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"Rewarding, educational and ever-expanding," Chef David E. Diaz of Beaumarchais East Hampton says when asked to describe his relationship with food in three words. As he looks forward to Dan's Taste of Two Forks in July, Diaz proves that a conversation with a celebrated East End chef can be described in exactly the same way.
What Are You Most Looking Forward to at Dan's Taste of Two Forks: Seeing what the other chefs are doing
What is one food or dish that everyone should try at least once in life? Foie gras
What quality do you most admire in a chef? Professionalism
If we looked inside your refrigerator right now, what would I find? Buffalo wings and a foie gras terrine
The perfect drink for a summer night: Negroni
Food that defines summer on Long Island: Striped Bass
If you had two forks in your hands right now, what would you like to stick them in: Some sort of pork and blood sausage
The world ends tomorrow. Your last meal would be: A big One. Pollo guisado (Dominican chicken stew), and Fried pork chops with rice and beans, and fried sweet plantains.
Your Favorite Local Ingredient: Corn
What Is Your Guilty Food Pleasure These Days: Pig ear tacos
What's great about being part of the cuisine culture on the East End: Discovering all it has to offer like the local fish and produce
What do you consider a chef's most underrated virtue? Work ethic
Finish This Sentence: The Perfect Meal Is… A feast for the senses

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(Pocket-lint) - At 65-inches in diameter and with a depth of just 90mm, is this 3D Ready plasma the ultimate flatscreem TV? It certainly looks the part, but if you're going to spend this kind of money on anything it should be faultless.
And for all its high tech features and plasma brilliance, there are a few issues that take the shine off this beast of a screen.
Its huge size is obvious, but this 50kg package has gubbins galore; both Freeview HD and Freesat HD tuners star alongside USB recording (to external HDD drives), THX certification, Infinite Black Pro, Intelligent Frame Creation Pro (to smooth-out Blu-ray) and, of course, the star turn: compatibility with Panasonic's own - and now industry-standard - Full HD 3D TV system.
That latter requires a 3D Blu-ray player, and we'd suggest you go for either Panasonic's DMP-BDT100 or DMP-BDT300 to keep remote controls to a minimum. Which brings us to our first criticism of the TX-65VT20; its remote is identical to those delivered with Panasonic's £500 LCD TVs - shouldn't there be something a bit flashier at this price point?
Connectivity brings up another (albeit tiny) bone of contention; the set's two USB slots are too close together. Attach the in-the-box wireless LAN adaptor (DY-WL10) to one of them and the other is rendered unusable.
Other connectivity includes an HDMI input, a CI slot, two USB ports, headphones and a SD Card slot on the TV's side panel. The rear houses three HDMI inputs, Component video, Composite video, two Scart, PC (VGA), optical audio and analogue audio ins and outs. Usefully, one of those HDMI ports features audio return, so you can easily take audio from the TV's tuners out to a compatible amp.
After swapping between the adaptor and a USB stick we sussed-out that the TX-65VT20 can play just a small selection of files from a USB stick or SD Card (JPEG, DivX, MP3 and M4A) and can only stream JPEG, MP3 and WMA music files from a networked PC (using the DLNA standard) - so no room for DivX HD and MKV files.
Media playback is nothing on Viera Cast, which the TX-65VT20 natively hosts. This super-quick service is investigated in other Panasonic reviews, but we'll say here that this version includes (among a few too many German and Czech news apps) Twitter, Eurosport, Skype (if you buy a Panasonic TY-CC10W Skype HD camera/microphone) and AceTrax. The latter delivers movies if you register the TV with an online AceTrax account, though the choice of movies isn't exactly exhaustive. New releases like Clash of the Titans (£3.49 to rent/£10.99 to buy) sit alongside classics such as The Matrix (£2.49/£6.99), but there's no HD or 3D content.
Ah yes, 3D. We were supplied with a Panasonic 3D Blu-ray player and a 3D copy of Ice Age 3, the latter containing some incredibly impressive 3D effects. Using one of the two pairs of 3D glasses that come with the TX-65VT20, we tried hard to see what difference the "3D edge smoother" did, but at least Panasonic does provide some picture settings dedicated to 3D. It all works automatically for 3D Blu-ray - as it should - though if you plan to get Sky's 3DTV service some manual tweaking will be in order; there are several picture modes and different 3D types (including Sky's side-by-side format) to choose from.
What we did notice during Ice Age 3 is that although still images look sharp and in 3D, fast-moving pictures do blur - a lot. For example, during a shot where a character makes a gesture, does a somersault, then looks into the camera, the somersault is blurry and indistinct. Either side of the fast action, the 3D effects are smashing, with some incredible depth of field that really does bring backgrounds to life, though because of the glasses 3D fare appears relatively dimly-lit, which has repercussions for colour vibrancy and less-than-pure white.
The 3D glasses, meanwhile, need a redesign; slightly fiddly to operate (the glasses need to be switched-on and permanently communicate with the screen to synchronise the shutters on each lens), some reflections creep into the sides and they are uncomfortable. How uncomfortable depends on the size of your nose (the smaller, the more painful in our extensive tests!), but there are two types of nose guards and a lanyard with each pair just in case you want to look even more ridiculous.
This review has zoomed-in on a few negatives so far, but let's not get carried away; away from the novelties of online networking and 3DTV, the TX-65VT20 is one of the finest flatscreen TVs around. Built using Panasonic's NeoPDP technology, this top-draw plasma is more versatile and more impressive than any big screen LCD/LED TV we've seen.
Switch to the THX preset and 2D Blu-ray is stunning; lush colours and fine detailing dominate, with no need for the extra smoothness offered by that Intelligent Frame Creation frame insertion tech - invented to cure LCD TVs of their motion blur. Such problems don't affect this plasma, which is also swimming in true-to-life black, again, unlike LCD (hence the LED backlighting idea).
We beat the plasma drum for two very good reasons, both demonstrated in spades by the TX-65VT20; Blu-ray and HD may not look their brightest, but they do look their best, while fast-moving games and standard definition fare are clean and free of artefacts. You won't get these kind of highs - or versatility - on LCD TVs. Add some powerful speakers and, despite a few rough edges, the TX-65VT20 is something very special.
Uncomfortable 3D glasses, a cheap remote and some underwhelming digital media efforts aside, the TX-65VT20 is the most impressive big screen around; there are issues around 3D picture quality (and content), but its versatility and skill with Blu-ray and Freeview HD/Freesat HD make this all-encompassing plasma unbeatable in a high-end home cinema environment.


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The origins of the Five Satins lie in the Scarlets, a New Haven, CT, doo wop group led by Fred Parris. The Scarlets formed in 1953, while Parris was still in high school. The group had a local hit with Dear One the following year. In 1954, Parris formed the Five Satins with vocalists Al Denby, Ed Martin, and Jim Freeman. Within the next year, Parris had the group record In the Still of the Night, a song he had recently written in the basement of a local church. The first single the group released was In the Still of the Night. The single was released on Standard Records in the spring of 1956. By the end of the year, it had been leased to Ember and became a huge hit, peaking at number three on the RB charts and number 25 on the pop charts.
By the time In the Still of the Night scaled the charts, Parris had been drafted into the army. He was stationed in Japan when the song became a hit, and he was still stationed in Japan when the group recorded the follow-up single, To the Aisle. For that single, Bill Baker handled the lead vocals. To the Aisle became a Top Ten RB hit in the summer of 1957. Parris returned from the army in 1958. Upon his return, he reorganized the group, adding Richie Freeman, Sylvester Hopkins, West Forbes, and Lou Peeples. This incarnation of the group had a minor hit in the fall of 1959 with Shadows.
In 1960, In Still of the Night re-entered the pop charts thanks to its exposure on Art Laboe's first Oldies but Goodies compilation. The repeated success of the single sparked another minor hit for the band in 1960, a cover of the standard I'll Be Seeing You. During the remainder of the '60s and early '70s, Parris led various incarnations of the Five Satins through oldies revues in America and Europe; they also recorded occasionally during this time.
In 1974, the group signed a contract with Kirsner Records and released a single, Two Different Worlds. Two years later, they briefly changed their name to Black Satin and released a single called Everybody Stand Up and Clap Your Hands (For the Entertainer), which became a Top 50 RB hit.
Shortly afterward, the group reverted to the Five Satins name. In 1982, the Five Satins had their last hit with a doo wop medley entitled Memories of Days Gone By. The single, which was released on Elektra Records, peaked at number 71 on the pop charts. Since the '80s, Fred Parris has led various lineups of the Five Satins and the group performs regularly at oldies shows in America and Europe. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi


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Recent legislation designated November 14 as Diabetes Awareness Day. As the University of Chicago reported when the bill was signed into law this summer, more than 800,000 Illinois residents have been diagnosed with diabetes and as many as 500,000 more are unaware that they have the disease. The day is designated for the purpose of supporting efforts to decrease the prevalence of diabetes, develop better treatments and work toward eventual cure for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Unfortunately, the law doesn't provide much insight into what schools should do to observe Diabetes Awareness Day. But, the recent ISBE Superintendent's Weekly Message provides some resources for administrators making plans for November. ISBE indicated that it will facilitate school implementation of Diabetes Awareness Day through notice each fall in the Weekly Message and by providing resources for improved research, treatment, and prevention on the ISBE School Health webpage. Those resources, which can be found here, currently include an insulin administration chart, an explanation of Public Act 93-0530 Diabetes Risk Assessment, and a Memorandum from Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Department of Human Services (DHS) explaining the enforcement of PA 93-0530 Diabetes Risk Assessment. The webpage also includes links to a number of other Diabetes Resources, including the American Diabetes Association and Pediatric Diabetes Information. Administrators can use the resources to make a game plan for how to observe Diabetes Awareness Day this fall.


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Redlands Connection is a concoction of sports memories emanating from a city that once numbered less than 20,000 people. From the Super Bowl to the World Series, from the World Cup to golf's U.S. Open and the Olympics, plus NCAA Final Four connections, NASCAR, the Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500, Tour de France cycling, major tennis, NBA and a little NHL, aquatics and quite a bit more, the sparkling little city that sits around halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs on Interstate 10 has its share of sports connections. – Obrey Brown
I wished there were more guys like Darrell Hudlow.
Redlands, the city where football tried to be king, soccer and softball became high-level sports, while swimming, baseball, track & field and golf willed its way to prominence, there was an original Mr. Tennis.
It might've been Hudlow.
In a city that's produced multitudes of high school and collegiate tennis champions, Wimbledon and U.S. Open players, Hudlow comes quickly to mind.
I wasn't even aware he played tennis. The place to go dancing, said once-young lovers, was Hudlow's drive-in, located on "the highway to Redlands."
He was Hudlow's proprietor. Upon moving to Redlands in 1979, you couldn't miss the greenish sign out there on a Redlands Blvd. building — where the Bank of America now sits, I think.
Hudlow was a University of Redlands Hall of Famer.
It was stressed to me by someone – probably by my City Editor, Dick West – that Hudlow had been a tennis player. A damned good one at that.
Jim Verdieck may well be the name associated with championship tennis around Redlands, but Hudlow showed up on the scene long before Verdieck came to the city.
Verdieck's teams won an unheard-of 921 tennis duals over a 38-year span. In 35 of those years, Redlands copped the conference championship. There were plenty of top players, namely Verdieck's sons, Doug and Randy, not to mention Ron and Richard Bohrnstendt.
Hudlow may have set an early tone for high level tennis in Redlands.
Hudlow's, incidentally, is a now-disappeared liquor store over on that Redlands Blvd. site. The old-timer just laughed.
"I went into the liquor business," he said. "I quit tennis because I didn't have time anymore."
The liquor business, at least in Redlands, was taboo in those days of the 1940s and 1950s.
"The university fought me," said Hudlow, who carried a grudge against his alma mater for years. "It was a staid old school. You couldn't even dance up there.
"Anyway, they took this liquor thing to the city council."
Hudlow won when the school turned over a new leaf, he told me.
When the school inducted him into its relatively new Hall of Fame in 1984, they extended a familiar hand. "The university," he said, sarcastically, "is having a cocktail hour before the (Hall of Fame) dinner."
Maybe, I told him, he ought to provide the liquor.
"If I did that back when I was going to the university," he said, "I'd have gotten kicked out of school."
The UofR had long been a dominant tennis program.
Hudlow was conference singles champion from 1937-39.
It was curious timing. Verdieck, who hailed from nearby Colton, was playing football for a dynamic group called the Vow Boys up in Palo Alto. Stanford University had vowed that it would never lose to USC.
Following a loss to USC in 1932, Stanford players vowed they would never again lost to the Trojans.
Hudlow, for his part, was playing championship-level tennis while Verdieck was making football his mission.
He'd won amateur singles titles in Arizona, Michigan and Arkansas.
Some of his opponents were Frank Kovacs, a Wimbledon champion who later lost to Bobby Riggs in the 1941 U.S. Tennis Championship finals.
Hudlow also played Gardner Mulloy, the four-time U.S. Tennis Champion (with William Talbert) in doubles.
Then there was Welby Van Horn, who lost to Riggs in the 1939 U.S. Tennis Championship finals. Hudlow beat Van Horn at Ojai, Calif.
Another big name opponent was Frankie Parker, a former U.S. Tennis champ.
Said Hudlow: "I played Jack Kramer in an exhibition in the university gym," he said, "to raise money so I could go back east. I think we played to a tie that night."
Kramer, who would become a huge tennis executive in years ahead, was a U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion.
"I can't remember if I ever played Bobby Riggs," said Hudlow. "I knew him. You know, on rainy days at country clubs, all people do is sit in the clubhouse playing poker. I held his one-dollar bills for him."
Hudlow was in the second class of UofR Hall of Famers.
The headliners had to be Verdieck himself, along with football coach Frank Serrao.
Lee Fulmer (baseball, basketball), John Fawcett (cross country, football and track), Charles Gillett (football), Lee Johnson (track), faculty member S. Guy Jones, track's Samuel Kirk, Donald Kitch (football, basketball), Sanford McGilbra (football, basketball, baseball), Robert Pazder (football, basketball, baseball), football and tennis star Randy Verdieck.
While Hudlow was inducted, so, too, was his coach, Lynn Jones (1928-44).
There was a lengthy list of names, likely trying to catch up with a near century's worth of athletes and other sports-related contributors that needed to be enshrined.
Hudlow, who died on June 19, 1998, said he didn't play tennis for nearly 40 years before he sold his liquor store.
When he decided to return, he played recreationally.
"I could tell you lots of stories," he said, chuckling. "I think I'll hold off for awhile."


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Due to term expirations, there will be several vacancies on Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Sport Fisheries Advisory Commission (SFAC) and Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission (TFAC) beginning June 30, 2013. The SFAC advises the Department on recreational fishing issues and the TFAC advises the Department on commercial fishing issues. SFAC Commissioners serve 4 year terms and are required to attend 4 quarterly meetings annually. TFAC Commissioners serve 2 year terms and are required to attend 4 quarterly meetings annually. Meetings are held from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Tawes State Office Building in Annapolis, Maryland. Commissioners are reimbursed for travel (mileage) and meal expenses.
For more information, including meeting agendas, summaries, and Sport and Tidal Fisheries Commission operating guidelines, visit the Management Committees at www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/fmp/.
If you are interested in applying to serve on either the SFAC or TFAC, please contact Martin Gary at (410) 260-8289 or [email protected] The application deadline is 5:00 pm Friday, May 24. The Department will review and make recommendations to the Governor's Appointments Office for consideration. Selection of new Commissioners will be completed by June 30.


