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DLNR plans shooting range meeting for Dec. 4
The Department of Land and Natural Resources will hold a public meeting for a proposed public shooting range at Puu Anahulu, in North Kona. The purpose is to inform the public of the progress of the shooting range master plan and draft environmental assessment. The informational meeting will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the West Hawaii Civic Center's Community Meeting Hale at 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway in Kailua-Kona.
Funding for a master plan and environmental assessment has been secured through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson Act).
The project site is comprised of one square mile within the Puu Anahulu Game Management area and mauka of Queen Kaahumanu Highway. The site is located immediately adjacent to the West Hawaii sanitary landfill.
Range elements are anticipated to include public rifle, pistol, bow hunting/archery, sporting clays, skeet, trap and airgun ranges that conform to safety requirements and are consistent with and meet the niches for recreational hunting and shooting sports. Supporting facilities are expected to include structures to house management and operations, as well as a hunter education center, restrooms, picnic areas and parking.
For more information about the project or public meeting, contact Catie Cullison at PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc. at (808) 521-5631 or email@example.com


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" Address: Helikon Kastélymúzeum / 8360 Keszthely / Kastély u. 1 / Hungary / Tel: 06 83 314 194 "
I have no idea when I became aware of the Festetics Palace but when we were deciding which places on Lake Balaton we wanted to visit during our May 2011 trip, I knew I definitely wanted to visit Keszthely on the far western tip of the lake in order to visit the palace. Lake Balaton is very much a seasonal destination with many businesses only opening at the end of May and closing in early September. The first time I visited Balaton was in mid September back in 2003 when many restaurants, bars and guest houses had closed down for the off season. Keszthely is fortunate in having the palace (and the Balaton Museum) because it does drag out the tourism season for the town.
The palace is one of the three largest country houses in Hungary (since this fact appears in all the tourist literature relating to the palace and to the west Balaton region in general, I feel duty bound to repeat it here). Its name comes from the wealthy family that commissioned the building of the palace in 1745 and who contributed so much to the town and the wider region. The Festetics counts were progressive men: Kristof Festetics was the founder of a hospital, Pal Festetics established a school in the Keszthely and, in 1797, Count Gyorgy Festetics opened an Agricultural University, Europe's first agricultural college, the Georgikon (this has now moved premises but there is a museum dedicated to the college in Keszthely).
The palace is situated, not on the edge of the lake as I had imagined it might be, but in the town itself at the end of what is now Keszthely's pedestrianised main street, behind an elaborate wrought iron gate. It is set in magnificent grounds which have been laid out in what is generally referred to as the English style. There is an admission charge to visit the palace museum but it is possible to explore the gardens free of charge.
We had arrived in Keszthely at midday on a Sunday and, after finding some accommodation and a reasonably priced lunch, remembered that the palace would more than likely be closed the following day and decided that we'd better cram in a visit in what was left of the afternoon. As the tours aren't guided (and we could find no information relating to a guided tour, or even an audio tour) you can turn up when you want and view the rooms that are open to the public. There are one hundred and one rooms but only about ten (in the Baroque southern wing) are part of the museum; other rooms are given over to public use (there is a room that is used for concerts, as well as a public library and a conference centre in the nineteenth century northern wing) but we saw only those that make up the museum.
It's quite a traditional palace with lots of little turrets and domes and towers as well as lots of statures embellishing the roofline. There are elements from from French chateaux, English country houses and the Austro-Hungarian era: it's a mixed bag but it's pleasing on the eye.
The ticket office is in the little building that joins the two wings of the palace. From here you can also access the coffee shop, a book/gift-shop or simply pass straight through to the rest of the gardens. We bought tickets and the lady in the box office gestured to the door opposite where we should start the tour. Just inside, a young man pointed to a box of shoe covers and we each dutifully tied on a pair over our walking shoes; it was a task they should have included on the Krypton Factor, as there were so many different ways of tying on these bizarre felty slippers and yet there seemed no way of making them stay on. We were later incensed when we spotted a slipperless Japanese couple canoodling outside the library, not because of the shock of seeing such a public display of affection from a stereotypically reserved race but because we wanted to know why they had not been made to go through the same ordeal that we had suffered.
Before climbing the grand marble staircase to where the tour begins I asked the slipper supervisor where I might find a toilet. He spoke neither English nor German (nor Slovene which I cheekily tried as we weren't so far from the border) but seemed to understand my question and pointed upstairs and so I kept looking for the toilets as we made our way round. Unfortunately a combination of being absolutely desperate to go to the toilet and there being almost no information about the rooms and their contents, as well as our having left our visit until quite late in the afternoon, meant that we didn't give the palace the attention it really warrants.
Only in the magnificent Helikon library was there any written information. In the library there are over 90,000 volumes in beautiful oak shelves over two levels. Among the many important pieces are manuscripts by the likes of Haydn and Goldmark. Many of the features of the palace were the work of local craftsmen and the floor to ceiling, wall to wall shelves were made by Janos Kerbl.
A Rococo room with many mirrors and exquisite chandeliers looked to be intended for dances. It had a lovely wooden floor inlaid with intricate marquetry and the ceiling was decorated with gilded Rococo swags and swirls. Later that day I was told by someone we met in the town that when the tourist season is in full swing, there are concerts every day in this room. I was also taken with the little family chapel which was hidden away behind the most colourful stained glass windows that featured Celtic designs. You entered the chapel on one level but the floor of the chapel was actually almost a floor below so you were effectively looking down into it from a balcony. The pilasters (fake columns) were topped with gilded doric (I think) capitals and the whole chapel was a tribute to marble of different kinds.
Each room is a different colour and each one is crammed with wonderful furniture, paintings and ceramic pieces. The Festetics must have liked Meissen wares because there were several fabulous Meissen vases that were decorated with colourful little tropical birds and trails of ivy. Being a Meissen fan I spotted it a mile off and wondered how I could sneak one out of the palace and into my rucksack. Another little gem was a small vase decorated with beautifully painted butterflies, hidden away on the lower shelf of a little side table in the library but I was also quite charmed by a little piece placed quite modestly on a mantelpiece and flanked by two colourful (perhaps Japanese) vases: it was a little sculpture of a lady reclining on a chaise longue and the piece was made from some white material, I couldn't get close enough to see exactly what.
If there's an English feeling to some of the rooms it's probably because one of the Festetics counts married Lady Mary Hamilton (of Lanarkshire but who was clearly influenced by English fashions of the time at least in terms of interior design) and she oversaw some of the renovations and alterations made to the palace. Although the palace was built in 1745, there was major work undertaken one hundred and fifty years later and the palace that stands today is approximately three times as large as the original. One of the paintings you can see in the palace is one of Lady Hamilton's father in full highland dress.
Mary Hamilton played a major part in the redesign of the gardens which were partly landscaped by the English garden designer EH Miller. The gardens in front of the house are laid out quite formally with straight paths connecting different parts of a semi-circular park and a main path leading to an elegant fountain. It's the less formal rear garden with its shady nooks among centuries old trees that is the work of Miller. The gardens contain many examples of rare and exotic species such as Turkish hazel and black pines, and a number of pretty Japanese acers. Had it been sunnier we'd have probably spent longer in the gardens and sat a while to take it all in. Visitors to the palace really should factor in time to explore the grounds as well as the interior.
