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The open source Tracking.js JavaScript library is bringing computer vision and augmented reality to Web development.
Tracking.js can work in mobile Web or desktop applications or be paired with Node.js on the server, says developer Eduardo Lundgren. It brings computer vision algorithms and techniques into the browser, and it enables functions like facial detection, camera-based tracking, and projecting of 3D models.
"When you want to do these kinds of interactions, it was very hard to do with the technologies that were available before in C or C++," says Lundgren, a software engineer at Liferay, which produces the Liferay Portal platform. To this end, Traking.js provides a Web component so developers can access components from HTML tags, without having to know JavaScript.
Tracking.js includes a color-tracking algorithm and an object tracker that enables Web applications to detect faces and eyes. By linking Tracking.js to the server via Node.js, an application could, for example, track faces and index information about those faces on a server database.
Tracking.js has been forked about 200 times, Lundgren said. It uses the HTML5 Canvas element and the getUserMedia API without requiring any third-party plug-ins. The library graduated to a 1.0 release stage in late July.
This story, "New JavaScript library adds facial detection, 3D projection to Web apps," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Get the first word on what the important tech news really means with the InfoWorld Tech Watch blog. For the latest developments in business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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Panama has NO deposit insurance. However, in case of a bank liquidation, there is an order of precedence that
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Target: Mark Barnes, J.D., LL.M., Interim Managing Director of Harvard's New England Primate Research Center
Goal: Stop Harvard's deadly experiments on monkeys
Harvard's medical school is currently running experiments on marmoset monkeys to study the effects of aging. A marmoset recently died after it escaped and was recaptured with a net at the New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC). The marmoset died after an imaging test. Although the exact causes of death are unclear, the research center is responsible for five primate deaths, including that of the marmoset. In February, the death of a cotton-top tamarin monkey led the U.S. Department of Agriculture to file a citation against the research center.
The experiments performed by Harvard medical school are highly questionable. The head research of the project, Dean P. Jones stated that the purpose of the study with the marmosets is to find solutions to physical weaknesses seen in older people. Jones states that it is easier to monitor the marmosets' growth due to their short life span and that the study is not dangerous for the primates. However, the experiment constantly has the marmosets in tubes when they are being scanned to monitor and measure body composition.
John J. Pippin, a director for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine states that there may have been other factors, such as poor oversight and performance by the faulty that could have led to the death of the monkey. Research on marmosets was suspended until corrective measures were taken by the experimenters and the experiments recently have resumed. The level of care for the animals has not been improved. Harvard medical school's history with animal experimentations is not a good one. There have been many cases of neglect and harm toward the animals resulting in deaths.
The study of aging can be effectively done on humans without any danger or harm. However, since it will definitely take longer to attain results, the Harvard scientists are taking the easy way out by studying marmosets. These animals do not deserve to undergo such gruesome tests, especially when they are squeezed into a tube during the imaging tests. Results from these experiments may not even be worth the damage that is being done on these animals.
The NEPRC must not continue its experiments and these monkeys must be saved.
Dear Mark Barnes, J.D., LL.M., Interim Managing Director of Harvard's New England Primate Research Center,
The experiments done on marmoset monkeys at the research center must be stopped and I urge you to take initiative and end all studies immediately. The marmoset that died recently was only one of five primates that have died at the center due to complications from studies. The experimenters claim that the studies are purely observational and that the monkeys are not in any harm. However, that is clearly not the case if these monkeys keep on dying.
Lead researcher Dean P. Jones states that these experiments are needed to study the aging process in humans and hopefully will help explain why physical frailness occurs with age. Jones wants to find a solution for physical frailness and he claims that studying monkeys will help humans. This study can be done with humans at no harm. The only downsides to that type of experiment are costs and time. These factors are not enough to justify the harm done on the monkeys.
I urge you to stop these experiments before more monkeys die.
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Scientists warn that thawing permafrost may significant worsen global warming and make the problem self-perpetuating.
The New York Times reported that underneath the frozen permafrost, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, decomposing organic materials have created twice as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere currently.
As the permafrost melts, the carbon is released into the atmosphere, magnifying the effects of climate change.
A new UN report has warned that the issue of permafrost is getting worse and that its effects has not yet been factored into climate models.
The Associated Press said the report points out that, in the past, permafrost only saw thawing in the summer months.
Now, thawing occurs even in winter months with thaws as deep as 10 feet, said Bloomberg.
More from GlobalPost: COP18: UN climate change talks open in Qatar
"Permafrost is one of the keys to the planet's future because it contains large stores of frozen organic matter that, if thawed and released into the atmosphere, would amplify current global warming and propel us to a warmer world," UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said in a statement.
The UN report comes during the second day of climate change negotiations taking place in Doha, where countries are negotiating an extension to the Kyoto Protocol.
The talks have so far been tense, with rich countries such as Japan, Russia and Canada refusing to endorse the extension.
The United States has not joined the protocol.
The report also comes during a re-emergence of the issue in Washington, particularly after superstorm Sandy rocked the East Coast of the United States, leaving billions of dollars in damage and several people dead. Earlier, the storm had claimed dozens of lives in the Caribbean.
In proper UN style, the report recommended another report be written on the matter. It also urged countries to set up national monitoring of the problem.


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Earlier this week I posted about a possible Playstation Phone as leaked by Engadget. Usually a rumor like this will pop up then fade away for a while until some new nugget of information comes to light. But not this time. The original Engadget post garnered a lot of attention with reactions all over the place, from "Wow, I want this." to "This is obviously a photoshop and here's why." Gaming blog NowGamer claimed to contact Sony Europe who first told them the images were fakes, but then changed their tune to the more typical "We do not comment on rumor and speculation."
