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Richard Dawkins lends voice to atheist opera
Richard Dawkins is making his operatic debut in a new 90-minute work by University of Manchester lecturer Dr Kevin Malone.
'Mysterious 44' is based on The Mysterious Stranger, the unfinished final novel by Huckleberry Finn writer Mark Twain.
The Mysterious Stranger follows the meeting of three boys with Satan, an encounter that leads them to question superstition and religion.
Dr Malone wrote the narrative, libretto and music for Mysterious 44, which will be premiered to celebrate the launch of Manchester Opera Project at the Hallé orchestra's new home, St Peter's in Ancoats.
"Although it is not meant as an antireligious opera, it does argue for an approach to understanding the world which is based on science and reason, over superstition," said Dr Malone.
"It's a story of religious murder, deception, corruption, superstition, genocide, and a mysterious stranger who leads a lad away from it all to start a life of secular compassion."
Four live singers will be accompanied by video animation, a surround-sound electronic score and singing computer. Dawkins will voice the alter-protagonist, August.
The opera has received funding from the Arts Council England and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. Money from the latter will be used to film the show and distribute it more widely in schools and on YouTube.
Dr Malone said he was "delighted" Dawkins had agreed to take part.
"I became an atheist because the Bible is open to interpretation and can therefore be abused," said Dr Malone.
"Science is more exact and objective so when science is proven wrong, it is easily swept away and replaced with something better – unlike the Bible."


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Calculate the basic and diluted EPS for 2013.
On December 31, 2013 Ramon Corp has 500,000 oustanding common shares and 62,000 shares of $100 par value 6% cumulative preferred stock. They had the following tranactions occur in 2014: March 1, issued 75,000 new shares of common stock June 1, declared and distributed a 5% stock dividend Oct 1, purchased 50,000 treasury shares At the end of the year, there were fully vested executive options for the purchase of 40,000 shares with an exercise price of $28 and an average market price of $39. Also, they have $2 million in bonds paying 4% convertible into 100,000 common shares (adjusted for the stock dividend). Net Income: $1,200,000 & tax rate is 40%. Calculate the basic and diluted EPS for 2013. Are there any dilutions, if any, in this equity structure?
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Electric cars are a fantastic innovation. No pollution, no fossil fuel consumption, and the government even gives you a tax break for owning one. The sticking point for widespread adoption of electric cars has, thus far, been the batteries that power the vehicles. Most batteries aren't good for more than 100 miles of travel, and that at a fairly sedate pace of around 50 mph.
Israeli startup Phinergy claims to have a solution to the battery conundrum. The company's metal-air battery system uses aluminum, air (specifically oxygen) and water to create battery which, according to Phinergy, can power an electronic car for up to 1,000 miles.
"Phinergy's technology has made it possible for the world to enjoy the vast advantages of metal-air." said Aviv Tzidon, Phinergy founder and CEO. "[The technology offers] Ultra high energy density, zero CO2 emission, sustainability, fully recyclable materials."
The metal-air battery works by using aluminum plate as the anode, and normal air flow as the cathode. The aluminum deteriorates over time as its molecules combine with oxygen to produce energy. According to the company, a single aluminum plate in the battery can provide enough power for around 20 miles of travel, and each battery contains 50 plates.
Below you'll find a video about the battery.
Source: Green Car Reports


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No one would blame John Baldwin Gourley if he never listened to oldies again. That's all the frontman of Portugal. The Man listened to when he was growing up — at least until he was old enough to drive himself.
Despite this over-saturation, the classics stuck with Gourley. And last summer, six years after leaving his home in Wasilla, Alaska, to pursue music full-time, he picked up a Beatles songbook and began to learn how to play chord-based songs, rather than the riff-based ones he'd taught himself. Fittingly, Gourley dedicated the songs he ended up writing — which will appear on the outfit's new record, Censored Colors — to his parents, and to the stories they told him during those long sub-arctic days in rural Alaska when the radio didn't pick up much in the way of stations. "The whole thought of the record is based on how I had been brought up," Gourley explains. "My family is fully about love and respect and supporting the people that can be supported and helping others that can be helped."
Their impact, however profound, is subtle. Listening to the new record, it's easier to detect the Fab Four's influence on Gourley's songwriting. Rather than just rehashing vintage influences, he and his bandmates have expanded their sensibilities and their sound — which was already pretty broad, with its splashes of soul, indie and Southern rock, and ambient music. The wild, experimental riffage, frantic rhythm section and unmistakable vocals that have defined Portugal. The Man is still intact; it's just enhanced. "We sat down and decided that we have to make this record and we have to do it kind of quick," Gourley notes. "So that's when the chord-based songwriting really came into play.
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"I never wanted it to be a parody or a joke," he stresses.
No worries there. Creating music with Beatlesque bases — a trick that more than a few bands have copped to and some have even pulled off — might have been exactly what they needed to move ahead. The new songs are, as Gourley puts it, "more structured than anything else we've done."
That's impressive, considering the quality of the music that Portugal. The Man has already made. The act formed from the ashes of Anatomy of a Ghost, a post-hardcore band that Gourley formed with childhood friend and bassist Zach Carothers. The two had been working on songs for Portugal. The Man since 2004, but still, the minor-keyed and drum-machined Waiter: You Vultures!, released in 2006, came as a shock to many of those familiar with the pair's earlier work, since it was a total left turn from the three-guitar, angsty attack of their first band. By the time Portugal. The Man released its follow-up, 2007's southern-rock tinged Church Mouth, drummer Jason Sechrist had been added to the lineup; keyboardist Ryan Neighbors came aboard soon after the album's release. By then, the band had started acquiring a rabid live following, built on a kind of encouraged anarchy.
"We'd have whoever we were touring with just come up and jam with us," says Gourley, "and let them do whatever they wanted." Once Sechrist and Neighbors became permanent members of the band, the guys dialed back the craziness, perhaps inspired by seeing how powerful their tour mates were in Minus the Bear.
The uniting factor in all of this experimentation has been Gourley's voice. One of the most beautiful alt-rock falsettos this side of Jim James, it just keeps getting better. Although James and his band, My Morning Jacket, hail from Louisville, Kentucky, which is about as far as you can get from Alaska, the two acts do share some similarities otherwise: Both sport sort of odd, bearded front men, have a tendency to jam, create studio works that differ quite a bit from their live shows, and have put out at least one record that's a weird version of southern rock (It Still Moves for MMJ, Church Mouth for P.TM). But there's one very notable distinction. Whereas James seems to be moving towards obscuring the natural qualities of his voice ("Highly Suspicious" off of My Morning Jacket's new record is a prime example), the new Portugal. The Man record is a swing towards slowing the music down and letting Gourley's voice do its work.
And Gourley's lyrics, which have always been thought-provoking if not wholly comprehensible, now seem distilled into the truly simple but powerful feelings that underlie them. "I guess in all fairness to the other records, I've always tried to write choruses," Gourley explains. "I've always tried to write lyrics that make sense. But I thought it really had to make sense and fit with my parents' views."
