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The first video I'd call a vlog, consider watching it and let me know what you think!
So, I've posted a ton of new stuff on my Youtube channel, if that's nothing that interest you then do know that I won't be posting these sorts of updates a lot. It's more about trying to "get out there" for other reasons. Anyway, I would greatly appreciate some feedback on a few videos (trying to pick a few highlights from this last month of intense posting)!
First, the moment that me and a few others finally completed the Criminal Mastermind Challenge in Gta: Online:
Then I updated my Ps4 500GB HDD to a 2TB HDD:
Right on time too, since the DRIVECLUB PSN+ Edition launched shortly after, which my girlfriend loves to play:
I also made a MGSV: Ground Zeroes playthrough because I'm such a huge MGS fan, happened to be the first playthrough when I never got noticed (bad rank, still proud of that):
More Gta: Online, this is when I was toying around with the Hydra plane and I suddenly ended up in Davy Jone's locker:
Finally, if you've made it this far, here's a cat, not any cat mind you! This is a Maine Coon, a large 10 kilo cat who's quite amazing:
Please, do let me know what you think? I'm looking to once again be more active, blogging more, perhaps a few vlogs if I feel less shy in the future... Anyway, at the very least don't hate me too much!
While this game was also a part of the controversy when Sony showed CGI "demos" as actual gameplay demos, it still had a lot going for it, not to mention that they did show pretty interesting gameplay later on. Of course I'm also aware of the fact that nothing has been heard about this game in the last few years, and what was said then was "it's on hold"... But you know, have to remain hopeful for the future, doesn't hurt to talk about it, that's for sure.
Now, this was always a very ambitious project, here's the description I took from Wikipedia (because I'm lazy): "The game was to be set over the course of eight days, and to be set in eight different states, which would have made it the largest game map at the time. The game would have also included a real life clock. If the game was being played at night, it would be night in the game. The player would be able to choose between two characters, one 'good' and one 'bad'. In the 'bad' characters storyline, he attempts to get revenge on a mob syndicate. The other storyline would follow the 'good' character, a detective searching for the same mob syndicate, after he kidnaps his son. The two characters end up crossing paths, and eventually work together." Sounds pretty interesting, no? Although to be honest, way too ambitious for Ps3, which is probably a reason why they decided to put in on hold to begin with.
With all this, would it not make sense to bring back this game to really show off the new hardware with Ps4 which could actually handle this? Sure if you look at the gameplay (at the end) you may see that if it was released like that today then it might not be impressive, but it's still more interesting than many other cover based shooters today. Also, they could add new elements to keep it fresh, who knows what the new hardware could allow them to do.... I for one would love to see it! It's also stated on Wikipedia that one reason for them putting it on hold was the lack of online capabilities, that's fine, there's proof today that gamers do want that. What I would suggest is that they use this game to show off AI capabilities, realistic graphics and physics, large environments... Show us that they will continue to support the offline players even though the added focus on online functionalities.
I know there will be other games doing this, I doubt InFamous: Second Son will focus on multiplayer, or that Killzone: Shadow Fall will have a half-assed singleplayer.. But you know, considering they are launch titles, they're probably not going to be all that Ps4 games can be, they need new IP's (even if they've been around in the shadows for a long time) to carry making gaming fun for us, the gamers. Furthermore I will admit that all this may just be the crazy wishes of a madman who saw potential in a forgotten game, but if there's people out there who agrees then the first step to get Eight Days back on the radar is to start talking about it, so lets talk about it!
That's enough for me I suppose, feel free to tell me if you agree or disagree! Here's the gameplay video: Eight Days gameplay video
Warning, this blog contain one bigger spoiler for those who haven't played MGS4. Also contains useful links.
I will keep this as short as possible since I know this subject has been discussed heavily already, I just want to throw in my opinion since I've been a long time MGS fan. First off, quick back story for those who don't have the full story, last week Metal Gear Solid V was officially announced and around when they showed the gameplay demo (link will be provided at the end for both the trailer and gameplay) many noticed the absence of the iconic Hayter-voice. It was later confirmed by Kojima that Big Boss will indeed have a new voice actor, however it was also discovered that Hayter was never asked or told that he had been replaced and he has expressed sadness over that fact.
First off, changing the voice of Big Boss in MGS V might sound like a logical thing to do actually, seeing that the man is getting older and (spoiler ahead) an old Big Boss was voiced by Richard Doyle in the end of MGS4 so it would be understandable. That's of course if they didn't keep the original Japanese voice actor (Akio) for the same part, when you know that the whole affair seems more questionable. Kojima has explained the VA change by saying that he want to "recreate the Metal Gear series" and that he wants it to reflect it in the voice actor as well. Isn't it safe to say that's bullshit then when the Japanese VA remains the same?
Some has said it's a big joke, that either Hayter will return as Big Boss or that he will return as the one and only Solid Snake. I don't know what to believe to be honest, Hayter has been a bit too cool about it all, and him not even being told anything about the whole thing is a bit fishy... But if this is all some big joke that both Kojima and Hayter is in on it's a pretty elaborate joke and quite frankly, it would be of pretty bad taste that has already made many fans (yes, including myself) bitter.
So therein lies the problem, either it's as they've said and they're changing the voice actor while totally ignoring the iconic voice that so many of us love for very vague reasons, or they're making a very cruel joke. If Kojima was this disrespectful towards Hayter on purpose I assume he have some problem with him, I then wish he would just man up and say it instead of dancing around the subject with contradictory statements. Don't get me wrong, I will support this new Metal Gear, and I'm still a big fan of both Kojima and Hayter, but I'm still pretty disappointed in all of this.
All we can do, no matter if you're on the "I want Hayter back!"-camp or "I'm fine with a new voice actor"-camp, is to simply voice your opinions. I suggest that if you do want Hayter back, even a little, that you say it, the comment sections on Youtube, your own blogs, site forums or sign petitions, it has helped before. Whatever happens, I do urge all fellow fans to stay somewhat positive and civil about it.
Links - Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5t45tEPWQ - Gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PisJDUCdPqI - Petition to bring back Hayter: https://www.change.org/petitions/kojima-productions-bring-back-david-hayter-as-the-voice-actor-for-snake-in-mgs-v#share
So many of us have seen BF4 by now, if you haven't I'll put a link at the end... So here's my take on it, it looks okay, however maybe a bit too "okay". What I mean with that, is that while it looks fun and all, it doesn't seem to push anything forward or so, maintaining the status quo so to say. While there do seem to be a graphical update, and perhaps more impressive destruction, what else is there?
