open w/less primary throttle blade angle, but this will often bring in the secondaries much more often and sooner than needed on the street and drivability and economy will suffer as a result.
Holley has 1:1 primary:secondary throttle linkage that will open both the primary and secondary at the same time, but this is used on double pumper carbs. Again, not for the street.
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I've found myself in the center of a squall this past week. A squall of my own making. When I wrote about my choice not to screen the baby in my womb for Down syndrome, I didn't expect it to draw any attention other than readers of this blog. But Lisa Belkin, of the New York Times' Motherlode, was willing [Read More…]
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In response to a previous post on price discrimination by hospitals in India, commenters Apex and Chris L wondered how it is possible for price discrimination to make everyone better off, and even if you wanted to charge more to rich people, how could you do that in practice?
The general idea is that price discrimination allows firms to overcome fixed costs and thus offer products and services that they otherwise wouldn't. But I'll give a specific example using a really simple model.
Say there are four potential consumers of a hospital's services. Three of them value the service at $5 and the fourth (the rich one) values it at $8. The fixed costs of a hospital are $5 and the marginal cost of treating one patient is $4. If the hospital charges a uniform price of $5, then all four will buy the service and the hospital will have revenue of $20, marginal costs of $16, and thus a total costs of $21. Thus the hosptial will not offer services at this price, since total costs are above total revenue.
At any uniform price above $5 and three of the four patients will not buy the service, and the maximum value the rich customer would pay ($8) is not enough to cover the total cost of treating him ($5 + $4 = $9). So under uniform pricing the services aren't purchased by anyone, and thus everyone is worse off.
However, if the hospital can price discriminate by charging $5 to the three poor customers, and $7 to the rich customer then the total revenue is $22, total cost is $21, and thus profit is $1. In this case price discrimination allows the hospital to offer the services, and so being able to price discriminate makes everyone better off.
(The simpler case is where price discrimination doesn't make all customers better off, but does increase overall welfare by making those with lower valuation and the firm better off by more than the higher valuation customers are worse off.)
How could hospitals do this in practice? They could do it rather directly by offering customers discounts if they can prove they are on food stamps (3rd degree price discrimination). Or they could allow customers to self-sort (2nd degree price discrimination) by charging a lot more for last minute reservations, better parking spots, or other "luxuries" and add-ons, which will tend to be demanded by people high time value of money (e.g. richer people).


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When you stay at Hôtel Campanile Argenteuil in Argenteuil, you'll be close to Grande Arche. This hotel is within the vicinity of Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower.
Make yourself at home in one of the 100 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in a common area.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Hôtel Campanile Argenteuil.
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With Spring 2011 previews underway, we take a look into the upcoming Spring 2011 collection from Burberry Prorsum. Designed by Christopher Bailey, the line continues the designer's triumphs from the current season. Style.com's Tim Blanks breaks down the collection for us with this excerpt below.
Bailey may have made his rep with collections that leaned toward wistful melancholia, but the harder he goes, the better the clothes seem to get. Fall's precise military-influenced tailoring was still obvious in khaki trenches and naval officer's coats, but here they'd been given details like leather epaulettes and studded belts. The biker influence loomed in vests, coats, pants, and jackets, the last one out especially lethal with its stretch of spiked studs. To temper the toughness, Bailey paired a biker vest with jersey pants, motocross leathers with a luxe suede trench, and a sheer safari shirt with a studded vest. That balance between boyish vulnerability and male strength is quintessential Bailey.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Willie Randolph thinks Billy Wagner can get most anybody out, even Barry Bonds.
Wagner pitched to Bonds and gave up a tying ninth-inning homer. Chris Woodward then lined a go-ahead double in the 11th and scored on Jose Reyes' single to lift the New York Mets to a 9-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
"He's not the old Bonds, but he can still hit," Wagner said.
Bonds pinch hit and forced extra innings with his 711th homer, a two-run drive. He sent a 99 mph fastball from Wagner into the seats in left-center for his third homer of the year and second in as many games.
"He's still the best in the game to me but I liked our matchup because Billy's one of the best closers in the game," Randolph said.
It was Bonds' fourth career pinch-homer. Wagner became the 418th pitcher to surrender a homer to Bonds -- and blew his second chance save in the process. Bonds hadn't had a pinch-hit homer since Aug. 23, 2001, at Montreal.
"Especially off Billy, it's crazy," Bonds said. "I haven't hit a ball like that off him ever. Ever. ... It was a big boost for us because it tied the game. They came back and beat us. It shows what kind of team they are. We played good against them. Right now, they're probably one of the best teams on the East."
