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Put white wood and normal wood in the furnace you get charcoal. It's same as normal Coal.
Infinite Water Supply
There are a lot of reasons that you'll want to have a Bucket of Water on your hands (fire, building, farming, irritating friends, making a moat, etc.), but it can get really irritating having to run down to the ocean every tie you want some. Follow this quick tutorial, and you can have a small, endlessly full pool of water wherever you want it.
You'll need an Iron Bucket and the ability to dig into the floor a little.
1. Dig a 2 by Hole in the ground that is 1 square deep
2. Fill your bucket/s with water from the ocean or a lake. You only need 2 deposits, so taking 2 buckets is recommended.
3. Bring the water back to your base and pour 1 Bucket in each corner of the square in the ground.
If done correctly, you should have a still 2 by 2 pool of water. Every time you take a bucket and use it on any of the squares, the others refill it to fullness.
Alternate method you could use: You will need 2 water buckets. Now dig a STRAIGHT line with 3 holes like this: If "=" equals a line, make this "===". Dig 3 holes STRAIGHT and then put 1 water bucket in each end and then get the Water from the middle and the water well keep regening so the water is Infinite.
Keyboard Shortcuts
F1 - While third person moves the view to the front of your character / While first person makes the tool/hand/etc dissapear, but NOT the landscape.
F2 - Takes a screenshot.
F5 - Toggle view.
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Caitlin Sandoval was playing last month with her two young daughters on a futon in her San Jacinto apartment. She left them for just a moment to go to the bathroom.
What happened next was every parent's worst nightmare.
"I returned to the room and saw my youngest daughter at the window with her arms limp at her sides," Sandoval, 24, recalled. "Then I saw the cord around her neck."
The 14-month-old child was soon pronounced dead at the hospital. Cause of death: accidental strangulation.
Sandoval's little girl was one of about a dozen kids who die each year in accidents involving window blinds, including those that are advertised by manufacturers as having special safety features. At least 33 kids were reported injured in cord-related accidents last year.
It's a problem the window-blind industry has been aware of for years yet has been remarkably slow to address. Voluntary new safety standards are expected to be introduced by manufacturers this fall.


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In a race with no surprises, incumbent Rep. Gus Bilirakis swiftly and decisively defeated his challenger, Anita de Palma.
De Palma said she was "neither disappointed nor surprised" because of the current political climate and her opponent's experience and name recognition.
"I'm just looking at what's ahead," said de Palma, 73. "Who knows. I may make up my mind tomorrow to go again. It's only two years."
During the campaign for Florida's 9th Congressional District, de Palma talked tough, accusing her opponent, a Palm Harbor Republican, of clinging to his father's coattails and doing little for his district. His dad, Mike Bilirakis, held the same seat for 24 years before retiring in 2006.
Throughout the campaign, Bilirakis maintained that he was qualified on his own merits and was responsive to the needs of his constituents.
Bilirakis, 47, garnered more than two thirds of the vote Tuesday to earn his third term in Congress.
Bilirakis did not return calls for comment by press time Tuesday night.
The candidates never faced off for a debate but clearly disagreed on most issues, including immigration and the extension of Bush's tax cuts.
Bilirakis opposed amnesty for illegal immigrants and supported extending all of the tax cuts.
De Palma, a Democrat who served four years as state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, was most passionate about overhauling federal immigration law. She proposed a plan to let undocumented immigrants earn points toward permanent citizenship. And she opposed keeping any of Bush's tax cuts without further research.
Over the past four years, Bilirakis has made advocacy for service people and seniors a priority, pushing for better benefits for veterans and introducing legislation to establish a national grant program to help states form Silver Alert notification systems.
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Park City, Utah (December 3, 2009) — The Canyons Ski and Snowboard School will be running Holly Flanders Women's Only Ski Workshops and Brant Moles Steep Skiing Camps this winter. So, if you are looking for a great gift idea, these clinics are the perfect opportunity.
Holly Flanders, former Olympian, World Cup champion and Park City local, returns to The Canyons Resort to run her wildly popular women's program. The workshops are unique because they enable women to improve their skiing in an atmosphere of support and friendship. Participants will enjoy a comfortable three days on the slopes with women who ski at their same ability while they gain confidence together to challenge themselves.
There will be three days of skiing with world-class athletes and instructors, plus no-pressure technique tips. Enjoy the experience of becoming a better skier. Individuals must be intermediate level skiers or above. Cost of the workshop only is $484. Lift tickets are sold separately.
The Holly Flanders Women's Clinics are January 8-10, 2010; February 5-7, 2010; March 5-7, 2010.
The Canyons is also offering special Steep Skiing Camps, hosted by World Extreme Skiing Champion Brant Moles. Designed for intermediate to advanced skiers who want to take their big mountain skiing to the next level, this camp will provide you with the necessary tools to handle the more extreme terrain that you may encounter at The Canyons and other resorts.
This three-day clinic, led by one of the best Big Mountain skiers in the world, will focus on getting you to ski steeper, more technical terrain safely and confidently. Moles has been coaching and competing for years and will share with you the skills and techniques both physical and mental that helped him conquer some of the most extreme terrain and become a National and World Champion.
Brant Moles has been skiing for over 30 years. He is the 1997 World Extreme Skiing Champion, 1997 IFSA World Tour Champion and 1997 National Freeskiing Champion. Moles has been featured in more than 10 ski movies including 1999's Imax film, Extreme.
The Brant Moles Steep Skiing Camps will run December 12-13, 2009 and March 5-7, 2010. Cost of the workshops is $484 for the three-day workshops and $260 for the two-day workshops. Lift tickets are sold separately.
Book either of these clinics and receive 20% off lodging at any of The Canyons four slopeside properties: the four-star Grand Summit Hotel, the brand new Escala Lodges, Silverado Lodge or the spacious Sundial Lodge. All four properties are at the base of the mountain and within steps of the Flight of The Canyons gondola.
The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah is the largest single ski and snowboard resort in Utah and one of the largest in the United States. Located just four miles from Park City's historic Main Street, The Canyons averages 350 inches of light snow annually while offering 3,700 acres of diverse terrain over eight mountains with 167 trails. Lodging properties managed by The Canyons are located in the Resort Village and consist of the AAA rated Four-Diamond Grand Summit Hotel, Sundial Lodge, Silverado Lodge, as well as the newest luxury accommodations: Escala Lodges and Sunrise at Escala. The Canyons maintains over 35,000 square footage of flexible meeting space available for any event or gathering. A variety of dining options ranging from fine dining to more casual atmospheres can be found both on the mountain and within the Resort Village. Additional details are available at: www.thecanyons.com.


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The European Council will meet in Brussels, Belgium to discuss: the European Semester; industrial competitiveness; climate and energy; and preparations for the upcoming EU-Africa summit and relations with Africa. The meeting will be chaired by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy.
dates: 20-21 March 2014 venue: Justus Lipsius Building, Rue de la Loi 175 location: Brussels, Belgium www: http://www.european-council.europa.eu/council-meetings?meeting=3be22c85-075e-41a9-8e8d-717e8301ab6b&lang=en&type=EuropeanCouncil


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Installation of Vacant Lots, a design study project for infill housing on ten vacant lots in New York City, at the Mercantile Exchange.
