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Three engineering departments at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – mechanical and aerospace, biomedical, and chemical and biochemical – are teaming up to create a prototype of an ultra-tiny motor small enough to be part of a system that could eventually travel patients' bloodstreams to help repair damaged cells, organs and DNA.
A prototype of the "Viral Protein Nano Motor" is expected to be unveiled in 2007, with research and development funded by a four-year $1,050,017 grant from the National Science Foundation and its Nanoscale Science and Engineering program.
The term "nano" refers to nanotechnology – the study and process of working with devices and assembling structures by using atom- or molecule-sized building blocks. In this case, Rutgers scientists are using biological molecules derived from virus-based proteins to build a bio-nano motor that can perform a linear opening and closing motion.
The motor, invisible to the naked eye, will be so small that 50,000 of them would be able to line up in the width of a human hair. It would potentially work within systems of additional nano components that may perform such actions as spinning, stretching or sensing temperature or position. Together, these components would make up the systems that travel the bloodstream or perform other unprecedented tasks in medicine and industry.
"Various bio-nano components like our linear motor will be developed throughout the world over the next 10 years," said Constantinos Mavroidis, Rutgers associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and principal investigator on the project. "Availability of these components will then pave the way for development of complete nanorobotic assemblies in the ensuing years."
Mavroidis said the idea had its genesis about two years ago in conversations with Yarmush. "Because the motor will be used in an assembly of various biological components, we considered using proteins and DNA molecules as the building blocks," Mavriodis said. "By putting together my experience in robotics and mechanical design with Dr. Yarmush's knowledge of biomedical engineering, we began to come up with some answers."
Connecting the motor with other biological and structural elements is where chemistry and biochemistry come in, Mavroidis said. "No one has tried this to the extent that we're doing it. It's really very new. It's a new molecular motor and the assembly of various biological elements that can work together in a multi-component bio-nano system."
Mavriodis compares developing bio-nano motors to designing the internal combustion engine, which later was combined with other components to develop such history-changing advances as the automobile and airplane. "Two years ago, our ideas seemed very ambitious, like science fiction. Now it's becoming a reality," he said.
At Rutgers, Mavroidis is working closely with Martin Yarmush, chairman of biomedical engineering; Silvina Tomassone, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering; Atul Dubey and Gaurav Sharma; graduate research assistants in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering; and Kevin Nikitczuk, an undergraduate research assistant in the department of biomedical engineering. Other scientists involved in the project include Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos of the University of Connecticut's chemistry department and Bernie Yurke, a physicist with Lucent Techologies, Bell Labs.
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ATA Management Conference & Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ - ALK Technologies today announced the release of CoPilot Live Truck for iPhone, the first voice-guided GPS navigation app designed specifically for professional truck drivers. Available immediately to download from the iTunes App Store, the new app makes truck-specific GPS navigation more portable and more affordable than dedicated navigation devices.
Unlike consumer navigation apps, CoPilot Live Truck provides safe and reliable routes on truck-legal roads throughout North America. Based on driver and vehicle profiles, CoPilot Live Truck automatically calculates routes taking into account vehicle size, weight, width and load type to avoid commercial truck restrictions. Truck-specific capabilities include:
Avoids low bridge clearances and weight/height/width-restricted roads
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USGS Groundwater Information
Groundwater Resources Program
New & Noteworthy
Press Release: Study Explores Groundwater and Geothermal Energy in Drought-Stricken Eastern Oregon and Neighboring States
Technical Announcement: USGS Issues Revised Framework for Hydrogeology of Floridan Aquifer
Press Release: High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels Continue to Decline
Regional Groundwater Availability Study Geospatial Data
Press Release: USGS Assesses Current Groundwater-Quality Conditions in the Williston Basin Oil Production Area
USGS Groundwater Watch
USGS maintains a network of active wells to provide basic statistics about groundwater levels.
Other Water Topics
USGS in Your State
USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
Water-Table Fluctuation (WTF) Method
Estimating Specific Yield (Sy)
"The specific yield (Sy) of a rock or soil, with respect to water, is the ratio of (1) the volume of water which, after being saturated, it will yield by gravity to (2) its own volume" ( Meinzer 1923). The following formula is generally used as an operational definition of Sy:
Sy = f - Sr (1)
where f is porosity and Sr is specific retention (the volume of water retained by the rock per unit volume of rock). Specific yield is treated as a storage term, independent of time that in theory accounts for the instantaneous release of water from storage. In reality, the release of water is not instantaneous. Rather, the release can take an exceptionally long time, especially for fine-grained sediments. The fact that Sy is not constant but varies as a function of depth to the water table is described from the perspective of soil physics by Childs (1960).
Estimates of Sy for application in the WTF method typically are derived from laboratory or field approaches. Laboratory approaches usually involve column-drainage experiments or determination of the moisture-retention curve for a soil. Field approaches include aquifer tests, water budgets, geophysical surveys, and field-capacity tests. The reader is referred to Healy and Cook (2002) for a detailed discussion on methods for estimating Sy.


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Beleaguered CSIRO staff in Canberra are demanding no fewer than 300 bicycle storage bays at their new Black Mountain site.
Their lobbying comes as other federal government workplaces in the nation's capital pay for $490 audits to find out if their offices are bike-friendly.
The CSIRO, whose national numbers have dropped from 6500 to fewer than 6100 because of recent redundancies and a ban on temps and contractors, is set to abandon its headquarters in Campbell, near the War Memorial, and move all ACT staff to its Black Mountain campus.
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The proposal involves building a new research centre and refurbishing other areas, and its first phase should be finished when the lease on the Campbell office expires in 2016.
Consolidation of CSIRO properties will cost about $196 million, but the organisation says it is critical to the sustainability of its operating budget, too much of which is spent maintaining old, dangerous buildings.
The CSIRO Staff Association has filed a submission to the parliamentary standing commission on public works saying employees want access to bike storage bays which are "appropriately located, secure, covered and well lit".
Black Mountain-based cyclist and hydrologist Scott Wilkinson, who helped write the staff association submission, said the figure of 300 bays was based on the ratio of cyclists at other CSIRO sites.
"There will be 1500 staff [at Black Mountain] and we see a 20 per cent level of demand," Dr Wilkinson said.
He conceded management had been quoting a survey saying there would not be so many cyclists, but said counting cyclist numbers could be tricky because bikes were often hidden away in the corners of offices.
He said the facility should be ''built to aspirational standards''.
''This will encourage people to take on the wellbeing benefits [of cycling].''
Dr Wilkinson said it was important to have ''end-of-ride facilities'' such as showers and a place to hang cycling clothes to dry during the day.
The executive officer of cycling lobby group Pedal Power, John Armstrong, said asking for 300 bike storage bays was a positive move because ''this is the reason people take jobs at certain places''.
His organisation has done audits on more than 15 ACT workplaces, a number of which were federal government workplaces, to give star ratings for cycling facilities, including end-of-ride amenities.
Other criteria the offices were marked on included bike parking, access to work from the parking area, number of parking spaces, security and weather protection.
Pedal Power's document said cycling helped increase workforce productivity, decrease absenteeism and raise the health, morale and enthusiasm and lower lifestyle-related disorders.


