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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ohio school districts are happy to get their share of casino taxes, but say it won't make up for cuts in state aid.
The state has passed out more than $111 million in casino taxes, mostly to counties, cities and school districts, since the first Ohio casinos opened last year.
According to The Cleveland Plain Dealer (bit.ly/WlA5SO), the latest casino tax distributions went out during the past week.
In suburban Cleveland, Berea (buh-REE'-uh) school officials will use their first check for $142,512 for general operating expenses.
Interim Berea school treasurer Dale Cummins says declining property values and the state's decision to cut reimbursement for phased-out business taxes have cost the district $2.5 million this fiscal year. She says the casino money "doesn't even begin to cover the reductions."
Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com


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Got this from the Rangers, for those who will be in midtown tomorrow:
New York Rangers Celebrate 2010-11 Season & New Marketing Partnership with Volkswagen
The Rangers and Volkswagen are hosting an interactive event for fans to celebrate the start of the 2010-11 season, the Rangers first preseason game is against the Devils on September 23. Fans will have the chance to show off their hockey skills and shoot on an NHL regulation goal to win tickets to an upcoming Rangers game. Rangers alumni Ron Duguay and Nick Fotiu will be signing autographs and providing tips to Rangers fans on their shots.
I'm told that all you have to do is show up Wednesday, from 1-3 p.m., at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street, outside of MSG.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Daytona International Speedway and Jacksonville Jaguars are now teammates in the Florida House.
But some legislators believe the cross-sport effort could hinder both proposals.
Members of the House Economic Affairs Committee on Tuesday narrowly supported by a 9-8 vote an amendment that latched a proposal that would provide $2 million a year in sales tax breaks for renovations at EverBank Field in Jacksonville to a similar measure to pay for improvements at the Daytona International Speedway (HB 1049).
Rep. David Santiago, R-Deltona, who sponsored the speedway proposal, argued against pairing the measures.
"Please don't hurt a good bill by moving on to it one that may not be moving in our House," Santiago said.
The bill must still go through the Appropriations Committee before reaching the House floor.
There are four stadium proposals seeking public dollars in the Legislature, plus a measure to increase funding for spring training stadiums.
The Miami Dolphins are seeking $3 million a year in sales tax rebates (SB 306) for Sun Life Stadium improvements, while Orlando is requesting $2 million a year for the construction of a stadium in Central Florida (HB 219) with a goal of attracting a Major League Soccer expansion franchise.
Jacksonville is seeking to make EverBank Field the first stadium in Florida to receive a second level of $2 million in sales tax rebates.
Each rebate would be for 30 years.
Backers of each proposal claim the money offers the prospect of construction and long-term jobs, along with increased local economic impact.
The Senate also has a proposal that would require the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to prepare an annual list of teams, spring training sites and professional sports seeking assistance from the state. That list would be ranked and then sent to the Legislature for a final vote.
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HUMBLE, Texas - A man who has trouble walking because of a medical condition blames new management at a Humble apartment complex for a close call with an intruder.
Vernon Reed, 49, said he had to crawl to retrieve his gun from an armoire when a would-be intruder broke a bedroom window.
"I would think if they had a more heightened sense of awareness as to what went on here stuff like this wouldn't go on here," Reed said.
Reed said he believes new management at the Bender Hollow apartment complex at 424 S. Bender is inattentive to security issues at the complex. At least one other apartment dweller agreed.
"They are new to the complex and I have not seen a presence of them at all," resident Lean Dickerson said.
Reed said he was not injured during the March 12 incident. The culprit must have left as he was on the phone with police from the floor of his bedroom, he surmised.
His chief complaint, echoed by Dickerson, is that the front gate remains open and accessible at all hours, a common occurrence at apartment complexes across the Houston area.
Bender Hollow property manager Jose Robles told Local 2 the gate does function correctly but is left open during the day.
Reed disputes that claim, maintaining the gate remains open at all hours.
Robles would not speak further about the front gate or other security measures other than to say a corporate representative with HM Equity Management LLC would contact us. By late afternoon, Friday, we had not received a call.
Humble police report 85 calls for service at 424 S. Bender since March 15, 2012. Not every call for service resulted in an actual crime being committed.
No burglaries, robberies or murders were reported at the address during that time period, according to information provided by the Humble Police Department. One sexual assault was recorded, and 10 calls for criminal mischief and suspicious activity were noted.
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2013 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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My main objection was your comment:
I guess that I am saying that the language is meaningless to me, because who speaks it is just as important as what is spoken.
Perhaps I've misunderstood you, or perhaps this isn't quite what you meant. But whatever the case, I appreciate your interest in N'ketle and your willingness to converse.


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text: i agree with all of what you said. i wasn't really clear enough with not recommending a board like that. I was really just trying to address the perception that one of those boards is going to fall apart in a year. they are nearly indestructible -- but, like you said, if it breaks it's going straight to the landfill. although, i dont think someone would actually look any cooler with some pop-out vs a used board. but, I am not cool so take that with a grain of salt


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Most of the prophets and messengers sent in past times were also not recognized and rejected by their communities. For example, the fact that our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saas) was a holy messenger sent to lead all mankind to the true path was denied by the majority of people, during the early stage of his prophethood. The majority of Jews and Christians in particular denied the prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad (saas), despite having considerable information in their possession. Despite there being enormous evidence that our Prophet (saas) had been sent to confirm the scriptures revealed before him, to do away with the disputes among people and to impart glad tidings and warn them, these people still did not follow him. Yet the scriptures revealed prior to the Qur'an said that a messenger would come after those prophets, and that when he appeared everyone should obey him. This fact is stated in the Qur'an:
Those who follow the Messenger, the Unlettered, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel... (Surat al-A'raf, 157)
In another verse, it is revealed that some of those to whom a Book had previously been given, some Jews and Christians in other words, would conceal the truth, despite being well acquainted with our Prophet (saas) and knowing that he was the true prophet:
Those We have given the Book recognize him [the Prophet] as they recognize their own sons. Yet a group of them knowingly conceal the truth. (Surat al-Baqara, 146)
In another verse it is stated that the people in question also knew that the Noble Qur'an was the True Scripture:
"Am I to desire someone other than Allah as a judge when it is He Who has sent down the Book to you clarifying everything?" Those We have given the Book know it has been sent down from your Lord with truth, so on no account be among the doubters. (Surat al-An'am, 114)
However, true believers of good conscience from the Jewish and Christian communities immediately recognized and joined our Prophet (saas) when he appeared. Allah informs us in verses that:
... You will find the people most affectionate to those who believe are those who say, "We are Christians." That is because some of them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant. When they listen to what has been sent down to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they recognize of the truth. They say, "Our Lord, we believe! So write us down among the witnesses. How could we not believe in Allah, and the truth that has come to us, when we long for our Lord to include us among the righteous?" (Surat al-Ma'ida, 82-84)
Nonetheless, some Jews and Christians still did not believe that our Prophet (saas) was the last true prophet and that the Qur'an was the true Divine scripture, and refused to obey the Prophet (saas) despite all the portents and evidence. It is also revealed in verses of the Qur'an that many prophets, including the Prophet Abraham (as), were not recognized by their own communities (Surat al-'Ankabut, 16-25). The way that the Prophet Joseph (as) was not recognized by his own brothers is described in another verse "… he knew them but they did not know him." (Surah Yusuf, 58) Similarly, when the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) appear some people will pretend not to recognize these blessed personages, out of concern for their own interests and despite seeing all the evidence, and will conceal the true facts from others.