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Engadget stood firm on this one, following up their first post with a second, titled The PlayStation Phone is still real which emphasized the leak had been confirmed by multiple, trusted sources and offered a code name: Zeus. But they weren't done yet, following with a third post talking about Z-System which is both a domain owned by Sony Ericsson and a tag that shows up in the top left corner of the leaked device's screen. Engadget speculates that Z-System is the name of the operating system for the phone/gaming device. So yeah, Engadget really wants us to believe they have a bona fide scoop on their hands. But then things got really interesting when CNN had a 'Fireside Chat' with Sony's senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille. Dille stuck to the "no comment" stance, technically, but he talked all around a Playstation Phone, mentioning that one of the weaknesses of the Playstation Portable is its lack of 3G connectivity. He further said that the goal for the Playstation Network is to be an entertainment centerpiece and be always accessible and that the PSP can't fulfill that goal. Whether or not Engadget's leaked Playstation Phone is real (and at this point I think it is) it seems pretty clear that Sony's next handheld will have 3G connectivity. Whether that means a kind of small-format gaming tablet (with 3G data) or a full-on phone that also plays games is yet to be seen. And if the Playstation Phone is real, then what happens to the PSP2 with its strange rear-touchscreen (which we talked about back in August), which has also been the topic of leaks and rumors this week. (See Kotaku's PSP2 Will Ditch the UMD, May Rival Xbox 360 In Horsepower from yesterday.) Can Sony really be planning two new handheld systems in 2011? And if so, will they have separate ecosystems? It seems likely, since the PSP2 (assuming the rumors are correct) will be a real powerhouse and it doesn't seem feasible to get that kind of power out of a device that'll run all day on a battery charge (a basic need for anything that's going to take on a cell phone role). All we have are questions today, and it seems likely we won't get any concrete answers until sometime in 2011. I didn't think the Playstation Phone would be of much interest but a straw poll taken among gaming friends suggest I'm wrong. The people I know enjoy gaming on their phones enough that they'd be interested in a phone with hardware gaming controls. Maybe Sony is on to something.


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Standing out like a sore thumb in the midst of the post-war architecture of piazza San Babila is the church that gives the square its name. The original fourth-century basilica was rebuilt in the 11th century and further modified in the 16th, only to have its Romanesque façade badly 'restored' in 1906 by Paolo Cesa Bianchi, who also did the main altar. It's not the most inspiring church in Milan, but remains notable if only because Alessandro Manzoni was christened here in March 1785.
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When it comes to calculating production costs, investors and miners are increasingly going all in. The days of the so-called "C1" cash cost standard encompassing only mining, processing and administration with adjustments for some waste stripping and byproduct credits seem well and truly numbered, particularly in the gold industry.
Over the past five years, as the gold price has risen but returns have not, investors have increasingly looked for an explanation. Part of the problem is that C1 costs bear little relation to bottom-line profits because they exclude royalties, exploration costs, sustaining capital and depreciation and amortisation, along with interest and taxes. Sustaining capital is particularly important because it costs a lot to keep an ageing goldmine in operation. Deutsche Bank estimates Australian goldminers under its coverage now have an average C1 cost of $751 an ounce but that excludes $269 an ounce in sustaining capital.
With gold trading at $1531 an ounce, sustaining capital alone makes a big difference in margins. Once other costs are included, Deutsche estimates "all in" cash costs average $1208 an ounce. That doesn't include depreciation, amortisation, interest or taxes and, therefore, profits at many of the miners are rather slim, as is the ability to return more cash. Another issue with reporting C1 costs is that while low costs are liked by markets, governments often use them to claim goldmining margins are much higher than they really are. Reporting more realistic costs can help prevent a rise in royalties and taxes.
North American gold miners in particular have taken these issues to heart. Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, Newmont Mining, Kinross and Yamana Gold are among those leading the charge on reporting "all in" costs. Alacer Gold, alongside its full-year results on Thursday, plans to do the same. But the trouble is that standards vary from company to company. For example, some include environmental rehabilitation costs and others do not. Therefore, a group of miners are working with the World Gold Council on a uniform reporting standard which is expected to be developed by the middle of the year.
Goldmining financial reporting has always been confusing due to different accounting standards. For instance, Barrick and Newmont each own half of the super pit in Kalgoorlie. But Barrick reported C1-like costs of $US778 an ounce from the mine in 2012, while Newmont reported costs of $US602 an ounce for the same period. Now that many investors think globally, it would be good if miners and their home jurisdictions could come to a better agreement on reporting standards.
Gold is not the only sector being affected by the trend to all-in costs. The sharp plunge in the iron ore price in September and in the coal price over the past nine months has brought bulk commodities into similar focus. But in those cases, the emphasis is more on the ability to remain cash positive amid lower prices than on profitability.
The variables are different from gold and include quality discounts, transport charges, charges for unused port and rail allocations in coal and, in the case of Fortescue Metals Group, interest payments equating to more than $US10 a tonne of iron ore output. Base metals so far haven't received as much scrutiny but based on the current trend towards all-in costs, that is unlikely to last.
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Okay, I've been listening to this album for quite a few years, and it's one of my gateway albums into melodic death/grind. It's nice because I certainly haven't heard anything that can top it. After all of the metal albums I've listened to, I can certainly state that Elvenefris is certainly one of the top metal albums of all time (so far anyway, but it'll certainly be hard to beat). It's gotta be the perfect combination of heavy and brutal death metal with and absolutely beautiful melodic metal ever. Not only that, but the Egyptian overtones along with some of greatest fuckin' drumming I've ever heard, and you got yourself a perfect death metal album!
Land Where Sympathy Is Air- 10/10 A perfect opener, starting off withan Egyptian passage, and then blazing with lightning fast guitars and drums, with very VERY gutteral vocals, and then taking some oppurtunities to only slightly slow down the tempo, and then go into a softer part with some actually rather clean and godly sounding spoken word. Then it speeds up again with more growling and crazy drumming, and then it goes into some of the catchiest riffing on the album! Again, the Egyptian tones show up on the guitars as some of the greatest chugging goes around and kicks the shit out of your ears. Then it goes to what it was like in the beginning, and keeps going fast, ending on a soft note with more spoken word, and this is about the point where you can tell what exactly the lyrical theme is about, and it's quite interesting. You'd expect this to be about killing and death and raping corpses? WRONG! It's about spirituality and happiness and all that sorta stuff. Strange, yes? But damn is it awesome!
