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MARTINEZ — May 27 at 5 p.m. is the deadline for the Contra Costa County Elections Office to receive ballot-by-mail requests for the June 3 gubernatorial primary election.
The office urges voters to submit their request as soon as possible to allow sufficient time to receive, fill out and submit the ballot before the polls close at 8 p.m. June 3.
Any voter registered in the county may apply for a mail ballot. An application is available on the last page of the Sample Ballot booklet. Ballots also can be requested by sending an email to email@example.com. Email requests must include the voter's name, date of birth, address and mailing address.
Voters can also vote in person or drop off a ballot at the Elections Office, 555 Escobar St., Martinez, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Election Day, or between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. May 31.
Citizens naturalized after May 19 can register and vote between May 20 and June 3 at the Elections Office and must bring their Certificate of Naturalization.
More information is available at www.cocovote.us or by calling the Elections Office at 925-335-7800 or toll-free at 877-335-7802.
Contact Tom Lochner at 510-262-2760. Follow him at Twitter.com/tomlochner.


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I´m about to sell my backup tenor,a blue label B&S, and I need some help pricing it....any ideas??
It has just been totally overhauled so it´s in perfect condition.
I tryed to find prices from internet but I found almost nothing for some reason.
This is a big bore horn and it´s very good but I just don´t need it anymore.
That´s why I´m selling it.
I´m thankfuol for all the help pricing this horn,thanks.

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The newbie rules! (in Engineering Investigations, at least)
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Your votes have been counted and we have a landslide winner! Our winner may be a newbie, but the runners-up have experience galore...
Brian Fuller is on vacation and though I know it to be impossible, my task is to try, at least temporarily, to fill his shoes. I've been working in the "backroom" of EE Life since March, but this is my first public post. My own "newbie" status makes it feel rather good to announce that the winner of our latest Engineering Investigations contest also calls himself a newbie.
Join me in congratulating William Davison as the winner of this Engineering Investigations with his entry: "'Newbie' engineer and the attack of the solder blobs." William will be the proud recipient of a Tektronix MSO2024 digital oscilloscope courtesy of our friends at Tektronix.
Out of a field of 15 entries, William won hands down with an amazing 46 votes. Second place went to David Kanceruk with 13 votes for his entry: "OK, your dad primes his fuel injected engine with gas and you fixed it with a TTL logic probe...what kind of family is this anyway?" And Mike Bergman's "Knee deep in exploding mice" came in third with 7 votes. Congratulations to everyone who sent in an Investigation—you all showed again that perseverance (mixed with no small amount of engineering know-how) prevails!


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The Sculpture "Våren" (springtime)
In 1937 the town of Skanderborg won the race against other Danish towns and succeeded in landing the national exhibition with the title "Technology, Nature, Culture". An estimate of about 130,000 guests came to see the national exhibition during the exhibition period from 3 to 21 June.
The female figure called "Springtime" on a plinth of hogweed in the small fountain is a remaining memory of this national exhibition. The sculptor Mathilius Schack Elo (1887-1948) created the sculpture specifically for the national exhibition of 1937.
The town bought "Springtime" after the exhibition. When Hotel Skanderborghus was built in 1961, the sculpture was moved closer to the lake.


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Jose Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, delivered a stinging response to Arsene Wenger's title taunt by describing the Arsenal manager as "a specialist in failure".
Wenger yesterday morning declared the title is Chelsea's to lose and insisted anyone who claims their team are not in the race does so out of fear of failure.
Mourinho has repeatedly played down Chelsea's chances of winning the Barclays Premier League this season, insisting that his side are third favourites behind Manchester City and Arsenal, despite being leaders with 12 games remaining.
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"He is a specialist in failure. I'm not," said Mourinho, whose side play City in the FA Cup fifth round today. "If supposedly he is right and I'm afraid to fail, it's because I haven't failed many times. Maybe he's right. Maybe I'm not used to failing.
"The reality is he is a specialist. Eight years without a piece of silverware, that's failure. If I do that at Chelsea, eight years, I leave London and I don't come back."
During his first spell, Mourinho described Wenger as a "voyeur" for repeatedly commenting on Chelsea.
It is a choice of words now regretted by the Portuguese, but he was riled by Wenger's most recent comments. "He loves to look at this football club," Mourinho added. "I thought between 2007 and 2013 was enough time for him to forget this.
"But it looks like he always likes to look at us. He is saying we're not candidates because we're afraid of failure. But failure of what? If we don't win a title in one year, is that a failure? Or if we don't win a title in two years, is that a failure?
"I have lots of respect for him and I think he is a great manager. But when he speaks about failure . . . failure is not winning a title in seven or eight years. That's failure.
"If I don't win a trophy in four years, I don't want a new contract, even if the club wants to give me [one]. It's as simple as that.
"I don't think a manager should be embarrassed when a manager gives everything. If you don't get results, that's football. But for my mentality, there is a limit. And you have to be strong enough and proud enough to admit when it's enough."
After delivering his riposte to Wenger, Mourinho was reluctant to discuss further the title race, with his attention instead on the FA Cup. Chelsea have twice beaten City in the league this season and Mourinho has experienced defeat against Manuel Pellegrini just once in nine meetings in Spain and England.
Pellegrini recently stated he did not wish to talk about Mourinho, who insisted he would prefer not to talk about his counterparts.
Mourinho added: "If he [Pellegrini]doesn't like to speak about me, perfect. And hope he does what he says. I also don't like a lot to speak about other managers."
Mourinho's most recent trophy as Chelsea manager was in the FA Cup in 2007 and his side could end City's quest for a quadruple with a second successive victory at Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening.
Chelsea were able to subdue the influential Yaya Toure in the win earlier this month. The Ivory Coast midfielder is free to play after avoiding a Football Association suspension for an off-the-ball kick on Norwich's Ricky van Wolfswinkel, but Mourinho is not focused on him.
"They are good at everything," Mourinho said. "Is Yaya Toure important? Yes. He's so important that the FA decided he has to play this game."


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Question by Diongus: How do you know when to change your contact lenses?
I got my first contact lenses about a month and a half ago and they told me I should change them every month, but that they may last longer. I take care of my contacts just fine, but how do I know when I should change them? I'm asking cause I don't want to be wearing them without knowing they're secretly damaging my eye.
Best answer:
Answer by Sam
When your vision gets a lil like Moist or sumthing
when stuff gets a lil unclear .. kinda.. and u blink to get back to the clearer view.. thts when ure lenses r gettin dry and stuff
lol 😛
Answer by shortie__9a
when they get dry or itchy. i personally have contracts that are to be changed every three months. I change them every three months but maybe that's just me.
Answer by tychi
Yes, if that is what is recommended. Then change them every month
This way your protecting your eyes and no damage.
Add your own answer in the comments area below!


