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Q. We sometimes require our hourly employees to commute from the office to a two-day meeting that includes company-sponsored social activities and an overnight stay. They then return to the office after meetings on the second day. How do we pay them for this time?
A. The rule is that for overnight travel, all travel time that cuts across the normal workday (even if it falls on a weekend) must be compensated. So if an employee is scheduled to work from 8 to 5, and the employee travels after 5 to or from the place of the overnight stay, it does not have to be paid, even if it falls on a weekend.
If that same employee travels during normal work hours, it all has to be paid.
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Evidence of the department's breadth is a lengthy list of current research area.
One measure of the department's interactions is its strong and enduring ties with UCAR. Phil E. Church represented the university at a 1958 planning conference to discuss the establishment of a National Institute for Atmospheric Research, and UW has been a UCAR member since UCAR's inception in 1959. UW faculty have served on the board of trustees (including current board member Conway Leovy) and numerous UCAR and UOP advisory committees. Faculty members have joined UCAR staff and vice versa.
UW professor Kristina Katsaros is also director, Departement d'Oceanographie Spatiale, IFREMER, Centre de Brest, France. Another UW professor, Michael Wallace, doubles as director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), a cooperative effort with NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. The institute was established to foster collaborations between PMEL and UW's atmospheric sciences department and School of Oceanography. The major atmospheric science focus in JISAO is the problem of physical and biogeochemical mechanisms of climate variability.
There are affiliate faculty at PMEL, the UW Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Battelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratories, and UCAR. Nine faculty members hold joint appointments in the UW departments of Geophysics, Applied Mathematics, and Oceanography; or in APL. Atmospheric sciences faculty hold a total of 13 adjunct appointments with the departments of Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Geophysics, Astronomy, Applied Mathematics, Oceanography, and Environmental Health; APL; and the Quaternary Research Center.
The research facilities reflect the interdepartmental interdisciplinary emphasis. Those on campus include clean rooms, cold rooms, a chemistry lab, a temperature/humidity controlled lab, a machine shop, electronic labs, and a wind tunnel. A joint project with the chemistry department is a state-of-the-art clean room and lab for research on trace gases in the atmosphere. There's a mobile Doppler radar and, stationed at Paine Field, an instrumented Convair C-131 aircraft that has flown research missions in many parts of the world. This aircraft is currently due for replacement by a Convair 580 twin-engine turboprop.
Other facilities are in more remote sites. The Cheeka Peak Atmospheric Research Station, on land leased from the Makah Indian Nation in the Olympic Mountains, is a unique site for monitoring the background chemistry and aerosol content of pristine marine air at midlatitudes. When the wind is blowing from the west, the station is predicted to have the cleanest air in the Northern Hemisphere. Plans for research there include continuous monitoring of atmospheric chemistry, precipitation chemistry, aerosols, and radiation, and cooperative atmospheric and cloud chemistry projects with PNL, PMEL, and Oregon State University.
Blue Glacier field station, established in 1957 on Mount Olympus, is the only permanent research facility alongside a glacier in the United States. There, UW researchers have kept an almost continuous record of the mass balance of the glacier. For the past eight years, the measurements have included a seismic record.
The Friday Harbor Laboratories provide facilities for oceanographic research and instruction. A complex of 61 buildings on 1,856 acres on San Juan Island north of the town of Friday Harbor, the labs have direct access to salt waters relatively free of pollution and to diverse intertidal areas of rock, sand, and mud, for research programs in zoology, health sciences, fisheries, botany, and oceanography.
The department's roots go back to World War II, when Church arrived at the university to teach climatology in the geography department. In 1946 atmospheric sciences was established as a degree-granting program and the faculty grew by three: Franklin Badgley, Robert Fleagle, and Richard Reed. After that, says Untersteiner, "the growth curve would look very typical of our kind of department: rapid in the postwar period, a pause, rapid growth in the 'fat science' years, leveling in the mid-80s."
Today, the number of state-funded academic faculty is 14.6 FTE (distributed over 19 individuals); research faculty supported by grants and contracts numbers 12. Two faculty members belong to the National Academy of Sciences and two have received the prestigious Rossby medal from the American Meteorological Society. Student enrollment is at 25 to 30 undergraduate majors and about 70 graduate students, and Untersteiner does not expect those numbers to grow. In fact, like many in the atmospheric sciences community, he is concerned about the job market for future graduates, particularly Ph.D.s. So far, he says, UW atmospheric sciences graduates have been much in demand. "It appears we are providing the market with the people they want." But a change is becoming noticeable. "For the first time we have some who are staying on as postdocs a little longer. And these are very good people who would have been snapped up in earlier years. They're improving their competitiveness for the next job that comes up. We shouldn't just keep producing Ph.D.s as if this weren't happening. We may have to somehow consciously scale down graduate programs."
The shrinking job market is related to the general change in funding priorities, and that shapes how Untersteiner sees the future of the department. "We are braced for tough times like everyone else. The writing is on the wall, and it's not just here; this is a worldwide trend. If you read statements by academicians and ministers of science in Norway, Germany, France ... through it all goes this red thread. We have to think more about the immediate utility and social justification of what we do. We can't take for granted that because it's science it's desirable and useful. On the other hand, if research funding goes down there's nothing that says we have to do project X, which happens to be very expensive; if we're clever we'll find something equally useful but less costly. I'm not really pessimistic," he concludes. "In the long run, there is simply a need for what we do."


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Can I have both in a folder? or better yet, is it possible to scrape and get both, currently I have Poster view, but if I change skin that looks better with widebanners instead I end up with squished poster instead..
is there a way of naming these correctly If I download them manually to the folders?
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would be awesome if the two files were named differently and you could have both in there, I wonder if that is doable.
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Some skins are set up to work with both images. Alaska by Hitcher is a prime example of this where banners (wide icons) are named banner.jpg and posters are folder.jpg.
Until XBMC adds the ability to have multiple images (planned I believe some time after Dharma is released) this is the best way to do it and I hope more skins keep this naming convention in mind.
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6:25-6:35 a.m. Read The Approval Matrix on the back page of New York magazine and find a new idea to rip off (NPR still on in the background).
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Litigation arising out of construction projects is not, of course, unusual. What is regrettable is the number of disputes that have arisen out of unsuccessful attempts by the parties to allocate risk by means of joint-names insurance (usually, in fact, composite insurance).
The principle of such insurance is – or was – that if damage occurs to the insured property then, regardless of the party at fault, insurance funds are available to allow for reinstatement without recourse to litigation between the joint- or co-insureds.
Difficulties arise, however, where other contractual provisions dealing with risk allocation or liability are potentially inconsistent with such a scheme. These issues were considered by the Court of Appeal in Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2008).
In Tyco the employer was required under the construction contract to obtain joint-names insurance in relation to the existing property and the contract works. The contractor was obliged to indemnify the employer against damage arising from the contractor's negligence, however. Following a flood (assumed for these purposes to be the contractor's fault) the employer claimed against the contractor for damage to the existing structures.
Tyco asserted that Co-operative Retail Services v Taylor Young Partnership (2002) (CRS) established a rule that precluded such a claim. In CRS, an issue arose as to whether the contractor was liable to an employer under a detailed contractual code that included a requirement that the employer obtain joint insurance. It was held that it did not. That disposed of the matter, but Lord Hope also considered the effect of the joint-names policy. It was accepted that an action could not be brought between two persons insured under the same policy against the same risk. While circuity of action had previously been advanced as an explanation as to why an insurer cannot exercise a right of subrogation against a co-insured, Lord Hope preferred the explanation of an implied term in the contract between the parties, noting the view expressed in Hopewell Project Management v Ewbank Preece (1998) that it would be nonsensical if parties jointly insured under a policy could make claims against one another in respect of damage to contract works.
