text:
Call: 77889911
Phendey Khangza,
Chang Ja Lu Lam,
Olakha, Thimphu, Bhutan
Sorry, this item is out of stock
All consumable products (Groceries and more) are available in Sherza Allstore, one of the best place to shop in Thimphu, Bhutan. We have both retail (Departmental store / Mart) and online sales channels. If you compare prices, its also one of the lowest in the market, after all it is a Public Limited Company.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Lexmark Optra E
We regret to announce that the Lexmark Optra E printer is no longer in production. For this reason, LD Products (as well as a large majority of retailers) will no longer be carrying cartridges for the machine. You may want to consider looking at printers available for purchase directly through our website, which can be found HERE. Rest assured that our entire line of premium printers are backed by our 100% satisfaction Guarantee.


text:
The More Hotel
Show on map
We're sorry, but it is currently not possible to make reservations for this hotel on our site. Click here to see nearby hotels
Popular amenities
- {{ feat }}
- All amenities >
Find rooms
About this property
Please note: This description has not been updated for over a year and may be out of date.
Hotel policies
Reviews ()
Our reviews are from genuine LateRooms.com customers. We verify that the customer has stayed before leaving a review.
0/6 Overall
would recommend it to a friend


text:
Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Can you please share any links to web shops that sell european compatible (220V) equipment that works with tellstick.
Most any equipment in the lower price range will work; Nexa, Proove, IKEA, CoCo, Bye bye standby, Elro, Sartano, DIY, Waveman. The local brand may vary.I tried to add a link, but I'm prohibited by the forum software.../Joakim


text:
Nike Air Max 2014 Men
DescriptionReviewsConfidence & Shipping
There are all Nike Air Max Sale. More than 50% off. We provide all styles of Nike Air Max 2014 produced by Nike that have been released from 1985 to present. Since then,Nike Air Max 2014 Mesh Grey Black Red lead the market of basketball shoes around the world. All Nike Air Max Sale are on promotion now, so you can make a choice to find which style of Nike Air Max 2014 you like and all our Nike Air Max 2014 are original quality with promotion price. Helpful Hints: 1. Quality products and satisfying service are provided; 2. High safety and prompt delivery is guaranteed; 3. Item will be sent out within 24 hours after confirming your payment and arrive to your door within 7-10 business days; 4. You'll get full refund when the item is not available in stock.
Customers who bought this product also purchased...


text:
UPS sees busier, intense holiday shopping season
ATLANTA UPS expects this holiday season to be busier than last, thanks to the growing popularity of online shopping. And more intense, thanks to the calendar.
The world's biggest package delivery company said Friday that it foresees peak season daily volume rising 8 percent this year.
UPS, based in Atlanta, predicts that it will pick up more than 34 million packages on the busiest day, Monday, Dec. 16. UPS predicts deliveries will peak at 29 million the next day.
The company plans to hire 55,000 U.S. seasonal employees to work as drivers, helpers, package sorters, loaders and unloaders. That's the same number as last year, but this year's group may feel a lot busier. Besides the increased volume, there are just 26 shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, six fewer than last year, making it the most compressed holiday shopping season since 2002.
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) expects that Cyber Monday on Dec. 2 will see a 10 percent increase in pickup volume, surpassing 32 million packages.
UPS' smaller rival FedEx Corp. (FDX) said it expects Dec. 2 to be its busiest day of the holiday season. FedEx expects to carry more than 22 million shipments that day. FedEx expects to hire slightly more than the 20,000 seasonal workers that it added last year.
The National Retail Federation predicts that retail sales in November and December will rise 3.9 percent over last year to $602 million -- $738 per shopper. It expects online sales to rise by 13 percent to 15 percent.
for more features.


text:
...and I'm back.
So where was I?
So last Saturday was a beautiful (for March) day, and so we loaded up our Smugness Fleet and set out on the Hudson River Greenway, which is a greenway that runs along the Hudson River, which is a river:
It was, as you can imagine, a typical first-nice-day-of-the-year shitshow out there. Wobbly riders on tri bikes, club dorks with race wheels on their backs headed to the Grant's Tomb Criterium, spackled-on skunk stripes the width of fat bike tires on everybody because all the snow was finally melting but nobody in New York has ever heard of "fenders"... As usual though, the real stand-outs were those in the Gran Fondo New York jerseys, and through it all one of these riders--who still had the number on his bike from last year's event, which was in May, for fuck's sake, so he's been proudly sporting the thing for nearly a year now--is riding straight down the middle, shouting "On your left!" to anything and everything within earshot. You know, like there's this guy, there's the entire rest of the world, and he's on the left of it. He's the leftmost point of the world. He's so on your left that he's transcended ordinary Fredliness and gone right to Trotskyism.
Seriously, I don't know how anybody survives the Gran Fondo New York, it's gotta be death by a thousand "On your lefts:"
"I certainly think bicycle paths are a good idea," he said, but "for all I know, there is some right-of-way that goes through people's houses, you know, and all of a sudden they are going to be living in their house, and suddenly a bicycle will run through it."
I ride on a converted rail trail regularly and I have yet to see a bicyclist go crashing through somebody's home. Even if texting fixie guy were to veer off the path, fly off the embankment, and slam into somebody's Cape Cod, I can't imagine he'd do much more than dent the rain gutter. Granted, the current fat bike craze could make bicycles more destructive to homes, but then again the big balloony tires would probably spare the house from damage altogether. The point is, we don't know until we conduct extensive crash testing, so if you own a fat bike go outside and ride it at full speed into your neighbor's house immediately.
One thing's for sure though, and it's that if anybody could ride a bike through someone's house, it's this Breyer guy:
The 74-year-old justice fell while riding his bike along Washington's National Mall on Friday afternoon, NPR's Nina Totenberg tells our Newscast unit.
This makes the third time Breyer has sustained a major injury while riding his bicycle. In May 2011, the justice broke his collarbone riding near his home in Cambridge, Mass. In 1993, Boston.com reports, he suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs when a car hit him in Boston's Harvard Square.
He's like the Cadel Evans of the Supreme Court.


text:
Officials at the highest levels of the California Department of Parks and Recreation helped keep millions of dollars in money intended for state parks secret for more than a decade, the California attorney general's office said in a report released Friday.
The report said the "intentional non-disclosure'' continued because employees feared the department's budget would be cut if lawmakers found out, and that they would be embarrassed about the years of covering it up.
"Throughout this period of intentional non-disclosure, some parks employees consistently requested, without success, that their superiors address the issue,'' Deputy Attorney General Thomas M. Patton wrote in the report. Parks Director Ruth Coleman, who had been director since 2002, resigned and a senior parks official was fired last summer after $54 million was found hidden in two special funds as up to 70 parks were threatened with closure because of budget cuts.
The report said the actual amount intentionally hidden was $20 million, and the remaining $34 million discrepancy was due to differences in the timing of the fund reports to the state finance department and the controller's office.
The amount of money kept hidden had grown as high as $29 million in 2003, the report said. No employees were found to have stolen or wrongly spent any of the money, the report said, but senior officials made deliberate decisions not to report the additional funds to the state Department of Finance, which helps the governor establish the state's annual spending plan.
Because the state Legislature did not know about the money, which was generated from park fees and rentals, officials had no authority to spend it, making it ``an essentially useless reserve,'' the report said. Coleman has denied knowing about the hidden money.
She was the only current or former employee who would not agree to be interviewed by the attorney general's office, the report said. The report is based upon interviews with 40 former and current employees.
The report said several senior officials "were all well aware of the discrepancy.'' It said all indications were that Tom Domich, the department's assistant deputy director of administrative services from 1987 to 2004, likely made the initial decision to keep the money secret, but several successive staffers continued the effort.
"The facts show that former budget officer Becky Brown noticed the growing disparity as early as 1998,'' the report said.
By late 2002, "the budget and accounting officers and their supervisor ... were all aware of the discrepancy. Thereafter, from 2002 to 2012, numerous individuals failed to take appropriate action to ensure the monies were revealed to the DOF.''
The report said Coleman's second-in-command, Michael Harris, was the highest-ranking manager to order the continued secrecy of the funds.
He was fired as chief deputy in July 2012 amid the parks scandal. Parks officials' ability to keep the $20 million in special fund money secret was partly due to accounting discrepancies between the state Department of Finance and the controller's office, which rely on different calculations.
A new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last year requires the departments to compare their annual reports detailing how much money is in the more than 500 special state funds. At least two budget officials told investigators they reported the hidden money to Domich, but he "refuses to acknowledge these facts and unpersuasively denies all knowledge of the disparity and his role in the deception,'' the report said.
"Consequently, it also cannot be determined with certainty whether the matter was reported to Ruth Coleman, who became acting director in January 2002 and went on to serve as director until July 2012,'' the report said.
Messages left by The Associated Press at telephone listings for two people named Tom Domich and for Coleman were not immediately returned Friday. Coleman's attorney, Malcolm Segal of Sacramento, also did not immediately return a phone message. The AP could not immediately locate a telephone number for Harris.
Rob Boriskin, who was assistant deputy director of administrative services from February 2005 to April 2006, told investigators that he recalls bringing the matter to Coleman's attention, and she told him to focus on "the bigger overall pictures and not spending so much time doing spreadsheets.''
But the report said claims that Coleman knew of the money were "unreliable.''


