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Communication With a Human Touch
At Intuit, we like to do things differently. We are a community committed to sharing our ideas, insights, information and diverse perspectives with candor.
You'll see our executives using everything from blogs, corporate television and email. And oh yeah, we still do a lot of face to face.
Transparent at All Times
Leadership Conference on the Go
Every August, 300 of our senior executives attend Intuit's annual Leadership Conference. This event helps ground our leaders on the company's most critical priorities for the year. But we don't stop there. We also broadcast the event simultaneously over Intuit TV, our televised communications channel, to allow all employees to hear what their leaders are thinking - and speaking about.
For employees who are travelling or working away from their desks during the conference, this year we created a Leadership Conference application for mobile devices that featured video snippets from the event.
If it Works for Customers…
We've helped our TurboTax customers solve problems by developing Live Communities - a social channel where they can turn to each other for answers to pressing questions. Based on its success, we are using the same technology to help employees get answers to their human resources-related questions.
The Intuit Live Community lets employees ask questions about a variety of topics and receive answers from their colleagues - everything from advice on advancing a career to recommending a chiropractor.
"The Intuit Live Community gives our employees a chance to really live our culture of innovation. By using social technology in the workplace, our people become more capable in the social space and can better understand the needs of our customers."
David Reed
director of human resources service delivery and channel management.
See Those in the C-Suite
It's not likely you'll ever see our executives appearing on television's "Undercover Boss." They're just too recognizable. Whether making personal appearances at sites around the world, answering questions on our Intuit TV broadcasts, or through regular emails, our executives build and maintain contact with employees on a regular basis to share information and remain in touch. Here are just a few of their more visible efforts.
Quarterly Q&A Covers all Things Intuit
To keep employees informed and engaged, CEO Brad Smith hosts a 60-minute Q&A session each quarter. This event, broadcast live via Intuit TV, Intuit's televised communication channel, creates an intimate exchange between Brad and employees watching from computers whether on-site or working remotely. Employees may submit questions in advance or live. And they get a direct response from Brad, who addresses topics ranging from healthcare options and on-campus perks to Intuit's business strategy.
Looking Behind the Numbers
Brad isn't the only executive taking to the airwaves. Chief Financial Officer Neil Williams chats informally with Investor Relations Director Matt Rhodes to go "Behind the Numbers" and give employees, a quick, verbal snapshot of Intuit's quarterly financial results.
Neil and Matt sit down and pull back the curtain to shed light on what the numbers mean to our people and our business. In their recent broadcast, Neil and Matt discussed an acquisition.
Intuit TV: Watch It Where and When You Want
In a fast-paced environment where employees are often travelling or working remotely, it's important that company information be readily available and easy to access from anywhere. With Intuit TV, our people can see and hear their leaders whenever and wherever they wish.
Kiran Patel, senior vice president and general manager of the Small Business Group hosted monthly "SBG Unplugged" to update employees on the state of the business and to hear interviews with members of his leadership team.
Intranet: One-stop Information Shop
Insight, the Intuit intranet, is home to many of Intuit's communication channels, including an online newsletter, leader and company blogs, and Intuit TV. For employees, the site is a valuable information hub where they can find the latest news and information, and also gather to collaborate and share ideas. For leaders, it's a way to communicate with employees, through interviews, videos and blogs.
With broad content based on what employees want and need to know, the online newsletter SNAP - short for Strategy, News and Performance - has become the trusted vehicle for delivery of breaking company news, as well as information on new initiatives, strategies and products.


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I recently got a Dell XPS15 and it came with an HDMI port/connection,but I can't figure out how to use it.
I connected my XPS 15 to my tv, rebooted the PC because I read in here that I should do that, but there is no apparent connection to the TV (46 inch 1080p flat screen) but there appears to be no video signal from the laptop to the TV.
I can't find any documentation (Dell or otherwise) that tells me how to use the HDMI connection. How do you make it happen?
I had no signal to my external monitor when hdmi was plugged in. Very frustrating. Intel control panel didn't find a second display so I finally went in to "device manager" (click windows key, type "device manager" then open device manager. I believe I went to "display adapters" and clicked on the nvidia one, right-clicked and selected "properties" and found that nvidia was disabled (I guess intel took precedence?); enabled nvidia (I think it was under the 'general' tab), and immediately my external monitor came to life! Hope this helps some other people.
Remember to select the HDMI input on the TV--HDMI 1, HDMI 2 etc--check your tv manual. Do Not select PC input. That's only for VGA connection. Look up Connect a TV in Windows Help for more instructions.
Well, it turns out I had a faulty HDMI cable. Once I swapped to a new cable, Windows recognized my HDTV as a "projector" and it was as simple as hitting "F1" and choosing to view on a "projector"! Thanks for the help...
I´m having the same problem as you, but I know that my cable is working fine, since it connects other laptops (including my old Inspiron 1525). The XPS do recognize the TV, since it appears in the video and sound settings, but the TV doesn´t recognize the XPS, even in the proper HDMI input. Does it have something to do with the hdmi cable, do I need one compatible with the 1.4 hdmi port? This is getting so frustrating! Thanks in advance!
Similar problems here. Cable works fine with other devices, but no dice when connected to Dell XPS 15. I have GT540M, not sure if this is part of the problem. Anyway, tried the usual stuff on forums. Turning things on in different orders, trying to detect through NVidea control panel etc. Nothing. This is doing my head in as part of reason for choosing the various options on this laptop was to be able to play blueray to my TV with 3d etc.
Any tips (apart from turning off and on, reinstalling drivers) would be gratefully received.
Even tho your cable works with other devices, make sure you buy a new cable and try that. All I know if in my case it ended up just being the cable - my old reply:
I had a DELL guy today at my house and he replaced the motherboard of my XPS 15. Now the HDMI works! I just plugged on the TV and it was there! So happy!
Heck yeah! We use ours like a cable box - set it next to the 46" HDTV and watch Netflix and Hulu. The picture is amazing. Glad you got it fixed - now, enjoy! The XPS15 rocks!
Excellent advice! I had looked for a fix on this issue for several weeks. This worked perfectly; thanks!

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Three for the Road Summary
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Set in the nineteenth century when Tokyo was till called Edo, Yaji is a widower eking out a living sculpting fancy pastries. He's in love with Okino, a popular local courtesan frustratingly beyond his reach. Okino, now past her commercial prime and secretly in love with Yaji, wants to leave her profession but her only option is to buy her way out of bondage and Yaji has neither money nor prospects thereof. Okino lies to Yaji, pleading that he will help her run away to see her dying father. Yaji proclaims he will engineer her secape and deliver her to her native village, when a man appears outside, his head hanging from a rope. He is Kita, Yaji's childhood friend. A second-rate actor, Kita has blown a major role and lost his will to live. Kita decides Yaji and Okino's impending journey is the perfect cure and talks Yaji into letting him join them. As the unlikely threesome hit the road, none has any idea of the adventures that lie ahead or of what will become of the unspoken love between Yaji and Okino.


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CG Cookie - Creating a Little Elephant Character in Blender
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Please welcome Josh Maule to Blender Cookie with his first tutorial on creating this cute scene of a little stuffed elephant and mouse.
In this Blender tutorial you will learn everything needed to put together this scene, including the modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14: Video Captures Perspective Of Near-Miss Space Rock (VIDEO)
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When the 150-foot wide asteroid DA14 passes ridiculously close to the Earth on Friday, this is what it will see.
A computer generated video has used data from Nasa to show visually just how near the rock will come to slamming into our planet.
(In case you're wondering, the distance is about 17,000 miles - within the orbit of many satellites.)
Fortunately there is no chance of a disaster: astronomers say it's perfectly safe.
So... do you trust them?
READ MORE: Asteroid DA14 'Worth $195 Billion'
READ MORE: Asteroid 'Capable Of Flattening London' To Skim Earth


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50th: Long Road to Automation — From High Touch to Hi Tech
o Dr. Ing. Rudolf Hell showed the new Vario-Klischograph for both color and black-and-white, producing electronic engravings in sizes up to 12×16?, fully automatic.
To get a further sense of the industry's state of technological development in 1958, here's a sampling of headlines and excerpts from stories published that year.
"New Photocomposing Machine for Low Cost Production of Type Matter"–A new machine, the Optype, which uses a photographic principle for copying lines of type and justifying the right hand margin. . . is said to compose type at speeds up to 16 lines per minute. . .will sell for $6,950.
"Letterpress Forum Earns Praise with New Development Program"–Nine firms showed more than 2,500 graphic arts workers a dazzling array of new developments in the application of photographic techniques to letterpress printing. . .By closed circuit television, viewed at the New Yorker and Statler hotels, the companies unveiled the fruits of their research labor for an amazed and receptive audience.
"How Research Pays Off: Color on Newsprint"–RIT's Graphic Arts Research Department has been conducting research for years leading to the development of a system of web offset process color newspaper printing, which would be low-cost, high quality and economical.
The passage of 10 years didn't warrant doing a big industry retrospective in the June 1968 issue. Instead, PRINT 68 was the lead story. It reported that "automation is the watchword of the printing industry today," and cited advances in computer typesetting, electronic controls and platemaking as examples. On the press front, a "massive sales drive" by Japanese manufacturers and a "very pronounced tendency to the in-line production approach" were noted.
o Printing in Space
Catching the space race fever of the time, PI also carried an amusing article titled "Printing Method Developed for Use by Lunar Astronauts." The piece only owned up to being a spoof in its last line: Editor's Note–Of course, you are now aware that this "new product" story is all in fun.


