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Factory Orders Miss 3rd Month In A Row As Inventories Hit Record High
For the 3rd month in a row, US Factory Orders missed expectations with a major downward revision to December's data (-2%) and has fallen two months in a row. Inventories continue to rise - up nine of the last ten months to the highest level since records began. Better just hope for all that pent-up demand to flood back or we have a problem.
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No worries it's Chevy truck month
We don't need no stinkin factory orders.. FB to the moon!
More like TSLA to the moon........ Giga-factory... The drugs really are that much better when you are a billionare.
Bullish for construction, got to build moar warehouse to store this stuff!
There are warehouses everywhere - use the empty anchor stores at the malls.. Saw a HUGE building yesterday (CampUSA, an RV store), parking lot fenced off, weeds, starting the slow decline.
Driving around, many shopping centers have empty slots - Knock out the glass doors, put in roll ups, and start filling 'er up. Will be a great place to loot during the mayhem. That's the only way to get rid of all the endless crap flowing out of the slave factories.
Force Mejeur and companies in the black.
What is this "Factory" of which you speak?
I was shocked to find the local Nissan dealer here just cleared their used car lot inventory by sending it all to auction cause they aren't selling anything now. My sales buddy there said they can only afford to have new cars on the lot cause they can be cheaply financed through Nissan.
It's getting really sick out there now.
And as for Chevy Truck Month... I just got my GM Gold card credits "rounded up" from about $1700 to $4000 to buy a new vehicle!
That plus other incentives adds up to about $8000 off the negotiated price. Wonder what Ford has for incentives?
Staples is closing 30 stores and will focus on online sales...says over half of sales are online....bullish!
Radio Shack is closing 1,100 stores and will focus on going broke more slowly than their current pace since they have no sales, online or otherwise. Now THAT'S bullish.
And say good bye to Radio Shack finally. Best Buy isn't far behind too.
I think the local small auto repair shops who also sell cheap used cars will make out in the bleak economy ahead.
Plus small Chinese take-out shops .
I'd like to see the return of "rent a bay" for do it yourself car repairs again.
And March Madness.
Got an email from my urologist that during March Madness I can get a walk-in vasectomy, no questions asked. He's probably clearing inventory too. I figure I'll get a second vasectomy in case the first one breaks. Anything to stimulate the economy, you know.
What is a 'Factory?'
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Just waiting for the weather to warm up do I can go out and buy new IPads.
Ipad snowshoes ?
You might be onto something there.
Just waiting for the weather to warm up so I can go out and buy new IPads.
Another guy? This sounds like a trend...
Factory and warehouse doors were all iced up due to the weather--very difficult to move product
Wake me up when the weather freezes Bill Dudley or the elevator at 33 Liberty Street. While those geniuses are still doing their thing, this turd will not stop.
big lots, will see a booming business to move the junk. invest in big lots it's a lock
There is just nothing more we can say. We just have to wait for the insanity and the music to stop. I am already sitting in my chair. Not taking any chances on missing one.
I'm with you. I can only hazard a guess that the stock "market" hasn't tanked because it's a seller's strike. Probably over 90% of participants are "all-in" and on this trade, so when it finally goes, it should be epic. But, I've been saying that since 2011.
Really comical actually.
Total disconnect from reality, like a south sea tulip bubble combo.
bullish! more QQQ's and ES please!
Student Loan? check.
Car payment? check.
rent? if possible, check.
Amount of $ leftover that is spent as a % on food and gas: 100%.
savings? No.
Yep, huge growth on the way.
Yet ANOTHER all-time high on the S&P, as it just touched 1880.
Happy days, boy are they here again!
@Tsar Pointless
Ooh, I'll play!
GWB: Now watch this drive.
Cheney: It's classified!
It would be hard for the fuckheads to press ahead with AgendaYourFucked with shit crashing down around them now wouldn't it? It would be best if the Russian shit blew skyhigh, short of nuclear war, to help knock these sorry ass pieces of discarded dog shit down a few notches so we can catch up.
The problem with HFTs and algos (I know I'm not saying anything new here) is that they cannot understand the figures, they just read the headlines. That's why, when this blows, and it will, the trapdoor will be opened with nothing beneath it.
It has been so long since I have shorted this market, I do not even remember how to short. But I am still very long all my gold, silver and miners. Been a tough 18 months but just maybe, the turn is upon us. Somehow I just cannot pull the trigger on a Burrito priced at almost $600.00. When the end of this movie starts we are all going to need Extra Popcorn and a much bigger bowl. Maybe one with Zero Hedge written on the side. :)
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Create a map depicting an Extreme environment - meaning hot(fire)/cold(frozen)/wind blasted/shattered/ or whatever you can imagine just as long as it depicts an extreme environment in some way. None of that happy froufrou marshmallow rainbow stuff Although I guess this could be an extreme for the right kind of denizens. How well you meet this challenge will ultimately be determined by the voters as usual.
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1). The little pieces of weed that pull through the bowl and get into your mouth.
2). The last bits of weed in your weed sack.
2). The last bits of weed in your weed sack.
1). Damn dude, i got all the shitters that hit.
2). I just got some shitters left bro.
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P2: Fucking uh, he's on the shitter.
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Alternative name for a toilet, used predominantly in the UK alongside, "Loo" "Bog" "Bathroom" and "Shithouse".
Hmmmmm... nice shitter. Is that a bidet ?
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the restroom
oh man i have to go to the shitter and take a wicked dump
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(a) the arsehole
(b) the shithouse
(b) the shithouse
He went to the shitter to drop his load
He got fucked up his shitter
He got fucked up his shitter
by Edna Sweetlove November 05, 2006
the alternate and more accurate name for twitter, especially when used by someone known for talking crap
guess who's on shitter! man, that kevin trudeau sheets like it's nobody's business!
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James asked Harry, "do you take it up the shitter?"
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There are many challenges facing youth and their families today, and although efforts are made to help them, most have limited success. When youth begin engaging in "risky" behaviors, such as substance use, it can lead to serious problems, not only for the youth involved and their families, but also for their community and society. There is good news though. There are programs out there that have been proven to decrease risky youth behaviors, enhance positive youth development, and strengthen families. And since resources are limited, it only makes sense to use programs that we know work.
Effectively delivering these evidence-based programs year after year requires a level of human and financial resources that would be difficult for any one agency or organization to sustain. This is why, in 2002, Bradford (Bradford) formed a team of volunteers representing a number of local youth-serving entities to take on this task. This group of individuals, known as the PROSPER Team, is led by Cathy Straub, a representative from McKean County Extension, and is co-led by Judy Abbey from Floyd C. Fretz Middle School. The Bradford PROSPER Team includes representatives from Drug & Alcohol Services, The Guidance Center and The Bradford School District.
What the Bradford PROSPER Team does for the community
The team is relatively small compared to traditional "big-tent" coalitions so that it can focus its efforts on helping youth make good choices and become responsible citizens. Each year the PROSPER Team invites 5th and 6th grade students and their parents to participate in the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP: 10-14). The PROSPER Team also works very closely with the middle school to provide the AllStars program to 7th graders.
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"Our hope for children and families is to develop and maintain positive life skills and a strong sense of confidence that empowers them to make healthy life-long decisions as productive members of their community. PROSPER's role is to promote a sustained support system that enables children and families to develop and thrive in a healthy and safe environment."
