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How can a man come to save this world and not experience a woman? Women should have been throwing themselves at Jesus on general principle. Here you have a man full of love, but you want to fornicate with Barabbas? All right, I know what you're thinking: An orgasm with Jesus would have been too much too handle. I can still hear you screaming. (Why Do Women Yell (scream) During Sex?)
How many women today are having spiritual sex with Jesus? You might as well stop hiding the sex toy, drop the panties and be honest with yourself. Don't tell me the pastors and deacons are taking up the slack until Jesus' return. Ooh-wee, it's getting steamy up in here!
Jesus would have had a woman from every walk of life, because love does not discriminate. Come one, come all. And what's wrong with that? Isn't sex about love? So long as I'm acting in the spirit of love, what's the problem? Sex allows a man to know things about a woman that she can't even tell him about herself. New discoveries are being made every day. In fact, you are learning things about yourself you didn't even know. "You put all of that in me? Wow. Oh, holy crap, all of that was inside my body?!" You look so surprised! It's your vagina, but I guess you didn't realize it, because I got to know it just a little bit better than you. It's like a friend teaching you how to use features on your cell phone that you did not even know existed. Your iPhone can do things you never even knew about until your friend Bubba showed you.
Love sees no color, only your spirit. So why did none of the women on this planet have sex with Jesus when he was here? That makes absolutely no sense. All of that hard work he was putting in to save the world; he even gave his life, and you're going to tell me that not one woman found him attractive enough to make an offer? None pleaded with him to take some time off and allow himself to experience heaven on earth? "Come on, Jesus, I am waiting for you!" I do not believe there is anything more beautiful than being between the legs of a beautiful woman. I'm sorry; Jesus getting none makes no sense to me.
If I were Jesus, I would've been putting in work behind the scenes during my off-hours, like John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bill Clinton, Michael Jordan and Jesse Jackson, not to mention the likes of Obamacare. Why not? How can you come to properly save the world without getting some p****? I'm sorry, but a world without vajajay is not a world worth saving.
Think about it. If you couldn't get d***, would life be worth the struggles you go through on a daily basis? Driving through Los Angeles traffic to get home to feed the cat? I don't think so, honey. How can you be the savior of the world without experiencing a woman? How could you be Superman without experiencing a woman? You might be super-horny, squirting super sperm everywhere because you are over your holding capacity. Even a volcano has to erupt at some point. Eruptions give way to new life and new births. It is necessary for the survival of the human race.
If I were one of the disciples, I would have had to say, "Sorry, Jesus, I need to take a day off to see my wife. Heaven and earth will understand." Why would I become human if I did not want to have human experiences? And sex, my dears, is a human, as well as a spiritual, experience.
Why do you think the world is in so much trouble now? If the pope were having sex, trust me; the world he influences would be in much better shape, and instead of wars and hatred on a daily basis, it would be replaced by, "I'll call you back, Obama, Suzy's waiting in the papal office." If the pope had a woman in his life, his decision making would certainly be different. "No Pope Innocent, I want red flowers, not pink." A woman is necessary. Even Jesus, who came as the son of man, could not have come without the assistance of a woman. He chose not do it by himself.
I love Jesus, but honestly, how could he have spent 33 years on planet earth helping people and seeing some of the most beautiful women of that time period, without a single one giving him some vajajay? That's incredible. No massage? Only one foot rub? (Luke 7:36-50) No back rub? No oral sex? (Oral Sex 101:What You Need to Know) Sounds more like torture on earth to me.
How could your best friend Mary Magdalene be a ho, give everyone else some vajajay and, knowing you're the savior of the world, not give you a taste? Something is not right about this story.
I honestly believe that as the son of God, Jesus was cheated out of the most important and emotional human experience on the planet. There is no way you can grow up on this planet and not experience the love of a woman physically.
How can you be God and man but not experience the energy and emotions of two people intertwined, sucking and breathing each other's air? It is the best experience on planet earth! Nothing beats it. So why would you, as a pope, bishop, saint, nun or monk, deny yourself the most beautiful experience on earth?
I know Jesus came to save us, but how could he truly save us if he never had sex with a woman? According to the story, it was a woman who brought down Adam. It was Bathsheba that made David send Uriah to the frontlines, and it was Delilah that cut the Great Sampson's hair.
Understanding the emotions, the highs and lows, the love and hate that come with such an emotionally-charged experience as having an intimate relationship with a woman, is what life is pretty much all about for healthy, heterosexual men. If anyone deserved to have sex with a woman, it was Jesus. At least one woman should have given herself to Jesus. Hook the man up; he deserved it! A man has not truly lived until he has experienced a woman physically, spiritually and mentally.


