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well as the above title states I need to know what graphics card I need on arma 2 to run a decent framerate on at least the 800x600 and at most on high graphics on any resolution. But I don't need it on very high graphics at all I just want a detailed gaming experience so anybody who could share some words of wisdom on graphics cards could you please let me know?
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- To make this game a bit more interesting, is if your score lowers by a certain amount of points if you let a ship go pass you.
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i understand what your saying, if i had the time, a death animation, sounds on shots and deaths and most of all power ups would have been put into my game, but iv been learning the action script coding from scratch and some of it is very hard to apply correctly. another thing id have loved is to know how to make set spawning enemies so i could make levels and more than one enemy, if you know any good websites for finding coding like that please post it to me :)
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- I would like to hear a full version of this song. It has potential.
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I had no idea someone reviewed this :P
Thanks for the advice. Sadly I won't be making this into a full song, but if I end up making a song similar, i'll keep this all in mind!
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Two of the most important parameters for accuracy are: (1) maxharms(2) oversample maxharms:The accuracy of HB is greatly dependent on the number of harmonics chosen. As a general rule, you should simulate with with maxharms [5 3] and (if memory allows) re-simulate with maxharms [7 3] to see if the answer changes (or not). If the answer does not change, you can be confident about your results.For circuits with dividers, the number of harmonics chosen should equal 5 times the divide ratio. This is regardless of whether you are using the shooting or HB engine.examples:
You are simulating with PSS and (say) the L0 input is 400M. There is a divide by 4 in your circuit, so the PSS beat frequency is 100M.You will need 5x4= 20 harmonics. For QPSS, if you have a divide by 4 with these frequencies: Mixer LO=400M, RF=100M+1M, you'll need [20 3] for your maxharms. Also, you'll need to set the freqdivide parameter in the qpss Choosing Analyses form in ADE to 4.oversample: The harmonic balance algorithm contains the Fourier Transformation. If oversample=1 (which is the default) and the harmonics number is K, then there will be (2K+1) samples in one period of waveform. If the oversample=S, there are (2K+1)*S samples. Increasing the number of oversamples will result in more sample points in the time-domain, and thus the HB spectrum and subsequent noise calculation will be more accurate. Unlike the harmonic number (maxharms), oversample only affects the number of samples in the time-domain, and won't increase the number of unknowns (which is determined by the equation and harmonic number). Thus increasing oversample is an effective way to improve accuracy without using too much memory as increasing harmonic number.An application where one would want to use oversample is on the LO of a mixer, because it is a strongly nonlinear signal in need of more samples in time-domain for an accurate Fourier Transformation.
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I just tried it on an LNA+mixer chain , and reducing PSS harmonics from 31 to 15, no matter how much over-sample I used, yielded odd rapid IP3 results (i.e. way off any logical value). Gain and Pnoise still looks the same, but that is no comfort.
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Due to something that our developers do around here that I do not fully understand, there are times within the web page that our element IDs prefix will change from one build to the next. What I am trying to do is be able to scan through the elements within the page and find one that matches a pattern to then define a test ID prefix to then be used throughout the rest of the test for locating and manipulating the test. The method I am attempting is basically:
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I have found that within tests I can code to use the Find.By... feature, but I am building functions that are called by multiple tests where I cannot access this ability. Is there some property/setting/special way to hold my tongue so that I can use the Find feature within a function outside of the test area that will allow me this same access?
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Hi Paul,
thank you for choosing to evaluate WebUI Test Studio!
I think I understand what you're trying to do.
However, don't focus your efforts on trying to determine what the Prefix is. Each HTML element you use in your test is added to the test project along with the Logic needed to find it. The Find Logic is generated during the recording of your test. So basically you recorder some elements with the Find Logic "id=prefix1:something" and now you need to change that Find Logic to "id=prefix2:something". This won't work - even if you determine the Prefix you'll have a hard time writing the code that edits each element's Find logic. I'm not even sure it can be done at all.
Instead you want to ignore either the prefix or the ID altogether.
OK, there are a couple of ways to get this to work:
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Open UserSettings, go to "Identification Logic" and delete "Id" from the list (see screenshot 1).
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The installation of floorcovering is widely recognized as one of the most critical links in the chain that runs from the initial floorcovering sale to the next one. Gaps between wood planks, uneven tiles or ripples in carpet can sour a customer on purchasing from the same vendor again or perhaps even move the consumer away from using that type of flooring, especially if the problems are not dealt with to the customer's satisfaction. A few of the problems can be blamed on installers, but many of them have their roots elsewhere.
It's also true that while many homeowners and business owners assume that their floorcovering will be installed correctly, they often have no idea if the people coming to do the job know what they're doing or what their professional relationship is to the retailer or commercial contractor. Unlike for an electrician or plumber, there generally aren't any licensing requirements and the barrier to entry is low. And it's not necessarily easy to find a highly skilled installer, even if you go looking for one. For example, the National Wood Flooring Association had four certified installers listed for the entire state of Tennessee, but none in Chattanooga, where Floor Focus is located. The only certified laminate installer listed for the entire state of Tennessee on the North American Laminate Flooring Association website was in Nashville, a good two-hour drive from Chattanooga.
A big part of the problem is that the installation trade itself is so disjointed and scattered and it doesn't speak with anything resembling a strong, unified voice. While there's widespread acknowledgement of the need to train and certify installers more effectively, the efforts to do so are a hodgepodge at best. There are organizations like the Certified Floorcovering Installers, which has dedicated itself to training and certifying installers in all types of floorcovering, but it trains only a small percentage of installers. The mills and some associations, as well as the unions, also facilitate or provide training. But most training comes from on-the-job experience.
Training isn't the only problem facing the industry.
For example, a pervasive problem is that many installers aren't being paid much more than they were ten years ago. It's a race to the bottom as far as pay goes, because installers often have to undercut each other just to get business, especially in today's hyper-competitive conditions. This, among other things, means an installer might not have enough money or time to travel to a training class in order to stay up to date on techniques or products. It might also encourage installers to cut corners in order to cut costs. It's true that a good, experienced installer working for the right company in the right area can still make a good living, but it's not the general rule. This could change quickly if the construction market begins to take off and there aren't enough installers available, which could push wages higher.
