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Border Swiss-France: What is the best place (city) to stay in December 31 ?
Around Geneve and/or some french cities in the border.
Thank you in advance.
I wish it were a longer stay but I will only be in this wonderful city for 1 day. What would be the best way for my husband and I to spend the day? Also, we will be staying at the Hilton, going on a viking river cruise. Any suggestions on transportation from Hilton to river would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hi Friends.
I am visiting Geneva with my family in coming week.
Please enlist places (within small budget) where we should visit keeping in mind that kids d'nt like to walk.
Is it suitable to buy Geneva Travel pass/card or weekly travel pass???
Note: My hotel not providing the free pass as its located in french side of Geneva.
thanks in advance
Hi. Me and my family with 2 kids (1yr and 3yrs old) visiting Gene for 4 days.
Please advice me places to visit and cheap way of travel.
Our stay is in Switzerland-French border (Chemin de Colovrex Ferney Voltaire, 01210 France ).
Thanking you in advance
Can we get vegetarian food in Switzerland?
Where can we expect to find snow around mid-April near Locarno
Monte Costa or Monte Rasa or Monte Comino
which one is much better. or is it worth to see all of them in one day
how close is muottas muragl from st moritz
how do we do that?
We are 3 women freinds meeting after 7 years apart. Arrive sunday mid-morning by train and leave monday afternoon. On a budget for hotel and don't like hughe business like hotels but would like breakfast on Monday. Spa life makes talking and sharing hard so that's out. Brunch in a lovely Restaurant on Sunday is a must. With nice weather the Park Civico or Mont Bre? Boat ride? Any Museums open on Sunday? We are all different when it comes to sport levels so hiking is out. Shopping on Monday what else?
Any suggestions on hotels, activities etc?
I am planning a break journey in Zurich for 4 days. How can I organize tours possibly to cover some places in Switzerland for about 2 days and possibly around Munich for 1.5 days?
I hope to travel from Menaggio, Lake Como, Italy to Lugano May 2014. My intention is to travel by bus. While I am aware there are buses between these destinations, I am not sure which bus service does the trips to and from Italy or where in Menaggio or Lugano the buses arrive and depart from.
Could someone help with this information and the cost for a round trip please?
Thank you in advance of your help.
As we are fairly dependent on our car I would like to know of a nearby village that we could access by car and try to get some of the Zermatt atmosphere
I have to fly through zurich which is a 5 hour lay over , i would not be going outside th airport do i still need a transit visa for layovers in zurich . Im flying to India And carry a indian passport and expired US visa as my status has changed from student to working .
Thank you
3 adults travelling by bus to menaggio do they allow cases
We have three nights in Lugano in mid-May. I had planned two days of walks and maybe a little sailing, but then noticed the William Tell Express. Would it be worth it to spend one day doing the WT as a round trip - or are the views in Lugano somewhat representative of the rest of the trip? We will be coming from Milan.
Any extra comments or Lugano tips welcome. ps. we are not nightclubbers.
Hi. I am visiting Geneva this month. I have booked hotel France (French side of Geneva (Chemin de Colovrex Ferney Voltaire, 01210 France )).
Still I am entitle to receive free transport pass??
Hi All,
We are in Lucerne and travelling to Murren tomorrow. We will be staying there for 3 days. We have a Swiss Felx Pass for 4 days (non consecutive). We will be validating the pass tomorrow for our travel to Murren. I am aware that it takes around 3 hours to reach Murren from Lucerne. So if we were to make an early start around 8-9AM, then is there something we can visit tomorrow before/after checking in our Murren hotel. This will allow us to maximise the usage of our Swiss pass.
Also, can you please advise what can we do in Murren for the other 2 days without using the Swiss pass ? For one of the days we have booked a Paragliding experience. We were were planning to hike the village of Gimmewald. Any other suggestions ?
Appreciate your help.
Read about tell pass in one of the commmunications.and it can be used in lucerne region . We are a family of 4 aged 53,48,23,& 15and we will be staying in lucerne for 5 nights and want to go to mt jungfrouch Rhine falls also mt titlis and matherhorn.can all these destinations will be covered by using tell pass or swiss saver pass with one youth pass and one family card will be abetter option
We are a family of four (ages : 52, 48, 21 and 15.)
We are staying in Lucerne for 5 days.
So what kind of pass should we opt for ? I read that kids get free travel on family card.
What does flexi pass do ? Etc.
All this talk about cards and pass is confusing , so could you please advice on what will be the cheapest option for us ? We are staying for a long time so we can actually cover most of it.
Thank you
we are planning to drive from Switzerland into Italy. Im not sure where to start from Andermatt or Interlaken? Im looking for scenic drives and also want to stay in either Andermatt or interlaken for few days and explore the area, visit local farms, see cheesemaking, Chocalte making etc. Anyone have expeirence in these areas? our next stop will be Lugano/Lake como after switzerland so any routes you can suggest in particular. Which area would be best for scenic drives and to stay in and for kids ?
I will be visitng from Italy (Milan) to Zurich with my wife at may 28, 2014.
My switzerland trip would be of 3 nights stay as follows:
Day 1: Arrival from milan (Italy) to Zurich at 18:00 hrs by train, night stay at zurich
Day 2: Visit to Rhine Falls and city tour in zurich, Travel to lucerne and night stay in lucerne
Day 3: travel from lucerne to engelberg to Mt.Titlis, travel to geneva and night stay at geneva
Day 4: city tour at Geneva and travel to france (toulon)
Please suggest how should we plan our journey?
1- Is it really worth to buy a Swiss pass for 3 days traveling in switzerland?
2- or should we visit by point to point tickets of trains?
3- where should we stay in switzerland? zurich or lucerne? we have to stay 3 nights
if buying a pass is suitable then what other advantages can we get using these passes? advantages like visiting some other places, mountains, museums, trains etc within these 3 days?