I previously made a blog post about how games are evolving, funny how BF4 then comes and slap me in the face. Sure it seemed more free, but the demo we saw was still pretty linear and were likely heavily orchestrated. To be fair though, this was the announcement peak, and kudos to them for showing a long demo too, and if we are to consider what they did with BF3 it looks promising. Remember when BF3 was announced? I think you do, it wasn't long ago really, however then they showed a 12 minute demo that wasn't really impressive to be honest, now look at how great the game was when we look past that demo, could they do the same thing here meaning were still to see a beast behind the "okay" demo? I hope so.
One thing that worried me was the fact that the enemy models were more or less identical to the Russians in BF3, could that be a sign that the game is being rushed? I mean, it is supposed to be released fall this year, sure they could change the models since it's not finished yet, but I don't know, it was something that stood out to me. What else are they being lazy with if they haven't even bothered making new models for the enemies?
As a Ps3 gamer, I feel they've made a mistake releasing it for current gen consoles. We all expected a big leap forward when they release another numbered installment, how big can that improvement be when they release it so late in the console cycle? The problem I had with it that I apparently shared with several forum dwellers on different sites is that it's not quite impressive enough for next gen, yet too impressive for current gen. We won't see what the demo showed on Ps3 as an example, however on Ps4 we might, though will we be impressed when other great looking titles are released during the same time? If BF4 is to impress those who go for it on Ps4 and Nextbox, they really should play on what they do good, big environments, destructible terrain and huge multiplayer battles, those things could be enough to make us impressed even though it's a game on both current and next gen platforms.
Oh and while it hasn't been announced yet, it will most likely also end up on next gen consoles, count on it.
Finally, I'd like to say that I really wished they would have done something besides modern military shooter, lacks interesting colors as well, what will they do to stand out, really? Sure it seems like a grim take on the genre (although a bit cinematic, "CoD-ish" but anyway), but Spec Ops: The Line already made a masterful take on it, will it pale in comparison? Only time will tell.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8HVQXkeU8U


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I always remember as a child living in Puerto Rico, being in the kitchen and watching my incredible grandmother cook time after time. There were no recipes, no formal training, and little refinement but she had the gift, the natural ability to transform a simple ingredient into something magical. This incredible talent was inside of her and I gravitated towards this passion and respect for fresh whole foods. Mango and Avocado trees growing in the back yard, and I could never forget the sweet smell of fresh cut coconut when she made her favorite desserts, Tembleque-Coconut Pudding. Now as a restaurant-trained chef with over 13 years of experience, I honor food, love developing flavors, have never forgotten the important lessons and still gravitated to the freshest ingredients!" Chefkeila is an Institute of Culinary Education graduate & began her professional career in 2003. Straight out of school she landed her first job at New York Times 3-stars New American restaurant and soon joined many incredible restaurants in NYC. Working in these top restaurants in NYC she was introduced to High-quality ingredients, refined techniques and unique food preparations. Soon after she was inspired and wanted to expanded her approach, where she joined several prestigious catering companies. There she learned to produce high volume events and pastry arts. As a multi-talented chef with over 13 years of experience in restaurants, catering, baking, and personal chef services she dreams to have a successful catering business.
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In 2014, I had a vision of owning my own high-end boutique catering company that offered elegant experiences with delicious food and exquisite service you expect from restaurants; through personal chef and catering. In March 2016, I started my company, CKP Events Incorporated. CKP Events is a high end full-service boutique catering company that specializes in Personal Chef services, Event planning and Custom catering for private home parties, intimate weddings and corporate events. Also including floral and table design. We truly honor our company's Philosophy of First, sourcing and using the Highest Quality of Ingredients. Second, never forgetting about our Ethical beliefs that drive what we do, who we are and where we are going. Third, maintaining our intimate size. Although the size of our company is small, our ideas and execution are not! We use farmers, manufacturers, and importers who honor organic living, value sustainable agricultural practices and produce the finest quality ingredients. We also respect the sacrifice of those that make our spot on the food chain possible and never take it for granted. Our food invigorates the palette with bold flavors, colors and beautiful presentation.
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Skip to comments.20 Linux Alternatives for Common Windows Applications
Posted on 07/06/2011 4:42:51 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Looking for Linux alternatives to Windows software? Here are twenty choice Linux apps you might want to consider.
1- LibreOffice: Some might point out that Oracle's own Open Office is still very much an option, but the fact is that Linux distributions are or have already migrated to LibreOffice in its stead. Unlike the proprietary-friendly Microsoft Office, LibreOffice offers the end-user much of the same functionality without the added cost of proprietary licensing. However, the biggest downside to LibreOffice has to be the lack of proper formatting support when opening a Microsoft docx document. While the document may be supported, chances are fantastic that the previous formatting won't hold.
2- GIMP: It's been my experience that you either embrace GIMP software or run PhotoShop in WINE as an alternative. Speaking for myself, I've found that GIMP offers most of the functionality one looks for with an image manipulator. The only real issue I've ever found with GIMP is that PhotoShop users refuse to learn about its differences. I think most of the aversion to using GIMP is familiarity and laziness. Others will likely see this differently, though.
3- Swiftfox: One might think of Swiftfox as a version of Firefox that is fine-tuned for your PCs architecture. Designed exclusively for Linux enthusiasts, the project has produced some promising results for several years now. The biggest single advantage over Firefox releases 3.x (and backward) is the speed provided. At this point, however, the future of the project looks really spotty. According to some recent indicators, it seems the project may be in trouble, and a new Firefox 5.x based release looks very unlikely. Then again, it's entirely possible this long lived project could pick back up despite current setbacks.
4- Open Shot: I've found that Open Shot is easily my favorite video editor for the Linux desktop. If someone is looking for a solid Windows Live Movie Maker type of software for Linux, Open Shot should be the first place to look.
With fantastic transitions and video/audio effects, Open Shot offers a little something for everyone. Open Shot's video editing is simple and doesn't need any added time with the help manual. The only real downside to using Open Shot is that it lacks some of the advanced functionality offered by its KDE counterpart, Kdenlive.
5- Network-manager: Regardless of which desktop environment you happen to use, youll find that network-manager makes connecting to the Internet a straight forward process for Linux users. Even though the front-end applets and interfaces may differ from desktop to desktop, in the end you'll find that the experience is universally comparable to that of managing wired/wireless connections on the Window desktop.
It has been said that, in some ways, the Linux options offer a greater degree of control. The biggest hurdle that I've come across is that Linux wireless support can be hit and miss.