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IT may not quite be up there with Hereford knocking Newcastle out of the FA Cup but Addingham's victory over Rawdon certainly took the Aire Wharfe by surprise.
Addingham have a miserable start to the season, second from the bottom of Division Three with only one league victory to their name. And even though Rawdon haven't exactly set Division One alight, they have the league scalps of Steeton and Bilton and were expected to get through this one comfortably.
And so it looked when Andrew Doidge picked up three quick wickets to reduce Addingham to 81-5 but Calvin Hewitt (77no) and Henry Barrow
(33) put on 95 for the sixth wicket and the visitors finished with a respectable 198-8.
A rain break reduced the target to 133 but even then Rawdon just couldn't get going. Ricky Palacio (3-30) dismissed three of their top four batsmen and ran out James Doidge, and Tom Smallwood (3-23) finished things off. In the record books it will say a 13-run win but it was more decisive than that and it booked Addingham a visit to Adel in the next round.
Division Three leaders Horsforth also knocked out Division One opponents but their win over Pool always looked a strong possibility after the impressive start they have made to the season.
Ryan Sharrocks and Mahir Ali picked up three wickets each as Pool were dismissed for 118 and Ollie Hardaker, who hit 36 in 31 balls, and Bailey Worcester (29no) clinched a home tie against league leaders Otley, who comfortably overcame Menston by 116 runs.
Rain reduced Kirkstall's 166-7 to a target of 131 and Harrison Durkin
(65) made sure Guiseley went through to the next round where they will face Bilton.
Ben Rhydding successfully chased down Ilkley's 177 with two wickets in hand to set up a re-run of the 2012 final against Collingham, who knocked out holders Burley.


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Game 19. Last of four straight on the road.
First of back-to-back matinees, with the Flys in town tomorrow at 2. Ya boys on a two-game losing streak.
Andre Deveaux was suspended today for three games for his elbow to the chops of Florida's Tomas Fleischmann on Wednesday.
Erik Christensen and Anton Stralman will be prucha'd, and so call-ups Carl Hagelin and John Mitchell will make their Rangers debuts. Jeff Woywitka also returns to the lineup after his one-game prucha. Henrik Lundqvist starts in goal against Michal Neuvirth.
Don't forget, tonight HBO previews "24/7" leading to the Rangers-Flys Winter Classic at 9:15 (and replayed many times). Just be warned, HBO's been all around the teams but hasn't had the real all-access pass to the Rangers yet. By that, I mean don't expect them to be in the lockerroom just before games, between periods and immediately after games. My understanding is that they haven't been in those situations yet.


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Yeah, I don't get why they even do it... I mean everyone is different but how can you NOT be cold let alone enjoy the surf.
WhiskeyMilitia has them on all the time... earlier today they had an XCEL 4/3 for $170. I've seen them cheaper but that's a heck of a deal.
Bought my Rip-Curl 6/5/4 that retails for $400 off there and paid $150. :D


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The Perfect Coffee
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Greetings Fellow Uncyclopedians! Among my passions and addictions, there are 2 which tower above everything else. The first is the woman I love. The second is the beverage I love, coffee. While detailing the first of these would doubtlessly be interesting, it's just something I won't do on a public forum. The second choice however, I can gladly share on the internet. Herein, dear readers, is everything you want and need to know about coffee.
edit The start
Class is now in session.
Harkening back to younger days, I was in the 4th grade, or rather, the summer leading into it, when I asked my parents: "Mom, Dad... what does coffee taste like?" What was served to me was essentially milk and sugar, flavored with coffee. It was like liquid candy. Come to think of it, it still is. Thus began a lifelong devotion and nearly unrivalled passion for a beverage. Although I parted ways with caffeine during the entirety of my 17th year of life, it was my addiction to coffee's taste which brought me back to the world of stimulants.
edit Coffee Is:
Coffee, when fresh, contains over 900 different, separate, substances which lend flavor to the drink. A good coffee is a rich, complex, and even relatively "sweet" beverage. Bet you didn't know that. You see, if your coffee was roasted longer than 1 week ago, at least half of those essences have evaporated or broken down chemically. Your coffee is bland and tasteless.
"But I think my coffee has a LOT of flavor" I can already hear you say. If so, it's merely because it's what we, as Americans, have always known. Cheap, Mass Produced, low grade coffee has been marketed to us over the years, and casually accepted as "This must be real coffee". Oh how we have been lied to. The fact is that technically, yes, the coffee we most often drink does have flavor, but we are only getting part of the symphony which we should rightfully experience.
edit What the fuck are you Babbling about?
What qualifies me as a coffee expert, you ask? Why should my opinions be so incredibly valid? Am I little more than an overly-opinionated dilletante "wannabe", a pretend aristocrat? Well, experience should count for something. Passion should as well. I have had the common blends we all have probably heard of.
edit Colombian Supremo
is pretty good. In fact, it stands as a mile-marker, if you will to which all other coffee can be compared. In any case, one can view any serving of coffee from the standpoint of "How much better or worse is this than Colombian Supremo?"
edit Hawaiin Kona
has a very smooth and comparably sweet flavor.
edit Jamaican Blue Mountain
was... mediocre. Of course, mine came from a Jamaican friend, and I'm not sure he was terribly dedicated to finding the best sample, but I appreciated the efforts. Don't get me wrong, it was the tied with Russian for the smoothest flavor I've EVER had, and the 2nd "softest" beverage I've ever encountered with great flavor, but it had this overbearing "earthy" aftertaste which detracted quite heavily from the experience. At $50 a pound, I should expect better.
edit The russian coffee
I had came from a company called Kuppo. I can't read cryllic, so I can't get any more, and I don't know if they deliver, but if anyone ever gets the chance, DO NOT TURN IT DOWN! I don't know what they did, but switching from Kenya AA to this was exquisite!
edit Kenya AA
is my favorite regular coffee, as it can be acquired with relative ease, and I like the flavour better than Colombian, and at $15 a pound, it's only half the cost of Hawaiian.
edit Italian
The coffee I had most frequently while living in Italy was Cafe Oro, or Segafredo. Both acceptable, but the Cafe Oro had a better flavor. I was younger and less knowledgeable then, so I don't know what beans they used.
I'd never had a cappuccino in my life until the age of 19. My small home-town was incapable at the time of supporting the upper class habit, and so the drink was relagated in my mind to the big-city culturally elite, of which I was not. At the tender young age of 19 however, the United States Army saw fit to assign me for 2 years and 3 months to Italy, for which I am eternally grateful. My very first cappuccino in my life was served at an Italian cafe, by an Italian lady, in the country of Italy.