A growing problem for commercial flooring installers in new construction is the compression of the construction schedule—in other words, buildings today are being constructed much more quickly, and installers almost have to work on top of each other and much faster to meet deadlines imposed by general contractors.
"Every general contractor today is trying to complete jobs in fewer days," says Mike Roberts of Bonitz Flooring Group in Knoxville, Tennessee and an executive board member of FCICA, the flooring contractors association.
Often, he says, "the heat's not on, the doors aren't on, so it's hard to do moisture testing." A conflict arises when a flooring installer tells a general contractor that the building isn't ready and the product warranty will be void without a proper moisture test. In addition, installers often have to work long nights and weekends. "It's becoming a huge issue in the industry. General contractors tout that they can do a job in a certain number of days, but the subs on the back end just get beat up. This has been going on for a decade, but it's getting worse." Right now, Roberts says, there aren't any good options for contractors facing this kind of situation.
Another factor affecting the industry in general is that it isn't attracting enough young people into the profession to replace older workers who are slowly leaving the field or have already left due to the economy. Experts say this is due to a number of factors, including poor pay and the considerable physical demands of the work.
On a positive note, one difficult industry issue may be on its way to a fix. The National Tile Contractors Association, the National Wood Flooring Association and FCICA have all endorsed a position paper put together by the American Society of Concrete Contractors that deals with the flatness of concrete floors, which are usually subfloors for the final flooring. The problem is that a concrete floor may be flat when it's initially installed but it has a tendency to curl as it dries, which can cause problems for flooring installers. This has been a bone of contention for years and has caused more than one lawsuit. Their position is that in every case a bid allowance should be made to allow for grinding or patching as necessary. Now the challenge is to educate designers, owners, and others involved in the bid process.
Below are issues facing individual flooring types.
The big news in the carpet industry is that the bulk of the work toward the formulation of an ANSI installation standard, known cryptically as BSR-IICRC S600, has been completed. The Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification is developing the standard with funding from the World Floor Covering Association and the Carpet and Rug Institute.
IICRC was approached to set up and monitor the development process because it was experienced and already had the infrastructure to develop ANSI standards, which are voluntary but generally have a significant impact on the industries they address.
CRI's 104 and 105 standards, which were replaced last year by a combined residential/commercial standard, served as a starting point, but the new ANSI standard will represent a significant overhaul. Up to 100 different people from virtually every facet of the carpet industry have been involved to some extent, from serving on the consensus body to working on individual chapters.
While CRI's current and previous standard described what to do, the new ANSI standard will also be accompanied by an extensive reference guide that gets into much more detail about how to achieve the various end results. In fact the reference guide is actually the basis for the standard. Areas where words like "must", "shall" or "will" are used are pulled out and used as the basis of the standard.
As this is written, a reference guide has been completed and is in the editing phase. The whole process could be completed by early next year.
The impetus for the change, according to Shaw's Carey Mitchell, who was one of the early advocates, came from the recognition that the carpet industry was losing marketshare, combined with research that showed consumers would gladly pay more for a quality installation job. In addition, the carpet mills needed to stop subsidizing bad installations.
The standard will almost certainly become the basis for training and certification programs. And the longer term goal, probably several years out, is for the standard to become part of the carpet warranty system, which will put pressure on retailers to use installers with better training.
"One of the things that excites me is we've got a good model of how to build on it," Mitchell says. "In the cleaning industry, training and certification are highly valued and they're willing to spend a lot of money for it and have the infrastructure to support the schools, certification and testing. Installation doesn't have any of that. If you've got to train 100,000 installers, where do you go? Well, older installers could build training businesses, there's a lot of new business opportunity. But you've got to create demand, and that's where the retailer comes in. The mills have to push this. It's going to be a slow process."
A parallel objective of the standard is to draw more people into the installation trade by elevating its importance, which should result in higher pay.
Certified installation has become a major focus within the U.S. tile industry in the past several years. Bart Bettiga, executive director of the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), says the most prevalent issue facing his industry today is the continued use of unqualified labor, which leads to an increase in failures and a loss of future sales.
"Tile installation is a craft that takes years of training and field experience, and unfortunately many people are working on projects that they're not prepared to successfully complete," Bettiga says.
In addition, he says, many companies with a proven track record in tile installation can't charge enough in today's environment to make a profit. "Work is being bid at rates that are literally impossible to expect a quality installation. It is the most significant problem in our industry today."
The non-profit Ceramic Tile Education Foundation is a primary training and certification agency for the domestic tile industry (non-union) and it works closely with organizations like the NTCA to address installation concerns.
Educating the people who hire installers has been a renewed focus. This year, for the first time, the Tile Council's handbook has included a section that emphasizes the importance of hiring a skilled installer, and lists the groups that have company recognition, training and certification programs.
"The driving factor should not be price, but the talent to do the work," says Stephanie Samulski, project manager for the Tile Council of North America. "This is the first time we've said anything about the quality of the labor." The Education Foundation also offers a contractor questionnaire to help screen potential installers.
Bettiga says that similar language was also included in the MasterSpec document published by ARCOM. It's a widely used master specification system used by engineers, architects and specification writers.
"The International Masonry Institute was instrumental in assisting us to get this language approved," Bettiga says. "It is our hope that these efforts will help us to get this language inserted into national accounts and specialized projects. At a minimum, we are stressing to the architect, designer, builder or project owner how important it is to have a means of verifying that the installer can prove that they have the ability to successfully install the tile or stone specified on a particular project."
Another issue, Bettiga says, is that changing technology is rolled out into the marketplace before a standard can be written for installers to follow. He cited the example of thin, very large format tiles with very narrow grout lines that are frequently being used.
"This is why it is so important that the NTCA becomes a vehicle to disseminate the information and help the contractor to understand the technology and assist them in training their field superintendents and installers," Bettiga says.
While the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation was initially focused on training, it has also become more involved in certification. It holds training events at distributors around the country. It has one level of certification, CTF Certified Tile Installer, which requires passing a written online test and a hands-on test, the latter making up 75% of the score. The day-long hands-on test includes installing both wall and floor tile, backer board and grout, and about 50 items are graded.
