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The Optimal Management of Environmental Quality with Stock and Flow Controls
We characterize environmental quality as a stock, and its rate of deterioration as a flow. We consider a class of problems, which we call "SFQ" problems, in which both stocks and flows can be controlled to promote the quality of a resource stock. Abatement (curbing the flow) and restoration (restoring the stock) are interdependent tools in such problems. Under the optimal policy, periodic restoration complements positive but variable abatement that partly stems the quality decline. The preferred balance between the two strategies depends on environmental and economic factors. If flows are low enough, or if abatement is sufficiently inexpensive relative to restoration, optimal abatement may be sufficiently intense to offset the expected deterioration and produce an equilibrium in expectation. When deterioration is more rapid or more variable, when abatement is more expensive, or when restoration is less costly, the optimal policy relies more on restoration. We apply the analysis to the restoration of an endangered species, and show how it could illuminate a range of other problems in the environmental arena. But the lessons are general, and we briefly discuss how they apply to the management of both physical and human capital stocks.
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Been playing the 1.5 demo for a couple of hours and just got my first horse. Quick comment: the horse thing ROCKS! Fun approximation of riding a horse. Haven't tried combat on horseback yet, but love the fact that the controls change a bit to represent riding a horse rather than walking. Don't know why some have bitched about it.
Originally Posted by chamr
As for the rest of the game, finding it more and more comfortable and fun the longer I play. Couple of criticisms: I've seemed to power up really quickly. Granted, it's very satisfying to whoop the ass of the wolves and groms that killed me quickly early, but worried for the rest of the game that the dynamic changed from me on bottom to being clearly on top in about an hour's worth of play.
Originally Posted by chamr
The other thing is no strafe movement and moving back turns me around rather than backing up while facing the same direction. Definitely don't like that. And the other other thing is no walk mode.
Originally Posted by JDR13
That was a big complaint of mine as well.

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Photos of Elizabeth and James Footwear Collection
Are You Interested in Buying Elizabeth and James Footwear?
When we first found out Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen were to create a shoe line with Steve Madden, we were elated with the thought of buying funky footwear at an affordable price. We like the Victorian meets dominatrix style, seen left, but the prices are far from desirable. The collection is set to retail from $195 to $500, which is unusually high since Steve Madden offerings typically range from $70 to $250. The line is slated to hit high-end stores in March; are you still interested in their shoes?


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Lance Wright is used to dealing with stereotypes. He fields bad jokes like routine ground balls. When he shows up at football events in the lower 48, the questions follow him. Sometimes they're born from curiosity. Sometimes they're born from sarcasm. But they're always around.
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"They have football in Alaska?"
"Where's your parka?"
"How many wolves have you killed and eaten? What does whale taste like?"
These days, the ensuing eye roll is instantaneous. "The weirdest thing I've ever eaten actually was either rattlesnake or calf fries, and that was in here in the Midwest," Wright said before warm-ups at last weekend's Rivals Camp Series presented by Under Armour stop in St. Louis. "So if anybody eats weird stuff ..."
Wright laughs them off, even if they stopped being funny while "The Sopranos" was debuting new episodes. If you're keen on stereotypes, his shoulder-length hair makes him look more like a California-based broheim than an Alaska-based Eskimo. He's neither of those things, of course. For now, Wright is a wide receiver routinely hopping punishingly long flights in the name of exposure. The dream chase is a grind. Last weekend featured an 18-hour journey for a five-hour elite camp.
It's not as though Wright is from Juneau or Anchorage or anything resembling an American city. He calls North Pole, a town of 2,226 people that once reached minus-71 degrees, home. Mention of his hometown brings a whole new set of jokes. It also brings a pile of unusual challenges. Not too many talent evaluators or college coaches take a wrong turn at Santa's workshop and end up on his school's sideline.
"We have some athletes, but nobody really looks up there," Wright said. "Nobody says, 'We need an athlete. Let's look in North Pole, Alaska.' You kind of have to work to get people to notice you. I've gotten letters and stuff, but I haven't had any offers. I mean, there's a lot of Ivy League schools talking to me because of my grades, but there's not really that much exposure right now.
"It depends who you are around, but hockey is bigger than football in Alaska. Soccer is big, too."
Before competing in St. Louis, Wright garnered attention at the U.S. Army National Underclassman Combine in San Antonio. And those events are only the most recent ones. All the travel should pay off eventually. He lists zero scholarship offers as of now, but at a legitimate 6-foot-3, he has the speed to play college football on some level.
This is a scholarship athlete. Of that there seems to be little doubt.
"I think he could easily be a mid-major kid," Rivals.com Midwest recruiting analyst Josh Helmholdt said. "He could really help Boise State or a WAC school or something like that. He's a good-sized kid and a real solid all-around player. Watching him ... he was at the Army Combine and he flies down to St. Louis for this camp, the kid is obviously a competitor. Those kinds of guys tend to achieve beyond their potential."
Wright admits it's easy to wonder how his recruitment would be different if his family had stayed in his birth state of Texas. The exposure and coaching that come with playing high school football in that hotbed certainly would have made a difference. But how he ended up in Alaska is part of what makes his story interesting.
In essence, his family is living out a common fantasy. But while most others love to play what-if on the subject, the Wrights actually followed through.
"When I was in kindergarten, we went out to Alaska on a vacation. We liked it, so we just decided to stay there," Wright said. "It just worked out."
Wright isn't content with hoping this football thing will "just work out" as well. There isn't a player in America who has logged more miles in pursuit of a college scholarship. According to Helmholdt, that in itself is enough to make a statement.
"He's solid across the board," Helmholdt said. "But what is going to give him the chance to succeed is his competitive nature and his drive to compete with the best."
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This is a story on the BBC's website based on a report by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
This comment in particular is very interesting:
"Heads will say our most able pupils who don't use the buzz words don't get the top grades - but they produce the most novel and insightful answers. The markers can't accommodate the originality of their answers.
"And the most depressing thing for a teacher with a high calibre of pupil is to coach the most able pupils on dumbing down their answers to get an A*," he said.
I think this has always been the case to a certain extent but the situation now, if it is true, represents the culmination of years of what I've always called 'the cult of mediocrity'.
It's not just schools where this is the case. The workplace is rife with it as well.


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The recent discussion over Canada's Senate has tended to be a rather sterile exchange about whether it should be abolished or elected. Neither is the correct answer.
The fathers of Confederation created the Senate as a gesture of federalist representation and provincial rights, inspired to some degree by the United States Senate; and as a gesture toward an elevated (though not ennobled) house, borrowing something from the British House of Lords. In other words, it was rather haphazardly conceived to address a pastiche of concerns, and could never reasonably have been expected to accomplish any of them fully. Senate exponents generally have been reduced to rather tired pieties about "a sober second thought." That has some validity, but as a raison d'être, it underachieves on what a House of Parliament in this vital country could accomplish.