Elsewhere in the grounds there's a museum of coaches and carriages housed in the former stable block. It's possible to buy a joint ticket which reduces the cost if you want to visit this museum as well as the palace. I can't say it was something that really appealed to me.
I never did find those toilets. As we explored the grounds I asked just inside the coach museum but there wasn't one there either. In the end we walked back into town and went to a pub. I'd have asked in the tea room at the palace but it looked quite posh and not the sort of place where you'd just walk in to use the loos.
The Festetics Palace is certainly a sight worth seeing but it's a shame that there was nothing available to enhance our understanding of what we were seeing. I do visit this kind of attraction quite regularly on my travels and have an interest in art and ceramics so I could fill in some of the blanks myself but there were pieces that I would have liked to know more about and the room attendants (those I could find) spoke limited English (most did not speak English at all) though one nice lady did indulge my attempts to ask in German about a curved doorway in the library that I suspected hid a lift - it was actually a little set of stairs.
The thing is, in Hungarian terms, a visit to the Festetics Palace is expensive (approximately £7 each I think). Not expensive perhaps in comparison with prices in western Europe and the UK but certainly one of the most expensive visitor attractions in Hungary by all accounts. Had there been more information or a guided tour I'd have felt the price was justified but this place brings in a lot of money from conferences and other events and that should perhaps subsidise the rest. There's a lot to enjoy in the palace and the grounds but it is overpriced.
The palace is open daily except for Monday. In the summer months the opening hours are slightly longer but it would be wise to check with tourist information first.

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'Arrow' Season 2 Spoilers: Prepare for 'An Episode Everyone Will Be Talking About'
The CW's popular show "Arrow" will be expanding its cast to include Jessica de Gouw for an episode airing in March. For spoilers and more about de Gouw joining the cast from executive producer Marc Guggenheim, read on.
"We consider Jessica a member of the "Arrow" family and we're looking forward to having her back for an episode everyone will be talking about after," executive producer Marc Guggenheim told TV Guide.
Jessica de Gouw played The Huntress on the show and will play that role again in her next appearance.
In other "Arrow" spoiler news, many fans are eager to see what will become of the romantic possibility between Oliver and Felicity. In a recent interview with TV Guide, Guggenheim discussed the possibility of Oliver and Felicity becoming a couple.
"There's always potential. There's clearly a connection between the two of them and a lot of chemistry between Stephen and Emily. Whether that gets consummated in some way, I would say everyone has to keep watching. Part of the fun for us with the show is doing this razor's edge walk with them. The characters are two very different people, yet they're drawn together. They're also drawn to other people at the same time. A big part of Episode 10 is the fallout from the Barry-Felicity flirtation. They have some quintessential Oliver-Felicity moments in the first four to five episodes of the second half of the season," the executive producer said.
The Huntress' episode of "Arrow" is planned to air on March 26 on The CW at 8/7c.


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Let the snow sports begin
Anthony Boyd is learning to snowboard and he's not wasting any time.
The 8-year-old Barrie boy hit the slopes for the first time at Mount St. Louis Moonstone on opening day Saturday.
"I thought it would be fun," said Boyd, whose older brother has snowboarded for a number of years.
It's not easy, but Boyd, who likes winter sports, isn't going to give up.
His father, Adam, said all three of his boys were interested in snowboarding this year.
"It'll keep them busy after school," said Adam.
Horseshoe Resorts and Hardwood Ski and Bike also opened Saturday for the winter season.
Hardwood has three trails open on Old Barrie Road in Oro-Medonte.
Horseshoe is started the season with two of 27 runs, 15 kilometres of groomed Nordic trails and 10 km of snowshoe trails.
"Mother Nature has been kind and the conditions have been better than expected for snowmaking, so we're excited to welcome our ski season guests a bit earlier this year at Horseshoe," Sean Billing, general manager, said in a news release.
He noted is in ideal start to the resort's 5oth anniversary.
Jonathan Reid, director of snow sports, said the base was down to 35 centimetres from 40 after Sunday's rain and the Nordic trails have since closed, but runs are open full time. He noted Horseshoe plans on starting to make snow again Wednesday.
"We had a really busy day … I think a lot of anxious people that didn't get out last year were out right away this year," said Reid, who estimated about 500 people hit the resort Saturday.
Mount St. Louis general manager Robert Huter said he is pleased to have runs open much earlier than last year's Dec. 17 start to the season.
"Hopefully we can keep that momentum going," said Huter, who noted the annual target is to open the last weekend of November or the first of December.
"If we see a period were we get 24-36 hours of cold weather, we will start making some snow," said Huter, who noted the runs should be 75% open by the Christmas holidays.
With an average base of 30 cm, Mount St. Louis had four of 36 runs open and one terrain park ready for opening day.
Mount St. Louis open Sunday and will re-open again on Friday for the rest of the season.
Huter estimated about 500 people hit the hill Saturday morning.
"The keeners are out … the ones that just live for snow," said Huter.
Toronto resident Michael Mikolainis is one of them.
"I'm here every year on the first day," said Mikolainis, who thought he would continue the ten-year tradition.
"I've been waiting all summer for it," said the 16-year-old skier.
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The guys that brought us the Keybrid Key have a new product due out this Fall. It's the Carabiner Key and it's exactly what it sounds like. It's a key with a carabiner clip built into the top for easy attachment to a belt loop, backpack loop, keychain, etc. The Carabiner Key comes as a blank. Just take it to almost any shop that sells keys and they can grind the key for you. This product will be available via Amron Experimental in the Fall for $7-$10 each.
Carabiner + Key = Carabiner Key
July 18, 2011, 7:23 pm
This item would actually be very useful, if they keys were motorcycle blanks.
Most riders, including myself, are constantly removing their key from their key chain, to eliminate the possibility of a key-fob/tool scratching the chrome/paint.
July 18, 2011, 8:34 pm
OK…now this is a GREAT idea. That other one…kind of useless.
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The Obama administration can be characterized by at least three features: vast over-reaching in its claim to executive power, egregiously violating people's liberties, and indulging in excessive secrecy.
Whistleblowers have provided a valuable service in letting us know what is going on and exposing wrongdoing and the administration has been a vigorous prosecutor of leakers and whistleblowers, demanding access to all manner of private communications from reporters and employees in their efforts to identify and harshly punish anyone who crosses them.
But that may be past. Now the administration is developing such widespread snooping capabilities in every area of all our lives that it may no longer need to harass journalists to find out their sources of information. And since the media are not being targeted, they seem to be not that disturbed by this development.
The public is generally unaware of how essential nominally classified information is to coverage of diplomatic and strategic news. As Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of American Scientists' government secrecy project, put it: "The administration's aggressive pursuit of leaks represents a challenge to the practice of national security reporting, which depends on the availability of unauthorized sources if it is to produce something more than 'authorized' news."
What's behind the administration's fervor isn't clear, but the news media have largely rolled over and yawned. A big reason is that prosecutors aren't hassling reporters as they once did. Thanks to the post-9/11 explosion in government intercepts, electronic surveillance, and data capture of all imaginable kinds — the NSA is estimated to have intercepted 15-20 trillion communications in the past decade — the secrecy police have vast new ways to identify leakers.