Also, the major attractions we would like to visit include:
1. Rheinfalls, for which I will be staying in Zurich at night?
2. Mount Titlis (how should i reach mount titlis from lucerne? the route, trains and tickets ?
3. Lake Geneva
Hi. Just a quick question. Do you think Wengen would be a good place to visit in August with a 5 and 1 year old? So sick of beach holidays and fancy trying something new this year. Thanks in advance!
I'm travelling from NY, US to Athens,GR (I have a EU passport) with a connection flight though Zurich airport. I have 1 and 45 minutes layover. DO you think is enough, considering the fact that I'll have my 3 year old son with me?
I live in Germany and invited my mother on Visitor Visa. She go the visa in Germany. As I live near to Switzerland in Germany, so it booking the flights to Zurich is more convenient for us.
My Question is that can she arrive at Zurich and depart from Zurich though she has Visitor Visa for Germany? Or does she need to Land in Germany first?
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This weekend serves as a reminder as to what our fallen soldiers, veterans, and active military have sacrificed for all of us to have the lives that we live. Spartan Race's partnership with Homes for our Troops is just one way we try to help those who have given us so much.
We love hearing stories from our military personnel running our races. I got this message from Brian Ansley, one of America's finest.
I am an Army veteran of 5 1/2 years, with the 82nd Airborne Division. I deployed to Iraq twice, and served as a squad leader conducting combat patrols in Tikrit, and Baghdad in 2006-2007 then again in 2008-2009. I ran the Texas Spartan Sprint for the first time back in March. It was great! I also wrote a blog about it Here. I have attached a picture of me crawling under the barbwire. Hopefully in 2012 you guys will step it up a notch, and bring the Super Spartan or Spartan Beast to Texas!
Well, Brian, we will be in Glen Rose, TX December 3rd, 2011 with a Super Spartan Race. We hope to see you there! Aroo!
Are you a veteran or active military who runs or plans on running a Spartan event? Tell me about it and you might get yourself on the blog! Email email@example.com and sign up for an event near you!
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Stuxnet Mitigation: Defense in Depth Needed
Stuxnet experts are jumping out from everywhere saying they know how to mitigate the worm and clear up any issues a system might have. There seem to be some differences in approach, but one thing is pretty much agreed to by all...
Stuxnet experts are jumping out from everywhere saying they know how to mitigate the worm and clear up any issues a system might have.
There seem to be some differences in approach, but one thing is pretty much agreed to by all: No single solution will block an attack like Stuxnet, but a comprehensive solution of countermeasures including process and policy can significantly reduce the negative consequences that result from such an attack.
Knowing this in advance means any mitigation strategy needs to be based on a solid defense-in-depth strategy that utilizes multiple, independent layers of protection. The members of the Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI) Stuxnet Project agree while it will always be possible to find flaws in any one solution it should be increasingly difficult to find and exploit flaws in a comprehensive solution that depends on multiple protective measures.
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Charm++ is a portable adaptive runtime system for parallel applications. Application developers create an object-based decomposition of the problem of interest, and the runtime system manages issues of communication, mapping, load balancing, fault tolerance, and more. Sequential code implementing the methods of these parallel objects is written in C++. Calls to libraries in C++, C, and Fortran are common and straightforward. Charm++ is portable across individual workstations, clusters, accelerators (Cell SPEs and GPUs), and supercomputers such as those sold by IBM (Blue Gene, POWER) and Cray (XT3/4/5/6). Applications based on Charm++ are used on at least 5 of the 20 most powerful computers in the world.
Elemental is a C++ framework for distributed-memory dense linear algebra that strives to be fast, portable, and programmable. It can be thought of as a generalization of PLAPACK to element-by-element distributions that also makes use of recent algorithmic advances from the FLAME project. Elemental usually outperforms both PLAPACK and ScaLAPACK, however, it heavily relies on MPI collectives so a good MPI implementation is crucial. Both pure MPI and hybrid OpenMP-MPI configurations are supported.
Cambridge is a template engine for generating HTML/XML markup in Java applications. It is highly extensible, high performance, and designed to be less cluttered. It prefers making use of the scopes of the existing HTML/XML tags in your template instead of wrapping your tags with some non-standard tags or scripting code. Cambridge templates are pure HTML/XML documents that you can edit on any tool or view directly on browsers without any issues. Cambridge can be used in standalone Java applications, with Servlets, and along with popular Web frameworks such as Spring Mvc, Struts, Play Framework, JAX-RS, and many others.
sec-wall is a feature-packed security proxy that supports SSL/TLS, WS-Security, HTTP Auth Basic/Digest, extensible authentication schemes based on custom HTTP headers and XPath expressions, powerful URL matching/rewriting, and an optional header enrichment. It's a security wall with which you can conveniently fence otherwise defenseless backend servers.
VoltDB is a blazingly fast relational database system. It is specifically designed to run on modern scale-out architectures: fast, inexpensive servers connected via high-speed data networks. It is aimed at a new generation of database applications - real-time feeds, sensor-driven data streams, micro-transactions, low-latency trading systems - requiring database throughput that can reach millions of operations per second. What's more, the applications that use this data must scale on demand, provide flawless fault tolerance, and enable real-time visibility into the data that drives business value. It includes client application drivers for applications written in Java, C++, C#, PHP, and Python. VoltDB community members have also authored client libraries for Erlang, Ruby and Node.js. There are streaming export capabilities for leading analytic database environments, including Apache Hadoop.
AsyncFP is a Scala project with composable actors that interoperate both synchronously and asynchronously. The current focus is on providing a kit for creating high-performance custom NoSQL databases. The small datastore currently under development is a crash-proof in-memory database supporting multiple queries or single update. Updates write to a backing disk file.
Qt-based library with functionality to create highly efficient and fully graphical applications, oriented to computer vision, image processing, and scientific computation. The library features an homogeneous and well documented object-oriented API, with wrapping methods for high performance functionality from libraries such as OpenCV, GSL, CGAL, IPP, BLAS, LAPACK, or Octave library.
