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Indiana University Southeast has tweeted that the campus is no longer on lockdown after reports of gunman on campus.
New Albany and its police officers union have failed to settle on a new contract since the former one expired four years ago but recent events could accelerate a resolution.
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New Albany and its police officers union have failed to settle on a new contract since the former one expired four years ago but recent events could accelerate a resolution.
Neighbors on the south side of New Albany High School have watched as the New Albany-Floyd school system has bought modest homes and demolished them to enlarge the school campus. One shotgun house at 1815 Shelby has been saved.
A man was killed after he lost control of his car and struck a dump truck on the Second Street bridge Wednesday afternoon.
Kentuckiana Medical Center opened its emergency room Sunday for the first time since the Clarksville hospital off U.S. 31 began serving the area in 2009.
Jeffersonville will soon begin notifying the first of 2,575 deliquent sewer customers that they could have their water shut off if they don't pay sewer bills that are at least $100 and 90 days overdue.
Traffic began traveling down the new northbound Interstate 65 Exit 0 ramp onto Court Avenue in Jeffersonville on Tuesday afternoon after contractors for the Ohio River Bridges Project switched vehicles to the new temporary ramp.
More than 10,000 low-income Hoosiers are receiving letters in the mail informing them that they will lose their Indiana-sponsored health insurance on Dec. 31.
The opening of the state's first liquified natural gas station off Intersate 65 just north of Louisville is "just the beginning," according to Indiana state Rep. Randy Frye.
The annual Buy Local Bazaar will be held tonight as part of Develop New Albany's 1st Tuesday Networking event.
A bulletin board meant to provoke discussions of racial stereotypes has been removed from an Indiana University residence hall after generating outrage on social media.
Supporters of ending Indiana's longtime ban on Sunday retail alcohol sales are hoping a change in the General Assembly has improved their chances.
The Republican mayor of Evansville is joining the opposition to putting Indiana's ban on gay marriage in the state constitution.
Thousands of packages whirred by on eight miles of conveyor belts as pickers and packers scrambled to fill orders during the second Cyber Monday for Amazon's largest North American warehouse.
The Jeffersonville City Council unanimously approved measures Monday for the city's Redevelopment Commission to move forward with using tax-increment financing to pay for Mayor Mike Moore's $2.2 million plan to overhaul the downtown wharf.
Floyd County leaders have agreed for years that they needed to focus more attention on making the northern section of Charlestown Road a safer, more friendly roadway for walkers, cyclists and bus riders.
A federal judge Monday threw out a negligence lawsuit against one of three men who were with missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer the night she disappeared.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Work on the next phase of Interstate 69, a 27-mile stretch between Bloomington and Crane, Ind., is in full swing but that doesn't mean any asphalt is being laid.
When New Albany's founding family celebrated Christmas in 1814, their home likely looked much as it did on Sunday for the 1814 Scribner House Christmas Open House and Victorian Tea.
A group that advocates on behalf of those it believes were wrongfully accused announced it has hired recently released David Camm, who after 13 years and three trials was found not guilty in the murder of his family.
A large crowd gathered Saturday on the streets of Jeffersonville for the annual Christmas parade and tree-lighting ceremony that officially welcome the holiday season.
The message that Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt sent in his commentary last week about a State Board of Education dispute is more important than his actual ruling.
An economic driver for the state. The focus of $9 billion in new real estate investments over the past two decades. And a desirable residence for growing numbers of professionals. Thats a picture of Downtown Indianapolis sketched out in two new studies.
A policy statement recently approved by Indiana's higher education commission will likely be clarified, after it sparked concerns that it would restrict academic freedom at the state's regional college campuses, the education commissioner said.
Visitors to the Evansville Museum will pay a general admission fee for the first time after its renovated planetarium and new atrium entrance open in February.
Alabama resident Betsy Corrie was beaming with joy when she spotted the ice rink in downtown Jeffersonville shortly after it opened for the season Friday.
Jose Luis Romo and two other teenagers were target shooting in a Hamilton County, Ind., field one evening when they heard noise coming from a nearby home's driveway.
Fans of cricket are celebrating the recent training a group of Indiana college students received in the nuances of the ball-and-bat game.
Authorities say three inmates tried to escape from a Central Indiana jail by digging a hole through the wall of their cell.
Authorities say a man was fatally shot after sheriff's deputies tried to take him into custody on an arrest warrant at a Brown County home.
When Tim McLain's family lays him to rest Saturday near Indianapolis, the state's most passionate cavers will gather to say good-bye to a longtime friend.
Pizza Hut has offered to rehire the manager of a Northern Indiana restaurant who was fired over his refusal to open up on Thanksgiving Day.
A Lafayette Planned Parenthood clinic that offers abortions induced by medications, but not the surgical procedure, will be able to continue the practice after a federal judge in Indianapolis on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new state law that would impose new restrictions on the clinic.
The closing scene in the 82-minute documentary 'Medora' had barely finished when John Werner turned to the person next to him and gave his review: "They got it right," Werner said. "They got it right."
Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is advising shoppers to be careful not to fall into debt during holiday shopping and to beware of scams.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is scheduled to speak at a free event Sunday at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
The state Department of Natural Resources has added 10 acres to Clifty Falls State Park in southeastern Indiana.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller stopped at the CVS Pharmacy in downtown Jeffersonville on Wednesday to warn Hoosiers that smurfing buying cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine to sell to methamphetamine cooks became a felony in t
Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore said Wednesday he's agreed to extend the November 30 deadline for boaters to vacate the downtown wharf until January 1.
One person died Tuesday evening after a multi-vehicle accident in Charlestown, the Clark County Coroner's Office said in a news release.
A judge Tuesday sentenced William Clyde Gibson to death and set his execution date, prompting the killer to say he believes the punishment is fair and that he wants to resolve his remaining trials quickly.
