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I mentioned last Friday in Parking Lot Mechanic that it's a good idea to check your brakes on a regular basis, as well as how to do it.
This is why it's important. Someone posted these images of "the worst brakes I've ever seen" on imgur. The poster's customer rolled into the shop with a 2003 Buick LeSabre, complaining of a funny noise and not having any brakes.
No shit. You actually have to replace brake pads — and rotors, although less frequently — for them to work correctly. The damage caused by not replacing the pads was way more expensive than just getting it out of the way.
I'm probably preaching to a choir of fellow Jalops here, but for those of you in the "I press the stop pedal and the go pedal and put that smelly gold stuff in a hole in the side and it magically keeps working" crowd, you should be checking your oil and fluids every time you gas up (even if it's a new car, you never know) and looking at (or having someone else look at) you brakes and steering components at least once a year. It's not that difficult.
Blowing up your engine because you didn't check the fluids is one thing, but letting your brakes (and/or steering) get to this point puts everyone else on the road in danger. (Hat tip to Pete!)
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What's all the fuss about? Well, "Jerry Springer: The Opera," offers up about 200 expletives), blasphemy, and tap-dancing members of the KKK. In other words, it's not far from Springer's talk show. But an opera that starts as a (perhaps somewhat predictable) parody slowly turns darker and, depending on your point of view, more objectionable. In the second half, all hell breaks loose. Jerry is sent to Hades where he must emcee a reconciliation between Satan and Jesus.
It looks like the opening-night performance of the SpeakEasy Stage Company's production of "Jerry Springer: The Opera" will be met with a protest. Some people, it turns out, just don't have a sense of humor about putting Jesus in a diaper. But SpeakEasy producing artistic director Paul Daigneault already knows exactly how he's going to handle the controversy – the same way many other artists who are committed to their vision would face a band of angry dissenters: He's gonna hide.
Just before Friday's opening, Daigneault plans to slip into the Boston Center for the Arts theater to tweak the show with one final rehearsal, and then he's not going to come out until the show's over.
He's not scared; he said he just believes that ignoring the protest is the best way to prevent it from influencing his direction of the show.
"I don't look at it as a comment on religion," says Daigneault, describing his take on the sometimes-obscene, sometimes-vulgar, but often very funny "Jerry Springer." "It's just good, satirical fun." It's not the first time that the show has elicited a strong public reaction. Although the opera was a hit in London, news that it was going to be broadcast on the BBC reportedly drew 47,000 complaints. No wonder the show has tiptoed into the U.S., with only regional productions in cities such as Chicago and Washington. Mild protests have followed the opera in the U.S., and the Boston Center for the Arts is braced for more of the same, as a group called America Needs Fatima is calling for a "peaceful and prayerful protest" outside the BCA on Friday night.
"I understand their feelings," says Veronique LaMelle, executive director of the Boston Center for the Arts. "But I also understand the right of everyone to have a voice, including the right of artists to have a creative voice." She's notified the police of the group's stated intention.
So what's all the fuss about? Well, aside from Our Savior in Huggies, the opera (created by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee) offers up about 200 expletives (the best one comes in the form of a duet that lasts about three minutes), blasphemy, and tap-dancing members of the KKK. In other words, it's not far from Springer's talk show. But an opera that starts as a (perhaps somewhat predictable) parody slowly turns darker and, depending on your point of view, more objectionable. In the second half, all hell breaks loose. Jerry is sent to Hades where he must emcee a reconciliation between Satan and Jesus.
"I like how the show pushes boundaries," says Daigneault. "It puts ordinary people in an operatic world. Yes, it's vulgar at times, but it's still very human."
"God is right," says Michael Fennimore, explaining his view on the protesters. "He doesn't need a defense."
He should know; he's Jerry Springer. Or at least he plays Jerry in the opera.
Fennimore, raised a Catholic, thinks that anyone who has the time to protest could probably spend that time in ways that are more helpful to humanity. And he said "Jerry Springer: The Opera" is much more than a provocative romp. He thinks its message is actually quite affirming.
"Everything that's living is holy," he says, paraphrasing the show. "Nobody's perfect, we're all just human."
Fennimore, who has the only non-singing role, has been around the Boston theater scene for decades. He's been working as a professional actor since 1986, "with only two weeks on unemployment," he adds with justifiable pride.
But the cornerstone of his Boston theater work has been his long run (7,013 performances) with "Shear Madness," the comic whodunit that just can't be killed.
"Everyone talks about Yul Brynner's long run in 'The King and I,'" says Fennimore. "But I passed him a long time ago."
Fennimore may be a stage vet, but his new role in "Jerry Springer" has exercised muscles he hasn't used in years. He says he's in awe of the talented ensemble that surrounds him in the show, adding that he's a little surprised he was cast. But, in fact, he may have landed the role months ago, when he went to an audition for the SpeakEasy's "The Seafarer."
"He walked into the room," remembers Daigneault, "and I thought, 'Oh, look, there's Jerry Springer.'"
"When I got the role of Jerry Springer, I wanted to call my old acting teachers to tell them," says Fennimore. "But then I realized they're all dead."
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The Switzerland of Ohio Local school district has enough money to continue running the district as is for the current school year and through the end of the 2014-15 academic year.
The Switzerland of Ohio Local school district has enough money to continue running the district as is for the current school year and through the end of the 2014-15 academic year.
"Then we fall off the cliff, big time," Superintendent John Hall said.
And even before things get to that point, Hall says "as is" isn't good enough.
"We have right now - embarrassingly - a bare-bones academic program," he said. "It's not a good situation for our students from the standpoint that there's so much more we could be offering our kids."
The district is asking voters to approve a 7.72-mill emergency levy that would generate $3 million a year over five years to restore programs and personnel lost to steep budget cuts following the rejection of a continuing permanent improvement levy in 2012 and the failure of an emergency levy in May.
Hall said the district could use twice that amount but knows it cannot ask that of residents facing difficult economic times of their own, particularly with the closure of Ormet Aluminum's Hannibal plant, which employed nearly 1,000 workers.
"Basically, this is a survival levy," he said.
The immediate impact of Ormet on the district will be the loss of about $109,000 a year in property taxes, but a greater impact could follow as families who have lost jobs move out of the district, resulting in a decrease of $5,745 in state funding per student.
"If 100 kids go out, that's (more than) half a million dollars," district Treasurer Lance Erlwein said.
Students are already leaving the district via open enrollment to other schools, something district officials attribute to the decline in programs offered and larger class sizes.
In the current school year, there are 185 students going out through open enrollment and just 15 coming in, Erlwein said. Most of them are going to districts north of Switzerland, but 10 are attending Frontier Local Schools, a district that also accounts for eight students coming in to Switzerland.
"We lost about 30 gifted and talented students to other school districts," Hall said, noting offerings for those students were greatly reduced by the budget cuts.
Hall came aboard Aug. 26, a little more than three months after voters in the district rejected an emergency levy that would have raised $2.5 million a year over five years. Following the vote, the board approved a variety of cost-saving measures, including the elimination of about 40 jobs, cancellation of plans to hire school resource officers to bolster building safety and hiking pay-to-participate fees for sports from $10 per student, per sport to $200 for the high school level and $100 for junior high.
Those came on top of the elimination of all elementary physical education and music teaching positions, shop and consumer science positions, the Beallsville Elementary principal job and all field trips that weren't independently funded.
Leasing the mineral rights to the district's three largest properties brought one-time bonus payments to the district totaling $1.2 million, Erlwein said. That buys some time before more cuts are necessary.
Hall and Erlwein did not go into what cuts might be made without the levy after 2014-15, preferring to discuss what will happen if it passes.
"We're rebuilding the district by adding teachers," Erlwein said.
Hall said he wants to see accelerated classes restored in the middle and lower grades.
"We need to be able to stretch our top students," he said, noting students at the middle and lower-performing levels will rise along with them.
Hall said he's been meeting with local groups and even people in their homes to discuss the levy and the need for it. He acknowledged some residents have a lack of trust with the district over past issues, but said that shouldn't affect what's happening now.
"People need to understand that this is their school district, and they are voting to help students in the district," Hall said. "There are a lot of adult issues that are getting people to lose focus."
Some frustration has been directed at changes made following the passage of a 28-year, 7.69-mill bond issue and permanent improvement levy.
Erlwein said construction of the buildings is not the reason the district is facing its current financial struggles, noting that money is separate and cannot be used for personnel or day-to-day operational costs. He and Hall pointed to the inefficiency of running the largest district, geographically, in the state, with transportation alone consuming more than 10 percent of the district's budget. Personnel costs account for 74 percent of the budget, lower than is common in some districts.
Reductions in state funding are another area of concern. Switzerland is receiving the same amount it did last year thanks to a guarantee provision in the newest school-funding formula, but that is only in place for certain for the current and following fiscal year.
"We ended up deep on the guarantee," Erlwein said. "That's only a guarantee on the current biennium."
Regardless of the outcome on Election Day, Hall said educators in the district will improve where they can. Instilling high expectations in staff and students, improving curricular alignment and focusing on improvements in specific grades and classes can all be accomplished without additional money.
But to go further, the district does need additional funding, Hall said.
Some high- and middle-performing districts increase their operating revenue regularly, he said. Switzerland hasn't added new money for operations since 1995.