text:
Hi All,
So I thought I'd bring to the forum a question on koan study. I know that in zazen we focus on shikantaza. However, in your travels I am certain everyone must come across some level of koans...even if they are not from formal sources such as The Gateless Gate but just simply life. My question comes on how they are applied to y/our practice?
When I sit, I simply sit. But when I encounter a koan (be from dharma talks or books) I'm not certain on what to do with it. I understand that they are meant to short-circuit the intellectual process, but at which point would you 'focus' on a koan if not in zazen? Sometimes I will stop and think about them after reading a chapter of a book or hearing a podcast, but then, as I understand it, I am missing the point as I'm using my logic and intellect to attempt to realize something that is seemingly paradoxical.
Of course, maybe we simply ignore koans altogether as unnecessary...either way, I would love to hear how others approach this topic and what they do, if anything with it.


text:
Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON – In the ongoing saga of the Affordable Care Act, oddly referred to by Democrats as the law of the land even as it is amended at will by presidential fiat, we are beginning to understand the extent of its war on jobs.
First, the Congressional Budget Office triples its estimate of the drop in the workforce resulting from the disincentive introduced by Obamacare's insurance subsidies: 2 million by 2017, 2.3 million by 2021.
Democratic talking points gamely defend this as a good thing because these jobs are being given up voluntarily. Nancy Pelosi spoke lyrically about how Obamacare subsidies will allow people to leave unfulfilling jobs to pursue their passions: "Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance."
Nothing so lyrical has been written about work since Marx (in The German Ideology) described a communist society that "makes it possible for me to … hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner."
Pelosi's vision is equally idyllic except for one thing: The taxes of the American factory worker – grinding away dutifully at his repetitive, mind-numbing job – will be subsidizing the voluntary unemployment of the artiste in search of his muse. A rather paradoxical position for the party that poses as tribune of the working man.
In the reductio ad absurdum of entitlement liberalism, Jay Carney was similarly enthusiastic about this Obamacare-induced job loss. Why, Obamacare creates the "opportunity" that "allows families in America to make a decision about how they will work, and if they will work."
If they will work? Pre-Obama, people always had the right to quit work to tend full time to the study of butterflies. It's a free country. The twist in the new liberal dispensation is that the butterfly guy is to be subsidized by the taxes of people who actually work.
In the traditional opportunity society, government provides the tools – education, training and various incentives – to achieve the dignity of work and its promise of self-improvement and social mobility. In the new opportunity society, you are given the opportunity for idleness while living parasitically off everyone else. Why those everyone elses should remain at their jobs – hey! I wanna dance, too! – is a puzzle Carney has yet to explain.
The honest liberal reply to the CBO report is that a disincentive to work is inherent in any means-tested government benefit. It's the unavoidable price of helping those in need because for every new dollar you earn, you lose part of your subsidy and thus keep less and less of your nominal income.
That's inevitable. And that's why we have learned to tie welfare, for example, to a work requirement. Otherwise, beneficiaries could choose to live off the dole forever. That's why the 1996 Gingrich-Clinton welfare reform succeeded in reducing welfare rolls by two-thirds. It is not surprising that the same Obama administration that has been weakening the work requirement for welfare is welcoming the disincentive to work inherent in Obamacare.
But Obamacare's war on jobs goes beyond voluntary idleness. The administration is now conceding, inadvertently but unmistakably, Obamacare's other effect: involuntary job loss. On Monday, the administration unilaterally postponed and weakened the employer mandate, already suspended through 2015, for yet another year.
But doesn't this undermine the whole idea of universal health coverage? Of course it does, but Obamacare was so structured that it is crushing small business and killing jobs. It creates a major incentive for small businesses to cut back to under 50 employees to avoid the mandate. Your business becomes a 49er by either firing workers or reducing their hours to below 30 a week. Because that doesn't count as full time, you escape both the employer mandate to buy health insurance and the fine for not doing so.
With the weakest recovery since World War II, historically high chronic unemployment and a shockingly low workforce participation rate, the administration correctly fears the economic consequences of its own law – and of the political fallout for Democrats as millions more Americans lose their jobs or are involuntarily reduced to part-time status.
Conservatives have been warning about this for five years. This is not rocket science. Both the voluntary and forced job losses were utterly predictable. Pelosi insisted we would have to pass the law to know what's in it. Now we know. Charles Krauthammer's column is distributed by The Washington Post Writers Group.


