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EE Signs Up 2 Millionth LTE Customer in the UK
Published on: 7th Jan 2014
Note -- this news article is more than a year old.
UK based mobile network, EE says that its LTE customer base has exceeded the 2 million mark, double its initial target of signing up a million customers by the end of last month.
The company launched its 4G service in October 2012 and coverage will exceed 70% of the UK population by the end of this month. A network upgrade offering average speeds of 24-30Mbps now available in 20 cities across the UK.
Olaf Swantee, CEO, EE, says: "We continue to have particular success converting our existing base to 4G, with approximately two out of three new 4G customers moving over from Orange and T-Mobile plans."
Data continues to grow, voice remains key
Average data use across the EE network grew by 70% over the course of 2013, with social media and video driving the biggest increases.
Looking specifically at the 4G network, posting pictures and messages to Facebook was the most popular way to bring in the New Year, followed by Skype, Instagram, and Twitter. Facebook data traffic doubled at midnight on the 31st December and messaging service WhatsApp saw a seven fold increase as people sent group messages and shared images to bring in the New Year.
Voice usage also continues to grow, with a 25% increase in voice calls over the EE network in 2013.


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Note: we only give a property a rating once it has received a minimum of 3 reviews.
- " Wifi is a bit slow "
- 17 Dec 2015 Cengiz Netherlands
- " I dont really know how to begin. the receptionist was an authentic unpolite. when I was arrived in the airport I called tropics hotel and asking for some help the receptionist didn't... just closed the called, when I arrived to this hostel y had reservated one mixed bedroom but i was too tired and I would like to sleeping alone so i asked for a private room. the receptionist said that there were not any private room in adition i couldn't changed my reservation. finally he gave me private room "
- 30 Nov 2015 Francisco Spain
- " great hostel if you are looking for a very central location in South Beach! unfortunately, there are no lockers in the rooms and the bathrooms could use a bit maintenance. Still, good value for money! "
- 07 Nov 2015 Katrin Germany
- " We got to Miami before our check-in time, but we could keep our backpacks in a locker. When we got back from eating breakfast and going to the beach it was still not quite check-in time, but the nice lady in the reception helped us and we got our nice big room with private bathroom with hot water. The internet in the lobby worked very well, the pool area was good and the location perfect!! 2 min from Lincoln rd with all the restaurants and shops, 5 min walk from the beach. "
- 03 Nov 2015 Anonymous Denmark
- " Great location, close to the tourist area of South Beach. Amazing staff who are very willing to help out and make recommendations. "
- 19 Sep 2015 Ida Sweden
- " Here happened to me one of the most bizarre things in my life - one of the residents of my dorm was literally jerking off a few minutes after I entered the room to use toilet and he DID NOT stop...! I know that Miami Beach is full of creepy people but I expected from stuff something more than 'I am going to talk with him' after I reported the situation... Next time I'll take a private room - not every tourist coming to Miami is a fag. A plus for excellent location and uniquely pleasant kitchen. "
- 09 Aug 2015 Anonymous Poland
- " Single worst hostel I ever stayed in. Cheap, a lot of strange individuals stay here. Jobless local people, immigrants looking for jobs, etc. Short of money, therefore they persistantly steal your food from common kitchen. When you report it at the reception, they dont care. Last time I went again to the reception, again no help, so I said I will call the police. Manager said that if I call police, he will kick me out of the hotel. I think he is employing illegal workers "
- 25 Jun 2015 Anonymous Czech Republic
- " Good localization but staff attitude should improve. The swimming pool is a good point, rooms are okay but good luck finding WiFi inside them. "
- 15 Jun 2015 Damian Poland
- " No WiFi in the room "
- 11 Jun 2015 Austin
- " The big cockroaches in the bathroom were very gross! A shame they only fixed the problem when the people in the room found out that they were coming from behind the bathtub.. Also if you are looking for a quiet place to sleep, you better book a private room, because the rooms with other people are way noisier than I have experienced in any other hostel. Also lots of noise from outside. If your more of a party person and don't mind sleeping during the day, this is perfect for you. "
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Images: U.S. Army Military Academy athletes compete in powerlifting national championships [Image 11 of 14]
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Zack Newman, a second-year cadet at the U.S. Army Military Academy, psyches himself up to bench press during the Collegiate National Powerlifting Championships April 11, 2013. The competition, which was sponsored by the III Corps Phantom Warriors Powerlifting Team, hosted teams from colleges all over the U.S., including teams from West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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Fort Hood powerlifting team hosts West Point, Annapolis, Air Force Academy cadets at national championships


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Oups....Sorry... It relate to my elibility for UK citizenship
One more...If i am elgible to Birtish Citizenship....how easy and how long will it takes....
My father Was born in Canada and my mother was born in Didcat England on the 13/04/1947, she moved to Canada with her parents, both were british citizens , when she was 10 years old. Her parents became canadian citizen but my mother kept her British Citizenship, she has the landed immigrant status in Canada
The addrress you provided me doesn't work....
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If you are worried that your young child might have autism, or if you have been told that he or she does, our team can work with you and your child to get the help you need.
At the Children's Developmental Center we specialize in working with the youngest children, ages birth to five, providing appropriate assessment, diagnosis and intervention at a time in their lives when it can make the most difference.
The Children's Developmental Center uses a relationship-based approach to autism; an approach that is gaining attention among researchers as a promising treatment because of its focus on social communication and social interaction.
A relationship-based approach can include helping children learn how to play with friends; enjoy back and forth communication with others; calm themselves; become more flexible in solving problems and handling new situations; and cope with their environment (including different sounds, sights, and textures). Strengthening these skills will help your child thrive at home, at school, and in the community.
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Warning for an Eager Facebook Investor (my shortest article, ever!)
Here is a thought for an eager Facebook investor: Google revenue - $40 billion; market capitalization $200 billion (plus $40 billion of cash). Facebook revenue $4 billion; market capitalization $100 billion. So Facebook has to grow revenue 10x for you to double your money. Good luck!
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That's ridiculous.
Revenue has nothing to do with stock prices.
I'm sorry but GOOG had Rev in 2003 - the year before it went public - of $1.47 Billion and a Market cap of more than $25 Billion. Net earnings were $105.65 Million. It did grow very well but the comparison you use is false & misleading and you get an 'F' in valuation if that's how you conduct your business.


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Several websites of Swedish political parties were recently hacked and targeted by cyber attacks, according to a Swedish news wire.
On Aug. 23, a spokesman for the nationalist party Sweden Democrats said its website had crashed due to DDoS attacks. The party's IT department was working on gathering as much information about the attack to file a police report, he said.
A few days later, the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League also experienced a cyber attack. The original content of the party website was replaced with internal emails, passwords and log-in information to several members. The website had to taken down for maintenance.
"It appears as if the [website] has been hacked," press secretary Ingela Nilson told TT. "We will report it to the police and continue investigating the matter."