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We love roasted beets. We also love goat cheese. We especially love when the two ingredients are combined to yield the yummiest result… roasted beet and goat cheese salad. It's the perfect pairing of the two ingredients. If it's on the menu, it'll end up on our table for us to enjoy!
I'm always on the lookout for a recipe to one-up the last beet and goat cheese salad. Before finding this recipe, I always found roasting beets to be time consuming because I always thought you had to remove the outer skin before roasting. And the task was always seemed so daunting with a vegetable peeler! After peeling the skin, I sliced the raw beets (which are hard to slice uniformly in it's raw form!) very carefully not to cut myself into 1/2-inch slices, drizzled a little olive oil, salt and pepper, and threw it into the oven at 400 degrees. I thought roasted beets should be a little crispy, and well, they always came out burnt and crispy. Blech. So I gave up making roasted beet salads and left it to the experts. Well, I stumbled across this recipe and it was like magic. A sense of cooking clarity. You roast the beets with skin and all, and you can just simply "slip off" the skin once the beets are cool to handle!! What?! I wish I discovered this technique a few years ago!
Anyhow, this recipe is the perfect salad prescription to impress your dinner guests!
Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Salad (adapted from Epicurious)
3 large red beets (1 2/3 lbs without greens)
2 large golden beets (1 lb without greens)
1/4 cup minced shallot
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 ounces soft mild goat cheese
3 tablespoons unsalted shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped
1 ounce mache (aka, lamb's lettuce) or watercress, trimmed (4 cups)
Special equipment: a 2.5 inch round cookie cutter (without handle; at least 2 inches high)
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Separately wrap red and golden beets tightly in double layers of foil and roast in middle of oven until tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Unwrap beets.
While beets are cooling slightly, whisk together shallot, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl, then add oil in a stream, whisking.
When beets are cool enough to handle, slip off and discard skins. Separately cut red and golden beets into 1/4-inch dice and put in separate bowls. Add 2 1/2 tablespoons dressing to each bowl and toss to coat.
Place cookie cutter in center of 1 of 8 salad plates. Put one eighth of red beets in cutter and pack down with your fingertips. Crumble 2 teaspoons goat cheese on top, then one eighth of golden beets, packing them down. Gently lift cutter up and away from stack. Make 7 more servings in same manner. Drizzle each plate with 1 teaspoon dressing and scatter with some pistachios.
Toss mâche or watercress with just enough remaining dressing to coat and gently mound on top of beets. Serve immediately.
Note: beets can be roasted and diced one day ahead and chilled, covered, in two separate bowls. Bring to room temperature before serving. If you will not be serving all 8 salads, only dress the amount you need because I found that the already dressed beets were a little mushy the day after as leftovers.
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On May 11th, Becky Roberts and I will present "Tweet Jams: Facilitated Social Media or Chaos?" at the International Association of Facilitators North America (IAFNA) Conference 2012, in Halifax, Nova Scotia!
We will explore how to apply the concepts of facilitation to Twitter, as we teach how to facilitate a Tweet Jam / Tweet Chat, from 9:00 to 10:30 Atlantic Time.
Join us using the hashtag #IAFNAjam, or join our non-conference facilitation discussions using #facilichat. We will be tweeting out more information shortly.
Tweetchat at the International association of Facilitators North America Conference (IAFNAConf2012). Use hashtag #facilichat.
Friday, May 11, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Eastern Time (9:00 AM to 10:30 Atlantic Time)
Led by: Dorothy Firsching and Becky Roberts
The in-person session will be live tweeted and will introduce Twitter, tweetchats/tweetjams and tools, and will evolve to a Tweet Chat / Tweetjam that will discuss facilitation of Tweet Chats / Tweetjams.
The main questions will include:
- What types of tweetjams / tweetchats have you participated in or facilitated?
- When is a Tweetjam or Tweetchat a great technique in your facilitation practice?
- What tools and techniques work well for tweetjam facilitation?
- What works well to record and present tweetjam results?
The results of the tweetjam will be posted and made available to participants.
All are welcome to participate via Twitter in addition to those participating at the conference. For more information, follow @dbfirsching and @beckylroberts!
Virtual attendance at the IAFNA 2012 conference is also available via Adobe Connect, for a fee.
The presentation from IAFNA 2012 on Facilitating Tweetjams is available below. We are planning more tweet chats so check back here or search for #facilichat on Twitter.
After trying out a variety of tools, my finger seems to gravitate to HootSuite on my Droid. Its interface is just simple and clean. I can flip between my home feed, lists, etc., and easily use it to post, retweet, and so on. It works well as a web app on the desktop, too!
That said, I've not explored the Pro version or spent any money. For what I do, the free version seems to be sufficient.