This was the 'rule' that Tyco sought to rely on. The short answer in Tyco was that the contractor was not required to be covered by the insurance in respect of the existing structures, and so there was no question of the claim being precluded. That disposed of the appeal, but the following points were also said to support the conclusion reached:
• There was no 'special regime' for risk and responsibility as there had been in CRS.
• The obligation to obtain joint-names insurance did not extend to loss caused by negligence of the contractor in the absence of plain language, and the fact that the insurance in fact obtained would have covered negligence did not affect this analysis.
As to the asserted rule, Lord Justice Rix considered that it was necessary to construe the contracts on a case by case basis. In particular:
• While the existence of joint insurance may have an impact on the construction of the contract, the implied term may be displaced by express wording to the contrary.
• If the underlying contract envisages that one co-assured may be liable to another for negligence within the cover provided by the policy, there is nothing in the doctrine of subrogation to prevent the insurer from suing in the name of the employer in the absence of an express waiver of subrogation.
Rix LJ expressed caution in commenting on this area, given the complex case law (which was not considered in detail). His comments will undoubtedly be cited in future cases, however.
While the preservation of claims not covered by the insurance appears unobjectionable, a subrogated claim against a co-insured would be, as Rix LJ indicated, unusual (and contrary to the position stated in CRS).
This is a difficult area of law and the impact of the Court of Appeal's comments will no doubt become clearer as the issues articulated are further tested. For present purposes, the key points are to ensure: that the contractual provisions regarding risk allocation, liability and indemnities (in particular in relation to negligence) are clear and consistent with the provisions as to joint-names/composite insurance; that consideration is given to the need for contractual provisions dealing with waiver of subrogation; and that the cover required is in fact obtained – as many of the cases in this area arise because it was not.
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A young woman, Rita Ferris, and her little son die at the hands of an unknown killer, and the past and present collide violently for Charlie Parker.
Still raw from the brutal slayings of his wife and daughter, and the events surrounding the hunt for their killer, the Traveling Man, Parker has retreated to the wintry Maine landscapes of his youth. But his return reawakens the ghosts of the past, forcing him to join the hunt for Billy Purdue, Rita's ex-husband and the chief suspect in the slayings.
As the death toll mounts, it becomes clear that someone else is hunting for Billy Purdue, someone who seems to know Parker almost as well as he knows himself, and that the true answer to the puzzle lies thirty years in the past; in a tree with strange fruit; in the troubled history of Parker's own grandfather; and in the violent origins of a mythical killer: the monster known only as Caleb Kyle.
"Clever, stylish, literate and well researched, this is a novel that confirms John Connolly as one of our leading crime novelists."
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"The unfolding of the complex and gripping mystery confirms Connolly as the equal of any top-of-the-league American crime writer."
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"Connolly's evocative prose and sharp one-liners make it oddly akin to poetry. What keeps Dark Hollow from being mere thrilling entertainment with a taste for violence is the compelling if problematic sense that moral choice is possible and necessary: that, in the face of evil, something must be done."
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"This second novel is subtler and more complex than the bestselling Every Dead Thing. Connolly's lyrical language and occasional mystical passages are reminiscent of James Lee Burke. His hero is developing into a credible and sympathetic personality."
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"Connolly builds some painstaking research into a narrative of carefully orchestrated tension. Of course, a principal problem for thriller writers today is the creation of a satisfyingly nasty villain—no stone has been left unturned by legions of thriller writers. But in this area Connolly has few equals—and the chilling monster created here is another key factor in the compulsiveness of this tense novel."
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The 2010 QDR, which runs almost 130 pages, contains little discussion on the role contractors play in military operations. The QDR has a seven page section on counterinsurgency, stability, and counterterrorism operations, including a list of ten priorities for improvement. However, the word "contractor" does not appear once in the discussion, despite the fact that contractors make up more that 50% of DOD's workforce in Iraq and Afghanistan, including more than 13,000 armed contractors. Some analysts argue that DOD missed an opportunity to address the issue in the most recent QDR.
I like posting these, just because they are running records of where contractors stand in this war. But what I really like about this publication is that Mr. Schwartz has taken aim at the folks who wrote up the QDR.
The reason why I like that, is because I have been screaming on this blog as long as I can remember that contractors must be included into the discussion on strategy for these wars. Especially when we account for over half of the manpower in these conflicts (and probably for future conflicts).
It still amazes me that today's strategists and war planners do not adequately cover this stuff. If you read the QDR, it's like we don't even exist. And yet we have thousands of expats, third country nationals, and local nationals, all interacting with today's populations and militaries in today's wars. We are also dying and paying our toll in blood for this war–yet nothing is really mentioned about us when it comes to strategy.
Mr. Schwartz also took the time to cut and paste some key components of today's COIN strategy out of some manuals, and how contractors should and could intermix with that strategy. The bottom line is that if contractors are interacting with the populations of these war zones, then they 'must' be aligned within the strategies of COIN. We must be on the same sheet of music as the militaries are, or we will continue to inadvertently cause problems.
Now for a couple of critiques. In the beginning of this publication, Mr. Schwartz actually mentioned the use of contractors during the Revolutionary War, but he made no mention of the use of privateers or of Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 11 of the US Constitution.