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Candeo Hotels Ozu
Candeo Hotels Ozu is a budget boutique hotel in Ozu, Kumamoto Prefecture.
This Ozu hotel is only 15 minutes drive from Kumamoto Airport and the most modern-furnished hotel in the region. (Google Map)
Candeo Hotels Ozu features 152 guestrooms which provides the best-in-class services and are proud of roof-top 'sky spa', where you can enjoy beautiful view.
Candeo Hotels Ozu is the best choice for both business use and leisure use in Kumamoto. We look forward to your visit to our hotel.


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Malik Bader and Nickola Shreli hit it big at the Fantasia Film Festival with this father-daughter crime story.Read More »
So now that Lars von Trier has dropped his two-part sex opus "Nymphomaniac," what's his next move (besides prepping the director's cuts of those films)? As always, the filmmaker is not only keeping us on our toes, but excited too, as it seems he's getting ready to dip back into genre fare.Read More »
How do you get Lars von Trier to write a horror movie for you? The secret is to keep talking until von Trier gets sick of hearing about it.Read More »


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Pryor said that in recent years, a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has enabled the energy industry to access and produce unconventional gas economically. According to Pryor, hydraulic fracturing has been used safely and effectively for more than 60 years in more than 1 million wells.
Development of natural gas from Marcellus shale resources supports nearly 140,000 jobs in Pennsylvania and accounted for almost all of the growth in Pennsylvania's economy in 2010, he said.
According to Pryor, the shale gas industry supported 1 million direct and indirect jobs in the U.S. in 2010, and oil and gas production created almost one in every 10 new jobs last year. He said that jobs associated with shale development are expected to more than double by 2035.
Pryor also said that lower natural gas prices from increased supply are fueling a manufacturing renaissance in the U.S. For example, ExxonMobil Chemical is developing plans for a major expansion of its Gulf Coast manufacturing facilities "to produce leading-edge products from natural gas feedstocks."
ExxonMobil senior scientist Jack Neal, who has spent years analyzing hydrocarbon source rocks around the world and looking at operations to produce it, then discussed the details of shale gas production operations and key issues involving them.


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I've heard a lot about carb-rotation diets and how beneficial they can be. Can you describe how they work?
A carb rotation diet is simply monitoring and varying your carb intake based on the days of the week. A popular approach is relying on mostly green vegetables as your carb source for 3.5 days, then for the last meal on the fourth day, enjoy some low glycemic carbs like spaghetti, low fat yogurt and whole grains. For the next 2.5 days, go back to eating green vegetables for your carbs, before adding another low-glycemic carb to your dinner on that third day. As an example, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are low carbs and then you add in a carb load on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are low carbs, then the last meal on Saturday is your other carb meal.
This diet can work wonders, but see if it suits you and your body first. While some get ripped to shreds, others have trouble reaching their desired level of tightness.
Sounds interesting. How does this break down each day and how are carbs added?
First thing: eat within an hour of waking, then eat every three hours, for a total of 5 to 6 meals a day. Here's an example of a daily meal schedule:
- 6 a.m.: 4-5 eggs with only one yolk and 1/2 grapefruit
- 9 a.m.: 2 scoops of MusclePharm Combat in water
- 12 p.m. 8 oz. lean meat and unlimited green vegetables
- 3 p.m.: 2 scoops of MusclePharm Combat in water
- 6 p.m.: 8 oz. lean meat and unlimited green vegetables
- 9 p.m.: Another 2 scoops of MusclePharm Combat if needed
Do this for 3.5 days (i.e., Sunday through Wednesday lunch) and for that final meal on day four (Wednesday dinner), add one cup of brown rice and a sweet potato, along with a banana, to your protein and greens. Then repeat the above diet for 2.5 days (Thursday through Saturday lunch), carb loading at the end of the third day (Saturday dinner).
Choose the days that are best for you, but follow these diet guidelines.
Please explain the science behind carb rotation dieting.
This diet works by depleting your muscles for 3 ½ days, then delivering just enough carbs to pump them back up. This triggers a strong hormone response. By depleting the body again and adding another carb load at the end of the week, your body should burn fat on low carb days. The increase in calories should spike your metabolism and bring you in tighter. A lot of guys have used this diet to get ripped. Big time.
What would a training program look like with this type of diet?
Not many hard and fast rules exist, but you should work your legs the day after a carb load. You'll feel fuller and stronger under the bar. On the other carb load day, pick a lagging body part to hit really hard, or target your back or chest. Your body and your goals have the ultimate say, but definitely work your legs the morning after one of the carb loads. This is a must for almost everyone on this diet.
When it comes to supplements, what are your staples during this type of diet?
Intensity and recovery are key if you are dieting and training. In this case, our specialists recommend taking Shred Matrix™ before meal #1 and #3. Post workout, include a half-scoop of Recon®. Before bed, add another half-scoop of Recon® along with a half-scoop of Bullet Proof™. On training days, take a full scoop of Assault™ before your workout.
Any other pointers or tips for tackling this diet?
This diet plan has worked for lots of people. It is a great beginner diet that isn't too extreme and will help gauge your body's reaction to dieting. Always keep in mind that nobody ever got real lean without sacrificing. Getting and staying ripped isn't easy. A disciplined diet and diligent, consistent training take commitment. But once you start, you can improve and fine tune your diet in later phases.


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Crash killed Zachary Byrd in 0213
Truck driver found not guilty of vehicular homicide.
Jason Woodyard cleared of all charges in I-75 accident in 2013.
Semi truck driver Jason Woodyard was found not guilty in his vehicular homicide trial Thursday.
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Jason Woodyard cries after being found not guilty in his vehicular homicide trial. (Photo by Ron Fischer/WCPO)
Scene of the crash on I-75 near Mitchell Avenue.
CINCINNATI -- Semi truck driver Jason Woodyard broke down in tears after being found not guilty in his vehicular homicide trial Thursday.
Woodyard, 42, was cleared of all charges in the death of 21-year-old Zachary Byrd in a multi-vehicle crash on I-75 last September.
"It's been very difficult for both me and my family," Woodyard said. "I haven't been to work in over eight months and I'm just looking forward to getting back to work and taking care of my family."
Byrd's family was also in tears, trying to deal with the fact that no one was found culpable for his death.
"We're devastated. We really are," said Darrell Byrd, Zachary's father.
"It's been horrible. Not only is our son gone -- our lives -- it's just miserable How else can you say it? It's hard to even function now."
The wreck happened near Mitchell Avenue on Sept. 29, 2013, just after 5:10 a.m. Police said James Harrison, 21, swerved his Saturn to miss a 2009 Dodge Journey driven by Ashley Kelly, 22. Kelly lost control of her vehicle and struck a barrier wall.
Moments later, Woodyard hit both the Saturn and Journey with his tractor trailer, killing Byrd, who was a passenger in one of the cars.
Police said Woodyard failed to stop, causing Byrd's death.
But Woodyard's attorney, Kelly Johnson, said multiple factors led to Byrd's death.
"During the whole case we said there were multiple victims and there multiple mistakes that were made -- from the first person that hit the guardrail in the road to the person that stopped in the middle of the highway to Jason striking the cars," Johnson said.
"There were multiple activities involved in this and this is the right verdict."
Woodyard said he was "happy for the not-guilty verdict, but I'm sad for the family and the victims.
"I will remember that night for the rest of my life. "I'll never forget Zachary Byrd's name for as long as I live, and that's a promise."
A civil suit is pending.


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Comes with an 8AA battery pack (wire long enough to stuff into saddle pack) and "quick release" (I just replaced the screw with a thumb nut and screw).
Brightness is the same as the planetbike superspot but the viewing angle is about 2x.
Take it if you really need it.