"To judge from the grafitti scrawled on the construction of fences surrounding new building sites, the vacant lot in the city is itself a symbol, in many neighborhoods, of a community's determination to control its own destiny. The 'Vacant Lots' show was the architecture community's version of those angry painted messages. Many architects, it turns out, don't want their own high rises either. They're fed up with hanging balconies off a 40-story box and calling it a dream come true. They are tired of seeing 'quality architecture' billed as a luxury amenity….How is the architecture community's frustration going to house a single person? The answer is that it won't. But without…voicing that frustration there is little hope that architects can resume responsibility for breathing life into ideals." Herbert Muschamp, The New Republic, April 11, 1988


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Basketball is a game of match-ups and on paper No. 7 Stanford (24-6, 13-4) was a tough draw for the Trojans (20-10, 11-7) to close their regular season. Could the athleticism of O.J. Mayo and USC compete with the overwhelming size and skill of Cardinal players like Brook Lopez? A national television audience on CBS was anxious to find out.
As expected, one team dominated on the boards and points in the paint. Unexpectedly, that team was USC.
Leading for 39 of the 40 minutes, the Trojans bounced back from their season low 46 points in Palo Alto with a decisive 77-64 win in front of 9,427 at the Galen Center.
"It was a really good win for us," Coach Tim Floyd told the media after the game. "We didn't have a lot of time to prepare but our kids played hard and played inspired."
The Trojans remarkably out rebounded the much taller Cardinal 47-31, including 18-12 on the offensive end.
"We were able to get them on the boards which I could not have envisioned going into the game," Floyd said. "It is probably the most encouraging thing about our team right now, we were last in the league in rebounding forever and now I think we have out rebounded 5 or 6 teams in a row."
The Trojans enter the Pac-10 tournament with tremendous momentum after sweeping the Bay Area schools at home. They also reached the magical 20-win plateau and secured not only a berth to the NCAA tournament, but a decent seed as well.
The 11 AM tipoff did not seem to bother the Trojans as they exploded to an early 22-8 lead. USC made shot after shot and forced numerous turnovers with its press defense.
"Stanford is really a great half court team with the Lopez twins and Anthony Goods," O.J. Mayo said in the locker room. "We really wanted to try and speed up the tempo and get the game up and down."
The Cardinal looked hung-over after their controversial loss to the UCLA Bruins on Thursday night. Stanford missed easy shots in the paint and fumbled the basketball away thanks to the tenacious defense of USC.
"It was the first time we pressed all year long and our guys were able to get that into the game and speed the pace," Floyd said. "We wanted to play at a fast pace because they are so efficient in the half court game. "
At the midway point of the first half the Stanford players suddenly came to life. It was as if a hangover cure of Advil, a greasy burrito and a Bloody Mary finally took effect and the shocking collapse at Pauley Pavilion was forgotten. The Cardinal started hitting its shots and playing better defense, not allowing USC to get into their full-court pressure after made baskets.
Once Stanford snapped out of their funk the rest of the half was a back and forth battle. Ironically it was the Trojans who controlled the lane in the first half, outscoring Stanford 22-10 in the paint.
Taj Gibson and Dwight Lewis each had 12 points by the break, while Mayo chipped in 9. Gibson did his damage inside, shooting 5-9 against the much taller Stanford defenders.
The second half continued just as the first ended, with mini runs on both sides keeping the Trojan lead fluctuating between 4 and 9 points.
Then with a little over ten minutes left in the game the Trojans got a spark. On the defensive end Stanford missed what seemed like 10 shots in the paint, their overpowering size allowing them to get offensive rebound after offensive rebound.
Mayo finally cleared the boards and started a fast break the other way. He found Davon Jefferson with a perfect 25-foot ally-oop pass that Jefferson finished with authority. The crowd came to life and after a subsequent Mayo jumper USC had its biggest lead of the night at 58-45.
From that point on the Trojans were in control, holding a double-digit lead for the majority of the remainder of the game.
There was one Cal-like moment with three and a half minutes left however. Stanford cut the lead from 15 to 9 points in just 30 seconds, but USC circled the wagons, made some foul shots and put the game away.
Mayo finished with a game high 25 points and had 8 rebounds. Gibson secured a double-double with 20 points and 11 boards and even had 5 blocks. Lewis and Jefferson added 14 and 11 points respectively.
The Trojans start Pac-10 tournament play on Thursday with their opponent still to be determined. If Washington State beats Washington USC will have the No. 4 seed. If the Huskies upset the Cougars USC moves up to the No. 3 seed.
USC honored 1947 graduate Tex Winter at halftime.
Jefferson hit an early three but got into foul trouble. He left the game with 5 minutes left in the first half after he picked up his 3rd foul.
Daniel Hackett had to sit down with 13 minutes left in the game with his 4th personal foul. He later fouled out at the 3:30 mark.
With 1:40 left in the game and Mayo going to the line, students began chanting, "One more year. One more year." After the game Coach Floyd said he hasn't talked to Mayo much about coming back, wanting his star player to focus on the task at hand and not the future.
Shooting percentage: USC 46.7% Stanford 32.3%.
Points in the paint: USC 38, Stanford 22.
Stanford's bench outscored USC's 31-5.


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Heat, ventilation challenges and the disposal of waste rock within a working mine had to be overcome to arrive at this point.
In early June 2010, workers at Xstrata Copper's Kidd Mine in Timmins, Ontario, broke through the last of the rock between the 9,500-foot and 9,600-foot levels, completing the deepest continual ramp from surface in the world. The ramp portal round was developed from the open pit in 1969, and the ramp, approximately 5.1 metres in width and height, now winds down from surface for approximately 20 kilometres at a grade of 15 per cent. The breakthrough is the latest in a series of development stages, the total cost of which is $148 million.
The majority of the ramp was driven down from the 8800 Level, starting in January 2007, and reached 150 metres past the 9500 Level in May 2010. In August 2008, development started from the 9600 shaft station up the ramp access to the ramp breakthrough location.
In addition to the challenges associated with working at such extreme depths — such as ventilation volumes and extreme temperatures — came the problem of removing the waste rock. The work crews developing a ramp and the five levels between 9,000 feet and 9,500 feet shared facilities with an operating mine producing 2.5 million tonnes per annum from 2,000 feet down to 8,800 feet. The down ramp development produces approximately 3,500 tonnes of waste a week, which is trucked either to the 8800 waste bin or directly to a waste stope between the 8300 and 8800 levels. The up ramp produces approximately 1,000 tonnes of waste a week, which has to be dumped onto a grizzly to load directly into the skip. Including vertical raising, the project produces, on average, 5,000 tonnes of waste per week, which must be handled along with the operating mine's waste and ore.
For ventilation, the down ramp fresh air is supplied to 9000 Level through the No. 4 shaft and an internal fresh air raise, and then forced through three-metre-diameter fresh air raises to supply the required airflow to 9100 Level through to 9500 Level. The down ramp is currently exhausted through a 1.5-metre-diameter raise on 9100 Level and a six-metre-diameter raise on 9000 Level, with the permanent six-metre-diametre raise exhaust system from 9200 Level to 8300 Level expected to be complete this month. The up ramp is supplied with fresh air from the No. 4 shaft, and exhausted via ducting in the No. 4 shaft to 8800 Level. Prior to the ramp breakthrough, a ventilation curtain was constructed to maintain the same ventilation system. Now that breakthrough has occurred, ventilation tests are being carried out to optimize the air flow until the breakthrough of the new exhaust raise in August 2010.