Here I was, in a country which is synonymous with the Rennaissance, and a world center of culture, enjoying a drink which was far too upscale for me to find at any other time in my life... and it cost me about 50¢. I was hooked from that very first sip. It was exquisite.
edit Turkish coffee is
er... well, it's different. The guys I was with said to actually drink some of the grind... Strong stuff, even if you don't. Not bad, but certainly an eye opener.
edit Cat Shit
I've never had Kopi Luak. At $300 a pound, it's out of my reach. I also don't know if I'd be willing to try it. I've yet to find anyone selling it.
So, at this point in my life, I am 29 years old and I've been drinking coffee since the age of 10. For 19 years, I have loved coffee, and have progressed as far as a consumer reasonably could, without roasting my own beans.
edit Rules of Coffee
There are rules in a perfect cup of coffee. I shall hit upon them, now.
edit #1: It's like, lets have a clam-bake!
Fresh roasted coffee only. You can purchase coffee from upscale shops in vacuum sealed foil bags. My ex sent me one while I was deployed. At nearly 3 pounds, it was pretty good, and a welcome change from the chow hall. However, I know now, that was not the best I could have had. As the coffee sat around for more than a week after opening, much was lost. As a rule, your coffee, if it was roasted more than a week ago, is now going stale, and should be discarded. (Or, accept and realise you're starting to drink "crap".)
edit #2: Mary, Are You Feeling Fresh Today?
Fresh Ground Coffee. Okay, you can go to a grocery store and get pre-ground coffee, you can usually nowadays purchase whole bean, and have it ground there as well. This is only "barely acceptable". The coffee is probably already going stale, and grinding it to let it sit around in your kitchen is only going to make it worse. I'll admit that I'm saving money, and this is how I'm doing it. Soon enough, I'll spring for a nice burr grinder, and then I'll upgrade my supply to a local roaster's product. (Dunn Brothers) Ideally, you want to grind only as much as you are going to use at one time. Enough for one cup, or one pot. Any more than that, you only hasten the process by which your coffee goes stale. Making further cups "crappier".
edit #3: Grinding on my rod of Pure Love, Baby
Correct grind. This is tantamount to a perfect "cup of joe". For French Press, you need a very coarse grind to match with the long brew time. For drip coffe, you need a medium grind, and since I don't do drip coffee anymore, I can't offer too much more help. You'll just have to experiment on your own. Not all grinders are created with equal tolerances, so use a grinder's "measurements" as a rough starting place, and be prepared to adjust as needed.
edit The Perfect Cappuccino
Okay. Now I have to change modes, as my specialization means I can't offer any more general advice. If, like me, you want the perfect cappuccino, I commend you. You have chosen the most difficult path, and the best flavor in my opinion.
edit Gimme some sugar, baby!
Espresso grind needs to be fine, similar to refined sugar. If it reminds you of powdered sugar, it's probably too fine to use. It would be great for Turkish or Greek however. (Just not Italian.) Your machine will certainly vary from this general rule, so you'll need to experiment with what works best with your setup.
edit On your mark, Get Set, BREW!
However, there is one benchmark to use to guide you to exactly where you want to be. From the moment the expresso begins falling from the brew head to the point where you get about 2.5 ounces of coffee, you should have timed between 22-28 seconds depending on taste. This is based off of a standard "double" dose of coffee, 14 grams, or about two heavy teaspons. At any rate, getting a coffee measuring spoon isn't too hard. It'll run about $3 for cheaper plastics to $10 for metal spoons.
You reach this number with two methods. First, varying the grind of your coffee. Finer grinds take longer, coarser grinds brew more quickly. Second, varying your "tamping pressure".
edit Smack that Bitch up
To properly create the perfect espresso, you need to "tamp down" the coffee in the brew head to create a coffee "pellet". This should be about 30 pounds of pressure. You want as even a surface as you can get. It should be flat and parallel to the earth. Finish your "tamp" with a twist. I say 180 should be fine, some insist on nothing less than 720 degrees, and insinuate you are some sort of subhuman neanderthallic mutant circusfreak if you don't make a full 720 degree rotation.
If your espresso takes more than 28 seconds to "extract", you have too much pressure. Your grind is too fine, or your tamping is too heavy. Lighten and experiment.
edit How about some head here
A perfect extraction should also have a somewhat creamy "head" on it, sort of an ugly yellow-brown foam. A decent layer is an indication of a good extraction.
If your doubleshot of espresso takes less than 22 seconds, you are "underextracting". Vital flavors in the coffee are being left behind, and your coffee will taste flat and bland.
If your doubleshot takes longer than 28 seconds, you are "overextracting". Acids are being pulled from the grind, and the flavors are already all gone. Your coffee will taste sour or bitter.
edit Yay! MATH IS... ... HOLYBEJEEZUSFUCK I HATE MATH!
Finally, cappuccino is a drink of thirds. Properly, you should have one-third espresso, one-third milk, and one-third milk froth. If you want a softer beverage, you are looking for a latte, which is closer to "fifths". Two Fifths milk, two fifths milk froth, and one fifth espresso.
A stronger beverage would be a machiatto, which as it was served to me was a straight espresso with equal milk froth... I'll have to double check to get the actual figures again, suffice it to say that it's stronger than a good cappuccino.
Well, there you go. You now have access to all the essential knowledge I've accidentally acquired over 2 decades. Go get yourself a cup of joe, and make it a good one. Don't bother with Starbucks, they just screw it up... trust me.
Until later friends, See you on the field, or at a good coffee shop.


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Hi Everyone,
I finished my last chemo of Cisplatin/Gemzar combo on Valentine's day. Yay!!
I thought I would start to feel lots better; but, Im not feeling so hot since then.
Nauseated and really fatigued; which doesn't help much since Im working full
time. Im trying to ride the nausea out and trying to keep food in my stomach.
Wonder if anyone has had this happen and did you take anything or just ride it
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(Redirected from Hacking)
A hacker can be defined as a person who solves problems in clever ways, especially regarding computer programming and hardware engineering.[1] The term is often used to denote "security cracker", since hackers most frequently appear in the news involving computer security breaches.
Hacking may refer to a number of activities, both legal and illegal. These include:
- "Digital lock-picking", or (illegally) breaking into computer systems; this is also referred to as "cracking", and is the most well known form of hacking
- Modifying software or hardware in order to violate copyright law or software licensing agreements (this is also referred to as "cracking" and "piracy")
- Modifying software or hardware for extra functionality or performance
- Creating software or devices to solve problems
- Using an existing computer system in an unusual, clever way to solve a problem
- Staging pranks
Hackers act for a variety of reasons, ranging from curiosity and bragging rights to personal gain or vandalism.
Crackers who act with criminal intent are known as "black hat" hackers. Crackers who don't have a criminal intent (e.g., those paid by software companies to research security issues or investigate new computer viruses) are referred to as "white hat".