It's odd to me that he wouldn't, because our use of privateers is actually a fantastic example of using contractors during times of war to achieve a strategic goal. Our privateer industry is what we had as a continental navy at that time. The damage they inflicted onto the enemy's logistics, as well as the capture of enemy weapons and munitions were very significant components of that war. Not to mention the massive infusion of wealth into our young country from all of the commerce raiding done by this government licensed privateer force. And the Letter of Marque in the US Constitution is proof of that existence between private industry and government for 'offensive' operations against an enemy. How's that for 'inherently governmental'? lol
The only other critique that is missing is a combination of DoS's and other's numbers into a report like this. I know the DoD doesn't want to mix with those 'others', but it gets kind of old for us to continue to see separate reports all the time. I say combine all of them to save a little money and time, and let's see every last contractor be counted. I would also like to see the deaths and injuries of all, and get that stuff on one nice (and complete) report for everyone to analyze and reference. Something to think about for all of you analysts out there who keep throwing this stuff together. –Matt
Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background and Analysis
Moshe Schwartz
Specialist in Defense Acquisition
July 2, 2010
The Department of Defense (DOD) increasingly relies upon contractors to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which has resulted in a DOD workforce that has 19% more contractor personnel (207,600) than uniformed personnel (175,000). Contractors make up 54% of DOD's workforce in Iraq and Afghanistan. The critical role contractors play in supporting such military operations and the billions of dollars spent by DOD on these services requires operational forces to effectively manage contractors during contingency operations. Lack of sufficient contract management can delay or even prevent troops from receiving needed support and can also result in wasteful spending. Some analysts believethat poor contract management has also played a role in abuses and crimes committed by certain contractors against local nationals, which may have undermined U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
DOD Strategy and Doctrine
Some analysts believe that DOD strategy and doctrine does not sufficiently address the issue of contractors. These analysts argue that the public backlash following Abu Ghraib and other such incidents, as well wasteful spending, should compel DOD to reexamine the role contractors play in contingency operations and the way DOD integrates contractor support into current strategy and doctrine.51 For example, then Senator Barack Obama stated that "we cannot win a fight for hearts and minds when we outsource critical missions to unaccountable contractors."52 The Gansler Commission echoed a similar sentiment, finding that segments of the Army have not recognized the important role contractors now have in DOD operations and the ability of contractors to influence the success of a contingency operation.53 Further integrating contractors into doctrine and strategy could help DOD better manage contractors, which in turn may mitigate the negative effects that some contractors have on DOD operations. Many analysts and DOD officials argue that the military's experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, coupled with congressional attention and legislation, has focused DOD's attention on the importance of contractors to operational success. According to DOD officials, prior to the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, contracting was done on an ad-hoc basis and was not adequately incorporated into the doctrine—or culture—of the military. 54 DOD officials stated that doctrine and strategy are being updated to incorporate the role of contractors in contingency operations. DOD strategy can be found in a number of documents, including the National Defense Strategy and Quadrennial Defense Review. Army doctrine is published in field manuals such as Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations, which constitutes the Army's view on how it conducts operations and "sets the foundation for developing the other fundamentals and tactics … detailed in subordinate field manuals."55 Field Manual 3-24,
Counterinsurgency, is a subordinate manual dedicated to counterinsurgency operations, such as those currently being conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The National Defense Strategy and Quadrennial Defense Review
The National Defense Strategy and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) are high-level strategy documents that support the Administration's National Security Strategy.56 Some analysts believe that, given the critical role contractors play in military operations, these documents should contain a sufficiently meaningful discussion of contractors. The 2010 QDR, which runs almost 130 pages, contains little discussion on the role contractors play in military operations. The QDR has a seven page section on counterinsurgency, stability, and counterterrorism operations, including a list of ten priorities for improvement. However, the word "contractor" does not appear once in the discussion, despite the fact that contractors make up more that 50% of DOD's workforce in Iraq and Afghanistan, including more than 13,000 armed contractors. Some analysts argue that DOD missed an opportunity to address the issue in the most recent QDR. The National Defense Strategy runs 23 pages and mentions contractors on two occasions. In the first instance, it states "The Total Force distributes and balances skills across each of its constituent elements: the Active Component, the Reserve Component, the civilian workforce, and the private sector and contractor base."57 In the second instance, the report states "We also must continue to improve our acquisition and contracting regulations, procedures, and oversight to ensure agile and timely procurement of critical equipment and materials for our forces."58 Some analysts argue that the extent to which contractors are addressed in doctrine that is not specifically aimed at contracting issues, such as the Quadrennial Defense Review and field manual on operations, reflects the extent to which DOD incorporates contracting into the overall culture of the military. Other analysts argue that more appropriate publications to determine the extent to which contractors are incorporated into doctrine are the operational and tactical level guidance that related to contracting issues, such as FM 3-100.21, Contractors on the Battlefield, FM 3-100.21 Contractors on the Battlefield, FM 100-16 Army Operational Support, and FM 100- 10-2 Contracting Support on the Battlefield, and Army Regulation 715-9, Logistics–Contractors
Accompanying the Force.59
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The Odum School of Ecology falls under the jurisdiction of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The administration of the Odum School consists of a Dean, two Associate Deans, Graduate Coordinator, and an Undergraduate Coordinator. The university President, in consultation with a representative committee of faculty members, will recommend appointment of the Dean subject to approval by the Board of Regents. The two Associate Deans will be appointed by the Dean.
Current Administration
Dean: Dr. John Gittleman
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs: Dr. Sonia Altizer
Associate Dean of Administrative Affairs: Dr. Jeb Byers
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Ford Ballantyne
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Scott Connelly
Academic Advisor III: Misha Boyd
Academic Advisor IV: Katherine Adams
Accountant: Elaine Dunbar
Business Manager III: Emily Schattler
Administrative Assistant II: Shialoh Wilson
Administrative Specialist I: Del Burton
Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator: Allison Walters
Director of Finance & Administration: Brenda Mattox
Librarian: Terry Camp
Public Relations Coordinator: Beth Gavrilles
IT Director: Brian Perkins
IT Professional Principal: Tyler Ingram
The Odum School of Ecology is the first standalone school of ecology in the world. Many universities have departments of ecology and schools that focus on the broader field of environmental studies, but the Odum School is the only one specifically independently devoted to ecology.


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BMW manual transmission vs Mercedes manual transmissions
Mercedes transmissions tend to be notchy due to the design of using shifter linkages and rubber bushings. Do BMW manual transmissions of the same errs, 1986 thru 1988'sh feel notchy?
They use a very similar gearshift mechanism. I've never driven a M-B manual of that era, but I'm sure the shifter feel is very similar. Incidentally, do you think notchy is bad?
Personally, I like a precise feel to a shifter. After driving an '84 633 extensively before replacing all the shifter bushings, I can best describe the feel as "stick in a bucket of mud ". After the rebuild the difference is nothing short of remarkable. Worth every cent and every minute spent to renew it.
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2011 Bailiwick Foray Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
14.4% alc., pH 3.65, TA 0.63, 75 cases, $28. Sourced from Roma's Vineyard, located at 1800 feet elevation east of the town of Boonville. Pommard clone, yields 2 tons per acre. 100% de-stemmed, inoculated yeast fermentation, two week post-fermentation maceration, aged 16 months in 33% new French oak barrels. · Moderately light reddish color in the glass. Very reserved on the nose offering demure aromas of cherry and strawberry. Rather primary and nondescript initially with delicate flavors of red cherries and berries. Tasted the next day from a previously opened and re-corked bottle, the wine offered more fruit flavor with pleasing hints of sandalwood and gingerbread, but the wine remained lean and somewhat dilute. Hopefully, the wine will put on weight with more time in bottle. Score: 86. Reviewed October 27, 2013 WINERY » ARTICLE »
2010 Couloir Roma's Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
13.1% alc., pH 3.75, TA 0.67, 142 cases, $38. This vineyard is located on a mountaintop ridge at 1,850 feet elevation. Originally planted for sparkling wine production, it was retrained to bilateral cordons for fine still wine production. Pommard clone planted in Goldridge loamy soils, now approaching 20 years old. Sustainably and organically farmed, managed by Couloir Wines in conjunction with Ardzrooni Vineyard Management. 60% whole cluster. Native yeast fermentation. Aged 10 months in 20% new French oak. · Light garnet color in the glass. Demure but pleasant aromas of cherry drops, strawberries, and straw. Middleweight flavors of dark red cherries and raspberries with hints of sandalwood. Smoothly textured with reserved tannins. Very elegant with high-spirited acidity. Good (+). Reviewed July 5, 2012 WINERY » ARTICLE »
2009 Couloir Roma's Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
14.0% alc., TA .56, 145 cases, $38. 50% whole cluster. Pommard clone now approaching 20 years of age. · Flamboyant aromas of red Bing cherries and sandalwood. Plenty of red cherry flavors, clove, other spice and everything nice. The lightest weighted wine in the lineup with less concentration but still packing plenty of flavor. Supple tannins, faint oak, and an appealing citrus note in the background. Totally different from the other wines and isn't that perfect? Very good (+). Reviewed April 11, 2011 WINERY » ARTICLE »
2007 Couloir Roma's Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
13.85% alc., 200 cases, $44. Released April 2009. Roma's Vineyard is at 1,850 feet on a mountaintop ridge. The vineyard was originally planted in 1990 for sparkling wine production, but later retrained to a bilateral cordon for still wine production. Planted to the Pommard clone and organically farmed under the direction of Ardzooni Vineyard Management. 50% whole cluster fermentation in stainless steel open-top tanks. 7-day cold soak, native yeast fermentation, gentle manual punch downs, gravity fed into 8 French barrels, 3 new, never racked, fined or filtered. · Moderately light reddish-purple color. World-class nose featuring crushed berries with a kiss of baking spices. A lovely wine in the mouth, very smooth, with moderate ripe tannins, gentle acidity and discreetly concentrated cherry and berry fruit. Elegant and perfectly balanced with admirable persistence on the finish. A complete wine. Reviewed May 26, 2009 WINERY » ARTICLE »
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Massachusetts Divorce Records.Order Files, Decrees and Agreements.1922 - 2017.
