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This month's subject is a little out of the norm even for me, as we are going to explore the effects of light on the human body, particularly at the cellular level. These effects have a profound reaction on our health and welfare and we will discuss some of the interesting facets of this cutting edge technology this month. Being a techie, I personally found this technology very interesting as I deal with lasers, L.E.D.'s (light emitting diodes), solar index factors, etc , etc. in my job and as an amateur radio operator. So let's get to it. New and exciting research in light therapy provides doctors an alternative to prescribing drugs or even surgery in some cases. This cutting edge technology called "Light Therapy" explores the possibility that beams of light seem to repair heart tissue after a heart attack, to L.E.D.'s that remedy the side effects of cancer treatment. L.E.D.'s seem to be the choice over laser technology because tissue is not damaged, does not get hot and it is pain free. According to Dr. Harry Whelan, professor of neurology, at the Medical College at Wisconsin, light apparently works on human tissue at the cellular level by transferring energy to the mitochondria, helping the body repair itself. The secret to the many ways that light can be used in medicine and keep us healthy, lies in the varying wavelengths of the color in light. So let's explorer some of these colors of light, their wavelengths, and how they effect us.
NEAR INFRARED LIGHT: This is long wavelength light and invisible to the human eye but has the capability to penetrate deeply into human tissue. So this light therapy has the most potential for treating the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Animal lab testing has been successful in correcting blindness by stimulating retinal cells. Infrared light has also proven to help reduce the severity of heart attack damage with tissue repair.
RED LIGHT: Which is not as penetrating as infrared, does seem to heal flesh wounds more quickly and removes precancerous skin cells without scaring. Red light also has the ability to reverse the aging process by smoothing out wrinkled skin. Red light therapy has an anti-inflammatory effect as well.
BLUE LIGHT: We as human beings have toiled as outdoor creatures for as long as we have been on this earth. That is probably why we have a positive reaction to blue light. Besides its use as an antibacterial agent, blue light has the ability to reset our biological clock. Recent studies have produced results that indicate blue light boxes are more effective than full spectrum sunlight boxes in fighting seasonal disorders, commonly known as the winter blues. Studies at Harvard Medical School and the Lighting Research Center have concluded that a dose of blue light can increase alertness and help fight insomnia.
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT: Ultraviolet light is just below violet on the spectrum, and is a short wavelength light source. At this level this type of light is primarily used to keep viruses and bacteria from reproducing. There is currently a research experiment being conducted at a Manhattan office building were the air is filtered through an ultraviolet treatment system and returned to the offices. This research is being conducted by the Lighting Research Center and will have results in the near future. So go out and soak up some blue or ultraviolet light for a more alert, invigorating and healthier you, while the scientists are working their magic with near infrared and red light to make our world a better and healthier place to live.
Until next time this is your fitness coach Bill Oberding reminding you to exercise, eat a balanced diet, maintain a positive attitude and be fit for life.


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I am a huge fan of steak, particularly filet mignon, and have tried the filet at almost all of the good steak houses in the Detroit area. On this particular occasion we decided to mix it up a little bit and try the Mountain Jack's in Troy - BIG MISTAKE! I ordered my filet medium rare and after about 45 minutes it came out medium well. I complained and had it sent back. It took about 30 minutes for them to bring the new one out (my wife and I had basically split her meal at this point) which was cooked properly but was riddled with those strands of fat that you find in lower-end meats...
The food is consistantly great. And their table-side salad bar is the best! Nothing compares to that! All beef is fantastic and the prime rib is the best of the best!
Mountain Jacks Steakhouse can be found at Rochester Ct 2360. The following is offered: Steak Houses. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Troy there are 10 other Steak Houses. An overview can be found here.
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COMPTON, Sir William (c.1625-63), of Linton, Cambs. and Drury Lane, Westminster.
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Family and Education
b. c.1625, 3rd s. of Spencer Compton†, 2nd Earl of Northampton; bro. of Sir Charles Compton and Sir Francis Compton. educ. Eton 1634-6; travelled abroad 1646-8. m. c.1651, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Bt.†, of Helmingham, Suff., wid. of William, 1st Baron Alington [I], of Horseheath, Cambs., s.p. Kntd. 12 Dec. 1643.1
Offices Held
Maj. of ft. (royalist) 1643, lt.-col. 1644-5; lt.-gov. Banbury Castle 1644-6; col. of horse 1645-6; maj.-gen. 1648.2
Master of the Ordnance June 1660-d.; PC 3 Apr. 1662-d.; commr. for Tangier 1662-d.; treas. loyal and indigent officers fund 1662-d.3
J.p. Cambs. July 1660-d., dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660-d.; commr. for assessment, Cambs. Aug. 1660-d., Warws. 1661-d.; chairman, corporations commission, Cambs. 1662-3; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Cambs. London and Westminster 1662.4
Of the six remarkable royalist brothers, Compton was probably the ablest and certainly bore the highest character. He was well-endowed for a younger son, his grandfather, the 1st Earl, having settled on him the Kentish manor of Erith. His defence of Banbury Castle during a three-month siege in 1644, when he was still in his teens, was remarkable not only for physical determination and courage but for the simple Anglican piety which he enforced in the garrison. His moral courage was no less; he alone dissented from his eldest brother's unjust and irregular cashiering of one of his officers in 1645. He surrendered on honourable terms on 8 May 1646, but, as a Kentish landowner, he could not refuse to take up arms in the second Civil War and served during the siege of Colchester as a major-general. Cromwell is said to have described him as 'the sober young man and godly Cavalier', and he escaped with the moderate fine of £660. He settled in Cambridgeshire on his marriage, and as a member of the Sealed Knot was engaged in most Cavalier plots until the last phase of the Interregnum, when his refusal to credit the treachery of Sir Richard Willys led to his exclusion. At the Restoration he crossed to Holland with the fleet, led a troop in the King's escort from Dover to London, and was appointed master of the Ordnance.5
Compton was returned for Cambridge, ten miles from Linton, at the general election of 1661, probably without a contest. He was an active Member in the first and second sessions of the Cavalier Parliament, in which he was appointed to 64 committees, managed three conferences (none of major importance) and carried eight messages to the King. In the summer of 1661 he was named to the committees for the security, corporations and uniformity bills and the bill of pains and penalties. Apart from these government measures, he also took part in considering the bill for drainage of the Bedford level. After the recess he was appointed to the committees considering the annulling of the conveyance of Lady Powell's estate, the bill for ease of sheriffs, ways of relieving loyalists, and the militia bill. He was teller for candles in the debate on the Powell estate bill, and on 14 Mar. 1662 he was instructed to carry the militia bill to the Upper House and to remind their lordships of the sheriffs bill. When the militia bill returned in May, he was appointed to the small committee to consider a proviso about the assessment of peers, and he also served on the committee for the additional corporations bill. In the same month he attended the King with two messages, asking him to prevent a duel between Lord Ossory (Richard Butler) and Philip Howard and to arbitrate between the old and the new adventurers in the Bedford level.6
In the second session of the Cavalier Parliament, Compton brought a reply from the King to the address against the Declaration of Indulgence. It is clear from his letters that he had little sympathy for the nonconformists. He was appointed to the committees to consider the petition of the loyal and indigent officers and the bill for hindering the growth of Popery. On 4 Apr. 1663 he was one of 12 Members ordered to join with the Lords in returning thanks for the proclamation against Popish priests and Jesuits. He served on the committee to consider defects in the law against sale of offices. On 12 May he was among the Members entrusted with an address on improving the revenue, and four days later he was appointed to the committee to consider amendments to the Bedford level bill. When the King revealed the proposal of Sir Richard Temple to act as 'undertaker', Compton was sent to thank him for his message and, a week later, to ask who had been the intermediary. He served on the committee for the bill for the loyal and indigent officers, and was one of six Members appointed to draw up an additional clause on 10 July. He carried the subsidy bill to the Lords, and on 25 July was sent to ask the King to allow the export of horses to the plantations and to preserve the timber in the Forest of Dean. His last appearance in the Commons was to convey the King's answer two days later. Compton died after a short illness at his home in Drury Lane on 18 Oct. 1663,