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State of Competition in the Wholesale and Retail Sector
The study assesses the state of competition in the Philippine wholesale and retail sector, focusing on the distribution of specialized goods and pharmaceutical products. It uses the traditional tools of analysis like concentration ratios and price-cost margins in determining the competitive state of the sector. The study also analyzes the other dimensions in retail competition like price, geographical location, retail product and retail service. Industry data from the National Statistics Office were used in the analysis, aided by a small-scale survey conducted in the Metro Manila area. The department store and grocery subsector appears to operate in a competitive environment despite the presence of two big dominating firms in the market. No price or quantity leader-follower behavior was observed, as validated by the tools used in the analysis. On the other hand, one firm, whose strategic advantages include economies of scope and space, retail image and consumer loyalty, dominates the distribution of pharmaceutical products. Potential market entrants face these forms of challengesfactors that are not regarded as anti-competitive and are welfare enhancing to the general public. The need for competition policy is recommended to guard against possible merger of the giant firms in the department store and grocery subsector. Any possible collusion between the big firms could result to a monopolistic outcome. The study observes that the apparent high price of pharmaceutical products is mainly attributed to the manufacturing process, and not at the distribution of these goods. Hence, it is recommended that a study analyzing the state of competitiveness of manufacturing pharmaceutical products be conducted.
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Pre-Race Celebration Buffet
Friday of Race Weekend
All are welcome to join us for a pre-race buffet dinner and live musical entertainment. Our grand buffet is held at the East Beach Conference Center and will include Menu: organic local greens, fresh local vegetables, oak smoked free range chicken truffle lemon butter, baked ziti bolognese, aged sharp provolone, Burden Creek goats milk cheese, honey basil brined roast pork steamship, red wine pepper glaze, fresh local collards, Ambrose Farms fresh local harvest vegetables, bacon braised lentils with garlic roasted local potatoes, and baked macaroni and cheese. Dessert: assorted cookies, fresh baked pies and cakes. Beverage: lemonade, fruit punch, iced tea and coffee. Cash bar will be available.
Buffet seatings begin at 5 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm and 8pm
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Over the past year and a half, it's pretty well documented that lots of people are expecting us to let Tyler go because of one of many different reasons. Many point to the fact that he's just not very good, that he hasn't improved, maybe more specificially that he hasn't developed post moves. But despite having minutes taking off per game Tyler has been quietly having a very good season. I don't dare to comment on his jump shooting for fear of jinxing it, but despite having a terrible run in the beginning of the year he's working his FG% up. Many people point out that some execs thought Plumlee was like "another Foster." Well if you look at who's getting playing time the only place we get energy from on the roster is Hansbrough.
So he gets his 17 minutes per night, then goes out and averages 6.5 points and 4.4 rebounds a game. He is scoring his 6.5 ppg despite only averaging 4.4 attempts per contest and a career low 70% from the FT line. His per36 numbers are 14 pts/ 9.5 rebounds. Which means in short bursts he is as effective as any of our big men, and more efficient than any but David West. He averages almost 2 offensive rebounds per night, which means that between him, Hibbert, and Mahinmi we always have elite offensive rebounders on the floor. Also, his FG% is third on our team behind only Stephenson and West.
He may not have the elite athleticism, but he is as strong as an ox and he has a very quick 2nd and 3rd jump. How many times has he knocked out a ball a much longer and athletic defender had caught high up in the air, then quick jumped him to secure the rebound as it came down? He is strong and he has very good hands. He pulls down a rebound or two a night he has no business in securing.
He is even physical enough in his normal play to be an "enforcer" that so many people want on our team. No, he's not gonna go out there and pay back a hit with a dirty foul routinely. But whoever is guarding him will probably get inadvertantly popped in the mouth a couple of times because of his hard, herky-jerk style. He outworks the front line on the other team basically every night and fights for any loose ball remotely near him. He may get called for an offensive foul for aggressively positioning a night, but that is a much better turnover than the one lazy pass PG seems to throw every night.
His defense has improved and he is no longer the black hole we all hated from him in years past. I think that it's time we stop assuming that he's going to be gone and start hoping that other teams are too put off by his ugly play to give him more money than the Pacers can justify giving him.


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Pryde was a graduate student from Middletown, N.J. according to Virginia Tech professor Saied Mostaghimi, chairman of the biological systems and engineering department. She was an "exceptional student academically and personally," said Mostaghimi.
Last summer, Pryde had traveled to Ecuador to research water quality issues with a professor. She planned to return this summer for follow-up work, Mostaghimi said.
A 2001 graduate of Middletown North High School, Pryde was on the school's swim team and played softball in two town leagues. Her hometown has been touched by tragedy before, losing 37 current and former residents in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"The town pulls together in these situations. Everything that we can do for this family, we'll see what can be done," Middletown Mayor Gerard P. Scharfenberger said.
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Japan's 4-1 victory over Belgium in their Fed Cup World Group playoff last weekend will put the host nation back into the event's top tier next year for the first time since 2007.
The experience of Japan's top two players, Ayumi Morita and Kimiko Date-Krumm, proved decisive against a young team from Belgium, as the pair recorded three victories in singles to secure the tie.
Japan captain Takeshi Murakami was clearly pleased with his squad's result.
"I am relieved to be back in the World Group after six years," he said, "especially because my players were not always in the best condition."
Murakami said injuries made the selection process for the tie a challenge.
"It was difficult to decide the player nominations," he stated. "I'm very thankful to my players and the staff for their efforts this weekend. We came together and delivered an important victory."
Japan beat Slovenia 5-0 in the first round in February to advance to the showdown with Belgium.