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Get an overview of this hotelExclusive 19th-century hotel on Rome Via del Corso
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Near Spanish Steps
This impressive 19th-century hotel is set back from Via del Corso, Rome's main thoroughfare, near the Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) and designer shopping on the famous street Via Dei Condotti.
Bar and ballroom
The highlight of the Grand Hotel Plaza is the ornate, gilded Salone delle Feste ballroom, with its huge chandeliers; other features include a mahogany-paneled bar and a frescoed breakfast room.
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Many of the 200 individually furnished, air-conditioned guestrooms have large terraces with panoramic views of the monuments of Rome. They offer high ceilings, windows that open, complimentary wireless Internet access, and large marble bathrooms with designer toiletries.
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- Prime spot for sightseeing
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The Salone delle Feste at the Art Deco Grand Hotel Plaza functions as either a ballroom/banqueting room that can seat 300 for dinner, or 400 for a cocktail reception. The hotel is the perfect location for weddings, ceremonies, fashion shows, film sets, and photo shoots. Free WiFi is available throughout the hotel.
The Mascagni Piano Bar offers live music and cocktails; while the Mascagni, Sorelle Fontana, and Champagneria restaurants serve quick snacks and Mediterranean specialties. Lobster and champagne are served on the Champagne Terrace at Trinità dei Monti.
- Free newspapers in lobby
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Where to Eat
Restaurant Mascagni - Menu à la Carte and bar snacks are served from 12 PM to 3 PM and 7 PM to 12 AM.
Bar Bistro Mascagni - Alcoholic drinks, juices, teas, coffee and snacks are served from 9 AM to 1 AM.
Sala Mascagni - The ornate Breakfast Room, adjacent to the Bar Bistro Mascagni, full breakfast is served daily from 7-10:45 AM.
Restaurant Sorelle Fontana - Menu à la Carte and bar snacks are served from 12 PM to 3 PM and from 7 PM to 12 AM.
Restaurant Champagnerie ai Limoni - Open from May through September during the weekend, from 6 PM to 12 AM.
Room service available 24-hours
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
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- Kids stay free! Children 4 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 7 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.
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Hotel Name
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Children 4 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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Eighth-grader bests 41 rivals with budding leg warmer business
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Lily DeBell - Eighth Grader from Baltimore - Is Nation's Top Student Entrepreneur
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Md. Students Compete For A Chance To Pitch Original Business Ideas
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High School Students Run Company That Gives Back to Military Families
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Teaching low-income kids the power of entrepreneurship
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Washington D.C.'s Global Enterprising Educator, Emily Frazier and Global Young Entrepreneur, Dagim Girma to Be Awarded at NFTE 2014 Gala in Washington, D.C.
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Can You Really Teach Entrepreneurship?
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One of the Top Young High School Entrepreneurs in America Is a High School Senior in a Suburb of Washington D.C.
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NFTE Baltimore Appoints Keenen Geter and Tyese Knight
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Forest Park Students Receive Awards at Top 100 MBEs
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Towson resident promoted to program director at NFTE Baltimore
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HS entrepreneurs take ideas to NYC competition
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Middle River's Ms. Edwards named director of development for education nonprofit
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Good Jeans & Fortune: Local Teens To Pitch Business Ideas In National Competition
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NFTE Baltimore Appoints R. Todd Lazenby and Frank van Vliet to Board
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NFTE Baltimore Appoints Andy Hubner Executive Director
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NFTE Names Five Business Area Owners as 2013 Locally Grown Honorees
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NFTE's 16th Annual Dare to Dream Gala With Venture Capitalist Cal Simmons
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Forestville woman sees baking business on the rise for seventh anniversary
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"Geeks" raise money for young entrepreneurs
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Third Annual Geek 2 Chic and Entreprelooza! After Party
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Annandale High Student's Class Project Wins Business Competition
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Who Needs a Gluten Test? Video by "Gluten Syndrome" Expert Dr. Rodney Ford Explains
Dr. Rodney Ford, pediatrician and author of The Gluten Syndrome, provides us with an excellent and easy-to-follow video that tells us how to know if we need a gluten test. This short presentation explains which symptoms to look for and tells you the tests you need to to request to find out if gluten is making you sick. Dr. Ford ... Read More »


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1944 — Italy
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Edward Levi Maurer was residing in Merrik County, Nebraska and entered the Service from Ft. Francis E Warren in Cheyenne, Wyoming on 19 May, 1942 as a Private in the US ARMY "AAC".... Born in Nebraska in 1921, he is white, a citizen and had completed high-school. Edward was still still single at enlistment. Edward became an Army Air Corp B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber Combat Pilot and flew Missions in the Mediterranean Theatre during WWII.
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CALDWELL -- Dorothy E. Fowler, 92, of Caldwell, passed away Thursday evening (Feb. 14, 2013) at Summit Acres Nursing & Skilled Rehab.
She was born Dec. 9, 1920, in Summerfield, daughter of the late Fred and Etta Brister Yontz.
She was a member of the St. Stephen Catholic Church in Caldwell. She loved to sew, spend time with her family and friends, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She could often be found out shopping, going out to eat or working in her flowers. She was a Tupperware dealer for many years and worked at Gray's Store and later the Clothes Tree in Caldwell.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl E. Fowler, whom she married Aug. 9, 1941, and who passed away June 1, 1988; a son, Robert "Bob" Fowler; two brothers, Harry Yontz and Joe Yontz; and a infant sister, Barbara Jean Yontz.
She was loved and will be missed by her family, two daughters, Barbara (Dave) Reed of Caldwell and Nancy (Dan) Moorehead of Marietta; four grandchildren, Shawn Wiley, Kim Fowler, Nick Fowler and David Reed; five great-grandchildren, Tyler and Collin Wiley, Casey Anderson, Taylor Peters and Brock Reed; stepgrandchildren, Jayson, Nikki and Krissi Moorehead, Tammy Hill and Jennifer Reed. She is also survived by several stepgreat- grandchildren; sisters-in-law; as well as additional extended family and friends.
Friends will be received today (Sunday) from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Chandler Funeral Home, 609 West St., Caldwell, with a Vigil Service to follow at 6 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. at the St. Stephen Catholic Church in Caldwell, with the Rev. Fr. Wayne Morris serving as Celebrant.
Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Caldwell.
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Word Chain 7Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread.
Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event
Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word
Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool
Chain: raison ______ ______ ______ ______ cervix ______ ______ ______ ______ hangar
Pool: almond assert deluge kernel purple scurvy stripe vellum
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April 2002 — By Mike Smith
Shine Your Diesel Oil
|Part 3: Belgoes, Kaydon, Walker
Belgoes Filtration Systems is a highly regarded builder of polishing systems for yachts and commercial vessels. It manufactures systems that can handle from 10,000 gph to as little as 40 gph. The company's Web site is full of information about fuel, contaminants, polishing, enzymes that attack tank sludge–you name it. Belgoes polishers rely on "depth-style" Gulf Coast Filters to strip out water and solids less than one micron in diameter. (A depth filter forces the fuel to follow a longer path through a denser element than does the more common edge filter, which moves the fuel through one or more relatively thin paper elements.) Charles Bell, Belgoes' polishing expert, recommends choosing a filter system rated at two microns or less; filters rated higher than that aren't good at removing either water or the bodies of deceased microbes, he says. Basic Belgoes fuel polishers suitable for yachts in the 40-foot range cost between $1,300 and $1,500 for the complete kit, plus installation.