From this web site, you can order Massachusetts divorce records.
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Exactly what information is included in Massachusetts vital records.
In Massachusetts, divorce records, or divorce case files and/or decrees, are considered public information. Any financial information contained in the more contemporary records however, is available only to the two parties named in the divorce or to a designated legal representative.
As with other vital records, changes have occurred over the years as to the current location of divorce file records. Massachusetts divorce records since 1922 are located at the county probate court in which the libellant filed. Also, and this is very important, divorce records are generally filed in the county where the couple last lived as husband and wife - not necessarily where they last lived at the time of the divorce.
A statewide index, from 1952 to the present is available at the Massachusetts Department of Health's Registry of Vital Records in Boston. This statewide index is known to contain many errors and omissions. It is only an index. The actual divorce files are, for the most part, still located at the county probate court. In addition to the statewide index at the DPH, each probate county court maintains a county wide index to divorce records since 1922.
Before 1922 and as far back as 1887, divorce cases were heard in the various county Superior Courts, such as Suffolk County Superior Court.
The Massachusetts Court and Judicial Archives, located in the same building as the Massachusetts Archives in Boston, has some docket books which index divorces for Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Worcester counties. However, most of the divorce files themselves are either still located at the county Superior Court in which they were filed or the records are held in offsite storage facilities. It can take weeks to get some of these files. Again, the state archives has only the index, not the actual files.
Before 1887 and as far back as 1786, divorce cases were handled by the Supreme Judicial Court. These records are indexed in Law dockets. Both the indexes and the files are held by the Judicial Archives at the Massachusetts Archives.
Records prior to 1786 and as early as 1639, were heard by a variety of courts within the state and in most cases, the originals are held by the Massachusetts Archives.
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Until recently, Military Leave could only be used for active duty, such as Annual Training (AT), Active Duty for Training (ADT), Active Duty for Special Work (ADSW), etc. But on October 5, 1999, Public Law 106-65, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, was signed which amends Section 1106 of 5 U.S.C 6323(a)(1) to permit employees who are members of the Guard and Reserve to use military leave for "inactive-duty training (IDT).
Traditionally, IDT is thought of as the "weekend drills" or weekend training periods that Guard and Reserve members attend each month. In today's environment, it is not unusual that Guard members and Reservists will reschedule their regular IDT to be performed during the week with an Active Component command.
An IDT period consists of a minimum of 4 hours. Usually, 2 IDT periods are performed and credited to the Guard member or Reservist for each full day of service in this capacity. Military Leave must be approved and taken in full-day increments. Therefore, it is not appropriate to approve a full day of Military Leave for the Guard member or Reservist to perform one IDT period (normally 4 hours in length). If the command to which the member is assigned for IDT will provide documentation acceptable to the supervisor showing that a single IDT period consisted of at least 8 hours, an exception can be made.
When requesting Military Leave for AT, ADT, ADSW, etc., the Guard member or Reservist provides the supervisor a copy of his/her orders--if the orders have been received in advance. Upon completion of active duty and return to work, the supervisor is provided a copy of the orders with dates, times, and signatures verifying that the period of active duty was actually performed.
Unfortunately, as a general rule, orders are not issued for IDT. However, members of the Guard and Reserve receive a form, e.g. Record of Individual Performance of Reserve Duty Training, DD Form 1380 (NAVRES 1570/22), which differs by Service in association with IDT. As is the case with active duty orders, the Guard member or Reservist may have a copy of the form in advance of performing the IDT, or not. Upon completion of the covered IDT, this completed form certifies, in essence, that the IDT was actually performed and serves as a basis for pay and retirement points. Supervisors should require a copy of the form as verification that the scheduled IDT was actually performed and that Military Leave was appropriately granted.
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Candid Street Photography in New York City
Busy shoppers, confused tourists, the dog walkers, the camera shy ladies form the compelling portions of candid people photography in New York City. Spring has just set in. The weather is still chilli on days but New York City is busy as it is 365 days of the year.
The New York City street musicians are gone from the Central Park. Well at least most of them but there are a few musicians still playing in Manhattan. The frequent bouts of rain cause them to take shelters under the shop yawning or in the buildings nearby.
These black & white candid people photography in New York City is done with the usual professional photography gears in my camera bag. The photos are displayed as they were shot with minor changes to the contrast ratio & file size & resolution done in basic iPhoto.


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|EXERCISE 1 Write a program that works with strings in the following way:
1) Ask the user for their name, and store it in a string.
Also ask where the user lives, and store that information
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2) Search for the lowercase letter 'h' in the user's name,
and have the output say either
"Your name does not contain the lowercase letter 'h'."
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3) Next, prompt the user for a letter to count. The SEARCH SHOULD REMAIN
CASE INSENSITIVE!! (If the user types in uppercase 'C,' you will also count
lowercase 'c'.) [HINT: Use the toUpper() or toLower() functions]. Print out a
sentence indicating how many occurrences of the search letter are in the user name.
4) Then, ask for three strings, alphabetize them using the swap function, and print
them back out in order.
5) Concatenate "the great" onto the end of the user name, and print a goodbye message including the name.
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A LANDMARK pub will be replaced with shops and homes — despite the plan being refused three times by Bolton Council.
A planning inspector has approved plans to bulldoze the iconic Greenwood Arms in Horwich to make way for 13 homes and three commercial units, including apartments and shops.
Bolton Council had thrown out the application three times in less than 12 months, but after the last refusal in May, the applicant's planning consultant, Bolton-based Sedgwick Associates, decided to appeal the decision.
On December 5, they discovered that the appeal had been upheld.
Paul Sedgwick, principal of Sedgwick Associates, said it had been pleasing to get the application passed.
"It gives a clear future action for the site. It has been an eyesore in Horwich for far too long," he added.
The plans describe three shop units, including a Spar, with apartments above, lining Chorley New Road.
They also include 13 homes, to be built on the former bowling green at the rear of the public house.
The decision comes after vandalism and numerous arson attacks have left the building in a dilapidated state.
In just one week in July, three fires were deliberately started in the pub, including one which took 25 firefighters three hours to extinguish and gutted the inside of the building.
The Greenwood Action Group had called for the pub, which dates back to 1899, to be restored to its former glory and re-opened.
They said they were saddened by the decision.
Campaigner Roy Greenhalgh said: "The Greenwood Action Group held a dignified campaign in order to stop the development because we don't think that is what Horwich needs, especially with traffic conditions.
"At least we managed to get the plans rejected three times, but unfortunately it went to the planning inspector in Bristol.
"Obviously the decision was not made on localism and it wasn't made with a view to save the pub."