Veteran Date-Krumm, who first played in the Fed Cup back in 1989, was glad she could be a part of the victory and is already looking ahead to her country's future in the competition.
"I'm happy we could win," commented Date-Krumm. "The team was united for a common goal. I do want to see more young players coming into the program in the years ahead so we can have a stronger team."
Doubles specialist Rika Fujiwara, who won the final match of the tie along with Date-Krumm over Ysaline Bonaventure and Alyson Uytvanck, noted how the range of ages on the Japan team was able to converge in a productive way.
"Kimiko is 41, I'm 30 and the others are in their 20s, which I think is a good mix," Fujiwara said. "With the different generations we represent, we can exchange ideas and experiences."
Morita said triumphing in the annual team event gives her a welcome boost.
"If I can win in Fed Cup it gives me more confidence for the regular tour," she said.
Morita knows the stakes will be higher next year in the World Group.
"All the top players are in the World Group," she said. "I need to beat those top players both for myself and the team."
Belgium captain Ann Devries, who was forced to field a side missing its top three players in Kim Clijsters, Yanina Wickmayer and Kirsten Flipkens, praised her young team despite the loss to Japan.
"I was very happy with the way my players performed," Devries said. "I think the young girls did very well. Playing against Ayumi and Kimiko was very challenging for Alyson and Tamaryn (Hendler). They are both very experienced."
Devries raised an interesting point when asked about the absence of her big guns for the tie.
"Every player likes to play Fed Cup, but rankings are important," she said. "The top players have to think about that. It would be nice if there were ranking points for playing Fed Cup."
The loss means Belgium will play in World Group II in 2013.
Devries is confident about Belgium's prospects going forward.
"The players we brought here and the ones we have at home mean the future is bright for Belgian tennis," she said.


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Tree Club will be a free mobile application that provides a platform for virtual and private book clubs. Imagine the integration of Kindle and GroupMe or a combination of Nook and Google Hangouts.
Social Readers will be able to host private discussions, motivate club members through spoilers, view club members' reading progressions, and save words from readings in their own personal glossary. Tree Club will include a bookstore, provide unique bookmarking, and personalize club's/ user's profiles with names, avatars, assigned readings, and so on.
We have a list of additional creative features that trumps all other e-reader apps combined. However, we know having a sound core is essential so today we are seeking funds to support our initial entry into the mobile apple market. Our goal amount will be used towards the development of core features and refinement of the user interface design. If we exceed our goal amount, we will be sure to incorporate additional features into the app that will improve the overall user experience.
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We are two college buddies that are always overly eager to do more than simply share a good read with others. We love to discuss and experience a good book in a group setting. Sustaining a book club proved to be difficult given the busy lives of our like-minded friends and family. To add, our personal network of social readers stretches across the country. This barrier and others are what inspired the idea of Tree Club. Craig, the engineer, supplies the vision while Damon, the project manager, quarterbacks the process. We are a couple of sharp guys but don't know it all. Therefore, our team is growing.


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The Northern Colorado Networking Group will host its semiannual job fair Monday at the Faith Evangelical Free Church, 3920 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins.
According to a news release from NoCoNet, more than 30 local companies and agencies are expected to participate. There is no cost for attending companies or job candidates.
The first hour of the job fair — 8:30-9:30 a.m. — will be restricted to active NoCoNet members. Non-members are welcome to attend from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
In addition to meeting recruiters, participants will have the opportunity to update their online image. Photographer Bruce Tracy will take pictures for networking websites (such as LinkedIn) for $10.
NoCoNet is a volunteer-run organization of professionals in career transition. NoCoNet members meet every Monday in Fort Collins for networking, career development and speed interviewing with local companies and recruiters. For more information, go to http://www.noconet.org.
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BWW Blog: Adam Brandner - Galactic Bay Publishing Launches New Website
Galactic Bay Publishing launches new website!
CompetitionScripts.com is the ULITMATE resource for theatrical competition pieces
By: Adam Brandner
Are you having trouble finding scripts that fit your needs? Are you a theatre student or educator that is tired of the same old monologues online? Are you a writer that wants your work published? Then Galactic Bay Publishing is where you need to go! My name is Adam Brandner and I am the owner of Galactic Bay Publishing. I am very pleased to announce that we at GBP have launched our very first website competitionscripts.com!
I decided to launch this website with completely original material because as an educator, I was having trouble finding quality material for my students for competition. Being in the theatrical competition circuit, I have learned that these competitions have sometimes very rigid and specific rules. Finding quality scripts that favor minimalism is not easy. I find that either the scripts out there currently require elements that don't work for the competition circuit, or they aren't challenging enough. So I began writing and publishing my own material. These scripts are student friendly, work for competition, and focus on the fundamentals of acting and characterization while remaining challenging.
I wanted to create this website because in college, theatre, for me, was strictly an art form. It was an escape and chance to express myself. Transitioning into the world of theatrical education, I found that that art form is mainly expressed in competition. Students perform in several tournaments or festivals a year and each time they are competing. Does the competition atmosphere interfere with the creation of art? Does the act of competing take away from the expression? I say no. I believe that the theatrical competition circuit teaches students that competition is a part of life. They especially need to know that the artistic business they may want to go in is very competitive. I believe that competition is a good thing.