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What is pneumocystis pneumonia?
A person with Pneumocystis pneumonia has inflammation of the lung, caused by an infection with Pneumocystis carinii. Pneumocystis pneumonia occurs most commonly in people with illnesses that result in a weak immune system, such as AIDS. About 30 percent of people with AIDS develop pneumocystis pneumonia.
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Symptoms of Pneumocystis pneumonia include cough, fever, chest pain, chills, fatigue, excessive sweating at night, weakness, and weight loss. Symptoms of severe Pneumocystis pneumonia include cyanosis and severe difficulty breathing.
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Montana Ranchers Embrace New Winter Forage
Montana Ranchers Embrace New Winter Forage
Montana producers have long been eager to take advantage of viable fall-planted winter cereals. Now, with help from two SARE grants, they are starting to plant the first state-recommended winter wheat variety that offers just what they have been looking for: a forage that can take some of the heavy labor and cost burden off spring planting while efficiently capturing precious winter and spring moisture.
From 2004 to 2006, SARE funded on-farm demonstration trials, workshops and other outreach efforts to show hundreds of growers across the state how they can successfully incorporate Willow Creek awnless winter wheat into their operation. The forage is now being planted on an estimated 20,000-25,000 acres in the state, according to Montana State University forage specialist Dennis Cash. That number is expected to increase as more seed becomes available.
Cash and other researchers have found that Willow Creek outperforms many spring-planted forages because it makes excellent use of the region's minimal precipitation.
It also contributes significantly to farmers' bottom line because it requires less irrigation, is fall-planted, and allows farmers to maintain good yields when rotating out of alfalfa.
Producer George Reich sees a major benefit in the way Willow Creek maximizes available moisture because Montana is in a semi-arid region that gets about 12-15 inches of precipitation per year, most of it in the winter and spring. "It takes advantage of the rain, which we get early, so it cuts down on the irrigation bill," says Reich, who helped lead demonstration trials on his 5,000-acre crop and livestock farm in the town of Willow Creek.
Cash and others demonstrated that this early exposure to rainfall helped Willow Creek outperform spring-planted cereals like barley and oats, while maintaining similar feed quality. In trials, it was yielding 2.2 to 4.1 tons of hay per acre by early July. The forage tested high for crude protein and digestibility with a low risk for nitrate toxicity. In backgrounding trials, Cash found that cattle gained 2.5 pounds per day on a high-roughage diet of Willow Creek.
Forage specialists encourage growers to take their fields out of alfalfa every five to six years in order to keep weeds and soil-borne diseases at bay. Willow Creek represents a good stand-in because it allows growers to maintain consistent forage yields, an important financial consideration. "When your hay fields go down to two tons per acre or under, if you can get three tons on forage, you're still gaining and breaking up that cycle," Reich says.
Because most producers interested in Willow Creek raise livestock, fall planting is a big plus for another reason—it shifts some of the workload and operating costs off springtime, when there is plenty of calving, field work and other important chores to be done. "All things being equal, that was one of the big messages that came in loud and clear," Cash says.
For more information, go to SARE's database of projects and search for FW04-018 and FW05-012.
Want more information? See the related SARE grant(s) FW04-018, Forage Winter Wheat Production for Jay or Grain in Gallatin County, Montana , and FW05-012, Forage Winter Wheat Production for Grazing or Hay Production in Eight Montana Counties .
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Gippy Grewal in Dangal with Aamir Khan
A super star singer-come-actor "Gippy Grewal" is well known face for giving out hit numbers like Faraar(2015), Jatt James Bond(2014), Singh vs Kaur(2013), Carry On Jatta(2012) and more. Read more…
Warna Gabbar Aa Jayega – Akshay Kumar, Manj Musik & Raftaar feat. Dj Tejas – Gabbar Is Back
Title Track – Warna Gabbar Aa Jayega
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Music – Manj Musik
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Colleges, add-on courses, post-secondary courses in VET, schools
Educational objectives
In addition to sound general education, schools and colleges of management and services industries provide an intensive technical and vocational training in subject-related practical, theoretical and business-oriented subjects. Students develop thinking patterns as well as working and decision-making skills which they can apply and put into practice directly in careers in the services and public sectors — also in the field of health and social services — as well as in the tourism and catering industries.
Further essential objectives include: personal growth and development, capacity for professional mobility and flexibility, creativity, critical awareness, social involvement, teamwork, co-operation skills, and communicative skills in both mother tongue and other languages.
The five-year colleges and the three-year add-on courses also provide university entrance qualifications.
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Schools and colleges of management and services industries convey contents of the following subject areas: religious education; language and communication; the human sciences; the arts; the nature! sciences; the economic, political and legal spheres; information management; the food, catering and hotel business; physical education; and the add-on training field selected autonomously by the school (with a choice between the focus on foreign languages, IT, subject-specific theory, and arts and creativity).
The curricula of the colleges and post-secondary VET-courses additionally provide for mandatory work-placements of a total of 12 and 8 weeks respectively.
Career opportunities for graduates
Graduates start careers in fields of activity of various branches of the tourist and catering industries, in administration and the services and public sectors — also in the field of health and social services — on the administrative, clerical and management levels, e.g. as managers of communal kitchens and canteens, dieticians, specialists for kitchen and service, purchasers for the hotel and restaurant industry, hotel merchants, office workers, account executives, etc.
Pursuit of regulated professions on a self-employed basis:
Relevant occupations with proof of professional practice: hotel and catering industry.
Due to the liberalisation of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act, access to nearly all master craftsperson and professional diploma examinations is possible provided the general conditions for exercising a craft or trade and for the completion of practical periods, if appropriate, are satisfied.
Additional VET offers
In addition, individual locations offer the following VET programmes (partly in the form of school pilot projects): cultural administration and congress management; environment and business; social management; communications and media design; catering and sales management; health and fitness; additional training in sports; one- and two-year schools of management and services industries.
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At individual locations, short training courses for "junior sommelier/sommelière Austria" and "cheese connoisseur in Austria" are offered.


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Graphology? SERIOUSLY? Earlier this week, we linked to a story about the popularity of this nonsensical analysis in France. It showed up in Canada now.
What the new Bank of Canada governor's signature may say about him – Business – CBC News.
Now that we know that Poloz will be the next governor, we thought it would be fun to ask a handwriting expert to analyze the signatures of the last few governors, as well as the next man to sign Canadian banknotes.
Elaine Charal analyzes handwriting for clues about someone's personality; companies consult her in their executive hiring decisions. Graphology is not science —for a critique, see the link in the left column by former Simon Fraser University pyschologist Barry Beyerstein.
She then comments on the signatures of Stephen Poloz, Mark Carney, David A. Dodge, Gordon Thiessen and John Crow.
Included in a small link that you have to search to find is the Quackwatch essay by Beyerstein. Nice that they included something in such a ridiculous piece but no one will bother to read why this is complete rubbish. But, here's a clip:
In this essay I have argued that graphology, despite its scientific pretensions, remains mired in its occult past. I have shown why the graphologists' favorite justifications are inadequate and alluded to many well-controlled studies which have found that handwriting analysts, denied non-graphological clues about their clients, do no better than chance in describing them. The clients, on the other hand, cannot exceed chance either when asked to select their own from a stack of anonymous graphological profiles. Despite graphology's poor showing in these well-controlled tests, both practitioners and an a goodly portion of the public at large steadfastly continue to believe it works. The latter sections of this chapter were devoted to the interesting cognitive biases that have kept graphology alive by giving customers the strong illusion that it is revealing and accurate when it is not. If graphology cannot legitimately claim to be a scientific means of measuring human talents and leanings, what is it really? In short, it is a pseudoscience.
I'd recommend taking the time to read this extensive piece in its entirety. Then you will be armed from now on whenever this silliness arises again. And it will.