As the United States was founded by a group of colonies that had achieved their independence by recourse to war, joining into one federal country, there was the challenge of uniting the demographic weight of the different affiliating states to reflect their relative populations, with the need to recognize that they were coming together as autonomous jurisdictions whose equal sovereignty had to be reflected also. The result was a bicameral scheme, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The former is composed of districts that are adjusted after each census with all having approximately equal numbers of voters (as the U.S. population has grown, the size of these districts has grown to about 750,000, or seven times the average Canadian or British Parliamentary constituency). The latter is composed of two senators from each state regardless of population. These senators were elected by state legislatures prior to 1913, when, by constitutional amendment, selection was changed to direct election. But even before this change, there were often popular elections in practice, as prominent candidates campaigned for state legislators who were pledged, in turn, to vote for them as U.S. senators. The most famous such race was that between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in Illinois in 1858.
House of Lords debates are excruciatingly courteous — and feature none of the barnyard noises, and other forms of infantilism, to be found in most elected chambers
The British House of Lords, by contrast, is the ancient perch of the nobility, and was a hereditary chamber until fairly recently. The notion that nobility was a state that, once achieved, was permanent in a family as long as it procreated, has vanished and been replaced by a concept of meritocracy. People are named to the House of Lords because they are deemed to be figures of distinguished stature. Thus there are the former defense chiefs and senior politicians, the heads of the great corporations and universities and labour unions, writers such as P.D. James, musical figures such as the late Yehudi Menuhin and Andrew Lloyd Weber, leading ecclesiastics, including the principal Anglican bishops and the chief rabbi, distinguished historians and other academics such as Hugh Thomas and Asa Briggs, and Robert Skidelsky, and leaders from the learned professions such as the architect Norman Foster and some of the country's leading barristers and scientists, practically everyone an accomplished person in some field. The debates of the House of Lords on serious subjects are the highest quality deliberations of any legislative forum in the world (as I know from having participated in them). And they are also excruciatingly courteously conducted and have none of the barnyard noises and other forms of infantilism of most elected chambers. The members of the House of Lords are unpaid, unless they play a specific official role, and are not bound to any sort of geographically defined constituency.
To the extent the Canadian Senate was modeled on the House of Lords, it was rolled back from a life appointment to an obligatory retirement at 75. Both the French and the British tried half-heartedly to entrench a system of nobility in colonial Canada, but the Seigneurial system was really just a method of tenant-farming with an obligation to clear the land and an option to buy it for the tenant, a commercial arrangement that was self-limiting in time. And British ideas for the institutionalization of a Canadian nobility in the Constitution Act of 1791, sponsored by Lord Grenville, the foreign secretary, were discarded at the suggestion of Lord Dorchester (Sir Guy Carleton), chief author of the Quebec Act (1774) and twice governor of Quebec, who said that any such arrangement would be inimical to the egalitarian and relatively informal nature of Canadians, French and English-speaking alike.
The current hostility that the perceived conduct of some senators has caused toward the Senate is unjust, as public annoyance should properly be directed against the individual senators without impugning the chamber itself. What we should do is remake the Senate with a defined purpose that is clearer and more feasible than the original, hurried arrangements.
The suggestions for modification at the time of the Meech Lake discussions in the early 1990s had some merit, as it was proposed to have some of the senators appointed by the provinces. This partly simulated the original American concept, whereby senators were to some extent representatives to the national government from the local interests each represented. (This is the system in Germany, where the upper house of the legislature, the Bundesrat, is composed of members named by the constituent states of Germany.)
It is impossible to see how an elected Canadian Senate would work, as the House of Commons will not surrender any powers. And if the Senate did not assume greater powers, serious people would not go to the trouble of seeking election to it (many current and recent senators, by contrast, are people of some stature). And so we would be left with the worst of both worlds: a jurisdictionally enfeebled senate inhabited by non-entities.
I suggest an appointive Senate of unchanged powers and expanded size, 150 or even 180 senators, composed of three equal groups: (1) federally appointed, more or less as they are now, but with a requirement to clear a general but not vertiginous hurdle of career distinction; (2) a provincially appointed group of equal size, with the same personal criteria, and allocated according to the population of each province; and (3) the last third appointed by a commission of joint federal-provincial composition that would seek the 50 or 60 most distinguished Canadians of all serious occupations.
This would sharply raise the prestige of the Senate, and enhance the character of its discussions. There would be a contingent of independent senators, crossbenchers as they are called in the House of Lords, and this would make proceedings more interesting. Parties out of power in Ottawa and the provinces would have some ability to name senators, as the opposition parties do to the House of Lords.
Moreover, the compulsory retirement should be ended, as people are living longer, and many are competent well past 75. Senators should be appointed for renewable six year terms, but only for two years at a time from the age of 80 onward.
This Senate isn't working well, but a remodeled one could. And reforming it would be both useful and inspiriting to the country as a whole.
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I would just like to see an example of a "literal string" where using 'system ( )' is acceptable to the general programming community. :)
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I would just like to see an example of a "literal string" where using 'system ( )' is acceptable to the general programming community. :)
Well, because a string literal is converted to a pointer when passed to a function, your request presumably allows pointers, so the only 100% portable usage of system is:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Brain
Everything else is implementation-defined. :)Code:
int has_command_processor = std::system(0);
I had another problem involving some sentences I wanted to concatenate into a paragraph using arrays. Like so:
1. Ask for input.
2. Check if the line is blank, if so, the user is done entering text and the program should terminate. If not, then follow with the code to append the sentence to the array.
3. Take the previously saved sentences and put them in a temporary storage, then recreate an array that is 1 dimension longer to hold the new sentence. Then put the previously stored sentences in the temporary array in the new longer array. Then put the sentence input this run of the cin.getline in the end of the new and longer array.
4. Go to step 1.
Sorry if that is confusing, but the problem I run into is that with arrays of characters as in strings you have only one dimension (length). If you try and input that into a multidimensional array how do you refference how to put it in. Can't arrays only transfer to arrays with identical dimensions? Like when you try the following:
From the code above you see what I am trying to do, but logically that wouldn't work... so how would I do it!?Code:
int main()
char temporary[80];
char fullparagraph[80][5];
cin.getline(temporary, 80, '\n');
fullparagraph[80][0] = temporary[80];
You were trying for something like this?