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Today's San Francisco Chronicle carries a story on page A-1 under a heading I've never before seen on the front page: Genealogy. The article, "Emotional Peeks at Family History" has a different headline in its online version: Genealogy Search Expands East Bay Teens' Worlds.
Chronicle staff writer Jill Tucker reports on Family Journey – an ancestry program that has East Bay high school and community college students meeting weekly to learn about their roots. The program launched in February during Black History Month and will conclude with a special presentation on June 4, 2011.
The Family Journey Ancestry project is a collaborative effort by the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California (AAGSNC), the Oakland Regional Family History Center (ORFHC) and staff from the office of Alameda County's District 5 Supervisor Keith Carson. The supervisor's April 27, 2011 newsletter carries this quote from Carson:
A few years ago I had the chance to look into my family history and it gave me a deeper appreciation for what my parents and grandparents went through in their journey out of the South. I wanted youth in Alameda County to have that same chance to connect with a deeper sense of who we are.I was curious about Supervisor Carson's "look" at genealogy so I called his office and learned that he took part in the 2007 Black History Month program at the ORFHC with then-mayor Ron Dellums.
You can read more about Family Journey Ancestry at the AAGSNC blog. Nicka Smith has written an insightful piece on the program's challenges and rewards AAGSNC Teams Up With County Supervisor for Program. Her use of Michael Jackson's ancestry as an example for the kids is brilliant.
Kudos to Supervisor Carson and to Nicka Smith and our colleagues at AAGSNC and the ORFHC for introducing a new generation to their ancestors.
Copyright © 2011 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library


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Members of the Teen Exchange have begun developing choreography for their second Teen choreographed piece of this year's end-of-the year performance.
In this gallery Molly Barth leads her peers through choreography she created for a piece about Beauty, which is being directed by Teen Exchange co-captain Talia Mason. Also, the group rehearses work made in a previous workshop wherein each teen has shared their own choreographic contribution to the larger piece.
Please follow this link to find the recent video documentation to a light / shadow workshop facilitated this month with Teen Exchange.
As well as this link to the Teen Exchange Tumblr and here for more information about this youth-lead modern dance group.


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The company won more than new 350 enterprise customers, CEO Godfrey Sullivan said in a press release. "Our license revenues were the result of broad adoption by our customers in financial services, technology, telecommunications and government sectors."
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My inbox overfloweth, courtesy of college sports' annual July 1 conference realignment celebrations. Louisville to the ACC; Elon to the Colonial Athletic Association; Davidson to the Atlantic 10; East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa to the American Athletic; Western Kentucky to Conference USA; Rutgers and Maryland to the Big Ten.
And, drumroll please, in the most unlikely foursome of all-time: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Idaho and New Mexico State to the Sun Belt. Good luck Google mapping a route from Boone, N.C., to Moscow, Idaho.
The new groupings are as baffling as 11th-grade trigonometry, Middle East diplomacy and Virginia High School League reclassification.
Yes, in a blatant attempt to secure overtime for bus drivers, the VHSL has released the latest in what could become — heaven forbid — biennial adjustments to the classes and conferences upon which postseason competition in based.
Feel free to scream aloud, pull your hair and/or sob in the fetal position.
Detailed in Tuesday's Daily Press by comrades Johnson and O'Brien, the current proposal is open to appeal through Aug. 4. But approval is virtually certain, with the new alignment set to debut in 2015-16 and affecting, directly or indirectly, every public school in our coverage area.
Think about that. No local school, none, will compete in a conference that is identical to its current incarnation. Seven from the Bay Rivers District — Grafton, Jamestown, Lafayette, Poquoson, Smithfield, Tabb and York — will move to new conferences and/or classes. The Peninsula District's Bethel, Kecoughtan and Phoebus also will shift.
All of this is rooted in the VHSL's well-intended but oh-so-flawed efforts to create a level postseason playing field based on enrollment and to award more state championships — three per sport were plenty, thank you very much.
But in life, and sports, level playing fields are a myth. The Yankees have more money than the Royals, Florida State has more students than Duke, and Woodside has more students than Phoebus. Get over it and move on. Phoebus certainly did when the Phantoms dominated state football despite a smaller student body that many opponents.
Moreover, high school sports are above youth leagues. We don't need orange slices and trophies for everyone.
To their enduring credit, Bay Rivers schools partially insulated themselves from this foolishness by continuing to build regular-season schedules around their traditional, geographically sensible districts. Playoff pairings and travel are messy, but it could be worse.
Why, if Bruton High in York County played a steady diet of Conference 33 schools such as Arcadia, Nandua and King William, its teams would spend more time in transit than in history class.
Conversely, Peninsula District schools cannon-balled into the conference pool, abandoning, with the exception of football, district competition. So in 2013-14 and 2014-15, each of the PD's 10 members were/are in gerrymandered conferences with schools from across the water.
The proposal for 2015-16 and 2016-17 is even worse, witness Woodside High in northern Newport News being grouped solely with schools from Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. Never mind that there are four other public high schools in Newport News and four in neighboring Hampton.
People, people, people! Students are far more interested in competing against, or watching classmates compete against, nearby teams, regardless of enrollment.
As college athletic directors stew over declining student crowds, there's no denying that many arrive on their campuses less-inclined to attend. For varied reasons, they weren't drawn to high school games, and now the VHSL is providing even less incentive.
The VHSL's incessant meddling also dooms any chance of creating new rivalries in these tortured conferences. For example, Phoebus last year joined a conference that included new colleagues King's Fork, Lakeland and Nansemond River, each from Suffolk. Next year, the Phantoms are set to say farewell to all but Lakeland, while welcoming Poquoson, Tabb, York, Portsmouth's Norcom and Norfolk's Booker T. Washington.
And it's not just students, athletes, parents and fans being disserviced. Pity the poor high school athletic directors. As if they aren't burdened with enough paperwork and logistics.
New conferences require new handbooks, officers, bank accounts, travel plans, schedules and budgets. Such change every two years is enough to push an AD into an even more harrowing line of work: driver's ed.
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Been trying to get lzma utils to compile for a while. The autoconf (configure file?) will not create the makefiles. The error it's giving me, i'm guessing, is that there is no C++ compiler that it can find to use. I've compiled and installed the xz utils from the same site as the lzma utils successfully, so this leads me to believe there's something wrong with the configure files or something. I've got essentially no coding expertise so if anyone is patient enough to help, thanks in advance. I've tried it on Ubuntu 9.04 running natively and in a VM, with no difference.
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Have you tried installing the C++ compiler? G++ from the GCC should do.
Personally, I don't have Ubuntu but that should do. As far as I know, liblzma doesn't depend on anything else than glibc.
You can use aptitude to install the package from the command line (or use the Synaptics GUI):
sudo aptitude install g++ gcc
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Hi Everyone,
I have the Lenovo Y650 and am currently using it for a lot of important projects in Grad School. I installed Windows 7 and a lot of stuff doesnt work well with it..and unfortunately can't emulate XP because of VT disabled in this piece of crap. Read everyones posts but am hesitant to perform surgery on this thing in the middle of the semester...
Has anyone had success turning it on in the Y650? If so, could you please send me a procedure? I would love to dive in and try it myself but can't afford a failure right now.. and am being forced to dual boot 7 and XP >:(
So...I didn't have a compiler installed, go figure.
I've hit another wall now,
when running the main.py file i receive this as output:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./main.py", line 35, in <module> from lzma import get_lzma_chunks File "/home/jaunty/temp/vt/Tweak it/lzma.py", line 86, in <module> lzma = CDLL(library_path) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/ctypes/__init__.py", line 348, in __init__ self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)OSError: liblzmadec.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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Have you read all posts on this thread? On page 6 is solution on this issue.
You have to make symlink becouse by default installs into prefix /usr/local instead of /usr.
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I want to enable VT on my Y730 and I'd like to get a hold of o0TMS0o's utilities and instructions.
They were on http://rapidshare.com/files/289013507/Procedure_enable_VT.zip.html but cannot be downloaded anymore.
Does anybody know where I could find them?
Yup I've read all the posts in the forum...but like I said... I'm not in the mood to experiment in the middle of the semester with flashing a bios and no one has seemed to have a solid procedure posted.
Actually let me clarify what I'm looking for. I wouldn't have asked for a procedure without reading the previous posts for one.
-Where is the *.bin boot file that the computer uses? BIOS is separate from windows, so is it still kept in the windows folder?
-What is the name of that file?
-What will the file look like when it is opened in a hex editor? How did you figure out what bits need to be changed?
-After and how you compiled it, what is the proper flashing procedure?
I found a file in my one key recovery called bootfix.bin but when I open it its all random characters and a line that says "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD"
Thank you,
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Yeah, set All to 1 enabled my U330 to support virtualization (64bit). Now I can install 64bit guest OS on my VirtualBox. Awesome! Thanks everyone's help here!
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I went through all the steps to enable VT in the bios only to find out the processor my u330 has (P7350) doesn't even support VT!
Mother freaker. I swear I looked that up before I bought the laptop. Makes sense now why Lenovo won't enable the vt option for the U330, NOT ALL U330's SUPPORT IT. You could have just said so Lenovo.
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Nia Long Covers Essence
Nia Long is on the February Issue of "Essence". She went on the set the record straight on what really happened the night her two lovers got into a fight.
Essence: Last summer everyone was talking about how you were involved in an ugly scuffle at The Grove, an upscale shopping mall in Los Angeles
Nia:Yes. But I want to get this straight: It wasn't my fault. I didn't start it; I didn't throw any punches. It was one man's ego against another man's pride. It was all about them.
Essence: But how do two grown men start fighting at a mall?
Nia: What happened was, I'd gone out to dinner with my son and a friend of mine. This was the first time I'd ever brought my child around someone I was dating, so it was a big deal. After dinner, my son's father (to whom Long was previously engaged; the couple broke up when their son was a toddler) needed to pick him up, so I told him to meet me. Really, I had no intention of introducing him to my friend right then, because my life is my business. He knows I'm a good mother, and that's the most important thing. But he got to the mall a lot faster than I thought he would. It's like he put on his Batman wings and flew (laughing).When I saw him I thought, Okay, this is nothing to get excited about, and I introduced him to my friend. They shook hands, and then I guess my son's father just got emotional, because he basically punched my friend in the face.
Essence: He shook his hand and then popped him for no reason?
Nia: Words were exchanged, but I'm not going to repeat them. Really, I don't think that fight had anything to do with me. I think it had to do with our son. Men are very protective of their children, and ours is his first and only child. I think my child's father was like, "This is who's around my son?" and just kind of lost it. Then they started fighting, so I walked off because I didn't want my son to get the idea that this is appropriate behavior. That's when the mall security came and broke it up, and the police were called. (Long's ex did not return repeated phone calls from Essence.)
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I'd kick some ass about me some Nia Long too..
Wow, all this infront of her child.
I'm at the plantation right now, so I'm lauging on the inside - but this "story" stinks. Nia know she lyin about something. Also, I've heard from a very reputable source that her baby's father, and "ex-fiance" is indeed her ex HUSBAND that she has always refused to claim. Gorgeous & talented woman, but she's a nut. In a good way I guess - cuz she got brothas fightin over her in the Grove. Loves it. ;)
Lord Jesus this whole time I thought this was a lie! Who wasthe guy she was on a date with?
It was ( cuttino mobley )
for the LA Clippers
That is pretty messed up.
Nia Long wanted to see some action
( To see how her baby daddy react.
I read both stories and they don't even match.( she is stupid ass and a hollywood-
ganster) HA HA HA HA HA
About Nia Long:
I looked at tmz.com website and the essence magazine ,To me it( smells like dog shit with flies) she is hiding something
and why i say this because she calls her baby daddy so he can pick up his son but some how somebody triped him up about
something because they said he flew like batman like some thing happen and when he got there Nia long says words were exchange
between the two(Soooooooo sorry that is bullshit) All three of them were arguing and so on.....!!BUT!! then her baby threw a
punch then all hell break loose and Nia longs new !!BOO!! or you can say !!HUSBAND!!= (Cuttino Molbley)
Beat him up hands down, But why ? they said she left the scene (BULL SHIT) she stayed and
watch the hole thing and when it was finish she slaps in the face and that is so sad ,But at the same time he has every right to see his little boy
and i believe she is doing this because she is famous and to make her baby daddy look so bad,
And if everyone disagree with the things i wrote go back the essence website and read it
and read deep in to it and you will find things that don't match at all ,My wife and cousins saw that
magazine and my cousins said that she is full of shit and my wife says that ( something is not right
with this story).
And this is coming from a black man and i am thankful that my wife is white
and i got three beautiful children and i wanted to meet nia long every since
i was 15 years old now i am 28 but (I AM COOL SHE IS NOT WORTH FLASHING A
ALHAMD-U-LILLAH = (All Praise Be To GOD)
!!BOOO!! Get your black monkey ass off property !BOOO! I see you nigga! Get your chocolata ass off my property! BOOOOOO!
And that was for you Nia Long, again:
!!BOOO!! Get your black monkey ass off property !BOOO! I see you nigga! Get your chocolata ass off my property! BOOOOOO!
@Danovis...what does your white wife have to do with anything? Who really cares. Trust...yo ass wish u could have some Nia. YOU need to stop lying.
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The flood crisis in the state of Queensland in Australia has worsened again today, with confirmation of eight deaths and about 72 people missing in the Queensland town of Toowombah and surrounding areas following the severe flash floods yesterday. In towns below Toowombah, homes and buildings were hit with a 7 metre wall of water, leaving a trail of destruction and death.
In recent hours that area affected by secere flooding had spread widely and rapidly, including the Queensland capital of Brisbane and now also throughout southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. The next 48 hours is likely to see significant and major escalations in flooding throughout New South Wales and Queensland, including northern Queensland.
At the moment the major areas of concern include Ipswich, Brisbane and surrounding areas in Queensland, as well as Kempsey, Tenterfield, Belligen and Grafton in New South Wales. Many areas already flooded several times in recent weeks are again threatened by renewed secere flooding. There are many, many areas now severely affected in both states. A major weather system in now moving into affected areas.