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"One of the most valuable things I learned is how to handle peer pressure and how to listen or understand my parents when they speak to me." - Youth Participant
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Over the last few years, Java[21] has rapidly become one of the most popular general purpose object-oriented (OO) programming languages. Java programs are compiled into class files which include type information and platform independent bytecode instructions. On a specific platform, a runtime system called a virtual machine[24] loads and links class files then executes bytecode instructions. The virtual machine collaborates with the standard class libraries to provide key services to Java programs, including threads and synchronization, automatic memory management (garbage collection), safety features (array bound checks, null pointer detection, code verification), reflection, dynamic class loading, and more.3
Early Java virtual machines were simple bytecode interpreters. Soon, the quest for efficiency led to the addition of Just-In-Time compilers (JIT) to virtual machines, an idea formerly developed for other OO runtime systems like Smalltalk-80[17] and Self-91[15]. In a few words, a just-in-time compiler works by compiling bytecodes to machine specific code on the first invocation of a method. JITs range from the very naive, that use templates to replace each bytecode with a fixed sequence of native code instructions (early versions of Kaffe[5] did this), to the very sophisticated that perform register allocation, instruction scheduling and other scalar optimizations (e.g. [8,23,29,32]).
JITs face two major problems. First, they strive to generate good code in very little time, as compile time is lost to the running application. Second, the code of compiled method resides in memory; this augments the pressure on the memory manager and garbage collector. Recent virtual machines try to overcome these problems. The main trend is to use dynamic strategies to find hot execution paths, and only optimize these areas (e.g. [4,10,16]). HotSpot[4], for example, is a mixed interpreter and compiler environment. It only compiles and optimizes hot spots. Jalapeno[10,11], on the other hand, always compiles methods (naively at first), then uses adaptive online feedback to recompile and optimize hot methods. These techniques are particularly suited to virtual machines executing long running programs in server environments. The optimizer can be relatively slow and consist of a fully fledged optimizing compiler using intermediate representations and performing costly aggressive optimizations, as compile time will be amortized on the overall running time.
Our research complements these approaches by exploring opportunities for making the virtual machine execute efficiently. Rather than looking at fine grain techniques, like register allocation and instruction scheduling, we address the fundamental problem of data layout in a dynamic Java environment. While Java shares many properties with other object-oriented languages, the set of runtime constraints enforced by the verifier and the basic services provided for each object (hash code, locking) are unique. This leads us to revisit traditional data structures used in object-oriented runtime environments, and adapt them to fully take advantage of the properties of the Java runtime environment.
As a testbed for evaluating our proposed data structures and algorithms, we are designing and implementing SableVM, a standards conforming open-source virtual machine. Written in the C programming language, and depending on the POSIX application programming interface (API), it is meant as a small and portable interpreter4. It can be used as an experimental framework for extending the bytecode language. It can also be used as an efficient virtual machine for embedded systems, or as a profiling interpreter in a hybrid interpreter/just-in-time optimizing-compiler environment.
The remaining part of this document is structured as follows. Section 2, we state the contributions of this paper. In section 3, we give an overview of the SableVM framework. In section 4, we describe SableVM's threaded interpreter. In section 5, we introduce our classification of virtual machine memory. In section 6, we introduce our new layouts for object instances and virtual tables, and our improved thin locks. In section 7, we discuss our proposed experiments. Finally, in section 8, we present our conclusions.


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Man Reported Missing Found Dead Inside Truck At Bottom Of Deer Creek CanyonA man previously reported missing was found inside a pickup truck at the bottom of Deer Creek Canyon Saturday.
Renewed Push For Traffic Light At Westminster Intersection Where New Father Was KilledAfter a new father was killed in a traffic accident in Westminster last month there is more support for a traffic signal at 92nd and Ingalls.
Driver Who Killed Man On Sidewalk Cited For Careless DrivingA driver who struck and killed a man standing on a sidewalk near a Walmart in suburban Denver has been cited for careless driving resulting in death.
Driver Kills Pedestrian, Crashes Into WalmartOne person was killed when a driver struck the pedestrian waiting for a bus and then crashed into a Walmart store in Lakewood on Tuesday afternoon.
State Troopers: Motorcyclist Killed After Taking Curve Too FastInvestigators believe a motorcyclist was taking a curve too fast when he crashed and died late Monday night.
Driver In Fatal Highway 285 Crash Not Tested For Impairment Until 15 Hours LaterThe Colorado State Patrol is searching for witnesses to a deadly crash that left three people dead near Conifer on Highway 285 on Aug. 14, 2015.
Colorado Springs Mourns Loss Of High School Football CoachA beloved high school assistent football coach in Colorado Springs is among the victims in a deadly car crash near Franktown.
Deadly Crash Kills 2 Near FranktownA deadly crash near Franktown claimed the lives of two drivers after two vehicles collided head-on.
'Shoot Him Anyway': Victim Hears Suspect Say In Home Invasion/RobberyLaw enforcement officers have arrested one man wanted following a home invasion/robbery and deadly rollover crash early Wednesday morning on Highway 285. Another suspect remains on the run.
Stolen Car Involved In Deadly Crash On Hwy 285, Robbery Suspects IdentifiedLaw enforcement officers are searching for two men they are calling armed and dangerous following a fatal rollover crash early Wednesday morning on Highway 285.
1 Killed In Crash On I-70 Near Brighton Blvd.One person was killed in a crash on Interstate 70 near Brighton Boulevard early Saturday morning.
Passenger Wanted In Deadly Crash Turns Self In, Driver ArrestedThe passenger of a car that caused a fatal collision on 6th Avenue in Lakewood has turned herself in to authorities. Alisha Huerena could face more than 20 years in prison.


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First and foremost, we'd like to thank everyone who participated in this event. Thank you for sharing your awesome Halloween-themed visual story, voting, and promoting this event to others. We hope you had a blast! We certainly did! There's so much creativity in the world!
Now to the important part…(drum roll)
- 1st Place: My Pet Werewolf by Amy Huxtable (187 votes) — iPad
- 2nd Place: Had A Lot Of Fun With This One by Michael Son (157 votes) — iPod Nano
- 3rd Place: At Least It Was Better Than Last Year's… by Maycy Vu (80 votes) — iPod Shuffle
- Sweet-Tweet Sweepstakes: Michael Balistreri — iPod Nano
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David M. Harlan Senior was reported missing at roughly one Saturday afternoon. Officials with the Clarke County Sheriff's Department say he was found at roughly eleven Saturday night at his mother's apartment in Meridian.
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Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson (left), commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Spc. Daniel Ayala (middle), food service specialist, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Stall, senior enlisted leader, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, cut the 4th Infantry Division birthday cake during special Thanksgiving lunch, held in conjunction with the 4th Infantry Division's 95th birthday celebration, at James R. Wolf Dining Facility Nov. 21, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathan Thome, 4th Infantry Division PAO)
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We wanted to scare off clients that were afraid of taking risks creatively and attract designers that were into creating original work, not just following the latest trend in layout.
Please give us a brief bio of yourself.
I am the creative director of Juxt Interactive a full service interactive agency in southern California. I have been designing for the web since 1995 and previous to that I was an architect that did freelance graphic design on the side.
What do you do for inspiration?
I look at the world around me. There is so much to draw from almost anywhere you look, if you're trained to see it. I get a lot of inspiration from the projects and clients that I am working with. I think the best way for the work to be relevant is for the design concepts to organically flow from the project and not some abstract style.