Arcavias is an e-commerce framework for Web shops, consisting of an e-commerce library, an administration interface, and different frontends. It's a modular stack which offers flexibility and speed. Unlike other Web shops, it's not a monolithic application. Instead, you have a choice between several user frontends, and you can adapt them to your needs or write one of your own.
A Java component to create PDF documents.
A multi-protocol, multi-source, cross-platform download utility.


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|Availability Index and Minimized Reliability Costs
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The cost of improving and maintaining reliability can be minimized by a model that quantifies the relationships between product cost-effectiveness and availability.
A repairable component (equipment, subsystem) is characterized by its availability, i.e., the ability of the item to perform its required function at or over a stated period of time. Availability can be defined also as the probability that the item (piece of equipment, system) is available to the user, when needed. A large and a complex system or a complicated piece of equipment that is supposed to be available to users for a long period of time (e.g., a switching system or a highly complex communication/transmission system, whose "end-to-end reliability," including the performance of the software, is important), is characterized by an "operational availability." This is defined as the probability that the system is available today and will be available to the user in the foreseeable future for the given period of time (see, e.g., Suhir1). High availability can be assured by the most effective combination of the adequate dependability (probability of non-failure) and repairability (probability that a failure, if any, is swiftly and effectively removed). Availability of a consumer product determines, to a great extent, customer satisfaction.
where the intensity
of the restoration process is reciprocal to the mean value of the process. The distribution (2) is particularly applicable when the restorations are carried out swiftly, and the number of restorations (repairs) reduces when their duration increases.
If the item is in the idle condition, the initial conditions K(0) = 0 and k(0) = 1 should be used, and
is the mean time to failure, and
is the mean time to repair. If the system consists of many items, the formula (9) can be generalized as follows:
has its minimum
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|Eastern-US: China's New Competitor?
Parity emerges among EMS Factories from Asia, Mexico and the US.
For the first time in years we see parity in the Eastern US among EMS factories from Asia, Mexico and the US. This EMS market condition will permit American OEMs (the EMS industry refers to OEMs as customers) to have more EMS pathways to choose from. Now more than ever, such EMS assignments will require deeper investigation relating to the OEMs' evaluation of manufacturing strategies.
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Space Saving Lighting Solutions
Top row, left to right:
Talak Clamp Lamp: $495 at YLighting
Feather Boom Arm Wall Lamp: $290 at YLighting
Beryll Wall Spotlight: $14.99 at Ikea
Rezek Vanity Wall Mirror: $735 at YLlighting
SOLO Anywhere: $249 at YLightin
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Husvik Floor/Reading Lamp: $79.99 at Ikea
Tral: $16.99 at Ikea
Tolomeo Clip Spot Light: $175.00 at DWR
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I thought the Feather Boom lamps would be just the ticket as bedside lamps, but alas, they were so flimsy and the swivel/rotate mechanism quickly destroyed the wiring inside that we had to send them back. Not what $290/lamp would suggest.
Anyone have the Husvik Floor/Reading Lamp from Ikea? I generally avoid IKEA lamps because they look so flimsy in the store, but that's a nice looking lamp.


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Delta Hotels and Resorts announced its expansion in Ottawa with a new hotel, the Delta Ottawa City Centre slated to open in January 2011. Delta will assume management of the Crowne Plaza located at 101 Lyon Street on January 1, 2011 at which time the hotel will transition to a Delta branded property.
The new hotel is located across the street from the chain's existing property, the Delta Ottawa Hotel and Suites which is located at 361 Queen Street.
"We are excited to expand our portfolio in Ottawa with a second hotel in a strategic downtown location," said Hank Stackhouse, President and CEO, Delta Hotels and Resorts. "The addition of this new hotel puts Delta among the largest hotel meeting facilities in Ottawa, strengthens our presence in the city and positions us to gain a larger share of the market, particularly with meetings business."
The Delta Ottawa City Centre boasts 411 guest rooms and suites, and 26,000 square feet of meeting space with a 10,000 square foot ballroom – putting Delta among the top three largest ballrooms in the city. Unique to the property is its 26th floor Penthouse level reception area which offers the best views of any hotel in the city – featuring floor to ceiling windows and overlooking Parliament and the Ottawa River. Other amenities include a full service restaurant, 101 Café and Lounge, as well as an indoor pool, sauna, fitness room and squash courts.
The hotel will undergo a $25 million renovation to upgrade the property and its amenities which will see a full redevelopment of the lobby, public areas, food and beverage outlets, fitness centre, meeting space and guest rooms. The renovations will also include a new street level main entrance way to the hotel by removing the existing ramp. This will create an enhanced sense of arrival and heightened street level presence. The renovations will also see the creation of three floors dedicated to Delta's exclusive Signature Club guest rooms and lounge which provide upgraded services and features.
The renovations will start in June 2011 and are scheduled to be completed by March 2012. The hotel will remain open and continue to operate throughout the renovations.
"Ontario has been identified as a strategic market for Delta's continued expansion," said Stackhouse. "We recently announced plans for a new hotel in downtown Toronto, and opened our doors in Sault Ste. Marie earlier this year. Guests will now have the choice of two city-centre locations to meet their travel needs in the Ottawa region."
The Delta Ottawa City Centre is ideally located in a prime downtown location and within walking distance of all major attractions including Parliament buildings, museums and the Rideau Canal. It is close to Ottawa's political and business hubs, and connected to Place de Ville, making it a convenient choice for business, leisure and government travelers alike.
Delta will begin taking reservations for its new hotel starting December 20, 2010 for stays as of January 1, 2011, by telephone at 1-800-268-1133 or online at www.deltahotels.com.