Mix a day off work with a carb-loaded, turkey-stuffed, 4,500-calorie meal and what do you get? A whole lot of people running races.
With shoppers preparing to converge on stores, Louisville Metro Police and agencies in Clarksville, Ind., say they'll watch for aggressive pandhandlers as part of their holiday crime-reduction plans.
Drivers exiting Interstate 65 just north of the Ohio River in Jeffersonville will begin using a new, temporary Exit 0 ramp as part of the Ohio River Bridges Project.
Ice skating returns Friday to the corner of Spring and Market streets in downtown Jeffersonville.
Kentucky transportation officials took an initial step Tuesday to borrow money to fund the downtown portion of the Ohio River Bridges Project by releasing a prospectus for potential investors.
The parents of a 5-month-old boy who died in January in an unlicensed home day care center in Carmel have filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against its owner and the state Family and Social Services Administration.
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Another week full of lawsuits. Poor, beleaguered company Midway came under fire once again, and this time it was from a very unlikely direction: the guy behind the Mortal Kombat movies sued Midway in order to "protect his IP rights", which is a better way of saying that he wants to keep milking the MK franchise for as long as possible. Square Enix also got served with a class-action lawsuit for "deceiving" Final Fantasy XI patrons regarding fees. Not everything was bad, though, as we got wind of two possible new games from a pair of big companies.
http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_m...wth.jpg?444477The PSP blog saw a nice healthy balance of hardware and software news this week. PSP owners have been clamoring for a new GTA game for a long time now. This week they finally got their wish. Those holding out for a lower price point for the PSP Go, however... well, I'll just advise you not to hold your breath for it as Sony is showing no sign of backing down on this one.
Link: PSP Weekend Warrior
The Japan-only PSP title Evangelion: Jo made waves this week not because of its gameplay or anything, but because of a new anti-CFW feature built into it. It's not exactly new since there have been other PSP games that implemented CFW checks before, but it does drive home the point that developers are taking it into their own hands to keep PSP piracy at bay.
Link: PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior
http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_m...wth.jpg?351596Games once again took center stage in the PS3 blog this week, and not just the retail titles too. PSN downloadables also took their time in the spotlight, especially Final Fantasy VII, which proved extremely bankable even after more than a decade. This right here is why Square Enix won't ever stop milking the Final Fantasy franchise.
Link: PS3 Weekend Warrior
http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_m...wth.jpg?781294Another gaming week has gone, but one thing always remains: there's always something to learn in the gaming industry, and we'd all like to be there every step of the way. This week on the Microsoft blog, we've got rules, giveaway themes, huge opportunities, and giant gameplays worthy of a show at the Giants Stadium's LCD wall.
Link: Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior
http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_m...wth.jpg?869088This week sure has been a quite one for Ninty. Early prepping for TGS maybe? At any rate, there are still a few tidbits to be read in this week's recap, the biggest being Shia LeBeouf's anti-Wii comments that may have lost him a few fans and earned him a lot of flames.
Link: WiiDS Weekend Warrior
http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_m...wth.jpg?291995Last week definitely saw a lot of hype surrounding the official release and subsequent jailbreaking of the iPhone OS 3.0. With that out of the way, spotlight turns back to the latest iPhone, the iPhone 3G S, with the week closing as we await the much-awaited jailbreak and unlock for the new model.
Link: iPhone Weekend Warrior
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It's teaser site countdown time again, this time Square Enix.com Japan is counting the hours until they reveal more info about their new game. The page features a plain sketch of a simple landscape with only a big number four providing the only solid clue as to what it'll be.
Link: Teaser site countdowns anew: Square Enix hints with the number 4
Square Enix isn't the only one with a new teaser site. Capcom Japan has also put one up, so for this week we get to wrack our brains about two different upcoming games. No countdown for the Capcom site, though, but there is a number.
Link: Capcom teaser site launched; new Basara game coming?
Midway just can't seem to get a break these days. After all the drama that came their way, even the guy behind the Mortal Kombat movies has sued them to "protect" his IP rights. Things may be looking up for the beleaguered company, though, as now they're owned by Warner Bros. -- by default, since apparently the big WB was the only one who had a "serious offer".
Link: Midway sued by movie producer over Mortal Kombat IP rights
Link: Warner Bros. acquires Midway by default, was the only one 'serious'
Know who else is getting a raw deal? Australians. Pretty soon Australian gamers won't be able to access anymore those websites that host and sell games which the government deems to contain content "edgier" than what is allowed under an MA-15 rating. Doesn't matter if you're above 18 not, if it's blocked, you're not getting to it.
Link: Australia to block online access to games with content beyond MA-15
PEGI's starting to flex its muscles, warning publishers to dare not cheat the system, for the arms of the law are long -- and can get all your money away, leaving you bankrupt. This is what publishers out there should be warned of. The ELSPA is serious with their business, and you bet you'll get fined big time if you lie to PEGI.
Link: No, no, no, no, don't lie: publishers to face heavy fine if caught lying to PEGI
Speaking of deception, Square Enix is facing a class action lawsuit claiming that Square Enix of America has "deceived 100,000 customers by not being upfront about fees and penalties."
Link: Square Enix sued for "deceiving" patrons
Jimmy Page and Jack White are not singing praises for Guitar Hero. Their concurrence: video games shouldn't be how people get exposed to music or playing instruments. In a press conference in LA, promoting the documentary "It Might Get Loud", the two legendary guitarists (Page from Led Zeppelin, White from The White Stripes, in case you didn't know) gave out their thoughts on music-simulation games.
Link: The gods are not happy: Jimmy Page and Jack White find learning music through Guitar Hero 'sad'
Judging by the comments on that Metal Gear Solid movie post a while back, it seems a number of you guys like the thought of Christian bale playing Solid Snake. Got some bad news for you though (and good news for those who didn't want him in the movie): Bale says he hasn't been approached about the Metal Gear Solid movie.