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welcome to our 75th anniversary season!
Audiences and artists have been coming together at the Phillips well before 1941, when Phillips Music became a series of 30+ concerts. Throughout 2015/2016, we commemorate our 75th season of presenting enthralling performances in the Music Room's idyllic chamber music environment. Among the highlights—notwithstanding a reenactment of the iconic 1955 US debut of Glenn Gould—we pay special tribute to the outstanding musicians of the US military for their role in keeping Phillips Music continually running during World War II. I hope you'll join us throughout this remarkable season as we traverse many musical landscapes together.
Caroline Mousset, Director of Music
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Why Olympus's m43s do not have MPEG - 4/AVCHD option for movie recording?
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Re: Why Olympus's m43s do not have MPEG - 4/AVCHD option for movie recording?
Probably they didn't purchased a license for a codec and didn't incorporated it into processor or do not want to use 3rd party one. IMHO it's licensing fees stopping them (and R&D fees too). When it will be a must for all Olympus cameras to have AVCHD, they will license one and you'll have to pay more for the camera with AVCHD.
Sure it's time to get rid of MJPEG and AVI and use MPEG4 H.264 with AAC for the videos. MP4 or MKV container.
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Series: Extermination
Writer(s): Simon Spurrier
Artist(s): Jeffrey Edwards
About this Series:
WE LOST. THEY WON. In the wake of an apocalyptic alien invasion, the world's greatest super-heroes and deadliest super-villains must form an alliance to prevent their own extermination. Two archenemies -- Nox, a driven hero, and the Red Reaper, a ruthless villain -- form a volatile partnership for the greater good. The enemy of your enemy is your friend...but will they be able to ultimately put aside their bitter past to prevent global genocide? What happens when all the battle lines are redrawn and foes become unlikely allies in a desperate war for the fate of the very planet, and the outcome of a species?


text: A first glimpse inside Boeing's new commercial spaceship Technology 24 July 13 by Elizabeth Howell, SEN.com An interior view of Boeing's CST-100 spacecraftNASA/Robert Markowitz The first pictures of Boeing's new spacecraft, the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 show how spacecraft design has evolved since the space shuttle was designed four decades ago.Blue LEDs dot the interior, resembling the lighting that theatre-goers saw in Star Trek Into Darkness's Enterprise spacecraft this spring. Tablet technology is available. Most notable, though, is the absence of the usual wall-to-wall switches usually seen in human spacecraft."What you're not going to find is 1,100 or 1,600 switches," stated Chris Ferguson, director of Boeing's crew and mission operations division and a former Nasa astronaut."When these guys go up in this, their primary mission is not to fly this spacecraft. Their primary mission is to go to the space station for six months. So we don't want to burden them with an inordinate amount of training to fly this vehicle. We want it to be intuitive."Boeing is one of three companies receiving funding from Nasa to develop crew transportation systems to the International Space Station. Officials have seen the spacecraft in action before, most notably in a few landing tests to see how well the parachutes and other systems perform. These pictures, however, are the first showing what the spacecraft looks on the inside.On 22 July, Nasa astronauts Serena Aunon and Randy Bresnik performed "fit checks" inside CST-100's interior. Donning launch and re-entry suits used for spaceflight, they evaluated how well the spacecraft inside accommodated their bulky outfits. Boeing engineers also monitored the astronauts for factors such as ergonomics and communications."These are our customers. They're the ones who will take our spacecraft into flight, and if we're not building it the way they want it we're doing something wrong," stated Ferguson. "We'll probably make one more go-around and make sure that everything is just the way they like it."Nasa is just one of the reference customers for the CST-100. Bigelow Aerospace, which is building an inflatable space station module for the International Space Station, is expected to use Boeing's spacecraft to ferry astronauts to future space inflatable space stations.Boeing signed a Space Act agreement in 2012 with Nasa for $460 million (£300 million) as part of the third phase -- known as Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) - of funding under the agency's commercial crew program.SpaceX, whose Dragon spacecraft has completed two cargo resupply missions to the space station, received $440 million (£286 million) to modify Dragon for human spaceflight. Sierra Nevada Corp, the remaining company funded in this phase, got $212.5 million (£138.2 million) for its Dream Chaser winged spacecraft.In recent weeks, Nasa has expressed concern with a budget proposal in Congress to slash overall funding for the agency to $16.6 billion (£10.8 billion). Media reports have said this is the smallest budget in terms of purchasing power for the agency since 1986.Should that budgetary level be approved, Nasa says it will likely have to delay implementation of its commercial crew program. This would force the agency to continue relying on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to man the International Space Station, a practice that began after the shuttle was retired in 2011. Original story (c) Sen. More space content from sen.com. Follow sen on twitter: @sen Latest on wired.co.uk


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MyGeneration Software
MyGeneration generates code from templates in C#, VB.NET, JScript, and VBScript.
Provides title slides and templates for dropping photos into digital cards.
This release contains project templates for using Visual Studio 2008.
Steven van Cauter
SCurve for Microsoft Project it's used to track MSProjects visually.
Recovers lost passwords for Microsoft Project documents and templates.
Pacific Edge Software, Inc.
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It is a program that understands RAD project structures and their complexities.
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Convert one or many Document Templates (.dot) to Word files (.doc).
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Visual Studio 2008 XHTML Templates is as set of item and project templates.
kyzhao, HKBU.
This is a Visual Studio Project Wizard add-on for CUDA.
QuickChange uses a portfolio of professionally designed templates.
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Attachment Alarm is very easy to use and requires no hard tuning.
Create templates for employee shift schedules in MS Excel.
Method123 Project Methodology
The complete suite of Project Management Templates.
Can be used to check the status of the server Microsoft Project Central.
Recovery Toolbox, Inc.
Recover corrupted Microsoft Project file mpp and recover Project file data.
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Design, edit, and print your own CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc and case labels.
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Logo Design Studio Construction Expansion Pack is a pack of logo templates.
Create Word templates for project status reports.
MOOS Project Viewer
Free Microsoft Project viewer, free MS Project viewer, free mpp viewer.


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Hi all,
New to the forum, so i hope it's OK to post this. But i wanted to show my night time city maps that i have been working on. Done entirely in 3dsmax/photoshop/after effects. No imagery used other than the sunset/earth curvature on the orbit shots.
I used OSM data of course with a technique i developed over the lat year. I'm still working on them and improving them and have over 50 more currently in the works..
My inspiration was the beautiful images taken by the astronauts on the ISS. I wanted to print a big one of London but found that they were not big enough and not sharp enough, so i set about making my own.
I would love to hear your opinions/advice.
Thanks for looking.
Flickr: Marc Khachfe's Photostream
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Images: Marines begin surge exercise during Forager Fury [Image 6 of 6]
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Karwick
An FA-18D Hornet prepares to receive fuel on West Field here during simulated surge operation as part of Exercise Forager Fury 2012. Surge operations are slated to last a week, with various types of aircraft receiving ground aviation support from the Marines on Tinian. The Hornet is with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225, which is currently under the Unit Deployment Program with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
This work, Marines begin surge exercise during Forager Fury [Image 1 of 6], by Cpl Joseph Karwick, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
Date Taken:12.11.2012
Date Posted:12.10.2012 23:32
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Just How Safe Are Antidepressants While Pregnant?Amy Reiter
Until recently, the prevailing thinking was that women were "protected" from psychiatric illnesses like clinical depression when they were pregnant. It was considered to be a time of emotional well-being – you know, that "glow" and all – and pregnant women, fearing the effects of medication on their babies, were often encouraged to discontinue use of anti-depressants.
But recent studies have shown that women who have been diagnosed with clinical depression and who discontinue anti-depressant medication during their pregnancies are at strong risk for relapse. Research has also shown that depression during pregnancy may heighten the risk of premature birth, fetal distress, neonatal behavioral differences and the development of postpartum depression. What's more, the research into the effects of anti-depression medications taken by pregnant women on their babies has been encouraging, though it is ongoing and the potential risks should be given serious consideration. Nevertheless, there's been a great awareness of the importance of the impact of depression on both mother and baby, and a growing inclination to ensure that clinically depressed pregnant women get the help they need – and continue medication when necessary.
Of course, all the anti-depressants are not equal. The Mayo Clinic warns that "few medications have been proved safe without question during pregnancy" but add that "overall, the risk of birth defects and other problems for babies of mothers who take antidepressants during pregnancy is very low." The site also includes a helpful table laying out the relative risks associated with many commonly prescribed medications and advising readers which to consider and which to avoid. Paxil, when taken by a mother in the first trimester, for instance, has been found to increase the risk of fetal heart defects and to have other negative effects; consequently, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant avoid it, when possible. The ACOG also recommends that the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, and selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, such as Cymbalta, for the treatment of depression during pregnancy be considered on an individual basis, weighing the risks and benefits. The AAP advises similarly, saying: "Drug treatment is indicated if psychotherapy is inadequate or inappropriate for the patient's severity of illness. Once a decision to offer pharmacotherapy is made, important factors in drug selection for the mother include efficacy of the drugs available, the anticipated response of the individual patient, and the overall toxicity profile of the drug for the mother and the fetus."
The upshot? Talk to your doctor. If your depression is mild, you and your physician may decide to eschew antidepressants and manage your symptoms with support groups, counseling and other forms of therapy. But if you experience or have a history of severe depression, you may decide that the risk of a relapse outweighs the risks of taking antidepressants during your pregnancy. Whichever choice you determine is right for you, remember: Neither you or your baby has to suffer.