text:
eLinux.org:RPi Council
Raspberry Pi Wiki Hub deu | eng | fra | pt-br |
Because of the messed up stuff on the Raspberry Pi wiki, I have found it necessary to create a governing council for the RPi wiki. Please edit the below section if you'd like to become a member (alderman) of the council.
Note: This is official and is ok with the administration of eLinux.
Supplemental guidelines
If anything is wrong with these guidelines please feel free to edit them. Thank you.
Guidelines are made from consensus
All supplemental guidelines and decisions will now be made by the RPWC and eLinux administration.
Current council aldermen
- President - Jeff
Trevor Gowen- Delinquent - Jimmetry
Current issues
As he is not answering my requests for identity, he may be impersonating Mahjongg on the forums. I propose the account be blocked indefinitely because it clearly is copying the RPi forum mod's user name. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 12:26, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Verified thru PM. Case closed. :) --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 21:16, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I propose that since he ruined a lot of formatting that he is not to edit the Raspberry Pi Wiki's formatting for 1 month. You can see clearly here. He, in fact, misguided everyone in best practices! I want you to go to Wikipedia and take a hard stare and compare the articles! They are misleading! He clearly cannot go on with this! Anyone else agree? --Jeff 02:15, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Edit: and also add a block of 1 month if he does not comply. --Jeff 22:39, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
(Note: This decision must be concluded by Wednesday, October 3, 2012.)
- Having compared Ghans' "Best Practice" with which, I believe, are the equivalent areas of Wikipedia and parts of the Help sections here I can see what you mean. However, using Wikipedia as a guide, one also has to assume that he was writing with the best of intentions. Unfortunately he does not reveal much about his background, experience etc. on his user page. However, having had the experience of encouraging "best practice" within a mixed group of programmer's of different backgrounds (scientific, computational) and training (formal, informal, none), I am well aware that when considering adopting such from a related area, one also has to consider the needs etc. of the intended users ie. adopt as much as is appropriate, adapt or reject the remainder. An analogy would be that when preparing a presentation one may end up with several versions depending upon the expected audience. Hence, whilst I am prepared to support your proposal, it is on the understanding that this is done so to allow us to begin to formulate more suitable guidelines, given that, eventually, hopefully, there will be younger, enthusiastic but less experienced contributers whom I would not wish to discourage. --TrevorGowen 14:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- So you're a support? --Jeff 22:32, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Assuming I'm interpreting your update above correctly, to mean that he is requested to refrain from edits that change formatting aspects of the Raspbery Pi sections of the Wiki for one month and ignores that request, yes. Hopefully such a request will generate a response, therebye opening up a dialogue, which may resolve matters such that a formal block need not be imposed. --TrevorGowen 12:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
- So you're a support? --Jeff 22:32, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
I guess I will close this with a warning to Ghans. Block not implemented. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 12:39, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Shutdown of most other language "hubs"
Due to the importance of this topic, everyone is invited to post their opinions, even users that are not a council member.
These hubs serve no purpose but to point the respective language speakers to English pages. This is utterly useless. If I only spoke Greek, I would be able to understand the hub, but the hub's purpose is to link to other pages. Unfortunately I would ask a Greek community for help because the links are to ENGLISH pages! Why don't we just tell everyone a bold message: THIS IS AN ENGLISH WIKI! I propose to redirect all these pages to the English page; as for the template Hub Flags, I propose it be renamed as the RPi Hub header, or something like so. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 01:27, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
This shall be concluded on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 9:00pm (21:00) Eastern Standard Time, or whenever an obvious consensus closes.
- Is this for real?... it goes against the actions of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, see http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1715. If they want to spread their Forum into multiple languages, then so should the wiki. SimonSmall 20:31, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- THIS IS NEITHER CONTROLLED BY NOR SANCTIONED BY THE RASPI FOUNDATION. Unless YOU want to make all the different language pages, you really need to knock some sense into yourself. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 22:57, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Whilst it is my understanding that this section of the eLinux Wiki was created by members of the Raspi Foundation's forum (who, presumably, were already active contributors here), most of the non-english language pages appear to have been created in the early part of 2012 before the Raspberry Pi was generally available. As the number of active RasPi users grew, it was somewhat inevitable that contributions to this wiki area would increase. Unfortunately this has been at such a pace that, even where there had been significant translation effort in the early stages, at present, there appear to be too few people with the necessary skills to maintain those pages. I certainly don't have them (my French skills learned some 45 years ago are far too "rusty"). From the RPWC's president's comments above, I assume he's in a similar position. Hence, until such time that there are enough RPWC members with sufficient skills and "spare" time to properly check/moderate any translated pages, I agree that it is probably necessary to "shut them down". However, out of respect for the effort put into those early pages, I hope that such a shutdown will not result in complete deletion (where there has been significant effort), just in case their restoration becomes viable. --TrevorGowen 17:52, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, I will only redirect them. Very well. I guess we have finally reached consensus. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 02:50, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Well, yes the dictator reach a consensus. FR:RPi-Hub was maintained, I did some change as well as other during the last few months. Now what will happend when french speaking people go the this site. They will see an english only site and move on. Well Done!!
If the non-English "hubs" have been shutdown/redirected/whatever, maybe the list at http://elinux.org/RPi_Hub#Translations should be cleaned up too? AndrewS 23:13, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
We should be encouraging people from around the world to join any and every wiki, irrespective of their language boundaries. Jimmetry (talk) 00:46, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
I've actually been meaning to remove the redirects from the RPi translated pages and open that back up to whomever would like to translate current pages. As an Enlgish-only speaker however, I'll be unable to edit or maintain any non-english content. --Wmat (talk) 11:38, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Supplemental guidelines
This isn't the RPi Forums
This will officially tell all that the RPi Forums are not how the RPi Wiki works! Closes whenever consensus is apparently reached. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 23:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Official language
Note: Due to the importance of this topic, all users, regardless of RPWC membership, may discuss this. As amending to the above, English should be the official language of the wiki. We are in Amnet/Engnet/Euronet, not Runet or Chinet, so let's just say ENGLISH really should be the official language. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 01:37, 11 October 2012 (UTC) (closes on Friday)
I strongly disagree with that opinion. If you do make all hub page point to english, what is the point of having translation? You are not alone on this planet. A hole bunch of people don't speak (read) english at all.
The point of having translation, is to offer the same information in different languages so as much as possible persons can read thing about the RPi. I know that it is not possible (practically speaking) to have all hub pages having the same exact information but at least the info is there in as much language possible.
If you make english to only language here (even if just for the hub) people will go else where for a wiki and all your good work will be of no use. Just look around http://frenchmagpi.site-mpe.fr/index.php/Accueil, the magpi is being translated to french, issue 5 is already published and issue 6 is in good progress.
In my opinion, "my language is the official one" opinion is selfish and close minded. The goal of a public wiki on the web like this one is to let people share as much as possible their information. Look at the succes of wikipedia, it is available in I don't know many language, there are pages on the same subject in many many languages that don't have all the same information but at least there is information for every one and a lot more people can find information than if just english is available.
It is ok to have the default page point to the english hub but keep the flag and translated hub available to all. Do not trow to garbage the work of all the people who translated (updated) the hub to there own language.
- Thank you for your comments - I've been waiting for further contributions to this discussion since, without proper feedback from the wiki users, this "council" has no mandate for its efforts. Personally, I do not like the term "official language", and feel it would be more appropriate to use the term "primary language". Whilst this wiki has "public access", it appears to be "privately hosted", hence I do not regard it as a "public wiki" like wikipedia. I've already indicated above that I do not wish the existing translation work to be "thrown away", however, some of the "translated hubs" appear to be "skeletal forms" with minimal content. As such they are potentially misleading as to the level and quality of content of this area of work. Should such pages be marked more clearly with their "translation status" (in their "native" language and English), and with the category "needs editing" (or similar) then I'd be much happier for them to remain linked to.--TrevorGowen 08:34, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not an English native speaker either - and I agree with the proposal of having English as the primary language ... but also with keeping of the already created translations and the hub - in maybe some form of "unofficial" sub-pages without guarantee that they contain the same/verified/complete information. If they really posses any valuable information rather than being just a fork pointing to English articles, they should be kept available (at least as read-only), otherwise it's rational to clean up. The term "official language" may not be the best choice, "primary language" sounds much better, but in my belief this is not about any selfishness, discrimination or anything else than an effort to keep this wiki well organized, readable, oriented on quality content, brief and clear. Maybe the language-hub can be placed somewhere at the bottom or as a sidebar menu (change to official wiki style?) with a clear marking, that its purpose is to provide extra space for smaller communities of people speaking other languages, and/or as some kind of mirrored clones with basic info from the main pages. Well, if that's what this wiki's objectives are... I understand very well that, this wiki may have a specific orientation and every contributor should respect the rules. Also, one wiki cannot meet everybody's wishes. There are plenty other options for specific language oriented wikis, forums, creating own, etc. On the other hand, if there is someone who would like to take over the role of an editor for a specific language and properly maintain the contents of that pages, I'm sure he will be greatly welcome. One more note - everybody should be aware that this is not a official Raspberry Pi Foundation's wiki. It is a publicly available private wiki (notwithstanding that it is created mostly by public community) for embedded Linux systems in general (correct me if necessary), where RPi is one of such systems/devices. It just happened to be the best available place for this purpose at the time, and thus the Raspberry Pi Foundation simply provided a link to this wiki (instead of creating its own, having to maintain it, moderate, etc.). We should be happy for having this place available for public collaboration. But without proper administration, it may easily become just a mess of unreadable contributions and literally lose its point... Who would want that? ;) --Pinoccio 14:30, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Wiki Design principles
All good things require a good design. To improve this site, we should (re)define / clarify its purpose. The following principles are suggested:
Users of the Raspberry Pi will be of three types (or a mixture of these);
(a) competent Linux user,
(b) experienced hardware and/or software modifier / hobbyist
(c) beginner
Each page should consider WHY a reader would be using that page.
A competent Linux user would only want to know how to get the Raspberry Pi working and set up, and any 'peculiarities' relating to the hardware or Linux distribution. The hobbyist would additionally want to know how to use the GPIO ports and associated software, or how to modify / build the distribution or packages not included in that distribution. There should be clear pointers on the first page for the sections relating to these groups.
The beginner will need careful guidance in their first steps. For this, instructions should be clear:
- they lead the user from what they know into what they don't, with each step being small and simple with the 'objective' clearly defined.
- they use simple steps, and should skip optional complications that are not relevant to the current 'lesson', e.g. half of the raspi-config settings are 'advanced'.
- they should include a link to complete documentation for the topic, with a warning that this may cover advanced material, e.g. full raspi-config instructions.
- the writer should take into account that the site, and users, will be global, with english as a second language.
- the writer should take into account the variations of hardware and distribution installed, e.g. the raspi-config utility is not available in many distributions.
- the instructions should clearly state if they are specific to a particular set up, or are 'date sensitive' to changes.
- pages should be separated into GUI and command line pages and flows.
- instructions should be free from point-of-view opinions.
- instructions should link to 'choice' pages that give pros and cons regarding that choice, e.g. which text editor should be used and if it is available / installable.
The beginner guidance should stop at the point where other sites can take over, e.g. once sufficient Linux has been covered, other Linux sites can provide more advanced or specific information. It should also be aligned to the objectives stated by the Raspberry Pi Foundation for why the Raspberry Pi exists.
Proposal, in absence of anything similar. SimonSmall 16:54, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
- I strongly oppose this. We should NEVER split users into "social classes" and English is our official language, just as English is the Raspberry Pi's preferred language. I think this overhaul is too much right now. Why don't we focus on something else first? Also, you can't make proposals unless you already are a council alderman, in which case, as of my posting time, you currently are not. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 01:40, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- As you clearly don't know much about a wiki, I suggest you become more mature when you apply for alderman in the future. I have rejected your request for aldermanship. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 01:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Interesting. Explanation? Quote from above "If anything is wrong with these guidelines please feel free to edit them. Thank you." This raises two questions; (1) What is being done to fix the Wiki? (2) How will (the wiki) encourage new users to contribute, especially the enthusiastic but inexperienced who likely form the target demographic? SimonSmall 21:45, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- That means minor changes, not major, overhauling changes. Also, nothing is wrong with the guidelines! --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 04:30, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
- Interesting. Explanation? Quote from above "If anything is wrong with these guidelines please feel free to edit them. Thank you." This raises two questions; (1) What is being done to fix the Wiki? (2) How will (the wiki) encourage new users to contribute, especially the enthusiastic but inexperienced who likely form the target demographic? SimonSmall 21:45, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- As you clearly don't know much about a wiki, I suggest you become more mature when you apply for alderman in the future. I have rejected your request for aldermanship. --Jeff • (talk) RPWC President 01:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
If you are interested edit here
Please indicate your interest in joining the council below here, along with a link to your userpage.
I have no interest in joining the council myself (just don't have the time), but I think any self-appointed "wiki council" should give itself some validity by spending some time coming up with practical guidelines / recommendations (without being too restrictive of course) rather than the "petty squabbling" that this page seems to be about so far ;-) For example maybe you could have a list of pages that you've already "cleaned up", so that we can at least see what "best practices" look like. And maybe you could come up with some guidelines for how pages like RPi_Hardware and RPi_Low-level_peripherals should document things which are different for the different revisions of RaspberryPi boards that exist? And Jeff, it might be useful to link to this page from your userpage :) AndrewS 23:31, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Some more things I've spotted after a quick poke around...
- I see you reverted the change Ryanteck made when adding Rastrack, citing "Self advertising" - IMHO Rastrack is a useful link (it's been featured on the RPi blog) and shouldn't count as self-advertising. When deleting links from the wiki (e.g. if they're on "the wrong page"), maybe you could add them onto "the right page" at the same time? We do want the wiki to be newbie-friendly, don't we? :)
- In terms of "guidelines", should all pages like e.g. Raspcontrol be renamed to e.g. "RPi_Raspcontrol" ?
- Surely it'd have been better just to edit the existing RPi_Wiki_Best_Practice rather than nominating it for deletion (and removing all links to it) ? I'm afraid I'm not a wiki-expert so could you explain how it's "clearly misleading from Wikipedia's policies" and how the policies of Wikipedia are relevant to elinux.org ?
- Is the RPi Model Wizard a joke? Currently there's only one model available to buy... (and even if there were two models on sale, the "wizard" seems pretty pointless IMHO)
AndrewS 00:37, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Hope you don't mind me adding further comments here...
Something else that it might be nice for the "wiki council" to clean up, is that there are several orphaned RPi-related pages (see here) so I guess it would be nice if either i) links were added back to those pages or ii) the content from those pages is moved/edited to more appropriate/relevant pages or iii) those pages are marked as "redundant info, please delete" or something ?
AndrewS 01:45, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you for the info. w.r.t. orphaned pages. I'm still finding my way around here myself, but, being retired, I have more time to deal with such issues than, maybe, Jeff has. (That is, when I'm not trying things out etc. with my raspbery pi boxes). I'll take a look at them as soon as I get the chance. --TrevorGowen 14:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I am really bothered by the nonsense at the top of the hub page. The "model wizard" and following pages are quite absurd, and even if they weren't, they don't belong there. Is anybody opposed to removing this content or at least moving it? HBrydon 22:40 23 Feb 2013 (UTC)
- You have my support, but I suspect "Jeff" will object :-/ I personally think this whole "wiki council" (and it's claim of authority, coupled with lack of action) is absurd too. I added some (personal) comments to User_talk:Zootboy which in hindsight I should probably have added here. AndrewS (talk) 13:00, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- This wiki is not governed by anyone other than the community. I do my best to remove spam and keep content as current as possible. Should a Raspberry Pi Wiki Council wish to maintain a tightly controlled wiki elsewhere, they're welcome to do so. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact User:wmat. The wiki has worked well for over 8 years in this manner. --Wmat (talk) 14:17, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- I had begun to suspect that "Jeff"'s claims of a "mandate" for a "Raspberry Pi Wiki Council" were not as "firm" as I had been led to believe - this being my first venture into a wiki community I guess I was somewhat naive. Any comments or contributions made here were intended to be constructive. However most of my contributions, like those of others, are based upon my current investigations and experimentation with raspberry pi hardware etc., and added, hopefully, to appropriate pages. --TrevorGowen (talk) 21:32, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Long time no see , folks ! Well , i'm back and would like your opinion on my TOP 3 proposals :
- TOP 1 : Get the old RPi_Hub talk page back.
- TOP 2 : An outlet on the raspberrypi.org forums with updates on "cleaning up the Wiki" and a call for editors.
This is of paramount importance IMHO.
Perhaps we can find interested people from the beta RaspberryPi Stackexchange , too. - TOP 3 : Talk to MagPi translators , other volunteers and eLinux.org admins to find a sane solution to the
translation/localization mess on the wiki.
- Regards , Ghans (talk) 10:42, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
- Long time no see , folks ! Well , i'm back and would like your opinion on my TOP 3 proposals :
- I had begun to suspect that "Jeff"'s claims of a "mandate" for a "Raspberry Pi Wiki Council" were not as "firm" as I had been led to believe - this being my first venture into a wiki community I guess I was somewhat naive. Any comments or contributions made here were intended to be constructive. However most of my contributions, like those of others, are based upon my current investigations and experimentation with raspberry pi hardware etc., and added, hopefully, to appropriate pages. --TrevorGowen (talk) 21:32, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- This wiki is not governed by anyone other than the community. I do my best to remove spam and keep content as current as possible. Should a Raspberry Pi Wiki Council wish to maintain a tightly controlled wiki elsewhere, they're welcome to do so. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact User:wmat. The wiki has worked well for over 8 years in this manner. --Wmat (talk) 14:17, 24 February 2013 (UTC)