Link: Christian Bale hasn't been approached for MGS movie, likes very short answers
Not everything in the past week was all gloom and doom and bas news though. The week also saw the release of the list of winners in the Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2009.
Link: Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2009 winners announced
Finally stepping up to the plate in defense of video games is Electronic Arts exec Peter Moore -- and to Mr. President, Barack Obama himself, no less! After recommending that kids should play out in the sunshine more rather than play videogames indoor, in his speech to the American Medical Association, Obama has now been challenged by Moore to get into a 30-Day Challenge. He sure knows how to generate some press, that Peter Moore.
Link: Peter Moore presents 30-Day Challenge to Obama
All these lawsuits are making my head hurt. Especially that Midway one. I mean, come on, Midway hasn't exactly been pumping out a steady stream of quality but Kasanoff's output is decidedly worse. His claims are a riot, though, so there's that at least.
Well, that's it for this week guys. Stay tuned for next week's recap.
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CHIPPENHAM TOWN: 'We're doing our jobs', says Rudge (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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CHIPPENHAM TOWN: 'We're doing our jobs', says Rudge
9:00am Sunday 30th September 2012 in Sport By Dan Barnes
BLUEBIRDS boss Nathan Rudge thinks that his side are beginning to add some positive momentum to their season.
Chippenham Town booked their place in Monday's FA Trophy second qualifying round draw with a 4-0 win over local rivals Swindon Supermarine yesterday and made it three wins on the bounce in all competitions.
Rudge was delighted with his team's performance against Marine and said: "The boys did great.
"I said to them a few weeks ago that if you keep doing the right things, you will turn the corner and we're working hard at the moment.
"If you work hard, you're going to get your rewards, and it was great – that's three games on the trot now.
"It doesn't matter who you're playing, you've got to get your people doing exactly what they should be.
"Everyone knows their job – that's what we work on- and when you've got eleven people doing their job, you'll get a result."
Rudge was also pleased with striker Dean Griffiths, who has bided his time for his first Chippenham start and repaid his manager's faith with two goals against Marine, eleven days after he netted the winner against Bashley.
"Dean's been knocking on my door like all of the players who haven't been playing have been but unfortunately you can only keep eleven starters happy," said Rudge.
"Dean's come in and taken his chance and he hasn't done his chances of starting again no harm, has he?
"He was a threat all afternoon – I had reports that they struggled against pace and I think it was pretty evident out there."
With Bedford Town beating Grantham Town 2-0 in their FA Trophy clash yesterday, Tuesday night's Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division clash between the two sides will go ahead at Hardenhuish Park.
Luke Ballinger should return to the squad after missing yesterday's win through Engand Futsal duty.
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I keep seeing this advertisement on the left hand side saying add 20 pounds in 1 cycle.. what is this product?
M1D is a very mild "Pro-Hormone".
The fact is the main "Active" ingredient is DHEA.
Benefits:3-Beta-Hydroxyetioallocholan-5-Ene-17-One = 3β-Hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one = DHEA
- DHEA is a strong androgen that can convert to Testosterone
- Reduces body fat, while increasing lean body mass
- DHEA is known for increase sex drive(But I personally did not see an increase of sex drive while on M1D, I also noticed that my "volume" was a lot lower, to fix this I would add 50-100mg of Zinc, also eat a lot of celery and drink Pomegranet Juice
- M1D gave me a sense of well being, also made me feel like a B.A at some points...lol
The good thing about M1D is that it can be ran for a "long cycle". I would run it at 6 weeks. I would also run 4 caps for the first week then bump it up to 6 for the remaining 5 weeks.
M1D is good to be stacked with other supplements. LG recommends MMv3, but personally I did not like the dissolving tablets.
This is my best explanation of M1D, I know a lot more people will probably chime in, and give even more detailed information than I have.
S.K's Fight to 205 w/ 7% B.F
the LG trifecta stack just gave me a thinner hairline.Thank god it came back a couple months after PCT
if this is a very mild one what would be considered a strong one?
gave me thinner hair line as well....no gains either!
after reading into all these test boost products and reading everyones reviews seems like they are all gimmicks..
either gimmicks or in order for the 1 main product to work you to stack it with like 3 other supplements
A lot of different factors play into it.
How old are you?
What's your age?
Your stat's, diet, and workout regime?
If you are under 21 no need for these products, but I am not going to be a hypocrite and tell you not to use them, because I have and still do. But the sound advice that is given on this board is true as blue.
Your wondering what would be a strong PH, there are several. Personally the ones that I am interested in are the one's designed by Purus Labs, and PP's new AndroSeries line.
You can PM, if you need help with anything.
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Nine of us booked a trip on the Carnival cruise ship Triumph to celebrate our recent college graduation.
I started out in a room of four friends but we were re-located because our room had a leak. So we were separated and my friend and I headed to our newer, more comfortable room...or so we thought.
Around 5:30 Sunday morning, after a fun day in Mexico, we woke up to a PA announcement calling for crew help. As soon as I heard the captain come on, I looked at my friend and said, "Adriana, if the captain is coming on sounding shaken, we better start to worry."
We put on our robes and rushed out, only to smell a bitter, burning odor at the end of the hall. Keep in mind this was on deck 6, so you can imagine how much worse it was on the lower decks that were closest to the engine room.
People were throwing on life jackets and frantically rushing to find crew, friends and loved ones. By now, we had no cell service, only each other.
People on the first and second decks had opened their doors to find their hallways filled with smoke. They told us of crew members running through the halls to address the situation.
Within an hour, my friends found each other in the halls and ran to the top deck, where we could see black smoke billowing from the smokestack.
It was only 45 minutes to an hour after the first PA announcement that we were informed of a fire.