Note how strcpy is used to transfer the contents of the arrays. This is because (as you probably know) arrays can't be assigned with the assignment operator. para is declared to be an array of 5 arrays of 80 characters. The first dimension designates lines and the second dimension represents characters in a line. Also notice that the loop condition checks for array overflow while a conditional inside the loop breaks if getline fails. After the loop the code checks to see if getline failed due to end-of-file (as we want). If something else made it fail then we print an error because there's really not much else to do in such a simple program. Error checking is important, especially when using input status codes that could be informative or erroneous. ;) The last loop uses i as the upper limit because the array might not have been filled up.Code:
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring> // For strcpy
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
char line[80];
char para[5][80];
int it;
// Get the lines of a paragraph
// Terminate at N lines or end-of-file
for (it = 0; it < 5; it++) {
if (!cin.getline(line, sizeof line)) {
strcpy(para[it], line);
// Check for fatal errors
if (it < 5 && !cin.eof()) {
cerr<<"Something really bad happened!"<<endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
// Display the final paragraph
cout<<"The paragraph is: "<<endl;
for (int j = 0; j < it; j++) {
cout<< para[j] <<endl;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
I couldn't help but notice that you're using old-style C++. Life would be much easier for you if you migrated to a modern compiler that would properly support standard niceties. :) Then you could do this and not worry about lengths:
This is much safer. It lets you create paragraphs of arbitrary length with minimal effort (less than the constrained version above!). The functionality is the same: Lines are read until end-of-file, no arbitrary line limit or limit on the number of lines you'll see, :) the status of cin is checked as before, and the each line is printed out. I used iterators instead of indices for the printing simply because it's more modern. ;) In this case, the following loop would do the same thing:Code:
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int main()
typedef vector<string> paragraph;
string line;
paragraph para;
// Get the lines of a paragraph
// Terminate at end-of-file
while (getline(cin, line)) {
// Check for fatal errors
if (!cin.eof()) {
cerr<<"Something really bad happened!"<<endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
// Display the final paragraph
cout<<"The paragraph is: "<<endl;
paragraph::const_iterator it = para.begin();
while (it != para.end()) {
cout<< *it <<endl;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
It's generally better to get into the habit of using iterators though. They're very flexible and you'll be happy you got used to them when you start powerusing the standard library. :DCode:
for (paragraph::size_type it = 0; it < para.size(); it++) {
cout<< para[it] <<endl;
...now to throw in the whole "the standards say you can leave return 0 out of main" argument...
Oh SALEM! Where are you, Salem?
>...now to throw in the whole "the standards say you can leave return 0 out of main" argument...
But they don't say you must leave it out. :rolleyes:
>Oh SALEM! Where are you, Salem?
Major_small is referring to a common argument that gets sparked on this board about int main() vs void main(). A brief look at Salem's avatar will show you what I'm talking about.
I'm familiar with Salem's avatar, and the "void main gestapo" :D, but the reference is somewhat confusing as the discussion hasn't quite yet gone off on that tangent (though it wouldn't surprise me if it did). ;)Quote:
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It just did
void main OWNS!!!!!! If it wasn't for void main i don't think i could go on for another day
the only valid void in this thread is the one in your head...
Since when is using system(); a security issue? Yes, people could write their own 'pause' command and put a virus in it, but would they really want to considering its running on their own computer?
It makes it easier to attach spyware
um, no... say I write program and name it 'Pause.exe'. then I put it in the win32 folder on YOUR computer while you're not watching... then you run you program and it calls 'pause'. your program can't tell the difference, so it runs the only pause.exe in the folder. your program runs mine which then connects to the internet and sends me every keystroke you type for the next month...Quote:
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This is a unique jewel of a home designed by the famous Mexican architect, Manuel Parra. If you enjoy beautiful views, gardens, and an escape only minutes away from the bustle of downtown Guanajuato, this is the house for you. Choose from six sunny terraces and patios that surround the main house, affording stunning, panoramic views over the city, mountains, and valleys, and up to the fabulous church of La Valenciana.
You don't have to be outdoors to enjoy the view, however; you can enjoy them from every room in the house. All of the rooms are open, spacious, and filled with light. The main floor features a large, convenient kitchen. A separate dining room opens to a patio, to the beautiful living room, and to a gracious hallway with guest bathroom. Antique wooden doors separate the living space from the large study and the spacious master bedroom with its king-sized bed. The ensuite bathroom has one of the best views in the house. Gracious, wrought iron-and-glass doors open around the house onto the beautiful terraces and patios. Bovedas (high, domed, brick ceilings) grace every room, along with conchas, antique wood-beam supports, and archways.
Downstairs there is a separate spacious guest room with double bed and bathroom. It, too, has beautiful views, and an adjoining patio and walkways. In the main-floor study you will find two desks, a sofa with a pullout double bed for guests, and still more superb views.
Casa Newman is featured in a 2015 coffee-table book about the houses designed by Manuel Parra.
Parking is available within the fine wrought-iron gate and stone walls.
A caretaking couple lives in a separate casita on the property. The lovely Maria will work as a housekeeper and do cleaning and laundry for you if you wish, and her husband, Gabriel, can also be a driver (costs are additional). You can walk to the end of the lane to catch a bus into town for 5 pesos (25 cents US), or take a taxi for 40 pesos (about $2 US).
A short distance away in the other direction you can enjoy the shops around the lovely town square of Valenciana. It faces what is called the prettiest church in the state, completed in 1778 with an imposing facade of pink stone.
The large property is graced by mature gardens, bougainvillea, and jacaranda and eucalyptus trees. There are dogs on the property that are sweet and friendly to house residents and well looked after by the caretakers.
This house is for those who want to be surrounded by beautiful art, architecture, and stunning views, yet have close access to the vibrant centre of Guanajuato.
We are a Canadian family in love with Guanajuato and we have been coming here for many years. Our parents built this home designed by a famous architect on a prized piece of land, surrounded by beautiful nature and stunning views.
We love to have breakfasts on the sunny terrace with freshly squeezed orange juice and papaya. What a way to start the day, with hummingbirds and spectacular views over the city and mountains! We are happy to share the pleasure of living in this uniquely beautiful house, close to the vibrant cultural and social life of the city.
Guanajuato is the loveliest small city in Mexico. Its picturesque, winding laneways lead to colorful houses that climb the steep hillsides. It's fun to visit the markets and shops, pretty little squares, galleries, and charming restaurants. We also love the extraordinarily full cultural life, of concerts, art exhibits and museums.
The thousands of university students give the town a youthful feel, and mix with local families and visitors to make the Jardín de Unión the vibrant centre of the town.
As soon as we walked through the gate at the end of the callejon, we knew we were someplace very special. Casa Newman is perched on a hillside about half-way between the Guanajuato Centro and Valenciana, with amazing views to the west, south and north. It's private and the grounds are lush, with birds, butterflies and flowers everywhere (and a rooster and couple of hens with their chicks.) The house itself is remarkable. The architecture is stunning - very few 4-sided rooms, windows on all sides that allow you to look from one side of the house out the other side, very light and open, so many inside and outside places to be and enjoy. The furnishings are a interesting and perfect blend of Mexican, antique, and mid-century modern, with lots of art contributed by various family members - you really feel the generations of Newmans who have grown up in the casa. The caretaking couple Marie and Gabriel were wonderful, their dogs great, and getting to and from el Centro easy and inexpensive. Very special, we'll be back. Thank you Peter.
Set in the low mountains overlooking the valley where Guanajuato is nestled, this architectural original by celebrated Mexican architect, Manuel Parra is delight to stay in. The rooms admit day and night skies and city lights via large windows. Desert vegetation abounds naturally below and is painstakingly cultivated on the property. There is ample room to spread out and have privacy. The furnishings are traditional, comfortable, and inviting. There are patios at different levels, fountains and look-outs. The staff live separately on the property and take good care of it daily. They are warm, eager to please but not intrusive. The town is a 10 minute bus ride in from a five minute walk to the stop, and on the road to nearby villages and local sights. The house has been owned and lived in by three generations of one family and has the intimacy of a family home rather than a cookie cutter BB for tourists.