Kaydon Filtration Group's Marine Fuel Guardian System is designed for boats 50 feet and larger. One of its units is being installed by Burger Boat Company aboard its Advanced Construction Series yachts, and the U.S. military uses them to clean the fuel for, among other vehicles, the M-1 Abrams tank. The Fuel Guardian polisher employs a three-stage filter system (two coalescers and a water separator), rated to less than two microns. The company claims it can remove 99.9 percent of the water from fuel in a single pass and reduce overall sediment and moisture to less than .02 percent. Once the system is installed, it's basically maintenance-free: The water collector drains automatically into a waste tank, and a monitoring system with a remote readout warns when the filter elements need changing. Marine Fuel Guardian Systems start at about $4,000, plus installation.
Walker Engineering utilizes fluid dynamics to spin foreign matter out of the fuel. Within the 40-gph-rated AlgaeSep coalescer, water is separated from diesel as a result of a unique flow pattern that causes the swirling fuel to act like a centrifuge. The unit does not rely on a filter element, although fuel exiting the coalescer is strained through a 25-micron spin-on filter to trap any large particles. According to the folks at Walker, this technology has been proven in high-capacity polishing systems on large ships, and they have reduced it to a size manageable aboard boats as small as 38 feet. The AlgaeSep is compact and self-contained: Mount it on a bulkhead, hook up the fuel lines and wiring, and you're ready to go. The water has to be drained manually from the coalescer, and the spin-on filter should be changed at least every 250 hours of operation. Cost is $1,750 plus installation.
Once the fuel in your tanks is polished, run the system enough so that every gallon is cleaned again at least once a week. Many skippers polish their fuel for a few hours every day as part of normal yacht maintenance and always polish their diesel during and after every fueling. Follow this polishing schedule and before long your fuel will be as shiny as your stainless steel.
Belgoes Filtration Systems Phone: (866) 235-4637. Fax: (801) 697-3294. www.fuelpolishing.com.
Kaydon Filtration Group Phone: (706) 884-3041. Fax: (706) 883-6199. www.cleanfuelinc.com.
Walker Engineering Phone: (818) 252-7788. Fax: (818) 252-7785. www.walkerairsep.com.
Mike Smith is a licensed yacht- and commercial-boat captain living in Stamford, Connecticut.
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'ello! I'm looking for help with a mount macro. What follows is exactly what I want it to do:
-Use mount1 in non-flyable zones.
-Use passengerMount1 in non-flyable zones when shift is held.
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-Use passengerMount2 in flyable zones when shift is held.
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Triple Treat 3Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form "__, __, and __". Number 7 is in the form "___, ___, or ___".
Clue = "Cook, Wine, Drinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Palm, Pool, Protected
2. Deer, Chose, Goat
3. Life, Stork, Prune
4. Bomb, Click, Scary
5. Pup, Cup, Convey
6. Smell, Took, Sandal
7. Spin, Clues, Law
Answer1. Calm, Cool, and Collected
2. Ear, Nose, and Throat
3. Knife, Fork, and Spoon
4. Tom, Dick, and Harry
5. Up, Up, and Away
6. Bell, Book, and Candle
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HOUSTON - Texas isn't getting a lot of attention from either presidential candidates, but voters here in Houston are trying to help swing the election outcome.
As President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney barnstorm through battleground states, their supporters here in Houston are busy making phone calls to places like Ohio and Florida.
At Organizing for America, the president's supporters have made thousands of phone calls to help swing the electoral college in his direction.
Volunteer Kay Shephard has been making calls for weeks, and she said she feels optimistic.
"At first, I didn't understand why we were calling Florida, but now I understand it perfectly. People are hyped and we want to keep them hyped," Shephard said. "Most everyone I'm calling is very supportive."
Phone calls are just as critical for Republicans who are calling both voters in Harris County and in key states to help the Romney, Ryan ticket.
With national polling showing a tight race, this is a way for Texas to make a difference.
"We have the ability from Mitt Romney's website to make calls from home," said Ben Stinsman with the Harris County Republican Party. "If someone can't make it to one of our four phone banks, that really helps."
Those phone calls to battleground states will continue on election day. Some Houston-area residents have also traveled to places like Ohio to knock on doors.
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A compassionate and "super" hospice volunteer soothes terminally-ill patients with harp music.
Geraldine Worthington, from Kingston, has volunteered at the Princess Alice Hospice's Esher home for almost four years, doing weekly shifts.
She began playing the miniature instrument when its owner, a friend who had been in the care of the hospice, died some years ago.
She said: "I'm actually an oboe player. Her family let me have the harp.
"It is popular with the patients, the families and nurses.
"When I get spare moments I like to just sit down with the harp and let it waft around the corridors."
Mrs Worthington, 66, said moving into volunteering was an "obvious step forward" after her career as an acupuncturist, and the death of her husband, a bereavement counsellor.
She said: "I'm quite used to very poorly people.
"It's very useful from [their families'] point of view that we have got plenty of room and quiet space for them to sit down and tell us about their fears, or to cry really."
But she added: "I'm not the only one – there's ten of us in the team."
Hospice chaplain Revd Dr Steve Nolan said Mrs Worthington "never fails to pitch up for her sessions".
He said: "She is super. She is a very gentle person and she has got a very endearing smile.
"She establishes a rapport with people quite quickly."
Mrs Worthington "will come in on occasion on the weekend or during the week, just to play for those people and also to play in our day hospice", he added.
He added: "She is very compassionate."
Princess Alice Hospice is on the lookout for new volunteers. If you would like to get involved and lend an ear to patients, call Revd Nolan on 01372 461806 or visit pah.org.uk/chaplaincy-volunteer.
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National Dialogue on the Curriculum of Readiness for the 21st Century Librarian
ALA Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois - Tuesday June 28, 2005
Plenary Session II: Diversity and Equity in LIS Recruitment, Education, and Readiness
W. Michael Havener: Our final speaker in this panel session is Ramiro Salazar.
Ramiro Salazar: Good morning. First of all, I want to commend the organizers or this program. I think they've accomplished their goal of providing a diverse view of perspectives as it pertains to achieving diversity in our libraries. You're going to get from me yet another perspective.
I speak from the point of view first as a director of a large, urban, public library serving a very diverse population in San Antonio. And second, I speak to you from the point of view that I'm a member of a minority group, which happens to be the fastest-growing minority group in the country, and in thirty to forty years, we'll be the largest group, and we'll be the majority.
You should know that I started my career in serving border communities, so I have a very good experience and context of serving diverse community, and how to, and also experiences and the challenges in serving a diverse community. I think there's agreement regarding the challenges, and what needs to happen. Certainly, our speakers touched in many areas.