Six to eight hours later, we learned how bad the fire actually was when we heard that the crew could still not open up the engine room to inspect the damage. Not much information was provided and we were left to put the pieces together.
At this point, the majority of the passengers had been forced out of their rooms due to smoke, sewage or lack of light.
Many began camping out in any open-air section of the ship. They used whatever resources were available for bedding, shade and warmth. Sheets, blankets and pillows were seen all throughout the outside areas of the ship.
Many families set up their new homes on any available spaces inside the ship, in hallways or on the floors of the dining rooms and lobbies. The passengers referred to these places as "Tent City." Luckily for me and the friends I traveled with, we were able to camp out with other friends who had a suite with a balcony. Never have I felt so blessed.
By evening on the day the fire began, we were assured that Progreso, Mexico, would be our port of arrival and that we would be there no later than Tuesday.
Of course, our hopes were extremely high. I could sense people were beginning to calm down as they anticipated Tuesday. Little did we know that soon that hope would be gone.
A couple of days after the fire, as we were getting fresh air, near evening, we were startled again. We were greeted by the sight of a second cruise ship that dropped off supplies and amazingly we were able to pick up a cell phone signal from the other ship. Finally most of us were able to make our first call, only to find out that people off the ship knew more details of the events than any of us on it.
Still we were informed that our arrival in Progreso was on track. Then the electricity went out. People were beginning to panic, but after half an hour, the power came back on.
We were told via the PA system that due to better access to flights home, we were now heading to Mobile, Alabama, and would get there by the earliest on Thursday morning. Yet again our spirits were shattered. Finally my frustrations emerged, and I lost it.
The next day began the worst part of the trip. Anywhere you went on the ship, the rancid stench from sewage was evident. At this point, in order to breathe, our only option was to keep moving to an open space where we could take a deep breath of fresh air.
Passengers were becoming anxious, aggravated, irritable and angry. Lines for food and beverages were getting longer and longer. This made people even more panicked and many began to hoard food on their plates, with nearly half of it not being consumed.
Food and water were going quicker than ever and nerves were running high. By this time, seven out of the nine friends in our group had reached their breaking points emotionally, along with many other passengers.


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CALGARY — The sale or breakup of troubled oil and gas producer Talisman Energy Inc. will likely occur more quickly now that activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a six per cent stake, analysts say.
The emergence of the American billionaire shareholder will push Talisman faster along a path many had already assumed it was on, wrote Greg Pardy of RBC Dominion Securities in a note to investors released late Monday.
"Although the intention of Icahn is broadly defined, we believe it will likely serve to move the company down the path of a corporate split on an accelerated basis, or outright sale," he wrote.
"That Talisman has become open to both these options is positive as the status quo game plan has become ineffective in terms of generating value."
He said he expects the news to drive Talisman shares higher Tuesday in Toronto and New York.
Jennifer Stevenson, a vice-president and portfolio manager with Dynamic Funds, told Bloomberg the entrance of Icahn could "definitely speed up the process" for change at Talisman.
In a U.S. regulatory filing late Monday, Icahn revealed he has spent $277 million US for more than 61.5 million "American-style" call options for Talisman. The options carry an exercise price of $8 (for a total of $488 million) and expire in March 2015. If exercised, the shares would be equal to a 5.97 per cent stake.
He confirmed the purchase in a tweet after markets closed, adding: "May have conversations with mgmt re strategic alternatives, board seats, etc.,"
In the filing, Icahn said the shares were purchased "in the belief that they were undervalued relative to the value of the issuer's underlying assets."
"The reporting persons intend to have conversations with members of the issuer's management to discuss strategic alternatives which may enhance shareholder value, including, among other things, asset sales or potential corporate restructuring," the filing says.
"The reporting persons may also discuss the possibility of shareholder board representation."
Talisman's shares rose 4.8 per cent to close at $13.15 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday prior to the announcement. In after-hours trading in New York, where Talisman is also listed, the stock surged 7.8 per cent to $13.75 US shortly after the announcement.
Icahn's investment in Chesapeake Energy Corp. has been linked to last year's appointment of a new chairman, Archie Dunham, and the exit this year of CEO Aubrey McClendon.
Icahn also owns stakes in biotechnology, scrap metal and auto-parts manufacturing.
Analyst Menno Hulshof of TD Securities refused comment on the Icahn news Monday evening but in a note to investors on Monday morning wrote that the size of Talisman's challenges should discourage shareholder activism.
"We believe the TLM value maximization 'opportunity' is generally more than most activist shareholders would be willing to take on," he wrote.
"It is about as complicated as it gets in the E & P (exploration and development) world given the diversity of the portfolio and the number of steps that need to be undertaken."
He also wrote that there's no need for activists because Talisman is already showing a willingness to make changes by replacing its CEO, adding three new board members since the beginning of the year, cutting administrative costs through staff reductions, revising its strategy and putting $2 billion to $3 billion in assets on the block.
Last year, Talisman replaced then-chief executive John Manzoni with director Hal Kvisle, a former boss of pipeline giant TransCanada Corp.
Under Kvisle's leadership, Talisman has pared down its portfolio, focusing its capital on two key strategic areas: the Americas and Southeast Asia. It put several assets on the sale block and exited higher-risk exploration areas, such as Peru and Poland.
Talisman spokeswoman Phoebe Buckland said in an e-mailed statement Monday the company believes its current strategy will position it to be a "highly competitive player" in its core areas and "generate long-term value."
"We appreciate constructive input from shareholders and take their views seriously," she wrote.
Two other analyst have recently discussed the splitting of Talisman into two companies, one focused on North America and the other on Southeast Asia.
Greg Pardy of RBC Dominion Securities wrote in a note on Sept. 24 that a corporate split would be "tricky" due to Talisman's extensive North Sea holdings.
"The first part of this exercise includes the sale of its Norwegian North Sea assets, a transaction that could be announced by the end of this year," wrote Pardy.