6- Evolution: I may be going out on a limb by suggesting Evolution as a practical Microsoft Outlook alternative. Then again, if you're seeking a reliable way to connect to Microsoft Exchange without relying on IMAP, Evolution is pretty much "it" for that goal.
The downside to Evolution is that compared to its KDE counterpart Kontact, Evolution looks like something from 15 years ago. Not only that, but Kontact offers a better layout to the features provided, as well. Sadly though, the last fifty or so times I've checked, Microsoft Exchange support for Kontact was only half done. Then again, it's entirely possible that OpenChange is changing all that.
7- F-Spot: Despite Ubuntu's choice to start including other, less useful options by default, it and other distributions continue to offer the Windows Live Photo Gallery alternative known as F-Spot within its repositories. The best of the included features offer a powerful yet simple interface that allows each person to edit and color correct their photos.
Albums, tagging and sorting F-Spot can do it all. The biggest issue I have with it is the lack of photo stitching functionality that is offered by its Microsoft counterpart.
8- gtkpod: On the Windows platform, iPod users rely on iTunes for management of their iPod devices. But for Linux enthusiasts, this can be a bit more complex as there are different ways of handling music management or iPod formatting. While other software runs many of the same libraries, gtkpod has consistently provided a solid way of managing older iPod type devices.
The biggest downside to the software is the lack of updated iOS support. It's an Apple problem: each time the libraries are updated on the Linux side, Apple releases another update putting things back to square one.
9- Rhythmbox: Just as gtkpod is a great management tool for some aspects of the iPod, like iTunes, the music management side of things on a Gnome desktop is best suited for Rhythmbox.
For handling music management, creating playlists and having access to the album art to your music, Rhythmbox is very solid software. Bundle that with some fairly compelling plugins that do stuff like allowing for Pandora playback, it's easy to see why Rhythmbox is such a huge hit.
Plus, music stores are generally provided, Linux distribution depending. However, the single biggest let down with this software is not being able to sync your recently updated iOS device with it.
10- amaroK: Unlike Rhythmbox, amaroK is a lot more attractive to look at. Offering the same kind of functionality as Rhythmbox, I've found that amaroK goes a little further for KDE desktop users in that you can find scripts to try, in addition to the available plugins. To the end-user, this simply means even greater functionality.
So even though amaroK suffers from the same iOS headaches as other software thanks to Apple updates, it's still the best from the music management point of view. I'd even say it's better than iTunes from the perspective of overall music control.
11- Evince: Life without Adobe Acrobat Reader does exist! Even though the Adobe PDF reader has a Linux option available, there is a much faster and more user-friendly option called Evince. Faster, more stable and perhaps even more desirable than its Adobe counterpart, I've found Evince to be the best option for handling PDF files on my Linux box. The only real issue I've discovered while using Evince is an apparent problem working with editable PDF files.
12- Gnash: Like most people, I'm not a big fan of the Flash plugin for my browser. It's slow, CPU intensive, and even recent fixes leave much to be desired, as it's still a stability issue for many Linux users. The alternative is known as Gnash. It's designed to offer much of the same functionality as Adobe Flash player.
Yet I'd remind you that it's still a pretty young project and not necessarily going to meet with all of your expectations. I'd instead put most of my focus on HTML5 in the future. I think Gnash isn't really going to be the answer to Flash we had all hoped for.
13- K3b: Having used a number of disc burning programs available on the Linux desktop, I'd suggest that K3b is the best available at this point. Those who are familiar with Nero from their Windows desktop will feel at home using K3b. Much of the same file/music/ISO burning functionality is found here.
Based on my usage, the only thing I'd love to see added is a Blu-ray burning option. Not asking for the playback of DRM content, rather ripping data to Blu-ray discs instead. Considering Nero for Linux offers this option, I'd love to see K3b offer the same if possible.
14- Inkscape: Because not everyone is ready to use an Adobe product, users of the Linux desktop are left to think outside of the box. This means that instead of using Adobe Illustrator, for example, youre more likely to find Inkscape providing much of the same functionality. Like with anything, there are going to be different approaches between the two software programs. But for someone not schooled heavily in Adobe, learning to use Inkscape is very simple.
As for possible disadvantages, the only thing I would point out is that Inkscape is much "simpler" than Adobe Illustrator.
15- BlueGriffon: Microsoft Expression is a popular option among those on the Windows desktop, but Linux users might be wondering what the closest thing to it would be for them. Having looked at half a dozen different options, I've found that BlueGriffon is best suited for HTML5, has decent extensibility options and just generally provides a good new-user experience.
The only real issue I found with this Expression alternative is that it's still very young. Just make sure to update often and grow with the project for best results.
16- Ekiga: Skype is a must have for many people out there looking to video chat with their contacts. And why not? there is a working Skype client for all three major platforms, including Linux. But with Skype now owned by Microsoft, it might be time to begin looking more closely at Ekiga as a viable alternative.
The single biggest buzz-kill I know of with Ekiga is the lack of real client support for OS X. Software listed as compliant with Ekiga is either dead in development or simply doesn't work all the way.
17- FreeMind: Windows users have found MindManager to be very effective in making sure that creative ideas are brought forth in a visual sort of way. And thanks to FreeMind for Linux users, this goal can be accomplished without the extra price tag or needing to be run a non-Linux operating system.
Like many advanced applications that are run on Linux these days, FreeMind is run with Java. To most people this is not a problem, but to others looking for mind mapping software, Java is a show stopper.
18- Filezilla: Running SmartFTP is common among the Web designers on the Windows platform, but cross-platform Filezilla does so much of the same thing that it almost seems silly to use anything else. I've actually found that Filezilla seems more reliable than the other FTP clients Ive used on Windows.
Add to it that it looks the same on any platform, and my feelings aren't hurt at all. Some users will likely be able to help me out with this, but I haven't been able to find anything I dislike about Filezilla in its recent releases. It has everything I could want from a decent FTP client.
19- Empathy: Only a year or two ago the world was ablaze about Digsby being the greatest instant messenger client out there. Back on the Linux front, I've found that Empathy works just fine for my needs. Not only that, but I can keep my social network logins in a separate client called Gwibber instead of piling them all into one. For me, perhaps the biggest advantage to using Empathy over Digsby is being able to use video chat.
20- Gufw: Like Windows, both the Gnome and KDE desktops have a number of great tools to set up the best firewall settings the user could need. And while Windows users have the Windows built-in firewall, Linux distributions such as Ubuntu offer something called ufw. By itself, it's easy to use from a command line. However, I've found tossing in the Gufw front end can go a long way toward making firewall control even easier.
The name kills it. If they need me to use it they need to call it something else.