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December 15, 2010 5:43 AM
Keith Brannon
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, a driving force in helping Tulane University create a thriving network of nationally recognized community health centers, will soon help the city of New Orleans change the way it approaches community health care and public health.
DeSalvo, vice dean for community affairs and health policy, will take a one-year leave to serve as the city's first health commissioner and senior adviser to the mayor for health policy. She also will oversee public health initiatives and coordinate a citywide healthcare master plan.
"Dr. DeSalvo's broad background in hospital and clinic administration, public health policy, population research and medical education is unmatched," said Mayor Mitch Landrieu. "Her work post-Katrina has led to better, neighborhood-based care for low-income, uninsured and other vulnerable populations."
She plans to modernize the health department and work on its response to community needs. The new master plan will include an inventory of the existing healthcare infrastructure and areas where services are needed, as well as a roadmap for improving access to care.
DeSalvo also hopes to transform the city's approach from thinking about health care in terms of clinics to a culture that incorporates public health in all aspects of policy — more "health-focused and less healthcare-focused," she said.
"Community health is much more than getting people to a doctor," DeSalvo said, mentioning access to healthy foods, more physically active citizens and safer neighborhoods as examples.
Dr. Benjamin Sachs, dean of the Tulane School of Medicine, said DeSalvo is following a tradition of Tulane academics serving the public sector. "Karen has a deep love for this city, which has led her to step out of the academic world to help the city build a different kind of public health system."
DeSalvo will return to Tulane in January 2012. During DeSalvo's absence, Leah Berger, director of community affairs programs, planning and development, will run Tulane's Office of Community Affairs and Health Policy and work with Dr. Eboni Price, chief medical officer of community health, to oversee the university's community health centers.
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There is a menu for everyone at sonic drive-in restaurants. There is breakfast, burgers, snacks, sides, coneys, hot dogs among other menus but one of my favorite is the dessert menu.
There are tons of cool deserts at sonic and the choice is absolutely yours on which one to order for. Sonic deserts are very rich in fats and calories and are obviously not recommended for people who don't want to gain weight or are struggling loosing weight.
The following is a list of the top sonic dessert menu;
1. Large Butterfinger Sonic Blast
2. Large Peanut Butter Shake
3. Large Lemon Berry Slush
4. Hot Fudge Cake Sundae
5. Vanilla Ice Cream Cone
6. Junior Banana Split
7. Barq's Regular Root Beer Float
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Top 12 Finalists Announced For My Grammy Moment
January 10, 2007 12:14 AM by Joe Reality
After evaluating thousands of video submissions from unsigned artists,
a VIP Blue Ribbon panel has selected the Top 12 finalists in the "My
GRAMMY Moment" campaign who will compete for a performance with
multi-GRAMMY Award nominee Justin Timberlake, it was announced by
The Recording Academy. The winning performance will be seen on THE 49th
ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS," Sunday, Feb. 11 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed
PT) on the CBS Television Network. The historic opportunity for
unsigned artists to vie for a special performance slot on the awards
show will now be in the hands of music fans. The public can log on to
Yahoo! Music to view the video
submissions, bios and photos of the 12 hopefuls, and vote for their Top
5 favorites. The results of this round will be announced on January 17.
Fans will continue to narrow the field from five to three finalists by online voting at Yahoo! Music. The three finalists will be announced during Super Bowl weekend and each will rehearse with Timberlake during GRAMMY Week in Los Angeles. The public will choose their favorite performer via online and text message votes during THE 49th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS. The winner will be announced live on the show before his or her "GRAMMY Moment" with Timberlake.
Following are the Top 12 Finalists:
Candace Devine (27), Burbank, Calif.
Amanda Dunn (26), Charlotte, N.C.
Jillian Gaudious (25), Long Branch, N.J.
Candice Jackson (25), Austin, Texas
Jessica James (18), Warner Robins, Ga.
Africa Miranda (30), Montgomery, Ala.
David Moore (18), Orlando, Fla.
Brenda Radney (22), Staten Island, N.Y.
Phillip Ray (28), Oakland, Calif.
Jayne Rio (20), Vallejo, Calif.
Robyn Troup (18), Houston
Mandy Ventrice (21), Pittsburg, Calif.
Following is biographical information on the Top 12 finalists:
CANDACE DEVINE, 27, was born and raised in Burbank, Calif., until the age of 14 when her family moved to Laguna Hills, Calif. She currently resides back in her hometown of Burbank and works as the head coach of the University of Southern California Equestrian team and trains horses for private clients. Candace has been singing her entire life and has written a number of her own songs. She also dances and plays the piano and guitar. She aspires to be a successful recording/touring artist and describes her sound as "soulful rock, kinda retro…like Aretha Franklin meets The Rolling Stones in Memphis with some BBQ."
Describing herself as tenacious, funny and driven, Candace says her inspiration comes from not just one source or one person, but everything and everywhere: love, travel, good times with friends and family, heartache, random adventures, death, etc. In her spare time, she loves dance, musical theatre, drama, writing songs, snowboarding, volleyball, hiking, camping, scuba diving and cooking. If she could no longer pursue a singing career, Candace would continue coaching — because it is rewarding — and songwriting for other artists.
Although she cites Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and U2 as her favorite artists, she most admires Barbra Streisand's career because she has won a Tony®, a GRAMMY® Award and an Oscar®. "Because she has maintained such longevity, she has earned the respect and admiration from so many of her counterparts in the industry and is a true 'Triple Threat,'" she continued.
On why she deserves her GRAMMY Moment, Candace says, "I think people will appreciate that I love to perform as much as I love to sing. Winning this competition would be one of the greatest dreams come true and would change my life forever. I would be the most thankful and grateful winner you will ever meet."
AMANDA DUNN, 26, was born and raised in Charlotte, N.C., and currently is working full-time and making music with her local band Super Nova. Citing her musical style as hip-hop, pop and R&B, she has written several of her own songs. She has been singing since she can remember and hopes to be creating music for the rest of her life, whether or not she makes it big in the industry.
Describing herself as animated, giving and loyal, Amanda says she always is on the go. She loves traveling, taking photos and being with her family. Her dad serves as her inspiration because he's her best friend. Although she sees herself making music somewhere in five to 10 years, Amanda says that if she had to pick another profession, it would be writing songs for another artist.
Amanda feels that the music industry is like a circle; everything comes and goes, but always comes back again. Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight and Christina Aguilera are Amanda's top three artists, but Mariah Carey's is a musician's career she most admires. "Although Mariah has had her share of ups and downs, she still shines and has a great voice through it all," she said.
When asked why she wants to duet with Justin Timberlake, Amanda says it would be a great opportunity and surmises that, "The winner will be the person who deserves it the most, but all of us are winners just for uploading a video!"
JILLIAN GAUDIOUS, 25, was raised in Long Branch, N.J., and currently works there full-time. She began singing when she was just four and has dreamed of becoming a star ever since. Describing her sound as soul with pop and R&B, Jillian plays the guitar, writes her own material and hopes to become a successful recording artist.
Humble, caring and unique are three adjectives Jillian uses to describe herself. When she is not playing with her cover band, The Philadelphia Funk Authority, Jillian enjoys snowboarding, surfing and traveling. If she had to choose a profession outside of recording music, she would be interested in writing music for others or discovering new talent.
Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke" would be a song that best describes Jillian because music is her life and she loves having it around her. Citing Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and The Supremes as her favorite musicians, she most admires Alicia Keys. "She's not only vocally talented, but [she's talented] as a writer and composer. She's not just a phase. She'll be around for a long time," she said.
On why she should be chosen for her GRAMMY® Moment, Jillian said, "I've always admired Justin's talent and I enjoy his music. I have always seen myself doing a duet with him. I believe I have enough talent and experience to hang with the 'Big Dogs.' I am eager, determined and deserve it."
CANDICE JACKSON, 25, was born and raised in Austin, Texas, and currently is an academic advisor at Austin Community College. A pop/R&B singer, Candice says she began singing in church because both of her grandfathers were Baptist ministers. She plays the guitar and has written many original songs, which she hopes to have published one day. She appreciates all aspects of music, and her dream is to obtain a record deal and tour the world singing.
"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey is a song that Candice says best depicts her life now because despite the setbacks she has faced, she refuses to stop believing in herself. She also cannot imagine being in a field that does not positively affect people. "I love the way music can heal people. I work in education now, and I love it because everyday I make a difference in someone's future," she said.
Describing herself as passionate, creative and dependable, Candice enjoys dancing, working out, watching movies, attending live shows and traveling. Citing Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight and Christina Aguilera as her favorite artists, Candice says it is BeyoncÃ's career she most admires. "She is famous because she has true talent. She worked hard over the years to get where she is and doesn't depend on gimmicks to get ahead," she continued.
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Oil Containment Cap Installed, Success Still Uncertain
No more leaking oil well in the Gulf, but will it last? Oregon cuts solar tax credit, and President Obama visited a Volt battery plant.
BP has successfully installed a new oil containment cap but teams are still waiting to see if the cap will hold. Retired Coast Guard admiral Thad Allen has reported that the pressure was up to 6,700 pounds per square inch in the well, which is good because it means that the oil isn't leaking anywhere else. But the pressure has yet to reach an optimal level of 7,500 pounds per square inch. If the cap holds through the weekend, then all signs will point to have the leaking well capped.
In an effort to save money for the state, the Oregon Energy Department has lowered the tax credit for residential solar power installations What would've cost a homeowner who wanted to install a 2,000-watt solar panel system about $650 after incentives will now cost about $3,300. The new rule change does not apply to commercial installations.
And finally, this week President Barack Obama was able visit a battery plant in Holland Michigan to check on workers that are manufacturing batteries for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle. Some of the American Recovery Act has been invested in battery manufacturers with hopes of lowering the overall cost of manufacturing this next generation technology. The Volt has a reported range of about 340 miles and is powered with electricity at all times. The new model will be first be sold in California, Michigan and Washington DC later this year.
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Wright City, Missouri, Man Indicted on Federal Child Pornography Charges
|U.S. Attorney's Office November 17, 2009
ST. LOUIS, MO—James Harper was indicted on multiple charges of transportation and possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.
JAMES HARPER, Wright City, Missouri, was indicted on September 3 by a federal grand jury on two felony counts of transportation of child pornography and two felony counts of possession of child pornography.
The indictment alleges that the activities occurred between January and August, 2008.
If convicted, each count of transportation of child pornography carries a penalty range of 5 to 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000. Each count of possession carries a maximum penalty of 10 years prison and/or fines up to $250,000.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Reap commended the work performed on the case by the Warren County Sheriff's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Assistant United States Attorney Rob Livergood, who is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office.The charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations, and each defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