Having said that, there can be problems with the competition circuit, in my opinion. For example, in two of the tournaments that my students compete in every year, dramatic monologues limit actors in movement to a three-foot circle. Why? I've asked that question many times and each time I'm told that they have such a rule because it forces students to focus on their acting and not their movement. It would be such a crime to combine the two apparently. THAT is what I find limiting about the competition circuit. These are unnecessary rules that are limitations on expression for no valid reason. I'd also like to add that there are many more rules that I find absurd, like being penalized for memorizing your poetry piece instead of reading it out of a folder, but I think you get the picture.
Finding scripts that fit these, sometimes rigid, rules was starting to become a nightmare. I'd find a great monologue in a book for a student but then have to scrap it because it required too much movement. We'd have to settle for a less challenging monologue simply because it 'fit' the competition's parameters.
Frustrated, I began writing and publishing my own material. Currently, being in the academic world, I feel as though I am fully immersed in what students today are looking for and what they want to say. I feel like I have a grasp on what they want to express. I've spoken with many students and written many original pieces that have been published and placed first at competitions in Houston. I believe that most of my pieces fit the rigid competition rules but also remain challenging for the student actors. My scripts also have the option to become lavish if the situation calls for it. For example, in my short play Holiday Robbery: The Adventures of Grace Galaxy, a bare stage will work for the entire production. However, I have put suggestions in the staging that can help the play become lavish and even more challenging if you would like it to be.
As a writer, I have had a little luck with my creative and educational works, but I have also spent a lot of time banging my head against the wall waiting for the 'big' publishers to respond to my submissions. I am still waiting, for over a year now, to hear back from one of the biggest publishers, which is still reviewing several pieces I submitted. They shall remain nameless. But I'm sure the authors out there understand my frustration. Galactic Bay Publishing and Competition Scripts are now accepting submissions and have a turn around of 1-2 weeks. Usually even less than that! We also provide feedback for young authors trying to get started. We are all about theatrical education, after all. Did I mention that I hold a B.A. from Ball State University in Theatre Education? Trial and error, editing, and taking constructive criticism, are key components of the artistic process and we want to nurture creativity and effort.
Our mission is to create real art that is expressive and unique but also fits the 'real world' of secondary, collegiate, and professional theatre. We want to publish pieces that nurture the fundamentals of acting and movement while keeping pieces student and competition friendly. We won't bore you and we'll keep you on your toes!
I am just starting out but have gotten great feedback and wonderful support from the community. We also offer historical Reader's Theatre pieces for educators and Custom Scripts for individual actors or troupes. I hope that you will check out Galactic Bay Publishing and our newest website Competitionscripts.com!
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Remotely Control Your PC via Twitter With TwitControl
Back in July, Aatif covered an application called Airytec Switch Off which lets you remotely control your PC via mobile or from any other computer located on remote location. The application works seamlessly but a specific port has to be forwarded to control system and to execute some basic Windows functions. Today we discovered another application called TwitControl which offers the very same functionality without applying port forwarding techniques. It is developed for all the avid Twitter users out there, offering a simple mechanism to promptly control your system from any remote location. Whilst it has a set of pre-defined set of Windows commands (Shutdown, Restart, and Logoff), it comes with a Tweet monitoring system to check for any instructions/commands in all of your latest tweets to execute them on the fly.
To start, you need to set up some basic configurations. On the main interface, enter your Twitter Username, Cellular Device Info (Number and Carrier), and Gmail username and password. Now click Save/Start Tracking to let it authenticate your account.
First, it needs to connect with Twitter to verify the supplied credentials and then auto-generated 7 PIN code has to be entered, to get your PIN code, click the respective button, it will lead you to your Twitter account with 7-digit code in front of you. Just copy and paste it in the dialog box to proceed further.
To create and view the list of commands it offer, click Command List. All the pre-defined commands are case sensitive, you need to Tweet the commands with same case to execute them. Aside from pre-defined list, you can also add custom commands, click Add Custom Command and enter Command name with its source location.
Once you've created your own list of commands, you are good to go, click Save/Start Tracking button again on main screen to start monitoring your tweets. The application response time is fast, it will keep itself updated with your Twitter stream. When it finds any command, it will immediately execute it.
Moreover, you can manually set Tweet sync time interval to limit down internet bandwidth usage. From Settings –> Options, enter number of seconds after which it has to sync with Twitter stream.
During testing, we found only one functionality specific bug, you need to configure your account and enter your credential twice to get it working properly, that is – before going for Twitter account verification, details are to be entered, and once account is verified, again details must be entered to start monitoring Tweet stream.
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Woodbury cross country: Voit, Wareham qualify for state meet
After a series of near-misses, Taylor Voit did it.
""I'm just so happy I finally made it this time," Voit said. "I'm dying right now. That was probably the hardest race of my life."
Wareham and Voit each qualified at the Section 4AA meet at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights.
At sections, the top two teams and their members qualify for the state meet along with the eight top individual finishers not on the top two teams.