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Defining Process Success
Often companies ask me:
"How do we know if this process is successful? How do we measure if this process is working for us?"
I don't think any process by itself can make someone successful. A lot depends on the company, its values, principles, nature of business, its people and so on.
If I wanted to introduce a new process into my company, this is what I would measure or look for:
- Is it helping my product/organization? Things like
- time to market,
- frequency of releases,
- perceived quality/stability of the product and so on.
- Basically aspects about my product delivery which were good (want to continue doing them) and aspects which needs improvement.
- Is the team evolving the process? Are they internalizing the process and reducing the amount of ceremony?
- While the process should encourage people to do reflective improvement, it should also encourage some amount of disruptive changes thinking into the teams/company.
- Is the process creating growth opportunities for my people?
- I would like the process to encourage growth in terms of them becoming Generalizing specialists and not being corned into silos.
- I want my people to improve their overall understanding and involvement in the overall product development process rather than just knowing or caring about their little piece.
Also Jeff Patton has a wonderful article on Performing a simple process health checkup:
He suggests we look for the following "properties" to assess the process' health:
- Frequent delivery
- Reflective improvement
- Close communication
- Focus
- Personal safety
- Easy access to experts
- Strong technical environment
- Sunny day visibility
- Regular cadence
I would like to add 3 more properties to this list:
- High energy
- Empowered teams
- Disruptive change or Safe-Fail Experimenting


text: National School Choice Week 2013, which runs from Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, shines a spotlight on the need for education opportunities for all. In only its third year, this bipartisan, grassroots effort features more than 3,500 events spanning all 50 states. This is a guest post from Steven Horwich, teacher, writer, director, and founder of Connect the Thoughts, providing resources and training for homeschooling. You can follow him on Twitter @Homeschoolcurr and Facebook. There is a great deal of discussion today… Read more


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C Angelopoulos (2014) Are blocking injunctions against ISPs allowed in Europe? Copyright enforcement in the post-Telekabel EU legal landscape Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 13 August 2014 - Oxford Univ Press
Further, even mere blocking can have more extensive
repercussions than intended: blocking entire websites,
for example, risks collateral damage in the form of disallowing
access to entirely legal content that happens to be
hosted at the same address
Citation: M Horten, A Copyright Masquerade (Zed Books London 2013) 27
The Copyright Enforcement Enigma 'accurate and absorbing account of the story of the Telecoms Package' -Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology
'...a must read for those interested in knowing in depth about copyright enforcement and Internet.' -Journal of Intellectual Property Rights.
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Us Coptic Christians worried about Egyptian riots
Coptic Christians in US alarmed at deadly riots in Egypt
Islamic authorities provide counseling to Muslims after attending Methodist Church dinner
Malaysia Muslims get counseling after church meet
Christian movie "Courageous" in top 10 at box office
Christian police drama in top 10 for second weekend
Pope urges southern Italian residents to care for eachother
Pope denounces "inhuman" mafia in southern Italy
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Category: General News
Good News For Elk Hunters In Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Big game hunters in Idaho will have a chance to bag more elk next season and more time to hunt wolves in certain parts of the state. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Tuesday adopted a series of new rules and regulations for the 2013 big game hunting season. Major changes for elk include an increase of more than 2,300 controlled hunt tags.


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Great Tool, just need a little help. Is there anyway to set the ratio when encoding videos? I have HD videos that I want to encode to SD for mobile use. I want to set at 720 by X with the correct ratio of the movie. If the video is 2.35, then doesn't seem to be a way to keep that ratio.
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For the love of God, use hub/core labels on your Recordable Discs!
I've never used MKVtoMP4 myself, so unless someone who has comes along.....
As you're re-endoing, maybe try Handbrake/Vidcoder as they're pretty easy to use. They also have presets for some mobile devices, but even if you use the standard High Profile preset:
Anamorphic "none" resizes to square pixels. Modulus "2" will give you the most accurate resizing. If the "keep aspect ratio" box is checked, you can simply input the desired width and the correct height will be calculated for you. They'll encode using the x264 encoder and the output can be either MP4 or MKV.
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Mississippi Detox Center Listings
Mississippi detox centers are spread throughout the state since it is a witness to a rising number of substance abuse cases in the past few years. In view of this, the Mississippi government has started as many as 112 alcohol detox and drug detox centers in the state. The importance that the state places in its drug detoxification program is highlighted by the fact that it spent nearly $21 million in 2006 for rehabilitation programs in various Mississippi drug detox centers.
Mississippi detox centers primarily aim to stop drug usage by addicts and seek to cause a behavioral change in an attempt to prevent future relapses. The range of treatments available at alcohol detox and drug detox centers in the state include detoxification procedures, intervention programs, counseling and support group meetings, long-term rehabilitation programs, inpatient and outpatient care as well as recovery programs.
Despite the efforts taken by the state to promote drug detoxification through the numerous Mississippi drug detox centers, statistics show that the state lags behind many others in terms of finances spent and facilities offered. However, the state government is certainly putting in all efforts to successfully bring addicts back onto the roadway to a healthy lifestyle.
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All quotes tagged Inference
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"From the fact that I had permitted them to announce My arrival for the function, they could well have inferred that the floods would subside and that I would be in their midst, for, once My word goes forth, it must happen accordingly. Do not doubt it. The furious waves calmed before Rama, the floods went down in time for Me."
"I would infer from the statement that the Fed is somewhat more sanguine on the economic recovery. Perhaps they believe that $55 oil prices are, at least for the time being, something of the past and that jobs are just improving at a moderate pace."
"It's interesting to look at, but I wouldn't make an inference about what to do in a relationship based on these models."
"The refusal gives rise to a reasonable inference that the administration has something to hide here. The administration has done this nominee no service by maintaining its intransigent position."
"We've closed the gap with the state to some extent, ... But I still don't want to make inferences that are too broad."
"Perhaps most offensive is the clear inference that the young lady's father approves of her sexual escapades."
"Consumers shouldn't infer that there is something particularly suspect going on if they see price variations. . . . If you saw the same price at every station it might indicate competition is working perfectly, but it isn't inconsistent with competition that there's a variety of prices."


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Legal Question in Traffic Law in Missouri
I was riding a 49cc scooter in a small town. Its classified as a motorized bicycle. I had my 3 year old daughter with me. She had a helmet on. I was pulled over and the officer told me what I was doing was illegal. I asked him why? After many excuses he could not tell me why. I contacted the MO highway patrol and they said there was no law pertaining what I was doing was illegal. I then talked to the chief of police and he said that it was a judgement call. Can the police make any kind of judgment call like this? Ive never heard of anything like this. I was not given a ticket. But was told that I would be arrested the if I did it again. But the police never have given me a written law that I was breaking. I would like to continue to ride with her if it is not illegal. Thanks
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Most laws pertaining to small motorized vehicles are found in municipal ordinances. You will need to read the ordinances for the town in which you plan to ride. However, there are areas of law that pertain to endangering a child. In that area, there is often judgment calls by officers, as to when to give a ticket or make an arrest. If there is not separate seating area for a passenger, such as with a ten speed bike, or most mopeds, then having a small child ride on a public road, could be grounds for a conviction or temporary removal of the child. Obviously, you cannot operate the vehicle, with a passenger, on a state or Interstate Highway, if it is not licensed. You might get ticketed even without the passenger. If the moped is licensed, and there is an extended seat for a passenger, you're probably okay to take her, expect where local ordinance prohibits.
Good luck
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IARI walk-in for Senior Research Fellow
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Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
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Senior Research Fellow
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Experience :
2 Years
Job Location :
New Delhi
Walk-In Date :
23 Jan 2017
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Company Profile:The journey of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), popularly known as Pusa Institute, began in 1905 at Pusa (Bihar) with the generous grant of 30,000 pounds from an American philanthropist, Mr. Henry Phipps. The institute was then known as Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) which functioned with five departments, namely Agriculture, Cattle Breeding, Chemistry, Economic Botany and Mycology. Bacteriology unit was added in 1907. The name of ARI was changed to Imperial Institute of Agricultural Research in 1911 and, in 1919 it was renamed as Imperial Agricultural Research Institute. Following a devastating earth quake on 15th January 1934, the institute was shifted to New Delhi on 29th July 1936. Post independence, the institute has been renamed as Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).
Job Details:Name of the Project: ICAR-Extramural Research project on "Study on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum with emphasis on management of Sclerotinia rot in Brassica". PI-Dr. Lakshman Prasad.
No of Post: 01 Post.
Emoluments: Rs. 25,000/- + 30% HRA.
Essential Qualifications: M.Sc. in Plant Pathology/ Biotechnology/Life Sciences with 4/5 years of bachelor degree or candidates having PG degree in basic sciences with 3 years Bachelor degree and 2 years of Masters degree should have qualified NET. Desirable experience in pathological and biochemical techniques.
Age Limit: Relaxation in age limit for SC/ST/OBC candidate as per government rules.
Venue Details:Division of Plant Pathology,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi- 110012.