The new record does more than that. Both the lyrics and the music fit together in a vision of how to both respect and outgrow a tradition. "We put together a plan that said that the first half would be our take on '60s and '70s pop music, broken-up songs and more structured than anything we've ever done," Gourley reveals. "The second half would be the blending and joining of all the sounds we've heard growing up and throughout our lives...it makes sense that it flows as one solid piece."
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Creating a six-song suite to end the record? That was flirting with pretense. As it turns out, though, Portugal. The Man pulls it off far more successfully than many '70s bands with the same grandiose ideas ever did. The resulting album, Censored Colors, which the outfit financed itself (thus the incentive to keep the recording time down to two and a half weeks), will be released on Equal Vision in September and will feature, as usual, Gourley's artwork adorning the cover. The focus on keeping things in-house matches up with the unassuming approach that has saved the band's penchant for experimentation from the start. "I believe fully in just walking into the studio," declares Gourley, "and whatever sounds best, you just do it."
Well, not exactly whatever.
"There was another plan going into the studio," Gourley confesses, "and it's hilarious to look back on now, with the amount of time we had....What we originally wanted to do was put together a record and send it to somebody in dub sound to mix and do crazy delays and reverbs on it afterwards, though obviously we have no connections in dub whatsoever."
Sounds like someone's reached the latter half of the Beatles catalogue.


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Georgia Perimeter College,the third largest institution of the University System of Georgia, seeks a visionary and well-qualified nurse educator who will provide exceptional leadership for its Division of Health Sciences. The review of applications begins immediately.
The Opportunity
The Dean of Health Sciences has oversight for the Nursing and Dental Hygiene departments and the Allied Health Programs at the college. An advocate for the Department Chairs and faculty, the Dean reports to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
The Dean works with the Health Sciences Department Chairs and faculty to maintain high academic standards in the course offerings. Other responsibilities include evaluating the Department Chairs, and overseeing of their evaluations of faculty.
In coordination with the Department Chairs and faculty in the Health Sciences Division, the Dean is responsible for managing resources and for overseeing the budget of all departments. In addition to serving as the liaison between GPC and external organizations, the Dean collaborates with the College's Grants and Sponsored programs, Institutional Advancement, and community initiatives to obtain external funding.
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Qualified candidates will have a doctorate from an accredited college or university in a health science, science, or higher education field, and a minimum of five years of full-time, progressively responsible administrative experience in a health field or in higher education. Candidates must be SACS qualified to teach in the Nursing program at the college, which is a minimum of 18 semester or 27 quarter graduate hours in Nursing.
Experience in college or university setting with knowledge of assessment and external professional accreditation is preferred.
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The Dean travels between campuses to perform required duties, attend meetings, and fulfill other responsibilities. The Dean also must have the ability to receive detailed information from others through oral communication and to interact with people in person, on the phone, by e-mail, and in writing. Some work in the evenings and on weekends is required.
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Georgia Perimeter College, a multi‐campus, non‐residential higher education institution, serves diverse populations of traditional and nontraditional students in Greater Metropolitan Atlanta. Placing learning first, the College provides accessible and affordable high-quality undergraduate credit and non‐credit programs for students seeking to complete an associate degree, transfer to a senior college or university, prepare for immediate entry into a career, pursue personal goals or enhance current workplace skills.
The curriculum specializes in liberal arts and professional preparation and promotes international and intercultural understanding. The College also serves the broader community as an educational, cultural, and economic resource.
Georgia Perimeter College is one of America's fastest-growing, metropolitan two-year colleges. As the third-largest institution in the University System of Georgia, GPC has four campus locations - Clarkston, Decatur, Dunwoody and Newton - plus one center in Alpharetta. The College has the most diverse student population in the state with almost 24,000 students representing 157 countries.
Award-winning faculty teach Georgia Perimeter College students in small classes. Thirty faculty members have received the National Teaching Excellence Award since 2001, and Georgia Perimeter College has 18 Governor's Teaching Fellows, the largest number in Georgia since 2001.
The institution has 37 Transfer Admission Guarantees (TAGs) with four-year institutions. These agreements guarantee Georgia Perimeter College students seats at some of the best institutions in the state. Research shows 60 percent of Georgia Perimeter College's students transfer to four-year colleges.
In 2008, Atlanta Magazine ranked GPC #18 in its article of the "Top 40 Best Places to Work." It was the only institution of higher learning that made the top 40 list.
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The Division of Health Sciences includes the Departments of Nursing and Dental Hygiene and four programs in Allied Health.
The Nursing and Dental Hygiene programs are designed for students who wish to prepare for a career through a short, intensive, specialized study with general education. Both programs lead to Associate of Science degrees. The College has 6,000 pre-nursing students. In 2012-2013, the College's Department of Health Sciences had 905 students, with 195 in Dental Hygiene and 706 in Nursing. The Dental Hygiene program is located on the College's Dunwoody Campus, and the Nursing program is offered on the Clarkston and Dunwoody campuses and online.
The Dental Hygiene Program prepares graduates to provide delegated services consisting of scaling and polishing natural and restored teeth; exposing, processing, and mounting dental radiographs; providing preventive services; and planning educational experiences for individuals and groups. The American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation approves the curriculum, which includes both general educational and professional dental hygiene courses. Satisfactorily completing all program requirements qualifies students to apply for the Dental Hygiene National Board Examination and individual State Board Exams for licensure.
GPC's Nursing program is approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing and is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Graduates of this program are eligible to take the NCLEX examination for registered nurses. Since 2003, the College's annual pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination has been 95 percent and above, and GPC nursing graduates are highly sought by metro Atlanta hospitals. Students who desire to continue their education may transfer credits to a number of institutions of higher learning in Georgia.
The Georgia Perimeter College Nursing Department also offers an LPN to RN Bridge Program, which upon completion, confers an Associate Degree in Nursing.
GPC also offers four associate degrees in Allied Health that fulfill part of the requirements for the Georgia Regents University's four-year Health Sciences degree:
--Health Sciences with a Concentration in Health Information Administration
--Health Sciences with a Concentration in Medical Technology
--Health Sciences with a Concentration in Radiologic Sciences
--Health Sciences with a Concentration in Respiratory Therapy
These Associate of Science degrees constitute the first two years of a four-year Allied Health degree that must be completed at Georgia Regents University. Students who earn a GPA of at least 3.0 are given preferential consideration for admission to these highly competitive programs at GRU.
The University System of Georgia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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Confidential inquiries are welcomed and nominations are invited. They should include the name, current position, e-mail address, and phone number of the individual being nominated.
Application materials should include a cover letter addressing how the candidate's experiences match the position requirements, a resume, and contact information for at least four references.
Review of applications begins immediately.