About Delta Hotels and Resorts
A leading Canadian hotel management company, Delta Hotels and Resorts operates and franchises a diversified portfolio with 45 full-service, city centre and airport hotels and resorts under the Delta brand. Widely regarded as Canada's "brand of choice" by guests and owners, Delta also distinguishes itself as an exemplary employer. It is the only hotel company to have been recognized for its sustained focus on business excellence by the prestigious National Quality Institute with three Canada Awards for Excellence, including the award program's highest honour, the Order of Excellence (2007). The company has consistently ranked as one of the country's best employers in The Globe and Mail's Report on Business annual "50 Best Employers" list for 11 years. As well, its Corporate Social Responsibility platform, Delta Helps, includes a chain-wide commitment to the communities it serves through a national partnership with Habitat for Humanity Canada, participation in the Hotel Association of Canada's Green Key Eco-Rating program, and work with various other charitable groups. For more information, visit www.deltahotels.com.
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Mark Tennant, renowned artist and Academy of Art University's
Director of the Graduate
School of Fine Art Painting, recently had his first work
exhibited in the internationally esteemed Salon d'Automne in Paris. A highly sought after
annual juried exhibit, the first Salon d'Automne was organized by Georges Rouault, André Derain,
Henri Matisse, and Albert Marquet in 1903. Since its inception, the Salon d'Automne has
showcased dramatic artistic evolutions of painting and sculpture, from fauvism to cubism,
throughout the 20th century. Over the years, the exhibition has presented works in their
first public viewing by Georges Braque, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse,
Amedeo Modigliani, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Pablo Picasso.
Tennant's accepted work, Jeune Fille, showcases influences of French paintings from the first
half of the 19th century. The French Realist and Romanticist genres, including the work of
Jean-Désirée-Gustave Courbet, Jean François Millet, and Eugène Delacroix have had a profound
inspiration on his thirty-year artistic career. Tennant particularly admires their artistic
legacy because "it seems to be modern, and maintains principles of correct drawing and value."
Tennant first came to the Academy of Art University as School of Fine Art instructor in
1998. A BFA graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA graduate of the New
York Academy, Tenant has also studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and the
Art Students League in New York. In addition to teaching at AAU, Tennant has taught in Paris
at the Atelier de Carrousel and Académie Julian, as well as the Grand Central Academy, the New York
Academy, and the National Academy of Design School in New York. As the Graduate Director of
the Academy of Art University's School of Fine Art Painting, Tennant continues to inspire students
to push the boundaries of their technique and artistry to new heights. Tennant's masterful
paintings and drawings are represented by Park Gallery in Carmel, CA; Carlisle Gallery in Auburn,
AL; and Galerie DDG in Paris.
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Stamp Out Hunger Drive set for Saturday
The Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers for Stamp Out Hunger in the Elizabethton and Carter County area and the rest of the nation on Saturday, May 12.
Now in its 20th year, the annual food drive has grown from a regional to a national effort that provides assistance to the millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table.
The Stamp Out Hunger food drive, held on the second Saturday in May, has become the nation's largest single-day food drive benefitting Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization. In 2011, Americans donated 70.2 million pounds of food, which marked the eighth consecutive year that at least 70 million pounds were collected by letter carriers.
Locally, last year's Stamp Out Hunger drive netted almost 5,000 pounds of food. This year's drive is being headed by Frank Quintero, Elizabethton letter carrier, who wants to collect even more food this year.
Postcards announcing the Stamp Out Hunger campaign are being delivered this week to homes across the region as a reminder to participate in the drive. To participate in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive in Elizabethton and the surrounding communities, residents are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag containing nonperishable foods, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to their mailboxes prior to the time of regular mail delivery on Saturday, May 12. Elizabethton and rural route letter carriers will collect these food donations as they deliver the mail. Also, a spokesman at the Elizabethton Post Office said donations can be dropped off in the lobby at the Elizabethton Post Office. All local food donations will be taken to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Gray.
In turn, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee feeds the hungry by securing food donations and distribution to non-profit agencies such as Hale Community Ministries, ARM of Elizabethton, and Food for the Multitude, which help feed the needy in Carter County.
According to Second Harvest Food Bank, approximately 1 out of every 4 individuals in our region lives in poverty; nearly 1 in 5 individuals suffer from food insecurity; and as many as 2 out of every 5 children suffer from food insecurity.
"We have a lot of people who come every month to get assistance from our food pantry," said a volunteer at Hale Community Ministries. "The stories are all similar. Food Stamps do not stretch far enough; Social Security checks won't stretch far enough."
Hale Community Ministries distributes food four days a week. Much of that food comes from Second Harvest, however, school groups and churches also hold food drives for the organization.
Included in the food bags are staples such as canned goods, rice, peanut butter, cereal, etc.
The story is the same at ARM, which during the month of March shared 523 food boxes to serve 1,133 individuals. Thus far this year, they have distributed 59,486 pounds of Second Harvest food.
Some of the items they received in April from Second Harvest for distribution in the food boxes included frozen chicken, frozen peaches, cans of tomato sauce, green beans, corn, assorted beans, bags of potatoes, Great Northern beans, as well as boxes of pasta, mac-n-cheese dinners, crackers, cookies, chips, cereals and fresh cabbage.
Among their most critical needs are breakfast foods such as cereals, Vienna sausages, canned potted meats, snacks such as fruit "rollups" or raisins, Ziploc bags, toilet paper and diapers sizes 3 and 4.
In addition to Hale Community Ministries, ARM, and Food for the Multitude, which feeds an average of 200 persons per week, Second Harvest also provides food for pantries at First Christian Church, East Side Free Will Baptist Church, Phillippi Baptist Church, Harvest Baptist Church, Unaka Baptist Church, Little Milligan Care and Share and the Roan Mountain Good Samaritan Thrift Store.
In fiscal year 2011, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee distributed over 8 million pounds of food, which was a 13 percent increase over the previous year.