I agree with the other reviews in their praise of this wonderful find!
This home has more charm, beauty, views and architectural interest than we ever dreamed! We had seen the photos which looked great, but the home was bigger and better than we expected. Every nook and cranny was gorgeous and charming in its simplicity. The brick ceilings were in every room - even each bathroom! And the furnishings were individual talk-pieces...nothing matched yet everything blended beautifully in a good old-fashioned (mexican antique?) style. Wonderful iron windows allowed us to view all the wonderful surrounding mountains, and even the La Valenciana church which we attended one Sunday.
We were warmly welcomed by Gabriel who picked us up from the bus station (we took Primavera Plus luxury bus from Guadalajara...excellent) then Maria had fresh juice to greet us when we arrived at Casa Newman. Maria is so sweet and a terrific cook! She made us a staple of authentic mexican food and salsa which we then fixed up at each meal ourselves. She even did the grocery shopping with Gabriel picking her up in the car so we could sightsee!
Their son was also fantastic and took us on a day trip to San Miguel through the Sierra and made a short stop at Antolito (sp?) which was unexpected yet historically significant.
My husband, daughters and I walked regularly down the mountain into Guanajuato using the natural (steep) trail through the woods that led directly to the Soriana grocery store and picked up supplies daily. My 80-year old mother was also able to make it to the central district by walking down the street to the bus and taxi.
We cannot say enough good things about this property except that if you visit Guanajuato, this home is a must-see, even if just to stop by and look at it!
As seasoned travelers to Mexico we have rented many different homes and apartments in the last decades. When we chose to go to Guanajuato and saw the photos on VRBO, we knew that we found a jewel. However, this house was way beyond our expectations. Only one word could describe it...absolutely BEAUTIFUL...It's location high above Guanajuato offers great views of the city and surrounding hills from numerous patios, and beautifully landscaped terraces. Also it is only a 10 minute ride by bus or taxi into town. The area is quiet [ unusual for most Mexico} and very secure. Gabriel and Maria, the wonderful caretakers that live on the property are most helpful. Maria is also a great cook and we enjoyed a lovely meal together which she had prepared. We had the most wonderful time there and are in complete agreement with the previous reviews. We could not say it any better. Our plans are to come back again and stay at least 1 month, that is how much we loved it.
The photos on VRBO immediately intrigued me, but not without suspicion. You know what they say about things that look too good to be true! There had to be a catch. Having spent five weeks here I'm still left bewildered and wondering how Paradise came to be listed on the internet?
From the moment we entered the house, I was overwhelmed by this architectural wonder to the point of choking back tears. There's this easy sense of harmony created by space and light which instantaneously makes you feel at home. In every direction you look you are transfixed by the natural beauty of the outdoor landscape which is magically incorporated with the interior. The huge windows and doors which overlook the gardens, patios and views create this seamless passage between the inside and outside. The furnishings, with numerous antiques, and Mexicana collectibles, provide a natural, comfy feeling of shabby chic.
In addition to the house, and gardens a real plus is the on-site (but out of sight!) presence of the most delightful Mexican caretakers - Gabriel and Maria - and their four dogs!! Not only are they, the caretakers, friendly, cheerful and helpful, but just knowing that they are there, provides a complete sense of security.
And then there's the lovely city of Guanajuato, just a ten minute bus ride away, or once we acclimatized to the altitude, a relatively easy walk. It doesn't have the ex-pat population that San Miguel de Allende does, but to us, that adds to its charm. It has a University, a number of concert venues, with weekly performances, sophisticated restaurants and a bustling marketplace.
It truly is Paradise.
This house added another dimension to our stay in Guanajuato. Photographs cannot fully convey the quality of the spaces Manuel Parra created—expansive, mostly non-rectangular, beautifully integrating interior and exterior. Just walking to the kitchen barefoot every morning was a pleasure—feeling the flagstone and tile floors underfoot, taking in the shifting views of the mountains and city, and appreciating the brick boveda ceilings above. And coming back to this comfortable home after a day in lively Guanajuato was always a delight.
We (two couples) found the practicalities easy to manage. Gabriel was often available to take us to town or we walked up the callejon to the main road and caught a bus or a passing taxi. We purchased most of our groceries at Soriana, a small supermarket at the bottom of the hill—taking a bus down the hill and a taxi back (the supermarket will even call a taxi for you).
Guanajuato has many attractions, but don't miss the University of Guanajuato Symphony on Friday nights nor a visit to the Museo Gene Byron, which in addition to its beautiful architecture and landscaping has superb music on Sundays and an excellent selection of well-priced arts and crafts.
Mariachis serenade outdoor diners in the main town square, the Jardin. Neighbourhood street festivals and parades spring up unexpectedly. For music lovers, there are weekly symphony orchestra concerts in the Teatro Principal. Two other venues offer weekly chamber music concerts. We have an excellent Spanish teacher who comes to the house and if you wish will do the same for you.
The annual Cervantino Festival in October is world-renowned and features international artists and performers.
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I was wondering about a situation that has happened off and on over the years. What causes hairballing in fine solid hair animals? The kind i'm talking about you can feel them. It feels like the hair is matted, but upon closer inspection when you part the guard hairs the underhair is balled up with saw dust or corn cob dust. I haven't had that problem on items that I have tanned, but occasionally on Commercially tanned items. It usually happens with mountain goats,foxes,lynx, and sometimes muskox. I thought maybe the hair wasn't clean so I tried shampooing,rinseing,draining,and tumbling. It did not seem to help but got worse. It seems like whatever caused it is permanent. You can't even comb it out without pulling alot of hair out. Thanks for any advice, Martin.
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I've seen this in Wolves, Coyotes and Otters too! All animals have natural oils in their fur or hair, and because of it, it attracts dirt and other debris. Normally, a Tannery should be degreasing their furs, first to clean up any tanning oil splash into the fur when it was applied, and secondly, to remove these natural oils and get good fur seperation (I call it "Puff") on the finished piece. Unless they degrease the skins, by tumbling them in sawdust and a solvent, after they have been oiled and "almost" dried, this sawdust balling will occur.
In fine long furs, one way to reduce such "sawdust balling", is to use sawdust flour (dust) instead of the grain sized sawdust. The flour is easy to get in and out, and doesnt seem to snarl in the fur. But - unless the fur has been degreased - it can still cause balling!
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In the last paragraph on Page 29 of EJB Design Patterns book by Floyd Marinescu, it says that client performs its update onto a DTO locally and then update the sever by passing a domain DTO to an updateXXXEntity method on the DTO factory which would copy the attributes of the DTO into the appropriate entity bean using fine grain set methods on the entity bean's local interface.
I am rather puzzled by this. Factory should only create an object of a given type as its name implies. Having update operation on the factory changes the semantics of the Factory. In this case the DTO Factory should then be called DTO controller that gets, updates and perhaps deletes the DTO. Am I missing something ?