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I am proud to introduce the official debut of my first product: Beyond Words: The art of body language and physical escalation. Vercetti, Mr. M, and myself worked for over a year on this product and we're happy to finally release it. It is going to be the quintessential body language home study course and includes guest presentations from Keychain and 5.0 who are some of the best instructors in the world for body language. In fact, I purposely made sure that if I was going to release a product on body language, something I've studied for years, I wanted to make sure that I had the best guys in the world to help me. This is that product.
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Soundman creates a very interesting situation for the viewer to get involved in. Pére does a great job as Igby, bringing him to life as a sort of modern Everyman of working life. He's is likable yet flawed; on the one hand, I wanted everything to work out for him, yet on the other hand I was appalled by how badly he was screwing things up. It's an ambivalence that grows deeper as the movie develops, and by the end it leaves the viewer with a situation that can't be tidily categorized as win or lose, good or bad, but only in shades of gray. Without spoiling anything, I can assure you that Soundman has a definitely non-Hollywood plot, one that has you genuinely unsure what is going to happen. Yet it's not a "twist" ending; it proceeds naturally from the events of the film, while at the same time the story could have developed in a variety of alternative ways.
The supporting cast is also strong; it's easy to believe that these people have lives and stories of their own apart from their relationship with Igby; the conclusion of Igby's story doesn't necessarily wrap up any loose ends in their lives. Along with developing the characters, Soundman evokes a vivid image of the city of Los Angeles, with its frantic, non-stop traffic, its street people, its noise and ceaseless activity. In this city are the people who have the power and connections to make a difference in Igby's life, if he can only connect up with them... but his efforts to do so are as maddening as negotiating a maze of dead-end streets. The dark side of city life is presented more and more as the story develops, paralleling Igby's mental state as well as being the logical setting for each scene.
All in all, Soundman is very polished and well put together; the cinematography, for instance, is imaginative and includes interesting shots that convey the characters' mental and emotional states very effectively by, for instance, focusing on a single object like a vase falling to the ground and smashing. Director Steven Ho also handles the tone of the film skillfully, balancing a generally serious tone with a wry sense of humor. We may smile at Igby in his predicaments, but it's in empathy for him and for the situation; it highlights, rather than defuses, the effectiveness of the dramatic elements in the story.
Soundman is presented in non-anamorphic widescreen at its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The image is almost entirely free of noise, and I didn't notice much by way of edge enhancement. The color palette includes a lot of browns and grays, but brighter colors like blue skies, Igby's golden car, and occasional brighter clothing colors are nicely vivid, and look accurate; skin tones also look natural. Contrast is generally satisfactory throughout the film, with daylight scenes looking the best, and darker scenes challenging the contrast somewhat; in indoor scenes we do get a touch of grain occasionally. The main fault of the transfer is that it's not anamorphically enhanced, which would have improved the overall image quality quite a bit.
In comparing the video quality of the trailer to that of the movie itself, it looks like Vanguard has taken the commendable step of cleaning up the print before transferring it to DVD. The comparison shows that the transfer has an improvement in both overall color fidelity and contrast. I hope that future Vanguard releases will follow this trend.
Soundman is presented in Dolby 2.0, which does a satisfactory job of conveying the soundtrack. The track could have benefited from having surround available, but in the 2.0 format it's still pleasing to hear. Sound quality as a whole is good, with dialogue clear and natural-sounding. The diegetic music is handled well (there are several violin pieces played by Juliet), though the volume of the regular background music is not as balanced with the rest of the soundtrack as I'd like.
The Soundman DVD is respectable in the special features department, with a full audio commentary track from the director along with a trailer for the film. The description on the back of the DVD case is misleading, though: it claims to feature a "director's intro" (possibly meaning the commentary track) and outtakes, which are in fact not included on the disc.
Straightforward menu navigation isn't the DVD's high point. Skipping the FBI warning takes you to "Chapter 1," which is the trailer; this is disconcerting since it starts out the same way as the actual movie, so it might be a moment before you realize that what you're watching is a preview. Hitting "menu" then takes you to the special features menu, from which you can backtrack to the main menu and finally play the movie.
Final thoughts
The beauty of an independent film is that it has the liberty to be different, and Soundman is a perfect example of a well-crafted independent movie: it's entertaining and engaging, while taking the viewer on a trip that goes in some unexpected directions. I enjoyed it quite a bit and certainly recommend it.


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JOHANNESBURG — A newborn died yesterday as he was being rushed from a rural government clinic shut down by South Africa's civil service strike, an example of the costs of an action that has hit hospitals, schools, and courts across the country.
On the second day of the strike, Mpho Gabane, health department spokesman in the eastern province of Mpumalanga, said the baby's mother had gone to the clinic in labor and experiencing complications, and found no nurses or doctors. The woman was being taken by ambulance to another clinic, but gave birth on the way. Gabane blamed the strike for the baby's death.
"We say outright this is related to the strike because had she been attended to earlier the child could have been saved,'' Gabane said.
The Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, called for the government and workers to come together to end the strike quickly, saying people were suffering. Makgoba also called for hospital staff and other essential workers to return to work immediately.
"How do we look at our society and say, 'Let not your hearts be troubled' when patients needing high levels of care are without proper nursing staff and students are told they must provide for their own education?'' he said in a statement.
Ndivhuwo Mabaya, Defense Department spokesman, said army medical staff was deployed to several hospitals around Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal yesterday after the health minister requested assistance.


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The University Libraries will host a "Gallery Walk and Talk" at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in conjunction with the current exhibition "Home Front to Battlefront: Celebrating the Civil War Legacy." The event will be held in the Special Collections Library's Exhibition Hall, 104 Paterno Library. Staff from the Historical Collections and Labor Archives of the Special Collections Library will discuss the creation of the exhibition and its thematic content.
"Home Front to Battlefront: Celebrating the Civil War Legacy" is on display through Oct. 7. This exhibition draws upon a rich array of unique primary source materials, including family letters, diaries, photographic images and much more. It explores themes of slavery and abolitionism, sectionalism, the battlefield experience of the common soldier, health and medical conditions during the war and the construction of cultural memory of the epic conflict. Exhibit hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by appointment.
The gallery talk is free and open to the public. For more information, call James Quigel, head of historical collections and labor archives, at 814-863-3181.


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Om Ganesh Hostel
Welcome to OM Ganesh Hostel & Restaurant.
The 12,10 & 8 Bed dorm price includes. The night before Full Moon all guests are invited to a FREE INDIAN BBQ and on the Full Moon Party Night every guest receives a FREE BUCKET WORTH 250BAHT & FREE BODY PAINT to get their night off to the perfect start. Plus for just 100BAHT guests can buy Full Moon Party T-shirt or vest for their special night. The 14 Bed Dorm price is for bed only - no extras.
Established in Haad Rin, Koh Phangan for over 14 years, we provide quality deluxe hostel beds with excellent facilities to match as well as the best Indian Restaurant on the Island. We also have a roof top terrace where you can view the spectacular sunsets and take those picture postcard photo\\\\\\\'s.