"This summer, we expect the demand for food to increase," said a spokesman at ARM. "The rise in food and fuel prices, along with children being out of school, will drive more families to local pantries for weekly groceries," the volunteer said.
The need is great, and it's so simple to help meet the need. Simply leave a bag of nonperishable food by your mailbox to help neighbors in need. That's all it takes.


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Recovering from a cardiac event or life-altering diagnosis can be a bit overwhelming without support. The first days and weeks after a cardiac event or new cardiac diagnosis can be a frightening, confusing time. You may be taking new medications and following new instructions. We can help you manage your condition and move toward a healthier way of living.
Cardiac Rehabilitation (also called cardiac rehab) is a medically supervised program of exercise, education and support for people with heart disease to improve their quality of life. The keystone of rehab is an individualized program in phases that involves monitored exercise, nutritional counseling, emotional support, and education about lifestyle changes to reduce your risk of future heart problems.
The goals of cardiac rehabilitation:
Cardiac Rehab involves a long-term commitment from the patient and a team of health care providers. Our team includes doctors (such as your primary care doctor, your surgeon, and a cardiologist who will monitor your plan and progress), specially trained cardiac rehab nurses, dietitians or nutritionists, and mental health specialists. This team also includes a care coordinator who will track your care and navigate insurance concerns.
Many people of all ages who have heart conditions can benefit if they have had a:
The lifestyle changes you will make have few risks. At first, physical activity is safer in the rehab setting than at home. Your team will watch you to make sure you're safe. They'll check your blood pressure during your exercise training and use an EKG (electrocardiogram) to monitor how your heart reacts and adapts to exercise. After some training, most people learn to exercise safely at home.
Very rarely, serious problems occur during physical activity-we have an emergency response team including cardiologists and nurses available.


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i just want know How to Create Text Field Which Accepts (Only Texts No Digits or Numbers)?
i want to insert validation that, field only accepts alphabates no number or digits are accepted!
thanks in advance!
For alphabetical characters only, use the following javascript on the validate event of the text field
var r = new RegExp("^[a-z]*$");
var result = r.test(this.rawValue);
if (result == true)
Also, set the Validation Script Message properties in the Object->Value Tab
Im not getting you.
where to put this script that you have coded?
var r = new RegExp("^[a-z]*$");
var result = r.test(this.rawValue);
if (result == true)
In Designer, click on the field you need to validate and open the script window, set the Show drop-down list to validate in the drop-down list and place the code inside the script window. Make sure the Language is Javascript and Run At is set to Client. If you cant see the script window goto Window->Script Editor Menu item.
Yes, you have answered my question 90%,
but im still able to insert digits (or integer or number values) into that field, it shows me error message when i move over to another field.
Not sure if you are looking for an actual validation for the field (i.e. show an error and stop the user from moving to the next field) or just a filter in the field (i.e. no message and just stop characters being entered). From the original message i was assuming you were looking for a validation.
If you want to use a message box validation and return to the field containing the error, use the following -
On the exit event
var r = new RegExp("^[a-z]*$");
var result = r.test(this.rawValue);
if ( result != true )
xfa.host.messageBox( "Enter alpha characters only" );
xfa.host.setFocus( this );
If you are looking for a filter then, use the following on a change event of the field
var r = new RegExp("^[a-z]*$");
var result = r.test(xfa.event.change);
if ( result != true )
xfa.event.change = "";
this will probably only work in pdf and some versions of reader had a bug with this so make sure you are on 10.1.2 to test this. see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/910259
i want a script that dont allow even to let user type numeric values.
ie. if i take numeric field it wont allow me even to enter alphabates. i want reverse thing, i dont want to allow user to type or insert numeric values to text field
Try the second example in the previous message. That will disable any non-alpha input. Put it on the change event and remove any other event code.
thanks mate,
i was putting the code in validate event!
what is the difference between change and validate events?
sorry if its off topic.
thanks again
The change event is fired each time a user interacts with an object using keystroke, paste, list selection, select/deselect check bos, or change radio button. The validate on the other hand only fires when the field losses when you tab to the next field for example
got all answers!
thanks a ton
your script is not allowing me to enter a "Blank Space".
It is only a sample of matching text. You do need to update the regular expression to match your requirements. So if you wish to allow spaces in the input, you would add this to the regular expression as follows
var r = new RegExp("^[a-z' ']*$");
also wouldnt do uppercase for example, so you would *** A-Z to the regexp ( i.e. [a-zA-Z' ']) and so on


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'Scalded Cat' pits Linton against Lyons golfers for the past 25 yearsPosted Friday, October 23, 2009, at 6:19 AM
This traveling trophy had been the object of the traditional golf match up between Linton and Lyons. (Submitted photo)
The silver anniversary, 18-hole scramble team match up for the coveted "Scalded Cat Trophy" unfolded Oct. 4 at Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton.
When the last putt was holed, the Lyons team had put an old-fashion whipping on the Linton contingent -- by a 17-stroke margin -- the largest in the event's quarter century history.
But wins by Lyons have been rare over the years with Linton holding a commanding 16 to 8 victory margin. The two squads played to a tie in 1992.
The next year (1993) a sudden death playoff was needed before Linton logged a hard-fought victory.
The yearly tourney features 20 golfers from Linton and 20 golfers from Lyons battling it out in a four-man team scramble format. The lowest combined net scores from both teams wins.
The idea for the golf match-up between the neighboring Greene County communities was the brainchild in 1985 of the late Dan Phillips, who served as Linton-Stockton High athletic director and Tom Oliphant, the former L&M basketball coach/athletic director and later White River Valley teacher.
"We'd jaw back and forth and we thought we might just have a golf match," Oliphant recalls. "It's just been good sportsmanship and camaraderie with the Linton and Lyons guys."
Phillips came up the name "Scalded Cat"
There is a traveling trophy that currently is being proudly engraved with the Lyons name for the third straight year.
Lyons team captain Jack Johnson, who's technology director at Linton-Stockton Junior-Senior High School, has played in all 25 of the events.