So they no longer have to force journalists to expose confidential sources. As a national security representative told Lucy Dalglish, director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "We're not going to subpoena reporters in the future. We don't need to. We know who you're talking to."
This is the administration that boasted that it would be one of the most transparent ever.


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If we want to define Siddhas in a word, they are "marmayogis", in possession of the great secret of living, not easily understood by ordinary men. They have understood the meaning of the cycle of birth and death. They have directly experienced the divine by means of their meditative powers. But despite their detachment, they are full of love and goodwill for ordinary men.
Siddhas have taken human birth only to hold up a mirror for the self-development of ordinary individuals. They have shown the infinite treasure house of self knowledge.
The siddha system of medicine is synonymous with the Tamil system. The mushrooming of yoga centers all over the country owes its genesis to their system of medicine.
They have performed several wondrous deeds. For example, walking on water and fire, flying in air, leaving one body and assuming another, transforming ordinary earth to gold, these are some of the things they have shown. Whole mountains have been transformed into gold.
A siddha saint who lived the life of an ordinary goatherd shook the nine planets. It was a siddha saint who helped Raja Raja Chozhan to install a lingam in the Thanjavur temple.
In Srirangam, the presiding deity happily gifted his jewels and another siddha saint controlled Kali in a cemetery. Yet another siddha saint dug a secret underground passage to Palani in order to clarify his doubts.
Siddha saints have worked many great deeds. Listen to this audio explanation of the greatness of Siddha saints. You too will be electrified by it.
©2006 Uma Sampath; (P)2007 New Horizon Media
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Decision makers
- Governor Luis FortunoCommonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Tere Nolla(Aide to Governor Fortuño)
- Evelyn Cruz(Personal Executive Administrative Assistant to Governor Fortuño)
Stop Human Rights Violations Against UPR Strike Supporters
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: UPDATE (June 9 2010) Anti-riot police has arrived to the Presidency of the UPR where there are five students protesting through civil disobedience in response to the President's refusal to continue negotiations. The President has insisted that negotiations have ended they will now solely seek to remove the strikers through judicial orders, which may ultimately lead to the forceful removal of protesters by police forces.
The students of the University of Puerto Rico are now entering their 46th day of strike in defense of good and affordable public education for all Puerto Ricans. By its second week, the strike had extended to 10 of the UPR's 11 campuses via democratic decision-making processes in student assemblies. In fact, the latest assemblies in the two main campuses in Rio Piedras and Mayagüez were called for due to pressure by University Administrators and Government Officials, only to be later declared 'unrepresentative of the student body' after the students voted in favor of ratifying the strike.
During this time the Government of Puerto Rico, through the UPR Administration and the Police, has subjected the strikers and their supporters to intimidation through:
- Excessive use of force by police forces (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URqSkN4x1TE; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwVbg3TSWs *Warning: these videos contain explicit images of violence)
- The threat of legal proceedings and frivolous arrests, none of which have resulted in charges being brought against protesters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlwHAi5zQEM )
- Denial of access to food, water and medical attention to the students currently inside the University's campuses, for a period of time during the third week of strike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFw6nwxErOw ).
Throughout the strike there has been widespread concern that the University will be reopened through the forceful removal of the hundreds of students currently protesting through peaceful resistance inside 10 campuses across the island, an action that would no doubt put the students' safety and personal integrity at risk.
We call on your support in asking the Government of Puerto Rico to fulfill its duties as guardian of all its citizens' human and civil rights and to ensure that a peaceful resolution to this conflict is found.
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Governor Luis Fortuno
- (Aide to Governor Fortuño)
Tere Nolla
- (Personal Executive Administrative Assistant to Governor Fortuño)
Evelyn Cruz
We would hereby like to declare our support to the students, faculty and workers of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) who have been steadfast in their defense of public education by exercising their right to protest throughout their 36 day-long strike. We emphatically condemn the human and civil rights' violations that the strikers have been subjected to by Government officials and urge you to take action to ensure that they engage in a sincere negotiation with the National Negotiating Committee.
Contrary to your statements and those of the UPR's administration, the students' demands are neither frivolous nor representative of only a small segment of society. They reflect the universally recognized principle that education is a right, not a privilege. It is your duty and that of the José Ramón de La Torre (President of the UPR) and Ygrí Rivera (President of the Board of Trustees) to ensure that all Puerto Rican's have access to affordable and good quality education. It is also your duty to acknowledge the students' right to protest, which they are exercising under the mandate of a student body that has democratically ratified the strike via apparent majorities in student assemblies at 10 of the University's 11 campuses. Furthermore, the strike was supported by a vote of 1016 to 17 in the first ever assembly by professors and researchers from all of the UPR's campuses. As the democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico, you must now work towards ensuring that the officials appointed by your administration engage in a meaningful negotiation with the strikers.
To this end, it is imperative that both the UPR's administrators and the Puerto Rican Police, CEASE and DESIST of all acts of intimidation and violence that have been directed towards the strikers in an attempt to silence their protest.
More specifically we call for:
• An end to the legal proceedings against the 21 student leaders at the University of Puerto Rico, which as stated by Ygrí Rivera has the explicit objective of seeking to establish legal precedent denying the students their right to strike. The administrators' focus on the legal proceedings and their outright refusal to engage in any form of dialogue with the students during the first two weeks of strike, has sought to deny the students their rights of freedom of expression and to petition government against grievances. Moreover, it has put the completion of the semester and degrees at risk for thousands of students across the University.
• A full investigation into the violation of the rights to access to food, water and medical attention, through the directive blocking the students on strike inside the campuses from access to these goods and services. The appropriate sanctions should be taken against all officials from the University of Puerto Rico and/or the Police who established and/or implemented the directive, which was a clear violation of the protesters fundamental human rights. Furthermore, a thorough investigation should be carried out regarding the violent arrest of Luis A. Torres Muller, whilst trying to pass food and water to his son inside the campus.
• An end to all violations to the protection of human dignity, against bodily harm and cruel punishment, as evidenced in the multiple acts of violence by police forces against protesters. We ask that full investigations into the use of excessive force, both at the campuses and in other peaceful protests, are carried out and that all those taking part in such actions be sanctioned according to the law. We condemn the actions of the Anti-Riot police forces during the protests at the Sheraton Hotel, where the police are clearly seen to stop, beat and throw tear gases at several protesters while they escaped the riots. Among them José Pérez, who has now been beaten twice, and who on this occasion was shot three times with a taser gun after already being subdued by several officers. Furthermore, we denounce: the actions of José Rosa Carrasquillo, second in charge of the Police, who is seen kicking Mr. Pérez in his genitals; and expressions by the Chief of Police, José Figueroa Sancha, in his continued public declarations of support to the officers involved in violent incidents, which he refers to as heroes.
• An end to all acts of intimidation by the police forces, including violations to the right to protection from illegal seizure. There has been a continued excessive presence of Anti-Riot Police at all of the campuses of the University, despite the admission of the Police Chief that in fact no crimes have been committed during the protests. More specifically, the mounted police was deployed in Mayagüez during a protest that had previously been coordinated with police forces, and left a student with serious injuries. Intimidation has been further carried out through several frivolous and violent arrests of protesters, who have later been released without charges due to lack of evidence. Particularly disturbing is the case of Mr. Pérez, who has now twice been violently arrested without charges being brought against him. He was additionally not provided with the immediate medical attention he should have received, as in both cases he suffered serious injuries due to the police's actions.