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to promote the Indo-European language and culture. Its primary concerns today are:
Having begun in 2004 as a personal project, it was founded in 2005 as the Dnghu Group.
It reviewed its original aim, of merely promoting the language among university experts,
to become the generally accepted IE language community within a European-lead private,
independent framework, the Dnghu Association. Its infrastructure is located
in Badajoz, a Spanish town near the Portuguese border.
The Dnghu Association is financed by a private Spanish education company,
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The Dnghu Association will provide organizational, legal, and financial support
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Other than the ominous music, there's not much in the teaser trailer for "Blue Caprice" to hint at how controversial this movie premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival will likely be.
It's just a long shot following the car of the title. But that car has a horrific place in the recent history of Washington, D.C., as it belonged to John Allan Muhammad, the notorious "Beltway Sniper."
Here's the synopsis of the film from Sundance: "An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure in this film inspired by the real life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks."
The cast may be the most star-studded of the Next program: Isaiah Washington (formerly of "Gray's Anatomy") as Muhammad, Tequan Richmond ("Everybody Hates Chris") as the boy Lee Boyd Malvo, and Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams and Leo Fitzpatrick.
"Blue Caprice" premieres in the Next section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
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Grilled Trout with Grilled Romaine Salad
Paul Virant created this dish on the fly while he was visiting his brother Tom in Washington, DC, one Memorial Day. "I wanted to do the entire dish on the grill, so I didn't have to go inside," he says. The lemony vinaigrette is delicious on both the crispy trout and the smoky charred lettuce, so he liberally dresses both, before and after grilling.
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- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 heads romaine lettuce (1 1/2 pounds each)—tough outer leaves discarded, heads halved lengthwise through the cores
- Twelve 6-ounce trout fillets, with skin
How to make this recipe
Light a grill. In a bowl, whisk the minced garlic with the lemon zest, lemon juice and olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the cut side of each romaine half with 1 tablespoon of the dressing and season with salt and pepper. Grill over high heat until lightly charred, about 1 minute per side. Cut each piece of romaine in half lengthwise and transfer to a platter.
Brush the trout fillets on both sides with the dressing and season with salt and pepper. Grill the trout over high heat, skin side down, until the skin is lightly charred and crisp, about 3 minutes. Turn the trout over and cook for 1 minute longer. Place a trout fillet over each romaine quarter, drizzle with the remaining dressing and serve.
Suggested Pairing
Even when grilled, fresh trout has a light, sweet flavor, which makes it a good partner for the graceful sweetness of German Rieslings, particularly those designated Kabinett. Most good producers offer several Rieslings from several different vineyards; buy a couple and compare them.


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High School Sports – Thursday
In high school sports on Thursday, Walhalla's softball team is headed the playoffs following a 1-0 win over rival West-Oak. Taylor Crawford earned the win after throwing a complete-game two-hitter.
In baseball, Daniel defeated Seneca 5-4.
Walhalla's boys soccer team downed West-Oak 7-0. Henley Cothran and Thad Estes with two goals each. The Walhalla girls also shut out West-Oak 8-0 with two goals each from Morgan McKinney and Morgan MacLachlan.


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What Classic Children's Book Best Describes YOUR LIFE?
Jay and Chelsea got the book, "Everyone Poops." - "You're the cynical one with a sarcastic sense of humor. You always keep it real, even if it grosses people out. You're basically a star."
Doni got "Pat the Bunny." - "You are a sweet, kind-hearted person who loves interacting with the world. You are the rock of your friends and family. You're young at heart, even though you may not look it."
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Situated in the suburbs, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Wroclaw Race Course and Park Klecinski. Wroclaw Aquapark and Lake Morskie Oko are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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This hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a 24-hour business center. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a conference center, self parking, and meeting rooms are onsite.
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All 145 rooms offer free WiFi, patios, and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Room service, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 3175 square feet (295 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Novotel Wroclaw City has designated areas for smoking.
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Self parking (surcharge), RV, bus, truck parking (surcharge)
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- Free cribs/infant beds
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- Daily housekeeping
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Novotel Wroclaw City has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Playground on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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- Roll-in shower
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Minimum check-in age is 18
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Children and extra beds
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"It ate a cow." "It's the size of a dog, with a monkey's head." There's a new addition to the dangers facing Iraqis -- a giant badger stalking the streets at night. Locals in the southern port city of Basra have built a myth around the animal, stoking fears with claims that it eats humans. Some even allege that British forces have planted the beast there to spread panic. But veterinarians maintain it's just a form of honey badger who doesn't like to be disturbed.
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Table of Contents
- Studies Related
- Current Workplaces
- Past Workplaces
- Philosophy and Politics
- Linux and Free Software
- Software "Gurus"
- My Friends' Home Pages
- Favourite Pages for Searching and Locating Resources on the Web
- Interesting Reference Sites
- Software
- Humour
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- Music to Buy and Download
- Web Design and Programming
- Various Sites of Interest
Studies Related
The Technion Home Page
The university where I studied.
Department of Electrical Engineering
My Department.
The Computer Networks Laboratory
A very cool laboratory where I did my projects and liked to hang out in.
Current Workplaces
Past Workplaces
Ron Soferman Image Processing (RSIP)
An Image Processing Consulting Firm.
Oleh are a design studio and marketing firm. They are based in Jerusalem, Israel.
PTI - Perl Technology Israel
PTI is a small consulting and training firm that specialises in open source technologies such as Perl and the Subversion version control system. They are very supportive of open-source in Israel, and organise many important events and activities.
Elpas Electro-optic Systems Ltd.
Cortext Web Design
These are my previous workplaces. Check them out, if you'd like.
Philosophy and Politics
The Google Directory Objectivism Branch
I became very interested in Objectivism in the past few years, so I recommend you take a look. Objectivism is a school of philosophy that deals with politics, ethics, law, and art. It has a human and freedom centred philosophy, yet is very strong and uncompromising.
The Google Directory branch (based on dmoz.org's) is a good place to start looking for Objectivist resources on the web, and there is a lot of introductory material there.
The Neo-Tech Homepage
"Neo-Tech" is an extension of Objectivism that I also became familiar with. It has some substantial additions over Objectivism. For example, it integrates psychology and business advisory into the philosophy.
Neo-Tech is commercial, but the material on the web-site is quite good to get a thorough understanding. If you are more serious about it, you are recommended to order The Neo-Tech Discovery, the main book of Neo-Tech by (snail) mail.
See my guide to Neo Tech for an explanation on how to use the material that can be found online.
Atheists of Silicon Valley
Many good resources about Atheism. Includes: Why Atheism, Over Three Hundreds Proofs of God's Existence (humorous), and Quotes from the Christian Bible.
Linux and Free Software
The Linux's Homepage
The Israeli Group of Linux Users
Hamakor - The Israeli Society for Free & Open Source Software
I'm very interested in computers. For a long time I knew DOS and Windows were bad, but could not tell why. When I started working on UNIX, I realised what a good computing system should be like, and have seen the light.
I am still keeping and experiencing with Linux on my home computer. Linux is a free UNIX-compatible operating system available for PCs and other architectures. I recommend it to anyone who wants to experiment with UNIX on his computer.
The Linux's homepage contains most of the information you'll need to know about the Linux operating system. I'm also a member of the Israeli Group of Linux Users - now part of the activity of "Hamakor", the Israeli Society for open-source software.