Please list 3 of your favourite sites.
www.newstoday.com - www.surfstation.lu - www.designinteract.com
What do you regard as being your biggest achievement?
Having children then raising them to turn out relatively normal.
What projects do you have in the pipeline?
We recently did a project for Friends of ed called The Reactive Group which should launch very soon. We are working on the redesign of reef1.com and hmcgroup.com as well as several other projects.
What software couldn't you live without?
Flash and Photoshop
Who do you rate as being the top 3 design companies?
There is no way to name a top 3 of anything except competitive sports. It is all relevant to opinion of what is the top. Three firms I admire are:
- Frank Gehry Architects
What did your very first site look like?
Utter crap. HTML 1.0 was not graphic design, it was graphic putting together.
What effect on traffic do your new designs have?
Depends on how the site is promoted. If we do a great job they will get a bunch of designers going by for a look but that is not really relevant to their 0bjectives unless their target market is designers.
The reason why a good site draws traffic is because mainstream culture really couldn't care less about beautiful design. They want to be informed or entertained. So if you want to draw traffic you go out and tell your audience that your site will inform or entertain them in such a way that is desirable and relevant to them (this is a generalization of course).
Who is your target audience?
On our current site it was 80% towards potential employees and 20% towards potential
clients. We wanted to scare off clients that were afraid of taking risks creatively and attract designers that were into creating original work, not just following the latest trend in layout. We are working on a new site that has more focus on attracting business as times have changed and that is now the more difficult of the two tasks.
What area of web design lacks the most?
Details. In print the details are the key to good work, on the web the details are typically over looked. There is a whole generation of self-taught designers that are designing professionally and have no clue how weak their work actually is. They think they are badass because they can actionscript but the truth is in the results. Not to bag on being self-taught because I am self-taught, but you need to take the time to learn, really learn design along with the design tools before you should be selling your services to clients.
Have you written any books?
Yes: http://juxtinteractive.com/deconstruction . I also contributed to http://hillmancurtis.com/book, new masters of flash, The flash Bibles, and some others.
What was the toughest thing you ever did with Flash? How long did you spend on it? Is it still online?
The toughest thing was rebuilding the intro and home page to lundstromarch.com after flash 2 crashed and corrupted my file. It cost me 40 hours. I was not a happy guy.
Do you think Flash is here to stay?
For the next few years, yes. Eventually technology will change and another tool will emerge but I don't see macromedia sitting around on their behinds in ignorance of this. They are working hard to evolve the technology of flash. That will give it life span but I think ultimately technology one day will grow past it. But it is not really about the tool it is about what you need to do with the tool that is what you should be focused on.
What are your views on design/graphic school. Do you think someone can get into the field without educational experience in a school environment?
Yes, I'm self-taught. I enjoyed college but started working in my field of choice (architecture) before I graduated. I excelled in the professional environment despite my lack of formal education. I was very passionate about architecture and poured over books and did tons work on my one for competitions and what not.
When your company was just getting started, what did you find was most effective for getting new clients?
Well, we started fairly early on the web 1998. It was still at a time that there really was not a lot of good design happening on the web. Consequently when you did something good everybody noticed and the phone would ring off the hook with opportunities to do work.
We were really selective in those days we only took a small fraction of the projects that came our way. We were in a situation where we could only turn out so much work so fast and we did not want to be like the Razorfishes etc and balloon in to this massive company just for the sake of taking any and all work no matter what it was. So we took work that challenged us creatively or technologically.
A lot has changed since those days now you have to go out and find the work and fight for it.
How have you learned so many Flash/design skills and techniques and can you offer any advice for newbies?
Learn the basic skills of design like typography and layout first then master the tool.
What is the most expensive thing you've bought in the last week?
Two Towers DVD
What type of overcoat do you wear when Flashing, basically are you a labels man?
I have a vans denim jacket and lots of billabong jackets (love my clients).
Any parting shots or pearls of wisdom?
Don't take yourself too seriously. Most people in the world have no idea what being a graphic designer is, much less what flash is. Just love what you do day in and day out and try to always be growing
It's been a privilege, Todd, thanks very much.
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Custom Track Tutorial
This page contains a brief overview of Custom Track files, a listing of the programs used to create Custom Tracks, and a listing of in-depth tutorials on creating Custom Tracks and related topics.
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Overview of a Custom Track File
Mario Kart Wii uses SZS files to store track data; all of the original tracks can be found and extracted from the game's ISO using a program such as WiiScrubber or Wiimms ISO Tools. You will mainly be working with the following files when creating a custom track.
- Your SZS
- SZS is an archive format used by Nintendo for many types of data, and is similar to a ZIP or RAR file. Your SZS file will contain all the files needed by your track, including:
- course.kcl
- This is collision data. This file determines what parts of the level can be driven on, where the walls and boost pads are, and which parts of the level are out of bounds.
- course.kmp
- This file controls the placement of all objects in a level, including item boxes and other animated objects such as trees, as well as enemy routes, start positions, checkpoints, and intro and replay cameras.
- course_model.brres
- This is the model of the level displayed in-game. It has no solidity of its own, but can be used by programs such as SZS Modifier or Wiimms SZS Tools to generate collision data into a KCL file.
- map_model.brres
- This is the minimap, which is a textureless 3D model that is displayed in-game from a birds-eye viewpoint.
- vrcorn_model.brres
- This is the background of the track, often a 3D model of the sky.
An SZS archive typically contains many other files. These include BRRES files, which are the models of objects used in the level. BRRES files can also contain textures, "bones" and multiple types of animation. You may also find folders labeled posteffect, effect and brasd. Post-effects include fog (BFG files) and bloom settings (BBLM files). Effects include water splashes (Pocha), snow and fireworks (Hanabi.) The brasd folder contains animations, needed for Goombas (Kuribo), Chain Chomps (Wanwan), flags, cannons and other items. Please note that if you plan to use an object with effects or animations, you will need all its associated files in your SZS, otherwise your level will freeze on load. Files can also be imported, exported or deleted from an SZS file as needed using SZS Explorer.
Required Programs and Files
You will need to download these programs and a track file to use as a base for your new level.
- SZS Viewer/Editor
- SZS Explorer (Recommended)
- This program is used to load an SZS file archive and manage the files inside, such as the course and map models. Double clicking on an object inside an SZS archive will open it in an external editor, if available.
- Model Editor
- Google SketchUp (Recommended)
- 3DS Max (Recommended for advanced modellers or for proper texture mapping of Sketchup models)
- Any other 3D modeler program; usually needs to be used along with Blender or 3DS Max.
- BRRES Editor
- This program is used to view models and convert OBJ-format models (exported with 3D modeling programs) to the BRRES model format used in Mario Kart Wii. It is also used to import and export textures without otherwise altering a model.
- This program is orginally designed for Brawl, but can edit Mario Kart Wii's BRRES files aswell. You can convert DAE files, which hold a better texture mapping and have more features than OBJ files, to the BRRES model format. This way other features that the BRRES model format supports, like vertex painting and more complex materials, can be converted too.
- KMP Editor
- This program can edit and expand KMP data. It allows you to add or remove extra objects, checkpoints, respawn points, etc.
- A tool giving an overview of the whole KMP file and is able to add/delete/move points with a click of the mouse button. For more complex models an imported map model OBJ file can be used to directly calculate the height values.