To Become Shelter And Salvation- 8.5/10- Begins with some synthy intro, and then goes all fast like you'd expect, but not so awesome as the last track. Growly vocals and chuggy guitars still accounted for though! Then a little later, there's a mixture of heavy death metal along with s'more of those spoken vocals. Then it continues with the thrashing, even getting to a more melodic part, only to end up slowing down with more of those godly words, and then it slowly chugs it's way to the end. Certainly not bad by all means, but it doesn't stand out so much.
Bringer Of Elvenefris Flame- 10/10 Another highlight of the album, though it starts off slow with more of those spoken words, it'll soon kick your ass with some off the fastest and most beautifully melodic riffs on the album, with some utterly insane drumming to come along. I swear, Tomas Corn is a damned machine! So it continues on with melodic thrashing, and then kinda slows down once more, and then riffs you to pieces once again. If anything, you could picture this song being like, the triumphant victory song, because that's kinda what it sounds like in my mind. The part at 1:54 definitely shows that off.
Flowering Entities- 9/10 Starts off with plenty of chuggy and brutal death metal, and goes on with it for a few minutes with some Egyptian parts thrown in. After that, it starts to get really soft, with the crazy drummin' still goin' at it! Then again, it gets hella heavy with Ptoe growlin' like mad at ya. As it keeps thrashin', you're brought to another soft interval, with yet again, more of Ptoe's wonderful clean vocals. The soft parts combined with the really heavy guitars really help this one to stand out.
To Give- 10/10 Now this song has got to have some of the best drumming on the album. Begins with some really catchy chug riffing along with Tomas's awesome drums, and then goes into the awesome main verse. After that's overwith, we're treated to some totally awesome soloing done by Mr. Corn. I swear, you gotta hear it to believe it! So we get more thrashin', another awesome clean passage, and then more of the fantastic riffage until the song ends. It may seem like routine, but BOY does this shit not get old!
On The Way Home- 9.5/10 Probably the most "Egyptian" song on the album. It has some rather soft-sounding riffage and more of Ptoe's deep growls. Then it starts to get heavier and faster with some really catchy riffs, and at some point slows down with Egyptiany guitars. The great thing is when the song slows down, Corn's drums don't! And then, some heavy chuggin', more slowin' down, and then catchy-as-fuck melodic riffin', and basically keeps up this sort of formula 'til the end. Anyone who loves Egyptian metal will automatically get a kick outta this one.
Shine Of Consolation- 9.5/10 Starts off real fast and growly, and keeps it up more the most part of the song since it's the shortest on here at 3:39. Spoken parts are randomly put into the mix as well, with quite an interesting breakdown. The vocal pattern is different here, and then plays some beautiful riff until it steps into some super-catchy fast melodic riffing. This part of the album is indeed some of the catchiest off of here. Then it breaks down a lil' with some chuggin', and continues goin' hella fast and catchy with little slowdowns here and there. Thankfully, the shortest on the album has plenty of substance to go around!
Sadness And Strength- 9/10 Begins bein' rather heavy and fast, with some not-really-significant slowdowns. It kinda shifts speeds back and forth a lot, which is neat. Next, hella awesome, melodic riffing! Then, more chuggy riffing, and then more slight slowing down, rinse and repeat until we slow down completely, and then a different and awesome melodic riff! This song definitely shows off a lot of melody, and it indeed rules! So, just keep goin' with more high-speed thrashin', and then s'more back and forth tempo changes, and throw in some Egyptian guitar passages, and you got one hell of a song
A Step Closer- 9.5/10 I'd say this is one of the slowest songs off the album, besides the end of course. Starts off with kind of an enchanting part, which gets completely contradicted by heavy and fast blazin' guitars and more crazy drums. So, keep the thrashin' alive for quite some time, and then move on to some chuggin' (not so heavy, but awesome). Then this song has...a chorus! And it's a soft one, with more Ptoe's godly vocals, and some neato cymbal work by Corn. Then we sorta speed up as it moves along, and then it goes back to the super-speed death metal again. After a bit of that, it slows down yet again into a more Wonderland-sounding version of the chorus. As it tries to speed up again, it slows down a whole lot, to have some clean guitars goin', only to lead into an awesome melodic riff, but then slows down EVEN more, to play a slower version of that last riff, with some background guitars. Then it takes you straight to the end, and there ya have it.
An Old Man And A Child- 10/10 This has to be my favorite track. It's begins with catchy chuggin' with bells goin' on in the background and more growlin'. The riff...the drums...so catchy...! Then it goes into a slower Egyptian part, and chugs it's way into the next fast part, which = awesome chuggage! Then it slows down s'more, at least a bit anyway, and continues more growling, which he does for most of the song, and then slows down even more with more Egyptian guitar, and then goes fast again with catchy melodic riffs! Man, tempo changes galore! Then it goes to another section of melodic guitar, starting off clean, and then going into majorly beautiful guitar + drum ownage. Then it kinda repeats all of what I just said, with a sort of slower part added into the mix. Then finally, the ending. OH the ending...! It's gotta be the most beautiful part of the album. It's got a really wonderful sounding melody playing in the background with Ptoe saying a brilliant spoken passage and guitars still goin' with plenty of melody to accompany the background and Tomas still poundin' the drums even as the song fades, thus ending the crushing heaviness of the album on the line "Let your steps be blessed, and guided by light!" Then it ends with some bird chirpin' as it goes into the final track. Definitely the most stand out track of the album...!
Walking In The Garden Of Ma'at -8/10 Well, maybe THIS one is the most "stand-out" seeing as how there's no heaviness....period. All it is is a very beautiful sounding synth outro. Well, it's nice, but it's reeeaalll long, so impatient people certainly won't like it so much. The rest however, should indeed get a kick out of it. Though, for being the longest track, not much happens in it, but it is some really nice synth playing, that's for sure.
Though not absolutely perfect for everybody, basically every second of this album will either touch your heart, annihilate your soul, or both at the same time! No track is below outstanding, and it's gonna be hard for any other band to even come close to matching its excellence. So Lykathea Aflame, we salute you for making the greatest metal album ever, and we hope you continue to make more of the same, provided you guys are still gonna record that album this summer...!