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Today, was a kid work day. We weeded the broccoli section, planted by seed another batch of pole beans and got the area around the beans ready with compost for additional planting. This area needs to be fenced. We also transplanted sweet peppers and put up a cattle panel to transplant 4 pickling cucumbers. I also added another burpless to the original panel. I finished fencing the west horse fence and buried the hose. We need to get the squash done on the North canel fence.
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Time for some base runs...
Before we do anything to the Fireblade's mapping it needs some base runs.
This video is the all gear (except first because it'd just spin its wheel on the dyno's drum) acceleration test. Full throttle, to the red-line in every gear until it maxxes out in sixth.
It's not normally the position I'm in when the Blade's been given the berries. From the rider's standpoint you can hardly hear any of the induction noise when the taps are open. Stood here, at the front, the airbox's snouts under the headlights really make quite a bit of a bark.
Stock figures? A 163.2bhp peak at 12,000rpm and 79.83ft-lbs of torque at 10,000rpm. Fuelling? Put simply it's running lean at the bottom and really rich at the top.
Now to use the Power Commander software to adjust the air/fuel ratios...
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Bookless Public Library Opens in Texas
I learned to read before I went to kindergarten by reading the comics every morning. Fortunately, I also discovered books and have been an avid reader ever since. I've always been fortunate to live where there is a good public library system and certainly Pima County's is one of the best.
My reserve book list is always maxed out and I love that we can obtain nearly any book from our local library almost as soon as it's published. A creature of habit, I like books printed on paper and don't think I will ever adapt to reading on a Kindle or whatever the other similar electronic book displays are called.
We lived in New Braunfels, Texas in Bexar County for five years where there was also an excellent public library system. Bexar County, one of the most densely populated counties in the U.S. includes the city of San Antonio, and is now in the forefront of the digital reading age.
Earlier this month officials of Bexar County celebrated the opening of the BiblioTech Library, an all-digital public library offering about 10,000 e-book titles in English and Spanish as well as audio books. All are accessible either at the library or via home computer or a mobile device, and all are available free to the county's 1.7 million residents.
BiblioTech has been accredited by the state as a fully functioning public library, not just a tech center, and is staffed by a head librarian and a branch manager. The state's TexShare program allows BiblioTech to share resources with a consortium of nearly 700 public and academic libraries throughout the state, including access to 51 electronic full-text databases.
The new library's website at http://bexarbibliotech.org/ explains how its patrons can access free eBooks and audio books. Like other libraries' services, registration and a personal appearance are required to verify residency in Bexar County. To read an eBook on one's own device, a user must also have the 3M Cloud Library app, which links their library card to BiblioTech.
Once the app is installed, a patron is guided through setup to gain access to the collection. Four icons are displayed as guides including: Shelves, books selected by the librarian, including best sellers and new releases; Categories, all e-books organized by subject; Search, to find specific titles or authors; and My Books, books the patron has checked out.
If a resident does not have an e-reader one can be checked out at the library along with the e-books. BiblioTech has 600 e-readers and 200 pre-loaded enhanced e-readers for children available for checkout as well as 48 computer stations, 10 laptops and 40 tablets to use on-site. Library users will no longer have to worry about over-due books as the e-books are loaned with an app that includes a countdown of days a reader has to finish a book — starting with 14 days.
An article online in Government Technology, Solutions for State and Local Government about the changing face of public libraries states libraries must change to adapt to the new reality. Free computer and Internet access (including Wi-Fi) are just the beginning and are expected by adult library users. Americans value technology and no longer believe libraries are just about traditional books.
Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie is largely responsible for our free public libraries; in total he funded some 3,000 libraries, located in 47 US states. He was a forward thinker, and probably would be in favor of e-books. As for me, I'm wary of the elephant in the room. I do hope books printed in ink on real paper don't go away in my lifetime.
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She would not be emancipated because she gave birth, but that isn't what you need to do.
Your son has rights to possession and access. He needs to file a Petition in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship requesting that he be adjudicated as the father, appointed a Joint Managing Conservator of the children and have specific periods of possession and access. Since the children were just born, he will have step-up possession and access. It may be in short, frequent periods at first and should be a Standard Possession Order by the time the children are three -- most likely sooner since the step-up period is starting when they are a week old.
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Treating Bipolar Disorder After Gastric Bypass Surgery
If you've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, you should be aware that having gastric bypass surgery and losing weight generally is not a cure for your condition. Bipolar disorder is believed to be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain and is usually treated with medication. While some people do feel depressed about being overweight, especially if their weight causes serious health problems or seriously limits their daily activities, feeling depressed about being overweight does not cause bipolar disorder, which is characterized by episodes of both depression and mania (a sort of hyperactivity). If you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, you'll need to continue with your treatment after your surgery.
Here are some things to consider regarding the treatment of bipolar disorder after gastric bypass surgery.
- Many antidepressants and mood stabilizers used to treat bipolar disorder are available in extended release formulas, which are convenient because they are designed to be taken only once a day. It's much easier to take one pill per day instead of taking a pill three or four times a day. However, gastric bypass patients don't absorb extended release medications well because with their shortened digestive tract, the medication doesn't stay in their system long enough to be fully absorbed. Ask your physician about switching you to drugs that are not extended release drugs.
- Don't stop taking medication for depression right before having surgery, and don't skip doses right after having surgery. Talk to your surgeon about how you will take your medication immediately after surgery. The day I had my gastric bypass operation, I did not take my morning dose of medication since patients are usually advised not to eat or drink anything for 12 hours before surgery, but I took my medication in the evening instead that day, about 12 hours after my operation. Medications can be crushed if your surgeon doesn't want you to swallow pills that soon after surgery, and some medications are also available in a liquid formula. Skipping just a few doses of antidepressants or mood stabilizers can cause an increase in symptoms, and with some drugs, can also cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.
- If you have trouble taking your medication after surgery because of nausea or any other reason, contact your surgeon. It's very important to keep taking your medication, so your surgeon should help you determine the cause of the nausea and find a solution.
- Plan to see your psychiatrist or other physician regularly for the first several months post-op to monitor your depression and adjust your doses if needed. While most gastric bypass patients seem to absorb antidepressants and mood stablizers well enough, some find they need higher doses or need to change to a different drug.
- If you're on certain mood stabilizers, like lithium or depakote, make sure your doctor orders regular blood tests to monitor the level of medication in your blood to make sure you're at a therapeutic level.
- Some antidepressants and mood stabilizers can cause constipation as a side effect and constipation is pretty common after gastric bypass anyway. Talk to your surgeon about how to prevent and treat constipation if this is a concern for you.
- Consider seeing a therapist if you're not already doing so. While medication is often needed to treat bipolar disorder, therapy can help, too.
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Tallahassee, Florida - June 5, 2012 -
A man suspected in two bank robberies has been brought back to Tallahassee to face charges. Duwaun Williams was booked into the Leon County Jail on two counts of robbery.
Tallahassee, Florida - May 30, 2012 -
Original stories can be found here and here.
On April 6, 2012, the Tallahassee Police Department was called to SunTrust Bank located at 1401 Miccosukee Road in reference to a bank robbery. On May 23, 2012, the Leon County Sheriff's Office responded to a bank robbery at the Farmers and Merchants Bank located at 3490 North Monroe Street with a similar suspect description. A collaborative effort between Sheriff's Detectives and TPD's Investigators quickly developed a suspect description which eventually led to a named suspect.
With the help of the US Marshal's Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the suspect was apprehended in Tifton, Georgia. He is currently being held at the
Tift County Jail in Georgia awaiting extradition back to Leon County.
Sheriff Larry Campbell said "Thanks to the on-going collaborative efforts of law enforcement in Tallahassee/Leon County, another violent suspect is off our streets."
"This is yet another outstanding example of teamwork between several agencies to bring this suspect to justice" said TPD Chief Dennis Jones. "I am proud to be a part of the cooperative effort to solve these crimes."
Arrested: Dawuan N. Williams Black Male DOB: 05/27/82
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CHICAGO (AP) — The success that a baseball team from Chicago's South Side has had in the Little League World Series is giving the city something to cheer about.
Large crowds turned out for watch parties in Chicago as the 11- and 12-year-olds from the Jackie Robinson West All Stars took on a Las Vegas team in Saturday's U.S. final in Pennsylvania. Chicago will face a South Korean team in the championship game Sunday after beating Las Vegas 7-5.
At one of the watch parties, at a Far South Side community center, retired city worker Mario Stinson said the team was a unifying force, noting that players represent multiple neighborhoods divided by gang violence.
Sabrina Johnson was with her 8-year-old grandson. She says the team was giving kids hope in the face of "all this violence."