Governor Fortuño, this situation has clearly transcended the conflict between the students and the UPR's administration. We call on you and your Government Officials to ensure a peaceful resolution to this conflict in the interest of all Puerto Ricans. It is your duty to safeguard the fulfillment of all Puerto Ricans' human rights. To this end, we ask that you guarantee the protesters safety and that any solution precludes the forceful removal of the protesters by the police.
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Then I went a bit farther by deleting all the 'revision' posts (i had previously disabled revisions but had never deleted the old revisions that were still there)
This took my wp_posts table from ~8,000 entries to only about 3,000 entries. Ya, wow.
Then, another test…
NOPE, still not working right.
Well what could it be now…..
I went through all my plugins and disabled all but these:
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* All in One SEO Pack (v. 22.214.171.124) by Michael Torbert.
* Awsom News Announcement (v. 1.5.1) by Harknell.
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* Exec-PHP (v. 4.9) by Sören Weber.
* Executable PHP widget (v. 1.1) by Otto.
* Google XML Sitemaps (v. 3.1.2) by Arne Brachhold.
* Latest From Each Category (v. 1.8) by Dagon Design.
* MiniMeta Widget (v. 4.1.0) by Daniel Hüsken.
* One Click Plugin Updater (v. 2.4.4) by Janis Elsts.
* pageMash (v. 1.3.0) by Joel Starnes.
* Plugins list (v. 1.0) by Davide Benini.
* Profiler (v. 1.2.8) by Eric Schulz.
* Register Plus (v. 3.5.1) by Skullbit.
*** Report Broken Video (v. 9999) by Basilis Kanonidis .
* Role Manager (v. 2.2.2) by Thomas Schneider.
* Vote the Post (v. 1.1) by Crowd Favorite.
* Widget Logic (v. 0.45) by Alan Trewartha.
* WordPress.com Stats (v. 1.3.7) by Andy Skelton.
* WP-PageNavi (v. 2.40) by Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan.
* WP Super Cache (v. 0.9.1) by Donncha O Caoimh.
*** = Plugins that have been customized by site staff, although they have little, if not nothing to do with posting/editing
My theme is Mandigo v. 1.37
My host is HostMonster.com
Other than that, my site looks like it runs fine. (Well, good enough I guess)
I can't seem to figure out what is causing the problem..
Can anyone offer me more insight into my problems?
I might be able to find more information if it is requested.
Thank you,
~Jason (Musicmasteria)
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Home Heating & Cooling: The Thermostat Myth
Remember the days when you'd snap a Polaroid picture, then shake it out to speed up the development process? Yeah, that didn't actually do anything. You probably know that now—heck, you probably knew it then—but the impulse was just too strong.
It's that same impulse that causes people to crank the thermostat as high as it will go on a freezing cold winter night, and crank up the AC on a hot August day. Well, I'm here to tell you: "telling" your thermostat to go faster, damnit! just doesn't do a darn thing. I picked up this bit of myth-busting knowledge from one of our original Chelsea Green Guides: Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options by Greg Pahl.
There is a widely accepted bit of thermostatic folklore that I want to lay to rest once and for all. Turning up a thermostat to 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher will not cause your house to warm up any faster than setting the thermostat at 70 degrees Fahrenheit (or whatever your normal comfort level may be).
A thermostat is generally a simple on/off switch.Your heating system cranks out heat at the same steady rate until it reaches the temperature set on the thermostat, no matter what that setting is. So if your house is chilly, just set the thermostat for the desired temperature—and relax.
Same goes for the AC. If your house is too warm and opening some windows isn't enough, peel yourself off the Naugahyde loveseat, set the air conditioning for the desired temperature, and make yourself a margarita, 'cause it's chill time.


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273 comments found.
Hi tvlgiao
its possible to remove the drop down Search display?
image: http://victorysurfshop.com/search.jpg
yes, you can remove it in file : app\design\frontend\default\galaelectronues\template\catalogsearch\form.mini.phtml remove code : http://pastebin.com/DAjt46Bd
Hi, I want to remove description tab from product detail page. Or default enabled tab must be features tab Is this possible?
If you want remove description , you can to do fdollowing :
1. Go to Catalog > Attributes > Manage Attributes > find code "description" > Attribute Properties >Values Required choose "No"
2. Go to Catalog > Manage Products > select products that you want remove description > remove all text in attribute "Description"
I want description tab also must not be displayed in product detail page {{ there are tabs like description,features,tags,reviews…
With step manual in previous comment , you can disable tab description : http://imgur.com/P88Rmdx
thank you.
Hi, In full package demo >> home page, all widgets like new products shows sku of product also. can we hide sku from home page and product list page.
You can disable it by CSS. You try add css in file : skin/frontend/default/galaelectronues/css/theme.css , add code end file : .cms-index-index .sku, .catalog-category-view .sku {display: none;}
hi.your Theme is great, i wonder if this theme support support multi-language for customer to suff ?
need malay english language for customer to view page . thanks
yes, this theme work with multi language .
When I installed the Theme I noticed that there are additional blocks on the Product pages highlighted in green with "Sample Block Here". How do I get rid of all these boxes?
You can go to CMS > static block > disable block "Sample Block"
In the search bar how do I take out the Line before the categories name?
Also, is there a way to only show the first level of the menu in the search bar drop down only? Currently it shows all levels.
You can mail your requirement to firstname.lastname@example.com .
Where do I change the following text in the header? Default Welcome Msg! Support 24/7 1800 – 123xxxx GalaThemes
Where can I change or delete all links in the footer area?
Where can I change the links to the three images under the slider on the homepage?
Hi ,
You can mail to firstname.lastname@example.com . We will manual you.
I have removed 3 widget/static block from home page
1. Electronues Home Banner – Area04 2. Gala Electronues New Products – Area07 3. Gala Electronues New Products Slider – Area07 After removel many empty lines are displaying in my home page.Please refer. http://imgur.com/7PDZhP9 or www.nomrp.com
Please let me know the solution to get rid of these empty lines.
You can mail to firstname.lastname@example.com . We will help you check it.
We have provider custom service. If you want custom header , you can mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
Is this working with magento 220.127.116.11?
Magento version 220.127.116.11 was just released. Current theme don't check with 22.214.171.124 version. We are trying to complete the upgrade as soon as possible. When it complete update , we will notice in description theme . You can login your account and download package theme again.
Thank you
I just updated the theme
When I create a new page with EM Featured Products the page shows all in blank. However if I create a page without em featured products it shows perfectly.
This only happens with the new pages that I create, not with the rest with em featured products.
I had this problem happened the last time I updated the theme.
I hope I explained well
Could you help me?
You can mail your problem to email@example.com . We will help you check it.
We have the following issues
1. The product label in the menu does not work. Error: Invalid entity_type specified: productlabels
2. the homepage is empty
3. Layout editor, drag and drop does not work
4. Megamenu extension, editor does not render correctly on the backend. (as in the user guide)
We have created a ticket, but still got no reply. Nuimber: 5813006747
Thanks a lot for your prompt response.