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List of Open Problems
- Find text that looks like an address in a given text
- Match hawker center reviews to its specific stalls
- Find known entities (from the db) in a given text (e.g. dish names, etc) -- useful to turn phrases in the text as hyperlinks
5th July 2012
Meeting #10
7 June 2012
Meeting #9
[Jesse ]
- Zhaoyan's review quality+sentiment code finished running on all review in db
- main page UI done; what data should we show?
- search results and list (index) page UI; Yilu to design look
- Rewrote script to download and parse LIC articles; updated both (LIC and review) tables in db
- Gave up on processing insing articles. What we really need is the address and stall name. The rest is easy: review content, title, timestamp, author name, url. Zhaoyan to help with code to get address and stall name from an article
- TODO: [MOST IMPT] prepare script for demo, e.g. choose 2 popular hawker centers. 5minute demo. Get all the pictures and list of reviews from various sources and they have links to their original reviews.
- TODO: migrate to mysql
- TODO: integrate Xiangnan's code
- TODO: integrate Zhoayan's wikipedia code (dont show dish names that do not have matching wikipedia articles)
- TODO: send meeting reminder
- TODO: overlay image source (url) on top of its image
- TODO: think of review UI (separate different sentiments in the UI?)
- TODO: make map markers clickable
- Made code for finding image urls and source web page for a query of dish, stall, or hawker center
- [TODO] look at ieatishootipost data and see how we can extract the stall name from the articles. You could obtain a list of stall names from the sqlite3 database at email@example.com:/home/next/rails/sg.eats/db/development.sqlite3. Please copy the file to your own working directory.
- Made new logo designs
- Made new rating designs
- TODO: make more rating designs (e.g. food items for half star and full star) that works best at the small size in which it will be displayed.
- TODO: look at the top section of han.ddns.comp.nus.edu.sg/sg.ea… (links to A, B, C,
, Z) and propose a sketch/design of how these links should be displayed
- TODO: look at the top section of han.ddns.comp.nus.edu.sg/sg.ea… ( the options to display hawker center, stall, etc) and propose a sketch/design of how these check box options should be displayed
- canonicalized dish names
- linked wikipedia entries to dish names
- ieatishootipost data fetched, but no link information available -- need to re-process
- TODO: look at how to get address from insing articles. Reprocess insing articles
10 May 2012
Meeting #8
[Jesse ]
- rank based on click count
- Edited stall page, dish page
- Image CSS shadows, other CSS changes based on chosen design by Yilu
- Added pagination for reviews
- Done with hawker center page
- Processed foursquare reviews
- Processed ladyironchef
- Processing insing
- Wikipedia article update
- TODO: fill meeting minutes
- TODO: set time for next month's meeting
- TODO: send a list of dishes <name, id> to Zhaoyan
- TODO: integrate Zhaoyan's review quality+sentiment code
- TODO: main page UI
- TODO: search results UI
- TODO: Allow sorting for list of dishes, hawker centers, stalls
- TODO: continue insing articles processing
- TODO: re-process ladyironchef text content from original url and replace in db
- Made 4 logo designs
- Not done with star rating designs
- TODO: make design permutations on the design with the yellow text with green outline to vary the position and size of the table graphic in the logo
- TODO: star rating design, preferably something unique; need not look like a star; preferably matches the design of the logo
- Java code to give a review a quality score and a sentiment score
- TODO: write code to canonicalize dish names in the db
- TODO: For each dish name in the db, give description of the dish from the first paragraph of its wikipedia article, if any.
- TODO: scrape ieatishootipost.sg articles (keep the raw html for each post as well)
- TODO: <Choose an open problem to solve>
- No update
- TODO: make code that given a query string and a type (stall, hawker center, dish) will produce a list of 5 image urls and their corresponding page urls using google image search; each type should use certain site-specific clauses (e.g. for dish use site:sg.openrice.com, for hawker center use site:myhawkers.sg, etc)
5 Apr 2012
Meeting #7
[Jesse ]
- Finished with mockups wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/~jeprab/s…
- Yilu made different color schemes wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/~jeprab/s…
- Changed db schema
- Removed blacklight
- friendly urls
- sunspot solr
- image gallery
- admin login, separate from user
- google maps
- Imported from Xiangnan's Foursquare table: stall, hawker centers, users, reviews, dishes
- rough clean up of stall names and dish names. needs more work
- populate hawker center lat lng, adapted from Zhaoyan's code. Now a rake task.
- same-page pagination via ajax
- Examples of:
Stall page: han.ddns.comp.nus.edu.sg/sg.ea…
Dish page: han.ddns.comp.nus.edu.sg/sg.ea…
Stall list: han.ddns.comp.nus.edu.sg/sg.ea…
>> need more real data (and connections) to work with.
- TODO: Wikipedia API
- TODO: continue rails work, use green design from Yilu (but add closing quote)
- TODO: fill-up minutes for April and March meetings
- TODO: click-count-based ranking of models
[ Yilu ]
- Different color schemes and logo designs: wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/~jeprab/s…
- TODO: graphic for star ratings
[ Zhaoyan ]
- Downloaded data from ladyironchef and insing.com and foursquare reviews from Varun
- TODO: ascertain quality of each review (e.g. Fogg index, Fleisch - Kincade; readability score ask Zhao Jin)
- TODO: pass raw data for foursquare reviews to Jesse
- TODO: check number of hawker centers in google maps sample code
- TODO: download data from ieatishootipost
[ Xiangnan ] no updates
5 Mar 2012
Meeting #6
[ Jesse ]
- specs for each model view
- per-page Photoshop mockups
- logo proposal
- TODO: start on rails app
- TODO: finalize design with Yilu offline
[ Zhaoyan ]
- google map distance function sample page
- TODO: ascertain quality of review
- TODO: download blog data
[ Yilu]
- Fireworks mockups for dish, stall pages
- TODO: tag line
- TODO: make logo pretty
- TODO: work with Jesse with final design
[ Xiangnan ] no updates
9 Feb 2012
Meeting #5
xiangnan: stackoverflow.com/questions/24…
This looks like Unix time.
1268927156 = Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:45:56 GMT
And a code sample:
DateTime startDate = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1);
DateTime time = startDate.AddSeconds(1268927156 );
Xiangnan: downloaded Foursquare data from "102 Hawker_Center group". Hawker centers match, but the stalls don't match
Todo: Min: Write Varun to crawl foursquare (Xiangnan URLs for 102 hawkers centers)
Todo: Xiangnan: Write a <WebSite>User table. WebSiteUser_User join table (which has the join fields + WebSite_Type {e.g., User_ID, WebSiteUser_ID, WebSite_Type}
Todo: Zhaoyan: Add map feature to the show.html.erb for stalls and hawker_centers,
Todo: Min: Jesse to get admin rights to han
Todo: Min: review controller
Todo: Jesse: to migrate sg.eats to han.ddns
Todo: Jesse: to make it look nice
5 Jan 2012
Meeting #4
Zhaoyan: 1) Map locations to GPS
2) Heroku connection to Jetty
Xiangnan: 1) Foursquare (API or not) ingest some hawker center data, reviews
Entity Linking as subtask
Min: 1) Review model and its connectivity
2) Put a full RA on making it look nice
13 Dec 2011
Meeting #3
Min, Xiangnan, Zhaoyan 11:00-11:30am via Google+ Hangout
New Tasks for 13 Dec 2011- 27 Dec 2011
Xiangnan: 1) Work on the UI of sgEats project with CSS and javascript
2) Try out partial and learn from myhawkers.sg and Yelp UI
Zhaoyan: 1) Continue working on indexing (with updating schemes) and searching
2) Modify the schema to include photo, using blob for multimedia data
3) Import Adam Road Hawker Center data
Min: 1) Create model for reviews
Min and Zhaoyan meet after two weeks; three meet in early January.
Finished Tasks
Xiangnan: 1) Canonized stall_categories (about 40 types) for myhawker.sg data
2) Ingested stalls and stall_categories into the project
Zhaoyan: 1) Explored Blacklight for searching
2) Obtained Adam Road Hawker Center data from KAI Square,
including all the dishes and stalls of the HC and photos of the stalls.
28 Oct 2011
Meeting #2
- We decided to use ruby 1.9.2 and rails 3.1.1
- We decided to use heroku for deployment / and our local repository
- Three tasks:
1. UI - all to do this [ruby-toolkit]
2. Data Model - Min to work on this
3. Sample Data - Zhaoyan from Hawkers.sg, Xiangnan from NUS Arts Canteen


