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TRANMERE Rovers have appointed former Welsh international Rob Edwards as their new manager.
Edwards, 41, recently left Exeter City and has turned down a job at a Premier League club to take charge at Prenton Park.
The former Preston defender was assistant manager at Exeter City where he played a key role as the club won successive promotions from the Conference to League One.
He was instrumental in helping Exeter post a club best 8th placed finish in League One in 2011 - just one point outside the play-off places.
Edwards also managed the club's development squad and his hard work and coaching ability saw Exeter produce players that were sold for £1.7m, including striker Jamie Mackie.
He said: "I would like to thank everyone at the club for this fantastic opportunity. I've worked hard for this chance and feel I've been ready to manage for some time.
"I've ready to put into practice the skills I've learned from 25 years in the game that has seen me work with, and learn from, some superb managers and excellent players.
"I believe I can develop a team at Tranmere Rovers the whole Club, and the whole of Wirral can be proud of.
"My aim is to make sure we are challenging at the top end of the table, as well as setting up a structure to produce more home grown players.
"I've played at Prenton Park many times and always found it a tough place to play, with the fans really backing their team with passion and support.
"That experience has stuck with me and I want to make this a difficult place to come once again.
"I'm looking to move the club forward with an attacking brand of high-energy football and I can't wait to get started."
Tranmere Rovers chief executive Jeremy Butler revealed Edwards is recognised as one of football's best young coaches and believes he is ready to step up into a managerial role.
He said: "We drew up a profile for our new manager before we began an extensive search and Rob fills all of the criteria.
"We want a manager capable of winning promotion but also one able to improve our current bright young talents, as well as putting in place a pathway to bring through more players from our Academy.
"Rob has an excellent track record of developing players and we expect his determination to play a style of vibrant attacking football next season will produce a successful campaign.
"He has expert knowledge of League Two football and the players and systems we will come up against, as well as the experience of mounting a push for promotion from League One."
Butler added the board had carried out plenty of due diligence as part of its search for an exciting and ambitious candidate to fill the vacant manager's post at the Club.
"Our aim was to find a young, hungry manager with the drive to lead Tranmere Rovers forward," he added.
"We were aware that Russ Wilcox had stepped up from assistant manager at Scunthorpe to guide the Iron to promotion in his first season and have watched Graham Alexander take Fleetwood up in his first year in the job.
"Now we are looking forward to seeing Rob shape our future with some exciting new signings expected in the near future."
John McMahon will continue in his role as assistant manager with Dave Timmins carrying on his work as goalkeeping coach.
Edwards added: "I'm here to give young players the chance to play. There are so many young players out there who need the chance.
"If we can be patient with them, the club can reap the benefits. If we can pull our talents together, we can work effectively."
Planning what he wants from next season's squad, he said: "Senior players will have a real voice in the club. I want them to challenge me.
"The objective is to start the next season quickly and climb up the table. I don't think it can be too much of a slow build-up. We need high energy and positive performance.
"The players have got to set the tempo and passion and get the fans off their seats. It all helps."
Edwards' mother is from Bebington and he has played at Prenton Park many on many occasions.
He said: "There is a certain style about Tranmere. The club has a proud history and needs to be a forward-thinking squad."
On John McMahon's decision to stay at Prenton Park, he said: "I'm really looking forward to working with him. We're both football people.
"I want people around who will challenge what I say. John's someone who will challenge me and work with me.
"In League Two you need a couple of goalscorers. Team spirit is also important and you need to be tactical.
"The game, for me, is all about the talent. It always comes down to players on the pitch."


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List of Freeware to Get Windows 7 Aero Snap, Aero Shake and Aero Peek Features in Windows XP and Vista
We told you recently that Windows 7 comes with 3 new and useful Aero features which are Aero Snap, Aero Shake and Aero Peek.
"Aero Snap" feature lets you minimize, maximize or resize programs windows by dragging-n-dropping them to the screen corners e.g. you can maximize a window by dragging-n-dropping it to the top of screen.
"Aero Shake" feature lets you minimize all running windows except the one which you are currently working on using a simple mouse shake.
"Aero Peek" feature has replaced the old "Show Desktop" button. It can be found as a small rectangle present at the end of Windows 7 taskbar. When you hover the mouse cursor over it, it allows you to peek behind all open windows by hiding all windows and showing only outlines of all windows.
We also shared 3 exclusive tutorials to disable these new features if you don't need them:
- How to Disable Aero Snap Feature in Windows 7?
- How to Disable Aero Peek Feature in Windows 7?
- How to Disable Aero Shake Feature in Windows 7?
If you are not using Windows 7 but want to get similar Aero features in Windows XP or Windows Vista, this topic will definitely help you.
There are several freeware to get these cool features in Windows XP and Vista. Today in this topic, we are going to put them together so that you don't miss any of them and can find the best for you.
Following is a list of all free tools available to get Windows 7's Aero Snap, Aero Shake and Aero Peek features in Windows XP and Vista:
"AquaSnap" is a great replacement for the Aero Snap and Aero Shake features of Windows 7 and is compatible with every Windows version including XP and Vista.
AquaSnap makes the window management much more ergonomic. Drag a window to the border of your desktop, and this window will be snapped and resized to fit one half of the screen. Drag this window to a corner, it will be snapped to fit one quarter. Shake a window, and this window will stay always on top.
WinSplit Revolution
"WinSplit Revolution" is a small and free utility which allows you to easily organize your open windows by tiling, resizing and positioning them to make the best use of your desktop real estate. WinSplit is especially useful for high-end LCD screens with high resolutions because it helps you to efficiently manage many active windows. The advantages of using WinSplit is that it saves you from having to drag and drop windows by allowing you to snap windows into specific tiled configurations using simple keyboard hotkeys.
It supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can download it using following link:
Acer Gridvista
This application makes more effective use of large monitors by dividing them into sections where you can place your windows. "Acer Gridvista" divides your screen into two, three or four sections in which you can drag & drop windows. The windows will then be automatically resized. You can also set a window to be always on top or semi-transparent.
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"WinShake" is a small and free software which can bring Windows 7's "Aero Shake", "Aero Peek" and "Show Desktop" features to Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.
Its size is 600KB and it doesn't take much resources. The new version 2.02 finally adds true Windows 7 Aero Taskbar Peek, making it possible to Peek at a window, just by hovering over its Taskbar Button. You can even Peek at minimized windows. This new function, plus all the other ones, can now also be used with your mouse.
You can download it using following link:
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Beauty Lessons We Imagine Betty White Will Teach Kim Kardashian
It looks like Betty White will be doing Kim Kardashian's makeup on an episode of 'Off Their Rockers.' What beauty tips will the former Golden Girl have for Kim?
-Lucia Peters
As you have probably guessed from the delightful picture seen here, Kim Kardashian will be appearing on an upcoming episode of Betty White's Off Their Rockers, the inimitable Betty White's prank show. We don't totally know what the episode is going to entail, but we're pretty sure it will involve Betty White doing Kim Kardashian's makeup. What kinds of beauty tips do you think Betty will impart to Kim? We've got a few ideas:
1. Nothing makes you look quite as instantly glam as a nice red lip.
2. Also: Nothing makes you look quite as instantly a mess as a nice red smear of lipstick on your teeth. This faux-pas is to be avoided at all costs.
3. Beauty is only part of the package. Don't forget to add things like smarts, personality, and a sense of humor.
4. You don't need to bare it all in order to look super hot.
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5. Smile!
6. Laugh!
7. Laugh at YOURSELF every so often, too!
8. Age gracefully. Wrinkles are FABULOUS.
We're sure there will be quite a few more, too. The episode kicks off the second season of Off Their Rockers at 8pm on January 8 on NBC, so stay tuned for all the juicy details!
Tell us: What other beauty tips do you think Betty should share with Kim?