Additional info, I found on the logs, actually its the only thing on the logs: 12T18:43:05+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/theprint/public_html/preprod/app/code/local/EM/Themeframework/Helper/Theme.php on line 50
We replied your email. Please check and reply us.
Wy force it to 960? use the mobile css for a good user experiance. When you doubt, take a look at our site kledingrek Succes!
Thank you. This theme have use responsive. It will auto resize when you view on mobile
How can I change the background of the mega menu where it says ALL CATEGORIES, I want to change the orange background
You can edit color it in : GalaThemes > Gala Electronues Settings > Secondary Background Color > change color for it.
This is not correct, color is still orange http://screencast.com/t/FcFMiZVTjm
You can edit color it in : GalaThemes > Gala Electronues Settings > 3rd Button Style > add css for it. EX : background-color:#fa5601; border:1px solid #fa5601; color:#ffffff;
Nice template.
Some Pre-Sales qtns:
1. How many product sliders can I put on the Homepage ? 2. Does Prod item have "Quick View" option as well as redirecting to Single Prod Page ?
1. How many product sliders can I put on the Homepage ?
>> You can configure show more slider on homepage. 2. Does Prod item have "Quick View" option as well as redirecting to Single Prod Page ?
>> Do you want when you click "quick view" go to product details ?
How can I decide which tabs to show in each product? in our website [removed] we show custom attributes in the tab, description, features, warranty, etc
If you want more tabs show custom attributes for each products , it will need custom code. You can mail your requirement to email@example.com .
Our website still broken. After you "fix it" we have some problems: 1. Products not showing in any category, home, or wherever. 2. Still the same problem: "Fatal error: Call to a member function getBackend() on a non-object in /home/victorysurfshop/www/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Abstract.php on line 816 "
After upgrade, the website NOT WORKS.
Please, can u tell us what is the problem?
You can follow ticket. We will check and reply in your ticket.
Hello, I have an issue using cutom validation on option field. I added my custom validation (one of already available in Magento) on option filed of configurable products but the theme ignore this custom validator. It consider only defauld validator like "required-entry" but it ignore when I add a validaton like "range-validator". I don not undesrstand why it skips field validators added by me in "class" property
You can mail details your problem to firstname.lastname@example.com . Our staff will help you check it.
Hi, I'd like to know how can I display attributes in the static block created. tks!
I am sorry. Static block don't get attribute of products.
Theme is still not working properly, I listed all issues on ticket: 2937728337 Already waited 2 days since last update.
thanks for your prompt response
We will check and reply for you.
thank you, you have solved many issues, but still a few appear, can you please check the ticket again? I am delayed with the delivery of the site. thank you


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Cincinnati Opera opened its ninety-fourth season on June 12 with Carmen. Making his Cincinnati Opera debut, conductor Marc Piollet launched the prelude with great energy, but the opening-night performance never quite caught fire.
It was a strong cast, though many of the singers might have made a more favorable impression under other conditions. Stacey Rishoi, who has been heard to good effect in smaller roles in recent seasons, seemed a rather subdued, small-scale Carmen. Tall and slender, she was a strikingly handsome figure onstage, but her attractive, dark voice did not project well. That had not been a problem in her earlier appearances in the house, and most of the rest of the cast seemed to be similarly challenged. Some of the difficulty came from the set — a pair of massive walls that directed sound upward rather than out into the house. Another impediment was Alain Gauthier's staging, which often took principals to the back of the stage. And some of the responsibility lies with conductor Piollet, who allowed the orchestra to cover the singers on a number of occasions, although the balance he achieved at some moments — such as the smugglers' quintet in Act II — was exemplary.
As Don José, William Burden was also disadvantaged by the acoustic environment, but he presented a fully realized portrait of the unhappy soldier's growing desperation. His flower song was one of the highlights of the evening, and he was riveting in the final scene.
More than a decade ago, Daniel Okulitch appeared with Cincinnati Opera in minor roles in The Magic Flute and Salome. It was good to welcome him back as Escamillo. He managed the peculiar tessitura of the role without difficulty. Like the others in the cast, however, his vocal impact was limited except when he was near the footlights.
That was not the case for Laquita Mitchell, whose substantial lyric soprano carried well no matter where she was onstage. And Mitchell made Micaela into a positive presence, giving a shining account of her aria in Act III. (Kudos to the horn players as well.)
As always in Cincinnati, secondary roles were strongly cast. Nathan Stark, who has been heard here as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, was a Zuniga of real stature. Frasquita (Alexandra Schoeny), Mercédès (Elizabeth Pojanowski), Remendado (Aaron Blake) and Dancairo (Sumner Thompson) were excellent in ensemble and in solo moments. Joseph Lattanzi, a Cincinnati Opera Young Artist making his debut, was a sturdy Moralès.
There was solid work from the Cincinnati Opera Chorus and the well-drilled children's chorus. Jeff Rebudal provided delightful choreography for the tavern scene and before the bullfight in the final act, a bright moment leading up to the stark conclusion. It is a luxury to have the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the pit. They were a tremendously exciting presence in the opening of Act II; unfortunately, their delicate playing of the atmospheric entr'acte opening Act III was compromised by a talkative audience.
The production, originated by Florida Grand Opera and borrowed from Atlanta, was rather plain, with those enormous walls angled at each side of the stage. For each act, that basic unit was accessorized with beams, platforms and stairs to suggest each location. The result often left a relatively small performing area, which usually appeared crowded. It was most effective for Act IV, during which the final tragedy unfolded in an open space. Gauthier's generally unobtrusive direction occasionally raised some questions — e.g., why was a nun playing the guitar in Lillas Pastia's tavern?
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Mais-E2 Model And R2-Ibn Framework: Port Application Case
This paper aims to study the problem of cooperation in the extended enterprise case. This study focuses on the presentation of agent-oriented extended enterprise as a solution allowing enterprises to overcome the cooperation problem, in general, and conflict resolution, in particular. In this regard, this objective is defined by three aspects: organizational, reasoning and application. The organizational and reasoning aspects are presented through an overview of designing the extended enterprise by an agent-oriented approach via the proposed MAIS-E2 model (Multi-Agent Information System for an Extended Enterprise) and the proposed argument-based negotiation framework R2-IBN (Relationship-Role and Interest Based Negotiation) defined for MAIS-E2 model, respectively. Then, we focus mainly on the application aspect through the instantiation of MAIS-E2 model to the port application. These aspects are consolidated by the experimental validation via the developed prototype using JADE platform and experimental results with different cases in the port area.
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PASSENGERS in South Tyneside have been given more time to catch a new bus.
The 27X service was launched in Hebburn for a six-month trial period at the start of June.
This followed long-running complaints that the town's bus network was inadequate, with many passengers claiming they felt "stranded".
But now the bus trial period has been extended until next May, to give passengers more time to prove the new link is needed.
Plus, the 27X service will make an extra stop in Hebburn, to further improve the service.
Coun Eddie McAtominey, a Hebburn South member and also chairman of the South Tyneside Better Bus Partnership, said: "I have been in negotiations with the bus companies involved.
"And I am delighted to say the trial period has been extended until May.
"Originally, the trial period for the 27X was due to last until December, so this will give local passengers more time to use the service.
"Plus, an additional stop has been added – in Mill Crescent, Hebburn – which was left off the original route.
"But the message remains the same: people in Hebburn must use the service, or lose it.
