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After another two windy races, the top five at the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco maintain their relative positions but Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the rest of the fleet. Giles Scott (GBR) hangs onto third place after placing 3-6, but it is fast turning into a battle for supremacy between Wright and Trujillo.
After another two windy races, the top five at the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco maintain their relative positions but Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the rest of the fleet. Giles Scott (GBR) hangs onto third place after placing 3-6, but it is fast turning into a battle for supremacy between Wright and Trujillo.
The big winds and close competition is also proving something of a hit on the internet with more than 9,000 internet users enjoying the live video stream provided by SailGroove this week. This can be watched this through the event website at www.finngoldcup.com with full commentary during the racing and shore interviews before and after racing. The website also includes all the in-depth regatta reports as well as a Twitter feed sponsored by MotionX by FullPower with comments, mark roundings and latest updates for those unable – or without the time – to watch the live streaming.
Race seven got underway under black flag on the third attempt and again turned into a drag race to the right. Rafa Trujillo (ESP) made the best of the upwind to round just ahead of regatta leader Ed Wright (GBR), Andrew Mills (GBR), Marin Misura (CRO) and Thomas Le Breton (FRA). Wright chose the left side downwind and found more pressure to move past Trujillo but the Spaniard chose more middle ground in the second upwind to retake the lead when Wright went further right. Le Breton moved up to third, but then suffered gear failure on the reaches to the finish to drop to 10th while Giles Scott (GBR) took advantage of that to take third.
Trujillo again led to the top mark in race eight followed by defending champion Jonas Høgh Christensen (DEN), Zach Railey (USA), Wright and Jonathan Lobert (FRA). With the winds topping 22 knots and a very nasty sea running it was probably the toughest race so far, but also according to Trujillo the most fun.
Høgh Christensen (DEN) took the lead on the second beat and the Dane led until the final thrilling stages of the fast spray filled second reach. He rounded the wing mark still in the lead and with the line in sight dug deep to maintain speed and stamina for the final few hundred metres. But coming from behind was Daniel Birgmark (SWE). He had already take Trujillo to leeward and catching a few waves better than Høgh Christensen, surfed through his lee to take the race win by a couple of boatlengths. It was the closest and most exciting finish of the week.
Birgmark said, "I am really enjoying sailing here in San Francisco though I think I am not the fastest upwind. There are about 10-15 boats that are much faster than me upwind, but now in the last race when there was a little bit more shifty conditions I was able to take advantage of that and I was faster on the reaches."
"The last reach was a lot of fun. I like these broad reaches as it's quite tactical. You have to choose your track and take your chances to go down to get a good position to increase your speed. It's quite challenging. I passed both Rafa and Jonas to leeward and I managed to catch some really good waves to get good speed and I had a good track into the finish."
"I don't remember winning a race at the worlds before, so I am very happy. Coming into the championship my goal was to be top three, but I had a cold at the beginning of the week and I didn't sail as well as I could have. I have still a lot of work to do but I hope to be top 10. "
Trujillo said, "We had two really different races today. The first race was a really typical San Francisco race planning your start and trying to go as fast as you can to the right side. The second race was the most fun race of the week we had a lot of shifty conditions and you needed to play the middle. It was completely different and I enjoyed the second one much more than the first one, even though I didn't do as well. The first one was really hard for me with a hard fight with Ed."
"I realised that the second race would be a key race because it would be easy to pick up a lot of points. I was leading but finished third, but that's OK as the objective for the day was two top 10s . I have a 35th and I cannot make any more mistakes. The legs were 1.8 miles long and Ed went to the left on the downwind and I stayed in the middle and he got better pressure and a shift into the gate and passed me. So I used this information on the second beat and passed him."
"In the second race we had a lot more options and it was more fun, playing the shifts, looking forward, avoiding the holes. It was really fun."
Wright said, "For me today was pretty good. We had some really difficult conditions out there. Very, very gusty and shifty. Going from 8-18 knots and all over the place. To come out with a second and fifthi am very happy.... The only thing was Rafa had a better day with a 1,3. so gained points on me. Also Giles is still knocking them in. It's all on tomorrow. The fog rolled in and it seem pretty cold in the city tonight so I am hoping we can finally get that 25 knots plus that San Francisco has been threatening to deliver for the last year."
