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A DAD has completed a gruelling fitness challenge for charity before his first London Marathon.
New Look supply chain co-ordinator Simon Mitchell tackled a 150km challenge at Mission Fitness Gym in Weymouth, consisting of a 20km row, a 100km cycle and a 30km run.
Mr Mitchell, 32 from Weymouth, took on the fitness test on January 31 and completed the challenge in less than nine hours.
All proceeds from the event will go towards his fundraising efforts for his first London Marathon in April.
He said: "I'm trying to raise £1,850 in total and this challenge is one of many things I will be doing to raise as much money as I can, including a cake sale.
"I raised £423.52 on the day and my overall London marathon fundraising stands at over £700 now, which I am delighted with.
"I actually completed 12km more on the bike than intended, making my cycle distance 162km in total which meant a round 100 miles.
"The 30km run was last, and the last hour was physically and mentally tough because my body was drained.
"The challenge took me eight hours and 45 minutes to complete, and I actually lost 5lbs since my 7am start.
"I'm raising money for the Anthony Nolan charity because they do a fantastic job for so many people across the UK."
Mr Mitchell has two daughters, Jasmine, 12, and Chloe, five.
He is running the marathon to fundraise for Anthony Nolan, a UK charity that works in the areas of leukaemia and stem cell transplantation.
The charity manages and recruits donors to the Anthony Nolan Register, one of just three bone marrow registers in the UK.
Mr Mitchell became inspired to help after signing up as a stem cell donor for the charity.
For more information or to donate visit virginmoneygiving .com/simonmitchell81.


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Over half of UK homes and businesses can now access fibre broadband as the Openreach rollout has passed more than 15 million premises. That means were on target to reach 19 million by the end of spring 2014, about 18 months ahead of the original rollout schedule.
Openreach chief executive Liv Garfield said: This is a significant milestone and one that our engineers can be proud of. They have worked through many months of appalling weather to bring the benefits of fibre to cities, towns and villages and this is making a genuine difference to how people live their lives.Fibre broadband can play an important part in stimulating and supporting an economic recovery. Our investment, together with that of our partners, is helping to generate thousands of jobs and give small businesses the speeds that were previously the preserve of larger ones based in cities. The run-up to Easter saw the project team working flat-out as we hit our biggest ever week; a whopping 324,000 premises passed. By the end of spring 2014, well have completed one of the most ambitious programmes weve ever taken on, with two-thirds of the UK enjoying one of the most extensive fibre networks in the world. But we wont stop there. As well as deploying fibre as part of a £2.5bn investment, were working with councils and devolved authorities to take fibre even further afield. Weve signed 18 BDUK contracts so far, from Hampshire to Cumbria, and Rutland to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and there are plenty more to come.
Source: Openreach.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain (TRA) has released the latest update of the retail price benchmarking study of telecommunications services in Arab countries. The study was commissioned by the TRA on behalf of AREGNET (the Arab Regulators Group). It was undertaken by Teligen, an independent consulting firm specializing in tariff comparisons. The main insights of the study are:
Source: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain (TRA).
Two thirds of Hungary's smartphone owners state that applications constitute an organic part of their smartphone according to the research carried out by Magyar Telekom among smartphone and internet users.
As partially known already from earlier researches, 38% of Hungarian internet users aged 14-69 have smartphones, equaling about 1.7 million people. 80% of them also use smartphones to access the internet. The current research underlines that 80% of Hungarian internet users realize that smartphones are differentiated from traditional phones by running an operation system, and 70% are also right about seeing the difference in the availability of applications.
1.3 million users state that they already downloaded applications, on average 16 - the most popular apps are music players, followed by calendars, email and community apps, and naturally games. Top ten apps include weather, photo and video recorder and player, as well as map and navigation apps. The research outlines that smartphone owners mostly look up information about applications in the AppStore or on the internet - however many enquire with friends and acquaintances. Women and those aged 14-18 are less active in checking individual applications.
Majority of those paying for applications only purchased 1-2 apps, 25% of them bought 3-5 apps and 6% of them purchased more than 10 apps. iPhone owners are clearly on top of the statistics, men and those with higher education background, as well as the more affluent are somewhat more active in this domain. Smartphone owners using apps on their phones clearly found prefer payment methods where against paying a smaller amount the given app can be tested and further payment is only needed for further functions.
Mobile phone applications are also ever more popular among small and medium entrepreneurs: shop owners, those working in catering trade and real estate agencies start to realize possibilities inherent in this new communication channel.
Source: Cellular News.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the long-delayed launch of mobile number portability (MNP) will take place on 25 March 2013, writes PM News. The regulators head of Media and Public Relations, Reuben Muoka, reportedly told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that during the initial phase, only subscribers of the countrys GSM mobile networks will be able to transfer their numbers to another operator. As soon as the GSM takes off, it will not be long before CDMA also begins its operation on MNP, the NCC official was quoted as saying. He added that the introduction of MNP in Nigeria is expected to increase competition in the mobile market, in which South Africa-owned MTN is the largest operator by subscribers by far, with a market share of 42.1% at the end of 2012 (corresponding to 47.44 million customers).
TeleGeographys GlobalComms Database notes that the introduction of MNP was first considered by the NCC in the third quarter of 2007, but the commission has been waiting for the conclusion of SIM registration before it officially launches the service. The NCC announced in October 2011 that it had selected a consortium of three companies Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria, Saab Grintek and Telcordia to set up and implement number portability for the first five years, and having already pushed back the expected launch date on various occasions, in December 2012 the regulator said it was set to begin testing the system in order to address any problems ahead of a planned launch in the first quarter of 2013.
Source: TeleGeography.
Uruguay's telecoms regulator Ursec has awarded spectrum to mobile operators Claro and Movistar for a total of USD 64.2 million, El Pais reports. The licenses cover the next 20 years. Claro and Movistar will use the spectrum to provide 4G services across Uruguay. Movistar won four spectrum blocks in the 1900MHz frequency band, and Claro received two blocks in the 1900MHz band and two blocks in the 1700/2100MHz band.
State-owned operator Antel did not participate in the bidding process but will have to pay USD 38 million for reserved spectrum. Antel will receive one spectrum block in the 900MHz frequency band and four blocks in the 1700/2100MHz band.
Source: Telecom Paper.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) is said to have finalized Samsung as a partner to source the Korean conglomerate's long-term evolution (LTE) technology platform for its much-talked about bundled data & voice services over high speed 4G networks across the country.
The game-changer deal that is set to shake up the Indian telecommunications market is not just restricted to Samsung's technology but goes far beyond as Samsung has agreed to offer entry-level 4G smartphones at a little over $100 (about Rs 5,500) for use with RIL's voice and high-speed internet services, said a source close to the deal. A 3G-enabled Samsung phone can be bought for around the same price today. The entry-level smartphones are likely to be sold with data packages starting at as low as Rs 100, said the source, adding that even high-end smartphones will be made available at minimum down-payments and the equated monthly installments (EMIs) will be incorporated in subsequent bills at a 0% interest rate.