It has nothing to do with the humanistic theory, BTW.
Thank you for the list. It would be nice if there were something like a Wikipedia page suggesting Linux alternatives to common Windows applications, with specific "best recommended programs" broken down by the Linux distro upon which they are to be run.
I'd like to add Cinelerra as a Linux movie editor suggestion. Its user interface is complex, its appearance daunting, but that's because it is the highest featured GPL movie editor extant. It's kind of like the cockpit of a jet rather than the dashboard of a car. But there's a lot of documentation online, both as text and on You Tube. There's even a web site "Cinelerra for Grandma."
With a name like that, I'd be wondering whether it would keep "evolving" on me, so every time I think I've conquered it, the next update would throw me a new monkey wrench.
But it does seem pretty full-featured.
The criticism common to Linux "alternatives" to proprietary software will always be that the free version doesn't have this feature or that feature, or isn't compatible with the latest from the proprietary vendor.
OF COURSE! Proprietary software vendors make little money on initial sales, which are often heavily discounted. Most of their revenue comes from paid upgrades to newer versions. And how does the vendor entice existing customers to upgrade:
So it is no surprise that the free "alternatives" will always be playing catch-up. It's the nature of the beast, not some shortcoming of free software per se.
I mention this point because a lot of people complain that free software generally lags the proprietary offerings, because they fail to understand the nature of providing "alternative" software in a competitive marketplace.
I haven't used Acrobat Reader in Windows since I discovered Foxit Reader years ago. Much smaller than Adobe and has more functionality. Plus it let's one add typewritten notations to a PDF file....and it's free.
A lot of good software packages in this list though. I'll have to install some and see how they work.
I, personally, have no need for the latest "feature" or version of any particular piece of software just to have the latest. If the feature seems useful, then I'll upgrade. This usually occurs during an OS upgrade--a new filesystem (usually), or faster boot system.
But with individual applications? Almost never. I accept upgrades for applications that run on my chosen platform, but I do not choose my platform based on certain features of applications that are available on multiple platforms.
Please report back here your findings. I am quite familiar with some of the apps listed above, but others I have not heard of before.
Also, if you have other suggestions, feel free to add them to the list!
I've found GIMP to be clunky, but hey it's free.
keepassx - a password manager. It's kind of like PasswordSafe, and can read its files if you need to.
pidgen - an IM client that understands just about every protocol on the planet.
quanta plus - a non-wysiwyg html editor. This is a highly customizable program that produces really clean HTML code.
vlc - for watching vids. there are both windows and Linux versions, and Mac versions as well I think.
celestia - a universe simulator. also Mac/Windows versions. You don't really know how big the universe really is until you try flying through it at just the speed of light. Also check out the Celestia Motherlode, which has tons of extremely cool add-ons.
gonvert - a front-end tothe 'units' utility. Want to know how many cubits there are in a light year? No problem!
Actually, the sheer number of unique utilities available is mind-boggling. Of course, many require some familiarity with the command line, but with a little effort, you can do things fairly easily and quickly that would be almost impossible to do with windows unless you're a decent programmer.
The problem with Linux/UNIX systems is that their products are named like they were named by a nerdy 16 year old trying to be different or cute.
If you look at product branding it is important not to name products something like 'K3b' or 'amaroK' if you want to get mainstream attention. UNIX names always sound like digestive system noises.
Thanks. Nice work. Some of these, I use even on Windows Machines, like GIMP.
If you ever update this, you might consider doing it a format like, "If you use MICROSOFT OFFICE, you might want to try..."
That way, your readers could look for the programs they use. Also, you could also provide multiple options, like LIBRE OFFICE and OPEN OFFICE, if you thought there was an argument to using OpenOffice instead of Libre Office.
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Since I do not need Exchange, I use Thunderbird w/ Lightning for my email/PIM - Much better for me, and is cross-platform, so it is a good trainer model for windows folks getting ready to jump to nix... Tho none of the nix apps (including Evolution) are very good at syncing (to portables, and etc).
Agree with you on Gimp, which I have grown to love. It is, however, a bit eclectic, and I can see where folks might have less patience with it than they ought to... But that patience is rewarded greatly. GIMP is cross-platform, and runs in Windows too.
Also a big fan of Pidgin, at least in my portable environments... though for the biggest two IM networks (YIM, MSMess, and facebook too), Yahoo makes a nix compatible YIM, which may be a more familiar interface. Skype users have the convenience of cross-platform too, IIRC. Pidgin is also cross-platform, and as an IM, can run almost any IM network simultaneously.
One of the biggest buzz-kills is bookkeeping software - and it is the hardest to transition. Let me humbly suggest GnuCash as a very sturdy and feature rich alternative, fit for any size business (or at least it has been for those I consult for (SOHO and under fifty emps)). GnuCash is also cross-platform, so Windows users can acclimatize using the Windows version. And most will have to acclimatize - It is more like MYOB or PeachTree than it is MSMoney or an Intuit product... But I have found that independent bookkeepers (and there is the biggest worry) can very easily handle the transition, and ALL that I have turned on to Gnucash wind up offering it as an alternative to all their clients.
As an active proponent of moving folks over to Linux, I have found the jump to be more palatable for my clients if I get them switched onto cross-platform softs as much as possible before the jump is made, tackling one thing at a time, so their equilibrium can be maintained. With in 3 to 6 months, with the major software having already been transitioned while in Windows, the main transition into a Linux Desktop Environment is relatively painless.
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This is a discussion on What's your favorite appendix carry rig? within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I'm looking for a good appendix carry holster for my Shield. I would prefer not to have to wait 6+ weeks to get it. I ...
I'm looking for a good appendix carry holster for my Shield. I would prefer not to have to wait 6+ weeks to get it. I like the concept of the kydex with the offset clip like the one in this link but I'm worried that the weight of the gun will drag the holster down due to the clip's location. So what appendix holsters do you guy's use?
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕExperience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyrannyThomas Jefferson
"No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that's in the right and keeps on a-comin."
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This. http://www.giholsters.com/silent-thu...ppendix-carry/. I have three and am soon ordering the fourth for my lcr.
I had my appendix removed a long time ago so I cannot carry anything on it. :)
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ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕExperience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyrannyThomas Jefferson
Sofia Vergara in a bikini carrying a Model 57... Oh wait, that's NOT what you were asking about?
The Totalitarian State in America will not arise at the point of a gun. It will come with a message of
"We only want what's best for you. It's for your own good."