Almost every installation problem that occurs is the result of several problems compounded, at least half of which the contractor/installer has no control over, Samulski says. These range from the wrong specified material to building schedules or interior temperatures that aren't conducive to tile installation.
Installation training classes sponsored by the National Wood Flooring Association are about half the size they used to be, these days attracting about 400 students annually, mostly because of the depressed economy, says Frank Kroupa, senior director of technical training for the NWFA.
NWFA is the primary source of formal training and certification for wood flooring installers in the U.S. It holds 12 schools in Las Vegas and 12 schools at its home base in St. Louis. Nevertheless, NWFA only represents about 10% of installers. The association has a hard time reaching subcontractor installers that work for independent retailers, where they might also be installing carpet and resilient, Kroupa says.
"There's a lot of underemployment," among installers, Kroupa says. And that keeps installers from attending NWFA training. A few scholarships from manufacturers and distributors are available for each class, but not enough to meet demand, and most of those businesses can't afford to provide more right now. In addition, he says, a lot of installers have gotten out of the business, and pay in general is no better than it was ten years ago.
That will create a problem eventually if housing construction turns around significantly.
"We have had this problem forever," Kroupa says. "When things pick up, we're scrambling. It takes two or three years to train a floor person, and that lag time can be difficult."
The acclimation of wood at the jobsite is still probably the biggest technical issue installers face, Kroupa says.
"A lot of prefinished manufacturers say to leave the flooring for three days and then install it, but that's not enough," Kroupa says. "Sometimes it takes four or five weeks to acclimate." The problem, he says, is installers often have no idea where the wood has been. In addition, prefinished wood is packaged tightly, which makes it even more difficult for the wood to take on moisture.
"We have all the information, it's just a matter of getting it out there for individuals," Kroupa says.
It might seem logical that the development of prefinished engineered flooring, often with click systems, has made it easier for homeowners to install flooring themselves. But that's not necessarily true. A homeowner might be able to handle a perfectly square room, but beyond that installation gets far more complicated. In addition, the new finishes require more careful handling, Kroupa says.
"Some guys make a good living cleaning up after others," Kroupa adds.
About half of all laminate flooring is installed by professionals, estimates Ron Starkey of laminate maker Torlys, who's also a certified trainer for the North American Laminate Flooring Association. He describes laminate installation as "a dying trade, unfortunately."
"When I started, I was in the carpenters' union and spent four years working with a mechanic," Starkey says. "There's no training like that now." He also notes that there are few young people getting into laminate installation and "there's no type of training that encourages young people to get into the business."
When laminate was first introduced, it was a glue-down product and wasn't easy to install despite marketing to the do-it-yourself crowd. Today, all laminate is constructed with a glueless click system, which has made it easier to install and has had the effect of depressing prices paid for professional installation.
"I understand that, but as an installer for 40 years it irritates me that consumers don't want to pay for quality installation," Starkey says. The big box stores, where much laminate is sold today, also don't want to pay installers much.
Laminate has essentially become a commodity, Starkey says, that's all aimed at the DIY market, and that's not likely to change. Cheap imported laminate has made it difficult for domestic producers to compete, and has also made it more difficult for installers, who often have to deal with varying kinds of core material and joints that don't fit together well.
"Some guys have refused to install really inexpensive laminate," Starkey says.
NALFA offers certification training, this year with four classes around the country.
"I think the industry needs to take a look at the inspection end of the industry and see how business is done," Starkey says. "There are tons of inspector schools that offer training in wood and laminate and they'll train you on subfloor moisture and all kinds of things. But there aren't a lot of installation schools. Unless you get training, the industry isn't going to get better." Starkey also says he'd like to see manufacturers put money into a fund for scholarships to make the cost more reasonable for installers.
The Resilient Floor Covering Institute offers a fair amount of information about installation on its website, but the organization does not offer training. Most training of resilient installers is done through the manufacturers, along with groups like CFI and the unions.
"All commercial manufacturers offer training and it's up to the good installers to take advantage of that," says John Kozak, manager of technical support for Johnsonite. "We are more than happy to help those who come to us and say they want to sharpen their skills." Kozak says that flooring contractors should treat their installation crews the same way they treat, for example, their accountants who need to stay up to date on tax laws. "They should invite manufacturers to come in and give talks. We love to go out there and meet with the installation community. We'd rather do that."
With the increasing popularity of luxury vinyl tile, resilient flooring installation is requiring greater skill, Kozak says. That's because end users are more frequently choosing high performance flooring, which means they're also being more selective and are ultimately more critical of the final product. Installers, among many other things, need to know how to create a very flat underlayment, so the final floor can be buffed effectively. Thorough subfloor preparation is the key to every installation.
Kozak also says that not enough young people are entering the trade.
"It's not so much the pay—if they're skilled they can make a good living—but the work is hard and respect for the professional isn't there."
The floorcovering installation industry isn't likely to rise significantly in stature or overall quality until wages increase, as homeowners and business owners become as insistent about installation before the fact as they are about purchasing the right product in the first place. Nothing can ruin a flooring purchase like a shoddy installation, whether the problem lies with the installers or factors beyond their control, yet a little planning can go a long way toward ensuring a successful installation.
Flooring is ultimately no different from any other building material. It takes just as much skill and knowledge to install a floor, for example, as it does to put on a roof. Planks, sheets, rolls and boxes of squares or rectangles of flooring are no different from squares of shingles until they're installed by a trained professional. And while your roof might leak the day it's installed, a flooring problem might not manifest itself for months or years.
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Almost 272,000 people in the seven-county area we serve don't always know where their next meal is coming from. Some have lost their jobs. Some hold two jobs. Yet, on minimum wage, they still can't afford to feed their families. 1.7 million people in North Carolina in 2011 were living on incomes below the federal poverty level of $23,021 for a family of four.
At the same time, up to 40% of food in the United States goes uneaten and winds up rotting in the landfill. Our food recovery and distribution programs save healthy food from being thrown away and reroute it to people in need.