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Edward W. Pickering, President,
Independent Testing Laboratory Association
The Engineering Center
One Walnut Street
Boston, MA 02108
Wesley E. Stimpson, President,
Licensed Site Professional Association
One Walnut Street
Boston, MA 02108
February 3, 1998
RE: "Certificates of Proficiency" for the VPH/EPH Round Robin Studies
Dear Mr. Pickering and Mr. Stimpson:
This correspondence is in response to letters each of you wrote to the Department expressing your organization's opposition to DEP issuing "Certificates of Proficiency" to laboratories who successfully used the VPH/EPH analytical methods during the Round Robin Studies.
Before the VPH/EPH inter-laboratory method validation process began, DEP invited all laboratories certified by Massachusetts to participate in the VPH/EPH round robin studies. As you are aware, participation in the VPH/EPH project was not without its costs. Laboratories had to pay upfront for the first round robin samples they received and analyzed, and throughout both of the round robin analyses, had to expend a considerable amount of staff time, supplies, and valuable instrumentation time for this project. Recognizing the level of commitment necessary for participating in the study, DEP offered as an incentive for participation a "Certificate of Proficiency" to qualifying participants. Without this added incentive DEP believed that an insufficient number of labs would participate in the study.
DEP has surveyed the 27 labs that participated in the Round Robin Studies and has received responses back from 22. Nine labs wanted their certificate and another twelve said they want a Certificate if anyone else gets one. Only one lab said they do not want a Certificate. Based on this survey, 21 out of 22 participants want their certificate. We also understand that participating laboratories who were deemed proficient are already using their round robin results for marketing purposes. Therefore, we will stand by our commitment to recognize qualifying participants in the Round Robin Studies.
However in response to your comments, the document has been renamed as a "Record of Proficiency", to minimize any confusion with the more formal DEP laboratory certification program that the word "certificate" could imply.
Finally, all participating laboratories should be aware that DEP has received a request pursuant to the Public Records Law to disclose the names and identification numbers of those laboratories referenced in the Fall 1997 Round Robin report. As indicated to you last fall before the 2nd Round Robin began (letter September 15, 1997), the second Round Robin effort was NOT designed as an anonymous study, and each submittal bears the name of the laboratory providing the data.
The Public Records Law requires state agencies to disclose, upon request, all records and data that do not fall into very narrow categories of "confidential" information. We do not believe that the 2nd Round Robin Study falls into any of these categories for which information may be withheld and will honor the disclosure request.
I want to thank you for your organizations continued interest and participation in the development of the Waste Site Cleanup Program, and specifically for your assistance to this program and the Division of Environmental Analysis in the research, development and implementation of the VPH/EPH approach.
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Bonds enjoys watching Giants' Game 1 stars
Bonds enjoys watching Giants' Game 1 stars
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds was in the house for Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night at AT&T Park, seated in his usual seats just behind home plate, and was thrilled to see the performances turned in by Barry Zito and Pablo Sandoval. "It's great for Barry because I know how hard he worked to get to this point," Bonds said in a phone interview Thursday about the left-handed pitcher who was the winner in the Giants' 8-3 victory over the Tigers. "It was a tough go for him, but he worked his way through it." Bonds, Major League Baseball's all-time leader in home runs with 762, said he marveled about Sandoval's three-homer performance.
"I can't believe what a great player Pablo has turned himself into," Bonds said. Zito signed his seven-year, $126 million contract just in time for the 2007 season, Bonds' last in a big league uniform and the year he passed Hank Aaron to take over first place on the all-time home run list. Zito struggled until this season when he finished 15-8 and helped the Giants to a seven-game victory over St. Louis in the National League Championship Series with his Game 5 win. The Giants were down 3-1 in the series at the time. Sandoval fought through a hand injury this season and hit only 12 homers. He has six already this postseason entering Game 2. Sandoval was on the bench and Zito wasn't even on the roster when the Giants defeated the Rangers in five World Series games two years ago. "I'm so happy for both of them that they are contributing this time around," Bonds said. Bonds flew home to Los Angeles after the game because of family commitments, but said he'd be back in San Francisco if the series returns for Games 6 and 7 next Wednesday and Thursday.


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September 10, 2004, 08:41 PM
I am new to this forum so please bear with me. I have a CZ 550 Safari Magnum in .300 Win Mag. I mounted a Simmons Whitetail Expedition 4-12x42mm scope on it using Millett Angle-Loc rings for the proprietary CZ integral base. Now the scope creeps forward during shooting. The two ring halves came all the way together when tightened so I removed them and filed some material off the top half so it could clamp down tighter. The scope still creeps forward. The gun is fairly heavy (9.3 lbs.) and I am using factory Remington 180 grain loads so it doesn't seem to recoil really hard. Any help is greatly appreciated. I thought about using a B-Square base adapter so that I could use weaver style rings on it and try some stronger rings such as Leupold PRW. Please help!