- Both tools convert a KMP file into a text file, which can be edited with any text editor. And both tools use an internal compiler to re-create the KMP.
- Track Files
- You can base your level on one of Mario Kart Wii's track files, such as beginner_course (Wii Luigi Circuit), castle_course (Wii Mario Circuit) or old_mario_64 (N64 Mario Raceway.) These levels all have fairly easy to understand KMPs. This option is usually preferable, as long as you have access to the original files.
- You can also base your track off of another custom track. Rooster Island works well as it can replace almost any track and is based on castle_course's KMP. Fishdom Island is another good choice if you need more complex checkpoints, item routes and enemy routes. Or you can create an SZS file from scratch using CTools. If you create the SZS with CTools you will need to import KMP and the KCL files from another Nintendo or custom track into your SZS. Some dedicated CT creators have managed to create their own glitch-free KCL or KMP files, such as the KCL at Sunset Ridge.
These are helpful programs that can enhance your track.
- This program is the predecessor of CTools. It's required for editing things that CTools currently cannot edit. It is also better for certain tasks that CTools can handle, such as creating minimaps and editing KCL data, as both of these features in CTools have problems that will produce glitches in-game. Unlike CTools, SZS Modifier cannot expand files to make them larger than the originals.
- Image Editor
- Photoshop, GIMP, and Paint.NET are just a few examples. Since they are free, GIMP and Paint.net are recommended; Paint.net is much faster and lighter while GIMP is slower but more powerful.
- These command-line tools replace some functions of SZS Modifier and SZS Explorer and surpasses many of the capabilities of these programs. They allow the creation of SZS files automatically using scripts (batch files) and are notably useful for compressing SZS files as small as possible and checking/fixing errors in KMP, KCL and SZS files files. Automatic minimap adjusting and height correction is also possible. And last but not least the program can generate KCL files directly from OBJ imports. This program is recommended for advanced users.
- A Hex Editor is included with CTools, but this technique is for experienced hackers or experimental purposes only. Some files, such as post-effects and animation files, cannot be edited with the current suite of programs. Hex Editing is the only option is cases like these, and can lead to greater understanding of these files.
If you're going to create a Texture Hack you need to follow the Texturing tutorial. Otherwise you should begin with the Modeling with 3D Editor tutorial.
Basic Tutorials
These tutorials cover all the normal procedures for making a Custom Track.
- How to import textures to and export textures from BRRES model files. Useful information even if you aren't creating a texture hack.
- How to make your track with a model editor, map the textures to follow the road (optional but recommended), and convert it to a BRRES model that Mario Kart Wii can load.
- How to create an optimized collision model and assign properties such as boosts, walls, and off road to surfaces in your level.
- How to create a minimap for your level. A minimap not only helps players by showing their location on the track, it is needed as a guide to place objects in your level.
- How to make a cannon.
- How to texture and change other models (sky dome, item boxes, etc.) in your level.
- How to import objects from other levels.
- How to swap out post-effects to give your level a different look, such as night-time, foggy or sunny.
- How to edit post-effects.
- How to set up objects, routes, checkpoints and many other important things using SZS Modifier. Expanding KMP files is also covered in this tutorial.
- How to set up intro and replay cameras in your level for a professional look.
Miscellaneous/Advanced Tutorials
These tutorials cover additional topics.
- How to Port 3D levels from other games such as Mario Kart 64, Double Dash, or Super Mario 64.
- How to make your track with MS Paint and import into a BRRES file. (OBSOLETE AND NOT RECOMMENDED.)
- How to remake a MS Paint level in SketchUp using an image, while maintaining the original scale and position of the track.
- How to convert music into the BRSTM format used by Mario Kart Wii and many other Nintendo games.
- How to create a KCL using Wiimms SZS Tools.
Testing and Bug-Fixing Tutorials
In all phases of the development it is important to test the track. This is especially true before releasing the new track:
- Testing check list.
- Create an OBJ file and import by a 3D tool to make a visual review of your track.
These pages cover various glitches and errors that may occur in your course.
- Scale your track, if it is too small or too large.
- Problems with transparent textures.
- How to fix various problems with checkpoints.
- Slow frame rates can make a fun level a dread to play.
- If your viewpoint when playing gets stuck under your level, this tutorial is for you.
- A little discussion about often found KCL glitches.
- A way to skip a large portion of a course by a glitch or skipping the first checkpoint.
- When two overlapping polygons/faces "fight" to be seen, which causes flickering in-game.
- A visual artifact caused by small repeated textures.
Main Tutorials
Introduction – Texture Replacement – Modeling – Scale – Solidity – KCL Tutorial
Minimap – Important Stuff – Cannons – KMP Editing – Camera Editing – Testing a Track
Misc. Tutorials
Ports – Paint – Paint Remakes – Track Transformation
Visual Review – Music – Getting Original Track Files – Fixing Errors
Adding Mipmaps for CTools Models
SZS Modifier – SZS Explorer – KMP Modifier – Wiimms SZS Tools – KMP Cloud – BrawlBox – MagicY
Material Tool – Wiimm's Tool Manager – Single to Multi Channel BRSTM Converter
KMP Objects – Custom Objects – Model Database


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Russia doesnŌĆÖt want to make fighting with offshore jurisdictions its ŌĆ£nationalŌĆØ sport, so it will cooperate with other counties, exchanging taxation-related information the way it is being proposed today (see: http://gaap-ifrs.com/news/134401).
Russia will join the agreement on automatic exchange of tax information between tax authorities of the worldŌĆÖs largest countries. ThatŌĆÖs probably the most important news from the opening day of the OECDŌĆÖs Forum on Tax Administration in Moscow. Final suggestions for implementation of the mechanism for automatic exchange of information will be ready for the G20 summit in St.-Petersburg to take place this yearŌĆÖs autumn.
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PHOENIX, June 19. THE SIXTEENTH World Maccabiah Games will take place July 16-25, as originally scheduled, as Games organizers rejected calls to suspend the Games, often referred to as "the Jewish Olympics," for a year due to the threat of terrorism.
Member of Parliament Eliezer Sandberg said that cancelling the Games would have amounted to "awarding a gold medal to terror."
The United States, which originally called for a one-year suspension of the quadrennial Games – the world's second biggest international multi-sport festival, behind only the Olympics – also has decided to attend, though the decision on whether or not to participate is being left to individual athletes. "With the cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians apparently holding, we felt the threat of a terrorist attack is diminished," said Robert E. Spivak, president of Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel in an interview with swiminfo. "There's still a threat, make no mistake about it – and we will conduct ourselves accordingly, limiting the excursions on which our athletes will be sent. But we are prepared, the Israeli government has pledged to make things as secure as possible, and our executive committee felt it was important to stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel."
With some 600 athletes selected for the Games, the US will send the largest foreign contingent to Israel. Spivak told swiminfo: "At this point it's not clear how many athletes will be going and how many have decided to stay home. We just sent notices out about our decision a few days ago. About 80 percent of the athletes we've heard from have indicated they will be going, but we still haven't heard back from the majority of US athletes."
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Energyshare Day at River Cottage HQ
On 18th May 2011, I attended the EnergyShare launch at River Cottage HQ near Axminster, Devon on behalf of Carbon Co-op. The day saw community renewables projects come together from all over the UK to share experiences, learn lessons and find out more about the EnergyShare project.