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"Side Effects May Include …," the new solo comedy from the "Seinfeld" writer Marc Jaffe and playwright Eric Coble, bills itself as a play about Parkinson's disease. By Act 2, it feels very much like a show about sex.
That's because an increased libido is one of the side effects of a common drug, Ropinirole (or Requip), taken to control the onset of this debilitating and uncurable condition. For Phil, the middle-age, stand-up comic (married to a doctor) whose musings and monologues make up the short two-act show, this is a highly desirable new state of affairs. And he gleefully reveals how a marriage with a hitherto moribund sex life morphs into an energetic series of several-times-a-day couplings that almost wear out the necessary equipment, at least on one side of the bed (or kitchen table).
In many ways, you can see why Jaffe clings to this particular theme. Writing a comedy about Parkinson's is not easy, and sex is funny. Phil is, of course, a version of Jaffe himself, and the way the character struggles with the woman he loves developing young-onset Parkinson's is a reflection of the real situation faced by Jaffe and his wife, the Ohio physician Karen Jaffe. The two have made their situation public on Fox News and on other local and national media outlets, and have started a comedy foundation, "Shaking With Laughter," designed to raise funds for, and awareness of, the medical advances against the disease. (A portion of the box office revenue from this show is going to that fight.) This show is part of the message that it's not a good long-term strategy for anyone to keep Parkinson's secret from family members and supporters.
"Side Effects May Include …" is thus a very worthy project, although that sexual theme does, in fact, overwhelm the show's initially promising deeper themes of change, support and struggle, which are raised but dropped much too quickly here. Many people with medical situations like Parkinson's do, in fact, see the humor of all aspects of their situation — even the ones for which they keep their clothes on — and the show does not need to skip away from those more difficult issues in quite such a rush to the bedroom. The jokes may be less obvious elsewhere, and they may require more risk, but the rewards would be greater.
In Chicago, "Side Effects" is performed for MadKap Productions by local actor and comic Andrew J. Pond, working under the direction of Wayne Mell. Given the small size of the Greenhouse studio — here filled with a terrific set from Robert D. Estrin that makes a collage from pills, a bed and the stage of a comedy club — a more subtle level of performance would be desirable. Pond is quite a funny, wacky guy, but everything in this show tends to be slightly overplayed — a repetitive tendency you can also see in the script, which has a habit of carrying its gags one step too far, diminishing both thematic and comedic surprises. Along with more pace and subtlety, the script also needs heightened dramatic tension. We want to see Phil arrive somewhere new by the end of the piece, but it feels more like he has just arrived at the end of his routine, his mental state mostly unchanged.
Writing such a piece, such a personal story, is far from easy. The hard truth, of course, is that once another actor in another city takes it over, the story has to be about far more than one couple and offer insights for others whose struggles may or may not involve this particular situation, which is hardly the only monkey-wrench that can be thrown into life. "Side Effects May Include …" has the potential to be an important contribution to the argument that adversity can be made more bearable by love and laughter, but that means confronting the very toughest stuff. Jaffe and Coble should give the work another pass-through; mostly, the show needs more risk, a concept not unfamiliar to anyone with facing down Parkinson's or any other life-changing challenge.


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collection of datamapper related extensions. mostly needed to run within rails. the restful transactions is around filter for rails actions if needed to control such transaction on per action base otherwise use the rack extension from rack-datamapper. datamapper store is a session store for rails which uses datamapper as persistent layer and is just a wrapper around the datamapper session store from rack-datamapper. the generators produces datamapper models for your rails application.


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Bill Clinton on Abortion
President of the U.S., 1993-2001; Former Democratic Governor (AR)
Vaught was one of the leading abortion opponents among Little Rock clergy, but he said he shared some of ClintonÆs ambivalence, having personally witnessed ōsome extremely difficultö pregnancies. He was not convinced that the Bible forbade abortion in all circumstances.
The minister went to his Bible to reconsider, after which Vaught determined that in the original Hebrew, ōpersonhoodö stemmed from words translated as ōto breathe life into.ö Thus, he averred, the Bible would define a personÆs life as beginning at birth, with the first intake of breath. He reportedly told the governor that this did not mean that abortion was right, but he felt one could not say definitively, based on Scripture, that it was murder.
In all of his discussions about abortion thereafter, Clinton relied on his ministerÆs interpretation to bolster his pro-choice position.
Hillary had pushed unequivocally for the orders, but BillÆs pollster argued that she was dead wrong on the timing of such a hot-button issue; by acting on abortion policy as one of the administrationÆs first pieces of business, the president and, worse, Hillary, would be perceived as governing from the left. But Hillary regarded the prohibitions in question as a powerful symbol of Reagan-era policies, and an opportunity to declare boldly that the Clinton era had begun. There was an additional appeal: it was fiscally neutral, monetarily cost-free, and not subject to a drawn-out legislative process.
President Clinton did, in fact, veto the bill banning partial birth abortion, demanding a vague exception for health that would have amounted to a ratification of almost all such abortions. His veto and the feminist demand for what is, in truth, infanticide underscore the casual brutality born of nihilism that is an ever more prominent feature of our culture.
Status: During the Reagan and Bush Administrations, these services had been banned by the Hyde Amendment. Now, federal law requires Medicaid to pay for abortions for poor women in cases of rape or incest.
Status: The Mexico City Policy which banned funding to worldwide family planning groups was revoked by Presidential Memorandum on January 22, 1993. Roughly $40 million--the first funding since 1985--was in the budget for FY94. The Administration announced that by the year 2000 comprehensive family planning services would be available to "every woman in the world who wants them."
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This is a pre-assembled version of the TPB2-KIT, giving you an already built enclosure for your Size 2 Tibbo Project PCB. The box includes wall-mounting holes. With optional hardware, it can be mounted on a DIN Rail instead.
This assembled version includes Tibbit remover tongs and packaging as shown. You will have to open it up in order to install your TPP2 board, but the rest of the assembly has been made for you, making this a time saver — of course at a higher price than purchasing the TBP2-KIT and assembling the entire box yourself.
There are two boxes that support the Size 2 PCB. This version is best for building a device that will not have direct human interface. It includes two paper inserts for you to write the interface information, and two plastic covers to protect those inserts.
For HMI applications, see the TPB2L which includes a 3.5" 320×240 TFT LCD plus four-button keypad that will fit on top instead.


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After much messing with Fraps, inputs and volume levels, I have finally got the hang of commentating on gameplay.
However, my voice sounds stoned on playback, as if it has been slightly slowed and echoed by the software. Extensive Googling has proved fruitless. Any clues as to what I'm doing wrong? I have the latest version of Fraps and am using a cheapo headset plugged in to the front of my PC via two 3.5mm jack (one for headphone and one for mic). I know the headset is cheap, but it shouldn't be causing me to sound as retarded as I do.
I have noticed there is lag between my speech and hearing myself through the headphones and it would seem that Fraps is using the time I start speaking physically, to the time when I stop through my headphones (perhaps 0.2 of a second later) and stretching the audio to fit that timescale.
I would record you audio with Audacity or some other software. Allows you to tune it up more if required.
And a new mic. I have found no no headset mic work well for commentating.
Check your audio drivers and stuff, make sure they're current.
Moraven's right about using Audacity instead of Fraps for audio. Fraps has a storied history of sync issues. I don't like Fraps, personally, and haven't used it in a long time. Have you fiddled with the audio options to see if that changes anything? I'd just as soon recommend a free alternative, e.g. MSI's Afterburner utility, Open Broadcaster Software, FFSplit, etc.
Your mic works well otherwise, right? I mean, do you sound OK through Mumble or Audacity? If your mic's just wonky, you can get respectable sound out of $30-50 USB dynamic and condenser mics from CAD, Samson, Audio-Technica et al. If you don't want a stand-mount you can also get decent phone and USB lavalier mics around that price.