The past two seasons Voit has come close to reaching state, finishing four places away as a sophomore and just one spot back of the final spot last year.
"This is awesome," Voit said. "I'm really proud. There's been a lot of people hoping I would go to state, I'm glad I got it done. I'm just so excited I'm going to get a chance to run there."
With Stillwater winning the section title and placing all seven of its runners in the top 15, it opened up some spots for other individuals. White Bear Lake and ran as a pack to take the Nos. 15-29 spots for all seven runners.
Wareham secured his second state meet appearance with a 10th-place finish and a time of 16 minutes, 47.7 seconds on the 5-kilometer course. Voit finished two spots back with a time of 16:55.3 to take the second –to-last qualifying spot.Wareham placed 68th last year at the state meet in a time of 16:38.
"I'm really happy for him too," Voit said. "We're not going as a team, but I'm really happy both of us are going."
The Royals finished fifth overall as a team with 138 points, just two points behind fourth-place St. Paul Highland Park. Sophomore Eric Shumaker placed 33rd in 17:38, freshman Joe Romain took 38th overall in 17:45.1 and senior Dan Buchmeier took 45th place in 17:58.
Senior Nathan Orf finished 63rd in 18:44.6 and senior Jeremy Storvick took 68th in 18:55.3 for Woodbury.
The state meet will be held Nov. 2 at St. Olaf College in Northfield.
Woodbury girls take seventh at section meet
The Woodbury girls finished seventh at the Section 4AA meet Wednesday with 176 points.
Eighth grader Haley Orf led the Royals with a 17th-place overall finish and a time of 15 minutes, 33.1 seconds in the 4-kilometer race. Orf edged out Roseville's Lindsey Lee by six-tenths of a second for 17th. Orf finished three runners behind the final qualifier for the state meet.
Sophomore Katlyn Ableidinger took 29th place in 16:11.5 while sophomore Kathleen Danielson took 36th overall in 16:26.9, junior Julia Voss placed two spots behind Danielson with a time of 16:37.8 and junior Cat Henning took 56th overall in 17:20.3.
Freshman Maggie Wilson placed 62nd in 17:34.5 and senior Pauline Aamodt took 64th in 17:44.1.
East Ridge won the meet with 51 points and Roseville took second with 88 points to secure a trip to state.
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I can't seem to find a good resource that clearly explains what #pragma does. I saw it in this code:
#ifdef _DEBUG
#pragma comment( lib, "MyLib_d" )
#pragma comment( lib, "MyLib" )
Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks.
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I can't seem to find a good resource that clearly explains what #pragma does. I saw it in this code:
#ifdef _DEBUG
#pragma comment( lib, "MyLib_d" )
#pragma comment( lib, "MyLib" )
Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks.
From MSDN with Visual Studio 6.0 Professional:
Pragma Directives
Each implementation of C and C++ supports some features unique to its host machine or operating system. Some programs, for instance, need to exercise precise control over the memory areas where data is placed or to control the way certain functions receive parameters. The #pragma directives offer a way for each compiler to offer machine- and operating-system-specific features while retaining overall compatibility with the C and C++ languages. Pragmas are machine- or operating-system-specific by definition, and are usually different for every compiler.
#pragma token-string
The token-string is a series of characters that gives a specific compiler instruction and arguments, if any. The number sign (#) must be the first non-white-space character on the line containing the pragma; white-space characters can separate the number sign and the word pragma. Following #pragma, write any text that the translator can parse as preprocessing tokens. The argument to #pragma is subject to macro expansion.
If the compiler finds a pragma it does not recognize, it issues a warning, but compilation continues.
Pragmas can be used in conditional statements, to provide new preprocessor functionality, or to provide implementation-defined information to the compiler. The C and C++ compilers recognize the following pragmas:
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9/11 firefighter reacts to bin Laden death
Chicago firefighters and other emergency workers are on alert in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.
Tom Ryan was among the Chicago firefighters who responded after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. He says Osama bin Laden's death is shocking but welcoming news.
"As a firefighter who responded, I was there very shortly after the towers came down. It was a horrific scene and someone who would cause that kind of carnage against innocent civilians, obviously, there's consequences for those actions. We saw that, although it took 10 years to do it. Those consequences were finally called to bear," he says.
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Semantic Tech's Growing Influence In The E-Discovery Market
The e-discovery market is a growing one, with Gartner this year estimating electronic data discovery software sales will reach $2.9 billion by 2017. The same research firm just recently positioned where vendors fall in that space, with the release of its Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery software. As recounted here, semantic technology is becoming an increasingly […]Read More →
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Facebook IPO not panning out for you? Well, there are other opportunities out there where you can get in on the ground floor for a lot less. Take a Kickstarter project dubbed Gooey Search – it's trying to get funding of at least $125,000 by June 8 for its consumer-facing technology, based on latent semantic […]Read More →
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Military personnel are likely familiar with The Millennium Cohort study, which began in the late 1990s to evaluate the effect of service on long-term health. In addition to the service that thousands of men and women in uniform already have given their country, many of those who participated in the 2001-2003 and 2004-2006 survey cycles […]Read More →


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ST. PETERSBURG –– The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement said Tuesday its members will vigorously campaign against a nearly $700,000 plan to bolster security and upgrade the sidewalks and other areas around BayWalk, the city's struggling downtown entertainment complex.