The programme featured presentations from Anne Harding of Settle Hydro, Sam Harcus of the Isle of Westray wind project and Tim Lunel of Low Carbon Hook Norton and National Energy Foundation. We also got a tour of River Cottage's renewable credentials which include an impressive wind turbine, solar panels and a biomass boiler as well as a grey water reed bed system and lots of food growing.
Afternoon sessions included PlanLocal, a guide to renewables planning from Centre for Sustainable Energy which featured a great 'toy town' style model complete with electric trams, wind turbines and solar panels – the model had the effect of making you feel like Guliver in an eco-Liliput land!
Also, there was an interesting panel discussion featuring, among others, Dale Sharpe, Senior Policy Advisor on Green Deal Legislation at DECC and Lucy Darch, Head of Energy Solutions at British Gas Community Energy. There were some pretty searching questions from the floor on government policy with regard to cuts in Feed In Tariffs and support of nuclear power. I wanted to know how DECC and British Gas saw community level organisations being involved in the proposed 'Green Deal' scheme to retrofit existing housing stock. The view from the panel was that grassroots organisations would be involved in energy assessments, delivery of installations and 'demand creation'. Many of those in attendance made the case that community-driven organisations are essential in delivering an effective Green Deal programme but where the income streams necessary to fund this come from remain to be seen. They could always check out our Community Green Deal report!
Finally there was lots of information on the EnergyShare website. The site has been developed by Keo Films who were involved in developing the River Cottage series and the Landshare website. EnergyShare brings together information on community renewables groups from all over the UK as well as useful information on how to instigate, fund and develop green projects yourself. They're administering a fund to help resource community projects and Carbon Co-op are bidding for £100,000 from this fund, you can support our bid here.
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Carbon Co-op have been collaborating with Kindling Trust to run a series of networking sessions for community renewables in Greater Manchester entitled, Fuelling Manchester. The events are purely social and the next one takes place on Thursday 26th May 2011.
This fifth gathering is for all those of us involved in community renewable projects, be that: water turbine co-operatives; bio-mass and woodland management enterprises; waste-to-energy projects, solar energy collectives or those involved in community-focused.
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Hi guys, I'm new around here. Been reading for the forums for ages, finally signed up to participate! I'm pretty green with a lot of this stuff so I'm not sure how much help I'll be yet, but I'm looking forward to joining in the discussion.
Now , to the matter at hand:
I've got a Dura Ace 7400 (pre '97) gruppo that is currently running a 6 speed freewheel. I was planning on swapping my wheelset and picking up a freehub to run an 8 speed or greater cassette. I will need to swap out my 6 speed downtube shifters to do this and figured i may as well make the change to brifters. I was thinking about going with campy and using a shiftmate to compensate for the shimano/campy ratio difference.
Now all things being equal, i think this would work, but I've read about the pre '97 dura ace compatibility issues. I've also read that newer shifters 1 speed greater than the cassette will work with older dura ace rear mech...
Anway, my head is about to explode!
can anyone tell me if there is a way to mate pre '97 dura ace derailleurs with campy ergo shifters? I can't seem to figure it out.
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Ok, so Keirin is an Olympic sport, right. But here's what I don't get: how come the Japanese don't even place? You'd think they'd kick ass. Theories?
Ok, so Keirin is an Olympic sport, right. But here's what I don't get: how come the Japanese don't even place? You'd think they'd kick ass. Theories?
from what i've heard, keirin is often very much like short-track speed skating in that it is largely a race of luck and strategy. lots of pushing/bumping/cutting off, and lots of opportunities to crash and lose your lead or gain the lead when others crash. or alternatively, a crappy place in the pack can ensure that you'll lose even if your legs are in better shape than others.
I don't see how a race can be both a race of luck and one of strategy. The two are sort of polar opposites. And if it were really a case of luck, then there wouldn't be much point in wagering on it. It would also make a really stupid Olympic sport. Olympic dice, anyone?
well, there is an element of good and bad luck in every sport. it just so happens that (if i'm correct) there is more luck involved in keirin. or more opportunity for good or bad luck determining your outcome.
and i don't think luck and strategy are polar opposites. what about poker or blackjack? you have to deal with the cards you're dealt, but there are obviously good poker strategies and bad ones.
The aspect of luck, and the possibility that anything can happen is the reason why keirin is such a huge betting sport in japan. there are obviously going to be favorites, riders who are simply faster than other riders, but there will still be the possibility that a longshot rider can sweep in and take the win.
To the first point, sure there is an element of luck in any sport, even one with the most deterministic rules: the luck that you won't break a bone, or suffer a brain fart, or get the hiccups, or whatever. As for the second, I maintain that they're polar or at least dialectical (!) opposites. Good strategy involves managing luck. The best poker players have an understanding, at least implicitly, of proabability. They play off that. The best strategies can be undone though by poor luck.
But the question remains: how come the Japanese do so poorly at Olympic Keirin? Are pro Keirin riders allowed to compete or only amateurs?
make sense to me.
as far as i know, the Japanese performance in the olympic keirin race was a huge dissapointment, which suggests that they were expected to do better, which in turn suggests that there is no immediately obvious answer to why they did so poorly.
They failed to place anywhere *near* the top in 2000 and 2004. That's more than just an anomaly. Interesting.
they make good money racing in japan. there's no money on offer in the olympics. they'd have to give up earnings to waste time in the olympics. it think it's more complicated, but its something like that.
Japanese Keirin is slightly different than Olympic Keirin.
1 - they don't use motorcycles to pace the riders. They use a Bicycles.
2- they don't jockey as hard as the Olympic. meaning they don't get to aggressive in the final 200 meters.
3 - When those strong in Japanese keirin do leave the Japanese version they can do outstanding
See Koichi Nakano
1986 Colorado Springs (usa) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Hidejuki Matsui (jpn) Nobuyuki Tawara (jpn)
1985 Bassano del Grappa (ita) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Yoshiyuki Matsueda (jpn) Ottavio Dazzan (ita)
1984 Barcelona (spa) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Ottavio Dazzan (ita) Yavé Cahard (fra)
1983 Zürich (swi) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Yavé Cahard (fra) Ottavio Dazzan (ita0
1982 Leicester (gbr) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Gordon Singleton (can) Yavé Cahard (fra)
1981 Brünn (czs) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Gordon Singleton (can) Keni Takahashi (jpn)
1980 Besançon (fra) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Mas. Ozaki (jpn) Daniel Morelon (fra)
1979 Amsterdam (net) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Dieter Bergmann (wge) Michel Vaarten (bel)
1978 München (wge) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Dieter Bergmann (wge) Yos. Sugata (jpn)
1977 San Cristóbal (ven) Koichi Nakano (jpn) Yos. Sugata (jpn) John Nicholson (aus)
They aren't leaving the sport in Japan for the masses outside.
too many world class australian riders dont give anyone a chance e.g Ryan Bailey/Shane Kelly/Stuart O'Grady..........Originally Posted by bostontrevor
i got more rhymes than Scarface got coke lines
G'day All, I second that, go the boys, take the gold and don't look back?
The Australians are just too good and the others don't get a look in?