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Students are encouraged to nominate an "Educator of the Month" by logging on to Suns.com/gcueducator to submit an application.
The Suns will select one honoree to be recognized each month through the remainder of the 2011-12 season.
Honorees of the award will receive four lower-level tickets to an upcoming Suns home game, a $50 Team Shop gift card and the opportunity to watch the Suns pre-game warm-ups from the team's bench prior to participating in an on-court photograph.
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Leaders from the leading national and regional telecommunications and radio standards organizations and a delegation from ITU consisting of both high-level secretariat staff and Study Group chairs met 28 August - 2 September, at The Tenth Global Standards Collaboration meeting (GSC-10).
The mission of the GSC is to exchange information between participating standards organizations to facilitate collaboration and to support the process of global telecommunication standardization in the ITU. The event was hosted by ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France.
Participants at GSC-10 included the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF), Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) of Japan, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) from the US, the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), the Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) of Japan, the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) of Korea, the ICT Standards Advisory Council of Canada (ISACC), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Guests and observers included representatives from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT), the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and the Sector Board 4 of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Specific resolutions on the following topics were agreed at the meeting:
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DePauw After Dark
What is DePauw After Dark?
DePauw After Dark is an on-going, late night series held on Friday and Saturday nights between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. The series provides opportunities for student groups and organizations to host social and entertainment programs that promote alcohol-free social interaction. Some examples of events can include game nights, open mic, movie trivia, karaoke, dance parties . . . the possibilities are endless. We encourage student creativity in the planning of programs, and the Office of Campus Life is available to assist with event planning if desired.
Why host a DePauw After Dark event?
The Office of Campus Life will give student groups $200 towards food and prizes for your DePauw After Dark event. You can choose to have your event anywhere on campus; however we encourage the use of the UB Terrace as it is a great space for events. Also, we will advertise your event in our Campus Life advertisements and promotions.
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Sparling has welcomed Tara Yost, Gaye Jones and Giona Muniz to the firm as administrative staff in its Lynnwood office. Yost has five years of experience. In her studio-coordinator role at Sparling, she provides support to several Sparling studio principals and works on major project administration. Jones and Muniz are responsible for reception duties and administrative support in the Lynnwood office.
Brian Cornish has joined Goldfinch Bros. as business development manager for its residential division. Cornish will be responsible for for developing business opportunities with architects and builders throughout the Puget Sound region. He also will work with Goldfinch vice president Dan Bagger to set the strategy and marketing priorities for Goldfinch's residential business.
Seattle-based Bartell Drugs has named Brent Beebe senior vice president, merchandising. He will develop and lead merchandising and category management while taking the lead in merchandising innovation for Bartell Drugs' 63 locations. Beebe most recently was vice president and general merchandise manager for Jo-Ann Stores and previously held positions with Fred Meyer and Meier &Frank.
Steve Sant, an independent financial adviser affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and a personal wealth manager for Sant McMahon in Lynnwood, has achieved Commonwealth President's Club status for 2014. This distinction recognizes financial advisers based on a ranking of annual production among Commonwealth's network of 1,487 financial advisers.
Bob McMahon, personal wealth manager for Sant McMahon in Lynnwood, recently attended the Commonwealth Financial Network's Winners Circle conference in Litchfield Park, Ariz. While there, he gave to those in need by partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Central Arizona. Commonwealth volunteers helped work on three new homes for low-income families.
The Snohomish Chamber of Commerce presented its annual volunteer and special recognition awards at its April 15 membership luncheon meeting. Those who received awards included Darrell Charles, Marci Volmer, Kim Thunder, Roy Tellof Jr. and Madeleine Boucher. The Snohomish Kiwanis Glacier Peak High School Key Club also was recognized.
The Cascade Valley Hospital Wound Care &Hyperbaric Medicine Center has received recognition as a Center for Excellence for 2013. This award indicates that the center has achieved outstanding patient outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction of more than 92 percent and a minimum 91 percent wound healing rate within 30 median days to heal.
Seattle Goodwill Industries honored Everett Community College as an outstanding community partner (nonprofit) for assisting with Goodwill's new Marysville Youth Aerospace Program. EvCC supported the development of the program, including creating a pre-employment course and offering tours and demonstrations to young participants. An award was presented at a ceremony Feb. 16.
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To mark April as Parkinson's Awareness Month, Bothell Furniture is donating 10 percent of its sales through April 30 to the Northwest Parkinson's Foundation. Locally owned Bothell Furniture is located at 10100 Main St., Bothell. It has been an active business since 1985.
University of Washington history professor and author Bill Rorabaugh will speak about the history of apprenticeships at 7 p.m. April 24 at Everett Community College's Henry M. Jackson Conference Center, room 101. The event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required. Everett Community College is located at 2000 Tower Street. For more information, call 425-388-9930.
The next Economic Alliance Snohomish County Business After Hours event is to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. April 24 at Banner Bank, 2531 Colby Ave., Everett. Tickets are complimentary but please RSVP. Banner Bank will feature beverages from Elysian Brewing Co., Boundary Brewing Co., Mark Ryan Winery and Furion Cellars.
Skagit Regional Clinics is hosting a community open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 26 to celebrate the grand opening of the system's newest clinic, Riverbend. The open house will feature tours of the 39,100-square-foot facility. The new clinic is located at 2320 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon.
The next quarterly tourism forum sponsored by Snohomish County Tourism Bureau is called "Creating Effective Campaigns and Tracking Your Advertising." The free event is to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. April 29 at Edward D. Hansen Conference Center at Comcast Arena in Everett. Please reserve by April 21. For more information, call 425-348-5802.
The public is invited to come and help fill the truck at McKesson Drug Co.'s 8th Annual Food Drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 17 at Albertsons Food Center, 3322 132nd St. SE. in Mill Creek. Donations of non-perishable food items benefit Volunteers of America Food Bank.