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Tomorrow is 'Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors' Porch' Night
If you planted zucchini in your garden, you probably have more than you know what to do with. You've already made zucchini bread, put it in salads, cooked it on the grill (my favorite way to eat it!).
Someone has come up with an unofficial "holiday" to help rid you of your excess zucchini. August 8th is "Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors' Porch Night."
It's kind of like playing "Tag," as whoever ends up with the bag of zucchini is "it." Maybe you can enclose a recipe for zucchini bread or other ways to enjoy the bountiful squash.
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A small city in northern Indiana has "popping" strong ties with a famous company - and they're not afraid to hide it.
City officials in Valparaiso, Ind., have expressed interest in building a statue of famous popcorn maker Orville Redenbacher, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The city wants to put the statue on a bench in a city park, so visitors can pose with it. Redenbacher, who died in 1995 at the age of 88, first developed his famous popcorn recipe in the city decades ago.
Officials are working alongside ConAgra Foods to get permission to use Redenbacher's likeness, since the food company owns the advertising rights to the Orville Redenbacher company.
Officials hope the statue will be in place by September.
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Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday May 29, 2014
The White House hosts a summit Thursday about youth sports and concussions. We take a look at the money and technology going into equipment and tests that can help diagnose concussions almost immediately after a player is injured. Plus, guess who wants to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Not Poland, Sweden, or Germany. The $51 billion price tag of Sochi is a reminder that the Winter Games create an avalanche of public debt. Even Switzerland voted down an Olympics referendum. What's at stake as the International Olympic Committee tries to find a suitable suitor? Then, as part of our new series LearningCurve on the intersection of education and technology, we provide a history of educational radio. Then after, we talk to Chris Farrell about why he thinks the U.S. should welcome more refugees into the country and what impact such a move might have on the U.S. economy.


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Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas running back Dami Ayoola has nearly 20 verbal offers, but so far just one has become official with a school sending it in a written form.
"Boston College is my first written offer," Ayoola said. "I just got that in the mail."
The 5-foot-10, 201-pound back though is willing to wait for more mail, as he is in no rush with regards to his recruitment.
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"Right now I haven't narrowed down my list," Ayoola said. "I am not focusing on anybody in particular or singling anyone out. I think I will have a top seven or eight by playoff time. I want to be real patient with this and be real sure that I am doing things right."
Ayoola has stayed in regular contact with a number of programs throughout the summer.
"I have been talking to a lot of schools," Ayoola said. "North Carolina, Notre Dame, Illinois, West Virginia, Boston College, Miami, Alabama, Florida - a lot of schools."
The next move in his recruitment is to figure out some official visits.
"I will probably visit a couple schools during the season, during our bye week, and then I will take the rest of my visits after the season as I plan to take all five of my official visits," Ayoola said. "My visits are definitely in the works. I am looking at schedules and talking with my coaches about when I can take some. I don't have any specific destinations picked out just yet."
The South Florida prospect is in no rush to conclude his recruitment.
"As far as committing, I am in no rush," Ayoola said.
As a junior, Ayoola finished with 750 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns despite missing two games with a high ankle sprain. He also caught three touchdown passes.


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Just listened to your discusion w/the Martin Luther King Professor . Be Careful. You are doing for what the Republicans have pledged
to do...Make Obama a ONE TERM PRESIDENT ! They do not need any more help than they are getting right now. It is our job to oppose them in every way we can. We have a better Pres. than we have had forever! He has the worst Opposing Congress ever. They NEVER SAID NO TO bush, and have NEVER SAID YES to our President. We have to find the way to understand his thinking before we throw him in the trash! Please rethink your choices. Thanx for all you and our President do !


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KAMLOOPS - Jury selection began today for a man accused in the death of a 48-year-old member of the Lytton First Nation band more than a decade ago.
William Robert Smith faces charges of manslaughter and interference with a dead body and awaits trial in Kamloops B.C. Supreme Court. The charges follow the death of Sandy Charlie who went missing in December 1999 in Lytton.
In an RCMP release that followed Smith's arrest, police described Charlie as a 'well-liked member of his community.' His remains weren't found until September 2011, reportedly in a 'concealed make-shift grave' in the Lytton area. Forensic investigators were used to identify him.
Police also reported that Charlie's son, Sandy Nolan Harry Cleghorn, was found dead just months after Charlie went missing. His body was found on the Fraser River near Lytton on March 12, 2000 after he traveled to Lytton to look for his father.
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Why Putin Should Have Georgia on His Mind
Parallels between Russia's actions in Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine now suggest he may win the battle, but lose the war.
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Clean gear changes while you are accelerating can be decisive over defeat or victory. It is almost an art to be able to setup your gear ratios ideally to match the area of your rev range where maximum power is available (the power band). The VESPA gear box components have seen a lot of experimentation and development in recent years. DRT are at the forefront of this research and have suitable gear box parts available to suit most possible motor setups.
The problem of a clean gear change between 3rd and 4th gears, especially with performance enhanced motors, is shared between both the large and small frame VESPA motors. DRT offers new gear ratio setups with their range of input shaft assemblies. Maximum engine revolutions in 4th gear with a 150 kg load over a longer distance or race use of the 4th gear, everything is possible.
DRT input shaft assemblies are made of a tougher than standard grade of steel and then hardened through tempering. They are therefore extremely durable and so offer an ideal extension to the vast range of existing gear box components available. The gear ratios are much easier to adjust to the particular motor characteristics required. Most of the input shaft assemblies are equipped with a fine M11 grade thread and the nut to fit is also included.
Conclusion: These DRT input shaft assemblies are essential for all serious racers and sprinters. Rally going scooterists have also learnt the benefits of top quality adjustable gear box ratios.
SIP-TIP: If you want to raise the ratio of your gear box start with the primary drive gears. The input shaft upgrade is first, followed by the adjustment of the individual gear cogs on the output shaft. Never forget to order a new gear selector cruciform (at best the DRT item) and fresh gear box oil. Last but not least the SIP gear box shaft assembly spacers help you find the ideal output shaft assembly end float for safe and enduring use of your motor.
You can choose from the following DRT input shaft assemblies:
The DRT input shaft 'extra-short fourth gear' with 20-18-14 and 10 cog teeth respectively. For those who are only unsatisfied by their fourth gear ratio and find the normal ratio available from DRT (#40442400) too tall. In combination with a cog with 46 teeth it shortens the gear ratio from 2.09 to 2.30, a cog with 47 teeth results in a ratio of 2.35.
These extra short fourth gears were originally inspired by the short fourth gear cog produced by ZIRRI, which represented for years the only possibility of modifying your transmission ratio in this way. Then came the Italian race series boom and DRT let off their fireworks of gearbox components.
The version RACING is produced for SIP on special request. It is made of best german steel. Difficult to modify, very tough and needs a special heat treatment i production. This steel is the best material DRT gets to make gear kits. Attention! When mounting a DRT Racing input shaft, please make sure that the gearbox is precisely distanced. It might me necessary to use a spacer for the kickstart shaft and modify the original first gear. For further information please visit the official DRT homepage.
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Can the Hokies Bounce Back Against Florida State?
BLACKSBURG - With a 4-5 record and poor performances in all three phases of the game against Clemson and Miami, do the Hokies have a chance to beat No. 8 Florida State?
Players says yes but they know they will have to play better than they have nearly all season.
The Seminoles lead the ACC in several statistical categories.
Their team defense is ranked first in the country and their offense is led by Virginia native quarterback E.J. Manuel. FSU's only loss came on the road at N.C. State.
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The new daily that requires you to kill a mob with combos from another player doesn't seem to be working properly. The first time we attempted a combo (engineer fire field and warrior whirl), we got credit. Duplicating this combo didn't provide any additional credit – until about 2 minutes later, when it finally worked again. We've tried different combos using different fields and different finishers, but only about once every few minutes or so do we get credit for a kill. We've tried actually killing the mob with the combo, and just attacking with the combo without regard to mob health, but nothing seems to make a difference. We're stuck at 20%:/
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This month Wools of New Zealand ran its very first Continued Professional Development (CPD) seminar for members of the Society of British International Design (SBID) in London.
For interior designers to stay relevant they need to keep learning about the materials they specify in human habitats and they have to do this to stay accredited to professional organisations like SBID.
Over a glass of New Zealand wine, and with London as a backdrop we went to the next step in influencing, influential people to specify Kiwi wool.
In two hours we grabbed the attention of some of London's best architects and designers and focused their attention on wool. We followed up with a book about our New Zealand wool and we made sure everyone took home a catalogue that featured Laneve products (so these people can buy our wool)
The presentation is rich in lifestyle imagery and messages around the benefits of New Zealand wool to the environment and the human habitat. There was the occasional sheep picture too. The question and answer session was lively so we had people engaged and we got people thinking.
This cost time and money, but its free for SBID members to attend. We do this because ultimately architects and interior designers are our customers. These are the people that demand style, innovation, integrity, provenance and sustainability. Now a handful of these people are thinking a little bit more about using wool.