Similar reason as why for years the USA did not win the basketball medals. Japanese Keirin racers are professionals and the best ones won't take time off from work to go to the olympics to win a medal. Also, I think they give up most of their personal freedoms to live like monks in dormitories. This is done to discourages race 'fixing'. A racer would require permission from the Keirin federation to go. They'll only give it if they get a formal request and I don't think any has ever been made. Of course, you may remember Kochi Nakano. He was wealthy enough and had enough influence within the Keirin federation that he took himself to the Track World's and won the Sprint Gold for a whole bunch of years in succession. I think it was like ten (10) years, but now as I write it it seems unbelievable, but it was a whole bunch. The last year though, he 'stole' it from Canadian Gord Singleton. He couldn't beat Gord so he put him down on the deck. The Japanese staff then ran circles around the Canadain team (with political tactics) to stave off out-right disqualification. So Gord was required to do a re-run of the last race, after he had cleanly won the first, but could not because of a dislocated shoulder. The 'win' was then awarded to Kochi. After that win Kochi retired and never came back to the World's. Still, though, his record is impressive, and for many years he was unstoppable. Gord retired too, in total disgust, and went home to manage his father's tire business in St. Catharines where he still is. If you're ever out riding in the Niagara region on the Canadian side, you could run into Gord out on a ride. Don't challenge him to a sprint though, unless you're really fast.
The Way of the Wheel is Infinite.
this is from the UCI official site :
" So why do the Japanese not dominate in the race they invented?
The Japanese Keirin has some significant differences to the international interpretation of this race. For a start, tracks there are banked less steeply than in most other places, and an all-weather asphalt surface permits Keirin racing in the rain, which would not happen at a world championship or world cup meeting. Furthermore, the approach of Japanese Keirin racers is to win as much money as they can all the time. This means staying at a high level of fitness for several months of the year. To reach the peak needed for success at the world championship would demand a recovery period afterwards, which would harm earning potential. So from the professional point of view, it makes no sense. One final significant difference is that in the Japanese Keirin, riders start the race lined out across the track. In the international version, they start in a single file along the track."
Another explanation..
"At the World Championships in 1977, the sprint final at San Cristobal, Venezuela had a great face off between two Japanese keirin racers, Koichi Nakano and Yorikazu Sugata. Koichi Nakano won the championship and Sugata runner up. Nakano, who was the first Japanese rider to win a Sprint gold medal, was only 21 years old. He then set a new 'Lance-style' record by winning ten consecutive World Sprint victories. "
"These guy's are big stars in Japan and can earn Premiership footballer type salaries. Which might explain why they choose to mainly race in Japan and not ride in the less lucrative World Cups"
Edit: In the article, it says keirin racers are allowed to use only Japanese frame and components. It sounds like that's where NASCAR learned their way.
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My understanding is that the Pro-Kieren riders are also sequestered during the season. Living in dorms and with little contact with the outside work. When Marty Nothstien was doing the Keiren in Japan he made crazy loot but was out of form when he left. Everything revolves around your fitness there.
Just what I heard....
It is all about the madison
I have read that the top Japanese Pros view the Olympics in the same way as American major league baseball players: kid stuff that ain't worth the time. Baseball sent minor league players to the Olympics. And Japan sent minor league bike riders to the Olympics.
Japanese bike racing is open to any Australian rider who is good enough. None have been good enough.
....what an amazing statementOriginally Posted by Chazzmeister
Absolute nonsense. I'm sure the Neiwands, Pates, Kellys, Dajkas etc of this world would be amazed at this statement, if they weren't busy counting the huge wads of cash they won when dominating the international Keirin series.Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
Non-Japanese manufacturers can produce NJS Keirin parts (for example the--now defunct?--NJS Campagnolo ensemble).
I have heard that it's ridiculously difficult to get the NJS stamp, that it was next to impossible to get a non-Japanese product approved, and that Campy spent a great deal of time and effort getting their stuff approved and that ultimately it wasn't worth it.
Japan is very careful to protect its national icons from gaijin influence.
Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
A major part of winning an Elite Keiran is getting two riders in the final.
Earth to alanbikehouston: Australians regularly ride in the Japanese Keiran's
My opinion, just ask Tomity.
Wire Will Break, but I don't have any cables right now.........
The English invented cricket and football (and cycling) but they don't win everything.
I trained with the Japanese team for two years. They were:
too slow
resistant to change
trained through injury
were poor tacticians
refused to try new food
refused to try Western style massage
didn't spend long enough in the gym
didn't seem to want to win enough
Ceya: you got your stats wrong.... 1982 Gord Singleton(CAN), Danny Clark(AUS), then a Japanese rider in third.
Bostontrevor: It's not that difficult to get the approval if its built to spec. Chris Hoy and Craig Mclean both rode NJS approved Dolan's, All the frenchmen rode bikes built by Look, Curt Harnett rode an approved Gardin. Weather or not Theo's bike was built by Koga or not it was approved also.
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A cupcake that can induce amorous feelings, chocolates in the shape of lips and the Taj Mahal, and a heart-shaped sandwich are what bakers and chocolatiers are lining up for their customers for Valentine's Day Feb 14.
"Couples who want to spend their time in private on the Valentine's Day can have customised cupcakes with ingredients that make a simple cup cake into a love food," Kavita Chesetty, owner and baker, Cupcakes Amore, told IANS.
"In addition to our regular classic eight flavours, we will have other varieties to go with the theme of love. Strawberries, rich chocolate and champagne are regarded as love foods and loved by one all," she added.
The outlet in the upmarket Adyar area will offer different varieties of cupcakes like Strawberry Lava Fudge (chocolate cupcake with rich chocolate centre and real strawberry frosting), Strawberry Champagne (vanilla cupcake with real strawberries and champagne infused frosting) and Real Red Velvet (red velvet with red fondant hearts).
There are also Chocolate Knockout (chocolate cupcake with chocolate centre and chocolate glaze with gold-dusted heart) and Valentine chocolate (chocolate cupcake with pretty pink frosting and three pastel fondant hearts) on offer.
"We will customise the cupcakes with the special messages that a customer would like to add. Our cupcakes are priced between Rs.80 to Rs.120," Chesetty said.
Chocolate retail outlet Le Chocolatier offers the unique Kiss Chocolates - a box of nine specially crafted lip-shaped white and milk chocolates with delectable ganache fillings of choco-orange, coconut and butterscotch.
The other unique offering is the special white chocolate, 'Taj Mahal', costing Rs.599.
On the other hand, The French Loaf, a bakery and pastry chain part of Oriental Cuisines Pvt Ltd, offers heart-shaped richly flavoured 'Valentine's Strawberry' and 'Valentine's Chocolate' cakes at Rs.300.
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The Pathways to Prevention (P2P) program is strategically located in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention (ODP), which provides the leadership, infrastructure, funding, and coordination necessary to conduct P2P workshops. Each P2P workshop is planned through a collaboration of partners from across the NIH, other federal agencies, Content-Area Experts, and individuals representing public-centered values and concerns. Topic proposals are submitted online and reviewed by the NIH ODP on a rolling basis. Workshop proposals are typically submitted by an NIH Institute or Center (IC), or Office, and may have multiple co‐sponsoring organizations. Other groups, such as other government agencies or trans-agency workgroups, professional societies, and advocacy organizations, may also propose topics with an NIH IC or Office as a sponsor. The P2P Coordinator works with the IC Coordinator, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center, the P2P workshop panel, and the Workshop & Panel Chair to plan and conduct the P2P workshop. Organizational meeting participants also nominate members for the P2P Working Group. The Content-Area Expert Group provides recommendations to the Workshop & Panel Chair regarding the questions that frame the workshop, the agenda, and nominations for panelists and speakers. To ensure the impartiality of the independent panel for each P2P workshop, the Workshop & Panel Chair and panelists must have no vested financial or intellectual interest, such as an advocacy position, in the workshop topic.