Sustainable Edmonds will host "Climate Change in Edmonds: Reviewing our 2010 Edmonds Climate Action Plan Four Years Later" from 6 to 9 p.m. April 30 at the Edmonds Senior Center. It will feature a number of distinguished speakers and panelists. The meeting is free and open to the public. See the Sustainable Edmonds Facebook page for details.
Mountain Pacific Bank in Everett is hosting a free Shred Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26. Bring up to 50 pounds of documents to be shredded securely by Shred-it. The bank is located at 3732 Broadway. Call 425-263-3500 with questions or for more information.
Classes, workshops and webinars
Two upcoming workshops are presented by the Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center and sponsored by Economic Alliance Snohomish County. Government Contracting 101 is to be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and Marketing to the Government is to be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. April 23 at Economic Alliance Snohomish County in Everett in Conference Room 808. Register online at http://washingtonptac.org/events-workshops/.
Livestock Handling &Care workshops are planned for May 3 and 4 at the Sheriff's Posse Arena, 5421 S. Machias Road, Snohomish. Class size is limited. Registration is required. Cost is $25 per person per session. Register online at http://livestock.brownpapertickets.com or download a form at http://snohomish.wsu.edu/livestock-handling-and-care and mail with a check. Contact registrar Karie Christensen at 425-357-6039 or email@example.com.
The Wishing Stone, a jewelry, rock, fossil and mineral shop in Edmonds, has relocated to 523 Main St. The new location is about two blocks east of its previous location at 317 Main St. Wishing Stone's owner, Janet Yoshikawa, said the additional floor space will allow the store to expand its selections.
Locally owned Premier Risk Solutions has announced the opening of a new private investigative and security agency focusing on corporate risk management solutions. The company is owned and managed by Michael Delamere, a veteran of 16 years in the private sector security profession. Delamere has worked in four major metropolitan areas during his career, including Seattle.
The Edmonds City Council is seeking applicants interested in serving on the City of Edmonds Economic Development Commission. Apply at EdmondsWA.gov, pick up an application at the reception desk in City Hall located at 121 Fifth Ave. N or call 425-771-0247 to receive an application by mail or email. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.


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A long lacey cardigan with a flaring bottom.
- Four sizes range from 32.5-48.5 inches (82.5-123cm) finished chest measurement. Described as "standard" ease, approximately 4 inches (10cm). Schematics provide other body and finished measurements.
- Knit flat in pieces. Decreases at the waist provide shaping.
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Sometimes my conscience tells me to do something that goes against the grain of my pocketbook.
Things like, Stick to your guns when it comes to teaching your yoga, don't sell-out and teach work-out yoga. Yes, Higher Consciousness, Work Out Yoga isn't worthy of my yogic lineage, my lineage has deep meaning (if not pockets).
Consciousness continues. (It has a voice eerily like that of consciousness guru Jiminy Cricket.) "Psssstt…back to your meditation mat, Barbra. You're a student of non-judgement."
Okay, Jiminy, but how am I going to earn a living sticking to your standards?
I used to be a museum curator. Back then, I would not have kitsch, or "festival art" in my exhibitions. Unless it was part of a political statement, of course, or if the theme of the exhibition was something obtuse (if fun) like "Who let the velvet paintings in the museum?: Camp in Contemporary Art." I was paid to be selective. I had a salary, benefits, paid holidays, even something called an IRA. I was paid respectably to do what I loved in the way I wanted to do it. I had the freedom to present whatever my over-educated mind dreamed up, knowing I'd still get the same paycheck, no matter what. Consciousness and I were endowed, so to speak.
As far as art with deep meaning, what would I tap? Given my druthers paved in a paycheck, what art do I find up to snuff, if not that of the velvet Elvis and "Sunday painters?"
I'd happily "select" the atmospheric installations concocted by Olafur Eliasson. Be sure to view this, you'll want to explore his work for hours. As Holland Cotter wrote in the New York Times, "Stand Still; A Spectacle Will Happen." Any experience, be it art, yoga, or a watching the moonrise, that brings spectacle in stillness is "worthy" to me.
Olafur Ellasson installation, photo credit: uair01
Okay, so I do hold the bar high when it comes to "fine" art, and I do the same with my yoga lineage… which makes my life about as fine as it gets. It's a yoga tradition that has little to do with that "workout" I know many people want, and more to do with living one's life purpose — and, no, that is not the most in demand yoga these days.
Damn having to use either art or yoga as a commodity. But what to do about putting tofu on the table?
To keep my integrity pristine, I might, like commenter justthisbreath noted in another Yoga Modern post, make a choice to get a second job. I could work at the corner store (or a Big Box one if times are wearing my integrity a little lean). Or I could spend some studio time crafting things I know people will buy. The fact is, unless one is celebriyogi or blue chip artist, we all have to make concessions of sorts. The vast majority of yoga teachers, artists, athletes, writers, etc., do not make a rotund bank account by doing what they love most.
Untitled, cast-ice zip ties, photo courtesy of Noellynn Pepos
I know an artist who is a master metalsmith, and an inspiring art teacher. Noellynn Pepos' sculptures and installations don't fly off the shelves so to speak — they are large scale, which means they are priced right out of the pocketbook of most of us. Whether or not she can support herself with it is not why she stays up all night, mad with ideas, making art. She relies on a sideline business of felting art scarves for her bread and butter. Her soul wants to create glorious installations such as this cast-ice fence. She makes wearable textiles to make a living.
To bring things back to my "enterprise of yoga," I could, I guess, in the interest of having a roof over my crown chakra teach a kind of yoga just because it packs the studio. I do know there is a middle path. As my teacher, Rod Stryker says,"Give them what they want, then incorporate what you know they need."
Is it selling out to change the way you teach yoga to get more students in the studio? Would you rather have a "job-job" than "sell-out" and teach a style of yoga you don't really like just so you can do some version of what you love full time?