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When it comes to the price at the pump, Charles Langley says blame opportunistic gouging, not Egypt.
The oil industry critic with the consumer group UCAN says claims of oil shortages caused by Egyptian difficulties is "a fiction wrapped in a fairy tale."
"The problem is market gaming, not supply and demand," said Langley.
Since Monday wholesale gas and diesel prices have surged an average of a nickel, even higher for independent gas stations.
Crude futures have been driven up by concerns that the protests in Egypt could threaten exports from the Middle East. But the International Energy Agency states that there is no real threat to crude exports from Egypt.
Only 2.5 percent of the world's oil supplies move through Egypt through the Suez Canal.
The U.S. Energy Information Agency reports strong inventories of stored oil.
Langley says he believes that California refineries are exploiting oil fears and peddling tales to their dealers who will accept massive price spikes blamed on Egyptian unrest.


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Round 2 for rookie QBs Geno Smith and E.J. Manuel
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. >> Buffalo's EJ Manuel and the New York Jets' Geno Smith have yet another thing in common in preparing for Round 2 of their AFC East showdown of rookie quarterbacks on Sunday.
Neither cares to be drawn into discussions regarding which of the first two quarterbacks selected in the draft is off to a better start.
"I'm not trying to compare myself to any of those guys," said Smith, who was drafted 39th, 23 picks behind Manuel. "I just want to be the best player I can be right now."
Smith gained the early edge after topping Manuel in their first meeting: the Jets' 27-20 home win on Sept. 22.
Manuel was quick to dismiss a question regarding whether the rematch offers a chance to re-establish himself in the conversation.
"If you think so, OK," said Manuel, noting it doesn't matter who the opposing quarterback is. "Not necessarily because it's Geno, simply because it's the Jets. It's a divisional game, and obviously it's a game that we need to win in order to still get where we need to be."
The Bills (3-7) haven't been getting anywhere. They've lost five of six to find themselves of the verge of extending the NFL's longest active playoff drought to 14 seasons.
Manuel is 2-4 in six starts, and his development was stunted by a sprained right knee that forced him to miss four games. And he didn't look sharp in his return, overseeing an offense that mustered a season-worst 227 yards in a 23-10 loss to Pittsburgh last weekend.
Smith has been inconsistent as well, but has the better record in pushing the Jets (5-4) into playoff contention.
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Here are five things to watch in Sunday's Jets-Bills game:
• REED TO THE RESCUE: The Jets shored up their leaky pass defense by signing veteran safety Ed Reed two days after he was cut by Houston. It's an obvious fit for the nine-time Pro Bowl selection, who is reunited with Ryan after the two were together in Baltimore. Reed is expected to play in a limited role Sunday on a defense that has allowed 689 yards passing and seven touchdowns in the air in its past two games.
• BEWARE THE BLITZ: Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine faces Ryan, his former mentor, for the second time since leaving the Jets in January. Pettine brought Ryan's attacking philosophy with him, and has Buffalo second in the NFL with 33 sacks. The Jets are tied for 11th with 27.
• RUN-STUFFED: Manuel's struggles against the Jets in September puts the onus on running backs Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller to relieve the burden. The Jets allowed a season-worst 120 yards rushing against Buffalo, though nearly half the total came on Jackson's 59-yard run. The Bills' running attack, however, has struggled recently with opposing defenses keying on containing Jackson and Spiller, who combined for 88 yards against Pittsburgh.
• RESTED OPPONENTS: Bills coach Doug Marrone is unhappy with the NFL scheduler by noting the Jets are one of Buffalo's six opponents coming off an extended break. The Jets are the Bills' third opponent coming off a bye. The Jets also had a 10-day break before the first meeting against Buffalo, as will the Falcons (Dec. 1) and Jaguars (Dec. 15).
• WIN ONE, LOSE ONE: The Jets have been consistent in their inconsistency by alternating wins and losses. They're attempting to win two straight for the first time since winning consecutive games Dec. 2 and 9 of last season.
— The Associated Press
Manuel has six touchdowns versus four interceptions. Smith has eight touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
"I can promise you this, it's not easy," Jets coach Rex Ryan said of developing a young quarterback. "You focus on the team. You don't focus on the individual."