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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Infusion of new talent helps Sox knock off Yanks
Ranaudo notches win in big league debut; Pedroia records two RBIs
BOSTON -- The newly-constructed Red Sox, coming off a Trade Deadline day of massive player movement, took the field with Anthony Ranaudo making his Major League debut against the team he grew up rooting for as a kid in New Jersey.
And by the time they walked off the field, Ranaudo was the winning pitcher as Boston defeated the Yankees, 4-3, to open a three-game series at Fenway Park.
Ranaudo's first career strikeout? Just Derek Jeter, the man he idolized as a kid.
"I think they put it in my locker," said Ranaudo, who is ranked the club's No. 6 prospect. "It's something that's going to be part of my life for the rest of my life. To have my first strikeout be Derek Jeter is pretty awesome."
Following the game, Ranaudo was told he will likely head back to Triple-A Pawtucket on Saturday, as trade acquisition Joe Kelly will join the rotation. But that couldn't wipe the glow off his face.
"That part is not up to me," said Ranaudo. "All I can do is, whenever they give me the ball, go out there and compete and try to do the things I do well the best that I can and focus on the things I can control, and that's all I'm going to do."
Yoenis Cespedes didn't play in his first day wearing a Red Sox uniform, but Allen Craig did, and he supplied a double in his debut.
"It was so exciting," said Craig. "It felt good to get out there and put the uniform on and just play the game. It was great. Obviously it's new and it's different, but it's good. I had a good time."
Meanwhile, Ranaudo fired six strong innings, allowing four hits and two runs while walking four and striking out two.
"I think I'd be lying if I told you there wasn't a lot of emotion, because it was against the New York Yankees, the team I watched growing up, but when it was 7:10 and the first pitch was coming, I had to focus on being that those guys are competing against me and I'm trying to win the game," Ranaudo said. "I think I did a good job with that, not really worrying about who was in the box necessarily but executing my pitches."
The offense, dormant for much of a nine-game stretch that preceded this one, came to life enough to beat Chris Capuano, the West Springfield, Mass., native who pitched for Boston earlier this season.
It was a game that had all kinds of subplots. Stephen Drew, traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees on Thursday, started at second base but went 0-for-4.
Koji Uehara, a key pitcher who wasn't dealt, came in and nailed down the save, his 22nd of the season.
Before the game, manager John Farrell addressed his clubhouse about the club's mission for the rest of the season.
"We spoke before the game about 54 games remaining and it's important for us to take every opportunity to go out and execute as consistent and successful as possible, and tonight was a step in that way," said Farrell.
Was there a different vibe in the clubhouse?
"A different mood, because we've got probably a third of a new team," said Farrell. "So there's certainly some newness, but I think there was a lot of enthusiasm with the guys that we've brought in and we're looking forward to seeing Yoenis in the outfield tomorrow. The pressure, I wouldn't say pressure. There's still an expectation and it will be good to see this lineup get more opportunities together and hopefully continue to gel further."
Mookie Betts, called up for the second time this season before the game, helped preserve the win with a sensational catch in which he tumbled on the warning track.
"I don't really remember what happened," said Betts. "It all happened at once. I hit the ground, saw the ball in my glove. I'm happy about that."
Brock Holt helped the Red Sox jump out first, when he laced a triple into the corner in right in the third. Dustin Pedroia followed by hammering a ground-rule double into the triangle in right-center. David Ortiz made it 2-0 with an RBI single to right.
Ranaudo didn't give up a run in this first three innings. Carlos Beltran changed that with one swing, when he went deep to right to open the fourth.
Back came the Red Sox against Capuano in the fourth, as Will Middlebrooks led off with a double to right and David Ross, who would later leave the game with what could be a significant planter fasciitis injury, followed with an opposite-field RBI single to right.
Jacoby Ellsbury tried to spark a Yankees comeback with a leadoff walk in the sixth. He was originally ruled out trying to steal second, but the call was overturned after a replay challenge by Yankees manager Joe Girardi. That proved beneficial when Beltran came through with an RBI single up the middle to nip Boston's lead to 3-2.
But Ranaudo got a groundout to third from Brian McCann in the final pitch of his outing and walked off the mound with the lead
"You know, I thought he did a good job keeping the game under control," said Farrell. "There were a number of innings where the leadoff hitter would get on base and [he] found a way to navigate through three walks to lead some innings off. I thought he threw the ball downhill well and kept the ball out of the middle of the plate for the most part."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have the site http://theclubhealth.com It is down for a long time ...almost one month. I tried to contact the hosting services they are not responding accordingly. Finally I made some changes from the Cpanel and installed the CMS again. The site was then running well. I changed the name servers to a free CDN name servers (Cloudeflare). After a few hours I wasn't been able to go to the site. It shows this page : http://www.theclubhealth.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgiThen I put the names of my original name servers again. waited for a day. But result the same ! I thought I will try to get the database from the Cpanel to get into another hosting service. But I now I cannot access to my CPanel :eek: Cpanel is also down. What can I do now. Not getting the site , not the database I am ruined. Any suggestions ?? Please ..
You could install phpmyadmin or similar to access your database. You should of course make regular backups of your database so you can avoid scenarios like this.
Ask your hosting company? They are there to support you. If they don't - find one that will work harder for your business.
Maintain your own backups always. no matter what backups the webhost offers.
My hosting company is not responding. But I was able to enter the Cpanel and I get by database imported by phpmyadmin. Then I tried to export the database to another hosting. But after uploading it shows bad gateway error. I am feeling so bad. And if try to go to my site this message appears The webpage at http://www.theclubhealth.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. That means i am not getting my site back right.
The error tells you exactly what is wrong - you are missing the wordpress config file. You need to upload it or create a new one.
You might be able to solve two problems, with one move. Signup for a hosting account with a company that will do the web site migration for you. With their expertise and experience at hosting, they should be able to successfully migrate your site.
I uploaded the wp-config.php. It is also not working. After the database uploaded it showed the bad gateway error 502. WHat is wrong actually ??
You need to unzip wordpress, it can't operate in a zip file form
I think, you missed something while connecting to your data base. Please recheck to your setting database with Cpanel, CMS, CDN then make a report what you missed or not. If still you find unsatisfied answer then you have to consult with your host provider otherwise you can solve this issue entirely.
Tanjilovi, I hope that you were able to resolve your issues and everything worked out for the best in the end. Potentially losing your site's data can be beyond nerve wrecking. This thread reminds me of two of the most important items that should always be considered when hosting your website. Choose a host that has a good reputation and many different means of contact. There are so many, what I call, fly by night hosting companies, out there today that you just can't overall afford to not take some time and research the company where you decide to host your data. My second point is, Keep your own backups. If you get stuck with a bad host and you don't have your own copies than you end up losing your data and data generally represents time and money. Choose a reputable host that has been in the industry for some time, read reviews on the host you choose before you sign up and always keep your own current backups.
I have the same problem with dailymarkets.info. I'm using byethost
Time to choose a new hosting company?
It's over a month since the OP returned to this thread, so we can assume the problem is solved.
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Police are appealing for information after a woman was racially abused on a train.
British Transport Police (BTP) said a group of five or six men with two large dogs used derogatory and foul language towards the woman on a 5.51pm Clapham Junction to Shepperton train.
The men, who police said were between 40 and 50 years old, left the train at Fulwell station after the incident on Thursday, January 31.
Detective Sergeant Tony Burman, the investigating officer, said: "The victim has been left very upset by what took place and I am now appealing for anyone with information to come forward with information that may help with our investigation.
"BTP do not tolerate this kind of behaviour on the rail network and take reports of racial abuse extremely seriously.
"I'd urge anyone who has any information about the incidents, to contact us as soon as possible."
Investigators are appealing for witnesses of the incident to come forward.
Officers are making local enquiries including looking at CCTV footage from the station and the surrounding area.