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Which MLB Player Loves The Bachelor? You'll Be Surprised! (VIDEO)
Which MLB pitcher has a soft spot for Juan Pablo Galavis and The Bachelor franchise? (Hint: he's a Royal!) You're about to find out.
MTV2's new series Off the Bat From the MLB Fan Cave takes your favorite Major League Baseball players off the field and gives you the scoop on what they're really out of their uniforms. Its latest segment — DVR Confessions — allows the players to share their guilty TV pleasures, and we have to admit: these fellas really do have a passion for reality TV. It looks like we're not the only ones who get sucked into Keeping Up With the Kardashians marathons on E!.
Find out which MLB pros are hooked on The Bachelor, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and more in the clip below.
Catch all-new episodes of Off The Bat From The MLB Fan Cave on Tuesdays at 11 p.m. ET on MTV2.
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Things to see and do - Bibbiena
Leaving for Italy
Bibbiena :
Unmissable tourist sites
Where to sleep?
Bibbiena Hotel tips
Hotel Le Greti from40 €Book
Bibbiena Travel guide
Bibbiena : Michelin's recommendations
Although this charming small town has grown to become the main town of the Casentino area, and now extends to the bottom of the valley, the old town remains unchanged, with its hilltop position, panoramic views and steep, narrow streets.
Tourist attractions Bibbiena : Things to see and do
Dovizi Palace
Via Dovizi 26 I - 52011 Bibbiena
A cardinal, a secretary to Leo X, a friend of Raphael and the first ever comedy-writer for the Italian theatre, Bernardo Dovizi, who was known best by the name of the town Bibbiena, was born in Bibbiena. He had this palace built here, which is one of..
Tarlati Square
Piazza Tarlati I - 52011 Bibbiena
This Square is named after one of the members of the Tarlati family, Pier Saccone, who had had one of the fortress' (cassero) four towers built here, the only real remnant of which is a clock tower with a castellated crown, standing to the right of a..
Church of Saints Ippolito and Donato
Piazza Tarlati I - 52011 Bibbiena
This Romanesque church is the old chapel of the Tarlati family's castle and has preserved many 14-16C frescoes, a Cross painted by the maestro of San Polo in Rosso Church, a sculpture of the "Child Virgin", a Crucifixion by the Giotto schoo..
Hotels Bibbiena
Hotel Le Greti
Strada Privata Le Greti I - 52010 Soci
On the quiet and green hills 35 km from Arezzo, Hotel Le Greti is just outside Soci. It features a furnished garden, outdoor pool and 24-hour snack bar. Wi-Fi is free in public areas. With rustic décor, wooden furniture and parquet floors, rooms at ..
Restaurants Bibbiena
Il Tirabusciò
via Rosa Scoti 12 I - 52011 Bibbiena
Il Tirabusciò, whose name means corkscrew in the local dialect, is a must for anyone interested in the cuisine of the Casentino valley. The menu features local specialities such as red potatoes, charcuterie, Chianina beef, mushrooms and truffles, as ..
La Buca
località Soci I - 52011 BIBBIENA
This rustic restaurant is decorated with individual touches. Enjoy typical specialities from the Casentino, including homemade pasta, as well as barbecued meat and game.