Heat is also a major issue, and is especially a concern during the summer. Kidd uses a set of cold stopes (where ice is generated in the winter months) and a mechanical refrigeration plant to cool the air. However, in severe heat, Kidd implements a work/rest regime to minimize the risk of heat stress. As the project completes changes to the ventilation setup, the heat will become easier to manage.
Flooding also constrained development execution. Due to mine depth, the dewatering system is staged; consequently, if a higher pumping station requires maintenance, then the lower level will not pump, and when its sump overflows, it drains to the block below. In response, a temporary pumping station on 9200 Level was installed while developing the 9500 Level main sump.
To mitigate rock stress and protect the workers approaching breakthrough, the face was distressed within 12 metres of breakthrough. Eight-metre-reamed holes were drilled as part of the cut; as well, eight-metre perimeter holes were drilled at 45 degrees. These holes were charged with one stick of powder at the end of the holes and fired in sequence with a standard round to destress the area. To ensure the round was safe to drill, the face was screened and Swellexed.
With the breakthrough complete, the Stage II development team will continue the ramp down from the 9600 shaft station to a shaft breakthrough at approximately 9,800 feet. This will allow the mine to muck the shaft bottom and for the area to be used as over flow capacity for the main sump on 9500 Level. A new bin from the 9600 shaft station to 9200 rock breaker will also be completed by September. On 9500 Level, capital development will continue and some special projects, including a powder magazine and a fuel bay, will be completed. The stopes on 9400 Level, complete with exhaust and fresh air raises, are scheduled to be ready for operation in the first quarter of 2011 and on 9500 Level in the following quarter.
The three-year-long project included the contributions of Dumas Contracting for the down ramp, Redpath Mining for the up ramp, the mine services of Access Mining, Machines Roger for service hole and paste hole drilling, the electrical work of Monarch Automation Construction, diamond drilling from Orbit Garant, and mine and construction consultants Genivar. Despite over one million man hours worked, no lost time injuries occurred.
Ryan Roberts, C. Eng (U.K) works at Xstrata Copper and is the Stage II project engineer.
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hounds: Dog visits offer bright spot in patients' stay
On Thursday mornings,
like clockwork, Dorothy and Mabel show up at University
of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics, raring to go. Even though Mabel's
in her senior years, Dorothy and others who know
her well say she's one of the most giving,
caring, and dedicated souls.
These two best friends and hospital volunteers go
room-to-room on the Intermediate Pulmonary Care Unit,
asking if patients would enjoy a visit. Sometimes
staff members peek in on them with a smile, or wait
in the hall to say hello.
On one recent visit, Mabel happily greeted Dick
Hines, a UI Health Care social worker. He called
her a sweetie and stroked her head.
Then he gave her a dog biscuit.
So, Mabel's not your typical volunteer. Mabel,
a 12-year-old pointer-dalmatian mix, and her handler,
Dorothy Gerr, are one of two canine-human teams participating
in the hospital's Furry Friends certified dog
visitation program.
Even though the program officially began last year,
it was 20 years in the making, says Sue Tietz, a
senior recreational therapist and one of the program's
Long ago, the hospital formed a committee and delved
into all sorts of concerns about safety and logistics,
working to get everyone on board.
So far, Gerr's team and one other—Judy
Thorn and her 10-year-old terrier mix, Sullivan—are
OK'd to work in several psychiatric units and
the pulmonary care unit. Even so, many steps are
taken to ensure patients' health and security
and the animals' well being.
The canine/human teams go through rigorous training.
They must be certified by the Delta Society, the
international organization that trains service and
therapy animals, and intensely screened by Tietz
and Kristi Nove, another therapist and program coordinator.
Handlers are required to participate in volunteer
training, and dogs must pass numerous physicals and
specimen tests to continue.
"It's a lot to go through to do something
that you don't get paid for. It's not
a job for them, it's very special to them," Tietz
says. "These owners are very dedicated. And
it's this very intrinsic thing. They love their
pets and want to share them and their gifts.
"I think the teams are as rewarded as the
patients by the visits."
Dog owners Gerr and Thorn, and their canine companions,
are visitation veterans. Gerr adopted Mabel nine
years ago and they started visiting hospitals in
Atlanta, Ga., shortly thereafter. They knew they
couldn't give it up when they moved to Iowa
City a year and a half ago.
Gerr, whose husband Fred is a professor in the College
of Public Health, serves as pastor of Viola United
Methodist Church and also is a chaplain at St. Luke's
Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
Thorn and Sullivan tallied more than 500 hours of
volunteer service at the University of North Carolina–Chapel
Hill hospital while Thorn finished graduate school.
They moved to the Midwest three years ago, when Thorn's
husband, Kevin Satisky, became a resident in psychiatry
at UI hospitals.
Hines, a UI Health Care social worker, and
Mabel greet each other in the hallway of
the Intermediate Pulmonary Care Unit, where
Mabel was visiting patients. (Above: Hand-paw
graphic courtesy of Cody Ash, design artist
for the hospital's Joint Office for Marketing
and Communication.)
Thorn, now on the biology faculty at Knox College
in Galesburg, Ill., spends her weeks there, then
drives here every Friday for Sullivan's hospital
visits and some catching up on her family life.
With all the other activities and responsibilities
in their lives, why do these two handlers make time
for volunteering with their dogs?
"Sullivan's always been a big suck-up.
If he had his way, he'd be a Wal-Mart greeter
and say hello to everyone who walked in. He just
loves people. I love seeing him and the patients' reaction
to him," Thorn says. "I can't not
go. I have this gift—Sullivan—and I'll
only have him for who knows how many years. I may
never get this kind of opportunity again."
Gerr feels much the same way.
"If I were in the hospital, I'd want
a dog to visit me," she says. "I believe
strongly in the connection between animals and people.
Mabel just loves hanging out with people. It's
her thing."
They're certainly not alone. The Delta Society
has screened and trained more than 6,400 pet-partner
teams in the United States and four other countries.
They help nearly 1 million people a year. UI Hospitals
and Clinics' visitation teams see about 20
or so patients a week, on average.
Judith Crossett, associate professor (clinical)
of psychiatry, has long been an avid supporter of
dog visitation.
She notes that a visiting animal can offer patients
something to look forward to during sometimes long,
dull days. A patient's hospital stay also may
be interspersed with painful episodes—such
as shots, foul-tasting medicine, uncomfortable positioning
for tests or X-rays, or doctors asking intrusive
"The pet does none of that. It's wonderful
at just being present with people. Our pastoral care
services do that too, but 'being present with' is
a skill people have to learn, while the pet does
it naturally, without reservation," Crossett
She says she has seen patients relax with a pet
in a way they don't with people, and they continue
to talk about the animal after the visit is over.
Particularly in elderly patients who tend to talk
very little, she says, the "opening up" is
wonderful to see.
"Patients start talking with each other, with
staff, just reminiscing," she says. "Anything
that gets the interest and thoughts out into the
world and gets them interacting is beneficial."
One of the most important aspects of dog visitation,
Tietz believes, is that patients make the choice
to participate or not. Maybe a patient's more
of a cat person. Or allergic. Or too sick to be bothered
that day.