text:
Gov. Brownbacks Budget Would Divert Highway Funds
KSCB News - January 17, 2013 8:26 am
Kansas would use some of its highway dollars to help cover the cost of busing children to and from public schools under Gov. Sam Brownback's budget proposals.
Brownback proposed Wednesday that the state divert $193 million normally set aside for highway projects to school transportation programs during the two years beginning in July.
The diversion would be almost $97 million in each of the next two fiscal years.
Brownback's administration said the state still will complete the 10-year, $8 billion transportation program that it started in 2010.
When the state has faced budget problems in the past, it has raided highway funds to support general government programs.
Budget Director Steve Anderson said Brownback is now seeking to divert highway funds to cover other transportation-related expenses.


text:
8503 Greenbelt Rd, Suite T4
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Would you like a whiter smile right now? In the Greenbelt, MD area, Zebrowski Dental Care offers in-office tooth whitening for quick results. Dr. Robert Zebrowski applies a bleaching solution to your teeth which is then accelerated by a high-intensity light. Teeth can often be whitening in one or two one-hour sessions - perfect if you're looking for a quick and easy way to brighten up your smile.
For many people with crowded or crooked teeth in the Greenbelt area, braces can help keep their teeth cleaner, their gums healthier and provide relief from jaw pain. You deserve a lifetime of better oral health.
The straight teeth, bright smile and life-long oral health you envision really can be yours. Zebrowski Dental Care will help you plan the proper orthodontics treatment to create your healthier new life.
If you want a gorgeous smile that turns heads, you may want to learn about the range of dental services offered at Zebrowski Dental Care. Greenbelt area cosmetic dentist Dr. Robert Zebrowski is dedicated to producing quality results and beautiful smiles.
Dr. Robert Zebrowski has a gentle touch and provides comfortable cleaning for a whiter smile. Offering cosmetic dentistry in the Greenbelt, Maryland area, Dr. Zebrowski assures you that a bright, healthy smile is the result of regular, preventative, professional dental cleanings.
If you're interested in natural-looking bridges and dentures, look no further than Robert Zebrowski, D.D.S. who practices in the Greenbelt, Maryland area. Using modern materials and techniques, Dr. Zebrowski can achieve the natural look you seek. You will be very pleased with the comfortable, long-lasting results.
Ribera, Michael J D.D.S.
1140 19th St Nw # 400
Washington, DC, 20036-6610
Cohen, Steven C D.D.S.
1140 19th St Nw # 400
Washington, DC, 20036-6610
Blumenkranz, Uziel D.D.S.
1234 19th St Nw # 208
Washington, DC, 20036-2448
Moiseiwitsch, Julian D.D.S.
5225 Wisconsin Ave Nw # 303
Washington, DC, 20015-2055


text:
Legal notice
The content of this website does not constitute the provision of investment, legal or tax advice. Any views expressed reflect the current views of the author, which do not necessarily correspond to the opinions of Deutsche Bank AG or its affiliates. Opinions expressed may change without notice. Opinions expressed may differ from views set out in other documents, including research, published by Deutsche Bank. The research reports and comments are provided for informational purposes only and without any obligation, whether contractual or otherwise. No warranty or representation is made as to the correctness, completeness and accuracy of the information given or the assessments made.
Use of our website
Contents and structure of the Deutsche Bank Research website are copyright protected. The use of information or data requires the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank Research. You must comply with exisiting intellectual property rights and any applicable usage terms and conditions in case you intend to use any published content of this website. Any quotes or excerpts from published content are permitted for private or non-commercial use subject to reference to the source "Deutsche Bank Research".
Terms of use for registered users
The use of electronic information services by registered users is subject to special terms and conditions.
Data privacy
Please find our Data privacy statement here.
Please send any comments or enquiries in respect of this website to:
Deutsche Bank Research
60262 Frankfurt am Main
E-mail: email@example.com
Tel: +49 69 910-31803
Published by Deutsche Bank Research in Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main. © 1996-2024. Deutsche Bank AG, DB Research, 60262 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, editor and publisher, all rights reserved.


text:
Clear the Form
Date Request
You have requested Lyle Griffin Warshauer for Tuesday, March 28th, 2023.
Please fill out the following form to complete your date request, or go back to Lyle Griffin Warshauer bio page to select another date.
Note: Another client has already requested this date for this mediator however that request has not been confirmed. If you wish to be put next in line for this date and mediator, please complete and submit the form.


text:
Durham Open
Played as the Durham Open.
Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf's greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).
Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24).
To secure the best rates and ensure availability, it's recommended to book your rental car in advance, especially during peak golfing season.
Car Rental in Belgium, Europe & Worldwide – Avis
Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year's Evian Championship.
Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.


text:
To identify priorities for intervention, teams of exceptional and struggling learners need to ask two questions: 1) Which of the standards expected at this grade level is this student not on schedule to master? And 2) What other critical skills does this student need to acquire in order to participate meaningfully in daily classroom routines? Each person involved in the planning has a role in answering these questions.
Katie's special education teacher began the meeting talking about the amazing progress Katie has made with reading. She is on grade level in reading comprehension, and her reading pace has improved enough that it no longer stops her from reading for pleasure. Katie smiled, hearing everyone praise her hard work and accomplishments. Katie then talked about some of her favorite books she has read lately.
Next the team discussed her writing skills and the improvement she has made. Her language arts teacher noticed that when she writes lengthy texts the number of errors she makes in punctuation increases dramatically after the first page. Katie's father said he had noticed the same sort of problem in mathematics. On all of her work, she starts out strong and then makes simple calculation or sign errors toward the end of the work. Katie was able to pass most of her math work at the C level.
The special education teacher talked about how the conventions of writing and the simple pieces of mathematics are automatic for most 5th graders. But for students who have learning disabilities who are gifted, like Katie, the more complex pieces can be easier for her than remembering to punctuate, capitalize, or attend to spelling in her writing. The team seemed to think the same pattern was evident across the curriculum for Katie. Katie agreed that it was hard to remember the punctuation and spelling when she was thinking about the topic of her writing. The ELA teacher was really concerned because Katie's writing mechanics are at a 3rd or 4th grade level.
Katie's mother then expressed a concern with Katie's forgetting to do her homework. She seems to want to remember her homework, but even with a calendar, she forgets to write down the assignments. Sometimes, Katie completes the assignment but then forgets to turn it in. Katie's general education teacher agreed and said that even when asking the class as a group to find the assignment to turn in, that Katie sometimes sits at her desk and doesn't look for hers. Katie's mom explained that Katie really has a difficult time remembering to do lots of things—and remembering items. Katie's father agreed, saying that Katie carries her books with her all day and won't use her locker because she is afraid she will forget something in it or forget the locker combination.
The team came up with the follwing goals for Katie.
Priorities Chosen
Annual Goals
We want Katie to write with correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
In language arts, social studies, and science, Katie will write paragraphs with no more than 3 punctuation, spelling, or capitalization error for every 5 paragraphs on 15 pieces of writing.
We want Katie to present a topic clearly, and write supporting paragraphs, each with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a variety of descriptive words and phrases to add depth.
On language arts expository writing assignments, Katie will use an introduction, 3 supporting details in each paragraph, and a conclusion on 10 assignments in a row.
We want Katie to remember to do and turn in her homework assignments and projects.
For language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, Katie will consistently complete all 7 steps of submitting complete and timely homework, and no more than 1 late assignment per month.


