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Data Feed and Reference Data Specifications for the New FINRA OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) Platform
On Monday June 2, 2014, FINRA will launch the new OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) technology platform for the reporting of transactions in OTC equity securities (i.e., non-NMS stocks) and transactions in restricted equity securities effected pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144A.
As of June 2, 2014, the ORF will no longer operate via the NASDAQ OMX ACT technology platform, which is currently the platform for both the ORF and the FINRA/NASDAQOMX TRF, the facility firms use to report OTC transactions in NMS stocks.
As part of this system migration FINRA will introduce the following specifications:
- Version 2.0 of the Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS). The TDDS version 2.0 data feed specification provides data recipients the changes required to process the feed once the technology platform is operational. A summary of data feed changes table is available.
- Version 2014-1 of the Bulletin Board Dissemination Service (BBDS). Changes outlined in this version of BBDS will go into effect once the migration of the ORF technology platform commences.
- Version 1.0 of the ORF Application Programming Interface (API) Specification. This specification includes the formats for downloading equity master securities and daily list data.
NOTE: This implementation will be a hot cut change to the current processing and data message formats for each data feed and the reference data included in the API. Therefore, TDDS and BBDS data recipients who wish to continue processing OTCBB and Other OTC data, and clients who wish to continue processing ORF reference data must code to the changes detailed in the TDDS Version 2.0, BBDS version 2014-1 and ORF API Specification version 1.0 on June 2, 2014.
FINRA will issue additional technical notices informing clients of testing and other technical requirements for the migration in a future technical notice.
Please direct questions concerning this notice via email to FINRA Product Management or call (866) 899-2107.


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What Can't Fred Compagnon Do?
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Surf, bodyboard, drop knee, longboard, Stand-up paddle, Fred Compagnon can do it all. Surf is Life 3 which was shot last March during his family surf trip to Indonesia shows us some awesome shots with creative angles of perfect waves, friendly people & good times. Check out his SUP assisted wave entry.

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Saturday's 5th race (2:33pm PT) from Santa Anita Park is the Grade II Palos Verdes for 4-year-olds and up dashing six furlongs on the main track.
#7 Justin Phillip (7-2) could sit the right outside stalk and pounce
trip under Bejarano. He was further back than usual in a rallying 5th of 14 BC Sprint finish over a speed friendly oval when last seen here Nov 3. Asmussen horses don't usually work fast but this
typically average worker signaled his readiness for this with a sizzling local 6f bullet in
1:11.20 on Jan 7.
#2 Drill (4-1) broke slow and rallied to finish 4th in his much needed G1 Malibu return on opening day. He shows back-to-back local bullets for this and should revert to stalking tactics with a clean beginning. He won the G2 San Vicente at 7f here last February and might want more ground.
#6 Private Zone (5-2) is an obvious speed threat but could get hounded by another sharp speedster, #5 Comma to the Top (3-1). My third choice is 0-for-6 in the U.S. but has been knocking on the door vs. this kind and should make his presence felt early and often under regular pilot Pedroza.
I have alaways been fond of #1 Apriority (6-1). He is firing bullets for new trainer Baffert but might need one in his first start in more than six months.
The Plays:
$16 to win #7
$6 Exacta Box 2-7 ($12)
$4 Exacta 2-7/6 ($8)
$2 Exacta 2-7/1 ($4)
analysis by Jarrod Horak
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and tickets.
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We bought this toaster as it was silver and matched the rest of our kitchen appliances - it also had the rather cool looking blue LED lights to tell you how your bread was doing - great for an impatient person like me who needs to know these things. Compared with other toasters, at around £35 this seemed like it was fairly decent value and from a (trusted) maker we have all heard of. The slider at the bottom gives you the option to select the length of time it 'toasts' for, allowing perfect results from crumpets to bagels - or at least that's what the box said...
We bought ours from Argos, plugged it in and set the slider to about 4 and a half minutes in order to toast some crumpets. We thought they smelled 'done' before the timer went off (and all the blue lights had gone out), so we attempted to retrieve them. At this point it should be noted that the toasting slots are very deep and, despite pulling the lever up at the side up, the crumpets were still below the surface of the toaster (ie impossible to get out), so after a few 'pings' of the lever (to fire them out of the top) we managed to 'catch' our crumpets - or what was left of them. They were absolutely cremated.
We assumed that we had set the timer wrong, so to test the theory we set it to '1' - and placed some normal white bread in. Sure enough, after about 3 minutes it became clear that the timer wasn't working as the toast had not appeared - so we took it back to Argos and got a replacement.
Unfortuantely the second one we got was even worse! On only the fifth occassion of use, the toaster went *BANG*(which made my wife jump) and a puff of smoke came out of the side. The lever on the side then refused to lock in place, meaning no more toast. We gave up at this point and asked for our money back.
I don't think we were particularly taxing the toaster with our choices of bread related products - so this was very disappointing to say the least. Though whether it was the actual toaster or Argos to blame, we are not sure. Either way, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, and we now use the oven grill for toasting, which hopefully won't blow up.
I wrote a review recently on the Breville style illuminated jug kettle which we received as a wedding present. Well, since we were really starting from scratch we also needed a toaster, and so added this Breville Style 4 slice toaster PT47 to our wedding list as well, which would match our kettle. I cannot recall the price at the time, but you can currently pick one up on the likes of amazon for around £33, which I think it pretty good value given that it does hold 4 slices at a time.
In line with the kettle that we bought, this toaster has an illuminated light system counting down 5 lights until your toast is ready to pop. On the front of the toaster there are also buttons for cancelling the toast and making it pop up before completion, a defrost button as well as a reheat button. At the bottom of the toaster there is removable crumb tray as well, which is obviously very handy. The push down handle at the side also allows you to lift your toast higher up to make it easier to lift it out. I find this particulary useful when I am toasting baps of bagels, and they are harder to get out of the slots, this button lifts it up to allow you to reach them without having to start getting out utensils, which can always be hazaradous.
Now, although there are 3 buttons on the toaster, I have to admit that there are 2 that we have never used. If I have to defroat bread, I tend to use the microwave defrost, however it certainly appears easy enough to do so on this toaster and so it is simply a matter of me remembering to use the defrost button on the front of the product. Again, I have never used the reheat button, but according to the instructions that came with the toaster, this button allows you reheat the toast without it being toasted further. Again, we have not had need of using this, but it is a useful extra. The only one of the three buttons that I have used is the cancel button. My husband likes his bread toasted until it is quite brown, whereas I prefer it not to be so crunchy and so when I am making toast I tend to use the cancel to pop up the toast earlier, and that it where the 5 light indicator comes in really useful, as I know exactly when to put up my bread (when there is only one light left) to get it exactly as I like it.
Like any toaster, crumbs should not be allowed to build up, and with this toaster, removing the crumb tray to clear is easy given that it is spring loaded. Reloading it into the bottom of the toaster is also straightforward.
All in all, we have had this toaster for over 4 years now, and we have never had any problems whatsoever with it. Having the capacity to put 4 slices of bread into it is great in my opinion, and the slots are wide enough for the likes of bagels and baps, as wellas toasta bags. The light indicator is a nice little feature that allows me to get the bread toasted to my liking but there is obviously a control setting as well that can be changed to suit your taste for toast. I would happily purchase this toaster again should anything happen this existing one, as firstly it looks attractive on the kitchen shelf, especially alongside the matching kettle, it does what it meant to do, it is easy to clear any crumbs, and it toasts up to 4 slices of bread. What more would I want from a toaster for £33?!
I needed a replacement toaster, and when I seen this one on sale I decided to purchase it as it looked to be a very good model for the price it was on offer at.
As I was handed the box I was a bit shocked as I hadn't expected it be nearly as big as it is. I would say it is very near to being double the size of my previous toaster, but this is due to it being able to toast two slice of bread in each side at the same time.
The design of the actual toaser is very nice, silver in colour, with light blue lights showing how long the toast has left before it will come out. The handle is at the side, and I find this to be a bit tricky to work as you really have to push it down to get it to click in place and it takes a bit of getting used to at first.
The overall toasting abilities of this toaster are the best. I find that half my toast comes out pale, with the other half being black, so I wouldnt really recommend this toaster to anyone because of this.
Overall nice design, but not particularly good at its supposed task.
After moving into our new house my husband and I decided it was only fitting to treat our new kitchen to some new appliances. After scouring catalogues and electrical stores we decided upon the breville PT47. It holds four slices of bread making breakfast time quicker in a very hectic household. The heat setting can be varied from 1 to 6 for those of us who prefer our toast at different levels of brown and crunch but we have discovered that if you need to use the toaster more than once in one sitting that all the slices come out burnt no matter what heat setting you have selected.
There are vertical blue lights that run down the front of the toaster which are used to indicate the remaining time - these are quite asthetically pleasing but I cant say they offer much practical use.
The best thing about this paticular model is the fact that the handle cannot be depressed without the appliance being plugged in an switched on which is very useful if, like me you can be a bit absent minded in the morning. However I do not feel this is a feature unique to the Breville toaster.
Other features include a toast reheat button, a bread defrost button and a crumb catcher.
I wouldn't buy this product again.
I bought the black version of this four slice toaster (PT49) when I first moved into our house just over twelve months ago. We have a black worktop and I wanted black accessories to match. I bought a lovely black shiny kettle, a black bread bin, black tea, coffee and sugar pots and a ....grey toaster! It is supposed to be black but when put against other black products it actually looks more of a grey colour.
It is less bulky than some other four slice toasters which is what drew me to this product over other toasters, and is longer and slimmer rather than the square ones which are shorter and deeper. It therefore sits quite neatly on the worktop, not jutting out too much. It fits two slices of toast side by side in the front and the same again in the back. The slots for the toast are quite wide and easily fit in the thickness of two slices of bread together like a sandwich (if using a toasty bag).
There is a crumb tray to the left hand side of the toaster which effectively collects crumbs and is kept in place with a spring action mechanism (when pressed in the tray is released). There are three buttons at the bottom of the toaster, one for defrosting frozen bread, one for reheating toast (without additional toasting) and one to cancel toasting. There is also a variable browning control which slides from left to right, from 1-6. When the toaster is in use the toaster lights up with five vertical blue dots and the lights disappear one by one letting you know how long until the toast is ready. There is a handle at the right hand side which lowers the bread for toasting.
Both front and back slots are lowered at the same time as opposed to some other toasters which have two separate sections. As my husband prefers his toast more well-done than I do this just means he has to put his back in for a bit longer once mine is ready.
As nice as this toaster is to look at, I was very disappointed with the toasting function (the main point of a toaster)! It browns one side of the toast well leaving the other side of the toast barely touched. This seems to be the same no matter where you put the toast, whether in the front or back slots. Therefore the blue lights are only useful to tell you when the bread is half way through toasting, so toasting can be cancelled, the bread turned around and started again. You then have to keep an eye on it until it is half way through toasting again to be able to cancel it, otherwise the toast burns. Therefore you can't just put your bread in and return when it has popped up, you have to watch it all the time. It also means the variable browning control isn't much use as the toast cannot be left until it pops up on its own anyway
All in all I am very disappointed with this toaster. I am not sure whether all toasters in this model work the same or whether it is just mine which doesn't toast evenly. It does look very nice on my worktop (even though it is not quite black) and the lights during toasting are a nice feature but that's about all it is good for.
This contemporary silver toaster with stainless steel trim looks great in any kitchen and boasts a variety of clever features. Its concealed illuminators in the toaster body let you know where the toasting cycle is up to and the high lift facility enables easy toast removal. The handy reheat facility allows you to reheat toast without additional toasting. Breville is a leading brand in small electrical appliances including Kettles Toasters Juicers and Sandwich Toasters led by innovation and design as well as a determination to provide great looking high quality products. Toasting status indicator lights shine through the body Illuminated control buttons Defrost cancel & reheat settings Long variable width bread slot High lift facility Variable browning Removable crumb tray Cord storage & non slip feet Silver finish with stainless steel trim