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Slackware too Complex to use?
Slackware is notoriously known to be more Complex all over the net by bigots. However to me (a novice) user I seem to move around the shell much easier then an Ubuntu or Debian Platform with my limited knowledge. For example ubuntu doesnt even allow root login.
I might agree that configuration may be more difficult in slack. But I guess when you master that its easier to change stuff that you messed up... Is that how Slackware works? For example in Ubuntu I messed up the whole system over Dependency issues and had no understanding of how to fix the problem due to complexities.
I am going to bring up the dreaded Redhat word again but how can you compare the Shell commands and structure of redhat to Slack besides (systemd and system v init). I have not come across much problem with centos terminal and installs etc. as of yet.
I could not spot the difference between the complexity in centos and Slack in terminal usage as a "novice user" other then init customization.
How is Slackware superior to CentOS when it comes to terminal usage?
I have decided to reinstall centos on my system with its new 6.3 release just to compare the differences between the 2 systems. I would appreciate if anyone can point out Slackware's superiority and simplicity over CentOS other then its "bsd style /etc/".
That way I can put in my resume why Slackware is preferable to Redhat and try to get a job as a Slack User LOL
It just really depresses me to see nothing but redhat jobs out there and it seems like I am pushed towards the Redhat system. Its like a bourne again Microsoft or something... Monopolizing in the US job market.
I have no interest in Debian due to what I am aiming towards however, Redhat keeps saying things in the back of my mind every time I try to focus on Slackware. I am not even too looking towards FreeBSD because of its lack of kernel support. Slackware seems the best but I guess I am speaking for the masses when I make my questions as well. Because there is a lot of insecurities I have read from Slack users that I think by bringing to the surface to answer will help us all understand them better. Especially Novices like myself are just quite frustrated when it comes to choosing 1 distro and sticking to it. I am really exhausted from switching and jumping distro to distro... That is why I need more explanations to make a more solid decision on what to choose and keep working on.
I don't care if Redhat is running things as Corporate. Honestly what I care is if it works or not. I am into Stability and Simplicity. I have heard from this forum that Slack beats Redhat in Simplicity. However I have not heard the reason of why other then the System V init structure. All I have heard is because its Corporate and oriented for Business in different ways other then the differences in init structure. Can someone please provide more concrete examples of this? Why is Redhat less simple in Command Line other then init configuration? Yes I agree Slackware is more easier to configure. But when it comes to simplicity what makes Slackware more simple then Redhat? Please don't take this as a threat. I just need more knowledge I think choosing a good distro is important for me.
This is that whole "user friendly" argument that I hate. Each flavor of Linux is like a different car manufacturer, some people prefer to drive a Ford F-150 and some prefer a Prius. Find the one that you feel comfortable in and that's the best distro for you.
You should stop to search for things that are superior or inferior in distros. There aren't such things. They are different.
Do I think as a Slackware user that Slackware is superior? No, I don't. Do I think that it is the best distro for me? Yes, I do.
But other people have a different point of view and want different things from their distro. So they like different distros. That makes those other distros better for them, but in no way superior or inferior.
Regarding Red Hat and other commercial distros: Get over it. If you want to have a job in a large company as Linux server admin it is very likely that you have to learn Red Hat. In the same way as you most likely will have to deal with Windows and Office if you are a secretary. It is a job, if you want to be good in it you have to learn your tools. You don't have to like the tool and you don't have to use it at home.
Actually for me when I started out on Linux, I started with other distributions like Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE, etc. and found them extremely annoying and hard to use. I tried Slackware out and found it extremely easy to use.
Root login allows you so much freedom to self-administrate the system at the foundation level. You have real control, not a pseudo-control level.
The more simplistic a design a system is, the easier it is to use. Slackware's philosophy has been always that. KISS - Keep It Stupidly Simple. Slackware comes with all it needs out of the box for a general usage. The rest is up to you, and with the additions from SlackBuilds.org, you can semi-tailor make all the software you'll need for your system.
It's about like dealing with PC-BSD. It comes with everything you need, doesn't include bloat, and just works. Slackware just has better driver support.:p
I once wrote up some thoughts on Slackware's apparent 'complexity' on my blog. I'd probably pick another analogy these days but it still basically sums up what I believe:
And for a follow up, 6 months later I wrote about Slackware's often under rated packaging:
Also another difference I can spot is that Slackware is more "user centric" as opposed to Redhat being more "system centric" however for a systems engineer this does not make a big difference as does "simplicity".
@Mercury305: Read my first link above. I think it answers some of your questions. Whilst I compare Slack to Ubuntu the comparison would be equally valid with Red Hat.
All that said, if I were you I would learn Red Hat (via CentOS). I used to work at Gartner and I can tell you from my experience speaking with their clients (typically pretty large organisations) it really does dominate the enterprise computing market.
... As someone torn between two cakes and asking someone else which one he prefers.
@Mercury305: You worry too much. Why not choose both. The cost is pretty low, particularly if you use a Red Hat clone like CentOS or Scientific. You will learn a lot more this way and be a more rounded admin for it.
I think TobiSGD said it best. This is no special, better than everything else, for every person and very use case, almighty distro. They were each created to fill some niche that the original developer felt wasn't fulfilled elsewhere. Celebrate the diversity! If you don't like diversity maybe it is Linux that isn't for you?
Personally I'm glad that the Arch lovers, Magiea fans, Unity aficionados, openbox enthusiasts, VI devotees and EMACS freaks all have an OS they can call their own.
So why is my question so difficult to answer?
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How disagreement about social costs leads to inefficient energy productivity investment
Public energy productivity investment influences the amount of future energy consumption. If a present government expects its successor to value the social costs of fuel usage differently, this adds a strategic component to its investment considerations. We analyze this governmental time-inconsistency situation as a sequential game. In particular, we show how the expectation of a more conservative party taking over makes a green government choose an investment level that is ineffcient in that neither of the parties would prefer it to the investment level of a permanent green government. Under some circumstances, the opposition would even prefer the government to stay in power for sure: The gain of avoiding strategic investment then outweighs the loss of not being able to regulate energy consumption. We also analyze welfare gains of binding agreements.
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I can think of very few more insane holiday events than having parents and children wait in long lines at shopping malls, supermarkets, hospitals and clinics to get a flu vaccination, worrying that the supply might run out before they step up to get the shot. They have been convinced that the flu vaccine will save them from the terrible flu bug that has already killed six children in Colorado and six people in Oklahoma. It is a dangerous way of thinking, as you will read below.
When I first started practicing medicine over 20 years ago, the flu vaccine was only indicated for those over 60 years if age or with chronic health conditions. Now, experts are predicting that we will see even more flu vaccinations recommended than we have already seen. A Mayo Clinic professor and a member of the CDC advisory committee on immunization predicted that we will continue to see a broadening of the recommendation for influenza immunization.
The new FluMist nasal spray, which costs three times as much as the injectable form of the vaccine, was supposed to be the answer to the nearly unavailable shot. While FluMist was expected to be a hit among the needle-shy, the company said in November that it had distributed just 400,000 doses of the spray, although it had made about four million. The demand for it is now sharply rising. However, one important point you need to know is that BOTH forms of these vaccines are full of toxins, like mercury, aluminum and phenol. Still, these vaccines are now recommended ANNUALLY for just about everyone. Can you even begin to imagine the cumulative toxicity of injecting phenol, mercury and aluminum into your body every year?
Why Flu Vaccine Isn't Good For You
Beyond the toxins in the vaccines, though, those who obtain the immunization are in for a big surprise: the flu vaccine will actually do little to protect them from the flu. The influenza virus is merely an innocent bystander. Most people have been lead to believe -- by the pharmaceutical powers that dominate conventional medicine and really like your money -- that viruses like the flu bug are the problem. They are not the problem. The real problem is that many people, in fact most people in the U.S. now, have weakened and impaired immune systems that are unable to function as they're designed to because of our horrendous dietary habits (the same culprit behind the obesity and chronic disease epidemics in the U.S.)
So pay close attention to this fact: If you are one of the many whose immune system has been impaired by the "American diet" rich in sugars, grains, processed foods, fast foods, and all the other junk, putting so much faith and credence in a single vaccine against the flu is like fireproofing one door in your house when the rest of your home is saturated in gasoline. A vaccine won't "save you" from the flu, much less from far more serious diseases, because your underlying defenses -- your immunity -- are seriously dysfunctional, and there are far too many potential "invaders" to ward off via the artificial means of vaccination.
Still many people, apparently the majority of people, allow themselves to be brainwashed with the hype surrounding vaccinating against the latest flu bug. It is a vicious cycle of thinking, really, as there will be new resistant strains of flu bugs, and then more new bugs after that and after that, and so the perceived "need" for vaccines against them will rise ... until everyone is injecting or inhaling these things in such a frenzied manner that you'd think they were all addicted to heroin or cocaine. And the drugs companies will continue laughing all the way to the bank.