"The bus companies must know that it's economically viable to run this service in Hebburn."
The new route is being funded by Go North East and Nexus, who are assessing passenger numbers during the trial period.
The 27X runs hourly in Hebburn during the day, linking Victoria Road West, Victoria Road East, Black Road and Argyle Street with Hebburn town centre.
There are also limited stops at Heworth Metro station, and in Gateshead town centre and Newcastle city centre.
n For more details about the route of the 27X, call Traveline on 20 20 747 or visit www.simplygo.com and www.nexus.org.uk.
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Ed Young Television Devotional
Freedom isn't free
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." ->John 15:13
Today, we honor and remember the sacrifice that so many men and women have made in order to secure our freedom. The fact is, freedom is far from free. It is a costly gift, provided by those who are willing to lay down their lives for others. Every day, we live with that freedom; but it's not just the freedom we experience in America.
Jesus Christ laid down His life of every one of us. His sacrifice provides us the ultimate freedom - freedom from sin and freedom to experience a relationship with God. Have you discovered that freedom? It's a gift. Receive it today. And experience the ultimate freedom every day … forever!
Thank God for the sacrifice that so many have made for our freedoms in this country. And then, thank Him for making the ultimate sacrifice of His Son so that you can have that ultimate freedom.
Don't take your freedom for granted. As you enjoy a day off, make sure you remember those who have died to provide you with the freedom you have.
FIFTY SHADES OF THEY From New York Times Best-Selling Author Ed Young
Fifty Shades of They gives you fifty simple, yet profound insights that will help any relationship thrive, from friendships to business partnerships to marriages. Based on biblical standards and the teaching of Ed Young, this book is written for anyone who is looking to give new life to their relationships.
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DAYBREAK DAILY: Virginia adresses flaws in mental health system
ABC7 WEATHER: Overcast with highs in the mid 40s, followed by a steep P.M. drop in temps. http://wj.la/72e8x6
'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the reports – - Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker to announce a reduction in crime in the county; When Montgomery County Public School students return to classes today, the Montgomery County Police Department will begin a new enforcement program targeting motorists who pass stopped school buses; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m. M-F.
MENTAL HEALTH: Lawmaker introduces bills, per the Richmond Times-Dispatch, "The legislative push has begun for changing Virginia's laws on holding people involuntarily for evaluation and treatment in psychiatric emergencies. Del. Joseph A. Yost, R-Montgomery, has introduced three bills to lengthen the deadlines of orders to hold people in emergency custody or temporary detention, as well as allowing a temporary detention order to be issued before a bed is secured in a psychiatric facility.
"All three proposals aim to fill a gap in Virginia's mental health system that became painfully apparent when state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, was attacked Nov. 19 by his son, Austin C. "Gus" Deeds, who then killed himself. Gus Deeds had been released from emergency custody just 13 hours earlier." http://bit.ly/19BrNir
IT'S ALL RELATIVE: Pay, that is, per the Baltimore Sun, "Much has been made recently about proposed pay increases for some Maryland's politicians, but even the highest-earning elected officials don't come close to the top of the state-employee income scale.
"Gov. Martin O'Malley's 2012 income of $150,000 was just a fraction of more than $2 million that Terps football coach Randy Edsall and men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon each pulled in, according to an updated state salary database made available by Maryland officials under a Public Information Act request." http://bsun.md/19LsJOY
SABATO SLAMMED: Of JFK, per the Charlottesville Daily Progress, "They've tolerated taunts and accusations by conspiracy theorists and movie producers, but they draw the line at respected university educators.
"Two former staff members of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, say University of Virginia professor Larry J. Sabato's book on Kennedy sullies and besmirches the commission as incompetent and biased, even though Sabato reaches the same conclusion as the commission did." http://bit.ly/1apY8mY
DEADLY RETALIATION: Wow, per the Washington Post, "Kevin Lewis Crouch walked into a tow lot in Northeast Washington on Tuesday afternoon and asked about a green car. But D.C. police said the 22-year-old man quickly pulled a gun on the tow truck driver who was trying to help him and demanded money. The driver began to run but tripped and fell, police said, and Crouch struck him twice in the head with the butt of his gun. The driver then heaved his wallet against a fence in the lot on Kenilworth Avenue.
"As Crouch went to grab the wallet, police said, the driver climbed into his white Isuzu tow truck and then fatally struck his assailant. On Wednesday, the victim of the armed robbery became a criminal suspect, as police charged Corey D. Stoddard, 35, of Northeast Washington, with ¬second-degree murder while armed, his tow truck being the weapon." http://wapo.st/19Kt8xW
NYC MAYOR: Not the same as the old mayor, per the New York Times, "Claiming his place as the 109th mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio delivered an inaugural address on Wednesday that focused on the issue of inequality, promising that the attention he gave to the subject when he was running for office was not merely campaign rhetoric.
"Outside City Hall, in front of an audience that included members of his family, luminaries like Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton and hundreds of ordinary New Yorkers, Mayor de Blasio spoke of the city's history of embracing liberal causes, and he laid out a mayoralty that emphasized social and economic justice." http://nyti.ms/1cJ01iL
WEED FOR SALE: Come on in, per the Denver Post, "In a historic swirl of commerce and cannabis, the world's first stores licensed to sell marijuana legally to anyone 21 or older opened in Colorado on Wednesday. From Telluride to Denver, thousands of people cheerfully stood in lines for hours to buy legal marijuana after presenting nothing more than identification.
"Marijuana activists hailed the day as a watershed in their effort to overturn anti-cannabis laws. Store owners — several of whom said the turnout exceeded even their own ambitious expectations — feared running out of supply. Police reported no problems with the crowds, and government officials marveled at the calm." http://bit.ly/Kje3xy
BIG BUCKS: Behind closed doors, per The Hill, "Congress is set to unveil a giant spending bill next week that staff for appropriators have been preparing on a near daily basis throughout the holiday break. Aides say progress on the $1 trillion, 12-part omnibus legislation has been better than expected at the subcommittee level, and that their goal remains to pass the bill through both chambers by Jan. 16 to prevent a government shutdown.
"The secretive process has members anticipating rushed votes when they return next week, as congressional leaders race the clock. It's unclear whether top leaders of the House and Senate spending panels will return to Washington to negotiate final details of the deal before Monday. Aides say that decision depends on how much progress staff can make." http://bit.ly/1l28EbL
POLITICO PLAY: "On a recent snowy day in the Washington suburb of Tysons Corner, Va., some of the religious right's wealthiest backers and top operatives gathered at the Ritz Carlton to plot their entry into the conservative civil war. Their plan: take a page out of the playbooks of Karl Rove and the Koch brothers by raising millions of dollars, coordinating their political spending and assiduously courting megadonors.
"Plans in the works range from aggressive super PAC spending in primaries against Republicans deemed squishy on social issues, to holding a donor conference in Normandy, France, tied to the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. It's all geared towards elevating the place of social issues like abortion and gay marriage in conservative politics. They've been largely relegated to the sidelines as the business wing of the GOP establishment wages a bitter and expensive struggle against the tea party for the soul of the Republican Party. The focus has been on fiscal issues such as Obamacare and the budget, while both sides have steered away from social issues they deem too divisive." http://politi.co/1lBT04e
TRAVEL TIME: Of "good stuff," per the Frederick News-Post, "Maryland transportation officials say big things are coming in 2014. Due to revenue from the state's gas tax increases, the State Highway Administration was able to green-light several projects that had been on hold for lack of funding. "There is a lot of good stuff coming up," spokesman Charlie Gischlar said, adding that gas tax funds have "allowed us to move a lot of projects forward, not only in Frederick County, but throughout the state."