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By MONA NAIR
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ALCOA (WATE) – Why would someone viciously rape and stab an 80-year-old Alcoa woman in her home?
It's a question police have not been able to answer since Ermaline Croft was found murdered in her Garfield Street home in December 1990.
Croft was the mother of five children, active in her church and the community. She was a widow who had lived alone for the last few years of her life.
People in that quiet, suburban community called her "Granny" because she was a grandmother figure to everyone in the neighborhood.
No one expected to find her murdered in such a gruesome way.
"She was not your typical 80 year old, that's for sure. She drove. She was always helping someone, taking someone someplace, or doing something for them," says her neighbor, Anna Brewer.
It was Brewer who opened the door to the crime scene 20 years ago. Croft had not been heard from in a few days and her children called asking someone to check on her.
"I still always think about it. I always think about it," Brewer said.
"The crime scene photos are pretty horrific. It was a pretty gruesome type murder. She was stabbed repeatedly by several objects. They raped and sodomized her," says Detective Kris Sanders with the Alcoa Police Department.
Detective Sanders believes the crime was done by someone who hated her and clearly wanted to watch her suffer.
For example, one of several sharp objects used to attack Croft was a fork from her kitchen drawer.
"I would characterize it as a very intimate killing. It was someone who was familiar with her, who knew her. If it was a stranger killing, it would not have been so gruesome," Detective Sanders said.
No one who knew Croft has been the same since then. "Living so close, it's a constant reminder. I always think about it," Brewer said.
Investigators have taped interviews with dozens of friends and relatives, but they say those have gone nowhere.
"You still wonder, are they still around? Who are they? Where are they?" Brewer said.
Most of Croft's five children are alive and in their 70's now. For years, they did interviews hoping investigators would find their mother's killer. Now they say it's too emotionally difficult to revisit those details all these years later.
If you have information on the murder of Ermaline Croft, call the Alcoa Police Department at 865-380-4964.


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Fourteen Ceos In Istanbul
The CEOs of fourteen large South American institutions, including such important companies as Brasil Foods, Tetra Pak, Audi, Nestlé, Itautec, and Rede Record, came to Istanbul with the support of Turkish Airlines.
The event took place as part of several steps which are being taken toward Turkey occupying more space in the Brazilian market and led to widespread coverage in the media of Brazil. The Brazilian CEOs spoke highly of Istanbul and Turkish Airlines to their own media. Turkish Airlines Brazilian Director Atagün Kutluyüksel commented "We started promoting Turkey to Brazilians, and Brazil to Turks."


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Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries and Diakon Child, Family & Community Ministries are among the region's largest non-profit providers of senior living and community-based social services. Diakon employs highly motivated and dedicated people who continue our nearly 150-year-old heritage of care and concern for our neighbor.
Diakon is committed to a diverse workforce. As an equal opportunity employer, Diakon considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other classes protected by law.
Our positions include direct-care staff, licensed nurses, counselors, social workers, facility managers, adoption and youth caseworkers, administrative and financial services staff, and many more. Diakon has programs and senior living communities at multiple locations in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
If you would like to join our family of caring individuals, we invite you to review our open positions. You may also be interested in learning more about Diakon's mission and vision, which focus on creating a working environment of gracious service and hospitality extended not only to those we serve but also to one another. Read more about what it's like to be one of the Many Hands of Diakon's One Heart.
Along with offering the rewarding work of helping those in need, Diakon provides a comprehensive salary and benefits package, including competitive pay plan; health, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) retirement plan including organizational match; life insurance; and more.
In addition, Diakon is a tobacco-free organization, meaning that the use of all tobacco products is prohibited on Diakon properties and in all service locations and workplaces. The 2013 decision to become tobacco-free followed extensive research and deliberation by a committee composed of staff members from all parts of the organization, with a focus on encouraging improved health and wellness for Diakon employees, clients, and residents.
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I recently installed Zimbra 4.5.0 GA on Ubuntu 6.06. I initially had a problem on port 25 which has been resolved (i think). The Zimbra ID daily sends messages to the admin account and these are not being delivered. They are continually queued in the deferred area. The message is:-
Sender: firstname.lastname@example.com
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From domain: mydomain.org
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Recipients: firstname.lastname@example.com
To domain: mydomain.org
Content filter: smtp-amavis:[188.8.131.52]:10024
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Reason: connect to 188.8.131.52[18.104.22.168]: connection refused
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I suspect that this problem is occurring with all incomming messages.
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Over the past few months, the Marcellus Shale Coalition asked Pennsylvanians their questions about natural gas development.
This website will answer those questions straightforwardly and honestly.
At the Marcellus Shale Coalition, we work closely with all levels of government and a variety of community stakeholders. When the time comes, we would welcome the opportunity to sit down with the next Mayor of Philadelphia, and discuss the economic impacts and environmental benefits of natural gas operations. It should also be noted, that over the past few years, the MSC has reached out to a number of City of Philadelphia officials, including Mayor Nutter himself, who spoke at our annual conference last fall, representatives from the Mayor's office, City Council and other municipal agencies.Back to Government Questions Back to ZHome Questions