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Hello everyone.
I am a newbie at this, so forgive me if this subject has come up before. I have been shopping for a new bike after being off of one for 20+ years. I am 300+ and 6'-4". I have been shopping in the Philly area for a comfort bike and my LBS have suggested the Giant Sedona, the Trek Navagator, and the Raleigh SC 30. All of these bikes have front suspensions, aluminum frames, shimano deraileurs, and seat suspensions. Is there a difference between them? The prices vary from $300 (Giant) to about $350 (Trek & Raleigh). Weight is a concern of mine, but after looking over the other posts, it is less of one. These bikes all look the same to me, so any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Veronica Mars actress and noted sloth enthusiast Kristen Bell finally put a ring on it!
This past Sunday (October 20, 2013), Bell was spotted out and about in Los Feliz flashing a wedding band with her three-carat engagement ring. Last Thursday (October 17, 2013), Bell and her beau of six years Dax Shepard wed at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's Office. Like Brangelina before them, the couple had publicly stated that they were waiting to wed until after same-sex marriage would be legalized. Following the overturn of the Defense of Marriage Act earlier this summer, the actors went ahead and tied the knot.
Isn't it impossible not to be happy for these two? Actually, make that three: adding to their wedding bliss, the couple welcomed daughter Lincoln into the world this March. Here's hoping the family embarks on a life full of happiness and baby sloths.
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Albany Medical Center Lifts Flu Visitation Restrictions
June 5, 2014 - Albany , NY
ALBANY, N.Y., June 5, 2014 ‹ Enhanced visitation guidelines implemented in January at several regional hospitals to protect patients from influenza were lifted today at Albany Medical Center.
The restrictions were lifted because the New York State Health Commissioner declared today that influenza is no longer prevalent in New York State and the region has seen a steady decrease in the number of flu cases.
These temporary restrictions were intended to help limit the transmission of the virus and protect the health and safety of patients and the professionals who provided their care during the outbreak. Area medical facilities continue to ask people who are sick with any respiratory or gastrointestinal illness to refrain from visiting patients.
Albany Medical Center, northeastern New York's only academic health sciences center, is one of the largest private employers in the Capital Region. It incorporates the 734-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, which offers the widest range of medical and surgical services in the region, and the Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other healthcare professionals, and also includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region's largest physicians practice with more than 400 doctors. Albany Medical Center works with dozens of community partners to improve the region's health and quality of life. For more information: www.amc.edu or www.facebook.com/albanymedicalcenter.
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September 10, 2001
Heather Heilman
Phone: (504) 865-5714
It's no secret that HIV and AIDS devastate the lives of those who contract the disease. But although the plight of AIDS orphans has received some attention, the impact of the epidemic on those closest to its victims is often overlooked. In Africa and Thailand, places where the epidemic has hit hard, people with AIDS typically return home in their last days, weeks or months to be cared for by their parents.
And with the death of their child, the parents also may be losing a source of financial support in their old age. Mark VanLandingham, associate professor of international health and development, is one of the first people to study how AIDS affects people over 50 in the developing world, where most AIDS cases occur.
My colleagues and I have been working on AIDS in Thailand for 10 years, VanLandingham said. The more data we collected, the more it became clear that the whole burden of caretaking and taking care of the orphans was falling on the older generation, and no one seemed to be paying much attention to them. VanLandingham and his colleagues at the University of Michigan and Mahidol and Chulalongkorn universities in Thailand decided to find out how the generation over 50 was being affected by the disease.
Their work is supported with grants from the National Institute of Aging. The AIDS epidemic in Thailand is fairly severe, though not as bad as it is in some parts of Africa. Several years ago it looked like the situation in Thailand could get even worse than in Africa, but an aggressive public health campaign was successful in slowing the epidemic down.
AIDS gained a foothold in Thailand through the brothels that were, until recently, widely patronized by young, unmarried men. These men, not knowing they were infected, later married and spread the disease to their wives.
Currently, about two percent of Thais between the ages of 15 and 49 are HIV-positive. In comparison, that number is about 20 percent in the hardest-hit areas of Africa. Even so, VanLandingham and his colleagues estimate that 10 percent of a recent cohort of Thais over 50, and close to 20 percent of those who live in the northern part of the country, will suffer the death of a child due to AIDS. Many more will escape this fate only by dying first themselves.
In Thailand, about two-thirds of people with AIDS will end up living with a parent before they die, VanLandingham said. Often, you'll see a married couple who are both infected. The spouse who isnt sick yet will take care of the spouse who dies first, then the one whos left will go back to the parent. These parents will face the emotional devastation of watching their children die agonizing deaths.
And there may be other consequences as well. Older people may have a hard time with the more physically demanding aspects of caring for the sick, such as having to lift or carry the patient. They may be exposed to infections like tuberculosis that might threaten their own health.
Thailand has a good national health insurance system that keeps down the cost of basic medications for families so that caring for a child with AIDS is not usually a direct financial burden for the parent. The latest AIDS cocktails, combinations of drugs that allow people with AIDS to stay well longer, will soon be available in Thailand.
Along with all their benefits, they may bring increased costs to parents since the government will find it difficult, if not impossible, to pay for these treatments. In Thailand, adult children typically help support their retired parents. So the death of a child could cause long-term financial problems for the parents, particularly if they also are left with the responsibility of taking care of orphaned grandchildren.
This is a key topic of investigation. The researchers used statistical data, surveys and open-ended interviews to get a better understanding of the impact of AIDS on older Thais. They're still analyzing the results, but its clear that the AIDS epidemic does pose considerable long-term hardships for many older people in Thailand. And thats likely to be true in other parts of the developing world. We suspect that parents are in a very similar situation in Africa, VanLandingham said.
There's not much data yet, but, anecdotally, people are starting to realize it's the parents who shoulder the burden. And since the epidemic is much greater in Africa, many more parents are affected. VanLandingham hopes his work will bring more attention to the profound impact AIDS is having on older people in places where the epidemic works differently than in the United States.
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Ben Stiller Looks Dazed And Confused In First Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Image
By Nick Venable 2013-04-15 10:51:53 comments
When The Secret Life of Walter Mitty first made its way into my life in elementary school, the literature textbook we were using had artwork that depicted Mitty as a nervous man with glasses, kind of like a Woody Allen from anywhere other than New York. And by the time I saw the Danny Kaye version, the image embedded into my brain could not be detached. And so when Ben Stiller was set to take on the role, it caused both excitement, given Stillers gifts with physical comedy, and trepidation, given Stillers gifts of being in severely unfunny movies occasionally. But I thought it might at least vaguely alter my perception of Mitty as a character.
But as we can see from the first official photo from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, courtesy of The Los Angeles Times, Stiller isnt stepping outside his physical appearance comfort zone for this one. Hes standing out in the middle of a barren nowhere by the looks of it, wearing beat up jeans and holding a bag and skateboard. Im not sure if the skateboard and rocks are supposed to imply extreme sports in a contrasting setting, but I certainly hope not. I guess its a secret.
Bland picture or not, Walter Mitty is looking to be one of 2013s more interesting year-ending comedies. Stiller stars as a LIFE Magazine proofreader whose real-world nebbishness is flipped around in his mental fantasy life, which involves him searching for a missing image taken by a photographer played by Sean Penn. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Patton Oswalt, Adam Scott, and Kathryn Hahn. So even if it isnt the funniest, its got some of the funniest people in it.
Viewers can unwrap Mittys secret when the film releases on Christmas Day 2013.
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hi all,
I'm trying to do an account migration for a customer with the new wizard on the admin console in ZCS7.
I've already loaded the users from their LDAP directory and it worked great. Did a directory clean-up after to separate real user accounts from dist. lists and aliases (couldn't have been done prior to import).
The thing is that now I have to import the contents of the user accounts from their IMAP server. There is no admin account on this server that can read all the users' mailboxes which means I can only use some XML file to do this. I can't find any info on what the format of this file should be (I found one for Exchange migration but this is not the case for me and that one didn't work).
The documentation says this XML file is available for download after the accounts were created, but all I got was a CSV file.


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Friday Fun – Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week
World Breastfeeding Week is August 1 through August 7! As my fourth year as a breastfeeding mama comes to a close next month, I feel like I have plenty to celebrate this week:
- Two children who have never had a single ear infection
- Two built-in, state-of-the-art, almost infallible baby soothers
- An excuse for my slightly-larger-than-they-used-to-be bras 😉
- Two children who know breasts are for milk, not marketing
- An excuse to cuddle with a toddler who'd rather be playing in the dirt
- The confidence that my son will grow up to support his wife as she breastfeeds their children
Whether you're currently breastfeeding, plan to breastfeed in the future, breastfeed half a century before, or have a friend or family member who is breastfeeding, take the opportunity this week to celebrate the biological marvel that is mama's milk!
And, if you love a good contest (who doesn't), enter to win some great books on breastfeeding from Crunchy Domestic Goddess and API Speaks.


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From the man I like to think of as my writing godfather, Stephen King. … [Read more...]
Does This Writing Make Me Look Fat?
I'm almost at the end of a three-month marathon spent revising a novel. As a palate cleanser, I wrote a short story before I have to move on to revising my novel BEACH GLASS, which will be out next February. I also have to finish reading a friend's cool murder mystery, another friend's short story, … [Read more...]
How to Edit Your Life
Maybe it's the season - the end of one year, the beginning of the next, when people toss out the old and open their arms to the new. Maybe it was the storm, the floodwaters drowning years' worth of stuff saved but forgotten until it had to be thrown away. Or maybe I'm just getting older and more … [Read more...]
My Not Enough Time Book List
Book lover? I'm past that; "book junkie" is more accurate. Paper or digital makes no difference. I'll take my tomes straight up new, borrowed with a twist, in an ARC, second-hand, Kindled, folded, spindled . . . I just want to read. My favorite and most anguish-inducing episode of The Twilight Zone … [Read more...]
I Miss (Being) the Merry Recluse
I'm supposed to be writing additional chapters for the paperback version of Cherries in Winter, which will be out in mid-October. However, I've been doing everything but that, and I can't even blame it on procrastination, the only sport at which writers excel. No, this is plain old garden variety … [Read more...]


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March 10, 2014
The Utah Athletic Department's Crimson Club Athletic Fund (CCAF) kicked off its `U Be Counted' Campaign today with the goal to increase membership.
The cornerstone of the campaign is to demonstrate the many ways in which people can help support Utah's student-athletes. The `U Be Counted' membership drive will raise funds for tuition, housing, travel, books, uniforms, medical care and other necessities. The theme is that every donor makes a difference in a student-athlete's life.
"The Crimson Club Athletic Fund allows all fans to support our athletic teams. Any fan, any donation helps the department grow and be successful," said Utah Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Hill.
"We are optimistic about our fresh ideas regarding CCAF membership and we want to produce enthusiasm and buzz within the community," added Cory Meyer, Director of Annual Giving. Meyer said that the CCAF hopes to add 500 new members in the `U Be Counted Campaign' to increase its membership to 6,500.