If a patient is in isolation, he or she can choose
to have Mabel or Sullivan sit by the room's
window and peer in. But it's not a requirement.
No one's forcing a furry one on them.
That actually can be very empowering to a hospital
patient, Tietz says.
"There's a lot during a hospital stay
that patients have no control over. They have to
take medicine. They must have their vitals taken.
They have to endure a lot," she says. "Here's
something they can enjoy if they want to, or they
can say no. It gives them a choice."
by Amy Schoon
Editor's note: For more information on
the Furry Friends program, e-mail email@example.com.
To learn more about the Delta Society, go to www.deltasociety.org.
And a related article in this issue about how
patients can have their own pets visit them.
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King Charles Primary School in Falmouth was filled with Christmas spirit at a special festive fair.
Pupils remained in school after lessons ended in order to attend the event and welcome visitors.
Headteacher Heather Taylor said: "It went really well. It's just a wonderful opportunity for everybody to get together and take some time out of a busy festive season to be with their children."
Pupils ran many of the stalls themselves as part of their enterprise work. They also made tree decorations and sweets which were sold to parents, and some joined their parents to run other stalls.
There was also a raffle and tombola, and Father Christmas set up home for the afternoon in a specially created grotto.
In the hall the school choir sang while visitors enjoyed mince pies and hot drinks.
Staff members also played their part, dressing up in festive costumes.
The afternoon raised £1,000 but Mrs Taylor stressed: "That was brilliant, but really secondary. It was about having that community event at the beginning of the Christmas season."


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Now i know that normal regular, rue or the mill potatoes aren't that great on the GI Index. But i was wondering how negative they are in a bulking diet? I've cut for a while and i really have missed them, so i was hoping they can be encorperated into the bulk with no real negative effects?
And don't anyone dare mention sweet potatoes, they are horrible!!!
Potatoes are good for you. They are higher on the GI scale, but they have a lot of good nutrients in them. I just wouldn't eat 15 of them every day. :) They should be fine to add.
Red potatoes have more nutrients than baking potatoes, but both are excellent while bulking. Don't forget sweet potatoes :biglaugh:
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Tom, On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 09:15:52AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Jason Tishler <Jason(dot)Tishler(at)dothill(dot)com> writes: > > What is the status of the following patch: > > http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/mhonarc/pgsql-cygwin/2001-04/msg00031.html > > I recall voicing unhappiness about putting a definition of DLLIMPORT > into sqlca.h, independent of the main one in c.h. Not sure if there's > any good way around that, though. Including c.h would be a cure worse > than the disease, probably (application namespace pollution and all that). See the following to refresh your memory: On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 02:38:53PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Jason Tishler <Jason(dot)Tishler(at)dothill(dot)com> writes: > > In the above mentioned URL, I suggested including c.h as another > > possibly better solution. However, I saw the following in ecpglib.h: > > /* > > * this is a small part of c.h since we don't want to leak all postgres > > * definitions into ecpg programs > > */ > > so I decided against including c.h in the first version of my patch. > > That's a fair point. Maybe it should be > > +#ifndef DLLIMPORT > +#ifdef __CYGWIN__ > +#define DLLIMPORT __declspec (dllimport) > +#else > +#define DLLIMPORT > +#endif /* __CYGWIN__ */ > +#endif /* DLLIMPORT */ The current version of my patch is just doing what you suggested. Are you no longer recommending this approach as the best compromise? > The Makefile changes look OK to me but Peter E. would be more qualified > to comment on them. Let's see what Peter has to say about the Makefile parts. Thanks, Jason -- Jason Tishler Director, Software Engineering Phone: +1 (732) 264-8770 x235 Dot Hill Systems Corp. Fax: +1 (732) 264-8798 82 Bethany Road, Suite 7 Email: Jason(dot)Tishler(at)dothill(dot)com Hazlet, NJ 07730 USA WWW: http://www.dothill.com
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"One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act." — Hannah More
Sparks come in all sizes. There are the wondrous, tiny sparks that leap to tickle our fingertips at the touch of a doorknob when we've crossed a scrap of carpet in the rather mundane expectation of reaching another room.
There are the surprising little sparks that flicker between the giggling, kissing lips of lovers in a dark, dry place under just the right circumstances.
There are the long, bright sparks that fly from belt sanders smoothing down rough scraps of metal on the factory floor.
And then there are the bursting sparks that emerge from an electrostatic generator like the Wimshurst Machine.
Warning: it's not a toy!
The Wimshurst Machine electrostatic generator was first developed in the 1880s by a fellow named James Wimshurst to generate high voltages of electricity. This is a reduced version of the device that demonstrates its principles on a smaller scale by way of a simple hand crank.
Features of the Wimshurst Machine Electrostatic Generator
- It's made with thick acrylic discs that reduce the chance of wobbling.
- It's got replaceable aluminum sectors.
- Its heavy duty, lined Leyden jar capacitors are made of aluminum.
- It's high quality with replaceable parts.
- It measures 13″ x 8″ x 14″.
- It weighs five pounds.
Assembling This Wimshurst Machine Electrostatic Generator is Simple
After removing the machine from its shipping box, I would highly recommend that you read the safety instructions first. This little machine produces sparks of electrical power and should not be treated as a toy. Next, you must complete the assembly, which only requires attaching two belts and a single crank. Once completed, the sparks are ready to fly!
What makes the Wimshurst Machine electrostatic generator so cool is that you can feel the machine working. Once you start to crank a Wimshurst Machine, you can hear it crackle and hiss to life immediately. In addition, you can feel the hairs on your arms stand up and you'll smell the distinctive scent of ozone.
If you can stand a little hair-raising science fun, then get your own Wimshurst Machine Electrostatic Generator today!


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Three Saints to appeal suspensions Tuesday
Published: November 16th, 2008 | Tags: Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister, Will Smith
Three Saints — running back Deuce McAllister, and defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant— are marching into the league's New York City headquarters Tuesday to appeal their four-game suspensions for positive tests of a weight-loss diuretic.
Suspensions do not take effect, if they do at all, until after the completion of an appeal, which comes Tuesday.
Rarely do players win appeals, but Saints coach Sean Payton has publicly backed his players, and other sources familiar with the case believe the three Saints have a legitimate chance to win their appeal.
Few know when the league is expected to make its ruling – it could be as early as this week or anytime in the next few weeks.
Other players appealing potential four-game suspensions include Vikings defensive tackles Pat and Kevin Williams, no relation.
And below are the two sections from the 2008 Policy on Steroids and Related Substances that explain the process.
2008 Policy on Steroids and Related Substances:
Section 6: Suspension and Related Discipline
The first time a player violates this Policy by testing positive; attempting to substitute, dilute or adulterate a specimen; manipulating a test result; or by violation of law (see Section 5), he will be suspended without pay for a minimum of four regular and/or postseason games. The suspension will begin on the date set in the League's notification to the player of his suspension, subject to any appeal (see Section 10).
Section 10: Appeal Rights
As is more fully outlined in Appendix D, any player who is notified by the League Office that he is subject to discipline for a violation of this Policy is entitled to an appeal… Pending completion of this appeal, the suspension or other discipline will not take effect.


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17-year-old Hannah Barrett is set to be one of the stand out auditions on The X Factor this weekend.
The student performs Emeli Sandé's Read All About It for the panel at her first audition in front of judges Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne.