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If there's still any question whether RFID is the bar code of the next decade, it's fading every week.
If there's still any question whether RFID is the bar code of the next decade, it's fading every week. The big name companies continue to throw their hats in the ring, and the investments they're making all but assure that yet another wireless technology will be transmitting more and more data over the next several years.
The good news in the entrance of IBM and others is that they're creating plenty of opportunity for smaller companies as they spark growth of the technology. The more these major companies come in, the more prices will decline, making it possible for companies large and small to employ RFID chips in new ways.
Since it's still pretty new, this means that people who have an understanding of RF transmissions and RFID technology will be in a good spot job-wise. Implementing an RFID system is no small undertaking. At the start, it requires good, solid business reasons for its deployment. The system has to be robust enough to meet changing needs and unexpected uses.
Whether it's the technical or business side, that means that the majority of companies are going to farm out some portion of their RFID setup. Companies and consultants who can demonstrate their success in creating well-planned RFID systems should be able to ride this wave through the next decade, and perhaps beyond.


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Spring storms did the first round of damage, but a fly-by-night contractor swooped in and made the situation worse last year, Des Plaines residents say.
Now state prosecutors are chasing those alleged storm chasers -- Godfather Construction -- seeking an injunction and damages for consumer fraud and deceptive business practices.
"Money's taken from them. The work is not done correctly, and then they leave," Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said Wednesday.
Homeowners say they and their insurance companies paid Godfather thousands for repairs after strong hailstorms pounded the area last year. But Godfather and its subcontractors did shoddy work or failed to perform work at all.
"So here they were taking advantage of these people, really victimizing them a second time," said Alvarez.
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Alvarez's office alleges "the defendants left Illinois and" ... "transferred the company's funds to out-of-state bank accounts."
The four men named in the complaint -- Thomas Kamin, Steve Anderson, Freddie Miles and Peter Svaras -- were unreachable for comment.
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Port Townsend reception to honor six playwrights Friday
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The local writers whose plays will premiere at next month's Port Townsend Festival of New Plays are, back row from left, Deborah Daline, D.D. Wigley, Deborah Wiese and Henry Feldman; and front row from left, Jack O'Connor and David Hundhausen.
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The Port Townsend Arts Commission, with chairman Stan Rubin, will host the free event at 5 p.m. at the Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St.
After light refreshments, Port Townsend Deputy Mayor Kris Nelson will make presentations to writers Deborah Daline, Henry Feldman, David Hundhausen, Jack O'Connor, Deborah Wiese and D.D. Wigley, whose one-act plays will premiere during the festival March 6-16.
Daline's "Somebodies & Sylvia," Feldman's "It's Just Coffee," Wigley's "Field Guide," Hundhausen's "Night of Intrigue," O'Connor's "People Small" and Wiese's "Funeral Home, The Musical" will all come to the stage of the Key City Playhouse or the Pope Marine Building in downtown Port Townsend during the Festival of New Plays.
Formerly known as the Playwrights' Festival, the annual event is in its 18th year.
This year's special guest is playwright and Rutgers University instructor Richard Dresser, who will teach two playwriting workshops.
For more information about Friday's reception and the forthcoming festival, visit www.KeyCityPublicTheatre.org or phone 360-379-0195.
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>When I started at the Carolina Bed & Breakfast in Asheville, North Carolina I thought my biggest challenge was going to be getting up, being dressed and ready and serving breakfast pleasantly to guests at an early hour. (I am not a morning person, per se). Well I was wrong. The hardest thing about innkeeping is not the cleaning, the website management, the finances, or the cooking. The hardest thing is answering questions. A good innkeeper should be able to direct her guests to a good meal, interesting things to do and to the best shops. She needs to know about the surrounding area, events and attractions; how to get to them, what to see and what is not really worth doing.
>Things to do in Asheville, NC: Innkeeper Jeopardy
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Well, this might be easy if you have lived in a town for a number of years, but it isn't easy if you just moved there and haven't been able to get out and around much. The guests are interested that you have just opened the inn but they really need answers and, understandably, the excuse that you are new to town just doesn't cut it! Fortunately at the Carolina Bed & Breakfast we have Sara, our assistant innkeeper. Not only has Sara lived in this area for a long time, she is articulate and interested in the activities herself. I have listened in awe as she fields questions of all sorts from our guests (all the while taking notes for myself). As a matter of fact, I have perfected the "let me get our specialist" response and no longer look like a deer in the headlights when someone starts to ask me for advice.
What are some of the questions we typically are asked? Is there skiing near Asheville? (Yes). Can you suggest a good restaurant? (Yes, we have all types of food available here in Asheville and the restaurants are very good) Where can I buy original quilts? (Believe it or not, the old Woolworth's building has been turned into an artist's and artisan's shopping mall. After you buy your quilt, you can get a killer rootbeer float at the lunch counter!) Wood furniture? (Yes) Best florist in town ?(Define "best"! We have many). Something really romantic to do? (Again it depends on your opinion. We have day spas, wine tours, balloon ascensions and more. There are even guests who find it wonderful to just rest in their room or in front of the fire in the parlor).
Some come on down and test us with your questions! (Or rather, test Sara and teach me!)
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Perl::Version provides a simple interface for parsing, manipulating
and formatting Perl version strings.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl-Version/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/devel/p5-Perl-Version/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install p5-Perl-Version
cd /usr/ports/devel/p5-Perl-Version/ && make install clean
pkg install p5-Perl-Version
PKGNAME: p5-Perl-Version
SHA256 (Perl-Version-1.013.tar.gz) = 1887414d1c8689d864c840114101e043e99d7dd5b9cca69369a60e821e3ad0f7
SIZE (Perl-Version-1.013.tar.gz) = 23012
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
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Number of commits found: 19
Fix license information for portgs that use "the same license as Perl".
Sponsored by: Absolight
Moving maintainership burden onto broader shoulders
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories d, e, f, and g.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Cleanup dependencies on lang/p5-Scalar-List-Utils.
The different cases are:
- Only bring it if the one bundled with Perl is outdated.
- The version bundled with all our Perl is sufficient.
- Scalar-List-Util is not really needed by the port.
(looking for /(Sub|Scalar|List)::Util/ returns nothing.)
While there, do some minor cleanup that caught my eye.
With hat: perl@
Sponsored by: Absolight
Make it so that the default Perl is always called perl5.
- Move Perl's man1 files along with its man3 files.
- Move where Perl installs its modules man1 pages.
- Convert the ports installing man1 pages.
- Make different Perl versions installable at the same time.
Though you should note that only the default version can be used to
install Perl modules, and the non default Perl versions cannot use the
modules installed via ports if they contain .so as they are installed
in a version specific directory.
Reviewed by: bapt (the Mk bits)
Exp-run by: antoine
Sponsored by: Absolight
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3542
Change the way Perl modules are installed, update the default Perl to 5.18.
Before, we had:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18
site_perl/perl_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18/mach
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/5.18/man/man3
Now we have:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl
site_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.18
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3
Modules without any .so will be installed at the same place regardless of the
Cleanup plist
- Update to 1.013
- Add LICENSE
Support staging.
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
devel part 3)
- Convert to new perl framework
per port extra changes:
devel/p5-Perl-Version remove outage PERL_LEVEL check
devel/p5-Devel-LeakTrace-Fast remove perl version requiment 5.12.0- (no need in
current version)
Approved by: lth@ (maintainer)
- Convert all remaining instances of BUILD_DEPENDS=${RUN_DEPENDS} or
RUN_DEPENDS=${BUILD_DEPENDS} to use := which portlint has warned
about for a while.
PR: ports/168208
Approved by: portmgr (miwi)
- Revert ports/165605 as requested by portmgr@
Note: devel/p5-B-Size and devel/p5-Devel-Arena
where intentionally not restored.
PR: ports/165605
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Feature safe: yes (I sure hope so)
- Remove ports that only work with < perl 5.12 (devel/p5-B-Size,
- Remove conditionals for PERL_LEVEL < 501200
- Remove regression-test targets b/c this will be centralized in Mk/bsd.perl.mk
- Other minor cleanups
PR: ports/165605
Submitted by: pgollucci (myself)
Approved by: portmgr (linimon)
Exp Run by: linimon
Tested by: make index
Update to 1.011
Update to 1.010
Update to 1.009
Fix RUN_DEPENDS typo
PR: ports/127769
Submitted by: Dmitry Marakasov <email@example.com>
Add p5-Perl-Version 1.007, parse and manipulate Perl version strings.
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What is up with Steven Spielberg? It seems like, every week, he's dropping out of some project, developing a new movie, signing on to helm a long held over prospect, and basically waffling over what he will do next. For a while, every movie he made was anticipated and appreciated.
Now, he's left so many undeveloped offerings at the altar that he's the cinematic version of a cad. Sure, 'Lincoln' was a likeable history lesson with an amazing performance by Daniel Day-Lewis at its core, but neither 'War Horse' nor 'The Adventures of Tintin' inspired the kind of popcorn pleasures the former king of the blockbusters was known for.
Now, he's becoming better known for the films he won't be working on ('Robopocalypse,' 'American Sniper') than anything he plans on helming – and that's not likely to change. According to Film Buff Online and The Hollywood Reporter, the director will be backing an American remake of the Japanese drama Like 'Father, Like Son.' Oddly enough, Hirokazu Kore-eda's movie about a child was switched at birth premiered at Cannes, where Spielberg was heading up the jury. While it failed to win the coveted Palme d'Or, it did walk away with the prize awarded by Mr. 'Jaws' and company.
Here's a synopsis from its debut at Cannes:
The "switched at birth" urban legend and the Nature-vs.-Nurture debate provide Hirokazu Kore-eda with a fresh opportunity to revisit his ongoing preoccupation with family dynamics and parent-child relationships in contemporary Japan. The life of go-getting workaholic architect Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama) – one of comfort and quietly ordered affluence with his wife Midori (Ono Machiko) and son Keita (Keita Ninomiya) – is violently overturned when hospital administrators reveal the unthinkable: Keita is not his biological son. Due to a mistake made by a negligent nurse, his "true" son has been raised in the dishevelled but warm-hearted home of working-class shopkeeper Yudai (Lily Franky) and his wife (Yôko Maki). The different approaches of both couples to their excruciating dilemma and the gradual emotional awakening of the all-too-rational Ryota are at the core of this sensitive drama of family feeling, which showcases Kore-eda's rich sense of humanity.
Though he won't be directing (darn it!), he will be overseeing the update, and the material is something the celebrated artist can really appreciate. Spielberg's films are almost always buffered by an ongoing fixation with family. Here's what he had to say about his involvement:
"When I saw the film at Cannes, I was so impressed by its power to bring such a human story to the screen. Here at DreamWorks Studios, Stacey (Snider) and our team recognized that it was a story we wanted to remake to bring to our audiences throughout the world. I thank Hirokazu Kore-eda and Fuji TV for giving us this once in a lifetime opportunity."
Another day, another non-gig behind the lens for our one time box office king.
Sources: Film Buff Online, Cinema Blend, The Hollywood Reporter