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Bernice Summerfield was the first series produced by Big Finish Productions, and was a range which combined both audio and prose releases in its ongoing narrative. Beginning in 1998 with adaptations of six Virgin New Adventures and Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures novels that were adapted for audio. The adaptations of Doctor Who stories removed characters such as the Seventh Doctor, Ace and any other Doctor Who character that Big Finish did not yet have the licence for, while the others were simply adapted for the audio medium. The titular character was portrayed by Lisa Bowerman.
After this first season's success, Big Finish began producing audio stories and prose stories simultaneously. These were initially released alternately so that both the audio and the prose (novel and short story) made up the Bernice Summerfield series, with some of the wider arc story only being featured and explained in detail in one medium. Bernice's pregnancy was one such occurrence which began in the novel The Gods of the Underworld and she gave birth in the novel The Glass Prison with minor references to the actual pregnancy in audio stories released around the same time. However, this practice ceased after the third series.
Many characters that had been created or established in the Virgin New Adventures or the Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures appeared in this series, character such as Bernice's ex-husband Jason Kane and Irving Braxiatel both featured in the series. Kane was voiced by Stephen Fewell and Braxiatel by Miles Richardson.
Most of the stories cover Bernice's life following her departure from travelling with the Doctor. However, several prose releases have featured stories that portrayed Bernice's life long before she met the Doctor.
In 2013, the series concluded, but was relaunched in 2014 as The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, a new series also featuring both the Doctor and Ace.
Audio stories Edit
Season 1 Edit
Season 2 Edit
Season 3 Edit
Season 4 Edit
Season 5 Edit
Season 6 Edit
- The Heart's Desire
- The Kingdom of the Blind
- The Lost Museum
- The Goddess Quandary
- The Crystal of Cantus
Season 7 Edit
- The Tartarus Gate
- Timeless Passages
- The Worst Thing in the World
- Summer of Love
- The Oracle of Delphi
- The Empire State
Season 8 Edit
- The Tub Full of Cats
- The Judas Gift
- Freedom of Information
- The End of the World
- The Final Amendment
- The Wake
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Season 11 Edit
Epoch Edit
Road Trip Edit
Legion Edit
New Frontiers Edit
Missing Persons Edit
Cover gallery Edit
Special releases Edit
- Buried Treasures (limited edition released with Season 1; now can be downloaded from the Big Finish podcasts for free)
- Silver Lining (on free giveaway disc released with Doctor Who Magazine issue 351)
- The Plague Herds of Excelis (Part of the Excelis Saga)
- Dead and Buried (an animated webcast special available on Big Finish's official YouTube channel; later released on DVD as a bonus with the Epoch box set)
- Many Happy Returns (Download only 20th anniversary story with proceeds going to Invest in ME charity)
- The Worlds of Big Finish (A crossover of multiple Big Finish ranges including Bernice Summerfield)
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These releases intertwined with the second series of audio dramas, forming part of the ongoing narrative.
- The Doomsday Manuscript
- The Gods of the Underworld
- The Squire's Crystal
- The Infernal Nexus
- The Glass Prison
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- The Big Hunt
- The Tree of Life
- Genius Loci
- The Two Jasons
- The Weather on Versimmon
- The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis
- Filthy Lucre
- Adorable Illusion
Anthologies Edit
- The Dead Men Diaries
- A Life of Surprises
- Life During Wartime
- A Life Worth Living
- A Life in Pieces
- Parallel Lives
- Something Changed
- Collected Works
- Old Friends
- Nobody's Children
- Missing Adventures
- The Vampire Curse
- Secret Histories
- Present Danger
External links Edit
- Official Bernice Summerfield page at bigfinish.com


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Jockey Colby Hernandez reached his 1,000th career victory March 8 when guiding Stephanies Wildcat to a narrow triumph in the fifth race at Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino.
Riding for trainer Bret Calhoun, Hernandez coaxed a winning effort from Ben Marek III's D'wildcat filly, who dueled three wide with rivals throughout the five-furlong maiden claiming race. With a head advantage in early stretch, she was kept to her task in a half-length triumph.
A native of Lafayette, La., and from a family of jockeys, Hernandez began his professional career in 2006 and was leading rider at Evangeline Downs in 2008. He is a son of veteran Louisiana jockey Brian Hernandez and the younger brother of Brian Hernandez Jr., who won the 2004 Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice and piloted Fort Larned to victory in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I). His sister Courtney began her riding career this season at Delta.
Hernandez's 6,961 mounts have amassed purse earnings of $18,707,575 through March 8. He currently ranks fourth in the Delta Downs jockey standings.
His most lucrative wins have come in Louisiana, where he has captured several $100,000 stakes including the 2012 D. S. "Shine" Young Memorial Stakes with Tujuacagofast at Evangeline Downs Racetrack, Casino & Hotel. Hernandez also won the 2009 Premier Night Prince Stakes with Two Nickel Bud. This year, he enjoyed a win with Sittin At the Bar in the Louisiana Bred Premier Night Matron Stakes Feb. 1 at Delta Downs.


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Top Gear presenter James May is sitting at home in London in his underpants, he tells Metro down the phone, ''to be brutally honest''.
Furthermore, he's says that it's not too cold to be sitting around in wintry Britain in his undergarments, as he has a man ''throwing some more children on the fire''.
It's this kind of inappropriate, bold, British and, frankly, very bloody funny wit that turned a show about cars into the worldwide phenomenon that remains the most-watched factual TV show in the world, with about 350 million views a week across 170 countries. ''It's baffling, isn't it,'' May says, ''why we're so popular anywhere.''
Top Gear and its presenters branched out into arena shows in 2008, entertaining more than 1.5 million fans worldwide since, and now Sydney will host the Top Gear Festival, only the second time in the world the event has been held, after its debut in Durban, South Africa, in 2012.
May, along with co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, are currently in the throes of season 19, which features the usual tomfoolery such as taking a Volvo estate down the Nile on a raft and playing rugby union in cars.
''We've been pretending it's a new-look Top Gear, but to be honest that's just nonsense,'' May says. ''It's pretty much like it's always been. We don't want to change it too radically … It's like putting a different sofa in your house - it's disturbing.''
May and Clarkson will be bringing their familiar charms to Sydney Motorsport Park for the weekend-long festival and will be joined by co-host Shane Jacobson, who May describes as their ''pet Australian''.
There'll also be many stars of the track such as Top Gear's own the Stig, MotoGP legend Casey Stoner, formula one's Mark Webber and V8 supercar champions Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup - all of whom will be mixing it up in a series of hare-brained, daring races. Lowndes will be racing on a superbike against Stoner, who will be competing in a V8, and says it's going to be a sensational event. ''To see us completely out of our elements will be quite entertaining. I'm quite nervous,'' Lowndes says. ''There'll be plenty for all types of fans; it'll be weird and wonderful, that's for sure.''
There'll also be hundreds of cars on display, a family fun zone with dodgems and numerous events to entertain the 40,000 expected visitors.
''I hope it's a good, fun day out,'' May says.
''It's a sort of cross between a circus and a funfair - you'll get to see lots of cars, there'll be races, stunts, lots of static displays, you'll hear some words from us, and Shane Jacobson will be there to clean the lavatories.''
Jacobson, a host of Top Gear Australia, says it's a music festival for motoring fans and he can't wait to team up again with his British counterparts. ''I have a ball with them,'' he says.
''If they were to be packaged in a box, they'd come with a lot of warnings because they are too much fun. Putting us all together at a racetrack and surrounding us with really quick cars is literally like putting maniacs in charge of fireworks - and getting them drunk first.''
May says festivals are likely to be the way Top Gear live appearances will go in the future, to counter the limitations of arena gigs in audience capacity, stage size and duration.
And Australia seemed a natural choice as a host nation. ''The Australians do seem to have an appetite for this rather in the way that we do, but with more barbecues and tinnies,'' May says. ''To us, in our rather naive British way, we think this is a very Australian thing to do. And I hope we're right.
''It's outdoors, there'll be big food, you can wander about, you can watch all sorts of things, there'll be a lot of noise, you can do some shouting, you can have a fight …''
And what can we expect from him and Clarkson? ''We will be largely insulting each other, I would imagine. This is the great thing about it being live: you can say what you want.''
Driven to entertain you
The Aussie Speed Showdown In not one, but three types of racing in a single hit, Casey Stoner gets back in the saddle for the first time since his retirement, racing a Honda CBR1000 against formula one superstar Mark Webber and reigning V8 champ Jamie Whincup.
Fish out of Water V8 legend Craig Lowndes and Casey Stoner mix things up by swapping vehicles, Stoner behind the wheel of a V8 Red Bull Racing car - testing the waters for his new career on four wheels - and Lowndes on a superbike.
Clarkson's 100m Sprint Jeremy Clarkson races a supercar against Olympic gold medallist and sprinter Sally Pearson - who has a personal best of 11.14 seconds.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car The favourite segment from the TV show gets a live battle, with Kyle Sandilands, Brendan ''Jonesy'' Jones, Mark Bosnich, Steve Hooker, Michael Slater and more taking to the 1.8-kilometre myPlates South Circuit.
Car v Plane Race Jamie Whincup will be racing a V8 supercar against stunt pilot Matt Hall in a race aircraft on - and over - a 4.5-kilometre circuit.
For the full program, see topgearfestivalsydney.com.au.
March 9-10, 8am-6pm, Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, topgearfestivalsydney.com.au, ticketek.com.au, $29-$399 a day.