The emotional performance to only a piano backing was met with a simply "Thank You" from Gary as Nicole looked close to tears.
The teenager, who currently works at a high-street bakery that may rhyme with Begs, replies with a down to earth "You're Welcome."
We don't see the judges' decision in this clip, but we can't see Hannah not getting the three yeses she needs.
Of course, this is only stage on of the audition, if she does get through she'll have to wow again in front of an audience of 4,000 at Wembley Arena.
Tune in to The X Factor on Saturday night at 8PM on ITV to watch Hannah's audition, and return on Sunday at the same time to see if she can handle the pressure of the arena try outs.


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IMF's Lagarde to stand trial in Tapie case Reuters
France's Christine Lagarde, now head of the International Monetary Fund, has been ordered to stand trial for her role in a 2008 state payout to businessman Bernard Tapie. At this time, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said the board has complete confidence in Lagarde's ability to continue in her duties. The strong proponent of international women's rights was reappointed to a second five-year term in January 2016.
Lagarde is accused of negligence in the settlement negotiated by then conservative French president Nicolas Sarkozy, a friend of Tapie, who said he was defrauded after selling his stake in the sports company Adidas to Credit Lyonnais in 1993.
Roger Ailes Is Out as Head of Fox News New York Times
Roger Ailes, potentially the most influential private citizen in America, in his role as chairman and chief executive of Fox News, resigned Thursday as the sexual harassment scandal swirled ever more violently around him. Rupert Murdoch, the 85-year-old media mogul who recently married Jerry Hall and co-founded Fox News with Ailes will assume a temporary role as both chairman and CEO until a replacement for Ailes is found.
In his resignation letter, Mr. Ailes did not reference the sexual harassment lawsuit filed two weeks ago by Gretchen Carlson but did cite his commitment to promoting women, which is not a claim made by the nearly 20 women who have now accused Ailes of sexual harassment : "I take particular pride in the role that I have played advancing the careers of the many women I have promoted to executive and on-air positions. Many of these talented journalists have deservedly become household names known for their intelligence and strength, whether reporting the news, fair and balanced, and offering exciting opinions on our opinion programs."
The lawyer for Ms. Carlson, Nancy Erika Smith, released a statement after hearing of Ailes' resignation, saying that, in part, "We hope that all businesses now understand that women will no longer tolerate sexual harassment and reputable companies will no longer shield those who abuse women."
Sources: Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her New York Magazine
FOX News mega star Megyn Kelly has been criticized for remaining silent on the sexual harassment lawsuit whirling around Roger Ailes.
As New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Kelly conducts an investigation into alleged improprieties of Ailes in the running of FOX News, sources say that Kelly has informed in detail to investigator that Ailes sexually harassed her as a young reporter a decade ago.
Kelly is reported to be in contract negotiations and with Bill O'Reilly said to be seriously considering retirement, Kelly is gold to the network's future.
According to two sources, Monday afternoon lawyers for 21st Century Fox gave Ailes a deadline of August 1 to resign or face being fired for cause. Ailes's legal team — which now includes Susan Estrich, former campaign manager for Michael Dukakis — has yet to respond to the offer. Ailes has also received advice on strategy from Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, sources say.
Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney have broken up after five years, ending their engagement LA Times
Favorite Celebrity Couple Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger Have Split Vanity Fair
Jennifer Aniston's battle cry against the media rings hollow Page Six NY Post
The Wild Life of Princess Margaret, The Original Royal Rockstar The Daily Beast
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Why Men Want to Marry Melanias and Raise Ivankas New York Times
Today, 40 percent of women are their family's primary breadwinners, and nearly 80 percent of Americans agree that women should not return to traditional roles in society. A third still say it's best for small children if Mom doesn't work at all. The Republican Party has particularly struggled to accept this new model, and still pushes back on women's progress by opposing policies that would help women work and plan their families: things like federally funded child care, paid parental leave and access to birth control.
And like Mr. Trump praising his daughter's business acumen, men want different things in their wives than in their daughters. Changing gender roles look less threatening when it's their children who benefit. According to a survey published by Maria Shriver'sShriver Report, American men listed "intelligence" as the top quality they valued in both a wife and a daughter, but then the responses split: More men said they wanted their wives to be attractive and sweet than said the same about their female children. For daughters, men ranked being independent, strong and principled as more important qualities than those same characteristics in wives. Two-thirds of men want an independent daughter, but only one in three wants an independent wife. Fourteen percent of men said they wanted a wife who was a homemaker; just 5 percent said the same about their daughters.
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"The girlfriend experience" is the term women in the sex trade use for a service involving more than just sex. "They want the perfect girlfriend—in their eyes," says Miranda, the young woman at our table.* "She's well groomed, cultured, classy, able to converse about anything—but not bringing into it any of her real-world problems or feelings."
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BBC journalists discuss their own experiences as women in Urdu. Amber Shamsi explains: Some months ago, I published a story on Qandeel Baloch for BBC Urdu in which I identified her as a cultural landmark of sorts, a provocateur. Inevitably, the abuse followed. BBC Urdu and I were accused of having "nothing better to cover" for giving space to a "slut" who was disgracing the country.
We quote lavishly from Maajid Nawaz's jawdropping essay about the killing at the bottom of this page.
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Four county residents attended last Thursday's commissioners court hearing on the proposed tax increase, four more than attended the previous hearing last Monday. Two asked several questions about the increase but did not express an opinion about it. County Judge Daniel Burkeen fielded the questions, answering at length.
"How did you arrive at the numbers?" asked Skip Wade, of Prairie Grove.
Burkeen said the rate was based on the proposed budget for the upcoming year, anticipated expenditures and the anticipated appraisals.
"Now, there's some question with our appraisals because our largest taxpayer is the NRG Energy power plant, and they are contesting their appraisal," he said. "So, that's a big question that could have a big impact on us, and that's a worry. We're going to be possibly taking some budget action in the budget workshop to anticipate that …. Appraisals are down; that means the tax rate goes up."
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ACE Limited
|It has been suggested that this article be merged into Chubb Limited. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2016.
|Traded as
S&P 500 Component
|Insurance and Reinsurance
|Hamilton, Bermuda (1985 )
|Zürich, Switzerland
Area served
Key people
|Evan G. Greenberg (CEO, Chairman)
|Property and Casualty and Health
Life insurance
|US$ 19.138 billion (2015)[1]
|US$ [1]3.296 billion (2015)
|US$ [1]2.834 billion (2015)
|Total assets
|US$ 102.306 billion (2015)[1]
Number of employees
Chubb Limited, incorporated in Zurich, Switzerland, is the parent company of the Chubb, a global provider of insurance products covering property and casualty, accident and health, reinsurance, and life insurance. ACE operates in 54 countries and territories and in the Lloyd's insurance market in London. Clients of Chubb consist of multinational corporations and local businesses, individuals, and insurers seeking reinsurance coverage.
In 2014, the group had $98.2 billion in assets, $23.4 billion of gross written premiums and approximately 21,000 employees.[2] ACE trades on the NYSE and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Its core operating insurance companies are rated "AA" (Very Strong) for financial strength by Standard & Poor's[3][4] and "A++" (Superior) by A. M. Best[5][6] with stable outlooks from both agencies. Fitch rates ACE Limited and its subsidiaries "AA" (Very Strong) for financial strength, "AA-" for issuer default and "A+" for senior debt.[7] Moody's rates the U.S. companies "A1" and the unsecured loan notes "A3".[8]
On July 1, 2015, ACE announced that it will acquire Chubb Corporation for $28.3 billion in cash and stock.[9]
ACE has committed that Chubb's current headquarters in Warren, New Jersey, USA, will have a substantial portion of the headquarters function for the combined company's North American Division. Importantly, the combined company will adopt the Chubb name.