Anyone with information should contact BTP on 0800 405040 quoting log 526 of 31/01/2013. Information can also given anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Times are Changing: Intel Building an IPTV Service + Boxby Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/12/2013 2:30 PM EST
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tonyn84 - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkI would sign up for this in a heartbeat if it had the option for HBO. It would also be great if we could get true a'la carte programming, no more subsidizing crap with my monthly bill. Reply
smartthanyou - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkWell it seems from the article that we won't get a la carte pricing. There is no reason to think Intel has somehow managed to get cable companies and content providers to completely change the way they do business.
It will be interesting to see what Intel comes up with but I am not holding my breath. I am guessing it will have a few cool features but will be expensive and offer limited flexibility in regards to choosing channels. Reply
arsena1 - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkOtherwise almost everything else is available via VOD or similar services. Live sports is the only thing that would make me go back to paying for TV service every month. Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkAnd you already do, as well as all of us who don't watch any ESPN. You're welcome for subsidizing your sports --- well not anymore, I cut the cord 2 months ago and don't miss cable TV at all! Reply
GotThumbs - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkCongratulations on your decision to keep more of your money in your pocket!
I've been cable free for over two years now. I still have internet via cable modem, but I get my local content via free "over the air" HD programming and I get my movie fix using Netfix. I use Hulu (free) for just a couple of shows I watch as well.
I even cut the cord on my over-priced cell phone contract. I was paying $54.00 for basic phone and text through Verizon. Now I use Page Plus (uses Verizon network). No contracts and for the 1200 plan, I get 1200 talk, 3000 text and 250 mb data for $29.95 mo. Go through Kittywireless and then you can use their free auto-renewal option. My CC gets billed each month just as before, but for 20.00 less. I've found the 250mb of data is more than enough for my needs, as I use wireless for most of my sync data.
I do not work for them, but I'm a fan of saving money and passing on the opportunity to others.
Best wishes on keeping more of your own money over the next four years. Reply
kmmatney - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkDepends how many talk minutes you need, but the Virgin Mobile plan is better IMO. 300 minutes of talk, unlimited text and data for $35. Uses the Sprint network, which seems good where I live (Centennial, CO). No reason not to get a smartphone at that price. You can use Ooma or Obi100 for a virtually free home phone, and this can greatly reduce the need for cell phone talk minutes. Reply
chizow - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkI've actually gone the other way, I used to get by on only ESPN and Netflix but Netflix has gone down the dumpers since that whole Kwikster debacle and huge Blu-Ray premium. Instead, I spend that $20/mo on the FIOS fully loaded package which gives me about a hundred HD premium channels as well as full access to ALL season episodes for premium subscriber channels like HBO, SHO, etc online, on-demand. Now that's win, much better than Netflix or even Hulu's partial libraries that don't include current season.
That's why I think Intel (and Apple, Google, Netflix etc.) have already lost. The CableCos already have the content licenses with the content providers, most people don't want to pay again. I think Hulu is the only non-CableCo that has a chance because it's ties with Comcast/NBC Universal but I believe Comcast was forced to divest it's stake specifically for anti-trust concerns, not sure though.
In any case, Intel has proven far from infallible lately. Their CPU business is still their bellwether, but they've shown they're very vulnerable outside of their core competencies (see: Larrabee, SSDs, Hydra etc). Reply
cheinonen - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkAccording to Forbes, ESPN costs the cable company $5.13 per subscriber to carry, and ESPN2 is $0.68 per customer. TNT is the only channel that comes in at more than $1 per person, and that's around $1.10 or so. Given how high the costs are, I imagine that while a lot of people want ESPN (like myself), there are many that probably don't.
I wouldn't be horribly surprised to see if the form of ala carte that would be offered up is something like a Sports Tier and a Non-Sports Tier. The Non-Sports people would save a lot of money just by hacking off ESPN, and the Sports people would be far happier to pay $25 a month for a sports package (say ESPN channels, NFL Network, regional Fox Sports channels) and skip everything else.
Of course, if you're ESPN then I have some trouble seeing why you'd do this, when you can easily tell Intel and everyone "Look, everyone gets ESPN, or no one does" and then you probably have a huge issue getting people to pick you over cable. The only way I'd see ESPN being available like that is if they had their own distribution system, where you pay them $20 a month directly though their app, or website, and you stream to that app. No middle man to take profits, and their main risk is that cable companies would revolt against paying them so much when there is an alternative, but maybe they can figure that out.
Ala Carte ESPN and sports is all I want, as I canceled cable when our kids were born and only miss it during football season, but I see a lot of impediments to it happening. Reply
Impulses - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - linkThat's fascinating, never realized ESPN had so much pull... I still subscribe to cable mainly for sports, as do a ton of enthusiasts I imagine. I mostly watch basketball (and they air 4-5 NBA games a week) but I do watch other sports at least once a month, plus stuff like Sportscenter, Sportsnation, etc.
I think ESPN's probably limited by their own contracts with the different leagues and student sport associations tho... If they did anything that drew the ire of the cable companies it'd put those other deals in jeopardy, they got to where they are by being the de facto spot for sports on TV after all.
Were premium channels like HBO/SHO included in that Forbes analysis, I'm still surprised the gap is that large. I guess their ad revenue driving potential is still than most tho, since sports is the only thing we'll willingly watch live. Reply
saurabhr8here - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkNot sure what the point of this article is, because it clearly seems that Anandtech is using its platform to push Intel PR. Intel announced the thing and we got to know about it through all news outlets, but there are absolutely no technical details. A'tech has a reputation for its in-depth technical analysis and I would be happy to read that once you guys get a product in your hands. Until then, please stop being like the rest of the tech media. Reply
nicmonson - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkMaybe that Anand thinks this is something interesting and he wanted to post some of his own thoughts/questions on it. If you did not want to hear Anand's thought on the TV, you did not have to click on the article. It is not like is does this much anyhow. Reply
Lonyo - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkDid you post this on every pipeline article, or just this one about an Intel product? Reply
WhitneyLand - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkAre you crazy?
The best part of this site is when Anand gives his analysis and thoughts on interesting developments and that's what this is.
Anyone can do benchmarks, the value of this site is the writers putting things into context. Using their insights and experience to make sense of things. Reply
saurabhr8here - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - linkI had anticipated some criticism for my comment. I did not want to sound rude, the only point was, Anandtech's strong point (my view and you might have a different opinion) is in-depth technical benchmarking. Not everyone can do benchmarks, at least not the way these guys do. Of course, I value how this site puts technology in perspective and that is the reason why I follow their articles.
Everyone delves into 'rumors and speculations' these days before products are released, and yes, I do value Anand's comments/analysis but honestly, this article adds little value to what has been announced by Intel.
And as someone responded to my comment saying I shouldn't have 'clicked' on the article, I read it because I follow Anandtech regularly and read at least the first two paragraphs of every article.
Again, the purpose of my comment was not to incite a war of words, the article may have value to a lot of readers, I just wrote what I felt. Reply
jjj - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkIntel is trying to create markets for it's chips,that's why they are doing it but if they get deals with the media owners other will too and they can undercut Intel in price for the hardware+service.
Short term the big problem is that too many in the US don't have fast enough connections and/or have caps greatly limiting what is possible..Without a huge head start ,they won't make any money long term.
There is one way to do this and only one way. Free media Advertising and product placement can be a lot smarter on the internet, and sooner or later someone will aim this high and hit the target. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkUnless intel has a dsp or some other solution that allows them to take file compression to a whole new level, I dont see why they bother with this. If indeed they are making some sort of breakthrough (10x more than the best we have now) this is a great way to capitalize on it! Imagine if it were possible to stream a netflix quality movie (about 2mbps) at under 200 kbps. I firmly believe that this is completely possible, but its going to take a serious hardware. Not necessarily a lot of processing power, just something well integrated, like quicksync. If the compression were done the way I'm thinking, they would need a very large NAND device on board. Look for 16-64GB (!) which would be used to store a very large library file.