He added the sale of Talisman's U.K. North Sea operations is complicated by its joint venture with Sinopec, inked last December for $1.5 billion, which includes a three-year period during which it cannot sell its 51 per cent interest without the consent of its partner.
In a report Monday, FirstEnergy Capital analyst Michael Dunn said he also expects the Norwegian assets to sell by year-end.
"In our view, a split of the company would be easier to do if Talisman could exit the North Sea completely, as otherwise there could be material expenditures there that would need an outside source of free capital."
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From building opera houses with wire to mapping the connection between the automobile and your mother-in-law, Jaime Lerner delights in discovering eccentric solutions to vexing urban problems. In the process he has transformed the face of cities worldwide.
For many city governments seeking visible improvements in their congested streets, the pace of change is measured in months and years. For Jaime Lerner, it's measured in hours. As mayor of Curitiba, he transformed a gridlocked commercial artery into a spacious pedestrian mall over a long weekend, before skeptical merchants had time to finish reading their Monday papers.
Since then he's become a hero not only to his fellow Brazilians, but also to the growing ranks of municipal planners seeking greener, more sustainable cities. His dictum that "creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget" has inspired a number of his unique solutions to urban problems, including sheltered boarding tubes to improve speed of bus transit; a garbage-for-food program allowing Curitibans to exchange bags of trash for bags of groceries; and trimming parkland grasses with herds of sheep.
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I mainly dive around oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm obviously not in crystal clear water and I can see the readout fine. Everything you need is right there and you can customize the readout also.
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Always recalibrate compass before 1st dive. will make it accurate
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Includes free video training which is very helpful.Exercise care with changing batteries. I have done 8 dives so far lost signal for a brief period of time and simply put my wrist closer to transmitter and worked fine. Would only use a wireless air if you are an experienced diver that doesn't stare at their gauges the hole dive. I have an old transmitter that I use for a back up. one could add a hosed gauge as well if a little worried. The count down safety stop timer is great . I hate hoses and just have two one for main regulator and one to my combined BC inflator regulator combo


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(Skype is in) Vegas, baby
This year's [eBay Live!](http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive/) in sunny Las Vegas has Skype all over the place. Just before eBay Live! started, we wrapped up our first and very successful participation in the [eBay Developers Conference](http://blogs.skype.com/sites/devzone/2006/06/legos_kid_lucky_and_the_skype.html), but Live! is a much more massive event. There were about 800 people at the DevCon, but over 15,000 (fifteen THOUSAND) at live.
Our stand is right in the middle of the main showroom and is one of the biggest and most prominent. PayPal has a bigger stand, but they have Skype features in it too. eBay Marketplaces itself does not have a single stand, rather, it has the stands divided up across content areas like shipping, seller scalability, government relations etc.
Elvis saying hi.
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Some eBay folks are singing how much they like everything about eBay.
PayPal have a cool Skype feature in their stand — they have a soundproof booth which has Skype video and audio in it so you can go talk straight to your PayPal account managers back in the PayPal HQ.
And then it was over to the opening keynote. As part of it, they had giant balloons pop down from the ceiling and people play with them tossing them back and forth over their heads. It was a bit like the Bravia commercial where all those million balls are going down the streets of San Francisco.
Meg talked about how Skype has been great so far and it only gets better. She announced that eBay will be testing Skype Buttons in listing in select categories. This will also soon be up in writing on eBay's [Announcement board](http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml). Also, the audience applauded and cheered to the North American free phone calls campaign.
I really liked the keynote. Not only because it talked a lot about Skype, which was also great, but also because how it focused in a no-nonsense down-to-earth way on how eBay and its various parts work together and the developments that have happened and will happen at eBay recently and going forward. Bill Cobb announced [eBay blogs](http://blogs.ebay.com/) and [Wiki](http://www.ebaywiki.com/) that are great to hear from Skype, as we are great believers in social tools and interactions and are happy to empower them from our side. There was also discussion of cutting down on excessive shipping charges, plus improving trust and safety by making international sellers more accountable.
Let's see what the rest of the event and Vegas holds. See deeper Live! coverage in [the Chatter](http://www.ebaychatter.com/).
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Jaanus, thanks for the news and photos! Do me a favor though…if you see Elvis again, tell him he has to be back here in Memphis by the 30th of June.


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Ok, i have a problem whit a video card i got as a gift. Its a OEM ati 5850, the problem is i cant get a signal if i connect the hdmi, it work ok if i use dvi to vga adapter cause my hdtv dont have dvi connection, just hdmi and vga, also gpuz dont show the information correct, here is a screenshoot: It appear to work fine but the image quality is not the same if i dont go hdmi, im sure the cable is fine cause i can connect it to my ps3 and also to the integrated video card on my board and work just fine. also i have another hdmi cable and dont work either. Any Suggestion? System Spec: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 i5 2500K @ Stock OCZ Vertez 3 120gb 8gb Patriot memory Thermaltake TR2-430
Dont know, just got it yesterday, i did a clean install, change driver but nothing, if i connect it to the hdmi i get no signal, like i dont have a cable connect it, it get in to windows normally. How do i know is some one try to flash the bios, i live in dominican republic and got it as a gift from my father that was in canada, he buy it used there.
wow that card has done some traveling... since he bought it used there's really no telling what's happened to it. the reason I asked about the bios is b/c of what GPU-Z is showing. Someone may have tried to put a 6800 series bios on it for w/e reason, though I doubt that would work.
the card work, my concern is the gpuz and the fact that i cant use hdmi, do you think i should try to flash to a 5850 bios and see if that solved the problem, also is that hard to do cause i dont want to brick the card. Update: also now i realize gpuz say BIOS reading not supported on this device when i click save to file.
to be honest I don't have a lot of experience with flashing the bios on a gpu. Might want to wait for someone else to reply as far as that goes... however... here's a list of the bios files for the 5850. http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/index.php?vendorID=1002&deviceID=6899 If you try this, stick to the ones that say ATI. I'm guessing yours was messed with since it has the mem clock at 1200 rather than 1000, though it could be an issue with GPU-z. Maybe W1zzard can help you with it if he spots this thread.