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In 2014, we collected over 6.5 million pounds of healthy perishable food in refrigerated trucks from over 350 food donors. Within days (or even hours) of collecting food, we distribute to people in need, primarily by bringing our Mobile Markets right to where they live. We put a particular focus on fresh, nutritious food—fresh veggies, fruits, milk and eggs—relying on food donated from the North Carolina State Farmer's Market and gleaned from area farms. Over 40% of what we distribute is fresh produce!
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"Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. (ABCD) Head Start and Children's Services programs serve low-income children and their families, offering a variety of early childhood education, health, and case management services at sites throughout Boston and now serving Malden, Everett, Medford and surrounding towns." read more.
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BOSTON – Federal budget cuts are having a big impact on many low income Boston residents that rely on assistance for winter heating.
We're talking about a cut of about $200 this winter. The group we spoke with says it's possible the maximum amount of families can receive this year won't get them through this winter season.
Elizabeth Tyler struggled to close the Styrofoam to-go container for her slices of sweet potato, apple, pecan, pumpkin, and pumpkin chiffon pies, but you could hardly blame her for trying.
Tyler, a 33-year-old mother of four, said she had been homeless for the past two months, after her family was evicted from their apartment in Charlestown.
Over the past two months, Tyler has lived in a motel, which means cooking meals in a microwave and washing items in the bathtub, she said. But for a couple of hours on Wednesday afternoon at the Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center at Charlesview in Brighton, Tyler did not have a single chore on her plate — just turkey, dressing, and lots of desserts.
"My kids are having fun, and everyone here is open arms and smiles. No one is judging you or looking down on you," Tyler said. "It makes you feel good."
Official history never quite captures the whole story.
Sometimes, we need the memories of those who were there to really understand. And that's especially true of great public institutions like Community Health Centers. It's hard to imagine our city without them—but I remember when they didn't exist. And I remember how ABCD, Boston's Community Action Agency, not only helped start the first Community Health Centers, but stepped in, more than once, to make sure they survived.
The sixties were a difficult time in America's cities, full of protest and racial strife. Out of that unrest, new ideas were emerging. While no one had yet said, "Black lives matter," some were acting in that spirit. But the new ideas were fragile, struggling for life. One such idea was the dream of community health centers,—places that would finally do something about the fact that, as Dr Jack Geiger said, "The poor get sicker and the sick get poorer."
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Months have passed since Nate Olive could log onto Athens' once-highly touted "wireless cloud" as he sipped his morning coffee at a sidewalk table on College Square.
The cloud evaporated when the University of Georgia New Media Institute, which installed the wireless system six years ago, moved from downtown's Bank of America building and shut down the Internet service.
For years, anyone with a computer and a wireless modem could hook up to the Internet for free under the cloud, which hung over a 24-block area of downtown called the WAG (for "Wireless Athens Group") Zone.
But the dissipation of the wireless cloud - actually, a network of small radio transponders connected to a UGA server - doesn't keep Olive from logging onto the Internet on College Square.
Olive's laptop computer detected no fewer than 23 wireless networks outside Walker's Coffee Shop & Pub on College Avenue, where he had just bought a cup of coffee Thursday morning.
Most of the networks were password-protected, but four were open to anyone - including the network at Walker's, one of a growing number of businesses that offer a free Internet connection to draw customers.
Olive, a doctoral student in the UGA School of Forestry and Natural Resources, liked the WAG Zone connection because he could pick it up anywhere downtown, rather than finding a particular business.
"At least the cloud was pretty reliable. Now you're left seeing what you can get. There's more options, but they are less reliable," he said.
But downtown wireless choices are likely to increase both in number and reliability as more time passes, some predict.
"I think it's just as much of a necessity for business to have it as it is for the people who use it," said Zecharia White, an employee of OK Coffee, another downtown coffee shop where customers can log on.
And in 15 years, virtually every electronic device is going to be wireless, and wireless connections will be available everywhere, White predicted.
Coffee shop managers consider wireless Internet a requirement, and now it's beginning to show up in bars.
"In the future, you're going to see it in more and more bars," predicted Walker's manager, Erik Nelson.
Angelo's Ristorante Italiano on East Clayton Street began offering the service almost by accident.
"We didn't do it for a draw. We did it for ourselves, but we just felt our customers should have access to it," said Hugh Christian, the restaurant's general manager.
Christian misses the WAG Zone, too.
"I'm very disappointed that it's closed down. It would be wonderful if universal Internet access was available for free," he said.
But the so-called WAG Zone's wireless cloud was never meant to last forever - and was not meant to compete with private companies, according to Scott Shamp, New Media Institute director.
"When we set it up, there was no way of getting high-speed connectivity in downtown Athens," Shamp said. But in a few short years, two private companies offered the service.
"It really wasn't right for us to have a competitive service," Shamp said.
And now, downtown may not have too little Internet access, it may have too much.
"We've reached the point where (wireless networks are) interfering with each other," Christian said.
Since the New Media Institute installed the downtown Internet cloud six years ago, cities across the United States have installed city-owned networks, sometimes promising free Internet access, but more often offering access as a subscription service.
The results have been mixed. Some large cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco, have abandoned ambitious wireless plans in the wake of unexpectedly high costs and accusations that the cities are unfairly competing with private businesses.
In other cities, city-owned wireless has been a success.
And in Georgia, Milledgeville and Decatur are pushing ahead with citywide wireless service to boost economic development and provide citizens with an amenity they've come to expect.
The two cities are among six that got Georgia Technology Authority grants to install municipal wireless systems in 2006. The authority handed out similar wireless grants to three more cities in 2008.
Anyone can use Decatur's system for two hours a day at no charge, said Assistant City Manager Andrea Arnold. The free hours are at a low speed of 128 kilobytes per second, which is enough to check e-mail, she said.
High-speed access costs about $30 a month, including an $8 rental fee for a wireless modem.
It's too early to say if the system will be a financial success, Arnold said.
Schools and colleges do benefit from the system - teachers will be able to take computers out to outdoor classrooms - but city leaders primarily wanted the system as an amenity, she said.
"For us, it really is a quality of life issue, one more way we can enhance our community," she said.
Milledgeville leaders see a city-owned network as a boost to economic development, public safety and bridging the digital divide between the poor, who have little access to the Internet, and the rest of society, said City Planner Russell Thompson.