Haad Rin of course, is home to now world famous Full Moon Party and our Hostel & Restaurant is right in the heart of the action.
Located just 2 minutes walk from Haad Rin Pier and 25 minutes drive from Thongsala Pier, we are ideally situated for your Koh Phangan Experience.
Haad Rin though offers much more than the Full Moon Party and with recent set-up of the Haad Rin Business Association, full moon beach is now looking fabulous. The money collected by the association on Full Moon night has been spent on making the village of Haad Rin a safe place to come and a very clean place to come.
There are two Half Moon parties each month plus, Jungle Experience Party, Sramanora Waterfall Party, Guy Bar, Eden Garden, Pirates Bar & the relaxing Recovery Room in Ban Tai.
Of course every hostel has rules and we would ask you to read ours so you fully aware of the standards we maintain at the property.
- No smoking in the dorms.
- No sexual relations allowed in the hostel at all ever!
- Minimum stay at Full Moon 5 nights
- Minimum stay at Xmas and New Year 7 nights
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- 24 Hour Security
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- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
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- Free City Maps
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Hot Showers
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- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
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- Taxes not included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
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This bread is slightly sweet, like some corn breads, and works well as an accompaniment for the island pork tenderloin salad . It also makes a nice island-style tea bread when served in the afternoon with lime marmalade and hibiscus tea.
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- Makes 1 loaf (or 8 servings)
- 4 cups sweetened flaked coconut (10 ounces)
- 2 cups self-rising flour (not cake flour)
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9- by 5- by 3-inch loaf pan, knocking out excess flour.
- Toast and grind coconut:
- Spread 3 cups coconut in a large shallow baking pan (1 inch deep) and toast in middle of oven, stirring occasionally, until evenly golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. (Watch flakes carefully; edges burn quickly.) Cool completely in pan on a rack, about 15 minutes, then grind in a food processor to a coarse meal, about 40 seconds (you will have about 1 1/4 cups). Leave oven on.
- Make batter:
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Honestly saying, a very poor design (html tables, css, some graphics).
Some of the sites have a semi-professional design; I paid for the designs, some better graphics and flash were added.
However, I didn't notice any big improvement on revenues from these re-designed sites.
I am considering paying for a professional re-design on all the sites. Possibly investing three to six months of full net income into this project.
My question: what improvement in income should I expect from these new designs? Do professional designs have a big impact on revenues?
That's what I thought: designers charge too much for a work which is, hummm, a commodity (whereas generating useful unique content is a highly skilled work).
That's why I refrained from keeping investing on design.
But I wonder if going from a really bad design to a really good design could make a significant difference.
But I wonder if going from a really bad design to a really good design could make a significant difference.
Have a look around the site below, it will change the way you think about "presentation" - which is what most people are talking about when they say "design." There are many aspects of "design" as mentioned above - visual design is the least important of all these.
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Visual design is important, IMO, only in that it presents the appropriate environment for the users to solve their problems.
I don't think I'd say that design work is a commodity. The best designers produce very good work, the problem is that a lot of poor designers lose sight of the goal of the site they are working on and think that design in and of itself is what makes a site successful. That has never been true in anything and certainly not in web design.
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first, check on weather there are any fees involved with paying off the loan early. Many creditors have penalties involved with paying off a loan early to compensate for their loss of income from interest you won't be paying. Some are designed to pay off when ever you want. So checkwith the lender on that before going forward so that you know in advance, no one likes that kind of surprise.
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Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania, once the largest country in Europe. With a rough history of wars, occupation and oppression (and that's just the 20th century), it's a city with much history, and one of the largest old towns in Europe. As such, there's plenty to see and do. Let's take a look at the top five sights of Old Town, Vilnius.
The Cathedral
Various forms of a cathedral have stood here since 1251, with the current version since the 17th century. Look for the tile outside in the square with the word "Stebuklas" on it – it means "Miracle" in Lithuanian. Turning in a circle three times while standing on this is said to allow you to have any wish granted.
The Museum of Genocide Victims
Originally housing first the Gestapo and then the KGB, this building has many horrible stories inside, especially in the basement where many prisoners were tortured and executed.
A sobering but essential visit.
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A bit of fun, this district unoffcially declared its independence as a seperate country in 1998, complete with its own army, constitution, president and flag.
Each year on April 1st, you can get your passport 'stamped' by border 'guards' and the area puts on a big party.
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Champions are pleased that George Washington and his army were willing to endure great hardship at Valley Forge in 1778, in order to break away from the Crown. It has been so long ago that it might be easy to take those sacrifices for granted. "No taxation without representation!" That was one of the rallying cries and some think that is the case now when wealthy people buy politicians who then do not work for the betterment of their constituency. The great Scots poet, Robert Burns, was a big fan of Washington and as Scotland prepares to vote on its own independence, his ode for the Generals birthday may be repeated, "A broken chain exulting, bring and dash it in the tyrant's face, and dare him to his very beard, and tell him he no more is feared…They shout A People freed!" The Queen probably has a lot to mull over. The vote is in September. Champions will be paying attention.
Shelby Ward was given a pink violin for her birthday on Valentine's Day. She wants to be in The General's Band. He wants to be sure she does not get too much classical training as he does not want to be 'showed-up.' LaShell Upshaw Bearden had her birthday on the 16th. Her uncle, The General, used peanut butter as a stifling agent when LaShell was little in order to stem her flow of conversation. Trish Davis has her birthday on the 17th. She lives over by Ava and is a health care professional and not married to the Bobby Davis of Willow Springs (whose preliminary hearing date for timber thievery will be set in Douglas County on February 20th), but to another guy by the same name from the Ava area—a nice guy they say. Pete Proctor's birthday is on the 18th. He is a proud Veteran and active in the VFW. The 19th is set aside to remember Pete's mother, dear Ruby Proctor. She had lots of birthdays, a number of charming children, and many friends who miss her dearly. Joana Bell celebrates her birthday on the 21st. There is fun and laughter where ever she goes. Drayson Cline's mother, Staci, was born on the 23rd of February. Drayson is just about to start crawling they say. He has several teeth now and is already better looking than his Papa! Judi Pennington also has a birthday on the 23rd. She had a bear in her yard last year and is just about over the scare. Ell Mae is a great Champion friend. That is not her real name, which is Margaret, but people call her Peg. Her birthday is on the 24th. That is Arne Arhnstat's birthday too, but folks figure that must be his real name. Find him in the garden year round. Emma Evans is a 6th grade student at Skyline. Her birthday is also on the 24th. Birthdays might be more exciting when a person is in the 6th grade, but Emma might find out that they just get better and better the more of them a person has!