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It was found that methylated nucleotides change incorporation of modified nucleotides used for DNA sequencing [1, 2]. This makes it possible to destinguish between methylated and unmethylated sites in DNA by sequencing. The goal of this project is to find if it is also possible to quantify this to find out how much of the DNA is methylated. This is a common question usually answered with Southern Blot experiments which are quite workintensive. To see if there is a correlation of peak intensity with the degree of methylation the first step is to sequence defined mixtures of plasmids from an E. coli dam- strain with plasmids from a dam+ strain that were also methylated in vitro. For the first experiments I used plasmid pGATC [3] that containes a GATC cluster with numerous methylation sites. Complete in vitro methylation of the dam+ pGATC was checked by digestion with HphI which is sensitive to methylation (2.10.2008).
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PUNTA GORDA, FL. - Detectives have arrested two people in connection with the armed robberies of the 2 convenience stores that occurred within an hour of each other on April 12.
On Thursday, detectives arrested a 17-year-old on two counts of Armed Robbery. 18-year-old Mearl Dalton Parker was arrested on April 18 on two counts of being an Accessory After the Fact to a First Degree Felony.
On April 12, the Sheriff's Office received a report of an armed robbery at the 7-11 at 330 Kings Highway just after 10:00 pm. Witnesses said a young male dressed in a dark hoodie and a mask approached the counter carrying a gun and demanded money. Less than an hour later, a second report of an armed robbery was received from the Circle K at 41 Tamiami Trail. The witness described a young male in similar apparel carrying a gun as the suspect. The suspect at the Circle K was seen getting into a dark colored older model vehicle.
During the investigation, detectives interviewed witnesses who were able to provide information that lead to the identification of Roberts as the alleged robber in both cases. Parker was identified as the person who drove Roberts a relative's car to both convenience stores.
At the time of his arrest for the armed robbery, Roberts was also charged with Battery and Resisting Arrest without Violence on other unrelated cases. He was turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Parker was also arrested for Violation of Probation and remains in the Charlotte County Jail.


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XwingVmanX replied to XwingVmanX's topic in Math and PhysicsI was thinking that the two forces acting on each other would cause a dampening to the oscillation, since when playing with magnets in real life they eventually came to a rest above the base magnet. I wasn't thinking about air resistance. I suppose if I took the same magnets in real life and put them in a vacuum they wouldn't stop either. As for having a range on the magnetic field, I needed to do that in order to control how many magnets were acting on the player, otherwise it would result in quite a few game breaking bugs. Though I suppose if I had the magnets properly responding to distance it wouldn't be a problem...
XwingVmanX posted a topic in Math and PhysicsI have an issue with a mechanic in a game I am working on. I attached a crude diagram I made in paint to help me explain my issue. Blue Box - Dynamic Box Black Box - Static Box Red Arrow - Gravity Yellow Arrow - Force from black box Green Circle - Rang of Yellow Arrow First diagram shows the blue box at rest being pushed down by gravity. The second diagram shows what happens when the black box turns on it's opposing force. The third diagram shows where I want the blue box to eventually come to a rest. What currently happens is when the opposing force is kept on, the blue box goes to the highest point possible then falls all the way back down to black box and will continue doing that until the opposing force is turned off. I want the box to slowly level out and hover (like diagram three). I am just looking for ideas on how you might handle it. Nothing I have come up with has worked. P.S. - I am doing this in XNA using BEPUphysics engine.
XwingVmanX replied to XwingVmanX's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingOOOOH, Wow all that math is coming back to me. Thanks lol
XwingVmanX posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI was trying to figure out how to make a sprite always look at the players current position. My problem is I am not sure how to check which way the sprite is facing in relation to the players position and adjust him accordingly. I would be grateful if I could get any suggestions as to how to start approaching this.
XwingVmanX posted a topic in GDNet LoungeI was wondering if anyone is or knows a creative director (game director), that wouldn't mind being interviewed for a college research paper? I just wanna ask a few questions about things like... How you got into the game industry? What lead you to becoming a creative director? What is your daily routine as a creative director? If you can help me out please personal message me or email me at email@example.com Thanks
XwingVmanX replied to XwingVmanX's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingThanks I'll take a look
XwingVmanX posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingCan anyone point me in the right direction to learn about reading XML files using C++. I was able to find and learn how to write onto/create an xml document, but I am having trouble find information on accessing the xml document. This is currently what I have patientList.open("Patients.xml", ios::in); while(!patientList.fail() && strcmp(user, name)) { getline(patientList, str); posOpen = str.find("<name>"); newStr = str.substr(posOpen + 1); posClose = newStr.find("</name>"); newStr = str.substr(posOpen + 1, posClose); strcpy(name, newStr.c_str()); } patientList.close(); Right now I have it going through the XML file, line by line trying to find a name. Now that works fine, but what I want to do next is once the name I am looking for is found I want to grab the line after it. The XML looks like this <patient> <name>Ken</name> <mood>Happy</mood> </patient> <patient> <name>Bob</name> <mood>Sad</mood> </patient> <patient> <name>Mike</name> <mood>Scared</mood> </patient> So I want to find the name I am looking for then grab the mood associated with that name. Thanks for your help in advance.
XwingVmanX posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingI am trying to figure out if there is a way to find out if any button on the xbox control has been pressed. Similar to how you can use GetPressedKeys() to find out if any key on the key board has been pressed. From Google searches there doesn't seem to be, but I figured I'd ask anyway. For more context, basically I want to trigger something if any button on the controller is pressed.
XwingVmanX replied to XwingVmanX's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingFigured it out, turned out my prevPos was getting the textures position before the collision was called.