The Haifa Linux Club
The Haifa Linux Club (or Haifux for short) gives lectures on Linux-related topics every two weeks, and organises other events, such as "Welcome-to-Linux" sessions, and Installation Parties. I gave a few lectures on a myriad of topics there, and enjoy going to listen to the other people lecturing.
Tel Aviv Open Source Club
The Tel Aviv Open Source Club (or Telux or TelFOSS for short) is a club in a similar format to Haifux. Due to the fact that I had been living in Tel Aviv, I tended to attend its lectures and be more active there, instead of in Haifux.
Hackers-IL is a community of Israeli-oriented hackers (= technological enthusiasts, not computer intruders) focused on discussing philosophical computing issues and discussing other areas of science.
Advogato - Open-Source Advocacy
A web-site dedicated to open-source advocacy.
Perl is a high-level, dynamic and powerful programming language. I hope to give some resources for getting started with it especially given the fact that as of August 2012, it is easy to find outdated information about Perl in web searches.
- The Perl Beginners' Site - a site I maintain with recommended resources for Perl Beginners.
- The Perl Tutorial Hub - recommended Perl tutorials.
- Perl Weekly - a weekly round-up of hand-picked news and articles about Perl. By Gabor Szabo.
- Modern Perl Books Blog - a blog by chromatic about Modern Perl programming.
Software "Gurus"
Eric S. Raymond
Eric Raymond is the number one Open-Source Guru. On his homepage one can find the seminal The Cathedral and the Bazaar series (which I think any software engineer should read), and other truly enlightening articles.
Joel on Software
Joel Spolsky is an experienced information technology worker who maintains a site in which he expresses his bold opinions regarding software management and its distribution. I don't agree with everything he says there, but some of his articles are very enlightening. He also has a very funny and amusing style of writing and look on life.
Paul Graham
Paul Graham is an experienced programmer in LISP and other languages. His articles are insightful, interesting and thought-provoking.
David A. Wheeler
An open source engineer and consultant. His lines-of-code counter program (SLOCCount) is always good for a nice amusement, and his analysis based on it is much more awe-striking. Has other good articles.
Linas Vepstas
His web-site contains pages with a lot of information about RAID in Linux, CORBA, clusters, bug tracking. Also has some software he wrote, papers on software freedom and other oddities.
Rick Moen
Net-geek for hire and Linux Guru extra-ordinaire. Contains more philosophical than technical information about Linux, but still useful stuff. Includes: why forking does not happen a lot and is not a threat, and a guide to establishing a successful Linux User Group.
Michael David Crawford (GoingWare)
His web-site contains a large collection of articles for interest. Among them there is "Links to Tens of Thousands of Legal Music Downloads".
Jamie Zawinski
A very famous software developer, and his homepage that contains a lot of interesting information and links. See also the Wikipedia entry about him.
My Friends' Home Pages
- Tom Holroyd - contacted me about my Freecell solver, due to the fact he also wrote one.
- Michael Keller - Games enthusiast and maintainer of the Freecell FAQ. He contacted me about my Freecell solver.
- Andrew (Drew) Dexter - met him through Slashdot. A not-too-technical guy who's using Linux because it works better.
- Beth Skwarecki - "beth" on irc.freenode.org.
- Shoshannah Forbes - an Israeli Open Source/Linux activist. Has plenty of experience in software debugging.
- Oleg Goldshmidt - active in the Israeli Linux online community.
- Ido Kanner (also see his blog) - Linux enthusiast, Pascal fanatic, Perl lover, and all-around-nice-guy.
- Sjors Gielen (Dazjorz) - open source enthusiast, programmer of servers, web-sites and other stuff, and inventor of countless rounder wheels. (Warning: a lot of the site is in Dutch.)
- Ryan McDougal (q[ender]) - open-source projects. Talked with him on Freenode.
- Alan Haggai Alavi - an Indian open-source enthusiast. Met him on Freenode, too.
- Pythack - a French open-source enthusiast, contributor to Freecell Solver and lover of Pythons (the snakes, not the programming language). Blog is mostly in French.
- Joe Crawford - a web developer who helped me with creating a better style for the main navigation menu.
Haifa Linux Clubbers
Israeli Perl Mongers
Weblogs I like to read
Weblogs are the latest (as of late 2003) craze in the Internet and everybody and his mother have to have one (me included). I used to be quite a sporadic in my weblog and news-site reading, until I installed an RSS aggregator, which fetches RSS feeds for the new entries and allows me to view them. This has changed my life and now I can read much more news blog entries, etc. without visiting dozens of sites. Here's my OPML file which contains all the blogs I monitor. Here is a smaller list, which will probably go unmaintained eventually.
- Muli Ben-Yehuda's LiveJournal - Random bits and pieces, Linux Kernel hacktivity, and personal life events.
- Orr Dunkelman's Diary at Advogato - Mostly academic, Haifa Linux Club or Vipe sys admin stuff.
- Orna Agmon's LiveJournal - mostly personal stuff, literary impressions, etc.
- Gabor Szabo's Journal at use.perl.org - kept strictly related to his Perl activities. As a result, it has a high signal-to-noise ratio, but it's not updated often.
Netcasts (or Audiocasts/videocasts/vlogs/podcasts) are irregularly updated blogs with music or video attachment. These are the netcasts that I follow:
- Perlcast - an audiocast about Perl. The first netcast that I started listening to regularly, and still one of my favourites.
- FLOSS Weekly - an audiocast with interviews related to Free, Libre and Open Source Software (or FLOSS for short).
- PC Load Letter: Two Guys, One Mic - an audiocast by Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick (of Subversion fame) where they discuss various open-source issues. It has a very cool opening music.
- Zulo Podcast - an Israeli and Hebrew podcast about Free Software and other Tech issues.
Favourite Pages for Searching and Locating Resources on the Web
Here's a list of some of my favourite sites on the web that can direct you to other sites of interest:
- Google - a fast and high-relevance search engine.
- Dmoz (The Open Directory Project) - a directory of resources.
- Altavista - a text-based search engine in case Google fails.
- AllTheWeb - search for FTP files and other stuff.
- GNU documentation - an excellent online reference for many UNIX (or UNIX-originated) commands and utilities.
- Gamelan - A big Java directory
- Freecode - a comprehensive directory of software for Linux
Interesting Reference Sites
- The Internet Movie Database - an on-line database with a lot of film-related information.
- WWWebster - a useful on-line version of Webster's dictionary of the English language.
- The Linux Documentation Project - documentation on all aspects of the Linux operating system.
- The Jargon File - a dictionary of computer geeks' jargon.
- Slashdot - a really cool computer-related news page.
- The Wikipedia - a world-viewable, world-editable encyclopedia that is very comprehensive and getting better and better all the time. (feel free to contribute something of your own!).
Open Source Software
Refer to this link, for a page about my favourite open source.
Non-open-source software
Who says all commercial software is bad? Here's some of the non-free-as-in-speech software I came to like.
- Microsoft Excel - the best spreadsheet program I've worked with. Excel 95 was nice; Excel 97 and especially 2000 were buggy as hell and in general hideous. Excel XP was finally a new decent version. I haven't encountered an open-source product that's quite up to it, but I'm hopeful something up-to-par with it will be developed in the future.
- Corel-Draw - an excellent vector graphics program for Windows (with a lesser Linux availability), which is very easy to use and yet very powerful. The only limitation I found in it was that it does not (or at least did not) support Alpha translucency well. (For a program with this capability, my favourite is the open-source Inkscape.)