Also the card dont say 5850 anywhere, the seller told my that that was a 5850, here is a picture of the card:
it is a 5850 comparing it to mine. For whatever reason to me the fan looks like VisionTek but dont put a lot of stock into that.
It appears to be a reference PCB, however, that cooler is definitely not. I swear, it looks identical to the coolers that were on my reference 4870's.
sounds like you got scammed. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-ATI-Radeon-HD-5850-Performance-Review/
ok, any way i can get it to work or should i just sell it as faulty and let other resolve the problem?
honestly id keep the card around and buy a Known Working unit or return the card and get your money back.
Ok, im going to flash it, the problem i have now is that atiflash say p/n missmatched, old pn 113-c00101tt-001, I cant find anything about that bios to really know what card i have, i read that i can forced it. Should i forced it?
Evo, If you could please take the cooler off and give us a shot of the GPU die along with the numbers off of it? That would really tell us what it is and what bios you should flash. *Edit* After looking it up, it seems to be a OEM 4870.
Ok, going to take the cooler off, also, a make a bios dump using atiflash and rbe say its hardware spec cypress xt and all the ati bios 5850 say cypress pro. il post the picture whit fan off in a couple of minutes
RBE only shows what the BIOS reads and I am thinking someone flashed it with a newer bios thinking it would "unlock" it and I am surprised it even boots.
I upload a picture of the back of the card, scroll up and youll see it, also, the back is clean, no stickers
ugh this definitely blows, but ya it appears you have a 4870/4890 there 0930 means that GPU was produced in 2009 Week 30 I just realized something next to where it says AMD on the PCB tell us what that number is
The review for the 5870 here in techpower up have this image: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/images/gpu.jpg 109-c00257-00a


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I've been searching and posting around to get Polylang (a relatively new kid on the block when it comes to translation) to work with Framework. I wanted this because WPML is a paid solution nowadays and because I think its good if WPML gets some competitors. Well Polylang is not yet at that stage, but I got a full translation of Framework with it.
At first the blog title and tagline didn't translate nor user definable strings like 'Continue Reading…' and the 'Posted on [date] by [author]' Metabar, but after some communication with Chouy (his name on WP forums) the Polylang dev fixed this as follows.
At the moment you can translate Framework by installing the latest Polylang build 0.9.3.1.
Then you create a php file with the following code:
The code pulls the Metabar and Continue Reading strings from Pagelines settings so that you can translate them manually
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Why do some people in the broadcast vendor community speak with contempt about what they call "legacy" systems? It's as though anything done "the old way" is considered to have been done in a bad way.
This contempt for the traditional methods of operation or engineering design stems from a belief that whatever is new must be better, and that the old must give way to the new — no matter what. I don't object to that basic idea, unless it is obvious to me that the new way is not necessarily better than the old.
As a freelance consultant, I get around. I get to see and hear the Operations and Engineering goings-on of many TV stations around the world. And what I commonly hear is complaints from operational staff that the new IT-based production system thrust upon them is slower, less efficient, and more troublesome than the "legacy" video-tape based operation.
Some of those complaints are attributable to a lack of training or understanding on the part of the operators. But the rest are attributable to the fact that the operators are right. In many instances, the new system is slower, less efficient, and more troublesome than the legacy system.
How could that be? How could it be that a brand new, latest technology, industry leader, cutting edge design, and every other buzz-word-adjective system, could generate so many complaints among the users?
The first reason is because the system vendor broke the Golden Rule of system design: "Thou shalt not take away any existing capability from the user." There's nothing more frustrating for a user than to find he can't do some basic function on the new system that he was doing for years on the old system. For example, a camcorder tape arrives from the ENG crew, and the news editor puts it in a player and immediately starts editing a story. But in the new system, he has to wait for it to be fully ingested, and only then can he start editing the story.
You might be thinking "That's ridiculous — all IT based production systems allow the user to start editing a story within a few seconds from the BEGINNING of the ingest activity!" But you'd be wrong. I saw a system just recently that had no such capability — and the users were very upset about it.
That brings me to another Golden Rule of system design: "Thou shalt confirm and get accepted every detailed specification of the system with the user before the contract for supply is signed." When this rule is broken, it's a shared responsibility on the part of the customer and the vendor. The customer should insist on seeing a detailed specification document, and should thoroughly study it in very fine detail. The end users must be informed of the detailed specification, and any deficiencies therein must be debated to determine whether the end users can accept such deficiencies. There are almost always deficiencies.
And the vendor must not sign the contract for supply until he or she is sure that the customer has accepted the detailed specification, including any deficiencies therein. But here lies a fundamental weakness in many vendor sales representatives — the urge to get the order no matter what, even when there are glaring mismatches between the customer expectations and the offered system functionality.
When I was at the helm of large system sales negotiations for a well-known vendor, I adopted a very firm policy of underselling the product. I made sure the customer's expectations were lower than the capability of the product that we were going to deliver. I wanted the customer to be pleasantly surprised that the product was even better than he was expecting.
The last thing I wanted was for the customer to be disappointed with his million-dollar system. I value the relationship I have with my clients. I need to be able to look my customer in the eye and always tell the truth. Only that way can I sleep well at night. But I'm sorry to say that there are some Sales personnel in some companies for whom the truth is only optional, and in some instances, the truth is inconvenient.
Stepping back from the front line sales to the engineering design of broadcast systems, I find also that some system designers, particularly those with a mostly IT background, seem to have an allergy to any technical solution that isn't a state of the art IT solution. It's like the old Chinese proverb: "To he whose only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."