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The Choice Between Conventional And Organic Farming. A Hungarian Example
The paper deals with organic produce in one of the largest and, concerning organic production one of the most diffused counties in Hungary, Pest County located in the north-central part of the country. Factors influencing farmers' decision on adopting or not e.g. farm size, farm type, location, structure, market for organic products, existence of organic AEM were analysed. Hypotheses based on previous empirical literature were tested by a model explicitly accounting for the effects of farm-specific variables like age, education, size of farms and share of rented land. Logit model was estimated on a cross-section data set of Hungarian farmers for the period 2007. It appears that education has a positive impact on the choice between conventional and organic farming, and, the size of the farm in hectares has a negative effect on this choice. Age and some general considerations on environmental friendly technologies do not have a significant effect on choice between conventional and organic farming.
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The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4:
Councilman: Send Parents of Truant Students to Jail
High rates of truancy at the District's schools has led D.C. Councilman David Catania to call for parents whose children routinely skip to potentially lose public assistance benefits and even face jail time. According to statistics sighted by Catania during a council hearing on Thursday, more than one of every five students had more than 20 unexcused absences. "We can no longer permit the status quo," Catania told The Washington Examiner. "Kids with 20 or more unexcused absences have missed a month. They get so far behind, they can never recover." (Washington Examiner)
Smoke and Confusion Surrounds Synthetic Marijuana 'Spice'
In the small backroom of Capitol Hemp, a head shop in Adams Morgan, a worker dutifully arranges an array of ceramic pipes, displayed in a well-lit glass case. Another clerk helps a couple of customers as they peruse a selection of bongs and vaporizers. Stored behind the counter is another amply stocked product, whose popularity is booming: "spice," the generic name for a legal "synthetic marijuana." (Washington Post)
Smelly Sewage Line to be Fixed
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority of Washington, D.C., is behind the proposal to build what it's calling Potomac Interceptor Odor Abatement sites, which are buildings that would replace aging vents along the 50-mile-long sewage line with structures that would use carbon to neutralize the offending aroma. "This will help with the smell issue, which I actually experienced," said Supervisor Andrea McGimsey (D-Potomac), whose district includes parts of the line. (Loudoun Independent)
Baltimore "Food Czar"
Last month, Baltimore hired a food policy coordinator, making the city one of the first in the country with a paid "food czar." While Holly Freishtat's directive may be straightforward - get more healthy food on the tables of the people who need it - accomplishing it may not be. She doesn't get a budget for major initiatives, so much of her time is spent pursuing grant money. Her salary doesn't even come from the city, which recently raised taxes and cut services to close a $121 million budget deficit. (AP/Washington Times)


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Fashion Week has wrapped for the season; with an air-kiss goodbye in Paris yesterday it marked the end of a chocker month of a non-stop fashion feed. Now I stick pretty rigidly to the beauty side of things mainly due to the fact that the most adventurous it gets in my wardrobe is a patterned pair of trousers that I pull out for flying or popping to pick up milk from the shop but I quite like the element of backstage beauty. Seeing what artists are creating what looks for what shows, getting a preview of next season's launches in action and experiencing cheekbone envy with every single goddamn model. So I thought I'd give you a rundown of my favourite beauty bits that I spotted many the Instagram picture of…
For hair it had to be the slightly polished, yet obviously beach babe inspired curls at Topshop Unique. The makeup was stunning, sure, but the hair? I will desperately be coaxing my locks into curls and loading up the mousse come next summer to try and get that. With a self shoved messy parting and a bit of tonging it was the epitome of undone glam.
I thought I'd throw my fashion favourite in there two – good ol' Victoria Beckham – and it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that her husband attended her show with their adorable daughter on his lap. Nothing at all. Her SS14 collection was like COS meets Wimbledon and I liked it. You don't even want to know what I'd do for the crisp white shirt that VB sneaked out in at the end of the show.
When a picture of a model from backstage at Alexander Wang show cropped up on my Instagram with the caption stating that all they were wearing was concealer and a bit of a lip balm I think I exerted an outward sigh. They. Looked. Incredible. Just a swipe of NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer, brushed-up brows, curled lashes and a touch of blotted-out gloss on the lips. Beautifully simple.
At the Burberry show it was all about three things: Cara, Harry and yellow nails. Six shades were lacquered on to the models tips – the collection of which will be released next January as their Spring polish launch. There were pretty lilacs, greens and taupes, but the one that caught my eye – that yellow. Oh my. Creamy pastel goodness.
Feeling inspired and all I thought I'd mash my favourites together (VB white shirt unfortunately not included) and sport them as a 'My Makeup' post tomorrow. Concealer, lip balm, wavy hair and yellow nails – what a mix. Keep your beady eyes out for that.
Photos nabbed from Vogue, Style.com and The New York TimesÂ


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The Ottawa Senators won't win any Oscars for the way they've performed in Hollywood over the years.
The Senators have only one victory in 13 games (1-11-1) against the Kings in Los Angeles. The last win came 13 years ago on Jan. 11, 2000 -- a 4-3 victory. Only one player -- veteran Chris Phillips -- is left and he didn't even play.
"Maybe it's me -- if I've played in every game since then," said Phillips with a smile.