Source: The Time of India.
(04/03/2013) Commission President José Manuel Barroso today called on Europe's digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to join a Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to address up to 900 000 job vacancies expected to exist in Europe in Information and Communication technologies (ICT) by 2015. Despite the current levels of unemployment, the number of digital jobs is growing by more than 100 000 per year. Yet the number of fresh ICT graduates and skilled ICT workers is not keeping up.
Source: European Commission.
Vodafone New Zealand has commercially launched LTE services. The service is live now in parts of Auckland, and Vodafone will expand it to more suburbs every week. LTE services will go live in parts of Christchurch in May, and parts of Wellington in August or September. To get the LTE service, customers pay an extra NZD 10 on top of their existing plan while on higher value plans the upgrade is included.
The LTE network uses equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks in the 1800MHz band. NSN supplied its Single RAN and Flexi Multiradio Base Station, as well as upgraded 2G, 3G and 4G networks with its Mobile Switching Center Server and Multimedia Gateway. In addition, the company provided its Circuit Switched FallBack voice system that enables the LTE network to transfer customers to 2G and 3G networks in order to make and receive voice calls on 4G smartphones.
Facebook announces discounting data access to messaging on mobile.
"Today were announcing partnerships with mobile operators to provide free or discounted data access to Facebook messaging for their subscribers.
Through this promotion, free or discounted data access will be available in the coming months on Messenger for Android, Messenger for iOS and Facebook for Every Phone, which is now optimized for chat.
This promotion will be available from more than 18 operators in 14 countries. Operators committed to special pricing for Facebook messaging include TMN in Portugal, Three in Ireland, Airtel and Reliance in India, Vivacom in Bulgaria, Backcell in Azerbaydzhan, Indosat, Smartfren, AXIS and XL Axiata in Indonesia, SMART in Philippines, DiGi in Malaysia, DTAC in Thailand, Viva in Bahrain, STC in Saudi Arabia, Oi in Brazil, Etisalat in Egypt, and Tre in Italy.
Messaging on Facebook lets people connect with friends and contacts on the go, regardless of what device they are using. Three out of every four people on Facebook send a message on the platform each month, making messaging one of the most popular activities on Facebook. Today, Facebook messaging and chat can be accessed from more than 6,000 mobile phones via Facebook Messenger, Facebook for iOS and Android, Facebook for Every Phone, m.facebook.com and across other devices with Facebook integration."
Source: Facebook Mobile.
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Man's body recovered from Washington County reservoir
Whenever snow filled Artie Artis's driveway, his neighbor Samuel Vignoli showed up to help.
Even well into his 80s, Vignoli spent the winters on his riding plow and spent the summers on his riding mower to take care of his neighbors, said Artis, 72. He was known around the neighborhood for his collection of heavy equipment, Artis said.
Vignoli, 87, of New Eagle died on Wednesday when the Bobcat he was using to help cut grass around a reservoir slid down a steep embankment into the water, according to Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco.
State police are investigating the death.
"He was a wonderful neighbor. We lost a great person," said Artis of Marion Street, who said that a member of Vignoli's family had just bought the Bobcat for him. "We call them his toys. And he couldn't wait to go out yesterday to see that (Bobcat)."
The accident happened at the former Maple Creek Mine in Fallowfield. Vignoli was reported missing about 4:30 p.m., and emergency responders recovered his body about midnight.
Units responded from Fallowfield, Peters, North Strabane, East Bethlehem and the Valley Inn fire departments; dive teams from Greensburg and the Fort Cherry and Tri-Community Ambulance Service.
A statement from the coroner did not explain why Vignoli was cutting grass at the site. State police and Washington County dispatchers did not have further details on Thursday. Attempts to obtain comment from Vignoli's family were not successful.
Frye Funeral Home Inc. in Monongahela will handle funeral services. No details were immediately available.
Timothy Puko is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7991 or email@example.com.


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One more bit of coverage from the NYC stop of Sneaker Pimps. This video, produced by James Sharpe and narrated by Derek Snider, gives a glimpse of the event and includes interviews with Stash, Futura and Jason Bass (pictured) talking about the state of the sneaker scene.
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Vans Vault, Spring 06
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Brighton based One40Five Store has posted a preview of the Spring 06 Vault Line from Vans. For those not familiar with this line, it's a higher quality construction with limited distribution. The bright patterns here are just one of the many...
JB Classics: More Spring 05
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Back in November we got to see JB Classics, including the hot new Getlo model. Well, here are a couple more pairs of the Getlo. With patent leather weaves, quilting and laser graphics varying between colorways, they really should be called textureways...
Shop Gentei
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Shop Gentei, the concept store that opened October 1st in Baltimore, Maryland is the brainchild of 28-year old designer Oliver Jones. Two years in the making, Jones waited until Baltimore's scene could support a themed boutique - currently Military...
Nike SB P-Rod
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Nike Skateboarding is releasing a new signature shoe-- the P-Rod is named for their crazy frontside flipping wonder-boy, Paul Rodriguez. Available in 3 colorways, baroque brown, all black, and black and white, they all have a funky texture that looks...
Adidas Athens
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It's just over a month until the Olympics begin, but the paraphernalia is already here. Adidas is not only providing footwear for the athletes, they're making street version for you and me. Beinghunted has pictures of all the models. Some...
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Lions, Tigers & Bears, no, not really. Now that I got your attention, I might as well tell you a little more about the San Diego Coastal Expedition. I really love being a scientist; it's like sitting in the theater attentively watching a Jet Lee movie. Science keeps you on the edge of your seat. This cruise is truly amazing and I have enjoyed everything thus far. As I mentioned earlier, I have been heavily involved in all things on this cruise. From CTD casting and micro-bacterial filtering to multi-coring and ROV operations. Where else does an undergrad get a chance to experience such a phenomenal opportunity?
Whether it's physical oceanography or marine biology, this cruise has truly taught me the art of team work. It's normal to work together as a team, but to innovate and collaborate with other teams all for the cause of science is remarkable. Again, I love being a scientist.
Pulling all-nighters is normal for me as an undergraduate student who can sometimes procrastinate. However, these all-nighters are different. You get to experience some amazing things, from seeing polychaete worms to learning about the complexity of salps courtesy of Amanda Netburn. Salps are these cool tunicates that live in the epi- and mesopelagic zones. Also, I cannot forget my first look at brachiopods. These cool marine animals are filter feeders that can live at deep depths in the ocean. They often are confused with clams because they have similar morphological features.
Worms, Salps & Brachiopods, oh my! I am learning so much from the graduate students, I would have never thought titration could be so much fun! I did it in chemistry class my sophomore year, but like the year suggests, I was truly a wise fool because I didn't think people would actually use it in the field.
Well, back to work I go, it's multicoring time!
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Brown envelopes marked Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs are seldom good news.
But when you owe a small amount of tax and are on the brink of paying it you don't normally expect to receive a letter threatening to remove and sell your possessions at auction.
But a number of Money Box listeners have received similar correspondence.
Have you received a letter like this?
What was your reaction?