The Thursday bluegrass jam at Vanzant went on without Sue Murphy as she and Duane (Murphy) went off to see their granddaughter play basketball that evening. That is another wonderful kind of fun. No reports have been circulated of any untoward behavior on Thursday, so it is generally figured that the jam was its usual success. Warmer weather will find more Champions there in the future. There was a report of a great success by Morgan Whitaker. She won second place in the Rogersville Archery Tournament. Congratulations are due to Morgan and to the fine Skyline Archery program. There are more accolades to share as Mike Upshaw's play, "The End Came in Spring," is to be presented at the Stained Glass Theatre in Ozark. The show will run between April 24th and May 24th. It is very exciting to see some talent in that family! A tour around the internet reveals that during the first week of the performance a DVD will be made and will be available for sale and available to those who may not be able to go to the theatre or to those who just want to see it again and again. Bravo!
Catherine Mallernee of Kimberling City wrote that she was interested in the letter from Ethel McCallie where she mentioned that she was related to Doyles and Dickersons around Mansfield and Macomb. Catherine's mother was a Doyle and she looks forward to a visit with Ethel about family. All the connections have been made so they can get together. Catherine received an email and Ethel will get her information on a Champion post card. Be advised: it now takes 34 cents to mail a postcard.
The Skyline Auxiliary meeting on the 12th was most productive and enjoyable. Guests and now active new members, Diane and Jerry Wilbanks and Star Peters, have joined right in to help make the upcoming fund raiser a success. They will be baking pies, chopping onions and finding good items for the silent auction. Karen Griswold has used her good organization skills to create a task list that is one sheet of paper front and back that covers every aspect of the affair. It is still a lot of hard work but the smoothness of the operation makes it a pleasure. It is always a joy to see people out and about again after a lot of bad weather. They get together for a good time with good food, good music and all for a good cause.
"Trolling" is a technique for fishing. It also describes a pricking devise for use in conversation when one makes a deliberately provocative statement with the aim of inciting an angry response. That is exactly what one distant Champion submits happened in The Champion News recently when the unseemly word "ignoramus" was applied to the provocateur. The troller is now perceived to have been the victor in the exchange and the frustrated writer diminished in equal measure. This is a valuable lesson. Perhaps the tables will turn and he will be called a "Teabillie" who is whimpering about how the cold snap proves global warming is not real. Is that provocative enough?
"Groundhog Day," the movie, was recently compared to "It's a Wonderful Life" as one of those timeless pieces of film that helps to define the American experience. Filmography aside, a Champion astutely points out that Mr. Potter still had the $8,000.00 at the end of the movie! George Bailey was saved from committing suicide by Clarence the angel and had the wonderful knowledge that the world was a much better place with him in it. The townspeople gathered in support of George and among them came up with the necessary funds. The Champion suggests that this is very much going on today. The banking industry is in the robbery business with no regulations or sanctions and the poor people have to come up with do re mi again and again.
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Hi All,
We have a volume management product on Win2k8 R2, in which we are moving a volume state from RW online to Offline state.
There was some IO operation performed on the volume before the volume state was moved to Offline state.
We executed the following steps to move the volume from RW to Offline state :-
1. Get a handle to the volume
2. Flush the volume (NtFlushBuffersFile)
3. Lock the volume (FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME)
4. Dismount the volume (FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME)
5. Move the state of the volume to RO state (IOCTL_VOLUME_OFFLINE)
6. Unlock the volume (FSCTL_UNLOCK_VOLUME)
But after moving the volume to offline state, intermittently we getting the following 2 NTFS event viewer messages:-
Ntfs 57 (2) The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur.
Ntfs 137 (2) The default transaction resource manager on volume D: encountered a non-retryable error and could not start. The data contains the error code.
Can you please suggest, if we are missing any steps before marking the volume offline because of which NTFS resource manager (TxF)is generating the error message ?
Thanks in advance,
-Vipul.Friday, March 25, 2011 9:50 AM
It would be best to configure the sources as 0xFF in the registry for right now. One thing you should make sure of is that the tracefmt.exe file you are using matches your processor architecture. Both the x86 and x64 versions are shipped with the Windows SDK.
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Hi Vipul,
Would you be able to gather some tracing data for this?
The following KB article also indicates a similiar issue:
DustinSaturday, March 26, 2011 1:32 AMModerator
Hi Dustin,
I went through the KB article related to NTFS error 57. But in our case we are not briefly taken the volume offline after the volume arrival pnp event.
Infact , we are getting the NTFS error after taking the volume offline.
As directed, i had enabled the MSDTC logging for all the sources with level 1 & for some sources with level 4 (TRACE_KTMRM , etc..)
I have uploaded the logs at the following location :-
It will be really kind of you if you can analyze the logs and give further direction for troubleshooting.
-Vipul.Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:13 AM
Hi Vipul,
None of the log files had anything interesting in them. Each log file was either empty or had only the following:
Did you shut down the DTC service after reproducing the error so it flushed the logs? I noticed dtctrace.log has no events in it. Also the msdtcvtr.bat file included in your zip had unreadable characters at the end of it that prevented it from working. Maybe there was a problem with the zip?Wednesday, March 30, 2011 6:56 PMModerator
Thanks Dustin for taking a look at the log files.
Following are the things that i have tried :-
1. I had restarted the DTC service before reproducing the problem but had made sure that the msdtc service was running.
2. I verified the msdtcvtr.bat on the test machine, but it is containing the extra spaces as you mention at the end of the file.
3. I tried to parse the log file using the steps mentioned in the following article :-
but there is an error in errortrace.txt saying :- "Cannot open logfile for reading". (i made sure to stop & start a new session and use the previous session trace file)
Dustin, i have a doubt :-
For now, to capture a new set of logs on the test setup , i have just set the tracing option using comexp.msc & no registry setting. Should this be fine ?
-Vipul.Monday, April 04, 2011 9:46 AM
It would be best to configure the sources as 0xFF in the registry for right now. One thing you should make sure of is that the tracefmt.exe file you are using matches your processor architecture. Both the x86 and x64 versions are shipped with the Windows SDK.
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Thanks a lot Dustin for the followup & prompt replies on the forum.
For now, we have taken up the case with msdn support. ( REG:111041247690201 )
-Vipul.Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:49 PM
Hi Vipul,
Has your issue been solved by the msdn support? Can we go ahead and close this thread?
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Have you seen your profession change in the four years you've been in it? "I've seen — I can't even count the number of — outstanding teachers that are veteran teachers that have said, 'The heck with this. This is not why I got into this.' They have literally been harassed out of the profession." By whom? "By administrators, by the district. Administrators were instructed, and all of them have in their office a copy of a book — I don't know the exact name of it, but I believe it's something to the effect of On the Edge — and it's written for corporate executives, and the premise of the book is that you should fire two or three people a year to keep everybody else on edge. And that's what the district did. There was a principal at Roosevelt several years ago that had a heart attack, that was stressed from all this. I don't think the district understands the difference between fear and respect. People are afraid, but they don't respect the district."
What do you think of Superintendent Bersin? "Honestly, I think it is ludicrous that he is in this profession at all. Even more so, Gray Davis has placed him on the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Here's a man who's never taught a day in his life who's determining the standards by which we become teachers? It's a joke. In my opinion, we are stepping stones for him to the governor's mansion or the White House."