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The dancing is underway! Hoops Haven thoughts on the first two days of action:
–Good showing by the Skyland Conference so far, with Watchung knocking off GMC champ Piscataway and Hillsborough beating East Brunswick by 10 on the road. I've said all along: Aside from the Watchung Conference, the Skyland Delaware East is as tough as any league around here.
–The big surprise is that Immaculata lost to Marist at home. Only conclusion I can draw is that the Spartans were emotionally drained from losing the Somerset County final.
–Bound Brook and Union Catholic, which pushed Florence and Don Bosco Prep, respectively, went out with an impressive fight.
–The North Jersey, Section 2, Group III title is within Scotch Plains-Fanwood's grasp. Saw the Raiders cruise past Middletown South last night. If they can stay composed in the cauldron known as Colonia's gym on Thursday, they'll be on the fast track.
Upcoming stops on the Hoops Haven Express:
Tonight: New Providence at Delaware Valley
Thursday: Voorhees at South Plainfield AND Metuchen at Dunellen
Friday: TBA — Plainfield-Bridgewater?


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Jackson seeks permanent place with Padres
PEORIA, Ariz. -- It was a busy winter for Padres' shortstop Ryan Jackson, who in the span of a month was actually a member of three different organizations -- the Cardinals, Astros, and now the Padres.
But that's not all.
While trying to figure where he was going professionally, Jackson was trying to settle down personally, as he was married in December.
"I was with Houston for something like two weeks," said Jackson, who was claimed off waivers from the Cardinals in November, a month before being dealt to the Padres. "And then a couple of days before we left for our honeymoon, I was traded to San Diego."
It's been a lot to digest for Jackson, who has a better idea today where he stands. He's here in camp trying to win a job as a reserve infielder with the team.
"It seems like a very good opportunity for me moving forward," Jackson said. "I'm really [happy] that I'm here. Camp has been going very well."
The Padres parted with one of their better bench options in first baseman/outfielder Jesus Guzman to land Jackson, who is considered a plus-defender at shortstop -- a premium position that's not always easy to fill, especially on the fly.
The Padres discovered that a year ago when Everth Cabrera -- the team's lone All-Star representative -- landed on the disabled list in July with a hamstring injury. The team had to go outside the organization to sign Pedro Ciriaco.
Then, when Cabrera was suspended for the final 50 games of the season, the team went out and signed free agent Ronny Cedeno to fill in at shortstop.
By acquiring Jackson, the Padres add to options in terms of having a player on the roster or in Triple-A -- and Jackson still has Minor League options -- who can fill in quickly if needed.
"In his college days, he was a really good defender," said general manager Josh Byrnes. "He has actually swung the bat pretty well in the Minor Leagues, but his strength is his defense."
Jackson hit .278 with a .352 on-base percentage in 2013 for the Cardinals' Triple-A affiliate. Jackson has 24 Major League at-bats over the last two seasons, collecting two hits. He's a career .270 hitter in the Minor Leagues, though it's obvious his strength is his defense.
"I like his glove. Ryan has looked good," said Padres manager Bud Black. "He has good actions, solid arm stroke, good feet and good hands. I know [coaches Rich Dauer and Glenn Hoffman] have said that they like what they have seen as well."
Jackson realizes that his calling card is his defense. He's embraced that.
"It's something I take very seriously," Jackson said. "Especially playing shortstop you have to be sure-handed, you don't have time for mistakes. You make a mistake, and the guy is on base and then a big inning can happen. I take a lot of time on my craft and trying to be solid for the pitching staff."


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In the April 2012 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, we challenged the presumption that light-emitting diode (LED) lighting is maintenance-free. We found that, while it produces significant maintenance benefits over conventional technology, it must be maintained, though it requires rethinking of some aspects of how that service is performed.
Another presumption is that LED lighting is more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly than conventional technology. For the owner, this is generally true; up to 80 percent energy savings can be realized in certain applications, such as replacing incandescent lamps with LED replacement lamps. End of story?
The answer becomes uncertain beyond the point of use, considering total energy cost and environmental impact, including product manufacturing and shipping. So, the Department of Energy (DOE) produced two studies, which confirmed LED replacement lamps are more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly than both incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).
"Review of the Life-Cycle Energy Consumption of Incandescent, Compact Fluorescent and LED Lamps" (February 2012), is based on an analysis of 10 existing life-cycle assessment studies. The DOE reported two major findings.
Most lamp energy consumption occurs during actual use. The DOE estimates 90 percent of average total life-cycle energy consumption is during the product's operating phase. Just 7–9 percent is consumed during manufacturing and less than 1 percent during transport. As a result, the average LED lamp uses 75 percent less energy than the average incandescent, based on an assumption that the average LED replacement lamp's long-rated life is equivalent to about 22 incandescent lamps. Compared to compact fluorescent lamps, it's pretty much a wash, based on an assumption the average LED replacement lamp's life is equivalent to three CFLs.
The second study, "Life-Cycle Assessment of Energy and Environmental Impacts of LED Lighting Products" (June 2012), is based on analysis of more than 25 life-cycle assessment studies. It evaluates total environmental impact for typical competitive 12.5-watt (W) LED replacement lamps (Philips EnduraLED), 60W incandescent lamps and 15W CFLs (each producing about 850 lumens in light output), including the energy and natural resources needed for manufacture, transport, operation and disposal. Fifteen separate impacts were considered in the analysis of environmental footprint, including the potential to increase global warming, use land formerly available to wildlife, generate waste, and pollute air, water and soil.
Similar to the previous study, the DOE found the biggest effect occurs during lamp operation, making LED replacements and CFLs more environmentally friendly than incandescent lamps. In fact, environmental impact is reduced by three to 10 times by using these lamps instead of incandescent technology.
Specifically, LEDs' largest environmental impact is energy use, which represents an average 81 percent across the 15 measures. The second most significant impact is raw materials used in manufacturing, accounting for an average of 16.8 percent. Manufacturing is just 2.3 percent and transport and disposal each less than 0.1 percent.
LED replacements and CFLs are similar in energy consumption, with the difference in environmental performance being largely determined by energy and resources consumed during manufacturing. LED replacement lamps were found to cause slightly less environmental harm than CFLs in all but one of the 15 measures studied, with the exception being disposal generation of hazardous waste. This is because LED replacement lamps contain a heat sink—a component attached to the bottom of the lamp that draws and dissipates heat from the LEDs, preventing overheating and a subsequent reduction in light output. This component is made of aluminum, which is energy-intensive to mine and creates byproducts that must be disposed as hazardous waste.
LED environmental performance is expected to improve due to technological and manufacturing improvements, widening the gap with CFLs. The main reason is LED efficiencies are expected to increase, reducing heat generation and, consequently, the size of the required heat sink. In contrast, CFLs are not expected to change significantly in the near future. By 2017, the DOE estimates the average LED replacement lamp will have 50 percent less environmental impact than today's lamp and 70 percent less than today's CFL.
Combined, these studies, which can be downloaded at www.ssl.energy.gov/tech_reports.html, suggest LED replacement lamps are more energy-efficient than CFLs and incandescent lamps across the life cycle, and have less impact on the environment in most key measures. Again, this performance advantage is expected to continue to improve in the future.
However, the studies do not cover one environmental performance aspect, which is hazardous materials (beyond the waste issue mentioned here). The DOE is planning a third study, which will examine the amount of hazardous materials that exist in LED replacements, CFLs and incandescent lamps and whether those materials are present in levels that exceed federal and California waste disposal regulations.