"It puts another feather in your hat" when the city is trying to convince potential employers to locate in Milledgeville, Thompson said.
And a wireless system will improve public safety communication and allow police officers faster access to criminal databases, Thompson said.
Having a blanket of wireless Internet access over Athens would likely help economic development here, too, said Doc Eldridge, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce president.
"Who provides it, that would be up for discussion," Eldridge said.
Meanwhile, Athens-Clarke Mayor Heidi Davison said that no one yet has suggested to her the city take over the wireless cloud that UGA has abandoned.
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Mara Russell is in hiding. She has to testify against some dangerous men from her past, who the Feds have lost track of. She has a fresh start in life, but it comes with strings and fear.
Beau Belmont became a PI after he retired from the military. He enjoys his quiet life. Until the sexy woman that moves in next door stirs things up unintentionally.
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Manchester City are set to take on Southampton in the premier league game on Saturday, 15 April 2017 at the St Mary's Stadium what will be a massive game for their chances of retaining top 4 place in the league. Southampton has only won 6 of the 14 home games so far while City are one of the best in the league away from home which makes them favourites going into the match. The kickoff time is at around 17:30 uk time and SkySports will have live coverage in the UK.
Pep Guardiola's City are two points behind third place Liverpool but with a game in hand while Manchester United and Arsenal are 5th and 6th respectively 4 and 7 points behind city but with a game in hand. As the premier leauge season approaches to its climax all the top 6 teams will be looking for consistent results specially City who are already out of Champions League and finishing in top four is priority.
Manchester City 1-1 Southampton – 23 October 2016
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27′ 0 – 1 Nathan Redmond scored after intercepting John Stone's back pass to put Saints 1-0 up at Etihad Stadium
55′ 1 – 1 Kelechi Iheanacho came on as second half sub to score the equalizer.
Team News & Lineups: Sergio Aguero's omission for starting lineup against Barcelona caused all sorts of critcism but Guardiola is defiant in his stance. Aguero will return to starting lineup while de Bruyne, Silva and Sterling to start in attacking roles ahead of Gundogan and Fernandinho.
Southampton on the other hand will start with their trusted 4-3-3 system where Charlie Austin to play upfront while Redmond and Tadic to start in attacking roles behind Austin. Davis, Jordi Clasi and Romeu to play in central midfield roles. This is how I expect both teams to lineup on Sunday afternoon.
Match Predictions: Manchester City will find it hard to breakdown Southampton looking at both teams recent performances. But they have too much talent in their ranks to drop points at home against a team who can blow hot and cold. I expect City to get back on winning ways this Sunday and possibly a thumping win. I am going with a comfortable 3-0 win for City in this one.


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It has been a very busy week and it just keeps on getting busier. I just received a package from my friends over at Shoplet.com. In case you don't remember Shoplet.com is an online Office Supply Store that offers over 400,000 products. I recently did a review of some really nice pens and pencils that they sell through their online store. Now I'm back at it again reviewing some notepads and other notebook type products.
Like I said they sent me a package containing several different types of notebooks and notepads. The first notepad that I want to talk about is called the "NoteTaking System" and it is part of the Focus Notes series by TOPS.
It is 8.5" x 11.75" in size (Legal Pad) and is in the flip up style of notepads. What I like about it is the way it is formatted. There is a section to record the date and purpose as well as notes. To the left of the note section is a cue column, which could be used to record questions, reminders, key terms, and more. On the bottom of each page is a separate section for the summary. This would be a perfect area to jot down important points and main ideas from your meeting or lecture. I can really see this type of notepad being really useful for students and workers the like. The only downside I found was the weight of the paper. They use a 16 lb. paper, which is a little thin and light. I would have preferred to seen a heavier paper that way there would be less chance of write-through.
They also sent me a smaller version of the note taking system. It was only 5" x 8" which I thought would be perfect for an administrative assistant who may be just jotting down a few notes. It can also be used for a student to take notes during lab class or during fieldwork where you wouldn't want to carry around a larger notebook.
The next two notebooks they sent me were very similar to Moleskine notebooks that many of us have seen in our local book or stationery stores. They sent me a set of 2 black soft-covered notebooks that called Idea Collective Notebook and they were ruled.
These large notebooks are 10"x 7.5" and the smaller notebooks called Idea Collective Journal are 5.5" x 3.5" in size. The smaller notebooks came with an interior expanding pocket, a page marker, and a nylon elastic band to keep the book closed.
This small Idea Collective Journal is not a soft as their competitors but it is just as nice to write in and hold. I found the journal to be a bit more durable then their competitors, which is a nice feature especially if you're keeping the notebook in your back pocket.
Overall I am once again very pleased with the products I received from Shoplet.com. All of the products shipped were in excellent condition upon receipt and were shipped promptly. The notebooks they provided were less money than their more expensive competitors and were just as good quality wise.
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Here's some sq of nine S/R #'s I am looking at today....
Long @ 73...targeting 79, 81.25, and last cons @ 89 at which point would be a nice short.
long 2 @ 1271.00
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I have 71 - 72.50 as a key and then the 51 - 52 area......I'm not convinced of higher prices today.....that rally yesterday wasn't impressive from a volume stand point....I do hope you folks have good longs up here though
EDIT: I made an error...key downside numberzone for me is 52 - 55
EDIT: data was goofy so 67 - 69 is key upside number zone
As everyone knows , im expecting weakness from the 9th- into the 15th -16th. I do however have higher projections off of the daily chart(1291.75). long here hoping for some kind of retest of the 1282 high
my other concern is that in Mondays RTH we had no net buying...all the buying was done in the overnight......I would have prefered to "see" the big boys enter agressively from the open and trade progressively higher all day
very small gap in overnight data at 62.50 and 64 even...so IF ( and thats a big IF) I can get short I'd like to see them go clean that up....
EZ to get short with Ben speaking LOL :)
mini cycle low bottoming here. (ps: i keep getting 1264.50 as a key number).ORDER TO BUY 2 @ 1267.25
COVERING 1269.00... ill watch the open
Stopped @ 71...I didn't fell as good on that one with the markets almost 60points off there lows.