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Timely and Robust Key Establishment Under Jamming Attack in Critical Wireless Networks
Jamming attacks are security threats disrupting RF communications in wireless networks. Traditionally, spread spectrum has been proposed as a countermeasure. However, spread spectrum requires secure pre-key establishment before data transmission, with considerable time investment and thus limited functionality. This paper proposes a Frequency Quorum Rendezvous (FQR) scheme. In FQR, nodes hop over random frequencies during the key establishment phase, thus preventing jamming. By exploiting quorum time bounded rendezvous, nodes "Meet" to exchange secure keys within the time constraints posed by the application (for example, merger of two teams in time to fight back an imminent enemy attack).


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Its time for Long Beach to change how it handles the fuel to feed its sprawling fleet of city vehicles. Not doing so could not only cost dearly but also leave the system open to abuse at a time when gas prices are steep.
The fuel bill is not a small item. In the last fiscal year, the city spent more than $5.7 million for more than 2 million gallons of fuel. City workers gassed up an estimated 123,000 times.
An exhaustive review by City Auditor Laura Doud discovered some major shortcomings in how the pumps are monitored by the citys three fueling systems, which are overseen by the Fleet Services Bureau, the Harbor Department and the Water Department. Her recommendation: Consolidate the three systems for more efficiencies and savings. We agree.
Of these three systems, the largest user by far is Fleet Services, which includes police, fire, public works, parks and recreation and gas and oil.
Approximately 88 percent of fuel consumed by city users is supervised by Fleet Services.
In her audit of Fleet Services, Doud found that the fuel-dispensing system lacked adequate controls and was vulnerable to theft and abuse by employees.
One of the most worrying problems are the so-called fuel keys, devices used to monitor gas usage.
Some discrepancies highlighted by auditors included the fuel key of one employee that was used 14 times after his retirement to dispense about 152 gallons.
Because the fuel key is not reliable, it was difficult to determine whether this was potential fraud or sloppy management, auditors said.
Another finding showed that 20 percent of fuel keys tested were either assigned to vehicles that have been sold, are no longer in use or are duplicate keys. Even though these vehicles are inactive, their fuel keys are active and could be used to fuel any vehicle.
After auditing the fuel systems of the harbor and water departments, Doud came to the conclusion that the citys multiple fuel operations should be consolidated.
Doud said a more centralized approach to managing the citys fuel operations would not only provide potential cost savings but would also allow for administrative improvements.
A consolidated operation would provide greater assurance that this valuable city resource is protected and used only as intended, she said.
The timing is right for consolidation.
All three fuel operations are due for fuel system upgrades. If all three operations used the same fuel system, it would reduce technical support needs and should lower future costs of upgrades and maintenance, Doud said.
Consolidation means the city also could standardize fueling methods, resulting in increased controls over gas usage.
The audit also noted that city departments have limited personnel to monitor fueling transactions. This has resulted in inadequate or nonexistent reviews of potentially inappropriate fuel transactions.
Centralizing the oversight of the fuel system will result in a more efficient system using knowledgeable employees held accountable for updated policies and procedures.
The auditors recommendation to consolidate the citys fuel operations makes good sense and should be implemented as soon as possible.