text:
If you believe such respected foodologists as Alton Brown, there are flavor compounds in tomatoes that are only liberated by alcohol, but is that really it? Is it possible there are things that happen when we combine certain ingredients that we simply don't understand, and never will?
This is a fairly typical vodka sauce recipe with one main exception – I use bacon instead of the traditional Italian pancetta. In case you don't know, pancetta and bacon are very similar, except pancetta is not smoked.
In this recipe I enjoy the subtle smokiness the bacon brings and I believe it adds a little extra richness to the dish, which allows me to dial back the cream content. I'm not a big fan of the cream-laden, pale-pink vodka sauces you see sometimes.
One thing with this penne recipe that may seem odd is that I don't add garlic. There's some garlic in the marinara sauce I use, but I don't add additional minced garlic at the beginning, as one would assume I might. I just like the taste of this sauce without that "extra" flavor. I can't really explain why, other than to say just because.
If you've never made this before and want some delicious homework, I suggest trying a version with bacon and then one with the classic pancetta. I'd love to hear what you think of the differences. Enjoy!
1 14.5-oz box Barilla multigrain penne pasta
1 tbsp olive oil
4 oz chopped bacon or pancetta
1/2 cup vodka
1 small spring fresh rosemary, whole
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 cups prepared tomato/pasta sauce
3/4 cup water
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese


text:
Women's Solid Black Summer Cowl Scarf, 24" x 6"
Soft & Lightweight Cowl hand-crocheted with a high quality yarn. Because of the cuddly softness, the cowl is incredibly comfortable and feels wonderful against the skin. I used Homespun yarn - a yarn that has a loosely spun, wavy strand that creates a unique texture and appearance. Homespun yarns are luxuriously soft and silky with a nice, subtle sheen
The color is a basic deep solid black. The yarn has a subtle sheen.
I wanted to make a simple, easy to wear, and lightweight accessory for summer and decided to make a whole line of summer cowls in all of the beautiful and unique Homespun colors. The cowl is really easy to wear, just slip it over your head and adjust to your liking.
This little accessory type of scarf is great for adding some color to a warm-weather outfit without being too warm or heavy. It functions mainly as a fashion accessory and is great for spring and summer. However, it can also be used as a lightweight neck warmer by bunching or folding over close to the neck, then holding in place with a jacket or coat.
--Yarn Content: 98% Acrylic/2% Polyester
--Yarn Brand: Lion Brand Homespun
--Yarn Label Color: Black
--Approximate Length (full circumference unstretched): 24 inches/61 cm
--Approximate Width (height): 6 inches/ 15 cm
--Thickness: 1/4 inch/ .6 cm
--Weight: 2.25 oz
This size scarf is meant to be worn mainly as an accessory in mild weather. It's often helpful to look at a ruler or measuring tape to get a better idea of the width and length (shown above). For scale, the mannequin in the pictures represents a small-sized woman (Size 0 or 2) with a neck size of about 12 inches.
The pattern is my own design and is a combination of stitches crocheted as one continuous loop. It's crocheted "in the round" to eliminate a seam. One of the reasons I chose this wavy type of yarn is that it hides the area where I turn to start new rows.
These scarves have great range: they can complement the simplest, most casual tank tops and t-shirts, or add interest and color to sundresses and cocktail dresses.
Can be washed in cold and dried in dryer on low setting. However, I recommend either hand-washing in cold water and laying flat to dry, or washing on a gentle cycle in a lingerie bag and drying only a few minutes in the dryer. The gentler washing & drying prevents the yarn from frizzing over time. Avoid washing with heavier garments that cause friction. If using washing machine, avoid washing with items that have zippers, buttons, etc that may snag the yarn loops and pull on them or make the yarn fray. The general rule for washing crocheted items and keeping them looking as new as possible: the gentler, the better. (:
The summer scarves are small enough that they're really easy to hand-wash in a sink, gently roll up in a towel to squeeze out excess water, then reshape and air dry. I like to add just a tiny bit of fabric softener when hand-rinsing to make the yarn even softer and static-free.
Note: All yarns come with a bit of "factory residue" that causes a little stiffness. This will disappear with regular handling and/or the first wash, bringing out the true softness of the yarn.
I keep shipping to a minimum and offer First Class Package as the best value for price & speed. For multiple orders, I often use Priority Mail. For Ready to Ship items, I'll ship within two business days. For items made to order, I'll ship as soon as I have the scarf finished (within the time-frame stated in the listing title). I use the PayPal/USPS integrated shipping system whenever possible, so you will be provided with a delivery confirmation number by email from PayPal. Most First Class packages take two to five days to be delivered.
I always combine shipping for multiple orders. I most commonly use USPS First Class International for shipping outside of the US. First Class International may take a longer time to arrive than other services, but it's much more affordable than Priority International (which usually runs $25 or more for a few ounces). Delivery time for international packages is usually 5 to 15 business days. Customs, bad weather, or national holidays can sometimes slow down a package with the occasional shipment taking around 30 days to arrive. This only happens to about 5% of my international shipments. (:
In the last four years, USPS has raised prices significantly for First Class International, in some cases more than doubling the amount they used to charge before 2013. On a positive note, as part of that price increase, they include tracking and delivery confirmation as part of the First Class service for almost all the countries I ship to.
To keep shipping costs down, I will use lightweight polymer shipping envelopes as often as possible. For multiple items, I may find a cardboard box is best.
International Buyers Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to buying.
I accept PayPal. If you don't have a PayPal account, you will still be able to pay with a credit or debit card through PayPal. You can also pay from your bank account using an E-check (also through the PayPal system), but I won't be able to ship until the check has cleared, PayPal says it's okay to ship and allows me to print out a label.
For now, I am not accepting returns, but am completely open to resolving any problems that may occur. I feel the best strategy is to head off any problems before they even happen. If you have any questions whatsoever about any items I am selling, please ask.
Thanks for looking!


text:
Our site uses cookies. A cookie is a small piece of information/data created and sent by a web page server to be stored on your computer, so it can be read back later from a browser.
Cookies are used on our site to enable functionality of the shop and to collect anonymous statistical visitor information.
We don't sell the information collected by our cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties. First Pasture does not hold any personal data (such as your name, address or any other information which could identify you) in our cookies. There are three types of cookies used on our site:
Website functionality session cookies These session cookies enable you to browse the website and use our features such as the shopping basket. These temporary cookies expire after the browsing session. Cookies should be enabled in your internet browser in order to use our shopping basket otherwise it may not work. Website analytics cookies We use Google Analytics to help First Pasture estimate the number of visitors to the website and the pages visited. The ccokies we use collect information in an anonymous form. We do not share Google Analytics data.
Customer preference cookies When browsing or shopping online, the website will remember preferences you make (for example your details if you created an account). This makes your browsing experience simpler, easier and more personal to you. Consent By continuing to use our website you agree we can place the cookies descibed on your computer for the reasons described. How to Manage Cookies If you do disable our cookies you may find that certain sections of our website do not work. Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org.


text:
Application Management
Returning users:Log in to continue an application. | First-time users:Create an account to start a new application. |
First-time Users
Note: To protect the privacy and security of your application, you must register your email address. Once created, you may access your account at any time, using your registered email and self-selected password.


text:
soviet --Soviet Revolution-- Year:4014--
Bosnaax, in Scenarios - Offtopic
Similar Content
- 11 replies
- 245 views
- 0 replies
- 1,384 views
- 3 replies
- 1,593 views
- 0 replies
- 153 views
- 19 replies
- 880 views
Popular Now
the idea of super expansions, winning games and a proposal for great powers.
By Денис Живков, in Ideas for the Age of History 3
- 11 replies
- 245 views
- 14 replies
- 847 views
- 28 replies
- 890 views
- 19 replies
- 880 views
- 22 replies
- 507 views
Our picks
Bloody Europe II | New update
Trans-Amur posted a topic in Mods,
Bloody Europe II - it's a mod with a huge map of Europe.
In these mod is:
-Giant map of Europe (4434 provinces) + big map of Europe (2637 provinces) + large map of German Empire (937 provinces)
-Large count of scenarios from ancient times to alternative future
-New fonts and music
-Plenty of new civilizations, form civs and union
-You will see changes in the game code that will change the game significantly - 1,740 replies
Picked By
Łukasz Jakowski, -
Events - Common events for every civilization in the game
Łukasz Jakowski posted a topic in Ideas for the Age of History 3,
in this topic, I am interested in your ideas for events that can happen for every Civilization in the game.
I'm also interested in Missions for every Civilization.
Here is some example, have more than 10k army, have more than 5000 gold, build 10 buildings, recruit an Advisor, increase tax efficiency 20 times, be largest producer of some resource in the world, unlock 5 Civilization legacies etc. - 156 replies
Picked By
Łukasz Jakowski, -
First preview of the Alpha version of Age of History 3
Łukasz Jakowski posted a topic in Informations,
First preview of the Alpha version of Age of History 3, YouTube.
Release date: When it's ready 😛 Subscribe for more!
- 174 replies
Picked By
Łukasz Jakowski, -
Land units - Ideas AoH3
Łukasz Jakowski posted a topic in Ideas for the Age of History 3,
AoH3 will have different types of land units.
In this topic we will write ideas for new land units.
So the AoH 3 will have new battle system.
Representation of the battlefield in the game.
Land units will be grouped into 3 types. Each unit will have a different recruitment cost, attack, defense, movement speed and upkeep.
Groups determine the placement of units on the battlefield.
Each unit can be unlocked by researching technology and then upgraded.
Here is the current list of units with upgrades:
First line:
Warrior -> Light Footmen -> Heavy Infantry -> Infantry -> Line Infantry -> Modern Infantry
Hoplites -> Spearmen -> Pikeman -> Elite Pikeman -> Musketeer -> Riflemen -> Mechanized Infantry -> Modern Mechanized Infantry
First line side:
Horseman -> Elite Horseman -> Cavalry -> Tank -> Modern Tank
Second line:
Archer -> Bowmen -> Crossbowman -> Elite Crossbowman
Canon -> Field Cannon -> Artillery -> Modern Artillery
Early Airplane -> Airplane -> Modern Airplane
This is a very early version, so maybe something should be changed?
Or maybe an idea for a new type of unit with upgrades? I'm waiting for your suggestions.
- 186 replies
Picked By
Łukasz Jakowski, -
Ideas for new buildings in the Age of History 3
Łukasz Jakowski posted a topic in Ideas for the Age of History 3,
Your ideas can become part of the game, in this topic we will write ideas for new buildings in Age of History 3.
The buildings will be grouped into four categories:
1. Administration
2. Military
3. Economy
4. Unique capital buildings - These powerful buildings provide bonuses for the local province or for all provinces of your Civilization
All of the buildings can be upgraded, here is example:
Library -> University -> Academy
Each building costs differently and gives different bonuses.
This is what your building idea post should look like, example
Building Group: Administration
Name: Tax Office
Cost: 60 Gold
Construction Time: 90 Days
Maintenance Cost: 0.2 gold per month
The name of the technology that unlocks this building (Optional)
And write here what bonuses this building provides. Example:
Local Tax Efficiency: +10%
Manpower per month: +25
The same goes for building upgrades.
The most important thing with new building ideas is to not stick to the old game, get creative and offer new bonuses not available in Age of History 2, and maybe new things and mechanics will be added to the game
Template for the post:
Building Group:
Construction Time:
Maintenance Cost:
The name of the technology that unlocks this building:
- 267 replies
Picked By
Łukasz Jakowski,