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Seeing as there is 8 month long swap please make sure you are able to participate the whole 8 months.
I will announce our Princess either the day before or the first day of the month. Once you are crowned Princess please post the survey (see survey below) in your blog DO NOT post before you are crowned Princess. Those who are not a Princess will be fairy godmother hence the title of this swap LOL.
As for how the Princess is picked I will put our names in a hat and have my dd Brianna pick a name. that seems like a fair way to choose the Princess ever month
RULES: buying for all the princesses in advance is a NO NO please don't do that. The limit will be 20-25 dollars going under is a no no going over is fine just don't expect the same. Please make sure you go off of the Princesses survey and wishlist when buying gifts.
When mailing your gift(s) please write "Princess" before the Princess's name so she will know who its from.
We all like to be talked to so please make sure you say hi to the princess lets try to make each month special and make them all feel special. We are all wonderful and beautiful ladies so I don't think that will be a problem.
Make sure you check in atleast once a week any longer then that you will get booted out prior notice of being outta town or something like that is fine.
Please pm me your personal info before beginning this swap I will need:
Screen name
First and last name
Email addy
Phone number
There will be a pm thread going on each month to chat about what we will be doing for the Princess and NO the Princess is not invited sorry Princess we luv ya hehe.
On to the survery:
Princess Survey: Put in your blog ONLY once you're crowned Princess.
Are you married (name and how many years) , have kids (names and ages), pets (names and ages)=
Are you a weekly or daily chatter on the forum?
Album Size you work with the most=
Favorite Mag. that you don't subscribe to=
Do you like Idea Books=
If so, what kinds=
Favorite Brands of Paper=
Favorite Color=
Colors you don't want=
Colors you do want=
Items you don't want to recieve=
One big item or several small spread out=
Scrapbooking supply you would love to see come your way=
Favorite Scrapbooking Subject=
Events you like to scrap=
What techniques do you like/do/would like to try=
Favorite Embellishments=
Fiber/Ribbon? What type & color?
Favorite Adhesive=
Who is your favorite scrapping company? =
How would you define your scrapbooking style? =
Do you journal every page=
Do you like hidden journaling=
Do you like handmade items=
Prefer store bought items=
Any non-scrapbooking item you have been putting off buying yourself=
List 10 things you would love to be showered with=
To what online stores do you have a wishlist?Please list the websites as well as the username and passwords to retrieve them.=
Are there any GC's that you would love to see come your way from stores (do not have to be scrappy stores) you shop at in your hometown?=
What are your favorite snacks? =
Do you have any allergies?(smoke, floral, perfume, etc.) =
Anything you would like your fairy godmothers to know about you?
Anything you would like to add that I forgot to ask?
Mandi (Briannasmom)
Cris (nuskrappa)
Steph (scrap-a-shop-a-holic)
Shawn ( Eltringham)
Kim (Scrapingbliss)
Nonny (nonnysbooks's)
Jana (lprncess3)
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found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
I am already neutered, housetrained, purebred, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Rocco, a Port Isabel Blue Heeler dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Blue Heeler for sale in Port Isabel, or seeking a Blue Heeler dog from a breeder in Port Isabel.


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It comes after a baby died when two Rottweiler guard dogs grabbed hold of her at a pub in Leicester.
Vet Tricia Mundy said that these type of attacks were "very uncommon".
She said that if kids feel nervous around dogs, they should stand still and then move away calmly, without looking the dog in the eyes.
Tricia, who works at the Village Animal Hospital in Surrey, gave Newsround some handy tips.
The baby was also a visitor at the pub, meaning they were not used to the child being around.
Rottweilers are hunting dogs. Some animal charities are worried that people will get rid of their pets if they're from this type of breed.
But Tricia said that the animal's behaviour was usually down to how it's been trained.
Top tip
For people who aren't used to dogs, Tricia had a top tip for a first pet.
She says the Cavalier King Charles dog makes an ideal pooch pal.


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One-time home to College founder gets renovated
In March, the WMC Heritage Society adopted the $300,000 project, one that chairman Don Rembert '61 says is a natural. Established in 2004, the Society provides a way for alumni to honor the College's heritage – Western Maryland College was renamed McDaniel College in 2002 – and educate current and future students and faculty on the traditions and history.
"The spirit of Western Maryland College lives on, the memories and shared experience are indelible," says Rembert. "A song lyric goes 'memory is a gift a man can't live without,' so it is with those who have spent time at our alma mater."
Rembert, joined by his wife, Judy Ellis '60, of Reston, Va., helped lead fundraising that supported the publication of the College's history, "Fearless and Bold" by Jim Lightner '59, professor emeritus of Mathematics and College Historian. To date, more than 1,000 books have been sold to help support the annual WMC Heritage Society Scholarship.
Buell's Westminster Male and Female School opened on April 16, 1860, and operated year-round, with terms beginning in April, July, October and January. The tuition was $3 to $7 per quarter, and females could board. It was one of several private schools that operated in area. The College purchased the property in 1950, and it housed two apartments as well as the Golf Clubhouse for a number of years.
It was one of several private schools that operated in the area. To learn more, contact the Alumni Affairs Office at 410-857-2296.


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Michaelyn here! Zed asks: If a zombie apocalypse occurred, who would you want to be in your ideal survival group? 1. JT Eberhard – He's humanity's best chance in a zombie apocalypse. 2. Tony Stark/Iron Man – Seriously…He's a quick thinker. His only downfall would be that he's selfish, so if he didn't care about [Read More…]
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And now, for the USofA's next act, North Dakota proudly presents: "WE DO WUT WE WANT CUZ IT'S OUR FREEDOMZ!" Yup. They've proposed an Amendment to their state constitution: Government may not burden a person's or religious organization's religious liberty. The right to act or refuse to act in a manner motivated by a sincerely [Read More…]
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adamcollins asks: What's your atheist story? Did you used to be religious? I wasn't raised religious. The only time I attended church as a kid was when we visited my grandmother or if I just went along with a friend from school. As a child I went back and forth, never really sure what to [Read More…]
Getting Ever Closer to 300 (Blogathon 23/49)
This is just a reminder that JT and I set a goal this morning of getting 300 individual donors by the end of our blogathon. This blogathon will end at 7am EST on June 7th. We currently have 242 donors! That means we only need 58 more people! We're getting so very close. To count [Read More…]
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Zengaze asked me: If you could make one change to government policy, just one what would it be and why. Woah. Zengaze, you made me think. Or you made me try to think. My brain is kind of mush after writing all day. One thing I would like to get rid of is our stupid [Read More…]
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Michaelyn here! If you have any questions for me, go here! Sarah asks: Does JT snore? He totally does, I bet. Yes, but it's not loud. It's kind of a cute, quiet snore usually. Although when he's completely exhausted, he can get loud. Cara asked: What went through your head the very first time you [Read More…]
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Ask and ye shall receive. If you have any questions for me, go ask them here. ———————————————– While I'm answering questions, I thought I'd leave you with some entertainment! Granted, if you didn't watch Hey, Arnold! as a child, you might not find this as amusing as I do. If you did happen to watch [Read More…]
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Well you made it last until the last second, and I even extended it to an extra hour, but you didn't need that! We raised $116 in 1 hour and 15 minutes. GO TEAM! Alright, as promised, I will answer your questions. Leave your questions here in the comment section below and I will answer [Read More…]
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Update: Due to the support that came pouring in at the last 15 minutes, I am extending my offer to answer questions about JT or myself for one more hour. We still need $9. If we reach that goal by 4pm (EST), I will go ahead and answer anything you ask! JT thought he was [Read More…]
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Quick update: Thus far we have raised $10 in the past 30 minutes. If we get $90 more in the next half hour, I will answer any questions you ask in the comments about JT, myself or us as a couple. —————————– So, as you might be aware, Blogathon-ing isn't the easiest thing in the [Read More…]


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Snow Hits Metro Area
Snow has arrived in the metro area and is causing problems for drivers.
The number of accidents reported have forced the Omaha Police Department to suspend accident reports unless there is an injury or the vehicles can't be moved.
Keep up-to-date with the latest forecast from our weather partner WOWT 6 News: HERE.