But of course, who am I kidding, this is frickin intel I'm talking about. Like they would actually get this right. Nope they'll blow it just like they did with atom, and hand billions over to apple and netflix in the process. Reply
R0H1T - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - linkWTH are you talking about ? 10x compression, realtime at that, not gonna happen anytime this decade or even the next one unless you want some horrible looking HD shows ! Reply
JKflipflop98 - Thursday, February 14, 2013 - linkDude. Video files are already compressed to the max. That's the whole point of encoding a video file. There's no magical algoritm that is going to compress an mp4 movie another 10x. Hell, there's nothing that will compress it another 10% Reply
GrizzledYoungMan - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkThat's a very interesting question. My thoughts: they see embedded devices - especially those related to the sort of video decoding-heavy PC-lite applications exemplified by IPTV - as major computing need consumers have that is currently being serviced by Intel's competitors.
By entering the IPTV STB market, they gain a few things right away: the potential to get people using embedded devices that aren't ARM-based; new customers for their own future low power SoCs; the potential to simultaneously activate and control a new market for devices that are going to be relatively compute intensive.
In short, a major problem for Intel's current low power CPU/SoC strategy is that there is little interest in building devices around their future products. Entering this market creates opportunities for those devices. Reply
twotwotwo - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - link"Many expected Apple to be the first to tackle and succeed here. Perhaps Intel will beat them to the punch? (this helps answer question #1 above)."
Yeah. What's remarkable to me is that they don't seem to trust a partner to do it -- maybe they're frustrated with what partners have been doing in the PC and tablet spaces.
Content might be another reason Intel's involved. As a huge company with cash on hand, they may think they're in a good position to negotiate large, favorable content deals.
As a user, I have trouble imagining it as a product I'd want to buy, but we'll see. Its competition all seems to be either useful for much more than TV (tablets, PCs, consoles) or very cheap (Apple TV, Roku, etc.). Reply
titanmiller - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkGive me FULL á la carte and I will buy it. I'd be quite happy to pay $5/month for the channels that I would actually watch. I hate spending $100/month to get the 2-3 extra channels that I actually watch over the basic plans. Reply
This Guy - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - linkThis product could improve fab utilisation and increase time between retooling.
Intel has more than enough brains and IP to decrease hardware codec time significantly. Quick sync is tiny and locked to the GPU clock. Intel could focus solely on high speed, high compression hardware decoders, add them to an atom and produce a highly secure system at a vary low price. As they wish to provide the complete ecosystem their profit margin could be significantly higher than their other markets. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - link...how can we as long as Cable owns the pipe no matter what? If they aren't charging us for the cable TV, they'll up the price of the cable internet to the point where we'll be effectively paying them the same except without as much work on their side.
Plus, they wield the power to kill anything not coming from them directly at the drop of a hat. Many already give you arbitrary limits on how much you can download in a given month, but exclude any of their services (even Internet-based ones) from such limits.
I wish Intel could IPTV work out, I really do. But our government has set up a horrible scenario in giving ISP's exclusive rights to each area instead of fostering them to compete and scrap and claw one another down to give the consumer good value and an option to leave when we want.
Right now, for great online, most people have one option: cable. Sure, they can go DSL, but for most that's a significant downgrade and often unavailable in their area. Or they can go wireless and suffer lag and slow speeds. Or they can go satellite and suffer horror.
This would be great in a world where ISP's were highly competitive and always facing scrappy upstarts that might eat their lunch, but we live in a society where the only option for some to get reasonable speeds at low cost is to build up a municipal-based ISP that is then outlawed by that state's senate with a bill written by the cable company who owns that region and made law by that cable company's cronies. Reply
Conficio - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - linkI don't get it. why is Intel entering this business, where they are at the mercy of the competition (at least in the US).
The really compelling approach in the US would be to become an ISP to break the speed and last mile monopoly. Intel would be a company that I'd trust to be able to raise the funds to build a great fiber to the premise network and most importantly to keep investing into it for the long haul.
But I might look at this too much from the US perspective.
The other point I don't get is the broadcast thinking in TV. It seems to me that the future will only be partially in one to many video, but a lot in one to one and one to few video. (both bi-directional) Think Skype video for family and business, think teacher and class communications, think business conferences. But again w/o controlling the routers and network you are at the mercy of the ISPs, because of the Bufferbloat issue. http://gettys.wordpress.com/bufferbloat-faq/ Reply
EarthsDM - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - linkAnand, I realized when reading "unlike Intel's smartphone aspirations..." that if Intel enables this service on IA phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, and HTPCs *that* could be the competitive advantage. Reply


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"Thank you, co-chairs,
I thank France and Guatemala for organizing this debate. It is important and timely. I also thank the panelists for their insightful briefings and personal commitment to the protection of journalists. Just a couple of comments and two specific questions:
When more and more journalists are threatened, injured or even killed, we cannot remain silent.
We owe journalists better protection. We owe them an end to a culture of impunity where only one in ten cases leads to a conviction.
Syria, Somalia, Iraq and Mali – many of the most dangerous countries for journalists also figure prominently on the Council's agenda. A more systematic reference to media protection in UN mandates could help end impunity - as demonstrated in Security Council resolution 2093 on Somalia.
At the same time, protection concerns need to be better addressed through enhanced domestic legal frameworks, in particular criminal and media law. In these areas, German political foundations are already offering support and strategic advice to countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
Dear colleagues,
While our debate today focuses on physical attacks on journalists, we should not forget that oppression of media and infringements on the freedom of speech often occur in more subtle ways. In a recent publication, the PEN Club talks of "rising digital repression". Self-censorship due to unlawful surveillance has indeed become one of the biggest threats to the freedom of media today. In response, Deutsche Welle Academy is conducting online workshops for international journalists, enabling them to effectively protect themselves against targeted surveillance, online attacks or information theft.
As my Brazilian colleague has stressed, Germany and Brazil have put the protection of privacy in the digital age on the UN's agenda and we look forward to a more in-depth discussion on protection gaps based on a report by the High-Commissioner of Human Rights next year.
Before I conclude, I would like to ask the panelists two questions:
1. In light of the Petrie-report on Sri Lanka, the UN leadership has recently drawn up an action plan entitled "Rights up front". The goal - which Germany fully supports - is to enhance the UN's early warning mechanisms for situations of grave human rights violations. Attacks against the media are often seen as early indicators of a deteriorating human rights situation. How can the UN in general, and UN country teams specifically, enhance their monitoring of such incidents and ensure a better follow-up?
2. Mr. LaRue, in your last report from April this year you stated that without strong legal protections in place, journalists risk being subjected to arbitrary surveillance activities. Which concrete steps should the UN take to better protect journalists from surveillance?
Thank you, co-chairs."


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Carnival Glory - 7/19: Carnival Glory Cruise Review by greenbean
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Carnival Glory - 7/19
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Port Canaveral (Orlando)
We picked the Glory for many reasons, most important probably being the fact that I'm not a fan of flying and prefer to cruise out of a Florida port. The second reason we picked the ship was because we hadn't been to St. Thomas or St. Maarten since the hurricane in 1995 and we were curious to see how things had changed. The Glory was beautiful, clean, and well maintained. We do have More to agree with some previous reviews that commented on the difficulty getting around the ship. It is a little frustrating not to be able to go from one end of the ship to the other on all the decks but we figured it out and this wouldn't stop me from cruising on a Conquest class ship in the future.
We have become huge fans of the balcony cabins and made sure to book one of those for this cruise. The cabin was clean and spacious as far as cruise ship cabins go. Our cabin steward, Nandy, was like Spiderman sneaking in and out to tidy up while we were out. He also went out of his way to ask how our day was every time we saw him in the hallway. We had no maintenance issues but I would send out a caution to anyone booking a cabin on deck six. It is right above the promenade deck which houses all the night clubs and unfortunately, this ship does not seem to be well insulated. We were subjected to the shouting (can't really call it singing) from the piano bar below until well after midnight. The Purser's desk was awesome and provided us with ear plugs which took care of the problem with the exception of one night where the bass beat got out of hand. This cabin would be best for people who stay out late at night. Regardless, this was a minor annoyance and definitely did not ruin my cruise.