Favorite: GALCO Sto-N-Go Holster all leather, Galco quality, re-inforced mouth for easy re-holstering, single clip. Under $30 got them (2) from Optics Planet a sponsor here so price might get even better. I have one that I use for a Glock G26 and G19 9mm pistols. I have another I use for a 5-shot 357 J frame revolver. I like 'em, they're comfortable, inexpensive but good quality, available (like 3 days?) and hold well and conceal well. What more could you ask for under $30?
I also have a "Bare Asset" from High Noon holsters that isn't specifically for AIWB carry but it works for my Glock G30sf in 45acp. All leather, single clip, under $30, also.
-- Robert
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Red Cent Custom Leather, McLeansville, N.C. He made me a prototype of an aiwb for my Colt Agent/Cobra. Extremely comfortable and easy presentation. Check him out on his website and Facebook. My holster is numbers 16 and 17 on his products page. Future holsters will be better finished than the prototype in the pictures. He has offered to make me a better one but I'm not giving this one back.
For appendix carry or spleen crossdraw, I prefer a Remora with a full sweat shield. It stays put
Currently I have 2 that I use in the 12:30-1:00 position
For 2 different pistols.
I have the JM Customs AIWB with the extra tuck for my 4" 1911 in .45
I recently rec'd and really appreciate my Secret Sentry by Vigilance Tactical for a full size SAR K2 .45
They're both pretty decent out of the box but with a little Velcro and some closed cell foam they are both comfortable and very concealable.
Good Luck
And the old man said, "We'll see..."
Sorry can't help you on this cause I don't have a appendix.
Me & my Ruger SR40C in a
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Gun culture at its best is rooted in a desire to protect, and especially to protect the people we love-Rachel Lu (University of St. Thomas)
Also a fan of the Galco Sto n Go. I use one for the j frames. Light, stays put, well made.
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I just received mine in the mail. This is my new favorite holster.
The "Guardian" IWB Holster | Badger Concealment
The clip is incredibly sturdy. This means my leather holsters are going on sale!
Psalm 144:1
I have been carrying a Glock 23 in a High Noon Public Secret holster for over 6 years now an I have not found a better holster for this purpose.
Quality leather formed to the particular firearm, sight channel, slide guard, tension screw and heavy duty belt clip.
As always a quality two ply gun belt is a requirement for a solid carry rig.
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È stato scelto un vincitore tra 71 design presentati da 26 designer.
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New Delhi, Feb 2: Maulana Masood Azhar, the alleged mastermind of Pathankot air base last month, has threatened Pakistan to face consequences if it takes action against anti-India elements.
Writing in Peshawar-based jihadi magazine al-Qalam, Azhar said that an army prepared by him loves death.
"I have prepared an army that adores death. To uproot this army is not in the power of our enemies. God willing, this army will not let our enemies celebrate, nor occasion for anyone to miss my presence," he was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.
He also threatened Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over talks with India.
Read More: Declare Masood Azhar global terrorist: India to urge China
"The rulers of our country are sad that we have disturbed their friends. They wish to arise on the Day of Judgment to be judged as friends of (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi and (former Prime Minister) Atal Behari Vajpayee,"Azhar wrote.
Writing about action against mosques, seminaries and jihad will have adverse effect on the integrity of Pakistan.
Masood Azhar was freed along with two other terrorists in exchange for passengers of Indian Airlines flight IC814, hijacked from Kathmandu to Kandahar in 1999.
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Writers bemoan the demon drink
The literary greats suffered their fair share of hangovers, writes Robin Lynam
As the drinkers among us recover from Christmas and approach the traditional January 1 headache, we can take some consolation that we are not alone. Paying the price for the party is nothing new.
Hangovers have been around for as long as alcohol, and for much of that time writers have been recording not only their intoxicated euphoria, but their queasy morning-after penitence, too.
"Life is a dream," wrote Chinese poet Li Po in the 7th century BC, on waking, as he often did, in a state of profound alcoholic disorientation.
"No need to stir. Remembering this I'm drunk all day. Lying helpless beside the porch. Waking to see the deep garden. One bird calls among the flowers. Ask myself what's the season?"
Anybody who has ever spent the first nausea-racked minutes of a new day trying to figure out where they are, how they got there, and what some other person who looks like them did or said eight or nine hours ago, will know how he felt.
Not much had changed 2,000 years later, and 8,000 kilometres away, when William Shakespeare started taking on the subject. We cannot know whether the Swan of Avon woke up after the first night party for Hamlet groaning "To be or not to be?" but booze looms large in his work.
Sometimes he celebrates drunken revels. In the comedy Twelfth Night, the colourfully named Sir Toby Belch rebukes the strait-laced butler Malvolio with the sharp question: "Dost thou think that because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?"
However, he also explores the darker side of having one drink too many, and the attendant risk of unusual behaviour - particularly for those who know they have no head for it. Othello's lieutenant Michael Cassio is one example. Having been plied with drink by the master manipulator Iago, Cassio gets into a drunken brawl and, as he slowly sobers up, assimilates the implications: "I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance revel and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!"
It is this sense of impotent remorse confounded by pain and nausea that Kingsley Amis- who experienced more than his share of mornings after - described as a "metaphysical hangover", an "ineffable compound of depression, sadness [these two are not the same], anxiety, self-hatred, sense of failure and fear for the future". Many of us will recognise those symptoms.
Amis wrote extensively on drink, and many of his thoughts on the subject are now collected in a single highly readable volume, Everyday Drinking, published in 2009 by Bloomsbury. But his best evocation of a straightforward physical hangover is to be found in his first and best novel, 1954's Lucky Jim. It is worth quoting in full.
"Dixon was alive again. Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way; not for him the slow, gracious wandering from the halls of sleep, but a summary, forcible ejection. He lay sprawled, too wicked to move, spewed up like a broken spider-crab on the tarry shingle of the morning.
"The light did him harm, but not as much as looking at things did; he resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again. A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum.
"During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad."
Amis' view of the morning after falls somewhere between the wry but lighthearted descriptions of P.G. Wodehouse, who, in 1949's The Mating Season, identified the hangover as falling into six types - "the Broken Compass, the Sewing Machine, the Comet, the Atomic, the Cement Mixer and the Gremlin Boogie" - and the more clinical analysis of writers such as Charles R. Jackson, whose The Lost Weekend Amis described as "marvellous and horrifying" and "the best fictional account of alcoholism I have read".
It probably wasn't all fiction. Jackson also had plenty of first-hand experience of the heavy drinker's self-inflicted agonies, to which the following account in The Lost Weekend (published in 1944 and filmed, left, in 1945 by Billy Wilder, starring Ray Milland) of a hung-over attempt to forswear the demon booze bears eloquent witness.