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FOR decades charity shops have provided a lifeline for people on low income and pensioners, looking to pick up second goods at a low rate.
But it now appears that they have abandoned this and are selling items at high prices.
Let's not forget these shops are to raise money for charity. They are mainly run by volunteers and get generous tax breaks which normal shops don't.
Many items now almost rival prices for new goods – and they rarely reduce the cost unless the item hasn't been sold in months.
Out has gone the basics, and it's being turned into a money-making machine to rival criminal empires!
The shop managers have the flexibility to set their own prices using their judgement and some guidance. So maybe one reading this could explain the theory?
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Dubai (AFP) - Saudi Arabia demanded that Qatar shut down Al-Jazeera and two think tanks during a recent meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a source close to someone who attended the talks told AFP Friday. Riyadh demanded the closure of the pan-Arab broadcaster as well as the Brookings Doha Center and the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, the source said on condition of anonymity.
After the reportedly heated March 5 GCC meeting, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recalled their ambassadors from fellow member Qatar, which they accuse of interfering in their internal affairs and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.
The source said Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal had demanded three things of Doha -- "to close the (Qatari-owned) Al-Jazeera network, which stirs sedition; close the research centres in Doha, and turn over all outlaws" on its territory.
Doha's foreign minister replied that the demand constituted "interference in Qatar's internal affairs," the same source said.


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If one of your holiday traditions is a large pile of leftover debt, you may want to re-think your holiday spending this year. With stores opening earlier, staying open later and offering discounts and money-saving coupons, many people think more about how much they're saving than how much they're spending.
Overspending is an addiction as difficult to kick as drug dependency. Many use money to meet emotional needs. If overspending is a problem for you, think about what needs you are attempting to satisfy through spending.
Remember last January when the holiday bills arrived and you vowed that next year would be different? A bit of clear thinking can leave you with a bigger bundle of cash and more holiday cheer this year. Consider these tips:
If the budget is tight this year, be upbeat but up front with your family. They'll likely understand the circumstances. This could be the year you inspire them to more charitable endeavors such as supporting "Sub for Santa" or helping in a food pantry. Financial counselors advise us to give ourselves plenty of time to shop, make a list and check it twice, pay with cash and stay away from impulse shopping. Determine how much you can afford to spend this season and divide it among those on your list. If you can adopt one financial concept, it should be this — if you can't afford to pay with cash, you can't afford it. Paying with cash on hand is a simple way to avoid new debts and new stress. If you must use credit cards, debt counselors recommend carrying two cards — one with a zero balance that you can quickly pay off in full and another with low interest for purchases you can pay off within a month or two. Do not take other tempting cards with you. Unfortunately, credit cards can give a false sense of financial security when you use them without any concept of how much you are spending. Record charges in your check register and subtract them from your available balance as you spend. Not only will you get a good idea of how much you have spent, you'll also know how much money to set aside for the bill when it arrives.
Plan for next year. Keep track of how much you spend on the holidays this year, including extra meals in restaurants, decorations, travel, holiday entertainment, long-distance phone calls, Christmas trees, cards and postage, neighborhood gifts, etc. Divide the total amount by 12. That is the amount you will need to set aside in savings each month during 2005 so you won't have to go into debt for the holidays a year from now. Many banks and credit unions will work with customers to find a plan that allows them to have extra cash during the holidays. Funds can be transferred from checking to savings each month. You'll also earn interest on it as it builds up over the year.
Utah State's Family Life Center can help you set up spending and debt repayment plans. It also offers tips and skills for money management. This service is free. Contact the Family Life Center toll-free at 866-519-7881. The holidays become burdens when they bring money problems through the rest of the year. Financial security is the best year-round gift you can give yourself.
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This weekend the city of Toronto is hosting a whack of downtown events, which means corresponding delays and closures. If sitting in traffic isn't your idea of a fun weekend activity, read on for a roundup of affected streets.
- Saturday, May 28, is the Malvern Bicycle Race. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Brenyon Way from Sheppard Avenue East to Sewells Road will be closed.
- Sunday, May 29, there will be road closures in downtown Toronto for the Aga Khan Partnership Walk. There will be at least 5,000 people participating, some starting on King Street West, others on Wellington Street West.
For the walk, which starts at 11 a.m., the following roads with be closed: Wellington Street West, John Street to York Street, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., northbound University Avenue, Front Street to College Street , 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., southbound University Avenue and Front Street to College Street, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Public transit should not be affected by the walk, which goes on shine, or — more likely, given the weekend forecast — rain.
- The Walk for Israel will take place on Sunday as well. There will only be partial closures on the following streets from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Strachan Avenue in the west, Queen's Quay in the south, Simcoe Street in the east and Adelaide Street to the north.
- The World Partnership Walk, starting at 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., will begin at Metro Hall on John Street. University Avenue from Wellington Street to Queen's Park Circle will be closed in both directions for the walkathon.
- Kensington Market hosts Pedestrian Sunday from noon to 7 p.m., shutting down Augusta Avenue and Baldwin Street.
- Another bike race takes place on Sunday. Streets in the circuit will be closed from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Criterium Bike Race starts along Front Street East; the cyclists will use Scott Street, the Esplanade and Market Street before they complete their circle back onto Front Street.
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Two weeks ago, Gov. Peter Shumlin proposed $10.3 million in health insurance subsidies for low-income Vermonters. The assistance was meant to cushion the blow of rising health care costs associated with the state's new health insurance marketplace, or health benefit exchange, set to take effect in 2014. The exchange is a required part of health reform under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Thursday, the administration made the decision to scratch that proposal and replace it with a lower $7 million recommendation to the Legislature, which would mean Vermont's low-income, working-class would be hit harder by a spike in health care costs.
The lowered subsidy comes even as many groups that represent the chronically ill — such as the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association — were pleading with the Vermont Legislature to raise the subsidies under the governor's initial proposal. Those individuals who need care most would be hit the hardest under the new exchange.
The maximum out-of-pocket costs some low-income Vermonters were slated to pay annually were already set to more than double under Shumlin's initial proposal.
Now, those low-income populations are facing a grimmer proposal.
The administration's revised plan was triggered by the federal government's unwillingness to fund 20 percent of the $10.3 million in subsidies with Medicaid dollars.
Specifically, the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) told the administration on Tuesday it won't fund 55 percent, or $2.1 million, of a proposed $3.8 million cost-sharing program. This program was aimed at reducing the annual out-of-pocket maximum costs for income earners up to 350 percent of the federal poverty line. (This year the poverty line is roughly $11,500 annual income for an individual and about $23,600 for a family of four.)
CMS did say, however, that it was willing to fund 55 percent of the $6.5 million to help pay for premiums of Vermonters earning up to 300 percent of the federal poverty line. That 55 percent represents the standard Medicaid reimbursement rate for Vermont.
Both of the new programs are meant, in large part, to aid Vermonters who are currently enrolled in the state-subsidized Catamount and VHAP health insurance programs. Those programs will end in 2014 when the exchange takes effect, and without state assistance these Vermonters would see sharp increases in their health care costs.
Vermont is one of only 18 states creating its own exchange. Some states will use a federal exchange and other states will use a hybrid federal-state system. Selling health insurance on a government-regulated online marketplace by 2014 is requisite under the Affordable Care Act.
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Mark Larson will oversee these two new subsidy programs as commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access. He told VTDigger that without the federal dollars for cost-sharing assistance, the administration made the decision to reduce the subsidies.
"Without the federal funds that we had requested, we simply can't support the gross expenditure within the general fund dollars we have available," he said.
The administration recommends decreasing the cost-sharing subsidy from $3.8 million to $2.6 million — all of which the state must pay. The premium assistance would then drop from $6.5 million to $4.4 million, and the feds would fund 55 percent of that amount.
What this means is that the administration will not fund cost-sharing subsidies for individuals and families 300-350 percent of the federal poverty line, as it initially proposed. It will only provide those subsidies to income earners 133-300 percent of the poverty line.
These subsidies would also decrease by $300-$500 for income earners at 200-300 percent of that line. Those are individuals earning between $23,000 and $34,500 annually.
The administration would also scale back premium assistance, but provide extra help on top of federal subsidies.
The feds limit premiums on a linear scale. For example, Vermonters earning 150 percent of the federal poverty line would pay 4 percent of their income on premiums. Vermonters earning 200 percent of the poverty line would pay 6.3 percent of their income. And residents earning 300 percent to 400 percent would pay 9.5 percent of their income.
The Shumlin administration originally proposed the same linear calculation that the feds use, but with a cap 1.5 percent lower. This proposal would have provided better premium assistance for many Vermonters than they receive now.
The administration's new proposal recommends only going 1 percent lower than the federal cap, which sugars out to 3 percent of an individual's income at 150 percent of the federal poverty line, 5.3 percent at 200 percent and 8.5 percent at 300 percent.
Both of these proposed subsidy programs reduce the amount that individuals would pay under Affordable Care Act provisions that will take effect in 2014. But many Vermonters between 133 and 300 percent of the federal poverty line will pay more for premiums and out-of-pocket costs under this proposal than they do now. And they will pay more than they would have under Shumlin's original proposal.
Larson said the administration is not dead set on the proposal that it created in less than two days.
"We remain open to working with legislators about whether there's a better balance between those two proposals with the general fund dollars we have available," he said.
Mike Fisher, who chairs the House Health Care Committee, said next week his committee must set its priorities for how Vermont's government can best mitigate health care costs for the most economically vulnerable, working-class Vermonters.
"We're going to spend the time to understand the details of the administration's proposal and how various populations are affected," he said. "Then we'll start exploring whether we support a state assistance program and how much support is necessary in order to help families access the care they need."