It is equally as important to have staff who respect diversity in all its aspects, regardless of their background. As the one public institution open to anyone of any age, ethnicity, and economic background, it is incumbent on the public library to recruit, hire, train staff with a deep respect for other lifestyles, beliefs, customs, and languages.
It may be difficult to find a Spanish-speaking MLS degree holder, but it's more difficult to teach an intolerant employee tolerance.
I could speak on that alone, but this morning I'm going to focus on, again -- as I indicated earlier -- on the challenge of recruiting Latino librarians. Here are the major challenges facing the library profession in our efforts to recruit Latino librarians: One, we have a very small pool of potential students. I mean, we may have all kinds of initiatives, commitments to hire new Latino librarians in our organizations, but there aren't many.
The last time I checked, we were what? Less than three percent of the profession? In spite of your efforts, you're not going to find Latino librarians. It's very difficult to find Latino librarians. I'm one of a very few. Why?
One, Latinos have the highest high school drop out rate of any group. If they happen to graduate from high school, and if they happen to go on to the university and get a degree, librarianship is really not one of their first options as a profession. So the challenge becomes even greater.
There's not enough -- with the exception of you -- proactive programs by our library science schools to recruit Latino students to their programs. There's not a recognition in Latinos of the value of our profession. Again, they compete with other professions -- wanting to be an attorney, schoolteacher, nurse, or something else.
The other challenge is complacency of leadership. I don't think we recognize the urgency, and this is consistent with some of the comments made by my colleagues here. So I'm going to challenge those leaders in the profession, including those few Latino leaders, myself: How can we impact, how can we make a difference in turning around the situation and increasing the number of Latino librarians, or Latinos seeing librarianship?
One, certainly as professionals, we need to make a personal commitment to be engaged in this effort. For those that are minority directors, or other leaders in the profession, you have a powerful role to play as a role model. Use it. Be a mentor. Mentorship was also mentioned.
I recall, the reason I got into librarianship was because I had good mentors, and none of them were Latinos. They were all white. They encouraged me in different stages of my life, they encouraged me to continue going to school, one encouraged me to pursue a library degree, and I'll mention her by name: Dr. Sheldon. Brooke Sheldon. She was the one that reached out to me and encouraged me to pursue a library degree.
We can also actively recruit, in our profession, in our role as leaders. We can be involved in career days, for those of you that are again directors. I take advantage of any opportunity when I'm invited by schools to go to career days. It's important for minority kids to see a role model, someone that's in the profession that's a librarian, and to talk about the value of librarianship.
Be involved in literacy programs. In order to increase that pool of college students, we need to give an opportunity to Latino students, Latino kids, at a very early age, to pursue their educational efforts. We also need to be actively engaged in making a difference.
Be an advocate for diversity in all areas you're involved with, whether it be a local library group in your city, the state profession, certainly the American Library Association. Get yourself involved in the different programs that seek to diversify our profession. Seek to influence library school programs. Join their advisory groups, or just call them and ask how you can help. Provide some feedback, get involved.
Develop programs within your organization. And again, I'm talking to those that are now directors, that are leaders. Develop staff development programs that talk about valuing diversity, embracing differences. Offer scholarship or tuition assistance programs for those that may be interested in pursuing a library degree but do not have the means.
Target your paraprofessionals. Grow your own. It's been my experience, and I have been successful, and I talk about mentoring, and I walk the talk in that area because I believe in that. I've been successful in mentoring paraprofessionals that have gone on to attain their master's in library science. Target your paraprofessionals. Talk to them about the option of librarianship as a profession. Get them excited about librarianship.
Have a passion for what you do. Offer flex schedules for those that want to pursue a library degree. Another thing that you can do: offer Spanish classes for those -- and you don't have to be a Latino librarian to adequately serve a Latino population if you have a passion for librarianship, and you want to communicate to them but you can't in their language. Have your organization develop classes to learn Spanish.
Focus on diversity training. Offer programs in your organization that talk about the value of diversity. But most of all, take advantage of that power that you have as a director, as a leader. Be a role model. Be passionate about valuing diversity. Practice diversity at all times.
Take time to talk to your employees at all levels, whether it be a page -- those that put books back on the shelf -- or whether it be an administrator. At all levels, take time to talk to them. Your passion for libraries will rub off. Thank you.


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Mystic developer seeks permits to build subdivision
Stonington — A developer is seeking permits from the Planning and Zoning Commission to build an 11-lot single-family home subdivision on a 78.8-acre piece of land on North Stonington Road.
Allied Development Partners LLC of Mystic is seeking subdivision and groundwater protection permits for the property, which is owned by Gary and Annette Vacca of Pawcatuck. The commission will now schedule a public hearing on the request.
The site at 615 North Stonington Road is located along the west side of the road, about 1,000 feet south of the intersection of Al Harvey Road. The site is bordered on the south and west by land owned by the Avalonia Land Conservancy.
Plans for the Sunrise Estates development call for clustering the homes on lots of just more than 1 acre each. The rest of the property, which includes 17.6 acres of wetlands, would be left as open space.
Although zoning regulations require that homes in the area be located on lots of at least 3 acres, the regulations also allow clustering of homes on smaller lots if the developer can show that the lots could still be created if they had to have 3 acres each. The provision is designed to keep pieces of open space undisturbed.
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Kaivalya (कैवल्य), which is the ultimate goal of yoga, means solitariness or detachment.
The 34 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali of the fourth chapter deals with impressions left by our endless cycles of birth and the rationale behind the necessity of erasing such impressions. It portrays the yogi, who has attained kaivalya, as an entity who has gained independence from all bondages and achieved the absolute true consciousness or ritambhara prajna described in the Samadhi Pada.
"…Or, to look from another angle, the power of pure consciousness settles in its own pure nature." —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 35.
"Only the minds born of meditation are free from karmic impressions." —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra- 7.
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Chelmsford, Mass. -- The Kronos Retail Labor Index (RLI) rose to 4.5% in September, the highest reading in four years. (The Index is defined as the ratio of hires to applications within a given month, expressed as a percentage. A level of 3.0% means that for every 100 applications received, three hires occurred.)
"While the higher level of the RLI implies better odds of employment for job seekers, it mostly reflects reduced competition rather than a pick-up in hiring," said Chris Varvares, senior managing director and co-founder, Macroeconomic Advisers, which prepares the analysis and write-up. "Applications have dropped sharply since the middle of last year, and September's decline left applications at their lowest level on record."
According to Varvares, some of the recent decline in hiring may be attributed to firms holding on to employees longer, which was indicated by a higher retention rate at firms in the sample.
"In addition, the recent softening in the overall economy, especially household spending, has likely made retailers more cautious and resulted in delayed hiring decisions," he said. "We expect retail hiring to pick up only as the recovery strengthens, improving employer confidence."
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It's always a hassle carrying around cupcakes to work or to give to your friends without smearing the frosting all over the place. This cupcake container keeps it clean and neat!