Bruce if you split the red lines it called the high i.e. 1261 sq root +.125 squared = 1269.89 RTH high was 1269.5
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Businesses Get Ready for Yorkshire Marathon
7:15am 28th March 2013
Teams are ready to have a crack at egg-citing new James Potter Eggs Yorkshire Marathon Corporate Relay
Scores of businessmen and women are set to have a smashing time when they take on the region's biggest new corporate challenge.
The James Potter Eggs Yorkshire Marathon Corporate Relay will see teams battle it out for bragging rights to be crowned the fastest firm in Yorkshire this October.
The event, part of the sold-out Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon, was officially launched today by sponsors James Potter Yorkshire Farmhouse Eggs and Celebrity Masterchef star – and former England footballer player – Danny Mills.
To kick off the countdown to the event, Danny will today be rustling up egg-based snacks – using James Potter's famous free range eggs - for staff at the York Science Park. He also took part in an egg and spoon race with local schoolchildren and helped dish out chocolate Easter treats.
Danny, who will be leading a team in the corporate relay, said: "The Yorkshire Marathon is going to be the biggest sporting event in the region 2013 – and I'm really excited to be a part of it.
"I'll be running the first leg in a team and I'm really looking forward to soaking up the fantastic atmosphere around the course.
"The James Potter Eggs Yorkshire Marathon Corporate Relay is a brilliant way for businesses to get involved – and try to take home the title of fastest firm!
"I know the event will be really popular – so businesses need to get in quickly if they want to be first past the finish!"
Director James Potter said the company was delighted to be sponsoring the new corporate event – and he and his brother were themselves already limbering up for the event.
James said: "We are thrilled to be a part of the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon. We are sure the event is going to be a huge success and we are very much looking forward to competing ourselves.
"My brother Adrian and I have always taken a keen interest in keeping fit, particularly running and James Potter Yorkshire Farmhouse Eggs relay team is already in training.
"Eggs are an excellent part of a healthy, balanced diet. They are a good source of protein as well as providing vitamins and minerals and as such a versatile ingredient eggs are a great option for someone training for the event."
The Yorkshire Bank is one of the first companies to have entered a team in the corporate relay.
Rick Warburton, Yorkshire Bank's Head of Business and Private Banking in North Yorkshire, today threw down the gauntlet to other firms.
He said: "The James Potter Eggs Yorkshire Marathon Corporate Relay is too good an opportunity to miss."
"The marathon will be one of the biggest sporting events of the year, so we really want to be a part of it and the corporate relay is an ideal way for us to do that.
"Hopefully we'll be fielding a pretty fast team so all those other companies had better watch out – we want to get our hands on that trophy!"
The Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon is being staged by a new company under the Jane Tomlinson's For All Events umbrella – the legacy of the late fundraiser of the same name who raised almost £2m for charity through a series of amazing endurance feats.
All 5,500 initial general entries sold out just three days after the event was launched in January. A waiting list is now operating for the event which is supported by the University of York, York City Council, the Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Radio and Capita Symonds.
Jane's husband Mike Tomlinson said: "General entries for The Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon sold out in an amazing three days so we know there is a huge amount of interest in the event.
"The corporate relay will bring a whole new dimension to the marathon and is a great opportunity for businesses to get involved in what will be one of the major days in the North's sporting event calendar for 2013."
Entry into the James Potter Eggs Yorkshire Marathon Corporate Relay is £300 for a team of six. Among the many benefits company teams will receive are:
- Dedicated race day hospitality in a designated corporate area
- Coach transfers to your changeover point
- Unique race day T-shirts – emblazoned with your company's name
- Special finisher's medals for corporate relay runners
- Complimentary refreshments and snacks
- A VIP goody bag to take home
Relay distances range from 2.5 to 6 miles – making the run both accessible and fun for runners of all abilities.
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text: When a Bengali bride and a Punjabi groom come together for their wedding, Sean Connolly learns how to prepare an exotic Indian feast for an unforgettable celebration. "My Family Feast" is a weekly half hour television show that explores the lives and cooking traditions of Australian immigrants and their families. Hosted by award winning chef Sean Connolly, who says, "The wedding of Shrabastee and Ankit was probably one of the most exciting and unusual weddings I've ever been to. Very colourful, very loud, it felt like organised chaos."


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A Milwaukee Cop runs biker off the road, and hurts his passenger.
While Traveling down N. 6th and McKinley Avenue in downtown Milwaukee Milwaukee Police car cutting back and forth across the lanes ran a biker with a passenger off the road.
Police claimed the officer had gotten in front of the motorcycles in an attempt to bring their speed down, but Other Bikers say the collision was intentional


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Bank Loan-Underwriting Practices: Can Examiners' Risk Assessments Contribute to Early-Warning Systems
Loan underwriting practices are the primary determinant of bank credit risk and bank credit availability. For this reason, U.S. bank supervisors conduct periodic surveys to assess bank underwriting practices and their riskiness. In early 1995 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) introduced a comprehensive examination questionnaire, or survey, of bank underwriting practices at FDIC-supervised banks; FDIC bank examiners complete the survey at the end of each FDIC-supervised bank examination. This study investigates the relationships between examiners' assessments of the riskiness of bankers' lending practices and subsequent changes in bank condition, and the question of whether these relationships can enhance supervisors' early-warning systems.


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McLoughlin backing Mayo to retain their top-tier status
It has been a difficult league campaign so far for Mayo and their status as the side with the longest tenure in Division 1 is now under serious threat.
But the versatile and long-serving Kevin McLoughlin said they are not panicking and believe that more consistency in games will turn it around.
However, they face a difficult test on Sunday when they take on their high-flying neighbours Roscommon before winding up their campaign against a Down side who are also in serious relegation trouble.
Mayo are the only side in the top flight since the league was restructured in 1998, but it is now going to take something special from them to avoid making the drop just months after a player heave ousted joint-managers Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes.
McLoughlin, who made his debut in 2009 as a corner-back but has since become a key figure in attack, said morale in the camp is good.
"Training is going well and overall we are enjoying what we are doing," he reasoned. "I think we are on the incline at this stage. From the outside it may not look like that but we feel it is from the inside.
