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Today, most residences are billed for electricity usage according to the total amount used over a given month. In the San Diego area, most residential customers are charged for their electricity use under the standard domestic residential, or DR, tariff applied by the local utility, San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E). Under this tariff, customers pay a set amount for the baseline usage—about $0.13/kWh with a baseline quantity of usually 300-500 kWh—and an increasing amount for each block, or tier, of electricity used thereafter. The subsequent tiers include up to 130% of baseline, up to 200% of baseline, 200%-300% of baseline, and over 300% of baseline. For this last tier, customers pay about $0.27/kWh. It does not matter at what time of day the home uses that electricity; all that matters is the total amount used by the month's end.
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Marvel legend Stan Lee is scheduled to appear at the 10th annual Boston Comic Con, which runs Aug. 11-13 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
Watertown actress Eliza Dushku will also be on hand to celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Doctor Who" stars Karen Gillan and Matt Smith are also among about 25 celebrities scheduled to participate.
Stoughton's Tom Sniegoski also will be holding court along Artists Alley at the annual convention at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Sniegoski wrote the best-selling, young-adult-fantasy novel series "The Fallen," which was turned into an ABC miniseries. Sniegoski also has written for the comics "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," "Batman," "Hellboy" and "Wolverine."
Fans can also can meet and snap photos with Ian Somerhalder ("The Vampire Diaries"), Charlie Cox ("Daredevil"), filmmaker Kevin Smith and actor Jason Mewes from "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", Alan Tudyk ("Firefly"), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO from "Star Wars"), Karl Urban ("Star Trek"), Ming-Na Wen ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") and singer Meatloaf, among others.
A decade ago, the Boston Comic Con began as a small gathering of about 900 people in a basement at the Back Bay Events Center to New England's biggest industry convention, where artists, vendors, anime, comic book and gaming aficionados come together to share their interests and passions.
Sadly, Boston's own superhero studs – Chris Evans ("Captain America") and Ben Affleck ("Batman") will not be in attendance. Maybe next year?
The show runs 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 11, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Aug. 12 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St., Boston, bostoncomiccon.com.


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Students from Augustana's art classes will exhibit a wide variety of works in the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery's annual Juried Student Invitational, on view from Tuesday, May 31, through Wednesday, Aug. 31. The majority of works included in the exhibition have been selected by Augustana art faculty from this year's public reviews of sophomore and junior art majors. Additional juried works by the photography students of Augustana Instructor Jayne Erickson are also on display.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The nineteen students exhibiting include:
- Meghan Archer, '11, Sioux Falls
- Michel Bafondoko, '11, Norway
- Annie Bloom, '12, Rapid City, S.D.
- Silje Bøe, '11, Norway
- Regina Brunz, '12, Sioux Falls
- Chelsea Christians, '11, Edgerton, Minn.
- Kelsey Hansen, '13, New London, Minn.
- Sabrina Johnson, '12, Bellevue, Neb.
- Sarah Karlstad, '13, Tea, S.D.
- Amanda Klein, '13, Sioux Falls
- Luda Levchenko, '11, Sioux Falls
- Annie Nance, '13, Sioux Falls
- Laura Nerness, '12, Windom, Minn.
- Diana L. Ogden, '11, Sioux Falls
- Mariya Pabst, '13, Sioux Falls
- Colin Richards, '11, LeMars, Iowa
- Tessa VanRavenswaay, '13, Sioux Center, Iowa
- Joel Thompson, '11, Sioux Falls
- Sarah Zobrist, '12, Brandon
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery is located on Commons Circle (30th Street and Grange Avenue), in the Center for Visual Arts at Augustana College. The gallery is open to the public and free of charge.
Summer hours (May-August) are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The gallery will be closed Saturdays and Sundays, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day.
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The number of apps currently available for cell phones and tablets is astronomical.
With over one million available in the iTunes App Store alone, this mini tech boom has introduced popular programs like Angry Birds and Spotify as well as a horde of less-popular options.
Games, TV, music and shopping — today there are numerous ways to enjoy these activities using nothing more than a cell phone, an app and an Internet connection.
While popping cartoon pigs and Seinfeld reruns to-go appeal to a great number of people, many professionals now depend on their mobile electronics for real-world assistance as well.
For bustling facility managers and building service contractors (BSCs), there are numerous apps available that can make portable electronics potent tools of productivity instead of mere distractions.
Searching For Apps
With such a large selection of apps available, finding the perfect version to meet a JanSan manager's needs can be quite a challenge.
Apple's iTunes app store has its software selections classified, and one applicable section is "Productivity."
A list of popular programs in this area includes a number of manager-friendly options:
- Calendars
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- Fraction calculators
- Presentation apps.
Still, sifting through this seemingly endless list for the choice that will positively affect a day-to-day workload is a definite time sink.