Australian growth
For the first time in more years than anyone can remember there is a substantial entry from Australia. An unprecedented eight Australians are competing this week, which is a reflection on the huge growth currently underway in the Australian Finn fleet.
As is often the case, the growth comes down to the enthusiasm drive and commitment of one person, in the case an ex-pat British Finn sailor, Rob McMillan (AUS). McMillan, a three time British National Champion in the Finn is currently lying in 45th position after a 33 and 23 today, his best results so far this week.
"It's my first year back in the class. I had a 10 year break but the objective is steady sailing this year and back to full time sailing next year. But just to be out there competing and racing against these guys is for me an enormous privilege and I wouldn't miss it for the world."
"We are currently building a really good fleet of Finns in Australia. I am importing Finns down there and we are certainly finding, especially with the Masters, that there is a real niche for the boat and encouragingly for people like Oliver Tweedell, at 19, at his first Gold Cup having come third at the Silver Cup last week and sailing really well in 35th place this week. It's great to see some Australian kids get into the boat."
"There is a lot of fleet building going on. We have sold around 20-30 boats this year. Some of those are upgrades but some are new people and from a real diverse spectrum and I think we've certainly got the opportunity to sell another 25-30 this year alone. I am hoping we are going to see a Nationals this year with 40-50 boats which will be a massive step change from recent years."
What keeps him coming back to the Finn, "Well, look, I have sailed the boat for so many years now. My first regatta in the Finn was at Hayling Island in the UK in 1983; I think it was the UK Nationals. There is no other boat like it. The evolution of the boat has been sensibly controlled. The advent of free pumping brings a level of athleticism that is unique to the Finn and the boat today is just such a pleasure to sail. You can still compete as long as you are reasonably fit, so what else would you want to be doing at the weekend or a couple of nights a week, but go sail a Finn. Sounds pretty good to me."
Crucial races
The final two qualification races are scheduled for Friday before Saturday's medal race. The top five boats have created a 32 point cushion over the rest of the fleet, with just eight points separating the next five boats. Both Wright and Trujillo have a high score they will want to avoid counting so Friday's two races will be crucial for both of them, and with another 10 boats or so looking to make the cut into the top 10, it's going to be an exciting day.
Follow it online at www.finngoldcup.com with live boat tracking from Kattack, live video feed from SailGroove, and live Twitter and blog updates from the Finn Class.
Results after 8 races:
1 GBR 11 Edward Wright 16
2 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo 26
3 GBR 41 Giles Scott 33
4 FRA 115 Thomas le Breton 38
5 USA 4 Zach Railey 38
6 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 70
7 CRO 25 Marin Misura 72
8 GBR 85 Andrew Mills 73
9 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 75
10 AUS 1 Brendan Casey 78
About the event
The Finn Gold Cup, the world championship of the Olympic Finn class runs from Monday 30 August to Saturday 4th September, with two races scheduled each day at 12.00 each day until Friday and the medal race for the top 10 and the final race for the rest on Saturday.
Class website: www.finnclass.org
Event website: www.finngoldcup.com
Class event blog: http://finnclass.blogspot.com
Class Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Finn-Class/110408332633
Class Twitter: http://twitter.com/Finn_Class
Class Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel
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text: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Erratum: Texas Chapter and University of Incarnate Word Boost Minority Fund A News Now article last week was unclear about the titles of 2 APTA members. Caroline Goulet, PT, PhD, is director of the physical therapy program at the University of the Incarnate Word and former chair of APTA's Committee on Cultural Competence. Ann H. Newstead, PT, PhD, CGS, NCS, is chair of the Central District of the Texas Chapter.


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With state budget talks officially "halted," all political sides are now forced to come up with a public plan b.
Gov. Jerry Brown abandoned any idea of getting a tax vote on the June ballot, but is sticking to the desire to fix the budget deficit with new tax revenues.
Republicans remain opposed to the taxes, but don't seem to have come up with an alternative.
Brown says his next steps will include a lot of travel as he crisscrosses the state to make the case for raising taxes, according to the Associated Press.
Democratic lawmakers said they are going to show the California voters what it will look like it they are forced to make the deeper cut s needed to meet the remaining $15.4 billion deficit. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told reporters Thursday that the list starts with larger class sizes and less money for public safety.
As for the Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dutton said he is going to start promoting
the GOP message of reducing business regulations.
Dutton also played a little of the blame game Thursday when he held a joint press conference with Sen. Bob Huff.