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Former Central Florida doughnut shop used as front for K-2 lab, deputies say
3 men arrested in Dunnellon drug bust
DUNNELLON, Fla. – Marion County deputies busted a drug operation in which three men were using a former doughnut shop in Dunnellon as a front to manufacture synthetic marijuana, known as K-2.
Drug agents seized enough materials to fill a 26-foot truck, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Not only did they confiscate an estimated $500,000 in ready-to-sell K2, but they also took raw materials, chemicals and equipment used in the operation.
[PHOTOS: Agents make major drug bust in Marion County]
Acting on an anonymous tip, agents raided Sunrise Donuts & Coffee at 10155 SW Highway 484 late Monday night, leading to the arrest of 3 men.
27-year-old Ahmad Warayat, 41-year-old Fares Rabah and 36-year-old Ahmed Mohsin were being questioned by detectives after their arrest in connection with the drug bust.
Two of the men are from Tampa, while the other is from Texas, according to officials.
The business, which has been closed for months, was converted into a "complete K-2 manufacturing setup," deputies said.
Before the men were under arrest deputies say one told them they were loading the "stuff," to be delivered to Tampa.
All three have been booked into the Marion County Jail, charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Watch Local 6 News and stay with ClickOrlando.com for more on this story.
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Autism Support Assistant
SERVICE AREA: Residential Services
LOCATION: Kerry's Place Central Region – Orangeville
POSITION STATUS: Part-Time
HOURS OF WORK: Irregular hours per week (Days, Evenings, Weekends, Holidays, Overnights; Flexibility Required; As per Collective Agreement)
HOURLY PAY RATE: $15.80 - $19.74 per hour (Autism Support Assistant)
$17.81 - $18.75 per hour (Overnight Awake)
$14.00 per hour (Overnight Asleep)
UNION AFFILIATION: CUPE Local 5284
Reporting to the Manager, the Autism Support Assistant is responsible to ensure that the day to day support provided to persons diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) meet the expectations of those persons to enhance his/her quality of life. The support provided must also align with the values of Kerry's Place Autism Services and meet the goals and expectations of the agency. The Autism Support Assistant, with his/her team, provides services aimed at maximizing health and safety and personal fulfillment of persons diagnosed with ASD.
Kerry's Place offers a competitive overall compensation package which includes but is not limited to: 5% in lieu of group benefits; the ability to participate in our employer matched Registered Retirement Pension Plan; 4 % in lieu of vacation pay to start; 2 weeks unpaid vacation, and 10 personal emergency leave days (2 paid, 8 unpaid). We also provide developmental and training opportunities from the onset such as NVCI, Autism Spectrum Disorder specific training, CPR/First Aid etc. Our Part-Time staff can choose to work numerous shifts weekly while still enjoying the flexibility of work life balance.
- Be familiar with and consistently apply the principles of Kerry's Place with respect to the Mission, Vision, Values and Policies and Procedures.
- Provide solutions to barriers impacting achievement of quality of life. Participate to ensure Personal Outcomes for persons are met as defined by each participant.
- Consistently follow, where appropriate, Behavioural and Crisis Protocols as documented. Document and report incidents and serious occurrences immediately.
- Provide support and coaching in the areas of social skills, communication, vocation and leisure activities.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with families, natural supports, volunteers, professionals, community members and others.
- Administer medication according to Kerry's Place Policy and Procedures.
- This position supports adults.
The successful candidate will possess the following qualifications:
- Completion of Human Services Diploma from a recognized Community College or University or completion of Ontario Secondary School (or equivalent) and one year of related experience (preferably supporting persons diagnosed with ASD).
- Solid communication skills both verbal and written.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team.
- Demonstrated flexibility, creativity and sound judgment.
- Must have the ability to physically support children, youth and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Must have the ability to complete the NVCI certification as well as perform the required physical techniques; training will be provided.
- A valid Driver's License, with a minimum G2 and a reliable vehicle.
- French language skills will be considered an asset.
In addition to a competitive compensation package, we focus on health and wellness including fitness and family- focused benefits and work life balance.
Kerry's Place is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusivity in employment and welcomes applications from all qualified persons. Kerry's Place is also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
This position is open to Internal and External applicants. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We thank all applicants for your interest in Kerry's Place Autism Services.


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Start the NGINX server
The NGINX server is located in the /opt/bitnami directory.
This server is disabled by default. To start it, rename the ctl.sh.disabled script:
$ cd /opt/bitnami
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By default, NGINX will be started on port 1234. Check http://SERVER-IP:1234 in your browser to see the NGINX welcome page.


text: We really enjoyed Gwenda Bond's young adult novel Blackwood, which weaves together the mystery of the Roanoke disappearance with a lot of supernatural craziness for a fun story of growing up cursed. And now, on the heels of MTV's success with Teen Wolf, we could be seeing Miranda Blackwood on television every week. The MTV version is being produced by Kelsey Grammer's Gramnet Prods., with the pilot script written by comic book and TV writer Peter Calloway (Brothers & Sisters). [Deadline]


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Attempt to characterize second amendment as taboo subject accelerates
Paul Joseph Watson
December 17, 2012
Following a flood of complaints to the show's official Facebook page in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting, the Discovery Channel has announced that the hit reality show American Guns will not return for a third season.
"This comes as something of a surprise given its growing popularity," reports Fox News. "The show had a 50 percent ratings increase for its second season premiere, and one of its stars, Renee Wyatt, recently said she would "definitely" be interested in returning for season three."
A Discovery Channel representative refused to connect the show's shock cancellation to Friday's tragedy. American Guns is just one of several highly popular firearms-based shows broadcast by the company.
Complaints about the show centered around the fact that it made "buying/owning guns seem fun, glamorous, even normal," and that it was "inappropriate" to broadcast the program in the aftermath of Friday's events. Given the fact that almost half of Americans own guns, one wonders how owning guns in America can be described as anything other than "normal".
"It does not surprise me that Discovery may be lowering the profile of its gun coverage," responded a rep for the The Firearm Coalition. "That's their prerogative. Nonetheless this tragedy has as much to do about lawful use of guns as the lawful use of cars has to do with a car bombing."
This again illustrates how gun control advocates are circling the wagons against the second amendment, by attempting to demonize the very discussion of firearms as something dirty and taboo.
As we reported earlier, crowds of people are flocking to gun buyback programs run by police departments across the country in order to hand in their firearms, with many citing Friday's shooting as a reason for doing so.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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Quickbooks Extension
Seamless Quickbooks Integration for Your Website and Online StoreGet Started
The Quickbooks Extension enables you to seamlessly sync mission critical data from your online store directly to your Quickbooks ERP and accounting system. This software is directly integrated into your Upshot Commerce e-commerce solution. Your Upshot Commerce team establishes the relevant points of integration and all data is sent from your Upshot Commerce online store to your Quickbooks system for a complete consumer and store owner managed experience.
- Increased revenue potential through built-in online marketing and SEO tools
- Increased efficiency through a single shared data point
- Increased productivity through streamlined workflow and online order management
- Customizable to fit any business model
- Remove operator duplicate data entry errors
Supported Features
- Ability to send customer information from your online store to your Quickbooks system
- Ability to send order details from your shopping cart software to your Quickbooks system
- Ability to export payment methods from online orders to your Quickbooks platform
- Ability to receive order status from your Quickbooks system directly into your Upshot Commerce platform
- Ability to synchronize stock levels, pricing, and other catalog facets from your Quickbooks platform
- Catalog details, such as pricing and availability, are synced from your Quickbooks system on a scheduled basis
How it works
- Contact eBridge and establish your account for your ERP, EDI or accounting package
- Our Project Managers will work to connect to their established data points
- We test to ensure everything is working and, you are ready to launch your system
- When orders are placed, we send the supported details to your Quickbooks system
- Order status updates from Quickbooks are sent to your shopping cart and online store on a scheduled basis
- We stay a part of your team after launch providing you with optional consultations or service you need for your online business
What Do You Need?
- Upshot Commerce Core Platform
- Upshot Commerce Quickbooks Extension
- eBridge Subscription and Account
The Quickbooks Integrated software is a complete architectural framework added to your shopping cart and your administrative back-office. Expand your business model with this ERP and accounting integration management solution for your shopping cart software. This is a great addition to your Upshot Commerce solution.