Thankfully, there are websites now devoted to app searches, and they often include user reviews and ratings.
A few examples are AppCrawlr, AppExplorer and Quixey.
Small Business Apps
Search results on these sites for small business apps showcase an array of payment and financial programs.
Different options include:
- Online payment systems
- Virtual checkbooks
- Expense monitors
- Inventory trackers
- Debt managers.
One app example was created to automatically calculate payroll payments minus taxes.
For new companies or smaller operations that calculate payroll by hand or spreadsheet, this app offers accurate employee paycheck totals for all 50 states, according to the listing.
Bidding Apps
For contractors looking to develop pricing for a cleaning job, there are a few bidding and estimating apps available.
Looking at two examples, one choice is free while the other costs $99.99.
The free program is a basic app that calculates time and labor cost for tasks such as floor and carpet cleaning.
If a user inputs the type of cleaning, hourly labor rate and frequency, this app can calculate annual time and cost, according to the listing.
The app can also complete basic conversions for liquid volumes, e.g. gallons, pints and quarts.
The other app is geared for the residential market but may offer useful options to commercial cleaners as well.
According to the listing, the app lets a user gather the basic customer information then log room types, sizes and time estimates; photos can be taken as well.
If a user records measurements, the total square footage will be listed along with any input production rate.
Initial cleaning charges can be logged, and additional services can be added for specialty cleaning tasks.
Inspection Apps
Finally, one company offers a number of service form and inspection report apps specifically for the professional cleaning industry.
With thousands of electronic forms available, this system offers managers and contractors a reduction in needed paperwork.
According to the company's website, electronic forms are available for:
- Janitorial inspections
- Commercial cleaning checklists
- Cleaning proposals
- Carpet cleaning work orders
- Janitorial bid proposals.
Another company's free app option includes electronic inspection forms that are downloaded to the mobile device.
Using a phone or tablet, data can be input and filtered, and managers can rate services, take pictures, answer customer questions and take notes.
Further, the data can be uploaded and stored online where it is available to managers and clients; archived scores mean performance can be monitored over a certain length of time.
Just A Sample
For facility managers and BSCs looking to automate their workflow and increase productivity and results, these app options are just the tip of the iceberg.
The question today isn't whether an app exists that can help cleaning professionals; the question is finding the best option in a growing multitude of programs.
Professional colleagues, industry resources and distributors all may have helpful app suggestions.
In the modern JanSan market, proven timesavers may be the difference between treading water and improving production.


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The TiVo Premiere appears to use the same TTL serial interface as the Gen06 platform (TiVo HD). The unit uses 5V TTL logic to communicate via serial, and any adapters that work with the TiVo HD will also work with the Premiere.
Without any modification to the bootpage, here is what factory TiVo Premiere displays upon power-on:
Access to the PROM Boot Menu is no longer restricted by a factory password unique to the unit. Sending ^C to down the line during the first few seconds will display the PROM boot menu.Code:Shmoo Version=3.5 DDR Freq=0x0000018C %00000001% RC1=00000003 WC1=FFFFFFE2 RC2=00000018 WC2=0000002F RC3=0000000D WC3=FFFFFFE2 RC4=0000000D WC4=0000002F NWC=00000008 RC5=00000003 WC5=00000008 RC6=00000018 WC6=00000008 NRC=0000000D RW=00000016 WW=0000004E G=00000000 R=0000000D W=00000008 BL=00000000 RC1=00000000 RC2=00000015 BL=00000001 RC1=00000003 RC2=00000015 BL=00000002 RC1=00000002 RC2=00000019 BL=00000003 RC1=00000003 RC2=00000019 BL=00000004 RC1=00000001 RC2=00000018 BL=00000005 RC1=00000004 RC2=00000019 BL=00000006 RC1=00000002 RC2=00000017 BL=00000007 RC1=00000002 RC2=00000019 TiVo Gen07 release 1.00 (2009-10-20 14:09:37) Copyright 2009 TiVo Inc. All Rights Reserved. TSN: REDACTED BREV: 0x1060 MAC: RE:DA:CT:ED Thumbprint: 356515097AED79CCEC5097DA723F8FE654826A83 Disk: WDC WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 F/W: 01.03A01 S/N: WD-REDACTED Booting from partition 3... 3800064 bytes Kernel signed by '... the Porridge bird ...' Hashing kernel (SHA256)... done Checking signature... done. Signed, valid for release Kernel entry point is 0x802b8000 cfeBootParms ===> root=/dev/sda4 Kernel boot options: root=/dev/sda4 console=ttyS0,115200 boardID=0x106001 HpkImp Gen07 BOOTEDFROMFLASH, Base=1c000000 Initial CP0 22 value : 0xe30f3406 node [00000000, 10000000: RAM] node [20000000, 10000000: RAM] mips_counter_frequency = 202000000 from Calibration, = 202500000 from header(CPU_MHz/2)
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Kernel message logging via serial can be enabled by connecting the disk to PC and using the bootpage.x86 binary to add "dsscon=true console=0,115200" flags to the bootpage parameters.Code:boot [-3,-6] disk reset