The Sacramento Bee said Dutton put some of the blame of the budget collapse on Brown's wife Anne Gust Brown claiming she "yelled" at him. "Frankly, I was yelled at more than I was talked to," the Bee quote Dutton saying, "and mostly by Mrs. Brown, not even Gov. Brown." "Frankly, I was yelled at more than I was talked to," Dutton said, "and mostly by Mrs. Brown, not even Gov. Brown."
Steinberg also pointed out that June is not the only month on the calendar, inferring that a ballot measure is still an option at a later date.


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Introducing Online Workplaces - Greg's notes on Larry Cannell's July 2011 Webinar
Larry Cannell, Research Director, Gartner Group presented great slides and hosted an excellent webinar on July 7, 2011 based on his research and experience.
An IT Vision for Social Software: Introducing Online Workplaces
The emergence of a new layer of online capabilities, one that sits between rigid business applications and the dynamic world of the information worker, has gone unnoticed for years.
Some have started to call this a social layer, inspired by the rising popularity of social software. However, it is better described as an online work layer because not all activities within an enterprise are social in nature, but they all support how work is done. Enterprises need to develop their own tailored vision for how this online work layer (which includes the use of social software) improves their business, rather than relying on vendor product positioning.
This webinar will describe a vendor-neutral framework that helps IT describe, manage and evolve collaborative and workplace technologies to maximize the effectiveness of their enterprise's information workers.
~ Larry Cannell, Research Director, Gartner
Introducing Online Workplaces
Larry Cannell, Research Director, Gartner @lcannell
Need to distinguish:
What (Business Objectives) vs How (Approach for accomplishing What)
What (business objective): Work
How: Unified communication, Email, conferencing, Productivity tools, Social Software, Workspaces, Content Management, Search
Defining a Work Layer
Enterprise Goals and Objectives -> Business Processes (PD, Mfg, Sales.
[ Very good slides distinguish needs and perspective as individual, as member of functional team, as participant in broad community and directed versus volitional participation ]
Online Workplace:
Facilitate Work Processes (ad-hoc, tacit)
Work as Individuals (attention management)
Work together (team, communities)
Capture and Reuse Intellectual Assets.
Online Workplace Relationships:
Business processes <- (tasks, priorities) -> Online Workplace <- (completing tasks, prioritizing work, planning, deciding) -> People
Human Capital (knowledge, experience, relationships) <- (discover, describe) - > Online Workplace
Structural Capital from Applications (CRM, ERP, PLM, SCM, etc) - (data) -> Online Workspace
Online Workplace Framework:
Individual environments, Group environments (Teams, Communities)
Business Applications, External Information
Group Environments - A spectrum of participation
directed - individual must participate to meet some joint objective or get certain kind of work done.
volitional - individual choses to participate or not, choses level of participation
Process (90% directed participation, 10% volitional participation)
Activity (50% directed, 50% volitional)
Community (30% directed, 70% volitional)
Network (10% directed, 90% volitional)
Position online workplaces as strategic assets
Take care of the individual worker
Expect to support multiple online workplaces
Develop new skills
Provide a roadmap
Demand what you need from your vendors
Online Workplace Framework and Traction TeamPage
Larry's framework is descriptive and intentionally vendor and technology neutral.
I believe Traction TeamPage is very well aligned and easy to explain in terms of Larry's framework.
Traction Software Introduces Social Enterprise Web - The TeamPage workplace spans external Sharepoint, Documentum, Exchange, Email and other Systems of Record using TeamPage Attivio Plus, bookmarking and content badging.
I see activity streams as a great alerting mechanism to help maintain situational awareness with respect to human centered or software events spanning many systems.
The Future of Work Platforms: Like Jazz - When you watch a skilled team in action, it's like watching a great jazz group - there are themes, there is structure, and there are limits, but a team shines in individual excellence combined with coordination, improvisation, innovation, handling exceptions, and seemingly effortless awareness of where others are and where they're headed.
Intertwingled Work - The record of collaborative and observable work needs to span multiple external and internal systems to provide a simple and coherent view of activities
Traction Roots - Doug Engelbart - A dynamically evolving knowledge base .
See also Enterprise 2.0 Schism - Why Peter Drucker and Doug Engelbart should be the patron saints of Enterprise 2.
Doug Engelbart | 85th Birthday Jan 30, 2010 - Irresistible quotes and references.