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HIALEAH, Fla. - On Thursday afternoon, Lt. Carl Zogby of the Hialeah Police Dept., held a news conference about the mass shooting at a Hialeah apartment complex on July 26.
"A clear motive for Vargas' actions on that day are still unknown," Zogby said.
But Pedro Vargas' timeline Friday gives police the only inkling they may ever have about why he went on a rampage, at the cost of six lives of his neighbors and his own.
At 1:37 p.m., it started with Vargas' 911 call, during which he said he was being targeted by witchcraft. His elderly mother then went on the phone to explain to the 911 operator that her son has a mental issue, saying that an attorney for his former employer was after him.
Eight minutes later, at 1:45 p.m., Vargas's mother said he'd left the apartment and asked the dispatcher to cancel the officers on the way to the apartment.
Police believe Vargas made two stops but aren't sure where he went.
At 3 p.m., he arrived at the attorney's office, wanting to talk about a deposition he'd given a few days earlier, admitting to and apologizing for a series of inappropriate emails he'd sent to former coworkers.
By 5:15 p.m., Vargas was back in his apartment 408 with a canister of gasoline, and set fire to his own bag of cash he'd withdrawn. His mother tried to stop him.
At 6:58 p.m., neighbors began calling 911 about the smoke.
And so began six minutes of the massacre.
Special coverage: Hialeah massacre
Vargas first shot the couple who managed the building, arriving to help. Next, from his balcony, Vargas shot a dad out on the street sending his son running for safety. And then he shot a family of three in an apartment on the third floor.
Arriving firefighters heard the shots and alerted police at 7:04 p.m.
Police converged on the scene and found Vargas holding the residents of apartment 523 hostage.
At 10 p.m., they established contact with hostage negotiators.
At 1:48 a.m. on Saturday, they made the call to raid.
"He was in the process of reloading when he was killed," Zogby said. "His intentions are obvious."
When asked about the 911 call during Thursday's conference, Zogby said they had never had any prior calls from that apartment and there were no signs that the situation would become violent. He said people often call 911 to vent.
"No one can predict what a person will do," said Zogby.
Donations to the families of the victims can be made to: Survivors Pathway, PO Box 138882, Hialeah, FL 33013.
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Vintage HandPicked: Saving the Past–Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds is located down a dusty, rocky road near Mansfield in rural southwest Missouri. What Emilee and Jeremiath (Jere) Gettle have taken on as their life's work is considered by many to be cutting edge, to the point of being . . . maybe, uh . . . hip?
The Gettles are, arguably, the leaders of the movement to make heirloom seeds the heroes of our plates once again. Their 12-year-old company, Baker Creek Heirlooms Seeds, has grown right along with people's desire to get back to real food. Jere has known all along that heirlooms produce the best tasting fruits and vegetables and he isn't shy about shouting it loud and proud.
These days his operation distributes nearly 250,000 seed catalogs yearly, has put together what is generally acknowledged as one of the best seed collections around with over 1400 different varieties of seeds and even hosts a gardening forum–I Dig My Garden. As if all that was not enough, Jere and Emilee have expanded their presence by purchasing seed operations in Petaluma, California and Wethersfield, Connecticut. When do they find time to sleep?
In a New York Times article by Christine Muhlke in August, 2010, Mr. Gettle allowed this:
"A lot of people are wanting to see something done the old way. They're tired of plastic and modern things and modern food. People just want to taste what an old vegetable used to taste like when people developed them for flavor versus shipping."
It's clear the local food movement is the antidote against big ag and big food and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds is the advocate for real food through their company's old-school seeds.
As we all start planning next year's gardens it's time to get to know the tremendous quality and selection Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds offers.
Have you seen the difference between heirloom and conventional seeds?
Photo Credit: Craig McCord
Love & Greens: The Story of Sky Farm
Chris Regan and Ashley Mayne produce a wide array of delicious greens for the Hudson Valley.
Handmade tacos in the heart of Woodstock, New York.
With his new book, Forrest Pritchard tells the stories of 18 farms from all across America.
Forrest Pritchard and Smith Meadows are prime examples of sustainable family farming.
Jonathan Waxman shares his food philosophy with Slow Films.
A group of star chefs play with fire for a good cause.


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What i want to do is to input 30 characters at the standard input, then covert them to uppercase. This is hopefully leading somewhere, so i only want to read 15 characters at a time, then convert those to uppercase, then do the second 15?
here's the code i have so far but have the slight problem, where i over write things, and because I'm new to C i cant quite get my read round it.
Thank you for reading this, i hope you can help meCode:#include <stdio.h> #include <ctype.h> int main( void ) { char text[64]; int z=0, counter=0; while(++counter<=2) { scanf("%15c", &text); while(text[z]>0) { text[z]=toupper(text[z]); printf("%c", text[z]); z++; } } }


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Every one of us needs a true friend who can help us in our dire need. Most of the people flock around us in good circumstances but run away in bad circumstances.
They respect us in our good times, but begin to insult and degrade us in our bad days. They are not our friends. They are our enemies.
A true friend does not isolate us in our bad times. He renders help secretly without telling to anyone that he has helped
He gives us right guidance and shows us the right way of life. He does not misguide us.
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Private lateral gravity sewer pipes (the pipe from household gully trap to the boundary of the property) throughout Christchurch need to be inspected for any damage, following the 2010 – 2011 earthquakes.
Any gravity sewers that are damaged and unrepaired, pose a potential risk to wastewater sewer services of the residents and the main sewers and wastewater treatment plant that serves the majority of residents in Christchurch.
Items such as sand, silts and excess groundwater (infiltration) can enter the system causing blockages, increased pump wear and wastewater overflows, which all may cause a break in wastewater services to residents.
To mitigate any potential risk of this type of damage, the Council is asking all residents who have gravity sewer lateral systems on their property that connect to the main sewer network, to have their sewer laterals examined and checked by a registered drain layer using CCTV camera.
If they find any earthquake damage and you hold household insurance, then the cost of the CCTV examination and repair work should be covered by EQC and/or your insurance company, unless damaged found is caused by non-earthquake factors. You should then contact EQC or their insurer and provide them with the CCTV examination and repair recommendations as detailed by CCTV crew and or a registered drain layer. Having this CCTV examination will alert home owners to any damage that if left could escalate and become more costly down the line.
By identifying earthquake related damage now, all home owners with insurance cover should be able to claim the repair costs. It will also lessen the risk of loss of sewer/waste water services in the future.
In areas of the city where pressure sewer systems and vacuum sewer systems are in operation, SCIRT is carrying out these CCTV inspections as part of their work, so residents with these systems will not need to have their pipes checked.
The cost of a CCTV examination dependents o:
You could discuss this with the CCTV contractor you choose.
The initial CCTV examination cost will be at the expense of the property owner.
If there is earthquake damage, then this expense and all repair work may be covered by your EQC insurance claim as long as your property is insured.


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Novak Djokovic has defeated Dudi Sela in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Djokovic won the last four games of the first set before completing a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 win in 1 hour, 29 minutes. The fourth-seeded Serb broke Sela seven times.
Djokovic set up his match point with an ace and converted it with another strong serve that Sela could only return into the net.
Sela was the first Israeli man in 20 years to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon. Djokovic is looking for his second Grand Slam title after winning the Australian Open last year.


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Emilie Autumn
Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 8:00 PM EST
The Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI
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World-class violinist. Fashion icon. Famously bipolar. The list goes on, but one thing is certain: We're talking about Emilie Autumn.
With world tours, glossy magazine covers, and guest spots on the albums of such artists as Courtney Love (with whom she performed on Leno and Letterman), Otep, Billy Corgan, and TV's 'Metalocalypse' under her corset strings, Emilie Autumn's devilishly dark lyrics, metal-shredding violin solos, pink-glittered pasties, and industrial-strength voice reinvent "gothic" for the masses, and goths have never had so much fun.
More akin to a Broadway musical than a standard rock performance, the Los Angeles-born starlet's highly theatrical stage show is a sexy circus of glam-rock burlesque, backed by a scantily-clad girl band known to EA's devoted fans as the Bloody Crumpets. Featuring EA's signature electric violin pyrotechnics, heartbreakingly lush orchestrations, hard-core beats, and menacing lyrics growled with enough intensity to make your hair stand on end, the resulting noise is a harpsichord-heavy romp through Victorian asylums where screaming is allowed and girls always get revenge.
2010 saw the release of Emilie's debut autobiographical novel, "The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls." Lavishly illustrated by EA and weighing in at nearly five pounds, "The Asylum..." book is more than a gorgeous volume that will take up most of the space on your tea table -- it is also one of the most complete accounts of bipolar disorder ever penned, and will take readers behind the doors of both modern day psych ward and Victorian insane asylum in this true life thriller of madness, murder, and medical experimentation.
2011 will hold the recording of a new album entitled 'Fight Like A Girl,' extensive touring, and the launching of the Asylum Emporium (www.asylumemporium.com), where fans can find everything from music, apparel, and books to show tickets and organic, loose-leaf teas.
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Flying cockroaches may invade New York City this weekend thanks to massive heatwave: scientists
It's not enough that urban dwellers on the East Coast are looking at record highs in heat and humidity this weekend, but entomologists are warning they can also expect to see flying cockroaches as the ever-present vermin take to the air for some exercise.
According to DNAinfo, the weekend's heat and humidity is expected to drive the bugs out of the darkness and into the air.
"In hot steam tunnels, something with the temperature and the humidity encourages them to fly," explained Ken Schumann, an entomologist at Bell Environmental Services. "When it's warm and steamy that seems to be what they like."
Added bug expert Louis Sorkin from the American Museum of Natural History, the heat makes the roaches more active and, "The more activity, the more flight."
Schumann also said that roaches have a distinctive way of flying, stating: "It's not like a flight pattern like a butterfly would have. It's almost like they just glide down."
So now, New Yorkers will have flying roaches to contend with along with pigeons — once described by comedian Woody Allen as "Rats with wings."