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April 9, 2009 - PARIS - The Sulphur Springs Wildcats needed extra innings Tuesday night to take care of the North Lamar Panthers in a 7-1 eighth-inning victory.
"We did not come ready to play, to be quite honest," said Wildcats head coach Jerrod Hammack. "We reverted back to some of the old things that we have been doing this season. We were swinging at bad pitches, taking pitches that we should not have been taking and also pulling pitches during the game."
Wildcats senior ace Brittan Diamond threw 105 pitches in the complete-game outing, giving up eight hits with seven strikeouts and one hit batter.
"It was not one of his better outings, but you know what we expect out of him, which might be a little unfair," the coach said. "We expect him to go out there and dominate every time he steps out there. I knew the pitch count was getting up there and that we were going into extra innings.
"I had Brady Harmon in the bullpen warming up, but Brittan wanted to go back out there and finish the game. You have to admire a pitcher that wants to go back out there, and so I let him go and he got it done."
In the first inning, Diamond scored the first run of the game on a single from Jace Jackson to give the Wildcats the lead off of North Lamar starter Sinjin Smith. Jackson went 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and one run scored.
The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth inning as Panthers second baseman Zach Johnson scored to tie the game at 1-1.
In the top of the eighth inning, the Wildcats took control of the game sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring six runs.
With one out, Jackson reached on a single, followed by a walk to Josh Dunn. Mason Rawson then reached on a error as Jackson came around to score for the 2-1 lead. Rawson went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Kevin Mabe then reached on an error as Dunn and Rawson scored on the play. With two outs in the inning, Brandon Whittle hit a single to left field scoring Mabe. After Jeff Beck reached on an error by the NL shortstop, Dalton Abner cleared the bases with a double for the 7-1 lead.
"They kind of made some mistakes in the inning and we mixed in a few hits and they threw some walks against us," the coach said. "We did get some big hits and Brandon Whittle got a huge hit in the eighth inning that put us ahead. Dalton Abner then hit a two-run double that put the game out of reach."
The Wildcats (10-8) wrapped up the first round of district play with a 4-1 record as they hit the road to Mount Pleasant Friday night for a 7 p.m. first pitch. SSHS run-ruled MPHS, 16-0, the first time they met.
"We need to take care of our business," Hammack said. "We were in the same situation last year and let Mount Pleasant come into our place and beat us. We feel like we have a little chip on our shoulder since that game so we are going to have to go to their place and take care of business."
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A DART committee is taking its time in studying a proposal to offer domestic partner benefits to the transit agency's employees.
Members of DART's administrative committee requested several sample plans complete with costs and definitions Tuesday.
After delaying a briefing on domestic partner benefits last month due to time, Michael Muhammad, DART's interim vice president of diversity, recapped his previous presentation about other Texas governmental entities that offer the benefits, as well as Texas law that prohibits the recognition of anything identical or similar to marriage.
He said DART's plan would include proving that applicants are in a committed relationship and share household responsibilities, and are 18 or older and unmarried. He suggested making the benefits open to blood relatives, which all other Texas plans prohibit.
Muhammad brought up Attorney General Greg Abbott's expected opinion on DP benefits, which was requested by state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, in early November. He also said the city of El Paso's benefits have been "legally challenged" and said it was ongoing. El Paso City Council approved the benefits in 2009 and again in 2011 after a repeal effort led by anti-gay Pastor Tom Brown overturned the council's decision. Brown appealed the case to the Texas Supreme Court in March, but it's unlikely the court will hear the case. Meanwhile, city employees have DP benefits.
He said the requirements for domestic partners could be as broad or as narrow as the committee wanted, suggesting that the broader the requirements are, the less likely they are to be legally challenged.


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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 11, 2013
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft is safely in orbit and sending telemetry back to Earth after a 1:02 p.m. EST liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. The on-time liftoff followed a smooth countdown at Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 3.
"The satellite is doing great," said Ken Schwer, LDCM project manager from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. He announced that a few minutes after the spacecraft separated from the rocket's Centaur upper stage, it began communicating with Earth and generating power with its solar array.
LDCM is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Landsat program has been providing uninterrupted imagery of Earth since the first Landsat in 1972.
About three months after liftoff, USGS will take control and the spacecraft will be renamed Landsat 8. Once on station 438 miles above Earth, LDCM will orbit every 99 minutes and image the entire Earth every 16 days.
"Landsat is the one monitoring system that for the last 40 years has provided every citizen of planet Earth the scale and the resolution to observe - for himself or herself - the changes and the ability of this planet to provide for each and every one of us those services that we require," said Marcia McNutt, director of the USGS.
"I'm happy to say that thanks to that flawless launch today, the Landsat legacy will live on."
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is responsible for LDCM project management. Orbital Sciences Corporation built the LDCM satellite. NASA's Launch Services Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida provides launch management. United Launch Alliance of Denver, Colo., is NASA's launch service provider of the Atlas V 401 rocket.
"I want to thank the KSC Launch Services Program and United Space Alliance," Schwer said. "They have once again put us exactly where we want to be."
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Nine applications were submitted to the Guernsey County Sheriffs Office Thursday by residents seeking to be licensed to carry a concealed weapon.
The number of applications was below projections by local authorities.
I thought we would get a lot more applications based on the telephone calls that we received prior to the start of the application process, said Sheriff Mike McCauley. We did have a few people pick up applications and one person turned down the application because he was not aware he had to complete a 12-hour class.
McCauley said one application had been submitted today as of press time.
The intake and processing of applicants is the responsibility of the sheriffs office in each of the 88 Ohio counties. The sheriffs office has 45 days to process each of the applications, according to Ohio law.
One of the applicants Thursday reportedly has a criminal history, which McCauley said will be investigated. The criminal history was discovered during the initial background check required by law.
The process is working, he said. If applications are falsified, charges can and likely will be filed.
Concealed carry requirements and applications are available on the sheriffs Web site at www.guernseysheriff.com.
Applications may be submitted to the Guernsey County Sheriffs Office between the hours of 9 to 11 a.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Applications must be submitted to the dispatcher in the lobby at the sheriffs office.
Individuals with questions can contact the sheriffs office at 439-4455.