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First Look: Cocktails at Salvation Taco, NYC
Note: First Looks give previews of new dishes, drinks, and menus we're curious about. Since they are arranged photo shoots and interviews with restaurants, we do not make critical evaluations or recommendations. Wanna check out the food at this new April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman project? That post is over here.
"My idea with the menu here was to start with classic American and Mexican cocktails—the Mexican Firing Squad, the Vieux Carré—break them down, and reinterpret them through a lens that's both a little more Mexico-focused in its ingredients, and a little modern," says Sam Anderson, the tall, heavily tattooed bar manager at Salvation Taco, Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield's new taqueria in the Pod 39 Hotel in Murray Hill. The Hotel Delmano bartending hotshot has been running the program at the hotel's rooftop bar since the summer.
"In the summer, our biggest seller was 10 ounces of liquor served in a whole watermelon," he adds with a bit of an eye roll. "But we've been working on our drinks menu with April's menu in mind."
Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield's restaurants—The Spotted Pig, The Breslin, and The John Dory—all have strong bar programs, but it'd be hard to say that cocktails are the primary focus of any of those projects. At Salvation Taco three distinct bars are open, aimed at providing the neighborhood with an option outside of the sports and frat-boy-cum-banker bars that populate it. The main bar is delightfully kitschy, populated with brightly colored Mexican knickknacks, while the secondary bar is a more toned-down affair with communal tables, comfortable armchairs, and a ping pong table. The full menu—food and drink—will also be available at the rooftop bar.
"The challenge here was to make my normal cocktail philosophy—trying to hit every note across the palate—work with strongly flavored food." To accomplish this, Anderson has taken the spirit-forward cocktails you expect in a modern cocktail bar and softened them with food-friendly flavors. Warm spices like cinnamon and allspice and food-friendly aromatics like vanilla and berry-scented guajillo chilis make their way into the drinks.
The bar is stocked with an eclectic mix of bitters, infusions, and American whiskies, rubbing shoulders with the expected large selection of tequilas and mezcals, along with more obscure Mexican specialties. Fernet and Amargo produced by Vallet, a 130-year-old Mexican distillery founded by French colonial expat Henri Vallet, and bacanora, a cousin of tequila and mezcal produced in Sonora. Anderson is particularly smitten by the latter. "It's only been available in the U.S. since 2011. We may well be the only local bar serving a bacanora cocktail."
Take a look at the bar and the cocktails in the slideshow above.
Salvation Taco
145 East 39th Street, New York, NY 10016 (map); 212-865-5800; Twitter


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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — A longtime "mom and pop" pharmacy has expanded under new ownership, with pharmaceutical compounding — for both humans and animals — now a feature at the newly-renamed business.
Previously known as South Berwick Pharmacy for roughly 36 years, new owner and head pharmacist Matthew Kenney has added pharmaceutical compounding to the pharmacy's offerings and has renamed the business "South Berwick Pharmacy Seacoast Compounding Inc."
According to a definition provided by Medical Center Pharmacy, compounding is the science of making customized medication to meet the needs of each individual patient. Whereas most mass-produced medications are made in bulk by large pharmaceutical companies and are well-tolerated by most patients, in some instances these medications may not be well-tolerated or may not be compatible with some patients.
A trained compounding pharmacist makes a customized medication according to the physician's prescription to suit a patient's individual needs.
"Compounding is a compelling and age-old approach that allows me to collaborate with the patient's doctor to customize and truly optimize the drug for the individual's needs," said Kenny, a 35-year-old, lifelong resident of South Berwick. "I can create a drug that will avoid the usual side effects or allergens. I can deliver it in a unique way so that it is better tolerated. I can provide medicine that has been discontinued by the manufacturer or is otherwise commercially unavailable. And I can provide 'out-of-the-box' medicinal solutions for pets, making it much easier to deliver treatment to them."
Kenney stresses the importance of the three-way relationship between patient, doctor, and pharmacist for successful compounding. This team approach, he says, is best realized when a compounding pharmacist who is local and convenient to the patient can provide the customized medicine that the doctor has ordered.
"I am very proud to be the new owner of the neighborhood pharmacy that I've known since my childhood," Kenney said. "Providing the best old-fashioned customer service and modern conveniences is the way that I commit to keeping our community healthy."
South Berwick Pharmacy Seacoast Compounding, located at 298 Main Street, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition to filling traditional manufactured prescriptions, the pharmacy's store sells over-the-counter drugs, specialty wellness products, and novelty items, including gifts and greeting cards.
Local pharmacy's new owner offering custom drug choices
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — A longtime "mom and pop" pharmacy has expanded under new ownership, with pharmaceutical compounding — for both humans and animals — now a feature at the newly-renamed business.


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Experience the end of Alma from an entirely new perspective with the F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn downloadable content, featuring four new levels that thrust the player into the role of Replica Soldier Foxtrot813.
Foxtrot813 is just your average Replica soldier, but soon beckoning voices lead him to go against Replica Command's orders, striking out on his own through four levels worth of single player action. In a rather strange move, Monolith and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be releasing a demo for the downloadable content on August 27th for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. A demo...for DLC. Okay!
Those of you more into F.E.A.R. 2's multiplayer side aren't being left out in the cold, however, as an accompanying title update brings with it a new Slo-Mo Deathmatch mode, which introduces a slo-mo power-up that makes everyone else move like molasses while you gleefully run circles around them. Sounds lovely.