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wikiHow to Make Chicken Malunggay
Chicken Malunggay is one of the Philippine Soup dish. This article is about teaching you the secrets of cooking a delicious Chicken Malunggay,
- 1 Kilo chicken thighs (drumstick)
- Onion, sliced
- 5 - 8 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 bouquet of lemon grass, 1 x 4 inch in length
- 1 unripe green papaya
- 1 inch (2.5 cm) cube ginger (peeled)
- 1 bell pepper, sliced
- Clam stock or other shellfish stock
- 1 cub of malunggay leaves
- Seasoning (salt and soy sauce to taste)
- Cooking oil, preferably neutral vegetable oil
1Prepare the ingredients.
2Boil 1 kilo chicken legs(drumstick) until cooked and soft.
3Fry the spices (onion, garlic and ginger) in a small amount of cooking oil. Fry until it spices slightly caramelizes and gives its aroma.
4Add the boiled chicken to fried spices to infuse the flavors. Stir for a few seconds to sear the chicken meat.
5Add the chicken stock to pot where the sauteed spices and seared chicken meat are. Boil for a few minutes and add soy sauce.
6Add the other ingredients to the soup -- Green papaya, Lemon Grass and Malunggay Leaves.Then boil for another few minutes. Then add clam or shellfish stock as the secret ingredient.
7Put in bowl, serve and eat. Seasoned to taste.
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Dubstep one
Please, dont download it to post it again with other name, change it , mix it, perform it , dont copy and paste
And let your LIKES , thanks !!!
Great table!!!!
thanks man !!!
I really liked this table and as u saw I took ur advice and mixed it.
+1 like Great table!! Awesome!! Irado!! boa sorte!!
wow! crazy!
nice work ! good luck !!
Liked man
Eh noiS ! Sucesso parcero !
ae magrinho noiz na torcida!
lokaa kouiot parabéns!!!!
Creative and talented guy, i love ur table.
thnaks guys for the suport .... nice that all enjoy
Suceeesso Mlkkkkkk, Iraaaaado !
Da horaaaa magrinho, vai que vai que ja é seu.
represento maloka!
i hope that with all this tables , that looks like the same, doing some diferent, i gut the chance to win the challenge....
Som de qualidade, feito por quem entende do assunto........
Parabéns malokero
eh nós 100pre
Aiiiiiii sim =P
very nice work, hope u win !!!
good lucky buddy !!!!
Hey kouiot, really fat beat!! I *like* it (for real!!)
greetings to Brazil and good luck!!
Vera *)
thanks Vera ... good luck for us !!!
Adorei Kouiot boa sorte
Suuuuper maravilhosa amei amei amei Pablo
Tá muito linda Kouiot, vou ouvir todos os dias para relaxar
Boa Sorte essa já é sua
Boa Sorte Koiote, tah votado meu parceiro
Nice spaceghost ...i will download it. .... Thanks for the like ...
Sem rasgação, tá muito bom !!
Sorte mlk !!
I even shared this on my facebook.. so now you will c how promoting does actually work.. (and maybe ppl will think you cheating now as well)
eh guys - why you fight against each other like little children ? you all make so good sounds on your ipad - think noone of us need really a live-table (think to those who even can't have an ipad - just be happy to have all fingers at your hand ! and keep your mind on the right way)
Jeesas christ.. I havent been on for a few days.. But this does look bullsh*** .. I watched all ppls tracks go up in likes drastically.. I wud say this whole competitipn is rigged..
Too show my consolidarity towards the other tables.. and you koiut.. im gonna take two of my three tables out the competition... I urge everyone else to do the same..
I DUNNO HOW all these elikes got on my tracks but everyone seams to b cheating now..
So im tking my other tables down.. F this comp..
I dont need it.
man...u already lost the competiton ...... im not the only one that see that u are cheating LIKES.... spacegost ? SPG ? purb ??? we are watching your move !!!! i am !!!!
Freshh Koyot!!!!!!
Kouiot Rules hahaha, freaky beat
thanks for the likes !!!
baixada santista sendo representada em grande alta e estilo .
tamu junto magregrooooo é noizzzz
valeu gordenhoooo...vamo ganhar....e noooiz !!!
Attention to this guy, he deserves to receive this award in Latin America regardless of their placement at the end of promotion, but I know that the Reactable team is not stupid enough to not see it ... Congratulations, Innovative, really be doing the Reactable a tool for music production and live performance amazing!
Nice! Working on a tiny touch screen is NOT easy... great job man!
Magreen representando...boa sorte Tru!
wooohaa. Cool Construction. Well done. Greetings from the LauschZone Group.
thanks man for the suport .....
Salve Kouiot! Vamos nessa!
krleo muito loko koiotito noix ta votado e compartilhado
congrat's - you did it !
Hmm, DUBSTEP ONE seems like a really nice song. The suche ghostwriter told me about this dubstep and the composers are much too dedicated and talented for producing this. It shows clearly as well.


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Brahe completely recalculated Ptolemy?s astronomical tables, which contained many errors, and catalogued over one thousand stars during his lifetime. He built Europe?s first observatory and taught the art of observation to a generation of astronomers.
In 1572 Brahe made careful observations of a ?new star? (actually a supernova) that appeared suddenly in the constellation Cassiopeia. He showed that the object was not in the Earth?s atmosphere but was actually beyond the orbit of the moon. This discredited the prevailing theory that the heavens are static and unchanging.


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Maybe I'm just not old enough but a mate at work has just bought one and Fcuk me it's ugly.
Why did one of THE biggest bike makers come up with such a pig ugly machine ??
No offence to any body that has one but £10 k for a bike that i would not ride into battle is abit of a waste


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Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy today accused the ruling TRS and Congress parties of targeting Union minister Bandaru Dattatraya in connection with suicide case involving a Dalit student of University of Hyderabad.
Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Kishan Reddy alleged that some political parties and students organizations are trying to defame the Union government. He also alleged that the Congress and TRS wanted to target a BC leader and Union minister Bandaru Dattatraya in UoH student Rohit Vemula's suicide case. Neither Dattatraya nor HRD minister Smiriti Irani has any connection in this case, Kishan Reddy asserted.
The BJP State president further alleged that some political parties were trying to politicize the issue even though Rohit in his suicide note stated that nobody was responsible for his suicide. He pointed out stated that students were suspended before Dattatreya has written a letter. Kishan Reddy said the suicide by Rohit was an internal matter of the university and the BJP has no connection with it.
Terming the UoH incident as unfortunate, the BJP leader said it was not proper to give a political color to the problems of the students. Kishan Reddy also said Rohit himself had stated in his suicide note that nobody was responsible for his death. "Problem had arisen in the university ever since Yakub Memen was hanged. They posted comments in facebook in favour of Memen. When ABVP students went there to question, Rohit and his friends attacked them. A student by name Sushil was badly beaten and he was in hospital for many days. Without going into the facts, case is being diverted", he said.
The BJP leader clarified that when some students approached Dattatraya and complained that though they were badly beaten up, no action was taken against the culprits, the Union minister responded by writing to HRD Minister Smriti Irani. But the five Dalit students were suspended by the HCU on August 31 even before Dattatraya's letter reached the University. He pointed out that while Dattatraya wrote the letter to the Centre on August 27, Smriti Irani forwarded the letter to the Central University on December 27, i.e. after five months. Therefore, the two Union ministers were not at all responsible for the Dalit research scholar's suicide.
Questioning the visit of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to the Central University on Tuesday to console the family of the deceased, Kishan Reddy asked the former as to why he did not care to visit Warangal when three family members of former Congress MP Sircilla Rajaiah committed suicide. He alleged that the Congress party was trying to fish in troubled waters and wanted to derive undue political gain from this issue.
Kishan Reddy also asked Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao about his election-eve promise of installing a Dalit as Chief Minister after Telangana State was formed. (NSS)