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It is hereby ordered that lot 3, containing 44.30 of sec. 10, T. 15 N., R. 4 W. of the Willamette meridian in the State of Washington, reserved for the use and occupation of the Chehalis Indians, by order of the President, dated October 1, 1886, be, and the same is hereby, restored to the public domain.
It is hereby directed that the Secretary of the Interior allot to Perry Yukton, an enrolled member of the Chehalis Tribe, the land above described, in accordance with the provisions of section 4, of the act of Congress approved February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. L., 388), as amended by the act of February 28, 1891 (26 Stat. L., 794).
THE WHITE HOUSE, November 11, 1909.
(No. 1135.)
A new survey having been made by First Lieut. James Huston, Tenth Cavalry, of the military reservation of Fort Washakie, Wyo., reserved by Executive order of May 21, 1887 (G. O. No. 37, Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O., May 26, 1887), as determined from the old corner monuments, except that corner II has been moved so as to exclude the part of the reservation encroached upon in the construction of buildings pertaining to the Indian school, the reservation as made by said Executive order of May 21, 1887, is hereby modified, in accordance with said new survey so as to include all lands, and those only, within metes and bounds described as follows:
Commencing at a point 3,861 feet south 2° 30 east of the flagstaff of Fort Washakie, Wyo., and running thence north 75° 30 east, 11,890 feet to corner II; thence north 26° 15 west, 7,060 feet to corner III; thence south 83° 15 west, 13,125 feet to corner IV; thence south 23° 00 west, 6,435 feet to corner V; thence north 87° 45 east, 3,234 feet to corner VI; thence south 61° 30 east, 4,450 feet to corner I, the place of beginning. All bearings are true.
This modification is made subject to the proviso in said Executive order of May 21, 1887, that
THE WHITE HOUSE, January 31, 1906.