He's not real sure where Phillips came up with the trophy name, and said, "I don't really know, but I think it came from when you get beat you run away like a scalded cat. We always had that idea."
The autumn golf series has been special in Johnson's view.
"It's just been the rivalry thing of it. It's not the money, but the prestige. It's been fun."
Modestly, Johnson said the Lyons bunch is on a "baby" winning streak and each team member walked away with 17 bucks.
Each of the players wager a dollar per stroke difference in the match, but all agree it's not about the money.
"Money is not the object. It's just for fun and there have been a lot of different guys played and everything," Oliphant stressed.
Linton team captain Jeff Sparks agreed, "If you came away with $5, it was a good year."
Johnson added, "It's usually not much money, $2, $3 or $4 dollars, it's just fun."
"That's by far our record," Johnson says of the big margin this year. "It's usually a really, really close match. It's always been pretty competitive."
He added, "We've got the bragging rights, but we're not boastful if you know what we mean."
Oliphant agreed.
"We (Lyons) are on a streak. We've won three in a row. But Linton still prevails because they have 16 and we only have eight, but we are slowly catching up. I don't know if any of us (from Lyons) will last long enough to get even with them. We won't play golf that long," he said with a laugh. "It's been a good relationship between Linton and Lyons golfers for the last 25 years."
Johnson said a special toast always precedes the match.
"It's just a great rivalry and we have a lot of fun. We have a toast before each match. We toast to the Cat and we also toast to the departed members now. We always talk about those guys and it's just great fun. It's not a bitter rivalry by any means. It's a friendly rivalry that got started back there I guess over boasting who was going to beat who and they said we'll just prove it."
Oliphant credited three deceased golfers and friends -- Dan Phillips (Linton), Larry Hasler (Lyons) and Jerry Rice (Linton) -- as being instrumental in keeping this unique series going through the years.
They are the guys who would work to put together the teams and helped carried on the tradition.
Rice, the former owner of Rice's Building Supply in Linton, died April 23, 2002. He was 64.
Phillips, who served as an assistant principal and athletic director at Linton-Stockton High School from 1974-1981 and later was junior high principal from 1980-1998, passed away July 10, 2002. He was 63.
Hasler, a former teacher, coach and Greene County Commissioner, died March 22, 2008. He was 68.
Hasler was also the historian for the tourney and posted the year-by-year results on a Web site that he maintained.
Johnson said it's not always easy coming up with the 20 players for either of the rosters.
"Some times we scratch for players. ... Not having the population (in Lyons) makes it harder and harder to get golfers. The guys from Linton used to kid around and say if you've even driven through Lyons once you are eligible to play," he said with a laugh.
Sparks, who is the principal at Linton-Stockton Junior High, said there is a lot of truth in that statement and added, "If you can find Lyons on the map some times you can play."
Interestingly, Keith (Old Simmons) Sims is the only player who has played on a winning Linton and a winning Lyons team.
Sparks, who also has played in all 25 of the tournaments, said it's been a lot of fun for a long time.
"I think what we enjoy about it is a lot of us kind of came in here together around Linton and Lyons. We get together once a year. There is a lot of friendship and camaraderie that goes with it," Sparks said. "It's all about the bragging rights."
The Linton captain said the tradition will continue.
"We have no plans to stop it as long as we can all walk out there to the golf course," Sparks said. "It's just one of those great things about small town rivalries and we are able to do this and have a lot of fun doing it."
Past Champions of
"The Scalded Cat"
2009 -- Lyons
2008 -- Lyons
2007 -- Lyons
2006 -- Linton
2005 -- Linton
2004 -- Linton
2003 -- Lyons
2002 -- Linton
2001 -- Linton
2000 -- Linton
1999 -- Linton
1998 -- Linton
1997 -- Linton
1996 -- Lyons
1995 -- Lyons
1994 -- Linton
1993 -- Linton (Sudden Death Playoff)
1992 -- Tie
1991 -- Lyons
1990 -- Linton
1989 -- Linton
1988 -- Linton
1987 -- Linton
1986 -- Lyons
1985 -- Linton
25-year total: Linton 16 wins, Lyons 8 wins, 1 tie
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Messi and Falcao have 39 league goals between them already this season with the former breaking Gerd Muller's all-time record for the number of goals in a calendar year, previously 85, in Barcelona's win at Real Betis last weekend.
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On Saturday, May 11, the Aquinas College community held the Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement. The Baccalaureate Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, celebrated by Nashville Bishop David R. Choby, was followed by the pinning of the nursing graduates and the awards for outstanding achievement in the Schools of Arts & Sciences, Business, Nursing, and Education. That afternoon, Aquinas College held the Commencement Ceremony at the War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Nashville. Catholic physician Dr. Wes Ely, who specializes in end-of-life care, delivered a moving Commencement address.
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Vectux now has Hazard Lights
I like it! About time that this basic feature is available on the EV scooter flagship.
Unfortunately, the way I rigged it up, the hazard lights will still fail if the main fuse blows.
Ideally the hazard lights would start immediately and automatically when the fuse blows, but for now I'm a happy camper anyway!
Awesome, nice to see this working. So how'd you do it? (Will I void my warranty?)
Nice job Mik!
Thanks for sharing the info!!
Very nice, Mik, much appreciated! Seems like an elegant solution.
I'm going to look for a stealth way to do this.
That's kewl!
Hey Mik. You got enough knobs and buttons on that thing yet? HAHA!! ;-)
What are the 2 different ways of turning on the hazard lights?
Perhaps the turn signals already on, and not?
One could just use a SPST switch and connect the R and L lines together. Then, use the regular turn signals to turn the "hazard" warning on and off.
Yes, good choice.I think the alternate blinking is much more special, it even reminds me of Ambulances and police cars, not to broken down cars!!
Wow! Nice looking. Vectrix should have you for a developer.