Business structure[edit]
ACE provides insurance and reinsurance products and services through several operating units.[10]
North American[edit]
ACE USA provides commercial property insurance and casualty (P&C), risk management and accident and health (A&H) coverages through retail brokers. ACE Agriculture offers crop, farm and agribusiness P&C coverages through agents and brokers. ACE Westchester offers commercial P&C excess and surpluslines through wholesale brokers. ACE Bermuda provides liability, property, political risk coveragesand captive programs through large international brokers. ACE Private Risk Services offers high-value personal lines coverages through independent agents and brokers. ACE Commercial Risk Services provides specialty small business coverages through agents and brokers.
ACE International provides commercial P&C, A&H, and traditional and specialty personal lines through retail brokers, agents and other channels in 51 countries outside North America. ACE Global Markets offers commercial P&C excess and surplus lines and A&H sold by wholesale brokers and through Lloyd's. In North America, Combined Insurance, acquired by ACE in 2008, provides personal accident and supplemental health insurance through captive agents.[11]
ACE Tempest Re offers P&C and life reinsurance sold worldwide by reinsurance brokers.
ACE Life provides protection and savings products through agents, bancassurance and other channels in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Combined Insurance offers personal accident and supplemental health coverages sold by captive agents in North America.
ACE Limited was established in 1985, funded by a group of 34 U.S. companies seeking difficult-to-obtain Excess Liability and Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance coverage.[12] That year, ACE and its Bermuda subsidiary, incorporated in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, wrote its first insurance policy with John Cox as its President and CEO. In 1987 the company assumed management of Corporate Officers & Directors Assurance Limited (CODA), expanding ACE Bermuda's product line.[12]
Walter Scott became Chairman, President, and CEO of ACE in 1990 and saw the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1993. Brian Duperreault succeeded Scott in 1994 as Chairman, President & CEO and worked for the next ten years as ACE went through a series of acquisitions and a diversification process that brought the ACE Group of Companies global status.[13] One of the multiple acquisitions made during this time was the global property and casualty business of Cigna Corporation (most significantly the Insurance Company of North America, known as INA), which was purchased for $3.45 billion in 1999.[14]
In 2004 Evan G. Greenberg became President and CEO of ACE Ltd.[15] In 2004 ACE was also investigated by NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for participating in a bid rigging and price fixing scheme with insurance broker Marsh & McLennan.[16][17]
In 2008, ACE purchased the accident and health insurance provider Combined Insurance Company of America (founded by W. Clement Stone in 1919) from Aon Corporation for $2.56 billion[18] and the high-net-worth personal lines business of the Atlantic Companies.[19]
Also in 2008, ACE relocated from the Cayman Islands to Zurich, Switzerland. Evan Greenberg described the move as a "natural progression" that would provide ACE with a "better strategic flexibility…and a solid legal and regulatory environment…"[20] The re-domestication was completed in July that year.[21]
In 2010 the ACE company ESIS Inc. was hired by BP to process claims made by the victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[22][23]
In 2010, ACE Limited purchased Rain and Hail, LLC for $1.1 billion. Rain and Hail Insurance Service, headquartered in Johnston, Iowa, is an industry leader in crop insurance in the United States.[24][25][26]
In 2010, ACE Limited acquired the Hong Kong and Korea life insurance operations of New York Life.[27]
In 2011, ACE Limited purchased agribusiness insurer Penn Millers. [28]
During 2012, they purchased Indonesian insurer Asuransi Jaya Proteksi. [29]
During 2013, they purchased Mexican Surety Lines Company Fianzas Monterrey and Mexican Personal Lines Insurer ABA Seguros. [30] [31]
In April 2014, ACE Limited acquired a majority stake in Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance PCL from Siam Commercial Bank. Following a subsequent tender offer in June 2014, ACE and its local partner owned 93.03% of the Samaggi.[32]
In October 2014, ACE Limited acquired the large commercial property and casualty business of Itaú Unibanco Holding SA. The transaction made ACE the largest property and casualty insurer in Brazil. [33]
In April 2015, ACE Limited acquired the Fireman's Fund high net worth personal lines insurance business in the U.S. from Allianz for $365 million. ACE Private Risk Services is one of the largest high net worth insurers in the U.S.[34]
In July 1, 2015, ACE announced that it will acquire Chubb Corporation for $28.3 billion in cash and ACE stock. Upon completion, ACE shareholders will hold 70% while Chubb shareholders will get 30% of the new combined company. The new company will be based in Zurich, Switzerland where ACE Limited's headquarters are located. Evan Greenberg of ACE will be the new Chairman and CEO of the new company, while Chubb Chairman and CEO John Finnegan will be Executive Vice Chairman for North America External Affairs. The company's board will be expanded to 18 with 4 of them coming from Chubb. The new combined company will adopt the Chubb name. It is expected that the deal will close in Q1 2016, subject to approval by ACE and Chubb shareholders, and regulatory approvals.[35]
2004 Eliot Spitzer investigation[edit]
In 2004 New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer conducted an investigation in the insurance industry. ACE, American International Group (AIG), Marsh & McLennan, and other large insurers and brokerages were named in Spitzer's investigation for possibly participating in questionable insurance practices including the payment of contingent commissions, bid-rigging, price-fixing, and improper accounting.[36] [37]
Spitzer asserted that contingent commissions contributed to a widespread practice of "bid-rigging" where brokers solicited fake bids with deliberately less favorable terms for the consumer than the bid offered by the insurance company paying the highest commissions.[38][39]
As part of an $80 million settlement that abated further inquiry, ACE signed an Assurance of Discontinuance in which they acknowledged their prior conduct and agreed to alter their business practices. Evan Greenberg himself admitted no fault in Spitzer's allegations although a junior executive did plead guilty to criminal charges.[40][41]
Spitzer's insurance industry probe additionally looked in early 2005 into ACE Ltd's subsidiary ACE Tempest Re's reporting to the SEC of a series of reinsurance transactions, together with the SEC reporting of a further 16 unaffiliated reinsurers. Evan Greenberg said that his company's investigation should be completed within a month. According to Greenberg, contracts appeared "generally structured in a way to provide for appropriate risk transfer and accounted for properly."[42]
The Spitzer investigations also triggered civil litigation by policyholders who claim they were victimized by the bid rigging and commission schemes.[43]
Iran Held Liable for 9/11[edit]
On March 9, 2016, George B. Daniels issued a default judgment against Iran, ordering it to pay $7.5 billion in damages to families of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks, as well as $3 billion to Chubb Limited & other unnamed insurers that paid out claims resulting from the event. The plaintiffs in the case argued that Iran "provided material support" and training to al-Qaeda members, including 9/11 hijackers, through Hezbollah prior to the attacks and was therefore liable.[44][45][46]
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At a media event in its San Francisco office on Thursday, Google introduced two new mobile apps for Android devices that highlight the rapidly growing computing power available to mobile users.