The P2P Coordinator is responsible for managing the entire workshop process from the initial NIH IC proposal through to the actual workshop and publication of the panel's report. This includes the NIH organizational meeting, the Content-Area Expert Group meeting, the pre-workshop panel meeting, the workshop, and post-workshop activities. The P2P Coordinator is responsible for vetting the panel for conflicts of interest, inviting workshop speakers, and assisting the Workshop & Panel Chair in finalizing the agenda.
To ensure the effectiveness of the P2P workshops, the sponsoring NIH IC or Office within the NIH Office of the Director designates an IC Coordinator who is responsible for defining the scope of the workshop and initiating the workshop planning process. The IC Coordinator works closely with the ODP P2P Coordinator to ensure that the goals of the workshop are met.
Planning for each P2P workshop is carried out by the Workshop & Panel Chair and the Content-Area Expert Group. This group provides recommendations to the Workshop & Panel Chair regarding the questions that frame the workshop, the agenda, and nominations for panelists and speakers. Content-Area Experts are nominated by the participants of a federal planning meeting on the topic and sponsoring NIH ICs or Offices within the NIH Office of the Director. Members of this group are considered experts in their field and work in the federal government, academia, and clinical practice.
To ensure the impartiality of the independent panel for each P2P workshop, the panel members, including the Workshop & Panel chair, should have no vested financial or intellectual interest in the topic under review. The Workshop Panel is a multidisciplinary body of non-federal representatives that includes an individual representing public-centered values and concerns and representatives from many of the following disciplines: biostatistics, epidemiology, practicing and academic health, clinical trial research, and other fields relevant to the topic.
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Authorities say they found nine dead dogs on the property of a 40-year-old man who once owned a thriving pet grooming business in Hendersonville.
Jeffrey Landers is charged with nine felony counts of animal cruelty. Investigators say the bodies of the dogs were found decomposing in locked kennels and dog carriers, along with 10 dead birds in a bucket.
Authorities say Landers was already on probation and banned from owning animals from a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge after a horse, donkeys and goats were found in poor condition. His probation officer called police Thursday after seeing animals on his land.
Landers owned the Ivy Gates Pet Grooming business. Authorities say they don't think the dogs belonged to his former clients.
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Members present: Ginger Boone, Craig Berry, Sandy Burke, Paul Hons, Tim Christian, Gary Matthews, Paul Hons, Jim Curry, Mike Wright, Cyndie Harris, Maurice Leatherbury
Members Absent: Dallas Newell, Ramu Muthia, Abraham John, Bruce Pollock, Rich Anderson, Kelly Wood, Mike Hatch, Chris Strauss, Robert Pierce, Eric Duchemin, Roy Zumwalt Allen Bradley, Bill Buntain,
Guests Present: Richard Harris, Jon Walker, Lee Haughton
The minutes of the December 18th meeting were approved with a correction.
Jon Walker explained some recent Novell patches that affect the functionality of Netware 4.11.
Tim Christian announced that the Remedy Web server had been down for maintenance but was expected to be back up soon. The version 4 release of Remedy had been received already and Chris Strauss was beginning the test of its functionality and how it will work with our schemas.
Maurice reported that he was still waiting for the for legal department to complete its review of the Microsoft Campus Agreement. Also, he has not yet heard from Student Development about students' reactions to participating in the Agreement through an increase in their fees.
Maurice reported that a membership application to join UCAID, the Internet 2 organization, was being prepared for Dr. Hurley's signature. He has been in communication with the University of Houston about the possibility of joining the gigapop that was established by UH, Texas A&M, UT Austin, and Rice. He also noted that Dr. Mark Rorvig from the School of Library and Information Sciences was writing a grant proposal to NSF to help pay for an Internet 2 connection: the deadline for the proposal is January 31.
Maurice noted that the SoftTrack package is in and can be found on CC2.
Jim Curry announced that MMS has discovered a problem with the new graphics card being shipped on MMS machines when using Netscape and Real 3D. MMS will replace the cards for free upon request by the departments.
The meeting adjourned at 10:50.
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Tallahassee, Florida- August 15, 2012
Florida's Primary has come and gone but the campaigning isn't over for four candidates vying for Commissioner seats.
In Leon County, incumbent Akin Akinyemi and first timer Mary Ann Lindley are headed for a runoff election in the Leon County Commission At-Large Seat One race.
"I'm going to get with my team, we're going to see what we need to do differently, but most importantly I'm going to continue to do what I do best, which is knocking on doors and reaching out to voters one on one," said Leon County Commission Chairman Akinyemi.
Akinyemi captured 33% of the vote. Lindley thinks that's a call for change from citizens.
"Chairman Akinyemi got 33 percent of the vote which means that almost 70 percent of the voters are looking for a different kind of leadership so he's got some work cut out for him," said Lindley.
For Tallahassee's City Commission Seat One, former Mayor Scott Maddox got 40 percent of the vote and businessman Steve Stewart took home 34%. They'll be squaring off in November.
"With two candidates, we can both stay at our positions and debate them and come November the voters have a clear choice and can make their decision, I'm looking forward to that," said Stewart.
Maddox said his camp saw this coming.
"We were excited, we weren't surprised, I knew that we were gonna lead the pack from the feedback we've been getting by knocking on doors and waving signs, we got a lotta honks and thumbs up so we thought we'd be leading the pack going in to November," he said.
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Members present: Craig Berry, Ginger Boone, Allen Bradley, Bill Buntain, Sandy Burke, Tim Christian, Wil Clark, Jim Curry, Cyndie Harris, Mike Hatch, Pam Hight, Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Paul Hons, Kirk Kelly, Brenda Kirk, Maurice Leatherbury, Mike Maner, Gary Matthews, Dallas Newell, Bruce Pollak, Chris Strauss, Kelly Wood, Mike Wright
Members absent: Rich Anderson, Troy Bacon, Eric Duchemin, Abraham John, Ramu Muthia, Roy Zumwalt
Guests: Daren Dugan, Richard Harris, Coy Hoggard, Andrew McGregor, Jason Myre, Craig Terrell, Jon Walker, David Wright
The minutes of the October 15, 1999 meetings were approved with minor corrections.
Coy Hoggard opened a presentation of the University's Year 2000 preparedness planning with the question "Are we ready for Y2K?" In general, the answer is "yes." Coy briefed the attendees on the status of the mainframe applications and systems, which are all remediated and tested. He described the rollover plans for December 31st and January 1st: the mainframe will be "quiesced" before midnight on the 1st, meaning that it will be operationally shut down but not powered down. The data communications department will check the status of the various communications technologies (data, voice, pagers) early on the first. Distributed support areas will have to be sure that users have operational desktop machines when they come back to work on the third of January. Ginny Anderson is heading up a Business Continuation Planning group on campus, looking at issues such as power, water, and phone outages. Cyndie Harris asked whether datacomm and/or Computing Center staff would be available on the first when the LAN managers come in to check on problems. Maurice said that the Computing Center would have some people in place on January 1st and 2nd to answer questions and direct calls, etc. Allen Bradley said that he was working on a work schedule for his personnel and he plans to staff network support.