Bonds remained in the game to play left field in the 10th to chants of "Barry! Barry!" and looked like he had a hard time chasing down Woodward's double off Scott Munter (0-1), which scored Ramon Castro. Bonds hit a game-ending flyout in the 11th.
The 41-year-old Bonds is four homers from passing Babe Ruth for second on the career list and 45 away from breaking Hank Aaron's mark of 755.
"I haven't thought about that right now," said Bonds, whose tender right knee was helped by the warmer weather. "I'll think about it later."
Darren Oliver (1-0) got the final out in the 10th and worked the 11th for the win, and the Mets took two of three in the second series of their 10-game trip and opened a five-game lead on the Braves heading into a weekend series at Atlanta.
Pinch-hitter Julio Franco had given the Mets the lead with a two-run single in the eighth and then stole a base with still speedy 47-year-old legs. David Wright's RBI double scored Franco from second.
"I've told you guys I don't believe in age, I don't worry about age," Franco said.
Carlos Delgado splashed a home run into McCovey Cove for his ninth of the season, tying the franchise mark for the month of April that Dave Kingman accomplished in 1976.
While Franco became the oldest player in major league history to hit a home run last Thursday at San Diego -- and he's batting .400 -- he was only the second-oldest to steal a base, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Arlie Latham swiped a bag in 1909 for the New York Giants at age 49.
Moises Alou hit a tying single in the seventh for one of his two RBI and three hits that also included a run-scoring double, spoiling a gutsy effort by Mets starter Brian Bannister.
Bannister hobbled home with the go-ahead run despite the pain of a strained right hamstring in the sixth that put the rookie pitcher in position for the win following five strong innings on the mound before the injury.
Bannister, who had followed his fourth-inning two-run double with another double, went 2-0 in his first four starts and had the lead again when he hurt himself running the bases.
He began limping as he approached third base on Kaz Matsui's RBI double and somehow made it home before falling to the ground after touching the plate.
Bannister, 2-0 over his first five starts, made it 4-3. He allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings, struck out two and walked one.
Bannister had to be helped off the field and left to a warm applause. He will be reevaluated Thursday.
"I felt it going to second and I slowed down," Bannister said. "I didn't think it was anything but when I got to third and planted, it grabbed. It felt like I was dragging a big weight behind me."
The Giants rejiggered their rotation to get Matt Morris back on the mound three days after he was ejected Sunday at Colorado after only eight pitches for plunking two of the five batters he faced, but he didn't have his best stuff.
Delgado's solo shot gave the Mets homers into the water for the second straight game after Cliff Floyd did it in New York's 4-1 victory Tuesday night. It was the 13th splash-hit homer by a San Francisco opponent. The Giants have done it 40 times - 31 by Bonds.
Bonds was not in the starting lineup after playing a day after hitting career homer No. 710. After Thursday's off-day, manager Felipe Alou hopes Bonds will play both Friday and Sunday against Arizona -- and possibly Saturday, too.
- Randy Winn ended an 0-for-17 slump with his first-inning single - batting in the No. 3 hole for the first time this season instead of his regular leadoff spot. He singled again in the third. Winn batted third for the 63rd time in his career.
- San Francisco moved winless ace Jason Schmidt back to Friday to give him extra time and get Morris his outing.
- Reyes stole two bases a day after swiping the 100th of his career.


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Chef's Hat: Start of the season
The snowdrifts at the end of my driveway are no longer 8 feet tall. They're still there, but they are definitely shrinking.
Some people may think that Memorial Day kicks off the grilling season, but with the melting snow, the sunshine and blue skies last week, I decided it was time to break out the grill.
If you're like me, the grill was just more or less put away last fall, still full of half burnt charcoal and with the grate looking pretty tough. So, the first thing I had to do was dispose of the old charcoal and soak the grate for about 30 minutes.
Before you fire up the grill, it's definitely a good idea to look over your grill to make sure there aren't any holes that have burned through anywhere in the grill.
If you're using a gas grill, check the burners and hoses before you fire up for the season.
Following are a few good tips to keep in mind throughout the grilling season:
• Clean your grill, especially the rack, before each use.
• Oil the rack prior to heating to prevent food from sticking.
• Preheat your charcoal grill and don't skimp on the charcoal. Light the coals at least 30 minutes before you plan to begin cooking. Do not put foods on the grill until the fire dies down to glowing coals.
• Even gas grills need to preheat. Turn on the flame at least 15 minutes before putting food over the fire.
• When cooking vegetables, as a general rule, don't peel vegetables before grilling. You'll get more nutrients and enjoy a smokier flavor. When cooking corn, leave the husk on corn to act as a natural insulator, keeping the steam in and preventing the corn from drying out.