Should the revenue behave in such a manner?
Did the tax demand turn out to be right?
Are you pleased the government is trying to get tax in on time?
Tell us your experiences.
I had 2 letters demanding a total £2500 for 2008-9 & 2009-10.
Because I am still working part time, they said I had underpaid on my state pension. They gave my employer my tax code!
When my local tax office looked at the demand letters, they immediately saw that the figure at the top of the letter gave my whole year pension amount, instead of the first 3 months Jan-March when the new codes were given by them!
HMRC are not reading the letters before they send them. If you try to ring you hold on for at least 20 minutes and do not get a satisfactory outcome. When I received a reply from my letter to them, it said: "Sorry for my replying to you".
It should have said: "Sorry for the delay in replying to you". It had taken a month before they replied. My 'demand' was reduced from £2500 to £500 which will be deducted by my Employer over the next tax year.
Jan, Norwich
I have over the past tax year, received numerous tax code forms with differing tax codes resulting in incorrect amounts of tax being deducted from my income.
I wrote to HMRC on 31st March, asking for the exact amount due by me and advising that I wanted to pay this amount in full but to date, have not had the courtesy of a reply.
I tried phoning, but like Paul, became frustrated by the interminable delay in getting a meaningful response. The website is not much help either!
Reverend Graham Opperman, Cwmbran
I have arranged a temporary monthly payment as I was unable to pay the full amount - last years + half in advance, being self employed.
I also received an extremely aggressive letter, threatening to sell my car, tv etc... I immediately rang HMRC, thinking they did not know about my arrangement. Instead I was told that they did know, but as I owed money, I would continue to receive letters, and phone calls until the last penny was paid!
I asked to speak to the head of department, and was told they did know who it was!
Ironically, I overpaid by £500 last year, and it took 6 months to receive the money back.
HMRC has a 'vision charter' which states 'We believe that most of our customers are honest and we treat everyone with respect'.....'we are passionate in helping those who need it and relenteless in pursuing those who break or bend the rules'.....'we behave professionally and with integrity'........
Says it all?
Karen, Cornwall
My brother had one of the letters about owing Tax. He tried 18 times to get through to them and encountered being cut off after hanging on for long periods of time.
He was ringing me frustrated, worried and distressed. Presumably people hanging on to speak to the Revenue Service for such long periods of time are paying telephone charges for the privilege - but worst of all - being worried about a letter like this out of the blue, they are being agitated and worried unnecessarily by the difficulties trying to resolve the issue arising.
Alexandra, Cardiff
I received these threatening letters from HMRC and I'd paid the tax on time!
Because my tax return was filed in January I had not received a tax demand before the deadline. Nevertheless I paid the amount my accountants rightly advised me was due by internet bank transfer using the reference I had used the previous year.
On 22nd February I received a 'final reminder' dated 11th February. That day I telephoned HMRC, explained the details and gave them full details of the payment. I was told my case would be transferred to Cumbernauld for investigation.
That didn't stop a statement dated 28th February being sent out still claiming overdue tax. To prevent misunderstanding I replied in writing with full details of the payment made. Then the letters started. First of all one dated 2nd March from Debt Management saying I had not paid unlike 99% of taxpayers. I ignored that in view of my recent letter to HMRC.
Then another dated 16th March (but not received until 27th March)talking about seizing my possessions. So I telephoned again and was told my payment had just been found and transferred but that there was a further charge which had not been raised before.
I paid that using the right reference the following day. Yet I received a letter dated 28th March saying a field agent was about to be sent to my house to collect an assessment of £456.00 which had only been raised a fortnight previously and which had only come to my attention the day before their letter.
Why when I made my first call was not debt collection not put on hold whilst my claim that payment had been made was investigated?
Why do HMRC letters take so long to arrive?
Richard, Kingsbridge
I've had a tax bill for £980. I phoned the tax office and it appears that my employer has used the wrong tax code. I only work 12 hours a week and was hoping to retire this summer and live on my pension. I written to the tax office and am waiting for them to respond. I find the whole thing really scary.
Helen, Conwy
Dealing with HMRC is impossible. They don't answer the phone, think taking weeks to answer letters is OK. They are incapable of dealing with more than one source of income, so be warned when you are drawing pensions.
Our experience has been like attending a Mad Hatters Tea Party where the rules can be made up by HMRC as they want! We have finally resolved 2008/9 issues, now have 2010/11 and 2011/12 to fight.
When we challenged we were told we'd have to wait until May when the P60's were issued to prove that we only had one pension from a provider, even though they have confirmed by email that this is so.
How can they threaten to take possessions when they owe people hundreds and thousands of pounds in overpaid taxes? I think I'll write to them and say that I'm going to come a take what they owe us.
Too much reliance on overambitious IT projects, obviously under resourced and under trained staff. Compare HMRC to the pensions department who are, for now, quick, responsive and efficient. Highly paid senior HMRC staff should be held accountable for the mess the department is in.
Liz, Towcester
I have had a letter from HMRC for a supposed "debt" of unpaid class 2 national Insurance of £250. Except I haven't been self employed for 3 years and HMRC seem unable to change my records. This approach is disgusting.
Andy, London
As I understand it, tax is payable on invoices submitted. With the work that I undertake it can be several months (and has been more than 18 months) before my invoice is paid. As a consequence, I may well have to pay tax before I have received payment. I, therefore, have difficulty in finding the money to pay my tax bill.
Now the Revenue are sending out letters stating that they have raised a Court Order. One is, therefore, charged for the cost of the Court Order and, more importantly, the Court Order is made public.
It counts as a negative in credit ratings, and one then receives unsolicited letters from debt management companies. The worst is the consequences of the Court Order on one's credit rating. This is grossly unreasonable.
Alan, Birmingham
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College of Ag to Host Annual Alumni Reunions
College of Ag to Host Annual Alumni Reunions
California State University Chico, College of Agriculture invites friends and alumni to attend two annual alumni events.On Jan. 27, the college will be hosting the 12th Annual Chico State Ag Alumni Reunion at the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale from 3:00 to 7:30 p.m. On Feb. 8, the College of Agriculture, together with the California Ag Leadership Program and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, will host the 10th Annual Alumni Breakfast at the Colusa Farm Show in Saint Bernadette's Hall, 745 Ware St. in Colusa, Calif. at 7 a.m.
The Red Bluff Alumni Reunion is held during the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale. There is no cost for admission, and the event will feature a live and silent auction to benefit scholarships and academic programs. There will also be a no-host bar and refreshments.
The Colusa Farm Show Breakfast is hosted as a collaborative effort between the College of Agriculture, California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, and Alpha Gamma Rho. Tickets for the breakfast are $25 and can be reserved by contacting Leslie Santos at 530-898-6343. All proceeds generated from the breakfast are shared between the College of Agriculture and the California Agriculture Leadership Foundation.
Hosting alumni reunions gives the College of Agriculture an opportunity to reconnect and stay in contact with its alumni. It's also an opportunity for alumni to visit with fellow alumni and reminisce about their college days, all while supporting the College of Agriculture.