What do you think of the Blueprint for Student Success? "Well, my school is specifically exempted from the Blueprint, even though we have the lowest test scores in the entire county. So we don't get the 20-to-1 and 15-to-1 class size that the other focus schools get." Why are you exempt? "That I don't know, and I have been trying to find that out. The school I teach at is in Clairemont, but the kids are bused in from Sherman, Logan, Kennedy, King, Brooklyn, Perkins, pretty much the Southeastern barrio schools. They're bused into Clairemont, you know, 15 or 20 miles away from their parents. They're there for one year, so there's no buy-in. So I've seen kids grow to hate reading and hate coming to school. And teachers, you know, learn to hate it. The first years of the Blueprint, there was no real plan. There were all these consultants and nobody really knew what they were doing. They kind of made it up as they went along. We'd say, 'What do you mean by "shared reading"?' and the people that the district had trained could not tell me. They just kept saying, 'Go deep, go deep.' Well, please explain what you mean by 'go deep.' I think it's a joke. If I had listened to the district as much as they would have liked me to, I would have been much less of a teacher. So it's almost as if one has to feel guilty about properly teaching, but you have to be sneaky about doing it."
How many days were you out last year for professional development, in-service training? "Oh, gosh, days total? I'd say at least 10 to 15." Were they helpful? "Not at all. They were redundant, and they were substandard. This woman, Catherine Casey, who is the district's reading guru — I think this woman's a joke. I went to one training with her, and I'll never go to another one. She came with Tony Alvarado from New York."
How many are in your class? "Right now I have 29." What's the projection for next year? "Well, see, MacDowell is closing, which I think is a very good idea, because to me my school is nothing but bused racism. My kids come from south of I-8 but the school is north of I-8, and we don't have the resources the other kids north of I-8 have. And in fact, the schools they come from have far better resources than MacDowell. We are kind of like a dumping zone. A lot of times we get misbehavior problems from other schools. A lot of issues with gangs, with students fighting. Sexual assaults. I had a boy this year — 12-year-old boy — masturbate on the bus and wipe it on the girls when he finished. To me, that's sexual assault. This happens all the time. We've had boys expose themselves to the girls, on a more frequent basis than I would imagine is even possible. That's the sort of thing I want to get through to my boys: 'Look, this girl is not your sexual object, and if she says no that means no, and you whipping it out and playing with it and when you're finished with it wiping it on her, that's assault.' Honestly, if I had a daughter and a boy did that to her, we wouldn't have to deal with contacting the police, or, for that matter, use the ambulance. Just call the coroner. I'm serious. If some of the parents knew what was going on in the schools, the way their sons and daughters are being treated, it's just horrible."
How about your relationship with your principal? How would you describe it? "In no way collaborative. As union representative, I requested at the beginning of the year that we sit down together once a month, whether everything is going smoothly or not, just to sit down and say, 'What needs to be addressed?' and she didn't think that was necessary. I spoke to Chris Moran from the Union-Tribune about a boycott at my school — the parents boycotted it because they didn't feel the kids were safe — and I was written up for that, for contacting the media. So now I'm very, very cautious. Not answering my phone during school hours or anything like that. I guess we cordially despise one another. I respect her position, but as far as her performance, it's very difficult to follow someone you don't believe. And I've most definitely been harassed for using my First Amendment rights — whether it's speaking to parents, or speaking to the media, or speaking to other teachers, or speaking to the kids."


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December 31, 2011
Boston College team demonstrates nanonet-based heterostructure strategy for high-performance Li-ion cathode materials; high-power and high-capacity vanadium oxide electrode
Using a highly conductive two-dimensional TiSi2 nanonet technology they had earlier developed, a team from Boston College has synthesized a vanadium oxide (V2O5)-based cathode material that demonstrates a specific capacity of 350 mAh/g, a power rate of 14.5 kW/kg, and capacity retention of 78% after 9,800 cycles of repeated charge/discharge. In a paper published in the journal ACS Nano, they note that these results demonstrate "a cathode material significantly better than V2O5 of other morphologies."
The strategy of having multiple components at the nanoscale—heteronanostructures—offers a critical advantage of achieving desired electronic and ionic properties on the same material by tailoring the constituent components, the team suggests in its paper.
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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world's most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide
With Iran's current threat to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to sanctions as a backdrop, the US Energy Information Agency issued an update to its "World Oil Transit Chokepoint" brief (earlier post), noting that "Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint due to its daily oil flow of almost 17 million barrels in 2011, up from between 15.5-16.0 million bbl/d in 2009-2010. Flows through the Strait in 2011 were roughly 35 percent of all seaborne traded oil, or almost 20 percent of oil traded worldwide."
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China's State Grid and BYD launch 36 MWh battery system for grid energy storage
BYD and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) have finished construction on what may be the world's largest battery energy storage station. This large utility-scale project, located in Zhangbei, Hebei Province, combines 140 MW of renewable energy generation (both wind and solar), 36 MWh of energy storage and a smart power transmission system.
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California gasoline consumption declined 2.1% in September, 2.0% in Q3; diesel consumption Up 7.0% in September and 6.6% in Q3
In California, gasoline consumption decreased 2.0% in the third quarter 2011 and declined 2.1% in September, according to figures from the state Board of Equalization. Diesel fuel consumption increased 6.6% in the third quarter and rose 7.0% in September compared to last year.
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California ARB witholding enforcement of LCFS post Federal Court injunction; appealing and seeking stay of injunction; Judge O'Neill's 3 rulings
On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) (Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene). (Earlier post.) One of the court's rulings preliminarily enjoins the California Air Resources Board (ARB) from enforcing the LCFS regulation during the pendency of the litigation.
On Friday (30 December), ARB issued a short statement that it intends to appeal these rulings and will seek an order staying the preliminary injunction. However, as long as the injunction remains in effect, ARB will withhold enforcement of the LCFS requirements, including enforcement of requirements described in a newly issued supplemental regulatory advisory.
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December 30, 2011
UK awards 46 new licenses to explore for oil and gas in North Sea
UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry set out his hopes for a "prosperous 2012" in the oil and gas sector, as he awarded 46 new licences to explore for oil and gas in the North Sea.
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Shanghai OnStar launches Mobile Application II for smartphone-based turn-by-turn navigation
Shanghai OnStar unveiled Mobile Application II – Turn-by-Turn Navigation. The cloud-based mobile application enables OnStar subscribers across China to access the instant remote vehicle navigation service via their smart phones.The new application allows users to locate a point of interest on their mobile phones and then send it directly to their vehicles, where OnStar's voice-operated navigation will be automatically activated.
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BOEM completes draft environmental review for Central and Western Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sales
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed a draft environmental impact statement regarding multiple oil and gas lease sales tentatively scheduled between 2012 and 2017 in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico planning areas, offshore the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2012-2017 schedules five annual area-wide lease sales in the Western Gulf and five in the Central Gulf.