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Annual Wagers on Mobile Casinos and Poker to Exceed $60bn in 2018, Juniper Research Finds
But Few Lottery Players Embrace Mobile Channels
Hampshire, UK – 12th February 2014: A new report from Juniper Research has found that annual wagers via mobile handsets and tablets on casino-type gambling and poker games are expected to reach $62 billion globally by 2018, a sixfold increase on the $10 billion wagered last year. According to the report, the primary driver will be legalisation of selected online gambling services in the previously untapped US market, which is expected to see a host of service launches over the next five years.
The report – Mobile Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries & Betting 2013-2018 - argued that successful mobile casino launches in US markets such as Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, will prompt other states – those currently adopting a 'wait-and-see' stance – to begin legislating for online/mobile gambling. Furthermore, service providers that enter the US market will be required to optimise gambling solutions for mobile users from the outset, given the large appetite for content on handsets/tablets which already exists in this market.
Free-to-Play Games Reveal Demand
The report found that, globally, gambling operators have also been spurred to develop sophisticated mobile casino solutions by the success of free-to-play casino games. Although these games do not serve as direct competitors to real-money gambling providers, they have demonstrated how immersive games such as slots and poker can be on a mobile device.
Furthermore, despite the fact that consumers cannot win money on these titles, several - including Big Fish Casino, Poker by Zynga and Slotomania - are amongst the highest grossing games on Apple's App Store through consumer purchases of virtual currency.
Mobile Lottery Market Stagnates
Juniper found little evidence that lotteries were keen to expand to mobile. Report author Siân Rowlands stated that 'Lack of competition in the lottery space has meant that there has been little incentive to innovate. Realistically, only if retail outlet ticket sales slump will providers be incentivised to push distribution through online and mobile channels.'
The Mobile Gambling ~ A Smart Bet whitepaper is available to download from the Juniper website together with further details of the full report.
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Hi everyone,
The application I develop consists of several computational models, each of them represented by a specific class ("class alpha", "class beta", "class gamma") derived from "class module". They implement for example the function "compute()".
Now I want to structure my code in that way too : the directory "Application/.../modules" contains the files 'module.cpp' & 'module.h' for the base class "module", and sub-directories "Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma" each containing each their own 'module.cpp' & 'module.h'.
Now when I configure my projet file for "Application/.../modules", containing as well a "main.cpp" for tests, linker problems occur. These problems are due to the fact that the files in different directories have the same name. If I add an '1,2,.." to the '.cpp' files, the problem is solved.
Does anyone know this problem from VC2008, or is this a problem in my configuration ? To keep the same filename in different directories, I tried the following :
- specify sub-directory for the inclusion of the "module.h" to prevent ambiguities (#include "Alpha/module.h" instead of #include "module.h")
- do not point to include directories "Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma" but only to their parent directory (I verified the xml-contents of the project file)
Problem not solved... does anyone have an idea? I cannot believe Microsoft not thinking of these issues...
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July 03, 2015
Christie® is demonstrating a range of exciting visual technologies for the hospitality industry at the 2nd Annual Hotel and Resort Development and Summit Southeast Asia, taking place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Jakarta – Diponegoro, July 1-2.
The event, which attracts over 200 property developers, hotel operators, and hospitality experts, designers, contractors and consultants from Southeast Asia, highlights the latest technologies for industry decision-makers. Visitors to the Christie booth can check out two towers comprising the award-winning Christie® MicroTiles® arranged in an eye-catching 1-by-5 array that showcases creative ideas for efficient way-finding signage.
Also on display is the versatile Christie Brio Enterprise collaborative solution that enables users to present and collaborate in the same meeting room or with team members around the world – wirelessly, effortlessly and in real-time. Perfect for meetings and conferences at hospitality venues, Christie Brio Enterprise provides reliable and secure networking between meeting groups.
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"Strong growth in the Southeast Asian tourism sector has resulted in brisk business for hospitality venues in the region and many of them are seeking ways to attract and retain customers through the use of visual technologies," said Lin Yu, vice president, Christie Asia Pacific. "We are therefore pleased to participate in this event with a showcase of our advanced visual and collaborative solutions ideal for hospitality. They are designed to make hospitality venues stand out from the competition and create a lasting impression that keeps visitors coming back for more. With Christie, hospitality owners can expect a high-performance digital signage display solution that will enhance guests' stay and help maximize sales."