"It was going to be for good, this time, there was no getting around that. It meant bed for several days, bed and frightful hangover and shattered nerves. And it was something he wasn't going to go through without liquor to help him, liquor to taper off with gradually, a few bottles cached here and there in secret places about the flat, aid that he could turn to when the mornings got too bad.
"He'd get half a dozen, somehow, somewhere. Nobody would believe, of course, that it was liquor to be used medicinally only. Nobody would believe that he would drink just enough of it and no more, just enough to keep his sanity. They'd be certain that it meant he was off again and that the long weekend was to stretch to another long week or longer. But he knew better. Knew when he was licked (temporarily). Knew when it was time to stop and recoup and get back on his feet and stay that way for a while."
Amis and Jackson are part of a long roll call of heavy drinking 20th century writers who include F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Dylan Thomas, Brendan Behan (who called himself "a drinker with writing problems") and Malcolm Lowry. The latter's 1947 novel Under the Volcano vies with The Lost Weekend as the definitive harrowing "fictional" account of alcohol dependency, with a grim ring of personally experienced truth.
Like Amis, Lowry found hangovers a source of occasional inspiration - but with a catch.
"With a bad hangover, your thoughts are often incredibly brilliant but you can't put them down because you cannot believe yourself capable in such a state of doing a single constructive thing," he reflected. "When you start putting your thoughts down again, that means you are getting over your hangover. But by this time the thoughts are no good."
Faulkner, on the other hand, thought writers and artists should use their work as a sort of substitute for aspirin. A writer, he thought, "If he gets to work, the first thing he knows, he don't remember that pain, that hangover - he's too busy."
If he's lucky. Perhaps the single most painful aspect of the hangover is the way fragmented recollection of the evening's uncharacteristic behaviour returns in fits and starts throughout the following day, or even week - sometimes in the form of first-hand witness accounts.
As Fitzgerald succinctly put it: "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you."
For the slowly recovering drunk the major problem is often getting the previous evening's excesses into perspective. Drinkers who consider themselves scintillating after the third or fourth glass of their chosen tipple often form a more realistic appraisal of their performance the next day. In the words of Dylan Thomas, "Somebody's boring me. I think it's me."
Things could be far worse, though. One of the best accounts in literature of drunken bad behaviour, and morning-after reconstruction, is to be found in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story A Most Unfortunate Incident (sometimes translated more bluntly as A Nasty Story), which recounts at length the wrecking of a wedding celebration by a drunken gatecrasher.
Ivan Ilyich Pralinsky, having drunkenly passed out, awakes the following morning in the home of his reluctant host, who is one of his subordinates at work.
"For some time the headache, vomiting, and other most unpleasant attacks would not leave him for a minute. These were the torments of hell. Consciousness, though barely flickering in his head, lit up such abysses of horror, such dismal and loathsome pictures, that it would have been better not to regain consciousness.
"However, everything was still mixed up in his head ... He shuddered, imagining various pictures to himself. What would they say about him, what would they think, how would he enter the office, what whispering would pursue him for a whole year, for 10 years, all his life?"
Although it takes a few days, Dostoyevsky's protagonist's unwarrantedly good opinion of himself gradually recovers. But it is while languishing in the depths of his hangover that he briefly achieves some real self-knowledge.
Amis, on the other hand, thought recovering drunks could be too hard on themselves. So in the spirit of New Year goodwill, and in the hope of not having too many mornings in 2013 racked with sobering self-recrimination, let's leave the last word to him.
"Start telling yourself that what you have is a hangover. You have not suffered a minor brain lesion, you are not all that bad at your job, your family and friends are not leagued in a conspiracy of barely maintained silence about what a s*** you are, you have not come at last to see life as it really is."
Let us hope he is right. I'll certainly drink to that.
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In the 1980s, Toronto-based Polydex Pharmaceuticals was developing dextran products, including a high-viscosity cellulose-dextran compound intended for developing Polaroid film. The film company, however, eventually chose to use another chemical. Some years later, research showed that dextran-based compounds were an effective contraceptive that also killed the herpes and gonorrhea viruses as well as HIV. Polydex CEO George Usher had a hunch that the cellulose-dextran compound stored in his warehouse might work. Usher tracked down initial funding from a now-defunct nonprofit organization to do animal studies, and the results looked promising.
The company already had the infrastructure and expertise in working with dextran-based products, and the compound had initially been developed as an industrial product, so production costs had been tightly managed. But the company had only $2 million in annual sales and was in no position to fund additional studies. "What part of 'money' don't you understand?" Usher quipped to the scientists who were pestering him to back more testing. The market Polydex was looking at did not spell blockbuster or even a profitable niche, so venture capital funding or a partnership with Big Pharma did not seem a likely route. Government agencies such as the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, and the Canadian and European governments had grants earmarked for potential products that could be distributed cheaply in developing countries to slow the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. These programs, however, are subject to the waxing and waning of government funding. Usher saw another way.
Over the past five years, nonprofit funding organizations have greatly increased their presence in drug R&D, says Chris Earl, CEO of BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, that creates incentives for drug companies to target diseases of developing countries. BVGH was spun out of the Biotechnology Industry Organization and is supported in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. "Some markets are better than you might think, if you have a valuable, affordable drug," he says. "There has been a revolution in the amount of money for the developing world in the past five or ten years." Other organizations similar to BVGH have also emerged that have nonprofit money available to for-profit companies. Taken together, these collaborations are called product development partnerships (PDPs).
Usher teamed up with CONRAD, formerly the Contraceptive Research and Development Program, an Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit dedicated to finding new ways to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections in developing countries. Its funding comes mainly from the Gates Foundation and USAID. CONRAD is helping Polydex to develop Ushercell, its cellulose-dextran-based microbicidal prophylactic. Ushercell is now in Phase III trials in India and Africa, and CONRAD will have contributed approximately $40 million to its development, trial monitoring, and manufacturing. Without this partnership, Polydex could never have afforded to take its drug to human trials. Moreover, the drug probably would have stalled during drug development, because Polydex had no expertise in human clinical trials. "I could spell FDA, but that's about it," says Usher.
In their agreement, CONRAD allowed Polydex to maintain all commercial and intellectual property rights to Ushercell. In return, Polydex has given a written promise to offer Ushercell to developing countries at a miniscule profit margin. "Usually we try to have a nonexclusive license in the developing world," says CONRAD CEO Henry Gabelnick. "For most of our other products, we do have rights to the intellectual property." But Polydex was clear that maintaining IP rights was a make-or-break issue, and CONRAD was flexible; the deal still ensured developing countries would be protected from soaring prices. CONRAD is also helping Polydex navigate the intricacies of regulatory government agencies, including the FDA and African and Indian government offices.