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PowerTop is tool that detects which Linux programs and kernel tunables are resulting in the largest power consumption and use of battery time. By fixing (or closing) these applications or processes, you can immediately see the power savings in the tool. You'll also see the estimated time left for battery power if you are running a laptop.
Release Notes: This is a bugfix release.
jsBind is a library that helps developers build MVVM Web sites and applications using JavaScript or TypeScript. It provides a data binding mechanism that supports declarative bindings with templating as well as dependency tracking and automatic updates via data observers.
Release Notes: This is a maintenance release that addresses bugs in the 1.0.0 release. In addition to adding a significant unit test coverage, there have been fixes for problems with the way that template bindings were handled and with ForEach and Template bindings conflicting if the ForEach binding was specified first. There are also fixes for bugs with handling arrays in binding expressions. In addition to the above fixes, there have also been several performance enhancements and general code cleanups to make things nicer.
relax is a program designed for the study of the dynamics of proteins and other macromolecules though the analysis of experimental NMR data. It supports exponential curve fitting for the calculation of the R1 and R2 relaxation rates, calculation of the NOE, reduced spectral density mapping, the Lipari and Szabo model-free analysis, study of domain motions via the N-state model (or ensemble analysis) and frame order dynamics theories using anisotropic NMR parameters such as RDCs and PCSs, the investigation of stereochemistry in dynamic ensembles, and the analysis of relaxation dispersion.
Release Notes: This release adds the new structure.add_model, structure.rmsd, and structure.web_of_motion user functions, enhances the structure.load_spins and structure.find_pivot functions, and improves and updates the PDB support for the internal structural object. The new 'lib' package, an extensive collection of functions and special objects for all types of molecular dynamics analyses, is introduced. The relax controller in the GUI has been improved with line wrapping to allow all messages to be seen. Some major bugs affecting the model-free auto-analysis and PDB file creation have been fixed.
wro4j is a project that will help you to easily improve your Web application page loading time. It can help you to keep your static resources (JavaScript and CSS) well organized, merge and minify them at run-time (using a simple filter) or build-time (using a Maven plugin), and has several features you may find useful when dealing with Web resources.
Release Notes: This release contains 26 fixed issues (bugfixes and small improvements). The most notable issues are: simplified model configuration, abstract group support for groovy DSL, a new RhinoTypeScriptProcessor (a cross platform processor), and an upgrade of the following: less4j, less.js, cssLint, ember.js, coffee-script.js, and many others.
NolaPro is a free Cloud Accounting suite that can be securely run from your PC. Refine and manage your business with its flexible and powerful Customer tracking, Billing, Payables, General Ledger, and Reporting features. Optional modules include Inventory Control, Service/Labor Order management, POS/Fulfillment Order support, a B2B Web portal, eCom Shopping Cart, vTiger add-on, Employee Timeclock, QuickBooks converter, development API, and many more. White Label partner revenue versions are available for CPAs, VARs, and consultants. For international users, it offers multi-currency, VAT/GST support, multi-language capability, and currency, decimal, and temperature flexibility. However NolaPro's customization is its best feature. It can be modified upon request to fit any industry spec or business requirement, as well as integrated with most 3rd party applications to provide backend accounting support. Secure Business Cloud hosting and a Linux version are also available.
Release Notes: This release adds the amount paid to the service order Pro Forma invoice. It adds a way to record and display inventory use tax. It merges the small and large graphic logos into one field. 3dcart order import has been enhanced. Pay plan posting can be called by a scheduled task. You can filter by vendor for the item export/import tool. There is a new discount add-on packs. The customer on service orders and invoices can be changed. There are bugfixes and feature improvements.
Kamailio (formerly OpenSER) is a high-performance SIP (RFC3261) server with a flexible architecture and many extensions. The server implements proxy, registrar, redirect, and location SIP/VoIP services. It has support for UDP, TCP, TLS, and SCTP transport layers, DNSsec, ENUM, AAA via database, RADIUS, DIAMETER, gateways to SMS and XMPP, least cost routing, load balancing, NAT traversal, and call processing language. Kamailio implements SIMPLE presence and instant messaging extensions, and includes an embedded XCAP server and MSRP relay. It can be also used as a routing SIP sever for WebRTC via WebSocket.
Release Notes: This is a major release, bringing out a large set of improvements and new features such as WebSocket support for WebRTC, dozens of IMS modules, embedded provisioning interface, and more. This release is the landmark for the end of Kamailio-SER integration.
Antiprism polyhedron modelling software is a set of programs for creating, transforming, analyzing, and visualizing polyhedra.
Release Notes: This release includes new models (isohedral kite-faced polyhedra, crown polyhedra) and evaluation of mathematical expressions for program arguments.
xCHM is a cross-platform GUI frontend for CHMLIB, written with wxGTK. It is able to display the topics tree, work with displayed pages history, print the current page, work with bookmarks, change fonts and fast search through all the pages of the loaded .chm document. Being indirectly dependent on GTK+, the possibility of changing GTK+ skins makes xCHM theme-friendly.
Release Notes: This version adds a full screen mode and Greek translation.
Siege is a regression test and benchmark utility. It can stress test a single URL with a user defined number of simulated users, or it can read many URLs into memory and stress them simultaneously. The program reports the total number of hits recorded, bytes transferred, response time, concurrency, and return status. Siege supports HTTP/1.0 and 1.1 protocols, GET and POST directives, cookies, transaction logging, and basic authentication. Its features are configurable on a per user basis.
Release Notes: This release fixes a header bug. When you assign an Accept: header with the -H/--header command line options, it will override the default Accept header.
SymmetricDS provides file and database synchronization with support for multi-master replication, filtered synchronization, and transformation across the network in a heterogeneous environment. It supports multiple subscribers with one-direction or bi-directional, asynchronous data replication. It uses Web and database technologies to replicate data as a scheduled or near-realtime operation. The software has been designed to scale for a large number of nodes, work across low-bandwidth connections, and withstand periods of network outage. It works with most operating systems, file systems, and databases, including Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server (including Azure), IBM DB2, H2, HSQLDB, Derby, Firebird, Interbase, Informix, Greenplum, SQLite (including Android), Sybase ASE, and Sybase ASA (SQL Anywhere) databases.
Release Notes: This release includes 4 bugfixes, including a fix for sync keys on SQL-Server and table creation on SQLite.
VIPS is an image processing system. It is good with large images, with many CPUs, for working with color, for scientific analysis, and for general research and development.
Release Notes: This version adds Zoomify and Google Maps pyramid support, faster DeepZoom pyramid creation, faster and more accurate color space conversions, automatic color conversion in many contexts, support for IPCT and XMP JPEG metadata, and better support for EXIF metadata.
SBuild is a Scala-based build system. It features platform independence, multi project support, automatic detection of needed actions, automatic up-to-date detection, a flexible scheme handler mechanism, Maven repository support, Ant task integration, automatic cross-project resolving of dependencies, high speed, a simple "syntax" that requires almost no Scala knowledge, behind-the-sceens compilation of build script to bytecode for fast execution time, and built-in scheme handlers for HTTP and Maven.
Release Notes: New features and speed improvements. Up-to-date state calculation of phony targets is now based on (virtual) lastModified timestamps, which can be overridden in a target via TargetContext. Phony targets can now be cached; SBuild will not reexecute them if the dependencies or the project file did not change. Additional files can be attached to targets. Empty phony targets will automatically attach all files of their dependencies and last but not least, the SBuild comand line has been improved. Essential information is highlighted with colors, and error message output has been enhanced.
mk-configure is a lightweight replacement for GNU autotools written in and for bmake (a portable version of NetBSD make). The main goal is to have only one top-level tool instead of aclocal+automake+autoconf+autoheader. Other goals are clean design, simplicity, and "no code generation".
Release Notes: Support for subprojects containing the / symbol was added to mkc.sub{dir,prj}.mk with appropriate changes in OBJDIR_<dir> variables. A fix for the target "errorcheck" in mkc.sub{dir,prj}.mk. A fix for non-empty MAKEOBJDIR and MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX in mkc.sub{dir,prj}.mk. Minor improvements in examples/*/linkme.mk. DPLIBS is deprecated. Minor fixes in mkc_imp.lua.mk (LUA_MODULES vs. LUA_LMODULES). Improvements and fixes in the man page and FAQ.
DataNucleus AccessPlatform is a standards-compliant Java persistence product. It is fully compliant with the JDO1, JDO2, JDO2.1, JDO2.2, JDO3, JPA1, JPA2 and JPA2.1 Java standards, and provides a REST API. It complies with the OGC Simple Feature Spec for persistence of geospatial Java types. It allows access to all popular RDBMS available today, together with the MongoDB, LDAP, NeoDatis, JSON, Excel/ODF spreadsheets, XML, BigTable, HBase, and Neo4j databases.
Release Notes: Support for bulk delete was added for HBase, Neo4j, and MongoDB. Bulk update setting field to null was fixed for RDBMSs. Multi-threaded usage had an important fix. TypeConverter handling for RDBMSs was improved. Overriding of data source properties for JPA was improved. A check was added for attempted persistence of 'final' fields. A fix was applied to in-memory query evaluation of variables when the variable had no possible values.
Ant is a Java based build tool, similar to make, but with better support for the cross platform issues involved with developing Java applications. Ant is the build tool of choice for all Java projects at Apache and many other Open Source Java projects.
Release Notes: This is the first Ant release that requires at least Java 1.5. It has support for @Ignore annotation and a requirement of JUnit 4.11. The zip, bzip2, and tar are improved. The Perforce Ant tasks have been removed; users of these tasks can use the tasks supplied by Perforce Inc. instead, which contain more functionality and connect natively to the Perforce servers. There are numerous bugfixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in the release notes.
foo2hbpl is an open source printer driver for printers that use the HBPL version 2 wire protocol for their print data, such as the Dell 1355, Fuji Xerox DocuPrint CM205, or the Xerox WorkCentre 6015. These printers are often erroneously referred to as winprinters or GDI printers. However, Microsoft GDI only mandates the API between an application and the printer driver, not the protocol on the wire between the printer driver and the printer. In fact, HBPL printers are raster printers that happen to use a very efficient wire protocol. HBPL is just one of many wire protocols that are in use today, such as Postscript, PCL, Epson, ZjStream, etc. This driver uses Ghostscript to perform all of the heavy lifting (image processing). There are five major components to the foo2hbpl printer driver: foo2hbpl2 (the page image to protocol conversion engine of the driver); foo2hbpl2-wrapper (a shell script (compatible with foomatic) that runs ghostscript and foo2hbpl in a pipeline); icc2ps (converts an ICM color profile to a Postscript CRD, which is then fed into Ghostscript before the users Postscript program); foomatic-db (foomatic database entries that describe the supported printers and their options so that printer spoolers know how to access the printer using foo2hbpl2-wrapper); and hbpldecode (a tool for developers to inspect HBPL streams).
Release Notes: This release adds minor bugfixes.
jOpenDocument is a pure Java library for manipulation of OASIS Open Document files. jOpenDocument is a library for developers looking to use Open Document files without OpenOffice.org. You can use jOpenDocument to generate dynamic documents from Java, XML, or databases; to display and print files with built-in viewers; to split, concatenate, and manipulate pages; to automate filling out of templates; and to use your preferred langage via the standard ScriptEngine interface.
Release Notes: This version includes support of the flat XML format. A document validator is now included in order to check the conformance of generated documents. Many APIs are improved.
Dosage is designed to keep a local copy of specific Web comics and other picture-based content such as Picture of the Day sites. With the dosage command line, script you can get the latest strip of a Web comic, catch up to the last strip downloaded, or download a strip for a particular date/index (if the comic's site layout makes this possible).
Release Notes: The following comic strips have been added: AhoiPolloi, AxeCop, Bearmageddon, DeadWinter, HarkAVagrant, IAmArg, LoadingArtist, Nnewts, PHDComics, PokeyThePenguin, SnowFlame, WorldOfMrToast, and Zwarwald. The HTML now output embeds the comic images, and the --output option can be specified multiple times. Several bugs have been fixed.
Bmrblib is a Python API abstracting the Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank (BioMagResBank or BMRB) NMR-STAR format. It allows the writing of NMR-STAR files for BMRB data deposition and the reading and easy extraction of data from files residing in the BMRB data bank, all without knowledge of the Self-Defining Text Archive and Retrieval (STAR) format.
Release Notes: This is a quick release removing an overwhelming quantity of debugging printouts. Upgrading is recommended.
XOWA is a desktop application that can read and edit English Wikipedia offline. It displays articles in an HTML browser, and can download images on demand. It can also be used for Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, and the non-English counterparts.
Release Notes: This release adds a pure JavaScript Timeline extension, installed wikis in the sidebar, options page improvements, UI language support (currently only German and Polish have been provided), and minor fixes.
Profanity is a minimalist console-based XMPP client inspired by Irssi. It features MUC support, OTR messaging, desktop notifications, and a customizable UI.
Release Notes: This release adds Unicode support, setting of resources, setting per-presence priorities, setting of login presence (including using the last session's presence), /info, /caps and, /software commands to find out more about contacts, their connected resources, and client software, and many bugfixes and enhancements.
Kid3 tagger can edit the ID3v1 tags and all ID3v2 frames in MP3 files and the tags in Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC files in an efficient way. It is easy to convert between ID3v1 and ID3v2, set the tags of multiple files to the same values and generate the tags from the file name or vice versa. Import is possible from freedb.org, MusicBrainz, and other sources of track data.
Release Notes: Kid3 celebrates its 10th birthday with a new release featuring automatic batch importation for multiple directories from various sources, improved importation capabilities, bugfixes, and usability improvements.
The Ecere SDK is a cross-platform toolkit for building software applications. It currently runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (through X11), FreeBSD, and the Android OS. It should run on other Unix platforms with minor testing/tweaking. With the Ecere SDK, you can develop applications once and deploy them on all supported platforms alongside a lightweight runtime environment. It introduces eC, an object oriented language derived from and fully compatible with C, compromising neither runtime performance nor ease of use. A built-in 3D engine supporting both Direct3D and OpenGL is fully integrated.
Release Notes: Support for 64-bit architectures has been implemented. Support for MinGW-w64 has been added. Applications can now be deployed on Android, with support for basic features. OS X and FreeBSD support has been Improved. Various bugs have been fixed.
Password Manager Daemon serves clients data via a Unix domain socket or over a remote TLS connection. The data is stored in an (optionally) encrypted XML file, and the client must provide the key to modify it. It has the option to use gpg-agent for key management (including smartcards). It is multi-threaded, allowing more than one client to be connected at the same time. Key retrieval may be done via a key file or a pinentry program. A key cache is used, so a client won't need to enter a passphrase each time one is required. It is very configurable. Libpwmd is also available as a separate project and is a library making it easy for applications to use Pwmd.
Release Notes: This release can listen for TLS connections, supports gpg-agent (including smartcards), adds portability and stability fixes, and uses pthreads instead of libpth2. Please read the texinfo manual for protocol commands and syntax.
GraphicsMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries which support reading, writing, and manipulating an image in over 90 major formats including popular formats like DPX, DICOM, BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PNG, PNM, SVG, and TIFF. A high-quality 2D renderer is included, which provides a subset of SVG capabilities. C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and Ruby are supported. Originally based on ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick focuses on performance, minimizing bugs, and providing stable APIs and ABIs. It runs on all modern variants of Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X.
Release Notes: A new 'batch' command was added to support submitting many commands at once, or driven as a co-process with commands submitted via standard input. The Microsoft Windows 64-bit application is now fully supported. An -auto-orient option is added. Many bugs were fixed.