• If using a sugar-based sauce on meat, poultry or fish, wait until the final 5-10 minutes of grilling to brush it on. This will allow the charcoal flavor to penetrate your food first, and prevents the sauce from becoming charred black.
For many of us, there is nothing better than a great burger or steak hot off the grill. So, who cares if there is still a little bit (or a lot) of snow on the ground? Get out the grill and think spring,
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May 9, 2012 (8 Wing/CFB Trenton, ON) – Pratt & Whitney Canada is one of the most successful manufacturers of turboprop and small turbofan engines in the world. For more than two decades, between 1988 and 2010, the Québec-based company flight tested its engines on a specially-modified Boeing 720-023B.
Introduced by Boeing in 1959, the 720 is a smaller capacity, lighter, medium range variant of the 707, one of the most successful airliners of the 20th century. C-FETB is the 720 flying test bed operated by Pratt & Whitney Canada until 2010. One of 154 model 720s manufactured by Boeing between 1959 and 1967, C-FETB is the single remaining operational 720 in the world. On May 9, 2012 the aircraft will make its final flight, traveling from Saint-Hubert to CFB Trenton – the last flight ever of a 720.
Eager to preserve this historically significant test bed, Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum (CASM) came to an agreement that will see the 720 go on loan to the National Air Force Museum of Canada, in Trenton, Ontario.
"The Canada Aviation and Space Museum prides itself in charting not only Canada's rich aviation and space heritage but also the celebration of important milestones in the history and technology of flight," said Stephen Quick, Director General of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. "Pratt and Whitney Canada have shown great foresight in donating this important aircraft to the national collection so that future generations of Canadians will be able to understand its significance and the important role it played in our aviation history."
"For the last 24 years, the Boeing 720 helped Pratt & Whitney Canada test over 8 different families of engines" said Marc Kirner, Director Flight Operation, Pratt & Whitney Canada. "Today, we are thrilled to have this historical part of our Flight Test Operation displayed and preserved where all Canadians can witness and learn about this unique, one of a kind aircraft."
PWC B720, C-FETB, taxis to the gate
after completing her final flight.
The last flight of a B720 in the world.
C-FETB is fondly known as "Pinocchio"
to her family.
C-FETB final flight crew.
LCol Dave Alexander welcomes
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Aircraft History
Original American Airlines Colours.
Now wearing the colours of Middle East Airliban.
Middle East Airlines (MEA), the largest airline in Lebanon, bought the airplane on September 25th, 1971. Re-registered as OD-AFQ, the airplane was delivered to its new owner on September 30th. Like many, if not most MEA airplanes, OD-AFQ was forced to stay away from its main base in Beirut when Israel invaded Lebanon, in June 1982, and occupied a good part of the country until 1985. Based at Orly, an airport near Paris, the airplane occasionally flew passengers for Air France and Air Inter, another French airline.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) bought the Model 720B in December 1985 and re-registered it as C-FETB (FETB as in Flying Experimental Test Bed) on January 10th, 1986. A series of modification were made after this date.
C-FETB did its flight acceptance flight on October 9th, 1986. A PWC crew flew the airplane across the Atlantic on October 12th.
Known internally as FTB1 (Flying test bed 1), C-FETB was thoroughly modified for its new role between October 1986 and January 1988.
It was equipped to test a variety of engines, for example:
The following engine types were tested on C-FETB:
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|"They needed a lot of help on defense and special teams and that's where they went with their picks."
|I am really happy with the Chargers 2011 Draft. They needed a lot of help on defense and special teams and that's where they went with their picks.
Picking up Corey Liuget, the Defensive End from Illinois was a great get. I think that he will definitely see some serious playing time this year.
But my favorite round for the Chargers was the 3rd...getting home town Wide Receiver Vincent Brown from SDSU was great because he has some good hands and will defintely be a solid target for Rivers in the coming years. And being a huge USC fan, I was happy to see the Chargers pick up Defensive End Shareece Wright. The Chargers see a lot of upside in him and I hope he comes through...he had some tough times at USC, but last year he was a shining star.
That's all for now...Kid Reporter Kody signing off :)
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pretty good pick
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Colts and Pats are the same to me.
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preety good pick right people.
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steveS9 colts are better than pats
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The Chargers still ain't gone to go all the way like the Patriots
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In every draft I see, there's a big big big shocker. There was tons of them in this one!
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first time watching it
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look like chargers has a new person and i am from new, orleans but steelers the best as my opinon
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SD all the way!