This is maybe the coolest thing ever. It's simple - just freeze the white inner core of the mug. Return the frozen core to the shell and pour in your favorite drink.Tags: gifts, humor, kitchen, technology, gadgets, travel, office, modern, containersAdded 9 Years Ago from Perpetualkid


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OpenXava 4.2.3 released
MinuteProject 0.8.1 released
May 23, 2012
MinuteProject is a reverse engineering tool that generates an OpenXava application from an existing database. This new version introduces a new concept called Statement Driven Development and it is compatible with OpenXava 4.4.1.
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This conlang is the newest version of J'linguoneir Avan. J'Linguonar Avan is still a work in progress, but I'd like some feedback as to its progress so far.
J'Linguonar Avan is based heavily on English words, with Spanish and French words mixed in. The alphabet is pronounced like English, but J is pronounced like J in French and all A's are ah.
Sentences are formed with a phrase that states the subject (I, you, he, she, we, it, they, word), the tense, and the part of speech. Following that is a word in the part of speech. For example, "Tasar dorman" means "We (feminine) be (present tense) tired" or "We (feminine) are tired."
The subject-tense-POS phrase's part of speech always ends in a suffix that says what part of speech it is. -ar is an adjective phrase, -er is a verb phrase, and -or is a noun phrase. Words end in -an (adjective), -en (verb), or -on (noun). A word that is an adjective, for example, can also be a verb or noun. "Dorman" (tired) can also be "dormen" (to sleep) and "dormon" (slumber).
Example Sentences:
Eera fabren j'dolaron = I will make the money
Horo d'peron y j'peronoro pellion rohan = He had a dog and the dog had red hair.
Ozoni acienor d'coroson dacien = Old eyes have a young heart.
Eor pellion brunan = I have brown hair.
Tueara coren aj'escuelon. = We will run to the school.
If this does not make sense or you would like more explanation or something, feel free to post.
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In case you're still here, 'pronounced like English' means pretty much nothing. There are so many different accents of it that you kind of have to specify which one you're thinking of (you probably mean some kind of American judging by your quoting conventions, but that's still not specific enough). Try this or this if you want anyone to get it.
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2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
4 parsnips, peeled and sliced
1 onion, cut into fourths
1/2 lb. new potatoes, halved
1 fennel bulb, cut into fourths
1/2 pkg. dry onion soup mix
1 beef brisket, trimmed
1 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1/2 pkg. baby carrots
1/4 tsp. pepper
|(Prep Time:20 minutes, Total Time:3 hours, 20 minutes)
|1. Place brisket in large Dutch oven. Sprinkle pepper onto brisket. Add parsnips, onion, fennel, carrots, potatoes, 1 1/2 cups water, Worcestershire sauce and barbecue sauce; sprinkle soup mix on top.
|2. Bake, covered, at 325°F for 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until tender and a meat thermometer registers 160°F, basting occasionally with pan juices. Remove beef from pan, reserving gravy. Cut into slices and place beef and vegetables on large serving platter. Pour gravy over beef.
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Forums: Index > Watercooler > Uploading .avi to camera
Hi, I would like to upload small .avi movies (not produced with the camera!) to my Canon A710IS but the firmware does not let me write to the card. Also the format of standard .AVI files (as well as standard .JPG files) does not seem to be recognized by the camera software so that writing to the card using a card reader/writer does not help either. Has anybody succeeded in overcoming these difficulties somehow? your help would be appreciated. regards kbforge


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Volunteers describe their time in Cambodia and the Conservation placement. They also talk about their most rewarding experiences.
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Wildlife conservation is a shared responsibility for everyone. Make a change and volunteer on a Conservation Project.
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Our Conservation teams set up camera traps in the hope of catching valuable wildlife sightings, and captured rare footage of two leopards wandering the Annapurna Mountain range in Nepal.
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The Conservation Manager in Costa Rica, Anthony, speaks about the important role that volunteers play at Costa Rica's National Park and the work done to reduce pollution.
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Projects Abroad's Marine Conservation Director, Ingrid Sprake, speaks about issues such as overfishing and why marine conservation is so important.
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Saint Leo records five top 20 performances including a 1st place finish from Matuszczak and 11th from Tancic
SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo University men's and women's track and field teams turned in five top 20 performances during its first day of competition at the prestigious Florida State University Relays in Tallahassee on Friday.
Highlighting the first day for the Lions was Rafal Matuszczak who turned in a first place finish in the men's 10,000-meter run. The freshman recorded a time of 31:26.88, just less than 28 seconds ahead of second place finisher, Chris Yanichko from fellow Sunshine State Conference foe Florida Southern.
Herns Agyemang-Duah turned in a solid performance in the men's 400-meter run with a time of 48.71, which was good enough for sixth place.
In the 1,500-meter run, Jelena Tancic finished the women's event tied for 11th with a time of 4:41.09. On the men's side, Niclas Bez turned in a time of 4:02.62 which was good enough for 14th.
Rounding out the Lions' top 20 finishers was Valentin Lenz taking 17th in the men's 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:31.20.
Finishing just outside the top 20 in their respective events were Carl Dunne and Thomas Watson. Dunne posted a 23rd place finish in the men's 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:07.21, while Watson was 26th in the men's 400-meter with a time of 52.92.
Also competing today for Saint Leo in men's events were: James Mullins in the 1,500-meter (31st, 4:14.04), and Rafael Lohner (35th, 16:08.13), Adam Urbaniak (47th, 16:41.70), Patrick Hill (50th, 16:15.20), Kyle Vanburen (58th, 17:37.43) and Kevin Papac (60th, 17:53.45) all in the 5,000-meter run.
Allison Knipe was the only other female – in addition to Tancic – to compete on Friday. She turned in a time of 22:21.91 in the 5,000-meter run, which was good enough for 36th place.
Members of the men's and women's track and field teams will return to action on Saturday in the final day of competition in the FSU Relays.