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- 8 cherry tomatoes
- 8 small, fresh mozzarella balls
- 8 basil leaves
- 8 toothpicks
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- coarse salt and pepper
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Caprese Salad Appetizers
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Those are cute little bites :) I will definitely try this in my party sometime :)ReplyDelete
These are so incredibly cute! How perfectly light and summery!ReplyDelete
What an absolutely lovely presentation!!! How could one resist!ReplyDelete
Nice presentation I love these kind of mini salads on a stick a greek salad brochette also works well with tomato, olive cucumber an fetaReplyDelete
This looks so pretty, simple but you made that simple into extraordinary..very well done! Love your mini salad and photos too!ReplyDelete
These little guys are so cute! Great presentation too!ReplyDelete
Too cute - love these!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Stunning! I made something very similar for a wedding once. I marinated mozzarella pearls for a week, then served them with tomatoes in a balsamic vinaigrette. They were delicious, but not as pretty as yours!ReplyDelete
I think it was the brown in the vinaigrette....
Culinary Lens - I like the idea of olives and feta for this! I will definitely try that.ReplyDelete
Ann - I know what you mean - I love using balsamic vinegar, but don't like how it turns food brown. :(
cute and simple! great!ReplyDelete
These are great! What perfect little individual appetizers these are! I can just see these being a huge hit at a party!ReplyDelete
What a fun idea! I have a couple of sets of these tasting spoons, will have to remember this :)ReplyDelete
thank you for sharing these delicious bites on Fit and Fabulous Fridays! Love caprese anything!!! Your photography is beautiful, too. :)ReplyDelete
Awwww... those look nice. Thanks for sharing the recipe=) This is definitely worth a try.ReplyDelete
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A friend of mine is planning a trip through "the 'Stans" including the Pamir Highway but given its extreme altitude he is worried about whether it will be open or passable or safe at the beginning of October.
How early does the snow start at this height in this part of the world? Does the highway or part of it close during a certain period and if not is there a period where it's generally advised not to attempt it.
He intends to travel it by shared taxi.


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South didn't mandate slavery
In the article on the Confederate Flag [October 10, 2002, Cover Story, "Heritage or Hate?"] (http://www.readthehook.com/92580/cover-cross-bear-southern-prideor-preju...) UVA Professor Gary Gallagher was quoted as saying that the Confederate Constitution "mandated slavery."
Even a cursory glance at the document reveals the fallacy of this statement. The Confederate Constitution specifically prohibited the African slave trade. In the United States Constitution, prohibition of the African slave trade was left up to the discretion of Congress.
It is difficult to see how a specific Constitutional prohibition on the slave trade supports the idea that there was a mandate for slavery in that same document.
The Confederate Constitution did recognize the right of slave owners to "transit and sojourn" with their slaves in all of the individual Confederate States, and it protected the property interest in the slaves while in transit or sojourn. The Confederate Constitution also limited the power of the central government in Richmond to interfere with the institution in any new territories which might be acquired.
However, it did not mandate slavery in any State carved out of that territory. In the Confederacy, just as in the Union, slavery was a matter for the States, not the central government, to regulate.
In fact, the slavery provisions of the Confederate Constitution did no more than reflect a quite valid interpretation of the relevant provisions of the United States Constitution at the time. Under both Constitutions, the institution of slavery was recognized and accepted. Strong evidence of this Constitutional sanction is the fact that slavery in the United States was abolished only by a post-War Constitutional Amendment.
Those who find the Confederate Flag to be an offensive reminder of slavery might do well to pause and consider that the institution endured under the United States Flag for a much longer period.
How one views the Confederate Flag is a personal matter. But historical exaggerations hardly lend themselves to a reasoned view of the Flag's place in American history. One can never know what might offend another. As a general rule, though, no offense should be taken where none is intended. None of the proponents of the Confederate Flag indicated any desire to offend anyone. For them, the Flag is a symbol of "Heritage, not Hate."
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Albemarle County


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California public school student in grades three through eleven take part in the state's standardized assessments. These
assessments include a variety of approaches and item types that model
and promote high-quality teaching and student learning and set a course
to ensure that all California students are well prepared to enter
college and careers in today's competitive global economy.
Understanding the CAASPP Individual Student Report
Spanish Version
Approximately five-minutes in length, this video is an excellent resource for parents and students to help them better understand the 2016–17 Student Score Report, which details the student's standardized testing results.
CAASPP Parent Guide Gr. 3-5
CAASPP Parent Guide Gr. 6-8
CAASPP Student Score Report Guides are short documents that describe each part of the student score reports. They currently are available in English, with translations coming soon in ten different languages. The CAASPP Student Score Report Guide for the Standards-based Tests in Spanish for Reading/Language Arts in grades two through eleven is now available in English and Spanish.