For more information about the Red Bluff Alumni Reunion or the Colusa Farm Show Alumni Breakfast, contact Sarah DeForest at 530-898-3737 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In brief
First Fondation Mérieux mission in 2009
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Chittagong within the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases (BITID) (2015)
2 GABRIEL network members:
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICCDR,B) and Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi)
Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory research focus
Support to clinical biology laboratories
Partnership with NGO Friendship
Fondation Mérieux's support aims at strengthening laboratories of hospital-boats of the NGO Friendship through equipment and training of technicians mainly.
Quality and Biosecurity program of Fondation Mérieux within the BITID (Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases)
Staff training at the BITID for technicians working in the BSL2 on the achievement of analyzes about tuberculosis
Collaboration on diagnotics for tuberculosis resistance with ICDDR,B (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research) and ideSHi (Institute for Developing Science & Health Initiatives)
Current research projects
Study of the transmission of tuberculosis in prisons
The purpose of this project started in 2013 in partnership with the Emerging Pathogens Laboratory in Lyon and with ICDDR,B (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research) is to improve early detection and control of the epidemic in Bangladeshi prisons.
Diagnosis of typhoid fever
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Anti-Police Tension Builds Across Oakland on Eve of Bratton Decision
All out to City Hall tonight at 5pm!
As the full Oakland City Council prepares to make a decision this evening on the hiring of Bratton as a consultant for the Oakland Police Department, a series of tense standoffs with OPD have unfolded across the city in the past day.
On Monday afternoon during the Martin Luther King holiday, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. son of slain revolutionary Fred Hampton Sr. of the Black Panther Party was detained and intimidated by OPD swine during his visit to Oakland. Fred Hampton Jr has been in town these past days to help coordinate with those organizing locally against the police. While driving through neighboring Emeryville, Fred and the other passengers in his car were pulled over by seven or more Oakland and Emeryville police cruisers and ordered to put their hands in the air as pigs approached the car with guns drawn. All those in the car were handcuffed and detained for three hours during which time police asked questions that revealed they were directly targeting and intimidating Fred. At the end of the ordeal, Fred and the others were released and the police left as if nothing had happened citing some unsubstantiated claim that they were investigating the case of a stolen cell phone.
Later that evening across town in East Oakland, an undercover officer patrolling the 1700 block of Seminary Avenue was allegedly confronted in the street and shot in the arm by a group of people. OPD's immediate response was indicative of their role as a militarized state-sponsored gang on a campaign of repression and containment in the flatland neighborhoods of Oakland. Military-style SWAT patrols blanketed the neighborhood in a series of house raids and door to door searches while snipers with assault rifles patrolled the streets perched out of armored personal carriers. As of this writing, the patrols and raids continue in the neighborhood.
This has all unfolded in the past 24 hours as the city prepares for another tense night in City Hall as the council finalizes its decision to hire William Bratton, the stop and frisk enthusiast, Pig consultant who has made a career out of helping cities across the country transform into heavily controlled police states. Once again, calls have gone out to swarm city hall in a 5pm rally before the meeting and to pack the chambers throughout the deliberations.
The Oakland Tribune has issued its own call for Oakland's "silent majority" to "take back the city" from the "anti-police mob". The paper is working along with council member Kernighan to encourage law and order and business minded defenders of OPD to counter the anti-police presence at the meeting this evening.
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bought a can of R134a and prior to adding ran another static test. H/L read just 10psi (??)
then turned on the engine and AC .... did not sound like the compressor was kickinng on at all and the air was anything but cold not even cool).
So I heard that if freon is too low the compressor doesn't kick in. As I began to add the freon the Low bounced back & forth btwn 25-65psi and the High only goes btwn 140-150psi.
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does this mean I need to add yet another can?
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Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse:
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Program Rating: C+
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): D-/D+/F
Specs and Features
Approx. 720 mins (130 episodes at 5-6 mins each), NR, full frame (1.33:1), single-sided, single-layered, 4 Amaray keep case packages with slipcase, Bob Kane biography, film-themed menu screens, episode access (32-33 episodes per disc), languages: English (DD 2.0 mono), subtitles: none
Forget Batman, Bob Kane's single greatest comic creation was that furry force of justice... Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse. If you thought Batman had something for every situation in his utility belt, you haven't seen anything yet. Courageous has a wicked catgun for every job there ever could be. And thanks to A&E, we can now breathe a little easier knowing that all 130 episodes of this classic series are on DVD in a 4-disc box set.
For those not in the know, Courageous Cat and his dashing partner, Minute Mouse, are the protectors of Empire City, where they do battle with the likes of Chauncey Frog (with his Edward G. Robinson voice), Phineus Fox, Harry the Gorilla and Robber Rabbit. Every time the bad guys hatch a plan to rob, steal or take over the city, Courageous and Minute swoop in and save the day. No muss, no fuss... just cool 60s pop culture.
When I was a wee lad, I watched this show religiously in syndication on New York's WOR-TV. I grew addicted to the jazzy theme and formulaic plots, and even acted out the episodes. But looking back, I can see that there's nothing particularly exciting about
. I still find it cool, because it's a slice of my pop cultural childhood. But when I showed some episodes to my wife, who had never seen the show before, she stared blankly at me and soon went back to whatever she was doing before I pulled her away. I don't blame her. Sucked into the frenzy of nostalgia, I sat and watched all 4 discs of this set back to back... and I swear I could feel brain cells dying inside my skull. In spoonfuls, this is a fun show. But as a marathon,
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is... well, not as fun as I once thought. Still, I'm glad I have it on disc. Maybe my possibly-in-the-future-kids will enjoy the show as much as I did as a kid.
I just wish these DVDs looked better. As stated above, there are 4 discs crammed with episode after episode (actually, each disc has about 33 to 32 episodes per disc, at about 5 minutes each) in their original full frame aspect ratio. And digitally they look fine - no snub to A&E. But the source prints for these shorts look like they were stored in a garage under a box of potting soil and X-acto knives. These episodes are almost, ALMOST unwatchable. They are scratched, foggy, lacking detail and blown up in spots. It really broke my heart to see this. Time has not been friendly to this series. I'm glad they were "saved" to DVD before they became dust, but the way they look, tells me they were about a year away from being "long lost classics".
The sound isn't much better. Presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, there's inherent hisses and pops galore. Again, I don't fault A&E one bit. But as a fan of this show, it's really hurts to see it hasn't been protected through the years.
Extras are non existent, save for a Bob Kane bio on each disc. This is a shame, because with all the cartoon experts out there -cough- Jerry Beck -cough-, A&E should've tapped one of them for a commentary or something. It's a missed opportunity, but I guess having the show on DVD (and complete) is a nice enough thing.
Cartoon fans love
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for its place in animation history, and they can rejoice in the fact that such a long ago favorite is on DVD. The "new fans" may be limited by the less than stellar animation and storylines... but maybe there's hope out there and I'm just not giving the show credit. The quality of the presentation is sub par, but with an animated show more than 40 years old, I guess that's to be expected. Sad... but expected.