Hi Mik,
you did another great job! Thanks for the photos of the opened "handlebarcover" know i´m able to fix the problem
of my handlebar which is not in an exact right-angle with the frontwheel. My Dealer didn´t fix it, because there
no service available yet!!
Greetings from Austria to Australia Mike
Hi, it is not fixed yet, but i´ll take photos and post them, when work is done.
Greetings Mike
Hey Mik,
Any of these modifications void the warranty?
:) :? :)
I think it will depend on what gets damaged after the changing. If a rear-shock-absorber gets wheak after one year,
Vectrix might have a problem declaring the warranty is voided because of the modification of the hazzard lights.
If something of the electrical system or the mainboard gets damaged they will tell you your warranty is voided
because of your modifications (even it have nothing to do with (mainfuse blown or whorse...))
greetings Mike
Hey Mik,
Any of these modifications void the warranty?
:) :? :)
No, of course not, my warranty is totally un-voidable!
About yours - I don't know. But I would really like it if some of you guys with a Vectrix could ask them about it!
:-) perhaps your warranty was made unavoidable for you


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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
1542 TulaneAve.:
Stratos Elevator is installing new frame rails on Elevator #1.
Zimmer-Eschette continues to clean the ducts on the 4th Floor.
The ducts on the 5th and 6th Floors passed the visual inspection.
The sampling in the 5th Floor duct is in progress.
The contractor continues to remove carpet and debris from the 4th Floor.
Ceiling tile is being removed on the 5th Floor.
Zimmer is cleaning on the 7th Floor and is nearing completion.
Sample Results:
Duct sample results for the 7th floor passed clearance, except one section of duct that the contractor is re-cleaning.
The re-sampling of Suite 123 (air samples) passed.
Dental School :
The contract for the replacement of the roofs on the main Dental School buildings has been signed.
The Notice To Proceed is being issued for January 7, 2008.
Landis closed in the ceiling in around the new column wraps in the Clinic Building lobby.
Schindler is installing the hoist way for Elevator # 3.
They installed a part of the new bronze frame work that the front paneling connects to.
Landscaping Project:
The crews completed the installation of the three irrigation stations on the S. Roman St. side of the MEB at the entrance/exit to the loading dock/service area.
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|Life Time Fitness Inc.
Chanhassen, MN, US
Architecture Project Lead-CHA02206
Coordinates assigned Life Time Fitness projects from beginning of design through club grand opening. Ideal candidate is to have a strong work ethic and must be able to adapt well to change. Upholds the fulfillment of Life Time Fitness' Mission Statement.
- Responsible for coordinating and assembling sets of construction documents.
- Lead and direct architectural project teams including external consultants, during the design, development and construction administration phases of a project.
- Collaborate with Project Architect (or Senior Project Lead) to prepare and manage the architectural project budgets for assigned projects.
- Partner and collaborate with team members in other divisions (Project Managers, Civil Managers, Development Managers) to ensure the successful outcome of al assigned projects.
- Review and process project submittals, requests for information (RFI's), and change management documents during Construction Administration.
- Develop and maintain prototype as well as site specific details based on industry best-practices and drawing files.
- Coordinate with architectural staff to ensure new prototypical details are issued in all active projects.
- Create presentation drawings and rendered exhibits for submittal to governing agencies, land-owners, architectural control committees, various public presentations, as well as for internal business owner and CEO.
- Four-year college degree in Architecture
- Four years experience in Architecture
- Two years experience in project management and construction administration
- Complete with IDP and in the process of taking the ARE preferred.
- Experience with prototype and/or roll-out projects preferred.
- LEED Accreditation preferred
- Knowledge of standard office procedures and computer software
- Knowledge of architectural industry software
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively multi-task with tight deadlines independently and within a team environment
- Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and recommend solutions
- Ability to follow-through on deliverables and pay attention to details in the midst of multiple projects and deadlines
- Thorough knowledge of general architecture
Primary Location: : MN-Chanhassen - COR - Corporate
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Please apply online at: http://jobs.lifetimefitness.com/job/Chanhassen-Architecture-Project-Lead-Job-MN-55317/2422271/
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Nassau County purchased some 330 illegal guns this week and put them on display at the Office of Emergency Management on Tuesday.
It was an impressive collection: nearly 200 handguns, 15 assault rifles, seven sawed-off shotguns and two semi-automatic handguns.
The question we pose is this: Do you think these programs work? Do they make a difference, or only serve to remove a small portion of the illegal guns on the street?
What is your solution to illegal guns?


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This lake is located four miles east of the town of Bingen and is split by SR-14. This lake has two fishing openers. The first is the last Saturday in April and remains open through the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The second opener is the Friday after Thanksgiving, "Black Friday opener". The lake remains open through February.
Only the north lake is stocked with trout. Thousands of catchable rainbow and hundreds of rainbow broodstock are planted in late December, early January. Broodstock can be to eleven pounds. Thousands of catchable rainbow are planted prior to the April opener, including triploids, and again in June. In November 2000 jumbo rainbow, about 1.25 lbs each are planted for the Black Friday opener.
Largemouth Bass, bluegill, and some crappie are also caught here.There is limited very rocky shore access available and a rough WDFW unimproved boat launch on the north side of the lake.
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Katrina Markoff, the founder of high-end Chicago chocolatier Vosges Haut-Chocolat, is nearing completion on two high-profile projects: a winery-style chocolate facility in Logan Square and an education center at a cacao plantation and eco-lodge in Belize.
Markoff isn't ready to talk about the Logan Square project, her spokeswoman said. But in an interview last week, she said she hopes the Belcampo farm in Belize will become the source of a majority of Vosges' cacao once its plants mature.
The project means Markoff will soon play a role in every aspect of production from seed selection through packaging without having to assume the financial risk of owning a tropical plantation.