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UltimaterializerX reviews Final Fantasy X-2
A little while ago, Square decided to do the unthinkable and make a direct sequel to one of their Final Fantasy titles, which was Final Fantasy X in this case. With Final Fantasy X being one of the best movies ever made, it was only fitting that they created a sequel for the game.Errrr wait...movie...? Oh, haha, good one, saw what you did there, etc.
After all, movies get sequels when they kick ass. But as we have seen so many times in the past, good originals need to be left alone more often than not.Assuming there was a good original to begin with.
Thus, you begin the atrocity known as Final Fantasy X-2. There are plenty of bad games out there, but this thing is damned near unplayable.Unplayable? How is it unplayable? It plays just fine. It's not Daggerfall.
Paine is the one new character introduced to the game,I hope you mean PLAYABLE character, otherwise you missed Le Blanc, Nooj, etc.
but she's nothing more than an ugly, female Auron wannabe. She spends the entire game going on and on about the darkness of her past while making sarcastic, snide comments to everyone. She also has a pension for the word 'hurt', which is somewhat tolerable for a little while, but gets annoying fast.I don't remember that from the game, do you? Other than bad "pain" jokes, I mean. I recall Paine only talking of her past if you pursue a sidequest. Then again, I never got 100%, fucking moogle...
Rikku isn't much better either, despite all the hype that surrounded her return before this game was released. Her new attire has her decked out like even more of a slut than she was in Final Fantasy X (a truly difficult task, though it shows an odd talent on the part of the game's designers), and she also has no problems acting like it throughout the entire game.Ooh, a sexist insult! Disasteriffic!
And let us not forget about the High Summoner Yuna herself. The woman who is absolutely revered by the people of Spira has donned her own slutty outfit as well, while spending the entire game lying to herself about her true personality.That's a funny way to spell "Ultimaterializer X".
She's like one of those nerdy girls in school who is trying to fit in with the cheerleaders.Except for the guns.
It doesn't work, and she completely ignorant to it. The girl spends the entire game trying not to be herself, fails miserably, and by the end of the game goes against all of the values that she had set for herself in Final Fantasy X. Not only does Yuna ruin her image, but she also ruins her beliefs and essentially the entire character that Final Fantasy X worked so hard to build.I don't recall her character/beliefs being "ruined", she just spreads her wings a little...er, Lulu said that.
The supporting characters also take their roles among the collective disgrace, especially when compared to their Final Fantasy X counterparts. Buddy is a complete moron in this game,I don't remember Buddy being in FFX. Nor do I remember him doing stupid things in X-2.
the townspeople do nothing but hang on Yuna's underwear after every visit she makes,0_0 >_< 0_0
and Brother went from being a badassed airship pilot to being a incestuous lusting idiot.Incest? When - OH. They're cousins. Wow. Call me crazy, but I don't even think they know this.
Let's also not forget about the lovely little war still going on between Yevon and everyone else, and the fact that Yuna originally joined in all of this to find Tidus. Yet after all of this, his name is barely mentioned in the game. In fact as the story goes on, Tidus, the original focal point is forgotten a good deal of the time save for random flashbacks from Yuna that exist solely to remind the player of what the original goal is.He forgets, the fact that Shuyin looks like Tidus is the entire reason she gets involved in the first place.
This is a pathetic, overdone writing style that doesn't work.I know! This review stinks!
The High Summoner and friends acting like complete sluts is bad enough, but dressing like sluts makes it even worse. Isn't it funny how guys think they know how girls act, yet dress them up like prostitutes?I think it's funny how you find the girls' outfits to be "like prostitutes". Personally I'd take their clothes off before —— AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S RUBBING OFF ON ME!!!
So the story is pathetic. But surely, a Square title can make up for this with solid gameplay and a legendary battle system.... right? Wrong. This game is unplayable.Okay, I'll humor you. How is it unplayable?
The idea of a job class system was easy enough, but the way it is executed is extremely poor. To unlock a job class in this game, you need to find what are known as Dresspheres. Remember, this game has nothing but girls in battle at all times so everything must be named after something feminine to make the motif even more lame. To get in to the job class you want, you must put these Dresspheres on grids known as Garment Grids, then equip them. The idea is decent enough, as well as simple to do. If you really want to, you can press L1 in battle to bring up the Garment Grid you have equipped to the character, then simply change job classes by moving in the Garment Grid to another Dressphere. Sounds complicated, but it isn't. And not only is it not complicated, it's also completely pointless. Outside of some of the enemies lurking in the Via Infinito, no enemy in this game cannot simply be defeated by repeatedly pressing X and healing after battle. But more on that later.You can't say that. You can't say mashing X makes you win every battle. I tried that. It didn't work. No really, I set everyone to Warrior and mashed X against Dark Ifrit. I died. Maybe this guy has nothing better to do but level grind while staring at busts.
Most of the job classes feature the girls dressed in revealing clothing, and it makes little to no sense to be able to switch classes mid-battle when the fights are easy as hell in the first place.Yeah! Adding strategic depth makes no sense!
The Sphere Grid in Final Fantasy X was wonderful,WHAAAHAHAHAHAHA really?! Okay, here's a thought. That Sphere Grid that everyone adores may as well have been a basic leveling system because it's so damn linear in the first place. (I know about the International Sphere Grid, but it's kinda the INTERNATIONAL Sphere Grid. Yep.)
Another reason why special skills and such are not used often is that they all have a charge time. Even when you are using simple items, a little purple bar appears on the screen. When it runs out, the skill being used comes to resolution. While this would make plenty of sense in a strategy RPG, it has no place in an ATB-based battle system. It creates a gigantic mess of confusion in terms of what to do and when, and you the player are stuck reverting back to simply hitting X until the battle is over and healing afterwards.Again, I have to question how he got ANYWHERE in the game without a healer in his party, because he leads me to believe that he always used 3 Warriors!
So what about mini games and sidequests? Surely our good friends at Square would be able to save their title from going into the depths of oblivion by at least giving us something to have fun with, yes?Stop insulting Oblivion!...wait...
The entire storyline of this game plays as a gigantic, open-ended sidequest. You have an airship from the very beginning, and you can go anywhere you want to in the world with your only guide being various Hot Spots on the world map. In essence, you complete one sidequest after another with the game disguising it all as a 'storyline'. There are some actual sidequests, but they aren't the least bit fun to do. Pressing Square towards every townperson in the game isn't much in terms of a good time, and the Chocobo sidequest in this game is very tedious...what Chocobo sidequest? What do you mean, "Actual Sidequests"? Going someplace not marked as a Hotspot doesn't count? Bleh.
Find the closest animal or small child, grab them by the feet and beat them into the closest brick wall a few times. If you record the sounds emanating from this little exchange, then you too are worthy of producing Final Fantasy X-2's soundtrack. It's bad to the point that you may want to consider playing the game with the volume off. Come to think of it, that's one of the few ways that this game can save face....Right. I must have low standards if that's seriously what you thought of the music and weren't covering your ears and going "YAP YAP YAP"
It's a Playstation 2 title, so graphics are rarely, if ever an issue.He's even a PS2 fanboy. How wonderful.
However with this said, the folks over at Square decided to make one of the main selling points of the game to be the main characters in their skimpy clothing. This could be appealing if you're into sexism or girls feeling the need to dress like whores in an effort to express their "true selves", but such things do not a good game make.Wow. You're like that one stupid lady who thought Jynx was racist.
This game ranks right up there with chemotherapy as something one should never have to go through. Aside from a couple of mini games, the game simply has nothing to offer; and a game that has nothing to offer in the main storyline or gameplay is not a game worth playing. The characters are horrible, the script is horrible, the battle system is a struggle to get through, and whether or not you finish this game is more a test of your will than it is of your gaming skill. Play at your own risk.I must have a pretty strong will, then. I played it to the end. Endgame bosses are pretty tough, but other than that the game's cool. I don't really see how the battle system is a struggle; the ATB system that's been in every other FF is actually pretty fucking easy to handle. See, this is the kind of crap FFX-2 gets. Maybe I only like it because I'm not a huge fan of the franchise? Hm, it's possible, but I'd rather not be called a sexist perv only on account of my gaming preferences. Heck, I'd consider FFX-2 better than FFX simply because you can skip the cutscenes in X-2! Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to recommend a GOOD review. This review by D'Hoost is automatically better because I'm not offended by it. Not only that, the review is in fact unbiased as advertised. This review is a model for all others on GameFAQs.
Let me put this out there: No matter what your opinion, you should NEVER insult...anyone, really.But then, later:
And let us not forget about the High Summoner Yuna herself. The woman who is absolutely revered by the people of Spira has donned her own slutty outfit as well, while spending the entire game lying to herself about her true personality. That's a funny way to spell "Ultimaterializer X".Isn't that a little hypocritical?
And that's why this is installment number 13. You have a point, though.
Yeah, you can tell this review was written by someone who either 1)drank Spoony's Kool-aid or 2)refuses to accept that any game past VII can be any good.
Or 3) Both Ulti's review here may have been awful, but I completely agree with D'Hoost's review, although I probably would have given the game a bit more than a 3 out of 10. He seems to be one of those rare good reviewers out there.
"Yeah! Adding strategic depth makes no sense!"Far be it from me to defend idiots, but he makes a good point. Gameplay And Story Segregation may be forgivable, but it's hardly necessary. FF 7 had Materia, which was both part of the plot and gave similar levels of customizability. Square could have come up with a similar idea that would add strategic depth without making no sense from a story/world perspective. Not doing so may be forgivable, but it's also unquestionably lazy. And a reviewer certainly should have the right to call them out on it.
"Wow. You're like that one stupid lady who thought Jynx was racist. "I've never played FFX-2, so I have no idea if the guy is right or not. However, this does not constitute a counter-argument to his claim. If he is indeed correct about every returning female character from the previous game dressing in skimpier attire for little to no adequately explored reason, then I'd say that his point is at least potentially valid. It's all well and good to snark at idiots; I endorse this wholeheartedly. But while you're snarking, you should at least put forth some evidence for your dismissal of their claims. Here's how it's done:
"While this would make plenty of sense in a strategy RPG, it has no place in an ATB-based battle system."This is errant nonsense. FFIV, the very first ATB game, had spells and abilities that had different casting times. It may not have shown bars to know how long it would take, but different spells certainly did take longer to cast. Later FF games would go back and forth on casting times, and FFX-2 appears to be no different. In short: he's an idiot.
"drank Spoony's Kool-aid"Right. Because a review written in 2003 certainly was due to Spoony's review of the prequel to this game in 2010. Totally. If you're going to dump random hate on Spoony for not liking the things you like, could you at least attempt to make it relevant?
Alrighty. Confession Time. I am guilty of the same kind of thing D'Hoost did. I actually have done a review of Modern Warfare 2 on Gamefaqs, giving it a 6/10. I gave it that score for the same reason as the aforementioned review. I don't think it's a bad game. I think that the gameplay is very solidly put together. I think the set pieces and level design is suberb. I think that the Multiplayer is okay, but there are just too many cheap Gamebreakers and Killstreak overload. Plus I glossed over it, simply not being a fan of online multiplayer FPS' in general. No, I hated Modern Warfare 2 for it's story, and what it meant for the series. I don't have the time to get into it here, but I loathed it with a passion for what it represented for the series and how it took a steaming dump all over the first game. I don't think my words came out well in that review. You can see it under this very username. I do have plans to so more reviews to practise my writing abilities. Yeah, the GF Review is Shit. But I do want to have some outlet. I might do Mother 3 or the Castlevania DS games next.
Searching my own name in Google once in awhile leads to some funny results. I mean yeah that isn't one of my best reviews, but an entire page dedicated to bashing it is hilarious. Some people are just destined to die virgins, I guess.