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When we heard that TechCrunch would be holding its first international Disrupt Hackathon in Beijing, it was a no-brainer for us: We had to go. Hacking is what Hulugans do, so hackathons are where Hulugans go. And winning the Grand Prize? That would've just been a bonus. We went to the venue with our gear, picked a table, and sat down. Since lots of hackers came alone, people started mingling and teaming up with others. Turns out, the hacker world a smaller world that we could have even imagined. We met a guy who sat at our table, and it turned out that he was one of our former dev interns, Yichuan Wang, who had previously worked with the Hulu platform team for three months at the Los Angeles office.
At the TC Hackathon, we ended up building a web application named WeDiary which organizes a user's tweets into a personal diary and streams it along a horizontal timeline in the browser. The app's technology is not very advanced – after all, we weren't creating an operating system or building a super-fast new compiler. But the execution of our ideas was very "Hulu" — relentless focus on quality all the way down to the pixel.
Since we had fewer than 20 hours to build, we decided at the very beginning that our app should do one thing and do it well. We used Sina Weibo's API because it is the Twitter equivalent in China with more than 200 million users. Getting tweets through the API is very straightforward:
- Ask the user's permission to access his/her tweets.
- Request an access token from Weibo's authorization server, with the user's permission.
- Get the user's tweets with the access token.
Writing the code to get the actual tweets through APIs only took about 30 minutes. Because we didn't have a designer on the team, coming up with a consistent UI style or writing the CSS and JavaScript wasn't really possible in the time allowed. But since we're developers, we knew that there are always some great devs in the community who may have already done some of the heavy lifting for us. We remembered reading about Twitter's Bootstrap CSS framework on Hacker News a while ago, and we decided to give it a try. It brought us Hulu's signature lights-out feature, nice pop-ups, hover boxes, etc. We also hacked the framework a bit and made it suitable to our app by hiding scroll bars, tuning the hover boxes' positions, etc.
We worked on a lot of details that could have been completely missed, but without them, the app just didn't feel right. For example, we spent a lot of time choosing the perfect background pattern for our app. We wanted to make sure that it looked great not only on our laptops but also on the demo projector screen, since it had noticeably lower definition and contrast. We went over more than 100 patterns (really!) using Subtle Patterns and finally found the right one that we all liked.
At 6 a.m. the next morning we submitted our app, grabbed some food, and got 30 minutes of sleep on the chairs. After the power nap, each team was given 60 seconds to demo their work to the judges and the rest of the hackers. To our delight, we were thrilled to have been awarded the Grand Prize of the TC Hackathon. Although we really saw that the process of hacking as the real prize, the award was great validation of our work.
Since this was the first time we had participated in an overnight hackathon, we were all pleasantly surprised by what can be done in 18 hours. Even though the app we created was still buggy and might not be ready for end-users, we went through the typical stages of development: brainstorming, prototyping, testing, iterating and delivering the product. We'd like to think the experience has made us even better at working in an intense, fast-paced environment.
We would like to thank our awesome teammates: Cheng Chen, Yi Ding, and Yichuan Wang whom we met at the TC Hackathon and who have since become our good friends.
Jiasi Zeng works on the front-end of Hulu search, bringing new features and improving the service's usability.
Jia Cao, a software engineer, is working on the site and other systems for Hulu Japan.


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The popular 'childrens ' fish out' days at Fish & Game's Ngongotaha trout Hatchery have been re-organised to streamline procedures, to cut waiting times and make the children's fishing experience more enjoyable.
Eastern Fish & Game Officer Mark Sherburn says that a booking system has been introduced to try and ease the delays.
"The Rotorua Angler's Association members who generously provide their time to teach the kids, can only handle a certain number of fishers per hour. By working ahead with a booking system we hope to make life a little easier for these volunteers – and more enjoyable for young anglers alike."
Mr Sherburn urges parents and caregivers who are planning to bring their children to one of the days, to phone the Fish & Game office during office hours (07) 357 5501and make their booking. "Calling early will also enable people to pick and choose their preferred fishing time," Mr Sherburn says.
He says failing to book ahead could mean lengthy delays for those people until they are able to be fitted in.
The kids' fish out days are for children aged six to 14 years-old, and are held at one of the hatchery's trout pools, Paradise Valley Road, Ngongotaha.
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Four years ago, or about one year into our suddenly frugal lifestyle, I wrote a blog post giving Borax a Suddenly Frugal Seal of Approval. At that time I was impressed with how well Borax was at removing stains. Here's what I wrote at that time:
Since then I've tried borax on nearly any stain my kids can create these days–my husband, too. Blood, dirt and chocolate don't stand a chance now that I'm armed with borax. That first box is long gone, and now borax has become a must-buy for keeping my family's clothes clean.
Once I had Borax in the house, I started experimenting with it.
If you are familiar with my blog's most popular post, on how to make DIY laundry detergent, then you know that Borax is one of the main ingredients in that "recipe."
I discovered that Borax is also the main ingredient in DIY dishwasher detergent. Here's the recipe I tried:
- 1 cup Borax
- 1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda*
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt (especially if you hard water)
Mix in container, and then use 1 tablespoon in the dishwasher compartment. Add vinegar as a cheap and frugal rinse aid.
*The PR folks for Arm & Hammer that I met at BlogHer told me that the Arm & Hammer Washing Soda, which is showing up in nearly every DIY cleaning recipes, is one of the fastest selling Arm & Hammer products these days!
Unfortunately, this recipe has not served me well, as my dishes still come out slightly dirty and they are definitely cloudy. Lauren over at The Burlap Bag blog suggests putting in 2 drops of dishwashing liquid (the kind you would use to handwash your dishes) directly into the detergent dispenser before starting a cycle. She finds that this cuts the cloudiness without creating an onslaught of bubbles.
Cue Brady Bunch clip "Swimming in Bubbles":
Nonetheless, I have to wonder if the fact that we have hard water and a not very high-end dishwasher is the culprit more than the recipe. I guess my next step will be to play around with the ratio of Borax to washing soda to salt, and see if I can't come up with something worth writing about.
In the meantime I've found other uses for Borax that continue to make me love it. I've used it to kill ants. Borax helps to keep the pH level in our swimming pool in the right range. And Borax has been a great deodorizer in my front-loading washing machine, because I just can't fathom buying a cleaner to clean my washing machine. (If you own a front loader, you know how stinky they can get.)
Have you found similarly helpful uses for Borax around the house? If so, post a comment to let us know.
Bottom line: Borax still gets my Suddenly Frugal Seal of Approval!
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The rapid growth in greener, more fuel efficient vehicles will leave the Treasury with a £13bn shortfall in motoring taxes by the end of next decade, despite an anticipated 44 per cent jump in traffic.
The predictions from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent think tank, are based on an analysis of the government's own long-term forecasts, which show that by 2029 fuel duty will contribute 1.1 per cent of GDP, down from 1.7 per cent today. Vehicle excise duty will drop to 0.1 per cent from 0.3 per cent.