In the Platinum Dining Room we sat at a large table with several other groups of people during the main seating. They were all nice with the exception of one old prune but we didn't pay any attention to her. We actually ended up hanging out with two of the ladies on several occasions. You can tell Carnival tries to seat you with people of similar background and interest at dinner which makes eating with complete strangers a little less awkward. Our waiter Hudi and assistant waiter Suta were awesome. The food was great, especially the filet mignon and of course, the chocolate melting cake.
Before I describe the ports of call and shore excursions, I have to wax poetic about the cruise director, Butch Begovich, and his entertainment staff. They made this cruise for me. I have experienced plenty of cruise directors and thought they were great but nothing quite compares to Butch. The guy is "on" and at level ten every time you see him. He never seems to run out of energy. He is extremely funny, intelligent, and friendly to everyone (which makes it kind of hard to meet the guy when he's always surrounded). If you get the opportunity to cruise with Butch, make sure you see at least one of the shows he hosts, attend his legendary dance class, and participate in the Carnival Colors challenge. I had the best time dancing like a fool on the Carnival Glory and hope I get to cruise with Butch again someday. The rest of the entertainment was good as well. The two main shows were pretty good (very good compared to other cruise ship shows I've seen) and the comedian on the first night whose name I cannot remember as well as Motown singer Marcus Anthony were phenomenal and not to be missed should they show up in your caper. As for the other activities offered, there were plenty and a wide variety. I never felt bored, even on the two sea days in a row. This cruise definitely became less about the ports of call and more about my experiences on the ship.
The first port of call was Nassau which we wanted to see just because we never had. We booked the island tour through Carnival and it was interesting. We toured around in air conditioned vans to the highlights of the island. Now that I can say I've been to Nassau, I don't know that I need to go back. This port of call was not much compared to the others. The second stop was St. Thomas. We booked another island tour through Carnival and enjoyed it. This time we got to tour in open air busses which made for an interesting experience. We stopped at various highlights along the way but the most spectacular thing about this island is the views from the tops of the various mountains. We spent several hours shopping in Charlotte Amalie and have to say that this was the best shopping of the trip. The final stop was St. Maarten where we took a tour of both the Dutch and French sides of the island. We did some shopping in down town Philipsburg but there was not as much to see as in St. Thomas.
Debarkation was excruciating but only because I truly did not want to leave this ship. Three days later, I'm still depressed and wishing we had booked the Western itinerary as well so we could have had two weeks on the Glory. Depression aside, debarkation went very smoothly, one of the best I've participated in actually. We had no issues with our luggage or getting out of the port area.
Overall, this cruise was spectacular. The staff were the friendliest I've ever experienced and the other guests on board were some of the happiest I've sailed with (honestly never saw anyone having an argument or dragging their kids anywhere). I cannot wait to do it all again and soon. Perhaps it's time to consider working for Carnival and cruising all the time. Less
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by links18, Nov 18, 2012.
He needs to be benched, regardless of who replaces him.
It's pretty crazy. I don't trust him anymore, though. I think it's time his snaps were threatened.
I guess that's a possibility, but I never saw him as the kind of guy who'd do that. H'es struck me as a hard worker, overachiever, then bang, the light goes out.
Basically means they trot Free out there on Thursday
Well that sucks. This OL might actually be worse next week...if that's even possible.
Ryan Cook was actually a decent RT at one point.
Yeah, and he's hurt too, but we have to try something else. Its just total disrespect for Romo's health to send Free out there again and pretend like he is an adequate tackle.
set him free.
It's so confusing. What has gotten into Free? For the life of me, I can't figure it out. I thought he'd thrive with Callahan, but he's gotten worse.
We definitely need some new guards, a right tackle and I think Free may be on his way out or be our new swing tackle--at best.
Makes me want to puke. He's playing like an old lady.
Free won't get benched and here's why. Jerry gave him a big long contract.
Benching him would make Jerry feel bad about his investment...and it would once again embarrass his GM skills. So get used to it: Free will man that position a lot longer, no matter what the results.
We saw the exact same thing when Jerry brought the horrific Roy Williams to town, giving up a bounty of premium picks and a ton of money. It was obvious that Roy didn't deserve to be on the field and that we had better options. But RW was going to get every down, no matter how bad he sucked.
I guess the silver lining is that Parnell will get a chance to prove he can outplay Free until Tyron gets back.
No... the guy sign 4 year contract.. this is his 2nd year year
There is no might be. He's the worst lineman on this team right now and that's pretty pathetic since really the only good lineman we have is Smith and now he's got that damn ankle injury.
I only said "might be" because the rest of them are so bad also. But yeah, he is absolute garbage out there. But the chances of him getting benched are slim to none, especially with Smith going down. We are stuck with Doug Free Pass Rusher.
There really isn't one guy on the line that doesn't need to be replaced. They're all terrible.
yeah this was a tough one to see coming huh?
after all, he was so amazing that one season he played for columbo.
First five picks next year need to be offensive line. Great comeback win!
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No point mentioning these bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.
Alright. So im once again looking towards the macro-gods of this forum for help on a macro-issue.
This is the macro im currently using;
/cast [nomod,@target] Holy Word: Chastise
/cast [mod:shift,@focus] Holy Word: Chastise
/cast [mod:ctrl,@target] Dominate Mind
What i want to do is one of two things.
The best thing would be for ctrl to cancelaura the Dominate Mind when pressed again and if that isnt
possible then add an mod:alt for /cancelaura.
Is this possible?
Thanks in advance!
Not too big of a macro god, so I don't really know if your "pressed again" request is possible. But this does your alternative and should work.Code:#showtooltip /cast [mod:ctrl] Dominate Mind; [mod:shift,@focus][nomod] Holy Word: Chastise /cancelaura [mod:alt] Dominate Mind
No point mentioning these bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.
Hey guys need some help developing a macro for my mage. I want something that casts iceblock, then cancels it (to clear dots/debuffs), casts invisibility and dismisses pet. Is that possible in one macro?
Hi! I need a macro that casts Expel Harm, then keeps spamming Soothing Mist until Expel Harm is ready again. Thanks in advance!
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I'm trying to make a macro for a weapon+shield swap (so change MH with other main hand and shield with another shield).
This is mainly for CM's so i can be hitcapped on bosses and hitcapped on trash, and being in combat doesn't matter when swapping them.
Atm i made
which works great as long as i keep the right combination in my two first bag slots.Code:#showtooltip 0 1 /equip 0 1 /equip 0 2
However i'd like a personal message to inform me which combo i'm wearing.
So if i equip the combo with more hit for bosses, it could give a personal message, "BOSS"
and if i equip the other set with less hit, it could give the personal message, "TRASH"
Have been trying to make it work, but i can't and maybe it can be solved in another way.
I think it may be possible with maybe the equipment manager, however I want it to be a toggle (so 1 button to swap forth and back) and can't use any modifiers on it. It also can not re-equip it all as I don't want my trinkets and tinkers put on cd.
or maybe some script so i can see my hitrating permanently or maybe the warning can be just my hitrating in stead of BOSS or TRASH.
I gave my weapons and shield already a different xmog, but still too confusing
Big thanks in advance if you can help me out
Hi, im currently using this macro:
#showtooltip Riptide
/cast [harm, nodead] Earth Shock; [help, nodead] Riptide
What im now are looking for is someone awesome that can tell me what i need to add to this macro to be able to use mousebutton 5 as a modifer to cast Wind shear at arenatarget1. I've tried figuring it out myself and spent some time looking for answers alrdy posted, but had no luck so far.
Feel free to msg me or quote me and reply answer here. BIG UPS in advance to anyone who can help me with this.