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Ford targeting 30% reduction in water used per vehicle by 2015
Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 m3 (2,510 gallons US) in 2000 to approximately 3.5 m3 (925 gallons US) in 2015.
Ford is also developing year-over-year efficiency targets as part of its annual environmental business planning process and has established a cross-functional team spanning several divisions to review water usage more holistically.
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Ford brand US sales top 2 million for first time since 2007
US sales of the Ford brand this week topped 2 million vehicles for the first time since 2007. The milestone makes Ford the best-selling brand in America and the first automotive brand to hit the 2 million mark in the US since 2007. In 2010, Ford brand sales reached 1,756,439 units, up 21.5% from 2009. Total Ford Motor Company sales (Ford, Lincoln and Mercury) in 2010 totalled 1.935 million, up 19.4% versus 2009.
At the end of November 2011, Ford reported 1,861,178 Ford brand units sold. Of those, 33.4% (621,971) were cars; 28% (521,638) were utilities; and 38.6% (717,569) were trucks. Year-to-date Ford brand car sales have grown 16% compared to the same period in 2010.
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CNS News provides a fresh look at stories making headlines around the Bay Area , while casting light on the under-the-surface stories often ignored by the mainstream media. CNS News is produced by students at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. (#12183)
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Nursery Style by Serena and Lily
Texts and Tunes: Serena and Lily
For some parents, the nursery is not just another room. The master planning begins when the EPT stick reveals that a mama's pregnant — what color to choose, crib to buy, theme, accents, etc.
If interior design is on the expectant woman's resume, lucky her. But for the rest of us, we get by with a lil help from our friends, Serena and Lily.
Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter, creators of the delightful and sophisticated line of Serena and Lily nursery products, have released Nursery Style ($30). To find out more about the book,
The book, with a foreword by fab fashion designer Kate Spade, features brilliant nurseries with unique accents and exquisite textiles. Mamas missing the artistic gene can find inspiration and ideas from this gem of a handbook.


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Anyway we could get wave maps on here that have higher detail/zoom in capability for Rhode Island? The map is fairly far zoomed out and shows long island and all of new jersey/cape/maine ect. which is totally unnecessary and makes it harder to see detail
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I don't think thats really necessary to see such detail on the wave map. The wave map is really for a general view of like a storm system off the coast and how strong it is, the direction its going, etc. Right now I see a big green glob moving up the coast. That means there will be waves.
For more detail you can look on the side where it says swell height, and swell period. Thats usually how i gauge how its going to be.
We don't have zoomed in maps available for local areas. For the generalized Rhode Island region, you should be able to see the spatial representation of the wave height contours on the wave maps pretty well, and then use the surf/swell timeline to see the local swell/surf height breakdown.


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At yesterday's MSDN Roadshow event in Manchester (if you were there, apologies again for the temperature in the presentation room. I was melting and I had the luxury of stepping outside after my sessions - I was impressed so many of you stuck it out for so long) someone asked me a specific question about the use of multiple Atlas:UpdatePanel controls on a page (you can do this – and you have a great deal of control over the update behavior of each UpdatePanel) and specifying the default button that is actioned when a user hits the [Enter] key on a page. How do you control this?
Well, in ASP.Net 2.0 there is a new property on the form and asp:Panel controls called "DefaultButton" which allows you to set the button which is "selected" when the Enter key is pressed. (For more details take a look at: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/08/04/421647.aspx). If you're using Master Pages then you'll need to set the default button programmatically (eg in the page load event handler) by using something like:
this.Form.DefaultButton = MyButton.UniqueID;
You need to do this programmatically as you need the UniqueID of the control (once ASP.NET has "mangled" it with the content control name etc). DefaultButton sometimes hangs around with the DefaultFocus property whose job it is to define which control gets the initial focus when the page loads…


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Gift shopping for a bird-lover? They'll enjoy watching nuthatches, chickadees and wrens flock to this edible cottage. Juniper berries, cranberries and seeds coat the reusable wooden house. When the food is gone, "repaint" it with peanut butter and birdseed. 1-1/4" entrance hole. Comes with a loop, ready to hang.
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Birds needed a jackhammer!
By Kacy Nuthatch
from Alexandria, VA
Comments about : Birdseed Cottage:
I purchased this after reading the reviews so I was forwarned. The birds had the most difficult time trying to get seeds so after a while they gave up. Even the squirrels found it difficult. The first time it rained I bought it in the house. Unfortunately, I wasn't home the next time and those stuck on seeds were washed off all over the deck.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Great gift
By Sandra
from Southern ME
This was a gift to my Aunt in Northern CA and she loved it. Told me it was beautiful and the birds loved it too.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Loved it
By Happy bied
from Keyport New Jersey
this gift was a big hit not only with my daughter but son in law also but better yet the Birds came as soon as they hung it up how nice is that at christmas time
I bought this birdhouse for my daughter-in-law for Christmas
By GG
from Salem, Oregon
It will attract the birds which I love watching.
Very impressed with the quality of this product.
By sunshine
from Pipe Creek Texas
The birds are really enjoying it also!
We kept one for ourselves!
By Sharon and Bud
from Crestwood, KY
We ordered two as gifts but couldn't part with one of them. The gifted one was really liked. Maybe next year we'll give away two.
I'd like this as a gift
By R.A.
from Brunswick, GA
It's really cute and would be a fine addition to your bird feeding.
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By Blondie
from Iowa
Little birds tried very hard to peck off seeds but were unable to do so.
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By wren chirper
from New York
Birds loved this!some seeds had fallen off in transit but no problem for our feathered friends!
seeded bird house
By fran d
from south carolina
house adorable, but birds were not able to feed on seed. Item to insecure for them to stand on
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Coach is a 16.1 hand, dark bay, OTTB gelding that retired sound without injury. He is big, flashy, clean legged, and passed a vet evaluation at our farm as an upper level prospect. Coach was in training after his racing career as a pony for the track, but was able to retire to our farm before being put to work.
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This introduces a new bi-weekly column by clinical psychologist and author Anthony E. Wolf that will offer unvarnished advice and smart strategies to parents of teenagers.
It was 7 p.m. on a Friday night.
"Bye, Mom. I'll be home tomorrow after my soccer game."
"Have fun at Trudy's, dear."
"I will. Love you."
A week later, Lila's mother happened to run into Trudy's mother in the supermarket.
"Thank you for having Lila over last Friday night. I hope she wasn't much trouble."
"No, she wasn't any trouble - because they slept over at Gabriela's house. Didn't she tell you? There was a party. It turns out that Gabriela's parents weren't there. Apparently it kind of got out of hand. You didn't hear about it?"
That night: "You lied to me."
"I didn't lie to you."
"How could you lie to me like that?"
"I wasn't lying. You never believe anything I say. You never do."
Teenagers lie. They lie a lot.