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Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex that's home to Somali immigrants.
Thousands came out to Neptune's Park at the Oceanfront for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed starting guard Mike Brewster on injured reserve and signed running back Keith Toston.
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 won in seven categories at the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards in California last night. The vampire series - whose stars Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Mackenzie Foy won solo prizes - dominated at the annual ceremony, which celebrates the worst movies in Hollywood.
As well as being named Worst Picture and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, the entire cast picked up a gong for Worst Screen Ensemble. Individually, Kristen Stewart was awarded with Worst Actress (also for her role in Snow White and the Huntsman) while Bill Condon picked up the Worst Director prize.
Meanwhile, Taylor Lautner was recognized individually with Worst Supporting Actor and collectively with Mackenzie Foy as they were named Worst Screen Couple.
Elsewhere, after he swept the boards with every award at last year's ceremony, Adam Sandler won Worst Actor for his role in That's My Boy, which beat The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 for Worst Screenplay.
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Twilight fans have yet to be stopped, as they have successfully won The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 its third consecutive week at the top of the box office with $17.4 million.
The latest James Bond film, Skyfall, came in a close second with $17 million. Lincoln and Rise of the Guardians also stayed put in their spots at number three and four with $13,509,000 and $13,500,000 respectively. Life of Pi rounds out the top five with $12 million.
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Kristen Stewart thinks she will be working for her on-screen daughter in the future.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 star has revealed she is completely smitten with her "amazing" young co-star Mackenzie Foy - who plays her daughter Renesmee in the new movie - and would love for the 12-year-old actress to direct her in a movie when she is older.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - South Korean foundry vendor Dongbu HiTek has qualified its 180-nm mixed-signal process and EEPROM intellectual property (IP) to meet the quality and reliability criteria set forth in the automotive AEC-Q100 'Grade 0' standard.
The company's 0.35-micron BCDMOS (BD350) process and other nonvolatile memory modules are currently being qualified to the same AEC-Q100 stress level. The company has begun offering an automotive package for selected CMOS and BCDMOS processes, with plans to add more processes in the near future.
"As one of the very first foundries to earn the ISO/TS 16949 quality/reliability certification in 2003, we have expanded our capabilities to manufacture automotive ICs,'' said H.S. Park, Dongbu HiTek's vice president of quality & reliability, in a statement
"Our enhanced IP for implementing EEPROM NVM functions in our BD350 process offers the flexibility to finely trim analog parameters such as voltages and currents in the package to reduce development time by up to six months,'' Park said. ''These NVM-enabled chips will operate reliably for more than 10 years at temperatures up to 150°C, as it supports operating voltages over the widely used 2.5-to-5.5V range."
Now available for MS180 and BD350 process technologies, Dongbu HiTek's automotive package features 180°C SPICE models and 150°C characterizations for components and all IP and NVM blocks. It also provides differentiated automotive-specific IP blocks, two certified wafer fabs and connections through its ecosystem. Moreover, guard-ring and ESD guidelines are included plus a 15-year record retention.
Analog foundry vendor Dongbu HiTek has kept a relatively low profile. But with little or no fanfare, the South Korean company is bucking the trend and expanding its reach despite a sudden slowdown in the IC market.The fab capacity at Dongbu (Seoul) is fully booked right now and will be sold out at least until the end of this year.


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Cash rich and time poor, more Australians opt for ready meals
Five years ago, 8.1% of Australians over the age of 14 said they had eaten a frozen or chilled ready-prepared. This number that has since risen to 9.4%—an increase of around 373,000 people.
This increase is especially marked among Australians who say they don't have time to cook, and those who are watching their weight.
"Frozen and chilled ready-made meals represent a convenient short-cut for busy Australians who don't have time to cook their own meals every night," explained Roy Morgan's Angela Smith.
"With supermarkets stocking a an ever-increasing range of pre-prepared options such as lasagne, risotto, gourmet soups and curries, it's easier than ever to bypass fast food and eat healthily even when pressed for time.
"Many of these frozen/chilled meals are nutritionally balanced and low in calories, so they also make life easier for people watching their weight."
Suburban, career-driven Australians with families are 50% more likely to eat ready meals in an average week, Smith added.
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ReviewPoor gas mileage especially in the city. Under 16 mpg avg(mostly city) Never been gentler on a car(BORING) can't get it get anywhere near rated mileage. Dealer no help. Sirrus radio sounds awful when using Sirrus. I leased this vehicle expecting to save on fuel consumption. This low mileage is hitting hard at $4 a gallon. When researching I saw the low mileage warnings and bought into break in in period malarkey. Not true, got worse. If it weren't for the poor gas mileage. I would give it high ratings. I like most everything else.
Best FeaturesRoomy, easy to drive, great lines. Big trunk. Nice ride. Great price for all the features. Many imports charge a lot for all the extra(should be standard) features. Good visibility.
Worst FeaturesGet a spare tire designed into this thing. This is a major safety risk. Cell phones don't work everywhere. Stiffen the sheet metal on the doors, every time the kids shut the door you can hear it warbling. Adjust the tranny so when you ease up on the gas it doesn't feel liked you tapped on the brakes, it needs to coast. Get your radio from another supplier I would never ever buy satellite radio if they all sounded that awful. Use a better quality of paint. It takes way to much work to bring the richness back out of the ebony paint. It looks dull if I don't Carnuba wax it once a month. Oh Yeah one more thing Fix the Mileage problems many people seem to be having. About half the cars out ther
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This is a follow up to my post. We took the car in twice and they found nothing wrong and had us document mileage. We got 17.41 avg MPG after 4 tanks. The Kia dealership drove it 276miles, and got a CITY and HWY combined 36.2 MPG. That is more than the stated hwy of 35mpg. They say we are driving it all wrong. They must have the worlds best driver to beat the HWY mpg with their combined MPG. Oh yeah Kia called and said break in period could be as long as 10,000 miles, 27% of my lease mileage.Report it
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At a time when local newspapers across the country are imperiled — cutting staff and resources to stay alive, drawing more from pooled resources like the Associated Press to the detriment of their own original content and instituting furloughs — it's important to celebrate those papers that are still doing challenging work that makes an impact on their communities.
With this is mind print trade pub Editor & Publisher has revealed its ninth annual list of "10 That Do It Right," ten newspapers that are doing things that "merit recognition for that effort and achievement."
"None of the papers that made the list or were seriously considered has escaped the turmoil of the industry," E&P said. "In fact, one of them, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, is among the papers in bankruptcy reorganization. Nearly all have endured deep cuts to their newsrooms."
Still, the achievements of the papers show that good work can still be done despite massive debt and financial pressures. Priorities, people!
The only New York-area paper to be included by E&P was The Post Star upstate in Glens Falls, N.Y. The paper made E&P's list for emphasizing transparency in the government. The paper's editorial editor, Mark Mahoney, was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize this year.