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I've taken a look at some of the syntax and only secure functions can use it (well excluding /equip etc). You can't use the weapon name either only the type or subtype (so [equipped:fist weapons] etc). it seems i'll have to look into a script for that or maybe find an addon that allows insecure commands to have conditionals. I'm not 100% sure about this but i was able to use conditionals if i used secure commands.
Anyway, big thanks for the advise already
I just downloaded macrotalk and could make it work. /optsay allows you to use conditionals/options. I can also send a whisper to myself. This will do for now, i actually wanted it as a raid warning but the chat bubble is good enough for me.
my fist set is actually for bosses but due to the small lag because of the swap, it works.Code:#showtooltip 0 1 /optsay [equipped:fist weapons] TRASH /optsay [equipped:daggers] BOSS /equip 0 1 /equip 0 2
Thanks for the help!
I'm assuming you mean a message in your raid warning frame, and not an actual /rw chat message...if that's the case,
/run RaidNotice_AddMessage(RaidWarningFrame, SecureCmdOptionParse("[equipped:fist weapons]TRASH;BOSS"), ChatTypeInfo["RAID_WARNING"])
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Hi, I'm currently gearing up my Monk for some Mistweaving/fistweaving aswell for PvP, and currently I'm having this great idea for a macro, but I can't it it to work.
The idea behind it is, to keep my amount of keybinds at a low level, so I'm combining spells having a different effect depending on my current target, say I'm targeting and ally and my key would cast surging mist, but if i have an enemy targeted i will cast tiger power.
Now here's what I currently have
/cast [harm]Jab;[help]Soothing Mist
Now my problem is, when I have no target the icon will just be a "?" I want it to be Jab when I have no target, Jab when I have an enemy targeted and Soothing Mist when I have a friendly target.
That's one part of the problem, the other is when I have no target, I will target my nearest enemy and use Jab on them. Kinda like when you hit your regular Jab key without a target.
I hope I made this post somewhat understandable, and I'd really appreciate some help on the matter..
Thanks a lot in advance
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Question. I need a mouse-over macro for my hunter if possible that casts Hunters Mark, Serpent Sting, and then Kill Command. Is this possible?
Code:#showtooltip /castsequence [@mouseover, harm, nodead] reset=3 Hunter's Mark, Serpent Sting, Kill Command
I'm in a need of a mouse over AND nochanneling macro for my mage bombs.
I use for my Arcane Barrage so I can spam it during my Arcane Missiles.
So Basically I need this macro but with a mouse over function for my mage bombs. Thanks!Code:#showtooltip /cast [nochanneling] Arcane Barrage


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does IE9 support color:transparent and li:nth-child(1)? That's font color transparent.
I'm doing something ie8 pukes on but I can live with it if ie9 picks it up. Thanks
I didn't know anyone supported color: transparent. Instead, usually you'd choose the same colour as the background.
The background is transparent. So can't. I found out that ie9 does support it. So do all the others.
Supports both that is.
Huh, that'll make a good trick.
It was a good trick. It's a style sheet switcher with two links. On and off. But I wanted it to be a toggle. So it just shows one link - either on or off. Once I wrapped my brain around - two ours later - I got it working. A little AP - second style sheet - transparent text trickery.
Wait, there are always two links in the markup, and one is hidden by being invisible?
Would confuse me as a user. I am known for hitting CTRL-A on pages I'm reading regularly since it's easy-lazy contrast.
I don't know what control A does. I'm guessing regardless though it would work. They are both AP with no positioning. So they just drop over each other. Then transparent one or the other an z index so it looks like your clicking one but really the other. It works.
Highlights content on the page. I believe it's cross-OS so you can try it. It's a nice way to copy everything on a page (to your clipboard for example), but as a side-effect you get a sort of high-contrast highlighting on your text too (except when the webdev has changed/set the highlight colour, unfortunately).
You can use equivalences.
Assuming you are in standards mode ( and why would you NOT be?) you can use rgba(x,x,x,0) to simulate color:transparent; this will not work in IE8 tho :/also li:nth-child(1) should be equivalent to li:first-child
Yes. A good solution! Thank you bro. I did not know that or think of it for some reason. rgba should work perfectly then. Problem solved.
Ha ha maybe because I did not know it. I just figured ie8 didn't.
I thought Eric was deliberately using the nth-child version specifically to keep IE8 out, since it does support first-child but not the various nth-childs.
I was because I thought ie couldn't do transparent. But now I shouldn't have too
OK I wasnt going crazy. IE8 does not seem to support rgba 0,0,0,0


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UF basketball game times announced
Published: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 1:13 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 1:13 p.m.
Florida will open its 2013-14 men's basketball season with a matinee game centered around homecoming activities.
The Gators' Nov. 8 season-opener against North Florida will start at 3 p.m. at the O'Connell Center. The Friday afternoon tip will be sandwiched between the homecoming parade and Gator Growl, which starts at 7 p.m.
Other non-conference start times announced include Southern (Nov. 18, 7 p.m.), Middle Tennessee State (Nov. 21, 7 p.m.), at Jacksonville (Nov. 25, 7 p.m.), Fresno State (Dec. 21, 4:30 p.m., Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise), Savannah State (Dec. 29, 3 p.m.) and Richmond (Jan. 4, 3 p.m.).
The start time of Florida's Nov. 16 game against Arkansas-Little Rock remains to be determined. The Gators are awaiting the start time announcement of Florida's football game at South Carolina.
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Diagnosis Lupus: Next Steps
You have just been diagnosed with lupus. Now what? Maybe you are relieved to finally know what's wrong. Maybe you are scared, because you don't know what it really means to have lupus. Maybe you are not sure what to feel. There is no right or wrong.
After years of working with people diagnosed with lupus, the Lupus Cooperative of New York often recommends the following first steps for coping with this new information.
Get a Lupus Doctor
Lupus is a complicated disease that can affect people very differently. Try to see a doctor who cares for people with lupus—a rheumatologist—and other specialists familiar with whatever complications you may have. The Lupus Cooperative can help you find able and accredited doctors in your community.
Watch What You Say at Work
Wait a bit before saying anything to your employer about being diagnosed with lupus. Give yourself a few weeks or more to get used to the news and learn about the disease—and how it seems to affect you. Then ask yourself, what do you gain or lose by telling your employer? Do you need an explanation for missing work days because of feeling ill or seeing doctors, for example?
Your employer has no right to ask about your medical history or condition. If you do decide to say something, keep in mind that it's illegal for your employer to fire you just because you have lupus. And they can't pay you a lower salary because of lupus either.
For more on deciding what to tell your employer about your lupus, or to apply for disability, talk to a Lupus Cooperative outreach coordinator or call the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at 1-800-669-4000.
Prednisone: No Easy Medicine
This very strong drug lowers inflammation and can help control lupus. It has saved the lives of people with lupus. But it also can quickly cause reactions that you might not be too happy with, such as mood swings, increased appetite, and puffiness around the face. Talk to your doctor or the Lupus Cooperative for tips on handling the side effects.
Be Good to Yourself
You can help yourself by trying to exercise (walk, stretch, swim, take yoga), eating healthy foods, avoiding smoking and alcohol, and getting rest. Protect yourself from the sun. Try to de-stress with deep breathing, meditation, and other ways for calming yourself.
Reach Out
For friends and family to help you cope with lupus, they have to learn more about lupus. Many might not understand just how sick you are, because you may not look sick. Brochures and other information from the Lupus Cooperative can help explain lupus, so that you don't have to. And people at support groups may have good ideas on how to talk to people and let them know how to help you.
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VANCOUVER -- A sure sign summer is drawing to a close is the rush of political commentators, myself included, speculating on what the fall session of Parliament might bring. Ignore "Back to School" ads; the real action is taking place on editorial pages, newscasts and blogs and news sites as commentators make up for the summer paucity of hard political news, at least hard Canadian news, with impassioned speculation.