Besides the visuals at the booth, Christie is also the Gold Sponsor and Tea Break Sponsor of this highly anticipated event, which will be attended by Indonesian tourism minister Arief Yahya. In addition, Christie will deliver a presentation titled How Media Technologies Can Build Both Brands and Guests in Hospitality during the Summit on July 1. Presented by Ken Wheatley, director of sales, Christie Asia Pacific, it focuses on how the deployment of high-performance media systems, display and projection systems can inspire and help hospitality owners create strong emotional connections with consumers and their brand, thereby increasing guest stays and revenue.
Numerous hospitality venues around the world use Christie technology to boost their brand image, delight their guests with shared visual experiences, and stay ahead of the curve. These include the Grand Hyatt Singapore, WH Ming Hotel in Shanghai and Silverton Casino Hotel in the United States, all of which have installed a range of Christie solutions including the Christie Roadster J Series projectors, Christie Spyder X20, Christie Brio Enterprise and Christie Velvet LED.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI and the 22 new cardinals he created yesterday concelebrated Mass this morning in St. Peter's Basilica.
The pope used Bernini's sculpture of the Chair of St. Peter to illustrate his homily since the Mass marked the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a liturgical solemnity that highlights Jesus giving Peter the authority to lead the church in love. The statue is topped by a window with a stained-glass dove representing the Holy Spirit.
The Catholic Church is like a window into which the light of truth shines and through which a response of love should radiate, the pope said in his homily. "The church herself is like a window, the place where God draws near to us, where he comes toward our world."
He said the throne in Bernini's sculpture symbolizes the authority Jesus gave to Peter, supported by four ancient church theologians — two doctors of the church from the East and two from the West, representing the unity and diversity within the universal church.
The support of the theologians "teaches us that love rests upon faith. Love collapses if man no longer trusts in God and disobeys him," the pope said.
"Everything in the church rests upon faith: the sacraments, the liturgy, evangelization, charity," as well as "the law and the church's authority," he said.
Catholics cannot make things up as they go along, he said. They must follow tradition, the Sacred Scriptures and the teaching of the apostles explained and interpreted by the fathers of the church and the popes.
"The church is not self-regulating, she does not determine her own structure, but receives it from the word of God, to which she listens in faith as she seeks to understand it and to live it," he said.
All the church teaches and does in the world must be motivated by love and lead to love, the pope said.
"A selfish faith would be an unreal faith," Pope Benedict said.


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There seems to be a surge of children's books being adapted to film. The Harry Potter franchise really sparked the craze, with films such as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Golden Compass following it. And along with most movies targeted towards children comes every bit of merchandise under the sun bearing its name. With manufacturers often relying on the brand name to sell their merchandise, the quality of the product is sometimes secondary. This is something we see oh-so-often in licensed video games.
The good news in the case of The Spiderwick Chronicles title is that developer Stormfront Studios has done a good job of releasing a quality video game targeted at children. It has plenty of educational value and is actually pretty challenging - even to a grownup video game journalist-type such as myself.
The game begins with you playing as the young lad Jared in your new home, the former mansion of Arthur Spiderwick. Long ago, Spiderwick discovered a hidden world that exists all around us and recorded his findings in a secret book, which Jared soon discovers. The game features actual cutscenes from the film that explain the story for those who have yet to see it.
Spiderwick's mansion is dark-lit and pretty spooky, with music taken straight from the film to contribute to the atmosphere. As you walk around the antique home, you can interact with dozens of objects marked with an icon. However, you can do nothing more than "look" at the objects at first, as Jared says short comments about their significance. Presumably, you will need to use these items later in the game. With the amount of icons to look at, a lot of time at the start of the game is spent wandering around and trying to figure out what you're supposed to do. The only object you can use from the get-go is a broken broomstick, which you can swing around and use as a weapon.
At first, the buttons seem extremely basic. Left Analog controls your character, Right Analog controls the camera, X is your attack button, Square allows you to do a little leaping slide, and hitting Circle interacts with objects. When playing as Jared, Triangle uses the magic of the wood nymphs you have to capture later in the game. While you will need to use combat to fight off trolls and goblins who roam the wooded area outside of the house, complexity of the controls was obviously not Stormfront's focus. What they have done is made a children's game that is as entertaining and time-consuming as it is educational. With many puzzles, mazes, and problem solving elements to The Spiderwick Chronicles, children will need time and brain power to bear this game - especially as they progress and challenges become more difficult.