The organization called on city officials to redirect the funding toward economic development in African-American neighborhoods. They also criticized Mayor Rick Baker's plan to privatize the north sidewalk of Second Avenue N because the effort aims to stymie free speech.
"They are not going to peacefully give a sidewalk away to BayWalk, a failing institution," said president Chimurenga Waller during a news conference outside City Hall Tuesday morning.
Pressed for further detail, Waller would only say, "It's not going to be peace if they give the sidewalk away."
Waller said he hopes to organize a protest at City Hall Thursday when the City Council meets to take an initial vote on the plan.
Kobina Bantushango, an Uhuru organizer, called BayWalk "an institution symbolic of white economic development."
"The white bosses are now willing to violate First Amendment rights and ban free speech for corporate interests," he said.
Waller said the BayWalk effort is part of City Hall's larger plan to push black people out of St. Petersburg.
"We do believe that it is directly tied to the gentrification of the African community," he said.
The Uhuru organization has a long, complicated relationship with City Hall and its efforts to curb what critics perceive as disruptive behavior at BayWalk.
At one point, Uhuru members demonstrated at BayWalk weekly for eight months after one group member was arrested there.
The organization also protested previous efforts to privatize the sidewalks along BayWalk.
Rick Mussett, the city's development administrator, said the entire city has a stake in the revitalization of BayWalk, which was built with at least $20 million in public dollars.
"We have been working a long time to turn BayWalk around," he said.
The $700,000 investment would be used to improve city property, such as new lighting in the nearby parking garage, street signs and sidewalk improvements, Mussett said.
Some of the money can only be used for specific purposes. $280,000 comes from federal dollars earmarked for energy improvement projects. $144,000 can only be used for parking projects, he said.
The city does not have a plan to push blacks out of St. Petersburg, Mussett said.
Protestors will still be able to gather on the south sidewalk along BayWalk, he said.
"The new owners feel that it is absolutely crucial for them to manage the center and BayWalk will not be turned around if that does not happen," Mussett said. "It's pure crowd control."
Baker has said there is a perception that BayWalk is not safe for families.
"We have to be aggressive to respond to the community's concerns over security," Baker said last month when he unveiled the BayWalk plan. "There's a perception of security issues at BayWalk. We have to address that perception, whether it's the reality or not."
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by Khairil Yusof — last modified Jun 21, 2012 01:49 PM
Collection of open source case studies, local and international
- MyGOSS 2012 — by Julaillah — last modified Nov 28, 2012 04:04 PM
- MyGOSS 2012 Award is an award initiated by the Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Competency Center (OSCC), Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU). This award is to recognise and acknowledge the Public Sector Agencies for their efforts in developing and implementing the Open Source Software (OSS) that promotes the service excellence and effective use of ICT. This year we have received 36 project submissions from 31 agencies. 10 agencies have been shortlisted and the award had been announced and presented during MyGOSSCON 2012 on 26 November 2012 at Shah Alam Convention Centre.
- MyGOSS Award 2011 — by jamal — last modified Jun 21, 2012 01:58 PM
- MyGOSS Award 2011 is a new award initiated by the Public Sector Open Source Competency Center (OSCC). MyGOSS Award was presented to recognize and acknowledge organizations in their efforts in implementing open source software to promote service excellence and effective use of ICT. 10 agencies were shortlisted and presented their projects on 22nd November 2011. Winners received their awards during the Prize Giving Ceremony at the Malaysia CIO Conference & MyGOSSCON 2011.
- OSS Case Study Awards 2010 — by stanly — last modified Sep 21, 2010 11:19 AM
- 2009 Winning OSS Case Studies — by stanly — last modified Jul 22, 2010 03:30 PM
- ALL 2009 Case Study in PDF.zip — by stanly — last modified Mar 15, 2010 12:03 PM
- This contains collection of all 2009 OSS Case Studies grouped into Public Sector agency and IPTA categories.
- 2008 Case Study In PDF.zip — by stanly — last modified Jan 18, 2010 12:38 PM
- This contains all OSS Case Studies submitted by public sector in 2008.
- Case_Study_Template_V1_2009.pdf — by stanly — last modified Oct 13, 2009 10:09 AM
- OSS_Study_Case_web_site(new).pdf — by stanly — last modified May 19, 2009 11:54 AM
- MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2009 — by linuxmalaysia — last modified Apr 24, 2009 04:14 PM
- MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2009 HACKATHON - CONFERENCE - EXHIBITION Date: 31 May - 3 June, 2009 Venue: Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur. MSC Malaysia's inaugural and full-fledged Open Source Conference to incorporate a 'Quadruple play' of 4 crucial stakeholders consisting of government, businesses, developers and community in envisioning open source's contribution to the IT industry and socio-economy. Positioned as International forum for sharing and exchanging ideas on technical advancements, applications, development and business cases on open source, and its positive impact in meeting challenges of the current economic climate. Organised by MSC Malaysia & MAMPU and jointly supported by the Malaysian Open Source Community and MOSTI, the Conference invites developers, designers, systems administrators, community leaders, innovators, CTOs and CIOs, evangelists and activists, researchers, strategists, and entrepreneurs to lead and contribute during all conference sessions, tutorials and discussions.