Four Tips for a Winning Proposal
Nonprofits and their intermediaries have varying funding models, but some common approaches can increase chances for a successful proposal.
1. Conduct significant fact-finding in your chosen area of R&D to understand the needs and issues of third-world development projects you are targeting. While you may be using this type of project ultimately as a stepping stone to for-profit goals, the solutions you are proposing must reflect a practical knowledge of third-world needs. "I went to Africa and saw the destruction of HIV," says Polydex CEO George Usher. He adds that he started to understand the cultural issues and how Ushercell could be a practical solution.
2. Stress speed in your approach to R&D, and what your company will do to expedite the process. "The bottom line is that we want the groups who can do it the fastest and most efficiently ... and we will pay them to do it," says Zeda Rosenberg, CEO of the International Partnership for Microbicides.
3. Include specific goals rather than broad aims, and make sure the project is milestone-driven, as you would for a partnership proposal with another biotech or pharma company. "We were used to NIH-style grants with specific aims and areas of exploration," says Jack Newman of Amyris. "Having specific milestones provides insight and clarity to the project."
4. Include input from people in different functions throughout your company. This will not only give the proposal a well-rounded science, business, and operational focus, but also get your staff thinking about other in-house programs that could be leveraged with this type of funding. Items considered in proposals, says John Wecker, director of immunization solutions at the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, include the reputation of the company, its economic viability, and its scientific and technological capabilities.
Other companies have also taken the leap into nonprofit. Amyris Biotechnologies, based in Emeryville, Calif., used an agreement with the nonprofit pharmaceutical company One World Health - via $42.6 million in funding from the Gates Foundation - to develop an antimalarial drug for developing countries. The drug, called artemisinin, is a product of synthetic biology. The company has designed microbes to make the active form of the drug and can scale up production to get hundreds of grams of very pure compound at a fraction of what it costs to laboriously extract the chemical from wormwood, its natural source.
Such a strategy is appealing to nonprofit organizations. "We work with partners to ensure availability and affordability. The key is that the end products reach people," says John Wecker, director of immunization solutions at the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), a nonprofit based in Seattle. Amyris used the funding to build its drug development platform and improve its technologies - crucial elements in developing artemisinin. The company will see its drug distributed in developing countries, a laudable goal that boosts the morale and focus of an already good place to work, says Jack Newman, director of research at Amyris. The company retains the R&D experience as well as the rights to the technology, and it will use them to create products intended for the US market.
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Contact: To view requests for proposals, go to www.path.org/rfp-index.php
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On 10/13/11 02:47 PM, Rick Hillegas wrote: > On 10/13/11 3:12 AM, Kristian Waagan wrote: >> On 10/13/11 12:48 AM, Kathey Marsden wrote: >>> FYI, I filed this IFRA issue which has some impact on the Derby Jira >>> VTI in our demos. >>> I suppose the demo will still work but now Jira export is limited to >>> 1000 issues. Is a DERBY issue in order as well? >> >> Working around that limit is possible in this case [1] - the question >> is if we want to do that? >> >> If people are using this demo extensively as their own private "Derby >> JIRA cache", I think some effort should be invested into writing >> something that imposes less load on the ASF JIRA instance. >> >> Writing something solid here may require quite a bit of effort. >> Without having given this extensive thought, I think parsing emails >> as suggested on infra is the kindest option. This would probably suit >> committers well. >> Maybe the activity stream (as an RSS feed) could be used too, but in >> that case it may be harder to make sure no updates are missed. >> A third option is to use the SOAP API. One has to be able to define a >> suitable search (for instance 'give me all updates on Derby from date >> X to date Y'), but I suspect you'd have to download all the issue >> information instead of just what changed in that period. The upside >> with this approach compared to the RSS one, is that you decide when >> you want to update your copy. > Now that we (by which I mean Kristian) know how to use the SOAP API, > it may be possible to write a restricted vti that wraps the SOAP API. > I believe that the existing vti is used to dramatically reduce the set > of issues you have to look at by applying restrictions which cannot be > expressed in the JIRA gui. What are examples of such restrictions? > If I understand correctly, those restrictions can be expressed in the > SOAP API. By pushing those restrictions into the SOAP query, we would > dramatically reduce the data set being requested from JIRA in the > first place. That should satisfy the objections of the INFRA group. I'm still a little puzzled by how this demo/tool is being used. There's a big difference if we go from parsing a local XML file multiple times, to accessing the JIRA instance through the SOAP API on every invocation (for instance as you are refining your SQL query). FYI, pulling in SOAP requires some extra libraries. A tool as described above would probably be a Maven project like the SOAP client used to generate parts of the release notes. Regards, -- Kristian > > Thanks, > -Rick >> >> All solutions require some kind of initial database population >> functionality, which can be "abused" in the same way as the current >> approach (before the JIRA limit was in place). >> >> The requirements for the "permanent Derby JIRA cache" and the demo >> differ, and it may be unwise to include something that will reach out >> to the ASF JIRA instance out of the box. If I understand this >> correctly, you currently have to manually obtain the XML file to be >> parsed by the VTI. >> >> >> -- >> Kristian >> >> [1] This would be a two-step task, it requires changes both on how we >> interact with JIRA and how the VTI works. >> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> Kathey >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: [jira] [Created] (INFRA-4026) Jira no longer allows >>> export of more than 1000 issues. Gives HTTP Status 403 - You are not >>> allowed to get a result set of more than 1000 results. >>> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:45:12 +0000 (UTC) >>> From: Kathey Marsden (Created) (JIRA) <firstname.lastname@example.com> >>> <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> >>> To: firstname.lastname@example.com >>> <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jira no longer allows export of more than 1000 issues. 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Once the >>> issues are dumped I can run lots of analytic queries with the VTI >>> without taxing Jira and without manual intervention. >>> >>> I have noticed that recently though, that the maximum rows returned >>> from Jira has been reduced to 1000. >>> >>> e.g. >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/temp/SearchRequest.xml?pid=10594&sorter/field=issuekey&sorter/order=DESC&tempMax=6000&reset=true&decorator=none >>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/temp/SearchRequest.xml?pid=10594&sorter/field=issuekey&sorter/order=DESC&tempMax=6000&reset=true&decorator=none> >>> >>> >>> now yields an error: >>> HTTP Status 403 - You are not allowed to get a result set of more >>> than 1000 results. Current search returns 5450 results >>> >>> type Status report >>> >>> message You are not allowed to get a result set of more than 1000 >>> results. Current search returns 5450 results >>> >>> description Access to the specified resource (You are not allowed to >>> get a result set of more than 1000 results. Current search returns >>> 5450 results) has been forbidden. >>> >>> Can you please restore the previous defaults so the data dump can >>> occur ? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This message is automatically generated by JIRA. >>> If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA >>> administrators:https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa >>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators%21default.jspa> >>> >>> For more information on JIRA, >>> see:http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira >>> >>> >>> >> >
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BeschreibungIn post-Soviet Russia's transition to new political and economic systems, few issues are as important as labor. Although the "worker's paradise" may have been largely imaginary, the loss of job security and benefits that has accompanied marketization could well become a catalyst for yet another political upheaval. This book explores how the Yeltsin government has attempted to avoid this pitfall of system change. Lightning Print on Demand Title
Inhaltsverzeichnis* Slippery Surfaces: Conceptualizing Russias Political Transition * Searching for Consensus: Corporatisms Shakedown Cruise, 1992 * Disunited Front: Trade Union Politics and Conflict * Renewal or Exhaustion? Trilateralism and Conflict in 1993 * Institutions and Conflict in the Russian Transition * Epilogue: 1996
PortraitWalter D. Connor is professor of political science, sociology, and international relations at Boston University and a fellow of Harvard University's Russian Research Center.