Mike Hatch reported for the Desktop Standardization committee, saying that they held their first meeting on November 4th. They'll be creating an inventory of software in use on campus. The committee wants responses back by a week from the coming Monday: Mike handed out the survey form.
Wil Clark reported that the Student Computing committee would meet next week to discuss centralized storage for students.
Maurice, as chair of the Personnel committee, reported that he had given the report on the Computing Support Quotients to the IRC at its last meeting and that no questions had been raised in that meeting about the figures. He then asked about student workers - how much they're paid, what their duties are, etc. Wil Clark said that the General Access Lab Managers Committee had addressed those questions. Maurice said that he'd still like to get data on other computing support areas and would be gathering data on such questions as whether tuition waivers are included in student compensation, what the wage rates were, how many workers were employed in each area, and what skills and/or experience were required for particular wage levels.
Richard Harris reported that he had asked the Legal Office about computing privacy issues but hadn't received a response from them yet. The question being raised is what we can do to track down users who send anonymous messages that don't violate laws or the student code of conduct. In general, unless it's a violation of law or codes, computing support personnel shouldn't reveal the identity of users.
Maurice said that he had obtained a list of printers costing over $500 from Inventory Control and that the campus had over 1,100 HP printers in that category. He asked the attendees about their wishes for a campus-wide service contract for their HP printers, and the response was that low-end printers (costing less than $500) shouldn't be covered under such a contract and that the group wanted to see some representative costs for such a contract before making a decision. Maurice also noted that the Microcomputer Maintenance Shop would probably like to get out of the business of supporting HP printers if a contract was obtained, and Jim Curry concurred with that assessment.
Jim Curry reported that the audio extension cables for lab machines (all lab machines, not just general access labs) were in and if the lab managers would send him the UNT numbers of their machines, he would deliver the cables to them.
The meeting adjourned at 12:00 PM.
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ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done now to learn more about this type of cancer and how to treat it. To see other pages, use the menu on the side of your screen.
Doctors are working to learn more about bone cancer, ways to prevent it, how to best treat it, and how to provide the best care to people diagnosed with this disease. The following areas of research may include new options for patients through clinical trials. Always talk with your doctor about the diagnostic and treatment options best for you.
Intraoperative radiation therapy. Clinical trials are evaluating the usefulness of radiation therapy given inside the body during surgery for some Ewing sarcoma tumors. This is called intraoperative radiation therapy or internal radiation therapy.
Myeloablative therapy. A supplement to the treatment options for Ewing sarcoma is known as "myeloablative therapy with stem cell support." Myeloablative therapy is an intense regimen of very high doses of chemotherapy. It aims to destroy all cells that are dividing rapidly. This includes cancer cells but also some healthy cells. Stem cells may be given to the patient after myeloablative therapy to renew the blood cells more rapidly. Stem cells are cells that create all other types of cells in the body, in this case cells that will help new blood cells be made faster. Stem cells are typically taken from the bone marrow or blood of someone with cancer or a blood relative before high-dose myeloablative therapy.
Targeted therapy. Targeted therapy is a treatment that targets the cancer's specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment that contributes to cancer growth and survival. This type of treatment blocks the growth and spread of cancer cells with greater specificity than regular chemotherapy, which damages the DNA of cancer cells and normal cells alike. As a result, targeted therapy helps limit damage to healthy cells. Learn more about targeted treatments.
Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy, also called biologic therapy, is designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer. It uses materials made either by the body or in a laboratory to improve, target, or restore immune system function. One type of immunotherapy currently being tested for bone cancer uses muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine (MTP-PE), which is a protein that stimulates the immune system. When combined with the standard chemotherapy of ifosfamide, mifamurtide (Junovan) improved survival for patients at six years from 70% to 78%. Mifamurtide is approved as a bone cancer treatment in some European countries, but it is not currently approved in the United States.
Supportive care. Clinical trials are underway to find better ways of reducing symptoms and side effects of current bone cancer treatments in order to improve patients' comfort and quality of life.
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The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2011 Women's Soccer All-America teams on Monday. Three teams are selected and composed of 13 players, which were selected by the All-America committee.
Grand View junior forward Jordyn Thompson (Newton, Iowa) was selected to the NAIA All-American Honorable Mention Team. The MCC Player of the Year and First Team selection was among leaders in seven national statistical categories - game winning goals (4th-7), game winning goals per game (5th-.35), goals per game (7th-1.2), total goals (7th-24), points per game (9th-2.7), total points (54-10th), and hots per game (29th-4.6).
The Viking women were 14-6 in 2011 and won the program's third MCC regular season title.
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Professor Tapped to Investigate Washington State Landslide
Professor Tapped to Investigate Washington State Landslide
A UNH civil engineering professor is part of a team that will collect information and document the effects of the March 22, 2014, Oso landslide in Snohomish County, Washington. Jean Benoît, professor of civil engineering at UNH, and colleagues on the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, supported by the National Science Foundation, will document the effects of the landslide on the built and natural environments.
Benoît and collaborators will investigate the geotechnical impacts of the landslide and resulting debris flow; better understanding of what happened leading to the collapse of the slope will help communities and infrastructure systems be designed for greater resiliency and enhanced public safety.
"Observations of actual events are particularly important in the field of geo-engineering, because it is difficult to replicate in the laboratory soil deposits built by nature over thousands of years and sediment-water slurries that include large boulders," says Benoît. "We need to better understand the mechanisms associated with debris flows. They are potentially so devastating and often unexpected." Benoît's work on landslides includes development of "smart rocks" to better understand the behavior of debris flows.
Extreme events engineering is an experience-driven field where immediately following the occurrence of a geotechnical event (such as an earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, landslide, or flood), perishable data that can be used to advance understanding is systematically collected. Detailed mapping and surveying of damaged areas provides the data for well-documented case histories that drive the development of many of the design procedures used by engineers.
The investigation is being coordinated by Jeffrey Keaton, principal engineering geologist at AMEC Americas, and Joseph Wartman of the University of Washington; also participating are John deLaChapelle, Golder Associates, David Montgomery, University of Washington, and Scott Anderson, Federal Highway Administration. These geologists and engineers will benefit from work performed by the
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and others.
The Oso landslide became a rapidly moving, unchannelized debris flow that spread out as it traveled about ½ mile, damming the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, destroying and carrying away about 50 homes, and burying about 1 mile of State Highway 530. The confirmed death toll (April 9, 2014) is 35. Precipitation in March leading up to the Oso landslide was nearly twice the average amount.
After the Oso landslide field investigation is complete, observations and findings will be posted on the GEER website. Images from the various investigators also will be posted on the website and visible through Google Earth. More information is at http://www.geerassociation.org/.


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One of the good (few) features windows has is it's RDP protocol implementation. This wonder allows me to work with my 2 screen setup in the office, then drive home, open a VPN connection followed by RDP connection to the office PC from home and get my environment exactly as I left it (except from the screen resolution which adapted to my home PC screen hardware).
The above works, and it works great - On Windows. I want the same feature on Linux. I want to be able to open a Gnome / KDE / (other windows manager supports this feature) at the office computer then connect from home and have the displays exported to my current screen.
I've tried several possible work around like having a VNC session constantly open and connecting to it both from work and from home - This works but is no fun (you lose the responsiveness of the "native" application, access to local storage and co.).
Could you suggest a solution? Perhaps some Xorg plugin ?
Thank you for reading, Maxim.


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