- Web Server Preparation For Ministry Of Finance Budget 2008 — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Mar 01, 2009 08:31 PM
- This document is designed to provide detailed report for the preparation of a dedicated OSS web server for the Budget 2008 presentation day conducted by the Ministry OfFinance (MOF). The solution provided by OSCC has successfully performs reliably and received more than 130,000 page views without any problem. The solution also provided significant cost savings as it eliminated the need for expensive hardware.
- Central Authentication Management System (CAMS) — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Sep 22, 2008 10:34 AM
- Central Authentication Management System (CAMS) adalah sebuah sistem yang bertindak sebagai pengurus untuk menguruskan nama pengguna dan katalaluan kakitangan dan pelajar Universiti Malaya seramai 33,000 orang, yang ingin mencapai 17 aplikasi web yang menggunakan pangkalan data dan perisian yang berbeza.
- Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Sep 16, 2008 10:32 AM
- Kajian Kes Implementasi OSS di Desktop oleh Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah
- OpenOffice.org Sebagai Perisian Produktiviti Jabatan — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Sep 16, 2008 10:31 AM
- OpenOffice.org Sebagai Perisian Produktiviti Jabatan di SUK Kedah
- Aplikasi e-SINAR — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Sep 10, 2008 09:45 AM
- Mewujudkan pangkalan data rakyat miskin Negeri Kedah Darul Aman secara berpusat dengan kos yang minima dan mudah diselenggara. Ia menggunakan MYSQL sebagai pangkalan data bagi aplikasi berasaskan Windows
- University Email Management with Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Sep 04, 2008 04:21 PM
- The vision of this project is to upgrade current email system that will enhance it usability and functionality. Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) can offer more feature and function that can support current user needs in term of friendly user interfaces and centralized user information. ZCS also can be like one stop email center; where each user can create external account and download all their email into one interface. ZCS also capable to scan and detect virus and spam to provide protection to the user mailbox. Easy to manage is the key word to describe the capability of the ZCS administrative module. ZCS contains feature like mailbox, calendar, address book, tasks, document, briefcase and management module.
- Virtualization with Xen 3.1 — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Sep 03, 2008 05:23 PM
- The project has been setup for the purpose of education in university level specifically for Data Communications and Networking students. To be able to teach students effectively in communications courses need expensive hardware and software such as servers, workstations, network operating system and networking devices. Besides, students still have to go to computer labs to practice their skills and do hands on jobs. Hence, this project aim to teach students in various courses in Data Communications and Networking program especially courses that encompass communications and operating systems in efficient way with a minimum cost.
- eSILA – Sistem Maklumat Latihan on-line — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Sep 03, 2008 05:11 PM
- Sistem ini yang berasaskan portal menyediakan kemudahan seperti penawaran dan pemprosesan secara elektronik bagi proses penawaran biasiswa kepada pelajar lepasan SPM untuk pengajian di Luar Negara, penawaran Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan untuk pegawai kerajaan, Penawaran biasiswa kepada pelajar di IPT dan Politeknik, penawaran bantuan bayaran yuran berupa pinjaman kepada pelajar-pelajar yang sedang melanjutkan pengajian di luar Negara, penyemakan pembayaran yuran pengajian, elaun buku, elaun sara hidup dan pembayaran-pembayaran yang lain, dan pemantauan keputusan akademik, tuntutan dan penerimaan bayaran balik pinjaman semua pelajar dan pegawai tajaan JPA.
- LAN-Proxy for Malaysian Meteorological Department — by Khairil Yusof — last modified May 07, 2008 12:22 PM
- Main objectives of the project is to create an office local area network that's connect to Internet through oss proxy with dual Internet connection for continuously connectivity. Some of the application being used such as shorewall, squid, dansguardian, ftp service and DNS service. All the client will point to the LAN proxy as the gateway. The Internet connection being used are Jaring leased line and also streamyx enterprise package. Both line are used as a backup for each other. If both line are up, Jaring leased line only used for operational and connection to headquarters while streamyx line used for internet access activities. If Jaring leased line down, all connectivity will used Streamyx ADSL line and also the other way around. Connection status being checked automatically using cronjob.
- Open Source Migration of the German Surveying and Land Register Administration — by Khairil Yusof — last modified May 01, 2008 12:12 PM
- The Surveying and Land Register administration of the German Federal state Rhineland-Palatinates (LVermGeo) started to migrate its IT environment towards open source software. At the Linux Tag 2005 in the German city of Karlsruhe, Klaus Thoenissen, Joerg Steffens as well as Ralf Dobberschuetz form LVermGeo presented details of the upcoming open source migration.
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I have two of them and wouldn't trade them for the world. They are wonderful pets, great with children, and are the most intelligent dogs I have ever owned. We taught them at 9 weeks to ring a bell when they needed to go outside, we also taught them to heel, fetch, and come at the same age.