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Created by Special Forces Command and placed under the High Patronage of the Minister for Defence, the Special Operations Forces Innovation Network Seminar (SOFINS) is an original concept designed to develop synergy in equipment between French Special Forces and the national fabric of industrialists, SMEs and the world of research.
A wealth of opportunities:
An exhibition area and business appointments to present your know-how and products.
Product tests by Special Forces operators in adapted zones.
Live demonstrations by Special Forces.
Product presentations to promote your activity.
Workshops to set up R&D programmes in line with Special Forces requirements.
A big success for the 1st edition in 2013.
The 1st edition was a big success and widely lauded for its ability to establish ties between Special Forces in search of adapted and sometimes tailored high-technology solutions to meet the demands of their missions, and innovative players, SMEs and large groups.
Click here for the 2013 Review.
The ambition of this 2nd edition is to establish SOFINS as the must-go biennial event for collaboration between the Special Forces community and French industrialists.
General de Saint-Quentin
Special Forces Commander
SOFINS 2013 was a great success, acknowledged by all our guests and by the Defence Minister in person. This outstanding partnership between companies and
operational forces is now being headed by the Cercle de l'Arbalète over a two year cycle culminating in this 3-day open-air seminar to be held at the Camp de Souge
Military Base.
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Five Years Ago
At least seven Holyoke businesses are out a total of $2,375 as a result of 13 fraudulent checks from a Venango, Neb. woman.
Harvey McCune and Laurie Scholl team up each Monday afternoon to lead Harvey's Choir at Holyoke Health & Rehab.
Postage rates will increase Jan. 8 for the first time in three and a half years, with first class letter (1 oz.) mailing to go up to 39 cents.
Ten Years Ago
Colorado's state sales tax drops from three percent to 2.9 percent following the passage of House Bill 1259 during the 2000 legislative session.
The new Phillips County Resource Center, located at the former KBC Trading & Processing office at 127 E. Denver St., nears completion.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Tony Klatka, an HHS graduate and now a professional musician, will serve as guest performer in presenting a trumpet solo, accompanied by the HHS band, at the Jan. 9 band concert.
Due to lack of volunteers, the school Safety Patrol at Highway 385 and Kellogg Street will no longer be operating during the months of January, February and March.
Col. Wayne L. Salyards of Holyoke graduates from Missouri Auction School.
Forty Years Ago
Approximately eight inches of snow blanketed the area starting late last Friday night and lasting through Sunday morning.
Dave McMillan is the new manager at Holyoke Safeway. Former Holyoke manager Henry Hebbel was named manager of Wray Safeway.
Air Force Master Sergeant Harold W. Warren, son of Mrs. Sylvia Warren of Holyoke, has retired after 20 years of military service.
Fifty Years Ago
Otto Fulscher of Holyoke, who has been identified with the livestock business for more than half a century, was named "Man of the Year in Livestock" this week by The Record Stockman, a weekly livestock newspaper published in Denver.
Amy Dinnell is the 1961 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow for Holyoke High School.
King's Upholstery Shop was moved last week from the former Tighe Cafe building, adjoining the Holyoke Cleaners, to the old Foster Lumber Co. building across the street north of the present Foster yards.


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Fenix Fire have just announced that Source will be coming to the Xbox One, Steam and PlayStation 4.
Fenix Fire are a small indie studio that have been on the rise as of late and Source is their upcoming adventure game which places users in a surreal alternate dimension. You follow a weird bird thing as it flies around a TRON-like world, pumped with lightening.
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Originally Posted by gocubs2118
No, Amardi was recruited over for Kane.
I do not think it was that clear cut in regards to who we had in mind would be the one to leave when we got Kane to visit. We should have pulled Bluford's scholarship the moment Kane committed. Then again, the Bluford offer always seemed like a huge reach
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With all due respect, not a chance in hell Cook is stronger than Ejim.
It's jmo but Cook looks to be thicker in the legs and chest.
Cook made a good play just before the game was lost. He gave Oregon their last chance.
I thought Amardi would do better at Oregon this year. Seems to have limited offensive skill set and every game I have seen him play he is always in foul trouble.
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is there a way to create an image slideshow that is rotated by say 5° ? I'd prefer a non-flash solution. Thank you!
is there a way to create an image slideshow that is rotated by say 5° ? I'd prefer a non-flash solution. Thank you!
CSS3 has a
However, it's quite new and it's got fairly limited browser support at the moment, so it's not ideal.
Some browsers support it using vendor prefixes, which means it's experimental, but you could include them in your stylesheet anyway.
Microsoft Internet Explorer has a completely different mechanism for rotation.
Your final stylesheet might look something like this:
(You'll need to work out the angles yourself for IE! the one I've provided should be okay for 45 degrees)
However, even then you can't be certain that the user's browser will support it, and there may be other quirks you'd need to deal with.
Also, of course, a rotated element will be degraded in quality due to pixellisation on screen. How badly will depend on the quality of the browser's rotation algorithms, but there will always be some loss of quality.
In short, rotation in a browser (for the time being at least) is more of a play-thing than a useful piece of functionality. But it can be done.
You'll be able to use this with CSS transformations, but it won't work in all browsers.
Edit: Here's a solution that purports to work cross-browser.