"We've had some good performances in patches along the way. Our last game with Kerry, we had a very strong first half. But we didn't follow up with a good second half so we know the performances are in us. They are there. It's just to make sure it happens over a full game. We know we have the ability," he said.
Sunday gives them a chance to get their season back on track against a Roscommon side who have taken the league by storm but who have not defeated Mayo since 2001.
"In one sense you could nearly see it as a championship type of game. And we've had some good games in the Hyde, we've a pretty good record as it happens.
"It's a challenge in a way. It's something we are looking forward to. We do want to go up and win this game," said the 26-year-old.
McLoughlin has not been surprised by how well Roscommon have adjusted to life in the top flight.
"Roscommon were always a decent team, it is not overnight that they have turned into a decent team. They are playing quite well at the minute, they have had some serious performances and we look forward to playing a good Roscommon team. I'm not surprised by them."
The absence of the injured Cillian O'Connor has been a big blow to Mayo during this campaign and McLoughlin reckons three-time All-Star Keith Higgins is likely to see more action up front.
"Everyone knows how good of a footballer Keith is. You could pretty much play him in nearly any position, but if we can get him playing well as an attacker, by all means he could be a big addition to us.
"But I suppose as the year goes on the decision will have to be made whether he's a forward or a back, but at this moment I'd say he'll be kept there.
"The fact he's so fast and so good on the ball, like that alone would make you a bit wary if you had to mark him. It's tough having to mark someone that fast," said McLoughlin, a science and maths teacher at Rice College in Westport.
According to the Knockmore ace, the players are aware of the county's record of having the longest stint in the top flight, but he insists that it doesn't really come into their thoughts: "We are aware of it but does it affect us? I don't think so. I know it is a record, it is a nice record to have but there are better records in the league out there than that."
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PUCL Bulletin, January 2005
The PUCL National Council met at Ahmedabad on 4th and 5th December, 2004 at Gujarat Vidyapeeth mainly to discuss organizational matters and to elect the team of National Office bearers that will assume office at the next National Convention within the next three months.
The meeting started with a solemn and brief address by the President of Gujarat State branch, Prof. Dev Vrat N. Pathak, who lamented the communal carnage that look place in Gujarat in 2002, the role of the Gujarat PUCL in efforts to restore confidence, normalcy, and peace and the need of justice, rehabilitation, and compensation to bridge the breach that had been created between people and people. It was noticed that a divide based on hatred was seeping into the psyche of the people all over the country and it had to be fought.
The Gujarat branch presented the following statement on the situation in Gujarat which was placed on record:
The seventh bi-annual conference of the Peoples Union for Civil Liberties held at Ahmedabad expresses its grave concern and worry on the sad conditions prevailing in Gujarat in respect of human rights and appeals to all the people of Gujarat and to the Gujarat government to take all necessary steps for proper protection and furtherance of human rights in Gujarat.
Taking into consideration the dastardly acts of violence at Godhra and the subsequent widespread carnage and massacre, the conference, while symphathising with the victims of violence, insists upon providing full and fair justice to all the victims without fail at the earliest so as to enable them to settle down in their life in a satisfactory manner.
The society in Gujarat is suffering from divisive communal tensions resulting in polarization of mind and ghettoisation of minorities. Their segregation and marginalisation are the most regrettable development of modern times.
The most pressing need of the hour is to bridge the gap between communities and cultivate feelings of brotherhood, mutual regard, tolerance, and understanding. The conference takes a solemn note of the decision of the Supreme Court to reopen as many as 2000 cases and transferring a few of them outside Gujarat thus highlighting the failure of the state government in providing justice to their citizens.
The ghastly events of 2002 have dealt a severe blow to the economic life of Gujarat, the state having slid down in terms of the rate of growth as well as witnessing a decrease in foreign investments. Once a prosperous and fast developing state, Gujarat, now suffers from overall decline in almost all spheres of public life. Unemployment, high debt (Rs. 60,000 crore), slow growth rate have deleterious impact on social life resulting in high rate of suicides.
Lack of development, poor prospects in agriculture and increasing rural unemployment have led people to migrate to urban areas thereby multiplying slums where they lead subhuman lives. 40 to 45% of city population are compelled to live in this dire condition without adequate supply of water, lack of sanitation, and electricity.
Globalization and privatizations have produced a situation where labour suffers the most having been reduced to uncertain employment due to hire and fire policies of the employees.
Gujarat presents a very poor picture in the realm of education. Apart from the poor record in primary education where students studying in fourth or fifth year can hardly read or write, the number of drop-outs has continued to grow, thereby swelling the number of child labourers. The state is paying scant attention to secondary and higher education. Hundreds of posts in educational institutions have remained vacant. The new trend is to hire teachers on a contractual basis reducing them to the status of daily wagers.
In the prosperous and so called progressive Gujarat women suffer the most. Events of 2002 have inflicted massive brutalities on women. Even otherwise every day ten to twelve young women meet unnatural deaths due to ill-treatment, evil of dowry, and domestic violence. Female foeticide is widespread even among the rich and the educated families.
Same if not worse, are the sufferings of dalits. Even today the legally prohibited practice of manual removal of night soil is prevalent in some parts of Gujarat.
Industrial development of Gujarat is concentrated on the "golden corridor" from Ahmedabad to Vapi based mostly on Chemical industries. This has resulted in poisoning the rivers, underground water, as well as general environment. Gujarat is sitting on a volcano of highly polluting industries. Little success has been achieved in attending to this deteriorating situation.
Perhaps the most tragic aspect is the general failure of the State in providing equal protection and treatment to its citizens, the most basic criterion of good and sound governance. Neither the fundamental rights nor the basic tenets of our Constitution have been fully and properly observed. Today walls of prejudice and hatred have been built up between communities thereby damaging the basic democratic tenets of governance.
The civil society of Gujarat should rise to the occasion about all these evils and shortcomings and provide sound guidelines to the State for removing them. The PUCL National Council meeting voices its concern about all these issues. – Dev Vrat N. Pathak, Gautam Thaker.
The National Council decided to organize an annual V.M. Tarkunde Memorial Lecture in honour of its first and founding President V.M. Tarkunde who breathed his last on March 22, 2004 at Delhi, every year on November 23, the date on which the name PUCL was adopted in an All India conference in 1980,
The meeting also discussed a detailed note presented by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand PUCL branches on the Right to Human Development.