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|From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 2 08:26:11 EST 2009
Scott, as I said in a private email, please by all means submit bug reports and feature requests for Typed Scheme. We have reached our first goal -- a typed variant for "list Scheme" that accommodates many of the existing idioms -- and we're far from the full goal -- support all of Scheme with a truly accommodating type system. There are many ways in which we are 'stuck': 1. Sam has to wrap up his PhD and transition to a real job. 2. Just in case he ends up sweeping floors at Sun, I have brought Stevie in for the second round so that there is a second person on the project. (I don't really count.) Plus two or three maintainers is always better than one. 3. My long term goal is to turn Typed Scheme into a full fledge language BUT I am sure we canNOT reach the true long term goal. So I will always have something to do :-) 4. Technically: we are missing a few pieces of core Scheme semantics. Sam wrote to you that he is working on vectors. We are missing classes and units. Especially the first are critical for our code base, which is our guidance system for the development of Typed Scheme. Ideally, we should create a macro system that allows the addition of types. Until we know what we need (explore before you abstract!) we will develop these two "by hand". That's Stevie's job. Otherwise we will use real bug reports and real feature requests as our 'guidance system'. -- Matthias On Nov 2, 2009, at 1:17 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > Or vector-append - but in any case, just a function that creates > a single (Vectorof a) out a bunch of other (Vectorof a) arguments > passed as rest arguments. > > So the signature is. > > (define: (a) (vector-join . [vecs : (Vectorof a) *]) : (Vectorof a) > > A blow by blow of the type errors is impossible at this point > (unless Dr. > Scheme has a logging feature of which I'm not aware.) > > But futzing around, (1) I first recalled from previous emails that > some > vector routines weren't "type-schemed" yet, so I wrote my own vector- > >list > called tvector->list. Lovely routine, but that didn't do the trick. > > Then I recalled reading the cool paper on the typed-scheme type system > and how it handled, with near pure genius, higher order variable arity > routines such as "map." So, hmmm, I thought, and wrote my own nicely > type-schemed "map1" which just did the job for a single list and > nothing > else fancy. That works lovely too, as it well should. > > ;;; tvector->list isn't a challenge > (tvector->list #(2 3)) > (2 3) > > > ;;; No general problem with map1 > (map1 string->symbol (list "ffdsaf" "d")) > (ffdsaf d) > > Nevertheless, combining map or map1 with vector->list or tvector- > >list give nearly > identical error messages. > ;;; Original map type check error > (map vector->list (list #(2) #(1))) > typecheck: Polymorphic function map could not be applied to arguments: > Domain: (a b ... b -> c) (Listof a) (Listof b) ... b > Arguments: (All (a) ((Vectorof a) -> (Listof a))) (List (Vectorof > Integer) (Vectorof Integer)) > in: (#%app map vector->list (#%app list (quote #(2)) (quote #(1)))) > > ;;; My map1 type check error, this type using tvector->list > (map1 vector->list (list #(2) #(1))) > typecheck: Polymorphic function map1 could not be applied to > arguments: > Domain: (a -> b) (Listof a) > Arguments: (All (a) ((Vectorof a) -> (Listof a))) (List (Vectorof > Integer) (Vectorof Integer)) > in: (#%app map1 tvector->list (#%app list (quote #(2)) (quote #(1)))) > > > So anyway, imagine lots of futzing and testing, breaking down each > little > part, of an already really short function to begin with, and making > sure it > works. But alas, unless I'm terribly distracted by Next Iron Chef, > I think there's > some other reason I'm coming up empty handed. > > So any guidance, greatly appreciated. > > OH OH OH OH - One last little thing that actually does tick off my > normally > serene demeanor. As I understand it, (List a b c) is basically a > tuple and > (Listof a) is a list of type a. > Well, unless I'm missing something, and yes, I certainly might be, > the error messages > you'll see above report rest arguments as if they were tuples: (List > (Vec...) (Vec...)). > > Maybe there's some great reason for this, but it's yet another > "undocumented feature" > of typed-scheme that caused untold amounts of unnecessary staring at > the screen and drooling > on the keyboard on my part. > > Anyway, I LOVE the idea of typed scheme, and could even imagine > loving WORKING with it, but given > that nearly every time I've touched it I've had to post to this list > and retrieved a response akin > to, "Oh yeah, sorry, that's not really 100% yet," maybe it would be > kinder to those whose > time is actually worth something to actually pull the plug on the > beloved feature until it gets > the 1000's of test cases, ~50 pages of introductory tutorial and > ~200+ pages of detailed > documentation that the (otherwise nifty) language deserves. > I don't mean to be bitchy, just logical. How many pages is R6RS and > with what care was that > documentation written? Hate the "big scheme"? Ok, heck, just take > R5RS as an example if one > prefers and count up its written pages along with the tons and tons > and tons of person-hours > of deliberation in its making. > > And neither of *those* teeny weeny tiny little languages have typed- > scheme's complex manifest type > system to fully describe, shine blindingly bright illumination on > every corner case, and so on and > so forth. > Anyway, I'd MUCH rather just have typed-scheme work 95++ % of the > time or at least see a > carefully constructed and published road map regarding both HOW and > WHEN type-scheme might > finally achieve this level of ready for "prime time" status. > > Scott > > p.s. Yeah, part of my past experience has been as both a project > mgmt puke, and worse, as a CEO - > so if I sound like one, sue me :-) > > p.p.s. The reason I give a hoot at all is because I'm really hoping > to use typed scheme to write > non-trivial parts of a compiler, including a CPS style back end, and > going back to the drawing > board on the tools selection front of the project isn't really > inviting. > > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
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FENCERS from Wellington School showed off their handy work as they triumphed in a national competition.
Jade Clarke, GB under-17 champion, scooped gold in the girls' senior foil and epee at the Public Schools' Fencing Championships at Crystal Palace.
She was ably supported by teammate Jessica Gundry who took silver in the foil and came fifth in the epee.
Jade also came sixth in sabre on the third day of the tournament and for her overall performance she was awarded an honorary Master at Armes sword.
Nina Savage, 13, finished sixth out of 80 in the junior girls' mount-haes under-14 foil class.
George Felletar, fencing master at Wellington School, said: "The championship is by far the largest fencing competition in the country, and is probably the largest youth fencing event in the whole of Europe.
"These girls train so hard and are utterly dedicated to their sport – they really deserve this triumph.
"I am delighted that they have done so supremely well."


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I received an e-mail from a social networking website named Twoo (www.twoo.com) asking me to connect to a user. Their website shows that they have 10 million users. So, I thought it might be a valuable site fro me to join. Can anybody throw some light on the performance of the site with respect to business?
i viewed this site and it is like facebook from home page.. i didn't register here.... but it seems a good site, because it has PR 6 but don't have SSL Certificate....whot will you do..???
Twoo.com is look like a facebook but its not having any of the features like facebook. Twoo.com is dating site like meet people, connect, get to know them. For seeing any other profile photos you have to upload three photos of yours and you can search the people who near by your place. If you want unlimited action you have to upgrade the premium account 12.99$ for month.
If you can see a compelling reason to register - if it will give you some obvious benefit - then go ahead. Otherwise, why bother?
The site twoo is look like a twitter and right now its page rank is 6 in google. The page rank show that this site is popular and this site is 11 Years, 2 Months, 19 days. old
Twoo is a website to meet people on, mostly focused on dating. You cannot have a page to promote your company or whatsoever.Do not bother registering if that is what you want.
( two.com ) is basically a dating site where people can connect with others for sharing their views and ideas.It has millions of users in it.It can be used only as a social media site fore regular updates.
They've spammed me too. Nothing special, imo. Have no idea why those guys even bother creating some FB clone. Average FB clone, need to add...
Seems to be a spammy link. I wouldn't even waste time opening these kinda links anymore.
I've been using social media sites in my marketing and promotion tasks for almost three years but I haven't heard about twoo.com. It shows this site has a high PR which mean this is not a new site anymore, but how come only few people know about this site? hmmm...there's something not right with this social site i think!
According to Web of Trust, it has pretty iffy ratings from people and the vast majority of comments condemn it as nothing but a spamfest.
Twoo.com is a dating site and it won't help in promoting your webpage. There is no need to register on this site if your purpose is to get more traffic to your webpage.