I have owned Labs, Golden's, Danes, and Beagles. I wouldn't trade the two GSP's I have now for any of the others.
Mine do have a high prey drive and we do exercise them daily (chasing tennis balls). They can easily jump a 6' fence to chase deer, squirrels, or any other critter they see but they immediately return when called.
They work and play hard but they also crawl in your lap at night and just want to relax. They aren't for everyone but if you take the time to train them they will excel in everything they do.
They both got out of their puppy stages around 3 years old. Neither of them chewed on anything but their toys that were given to them, but we also didn't leave them alone to get in trouble and corrected them early.
They go everywhere with me and my family, they love the water, riding in cars, boats, and anything else that moves even tubes at the lake. They like to take float trips and hike.
One of ours loves agility courses and flyball, and the other just likes to relax and watch the turkeys in the back field.
If you are an active person who loves going places and being outdoors you really couldn't ask for a better dog in my opinion.
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Efren Ramirez, the co-star of Neveldine/Taylor's popular Crank movies, opened his mouth at Comic Con 2011 this year and Movie Web picked up the sweet, sweet words: Crank 3 is coming. Our suggestion for a title: Overcranked. Come on, that's pretty clever.
In a video interview, Ramirez said that Neveldine and Taylor are looking into "either a Crank 3 going forward with Jason Statham, or going back with a prequel." Makes sense. And since Ramirez plays two characters in the franchise, either way he'll probably get to come back as well.
We loved, loved, loved the original Crank, the manic action comedy with an added emphasis on the "comedy," but were frustrated by the overt misogyny and racism in Crank 2: High Voltage. Neveldine/Taylor may have been playing up the outrageousness for laughs, but damn it… We weren't laughing. Here's hoping Crank 3 – *COUGHOVERCRANKEDCOUGH* – excuse us, tones down just that one little thing so we can actually enjoy it this time.
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In the exhibition Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard, Gralnick explores our complicated relationship with the precious metal. One work, The Gold Standard #9, is made up of a stack of plastered lightbulbs, one with an 18-karat gold tip worth $162, the equivalent of a one-month bill for a three-bedroom house. Another, The Gold Standard Part I: #8 Rhinoplasty, is a plaster cast of a face, with the nose covered in gold. Other pieces are plaster molds of gold jewelry. After casting them, she melts the jewelry down and creates new objects, like a chastity belt, and creates backstories for them. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Through May 28. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 4848 Main. For information, call 713-529-4848 or visit www.crafthouston.org. Free.
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AUBURN - For the fourth-straight year, members of the Auburn men's basketball team and coaching staff participated in the two-mile Breast Cancer Awareness "Race With A Mission" run for the East Alabama Medical Center's Foundation for Breast Cancer Early Detection this past weekend.
Sophomore Lucas Hargrove won the race while sophomore Ryan Brooks finished third overall. Hargrove also recorded the team*s best time for the second-straight year.
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Huzzah! Renaissance Festival Recommends Healthier Fare
This dude definitely needs to lay off the fried foods.
An event designed to celebrate tightly corseted wenches and bloodthirsty jousters isn't exactly synonymous with restraint, but organizers of this year's Texas Renaissance Festival are promoting the fair's healthy snacks.
The festival, billed as the nation's largest, hasn't leached all the fat and calories from its standard food line-up: Concessionaires are still planning to sell Scotch eggs, fried stuffed olives and iconic turkey drumsticks. But with the State Fair of Texas continuing to up the fry ante, the festival's apparently making a play for prospective fairgoers' well-kept hearts.
"When most people think of festival food, they think of deep-fried diet disasters such as funnel cakes and fried Twinkies," festival spokeslady Tami Benton writes. "But festival food does not have to be fattening!"
Benton suggests fairgoers' seek out alternative indulgences, including ye olde veggie wraps, yogurt parfaits, roasted almonds, salsa-topped baked potatoes and energy bars created by festival founder George Coulam. She's also a fan of fresh strawberries strung on a stick.
Fair vendors across the country have this year put berries on sticks, but few have stopped there: At the Illinois State Fair, "berry kebabs" are dressed with chocolate. Attendees at the 2010 Florida State Fair had their first encounter with "strawberry shortcake on a stick," featuring berries dipped in batter, deep-fried and covered with powdered sugar and whipped cream.
According to a recent article in Grist, corn dog innovator Stanley Jenkins in 1929 filed a patent application that listed strawberries as a food that should more frequently be impaled on sticks and deep-fried. "The resultant food product is a clean, wholesome, and tasty refreshment," wrote Jenkins, who was equally excited about the prospects of battering and frying boiled ham, eggs, cheese and figs.
But the simple version of stick strawberries available at the Renaissance Festival, which opens next month, may be truer to 16th century tastes. Strawberries were terrifically popular in England during the Reformation: King Henry VIII ate them by the pottle (a half-pint basket.)
"They be much eaten at all men's tables in the sommer time with wine and sugar," The Gardener's Labyrinth's author Thomas Hill wrote in 1577.
Hill didn't have anything to say on the subject of sticks.
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