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> After all it doesn't make sense to scan the whole table, when not
Yes, it does, under certain circumstances. If the entire table can be
scanned out of a single disk block,
but access via index requires two disk blocks in memory, then it's a waste of memory, or of disk IO transfers,
to copy the index into memory.
Sure the scan will burn a little more CPU time, but the difference will be trivial, for tables that fit in a single block.
That is probably why VC said you should come up with a production sized test case.
> I have verified this on a large production sized database with the real
> data, and the full scan of A-B-C cannot be right.
Does it still do the scan on a production sized database?
I'm more familiar with the optinmizer in Oracle Rdb (formerly DEC Rdb/VMS) than with classic Oracle's optimizer or any other product's optimizer.
Oracle Rdb's optimizer estimates the cost based on (virtual) disk accesses, not CPU time. That's usually the bottleneck, when speed matters.
The cost of a strategy will vary nonlinearly with the size of tables. Thus one strategy can be chosen for small tables and a different one for large tables.
But then, it's always possible that the strategy generator isn't generating the right strategy, or the strategy evaluator is evaluating multiple strategies wrongly. This varies from product to product, and from product version to product version. Received on Wed Nov 16 2005 - 03:08:11 CST
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Currently trying out the new beta of Zimbra Desktop 7 and running into an odd bug. The server is still at 6.0.8_GA_2678.
Each, random prior events booked in resource calendars appear to be expanding from their original starting to up to an arbitary time of the current day. Every day it is some other resource calendar event that is doing it.
It only shows up like this in the & beta 1 client. In the 6.0.8 web client and external calendar programs such as iCal & outlook the booked time shows up properly
Here's an example screenshot taken on Feb 18th: http://i.imgur.com/jeLBR.png


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The 31-year-old's manager James Erskine has confirmed that the swimmer is battling the infection, and that it is so serious he may never swim again.
"It's serious but it's not life-threatening," Erskine told Australian Associated Press.
"From a competitive point of view - he will not be swimming competitively again I don't think."
Thorpe reportedly picked up the infection while at home in Switzerland, but has returned to Australia where he is fighting the illness.
Australia's Network Seven reported that the problems began following surgery at a hospital near the Swiss village of Ronco sopra Ascona, where Thorpe has a home.
He is now in intensive care in Sydney, and friends of the swimmer told Network Seven that they fear he may lose the use of his left arm, so serious is his condition.
Thorpe, a five-times Olympic gold medallist, has a history of depression and substance abuse stretching back many years, which he spoke about in his autobiography two years ago.
And in February of this year he was admitted to rehab after a late-night incident in which he reportedly attempted to break into a van. At the time he was taking antidepressants and several other medicines to combat a shoulder injury.
Thorpe moved to Switzerland after failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, hoping to begin a new life in the sleepy settlement on the shores of Lake Maggiore.
And just last month, locals described him in glowing terms to Australia's news.com.au: " It was so unexpected to have a guy like that live here, so nice and gentle and attentive… He has made a life for himself here and people don't pay any attention if he is famous or whatever. And he always seems happy."
Thorpe won three golds in his Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Games and clinched another two at Athens four years later, but surprised by announcing his retirement in 2006 at the age of 24, citing a lack of motivation.
Thorpe announced he would return to the pool in 2011 in a bid to qualify for the London Games but he flopped at national trials the following year and failed to make the team in either of his targeted 100 and 200 metres freestyle events.
Though describing the comeback as a fairytale "turned into a nightmare", Thorpe said he would continue swimming.
He later revealed in his 2012 autobiography "This is Me" of a near decade-long battle with depression, including suicidal thoughts and regular alcohol abuse.
Though frustrated by repeated injury problems, Thorpe last year told local media he had not ruled out a bid for the 2016 Games in Rio.
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Enthusiasm for emerging markets has been evaporating this year, and not just because of the US Federal Reserves planned cuts in its large-scale asset purchases. Emerging-market stocks and bonds are down for the year and their economic growth is slowing. To see why, it is useful to understand how we got here.
Between 2003 and 2011, GDP in current prices grew by a cumulative 35% in the United States, and by 32%, 36%, and 49% in Great Britain, Japan, and Germany, respectively, all measured in dollars. In the same period, nominal GDP soared by 348% in Brazil, 346% in China, 331% in Russia, and 203% in India, also in dollars.
And it was not just these so-called BRIC countries that boomed. Kazakhstans output expanded by more than 500%, while Indonesia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ukraine, Chile, Colombia, Romania, and Vietnam grew by more than 200% each. This means that average sales, measured in dollars, by supermarkets, beverage companies, department stores, telecoms, computer shops, and Chinese motorcycle vendors grew at comparable rates in these countries. It makes sense for companies to move to where dollar sales are booming, and for asset managers to put money where GDP growth measured in dollars is fastest.
One might be inclined to interpret this amazing emerging-market performance as a consequence of the growth in the amount of real stuff that these economies produced. But that would be mostly wrong. Consider Brazil. Only 11% of its China-beating nominal GDP growth between 2003 and 2011 was due to growth in real (inflation-adjusted) output. The other 89% resulted from 222% growth in dollar prices in that period, as local-currency prices rose faster than prices in the US and the exchange rate appreciated.
Some of the prices that increased were those of commodities that Brazil exports. This was reflected in a 40% gain in the countrys terms of trade (the price of exports relative to imports), which meant that the same export volumes translated into more dollars.
By contrast, Chinas real growth was three times that of Brazil and Russia, but its terms of trade actually deteriorated by 26%, because its manufactured exports became cheaper while its commodity imports became more expensive. The share of real growth in the main emerging countries nominal dollar GDP growth was 20%.
The three phenomena that boost nominal GDPincreases in real output, a rise in the relative price of exports, and real exchange-rate appreciationdo not operate independently of


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It's been a long time since my last update! I've been extremely busy with my thesis work, shows and so on. I just wanted to share some photos from the Toronto Artist Project that was held last week. Lots of thanks to those who came out to see my work and the organizers of TAP who chose me as an untapped emerging artist. :D
Recently, I've been thinking about how I met all these people I know now and how they affected my perception and life path. If I did not meet even one of them, my world would have been a completely different place. I could have ended up becoming a normal salary man in Japan or I could have become a totally different painter. And I realized how little chance I had to meet some of these amazing people who hugely influenced my life. I just wanted to thank all of my friends who made my world the way it is today.
I am currently working on a gigantic 6x18-foot triptych as my final pieces for the thesis show. Hope to see you at the OCADU Grad Ex on May 2nd :D
Friday, March 9, 2012
Connecting the dots
Posted by Keita Morimoto at 9:41 PM
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Keita, these paintings are awesome. Great job on the show!ReplyDelete
awesome! congratz on the award thingy!ReplyDelete
and lovely portraits as always! Especially love that touch of orange on the lips of the green one!
I was wondering when I was going to see more of your work :) , looks great as always man.ReplyDelete
Thanks Peter, Daniel, Jean, and Jonathan!!!ReplyDelete
Lovely pieces Keita!! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks Yuta kun!!ReplyDelete
It is my greatest privilege to see your amazing work here. :)ReplyDelete
I came to know you through an artist name Jeff Simpson in DeviantArt and I am glad that I found out about you. I would like to meet you in person one day and learn how to paint people/portraits from you. If you are interested of seeing my stuff, this is my DeviantArt website: http://dimodee.deviantart.com/
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What are the benefits of CranioSacral Therapy?
CranioSacral is profoundly relaxing. Most people tend to drift off during the experience, which is good, because the body simply works better relaxed than it does stressed out.
As CranioSacral Pracitioners, we tune into your body to assist in the healing process.
We use cranio sacral and it's gentle, soft, safe touch to encourage people to let go of any stress and tension.
Our sole focus is on the deep relaxation that CranioSacral Therapy has to offer. And it usually takes time and often a few sessions for people to truly let go of that stress.
In fact, we spend well over an hour with each person to help achieve whole body relaxation. Because, ultimately it's the relaxation effect that has the numerous benefits on a person's health and well-being and that's what makes CranioSacral so unique, worthwhile and so enjoyable.
Please note, if you do have any specific medical concerns, we certainly and whole-heartedly recommend that you see an osteopathic physician trained in cranial osteopathy.
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text: No doubt that the Butler Bulldogs are poised to repeat as state champions this season. The offense is not scoring at-will like they did last season, but the defense is the best in the state. Here are highlights of their 21-7 win over Richmond County Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte. This week, the Bulldogs head up to Lenoir to take on Hibriten High School, and powerhouse in the the 3A ranks. Read more about last week's Butler win and a preview of this week's game in the Mint Hill Times on newsstands Thursday.