Such speculation takes on greater urgency this time around because the last six to eight months in the nation's capital have been particularly distasteful. Seldom has so much partisan vitriol and fury been directed at matters of so little consequence for our long-term future. Fortunately Rome was not burning, but our political leaders were fiddling as hard as they could.
If there was ever a need to hit the reset button, surely it is now. The problem, however, is so much unfinished business remains.
The economic recovery is uncertain. Major pipeline projects, and thus in part the direction of Canadian energy policy, remain under regulatory review in Canada and the United States. Potentially transformative trade deals are in limbo. The Senate expense scandal will rumble on until the last taxi chit has been examined by auditors and the press. Canadian telecommunication firms continue their advertising battle with the federal government.
Given this unfinished business, is there really a new agenda that could be unveiled in this fall's throne speech? Perhaps. The government, having unintentionally unleashed a vociferous public debate on Senate reform and abolition, could advance a comprehensive reform agenda that goes well beyond changes to Senators' terms of office. For better or for worse, the reform cat is truly out of the bag, and the government might as well ride the waves of public discontent.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, to his credit, has opened debate on the legalization of marijuana. Maybe, then, there is an opportunity for parliamentary action on this front, even bipartisan action, and the Conservative government might be pleased to have Trudeau at the cutting edge.
More can, and must, be done to improve the educational opportunities and outcomes for aboriginal peoples. Despite the certainty any government initiative will be slammed by aboriginal organizations as being too late, too poorly financed, and too unilateral, the government should not be deterred.
What Canadians need more than anything, however, is an improvement in the tone of public life, in the civility we bring to difficult public policy challenges. And here, the only person who can change not only the tune but also the tone of national political life is the prime minister. After all, opposition leaders operate within the constraints of their job description, which is to oppose every twitch and turn of the government. The prime minister, however, has greater opportunity and, I would argue, greater responsibility to improve the tone of Canadian public life.
And here, I should stress, the leadership challenge lies with the prime minister himself and not with his office. The recent cabinet shuffle has done little to change the tone of political debate. Staff changes in the Prime Minister's Office, such as a new director of communications, will have no public purchase whatsoever for the 95 per cent of voters who know little and care less about the composition of his staff. It is the PM who must set and be seen to be setting the tone.
Stephen Harper has allowed and sometimes even encouraged his government to drift into the dispiriting swamp of hyper-partisanship and personal attacks, and now only he can hit the reset button. If the government approaches the return of Parliament this fall as the opening shot in the 2015 election campaign, if attack ads replace thoughtful discussion, Canadians will be justifiably angry. We deserve better as we head back to the school of life this fall.
Troy Media columnist Dr. Roger Gibbins is the former president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation.


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Is there any way to test the Safari browser from a Linux machine without using wine or going through the process of installing either OS virtually? Maybe an online emulator or something?
There used to be an online Safari testing service, but it's gone now. But there are lots of services for browser testing, both free and commercial, such as:
I'm not keen on services that just provide a screen shot. Another option, of course, is to pop in to your local Apple store now and then and try the page on a display computer. :lol:
Thanks Ralph. Which of those would you personally recommend? I just tried browsershots and it's OK. Just an above-the-fold screenshot. Their Safari browsers have an error pop-up over the screen too.
If anything, I would use Adobe's Browserlab. I use a Mac, though, and have virtual machines installed for testing Windows. I prefer that as a solution, so rarely us the other options.
I'm trying Browserlab and I'm having problems clicking on links. Sometimes linked text or images can be clicked and sometimes they aren't clickable depending on the browser and OS. Have you seen this sort of behavior from Browserlab? Could it just be a Browserlab artifact?
Do you mean links in the screenshots that B'lab generates, or in the B'lab interface itself? It's a year or two since I used it, but I don't remember having a problem.
The troublesome links are in the website screenshots that Browserlabs generates within its interface. Has anyone experienced something similar in Browserlab?
It looks like 7% of my visitors use Safari 4.0 and that one isn't available in Browserlab. Does it generally render similarly to Safari 5.1 (which is in Browserlab)?
Which troublesome browsers should I check my stats for? It looks like .6% of my users use Netscape 5.0 with a 97% bounce rate.
I wouldn't worry too much about Safari versions. I'm surprised so many have not updated Safari to a later version. But I get the sense that very few people use it at all, so I'd be surprised if you are getting many visitors from that browser.
Thanks Ralph. Are there any browsers I should check my stats for which have a reputation for rendering differently than modern browsers?
About 40% of of visitors at my workplace's website are using Safari. I was quite surprised to see that--I underestimated the popularity of OSX and iOS devices. After that, 30% were IE, 13% Chrome, 10% Firefox, 0.04% Opera, and the remaining 7% were mobile-specific.
Hm, the monthly browser stats suggest that Safari is not very popular. I guess the average Mac user uses it by default, but that's a small part of the market.
My website's stats are more like Force Flow's with a gigantic portion going to Safari.
Globally, safari isn't that significant at 8%. http://gs.statcounter.com (which takes stats from billions of page views across millions of sites)Even in America where mac use is higher, it's 13%.A higher percentage would typically indicate content that is primarily consumed by users where mac use is higher e.g the creative industries, or might indicate local users are all on macs.
On my site's stats, about half the safari usage is mobile, half is desktop/laptop.
The site is probably only relevant to folks within a 50 mile radius.
Just wanted to come back and recommend Browserlab for free or CrossBrowserTesting for stellar paid or free-trial testing


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Part of Statement Thrown Out in Arson Killings
Submitted: 02/14/2013
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- A Green County judge has decided to suppress some statements to investigators made by a man accused of killing three of his children in a house fire.
Attorneys from both sides say it may not alter the outcome of Armin Wand's upcoming trial.
Judge Thomas Vale ruled Wednesday statements made by Wand during the second day of a three day interrogation were not voluntary because detectives made promises of leniency if Wand cooperated.
A criminal complaint alleges Wand told authorities he set the fire to collect life insurance on his wife and children.
Sharon Wand escaped the September 7th fire with their 2 year old daughter.
Wand's trial is set to begin Feb. 23 at the Lafayette County Courthouse in Darlington.
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Lac Du Flambeau man faces sexual assault charges
Submitted: 08/23/2017
- A 50-year-old Lac Du Flambeau man faces felony charges for sexual assault.
Deputies found out about the allegations against the man in May.
To protect the victims' identities, we are not releasing his name at this time.
The assaults took place in the Town of Birch in Lincoln County in the summer or 2016 and the spring of 2017.
The two victims were teenagers between the ages of 16 and 18.
The suspect appeared in Lincoln County Court today where he was formally charged with three felony counts.
The suspect posted a $5,000 cash bond and has been released from jail.
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Kids learn how to stay safe on the way to school
Submitted: 08/23/2017
- Kids all over Wisconsin will head back to school soon.
However, workers at a Rhinelander bus service say knowing bus safety skills could safe your child's life.
"The song Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round inspired me so much. That's why I became a bus driver," said Jake Kriesel a Rhinelander bus driver who never puts a break on fun.
But Kriesel says bus safety is no laughing matter.
"Bus drivers only have one thing in mind and that is your safety," said Kriesel.
Kriesel drives for Bowen's Bus Service, and Thursday he will be a part of a School Bus Safety Open House.
"Making sure there're safe. That's really our number one job," said Kriesel.
The open house will have three bus emergency scenarios for kids to learn how to evacuate safely.
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Trees for Tomorrow receives $14,000 donation to help bring kids to the Northwoods for classes
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Baden-Powell Northwoods Experience donated the money earlier this month.
The Milwaukee-based group tried to use that money to save a Laona Boy Scout camp last year, but it wasn't able to raise enough money fast enough.
So, the group decided to donate the left over funds to Trees for Tomorrow.
Executive Director Robin Ginner said the two groups missions line up well.
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Second annual Leaderfest returns to Northwoods
Submitted: 08/23/2017
- More than 50 people from Vilas, Forest, and Oneida counties came together Wednesday to learn leadership skills.