text:
Oops – The site you were looking for no longer exists!
Are you a Real Estate Investor?
You need a website for your real estate investing business.
Quick & effective real estate investor websites to help you generate leads online.
Already a Carrot member?
If you got here when trying to look for your own website, hit us up at support. You may have typed something incorrectly, or your account may be on hold – either way, we will be happy to help you out!


text:
West Virginia Hangs On To Beat Iowa State
AMES, Iowa -- Tavon Austin turned a touch pass from Geno Smith into a 75-yard touchdown with 6:31 left and West Virginia held on to beat Iowa State 31-24 Friday to break a five-game losing streak.
In the first game between the two schools, the Mountaineers (6-5, 3-5 Big 12) trailed 24-23 when they took over on their own 25 after Iowa State's Edwin Arceo kicked a 49-yard field goal.
Smith took the snap in shotgun formation and immediately flicked the ball to Austin cutting in front of him. Austin, who had been held in check until then, turned the corner and easily outran the pursuit down the left sideline.
Iowa State (6-6, 4-5) then drove to the West Virginia 7, but Jeff Woody fumbled into the end zone and Karl Joseph recovered for the Mountaineers, which ran out the clock.
West Virginia became bowl eligible for the 11th straight season with the victory and could enhance its postseason position with a victory over Kansas at home in its regular-season finale next Saturday. The Mountaineers' losing streak had been their longest since dropping six in a row in 1986.
Iowa State played its regular-season finale and will await its third bowl bid in coach Paul Rhoads' four seasons.
Both teams put up decent numbers despite raw, blustery conditions. The wind blew at a steady 15 mph out of the northwest and the wind chill was 21 degrees at kickoff.
Smith fell well short of his 336-yard passing average, but still completed 22 of 31 for 236 yards and two touchdowns. He worked against an Iowa State secondary missing injured starters Jansen Watson and Durrell Givens, the national leader in takeaways.
Austin was held to 74 yards rushing in 14 carries after gashing Texas for a school record 344 yards last week. But the power running of 5-foot-11, 235-pound Shawne Alston helped keep the Mountaineers moving.
Alston carried 19 times for a career-best 130 yards and a touchdown and helped his team play keep-away at the end.
Iowa State freshman Sam Richardson, making his first start after throwing four touchdown passes in a relief role at Kansas last week, completed 13-of-31 passes for 162 yards and three touchdowns. Often forced out of the pocket, he showed some nimble feet in scrambling for 119 yards in 18 carries.
Neither quarterback was intercepted and despite the frigid conditions, there were no fumbles until Woody's near the end.
With Iowa State leading 21-20, a holding penalty negated Austin's 68-yard touchdown on a punt return. The Mountaineers ending up settling for a field goal, Tyler Bitancurt coaxing through a 35-yarder that nicked the left upright for a 23-21 lead with 9:35 left. Bitancurt had missed a 46-yard attempt in the first quarter when the ball hit the left upright and bounced back onto the field.
Iowa State had taken its first lead of the game at 21-20 when Richardson hit Quenton Brundage in stride for a 35-yard touchdown with 4:56 left in the third quarter. They hooked up six plays after the Mountaineers went up 20-14 on Bitancurt's second field goal of the game, a 44-yarder.
West Virginia chipped away at the Iowa State defense on a time-consuming drive that stalled after a holding penalty at the Cyclones' 33. Cleyon Laing's sack of Smith on third down forced the field goal.
After West Virginia managed only a 3-0 lead with the wind at its back in the first quarter, Smith took the Mountaineers on two snappy touchdown drives against the wind in the second period.
He completed passes of 27 and 23 yards to Steadman Bailey before Alston wedged into the end zone from a yard out to make it 10-0. The next time Smith and his teammates got the ball, he finished a 70-yard, eight-play drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Bailey, who beat Givens' replacement, Gage Shaeffer, on a square out.
But Iowa State and Richardson answered both scores.
Richardson found Jerome Tiller in the back left corner of the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown to cut the lead 10-7.
Then, taking over at the Iowa State 29 with just 1:32 left in the half, Richardson executed the 2-minute offense to perfection. He converted a third-and-10 with an 18-yard pass to Jarvis West and scrambled for 21 yards on fourth-and-6 from the West Virginia 39.
On the next play, Richardson hit Josh Lenz, who made a shoe-top catch for an 18-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left in the half, drawing the Cyclones to 17-14.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed.


text:
Home » Sound Art - Radio Art » DE MARINIS, PAUL: The Edison Effect
DE MARINIS, PAUL: The Edison Effect
From the legendary Apollohuis, this is a remarkable collection of experiments with technology, all centred on cylinder and 78rpm recordings, mostly early (including the very earliest) sound recordings read by laser technology and manipulated in numerous ways to bring out some aspect of the meaning, the cultural context or the technology, including stretching, layering, substitution (a fascinating transcription of a 1915 piano recording that presents the original, then as replicated by midi files and replayed on a digital piano and a glass harmonica, then electronically 'corrected' for pitch and performing mistakes, the corrected version re-recorded and played back on a new cylinder). Ancient Linguaphone recordings, Chinese 78s, a clay pot read by laser.. It's a CD of investigative experiments. 3-fold colour digipack with an with an excellent, thorough and stimulating 24pp booklet and useful photographs. Limited art edition of 1000. L
Code: ACD039514
Price: £16.45


text:
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The popular wine known as "Two-Buck Chuck" will need a new name after the bargain beverage's price was raised.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that over the past decade shoppers at Trader Joe's California stores paid $1.99 for a bottle of Charles Shaw shiraz or cabernet sauvignon.
The new $2.49 price tag had shoppers searching for new names. Some customers joked that the brand should now be called "Inflation Chuck" or "Upchuck."
Trader Joe's sold about 5 million cases of the wine last year.
The maker, Bronco Wine Co., said it was able to keep the price so low because it owns 45,000 acres of vineyard, which insulated it from large fluctuations in grape prices.
But bad crops in 2011 and 2012 impacted the price.