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This problem has been haunting me for a number of months. I work in a public institution that has a number of kiosk's running microsoft flight sim 10 (fsx) for public use. I recently updated the hardware and did fresh installs and am now plagued with bugs. When I use the normal start up folder in windows to launch the kiosk it works but the start menu remain visible and when I flight is selected the kiosk menu remains open in the back (this is normal) and key presses are sent to both it and the active game. This creates the problem where if a person using the kiosk tries to use the brakes it launches another instance of the game (both are mapped to the trigger).
I tried to solve both issues by launching the game 1 minute after startup using the task schedule in windows 7. This created a new set of oddities. When it launches the kiosk it uses a different settings.cfg file from when its manually launched but also the controls for the menu all work except the trigger which baffles me.
I am posting this here because the folks on the flight sim forums I have attempted don't know whats going on and so I hope someone with more windows mojo might be able to tell me whats happening here. It seems to me like the startup folder and task scheduler behave differently but I don't understand the finer points so I am at my wits end.
Please let me know if you need more information on either hardware or software of the setup, I understand not many people know of fsx kiosk mode.
From the Windows technical nerd side of the house you could use Group Policy to lock down the machine and hide the Start Menu. I'm not familiar with the FSX kiosk mode to know whether there is a configuration issue with it that'd be easier for you to correct.
I appreciate the reply, I recognize that posting here was a bit of a hail Mary. Is anyone able to explain the difference between startup folder launching apps and scheduled tasks?
There ought to not be a difference. If you drop a shortcut into the startup folder it should point to c:\program files\application.exe. If you use a scheduled task it ought to execute c:\program files\application.exe. The app won't know the difference and therefore would open the same.
When you created the scheduled task to run FSX - was it running as the same user or a different user? A different user account would explain why it used a different key configuration. My only other suggestion is make sure that you are using either the Gold or Acceleration versions and not the original of FSX. Might want to also check you have FSX set open in a window versus full screen. Full screen is preferred.
Yeah I have acceleration and its set to open full screen. If I start it manually everything works as expected. It opens you can fly for 5 minutes it shuts off and you can pick again. If the task scheduler opens it you can use the menu but the trigger has no effect. I also tried making a batch file to run it with the same result. Manually running the batch file works task scheduler no dice.
It's very likely a permission issue. Change the user for the task and don't use System.
Yup change the task user to be the logged in user other wise it will be running in a different context with a different profile.


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"Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say what you will, kings in a tumbrel rarely
Went to their deaths more proud than this one went.
Some nights of apprehension and hot weeping
I will confess; but that's permitted me;
Day dried my eyes; I was not one for keeping
Rubbed in a cage a wing that would be free.
If I had loved you less or played you slyly
I might have held you for a summer more,
But at the cost of words I value highly,
And no such summer as the one before.
Should I outlive this anguish-and men do-
I shall have only good to say of you."
"At the end of the day, be content. Do not chafe under an apprehension that you should have done more. Rest in the knowledge that you have accomplished all that has been divinely apportioned."


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New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter is having an easy day in his return to shortstop.
Jeter didn't get any chances in the field through the first three innings Wednesday night in an exhibition game against Philadelphia.
The 38-year-old Jeter hadn't played the field since breaking his left ankle in the first game of the AL championship series last October.
Jeter was the designated hitter in two spring training games before taking on the Phillies.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi joked before the game that he didn't want to see Jeter doing any cartwheels or back flips on the field.
Girardi said he hopes Jeter's ankle is healed enough that he'll be able to play more regularly in the field over the next few weeks.


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The Kogi State Police Command has arrested four persons for allegedly exhuming a corpse from a cemetery in Ayetoro-Gbede, Ijumu Local Government Area of the state.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday in Lokoja, the state's Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Katsina, who gave the names of the suspects as; Samuel Ogunyemi, Murtala Yakubu, Joshua Jethro and Eniayekan Adekunle, said they were arrested on June 7 by the command's ambush squad at the cemetery after exhuming the body.
According to him, his men laid ambush for the suspects, and watched them as they exhumed the corpse. He said they were in the process of removing the head when policemen swooped on them.
He said the leader of the group, Samuel Ogunyemi, admitted contracting three other persons for the job. The commissioner said Samuel told the police that he has been failing in all his endeavours so he consulted a herbalist on the possible way out.
"He told us that the herbalist told him to bring a human skull for sacrifice. He added that he was instructed to use the skull with soap to bath to ward off his ill-luck," the commissioner said.
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Starbucks Juice Bar Opens Today
Starbucks is branching out into the juice bar business with its first store, Evolution Fresh, opening today in Washington.
According to Reuters, Evolution will sell fresh and bottled juices, food and smoothies, all with vegan and vegetarian options. CEO Howard Schultz is expected to make the formal announcement to Starbucks employees and shareholders on Wednesday, making the point that juice is the way of the future.
Starbucks purchased Evolution Fresh four months ago and has been steadily building up the brand. The health food business is currently booming, with over $50 billion revenue up for grabs. "Our customers are looking for a healthier lifestyle," Jeff Hansberry, president of Starbucks Channel Development told USA Today. "Juice and nutrition is no longer a fad. It's a full-blown trend."
USA Today was given a sneak peek inside the new store and reports that it has a clean look, with "mostly white walls, light woods and marble countertops. Juices are customized in an area where employees mix juices from eight taps while videos explain the benefits and options."
One thing noticeably absent from Evolution Fresh stores, however, is the Starbucks brand or logo. Even though Starbucks is the parent company, Hansberry explains, the mentality is to create two distinct brands. "We believe [Evolution Fresh] is a brand concept that stands out on its own."
While it's a little early for a full-fledged review, the public is already weighing in on Starbucks' decision. "Juice is full of sugar and calories and is not health food by a long shot," noted Yahoo user 1eyeopen.
"It's about time Starbucks started selling something good…" Art from Texas commented.
"I love Starbucks but have slowly [been] moving away from it because caffeine and I don't do well together. This would give me a healthier option so I can still visit the stores," added Nick Ross.


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OLPC UK/Lending Library and Repair Centre/Status 20090925
From OLPC
OLPC UK Library Update 20090925
The OLPC UK Local Laptop Lending Library (LLLL) has 100% of its laptops loaned out.
Here is an updated status and the next steps; but first, please recall that the purpose of the combined Library / Repair Centre is to:
- support the OLPC mission and community via lending out laptops to UK volunteers / contributors; and
- facilitate with space, materiel, and expertise XO repairs by volunteers; and
- encourage, enable, and support Contributor Program applicants from the UK.
- Repair Centre's latest (and earliest) unsolicited XO-1 repair was done in a day and a complete success. A generous & cute thank-you from the beneficiary was received:
- Repair Centre hardware has been triaged and 3 laptops have been fully repaired. Many others have hardware that can be consolidated: e.g., three laptops have mangled keyboards and two laptops have bad screens and one has a bad touchpad, so swapping motherboards and keyboards around should get at least three more working laptops for the library.
- Two laptops were lent to the OLPC UK pilot and now have been replaced by two from the UK laptop allocation - so the pilot was able to move forward before its laptops arrived from the US and now the Library is back to its original allocation.
- UK XO-1 survey is over and results have to be collated (won't take long).
- 10 functional laptops and working batteries are in the UK.
- All laptops have:
- developer keys
- security disabled
- markings with a OLPCUK-NN (NN from 1 to 10) code, my mobile phone number, and the email@example.com mailing list address
- been flashed to latest firmware (Q2E41)
- have the latest Sugar-on-a-Stick build (Rawhide/Fedora 11 + OLPC kernel) installed.
- 0 pairs of laptops are available for borrowing
- More help is always needed with outreach, hardware wrangling, mentoring, etc. Please get in touch directly or via firstname.lastname@example.com. Better yet, Just Do It - whatever you you're trying to help with - and I/people will try to keep up (Forgiveness vs. Permission).
Next steps
- Review plans at OLPC UK meeting: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/Lending_Library_and_Repair_Centre#Month_2
- Flesh out "How do I get a laptop" instructions: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/Lending_Library_and_Repair_Centre#How_do_I_get_a_Laptop.3F
- Update Library inventory system with (gcstar, probably)
- Write up lessons learned so far; share with appropriate audiences