"One of the state's biggest undertakings in the county, the U.S. 15/Monocacy Boulevard interchange, will be in the engineering stage until 2015. The $82 million project is funded for construction after that, however. In Frederick, the SHA is expected to wrap up the Motter Avenue bridge replacement project, totaling $14 million, in the fall. The agency will also build a new park and ride at Md. 75 and I-70 in late summer." http://bit.ly/1a2Yrrs
MEANWHILE: In Virginia, per the Loudoun Times-Mirror, "So many subplots in the battle of the Bi-County Parkway developed throughout 2013, it became hard to keep track of all of them after a while -- from GOP infighting over the road to the Virginia Department of Transportation hiring an outside public relations firm to smooth over tensions with the western Prince William County community.
"However, a town hall meeting at Bull Run Middle School in Gainesville hosted by state Del. Tim Hugo (R-40th) and Gainesville District Supervisor Pete Candland (R) changed the dynamics of the fight and directly affected legislators' policies." http://bit.ly/19LBFUv
CLIP: And save, per Gazette.Net, "In about six months, Maryland primary voters will hit the polls to narrow the fields for all state- and county-elected offices in the 2014 gubernatorial election. Maryland's primary will fall on June 24, three months earlier than past cycles when the primary was held in September. Early voting will run June 12-19. Maryland's general election will be Nov. 4. Candidates have until Feb. 25 to file with the Maryland Board of Elections but with the earlier primary, most races already boast crowded fields." http://bit.ly/1eXpJUa
SPORTS, BRIEFLY: Wizards lose 87-78 against Dallas.
TRENDING ON ABC7 FACEBOOK: "Lorraine Begazo and her twin brother, Brandon, were welcomed to Washington in two separate years! The baby girl was born at 11:58 p.m. on Tuesday, and three minutes later - in the first minute of 2014 - the boy came too. Everyone is resting comfortably." http://wj.la/19Iuz37
NEWSTALK: Among today's guests (10 a.m., NewsChannel 8) are Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who will be asked about unemployment benefits for the long-time jobless, which have just expired, as well as the Supreme Court ruling delaying a portion of the Affordable Care Act. Then, AAA's Lon Anderson will be asked about 2013's transportation highlights and lowlights, the toll hike for motorists on the Dulles Toll Road and distracted driving.
--Skip Wood


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Recently in eComm San Francisco 2010 Category
I was asked what I'm excited about in relation to the third American edition of the Emerging Communications Conference & Awards taking place next month. I'm excited about everything on the schedule; from an extremely disruptive VoIP technology (to be announced) to a keynote about how the source of economic value is shifting from knowledge stocks to knowledge flows (to be announced).
However if I were asked what excites me the most right now generally, I'd have to get vague and abstract.
Augmented reality (AR) has arrived on smart phones. In the long run it's going to move computers out of their separate modality and into our lives; meaning that the distinctions we make today of "online"/"digital" lose meaning. The significance of this is clearly on par with the 20th Century mediums of television and radio. AR represents a brand new media type and a new type of user interfaces. I believe that 2010-2020 will be the decade of AR causing fundamental changes to the way people interact with computers, the world around us, and each other. I also believe that it will become a conduit for augmenting communications between people and as such a social necessity. I don't think many people are aware of the potential and the tremendous excitement already around mobile AR, which is why day 3 has been dedicated to it.
Abstracting at a level somewhat above AR, what excites me immenseley right now is the effects that ubiquitous computing and network connectivity will have, i.e. when we have access to computation and bandwidth "everywhere" - "in the air". What we have today is very "raw" and "severed". To try and tie this down a bit and to try and share this gut feel a bit and succinctly, let me bring up some more analogies. Look how coarse time used to be: shadow clock, sundial, waterclock, hourglass. We're in a similar position today with mobile, computing and connectivity. With sundials you can't power too many applications, e.g. from train systems to finer embedded versions of time found in much of the IC based control equipment which helps support Earth's overpopulation today. Today the clocks necessary to sync. telecom control networks may be off by one second every 300 million years!
Ubiquitous computing and network connectivity will give rise to exponentially higher means of weaving the raw materials of computation and bandwidth to create quite utterly mind-blowing new "things". Using analogy again to get a feel for "things", think how you could not weave say a web page together using Charles Babbage's Difference Engine. That was a good choice of analogy, as it's believed the engineering tools were too coarse during the Victorian era to actually build the Difference Engine! As another analogy think of money: from barter, to metal money to paper money and nowadays complex financial instruments such as derivatives. Or think how water used to only fall out the sky (i.e. no control), then we developed irrigation and nowadays, have microelectronic controlled water display fountains, complete with coordinated LED lighting!
AR represents a major new industry opening up due to the march towards ubiquitous computing and network connectivity, i.e. a new "tool" to make even finer "tools". It's only part of that higher abstraction outlined though. I highly suspect that much of the "weaving" made possible will be directed towards interfaces that completely redefine our surroundings, and our relationships with it, as well as with other people. I see a migration of value away from basic services ever more towards interfaces, ones far more agile, "air like", fluid and rendered on the fly according to social circumstances and precise Cartesian coordinates.
Yes we're talking long-term. But then again the debut eComm 2008 picked out the iPhone as a source of a revolution primarily because of the interface innovation (it was the first conference to cover both the iPhone and Android). At that conference I stated that the "telephone" was dead. By odd coincidance Mark Rolston built out that theme from a design front. In part of that great talk, he stated:
In the end with this happening, the phone ceases to be a phone. It ceases to be the "it" that it was originally born with. Why is that? What we are facing here is that software is allowing for the product's ever shifting identity. That original product, the thing that we hold becomes almost a non-object to this dynamic reality that sits within that. It is almost just like a hole in the world, a portal that allows something dynamic to come through. "It" can essentially be anything you want it to be. And that, in a way that we normally think about products is really challenging...And that is the opportunity in front of us. "It" is changing. "It" is becoming something else. This industry has an opportunity to seize that moment and to define something new.
At eComm 2009 Ge Wang had chrystilized such concepts into fact by turning the iPhone into a flute (video)!
As a side note following his talk in 2008, Mark Rolston was asked if Nokia could compete. Mark replied:
what I have seen so far in the touch platform that they are developing and the existing platform is that the experience is shabby. It is kind of cobbled together and the market is growing out of that. It looks like the technology underneath and it should not. This is too late for that.
So this time around, because we're seeing increasingly technological acceleration, I can't be sure anymore that a "long term" view may not happen in the medium term or even shorter. What I do know is this, I see far too many people thinking they can "Google-Up" what's next, it seems to give security/comfort a bit like when disasters strike and people look out the building windows to see what everyone else is doing in order to make their judgment. My strong belief is that if you believe Google results and a quick Internet-trawl tell you what's next in an industry, you've either lost a significant part of the opportunity or it's plain wrong.