The draft presented by the President of Uttar Pradesh branch, Ravi Kiran Jain, says that the time had come to focus on issues other than mere civil liberties and to emphasize the development aspect of Human Rights.
The Note maintains that at the center of realization of human rights by the citizens is their right to human development to be ensured necessarily by the State and its democratically elected government.
It seeks to pinpoint that unless a struggle for assisting the people's basic right to human development is placed at the core of future agenda of the organization, the relevance of its existence will suffer. We must focus on the emancipation of the hungry, the illiterate, the exploited, the deprived, and the marginalized human beings.
The National Council approved the draft presented and decided that it should be circulated more widely to all the members and should be adopted at the next National Convention.
The National Council elected K.G. Kannabiran and Y.P. Chhibbar, the current President and General Secretary, for one more term in their posts. The council also elected other National office bearers. – December 6, 2004, Ahmedabad PUCL, Y.P. Chhibbar, General Secretary
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Not sure what you should do this weekend? Don't worry! We have many great options for you to enjoy in Central Alabama starting Friday, February 17.
Get ready for three days of fun and ideas for home improvements. There will plenty for you to see and enjoy. Organizers say there will be a tiny home village, fresh gardening and celebrity guests. There's even a children's workshop. This is going on at the BJCC until Sunday.
Red Mountain Theatre Company is producing the play "The Green Book." It will begin on Friday and go on until Sunday. There will be shows on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. There is another show at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Your family is invited to Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park. The 3-day event for Vulcan District Boy Scouts unit. Come out and watch the boy scouts in action. This event begins on Friday and lasts all weekend.
The Alabama Ballet will perform the romantic ballet of Giselle. It is about an innocent girl who is misled into believing the words of her charmer. Shows run through Sunday at the Wright Fine Arts Center at Samford University.
Pancake Breakfast
The Kiwanis Club of Helena and Helena Elementary School will host the 13th annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser. The all-you-can eat pancake breakfast will be held at Helena Elementary School cafeteria. It will begin at 7 a.m. and last until noon. The breakfast costs $5 and benefits will go towards Boy Scout Troop 2, the Helena Elementary School PTO and local Kiwanis Key Clubs.
The Winter Market at Pepper Place
Come out and shop for some winter items at the Pepper Place Pop-Up Shop. It will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. until Noon.
Birmingham Zoo Bird Lovers Event
The Birmingham Zoo and the Birmingham Audubon Society are teaming up to host two events for bird lovers. The Tom IMHOF Zoo Bird Walk will be held on Saturday at 8 a.m. The walk begins at the Junior League of Birmingham-Hugh Kaul Children's Zoo gate and continues into the natural areas of Alabama wilds. Then, the Great Backyard Bird Count will kick off at 10 a.m.
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center will hold its annual ARTBLINK Gala on Saturday. It will be at the Kirklin Clinic on Sixth Avenue South, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $150 per individual. Eighteen local artists will work with a variety of media to create masterpieces in 90 minutes that can be purchased during the silent auction. A percentage of the funds raised will support patient and family assistance efforts. Dress is black-tie optional.
Join the Anniston Museum of Natural History for the longest running Black Heritage Festival in the Southeast. It will take place on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the Longleaf Botanical Gardens. There will be student orations and Anniston High School Jazz Band will perform.
Big Machines Day will take place at McWane Science Center. Spend a day getting up close and personal with some big machines. Cost included in the price of admission. This event kicks off at 10 a.m. and goes until 4 p.m.
You can celebrate Valentine's Day and Mardi Gras in one event. Celebrate both special days with a Princess and the Frog themed day. The ball will begin at 10:30 a.m. and goes on until 11:15 a.m at the Homewood Public Library in Round auditorium.
Mardi Gras Parade of Pups
The Best Friends of Shelby Humane along with Cajun Steamers, Patton Creek will celebrate Mardi Gras with Pups on Parade. It will be held Sunday at 2:45 p.m. Organizers say dress your pups up, but they must be leashed. The parade will begin on Main Street in Patton Creek and end at Cajun Steamers.
Slow Your Roll
You and your family can enjoy a family friendly ride on Sunday. Bring any bike for the Slow Your Roll bike ride. Bikers will meet at the entrance to Patriot Park at 3:45 p.m.


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In It's Bigger Than Hip Hop, M. K. Asante, Jr. looks at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured hip hop and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world.
Asante, a young firebrand poet, professor, filmmaker, and activist who represents this movement, uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting the post-hip-hop generation, a new wave of youth searching for an understanding of itself outside the self-destructive, corporate hip-hop monopoly.
Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting "It's bigger than hip hop."
As the title suggests, poet Asante (creative writing, Morgan State Univ.; Beautiful. And Ugly Too) looks at hip-hop as not just a type of music but a cultural force. He envisions hip-hop-a phrase probably derived, he notes, from the African Wolof word hipi, to open one's eyes and see, and an Old English word that means to spring into action-being used as a tool for social change. Hip-hop started in the poor, urban African American community of the Bronx, NY, in the 1970s and was rooted in social activism. Asante argues that contemporary mainstream hip-hop does not adequately address the issues of the black community and that artists (or "artivists") who deal with real social issues (e.g., poverty, drugs, police brutality) are censored by the larger corporations that control and own the distribution of music. Asante expertly blends historical information about hip-hop and the civil rights movement with personal narrative, interviews with artists, and quotations from civil rights leaders and classic poetry to create an original and daring work. This well-researched book is recommended for public and academic libraries.


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Here are the complete
Sourdough 102 Workshop notes
in PDF Format.
They are based on Warwick Quinton's popular Sourdough 102 Wholegrain Workshop series, which he has been running for the past 2 years.
The notes can be used in conjunction with the workshop, or can be used as a substitute for the workshop if you are too far away or too time poor to spend a day learning sourdough breadmaking.
They cover everything you need to know once you have established or bought a ripe dough sourdough starter.
This includes:
These notes have been revised and are very comprehensive.
They are designed for the home baker who specifically wishes to make true wholegrain breads, and are easy to follow for excellent results.