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Sale £105.00Iceberg top 100% cotton zip thru hoodie with a two way branded zip, contrast iceberg tape detail placket, two front slant pockets with rib knit trim, rib knit cuff and hem, tapered fit, large brand logo print on back.A simple guide on how to measure yourself.NeckTo measure your neck - start from your Adams apple all the way around to the same point.ChestTo measure your chest - raise your arms and measure around the chest at the underarm point making sure the tape is parallel to the floor.WaistTo measure your waist – this really depends on where you wear your leg wear, so measure around were you have your trouser normally sit on your waist.Inside LegTo measure the Inside Leg – you need to stand straight have someone drop the tape from your crutch to the point where you wish the trousers to finish OR find a pair of trousers that you like the fit of and are of a similar fabric to the one you wish to purchase, e.g. if you are buying jeans then find a pair of jeans that fit you, and then lay them flat and measure from the crutch to the bottom and round the measurement of to the nearest half inch.Below are some size charts to assist you with your measurements.General Shirts/Collar sizeSizeXSSMLXLXXLXXXLinches1515.51616.51717.518cm3839 - 4041424344 - 4546General Outerwear-Jackets/Blazers/Suits/ Chest SizeSizeXSSMLXLXXLXXXLinches36384042444648cm9297102107112117122European46485052545658General Legwear-Trousers/Jeans/Joggers/Waist sizeSizeXSSMLXLXXLXXXLXXXXLBritish2830323436384042European4446485052545658General FootwearUK - Size678910111213European4041424344454647US7891011121314If you require further guidance and assistance then please don't hesitate to contact the Help desk number - 0161 620 1009.
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As parents, we do the best we can to ensure our children have the very best start in the world. We may breastfeed them, make their baby food from scratch, buy organic and whole foods, childproof our homes, teach them not to talk to strangers, and a myriad of other things. We trust that when we buy age-appropriate toys for our children, that they will be safe and not pose a choking hazard nor contain toxic elements like lead-based paint. Apparently we are trusting the wrong people.
Stephanie of Adventures in Babywearing wrote an interesting post yesterday about her desire to start making homemade gifts for children in light of the recent toy recalls – first with Thomas & Friends and lead paint, then with Fisher Price toys and lead paint and now with Mattel and a concern over magnets and again, lead-based paint. (Are you sensing a disturbing trend here?) All of which, I must add, are made in China. She then brought up the possibly lesser-known fact that Melissa & Doug toys are also made in China.
For those of you unfamiliar with Melissa & Doug, they make educational (including several wooden) toys. We only recently discovered them, but are big fans of them in this house.
I bought Ava the Melissa & Doug Cutting Food set for her birthday this year. She likes to play with it, as does her 8-month-old teething brother Julian, who loves to chew on the pieces of food. I figured they are made of wood, so they've got to be better for him to chew on than plastic (with who knows what kinds of chemicals in it). But in light of this scare over toys made in China perhaps I am wrong to assume that.
I checked the label on the bottom of the Melissa & Doug Cutting Food crate to verify that they were made in China (which is true) and also saw "All Melissa & Doug* products are carefully crafted by hand, using non-toxic coatings, and meet or exceed all U.S. toy testing standards." That is a relief. However, the fact still remains that even the toys you are buying because you think they seem more natural, like wooden toys from Melissa & Doug, are being mass produced (under apparently sub-par safety standards) in factories in China. According to an MSNBC article, "…about 80 percent of toys sold worldwide (are) made in China." 80 percent!
So where do we go from here? What can we do to product our children?
1) Stay on the lookout for product recalls Since most of us can't afford to get rid of all of our children's toys and start anew, we need to be on the lookout for any new toy recalls. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission site is a good source for recall information.
2) Sign petitions to help bring about change. After the recalls for the Thomas toys and then the Fisher Prices toys, MomsRising created an online petition to let Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) know that, "Testing children's products for toxic chemicals must be a priority. No more toxic toys and children's products!" You can sign the petition here.
3) Buy "green" or Made in the USA toys — Here are a few resources to help you get started. — Willow Tree Toys sells European Waldorf wooden toys that encourage creative, imaginative thinking. While some of their toys are made in China, they state, "We have received safety assurances from the toy companies represented in our store. The products are lead free, non-toxic and have passed all European and American safety tests." You also have the option of searching their site for toys made specifically in the USA or in Europe. — Green Toys Inc. "makes a line of classic children's toys constructed of bioplastic made from renewable, sustainable resources like corn (yep, you read that right). This will help reduce fossil fuel use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improving the overall health and happiness of the planet. All Green Toys Brand products are manufactured and assembled in the USA!" — Still Made in USA is a site with a list of several toy and game companies that are Made in the USA. I'm bookmarking this one. What a great resource!