Receipts from the taxes total £38bn a year, equivalent to 7 per cent of all Treasury income.
The lost revenue is equivalent to increasing the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 23.4p, VAT from 20 per cent to 22.7 per cent or raising fuel duty by more than 50 per cent, according to the IFS report, published today.


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> after 3rd minute -180=-60 account expired
> So the user only got 3 minutes instead of 5 and this becomes even
> with higher numbers. I'm not sure if this is a problem with winradius
> the captive portal. However I have not found a setting to change this
> behaviour in winradius or m0n0.
It's not a M0n0 problem
> Anybody have a clue how to fix this or at which end the problem is
> located? Which is the correct behaviour? Would switching to another
> radiusserver help, if yes, what radiusserver is recommended to work
> correct in that situation? Preferably a free one that however should
> windowsbased.
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Holger
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CHARLOTTE – May 1, 2013 – After 30 years of service to UNC Charlotte, Mary Lynne Calhoun is retiring from her post as dean of the College of Education at the end of June.
"Mary Lynne is known for her dedication to her department chairs and faculty, particularly in working hard to provide them as many resources as she can – and in providing them a collegial environment that supports their work; she has built an impressive legacy that will be remembered for a long time at UNC Charlotte," said Chancellor Philip L. Dubois.
Under her leadership as dean, "Professional educators transforming lives" became the conceptual framework of Education programs at UNC Charlotte, with an equal emphasis on teaching and research
The College enrolls more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students in professional education programs. UNC Charlotte has become the second largest producer of new teachers in North Carolina, recommending more than 600 new teachers for the North Carolina license each year.
Calhoun joined the University as assistant professor of special education in 1982. Following her appointment as dean of the College of Education in 1999, Calhoun oversaw expansion of graduate education by adding doctoral degrees in counseling, curriculum and instruction and special education and master's degrees in teacher education and teaching English as a Second Language, which doubled graduate enrollment during her tenure.
UNC Charlotte is now the second largest producers of new teachers in the state, recommending more than 600 new teachers for North Carolina license each year, and under Calhoun's leadership the College of Education received glowing reviews from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, serving as a national model for institutional organization and expectations.
Most recently, as the college celebrated its 40th anniversary, Calhoun helped dedicate the Cato Teaching Discovery Mural that honors great educators and will serve as a teaching tool for the campus and the greater community. During a reception in Calhoun's honor on April 9, Dubois announced the atrium of the College of Education would be named for Calhoun in recognition of her service to the University.
Her successor, Ellen McIntyre, who is currently the interim associate dean of academic affairs at N.C. State University, will start working July 1 at her new post.
In announcing McIntyre's selection, Provost Joan Lorden said, "Ellen's wealth of experience as a scholar, administrator and advocate for education will continue the tradition of strong leadership within the college."
About coming to UNC Charlotte, McIntyre said she is enthusiastic about the College of Education's emphasis on diversity. She also stressed a desire to "educate for the future" by stating, "We must base our practices on the research literature currently illustrating how people (children and adults) are learning differently through new technologies that did not exist even a decade ago."
Prior to her July 2012 appointment as interim associate dean of academic affairs, McIntyre spent five and a half years as a leader and administrator in N.C. State's College of Education, where she was influential in securing external funding and in developing new degree programs.
Before N.C. State, McIntyre was a professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. As a scholar, her research agenda focused on instruction for populations of students with a history of high failure rates in U.S. schools. She was appointed as University Scholar at the University of Louisville in recognition of her research productivity and ability to obtain external funding.
McIntyre received a Doctor of Education in Language and Literacy Education from the University of Cincinnati in 1990. She earned Master of Arts in Reading Education and Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Northern Kentucky University.
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And then there were none. With no Australian presence in the final two weeks of the Super Rugby tournament, it's time to hand out the Monday Maul gongs.
Australian player of the tournament: Scott Higginbotham. Had an exceptional tournament and was instrumental in helping the Reds sneak into the finals.
Best Waratahs player: Not much to choose from, but you have to applaud Dave Dennis for his consistency. Honourable mentions go to the Waratahs front row - Benn Robinson, Tatafu Polota-Nau and Sekope Kepu. They always put in, and were rightfully praised for being the best front row around.
Australia's best team: The Reds made the finals, but you have to give the Brumbies a pat on the back for their incredible rise up the ladder. Jake White made a difference, but his back-up coaching team should not be ignored, with Laurie Fisher, Stephen Larkham, George Gregan and co instrumental in seeing a bunch of ''no names'' excel. And yes, there was the Eddie Jones touch as well, reviving the Brumbies spirit of old.
Australia's worst team: Waratahs by a country mile. How a team with so much talent can lose its way and get beaten eight times in a row is an embarrassment, and a blight on Australian rugby. A clean-out at Moore Park is drastically required.
Best choices: Those at the Brumbies who gave so many youngsters a chance, including halfback Nic White and five-eighth Zack Holmes. Also, Kyle Godwin at the Force, who suddenly appeared in the final round at five-eighth, looks a great talent.
Worst choices: Will someone at the Waratahs own up to being the scout for overseas players? This person has to remove the blindfold because he has an abominable track record. The Waratahs' treatment of their marquee signing Sarel Pretorius this season was sad to watch. By the end of the season, Pretorius could not even make the 22-man playing squad, and is being squeezed out by Waratahs officials. Then again, this is the same mob who signed Hendrik Roodt. Remember him?
'What's all this about?' award: The Waratahs deciding on a season review two weeks before their season ends.
Quote of the tournament: Who else but former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers. ''I'm Peter de Villiers. I don't want to be Hamlet. I make up my own life values and live by them.'' Snubbed after a failed World Cup campaign, de Villiers said: ''You can't go out there and trust people; you can't even trust your own family.'' Cuckoo. Cuckoo.
Dope of the year: Whoever at the Waratahs was involved in letting Kurtley Beale go to the Rebels. Own up, stick a dunce's cap on your head and go sit in the corner.
The rumours that caused the biggest drama: Our revelation that two tipsy Waratahs officials were sighted arm in arm in Woolloomooloo caused explosions all over the city. As did our mentioning of the five-figure sum the cash-strapped Waratahs paid for a ''who's he?'' entertainer to sing for just over a minute at half-time break of the recent Brumbies match. Also the non-stop antics of ''Radio'', the offensive official who keeps getting in trouble, but is sadly being protected by a once respected Australian rugby identity. And those nabbed for doing something silly have the temerity to call us ''grubs''. Takes one …
The most interesting advice offered to an Australian player wondering whether it is time for him to change provinces: The player recently approached a high-ranking Australian official to ask his advice about two coaches. The reply was: ''Bit like choosing between mumps and measles.''
Our tip to win the title: The Chiefs.


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Mosaic, fundamentally, is about combining "super" components together in an environment that lets them communicate (messages) and exchange data (contexts). Layered on that, is the ability to create arrangements of these components in layouts that are either static or allow some degree of change by the end user.