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East Scranton Neighborhood Watch meets
Hours after a man was arraigned for a Hill Section homicide, East Scranton residents gathered at their organizational neighborhood watch meeting in hopes of improving quality of life and minimizing crime in the area.
Co-President Lori LaVango said it is a crucial time for people to come together.
"Safety is huge. There's been some incidents and activity. We need to keep each other informed," she said.
About 30 people gathered at St. Paul's Lutheran Church for the East Scranton Neighborhood Watch meeting Thursday night, along with Acting Scranton police Chief Carl Graziano and organizers from other city watch groups. They discussed issues like blight, mischievous juveniles and dilapidated properties that act as magnets for crime throughout East Scranton.
Jerry McCabe, a resident of Myrtle Street for more than 30 years, said his home was burglarized recently. He is tired of being victimized by petty criminals and unsavory characters.
"We're fed up with it. We're fed up with the crime," he said.
West Scranton Hyde Park Neighborhood Watch President Karin Foster gave a presentation to the group on how to report crime, blight and concerns to Scranton police, as well as how to uses resources like www. crimereports.com, a site where people can see what crimes occurred recently near their residences.
East Scranton isn't the only neighborhood revamping its neighborhood watch.
North Scranton also held a meeting this week, with more than 60 people attending Monday, Co-President Kathleen Quinn said. The North Scranton Neighborhood Association and Crime Watch meets the first Monday of every month, with June's meeting slated for 7 p.m. at Weston Park.
The East Scranton group's next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's.
Chief Graziano praised the East Scranton group for joining the ranks of the numerous neighborhood watch groups throughout the city and said it is essential for citizens and businesses to aid police in keeping crime out.
"This is a force multiplier," he said, gesturing to those gathered.
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Oklahoma softball: With NPF, OU seniors have playing options after this season
NORMAN — When Oklahoma's softball season ends in the coming months, it won't quite be the end of playing for the four Sooner seniors.
Keilani Ricketts, Jessica Shults, Michelle Gascoigne and Brianna Turang were drafted this week in the National Pro Fastpitch College Draft, setting a record for the most Sooners taken in the NPF. (The previous record was three in 2008.) All four were chosen within the first nine selections.
The four seniors, all from California, are stars and role models on OU's squad. Ricketts is the best pitcher on the squad, if not the best in the nation. Gascoigne holds the program record for winning percentage. Shults, a catcher, ranks second all-time in home runs for OU, while Turang is a base-stealing machine.
Although the four Sooners have their first Big 12 series this week, against Baylor starting Friday and continuing through the weekend, they are more than halfway through their final collegiate season.
So what's the future look like? Due to NCAA rules, though, the team isn't allowed to communicate with the draftees and vice versa yet. The draftees also can't sign until their college season is finished.
"It definitely is exciting that all four seniors were chosen to represent Oklahoma in the professional league of softball," Ricketts said.
While NPF might extend the athletes' playing time through the summer, there isn't much life after college softball — except for Keilani Ricketts.
Although Ricketts can't talk to her potential team, she can talk to the media, and despite the announcement of her selection, Ricketts said Tuesday she's thinking of taking the USA Softball route this summer, where she has also spent her last two summers. She won silver last year with Team USA during the ISF XIII Women's World Fastpitch Championship.
It's not that she doesn't think NPF is a good route. Her older sister, Samantha, was selected 12th in the 2009 Draft and was in the league for two years.
"She loved being able to play with the girls that are just well-known players from college," Keilani said. "It was a good experience and it really helped her network with the softball world."
Samantha's now an assistant coach at Wichita State.
The problem for Keilani is she's the exception.
Her bio for Oklahoma athletics reads like a direct admit into a Hall of Fame: "Entered 2013 with the school record for strikeouts in a career (1,255), season (457 in 2012) ... Tied for the school record in career shutouts (38) and wins in a season (37 in 2012) ... Places third at OU in victories (98) ..."
After Team USA, Keilani said she might move to Japan to play. There's also the possibility of the Olympics, one of the sports that was withheld from the 2012 Summer Games.
"I'm still just trying to be optimistic about the Olympics since they won't vote about it until the end of summer," she said. "That's why I want to continue to do USA."
Softball remains off the Summer Olympics slate for the 2016 Games. It could potentially rejoin in 2020, yet it's now in the IOC battle with wrestling.
Bandits. Diamonds. Racers. Pride.
That's the four-team NPF League. It's a summer league, like baseball's version of Cape Cod. The NPF plays 44 games. The average NPF player makes between $5,000 and $6,000 for the season, which runs from June through August, according to the league's official website.
At the end of that season, Brianna Turang will return to school. Despite finishing her degree in multidisciplinary studies, Turang will start on a new bachelor's degree next fall: nursing.
She said being drafted a moment she'd been dreaming about since she was little.
"My dad played professional baseball," Turang said. "So I've kind of always looked up to him for that."
Yet she knows she can't quite have the career he did because there aren't the same options. Turang will have to find a job after college softball.
With so many games during the summer and being in a new town, Turang said she will just enjoy her final months of NPF softball.
"Now I can kind of relax and not put so much pressure on myself but at the same time, that relieved pressure will probably help me do a little bit better," Turang said. "I'll use (NPF) as a time to compete and continue playing the sport that I love.
"I don't want to look at it as something I'm getting paid to do. I love the game. If I didn't get paid, I would still play."


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I am using R studio.
Is there a way to know if an R script is running directly either by the source command in the console) or within another script. ie. another script is sourced and this has the call to the first script.
This can be useful to prompt for some values in some cases.
What I am doing now is to set a variable to true or false and within the script I check for that variable. This works but an automatic way is better.
Thanks for your time.
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Let's say I have an independent script that runs fine as is, but this script is part of a process to run after another script finished. If I have to run both, I can run the first, then the second; but also I have the chance just to run the second.
What I am asking is if there is a way to (in the second script) to verify if this second was called from the first or no.
Take a look at his simple examples (inspired by the answer from Greg Snow)
writeLines("script A")
if (interactive()) writeLines("interactive: true") else writeLines("interactive false")
writeLines("script B")
if (interactive()) writeLines("interactive: true") else writeLines("interactive false")
writeLines("end B")
The result in Rstudio is
script A
interactive: true
script B
interactive: true
end B
after B
I like to have something like
script A
interactive: true
script B
interactive: false
end B
after B
I hope now is more clear.


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Tiger Takes Dubai: New Golf Course Planned for Dubailand
Tiger Woods recently announced that he will design his first golf course in Dubailand, the region's largest entertainment and tourism project. (The Dubailand concept, envisioned by ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is expected to attract 15 million visitors to Dubai by 2010.) Tiger's par-72, 18-hole championship golf course will be called Al Ruwaya, meaning serenity. The course will feature "lush landscaping, stunning water features, dramatic elevation changes, and five sets of tees to accommodate every caliber of golfer." Significantly, this is the first for Tiger Woods Design. Woods has played in the Dubai Desert Classic three times (winning this year in a sudden play-off) and thus has a lot of fondness for the region. In addition to the golf course, Tiger Woods-Dubai is also in the works: an exclusive golf community that will house Al Ruwaya, state-of-the-art clubhouse, professionally-staffed golf academy, 80-suite boutique hotel, 300 luxury villas and 20 private homes, and retail community. Construction will start in late 2007, and the project is expected to be completed in late 2009.
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Mitch Watrous had four strikeouts against Stanford.
May 23, 2014
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SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah baseball team opened its three-game series against Stanford with a 5-0 loss on Friday evening.
Stanford took an early 1-0 lead, and added runs in the sixth, seventh and ninth innings for the win.
Mitch Watrous allowed two runs with four strikeouts over six innings, earning the loss on the mound. Josh Chapman (2 1/3 innings) and Dylan Drachler (2/3 inning) also pitched.
The Cardinal out-hit Utah 15-5.
Two singles and a walk led to a run in the first inning for Stanford. The Cardinal left two runners on base in the second inning, and left the bases loaded in the fourth inning. A leadoff single and RBI double added a run for Stanford in the sixth inning, and the team took a 3-0 lead in the top of the seventh after two singles and a sacrifice fly.
Cory Hunt and Biss Larsen led off the bottom of the third inning with back-to-back singles, but both runners were stranded on base after a strikeout and a pair of ground outs. In the seventh inning, TJ Bennett led off the inning with a walk and Konnor Armijo singled up the middle. After a sacrifice bunt to move both runners over, a strikeout gave Stanford two outs and while Hunt walked to load the bases, another strikeout got the Cardinal out of the inning.
Utah made a late rally, loading the bases with one out. Armijo walked, Josh Rose singled and AJ Young walked. Stanford made a play at home to get the first out of the inning on a ground out, and a double play on a ground out ended the rally.
Utah and Stanford continue the three-game series on Saturday, May 24, at noon. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.