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A man whose murder conviction was overturned after 23 years in prison has suffered a heart attack on his second day of freedom.
David Ranta's lawyer, Pierre Sussman, said that the former inmate had a serious heart attack Friday night and that he is being treated at a New York hospital.
Ranta walked out of jail Thursday after a judge threw out his conviction in the 1990 killing of a Brooklyn rabbi.
Brooklyn prosecutors had recently concluded that Ranta was innocent in the death of Rabbi Chaskel Werzberger, who was killed by a bandit fleeing a botched robbery, after a witness in the case said a police lineup that helped convict Ranta had been rigged.
Ranta is 58. He told reporters Thursday that his new freedom was emotionally overwhelming.
"The accumulated trauma of being falsely convicted and incarcerated for 23 years, coupled with the intense emotions experienced surrounding his release, has had a profound impact on his health," Sussman said of his client. "He is presently resting, with his family by his bedside. We will continue to ensure that David receives the required, ongoing medical attention he needs."


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Málaga and the best of Andalusia is on our doorstep for you to explore,
with fantastic family-friendly activities, including:
- Funny Beach: Adults karting, children and tandem, F1 simulator, super jump, bumper boats, trampolines, jet skis, watersports, parasailing, banana and pedal boats.
- Selwo Adventure: A unique safari park in Estepona.
- Bioparc: A 10-hectare African-fauna-filled zoo in Fuengirola.
- Tivoli World: Costa del Sol's largest amusement park located in Benalmadena.
- Aqualand: Costa del Sol's biggest waterpark, set in Torremolinos
- SeaLife: Get up close and personal with marine life at Benalmadena's aquarium.
- Selwo Marina: Dolphins, penguins and sea lions galore at Andalusia's only delfinarium, also in Benalmadena.
- Cocodrilo Park: A small crocodile sanctuary in Torremolinos.
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in the words of madonna above and below..."who's that girl?"
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
¿quién es esa niña?
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If that mixte were blue, it would be what S.A.M. looked like once upon a time.ReplyDelete
welcome to the mixte familia, sucka pants ;DReplyDelete
she's still in the franken stages, but she's gettin' there. welcome joanie baby.ReplyDelete
i can't wait for her and SAM to meet. woowoo!
Pretty mixte, I love!ReplyDelete
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Soda makers and sellers are in court over a bid to delay enforcement of New York City's first-of-its-kind effort to limit the size of sugary drinks.
The American Beverage Association and other groups are facing off with city officials Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom.
The city Board of Health agreed in September to bar restaurants, delis and some other eateries from selling sugary drinks in cups or containers bigger than 16 ounces. The rule is set to take effect March 12.
The city says it's a groundbreaking effort to fight obesity.
Opponents say it's an unfair burden on businesses. They say they shouldn't have to comply until a lawsuit over the matter is resolved.


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Having to put up with a stuffed keychain seems like a minor inconvenience — unless you have to feel and carry them every single day. Here are some chain-reducing ideas from readers of long-running tech blog Slashdot, as well as our archives.
A man with a whole bunch of keys asked Slashdot for tips on handling lots of keys. Following this were a whole stream of jokes, pot shots and criticisms of how minor this poster's problems must be. Among the chatter, though, were a few handy tips and ideas.
Reader mlts suggested ringing up the local locksmith, setting as many household locks to one key and ensuring future re-keys are cheap and easy:
If you are going to a locksmith, you might consider getting deadbolt and other locks for your house that uses SFIC [1]cylinders. This way, you can not just have a rekey job in the future be insanely easy (pick up the new cylinders from the locksmith, use the old control key to slide out the old cylinder on each lock, and use the new control key to slide in the new ones), but you can also change brands of cylinders. If you want to change from Best to Medeco, or from Medeco to Schlage Primus, it can be done very quickly.
Get flat copies of your keys and keep them in your wallet.
This is something of a mixed bag needing a bit of thought, though — if someone lifts your wallet, and your driver's licence is current, they get keys to a house they can locate. So perhaps it's not your wallet, and not your main front door key, but keeping spare, plastic copies of keys somewhere else on your person is a workable idea.
tantaliz3 picked up on another commenter's idea and offered a simple consolidation scheme:
I use a similar system. I have one Master Ring with a big ring on it, and each of the sets are on tiny carabiners. When I need that particular set, I attach it to the Master Ring. Otherwise, they hang on the wall by the door.