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Innersounds – Can't Stop Now Commuter's Delite
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If you start this mix on your headphones as you walk out your front door, it should be kicking in by the time you board public transport to work.
Close your eyes and let the music lift you to get through another day.
When you get to work pause the mix, at the end of your shift start back up from where you got to.
The music will bring you back to life and help your re-entry back into normality.
Download the mix to see if it works for you.
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Eat a Chiquita: Fruit Brand Gets A Face Lift
Chiquita has launched a vibrant new social media platform called Eat a Chiquita promoting their fruit.
Chiquita has launched a vibrant new social media platform called Eat a Chiquita promoting their fruit. Named Chiquitaville, there are a number of familiar features such as an arcade, video gallery, news page, and nutritional facts. However, the most prominent one is the sticker generator, which enables visitors to customize and play with the iconic sticker that the Chiquita brand is globally recognized for.
Naturally, after creating anything on the website, whether it's a sticker, photo, or video, you can share your creation with you social network on Facebook. Chiquita has also created @ChiquitaChatter on Twitter, a photostream on Flickr, and a Youtube channel.
Interestingly, while the company's corporate website still looks conservative, Chiquita has taken a similar design approach to their retail website.
It remains to be seen if all this hype will actually sell more bananas, but the execution will at the very least attract a good amount of attention.
The campaign was developed by San Francisco based Brand Force.
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Feminism | Posted by Sarah M on 12/28/2010
Hey, You! Go Make a Zine!
Are you interested in writing, creating, drawing, and DIY ("do it yourself") ethics? Then you, my friend, should write a zine. A zine is a self published mini-magazine that can be about anything you want. Zines can be written, typed, drawn, xeroxed – it is all up to the creator. Zines have been a part of feminism to spread DIY punk feminism etc through local communities.
Zines can be traced back to riot grrrl bands, who created zines to spread their messages to their fans. Zines have recently been in decline because of blogs, but zines allow you to make a messy, imperfect, raw, funny, and inspiring piece of art that stands out in a world that obsesses over perfection and cleanliness.
To get started on a zine, all you need is paper, some pens, creativity, and access to a copier (if you wish to distribute your zine). Write what is on your mind, funny stories, obsessions of yours; about music, feminism, movies, books, love, girl power….anything you want! There are many formats to do a zine in: half page, mini, french fold, etc.
Distributing your zine is the next step. You can leave your zine anywhere you want: school, the library, bus stops, book stores, the doctor's office, anywhere you want.
This is just a rudimentary guide, if you want more advice on zines check out the online Action Girl Newsletter, and look at Whatcha Mean? Whats a Zine? by Esther Watson and Mark Todd. It has helped me tremendously when starting my zine, Little Mary Sue Wants To Change The World.
Mary Sue (my nickname for my zine) is about anything that crosses my mind: feminism, music, quirky things, pictures, history, people, places, etc. For now, my zine is free until I start getting more orders, but if you are curious and want a copy, hit me up at firstname.lastname@example.com with your mailing address for a copy. I'll send you one right away. Mary Sue is only available in print.
So what are you waiting for? Get off the internet and make a zine!
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Jem @ at 12:35 pm, December 28th, 2010
I have wanted to create a zine for years but never plucked up the courage to do so…. this has finally motivated me to make one! One quick question though, can parts of a zine be created with a computer; photoshop, type things out, ect?
natasha @ at 12:55 pm, December 28th, 2010
oh this is great im 13 and just discovered zines im planning on making some soon. i wish zines were more popular where i lived though.
jULIET @ at 4:16 pm, December 28th, 2010
zines are great! i started one awhile back and i need to finish it…but yeah, they're fun to make and read! it's a nice, more organic alternative to the blogosphere
Sarah M @ at 11:44 am, December 29th, 2010
Zines can be typed,hand written; anything you want. If you want to type up a zine, print it then photocopy.
Have fun and goodluck with your zine!
Sarah M @ at 10:26 am, December 31st, 2010
Zines can definitely be made on the computer, printed, out then copied. All you need is a printer for zines made on the computer.


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Cutting Edge: Behind Diving
Have a sneak peek in to the world of diving with Tom Daly.
Cutting Edge 2012 is one of the outstanding projects granted the London 2012 Inspire mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme, which recognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the 2012 Games.
The Cutting Edge programme came to the Plymouth Life Centre to give an insight in to the sceince behind diving. The evening saw z demonstration from some of London 2012 divers including bronze medalist Tom Daly. Also 4 talks about the different aspects of diving and the science involved.
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He started asking celebs at the Brits on Monday night if they'd team up to record Stand Up As People, a song Lee wrote in 2002.
A spokesperson told CBBC Newsround's website: "It's a very beautiful song, very slow."
'Nothing definite'
Lee also told BBC Radio Five Live: "We want people like Pink, we're trying to get Sugababes and Kylie."
"All the money will hopefully go to charities like Warchild, for kids who have been affected by war."
Justin and Kylie partied with Blue at a celeb-studded bash after the Brits.


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Diani is one of Kenya's premier resorts, with soft white sandy beaches, warm azure water and great diving and snorkelling possibilities, with whale sharks and humpback whales visiting seasonally. It also makes a great twin-centre with wildlife hotspot the Masai Mara.
- Ideal for viewing: humpback whale, whale shark, hawksbill turtle, ornate ghost pipefish
- Excellent for: Resort based diving


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For some reason, the country of residence in my profile keeps changing/defaulting to the United States, and I notice that there's a lot of UK based members with the united States as their country of residence when I can't imagine them selecting this themselves.
A couple of months ago I noticed this and so changed my profile to the United Kingdom, and then checked that the UK was showing in my profile after clicking on the 'R', which it was.
Now I've just had to repeat the process after seeing I was listed as being resident in the United States again.
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But I guess not.
It's really fixed now.
Today is a gift - that's why it's called the Present.
Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.
it would be terrific if one could be more specific or be able to change locations (some people move). we can change our systems easily, not much else.
Howdy Tom,
If you want to alter your location info, just click on the (A) after your moniker, then look at the top right hand corner of the page and click on 'profile'.
You then have a list of options - one of them being "Manage/Change account information" which allows you to select area and Country.
My probelm is that even after doing this, it alters on it's own.
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