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If Eventual Consistency Seems Hard, Wait Till You Try MVCCMon, Dec 8, 2014
This should sound familiar:
One of the great lies about NoSQL databases is that they're simple. Simplicity done wrong makes things a lot harder and more complicated to develop and operate. Programmers and operations staff end up reimplementing (badly) things the database should do.
Nobody argued this line of reasoning more vigorously than when trying to defend relational databases, especially during the darkest years (ca. 2009-2010), when NoSQL still meant NO SQL DAMMIT, all sorts of NoSQL databases were sprouting, and most of them were massively overhyped. But as valid as those arguments against NoSQL's "false economy" simplicity were and are, the arguments against relational databases' complexity hold true, too.


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This week, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue was released for the PS3 and Xbox 360. PC and Mac versions haven't been announced but it looks like they're on the way, too.
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SILVER CITY, N.M.: Western New Mexico finished their sweep of Regis softball (1-16, 0-6) today with a pair of victories in Silver City, N.M. The Rangers dropped the first game 9-1 in five innings and the second 8-4 in seven.
WNMU started the day going up 4-0 over RU by the third inning. The Rangers scored their first run of the day in the fourth inning when junior Sam Talmich homered to right field. Four other Rangers had hits during the game.
Sophomore Sydney Gaffin (0-9) threw 3.1 innings, allowing six hits during her performance. Freshman Nicole Hull allowed four hits in her 1.1 innings and fellow freshman Rachelle Knudson faced one batter.
New Mexico put two runs on the board in the first, second and fourth innings to go up 6-0 in the second game. Regis crossed four runs themselves in a big fifth inning to try and close the gap.
The Rangers started the inning with a homerun to left field by sophomore Beth Petersen. Senior Bre Backlund picked up an RBI in the inning on a ground out to the second baseman, scoring sophomore Brianna Bogdajewicz who had reached on a walk.
Sophomore Taylor Wilcox ripped another Ranger homerun to left field to score sophomore Rachel Illias (reached on a single through the right side) and herself for two more RBIs.
The Mustangs grabbed two insurance runs in the sixth, going up 8-4 where they would finish out the game in seven innings.
Freshman duo Knudson and Hull saw the mound once again. Knudson allowed six hits in 1.2 innings and Hull struck out five and allowed five hits in her 4.1 innings.
The Rangers will host Colorado Mesa on Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9 next week for their next RMAC games.


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Cataloging procedure for Preservation-copy-only sound recordings (2⁄6⁄09)
On occasion, it becomes necessary to withdraw a title from the circulating collection which has a corresponding
preservation copy in the Vault.
In order to represent these preservation-copy-only holdings of the Library, it becomes necessary to edit the existing
holdings information in the on-line catalog.
To expedite this, a a new accession⁄action call number for this new category of sound recordings has been created
add selected preservation-copy-only videotape titles to its col A need has arisen to accommodate the Library's
retention of material already in the collection, when the corresponding use copy has been withdrawn. we will
implement a new cataloging procedure which will allow us to retain existing p-copies of material when their . includes .
The new cataloging procedure is intended to maintain the existing sound recording accession call number scheme and
to minimize reprocessing of bibliographic and item records.
1.) "[FORMAT]" accession call number - With use copy being withdrawn, and no service copy available for patron use,
we will retain the preservation copy of the material, keeping the already assigned accession call number.
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2.) Bibliographic record - The MFHD for this preservation-copy-only material must include the [FORMAT]p accession
call number of the existing preservation copy and a public note indicating the need for a copy-on-demand request in
Tag 852, and include a note indicating the preservation only status in Tag 583 subfield ‡l (a service copy will be made
upon request by retrieving the preservation only copy):
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3.) New accession⁄action call number "SOUND REQUEST" - Assign and input a new videotape accession⁄action call
number "VIDEO REQUEST" with the same accession number including "p" from the VIDEOTAPE accession call
number label affixed to the preservation-copy-only videotape. This new call number for display only must be input in
both the bibliographic and MFHD. Since no barcode number will be affixed to the preservation copy, an artificial
barcode number of eleven digits beginning with 109######## must be assigned and input to create an item record.