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Grant Morrison has never been short on creativity, and after San Diego Comic-Con he is going to be busier than ever. DC Comics has given him free rein by giving him two massive projects. The first is an imprint, Multiversity Too, which is a series original graphic novels based on expanding the world he created in the Multiversity mini-series. The first graphic novel, The Multiversity: The Flash, will be released in 2016. Additionally, Morrison will be writing a Batman: Black and White anthology with a carousel of artists.


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I has a favor to ask my Catster furriends!
My brofur Stevie is entered in the Bissell MVP (Most Valuable Pet) contest. If I get enough votes this week, I can go to the finals where the grand prize is $10,000. for my favorite pet charity. Mine is, of course, Blind Cat Rescue of NC, cause they helps so many special kitties!
Won't you stop by today through Jan 18 and vote for Stevie? I'll purr my thanks so loudly that you'll hear me no matter where you lives!!
Here's the votin' place:
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Zillions of Thankful Purrs,
My Meowmy asked me to write a diary entry today for a very special cause!
I have two brofurs who are blind and one sisfur who is visually impaired. My angel sisfur, Scarlett, was blind while she was on Earth.
Did you know that even 'no-kill' shelters sometimes euthanize blind cats because they are considered 'unadoptable'?
Did you realize that a blind, black blind cat - like our Bones and Charcoal - stands virtually no hope of adoption?
That cats can become blind due to birth defects, trauma, untreated disease, and yes, even human cruelty?
Did you also know that blind cats love to climb??
That they love to play with cat toys??
That they run and jump and enjoy life JUST LIKE OTHER CATS?
Did you know that there's a very special place for blind cats? A place where they are treated with love, respect, and care? It's TRUE!
This heaven-on-earth for blind cats is Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary of North Carolina, featured in the June, 2010 issue of Cat Fancy. www.blindcatrescue.com
BCR is the dream and life's work of a very special woman, and the Sanctuary depends on the sponsorships of the cats and donations from caring people around the world.
But YOU can help BCR today and everyday in the Shelter Challenge at The Animal Rescue Site! It's FREE and EASY and it can truly make a difference.
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces? siteId=3
Our Stevie, Bones, Scarlett, and Charcoal are some of the lucky ones. They found a loving, caring home, thanks to messages sent to my Meowmy from BCR! Other kitties need the resources only a Rescue can provide.
Won't you help by voting today and every day during the contest for Blind Cat Rescue of NC? (Don't forget to confirm your vote by identifying the animal photo shown after you vote!)
All the blind kitties will purr in gratitude!!
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So many of you have supported Meowmy, Mama Terry and their friends' quest to find Justice for Eve, the sweet kitten who died shortly after being adopted from Okefenokee Humane Society in Waycross, GA. You can read all about Eve on her Catster page:
I asked Meowmy to update you on a positive development!! A man from the GA Department of Agriculture answered Meowmy's (third) email to that office! He asked for Eve's medical records, saying they were necessary for an inquiry to proceed. Of course, Meowmy sent them right away. So it looks like someone has noticed us!! PURRRRRR!!!
This may take time. (Has the government ever moved quickly??) We promise to keep you updated when we have news.
For all who care about Eve, please take a moment and sign her petition, if you haven't already. It's never to late to take a stand for all the animals still at Okefenokee HS. Thank you for caring so much!!!!
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The largest city in the North African country of Morocco, Marrakesh is a spirited and fascinating place to learn more about Arab culture and the desert. Architecturally, the city is impressive, with one of the finest historic medinas, or old walled cities, in North Africa. When you arrive in Marrakesh, the first place to visit is Jemaa el-Fna, the bustling central plaza and the heart of the city. Surrounded by cafes and filled with vendors, jugglers, and snake charmers, Jemaa el-Fna is constantly bustling with life and energy.
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While the city is filled with action, Marrakesh also offers plenty of opportunities to relax. When you want a break from the noise and bustle of Marrakesh, book a massage in one of Marrakesh's many wonderful day spas. For peace and quiet, take a day trip to the Ourika Valley, a beautiful vacation spot in the High Atlas Mountains outside the city.
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- Saadian Tombs: The remains of 16th and 17th century sultans are buried in these intricately decorated tombs.
- Jardin Majorelle: Designed by a former English resident of Marrakesh, these gardens provide a pleasing respite and also contain an interesting museum of traditional Moroccan craft.
- Bahia Palace: Marvel at the elaborate Moroccan architecture and ornate interiors of this 19th century palace.
- Ben Youssef Medersa: This perfectly preserved former boarding school and adjoining mosque are a jewel from the Saadian dynasty of the 16th century.