The "super" component is the Tile: either a Flex-based application or module that is built from other Flex components or an HTML page. The Flex application Tile is usually a specific-purpose application (e.g., displays a chart) that relies on data from a back end and/or from another Tile.
Mosaic also has a repository of Tiles and Tile arrangements (Views and Panels, today) – the Mosaic catalog, from which a Mosaic developer can compose a Mosaic Application or from which an end-user may add new Tiles to their running Application and save that configuration for themselves for later use.
Mosaic "applications" combine Tiles and layout together through our XML structured format called "CRX" which is similar to Flex MXML. A simple Mosaic application might look like this:
This will display two Tiles, one on top of the other, with a Financial News area and a chart below that. The idea is that clicking on one of the articles would extract the company stock symbol and send it to the chart. While these are fictitious Tiles, you can see that each Tile could operate on its own, but together than provide a more complete package.
The structure of the application is enough like Flex to make writing the XML fairly easy and provides a great deal of freedom to combine Tiles in interesting ways.
If this intrigues you, please visit the Adobe LiveCycle Mosaic ES2 site.]]>
For the past two (2!!) years I have been working on the Adobe Mosaic project. Here's link to a video presentation of it: Adobe LiveCycle Mosaic ES2 – Tiles 101.
I'll be posting about Flex and Mosaic as well as other topics of interest.]]>
In addition, Flash Player 10 has been installed on 55% of computers worldwide.
The article describes how these numbers were determined.]]>
More details can be found on the Adobe AIR Blog]]>
Follow this link to learn more about Genesis:
Project Genesis at Adobe
The presentation will be given by Matthias Zeller who will introduce Genesis and explain its purpose and capabilities.]]>
Nov 16 – 19, 2008, in San Francisco, CA.
With over 4,000 registered attendees, you can't miss this opportunity to connect with others and share your experiences. MAX gives you the chance to learn about Adobe products and gain insight into what's coming down the road from Adobe and other leading-edge web, application, and service companies.
MAX is probably the best investment you can make to get the most out of your Adobe products.
Check out the MAX site at http://max.adobe.com.]]>
I've been reading about the various problems people have been having and I've got to say that I haven't experienced these problems yet. I have been updating the software when the updates become available, so perhaps that's been keeping me clear of the issues.
I live in an area that gets excellent 3G coverage. This past weekend I was in Philadelphia and the 3G coverage was also good with just a couple of exceptions. One thing I did have trouble with was the Maps application in a moving vehicle. I found that if I had my position identified when the vehicle was stopped, I could then track my progress for quite some time. If I stopped Maps and attempted to do this while moving, then Maps had trouble.
I previously had a Windows Mobile "smart" phone. The iPhone is so much better than that. The two just do not compare (so I will). The iPhone starts faster, is more responsive, has better call quality, and is so much easier to use. The Windows "smart" phone was like using an old ASCII terminal (yes, I am that old). Poorly designed with poor software, I couldn't wait to get rid of it. The thing didn't even know about daylight savings time until I downloaded a hard-to-find patch for it!
But the iPhone isn't perfect yet. It definitely needs stereo bluetooth, better battery life, and a memory expansion slot. I like the keyboard, actually, and am pretty good at typing on it. That "smart" phone had a terrible keyboard. And who thought overlaying numbers on the keyboard was a good idea? At least the iPhone can draw whatever keyboard it needs at the appropriate time.
I also dislike the earbuds it comes with. I guess I have little ears because on the plane trip they made my ears sore and kept falling out. But I did feel sorry for the woman seated next to me who kept juggling all of her equipment – I just had my iPhone for entertainment (watched a movie – perfect for an airplane) as well calling home when I arrived. I've now ordered some new earphones that come with an assortment of tips.
I love the fact that it is expandable and there are so many apps for it. I have this terrific tip calculator that is positively ingenious. I also have the Pandora app. Plus you can get apps to stream radio and podcasts.
Oh, and the very first app I downloaded was "Remote" – turning the iPhone into a remote control for iTunes. I have my Macs upstairs, but downstairs in the living room I have an Apple Airport Express plugged into the stereo. Now with the Remote application I can control iTunes from the sofa without having to run up the stairs. This app is awesome – it is so 'real time' that adjusting the volume on the phone instantly adjusts the play volume. Whoever wrote this deserves a huge bonus.
The bottom line is that I love this phone. It does everything I want and if I want something more, someone has, or will, write an app to do that, too. The iPhone 3G was definitely worth the wait, for me.
Now if Apple will just merge Apple TV with the Mac Mini…]]>
Visit the Genesis Blog at http://blogs.adobe.com/mashup.
You can read more about Genesis in this article at IT World: Adobe readying new mashup tool for business users.
I have enjoyed working for the best managers (Eric Anderson, Jim Schley, and Judy Ricciarelli) and with the best teammates (Woojin Choi, Kurt Mossman, Lin Lin, Brandon Purcell, Kyle Quevillon, Patrick Simon, Nick Watson, Peter Watson, John Zhao). Customer support is a team effort and I think the Flex Support team has proven that with the best-in-the business product support.
My new adventure with the Genesis group turns me back into a developer working on an exciting product sure to find a home in any coporation. Everyone needs a change of pace now and again and I'm delighted to be able to stay with Adobe and work with the best people in the business. I just hope I'm up for the challenge.
I'm still going to keep blogging and making Flex and AIR more accessible. Stay tuned for more articles.]]>
Improved launch speeds
Looking for faster launch speeds? Adobe has enhanced general performance and, in particular, has reduced launch times with Adobe Reader 9. Try it: You'll notice the difference.
PDF Portfolios
Packages, introduced in Adobe Reader 8, have been greatly enhanced and renamed. Portfolios provide easy navigation when you work with multiple PDF documents and other document types. They also enable you to work with a collection of materials such as drawings, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, and videos as a single file, which makes distribution, storage, retrieval, and collaboration easy for end users.
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Adobe Reader 9 can natively display rich media content, which you'll notice immediately with Portfolios. Interested in viewing SWF and FLV files? Adobe Reader 9 is the answer.
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In addition, Adobe Reader 9 includes easy access to Acrobat.com (beta), an exciting new set of online services from Adobe. With Acrobat.com, you can create PDF files online; create and coauthor documents with others; host live web meetings; upload and share PDF files and other types of documents and control who has access to them; and even embed a rich, interactive preview of your document in a web page. All of these services and more are provided online, so you can access them from anywhere. And you'll find easy access points from within Reader 9. As an added convenience, Acrobat.com leverages Adobe AIR, so you can interact with Acrobat.com from your desktop. Acrobat.com on Adobe AIR is a small application that is included with your download of Adobe Reader 9. Available in select languages.
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Adobe Reader 9 provides new digital signature functionality for an improved user experience. The new version also adds support for 256-bit AES encryption and new advanced security capabilities.
But, that's not all. Adobe Reader 9 offers a new PDF Standards Pane, improved CAD and geospatial functionality and accessibility enhancements.