They lie because they don't want to get into trouble. ("I could have sworn I had five twenties in my wallet. Garrison, did you take $20 out of my wallet?" "No, Dad.")
They lie because they want to do what we forbid them to do. ("Jared, were you just smoking marijuana? Your eyes look a little red." "No. Of course not. How could you think that?")
They lie because they don't want to do what they are supposed to do. ("Lisa, shouldn't you be doing your homework?" "I don't have any.")
They lie on general principle just to keep us out of their lives. ("Reggie, what were you just doing?" "Nothing.")
They will tell you how important it is that their parents trust them.
Lying, to them, is beside the point.
"Yeah, what am I supposed to do - tell the truth? Well actually, Mom, I'm not going to be at Trudy's. We're all going over to Gabriela's who you don't know and her parents are away and I'm probably going to get drunk and, if Jeannine is there, maybe smoke some marijuana, and I may end up having sex with this junior, Dan somebody, who's really hot."
"See? That's what I mean."
Teenagers lie. That's what they do.
But here's the good news: The vast majority of them grow up to be pretty honest, good, adult citizens - just like us.
Lying to parents during one's teenage years is not a reliable indicator of a child who is going to grow into a dishonest adult.
But what I repeatedly see is that parents often get too caught up in the issue of their teenager's lying.
Then, they lose sight of the main issue at hand - which is whatever it is that their teenager is lying about, whether that's being at an unsupervised party or taking $20 out of a father's wallet. (Maybe dad should no longer leave his wallet lying around.)
It's far better to stick with the real problem: in this case, that Lila was at an unsupervised party that got out of hand - and who knows what naughtiness she got into.
"Lila, I ran into Trudy's mother and I heard what really went on Friday night."
"Nothing went on. I didn't know Gabriela's parents weren't going to be there, and I just forgot to tell you that we were going over there. And I didn't do anything anyway."
"I'm just going to have to think about letting you go overnight to friends' houses in the future."
There's really not much more that Lila's mother needs or wants to say. She will have to decide the next time her daughter wants to go on a sleepover whether she will let her, and if so, what safeguards she can put in place. That is the issue. The sad fact is she cannot rely on her daughter's truthfulness.
Repeatedly, surveys of teens and their parents show that parents significantly underestimate the degree of their children's involvement in sex, drugs and drinking.
It would be a whole lot easier to be able to trust one's teenage children. But the reality is that they lie. So parents of teenage children are stuck with having to make judgments about what they will or will not allow with incomplete information. It is part of the difficulty of being the parent of a teenager.
"Tell me truthfully, are you going to drink tonight?"
Maybe she will and maybe she won't.
So how do you teach children not to lie? More by example than anything else. Children don't learn honesty through enraged parents or big punishments. All that teaches them is to try to be better liars.
Anthony E. Wolf is a clinical
psychologist in Longmeadow, Mass. He is the author of six parenting books including the bestselling Get out of my life, but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall?: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager. Dr. Wolf is married, the father of two ex-teenagers and hence has had extensive firsthand experience
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Tahaan Goodman received his USC offer in the last few days and took an unofficial visit there on Saturday with a bunch of other top prospects to tour the facilities and talk with the coaching staff.
That was especially important for the four-star safety from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., because he has only had limited interactions with the coaches and Goodman wanted to get a better feel for them.
The four-star said it was a wonderful visit.
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"I actually had a great time," Goodman said. "Meeting with the coaches was fun, I had some one-on-ones with them and I really got to know them.
"They told me what took them so long to offer and I didn't even ask them. I wanted to know about the depth chart, which players were going to be leaving, who was going to be coming and I talked to a lot of the players. I asked how they liked it and how everything was going there."
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound prospect who's rated No. 14 at safety and No. 150 in the 2013 rankings by Rivals.com knows a lot of the USC players since he's a local recruit and all of them had good things to say about the program.
That could play an influence as Goodman works toward a decision.
"They were definitely all positive," Goodman said.
"I know a lot of them personally and I've talked to a lot of them beforehand. When I talked to them (Saturday) they said I could definitely start my freshman year, I just have to keep talking to the coaches. They were really giving me some good advice, they said they loved it there, they loved the school and they really loved being in L.A."
USC isn't the only recent major offer for Goodman, who also landed an offer from LSU in the last few days. The Tigers will definitely be considered as his recruitment continues to stay busy.
"I talked to coach (Corey) Raymond and I had a long conversation with him," Goodman said.
"He's a great guy. He had me look at some stuff on YouTube about the school and he told me the type of players he wanted and the type of coach he was. I liked everything I heard."


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Hammond in a Nextel Cup stock car?!
They should have put Jezza in it. Honest to god, he'd be FAAAR funnier when given the reigns of a 900HP V8 that revs to 10,000 RPM, a four speed manual gearbox, and zero computers whatsoever. Can we all say melted goodyears?
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Indie Rock for Kids
I don't usually have children's music on my radar, seeing as how I don't have kids. But with LilSugar launching this week, I just had to share my recent discovery of a kids' CD that's so awesome, I might buy it and stash it away until I've got little ones of my own.
Released by the cutting-edge Nettwerk Records label, For the Kids III is the third in a series of compilation CDs featuring indie-rock bands singing songs for their tiniest fans. Of Montreal turns its psychedelic pop into cuteness, O.A.R. covers "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," and Over the Rhine does a hilarious little ditty called "The Poopsmith Song," which you can listen to here.
It sure as hell beats Barney, and I could definitely see picking some of these up for my friends with kids. How about you? If you have kids, would you buy them kiddie indie-rock?


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Are you ready for the Danao Plunge?
The Plunge is the first ever Canyon Swing in the Philippines. It's part of the new Eco, Educational, Extreme Adventure Tour (E.A.T.) in Danao, Bohol. You start on the extreme end of a pendulum swing with a backdrop of the beautiful Danao gorge. Then, you free fall for about 60 meters before the rope tightens and swings you back to the other end.
The experience is similar to bungee during the free fall, but instead of bouncing up and down, you swing from one end to the other. Your swing will depend on how heavy you are.
This is the hottest extreme adventure sport in the Philippines this summer!


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Adam Sub15 Active Subwoofer 1000w
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Powerful and Accurate Subwoofer
Housing a powerful 15.5 inch woofer with extended cone travel the Sub15 is optimized for accurate bass reproduction and delivers low and extensive response due to the aluminium cone driven by two powerful magnets and 100mm voice coil. Powered by a low heat operation PWM amplifier the Sub15 delivers powerful bass tones with a frequency response of 20 Hz to 150 Hz and maximum output of 1000 watts.
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Located on the rear of the Sub15 are two rotary controls which can be used to adjust the input level and crossover frequency to optimize the Sub15 to your required needs and environment. The Sub15 also incorporates a 85Hz high pass filter switch and phase reverse switch to provide maximum integration into a range of set ups as the high pass filter optimises the satellite speaker output to meet the Dolby® theatre sound requirements.
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