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Videogame Composers' Favourite Game Soundtracks - ArticleVGChartz Staff, posted on 14 May 2013 / 10,699 Views
Music is a powerful tool. It has the ability to toy with our emotions and create and define our memories. Throughout this generation we have seen music become an integral part of our gaming experience - more so than ever before. If I asked you to think long and hard about your fondest gaming memories, I would confidently bet that there are some sublime pieces of music accompanying them. As we know though, all good things must come to an end, and as we near the final days of this console generation we've decided to celebrate the music it brought us in style.
We reached out to some of the most talented composers in the industry and asked them what their favourite piece of gaming music - be it an entire soundtrack or a single piece - from this generation was and why. Here's what they had to say:
Austin Wintory - Credits include: Journey, Monaco and flOw.
The answer to this is undoubtedly still BioShock. I think Garry Schyman brought a class and dignity to that game that married to it so beautifully. The overall experience was rock solid but the music really pushed it up and over. In particular what stands out is the cue entitled "Dancers on a String," or of course the "Welcome to Rapture" featuring LA Phil's concert master Martin Chalifour. Haunting, exhilarating and unforgettable.
Grant Kirkhope - Credits include: Banjo Kazooie, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Goldeneye.
I think I'd have to say two scores caught my attention. The first would have to be Austin's score for Journey. I love the way that Austin talks about music. He has a very intellectual approach to music whereas I just wing it and hope for the best, I wish I had more brains… heh! Austin really thought about the music in Journey and wanted to make something that connected with the player's emotions rather than just some epic, taiko drum loop, ostinati strings music that seems to be the sum of just about every game (and movie score) these days and I applaud him for it.
My second would have to be Danny Baranowsky's score for Super Meat Boy, there's just something about Danny's tunes that get under your skin. Danny has very strong links back to games of old and that strong melody thing that was prevalent back before it all got CD quality... there's something to be said for a tune on a Gameboy that holds your attention with 3 note channels and a noise channel!
Jessica Curry - Credits include: Dear Ethser and Korsakovia
I love "Leaving Earth" from the Mass Effect 3 OST. I really like the fusion of the beautiful and delicate piano melody with the blaring brass that suddenly leaps in. It's such a simple piece, but it has a real heart and really captures that exhilarating feeling of epic adventure.
There is something really unashamedly large about the track but it doesn't actually progress that much musically - sometimes simple is best and they've done a great job on this track.
For sheer impact on the industry I think it's also important to mention Austin Wintory's score for Journey - the Grammy nomination has pushed game music into the limelight and his soundtrack is incredibly loved. Austin wants to make music that resonates with people, that means something to them and we share that ethos. That provides a real bond in an industry where an incredible amount of music gets pushed out by the giant sausage factory!
Gary Schyman - Credits include: BioShock (franchise), The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Dante's Inferno
My favorite piece of music from a game (I don't play a lot of them) just happens to be from one of my scores. The piece, from BioShock 2, is entitled "Pairbond".
It's a quiet and reflective composition written for string orchestra with soloists (violin and cello). The solos are exquisitely performed by two of LA's best string players - Martin Chalifour violin (Concert master of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra) and session cellist Armen Ksakjikian.
What I love about it is that it so expressive, beautiful and sad. It perfectly reflects the plight of the game's main character. It certainly does not sound like any other music written for a game - especially for a first person shooter. It has been performed by orchestras all over the world and I love that it can both be appreciated in-game and as a composition performed by an orchestra to a live audience.
Laura Shigihara - Credits include: To The Moon and Plants vs. Zombies
I think my favorite piece of gaming music from this console generation is probably "Fi's Theme" from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It has such a beautiful and haunting melody. When you first hear it (as you follow Fi around your village in the middle of the night), it fits so perfectly because it evokes feelings of mystery and wonder. I also loved how the composers made slight changes to its chord progression and instrumentation for the reprise (Fi's Lament) in order to change that mysterious feeling into one of longing and departure.
A while back I did a vocal remix of this piece and I gained even more respect for it. I absolutely loved how the chord progressions and melodies were creative and unconventional, yet familiar enough to trigger such basic emotions in the player.
Michael McCann - Credits include: Deux Ex: Human Revolution, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Splinter Cell: Double Agent
One of my favorite game scores over the last few years has been for a Half Life 2 mod called 'Neotokyo', with music done by a relatively unknown composer named Ed Harrison. The score blends a bunch of styles like post-rock, IDM, minimal ambient – almost like a blend of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Boards of Canada, Radiohead and Brian Eno – but in a far more playful, lo-fi, minimal style.
What amazes me about this score is that Harrison was hired through a forum, and I believe he did the score for free. There are some really brilliant arrangement, production, atmospheric and harmony ideas that, in my opinion, make it far more interesting than most of the more popular game scores floating around these last few years. There's something about the minimal simplicity (for example the ambient vocal work in the last 2/3rds of tracks like "Annul") and efficiency of ideas that make it really stand out to me. To give some perspective, I'm not a big fan of traditional orchestral style scores, so I'm usually drawn more to acoustic/electronic experimental stuff – which there isn't much of these days.
Other game scores I've really liked are Shawn Lee's "Bully", Amon Tobin's "Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory", and a lot of Jesper Kyd and Gary Schyman's work. As for a single track, my favorite game theme of all time continues to be the Max Payne 2 theme by Kärtsy Hatakka & Kimmo Kajasto – it's so dramatic!
Jack Wall - Credits include: Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Unfortunately, I really don't have time to play a lot of games because my composing schedule is so demanding, but I do play the games that I work on quite extensively. That being said, I do listen to many soundtracks and very much enjoy the work of Garry Schyman, Jesper Kyd and the partnership of Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori quite a bit. BioShock's score as well as the source music curated by Emily Ridgeway was really special. I also really enjoyed the unique sound of the Assassin's Creed series by Jesper Kyd. Of course the music of Halo is some of my absolute favorite of the generation. Marty and Michael truly understand the power of understatement. I try to follow their example whenever possible because my feeling is that there is simply too much energy in many scores. The only emotion is intensity where there needs to be more of 3 dimensional emotion quotient within the story arc.
That really is music's job. Emotional music is vitally important to creating that arc. I'm also quite proud of how we ended Mass Effect 2. "Suicide Mission" worked quite well in setting up the next game. I'm very much looking forward to where the industry goes musically with the next generation of consoles. I'm requesting face time with the writers now because I think that is where we'll find the next level of immersion and how music plays a role in making games engaging.
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ZF-8294: OpenId Consumer doesn't work with Google as a provider
Using the sample code provided in the manual, it's not possible to authenticate with Google - using https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id - it is however possible to authenticate with e.g. myopenid without issue.
Error message returned: "Discovery failed"
Using latest 1.9 branch of ZF.
The same for me, with ZF 1.9.6
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Published 12 October 05
W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Fear of monsters
A tale of the Bosnian War
Strolling down the Halloween candy display aisle in my local grocery store, I am reminded of an autumn trek I made across Eastern Europe, exactly 10 years ago.
It was September, the final weeks of the Bosnian War.
With US-led peace talks imminent, the Muslim-Croat and Serb armies were locked in a desperate struggle to gain as much ground as possible so they could approach the peace table from a position of strength. NATO jets had destroyed Serbian command and control centers. And I was covering the war for a small, weekly newspaper, alone and hiking along the Croatian-Bosnian frontier.
Armed with nothing more than a camera, a notebook, a toothbrush, a change of clothes, an arctic sleeping bag, several bottles of water, and a few large bags of Halloween candy, I made my way up and into one of the more hilly, black-timbered regions of Croatia. It was a few miles from where some of the worst fighting was taking place just over the border in Bosnia.
Everything was mined: secondary roads, fields, and deserted buildings. Uninhabited villages had been shot to pieces. Rocket fragments littered the highways. Guerilla patrols were operating all around me. And the bitter Balkan winter was moving in quickly.
My Halloween candy? It was a calling card.
One evening, as I approached the end of a narrow foot path, I came upon several Bosnian children who were living less than a couple hundred yards away in a dank, urine-smelling refugee camp.
Like startled deer in the twilight unsure of the figure in front of them, the children stared for a moment. But, even in the fading light, they determined I was not a threat. I was not a soldier, and they cautiously moved toward me.
As I later would discover, the children were deathly afraid of soldiers, far more so than any American kid would be of monsters under the bed; and for good reason. A mere two days before, these kids had witnessed the sniper-shooting of an old man and his granddaughter. They had been rousted from their beds in the middle of the night. And their fathers and older brothers had been taken away by the Serbian army.
Now they were hiding in an isolated, though somewhat safe, Croatian forest facing a strange man who spoke an unintelligible language.
Fortunately, kids have a universal language.
To their shrieking delight, I produced one of the shiny black and orange bags of Halloween candy, a treat some of them had never seen.
It was an instant bond of friendship, no matter how fragile.
They marched me into camp as if I was some sort of trophy, and introduced me to the women (remember, the men were gone) who then invited me to stay the night and share their meager fare of boiled chicken and potatoes, a loaf of hard bread, and several cups of a strong Turkish tea.
For the remainder of the evening we sat around an old wood-burning stove, singing, attempting to exchange words, the kids gorging themselves on the rest of my Halloween candy.
As bedtime approached, some of the children began to cry, fearful that "the soldiers" were going to come and kill them in their sleep.
Then I remembered the calming affect of Christmas songs when I was a boy. The Bosnian children, though unfamiliar with my songs, were quick to learn.
Soon, tears were replaced with red eyes, chocolate-covered smiles, and sweet little voices mispronouncing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.
They slept soundly that night and for the next few nights I spent in their camp.
Ten years later, I wonder if they remember their brief respite from hell? Candy displays, singing children, and autumn strolls through deep piney woods, will forever remind me.
W. Thomas Smith Jr., a former U.S. Marine infantry leader, parachutist, and shipboard counterterrorism instructor, writes about military/defense issues and has covered conflict in the Balkans and on the West Bank. He is an award-winning author of four books, the co-author of two, and his articles have appeared in USA Today, George, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, National Review Online, CBS News, The Washington Times, and many others.
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Do you view science as a decisive way, or just a fundamentalist way of thinking you have everything in front of you and concluding that this must be the key to the universe? To me, religion has alot of bullshit concepts but science can't explain everything - surely some higher powers exist which are actually making this shit be here or happen? I mean, the best science has ever come up with is, "Everything suddenly exploded, then suddenly cells formed and then they evolved and here we are now ".
There is obviously something more than this; I mean, science has it's boundaries. It can only explain what is happening right now and how, it can't explain why. It explains how the universe was formed, but not why. Discuss. Do you absolutely think there is nothing more to life than science? Or do you think some kind of higher powers or something other than what we can identify must exist?