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- I can't understand what's the difference between a Pit Lord and a Pit Commander maybe the name... I think he is only an unnamed Pit Lord, he looks exactly the same like Magtheridon or any other Pit Lord of WoW N'Nanz 21:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- A pit lord is a rank in the annihilan races hiearchy, as would a pit commander.Baggins 21:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Just what does the Pit Commander drop and how much experience is he worth? Also, I'm under the impression if you drag the Pit Commander into the guards, you don't get credit for the kill and can't loot it. ~ Doc Lithius [U|T|C] 19:20, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah I dragged it to the NPCs and they killed it even though I had aggro and it kept trying to get me but would not go past the first flight of stairs. It died and there was no loot for me. So... I guess you need a group to do it.--Mistertrouble189 (talk) 06:01, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think he drops any loot at all. I just soloed him as a level 80 without any of the guards helping, and still nothing. Jormungand talk · contribs 19:28, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
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I've checked... and died a few times. He has an AE attack that does 55k Damage. It easily crushes the NPC guards, but when he uses it seems to be random.--Invin Dranoel (talk) 06:51, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


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A Hall of Fame vote for Roger Clemens
Being a Hall of Fame voter is becoming a real headache. But without evidence that Roger Clemens used steroids, Times baseball reporter Larry Stone says he'll vote for Clemens on the next Hall of Fame ballot.
Seattle Times baseball reporter
The government spent several years and several million dollars trying to prove that Roger Clemens lied to Congress under oath about using performance-enhancing drugs. They failed miserably.
In December, as a Hall of Fame voter, I will be asked to decide whether Clemens belongs in Cooperstown — yet another impossibly complicated verdict to be made on yet another steroids suspect. There will be those who will plead with me to leave Clemens off my ballot because we all KNOW he used steroids, no matter what the jury of his peers concluded. And my strong hunch is that Clemens will not make it on the first ballot, same as 3,000-hit, 500-homer man Rafael Palmeiro (0 for 2 in voting) and 583-homer man Mark McGwire (0 for 6).
This is why Hall of Fame voting is no longer fun — and getting downright miserable as Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mike Piazza join Clemens as first-timers on the next ballot, with Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez waiting in the wings.
I remember, years ago, as I pondered my first Hall of Fame ballot, having a long and passionate debate with my boss, himself a longtime baseball writer and Hall of Fame voter, about the credentials of Don Sutton. He was aghast that I planned to vote for Sutton. I argued about his 324 wins and his distinguished legacy of excellence. He argued that Sutton was never considered one of the best pitchers of his time.
We went back and forth, and it was a blast. It was a baseball debate, much like the ones about Andre Dawson, Jim Rice and Ryne Sandberg. Agree, disagree, you could dig into the numbers, make your case, and have at it.
Now, it's no longer about the numbers. If it were about the numbers, Clemens and Bonds would be two of the easiest votes in the history of Hall of Fame voting. Clemens won 354 games and won seven — seven! — Cy Youngs. Bonds hit 762 home runs — 73 of them in one season — and won seven — seven! — MVP awards. Palmeiro would be a slam dunk as one of just four players in history with 3,000 hits and 500 homers. And so forth.
But now we are being asked to ascertain the legitimacy of those numbers, most often based on innuendo, hunches and circumstantial evidence. And I hate that. I've written many times of my reluctance to be the "steroids police." We'll never know definitively who used and who didn't use — the Clemens case being Exhibit A. I have strong suspicions like everyone else, but the cases made by both the Mitchell Report and in the just-concluded trial aren't exactly airtight.
Baseball has allowed the statistics of the steroids era to count in the record books. We may well have already unwittingly elected a steroids user, and almost certainly will at some point, because you just never know. Should those players who were unlucky enough to have their names squealed to the Mitchell Report investigators be judged more harshly than the ones who had more circumspect 'roids dealers? Should we vote out Clemens because we are pretty darned sure he must have used, even though Brian McNamee's credibility was blown up by the defense attorneys? Should we vote out Bonds based on the Balco investigation that was just as ill-fated in court, save for one obstruction-of-justice conviction?
And even if you are 100 percent convinced Bonds was a steroids user — a reasonable conclusion — what about the fact that many of his peers were as well? What about the fact he was a Hall of Fame caliber player before he was accused of juicing? What about the fact that amphetamines — the greenies that were gobbled up like M&M's by previous generations of ballplayers — are now categorized by MLB as performance-enhancing drugs? Do we kick all the greenies users out of the Hall of Fame?
Tough questions. And despite the vehemence with which some people will respond to those questions — particularly the "keep the cheating bums out" faction — the answers are hardly cut and dry. Voters who kept out Jeff Bagwell because of steroids innuendo were rightly criticized, I felt, because there was no proof, just suspicions. Well, I think it can be argued that Clemens now falls into the same category.
To me, the Clemens verdict just strengthens my earlier stance about the impossibility of judging who is guilty and who isn't. Charlie Moore, the former Toronto catcher, took the stand and explained that Clemens' late-career surge was the result of learning the split-fingered fastball, not steroids. It's plausible, right? The sainted Nolan Ryan, about whom no one has any suspicions, struck out 301 batters at age 42 — his most in a season since he was 30. It's also plausible that Moore's explanation is a smoke screen that obscures the real reason Clemens won four Cy Youngs after the age of 34 — the last one at 41.
We might never know for sure. In fact, those six words are the epitaph for the steroids era. For the next decade, there will be suspicions about almost every player who comes on the ballot. I'll mull things over for the next six months, and do some final soul-searching when the ballot arrives. But right now, I'm poised to vote for Roger Clemens.
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Iraqi Christian Pleads for Disabled Husband
WASHINGTON – A tragedy-laden Iraqi refugee pleaded Tuesday night to be reunited with her disabled husband whom she was forced to leave behind when she was granted asylum in the United States.
Julet Yousef, while living in Iraq, was kidnapped, beaten, and repeatedly raped because she is a Christian. Her captors released her after three months on the condition that she would convert to Islam, attend a mosque, and force her daughters to convert too. The family was forced to flee to Syria and then to Lebanon to escape the persecution.
But through the efforts of the Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council of America (CASCA), which supports Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people in matters of public policy, she and her three young daughters were granted refuge in the United States in 2007, but her husband was not due to a United Nations policy.
"So I was forced to take my daughters and come to the United States, but I left my husband behind and he is suffering and he needs the help," an emotional Yousef said through an interpreter at the inauguration of the Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East on Tuesday.
"I plead to all of you to help in bringing my husband so we can be reunited," she said, after mentioning that he had lost a leg in the Iran-Iraq war. "It is important that my husband can be with us together."
The new Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East is a bipartisan Congressional Member Organization dedicated to serving as a hub for information on religious minorities in the Middle East, including the dwindling Christian population.
Yousef's story of persecution and leaving her homeland is in many ways similar to that of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians.
It is estimated that Christians make up nearly 40 percent of the refugees fleeing Iraq, although they only make up three percent of the country's population. There are now about 600,000 Iraqi Christians left in Iraq, down from 1.2 million before the U.S.-led offensive in 2003.
In recent months, the persecution of Christians has increased, including the murder of Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul Paulus Faraj Rahho in February and a series of seven church attacks in January.
Since 2004, some 40 Christian churches and institutions have been bombed and 12 Christian clergy have been kidnapped or murdered since 2006. Of the 45 Chaldean priests in Baghdad, less than half remain and the others have been killed, kidnapped or have fled the country.
Several speakers at the Caucus highlighted that Iraqi Christians speak the language of Jesus, Aramaic, and trace their roots back to the early spread of Christianity.
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), the only Assyrian Christian in Congress, is co-chair of the Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East.