Google product management director Hugo Barra showed off a new feature of the Voice Search app called Voice Actions for Android, a set of spoken commands that perform specified actions, like sending a text message. He also demonstrated an updated Chrome-to-Phone extension, which allows users to automatically transfer data like maps and URLs from a Chrome browser to an Android device.
Barra described how in the past decade the processing power of mobile devices has increased from 400 MIPS when Palm phones were introduced to over 2000 MIPS with Google's Nexus One.
But such steady increases in computational prowess pale beside advances in wireless connectivity and cloud computing infrastructure, he suggested. Today's 4G phone can tap clusters of tens of thousands of computers. "That 2000 MIPS device has access to 2 billion MIPS, a million times its native computing capability," he said.
It's a theme Google has sounded before, a not-so-subtle reminder of who has the biggest Web index and most powerful computing infrastructure. But it seems less like swagger when Google's cloud produces practical results, like accurately answering a spoken search query.
Access to massive computing power in the cloud, Barra said, is changing the way Google designs products and where it invests. "The impossible is becoming possible," he said.
It's been two years since Google first introduced Voice Search for mobile devices and since then its popularity has grown to the point where 25% of queries on Android 2+ devices are voice searches. "Our users love this stuff," insisted Barra.
Indeed, the ability to speak a query and have it accurately transcribed is great when it works. And it now works most of the time, thanks to the vast amounts of search data Google can use to refine and divine voice queries.


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Orange to make accessible its shops to people in wheelchairs
Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said: "We have 75 shops throughout the territory of Armenia, and majority of them are with stairs. We have built ramps in the shops where it was possible to build, in order to make our shops accessible to everyone. We target to make accessible to everyone 70% of our shops by the end of the year. We consider this as an important point in our corporate social responsibility, so we are doing our best to provide equal opportunities to everyone to benefit from our services".
Before acquiring this device of Italian production, Orange Armenia has consulted Unison NGO. This device is considered as the best of its type.
Orange Flagship at Northern Avenue is still the one to have this device, but some time later, after having feedbacks of the customers and shop staff on the efficinecy of the device, the company intends to equip some other shops as well with such device, or to find alternative solutions, such as mobile ramps.


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Cheese Plate 101: Building the Perfect Platter (PHOTOS)
A well-composed cheese plate is guaranteed to be a show-stopping hit at any party you're hosting this holiday season. With its practical setup—the appetizer requires no oven time and little more than a large board and a few basic knives—the only challenge is choosing your cheeses. For some stinky, delicious guidance, we turned to Jason Sobocinski, owner and founder of New Haven's award-winning Caseus Fromagerie Bistro.
Shop: Buy 1 to 2 ounces per person per cheese, and limit yourself to 3 to 5 cheeses total—just enough to keep things interesting, but not so many that the options become overwhelming.
Curate: Try to include one of all three milk types (cow, sheep, goat), and look for an exciting mix of geographic regions, flavors, textures, and colors.
Plan: Cheese tastes best at room temperature, so take it out of the fridge at least an hour before serving.
Prepare: Make sure your serving board is large enough to comfortably hold everything. Arrange the cheeses—and encourage guests to sample them—in order of mildest to strongest, moving from left to right or clockwise in a circle (with the mildest placed at the "12 o'clock" mark).
Pair: Fill in the gaps with simple starches that won't compete with the flavor of the cheeses—think plain crackers, crostini, or slices of crusty baguette.
Garnish: Enhance your spread with something sweet (like fresh or dried fruit, honey, or jam) and something savory (like chutney, olives, cured meats, or Marcona almonds). You can place these directly on the board, in small bowls, or both.
Serve: Set out a separate knife for each cheese. Paring knives work well for anything on the firm side, and though it may not look fancy, this knife cuts clean, beautiful lines from even the softest and gooiest of cheeses.
Store: Loosely wrap any leftover cheese in its own piece of wax, parchment, or cheese paper (avoid saran wrap, which prevents cheese from breathing and can give it a plastic-y taste). Store in the vegetable drawer of your fridge where the cheese will benefit from the humidity.
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KEYE Area - Eagle Creek Airpark
everyone on staff was friendly and accommodating. They had a courtesy shuttle from the airport which was prompt and easy. The rooms came with hair dryer and iron. The bed was comfortable and I was able to sleep well. The hotel is a little shabby in places such as the sofa in the lobby that has fabric that has worn through. The shower was a little stained from age.
We checked in on February 28 and the 3 ladies working through front desk were so sweet and nice. We arrived to town earlier than expected and they got us right in our room early. They were also nice enough to point us in the right direction of places we should hit while in town. Upon checking out the next morning we discovered that it snowed 4-6 inches which was no problem for us since we are from Indiana and have all wheel drive. The parkin lot had not been plowed and side walks not shoveled. My husband went to get our car and pull up to the door to load our things. Unfortunately he couldn't pull up to the door to load our suitcases because the employees had decided to park their cars up at the front door as to not get snow on their cars. My husband asked one of them to move their car so he could pull up and walked away. Not realizing I was his wife the man behind the desky proceeded to call my husband every name under the sun and complain about the snowing getting on his precious car. But he did go out and move his car. After that the two men who were driving the shuttle van that morning were very rude calling another woman a bitch because she wiped some snow off her car up by the front door. This all took place in the LOBBY! If you liked getting treated like crap when you're a paying customer go ahead and stay here.
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Very convenient to Race track ,about 10 minutes away. Care and maintenance is less tanexpected. Lack of update s to acility similar rooms @ Red Roof$30/night cheaper


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Pictures of Chocolate Can Help Weight Loss
More fun news for chocolate lovers! Another new study is showing that pictures of chocolate can actually help with weight loss by strengthening resolve and will power. I wonder if it works if the picture is on the package of chocolate? Hmmm…
54 female students participated in the study published by Appetite, a behavioral nutrition journal, though they weren't actually aware that they were part of a weight loss study.
Researchers told the women they were participating in a memory test, and showed them pictures of a slice of chocolate cake and a flower, and then chocolate cake and an oatmeal cookie. The women who leaned toward the cake picture tended to highly prioritize their health management.
The study shows that even seeing a tempting food reminded women of their weight loss goal, and that the most effective way of putting it in to practice was to put the pictures of the tempting food on the fridge.
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Besides the already talked about features of GNOME 3.2, one of the features that hasn't received much attention (aside from at the Berlin Linux Desktop Summit) until now with the GNOME 3.2 Beta is the web applications support in this next major update to the GNOME desktop.
Web 2.0 services like Twitter can be "installed" to the GNOME desktop as an application. What this work effectively does is just create the given page as a bookmark and then when launching that application, it's spawned as a separate process from the normal Epiphany web-browser instance. The page is rendered as normal and that browser instance is bound to only the domain of that web-site. If you try to go elsewhere, such as clicking on a Twitter link, it will then launch a normal web-browser instance in another window. This application browser instance also is shown without the normal browser tool-bar or any other browser features.
That's at least how web applications are being handled now for GNOME 3.2, but it's surely to evolve in forthcoming releases. More details on this feature can be found from the developer's blog behind this work.


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West Coast Eagles to begin search for new coach
West Coast Eagles Chairman Alan Cransberg says Peter Sumich's experience at Fremantle adds to his credentials as a potential coach of the Eagles.