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4.1 Release Candidate Out For Testing
Today, we are passing the last milestone on the way to KDE 4.1, a release that will be suitable for a larger audience than 4.0 has been. While it is not yet up to the features that people are used to from KDE 3.5, KDE 4.1 provides a significant amount of improvements over KDE 4.0, which some said was a bit of a bumpy ride. Sources and available packages are linked on the release info page.
The development in trunk/ in Subversion has already been opened for feature development, which is going into KDE 4.2 (to be released in January), but developers are strongly encouraged to concentrate on bugfixing in the 4.1 branch for now. Do give RC1 a spin, file bugreports and fix things, there is only a week left until 4.1 is being tagged. Do have your changes in the 4.1 branch reviewed by your peers, though. Note that some users might still be suffering from performance problems with NVidia graphics chips. There is a page on Techbase that gives some more information about it. Make sure you report bugs via KDE's Bugzilla so they can be addressed and do not get lost.
Re: Problem with plasmoids
Yeah yeah, we're still trying to get the new plasmoids to be packaged. We're having a bit of trouble with the transitional package to the new plasmoid package. Hopefully we'll get this resolved soon...
By Jonathan Thomas at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Problem with plasmoids
Install the kdeplasma-addons package now, and everything should be back to normal.
By Jonathan Thomas at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Problem with plasmoids
Thanks, I tought it was a problem in the source, not in the package :)
Thanks for the packages, I'm very grateful :D
By Iuri Fiedoruk at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Problem with plasmoids
For some reason, I can't find the folder view plasmoid :-(
By Iuri Fiedoruk at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Problem with plasmoids
OK, just found it on the kdebase-plasma-kde4 package. Did not undestood why it is separated from the rest...
By Iuri Fiedoruk at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Problem with plasmoids
Thanks, the new package sorted it out for me. I still don't have working plasmoids in amarok 2 alpha though - if I drag applets to the middle pane, nothing happens.
By Adrian Baugh at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
About the themes
I wonder why the (color) themes are so dark. I am not sure what gives this feeling (taskbar only?), but the overall desktop seems dark. It is really different from KDE3 which uses many shiny colors. I think it is obvious, even from the screenshots here: http://www.kde.org/screenshots/.
What is the rationale behind this style? It sounds like a trend as Microsoft Windows Vista also has a dark default theme (I do not know about the other themes, if any exists ;-) ).
Maybe displaying dark colors requires less energy. (BTW, does anyone know?) But this is probably not the reason!
I tried to find more colorfull and brighter themes (on kde-look), but I did not succeed. I also tried to change the color of the taskbar, but I could not find the option. Is it possible to change that color and to tune the look of this taskbar?
By Hobbes at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
You may use the aya theme wich adapts automatically to the colors of the window theme (Oxygen is quite clear by default, isn't it?)
By Sinok at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
Also, what is a problem, I think, all the themes included by default are similar dark themes (although there is the Aya theme which follows the system colors) and the user does not have the option to modify the color. In KDE 3, while it follows the system color by default, the user can set any custom background, and not just select from a list of themes, most of which have a black or dark grey color.
By Grósz Dániel at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
"In KDE 3, while it follows the system color by default, the user can set any custom background, and not just select from a list of themes"
Do I understand that right that you are not able to select an arbitrary wallpaper? I can. Right beside the wallpaper selector there should be a button which lets you choose an image file to use as wallpaper.
By Stefan Majewsky at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
The widget style has a light and "airy" theme (Oxygen) as do the window decorations (Ozone). But the default Plasma theme is dark and dreary.
By David Johnson at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
I think black is sexy personally. I like dark themes.
To each their own. I'm pretty sure in time we'll see all kinds of colors for plasma themes. I believe there is a "fluffy bunny" theme right now which is bright pink.
By T. J. Brumfield at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
> Maybe displaying dark colors requires less energy. (BTW, does anyone know?)
It depends on your screen. CRT and plasma displays both draw more power to light a pixel than not to light it. TFTs and normal projectors use a light source that is always on, so the power draw for a white screen is the same as for black.
The amount of power saved (for CRT and plasma) is not huge either, because the device still has to run all of its other circuitry for processing the signal and so on.
You can be sure that saving power was not on the agenda of anyone creating a darker theme. If you really want to save power, turn everything off! :-)
-- Steve
By Steve at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
It doesn't require less energy, unless you are using a CRT monitor.
I use a dark theme as it's just easier on my eyes when indoors.
By NabLa at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
Personally I think that new KDE looks really bad.
By Responses to at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
Are you actually under the impression that KDE is an organization capable of actually hiring someone? That KDE is produced by paid people? Well, you are wrong. All design work on KDE4 is volunteer work -- and personally, I think KDE4 looks really great. But neither my nor your opinion has any worth, you are an anonymous coward so you don't have any credentials at all anyway, and I'm only a developer, so I don't have any design credentials until I prove otherwise.
By Boudewijn Rempt at Fri, 2008/07/18 - 5:00am
Re: About the themes
Yes, KDE4 takes some stuff from Vista and OSX. Linux desktops always take some ideas from other desktops. Frankly, so do proprietary desktops do too (Windows was originally said to be too Mac-like). However, there is plenty of originality in Plasma.
* The "everything is a widget" design: I've used Vista and OSX and cannot place panel stuff on the Dashboard/Sidebar, nor can I place Dashboard/Sidebar widgets on the panel.
By Michael "troll ... at Fri, 2008/07/18 - 5:00am
visual style and acceptance
What I find interesting is that both Vista and KDE4 have followed a dark visual theme, and both seem to generate very intense, negative reactions. There are certainly valid reasons for some of those reactions, but the level of intensity which is rarely seen against other offerings makes me wonder if there's a common issue there, and if it might not be the appearance.
By Lee at Sat, 2008/07/19 - 5:00am
Dark Color Schemes: just don't open konqueror
I may post this again on the next big dot announcement (final realease is real soon) to get more attention... I want some feed back.
I like dark color schemes personally, but I find dark color schemes have a big problem when you try to open up certain webpages... the dot, I think, is actually a big offender. Another bad site in facebook (maybe that will change with the new interface).
The problem is that the html page is rendered using the same color scheme as the desktop environment... this causes a lot of problems. My solution was to call setQPallete (i think that was the command) early on in the life of the khtmlpart, and set a generic color scheme that was a standard "paper" colored scheme. There were some complains about this on the k-c-d list, I'll repost them. But I still think the idea is valid: when rendering a webpage, it shouldn't look different just because someone has an unusual color scheme; thats just asking for trouble. The whole point of a webpage is for it to render the same everywhere.
This is something I'm perfectly willing to fix but its more a matter of what my follow users and developers think need to be done. What are you opinions?
By Level 1 at Tue, 2008/07/22 - 5:00am
Re: Dark Color Schemes: just don't open konqueror
I think you're placing your suggestion in the wrong place. You need to get onto the right mailing lists and irc channels, figure out who the people are who care about color schemes in KDE (Mattew Woehlke springs to mind) and the people working on khtml and start discussing your ideas directly with them, possibly sweetening them with some patch or prototype. The dot isn't really a place where developers discuss their work, but if you got to the right place, you'll quickly find yourself embraced and extended :-)
By Boudewijn Rempt at Tue, 2008/07/22 - 5:00am
Vertical Panel not ok
On wxga resolutions it makes sense to use a vertical panel.
Unfortunately the task manager does not look well, since it does not put the text in vertical direction.
instead of
Also, the main launcher icon does not scale well
By Yves at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Vertical Panel not ok
Actually... I think the vertical name as you want it is tricky to read.
On your screenshot, however, the reason that it is hard to read the horizontal name, is because the buttons are rendering the icon to the left of the text, and not offering a lot of room for the text, which is then faded out when it becomes too wide for the narrow space.
What is needed, is a quick patch to the buttons to change the button rendering to icon-above-text when the taskbar is vertical, which ought to fix the problem, more or less...
By Luke Chatburn at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Vertical Panel not ok
it's even funnier if you shrink the panel to not use the whole screen from top to buttom. than it uses the default grafics instead of the grafics for the right location. look at the screenshot to see what i mean. the left bar is ok, the right bar looks... not that nice.
By Manuel Mommertz at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Vertical Panel not ok
By Yuriy Kozlov at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Vertical Panel not ok
By Manuel Mommertz at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Vertical Panel not ok
This is actually a regression (WoC?), because I distinctively remember it working in an older KDE4 version. It's a problem now (it doesn't work anymore on my system either), though.
Yes, you should file it as a bug.
By Michael "nothin... at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Vertical Panel not ok
It appears to me that neither of the two possibilities is "correct" since if you have a wider vertical Panel you might want horizontal text.
Simple solution is to have the widget configurable for either vertical or horizontal text. This is needed in any case because you need to be able to choose which one you want with a Task Manager that isn't on a Panel. Being able to choose icon size and position (just like with a toolbar -- that includes text only or icon only) would also be nice.
How is the clock on a vertical Panel? In KDE-3, it only works if the Panel is wide enough. Is this a similar issue?
By JRT at Sat, 2008/07/19 - 5:00am
press contact africa
mentions Uwe as contact.
By elveo at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
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By elveo at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Trying it now
It works. Visually it seems crisper.
Looking forward to getting Kontact back.
Thank you. Just have to learn how to use new features. :)
By Gerry at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
This is my first attempt at Kde 4.
I must say I am impressed and I'm looking forward to installing it as my base desktop environment. I'm running debian and I'll probalby wait until they move it to testing.
As for the things that bug me, there are some :(, I will look at he bug reports and file my comments there.
Keep going. At last something new and exciting in the DE world.
By Paul Thomas at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Promising
Gotta agree, I've been using openSUSE's KDE development branch for a while now (following KDE 4.1's development) and have found it to be quite stable and with very few issues. The only crashes I've really had were with KNotify randomly going down (which is something that happened to me randomly in KDE 3 as well on other machines... KNotify has always seemed like the first thing that'd go down if there was any issuue at all). All in all, KDE 4.1 is extremly nice and rather stable for me, can't wait to see 4.2's path!
By Kitsune at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Promising
I am waiting to Debian Lenny to have all of these beauties (eye candy) and new and improved functionalities that have been promised. I cant wait to try it, but I can not give me the lust of trying it in another distro. Keep going, you are getting closer to something bigger than everything seen so far...
By Hernán Lorenzo at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Promising
I have installed the experimental packages in Lenny and they work quite well.
By AB at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Promising
I am using KDE 4.1 Beta 2 from Debian experimental as my main desktop environment for a couple of weeks now and I am quite happy with it. It is quite stable and with the tips given on http://techbase.kde.org/User:Lemma/KDE4-NVIDIA compositing works quite well with my NVidia 8600 GT. The only serious bugs I encountered is that KMail crashes if you switch between folders to fast and that some plasma applets do not work. But I hope they get fixed before the release. The first packages for KDE 4.1 RC1 are already in incoming.debian.org.
By Michael Thaler at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Kde 4.0.98
I am trying to compile it but kdelibs 4.0.98 soon failed and complained about a "kdesupport" package.
When I asked on IRC I was told that kdesupport is provided by my distro (i have no distro, i run a "source distro" on my own....) and that it is in fact not "one" package but "multiple" packages (how informative....)
It would really be easier if the last known URL to packages like these would be detailed. After all
How difficult is it to say that, if you need qimageblitz, to just say so (as example)? Doesnt
Compiling something is normally not a huge,nsurmountable problem for me, more or less - after a little work things normally will compile, if the author didn't make a bad job in the first place.
I verified that between kdelibs 4.0.98 and 4.0.85 there must have been some change, because kdelibs-4.0.85 did not complain to me about an ominous "kdesupport" package and in fact finished creating its cmake-job (i didnt start to compile it because I dont see why i should compile 4.0.85 when 4.0.98 is out)
So, if one wants to build from source, this URL is not enough at all:
But the name of the package "automoc in kdesupport" demands that users have some dependencies
I was told to look at:
But this also does not help AT ALL for several reasons. Where is kdesupport?
The first google result is:
Compiling Kde 3.5.9 is really easy compared to how often kde 4 changes those things,
Thanks for anyone who can help me though. If anything, maybe this post can help to smoothen
By markus at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Kde 4.0.98
Looking around on one of the mirrors this looks like the package you'd want: http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/kde/unstable/snapshots/kdesupport.tar.bz2
The page you linked to (http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/KDE4) includes a section about updating kdesupport, although thats unfortunately only if you're using SVN.
By Kitsune at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Kde 4.0.98
It was somewhat disconcerting when I found the following message a while ago: "The xxx repository is no longer consistent with KDE trunk. Please install the xxx package from your distribution."
But wait, this is from the kdesupport README file in trunk!
By David Johnson at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Kde 4.0.98
> Compiling Kde 3.5.9 is really easy compared to how often kde 4 changes those things,
KDE 4 isn't even feature complete yet, nor has it had the time of bug fixing KDE 3 had. Nothing to be irritated about.
By Carlo at Fri, 2008/07/18 - 5:00am
Re: Kde 4.0.98
This always worked for me.
Install subversion.
Then :
svn checkout svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/kdesupport
I am now using trunk version but I think this should work with RC1 tarballs too.
By SVG at Fri, 2008/07/18 - 5:00am
Re: Kde 4.0.98
We moved the automoc tool out of kdelibs into kdesupport. This makes it possible that cmake based non-KDE applications can also use automoc, e.g. phonon, akonadi and other Qt-only packages.
By Alex at Fri, 2008/07/18 - 5:00am
Re: Kde 4.0.98
But still that would be GREAT if you created a tarball of extra apps/libs required to build KDE4.
Things that live only in SVN sometimes do not not even compile ;-) SVN version of kdesupport may have features incompatible with release - since release happens at a defined time, while trunk version keeps changing.
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Mon, 2008/07/21 - 5:00am
Some days ago I saw that PHP-Qt bindings where integrated into KDE, so it occurred me, what bindings KDE currently support?
Thanks in advance.
By Iuri Fiedoruk at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Bindings
At the moment you can write plasmoids in C++, QtScript, Ruby and C# (with Python to come fairly soon I believe). There are C++, Python, Ruby and C# bindings for kdelibs.
We hope to get the PHP-Qt bindings up to speed with respect to the Ruby and C# ones and their coverage of the kdelibs apis for KDE 4.2. Before then we hope to have some PHP Plasma bindings working.
By Richard Dale at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Bindings
Nice to know, great news!
I do not use C++ because I think writing things as plasmoids in a compiled language does not make much sense for being small things, that would be faster developed. C# for patent/litigation/m$/etc reasons is out, and I do not want to learn even one more language (my head will hurt if I pass of 10).
By Iuri Fiedoruk at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Bindings
Well, it now has (some) support for Mac Dashboard widgets, which are written entirely in HTML, CSS and Javascript. I expect PHP wouldn't be so hard to implement.
By madman at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Bindings
Implementing PHP Qt and Plasma bindings support is solving a different problem, than supporting HTML, CSS and Javascript via WebKit. We are not using web based apis like the DOM, but Qt ones like QObjects, QGraphicsView features, slots and signals and so on. It may be possible to integrate PHP with WebKit too, so that you could use it like you use Javascript, I'm not sure.
By Richard Dale at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Bindings
Also, just my 2C, wouldn't PHP bindings allow you to reuse code from your web services in Plasmoids?
By Michael "Web Se... at Thu, 2008/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Bindings
I'm hoping proper Python support comes by KDE 4.2 because I have all sorts of ideas that I would like implemented... (and sadly I only "speak" Python).
By Luca Beltrame at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Bindings
Python support for Plasma shouldn't be a problem for 4.2. Someone else has already made a good start on the problem and has handed their work over to me to integrate it proper into KDE SVN.
By Simon Edwards at Wed, 2008/07/16 - 5:00am