4) Test for lead paint This might seem a bit extreme, but it's always good to know your options. If you want to test any of your children's toys (or anything else for that matter) for lead paint, there's a kit – LeadCheck Lead Testing Swab Kits – that you can purchase. I'm sure other kits are on the market as well, but this is the first one I came across. Also thanks to Steph, I found out about a new blog called Not China Made.net – "an exploration into the dangers of trading with China." There is a lot of eye-opening information over there (some of which I'd already heard about) that will certainly make me think twice about buying China-made products. To help spread the word about the blog, they are currently having a contest and offering a $50 gift card to AmericanApparel.net. Remember, whether it be toy recalls or anything else in the world, knowledge is power. Be vigilant, arm yourself with information and help protect your kids.
*Edited to add: I wrote to Melissa & Doug last night to express my concerns about toys made in China and lead paint and here's what they had to say about their product…
Hi Amy – Yes, we definitely appreciate and understand your concern. Please be assured, we test for lead VERY frequently. It's quite possible to make great quality children's items in China, which meet all safety regulations, but the key point is that you have to test and inspect very frequently to be sure that your factories are always following your instructions explicitly. I assure you that's exactly what we do. From our experience, the key to doing this correctly is not simply to insist that your factories follow your instructions, but then to go one step further and to AUDIT, INSPECT, AND TEST very frequently. That is the most important part of the process, and it's something our company has always taken VERY seriously. Thanks again for asking, and for your support also. Your Dedicated Customer Service Team Melissa & Doug, Inc. 800-284-3948 Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00 EST


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Summer Fun Returns at the San Diego County Fair
A Sweet Affair
One of San Diego's most beloved traditions has returned. The San Diego County Fair – whose theme this year is How Sweet It Is! – was first established in 1880 and arrived at its current home, the Del Mar Fairgrounds, in 1936. The fair has undergone a number of name changes over the past 138 years, and though the name was changed back to the original San Diego County Fair in 2002, many locals still know it as the Del Mar Fair.
The fair offers a wide range of attractions and events, from famously adventurous fair food to dizzying carnival rides. Community members of all ages have the opportunity to showcase their talents as well, with competitions and exhibitions for collections, crafts, wine and beer, fine art, fashion, floral design, and of course, livestock of all shapes and sizes. Summer concerts are another popular draw, and this year includes a variety of artists from Little Big Town to Kansas and more.
The fair will run June 1 through July 4, and is closed Mondays and Tuesdays in June. Hours vary from day to day, so check times and find out about more special events at www.sdfair.com.
Beat the heat!
Check the weather ahead of time and dress in comfortable clothes for walking. Sunscreen, sunglasses, and hats are a good idea for sunny days, and bring a water bottle if you're staying all day.
Plan for parking!
Onsite parking is available, as well as free offsite parking with shuttle service to the fair. Due to crowds and traffic, getting there can be hectic – be sure to leave with plenty of time to get to any special events you're looking forward to.


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From the Daily News:
A controversy has erupted over the City Council's redistricting plan, with critics charging the new district lines were drawn to help Council Speaker Christine Quinn's bid for mayor.
The new map slices and dices the East Harlem district of Democratic Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito, who has been preparing to make a bid for Council speaker.
The new lines remove a big chunk of East Harlem from her district while adding tens of thousands of voters from the Bronx - weakening her politically and leaving her vulnerable to a potential challenge for re-election.
Sources said the move could solidify Quinn's standing with both the Bronx and Manhattan Democratic leaders as she courts their support for mayor.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Quinn messed with the maps
Posted by Queens Crapper at 12:10 AM
Labels: Bronx, Christine Quinn, manhattan, mayors, Melissa Mark-Viverito, redistricting, speaker
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Quinn? Controversy? Nonsense.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Councilman Koo and Councilman Halloran.
WILL YOU be filing formal objections in the city council, regarding the slicing and dicing of our neighborhoods?
It is IMPORTANT for you voters to know, that
this can all be STOPPED by the actions taken by your council members!
Hold their feet to the fire on this!
Then they, in turn, can squeeze Speaker Quinn.
DO NOT accept EMPTY promises or alternate action!
- Sunday, November 25, 2012


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I want to create a Linux virtual network interface (normally labeled eth0:0) using a real network interface name like eth1.
To put it another way, can I have eth0 and eth1 have different IP addresses but use the same physical network interface?
Is it possible? How?
I have a legacy application which expects two physical network interfaces (eth0 and eth1) which I want to install on a platform which has only one physical network interface.