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Belcampo Group CEO Anya Fernald said the education center that Markoff helped design will open in mid-December, and Markoff will teach her first "master class" on cacao to guests at the 12-room lodge April 23-27. In exchange for her time and expertise, Markoff will receive a better price on the beans.
"I've always wanted to be involved through the full vertical, from actually growing the varietals of cacao I want, and being particular about how they're grown and harvested and fermented and dried," she said.
Once the farm reaches full yield in about five years, Fernald estimated it will produce 250,000 pounds of cacao annually. Already, with only 60 acres planted so far — all under a rain forest canopy — Fernald said Belcampo is already Belize's largest cacao plantation.
"The integrity of that project is really, really unique and special," Markoff said. "Typically when people buy beans to make chocolate, they just buy whatever is available in the commodity market. There's not a lot of control over how it's grafted, where it's planted, how it's nurtured, who's taking care of it. You just don't get that kind of control."
Bluhm continues gambling push
Chicago real estate and gambling executive Neil Bluhm is entering the race to build one of four planned casinos in Massachusetts and has launched an online gaming division in Chicago, said Greg Carlin, chief executive of Bluhm's Rush Street Gaming.
Earlier this year Rush Street hired Richard Schwartz from Waukegan-based WMS Industries and appointed him president of Rush Street Interactive, its new online gaming division.
"We think (Internet gaming) is going to be eventually legalized throughout the country, or in jurisdictions that have bricks-and-mortar casinos," Carlin said. "Illinois is actually a leader in selling lottery tickets online and could be a leader in Internet gaming as well if they get ahead of the curve and pass legislation before some of the other states."
Nevada and Delaware have legalized some forms of Internet gambling.
In recent years, Bluhm has built three casinos: Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, one in Pittsburgh and another in Philadelphia. In October, Bluhm sold his first U.S. casino, Riverwalk Casino and Hotel, in Vicksburg, Miss., for $141 million in cash to Churchill Downs Inc. (Bluhm held a 70 percent stake in Riverwalk.)
Churchill Downs, a horse racing and wagering company, also owns Arlington Park in Arlington Heights. Its largest shareholder is Duchossois Group, founded by Arlington Park Chairman Richard "Dick" Duchossois.
Duchossois has been trying to persuade the Illinois Legislature to approve slots at racetracks, which, if successful, would make Arlington Park a competitor of Bluhm's Des Plaines casino.
As for the Massachusetts casino, the gambling commission there will weigh applications for casino licenses well into 2013.
Alvarez joins Culloton
Public relations firm Culloton Strategies has hired Michael Alvarez, a commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, as senior vice president for public affairs.
As the Sun-Times reported in January, Alvarez, 32, has worked for Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich and Richard M. Daley — while he has close ties to Ald. Richard Mell, Blagojevich's father-in-law.
In addition to his $70,000 annual salary at the water district, Alvarez has a $60,000-a-year public relations contract with the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority and a "fast-growing" lobbying practice, the Sun-Times reported.


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NAPLES — One graduation ceremony wouldn't suffice for the local Haitian community.
That's why the Naples Haitian Pastors' Association and members of the First Haitian Baptist Mission of Naples organized an entire ceremony to show about 50 recent Haitian graduates just how proud they are of their academic accomplishment.
"I'm so very proud right now because they do so much for us, and I'm just really thankful" said Kendy Branchedor, a recent 18-year-old Lely High School graduate who plans on attending a technical college to learn how to become a mechanic.
During the Friday night ceremony — which took place in the First Haitian Baptist Mission located at 14600 U.S. 41 East — prayers were said, words of encouragement and support were shared and loads of advice was given to the new graduates.
However the ceremony's purpose was more than just to congratulate the new graduates.
"The purpose of it is to encourage the youth to work hard in school," said Jacques Sinjuste, a church member who helped organize the ceremony. "Many of our youth are freshmen [in college,] and they come back here again and they drop out. So we want to encourage them to stay and graduate from college."
Sinjuste said that Haitian high school graduates frequently work so hard to get into college, take a year of college and then drop out. "It's like in my country they say you clean you head and then you put it on the floor, so you're wasting time. We encourage them to keep up with college until they're done."
He wants to remind them that the church is there to support them and to provide them with the help they need to accomplish their academic goals.
All the cap and gown clad graduates from several different Collier County High Schools filled seven pews in the center of the church, and their family and friends filled the surrounding pews.
When the new graduates were asked how many of them are going to college, almost all of them raised their hands.
A recent graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University, Lucie Jean, imparted her wisdom and advice on the recent high school graduates during a speech.
"If you fail to plan, then plan to fail," Jean said. "Our Haitian parents came from Haiti, and they've gone through a lot of things and trials to get us here. So if you're going to go to college, just don't play around with that … work hard and study."
In addition, Jean stressed the importance of finding a good church and setting standards for yourself. "I pray once again that you guys will set high goals for yourselves," she said.
As traditional graduation music played over the speakers, local Haitian church leaders handed out "Haitian certificates of graduation" to each new graduate, who walked up on the church's stage when his or her name was announced. The certificates read: 'Certificate of Appreciation': In grateful recognition of your hard work and dedication in High School from 2005 – [2010.]
"When I graduated, the feeling was so beautiful that I wanted to do it over again, so they kind of gave me a second chance to walk across the stage," said Oline Georges, an 18-year-old Golden Gate High School graduate who plans on studying musical production after high school.
She said the most useful piece of advice that she heard during the ceremony was not to run away from home just for the sake of getting away.
"Unless you have a scholarship or some type of money that you've been helped with, it's best that you stay down here and stay near your parents and get help instead of just going away and putting the idea in your head that you want to get away from your parents," Georges said.
Prizes, such as a new laptop computer, were given out after the ceremony. Next year the church officials hope to raise enough money to give out three or four scholarships to the new graduates.
"The most important piece of advice I heard was not to forget where we come from," said Geovany Napoleon, a 17-year-old Lely High School graduate.
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