"In its editorials, blogs and online help centers, the Glens Falls newspaper reminds us constantly that it is ordinary citizens who most need open government to ensure their rights, their property, their government benefits," E&P said. "By selecting Post-Star Editorial Page Editor Mark Mahoney as the winner for editorial, the Pulitzer Prize jurists showed they understood that fundamental truth."
Other list-makers included the Las Vegas Sun, the Sioux City Journal in Iowa, Dallas' Briefing, the East Bay Express in Emeryville, Calif., Minneapolis' Star Tribune, The Daily Independent in Ridgecrest, Calif., the New Times in Phoenix and The Cincinnati Enquirer.
E&P Announces '10 That Do It Right' 2009 Honorees
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Today is Sunday, July 3, the 184th day of 2011. There are 181 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On July 3, 1971, singer Jim Morrison of The Doors died in Paris at age 27.
On this date:
In 1608, the city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
In 1775, Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass.
In 1863, the three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
In 1890, Idaho became the 43rd state of the Union.
In 1898, the U.S. Navy defeated a Spanish fleet outside Santiago Bay in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
In 1944, during World War II, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk.
In 1962, Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule.
In 1979, Dan White, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mahs-KOH'-nee) and Supervisor Harvey Milk, was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison. (He ended up serving five years.)
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan presided over a gala ceremony in New York Harbor that saw the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty. Singer-actor Rudy Vallee died at his North Hollywood home at age 84.
In 1988, the USS Vincennes shot down an Iran Air jetliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
Ten years ago: Flashing the defiance that marked his 13 years in power, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (sloh-BOH'-dahn mee-LOH'-shuh-vich) refused to enter a plea on war crimes charges in his first appearance before a U.N. tribunal at The Hague. General Electric's $41 billion purchase of Honeywell International was vetoed by the European Union - the first time a merger of two U.S. companies was stopped solely by European regulators.
Five years ago: Former Private Steven D. Green was charged in federal court in Charlotte, N.C., with raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl (Abeer Qassim al-Janabi) and killing her, her parents and sister. (Green was convicted of murder and rape, and was sentenced to five life terms.) A subway train derailed in Valencia, Spain, killing 43 people. Annika Sorenstam ended ten years of frustration by winning the U.S. Women's Open, her tenth major championship.
One year ago: President Barack Obama announced the awarding of nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that he said would create thousands of jobs. Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iraq to coax its government into picking a new prime minister. Mohammed Oudeh, 73, the key planner of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes, died in Damascus. Serena Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship by sweeping Vera Zvonareva in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, in the women's final.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Tim O'Connor is 84. Movie director Ken Russell is 84. Jazz musician Pete Fountain is 81. Playwright Tom Stoppard is 74. Writer-producer Jay Tarses is 72. Singer Fontella Bass is 71. Actor Kurtwood Smith is 68. Actor Michael Cole ("The Mod Squad") is 66. Country singer Johnny Lee is 65. Humorist Dave Barry is 64. Actress Betty Buckley is 64. Rock singer-musician Paul Barrere (bah-RAYR') (Little Feat) is 63. Actress Jan Smithers is 62. Actor Bruce Altman is 56. Former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier (doo-VAHL'-yay) is 60. Talk show host Montel Williams is 55. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 53. Rock musician Vince Clarke (Erasure) is 51. Actor Tom Cruise is 49. Actor Thomas Gibson is 49. Actress Hunter Tylo is 49. Actress Connie Nielsen is 47. Actress Yeardley Smith is 47. Singer Ishmael Butler is 42. Rock musician Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) is 42. Actress-singer Audra McDonald is 41. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is 40. Actor Patrick Wilson is 38. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 36. Andrea Barber is 35. Singer Shane Lynch (Boyzone) is 35. Actor Ian Anthony Dale is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tonia Tash (Divine) is 32. Country singer-songwriter Sarah Buxton is 31. Actress Shoshannah Stern is 31. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer is 20. Actress Kelsey Batelaan is 16.
Thought for Today: "I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity." - Robert G. Ingersoll, American lawyer, politician (1833-1899).
(Above Advance for Use Sunday, July 3)
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St. Johns County
Deputies report finding 19 crack rocks during search: A 23-year-old man was arrested with 19 rocks of crack in a pill bottle early Thursday morning, according to a report from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies stopped the man on West King Street about 1 a.m. for a broken tag light. Deputies learned the driver's license was suspended nine times, the report said.
The man was placed under arrest on a charge of habitual driver's license suspended or revoked, the report said.
A deputy got permission to search the vehicle and found the pill bottle with crack. An additional charge of possession of cocaine with intent to sell was placed on Zachariah Laron Ferguson, 561 N. Brevard St., and he was taken to jail, the report said.
He bonded out Thursday afternoon on a $10,000 blanket bond, the report said.
St. Johns County
Car damaged by fire: A car recently serviced for a bad horn burst into flames as the owner pulled it out of a driveway Wednesday morning, according to a report from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
The woman said she saw smoke coming from the hood of her 2000 Daewoo Nubira and stopped the car. The engine compartment filled with flames, causing $10,000 in damages, the report said.
The woman said she had her car worked on because of a short in the horn. It is believed the fire was electrical in nature, the report said.
The following was compiled from police reports collected from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (SJCSO), St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD) and St. Augustine Beach Police Department (SABPD):
Who: James Reginald Burdett Jr., 28, St. Augustine. Charge: Burglary of an occupied dwelling, two counts of criminal mischief and battery. (SABPD)
Who: Zachariah Laron Ferguson, 23, St. Augustine. Charge: Possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine and habitual driving license suspended or revoked. (SJCSO)
Who: Adam Ross Garmon, 26, St. Augustine. Charge: Violation of probation (VOP) on possession of cocaine. (SJCSO)
Who: Martin Joseph Hannafon, 36, St. Augustine. Charge: DUI. (SAPD)
Who: Elizabeth Ann Horovsky, 42, Palm Coast. Charge: Expired driver's license. (SJCSO)
Who: Eleaser Anore Johnson II, 45, St. Augustine. Charge: Driving license suspended or revoked. (SJCSO)
Who: Danny Burt McCrimmon, 44, Ponte Vedra Beach. Charge: VOP on unlawful possession of a controlled substance. (OTHER)
Who: Jason Lee Perkins, 27, Jacksonville. Charge: DUI. (SJCSO)
Who: Theresa Pesce, 40, Cocoa. Charge: Failure to appear (FTA) on issuing a worthless check. (SJCSO)
Who: Alfred Leroy Renn, 34, St. Augustine. Charge: VOP on two counts possession of cocaine, stalking, trespassing, two counts uttering a false or forged instrument and third-degree grand theft. (SJCSO)
Who: Walter Chester Roetter, 33, St. Augustine. Charge: DUI. (SJCSO)
Who: Linda Anne Tomazovich, 43, St. Augustine. Charge: Interference with custody. (SJCSO)
Who: William Francis Wallace, 22, St. Augustine. Charge: Principle burglary of a dwelling and criminal mischief. (SABPD)
Who: Robert Haydn Wiles, 24, St. Augustine. Charge: Battery. (SABPD)
Who: Arthur Woods, 43, Hastings. Charge: Violation of pretrial release condition. (SJCSO)
What: Ten watches, three rings, a ruby and diamond gold tennis bracelet and a bicycle. Value: $7,100. Where, when: A home in the 200 block of Green Heron Way in Fruit Cove between Saturday morning and Sunday evening. (SJCSO)
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Alternative iOS informational website, AppShopper, had an app that was pulled from the App Store last December due to a conflict with new App Store rules that went into effect at that time. The team behind the app, who also run the website, have spent the hiatus working hard on a new app that is both compliant with Apple's current App Store rules and useful to consumers.