XwingVmanX posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingOkay so I am setting up collision detection in a very basic XNA game. The way I am doing it is checking if there should be a collision, and if there is check to find out what side the collision occurred from. The top and bottom collision works, but right and left wont work. The logic for top and bottom is the same for left and right so I don't understand why it wont work. Can anyone see what I might be missing? //Call collision; if (platCollision()) { //From top if (prevPos.Y + frameSize.Y <= platPos.Y) texturePos.Y = platPos.Y - frameSize.Y; //From bottom if (prevPos.Y >= platPos.Y + platDim.Y) { texturePos.Y = platPos.Y + platDim.Y; grav = 0; } //From Left if (prevPos.X + frameSize.X <= platPos.X) texturePos.X = platPos.X - frameSize.X; //From Right if (prevPos.X >= platPos.X + platDim.X) texturePos.X = platPos.X + platDim.X; }
XwingVmanX posted a topic in Math and PhysicsOkay so basically I am working on a 2D puzzle game in C++. I know how to do collision detection, gravity, and rotation. What I want to happen is if a puzzle piece is placed with the center point over the edge of the puzzle piece it was placed on, I want it to rotate and fall over (speed of rotation depending on how far out the center point is from the puzzle piece it is placed on). Actually now after trying to explain what I want to do I have an idea, but feel free to give me extra ideas encase my idea doesn't work. lol
Quote:Original post by zer0wolf Specialize your personal projects, sure, but don't short change your education. Edit: After receiving a PM from a Digipen student in response to this thread, I feel I should clarify things a bit. My point is that there is a trade-off with your education. Either option, going to a strong game development school or a more traditional school, is perfectly valid for the end result of getting a job as a game developer. Just don't expect either to give you an "advantage" in securing a job, and also realize that there will be differences in your curriculum. The important thing is focusing on getting a strong education and doing what game developers do - making games [wink] That was a beautiful speech. lol But I get what your saying, I am not asking because I want to get the advantage in securing a job, i just don't want to get screwed over at a school that doesn't really teach you what you need. Almost happened to me.
I understand what you mean zero, i forgot who, but someone told me that it is usually better to specialize in one are. But you make a good point too.
Never heard of Digipen, I'll have to look into it.
XwingVmanX posted a topic in Games Career DevelopmentSo right now I am planning on going next fall to New England Institute of Technology for Game Development and Programming. Seems to be one of the more accredited schools for this major on the east coast, but to be safe I figured I would ask and see if anyone knew anything, from personal experience maybe, about the school. Or even if there is another school a long the east coast or maybe even west coast that you feel is a better school.


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They definitely want a celebration to honour Winnipeg's triumphant Olympic speed skaters.
But the local speed skaters hope the monumental medal haul by Cindy Klassen and yesterday's top honours for Clara Hughes will do much more than shine a temporary spotlight on their sport.
"I think a party or a parade is good, but then it's gone," says Anne Mushumanski. "I would love to see a legacy facility in their names."
"We produce such great athletes out of our facility here, which is only open 2 1/2 months a year," said Mushumanski, who started skating at the same time as gold medallist Clara Hughes and later coached Olympic record-setter Cindy Klassen.
The outdoor ice oval at the Sargent Park Recreation Complex -- re-named in 1999 for Winnipeg Olympic speed skating silver medallist Susan Auch -- opens in mid-December and is only useable until the ice starts to melt in spring, said Mushumanski.
"Imagine what we could do if we had a facility that was open in October," she said, noting local athletes could stay in Winnipeg instead of moving to train at the national centre in Calgary.
The facility doesn't even need a roof, Mushumanski said, as long as it has artificial ice so athletes can start training in the fall. What's more, the ice could be made available to all skaters.
"Speed skating could have its certain hours and the public could have their certain hours," she said.
City hall would entertain the thought of upgrading Winnipeg's speed skating oval, Mayor Sam Katz told the Sun yesterday.
A speed skating fan since helping finance some of Susan Auch's training for the Nagano Olympics, Katz said he wants to see "a lasting legacy" in the city as a reminder of the athlete's accomplishments in Turin.
"I'm totally open-minded. I would listen to any ideas that come forward," Katz said.
"But are you asking me would I make a commitment right now on behalf of the city, I'd have to say no ... But I'm happy to discuss anything," he said, adding he hasn't been formally approached by the Manitoba Speed Skating Association.
There's been no shortage of suggestions on how city hall should recognize local athletes, Katz said, everything from renaming a recreation facility to renaming a street.
"Every 20 minutes I'm getting faxes and e-mails about different ideas," he said.
The city is also making short-term plans -- like a party or a parade -- to honour the athletes. Those details are still being worked out, Katz said yesterday.
For now, local speed skaters admit a new oval is but a dream.
"But you have to have dreams," Mushumanski said. "That's how these girls got where they are, because they have dreams."


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Full Story Texas is considered a national leader in its innovative use of breastfeeding initiatives. NICHQ recently spoke with Veronica Hendrix, program coordinator for the Texas Ten Step Program, to get her advice for other states seeking to increase breastfeeding rates.
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Full Story Hospitals that support a mother's decision to breastfeed and pursue Baby-Friendly designation are finding that the effort holds unexpected benefits.
Full Story In order to be designated Baby-Friendly, hospitals must purchase formula at fair market value. But choosing to pay for formula is a trickier endeavor than some hospitals expect.
Full Story A woman's decision to breastfeed typically occurs long before labor and delivery—sometimes even before she is pregnant. But her commitment to carry through frequently hinges on the opinion of someone often overlooked in breastfeeding education—the baby's father.
Full Story Julie Stagg, of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), discusses how Texas has been able to make progress on improving statewide breastfeeding rates.
Full Story Educating staff is one of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, and hospitals are using creative and innovative strategies to make staff trainings as non-intrusive and fun as possible.
Full Story Kimarie Bugg, MSN, MPH, a nurse practitioner who specializes in breastfeeding, works with Best Fed Beginnings hospitals in the southern US, an area of the country that has traditionally had lower breastfeeding rates. Bugg recently talked with NICHQ about the cultural barriers to breastfeeding many families face.
Full Story There's no easy way around it: change is hard, and resistance to change comes in many forms. Oftentimes, proposed changes aren't viewed as doable or as a priority. Regardless of the type of opposition, teams working on everything from breastfeeding support to sickle cell disease are finding ways to ensure leadership commitment to help overcome organizational resistance.
Full Story As the Texas Breastfeeding Learning Collaborative wraps up its first phase, Erin Hamilton Spence, MD, reflects on how hospitals in her advisory group found success by working together.