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The tourism industry is a major contributor to employment, foreign exchange earnings, and tax revenues for developing countries. Hotels and tourism generate economic activity for small- and medium-sized businesses which supply goods and services both during construction and operations. IFC invests in hotels and tourism because of its strong development impact, particularly for low-income countries and fragile and conflict-affected countries.
Since 1956, IFC has invested over $2.8 billion in over 260 projects in 89 countries with more than half of these investments in frontier countries.
IFC investments promote development of critical infrastructure in places where there is often a shortage of business class hotels for potential investors. They send a positive signal to other investors and mixed-use hotel, commercial and real estate complexes create venues for international conferences, and basic infrastructure like roads, power, and telecommunications in leisure destinations.
According to the World and Tourism Council, every dollar spent on travel and tourism generates over three dollars of economic output. Over 100 million workers are employed in this industry worldwide, and tourism revenues account for more currency flows to developing countries than all aid flows from foreign donors.
We have observed that higher quality hotels create the most jobs, up to three jobs per hotel room or twice as many as budget hotels. Hotel companies also provide training that helps develop the workforce, creating lifelong skills for future promotion and self-employment especially for women. These jobs range from highly skilled to unskilled in areas like information technology, food service, accountants, receptionists, housekeepers, and security. Hotels generally prefer locally sources for operating supplies like food and beverages, and are willing to work with local suppliers to improve quality.
IFC's green building tool, EDGE, helps clients reduce their environmental footprint and save money on water and energy. IFC also invests in energy service companies that help companies manage consumption, and provide Cleaner Production Loans to finance investments in energy efficiency.
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The folks who created Gossip Girl are teaming up with Chinese production companies to develop a teen drama about students at Shanghai International University. Will it have all the intrigue, back-stabbing, sex, designer brands and scandals audiences expect from Gossip Girl? Er, not exactly. As Deadline reports, "Because China's state authority has to clear all scripts, it's likely the local series won't be quite as risqué as the CW version, which has a large online fanbase in China." So close, and yet so far! And the kids will know what they're missing.
Still, the show sounds like it could still be pretty juicy:
Set to debut to Mandarin-speaking audiences in November 2012, the series about the lives of the students of the prestigious Shanghai International University, the school of choice of the rich and powerful. One's social status reaches a new level once admitted into the school. Each week, the main characters' trust, love and friendship are tested, with all the behind-the-scenes tales recorded in a blog. In the beginning, they are confused and lost, however over time, they discover who they really are and eventually find the right path to pursue their dreams.
Of course, the burning question is: Who is the Chuck Bass of China? Can't wait to meet him! Xoxo.
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The Left Hates the Military, Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The Effete Left Retaliates for all those Wedgies
The liberal left hates the military. Always have. Always will. It's the manliness of the soldier these effeminate men hate. Being weak on testosterone, the effete male tucks his tail between his legs and scurries away in the presence of the alpha male. When they were in grade school getting wedgies. When girls rejected them in high school. Or when a woman's husband caught them in an adulterous act. They ran away. They didn't fight. Which is why they hate the military. Because they will fight to protect themselves. Their fellow soldiers. Their family. God. And country.
The Left has always had the military in their crosshairs. To defund it as much as possible. To boot ROTC off college campuses. To protect the rights of a Muslim extremist in the U.S. Army that went on a murdering rampage on an Army post. Anything to destroy the military. They just don't like it. So when they fought to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell', they didn't do it to help gays who want to serve in the military. They did it to further damage the military. At least, that is their hope.
They hate gay soldiers as much as they hate straight soldiers. Because a gay soldier is still an alpha male. A tough guy. Willing to fight to protect himself, his fellow soldiers, his family, God and country. Everything that the effete left hates. They see a gay soldier as just another tough guy that probably kicked their ass back in high school. No, they pushed for this because a lot in the military were against it. Not because they're all homophobes. But because it will radically change the military.
War is Hell and not for the Effete
To take boys and make them into soldiers in a short time requires a little shock and awe. Training is hard. And horrible. The more horrible it is the less horrible actual combat will be. That's how you make boys into men. Desensitize them. How you keep them from panicking while chaos reigns all around them. It's how you keep soldiers alive in combat.
Marine basic training was pretty harsh during the Vietnam War. They've since lightened up a little since that time portrayed by R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket. Ermey was in fact a drill instructor in the U.S. Marine Corps. And he served in Vietnam. Much of his lines in that movie were ad lib. Drawn from his personal experience. He was a real bastard in the movie. But a great drill instructor. I met Ermey at an air show one summer. While I waited in line to get his autograph, there were Marines ahead of me past and present. What did they want? They wanted Ermey to tell them to drop and give him 20. And he did. It was a high honor indeed for these Marines. He's a god to them. Because he made tough Marines. Ermey's the real deal. And, though retired, he still serves his beloved Corps. Once a Marine, always a Marine.
So what did these men go through in basic training? Something like this (WARNING: The following video contains explicit language and adult content):
Now, imagine Sergeant Hartman dressing down an openly gay man in that scene. And how fast the ACLU would file suit.
You can say that much of what he said and done was inappropriate. But when you're training killers, you emphasize the chest thumping, testosterone teeming, alpha-male manly stuff. So you call recruits ladies. And homosexuals. Until they prove themselves lean, mean and tough as mother [deleted expletive] who want to cut out the enemy's living guts and use them to grease the treads of their tanks. That last was borrowed from the movie Patton. And that classic George C. Scott scene can be seen here:
War is hell. And a manly thing. It is not for the faint of heart. As William Tecumseh Sherman said, the more horrible it is, the quicker it will be over. And the less lives lost. An effete liberal male, on the other hand, disdains such brutality. They'd prefer to sit down with our enemies and resolve our differences through diplomacy. Like the Allies did with Hitler. Who lied. We gave him the Sudetenland. And he took the rest of Czechoslovakia. Then Poland, launching World War II. After we got his word that he wouldn't.
The Ivy League Hates the Military and ROTC
There are some tough gay mother [deleted expletive] serving in the military. But they've been hiding their sexuality. Which for the above reasons is a good thing. Now they've repealed 'don't ask, don't tell'. So now when a drill instructor slips and calls a recruit a lady or a homosexual, it'll be a problem. The Left will slip someone into basic training for just that reason. So they can sue the military. Because they hate the military. It's all that pent up frustration from all those wedgies.
The Ivy League hates the military. They've kept ROTC off their campuses. Because, they said, the military discriminates against gays. Now that Obama has repealed 'don't ask, don't tell', will they welcome ROTC onto their campuses? No. Because they hate the military (see 'Don't ask, don't tell' has been repealed. ROTC still shouldn't be on campus. by Colman McCarthy posted 12/30/2010 on The Washington Post).
To oppose ROTC, as I have since my college days in the 1960s, when my school enticed too many of my classmates into joining, is not to be anti-soldier. I admire those who join armies, whether America's or the Taliban's: for their discipline, for their loyalty to their buddies and to their principles, for their sacrifices to be away from home. In recent years, I've had several Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans in my college classes. If only the peace movement were as populated by people of such resolve and daring.
Bull [deleted expletive]. He may admire a Taliban soldier, for they are killing American soldiers, but he hates American soldiers. Who was it spitting on U.S. troops returning from Vietnam and calling them 'baby killers'? He and his fellow college students. That's who.
ROTC and its warrior ethic taint the intellectual purity of a school, if by purity we mean trying to rise above the foul idea that nations can kill and destroy their way to peace. If a school such as Harvard does sell out to the military, let it at least be honest and add a sign at its Cambridge front portal: Harvard, a Pentagon Annex.
Taint the intellectual purity of a school? Give me a break. The pompous and condescending Ivy League has tainted the intellectual and moral purity of a nation. These people haven't done a damn thing to make America great. It's the soldiers that have done that. As Charles Province says so well:
It Is The Soldier
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.
Charles Michael Province, U.S. Army
The Left Hopes Gays will Hurt the Military
God bless the soldiers. The Marines. The sailors. The airmen. And all who serve.
If you hate the military you hate the people in the military. No matter how you try to spin it. Do you think a liberal would let his daughter marry a soldier? Would Colman McCarthy welcome a soldier into his family? Or would he sneer with contempt? I'm guessing the contempt thing. So they don't like the military. Or the people serving. And if you do, everything you do is against the military.
And so it is with their fight to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'. They're probably laughing and making gay jokes just waiting for all the trouble to start.
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Please note that all grosses for Wednesday, November 26 are estimates and that not all studios are currently reporting due to Thanksgiving. Complete actuals will be reported after the holiday.
Lionsgate reports that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 earned an estimated $14.55 million on Wednesday, up 20 percent from Tuesday. That brings the sequel's domestic tally to $157.56 million through six days of release--24 percent off the pace of last year's Catching Fire.
Fox/DreamWorks' Penguins of Madagascar bowed to an estimated $6.25 million for its opening day yesterday. That's generally on par with The Muppets' $6.5 million pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday opening three years ago, and 29 percent ahead of DreamWorks' Rise of the Guardians pre-Thanksgiving first day take of $4.8 million.
Warner Bros. reports that Horrible Bosses 2 took in an estimated $4.25 million on Wednesday, including Tuesday's $1 million from early shows. With no R-rated comedy sequels having opened over Thanksgiving weekend in the recent past, comparisons this early may be futile. That being said, the best samples may be that of last year's Anchorman: The Legend Continues ($8.1 million opening Wednesday, one week before Christmas) and 2008's Four Christmases ($6.1 million opening Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Warner Bros. also reports the Bosses sequel earned a "B+" CinemaScore.
Disney's Big Hero 6 posted $4.18 million yesterday, up 28 percent from Tuesday. The toon's domestic total now stands at $145.4 million.
Rounding out the top five, Interstellar added $3.17 million on Wednesday for a 31 percent increase from Tuesday. Christopher Nolan's space epic has now taken in $128.25 million domestically up to this point.