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London, July 4 (ANI): Legendary playwright William Shakespeare-known for his plays like 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Hamlet', etc.-has officially been named Britain's greatest national treasure in a new poll.
The poll was sponsored by ice-cream makers Mivvi.
Buckingham Palace grabbed the second spot, while position three went to fish and chips.
Fourth on the list was Big Ben, while the age-old red phone boxes wrapped up the top five.
Wimbledon was placed at the 16th spot, and it became the highest sporting event to feature in the poll.
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People who featured highly in the poll include the Queen at number nine and The Beatles at 15.
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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Washington, DC/Downtown places you in Chinatown, within a leisurely stroll of popular sights such as Ford's Theater and Verizon Center. This 198-room, 3-star hotel has free breakfast along with conveniences like a 24-hour fitness center and free in-room WiFi. Located centrally in Washington, it's also close to White House and United States Capitol.
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"With the mobius pro [dragonfly] we set out to improve our original stylus while keeping the ergonomic, comfortable shape as a number one priority" said Andrew Pischke, founding partner of v23next. Brian Miller, a comic book colorist, founder of Hi-Fi colour design and co-author of Hi-Fi Color for Comics commented, "I like the smaller diameter of the Mobius Pro tip which does not block my view when drawing or painting the way some other stylus pens do… The unique shape of the tip allows me to sketch and paint at angles some other stylus pens can not match".
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CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - Cherokee County's newest large employer is now open in a county-owned industrial park. Inalfa Roof Systems makes sunroofs for automotive clients such as Ford, Nissan and BMW.
The company recruited its workforce through North Georgia Staffing.
"I was out of work, I'd say a few months," said new hire Neia Jones.
"To be a part of something that's part new and just coming in and you're a part of that, it's good," said current worker Anna Lopez.
Lopez was on unemployment.
"I was ready to get out and do a job instead of sitting at home, and there wasn't a lot of people hiring," Lopez told Channel 2's Jim Strickland.
The factory anchors the 100-acre Cherokee 75 Park. Land and infrastructure cost $8 million in bond proceeds. Development Vice Chairman Steve Holcomb is hoping to have the park full in a year with industrial and office businesses.
"It can have very easily 1,000 to 2,000 jobs, and as far as capital investment, it can very easily have over $500 million," said Holcomb.
Inalfa has 100 workers now and expects 300 within a year.
"When we're done here you'll see this plant fully populated with assembly lines similar to what you're seeing today. We'll probably have seven to eight complete lines," said manager Daniel Twork.
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Sebastian Vettel eased to a comfortable victory with team-mate Mark Webber coming home second for Red Bull. Button, meanwhile, secured eighth place after starting 17th on the grid due to a strategic error by McLaren in qualifying on Saturday, while his team-mate Lewis Hamilton climbed from 20th to finish sixth.
He said: "I am pleased with the result and Lewis did a great job finishing sixth so we got some reasonable points considering where we started."
Sunday's result means the reigning world champion is fourth in the drivers' standings with 35 points alongside Mercedes' Nico Rosberg with Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso (both 37) behind leader Felipe Massa (39).
Button added: "Fourth (in the championship) does not sound as good as third but it has all closed up a lot. Massa is leading so that is pretty exciting.
"I wish we did not have the problem we did on Saturday as that cost us a lot of points but in the end it was not so bad."
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"The fact that we'll leave Malaysia with 12 more constructors' championship points than we had when we arrived here is a powerful testament to the professionalism and determination that both Lewis and Jenson showed," he said. "Looking forward to China, there are many positives to reflect on.
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A new exhibit at the Muhammad Ali Center is hoping to take a step in the right direction toward global citizenship.
The Right Foot exhibit features shoes of celebrities from Pope Benedict to Oprah, Nelson Mandela Jennifer Lawrence and of course Muhammad Ali.
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Video shows armed man in California clash with Suge Knight: attorney
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marion "Suge" Knight, who is charged with murder for running over a man at a California hamburger stand, plans to produce a video showing an attacker brandished a gun just before the fatal incident, his attorney said in court papers.
Attorney Tom Mesereau gave few details on the video in a motion submitted on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, including how it was shot and how Knight obtained it.
Knight, 50, is charged with murder, attempted murder and two counts of felony hit-and-run in connection with a Jan. 29 confrontation in the parking lot of a hamburger stand that left one man dead.
Prosecutor Cynthia Barnes has said in court that the Death Row Records co-founder traded punches with sometime actor Cle "Bone" Sloan through the window of his pickup truck at the hamburger stand in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton, before putting the vehicle into reverse and knocking over Sloan.
Knight then drove forward to strike Sloan with the vehicle and ran over 55-year-old Terry Carter, who later died, Barnes said.
But Mesereau in his latest court papers, citing a video of the confrontation that he said Knight would submit as evidence, described his client as having been "viciously attacked" and fleeing for his life.
"Most significantly, the video discloses one of his attackers brandishing a weapon. When this armed attacker dropped his gun, the video depicts an associate retrieving the weapon and placing it in his waistband," Mesereau wrote in the court papers.
Knight, who is held on bail of $10 million, has pleaded not guilty. Continued...