text:
From Openmoko
WARNING: THIS MIGHT KILL YOUR SD CARD, since there might be alot of read/writes on the same spot. The Freerunner has only 128mb ram, when this is used up applications get killed.
Please note that the above warning do not apply to microSD (including microSDHC) card with wear-levelling algorithms/microcontrollers. (See #References)
Please note that you can change the swappiness setting (low value, default 60) so the swap partition or swap file will be used as little as possible. (See #References)
Contents |
Make swap when you are connected to your openmoko with ssh
NOTE: swap files cannot be created on compressed file systems like jffs2. SHR uses jffs2: I created a swap file on /media/card/swapfile |
64M byte of swap just as an example
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536
Next time you boot there will be swap
echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0">> /etc/fstab
Make swap
mkswap /swapfile
Make the swap file work now:
swapon /swapfile
Make swap when microSD card is in a card reader
The uSD card is booted on /boot. To use this, we need to make sure that the microsd card is booted, and the Swap can be turned on.
Create the swapfile on the uSD card.
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/boot/swapfile bs=1024k count=128 # mkswap /boot/swapfile
Now, we can put in an init script for Fyp which does this for us everytime we boot.
# touch /etc/init.d/extswap.sh # chmod +x /etc/init.d/extswap.sh # cat > /etc/init.d/extswap.sh #! /bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: extswap # Required-Start: mountall # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: # Short-Description: Uses Additional Swap If Available. works on SHR distro # Description: ### END INIT INFO PATH=/sbin:/bin do_start() { modprobe loop echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness if [ -e /boot/swapfile ] ; then for loopdev in `ls /dev/loop* 2>/dev/null` ; do losetup $loopdev /boot/swapfile && swapon $loopdev && echo $loopdev > /var/extswapfile && break done fi } do_stop() { loopdev=`cat /var/extswapfile 2>/dev/null` swapoff $loopdev 2>/dev/null && rm -f /var/extswapfile && losetup -d $loopdev } case "$1" in start|"") do_start ;; restart|reload|force-reload) do_stop do_start ;; stop) do_stop ;; *) echo "Usage: extswap.sh [start|stop|restart]" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac # update-rc.d extswap.sh defaults
- 2/17/2008, notebookreview.com: SDHC Cards vs Hard Drive vs SSD Quote: "...That sounds like an absolutely manditory thing to have in flash storage ... and luckily "high-performance" SDHC cards such as the 16GB A-DATA SDHC card and many other class 6 cards from other manufacturers incorportate wear-leveling [Please check before you buy!]..."
- MicroSD(HC) cards are a sort of a SSD: December 7, 2008, robert.penz.name: No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? Quote: "...They assume perfect wear leveling...We stay also with the 2 million cycles and assume a 16GB SSD *With 50 MByte/sec we get 20 years! *With 2 MByte/sec we get 519 years! *And even if we reduce the write cycles to 100.000 and write with 2 MByte/sec all the time we're at 26 years!!...1. Never choose to use a journaling file system on the SSD partitions: Bullshit, you're just risking data security. Stay with ext3...7. One more thing to consider is that flash-devices handle their space in blocks. The blocksize typically varies between 16KB and 512 KB. Therefore writing one byte may cause erase and rewrite of up to 512KB..."
- fosswire.com: Speed up your system by avoiding the swap file Quote: "...the Linux kernel provides a tweakable setting that controls how often the swap file is used, called swappiness. A swappiness setting of zero means that the disk will be avoided unless absolutely necessary (you run out of memory), while a swappiness setting of 100 means that programs will be swapped to disk almost instantly..."


text:
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The first time I ran into Chuck Liddell, it was at the then-customary rules meeting before his May 2001 bout with Kevin Randleman. There were no camera crews following him, no flock of reporters jotting down his every word – he was just another fighter in a room full of them, competing in a sport that wasn't even back on pay-per-view yet.
The first time I ran into Chuck Liddell, it was at the then-customary rules meeting before his May 2001 bout with Kevin Randleman. There were no camera crews following him, no flock of reporters jotting down his every word – he was just another fighter in a room full of them, competing in a sport that wasn't even back on pay-per-view yet.
My nephew, who was shooting pictures for me at the time, thought there was nothing cooler than the tattoo on the side of Liddell's head - the kanji symbols for "place of peace and prosperity" – and not only did he photograph it, he went on to have a casual conversation with him about everything but fighting.
That was nearly eight years ago. The day after the rules meeting, Liddell knocked out former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman in 78 seconds, and it was the beginning of his transition from California cult hero to worldwide mixed martial arts superstar. Today, everyone knows who Chuck Liddell is; camera crews follow him around, flocks of reporters jot down his every word, but remarkably, he remains the same person he was in 2001. Sure, the bank account's bigger, the clubs are nicer, and the trappings of fame more expensive – both literally and figuratively – but of anyone in professional sports today, Liddell has remained true to what got him here in the first place.
"I've got a lot of friends that I've hung out with for 10-15 years that still hang out with me, and I don't think they'd let me start acting like a jerk," he told me in 2006. "They knew me when I was the guy going to college and working behind the bar. Plus I still live in the same small town, and things like that (celebrity) aren't really that big a deal around here. I think I'm a normal guy, and I try to be as normal as I can."
That's rare in a day and age where image and spin is everything. Liddell has the same Mohawk, the same trainer (John Hackleman), the same friends, and the same attitude. Of course, on this side of the Octagon, eight years of covering Liddell has its challenges, but while hearing him simply state that he just loves to fight and loves knocking people out will never allow him to fill up notebooks like a Bernard Hopkins, that, frankly, is part of his appeal. Liddell has always boiled fighting down to its bare essence. For him, when he stepped into the Octagon, it was a fight – not a chess match, not a clashing of styles or comparison of techniques. He was going to hit you, you were going to try to hit him, and more often than not, you were going to fall down. It was a fight, plain and simple, and no one wanted to win that fight more than him.
"From chess to checkers when I was a kid, I've always been competitive," he said in 2003. "I hate to lose. I hate to lose at anything. I've gotten a lot better about mellowing out about fun games, but there was a time when I'd get pissed about everything. Whether it was shooting pool or anything, I just hated losing. I've kind of moved that focus and tried to keep it to my professional life."
That was bad news for the men he faced in the Octagon. After a 2003 that saw losses to Randy Couture and Quinton Jackson sandwich a win over Alistair Overeem, Liddell went on an over three year tear from 2004 to 2007 that not only established him as the game's unquestioned superstar, but as the most terrifying light heavyweight in the game. Strangely enough though, as Liddell's fame grew, the respect he received (and still receives) from his peers never waned. Liddell was a true fighter's fighter, and that's an accolade you can't buy or receive from newspaper clippings or television appearances.
"I think the reason people like me is because I'll fight anybody, anywhere, I don't talk bad about people that don't deserve it, and I'm not a guy who's out there trying to trash talk and make a name for myself," said Liddell in 2006. "I earned the name that I have – I went out and fought for it. I'm not trying to make it off somebody else. And I go out there, I fight hard, and I fight to win. I think other fighters have respect for that because that's what they're doing."
And during his reign of terror over the UFC's 205-pound weight class, he wasn't beating cupcakes, as his seven fight unbeaten streak over that span included wins over world champions Randy Couture (twice) and Tito Ortiz (twice), as well as respected contenders like Babalu Sobral and Jeremy Horn. What made this run even more spectacular was that he won all of those bouts by knockout, punctuating each with the only outward sign of emotion you would ever see from him, a post-fight scream that became his trademark.
"I'm just excited," he said in a typical understatement. "I don't get very excited very often about too many things, but that's one of the things I do. I prepare for two to three months for a guy, and you end it quickly like that or you have a good fight and you win, I'm excited."
Unfortunately, the screams haven't come too often in the last couple of years, and with only one win in his last five fights, it looks like Liddell may have reached the end of the line at 39 years old. Granted, there is no shame in losing to Jackson, Keith Jardine, Rashad Evans, and Mauricio Rua, but as mentioned earlier, losing at anything is unacceptable for Liddell, and it may be better for fans old and new to remember when "The Iceman" was "The Iceman". Even his friend and former manager, UFC President Dana White, was somber at the post-fight press conference after Liddell's bout with Rua, saying, "Tonight was the end of an era. One of the greatest guys in the sport fought his last fight."
Liddell, who wants to discuss his future with his family, friends, and team before making an official statement, did admit that "This could have been the last time," when asked Saturday night about returning to the Octagon.
But let's not have this be a funeral for a great career. Instead, let's remember what Liddell has meant to the UFC and the sport of mixed martial arts. That is a type of celebration that Liddell would probably do anything to steer clear of, as he was never about the attention, getting pats on the back, magazine covers, or glowing television features. He was always about the fight, and when I asked him a couple years ago how he would like to be remembered a hundred years from now, his answer wasn't as terse as it usually was, and it spoke volumes.
"As a fighter," said Liddell. "As someone who didn't duck anyone, someone who fought everybody that came up, and that always came out there to fight tough. I love to fight, I love the fight game, and I went out there and performed."
That he did.
So, if this is the end…Thanks Chuck, it's been a helluva ride.
Jamahal Hill Talks UFC 300 Main Event
Hall Of Fame