For example, the broadcast industry was happily using RS-422 interfaces and cables for the real time control of videotape machines, video switchers, audio mixers, character generators, and other devices in the system. The cable was strong. The connector was secure, with retaining screws as standard. But try to get an IT system designer to use an RS-422 interface for anything, and you'll most likely meet with a stubborn unwillingness. That unwillingness is not for any good technical reason — it's just a prejudice — a prejudice against anything that's been around a long time, no matter how useful and reliable it may be.
The IT designer's penchant is for plastic, insecure, easily broken RJ45 network connections, over an interface that is not well-known at all for real-time process control. Try talking to a young IT engineer about the merits of an RS-422 connection, and you'll be met with a sneer. Us old guys with our old ways are often treated as old-fashioned. And "fashion" is a powerful force among young people.
Fashion overrides practicality. Just look at women's shoes for proof of that. And the modern IT industry is very prone to the forces of fashion. It is as much marketing-driven as it is technology driven. And that's the problem with so-called "legacy" systems. They just aren't fashionable. They still work fine. They just aren't trendy or fashionable. And that apparently is enough reason to supersede them, even if the successor system is inferior in many ways. Welcome to the 21st century!
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Well this is a bit depressing. Every game I've played since my last update I've got the platinum for but my RYNOC has gone down ... substantially at that! Particular blame lies on ME2 and ME3.
Anyway, lastest update, just before the 6 month cut-off, is 26.487
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Wait-Jester-Sec wrote:I havent updated mine in a while. I'd do it now but i have to rush off to work. trophy card is up to date so i shall figure it out when i have a spare few minutes lol
Save ya the trouble its
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November 1, 2011 Ivory Coast 2011 © Brigitte Breuillac/ MSF In November 2010, Ivory Coast held elections during which President Laurent Gbagbo was defeated at the polls. Gbagbo refused to accept the results, leading to months of fierce fighting between his supporters and the supporters of the election's winner, Alassana Outarra. Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) returned to Ivory Coast in the midst of the conflagration, setting up projects in the west, across the border with Liberia—where fleeing Ivorian families were taking shelter—and in Abidjan's Abobo Sud neighborhood. In early April—a week before Gbagbo surrendered and the fighting began to subside—the MSF team at the Abobo Sud Hospital was isolated, unable to move or obtain additional supplies from outside. Team coordinator Delphine Chedorge kept a diary describing this tense period. Some details have been changed or deleted in the interest of security, but her entries, minimally abridged and edited, illustrate the dilemmas and difficulties the team experienced trying to do their work in extremely challenging circumstances. Ivory Coast 2011 © Peter DiCampo/ Pulitzer Center Among the groups mentioned are the Forces Nouvelles, the Ivorian rebel forces that backed Outarra; the United Nations Operation in Ivory Coast (UNOCI); and the French "Operation Licorne" forces, which support the UN peacekeepers. Monday, April 4 Ivory Coast 2011 © Peter DiCampo/ Pulitzer Center The Forces Nouvelles' final offensive began around noon. The U.N. authorized the French Licorne forces to attack Gbagbo's heavy weaponry, which had caused civilian injuries and was also used to attack the UNOCI. All afternoon, fighting was concentrated around Cocody and Angre, targeting the Ivorian national television network. We could hear it very clearly from our location in Abobo. It's not far away and sometimes the noise came quite close. Fighting continued all night, until Tuesday morning. The fighters were the only ones to bring wounded patients in—arriving in a steady stream. However, we think many of the wounded are not reaching any medical facility unless they are transported by Forces Nouvelles soldiers. The fighters escorting the patients have now overrun the hospital. They are from the northern part of the country. They don't know us and they are better trained than the local militias, but they don't have any greater respect for us. They are armed and come and go freely in the units, the emergency department, and the screening area, and even try to take our food, saying they need it because they're fighting. These never-ending daily discussions—intended to make sure the team is safe and that it can do its work—are exhausting. The prognosis for our anesthesia supplies: two days, maximum. Tuesday, April 5 Gbagbo's surrender was announced this afternoon. Cheers in Abobo, people firing into the air everywhere. Everyone is hiding in the hospital—a bullet flew through the doorway and others are exploding on the roof. Injured patients follow quickly. Fighters arrive with the wounded. One man shows up in handcuffs. He was taken when Gbagbo's second wife's house was attacked. He was visiting his brother, who worked there, and was beaten and stabbed. He is terrorized, but his wounds are not serious. The fighters didn't have the keys to the handcuffs. When they left, we cut the chain with shears. The two cuffs are still there and we hid them under bandages. Unfortunately, we had to set him up in the hallway on a plastic tarp for the night. Other patients and their escorts in the hospital rooms insulted him and threatened to kill him. We decided to move him somewhere else while he was being treated. The Licorne forces promised us a convoy so that we could get the medicine and supplies that have been stuck in MSF's coordination space in Zone 4 [in southern Abidjan] with our two operating room nurses. They are going crazy, stuck there like that. Wednesday, April 6 Gbagbo withdrew his surrender, saying that there had never been any question of doing anything like that. The situation is falling apart. Since this morning, we've been hearing about lots of bodies abandoned along the side of the road—wounded and sick people who couldn't manage to get to medical facilities. Some areas of Abidjan lack electricity and even drinking water. There's not enough food. In short, it's about as bad as it can be. Our two operating room nurses and the convoy of supplies that the Licorne forces promised have not arrived. Nine wounded and 67 patients hospitalized today. Some of the wounded have returned to the operating room. Two of them had to have limbs amputated. The staff is dealing with endless waves of wounded people, many of them life-threatening emergencies. The surgical team is really upset. Phrase of the day: "nothing like a good friend to shoot at you" (as a large share of our wounded patients