How to Stop Worrying About Flu Vaccinations for Good
Avoid the brainwashing. It only takes stepping back from the hype for a moment to realize the following is just pure common sense: if your body's immunity level is where it is naturally supposed to be, you won't have to worry about this flu vaccination issue every winter. For that matter, you'll get to be much less concerned about getting cancer, heart disease, and all of the other very serious chronic diseases out there, too. Because your body, when you are eating the proper diet, is designed to stave off these bugs and all the "bad" invaders.
It constantly amazes me how many people ask "should I take this vaccine" (or some pill) and, when I tell them they should instead focus on eating properly if they want to avoid the flu, other illnesses and disease, and all the drug company hype, they look at me as if I were speaking Swahili. Most Americans want a quick fix, but while that might work in other areas of their life, the quick fix approach is not healthcare.
On that note, it's important to remember the revealing study researchers did over 60 years ago. In 1938, the only laboratory animal that could contract polio by experimental inoculation was the monkey. All other laboratory animals were completely resistant to the polio virus, including the rabbit. The researchers could not infect these rabbits with polio -- that is, until they lowered their blood sugar in a way that also occurs in humans after they eat sugar. So the take-home message is that if you want to avoid the flu, avoid sugar like the plague. Avoiding sugar is the single most important physical factor that you can address to avoid the flu.
What Should You Do if You DO Get the Flu?
Preventing the flu (and other illnesses) as described in greater detail below is obviously "your best medicine." But if you do get the flu, one of the most important and simple things you can do is to use hydrogen peroxide in your ears. Yes folks, simple hydrogen peroxide, about a half of a capful in each ear, several times a day, is more than likely to abort the flu reaction. I didn't believe it when I first saw it, but I have now seen many hundreds of cases that have been rapidly aborted with the use of hydrogen peroxide. You can read my original posting on peroxide for this purpose. It costs less than a penny, so you really don't have much to lose. Give it a try. I can guarantee you that it is less toxic and more effective than any flu vaccine on the planet.
But again, please remember the ultimate treatment for the flu is proactive prevention. Eat the right foods, avoid the junk, get plenty of rest and stay emotionally balanced - all presented in detail in my new book -- and you and the flu symptoms will likely never meet.
Prevent the Flu -- and Other Diseases -- For Good!
If you're only interested in quick fixes like a vaccine to avoid the flu and all the other sicknesses that you could get, it is a losing proposition. Your arms are going to be black and blue from all the vaccines you are "supposed" to take, you'll be swallowing a giant cocktail of pharmaceuticals, and 1) they won't "save you" anyway, because there far too many potential invaders when your immune system is dysfunctional; 2) the mix of all the toxins in the vaccines and drugs will harm you and likely kill you faster.
So how do you stop worrying about the flu vaccine, how do you really prevent flues and more serious diseases? When I give the answer, this is where I lose those who are addicted to "quick fixes," who are lazy, or just plain brainwashed by the pharmaceutical companies, but here it is:
Start focusing NOW on eating properly. That means STOP with the junk foods and fast foods, STOP with the sugary foods, the processed grains, and the trans-fats. That means INCREASE the healthy and essential fats like the omega-3 found in cod liver oil, the good carbohydrates like those in vegetables, and the healthy proteins like those in clean, naturally raised meats (i.e., NOT the kind you typically find in grocery stores) like free-range chicken. That means learn your metabolic type as soon as possible so you know what proportion of fats, carbs and proteins are ideal to build YOUR immune system (and help you optimize your weight, and increase energy, and avoid premature aging).
I guarantee that this and not vaccines and pills are the answer. I have spent over two decades developing my dietary program, and through my respected clinic it has proven to help tens of thousands of people build their immunity, overcome disease (most far more serious than the flu), optimize their weight and increase their energy.
Which all just about brings me to my highest recommendation to anyone wondering if they should get this vaccination or that one, if they should take this pill or that one: read my book presenting my entire dietary program, which as you'll see is designed to make it easy to implement the program into your life. But wait a moment. Having stated this let me address the two common objections I get from some people when I do make this recommendation:
Well, for those who may not be familiar with my high integrity, I created Mercola.com out of my own pocket, and now use any profit from other products to maintain and expand it. And with my book providing my entire dietary program and over 150 new recipes, ALL OF MY PROFITS ARE GOING TO A NEW NON-PROFIT HEALTH ASSOCIATION that, beginning in 2004, will work toward shifting the healthcare paradigm in the U.S. and then beyond away from the drug/surgery quick-fix model and to a real healthcare system focused on prevention, real cure, and wellness.
So when I say I GUARANTEE you that this is the answer, I mean it literally. While most publishers or bookstores allow a book to be returned for up to several weeks or months after purchasing it, I KNOW that if you follow my program you will build your immunity, you will experience an increase in your energy, you will avoid premature aging and be considerably healthier, and so I am guaranteeing my new book for life. That means at any point in YOUR life you can return it for your money back, no questions asked. I can do this because I know that, when you follow the program, you'll agree it really is the best $31.95 you've ever spent.
In the book you'll learn about all the foods that will help you build your immune system and optimize your weight, and those you should avoid. You'll also learn all about nutritional typing, including a test providing the basics on your own type and the proportion of good proteins, fats and carbohydrates that you should be consuming for your specific biochemistry (you don't have the same biochemistry as others, and therefore what you SHOULD be eating differs from others, which is why all those one-size-fits-all diet plans out there generally fail). Finally, as mentioned, you'll get over 150 delicious and very healthy recipes for all types of meals, from main dishes and soups to snacks, desserts and raw foods.
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It's believed some new information on Moorestown has been leaked. While still in rumor form, it accompanies a previously leaked-by-Intel diagram showing the Lincroft / Langwell-based Moorestown platform. If true, some potentially exciting possibilities come into focus.
For example, a previously observed host of I/O Blocks appear on a Moorestown diagram (see Ars link below for image). On the Langwell south bridge, which we now learn (through rumors) will be derived from 65nm TSMC technology fabricated at a rate of 2-3 million units per quarter by the end of this year, increasing to 5-7 million units per quarter by the end of 2010, there exist some exciting possibilities because we don't yet know what the I/O blocks are on that unit.
While Moorestown's Lincroft SoC compute side will include a 45nm Intel Atom-based core, along with embedded GPU, memory controller, and hardware assist support for video codecs, the south bridge is this TSMC mystery.
We've known it has the main system controller, as well as a SDD controller, and will connect with the Evans Peak Wi-Fi / WiMAX / Bluetooth / GPS module, as well as the power management system … but beyond that, it's all guesswork.
The author at Ars Technica theorizes that Intel desires to offer embedded hardware designers and developers a flexible architecture that will greatly improve their ability to rapidly produce new products. If true, the I/O blocks could be generic cookie cutter-like heterogeneous cores which, through a common bus protocol, enable custom compute operations as guided by the on-board system BIOS.
In short, by keeping the south bridge at 65nm, and by using TSMC processes for manufacturing, it may be possible that existing TSMC logic blocks (those already created by TSMC customers) can be adapted to incorporate Langwell's standard hub-based protocols, enabling custom apps to be rapidly created. These would produce dedicated silicon for high-speed, low-power operations for a host of on-board operations, and all from within a single-chip package that would be assembled as a native and unique part, based on the application.
Langwell is already known to have a focus on I/O "Storage, Features & Comms Integration". It's the "Features" part here which not only has everyone guessing, but also offers the potential for the greatest levels of excitement relating to an Atom-based embedded future.
See DigiTimes and Ars Technica.
Rick's Opinion
Having a system with the ability to drop in generic heterogeneous "tiles" has been Intel's intention since the early days of Terascale research. I have personally spoken with Jerry Bautista's team on this regard (the head of the Terascale project). One of the most exciting aspects they had was in the development of their 80-core Terascale prototype chip.
I learned much later that the communication fabric was the real achievement there, the real area of research. The team wasn't really concerned about whether or not the chips were viable commercially, but the intra-tile interconnects were the area of focus.
Intel settled on a six-way communication mechanism. Tiles are laid out like squares on a chess board, with an 8 x 10 array. Each tile could communicate in four native directions to its surrounding chips: North, South, East and West. The two remaining pathways (Up and Down) were direct communications with other parts of the chip, such as "Tile1 communicating with Tile49", which was not right next to it, and the last was to off-chip components.
The interconnect is what made everything happen in Terascale, and we have observed that it is this very interconnect bandwidth which helps even supercomputers scale to their maximum potential today.
If Intel has created Langwell around this basic philosophy, and if hardware designers are able to create their custom silicon apps, then the possibility exists of having a single Atom-like chip package containing the compute side, the chipset side, and all of the custom features, enabling a tiny postage stamp-sized product able to have power in, connections to all the various switches, lights and knobs, and on the smallest quantities of power, provide us with the tools which enable Atom to migrate from small x86-based apps into the world of everything embedded, including even smartphones.
It is possible, but I'm just wondering how probable it is? Anyone have any thoughts?