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MATH 1113This is an archive of the Common Course Outlines prior to fall 2011. The current Common Course Outlines can be found at http://www.gpc.edu/programs/Common-Course-Outlines.
Credit Hours 3
Course Title Pre-Calculus
Prerequisite(s) Math 1111 with a "C" or better or satisfactory placement score
Corequisite(s) None Specified
Catalog Description
This course focuses on the study of trigonometry, including circular functions, triangle trigonometry, trigonometric equations and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, and vectors. Selected topics from algebra are reviewed and extended. This course is designed to prepare students for calculus, algebra-based physics, and related technical subjects.
Expected Educational Results
As a result of completing this course, the student will be able to:
1. Graph polynomial, rational, root, exponential, logarithmic and split-domain functions
2. Use concepts including domain and range, intercepts, asymptotes, even or odd definitions, and intervals of increase and decrease to describe the behavior of functions
3. Graph variations of functions using translations, reflections and stretches
4. Write and graph the inverse function for a given function.
5. Define and apply composition of functions
6. Recognize and graph ellipses and hyperbolas from their equations in standard and shifted form.
7. Define and investigate rates of change including average rates of change
8. State and apply the unit circle definitions of the six trigonometric functions
9. Graph and apply functions of the form f(x) = a sin(bx + c) + d, g(x) = a cos(bx + c) + d, and h(x) = a tan(bx + c) + d
10. Graph the six standard trigonometric functions
11. State and apply the definitions of the inverse trigonometric functions
12. Graph the basic inverse trigonometric functions
13. Apply the reciprocal, quotient, Pythagorean, cofunction, even-odd, addition and double-angle identities
14. Prove trigonometric identities
15. Solve equations involving trigonometric functions
16. Solve problems using triangle trigonometry
17. Represent complex numbers in trigonometric form
18. Describe vectors both geometrically and algebraically
19. Solve problems involving vectors
20. Expand sequences, write and find the value of series
General Education Outcomes
I. This course addresses the general education outcome relating to communication by providing additional support as follows:
a. Students improve their listening skills by taking part in general class discussion and in small group activities.
b. Students improve their reading skills by reading and discussing the text and other materials. Reading mathematics requires skills somewhat different from those used in reading materials for other courses, and these are discussed in class.
c. Unit tests, examinations and other assignments provide opportunities for students to practice and improve mathematical writing skills. Mathematics has a specialized vocabulary that students are expected to use correctly.
II. This course addresses the general education outcome of demonstrating effective individual and group problem-solving and critical skills as follows:
a. Students must apply mathematical concepts to non-template problems and situations.
b. In applications, students must analyze problems, often through the use of multiple representations, develop or select an appropriate mathematical model, utilize the model, and interpret results.
III. This course addresses the general education outcome of using mathematical concepts to interpret, understand and communicate quantitative data as follows:
a. Students must demonstrate proficiency in problem solving including applications of linear, quadratic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
b. Students must use functions to describe real-world situations and interpret information given by numerical, graphical, verbal or symbolic representations of the function.
It is assumed that students entering this course have competency in intermediate
algebra at the level of Math 0098. Students should also be able to do
the following:
1. Analyze applications for which linear and quadratic equations are mathematical models
2. Solve linear, quadratic, and basic exponential and logarithmic equations
3. Solve systems of linear equations in several unknowns using matrices, solve systems of nonlinear equations in two variables.
4. Identify and graph the following types of functions in two variables: linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, and split domain
5. Identify a function from a rule, a graph, and a set of ordered pairs
6. Identify functions as increasing/decreasing
7. State the domain and range of a function from a rule and from a graph
8. Define exponential and logarithmic functions, emphasizing the relationship between them.
9. Compose functions.
10. Find inverse functions
11. Convert general equations of parabolas and circles to shifted form. Identify and graph circles, horizontal and vertical parabolas
Course Content
I. Functions and Graphs (algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic, and functions and their inverses, hyperbolas and ellipses)
II. Trigonometric Equations and Identities
III. Vectors
IV. Sequences
Assessment of Outcome Objectives
Exams, assignments, and a final exam prepared by individual instructors will be used to determine the course grade.
This course will be assessed every five years. An appropriate assessment instrument will be determined by the Math 1113 course committee.
The Math 1113 committee, or a special assessment committee appointed by the Academic Group, will analyze the results of the assessment and determine implications for curriculum changes. The committee will prepare a report for the Academic Group summarizing its finding.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August, 2005
APPROVED DATE: February, 2005
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