have been shot by friends). Thursday, April 7 Patients are showing up with their prescriptions for antiretrovirals and tuberculosis drugs. We're starting to take care of them. In the end, the Licorne forces canceled the convoy. The Japanese embassy was attacked last night and the Licorne soldiers had to get seven people out. Two pick-up trucks were also attacked at the French embassy. Our team based in Zone 4 left to come join us but they did an about-face when they came face-to-face with snipers and burned-out shells of cars in Adjame. We're hearing increasing numbers of accounts about bodies left in the street. Our MSF team is still not leaving the hospital, although a few more people are out in the street this morning. Nine wounded today, 75 hospitalized. There's still a patient who needs an amputation. A little truck arrived from Bouaké with the anesthesia kit and solutions. Unfortunately, there are no narcotics inside (no valium or morphine) and only 10 vials of lidocaine. That's one day's supply. Our surgeon just learned that his family may have been robbed again… He's afraid and can't get through on the phone, so he borrowed mine to check on security where his wife lives. I sent a car of fighters to buy some baby formula and diapers for a baby who was abandoned at the hospital in late March. There are no more rules here. MSF's standard principles no longer apply. We're just trying to treat our patients, almost any way we can. At the end of March, we were comparing Abobo to Baghdad. Today, Abidjan resembles Mogadishu—chaos, multiple groups, clans, robberies. Terror and catastrophe for the people who live here. We are not seeing any light at the end of this tunnel and the stories people are telling us are worse and worse. Friday, April 8 The market is a little more crowded and there's a bit more variety, too (but nothing to get excited about). Abobo is the best-supplied neighborhood in Abidjan. The hospital pharmacist has returned. The electricity and air conditioning are back on in the pharmacy and we're organizing things so that we can set up our pharmacy in there, too, freeing up the large recovery room that we've taken over. A steady stream of people with bullet wounds continues to arrive. Labor and delivery is working at full steam. We are also seeing a regular flow of ill people: wasting syndrome, end of life, chronic illnesses in a complete state of collapse that we can't do anything about (including HIV, diabetic coma, and stroke). There's malaria, too, which, fortunately, we can still treat. Deaths, explanations to the families so that they can take their parent home. That's hard, too. We don't have an experienced doctor, either (our young physician is working all alone and pretty much lacking support, in spite of the supervising nurse who helps him a lot). Five deaths today, 29 admissions, including 20 bullet wounds. The total number of hospitalized patients is now 78. No more 450 ml blood bags (we have only 250s left); only two more Determine HIV tests (we've been out of the Unigold for several days); no adrenaline; still no more valium or morphine; two boxes of examination gloves; no more tramadol; no more Ace Bandages; no traction materials. Saturday, April 9 The market is bigger and there are more goods. This is our first outing—to the market and Anyama Hospital [in northern Abidjan]. There are roadblocks every few hundred yards, but the guards are not hostile. Everyone greets us. At the hospital, the bursar tells us that the market reopened 24 hours ago. Not many roadblocks. Life is almost normal. On the other hand, the hospital is deserted. There are seven medical staff, compared to the normal 157. Finally, four trucks with medicine and medical supplies have arrived! And the first MSF employees who will be working at Anyama Hospital, too. Sunday, April 10 Another car arrives at our house in Abobo with supplies and our two international staff. We leave to visit Anyama Hospital, escorted by two 4x4 vehicles. Next, we'll go to the two large clinics to get them started again. One is ideal for outpatient visits; the second is too far from the main road and the poor roadway conditions make it difficult to refer patients. We got back at night. Tomorrow, the team will go to Anyama Hospital to set up logistics and start calling the hospital staff back to work. In Abobo Sud, we can hear light and heavy weapons fire again in the late afternoon. It's not very far away. By the end of the evening, we had taken in only four seriously wounded patients. At that point, we didn't know that the big numbers would arrive at night. At least we were completely ready. MSF teams continue to work in Abidjan hospitals, in several locations in the west, and with Ivorian refugees taking shelter in Liberia. |
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Linn Electronics LM-1 Drum Computer
This is THE classic drum machine of the 80's - it launched the drum machine revolution! The Linn LM-1 Drum Computer was created by guitarist Roger Linn and he used samples of acoustic drum sounds. At the time, they sounded great and much more realistic and they were a fresh alternative to the analog drum sounds of the '80's drum machines. About 500 LM-1's were made before the LinnDrum model appeared in 1982.
There are twelve 28kHz samples including: snare, kick, three toms, hi-hat's, tambourine, congas, claps, cowbell, and rimshot, but no ride or crash. There are also 100 memory patches! Patterns can be created in real or step time. An innovations of the time was the swing and quantize functions that appeared on the LM-1. The LM-1 is an historical synth that has a place in the sound of music from the heart of the '80's. Only 500 of these things are out there so don't count on finding one easily. It has been used by Phil Collins, Thompson Twins, Stevie Wonder, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, John Carpenter, Todd Rundgren, Prince, and The Art of Noise.
1999 album is LM-1 all the way
When musicians back in the day referred to the LinnDrum, they were often just using the short term for Linn Drum Computer, the LM-1. For example, in an interview with Men Without Hats, singer Ivan Doroschuk mentioned they used a LinnDrum on the first album, Rhythm of Youth. I wrote him and he told me it was actually a Linn LM-1 Drum Computer.
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Audio Clip 1 - A couple demos of the Linn's various drum sets. From the Future Music CD, issue 49.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 12 sounds
- Samples - 28kHz Samples: bass, snare, rimshot, hihat, 3 toms, cabasa, tambourine, high and low congas, cowbell, claps.
- Patterns - 100
- Songs - 8
- Keyboard - none
- New & Cool Functions - Quantizing, real-time programming and digital metronome
- Control - Tape sync and Clock
- Date Produced - 1980-83
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Don't worry - he Obama middle class tax increases starting in Jan will pay for this.
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