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The nation's best mascots
July, 5, 2006
This week's list topic is all about the color of game day, which is a ripe subject for this time of year since there isn't much going on other than some coaches keeping their fingers crossed as they await word about whether some key recruits become academically cleared to play.
So today it's Best Mascot. I'm combining it to include both the live and costumed varieties, and obviously there is plenty to choose from.
The only parameter is I'm keeping it to Division I-A schools. Apologies to Yale's Handsome Dan.


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Louisiana Division winner takes home Hobie Mirage Pro-Angler kayak
LIZELLA, Ga. (April 12, 2011) – Norman Walker, of Baker, La., caught a redfish and speckled sea trout that measured a combined 49.25 inches in length to win the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Presented by Hobie Fishing event at Empire, La., on April 12. The event, which operated out of Delta Marina, was the regular-season opener for the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour's Louisiana Division.
Using a spinnerbait to boat his 31-inch redfish early in the tournament, Walker was able to locate several large trout later in the day. His 31-inch redfish, the largest measured in the tournament, won him the $100 Berkley Gulp! Big Redfish Award. For the win, Walker took home a Hobie Mirage Pro-Angler Kayak valued at $2,499, plus an additional $244 in Anglers Advantage cash. By winning the tournament while fishing out of his Hobie Mirage Pro-Angler Kayak, which he bought prior to the event, Walker also won $200 from Hobie.
Second-place finisher, Chris Holmes, of Chalmette, La., measured a 26.75-inch redfish and 19.25-inch trout for a total length measurement of 46 inches to secure the $1,000 second-place prize and an additional $119 in Anglers Advantage cash.
Fishing around the Hopedale, La., area, Holmes lost a big fish early in the tournament day, but rebounded with a impressive trout and a 26.75-inch redfish in the final minutes of the tournament.
"My first fish of the day cut me off, broke the line on some rocks. I don't know what it was but it was big," Holmes said. "I caught about a dozen trout but could find any redfish bigger than 17.25 inches. So I went to my bull red spot and stayed until I caught my big one."
Third-place finisher, Steve Lessard, of Baton Rouge, won $500 prize money plus $112 in Anglers Advantage cash with a combined length measurement of 44.5 inches. Fishing points in dirty water using Berkley Gulp! and popping corks, Lessard found most of his fish holding close to shoreline.
"I kept looking for the cleanest water I could find," Lessard said. "But the area about five or six feet off the bank really seemed to be key for the trout."
Todd Hart, who finished 12th in the Empire event, took home the $100 Berkley Gulp! Big Trout Award, which brought him an additional $100 Cabela's gift card, courtesy of Berkley.
Each of the Cabela's IFA Redfish Tour 18 regular-season events will commence on Saturday with the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Presented by Hobie Fishing contested the following day (Sundays). In its second season, the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Presented by Hobie will feature 18 regular-season, catch-photograph-release events across six different division (mirroring the IFA Redfish Tour format, location and scheduling) as well as extremely lucrative payouts and expanded fishing opportunities for non-motorized fishing crafts.
The redfish/trout tournament will pay twenty places (based on a 100-boat field) plus Big Redfish, Big Trout and Junior Angler Awards. The winner will take home a Hobie Mirage Pro-Angler valued at $2,499, 2nd place prize will be a $1,000 and 3rd place $500 Hobie cash. New for 2011, kayak anglers can take advantage of the Angler's Advantage program. Anglers who participate in the program can pay an additional $25 entry fee, which is paid back at 100 percent to participants, based on place of finish. Lucrative contingency programs added for 2011 include $50 prize to the team claiming the big fish award in an IFA Redfish Tour event if the fish is landed with an EGO Net, $25 prize for both the big redfish and big trout in IFA Kayak Fishing Tour events; a PENN reel for tournament-winning angler who competes with PENN reel.
The IFA Redfish and IFA Kayak Fishing Tours continues to draw redfish anglers from Texas to the Carolinas and beyond, offering anglers the opportunity to compete in six different divisions, each offering a three-event regular season. Low entry fees for the one-day, regular-season tournaments allows anglers to fish close to home and minimize expenses, while still being a part of a premier inshore, catch-and-release redfish tournament organization. Teams fishing any three of the IFA's 18 regular-season events are automatically qualified for a no-entry-fee championship event, pitting qualifiers from each of the six divisions for money and prize packages, as well as a shot at the coveted Overall Divisional Team of the Year Award for the six regular-season division winners.
For more information or to become a member of the IFA, the fastest-growing inshore fishing tournament series in the United States, go online to www.redfishtour.com or www.ifakayakfishingtour.com. To discover more about kayaking and Hobie Fishing go to www.hobiefishing.com.
IFA events are made possible through the sponsorship and continued support of the fishing industry's most respected brands: Ranger Boats, Hobie Fishing, Cabela's, Gulp!, Gulp! Alive, PENN reels, Yamaha Outboards, Columbia Sportswear, Minn Kota, Humminbird, OPTIMA Batteries, Power-Pole, Wrap This, Blue Point Fabrication, EGO Nets, Spiderwire, Sebile, Bob's Machine Shop, 321fish.com, Kayak Angler Magazine, Loadmaster, NBOA Marina Insurance, Powertex Group, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Delta Marina.
IFA Louisiana Division
Empire, La. (Top 10)
1. Norman Walker – 49.25 inches
2. Chris Holmes – 46.00 inches
3. Steve Lessard – 44.50 inches
4. Brendan Bayard – 44.00 inches
5. Jeff Maher – 44.00 inches
6. Landon Walker – 43.50 inches
7. Benton Parrott – 40.50 inches
8. Steve Neece – 34.75 inches
9. Jason Powers – 28.50 inches
10. Barrett Jones – 27.50 inches
$100 Berkley Gulp! Big Redfish Award:
Norman Walker (31.00 inches)
$100 Berkley Gulp! Big Trout Award + $100 Cabela's gift card:
Todd Hart (20.375 inches)
Norman Walker Wins IFA at Empire, LA


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7/8: The Big Feminist But Release Party in New York, NY
The Big Feminist But: Comics About Women, Men and the Ifs, ANDs & BUTs of Feminism explores the state of feminism today through comics by some of the industry's most celebrated writers and artists. The book looks at how far the movement has come, the hurdles it continues to face and where it can ultimately lead. Guests and contributors include Gabrielle Bell (The Voyeurs), Emily Flake (The New Yorker) Josh Neufeld (A.D. New Orleans: After the Deluge) and PW's own Heidi MacDonald. Official release party at Housing Works Bookstore Café at 7 p.m. This event is free to the public (print book is $20). Housing Works Bookstore Café is located at 126 Crosby St., New York, NY.
7/10: Conversation with Bob Fingerman and Frank Conniff in New York, NY
In conjunction with his new solo exhibition, award-winning cartoonist Bob Fingerman will be in conversation with writer/comic Frank Conniff at the Society of Illustrators on July 10 from 6:30-9 p.m. Since the 1980s, Fingerman has been active in the independent comics scene, with graphic novels such as Beg the Question, From the Ashes and the recently collected and released Maximum Minimum Wage. He'll be discussing his work and career with Frank Conniff, writer and humorist best known for Mystery Science Theater 3000. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for SI members and $7 for students and seniors. The Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd St., New York, NY.
7/13: Zander & Kevin Cannon Singing in Minneapolis, MN
Cartoonists Zander and Kevin Cannon will be signing copies of their recently released books Heck and Crater XV at Mead Hall Games & Comics on July 13 from 1-3 p.m. Both titles were originally serialized in Double Barrel, the duo's digital comics periodical from Top Shelf. This even is free to the public. Mead Hall Games & Comics is located at 1425 Lasalle Ave., Suite B2, Minneapolis, MN.
Bask in the glow of some of Scotland's biggest names in comics at the Glasgow Comic Con at the Centre for Contemporary Arts from Saturday, July 13 to Sunday, July 14. Programming includes creator signings, workshops, lectures and a cosplay contest. Guests include John Wagner (2000AD), Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd), Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman, Jupiter's Legacy), Cam Kennedy (Rogue Trooper), Alan Davis (Wolverine), Simon Bisley (Hellblazer) and more. Single Day tickets are range from £9-£12.50, with weekend passes ranging from £15-£20. The Centre for Contemporary Arts is located at 350 Sauchiehall St., Glasgow G2 3JD.