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Gates: Afghan conflict must not be seen as 'America's war'
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that Afghanistan's military must be expanded and that the conflict needs to be recognized as "an Afghan war, not an American war and not a NATO war."
Promoting the expansion of Kabul's military force, Gates said: "We would be making a terrible mistake if this ends up being called America's war. This is the Afghans' war for their own country, and we need to make sure they know we are not there to run it, we are there to help."
Forgive me, but has this gentleman gone completely mad?
One has to wonder what koolaid US Secretary of Defense Gates has imbibed to make such an completely absurd statement. Does he believe, for one second, that thinking Americans do not remember the history of US oil interests in this region?
As reported on 2 May, 2001 in http://www.mediamonitors.net/mosaddeq2.html:
"An article appearing in the prestigious German daily Frankfurter Rundschau, in early October 1996, reported that UNOCAL "has been given the go-ahead from the new holders of power in Kabul to build a pipeline from Turkmenstein via Afghanistan to Pakistan. It would lead from Krasnovodsk on the Caspian Sea to Karachi on the Indian Ocean coast." The same article noted that UN diplomats in Geneva believe that the war in Afghanistan is the result of a struggle between Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Russia and the United States, "to secure access to the rich oil and natural gas of the Caspian Sea."[50] Other than UNOCAL, companies that are jubilantly interested in exploiting Caspian oil, apparently at any human expense, include AMOCO, BP, Chevron, EXXON, and Mobile."
"It therefore comes as no surprise to see the Wall Street Journal reporting that the main interests of American and other Western elites lie in making Afghanistan "a prime transhipment route for the export of Central Asia's vast oil, gas and other natural resources". "
So, there you have it.
One can say, with some degree of certainty, that it is not the sons or daughters of people like Secretary Gates, or other governmental or corporate officials who are fighting, and getting maimed, and dying, in this war for pipelines and oil transportation.
This occupation of Afghanistan was never about furthering the interests of peace or economic growth for this beleaguered country; it was, and continues to be, about the brutal fight for its location as a trans-ship point for oil.


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There could not have been a clearer sign that ING's change was for real. Early in 2008, the Dutch retail-banking unit moved into its own new headquarters building, cementing the union of ING Group's two previously separate banking units in the Netherlands: ING Bank and Postbank.
A few months earlier, the bank had begun to integrate functions such as marketing and product management. As part of its overall change program, ING had carefully thought through the order in which its two banks' functional units would be joined, reasoning that the strategic thinking needed to entrench change across the newly unified organization would be reinforced best if it were couched in terms of what ING's customers wanted over the long term.
ING's change program was an uncommon one: the merger of two internal units not dissimilar in operation and sharing the same overarching cultural traits. Yet those factors would make the process as challenging, in many ways, as the merger of two corporate strangers.
The group's ING Bank operation was rooted in a strong network of branch offices, with a particular focus on small to midsize businesses. By contrast, Postbank operations were conducted almost entirely by mail, by telephone, and online. Founded in 1881 as a nationalized business, Postbank had 7.5 million private-account holders and was one of the largest providers of financial services in the Netherlands—everything from current accounts to mortgages and pensions. Privatized in 1986, Postbank became part of the structure of the organization that, four years later, would become ING Group. In 2007, the group announced that it would merge its daughter ING Bank with Postbank, forming a single brand.


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Lebanese signer Nancy Ajram has completed a special photo shoot for the advertising campaign of the new line of cosmetics by Lebanese makeup expert Fadi Qattaya.
Nancy appeared in the pictures as if she was painted by a famous painter. Fadi was very professional and careful at tending to the smallest details that brings out the singer's beauty in a completely new and different manner.
Being the face of an advertising campaign for Fadi is not a first for Nancy, for she has done numerous promotional campaigns for him in the past and was a very smart and successful choice by Fadi.
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If you think your tap water tastes a little funny, you're not alone. The Lodi Public Works Department has received several complaints recently about metallic-tasting water, and city workers are flushing water lines and hydrants a little more often these days to fix the problem.
"We have gotten a few calls about the taste of the water in the last several months," said Larry Parlin, deputy Public Works director. "It's a calcium build-up issue."


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I noticed in alot of emulators it says there are like network settings or samba or somthing... what the heck are these things.and how would i configure it to work?
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I noticed in alot of emulators it says there are like network settings or samba or somthing... what the heck are these things.and how would i configure it to work?
In simplest terms it's sharing files over a network connection. Usually it's something like \\computername\sharename\path\to\share. (which is stored on a hard drive on another computer)
SMB/Samba/CIFS all have their distinctions, but generally when you see them you're talking about windows shares (or non windows shares trying to maintain compatibility with windows shares). In windows you can right click on a folder and if you pick something like "share with" or "share this folder" than that is what that wizard will result in (a new network share).
In terms of emulators it means that that particular emulator lets your spawn games off of a network share. That can be very convenient if you're on a windows network and have enough knowledge to manage shares.
You have to be careful with shares though because if you don't secure shares properly, you could be opening up your personal data to anyone on your network (or anyone who compromises your network).
Is this available with any USB Loader that ou know of?
Nope. You're not the first one to ask that, I wish there was one, but for now you're stuck with a hd connected to the wii. Emulators are still running when you launch a game, so they have more control of the environment (game is running "inside" the emulator program). USB Loaders completely unload as they load the game, so they now out of the picture once the game launches.
To my limited knowledge it seems technically possible. I read that the tcp/ip stack is available to the IOS, so seems like an IOS could be made to use that just as they made IOS's to read usb 1, then updated them for usb 2. Of course performance is a concern, always part of these discussions, but personally i think it could "work" however slow it may or may not be. Funny thing is, I've never been able to find anything concrete proving or disproving any of this (all just talk and speculation). Considering the fact that it hasn't been done, there is probably something that i'm not aware of that makes it not as easy as I just made it sound.


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FOX11 Investigates follow-up: DWD improves unemployment claim filing system
KAUKAUNA - Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development is adding new steps for those who apply for weekly unemployment insurance benefits online starting Sept. 10.
The Department of Workforce Development handles tens of thousands of claims for unemployment benefits every month. The changes in filing follow hundreds of potentially fraudulent claims submitted this past summer.
FOX 11 Investigates discovered more than 400 potentially fraudulent claims were discovered in the system from June through early July. Someone was filing claims online using other people's identities. One of those victims was Donna Dercks of Kaukauna.
"I feel I'm pretty careful," said Dercks when interviewed by FOX 11 Investigates back in July.
Dercks turned to FOX 11 Investigates to warn other potential victims. Would-be thieves used her name and information to file an online unemployment claim.
"I got very nervous because they had everything. If they have your social security number they have everything," said Dercks.
Dercks received a letter from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development confirming her claim was approved. Only she was gainfully employed. DWD officials tell FOX 11 Investigates it became aware of the fraudulent cases when individuals like Dercks alerted them to the problem.
DWD is now initiating new steps to help prevent such a breach in the future.
Starting next Wednesday, those required to search for employment when filing claims online will have to fill out information on their job searches. Previously that information had to be made available by mail or fax only when requested. Claimants will be able to use a personal computer or mobile device to enter the required work search information to complete their claims.
Staff processing claims will be able to expedite the review process when work search data is stored and accessible online.
DWD is updating its claimant handbook, and call center operators are being trained to help those filing online claims through the process.
Since the potential fraud was detected, Workforce Development officials told FOX 11 Investigates, "DWD remains vigilant about potential UI (Unemployment Insurance) fraud attemps as we continually look to strengthen the integrity of the UI system."
DWD confirmed 440 potential fraud cases in Wisconsin were brought to light in June and early July, as part of a multi-state investigation being handled by the U.S. Department of Labor. But final numbers on the total potential fraud cases and any money paid out have not been made available. FOX 11 Investigates has made requests to DWD for additional details.


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Mentor synthesis tools also supports Xilinx Virtex-4
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SAN JOSE, Calif. Following the lead of FPGA synthesis archrival Synplicity Inc., Mentor Graphics Corp. said its Precision RTL or Leonardo Spectrum synthesis tools also support the new Virtex-4 family.
Meanwhile, the company is currently beta testing Virtex-4 support for its Precision Physical tool, with plans to release it commercially in early 2005.
According to Mentor, both companies started joint work in April 2003. Initial Precision RTL Synthesis support has been available in a limited release since January.
Synplicity also announced on Tuesday (Sept. 14) the latest version of its FPGA logic synthesis and physical synthesis software products. It is designed to support the new Virtex-4 family and Lattice Semiconductor's LatticeECP and LatticeEC FPGA device families.