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Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! Whether you have found a job or are still looking, we want to celebrate your accomplishments thus far! The Business Career Center invites you to stop by our office on Monday, April 5 between 1:00-4:00 for snacks and a chance to connect with us!
Attached you will find the Post Graduation Plans Form that we would love to have all of you fill out and bring along with you! All students who drop-off their forms have the chance to be entered into THREE DRAWINGS TO WIN GREAT PRIZES!
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The theme of a recent New Media in Education Conference held at Columbia University was how digital media has reshaped the traditional academic publishing paradigm. I participated in a session entitled 'New media publishing: Whither the textbook?' in which four panelists spoke about their experiences in this area. I spoke about how I use podcasting, blogging, and online courses to teach the public about virology. Paulette Bernd discussed the iPad dissection manual she developed for use in the Gross Anatomy laboratory at the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University. Grant Ackerman detailed the Business School's integration of iPads in the MBA program and their use of the iBook as an extended learning resource. Mark Newton recounted how the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship partners with Columbia faculty to implement innovative digital tools and publishing platforms for content delivery and preservation.
New media publishing: Whither the textbook?
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Lebanese artist Nicole Saba has filmed a music video clip for her song "Birahty" (Taking it at Ease) from her album "Ana Tab'ie Kidah" (That's The Way I Am).
The clip will be directed by Yehya Saadeh. "Birahty" is written by Amir Taymah and composed by Aziz Al Shafie. Filming lasted for two days.
According to the London daily Elaph, Nicole will travel to Cairo with the cast and crew of the film "Baby Doll Night." The group will then head on to France on May 14 to attend the Cannes Film Festival.
The cast and crew will then return to Cairo for the screening of "Baby Doll Night" in movie theaters on May 28.


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Melvin: Not worried about Cespedes' strikeouts
Melvin: Not worried about Cespedes' strikeouts
"He's also on base over .350, he's also slugging [nearly] .700, he's also had to face Felix [Hernandez] three times, he also has three home runs and leads the team in RBIs," Melvin said, quickly. "He's been on base six other times via walk and hit by pitch. If that's a struggle, there's no way to go but up -- and up is going to be pretty good."
So he's not worried about the strikeout total?
"I'm not that worried," Melvin said. "The times, obviously, you would like to see him not strike out is with a man on third and less than two outs. But, again, I think he's on a nice pace right now -- especially for a guy that has a big learning curve."
Friday marked the first time this season Cespedes did not reach base, and he has gone down on strikes at least once in each of his first eight games. But the swing-and-misses don't appear to be fazing him much.
"A lot of guys, if they get two or three strikeouts, they get defensive and their confidence goes down," Melvin said. "You definitely don't see that from him. He's still letting it go, he's still tenacious in every at-bat, and he still feels like every time he goes up there he's going to do something good. We feel the same way on the bench, so we need more time to figure out whether he's striking out too much. But he's not scared, definitely not scared."


text: Human Rights Observatory Afghan Defense Minister Nominee Rejection Signals Problems Ten months into its tenure, and deep into one of the bloodiest fighting seasons in the 15-year war with the Taliban, the Afghan parliament's failure to endorse a defense minister reflects deeper political turmoil that analysts say threatens government stability. Massoum Stanekzai was the third nominee who was unable to secure enough votes in the parliament to secure the post. President Ashraf Ghani's first nominee was similarly rejected by parliament while the second withdrew his...Read complete article© Voice of America - Tuesday, July 7, 2015


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BAEO Responds to DOJ's Attempt to Block Low-Income Black Children from Receiving High-Quality Education
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has continued its pursuit to deny low-income children in Louisiana an opportunity to get a better education by filing a motion to block the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) and the parents of scholarship recipients from intervening in a lawsuit where DOJ is suing the state of Louisiana, more specifically 34 parishes in the state that are still under a desegregation law, claiming that the state's scholarship program unlawfully allows students to leave failing public schools and go to high-performing private schools by way of a scholarship.
"DOJ has wrongly decided to not only sue the state of Louisiana to stop the state scholarship program in 34 parishes but they want to also silence the voices of parents who are standing up for their children's education by intervening in the lawsuit. Denying the voice and choice of parents is immoral, and DOJ should be ashamed," said Kenneth Campbell, President of BAEO.
The Louisiana Scholarship program was created to give children from low-income and working-class families a way to escape failing schools by applying for a scholarship and choosing a school that for them holds the promise of a better education
"BAEO believes that ALL children deserve the right to have access to a high-quality education. We are an advocacy organization that fights for the rights of low-income and working-class Black families to choose where their children are educated. Our mission is to save every child that we can through programs like the Louisiana Scholarship Program. So yes, we're going to intervene," said Campbell. "We're going to intervene until there is a ultimate decision from the court that the program is lawful."
Nearly 7,000 students are enrolled in the scholarship program statewide.
"This is not just about a lawsuit. It's about ensuring that our children are equipped to compete in the global marketplace. If our children are denied the right to a high-quality education, not only will they not be able to function as economically productive citizens, they will also not be able to be effective participants in the effort to engage in the practice of freedom and in the transformation of their world," said Eric Lewis, State Director for the Louisiana Black Alliance for Educational Options.


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The [lastfm]Jackson[/lastfm] family and the town of Gary, Indiana, are moving ahead on plans for a new museum dedicated to [lastfm]Michael Jackson[/lastfm].
In a recent press conference, the King of Pop's father Joe Jackson and Gary mayor Rudy Clay confirmed the new project, which would include a hotel, golf course and performing arts center. The Michael Jackson Family Center would cost around $300 million and hopefully would bring about 750,000 tourists to the city each year.
"This is something that my family and Michael have always wanted. We're bringing something back," Jackson told reporters at the event.
Clay and Jackson explained that the initial funding for the project will come from private investors and donations. The museum will be constructed on a 300-acre lot donated by the city.
"This project will be the magnet that will draw people from all over the world," Clay adds.
Project organizers say they expect to break ground as early as 2011.