West Coast has begun the search for a new coach after John Worsfold announced his resignation.
Sumich has a long history at the Eagles as a player and assistant coach, and has spent the last two years at the Dockers as an assistant.
He is considered one of the leading candidate for the West Coast job, with one betting agency installing him as favourite ahead of Eagles assistant Scott Burns.
Cransberg says the board is yet to discuss potential candidates but will put together a sub committee to begin the process.
"I'll personally be on that, our Vice-Chairman will be on that, Trevor will be on that, a couple of other people will be on that, we haven't signed that off, we'll sign that off next week and get on with it," he said.
"I think it's important to note we will look for the experience that coaches have, the fact that Sumich has been to another club I think adds to his resume, but we have not discussed any names in any way shape or form."
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Fledgling labels WotNot and Metamimetic come together once again to bring you three live performances from some of the UK's finest electronic talent. Add DJ sets from some of London's most exciting prostpects and we're in for some certified VIBES!
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Armed with an MPC 1000 and Roland Juno 6 and SH-09 synths, 10-David and Soccer96 keyboardist Danalogue's debut release has already received attention on Tom Robinson's BBC 6Music show, as well as airplay from Jon Phonics and Om Unit. The EP's crisp drums, twinkling lead lines and poo-your-pants bass have led to a great reception across a variety of musical circles. With no computers and minimal sequencing, this promises to be an electronic set with a difference.
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P.Boro's duo Zedex's sun-drenched Zulu X-Ray marks an incredible follow up to last year's debut High Crimes, with the duo delivering high energy disco-house. Zulu X-Ray boasts their strongest work to date; featuring the incendiary "Kiss Me While I Love You", a track of cut up vocals, funky guitar riffs and powerful italo-basslines. The EP's title track "Zulu X-Ray" features a vocal collaboration with Brooklyn-based soul singer Sam Wilkes.
With live synths and electronics, you should expect Zedex's maximalist house sound to step up to the next level.
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With influences ranging from hip hop to garage and grime, Deft's eclectic sound couples inventive beats with rich sound design. His first release came earlier this year in the form of space-funk banger "Paradise" on Disconnected Sounds's first vinyl release. His diversity will soon be demonstrated on the upcoming WotNot vs Metamimetic 12", with beats/bass on one side and house on the other. Get a taste of what's to come with his live Ableton set.
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It's hard to describe what to expect from BoaBoa's DJ set without slathering him in superlatives. This jackin house don specializes and key figurehead of the Dark Party blog is known to travel far and wide playing alongside the likes of Maya Jane Coles, Hot Chip, Louis La Roche and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. As well as being one of the humblest DJs on the London scene, he's undoubtedly one of the most talented and charismatic performers you will ever encounter.
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The two minds behind the Metamimetic label come together to play a very special back to back DJ set. Fresh from destroying East London's CAMP Basement last month, the two DJs come label bosses have gone from strength to strength this year; playing gigs from LA all the way to London; this one's not to be missed!
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LFS on a seperate HDD
I am starting to build a LFS system.
Right now I'm on a Red Hat 7.2 system. What I want to do is add another HDD to my system (as a primary IDE slave), and then install LFS on that seperate HDD.
The LFS instuction indicates that I need a native linux partition to install on, but it doesn't say anything about adding a virtual memory parition or a /boot partition. How is my LFS HDD going to boot with only a /root partition?
you don't ever *need* a /boot partition you only need a primary partition on the drive which contains the kernel image. as windows is gay most distros install the system inside an extended partition, which isn't bootable and so a single small partition for /boot is created as primary to let the system boot ok. It also helps with that good old lilo 1024 cyl issue
Re: LFS on a seperate HDD
1) you can create a swap partition on that second harddisk.
2) you can use the same swap partition as your Redhat distribution uses.
If the second harddrive stays in that system it'll really be a waste of space to create a seperate swap partition for use with LFS. It is of no consequence to use redhat's swap partition.
Ok. So I can just use the swap partition from redhat. But what about booting? On my Red Hat hard drive, I have grub installed on the boot sector. If I want to boot LFS, how does that work? Or is that covered in the instructions down the road? :)
What if I want to remove my primary hard disk (the one with redhat) and just make the LFS disk my primary? Then I'll need some sort of swap partition and a /boot partition also. Does the LFS instructions cover this?
Grub isn't covered by the lfs-book yet. As long as Grub isn't marked stable by the GNU guys, the book won't use it. Personally I love it and I use it everywhere but a policy I put in place is no unstable software in the book. So for now only Lilo is dealt with.
But, I invite you to subscribe to the blfs-support mailinglist. A lot of people there will be able to help you setting up Grub. Info on mailing lists (which ones to use, how to subscribe) can be found via http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailinglists/info.shtml
If you remove the primary harddrive, then yes you need to create a swap partition on that second drive of yours.
A boot partition is not necessary. It might be handy to have one so you can share the kernel images between different Linux systems, but it's not mandatory. Just like creating a seperate /usr /home or /var partition isn't mandatory (though it is advisable, but /boot is strictly a user preference. If you have the need to share kernel images, then create a seperate partition. If not, don't bother)
Why is it advised to create a seperate disk partition for /usr /home and /var?
Since I want to be able to remove my primary Red Hat disk, and just run my LFS disk by itself, I'm going to go ahead and partition it accordingly. I'm going to make a 16MB /boot partition, a 1024MB swap partition, and the rest as my root "/" partition. That sounds good right?
Why advisable to have seperate /usr /home /var partitions. A few reasons
1) if something goes wrong on a partition, it doesn't damage all your data and you can still boot the system.
2) if sometimes goes wrong with a program and it starts filling up say /var/spool it won't fill your entire disk (and it'll take a lot less time to fill up, then probably crash)
It's mostly used for servers than for workstations. If you're the only user on your system, there's not much reason for creating seperate partitions, but the "if something goes wrong, not everything is gone" still holds true. Unless your harddisk itself gets damaged, but you can do very little against that.
Another reason can be to share data. I use my /home partition on various Linux systems so no matter where I"m booted into, I have my /home/gerard directory always available.
I would dare say that you will never need 1024 MB of swap space. Unless you have a very good reason (and believe me, if you need the space you'll know what constitutes a "very good reason") you should not really need more than 256 MB, ever.
Ok thanks, I didn't know how much I needed, so I figured having too much was better than not enough :)
But besides that, is it going to work for me to create my secondary hard drive as a stand-alone LFS system?
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Today we have another How To-sday from our awesome design team member Mary Pat Siehl.
Mary Pat here with you today and today I have a "how to" post for you on how to make a Pocket Layout. I love to make these layouts for all kinds of reasons! The one today that I am making is a Back to School pocket layout. I make one of these every school year for my children. This is the pocket layout that I will keep their report cards, special projects, art, notes from the teacher, etc in. Obviously it won't hold everything but it will hold all the important things that I want to cherish.
Now this type of layout can be used for so many different types of things. My family took a Road Trip this year and I am going to make one to hold our maps, tickets, and just memorabilia that we collected during our trip.
Here is a video on how I made this Pocket Layout:
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed learning about a Pocket Layout! See you soon! Have a wonderful and crafty day!
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Thanks Mary Pat! This is a great way for us to keep all of the memorabilia we seem to collect. Come back tomorrow for the next installment of our Aquamarine Mid Week Mojo!