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Fulltime RV Lifestyles: The Most Frequently Asked Questions HTML version
Talk about obvious. There we were, set up for the night and pretty much
hidden amongst the trees well to the rear of a quiet outback rest area. What gave us
away, I guess, were the overloaded Toyota Troop Carrier, our 18-foot solar-powered
caravan, and a raft of other gypsy gear. A couple of Grey Nomads, no doubt about it!
So it wasn't too long before a caravanning couple wandered across from their nearby
rest-stop to say "G'day". And their timing was excellent: the kettle had just reached the
boil, and for the next half-hour, over tea and bikkies, they enthusiastically quizzed us
about life on the road. How? Why? Where? Problems? That sort of thing.
In fact approaches of this sort, by total strangers, have become quite frequent over
recent years ─ perhaps it's fair to assume that more and more people are considering
the lifestyle. As well, there was my recreational course 'Living On the Road' that we ran
for the Centre for Adult Education in Melbourne a few years back which produced a
constant stream of similar enquiries from course participants. Still more recently, during
our stint as caretakers for a busy caravan park in country Victoria, we enjoyed daily
opportunities to play the role of evangelists for 'Freedom Road'.
The point is, over all this time, certain patterns started to emerge; many of the questions
came at us time and time again. It seemed that, despite the interest and attraction in
this low-cost, carefree lifestyle, many people lacked the confidence and know-how to
take that initial step. Understandably, for some it seems just a little too daunting.
Perhaps it's time to delve a little more deeply into what we have found to be the most
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So, let's get started. In the following pages is a selection of the sorts of questions we
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Federer overcomes Gasquet in ATP World Tour Finals
LONDON (AP) -- Defending champion Novak Djokovic joined top-ranked Rafael Nadal in ATP World Tour Finals semifinals, overcoming Juan Martin del Potro on Thursday.
Djokovic, undefeated in last year's Finals, improved to 2-0 in Group B with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over the hard-hitting Argentine.
"With his serve it's definitely a big advantage if I can get a break advantage and close it out," said Djokovic, who saved two break points early in the decider before taking del Potro's serve for a 4-2 lead. "I'm very glad I could win."
Djokovic beat Roger Federer in his opening match.
Federer made light work of Richard Gasquet for his first round-robin win, beating the Frenchman 6-4, 6-3 to boost his chances of making the semifinals for an 11th time.
Nadal qualified from Group A on Wednesday when he beat Stanislas Wawrinka to clinch the season-ending No. 1 ranking for the third time in his career.
Djokovic and del Potro couldn't reproduce their epic Wimbledon semifinal. The in-form players of the autumn exchanged groundstrokes early on, with Djokovic coming out on top of long rallies.
Playing more accurately and trying to shorten the points, del Potro soldiered on in the second set and was rewarded for his patience as he converted his first break point of the set in the sixth game thanks to a lucky net cord. The former U.S. Open winner then held his next two service games to force a third set.
In the third game, del Potro had 15-40 after Djokovic's first double fault of the match. The Serb saved the first break point with an ace and del Potro wasted the other with a botched forehand. The episode sapped del Potro's morale and he lost his serve at love in the sixth game. It was decisive.
In a match pitting together two stylists, Federer and Gasquet were ordinary. Federer quickly took control and broke Gasquet four times in the match. The Frenchman hit only 11 winners and looked inhibited throughout.
Federer, who has won a record six year-end championships, was not having a great day either - he had 30 unforced errors - but prevailed on important points as Gasquet converted only one of his six break chances. Federer needed five match points to earn his 43rd Finals win.
"It is a big win for me and hopefully I can keep it up in the next match against Juan Martin del Potro," said Federer, chasing only his second title of the year.
"I'm coming back from a lot of sort of ups and downs, resetting things, trying out things, making sure I get my confidence back, my movement and so forth."
Only once in his previous 11 Finals has Federer failed to advance to the last four. A win against del Potro on Saturday will guarantee him a spot in the semis, while Gasquet became the second player to be eliminated, following David Ferrer.
It was Federer's 11th win in 13 matches against Gasquet, who started by winning his first service game at love before fading.
The Finals are Federer's last chance to win a big tournament this season. He has won only one title in the past 14 months and has only three victories against top-10 opponents in 2013, including one against del Potro in Paris last week.
"I'm glad I got one back in Paris because I knew we could be again in the same group, we could be playing each other," Federer said. "I think that win for me in Paris psychologically was very important. I could beat top-10 guys, I beat Richard, I beat Juan Martin last week. I truly believe my confidence is higher, and that's what I need to beat the best, and Juan Martin is part of that group honestly."
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