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It's almost MOVING DAY folks, so bare with me. We all look a little like this:
Favorite Tweets:
Favorite Search Terms:
- bird model girl: I wish I was a bird model girl.
- french children's story cassie and be be: Claire do you know what story this is? I would like a copy!
- I refuse to sink: It always amazes me what people google. I feel like I should write, "Call the hotline."
- mexican chicken noodle soup: I'm definitely intrigued by this. Is it like spicy chicken and beans in a noodle soup fashion?
- lightsaber coloring pages: When you find these, let me know so I can make my nephew into a young padawan. Also, did everyone know that wikipedia has something called "wookiepedia" where I just found out how to properly spell padawan.
- beauty and the beast library: See Image to Right.
- beetlejuice book of the recently deceased: you are my hero.
Books News:
- New Fitzgerald Story Emerges @ Huff Post
- Author Fabricates Bob Dylan Quotes @ Huff Post
- Eat like Your Favorite Authors @ Flavorwire
Little Book Library @ Guild of Book Workers
- Poetry Parnassus Interactive Map @ The Guardian
- Poetry of the Games @ London Olympics
- 15 of the Greatest Lists in Literature @ Flavorwire
- Poetry Games: Cast Your Vote @ NPR
- "The Shining" Prequel @ Huff Post
- 10 Best Closing Lines of Books @ The Guardian
- Short Film by Terry Pratchett to be Produced @ Film Ireland
- Watch 6 Minute Clip from Anna Karenina @ Rope of Silicon
- How to Write @ The New York Times
- Jack Daniels Doesn't Want a Book Cover @ Huff Post
- Breaking the Line, Breaking the Narrative with Rita Dove, Sharon Olds and Ron Padgett @ Poets.org
- Etymology of the Fart (yep, Fart) @ The Atlantic
- Excerpt from The Hidden Images of Harry Potter @ Huff Post
- What 13 People Would Take from their Burning Houses @ Huff Post
Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter! @ Huff Post
- San Francisco has New Poet Laureate @ Poetry Foundation
- The Birth of Half Price Books @ Half Price Blog
- If Hip-Hop Lyrics were Book Blurbs @ Book Riot
- Contemporary Best Sellers This Week @ Poetry Foundation
- Where I'm Reading: Milk Bar @ The Rumpus
- Tracking Popular Words in Written English @ New Scientist
- Teen Author Wants to Reform American Schools @ Huff Post
- What to Make of Finnegan's Wake @ New York Review of Books
- 20 Years at the Front Door of the New Yorker @ Everyday Book
Steve McCurry has an Awesome Blog @ Steve McCurry
- The Literary of the Olympics @ Huff Post
- Ask the Writing Teacher @ The Millions
- Great Authors Interpret the Olympics @ Huff Post
- Dating Galway's Daughter aka Dating Your Favorite Poet's Daughter @ The Best American Poetry
- Twitter Reacts to Booker Longlist @ Huff Post
- Republican Senator Uses Langston Hughes in Ad Campaign @ NY Daily News
- Ted Turner Writes to his Father About Studying the Classics @ Letters of Note
- What is Huff Post Staff Reading @ Huff Post Books
- Overlooked Classics of American Literature @ The Guardian
- A Love Story in Status Codes @ McSweeney's
15 Cleverly Stacked Books @ Flavorwire


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District juggles as it runs out of classroom space
The wall opposite Fred Poss' desk is festooned with numbers – 11 sheets of yellow legal paper, each representing one of the Mukilteo School District's elementary schools.
Each sheet includes such information as the number of students at that school, the number who have transferred into or out of that school during the current school year, the number of classrooms at each school, and other statistics.
The deputy superintendent is a visual problem solver, so it helps him to see those stats, along with boundary maps and other data, in a "big picture" way.
It's a puzzle that's never completed, because the numbers are constantly changing; soft numbers – enrollment projections that may or may not pan out in any particular year – must be reconciled with hard numbers – actual enrollment.
So it's also a juggling act. Educators have to determine how best to utilize staff and facilities to ensure there's space for every student.
That's especially a challenge at the K-5 level. Unlike many school districts in Washington, the economy hasn't stopped growth here.
Since 2003, the district has averaged more than 80 elementary-age students per year – 735 students in all, more than the size of one typical elementary school.
Dr. Les Kendrick, a statistician who has been projecting Mukilteo district enrollment for more than 15 years, said that trend is likely to continue.
However, Dr. Kendrick cautioned, this year's birth rate was the lowest in more than a decade – attributable perhaps to a weak economy.
Still, he considers that to be an anomaly. He noted that the state of Washington predicts a marked increase in K-12 enrollment between 2015 and 2025, largely the result of the grandchildren of baby boomers becoming eligible for school.
The Mukilteo district's immediate challenge is at the elementary level; both middle and high school facilities should be able to absorb growth in the near term.
But going back to 2007-08, the district has been juggling K-5 students. It put a $139 million capital projects bond on the ballot in February 2008 that would have included construction of a new elementary school as well as major upgrades to Discovery and Mukilteo elementary schools.
Although 57 percent of voters approved the measure, it failed to meet the 60 percent supermajority requirement for passage.
Consequently, officials have been moving students from overcrowded campuses to those with space, and adding portable classrooms everywhere. Mukilteo Elementary, for example, has 10 portables, with two classrooms in each building.
With an average of 25 students per class, that means the portables alone could accommodate up to 500 students at full capacity.
Debra Fulton, executive director of District Services, said they have even moved entire kindergarten programs between schools, and plan to add two more classrooms at Discovery next fall.
Still, Kendrick's projections show that five of the 11 elementary schools will be overcrowded next fall. When students actually enroll, there's a possibility that even more schools will be over capacity, Fulton said.
On the east side of the district, in particular, officials will be closely monitoring enrollment at Horizon, Fairmount and Discovery, she said.
Meanwhile, Poss is staring at his wall of numbers, pondering options.
The first reaction is always the same. "We always think, 'We're getting crowded, we need more space, let's build a school,'" Poss said.
In fact, he is compiling information to present to the board for consideration of another bond measure, probably in February of 2014.
But educators are looking for other options, too.
He said state officials are pushing for mandatory all-day kindergarten, which the Mukilteo district offers only on a limited basis now.
"Right now I have two sessions per day – 50 kids," Poss said. "If I implement all-day kindergarten for everyone, I need 25 more rooms. That's another school."
But what if, instead, the district was to build a kindergarten center, perhaps two? Each would be the equivalent of half a school, at a smaller price tag.
Perhaps they could be built with infrastructure that would support a full-size school later on.
"We're trying to brainstorm ideas," Poss said. "Rather than the 'full meal K-5,' is there a better solution?
"We're trying not to overreact now. What we do know is we are running out of space, and a lot of our schools are out of space already."
The answer, perhaps, is hidden in plain sight on that wall of data in Fred Poss' office.


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Cpt Sugar makes his way through an alien ship whilst surfing the Event Horizon of a black hole to discover whether this is a worthy purchase. Is it going to be game over man? Read on to find out.
Alien Breed 2: Assault is the continuation of the 2009 remake of the 1991 Amiga classic released over Xbox Live. The game starts off with a flashback sequence to recap over the events in the first game (Alien Breed: Evolution) before letting you control the hero of the series Theodore J. Conrad, a man whose name sounds like he should be designing clothes rather than shooting aliens. The main objective of the game is to fight through thousands of aliens to get to the engine room and restart the engines before the Leopold (the ship you're on) is destroyed. Along the way the stresses on the ships hull take their toll destroying sections of the ship and making the task a bit more difficult due to the ship hitting another unidentified ship as it exits hyperspace. According to the ships sensors there are no life signs on board. How many times have we heard that before?
Alien Breed is an isometric shooter (early GTA games) which is becoming an increasingly rare style of shooter that evokes fond memories. It uses the Unreal 3 engine and Team 17 has done a sublime job of creating the atmosphere of the game. The actual levels are dark and have bright pools of light so enemies can attack from any direction, this works perfectly with the ambient sounds which give the game a very alienesque feel with the sounds of scurrying in the darkness and alarms being set off. The camera for the most part is good but in a few areas it's very shaky and that does get annoying.
The controls are very simple with both analogue sticks being used one for movement the other for aiming meaning you can run and gun in multiple directions. The camera can be rotated with the LB and RB buttons which is useful for scouting out the upcoming area or for noticing secret areas.
The game is action packed and has you trying to conserve ammunition as you never know what's just around the corner, as well as searching every nook and cranny for secrets and Intex terminals which allow you to upgrade your arsenal as well as buy more ammunition and first aid kits. They will also allow you to make a manual save. The game does autosave but this is infrequent and will have you retracing your steps. Various items can be found by looting corpses or lying on the floor these include grenades, guns ammunition and health packs. The most useful item I found was the gun turret which helped hold back the hordes of aliens whilst I scavenged the area for everything I could grab.
The ships computer Mia helps keep you up to date on the task at hand. The missions aren't as varied as I would have liked and involves activating power terminals to open up new areas and escorting survivors to safe areas of the ship.
There are two multiplayer modes Coop and Survival. Coop has you running from 1 area to the next killing aliens. Survival is where it gets interesting, you are placed in a level the starting room is filled with weapons, ammunition and other items and you have to survive an onslaught of aliens until the time runs out but the better weaponry is scattered around the level so hiding in one place is not the greatest move. This is best played tactically including not reloading together and using the weapons available, whilst it is easy to jump into survival straight away earning upgrades in the main game makes this mode easier.