Full Story In this exclusive tour of the Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas, NICHQ goes behind the scenes of a milk bank to learn why donation milk is so important to supporting breastfeeding.
Full Story Follow the stories of four hospitals that have not yet achieved Baby-Friendly status as they begin their journey in NICHQ's Best Fed Beginnings quality improvement project.
Full Story Hospitals that put a newborn directly on a mother's chest after birth, a practice known as skin-to-skin contact, are finding its helping new mothers be successful in their choice to breastfeed.
Full Story Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest hospital is improving support for a mother's choice to breastfeed. Its biggest coup? Getting all levels of staff and leadership on board.
Full Story In hospitals around the country the break-ups are happening. Pacifiers and babies are no longer being seen together. These once ubiquitous partners are now going their separate ways as hospitals are tossing pacifiers and other artificial teats following evidence that they can interfere with breastfeeding.
Full Story Hospitals seeking to improve breastfeeding rates have found that formula companies are threatened by the potential loss of exposure for their brands in maternity units. This has made it particularly challenging for hospitals intent on paying for formula.
Full Story A three-pronged approach to patient education about the benefits of breastfeeding is resulting in one big win for hospitals and families—breastfeeding rates are going up.
Full Story In Texas, only 13.7 percent of mothers are exclusively breastfeeding for six months. Pamela Berens, MD, talks about the specific challenges in bringing change to Texas.
Full Story In this Q&A with Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, she discusses the reasons for why the US lags behind many other countries in long-term, exclusive breastfeeding.
Full Story Stony Brook Hospital has nearly 40 percent of mothers exclusively breastfeeding while in the hospital. And the hospital's overall breastfeeding rate is now a consistent 93 percent.
Full Story Amanda Ghent, a mother of two and a breastfeeding counselor in training, shares her personal experience of breastfeeding and story of advocacy.
Full Story Ann Siegle, a mother of two and CEO of Spoke8Marketing, shares her personal experience of breastfeeding and story of advocacy.
Full Story Gloria Carroll, a mother of two, shares how her search for knowledge and support from her family helped lead her to advocacy.
Full Story Kelly Maynard, a parent partner in the Best Fed Beginnings project, shares her personal experience of why having breastfeeding support was so crucial for her family.
Full Story Lindsay Fonseca, a mother of three, shares her story of advocating for breastfeeding support.
Full Story Michelle Moore, a parent partner in the Best Fed Beginnings project, shares the obstacles she faced when breastfeeding and how support from the hospital and community helped her.
Full Story One parent and active breastfeeding advocate, Sarah Bedford, shares how she's seen hospital procedures change throughout her three children's births.
Full Story Trang Neimetz, a mother of two, shares the story of what led her to join the Texas Breastfeeding Learning Collaborative as a Parent Chair to help improve breastfeeding in Texas.
Full Story Around 6 percent of the approximately 2,000 birthing faculties in the US are Baby Friendly certified and currently no state is fully Baby Friendly. NICHQ's new national, two-year initiative called Best Fed Beginnings will help 90 hospitals take the steps necessary to become Baby-Friendly certified.
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We have dinner once a month with some friends. Play a few games tell a few lies ect. I talked to our friend Rob about this. He is a lawyer (Real Estate). He was surprised that Princess would admit that one of their employees took the laptop. According to him that makes a big difference.
Your post does not say if it was a crew member assigned to your room, but that really does not matter. In your cabin one as the assumed right of security. Princess is 100% wrong and liable. With that said their is little you can do.
The best thing you can do is send a certified letter to Princess. Go over the chain of events. Then tell them what you would like them to do. If you do not over demand you might be surprised what you get.
Hiring a lawyer will cost you a lot of money with very little return. Trying to find a News Reporter wanting to air you case will be almost impossible, unless they are doing a related report.
Messaging on all the boards, or putting up a You Tube video might open yourself to legal action. Can you prove the crew member took it? Did they put anything in writing or just tell you. If nothing is in writing, it is your word against theirs.
I would fire off a well worded letter. It would not hurt to talk about a few of the good highlights of the cruise that you did enjoy.
Over the years I have had our house broken into, and a car stolen. I know the feeling you must have. I hope you can get some comfort knowing they caught the guy. They never caught the person who broken into our house.
I take a lot of photos while on vacation. All the images are put on my laptop. I also carry a PSD (portable storage device). It is nothing more than a small hard drive. I have never been worried about thief. I worry about hard drive failure, accidental lose. I always carry the drive in a different case that my laptop or camera gear.
Another thing I do is keep a list of serial and model numbers, plus a photo of my gear. I use gmail, one of its features is Google docs. I have all the information logged in there. All you have to do is find a place to log on to the net and you can give the police, insurance or who ever a complete list and images of the gear. I always make sure I have registered the product, that way the Maker also has a record of who owns it. In other words I leave a paper trail back to me.
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House Members Propose Bill Allowing Dogs and Cats Aboard Amtrak
(Benjamin R. Freed) If a bill being proposed by two House members becomes law, Amtrak riders might stop complaining about everything for a while. Reps. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) yesterday introduced H.R. 2066, the Pets on Trains Act of 2013 which, if passed would permit cat and dog owners to bring their furry friends aboard trains.
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I got USB set as local disk. I used GParted to split my USB into two partitions, the first is FAT32 & the second is Ext2.
EXT2 should be around 7 GB
USB size is 16 GB
FAT32 is set properly, but ext2 can be applied!
After i follow all the steps to make ext2 & click apply, the file system fails & shows as unknown. I checked the details, it says:
Unable to detect file system! Possible reasons are:
The file system us damaged
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There is no file system available(unformatted)
FAT32 is set as primary partition as well as EXT2. If i choose Extended, it works but no file system can be specified, i want it ex2 so i can save changes for BT3...BT3 not yet installed in FAT32
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In many questions asking you to strengthen an argument, weaken an argument, or identify an assumption, there will be a shift in scope from the evidence (in this case, the first two sentences) to the conclusion (the third).
When there is such a scope shift, the answer choice will rest right in the space between them, linking the evidence and conclusion. More precisely, it will link the scope of the evidence to the scope of the conclusion.
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