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Statistiques de Houle pour Apua Point, Décembre: Toutes Houles – Tous Vents
The figure describes the combination of swells directed at Apua Point over a normal December and is based upon 2457 NWW3 model predictions since 2006 (values every 3 hours). The wave model does not forecast wind or surf right at the coast so we have chosen the best grid node based on what we know about Apua Point. In the case of Apua Point, the best grid node is 35 km away (22 miles).
The rose diagram illustrates the distribution of swell sizes and swell direction, while the graph at the bottom shows the same thing without direction information. Five colours represent increasing wave sizes. Very small swells of less than 0.5m (1.5 feet) high are shown in blue. These were forecast only 60% of the time. Green and yellow show increasing swell sizes and highest swells greater than >3m (>10ft) are shown in red. In both graphs, the area of any colour is proportional to how commonly that size swell was forecast.
The diagram implies that the dominant swell direction, shown by the largest spokes, was ESE, whereas the the dominant wind blows from the ENE. Because the wave model grid is away from the coast, sometimes a strong offshore wind blows largest waves away from Apua Point and out to sea. We group these with the no surf category of the bar chart. To simplify things we don't show these in the rose graph. Because wind determines whether or not waves are surfable at Apua Point, you can select a similar diagram that shows only the swells that were predicted to coincide with glassy or offshore wind conditions. During a typical December, swells large enough to cause good for surfing waves at Apua Point run for about 40% of the time.
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ESPN 100 power forward Angel Delgado (Troy, N.Y./Huntington Prep) committed to Seton Hall on Friday night over a combination of offers and interest from Florida State, Fordham, Kentucky, Virginia and others.
This is a major pickup for Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard because it not only lands him the nation's No. 63 overall player in the Class of 2014 but also because Delgado is one of the best rebounding power forwards in the country regardless of class.
Why did Delgado pick Seton Hall and what will he bring to the Pirates? Let's break it down.


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text: Sfgate business Google to try Bay Area ride-hailing service with Waze (UberPool, which matches unrelated riders going the same way, has cheaper rates, but they're still much higher than 54 cents a mile.) Google's pilot program involved 25,000 workers at large employers such as UCSF, Adobe and Walmart Global eCommerce, as well as Google itself. Unlike Lyft and Uber, Google will not vet drivers with background checks,... #uber #google #going Tweet Source: www.sfgate.com Read More


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Click Here to complete the online register and print out the registration packet for the spring sports season. Please remember that physicals are good for 1 calendar year and all student athletes are required to have a current physical on file to be cleared to participate.
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We would like a product / customer / shoping cart database for store and web sales. Real time (live for web and inhouse searches). Our entire product inventory: in stock, on order, on order showing 'committed' for a mail order (available and not available). Web orders and store sales at the registers would use the same (one) inventory data base. (updating after a sale or checked in product)
Provideing search answers to: Is it in stock? What is the status of my order?
Customers should be able to check their order status on the site. What is the status of my order?
And they should be able to search our inventory database from our web site.
Searching our entire product line.
Accounting included is not neccesary but is very desireable.
If an item is ordered that we are out of, the system should look for 'on order' purchase orders and tie to the PO with a mail order Number. If the item is not on order the system should start a suggested purchase order for the appropriate product and vender and mark the item with the mail order number needing the item.
So, Front end and back end (shipping) mail order, ecommerce cart, along with retail store POS software and a general ledger accounting.
And two desireble quiry reports are: 1. Stock split lists between the two stores regarding same items shared inventory. 2. When freight is checked in or a mail order return is checked back into stock, the system should search mail orders to see if any need the said product.
It would be fantastic if the web cart could populate its own colors, sizes, gender, ... options from the inventory data. And, if individual items (not a general cart setting) could be flagged as a discontinued item. So, when the last size medium is sold, the size choice would be eliminated for the next cart shopper.


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Celtic's signing policy for the past 13 years has been nothing if not consistent: buy young players cheaply, nurture them and then sell them on at a profit.
When it works – as it did with Victor Wanyama, Ki Sung-yueng and Gary Hooper, on whom the club turned a profit of £19 million – then it tends to work spectacularly.
However, when it founders the consequences are just as visible and can leave the club with players with no sell-on value who are earning relatively high wages.
Manager Neil Lennon, who had then to be confirmed as the successor to Tony Mowbray, famously spoke out against the dangers of buying potential following the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by First Division Ross County in 2010.
"See projects, lads? Forget it," he said. I'm f------ sick of hearing it. I'm sick of hearing about two and three-year plans. I don't buy into it. It's all about f------ now. You don't have time as a Celtic or Rangers manager. You've got to get results straight away.
"Projects are something my daughter does at school. Listen, I'm a football man, only interested in results, performances and players. I don't care about two years' time. I might not bloody be here."
Asked on Friday whether he had revised his opinion regarding that approach, the Northern Irishman was, as always, honest and to the point.
"I can't come in and say I've got a four-year plan," he said. "I don't, because you don't know how long you are going to be in the job for. I don't believe in projects in the game.
"Players are maybe different. When you are looking at a younger player you can bring in and develop, then maybe sell him on. That doesn't always work either. We've done OK in that aspect in the last couple of years, though, and we'll continue to do that.
"In terms of me having an ideological vision for where I want to take Celtic … I don't. I just want us to be as successful as we can and keep improving. I think that's where we are.
"It's different for the board, they've got five-year business plans and I've got to work within that. For me, it is always short-term – unless I'm getting a five- or 10-year contract but that's very rare in the game these days.
"Personally, I don't believe in long-term projects in terms of what you do as a manager. I think you have to work hand-in-hand with your board and how they see things. They have to have a plan for the next four or five years and I work within that."
Swedish forward Mo Bangura is a case in point. Signed from AIK Stockholm for £2.2 million as a 22-year-old in the summer of 2011, the player made only 16 appearances for the champions and failed to score in any of them.
He has subsequently spent periods on loan with his former club and Elfsborg (for whom, notoriously, he chose to play against Celtic in a Champions League qualifying tie last season).
Bangura is under contract at Parkhead until the end of next season but Lennon disclosed that attempts were being made to send him elsewhere on yet another loan deal.
"In Mo's case, it's in his best interests to go and play first-team football," he said. "It's reasonable to say that he doesn't have a future here. It just hasn't worked out for both parties. These things happen sometimes in football. We've had no enquiries for him yet but his best bet may be Scandinavia again.
"You're never going to get every signing right. Every manager, even the greats, have made a mistake or two along the way. Mo needs to get out and play because it's going to be restrictive here."
Celtic failed to land one of the strikers they had been chasing on Thursday and may now elect to pursue a move for Wolves' Leigh Griffiths.
Asked if he was on a list of targets, Lennon replied: "I can't say that, but he is highly thought of, put it that way."
Negotiations with Georgios Samaras and Joe Ledley, whose contracts are due to expire this summer, appear to have reached an impasse and Lennon has warned both players that they may be left out of his team for the remainder of the campaign should they refuse to extend their stay in Glasgow.
"Talks are ongoing but I'm probably more positive on Joe than Georgios at the minute," he said. "Again, these things can change over a day never mind a week.
"It may have a bearing on the second half of the season once we go through the January window and they are still here or not tied up on deals.
"I may have to think about team planning for next year. I'm already thinking about the Champions League qualifiers."
Lennon, meanwhile has rebuffed Rangers captain Lee McCulloch's claim that the gap between the Scottish Premiership and League One is marginal.
Ahead of Celtic's trip to Hibernian in tomorrow, when new midfield signing Stefan Johansen could make his debut, the Celtic manager responded: "I can't really draw a comparison between the two because I have never worked or played consistently at that level. But I would imagine the majority of the football people in the country would disagree with that point of view.
"Last season Queen of the South won that league (third tier) by a canter but haven't made great inroads into the Championship this season so that would tell you that there is a gulf between League One and the Championship.
"It is the same with Partick Thistle, who won the league (second tier) last year quite well.
"I wouldn't say they have struggled – but they have found it pretty difficult at times with the quality of the teams in the Scottish Premiership."
Striker Bahrudin Atajic and defender Stuart Findlay have joined Shrewsbury and Morton, respectively, on loan for the rest of the season.