And mbkennel offered up a suggestion that's smart for those keys you only need once in a while, but secure enough that a thief would need to pry steel from concrete, and then crack a secure metal safe, to get access to:
Those well-known geniuses have figured it out in between the hair salon and the notary. It's called a keybox.
We've tackled the topic of key consolidation in the past 'round this blog before, too, and can recommend a few ideas for those feeling like all the rings, sub-rings and different sized keys are ripping up their jeans and making sitting down a precarious ordeal:
- Compact keychain: Using just washers, a rivet and your keys taken off their chain. (Original post)
- Combined compact keychain and money clip: Building on the washer-and-rivet concept by mounting it to a slim money clip.
- Swiss Army/Leatherman Keys: You'll want to try this with a spare set of keys before committing to it, but if you've got the time — and access to a grinder or metal cutting tool — your keychain can be fit into a single shape and form, and likely consolidated a bit, too.
How have you slimmed down and minimised your own bundle of keys? We get geeked up reading clever ideas — and see pictures — in the comments.


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…exciting days too. First and foremost the cover artwork for my upcoming novel, Darkest Vow, arrived and I must say I am very, very pleased. A wonderful lady, Karen Ronan, designed the artwork. She's the owner of http://coversbykaren.com and I must say she is a top talent. Check out the awesome cover below. The work captures the era of the book brilliantly.
Secondly my new Facebook page is up. Jump on over and give the page a like. A handy little link is in my widget column to the left but can also be found by directly going here.
Lastly.. and the big new… Darkest Vow is being targeted for a mid to late June release. Perfect for a Father's Day gift (hint, hint). I am looking for early reviewers so if you want to lend some assistance message me here or on Facebook or Twitter.
Exciting days indeed.


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The fast growing Chinese market has dominated the global exhibition sector for the past decade, with film distributors and equipment suppliers equally chasing the bonanza represented by rapidly rising ticket sales and breakneck theatre construction. Although growth is now slowing Chinese box office remains on schedule to overtake the United States by 2022 or 2023, an event which will change the international film market forever.
This report slices through the opaque structure of this market to examine some of the main players and the all-important role of official intervention. Also considered are the other Chinese language markets of Hong Kong and Taiwan. As well as comprehensive historical data, there are five year forecasts of screen numbers, admissions and box office for all three territories.
Click here for a full contents listing of this report. Published June 2019, £995.
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Summer has been moving forward fast and furious around here. Sometimes it is downright overwhelming and exhausting as I try to cram things I want to do (like blogging or sewing or reading other people's blogs or just lying on the grass eating Dove bars) on top of what needs to be done for 4 busy kids. Don't get me wrong, summer has been a lot of fun with a lot of happy memories and many more still to make in these last 3 1/2 weeks before school starts. Seriously. Three and a half weeks.
I recently came across this quote again. It's one that haunts me a little:
"The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less."
In the meantime, friends, enjoy your own glorious remaining weeks of summer!


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After experimenting with a dual-boot config last year, I revisited this yesterday, this time letting the Ubuntu install wipe out my existing XP partition. 9.0.4 desktop on my IBM Thinkpad T43p. Installation was straightforward and a piece of cake.
Things that make me happy so far:
- installation was painless
- wireless adapter a snap to configure
- broadband adapter a snap to configure with my AT&T card
- able to download photos from my Nikon digital camera out of box with F-Spot Photo Manager
- snap to install packages like GVim and g++, that aren't installed out of the box
- OpenOffice works with all of my spreadsheets and word docs
The only snafu so far is that some of the screen savers completely lock the system up. Manual reset is the only recourse. I had to rename the screensaver executables that were failing so I don't accidentally lock up again when attempting to change it.
Anyway, very happy so far. Last time I installed Linux was the late 90s with Red Hat. This was an order of magnitude easier.


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"Probably, the most important industrial chemical process in the world concerns the production of ammonia from its elements, hydrogen and nitrogen. its use as a fertilizer is absolutely necessary to feed a hungry world. It is also an essential component of explosives."
-Leo J. Malone, Theodore O. Dolter Basic Concepts of Chemistry, 9th ed. p. 214