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The Defense Minister, the IDF Chief and Iran's Nuclear Plans
Replacing the Mossad and IDF chiefs will cause a significant shift in system of checks and balances regarding Israel's policy on Iran.
Was Defense Minister Ehud Barak's decision not to extend Gabi Ashkenazi's term as Israsel Defense Forces chief affected by the main issue on the political agenda: the possibility of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities?
Former IDF chief Moshe Ya'alon was relieved of his duties in 2005, a mere few months before the disengagement, for several reasons, including an ongoing lack of communication with his superiors ? Ariel Sharon and Shaul Mofaz (then prime minister and defense minister, respectively). But the main explanation given for the decision to not extend Ya'alon's term for another year stems from his reservations over the evacuation of the Gush Katif settlements in Gaza.
Sharon and Mofaz knew that Ya'alon, a model of military obedience, would fully follow the government's orders. Nonetheless, they decided to replace him with Dan Halutz, who was far more committed to them and to the evacuation.
But the case of Ashkenazi is somewhat different. A government decision guaranteed him a fourth year as army chief with the option of a fifth in the event of "emergency circumstances."
Regardless of whether Barak's decision had anything to do with the Iranian issue, it will have a significant affect on how that issue is tackled. Ashkenazi will retire from the IDF in February 2011, two months after Mossad chief Meir Dagan is scheduled to retire from intelligence agency.
Within the balance of power in Israel's leadership, both Ashkenazi and Dagan were part of the moderate camp. While some of Israel's political leaders released messianic statements, the heads of the security forces took a more cautious position. Ashkenazi, as Israel's main envoy to the U.S. defense establishment, was well aware of the level of opposition in Washington to an Israeli strike on Iran.
Replacing the heads of the Mossad and the IDF will bring about a significant shift in the system of checks and balances regarding Israel's policy toward Iran.
In the best case scenario, the U.S. will succeed in passing a new round of sanctions against Iran only in June. If that happens, it will take at least several months before it will be possible to determine the sanctions effectively.
According to the most recent intelligence reports, Tehran will be able to produce a nuclear warhead within one to three years. Iran's rate of progress depends mainly on the Iranian regime's decisions and its assessment of the extent of global opposition.
Posted by Amos Harel on April 15, 2010
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Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development
and clean, pragmatic design.
Developed and used over the past two years by a fast-moving online-news
operation, Django was designed from scratch to handle two challenges: the
intensive deadlines of a newsroom and the stringent requirements of experienced
Web developers. It has convenient niceties for developing content-management
systems, but it's an excellent tool for building any Web site.
WWW: http://www.djangoproject.com
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The package name of this deleted port was: py27-django15
PKGNAME: py27-django15
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NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for py27-django15-1.5.12:
FASTCGI=off: FastCGI protocol support
HTMLDOCS=off: Install HTML documentation (requires Sphinx)
====> Options available for the group DATABASE
PGSQL=off: PostgreSQL database support
MYSQL=off: MySQL database support
SQLITE=on: SQLite database support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
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2015-02-28 finance/openerp-server: Broken for more than 6 months
2015-02-28 graphics/p5-Geo-KML
2015-02-28 mail/postfix-tls: TLS is now a default for postfix / postfix-current
2015-02-28 net/spserver: Broken for more than 6 months
2015-02-28 net/xrdesktop: Unmaintained upstream - please use net/xrdesktop2
2015-02-28 www/mediawiki122: Deprecated by upstream, use www/mediawiki12{3,4}
2015-02-28 www/mod_cplusplus: written for apache 2.0, no longer maintained
2015-02-28 www/py-django15: not supported by upstream
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- Mark DEPRECATED since it is not supported by upstream
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- Make 1.5.x and 1.6.x work with Python3 [2]
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Update all Django ports to new security releases
On August 20, the Django team issued new security releases addressing
multiple vulnerabilities [1]. Update all of our Django ports accordingly:
- www/py-django: Update to 1.6.6
- www/py-django14: Update to 1.4.14
- www/py-django15: Update to 1.5.9
- www/py-django-devel: Update to 1.7 release candidate 3
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Application Architectures for FPGA-Based Image Processing
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Computational-bound offloading, System-on-Chip integration, and custom processes are driving software applications into FPGAs.
Common system architectures prioritize different elements of the path from sensor to useful data as follows:
Machine vision: For this application, the quickest path with any software is a high level language. The application focuses on higher frame rates and higher resolution. This remains a moving target, following sensors as they increase in capacity and speed. Typically, the FPGA parallelizing compiler is offloading the CPU code and creating the HDL. Ideally, there is a standard board interface to the specific platform, which may consist of a standalone FPGA or an FPGA that is part of a larger system. Again ideally, this involves a separate layer (e.g., a platform support package) such that the design is not locked into any particular platform.
On the tool side, C-based compilers lend themselves to a stream processing model. Also, OpenCL has a threading plus memory model. In either case, it helps accelerate the project to know about FPGAs and how the tools actually produce results; i.e., what to expect. This is a large variable with regard to many design teams teams. There can be lots of "gotchas" after waiting perhaps four-to-eight hours for the design to propagate (via synthesis and place-and-route) into the physical FPGA. The more this image flow is pipelined, the more the architect should consider multiple processors in the fabric as well as CPUs that are available on some FPGAs.
Real-time input to output: In this type of application, the system is processing frame-by-frame and doing something on every frame. For instance, distributed video (e.g., HD TV) has frame buffers, but it still has to run in real-time. Drop-out is just that -- unrecovered and unconcerned. In some cases, machine vision can compromise in deference to staying real-time or as fast as possible. In applications where loss isn't fatal, the system architect may compromise on the frame rate or the resolution. Buffering compensates for latencies or lags. Frame buffering is typically used for recall (more than once) or as a giant FIFO at the frame level (vs. at the pixel level). External memory is cheaper in this situation than putting it on chip.
Analytics or reconstruction: An example of this type of application is a medical scanner image reconstruction algorithm. According to Professor Scott A. Hauck from the University of Washington:
Computed Tomography (CT) image reconstruction techniques represent a class of algorithms that are ideally suited for co-processor acceleration. The Filtered Back Projection (FBP) algorithm is one such popular CT reconstruction method that is computationally intensive but amenable to extensive parallel execution. [it is amenable to using] an FPGA accelerator for the critical back projection step in FBP using a C-to-FPGA tool flow like Impulse C. The strategies show orders of magnitude speedup over a software implementation of back projection and can achieve nearly the same performance as hand coded HDL while significantly reducing the design effort.
QoR is one of the "dirty little secrets" of most HLL methodologies. HLLs and optimizing compilers will do great with unrolling and parallelizing, but -- without management -- they can add more overhead. Often, the more physical HLLs have less overhead, but -- inversely -- require more knowledge of the hardware. Memory and special FPGA resources are a couple of potential traps. Ideally, algorithms will minimize off-chip memory use and stay within available special memory resources such as DSP blocks. We debug quite a few designs that "fall off of a cliff" when a design iteration requires "just one more DSP block" than is actually available on-chip.
HLLs and tools in this ecosystem include free tools such as OpenCL, which has a reasonable list of libraries and macros. FPGA manufacturers produce excellent tools, but these -- of course -- tend to lock designers into a specific brand. OpenCL is emerging as a possible standard and, although "young" as applies to FPGA, offers a lot of promise for co-processing with GPUs and CPUs using a common language. Third-party tools, such as Impulse C, are well-established, come with more intense factory support (selling design seats, not chips), but they may cost more.
About the authors
Brian Durwood and Ed Trexel are employees of Impulse Accelerated Technologies, one of the established companies making C to FPGA tools and offering Design Services for prototypes and proofs of concept. The Impulse team has assisted on over 600 such designs.
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- Xilinx UltraScale FPGA Offers 50 Million Equivalent ASIC Gates
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