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Taylor Swift's 'Red' album is fast approaching three million copies sold worldwide. While that's an impressive feat in its own right, the record-breaking sales numbers are even more extraordinary given that the album was just released one month ago.
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The inevitable became reality this week for Gulf District Schools.
During a special meeting Monday, Superintendent of Schools Jim Norton officially notified the School Board and the union representing district employees of a Reduction of Force as the public schools stare down a deficit of more than $800,000 for the next budget year.
The cuts have been predicted by Norton for months, even with the voter approval of a one mill additional levy in March that continues for four years.
�We had a projected shortfall of more than $2 million without the additional one mill,� Norton said. �This school year is balanced. This is all based on next year�s projections.
�As we have known about the shortfall, even with the additional mill, we had to sit down and plan for it, to identify potential cuts. We knew this was coming.�
Notifying the School Board and union of the pending job cuts is a requirement by law.
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The district, as it does each year, last month notified those personnel employed for less than three years and on annual contract that their contracts were up.
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The union, president Billy Hoover said, would like the district to make the cuts from that pool of teachers and not hire 30 back before cutting other teaching positions.
�They want to cut tenured teachers, which I don�t understand,� Hoover said.
However, where a Reduction of Force notification has been issued, state law mandates that districts not take seniority into account on job cuts.
�We can not make these cuts on the back of our younger teachers,� Norton said. �As the state requires, we had to decide that the number one priority was to identify our program needs of the students of Gulf County.�
Norton said the estimated number of positions eliminated in the teaching ranks to be 12-15, adding that cuts will be significantly realized through attrition.
As detailed in the Reduction of Force notification, much of the focus on job cuts will be among instructional personnel, but Norton said there will be cuts in administrative and non-instructional positions.
Among the various services the district provides, including transportation and food service, the district will also look at the viability of outsourcing custodial/janitorial services, which would eliminate 11-12 positions.
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�We are literally in the marrow,� Norton said. �We aren�t in the muscle, we aren�t in the bone. We are in the marrow.
�We do not have assistant principals in the schools. We are very light in district staff. We think we do an excellent job with the existing staff.�
Given the current numbers for public school financing in the Florida Legislature � and they are subject to change in the final weeks of the legislative session before arriving on the governor�s desk � the district will bring in $16.26 million in revenue next year against $17.128 in expenditures, translating into a shortfall of $868,249 for fiscal year 2013-14.
Included in those expenditures is $190,000 in what Norton called an �unfunded mandate� for the district to pick up 2 percent of the 3 percent employees must now pay toward retirement and $307,849 in merit-based teacher raises that can not be spent for any other use.
�Again, Tallahassee is setting the terms and passing down unfunded mandates,� Norton said. �They get to look good and bad and they make us look bad and ugly.�
Compounding that is declining enrollment.
The district receives roughly $3,200 in state financing for every full-time equivalent student. The district has lost more than 400 students the past decade.
This year alone, Wewahitchka Jr./Sr. High School saw enrollment erode by nearly 40 students, more than offsetting modest gains at the two elementary schools.
�There is $100,000 in funding lost,� Norton said. �But despite that, we are a high-performing district that ranks in the top 25 percent in the state of Florida. We have two �A� schools and in comparison Bay County does not have one.
�We have wonderful schools that serve our community. To cut any further than we are going to and deliver the high level of service we do now would be an impossible task.�
The School Board will formally begin considering areas for budget cuts beginning with its next regular meeting, to be held 6 p.m. CT May 7 at Wewahitchka Elementary School.