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PS The hotel has only reserved 400 room nights for the event (we used more last year) and the cut off date is soon (to get the 159.00 rather than 239.00 room rate). Details here, booking online here
I'm not prepared to extend days 1 and 2 beyond 9 hours each; we're approaching audience exhaustion levels and must have planned social networking opportunities.
Another extraordinary fact is that ticket sales are up 75% on last year. This is particularly great since there are no marketing and sales people. It's a lean setup, primarily focused on research and content. I rely on word-of-mouth marketing. (Register before regular pricing kicks-in soon)
At the end of last week the very first sponsors were added: Voxeo (Platinum), Global IP Solutions (Gold) and MetaSwitch (Gold). I'd expect by the end of this week more sponsorship opportunities to be taken. Lanyards have already been taken by a privately held company, one not wishing for acquisition (my guess). This will break the nice run we had - the debut America 2008 lanyard sponsor Ribbit was acquired months after for 105 million by BT; America 2009 lanyard sponsor JaJah was acquired months after for 207 million by Telefonica.
Anyway, by attending you'll be part of an extraordinary three-day conversation. A conversation that will help you and your company grasp more accurately - and critically, much more quickly than any other possible means - the challenges, technologies, key people and opportunities ahead in the emergent communications space.
Please spread the word. Maybe pass along some key points, for example it's the only industry event which:
- Focuses on communications innovation
Straddles telecom, mobile and Internet communications (which is ever more critical as the demarcation lines erode, increasing both challenges and opportunities)
- Takes a multi-disciplinary approach (a telecom exec can be followed by say an anthropologist; all pre-designed to help you brainstorm new ideas and company innovation)
- Sets a very high content bar, ignores job titles and is "brains to play" rather than "pay to play" (thus it attracts the most innovative sponsors and you don't have to sit being force-fed tradeshow style industry brochureware)
- Promotes honest and intelligently driven conversations (rather than political/sponsor agendas, orchestrated by event marketeers)
- Helped pioneer what some are now calling the "conference 2.0" format (very short, marketing free short speaking slots without the gloss and fluff)
Knows your time and attention is valuable
Remember that the event is a free 10 minute shuttle ride from San Francisco Airport. The venue is very comfortable and is perfect for conversations that go on late into the evening. However the hotel has only reserved 400 room nights for the event (we used more last year) and the cut off date is in 14 days (to get the 159.00 rather than 239.00 room rate). Hotel details here, so I'd act quick (online booking including group discount here).
There is a lot of exciting news on many fronts but I'll save that for future posts starting later this week. In the meantime please do help spread the word. Together we'll build the communications innovation community, bigger, better and stronger.
Lee S Dryburgh (Founder)
I'm pleased to say that things are starting from a good position. Ticket sales are up 50% on last year. There has been significant tier one press interest. I've also got the suspicion that there may be a higher sponsor count this year than in previous years going by sponsor inquiry numbers recently. All good signs that we are going to have a larger conference this year by all means of measurement. In terms of attendee numbers I think the 30% year on year growth rate will repeat.
In terms of content some really stunningly interesting pieces are coming together. I'm quite reluctant to pitch, but I feel compelled to share the opinion that if your in the communications industry, it's a must gathering to stay ahead, know what's next, foster new ideas and creativity and to network with the very best in the industry. ROI is very easy.
Please participate in the following ways:
- Register whilst things are cheaper
- Submit a speaking proposal
- Get your company engaged as a sponsor
- If you're press, claim a pass
- If you're a prominent blogger, claim a pass
I'm looking forward to what the communications innovation community can pull together for the third Emerging Communications Conference & Awards, America.
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So on July 5th, I got a BFP. Needless to say, after trying for #2 for 16 months, it was a huge shock and we were so happy. (Forgive me for any friends who've already heard the majority of this story)
I had my first prenatal appt on July 13th. By my LMP, I would be roughly 6w4d. When they did the U/S, all they saw a yolk sac and a gestational sac. The OB told me either I ovulated later than I thought (entirely possible), making me not as far along in the pregnancy, or the pregnancy itself probably wasn't viable (I really didn't want it to be the latter!).
On Friday, July 15th, I woke up bleeding red AND brown but it only lasted about an hour and I haven't had any spotting/staining/bleeding since. Naturally, I panicked and called my OB who told me "As long as you're not having cramps, you should be okay"...but combined with my last prenatal appt, I'm not so optimistic.
Well the next day, Saturday (just the day before yesterday), I went to get my hCG levels checked to make sure I wasn't miscarrying and was told at the lab that I should have my results by Monday. Well here it is Monday and I contacted my OB's office who informed me "We've got your results, and the Dr will look at them and we'll give you a call then"...so now I'm waiting :( They told me this at 11am, it's now 4:45pm and I know it'll be at least tomorrow before I hear anything. It's so frustrating...I just want to know what's going on with my body and hopefully, this baby. DH is so optimistic it's sweet, and I WANT to be optimistic, but I don't want to be so optimistic that I get disappointed and end up feeling worse.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt athletic director David Williams says James Franklin remains the Commodores' football coach as of Thursday afternoon and that Franklin has informed him that he has not accepted another job offer.
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Vanderbilt defensive end Kyle Woestmann said the players had been told nothing regarding Franklin as of 11:50 a.m.
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Woestmann tweeted: "Football is a business. James Franklin is a good man. If you can't be positive, don't be a part of #Vandynation. Thanks."
Penn State defensive end Brad Bars, a Montgomery Bell Academy graduate, said that Penn State players have been informed in a football group text that "nothing is official yet" regarding a new coach. The text noted that the players would be the first to know, Bars said.
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"We haven't talked about anything (regarding interviews). The way I see this, until I know something different or am told something different, James is our football coach. I'm clearly proceeding with that approach."
Franklin did not return several messages on Wednesday but posted a message at 8:43 p.m. on Twitter:
"Just got done my most important job, putting our 2 girls to bed & making sure they know how much their dad loves them! Family first!"
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Wednesday night that while the Washington Redskins reached out to Franklin, he does not have an interview scheduled with them and his decision will come down to Vanderbilt or Penn State. Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com reported earlier in the day that Franklin was set to interview with the Redskins today in Virginia.
Left waiting for some form of resolution with his coach, Williams spoke on local radio stations Wednesday, praising Franklin and offering Vanderbilt's case to keep him.
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Williams said that Vanderbilt could and would be competitive in what it offers Franklin to stay. He said that the plans for more facility and stadium upgrades are still on track -- although changing timelines for those projects is difficult due to the design and construction process.
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Vanderbilt alumnus and PGA golfer Brandt Snedeker offered his services, via Twitter, in a light-hearted effort to entice Franklin to remain on West End: "Sweetening the offer to keep @jamesfranklinvu here.. Free golf lessons for life if he stays.. Impossible to turn down!! #bestcoachanywhere"
If Franklin is going to leave, it would help Vanderbilt for things to move along quickly with national signing day on Feb. 5 and a recruiting class in limbo.
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"We're reacting to things that you guys have heard. I haven't heard them. I'm going about my business at Vanderbilt. If and when I find out something different, I'll know. I don't think the ball is in (Franklin's) court. But maybe it is. Maybe it is if something is going to happen."
Franklin, 41, has led the Commodores to a 24-15 record and three consecutive bowl games.
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