AppShopper Social was announced today as live in the App Store, bringing with it a host of new social discovery systems along with the familiar Wish List functionality it's always had.
This is a completely separate app, so if you still have the original AppShopper app on your iPhone or iPad, you can use them both alongside each other.


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I downloaded an image resizer and got the added bonus of a trojan horse with it. Luckily, AVG caught it and isolated it. My question is, which one do you use?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I downloaded an image resizer and got the added bonus of a trojan horse with it. Luckily, AVG caught it and isolated it. My question is, which one do you use?
I do all my image editing in photobucket.
I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health - Voltaire
I use Picassa. It's free from google. Just "export" the file and specify the # pixels you want on a side.
I use Irfanview. I've been using it for years and it's easy to learn and use.
I use Microsoft Office Picture Manager for storing, resizing, and editing. It's simply where all the photos are automatically stored on my PC and came free as part of the initial software. It's NOT part of MS Office.
You can also resize in Paint, either by pixels or percentage, which comes with the accessories on most computers.
I also just got rid of AVG, not the free version, after three years because it failed to get rid of/isolate a Trogan Horse that completely destroyed my internet capability. Major hassle.
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The Earth without art is just "Eh".
I use Paint. lots of people seem to like Picassa though.
...my son is a software engineer. he started out with degree in design of computer graphics/animation. he has commented on some of my nature photography, and is impressed w my photo editing. he also has installed photoshop on my pc, which is fun...but steep learning curve. so, being the lazy nonprofessional photographer that i be ---i use irfanview )
the rogue quilter - in from wandering in the sun and snow with camera in hand.
Thank you all so much for your input! I appreciate that you all took the time to answer. Ghostrider, sorry to hear about your trouble with the virus. Glad you got it fixed.
I use Rapid Resizer - so user friendly
Photoshop,gimp,arcsoft, the photo imaging that is in Microsoft Word and photo editing etc etc.


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Doris' Autumn Blog Post
Hi Everybody! First, I hope you've all had a great summer. I know it's been a while since you've heard from me, but please don't worry—it's been busy around Overlook! We've had lots of company over the past few months, and I've been enjoying spending time with my good friends. Time has passed so quickly, and I can't believe that the holidays are right around the corner. It seems like yesterday that so many of you we... » Read more


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For thousands of years, rings have been more than just adornment. They have been symbols of authority, symbols of promises, and even legally binding signatures. Today rings still speak volumes about you. Our platinum three stone emerald-cut blue sapphire rings are as eloquent as they are beautiful and always one of a kind. Choose aquamarine and yellow gold or emerald and white gold: it's your choice. Mix and match gems and precious metals for a look that's exactly you. It's jewelry for all life's occasions, from a wedding or holiday to your own personal milestones and celebrations. Our amazing array of designs by talented jewelry designers like Jessica Behzad, Martha Gomez Gutierrez, Bijoux & Bijoux, and others means you can find platinum three stone emerald-cut blue sapphire rings that you can't find anywhere else. Three-stone jewelry designs have the added symbolism of past, present and future. Or add birthstones to represent your family. Because all Gemvara platinum three stone emerald-cut blue sapphire rings are made from scratch to your specifications, we can hand-select the finest quality gems and recycled precious metals to perfectly suit your design. Sapphire is the gem of truth and the soul. In addition to blue sapphire jewelry, today pink sapphire jewelry, yellow sapphire jewelry and white sapphire jewelry are also popular and more affordable than blue sapphire. Sapphire other than blue is known as fancy sapphire. Emerald cuts have an icy elegance unlike any other gemstone shape for women who crave the unique. Naturally white and exceptionally rare, platinum's 95% purity makes it hypoallergenic too. You'll feel the difference: platinum weighs 40% more than 18k gold. When washing your hands, don't leave any rings on the rim of a sink where they can slip down the drain! Clean platinum three stone emerald-cut blue sapphire rings in a bowl of water with mild dish soap: use a soft brush where dust collects. Gemvara's exceptional heirloom-quality platinum three stone emerald-cut blue sapphire rings are designed to be passed down for generations, crafted by hand in the United States.
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IDM PowerTips
Editing and Parsing XML with the XML Manager
Parsing XML can be a time-consuming task, especially when large amounts of data are involved. As of v15.10, UltraEdit provides you with the XML Manager for the purpose of parsing and editing your XML files. The XML Manager allows you to navigate through the XML tree, but also allows you to search, move nodes up/down, copy/cut nodes, and even duplicate nodes. The following Power Tip guides you through the features available in the XML Manager.
If the XML Manager is not already open, you can open it in the View : Views/Lists submenu.
If the file is a valid XML file, the XML Manager will parse the file and display the various nodes contained within the file.
The XML Manager provides multiple methods of navigating between nodes.
Expand/Collapse Nodes
At the most basic level, you can expand and collapse the nodes using the +/- icons.
Search for Nodes
The top of the XML Manager includes a search box. You can type node names in the search box and hit ENTER, this will find the first node that matches the search string. If there are multiple nodes that match the string, you can hit enter again and it will find the next node that matches the search string.
Navigating within the File
Of course, the XML Manager parses the XML file, but it also allows you to navigate throughout the file by double-clicking on the elements in the XML Manager.
The XML Manager is useful for reading/parsing and navigating XML files, but can also be used to edit your XML files.
Select the Node
If you wish to select (highlight) the entire node, hold the Shift key and Double-Click. This will highlight the entire node in the editor.
There are many other "editing" options available in the right-click context menu within the XML Manager. To see the options, simply right-click in the XML Manager, you will see the following options:
Moves selected node down in document tree.
Selects, cuts, copies, and pastes nodes from within the XML Manager.
Replace with clipboard
Replaces the selected node with the contents of the clipboard.
Paste Before
Pastes the node in the clipboard before the active node.
Paste After
Pastes the node in the clipboard after the active node.
Duplicates the selected node below the active node in the document tree.
Adding Support for Other File Types
XML is parsed based on the XML extensions defined in the wordfile. So, if you want the XML Manager to parse a particular file type, you would need to add the extension to the File Extensions in the wordfile. You can learn how to do this in our "Adding or removing file extensions for syntax highlighting" power tip.
If you don't want the file type to permanently parse as XML, you can temporarily View the file as XML in the View : View As (Highlight File Type) submenu.
Note: The XML Manager expects valid XML files; therefore, you may see a parse error if the file is not a valid XML format.