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This is going to be a bit self-referential at first, but only to make a point.
The year 2007 was a big one at the Serrano household, with amazing things happening every day, it seemed. In no real order, some of the highlights: Our favorite basketball team, the San Antonio Spurs — or as we've come to call them, "God's Favorites" — won their fourth NBA championship.
We got married. Kanye West made Graduation. After premature contractions forced our wife into bed rest for four gut-check months — she had a needle in her leg the entire time that dripped medicine into her that kept her from giving birth — she gave birth to our twin sons, and all three eventually made it through mostly unscathed. Finally, people started trading us money for words we wrote.
For rap, 2010 was equally excellent. If 2009 was marked by indifference, with everyone pretending like they hated Chris Brown because there was nothing better to do, and 2008 by listlessness — the list of important rap events that year looks like this: 1. Lil' Wayne released The Carter III; 2. See No. 1 — 2010 was a renaissance.
It was grand on a macro scale, as Jay-Z redefined the "Rapper as Businessman" role; Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty revolutionized the Southern rap sound; Eminem sold a billion copies of Recovery; The Roots' How I Got Over made you forget they work for Jimmy Fallon; and Nicki Minaj was unleashed.
Then Kanye West topped them all with his G.O.O.D. Friday music series, which was eventually copied by the entire music industry, and released the transcendent, splendid My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
It was also grand on a micro scale.
Trae's feud with 97.9 The Box dominated the headlines in Houston. Though the rapper's lawsuit against the radio station was dropped, the Box's ban on his music has remained firmly in place; in fact, we are nearing something like month 16 of the embargo.
As such, Trae scrapped the release of a proper album this year and focused his energies on You Can't Ban Tha Truth, an unrelenting, scathing (but somehow not ill-tempered) indictment of The Box. He prosecuted everybody from corporate folk to his contemporaries, chastising the former for hollowing out rap's heart and the latter for their lack of vigor. He sprinted enthusiastically into martyrdom, without fear or concern, and registered the year's best, most important Houston rap album.
Bun B's Trill OG received a perfect five-mike rating from The Source, and everyone called phooey. It is a very good, but not transcendent, album, people said, and its designation as a classic smelled far too much like a make-up call.
Somehow, despite being arguably the most important rap group to come from the South in the history of time, UGK never received five mikes. Neither had Bun or Pimp C's previous solo joints.
Bun was gracious and proud, which is how he appears to handle every situation, but kept on his hustle same as he's been doing his entire life. Do you realize that he, the elder statesman of Houston hip-hop, had the busiest year of all?
Bun did a countless number of guest verses, released a proper album, a mixtape that wasn't a mixtape, became a college professor and signed an endorsement deal or two. Nutsos.
In addition to releasing a good if at times self-contradictory album, Tha Thug Show, Slim Thug discovered Twitter and everyone's life immediately became dull and boring in comparison. Lil' Flip, long forgotten en masse, released an avalanche of mixtapes, with a couple of them deserving thoughtful critique and analysis that never came.
The increasingly private and intriguing Chamillionaire popped his head out of his hole seemingly only to release Mixtape Messiah 7 and explain why his house being foreclosed wasn't really that big of a deal. People made fun of him until he explained why he let it go through foreclosure — a story that involves his son, his mother, cancer and a certain amount of guilt — and then everyone felt like a dick.
Z-Ro was quiet, mostly. His Heroin was, without question, one of the year's biggest disappointments, but he began to rumble back to life as the winter months approached.
Devin the Dude did what Devin the Dude does, release albums that people always overlook. Paul Wall did what a lot of people assumed he couldn't, release an album that showcased his preternatural ability to blend wit and Southern-rap charm into the same thing.
Scarface managed to release a mixtape that probably wasn't as good as everyone hoped it would be. And Mike Jones is still missing.
But if Houston rap belonged to anyone this year, it was the underclassmen. It seemed like everyone — everyone — released at least one tape worth talking about.
J-Dawg, now just a notch below A-Lister, affirmed his tag as Houston's Next Big Rap Star on Behind Tint Vol. 2, an overwhelmingly legitimate gangster-rap album. When he opened for Young Jeezy at the Arena Theatre in August, he very nearly ripped a hole in the moon with his ferocity.
Trae's younger brother Jay'Ton released a tape of his own, highlighted by the menacing "Hood Wired Up," which had the hood wired up, as it were. Yung Redd continued to wander around in purgatory right alongside K-Rino, endlessly overlooked and underappreciated.
Scooby announced he was going to release his first solo tape and nobody anywhere thought he could carry a project on his narrow shoulders. The D. Coleman Mixtape, though, verified what he had been telling everyone on Twitter: When focused, he possessed the talent to work his name into the upper echelon of Houston rappers.
Hollywood Floss, B L A C K I E and Fat Tony continued their respective treks towards the top of Underground Rap Mountain, as not enough nice things can ever be said about any of their live shows. Joining them along the way were the bombastic Yves of The Niceguys and Preemo, currently the most unexpected force in the scene.
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Kyle Hubbard and Propain, wow. Welcome back, Nosaprise. Kirko Bangz's"What Yo' Name Iz" showed that what he lacks in sentence structure he makes up for in commercial viability. D-Risha, Lux and Les went wildly underrated and underreported on, as did Eskabel, Thurogood Wordsmith, Young Sensation, John Dew, Dirty & Nasty and Virgo & Montana (the latter is a fantastic videographer, too). hasHBrown is capable of monster production.
All chimed in with work that not only deserves a listen but merits more insightful discussion and deliberation than the footnote status they just got. And that's not even the whole of it.
The residue of candy paint and sippin' syrup and grills, grills, grills appears to be officially gone now, relegated to little more than "Hey, Remember When?" punchline chatter these days. Stagnation is gone. Creativity is back.
Mark it down: 2011 is going to be a monster.


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The Campaign To Stop Killer Robots, which is a coalition of 51 organisations from 24 countries, has made the argument on the eve of a meeting which will begin at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday.
It will be the first multilateral meeting on the future of such weapons.
The group has called for an international treaty banning the research and development of killer robots before technology moves too far forward.
To coincide with this intervention Human Rights Watch - one of the group's founding members - has released a report claiming that autonomous robots would violate basic human rights.
It concluded: "Deficiencies in judgement, compassion, and capacity to identify with human beings could lead to arbitrary killing of civilians during law enforcement of armed conflict operations.
"Robots could not be punished, and superior officers, programmers and manufacturers would all be likely to escape liability.
"Finally, as machines, fully autonomous weapons could not comprehend or respect the inherent dignity of human beings."
The debate in Geneva will take place during an informal gathering of experts on the fringes of the well-established UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
A report of the debate will then be presented at a later meeting in November.
The argument for autonomous robots tends to centre around the ability to spare the lives of soldiers or others putting themselves in the way of the enemy.
So far, drones are the closest the world has come to autonomous weapons, however they have never operated free of human control.