MOD Files
MOD Files are music files that are based on recorded instruments, played at various frequencies to generate the various notes. MOD files can be played on every machine that has a digital audio channel, and generate music with up to 32 simultaneous channels.
Here are some links with software and information about MOD files:
- The Aminet MOD archive - (almost) all the MOD files you'll ever want.
- MOD Archive - and more.
- The alt.sounds.mods FAQ - a very comprehensive FAQ that answers common questions about MOD files, and includes links to MOD software and archives.
- MOD Resources Index
- The Hornet Archive - contains many MOD players, composers and utilities for the PC.
- MikMod - a portable MOD-playing library.
- The Friends' Café - a nice site about the T.V show.
- Complete Friends Page - and another one.
- The Bastard Operator from Hell - A really funny story, for those who know about UNIX.
- Humorix - Linux-related humour items.
- Divisiontwo Magazine - a great collection of parodies of the Internet Life. Includes "Windows vs. Linux on the Server and on the Desktop" by Jorge Lopez, MCSE and a parody of bad web pages.
- Things my Girlfriend and I have Argued about - a page with some very funny stories.
- The Uncyclopedia - an Encyclopedia which consists of 100% False (and funny) information. Also a parody of the Wikipedia. Includes an article about Redundancy.
- www.BGP.net Jon's Humor Collection - contains several directories of various jokes.
Cartoon Strips
- Garfield - a fat cat with an attitude. (and a stupid owner and some friends) Lots of slapstick and cheap humour.
- Luann - a comic strip about adolescence. Very funny.
- Ozy and Millie - a comic strip about two young foxes, along with their fellow company. Very funny humour, with a nice plot, and many Zen-like discussions.
- User Friendly - a very funny comic strip about an unusual Internet service provider.
- HelpDex - a funny strip about Linux.
- Bob the Angry Flower - Jokes about Science, Philosophy, Fiction, etc. I don't always understand the punchline.
- FoxTrot - a comic strip about a funny family. Lots of geek humour and stuff.
- xkcd - "A Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math and Language" - a geek webcomic which is published once every few days, and features thoughts about computers, culture, language, mathematics and other geeky subjects. Hint: there's a tooltip for every cartoon with an extra insight, if you hover above it with the mouse cursor.
- Everybody loves Eric Raymond - another geek comic about the Linux world's celebrities and current events.
- Mythtickle - a cartoon about various Mythological figures and their thoughts.
- Working Daze - a comic strip about a crazy IT workplace. Lots of geek humour.
- Grand Avenue - this is a comics strip about a grandma raising two grandchildren and their adventures.
- Noise-to-Signal - a philosophical comic strip about the social web. Updated very irregularly so just subscribe to its RSS feed.
- Us the Robots - an entertaining (and irregular) 3-D cartoon strip made using open-source software. Funny, surreal and philosophical.
- A Softer World - containing related photos, with typewriter-style words indicating funny thoughts. I don't always get it, but when I do, it's pretty nice.
- Spiked Math - Daily Math Webcomic - a comic strip about mathematics. Sometimes my puny brain is incapable of understanding it, but it's still often funny.
- Calamities of Nature - a regular philosophical web-comics that is beautifully drawn, geeky and can be very insightful.
- Just 1 Random Guy - a "webcomic/blog/visual social commentary" that contains computer-drawn images with random thoughts. Pretty funny.
Funny Stories
- Number of Linux Distributions Surpasses Number of Users
- Five Reasons Not to Use Linux
- Things that You Learn about Computers in the Movies
- If Linux Distributions were Airlines
- "What if Linus Torvalds Gets Hit by a Bus?" - an Empirical Study
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Star Trek: The Next Generation - an insanely funny cross of both The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Everybody's Free (to Ping Timeout) - a very amusing spoof where the 90's anthem "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)" meets the IRC world.
- GNU Visual Basic - Richard Stallman switches from LISP to BASIC.
- Top 12 Things you were Likely to Hear if you had a Klingon Programmer
- Norse Creationism - the scientific theory for the formation of the World vs. what the Norse Mythology says.
- "Project Manager Leaves Suicide PowerPoint Presentation" - from the Onion.
- A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys
- The 12 Days of Christmas Letters - what the Christmas carol means in practice.
- Over Three Hundreds Proofs of God's Existence.
- Web 2.1 Demonstration - the new version of the Web.
- "Mocking Everything" - rhesa's exit on the plethora of similar CPAN modules
- How to Interpret Red Marks - via Mulix. The author's homepage seems to contain other amusing stuff.
- Things to Say When You're Losing a Technical Argument - an amusing list of counter-arguments to use in a technical discussion. Via Chen Shapira on Hackers-IL.
- What should I Do if the Internet goes down? - 10 useful things to do.
- The World's Dullest Blog - a humorous blog about dull activities, that receives many (often amusing) comments.
- Perl on Poles - the world's most powerful web development framework - start believing the hype! (via gaal).
- "Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns" - a story about Javaland, the Kingdom of Nouns. (Spotted in this Joel on Software post.)
- Islamic Pick-up Lines - some are amusing and some I don't understand yet.
- Chuck Norris Facts - many facts about the toughest man in existence. An Internet Meme.
- Bruce Schneier Facts - an even geekier collection of facts about the most unbreakable crypto and security expert.
- Eric S. Raymond Facts - a collection of facts about the most, well, most something, geek in existence.
- Jack Bauer facts (in UNIX fortunes format) - also about a tough man.
- History of the Internet
- Linux Genuine Advantage - make your Linux system genuine now! (via Whatsup.org.il). Also featured on Digg.
- How to Make Square Corners with CSS - it's much harder than it seems.
- How Many Newsgroup Readers Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb - Usenet fun.
- Lisp at Light Speed - Common Lisp fun.
- "Uncomfortable Questions: was the Death Star Attack an Inside Job?" - a conspiracy theory set in the Star Wars world. Expect the book about it soon. (Received over 2,400 diggs!)
- Ubuntu Christian Edition Facts
- Browser Showdown - Firefox vs. Internet Explorer
- Firedfox - a parody of the Firefox site.
- Stupid Shit People Actually Put On Their Resumes - via gaal's LiveJournal.
- Notepad - The World's Best Editor.
- Welcome to the Food Chain - by Ben Collins-Sussman and his (then) two-years-old son.
- "If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port..." - if Dr. Seuss were a technical writer.
- The Worst Band Names of 2007
- "English is a crazy language" - we park on driveways and drive on parkways. More items like this in Stephen Jacob's Humour Archive.
- LOL Cat Bible Translation Project - translating the Bible into kitty pidgin.
- "Perl 6 Schedule Frequently Asked Questions [Satire]" - by chromatic.
- "Do it Yourself Yahoo Resignation Letter"
- Grad Student Humour - contains the famous Rabbit joke, as well as "Why God didn't receive Tenure", and a lot of other funny stuff.
- "Great Quotes from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds"
- "189 Funny UNIX Error Messages"
- "How to Know You're Dating a Free Software Guy?" - on Lior Kaplan's blog.
- Top 10 Most Bizarre Programming Languages Ever Created
- If Programmers Knew Kung Fu
- The Invention of C++ - a Nice Bit of Net Lore
- The Evolution of a Haskell Programmer - many ways to write a factorial function.
- Ido Kanner: "Ten Rules for the Beginning Hacker" (in Hebrew)
- "If these words were people, I would embrace their genocide." - a deliciously useless (but amusing) rant.