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Jun 6, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Officials from Indonesia's avian flu commission said today that the H5N1 avian influenza virus may have mutated in a way that makes it more transmissible from birds to humans, but a World Health Organization (WHO) official said the WHO had seen no evidence of such a change, according to news services.
Bayu Krisnamurthi, chief executive for Indonesia's National Committee for Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, told reporters that in the past, human infections required high-intensity and high-density exposure to the H5N1 virus, according to a Reuters report today. "There are now suspicions that this [infection] has become easier," he said, adding that a mutation has not been confirmed yet.
Wayan Teguh Wibawan, a microbiologist from Indonesia's avian flu commission, told Reuters that the suspicions are based on preliminary results of genetic tests at laboratories in Indonesia. The amino acid structure of poultry H5N1 samples is becoming increasingly similar to that seen in human H5N1 samples, he said.
The similarity in amino acid structure makes it easier for the virus to attach to receptors on cells that line the throat and lungs, Wibawan told Reuters. The virus would have to attach readily to human cell receptors in order to easily pass from birds to humans, he said.
Wibawan told Reuters he had noted "gradual changes" in the virus samples he receives each month, but he gave no other details.
However, Gregory Hartl, a WHO spokesman, told Reuters that the WHO has not seen any evidence that the virus has become more transmissible to humans.
The WHO has received very few H5N1 isolates from Indonesia recently. Hartl told CIDRAP News today that the agency has received just three Indonesian H5N1 samples, gathered from two patients, this year. "Without virus characterization, we cannot say whether the virus has changed or not," he said.
Indonesia withheld H5N1 samples from the WHO for about 5 months, starting last December, as a protest against the country's lack of access to pandemic vaccines and other pandemic medications. In mid-May, during the WHO's annual meeting in Geneva, the country's health minister announced that Indonesia had resumed sending samples to the agency. News reports at the time said the country had submitted three H5N1 samples to a WHO-affiliated laboratory.
Lo Wing-Iok, an infectious disease expert in Hong Kong, said the suspected changes in the virus show how important it is for Indonesia to share its samples with the global community, according to the Reuters report today.
"These must be confirmed and the world must be forewarned if there has been such an important change," he told Reuters. "If there is such a change, it would not only mean that the virus can jump more easily from bird to man, but from human to human, too."
Indonesia has had 99 human H5N1 cases with 79 deaths, more than any other country. WHO data show that from January through May of this year, the country had 26 cases with 21 deaths, versus 31 cases and 24 deaths for the same period in 2006. Indonesia is one of three countries, along with Egypt and Vietnam, where the H5N1 virus is endemic in poultry.
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May 23 CIDRAP News article "WHO adopts resolution on virus sharing"
May 15 CIDRAP News article "Indonesia: H5N1 samples going to WHO again"


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renewing my faith in humanity
5:30 pm this afternoon, i was on my bike heading eastbound on L street, and the light at 13th street was red. there was a woman on a bicycle at the light, and a bmw 3 series sedan with virginia plates behind her. i came up to the intersection in the lane to the left and pulled up alongside the woman on the bike. the man in the bmw laid on the horn 4 or 5 seconds later. i ignored him (cars honk a lot for no good reason when i'm on my bike), and he honked again. i said out loud, without turning around, "hold your horses, you'll get to virginia before the day ends." at this point, i could sense the car moving towards me from behind.
now, i've had cars play that fun game called "let's see how close we can get to killing the bicyclist" because they must think it's funny to scare the hell out of 165 pounds of flesh and aluminum with their 3000 pound vehicles. so i figured this guy was just going to try to intimidate me with his car (meanwhile, there are only about 10 seconds until the light changes). turns out this guy is pulling HALFWAY UP ON THE CURB to try to drive around me and the other cyclist. i turn around, with what must have been the most incredulous look on my face, to see this guy rolling the window down. he yells, "you're an asshole. i could have turned right on red if you just get out of the way."
now, at a deep level, he's right. and i could have been eating his entrails if he just would have let me disembowel him and turn it into sausage. but i'm a vegetarian, so i guess that wouldn't work now, would it?
anyway, i was ready to lose it, but the light was green, and it was time for me to go. he proceded to shout "you're an asshole" a few more times, and i couldn't come up with a good quip, other than "you're the asshole" (yeah, i'm pathetic). so i biked away as he hammered it and headed down 13th street, back to his home somewhere across the potomac.
i caught up with the other biker, and she asked me if i was from around here. turns out she was in town from NYC, and she wanted to know if DC drivers always treated cyclists like that. i told her it was unfortunately common in my observation, and she said she never sees it that bad in new york. i'm sure there are jerks up there too, but what i really want to know is why was this particular guy so peeved. i'm not going to go into the obvious, like how he could wait 30 seconds at a light if the vehicle in front of him is going straight ahead, be that vehicle on two or four wheels. no, what i want to know is this: virginian, or beemer driver? which is the least redeeming quality?