Northwoods United Way hosted the second annual Leaderfest at Rondele Ranch in Harshaw.
Executive Director Nancy Sattler was excited to present this opportunity to people in the area.
"We want to offer the opportunity for enrichment, learning, and growth and the opportunity also to network with other people from the Northwoods and to learn from them and maybe they can help them in the future," said Sattler.
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Northwoods business works together as a team, thanks to University of Wisconsin program
Submitted: 08/23/2017
- A local Northwoods business works together to make better products than it did when it first began in 1925.
Tomahawk Live Trap has grown and even relocated to Hazelhurst since then.
Greg Smith and his wife Jenny bought Tomahawk Live Trap about seven years ago.
And the company has been growing ever since.
Sales have more than doubled since Greg and Jenny took over. But it's not just the sales that have grown.
"When we first came in here, the culture, I'm going to say was toxic," said Greg Smith.
But it's not toxic anymore. Tomahawk Live Trap has worked with UW-Stout and its Manufacturing Outreach Center to form a better team.
"You treat people like people, you empower people so they can do their jobs and you listen to them," said Smith.
Operations Coordinator, Chris Powers was there when the Smith's took over and has noticed the big improvement with the environment.
"We work together as a team to put out the best product we can, as fast as we can," said Powers.
The program uses a "lean" philosophy which helps trim unnecessary portions of a work area.
"Only using and having what you need in an area versus a bunch of clutter and stuff in an area," said Powers.
The biggest customers for Tomahawk Live Trap are mainly animal control companies. They sell to not only American companies, but also around the world.
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Car crashes into Rhinelander business
Submitted: 08/23/2017
- A car crashed into a store on Brown Street in Rhinelander today around 5 p.m.
The driver started to back out of a parking spot near the intersection of Brown and Davenport when she hit another vehicle.
An officer at the scene said the woman was startled and hit the gas instead of the brake.
The car crashed into Diane's Frame Shoppe.
There were no injuries but the car and the wall of the building were both damaged.
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The Northwoods Land Trust invited the community on a tour of private and protected waters.
People met up to paddle down Deerskin River in Eagle River.
Executive Director of the Northwoods Land Trust Bryan Pierce said Deerskin River is special because it's a trout stream and known for its resources.
"Our intent is to try and keep it that high quality keep the water quality protected and also provide for both fish and wildlife habitat," said Pierce.
Wednesday was also a celebration.
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Governor Christie Says Budget Plan Restores Fiscal Sanity [VIDEO/AUDIO/POLL]
Governor Chris Christie has presented a $32.9 billion State Budget proposal. He says it maintains the fiscal discipline needed to restore New Jersey, is balanced and imposes no tax increases.
Christie insists his spending plan funds the key initiatives necessary to rebuild the state and restore prospects for future growth. It also provides a record amount of funding for our schools.
The Governor also used his budget speech as a vehicle to blast his predecessors.
"Those who were supposed to be responsible for controlling taxes and spending before we came to office fundamentally deceived the people of our state," says Christie. "They said yes to everything – yes to higher taxes. Yes to more spending. We must not return to that era of recklessness and deceit."
Sandy Recovery
A major focus of the address was the need to recover and rebuild from Superstorm Sandy. Christie says the state's economy has been challenged by Sandy. He applauded lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for standing together while recovering, rebuilding and restoring.
"The shore will come back," says Christie. "As I've said, it will come back stronger than ever. And I will tell you this: I expect to go the Jersey Shore every summer for the rest of my life, including this summer of 2013."
No Tax Cuts Proposals
Christie says he will not shut down the budget process to continue an argument over the 10-percent income tax cut he proposed last year. He insists the people's business and the least fortunate citizens' needs are too vitally important in the aftermath of Sandy. The Governor did take aim at Democrats on the tax cut issue.
"It is clear to me that on this subject we simply disagree," explains Christie. "I believe New Jerseyans are overtaxed. Many of you in this chamber repeatedly vote for tax increases. So, let me be direct with you – I have compromised and offered your plan for tax cuts, but, if you change your mind and concur with my conditional veto, my Administration will figure out how to pay for this long overdue tax relief. If you do not, I am content to let the voters decide this in November."
Education Funding
For the third year in a row, the Governor is increasing state aid to New Jersey's schools.
"This budget provides an increase of $87 million for school aid, bringing total state aid to education to almost $9 billion – an all-time record, for the second year in a row," says Christie. "With this budget, 378 school districts will see funding increases and no district in New Jersey will experience a decline in K-12 formula school aid for Fiscal Year 2014."
Sin Of Omission?
Lawmakers and the press were briefed on the budget speech hours before it was given. We were told that Christie plans to delay property tax rebates from May until August. He closes a roughly $400 million deficit by pushing back the rebates from the current Fiscal Year to the next Fiscal year. The Governor did talk about how important property tax relief is, but he neglected to mention his rebate plan in his address.
Christie Blasts Politicians
The Governor is again asking the Democrat-controlled legislature in Trenton to take action on his proposal to prevent towns and counties from imposing user fees to blow through the 2% Property Tax Cap.
"Why not close this loophole? What are you waiting for?" asks Christie. "It is also time to finish the job with the property tax tool kit that will help municipal governments keep property taxes down in the long run."
Lawmakers in Washington didn't get a pass from the New Jersey Governor either. Some call his criticism of Congress an opening salvo in his 2016 bid for President.
"Their failure to take on the nation's budget challenges and address the unsustainability of the nation's long-term liabilities is nothing short of inexcusable," insists Christie. "It's past time for Washington to get its act together. That will take two things: Bipartisanship and leadership. Unfortunately, both are missing today."
Christie's Pep Talk
The Governor closed out his address by urging bi-partisanship, boldness and hard work.
"Let's work on a bipartisan basis and let's get to work for the people who gave us these jobs in the first place," said Christie. "We have weathered the worst storm in our state's history with bold leadership, decisive action and bipartisan cooperation. The sky ahead is limitless if we just have the courage to stay the course."
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Lords reform is widely seen as a hobbyhorse of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats –yet it is a Tory minister whose task is to push through the legislation to transform parliament's upper house.
Indeed, aides to Mr Clegg have jokingly referred to it as "the Mark Harper bill" in their attempts to downplay the idea that the deputy prime minister is obsessedby removing the unelected peers.
Mr Harper has a delicate task in front of him; steering through a full shake-up of the Lords which has evaded other politicians for a century.
A press officer warns the FT that the minister keeps his office at a low temperature: but this habit may not prepare him for the frosty reception he will face in parliament during next year's legislative marathon.
Peers and MPs of all parties have already lined up to oppose the bill. Even if it passes through the Commons without mishap it is likely to be ambushed by the combined forces of Tory, Labour, and even some Lib Dem peers.
There could be a repeat of the filibustering and all-night sittings dominated the Lords in the spring of 2011 over the alternative vote bill.
Nick Clegg has threatened to use the Parliament Act to force it through, but weeks of debate are expected, taking up large amounts of next year's political calendar.
Mr Harper tells the FT that bill should not take up a "disproportionate" amount of time: but warns potential trouble-makers:
"I don't think the public would understand if people told the public they don't care hugely about this legislation but then let it (in-fighting) damage the rest of the programme," he says.
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A YOUNG rider will compete for a national horse showing title this autumn after winning her class and being named reserve section champion at the prestigious Great Yorkshire Show.
Ten-year-old Tabitha Wood, fromBurley-in-Wharfedale was absolutely thrilled to win her class at the show on her Welsh pony Thistledown Livius.
It was Tabitha's first time competing at the three day county show, held at Harrogate.
And after winning her class, for native ponies with riders aged 12 and under, she went on to win reserve champion of her section.
She said: "It's so special to win at the Yorkshire, it has been my dream to even compete there."
Tabitha and her dapple grey pony, who is known as Fraggle at home, will be competing against 21 other riders for the national title at the Horse of the Year show at Birmingham's NEC in October.


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