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MP4-12C news - Champion's drive: F1 stars on track in new McLaren - 2010
This is insanely, unbelievably frustrating.
Today the world's media, and via webcast the whole world, were invited down to McLaren's astonishing headquarters. It's where the formula one cars are created, and the new MP4-12C road car too. It's also where the first batch of the road cars will be built before production ramps up and transfers to a bigger factory that's being built right next door.
See images of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in the McLaren MP4-12C
We were shown the car. But we've been shown it before.
Some headline technical info was released. But very little they haven't told us before.
Ron Dennis talked about the car, but again he's said the substance before. And then we were shown this.
Two people who actually got to drive the car. They clearly gave it a right seeing-to.
Then they took the floor, and told us some more. Jenson says it feels like a track car: 'Most road cars feel like road cars when they're on the track. This one has so much grip you have to keep telling yourself it's a road car.'
Lewis 'It's soft in a straight line but firms up in corners.' (That'll be the adaptive damping, and the special active anti-roll system.) 'It handles like a car should handle. And you get the same click when you change gear as you do in a formula one car.'
He noted his team-mate's press-on style too. 'We weren't supposed to be going flat-out but I saw him and said "Don't break it."'
To which Jenson shrugged, 'She's strong.'
But that's the aching frustration. They are racing drivers of near-limitless capability. And they're employed by the company itself, so they're hardly unbiased. No-one outside that charmed circle has had a go yet. And it'll be most of the rest of this year before they do.
Jenson and Lewis like it. Everyone in the company seems confident. The engineers and testers have driven the SLS and the 458 Italia and they're still confident that they've built the best supercar of its kind.
We just wish, oh how we wish, we didn't have to take their word for it.
What do you think?
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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2004. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2.
Thallus: crustose, leprose, irregular, indeterminate to +determinate, usually continuous; sometimes becoming partly loose from the substrate, sometimes with delimited sublobes upper surface: bright green, greenish gray, or whitish gray, white in eroded patches, dull, even or wrinkled soredia: fine to coarse fluffy, up to 100(-200) µm in diam., usually with long projecting hyphae up to 0.1 mm long or sometimes lacking on exposed parts of thallus surface medulla: distinct, white lower surface: white, formed by lower part of medulla, tomentum not evident Spot tests: thallus K- or + yellow, C-, KC-, P+ orange Secondary metabolites: atranorin, zeorin and stictic acid with satellites. Substrate and ecology: on soil, over mosses, on bark, in moderately shaded and dry niches on soil banks, rock overhangs and tree trunks World distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and New Zealand Sonoran distribution: Arizona, southern California and Sonora from sea-level to 2650 m.


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If you are planning to head out this Valentine's Day, you might want to check out the list of deals available around town before making a decision as to where you will go. With so many places offering specials it makes it much easier to enjoy a night out without overspending.
Thanks to Surviving the Stores for providing us with the great list of restaurant freebies,deals, and coupons for Valentine's Day!
AMC Theatres Coupon – Free Order of Fries on Feb 13 & 14 for Les Miserables Viewers (plus coupons for other movies on other days)
Ben & Jerry's Coupon – $3 Off Medium or Large Valentines Day Cake (exp. 2/28)
Buca di Beppo Coupon – $10 Off 2 Buca Small or Large Pastas, Baked Pastas, or Entrees (exp. 2/24)
California Tortilla Coupon – Free Sweet Treat with Entree Purchase on Valentines Day
Caribou Coffee Coupon – Buy 1 Get 1 Free Drinks on Valentines Day
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Coupon – Buy 1 Get 1 Free Beverages on Valentine's Day
Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill Coupon – 14% Off Online Order (exp. 2/14)
Houlihan's Coupon – Free Lobster Tail or 5 Shrimp WYB Steak Entree on Valentines Day
Krispy Kreme Coupon – Buy 1 Dozen Valentines Day Donuts Get 12 Valentines Cards Good for 1 Free Donut Per Card (exp. 2/14)
Lone Star Steakhouse Coupon – Free Appetizer WYB 1 Entree (exp. 2/17)
Marble Slab Coupon – $2 Off Any Heart Ice Cream Cake or 6 pk. Heart Ice Cream Cupcakes (exp. 2/15)
O's American Kitchen Coupon – Free Brownie Sundae with with Purchase of Any Bundle Meal after 4pm on Valentine's Day
Papa Murphy's Coupon – $2 Off Any Pizza (exp. 2/28)
Peets Coffee & Tea Coupon – Buy 1 Get 1 Free Drinks (exp: 2/17)
Pei Wei Coupon – Buy 1 Get 1 Free Entree (exp. 2/17)
Quiznos Coupon – FREE Cookie on Valentines Day 2/14 (no purchase required)
Ruby Tuesday Coupon – Free Dessert Coupon with Online Reservation for 2/14-2/17
See's Candies Coupon – $2 Off $25 Purchase (exp: 2/14)
Souper Salad Coupon – Buy 1 Adult Buffet Get 1 Free WYB 2 Drinks (exp: 2/14)
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I have installed and played Borderlands 2 on PC, but I'm still at a loss as how to access the preorder content. I have a couple of preorder codes ready to go, but no way to use them yet.
- Borderlands 2 Premiere Club
- Creature Slaughter Dome
Discussion with another player on the subject leads me to believe I should see options on these in the Downloadable Content menu inside Borderlands 2, accessed from the Main Menu. But then clicking on that takes me to a screen with the popup message shown above.
So what I'm asking is, what are the causes (and possible solutions) of this message? Has anyone had experience with bypassing this by using the Steam interface instead? (On Steam: "Games" > "Activate a Product on Steam") Note that I don't want to accidentally render a preorder code useless by getting this wrong.
Any assistance would be appreciated. -- WarBlade (talk) 23:00, September 20, 2012 (UTC)
The issue is resolved. From Steam and using the "Games" > "Activate a Product on Steam" approach, I have successfully bound the preorder keys to my account and the upgrades have appeared in the game. -- WarBlade (talk) 08:10, September 22, 2012 (UTC)
This happened to me aswell, but I did not recieve the upgrades, nor can I play online. I would really apprieciate it someone could help me in this matter. 220.127.116.11 22:18, September 24, 2012 (UTC) James4832
Are you playing on PC? -- WarBlade (talk) 23:53, September 24, 2012 (UTC)
YesJames4832 (talk) 21:55, September 25, 2012 (UTC)
I ran into a similar issue after I had put the codes in via "Activate a product on Steam" which list the pre-order stuff as downloaded but not activated in the DLC tab in the BL2's main menu. The solution was posted in the hub's section, the blue button in the listing of a game in the library. Right click on BL2->Properties->Local Files->Verify Integrity of Game Cache then start the game and it will download the content and it will be listed as activated in the DLC section of the main menu. --Spacedone
The problem is that my game downloads 1 file, then I go to play it and I still can't access the DLC menu. I then verify the cache aain and I downloads the same file.James4832 (talk) 03:57, September 27, 2012 (UTC)