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Bernard Madoff got sent away for 150 years for his massive $65 billion swindle in a dramatic sentencing hearing in New York federal court Monday morning.
Dressed in a dark suit, Madoff, 71, addressed his victims telling the court he would "live with this pain, this torment, for the rest of my life."
Judge Denny Chin threw the book at him anyway, but surprisingly it's not the longest white collar sentence handed down in recent years. Madoff confessed to running a $65 billion ponzi scheme that spanned decades and affected thousands of investors. The sentence, handed down by Judge Denny Chin, was the maximum allowable. The Bureau of Prisons will now determine which prison will be Madoff's new home.
His sentence is still only the fourth-longest handed down in recent years to a white-collar defendant, according to an analysis by Forbes.
In any case, Madoff will almost certainly die in prison. So will Sholam Weiss, currently serving the longest federal sentence for a white-collar crime. In 2000 a Florida judge sent him away for 845 years for the $450 million collapse of National Heritage Life Insurance. Weiss was convicted and sentenced after he fled the U.S. for Austria. Later apprehended and returned, he's currently housed in a federal prison outside Scranton, Pa. The Bureau of Prisons lists his release date as Nov. 23, 2754.
In Pictures: The Longest White-Collar Prison Sentences
His co-defendant, Keith Pound, got 740 years and ended up serving just four of them before dying in prison at the age of 51.
More recently, a federal judge in Colorado slapped a 330-year sentence on Norman Schmidt, 73, convicted of running an investment scheme through which he siphoned money to buy NASCAR race cars, a race track and other racing-related properties. He will be released Sept. 12, 2291.
Such long sentences are rare for white-collar defendants, who usually go to prison for things like fraud, money laundering and other non-violent financial crimes. They are more typical for violent offenders like Theodore Kaczynski, the Unibomber, who will sit in a supermax prison in Colorado until he dies, and Jeffrey Dahmer, the cannibal who got 957 years for killing 17 people. He was killed in prison by a fellow inmate.
"It's the violent people we need to warehouse," says Alan Ellis, a lawyer and sentencing consultant. Still, an era of scandals related to corporate accounting fraud and investment swindles has created a new fervor for example-setting. "More and more judges are citing economic danger," Ellis says.
For many white-collar criminals in middle or retirement age, the terms are essentially life sentences, since federal prisoners have to serve at least 85% of their time. Bernard Ebbers, 67, convicted in 2005 for the accounting fraud that brought down WorldCom, is sitting in a federal prison in Louisiana with a release date of July 4, 2028, when he would be 85 years old.
Jeffrey Skilling, 55, of Enron fame, is in a Colorado prison serving 24 years for accounting-related fraud, though he might get out earlier if a re-sentencing hearing scheduled for July goes his way. His co-defendant, former Enron Chief Executive Ken Lay, died before he could be sentenced.
Madoff wasn't shown much leniency even though he did confess. Many of his former customers say they lost their life savings in the scheme, others lost tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars. The economic damage reaches from New York society to Palm Beach and to Europe. Of $65 billion that vanished, just over $1 billion has been recovered so far. Ironically, jail may be the safest place for Madoff these days.


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To Be Telecast Monday, June 9 on NBC (9-11 pm ET)
Nashville, TN (May 29, 2008) � NBC's "Nashville Star" will kick start its first season on NBC with a performance by 2008 ACM Best New Female Vocalist Taylor Swift. Her performance on "Nashville Star" will be part of the show's two-hour premiere episode that will also feature highlights from the nationwide casting calls and will unveil the Top 12.
Widely hailed as the first bonafide country music star of the MySpace generation, 18-year-old Taylor Swift currently has singles climbing both the country and pop radio charts. At the age of 17, Taylor became the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a number-one country single entirely on her own ("Our Song" spent 6 consecutive weeks at #1 atop Billboard's Country Singles Chart), and she is the first female solo artist in country music history to write or co-write every song on a platinum-selling debut CD. At 14, she signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music, and in 2006 released her self-titled debut CD on Big Machine Records. Taylor Swift has reached triple-platinum (3 million sales) status and has spent 18 weeks so far in the #1 position atop Billboard's Country CD Sales Chart. Taylor is consistently ranked Country's #1 artist on MySpace, and was named Country Music's Hottest Female Artist of 2007 by AOL Music and Best New Artist of 2007 by the editors of iTunes.
Taylor was named this year's Top New Female Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music, and won 2008 CMT Music Awards for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year. She was recently named Superstar of Tomorrow at the 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards, making her the first musician to ever receive this prestigious award. She is the reigning CMA Horizon Award winner, as well as the Nashville Songwriters Association International's Songwriter / Artist of the Year. Taylor is featured on the cover of the June, 2008 issue of Seventeen magazine, and has also recently appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Billboard, Blender, and USA Weekend. Taylor was named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2008, and is featured on Maxim's current Hot 100 list. She is on tour this year with Rascal Flatts, and has also toured with George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill and Brad Paisley.
This year, "Nashville Star" the longest running cable reality competition series moves into the spotlight on NBC. With a bigger stage to play, the expectations become higher and the competition tougher as each contestant will turn to the celebrity panel that will not only judge them during the live shows, but will also provide a unique mentoring aspect to the series.
"Nashville Star" is created by Reveille and produced by 495 Productions. Ben Silverman (NBC's "The Office"), Howard T. Owens ("American Gladiators"), Mark Koops ("The Biggest Loser") and Sallyann Salsano ("Design Star," "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila") serve as executive producers. Jon Small ("Garth Brooks Live in LA") is a producer.
Artwork and additional information on "Nashville Star" can be found at www.nbc.com or www.nashvillestar.com.


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As a School Social Worker in Detroit, MI, you will have an opportunity to work hands-on, working each day to help improve the lives of children. The School Social Worker will work individually with the student to help achieve favorable outcomes.
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Software Types
There are some specific software types worth mentioning from a licensing/legal perspective.
Shareware applications are not Open Source code, and are not acceptable for Fedora.
However, it is worth noting that some non-executable content exists that is required to make Open Source applications functional. An example of this would be open sourced game engines, such as Doom, Heretic, and Descent. These game engines come with freely distributable shareware gamedata files.
In this case, the gamedata files can be packaged and included in Fedora, as long as the files meet the requirements for binary firmware .
Patented Software
If a package contains code covered by known patents, then you should seek a written patent grant (and include that grant inside the package) before submitting it for Fedora. This is especially important for GPL/LGPL licensed packages, because of the following clause (from GPLv2):
For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
It isn't safe to assume that the patent holder permits royalty-free redistribution, you need to get it in writing.
Most emulators (applications which emulate another platform) are not permitted for inclusion in Fedora. The rule of thumb to follow is: If it requires ROMs (or image files in any format) of copyrighted or patented material to be useful (and the owners of those copyrights and patents have not given their express written permission), then it's not permitted.
Binary Firmware
Some applications and drivers require binary-only firmware to function. Fedora permits inclusion of these files as long as they meet the following requirements:
- The files are non-executable (note: this means that the files cannot run on their own, not that they are just chmod -x)
- The files are not libraries.
- The files are standalone, not embedded in executable or library code.
- Explicit permission is given by the owner to freely redistribute without restrictions (this permission must be included, in "writing", with the files in the packaging)
- The files must be necessary for the functionality of open source code being included in Fedora.
If you are unsure whether or not your files meet these requirements, ask on fedora-devel-list, and we will examine them for you.
The License tag for any firmware that disallows modification must be set to: "Redistributable, no modification permitted"
Firmware packages must be named <foo>-firmware, where <foo> is the driver or other hardware component that the firmware is for.


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Ages: 0 and up
Cost: Tickets are available starting at $8 per seat
Parking: Yes - $5 per vehicle on game days
Features: Food, Handicap Accessible, Shopping, Elevator, Changing table, Restrooms
Head out to Coca-Cola Park the home to the The Lehigh Valley IronPigs for a game a baseball with the whole family! The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs are the area's local professional AAA baseball team.
The IronPigs play about 70 home games each summer starting in April running throughout the months of May, June, July and August. Their stadium offers food for sale from a variety of different food vendors including kid friendly food such as chicken fingers and french fries.
See the promotion list to find of if today's game has any special promotions!
• Group Tickets: Save on tickets buy bringing a crowd! Bring your church group, school group or gather some friends for a night at the ballpark!
• Stadium Seating: Choose your seats and go. Tickets are available online and at the stadium during the season.
• Season Tickets: Purchase a game package and claim your seats all season long. Packages are available for a number of different games and include perks like ballpark credit, discounted parking IronPigs swag and more!
• Lawn Seating: A relaxing way to enjoy the game! Purchase affordable lawn seats and the kids can have the freedom to move around during the game!
- Enjoy on field entertainment from mascots and Iron Pigs staff members in between innings.
- Playground: Stop by the kid friendly playground to let the kids burn off some energy.
- Raffles and giveaways occasionally take place throughout the game.
- A veriety of food vendors are available to suit any tastebuds.
- Shop throughout the season and year round at the clubhouse
- Find unique gifts, apparel and fan gear
- Open to the public
Additional Park Events and Activities
- Special events are hosted at the park year round, stay tuned to their Facebook page and website for upcoming programs and events
- The Bacon 5k Challenge as well as other races hosted by various organizations at the venue.
- Phillies Winter Banquet - A chance to meet and greet current Phillies players and to help raise funds for IronPigs Charities
- The park hosts an annual Food Truck Festival in May as well as Beer and Wine Festivals click for more information!