- System Administrators' Aphorisms
- "A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages"
- "The S stands for Simple" - about SOAP, the so-called "Simple Object Access Protocol" - from Pete Lacey's Weblog.
- REST vs. WS-* (SOAP): A Parable
- "Carrier Pigeon Faster than South-African Broadband" - on OSNews.com.
- Ben Collins-Sussman's "Git"
- azekeil: "F%^&ing Windows!" - how easy is Windows in comparison to Linux.
- How to Make Windows Faster than Linux - easy, but is it recommended?
- "If Linux was a car (Hater's edition)".
- Web Library Generator - example: "BigJavaKeyize - the accessible, eager-loading, schemaless bigtable-backed key-value store state machine-as-a-service for JavaScript". Many more are available there. (Thanks to Su-Shee for mentioning this link.)
- "Children warned name of first pet should contain 8 characters and a digit"
- "Richard Stallman to Launch His Own Fashion Line"
- "Top 10 reasons why Darth Vader was an amazing project manager"
- Motherfucking Website - "This is a motherfucking website. And it's fucking perfect."
- "How many software developers would it take to change a lightbulb?" - by Tom Morris.
- Ayn Rand's Buffy the Vampire Slayer (via Reddit).
- "What If Drivers Were Hired Like Programmers" (via one of my Facebook friends).
- "New system call: leftpad()" - post to the Linux kernel mailing list on 1 April 2016.
Funny Pictures
- Why you should Never Post your Picture on the Internet (via Mulix)
- Linux Distributions' Motivational Posters.
- Computer Enhancers - you wish you had them. (Via Mirshet-Net.)
- Crazy designs for everyday items
- "Y, R & U ARE FUCKING LETTERS!" - image posted to Reddit.
- FizzBuzz - npm edition (via Su-Shee from Freenode's #perl channel). (Local mirror.)
Funny Videos
- Herding Cats
- Firefox Flicks - Videos for promoting the Firefox browser.
- The Ultimate Showdown - via Wil Wheaton's Blog. Here are the mp3 and the lyrics.
- Rob Paravonian's Pachelbel's (Canon in D major) Rant. The sound by itself is also funny.
- Writing Perl Using Vista's Voice Recognition - hilarious! Spotted on the perl5-porters mailing list.
- Minesweeper - The Movie
- Star Wars Asciimation - Star Wars IV rendered using text.
- Popstar by James at War - a song parodying the lives of some young female pop stars. Very funny.
- The Klein Four Group - "Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)" - a mathematical love song. Here are the lyrics with hyperlinks to articles explaining them.
- Bunny letter opener
- Mom's Overture by Anita Renfroe
- "Hug a developer today"
- Camelot - Star Trek meets Monty Python (via Wil Wheaton's Blog)
- Professor Wikipedia - "the funniest video of the year [Citation needed.])."
- Awkward Rap
- The Matrix Runs on Windows
- The Mean Kitty Song - adorable! I spotted it on the YouTube Promoted Videos.
- The Lamas' Millionaire Quiz (with English sub-titles) - The Lamas (Dutch for "Llamas") is the Dutch version of "Whose Line is it Anyway?". I don't speak Dutch, but it's very funny. (Thanks to Dazjorz.)
- Fixed Gear Blog: Future Generations
- Kitten riding tortoise - adorable!
- "ANIME IN REAL LIFE!!!!" - via a post on Facebook.
Funny Music
- Weird Al Yankovic - "Don't Download This Song"
- Musical Geek Friday - on catonmat.com.
Online Games and Puzzles
- Logic Mazes.
- Bloxorz - manipulate a 2*1*1 brick across a board of blocks. (Puzzle)
- 3-D Logic Game - connect endpoints on a cube's surface.
- Nurikabe - an engaging type of puzzle game. The site contains unlimited 5*5 puzzles and daily 9*9 ones.
- Brain Bashers - lots of daily puzzles and games with good user-interfaces.
- Nurikabe - contains numbered Nurikabe games of various sizes. The Network of such sites (links at the site) contains other such games.
- Project Euler - solve mathematical problems using the computer.
Wallpapers and Other Pictures
- cerberus.cc's Wallpapers - contains galleries of Anime, art, cartoons, cities, nature, sports and miscellaneous wallpapers.
- digital.org - Digital Art - a hub for computer graphics with some wonderful pictures.
- Cowboys' Cowgirl Pinups.
- Skins.be - Female Celebrity and Model Wallpapers.
- Desktop Girls - contains pictures of beautiful women, often edited with interesting effects.
- SexyDesktop.co.uk Wallpapers - pictures of female celebrities, male celebrities, cars and pictures from space.
- WallpaperBase.com - Your source for free wallpapers
- Pictures of Dragons.
- Photos from Port Alexander
- Polykarbon's Gallery - interesting Manga graphics and sketches.
- Pictures from Brazil - Pictures of Brazil from a trip by an IRC correspondent.
- BSDs Wallpapers - Wallpapers based on the icons of the BSD operating systems.
- TopWalls.com - Wallpapers from various categories - categories include arts, animals, nature, places, TV & Movies, Anime and Cartoons, Games, Music, and Male/Female.
- Best Quality Wallpapers - contains high-quality, high-resolution wallpapers. Also see the links on the front page to other similar sites.
- Xtremewalls - contains several different categories of wallpapers.
- Wallpaper Pimper - Wallpapers from several categories, some in high resolutions.
- KDE-Look and GNOME-Look and other of their sister sites (see the footer) provide many user-contributed wallpapers.
- WallpapersWide.com - "Free HD Desktop Wallpapers for Widescreen, High Definition, Mobile" - several categories.
Music to Buy and Download
- GarageBand.com - a site for Internet bands and their music. Many quality music recordings for download.
- Israeli Music - a site for International orders of CDs of Israeli artists.
- Magnatune - a record label that publishes artists whose songs are under a freely redistributable licence.
- Last.fm - a social music service, which learns what you like and allows you to listen to music based on tags, or related to a certain artist. A great way to discover new music.
- Jamendo - a showcase site for musicians. Download and listen to many albums, of many genres, legally.
Free Musical Downloads
- "Castle Crashers" - music from the video game
- General Fuzz Tunes - instrumental soothing electronic music. I downloaded and can recommend "Soulful Filling".
- Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV - Here's the torrent for the full album
- Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
- "Thing a Week" by Jonathan Coulton - Coulton is a musician and an open-source/open-content enthusiast, who provided an original .mp3 each week for a year. Here's the torrent for the entire collection. Some of the songs there are very nice.
- "Harvey Danger - Little by Little" - a free download album by the alternative pop group "Harvey Danger".
Web Design and Programming
- W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium - the standard body for defining the current and next generations of web technologies.
- Zvon.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy - a site with many good "teach-by-example" tutorials for XML related technologies.
- HTML Dog HTML and CSS Tutorials - excellent and modern HTML and CSS tutorials by a good expert on the topic.
- The PNG Alpha Transparency Page - a demonstration of what you can achieve on the web using translucent PNGs. Supported by all popular browsers except Microsoft Internet Explorer below version 7.
- HTML Colour Names -a list of the HTML colour names that are accepted by the browsers, and will be part of CSS 3.0.
Various Sites of Interest
- Presentation Helper - a great site dedicated to the various issues of giving and preparing a presentation.
- "Earth Day predictions of 1970. The reason you shouldn't believe Earth Day predictions of 2009.".