text:
It's evil week on the podcast and we're looking at the dark side of getting things done. We'll help you become a productive dictator, get out-of-warranty repairs, free internet, and the best cheap pizza you can microwave.
How to Listen to This Week's Episode
Here's how you can listen to our episode:
Download the MP3 directly.
Just listen to it in the Souncloud player below.
News and Top Posts
How to Stop Verizon From Selling Your App Usage and Browsing Habits to Advertisers
Last year, Verizon began tracking everything you do with your phone: the apps you use, the web sites you visit, and even where you are. Now they've started selling that info to advertisers. If you'd rather not share all that information, you don't have to. Just read this post to learn how to opt out.
Xbox Music Brings Spotify-Style Streaming Music to Xbox 360 Today, Coming Soon to Windows 8, iOS, and Android
Microsoft is releasing its new music streaming service, Xbox Music, on the Xbox 360 today. The Windows 8 version will be packaged in with the operating system when it launches on October 26. Thorin gives us the rundown in the podcast, but you can read more here.
The Best Ways to Invade Someone's Privacy
Whether you want to invade someone's privacy digitally or via their dumpster, we've got you covered. As part of evil week we take a look at the dark side of things. In this case, professional creepers. While the posts are geared at helping the creepers out in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way, they're really about how you can protect yourself.
The Best Productivity Tricks Used By Evil Dictators
They may have been evil, but dictators knew how to get things done. In this post, Thorin runs through some of the best evil was to earn the productivity of your underlings.
How to Get Free Out-of-Warranty Repairs
Broke your gadget and voided your warranty (or no longer have one)? Whitson found several strategies to getting free repairs nonetheless.
Get a Free Mobile Hotspot from Freedompop
I swear this isn't an ad! Last week I ordered a free mobile hotspot from Freedompop and it's pretty great. You get 500MB of free 4G service (via Sprint's WiMax network) for free every month, and you can earn more free data by completing offers. (You can also pay them some very reasonable monthly fees for up to 10GB of transfer each month.) You have to put down a deposit for the device, but you get your money back when you cancel your service. There are no contracts and the actual hotspot is really tiny. If you need an emergency internet device free of charge (or just very reasonably-priced 4G data access), check it out.
Questions and Answers
Each week we answer five questions from readers and listeners. Here's what we tackled this week.
What's the best way to buy music if you want the artist to get most of the money?
Some sites like Beatport offer a better share to the artist, but the best way to give them the most money is to buy from them directly. If they don't offer that option, subscribe to their newsletter or visit their site and either option is likely to tell you how they want you to buy their stuff. Whitson also noted that buying in the first two weeks is great for the artists because those initial sales help to determine the budget for their touring schedule. Bands make the most money off of live shows, so going to live shows is really the best way to support them. (And buying merchandise, too.)
How do I turn an external hard drive into a wireless hard drive?
To get a hard drive on your local network, all you need is a router that supports USB drives. From there you just plug it into the router, set it up in the admin panel, and you'll be good to go. If you don't have one of these routers (or don't want to buy one), just buy a Pogoplug. The older models only cost about $25 and you can hook up several drives. On top of that, you can access all your files remotely and not just on the local network.
How do I cook cheap microwave pizzas evenly and prevent the box from collapsing?
Josh wrote in with three woes of $1 microwave pizzas made by Celeste (see the pizza to your right for a visual). Basically, they don't come with enough cheese, they don't cook evenly in the microwave, and the box always collapses under the pizza during the microwaving process.
Josh fixed the first issue by just buying some extra cheese and sprinkling it on the pizza, so that was easy. Microwaving the pizza evenly, however, is a bit more difficult. We find that microwaving on the side of the carousel helps, but the only way to find the best spot to cook it is to first microwave a plate of marshmallows. This sounds pretty weird, but doing so will reveal the hotter spots in the microwave. The marshmallows that heat up more will tell you where most of the heat is going and that's where you want to put your pizza.
To fix the box from collapsing, we recommended tearing in half and not raising the pizza up so it can't collapse. Alternatively, just rip off one of the box flaps and role it into a spiral, then shove it inside the box. This should provide a little more support during the cooking process.
Can I convert USB headphones into regular headphones?
Not really. We looked for converters and couldn't find any. That said, if you wanted to make a permanent adjustment you could slice off the USB adapter and splice your headphones with the standard TRS cable from another pair. Of course, there's no going back if you decide to do this so it's not a great solution.
Lifehacker and Gizmodo RSS feeds just show an article blurb. How can I view the entire article in my RSS feeds?
Use http://lifehacker.com/vip.xml and http://gizmodo.com/vip.xml and your RSS reader will give you the entire article instead of just a snippet.
Tips of the Week
Thorin's Tip: Before You Upgrade, Remember What You're Going to Lose
Thorin's favorite tip comes from former Gizmodo editor Brian Lam. He said that the best way to avoid a premature upgrade is to remember what you might be giving up: a trip to a tropical getaway, a new suit or perhaps a down payment on a new bed that will help you sleep better.
Whitson's Pick: More Free Dropbox Space for Students
Dropbox is holding a promotion for students in which you can gain 3GB of extra Dropbox space for two years, plus more depending on how many people in your school sign up.
Dachis' Pick: Use Your iPhone as a Webcam
Whether your webcam is broken or you just don't have one, you can still video chat with the aid of your iDevice. While not an explicit tip and more of a download, a clever app called iWebcam allows you to use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch as a webcam for your Windows PC or Mac.
Downloads of the Week
Each week we talk about our favorite downloads. Here are our picks for this week.
Thorin's Pick: Readtime (iOS)
Readtime is an app that scans the articles you have saved in Readability, analyzes their length, and dishes you stories based on how much time you have available to read them.
Whitson's Pick: OpenELEC
If you're looking to get a kickass XBMC media center up and running quickly, OpenELEC is a fast-booting, all-in-one build of XBMC that now includes full support for recording your favorite shows, directly from a TV tuner card.
Dachis' Pick: Desktop Groups (OS X)
Like Fences for Windows, Desktop Groups creates categorized sections of files and folders on your desktop. If you've got a messy desk, this app can help you regain control.
How Do I Submit a Question?
There are three ways to send in your question:
Call (347) 687-8109 and record a question. Calls are awesome! We like them!
Email your question to [email protected].
Please keep your questions as brief as possible. This means about 3-5 sentences for emails and 30-60 seconds for calls and videos. Your questions can be specific, but broader questions are generally better because they'll apply to more people. For example, "how can I breathe new life into my old PDA?" is much better than "what can I do with an old HP iPAQ 210?" Either way, we look forward to hearing from you!
Newspaper, Computer, and Clock (by Brandon Hopkins) provided by the Noun Project.


text:
/ Source: The Associated Press
A Boston man has won an online competition to become the first male model in "The Price Is Right" history.
The long-running CBS game show said Friday that viewers had chosen Rob Wilson from among a trio of finalists who also included Clint Brink and Nick Denbeigh.
Wilson begins his weeklong stint alongside the ladies on Oct. 15.
The contest was announced in August. Hundreds of he-man hopefuls showed up at the open call in Los Angeles, where they had a chance to strut their stuff for the show's producers and the female models the show is well known for.
The show has been on the air since September 1972.
"The Price Is Right" is hosted by Drew Carey. It airs weekdays at 11 a.m. Eastern time.


text:
Venezuelan Male Name
Marco Ignacio Piñeiro
You can additionally generate: Venezuelan male last name, Venezuelan male baby name, Venezuelan address, Venezuelan phoneThe first and last name generator in Venezuela is a program that randomly generates realistic spanish personal names.
Who will benefit from using the generator?
Initially, many users perceived these generators as an unpopular game. Further on, they found application in such areas as:
- Statistics, including medical statistics. Doctors are prohibited from disclosing patients' personal information to the public. The generator can help create completely different spanish names that cannot then be used to identify real people.
- Journalism. In accordance with current legislation, it is forbidden to disclose personal information about minors involved in certain events, as well as about persons who have not given consent to the disclosure of their personal data. In such situations, the journalist is obliged to change the names and surnames of the participants involved in the events. To avoid analogies or any semantic bindings, you can use the generator – a random combination definitely won't reveal important information.
- Creating mailings and fake accounts on social networks. Both people and search bots are more loyal to emails, comments and messages sent by accounts that look "real". A generated spanish full name, any picture and a couple of messages or reposts in the profile will help you bypass bot blockers. Also, fictitious data for a fake account is used by those who do not want to demonstrate their interests or social circle in a "real" profile.
- Writing. Many authors have no problem developing complex plot devices, the logic of actions or fictional characters, but they get completely frustrated when trying to create names for their characters. This is especially true of episodic characters. With the help of the generator, you can create several suitable combinations at a time and then use them when writing a book.
Girls often use "fake" personal data to register on dating sites. Since the Internet is an unsafe space, many people prefer not to indicate their real names, by which they can be tracked down, especially in a small town. This method makes it easy to break off an acquaintance with an unpleasant or too intrusive person. You do not even need to completely leave the site – just delete your profile and create another one instead, with different personal data.


text:
Ted Baker TB922020250
In order to buy non-prescription medicines you must be a registered user of our site as we are obliged to record your transaction history. We also ask that you complete our questionnaire so our pharmacy team can check that this product is suitable for you to buy.
Disabled or chronically sick people can claim VAT relief on purchases for personal or domestic use that are applicable to their disability or sickness.
Not available online
Boots Opticians glasses and sunglasses are only available in store.
Product details
Ted Baker TB922020250
Material: Acetate
Colour: Pink
Style: Full rim
Shape: Square
Measurements: Lens 50mm, bridge 18mm, arm 140mm
Article Number: 127853
Prices shown include Frames and scratch resistant single vision lenses. For varifocals with scratch resistant lenses add £50.
These glasses are available to buy in selected Boots Opticians practices. To find your local practice use our Boots Opticians store locator.


text:
APB Shutting Down
"Today we are sad to announce that despite everyone's best efforts to keep the service running, APB is coming to a close," community officer Ben Bateman wrote on the official APB site, urging that "The servers are still up, so join the party and say goodbye!"
A number of Realtime Worlds employees offered thoughts on APB's shutdown in the post, including company founder Dave Jones, who composed the following eulogy.
I truly wish we had the chance to continue to craft APB into the vision we had for it. It has been a long & difficult journey but ultimately rewarding to have had the chance to try something bold and different. APB holds some great memories, from the last night of the beta, to the clans and individuals who amazed us with their creativity and sense of community. I am so sorry it had to end so quickly but hopefully the good memories will stay with us all for a long time. Thanks to all the team for the years of hard work, and to the players who contributed so much.
The news seems to come somewhat out of the blue as only yesterday a post on the site revealed plans to release a new patch today. However, it can't be entirely a surprise considering Realtime Worlds' recent financial woes.
The developer laid off the team behind its "3D social gaming experience" Project: MyWorld in August and soon after entered administration. The administrator, Begbies Traynor, quickly laid off the majority of employees and revealed plans to restructure with a focus on running APB. Begbies Traynor claimed then that APB had over 130,000 registered users playing an average of four hours per week, with paying players spending an average of $28 per month on subscription fees and in-game microtransactions. Evidently, this wasn't enough.
With Realtime Worlds gutted, Project: MyWorld was sold to an anonymous US company and APB shut down, this is looking an awful lot like the end, my friend.
APB has got to be the new poster child atop the MMO corpse pile. 3 month lifespan after close to $100 mil of development? That's a spectacular flare out. If ever there was a warning or history lesson that future MMO business endeavors should study before proceeding with their plans, APB is it.
archville posted a link to this great article:
In the UK, APB's failure may have just scared away all future investment in large, ambitious MMOs.