So, download Adobe Reader 9 now! Or, distribute Adobe Reader 9 in your enterprise or bundle it with a CD or computer!]]>
It is a 100% Flash based website with interactive landscapes (click the background). The backgrounds were created by several of the best digital design agencies on the planet. If you can figure out the puzzles, you discover who built them.
After the site launches, click on the background. When it appears, click again. There are three backgrounds – the one in the middle, one to the right, and a very cool tropical one to the left.]]>


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I am a good listener, reflective, responsive and responsible. I am also fun, sometimes a little on the silly side and enjoy teasing and being playful.
I have excellent emotional intelligence. The Art of Loving is one of my favorite books and I easily practice these interpersonal dynamics. In short, I am a nice guy and know what that means and takes.
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My 18 year old daughter lives with my x most of the time, but I get to see her several times a week.
I am looking for someone who is warm, affectionate and easy going on the outside and the inside, as I am. I am not controlling and I do not have anger management issues and seek a match in this important way. I am easy going and seek an easy going partner.
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Metal: STERLING SILVER
Length: 1 1/3"
Pendant symbol means "Life".
English translation of the word "Life" is engraved on the back of the pendant.
Everyone has their own journey in life. Life is a remarkable journey that takes us up and down a road of happiness, growth, personal interaction, love, fear and sometimes pain and hardship, which comes with all the good we are blessed with.


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Bus passengers prepare for a bumpy ride as administrators take the wheel
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Complicated ... the voluntary administration process.
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Western Sydney bus commuters face three months of uncertainty as administrators prepare Westbus - the city's largest private bus company - for sale.
But the normal voluntary administration process surrounding the failed bus operator, which has debts of about $100 million, has been complicated by the NSW Government's ambitious bus reform program, administrator Peter Yates, of Deloitte, said yesterday.
Speaking after the first creditors' meeting regarding Westbus and a variety of related companies since they went into voluntary administration a week ago, Mr Yates said he wanted Westbus to be sold as a going concern rather than in pieces.
Mr Yates said the creditors of the business, which include the employees - represented by the Transport Workers Union - had given Deloitte approval to continue with the administration. He said there had been substantial interest expressed in the business.
He intends to keep all employees, does not want to cut services during the administration and said the first week had caused minimal disruption.
But Mr Yates is expected to seek an extension of time before a second creditors' meeting is held. He will also continue Westbus's negotiations under the Carr Government's plans to rejig Sydney's bus network. "There's the contract negotiations that are ongoing with the NSW Government," Mr Yates said. "That's an industry issue."
He said it was likely to take three months to sell the business.
Westbus is a pivotal player in the NSW Government's bus reform program, initiated by the former transport services minister, Michael Costa, and given to the new Transport Minister, John Watkins, to complete.
That program replaces 87 contract regions in Sydney with 15 large regions run by fewer than a dozen companies. It is hoped the amalgamation will allow improved planning of bus routes and the development of a network of high-frequency corridors.
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Astrophysics in Antarctica
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), coordinates almost all U.S. scientific research in the Antarctic. NSF is an independent federal agency responsible for providing support for research in almost all fields of science and engineering.
The USAP's goals are: to understand the Antarctic and its associated ecosystems; to understand the region's effects on (and responses to) global processes such as climate; and to use Antarctica's unique features for scientific research that cannot be conducted as well elsewhere.
Among the scientific disciplines encompassed by this broad mandate are astronomy, atmospheric sciences, biology, earth science, environmental science, geology, glaciology, marine biology, oceanography and geophysics.
Antarctic Astrophysics
A variety of conditions both in Antarctica generally and more specifically at the South Pole make the continent a world-class observatory.
Long-Duration Ballooning (LDB): Since 1988 NSF and NASA have developed techniques for flying and recovering large balloon payloads -- in the range of two tons -- at altitudes of roughly 37 kilometers (120,000 feet) for extended periods of approximately two weeks. These techniques position the experiment above 99.7 percent of the atmosphere. For some experiments, this provides scientists with conditions as good as a ride on the space shuttle or even a satellite.
For two reasons, the unique geophysical conditions above Antarctica make LDB flights possible during the austral summer.
Since the balloon is illuminated continuously by sunlight, both directly and by reflection from the underlying clouds or snow, it does not undergo the large changes in temperature, and therefore altitude, that are experienced during the normal diurnal cycle in more temperate regions. There, the daily heating and cooling cycle results in the loss of helium and also ballast, severely limiting flight times, a situation that is avoided above Antarctica. Additionally, each summer for a period of a few weeks, a nearly circular pattern of gentle east-to-west winds is established in the Antarctic stratosphere. The circulation is generated by a long-lived high-pressure area caused by the constant solar heating of the stratosphere. This allows the launching and recovery of a balloon where it can be recovered relatively easily on land.
Over the past decade there have been LBD flights in most Antarctic research seasons -- roughly mid-December through mid-January, with two balloons frequently being flown during the season.
South Pole Astrophysics: Several geophysical attributes make Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, operated by the USAP, an important and unique observatory:
See also: Press Release on Detailed Images of Early Universe
Media Contacts
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2017, its budget is $7.5 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives more than 48,000 competitive proposals for funding and makes about 12,000 new funding awards.
Useful NSF Web Sites:


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Yet again, it's rumoured that The Beatles back catalogue will be made available for download any day soon.
There are numerous media claims that Sir Paul McCartney has made around £200 million through licensing the tracks to Apple's iTunes – after years of legal wrangling over rights to the Apple name (the Beatles' corporate side is known as Apple Corps).
There are several reasons not to start saving your hundreds of 79p credits right now.
1) Why would Macca score hundreds of millions of pounds right at the moment that his divorce settlement is being decided by the courts?
2) Macca might have been the number-one man in Wings but there were other Beatles. One of them is even alive. What does Ringo have to say about it, or the families of George Harrison and John Lennon – who last week dismissed the claims as "rumour and speculation"?
3) It has been widely reported that the entire Beatles back catalogue is being digitally remastered, and this has been offered as a suggestion why the deal has not been done as quickly as some would like. The Beatles 'Love' album - produced by George Martin and his son Giles - showcased some of the remastered Beatles hits, but there's been no news of the fate of the rest of the tracks. It took years to remix 26 tracks, and the level of detail was astonishing: for example, when remastering "Because" the opening track now includes the bird sounds used in the World Wildlife Fund version of "Across the Universe". A new recording of a Wood Pigeon was implemented "to make it more British," according to George Martin.
4) Record company EMI is in the news for all the wrong reasons right now, with its major artists leaving in droves and/or bashing its new private equity boss for having the temerity to try to run it as a profit-making business. A bit of good publicity with the cheeky mop-tops going digital does no one any harm. And it takes some attention away from Macca's marital woes to boot.
5) The leaked "news" of a special edition "Yellow Submarine" iPod is unlikely to harm sales of Apple's market-leading MP3 player, is it?


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Police say thieves broke into the sealed waterfront site at about 2100 BST on Thursday evening.
Footprints have been left in the sand and police are planning to study CCTV footage to see if they can identify the thieves.
Sculptor Simon Smith said he will now be taking his own steps to guard against future incidents.