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The city is moving forward with $4.5 million in projects at the airport, including resurfacing a ramp, an aircraft tie-down area and a taxiway, resurfacing one of its two runways and adding a safety area at one end of that runway.
DELAND — DeLand Municipal Airport will begin resurfacing a ramp and taxiway in March as city officials continue their efforts to lure new businesses to a vacant 80-acre business park to the airport's northwest.
The city is moving forward with nearly $5 million in projects at the airport, including resurfacing a ramp, an aircraft tie-down area and a taxiway, resurfacing one of its two runways and adding a safety area at one end of that runway. Work is expected to begin in March on the ramp, tie-down and taxiway and in about a year for the runway resurfacing, the safety area and additional work on another taxiway.
The safety area will be a buffer zone for planes that run out of paved runway to land in an emergency. Currently, there's a culvert in the middle of it, which adds a hazard for airplanes that enter the area.
"We're going to enclose the culvert at the end of that so there won't be a ditch at the end of it," said Airport Manager Nick Landgraff.
The improvements come as the city continues to focus its efforts on bringing new businesses and jobs to the business park surrounding the airport. In 2008, the city extended a road to a previously undeveloped 80 acres to the airport's northwest, but that property hasn't attracted any tenants yet.
The runway resurfacing and safety area project next year will cost about $4.5 million, 95 percent of which will likely be paid by the Federal Aviation Administration, with 4 percent being picked up by the state Department of Transportation and the city paying the remaining 1 percent. The city will know if it gets final approval for the funding next year.
The taxiway improvements which which will begin in March cost about $484,000, with costs split 80-20 between FDOT and the airport.
Assistant City Manager Dale Arrington said businesses surrounding the airport contribute thousands of jobs. A 2010 FDOT study said the airport and the businesses located on its property generated $217 million in economic activity, supporting 2,595 jobs with total payrolls of $66 million.
Many of the businesses on the airport grounds are associated with the sky-diving industry or pilot training.
Still, given the tough economic climate, the city has struggled to attract businesses to the new land it opened up shortly before the real estate crash.
"We haven't had a whole lot of new development out there. We've had businesses come and go from existing buildings," said City Engineer Keith Riger.
"We've been marketing it for quite a long time now, but just the way the economy is right now, it's very difficult to get new construction," said Landgraff.
Arrington said the southern portion of the business park still has several large tenants, and despite some going through hard times, she said activity there has remained relatively steady.
In 2011, California-based airplane manufacturer ICON Aircraft considered moving its manufacturing operations to the airport, but DeLand has since fallen out of the running for the facility.
Bob Turk, DeLand's economic development manager, said even though there have been no concrete leads thus far, the city continues to speak with companies interested in relocating. Over the past few years, the weak economy has put a damper on the number of companies interested in relocating or expanding, but Turk estimates things might turn around this year. He said he hopes to have a company committed to building something in the vacant newer section of the airport business park by the end of the year.
"The last two years the amount of inquiries just dropped to almost nothing," said Turk. "This year it's changing, we have a lot of activity. I think companies are really beginning to look at expansion and relocation."
Because it doesn't have a control tower, DeLand's airport doesn't constantly track how many airplanes take off and land. The airport saw 117,460 operations in the 12 months ending in April 2010, which is the latest data available. The lion's share of the airport's traffic comes from flight training operations and Skydive DeLand, as well as general private aviation.
In 2010, DeLand's City Commission nixed a plan to build a control tower over concerns about the cost and after skydiving enthusiasts expressed concern about possible impacts on their operations.
During the upcoming resurfacing projects, the impact to operations at the airport should be minimal as the work would be done mostly at night and in phases, Landgraff said. The flight path for airplanes will remain the same.


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- Introduction
- Relationship to amp-access
- Services
- Product configuration
- JSON-LD markup
- Microdata markup
- Service configuration
- Selecting a service
- Error fallback
- Authorization endpoint and entitlements
- Pingback endpoint
- Actions
- Showing/hiding premium and fallback content
- Using Scores to Display Content
- Action markup
- Paywall dialogs
- Expressions
- Analytics
- Available vendor services
Important: this documentation is not applicable to your currently selected format stories!
Implements subscription-style access protocol.
Required Scripts

amp-subscriptions extension implements subscription-style access/paywall rules.
Relationship to
amp-subscriptions extension is similar to
and in many features builds on top of
amp-access. However, it's a much more
specialized version of access/paywall protocol. Some of the key differences are:
- The
amp-subscriptionsentitlements response is similar to the amp-access authorization, but it's strictly defined and standardized.
- The
amp-subscriptionsextension allows multiple services to be configured for the page to participate in access/paywall decisions. Services are executed concurrently and prioritized based on which service returns the positive response.
- AMP viewers are allowed to provide
amp-subscriptionsa signed authorization response based on an independent agreement with publishers as a proof of access.
- In
amp-subscriptionscontent markup is standardized allowing apps and crawlers to easily detect premium content sections.
Because of standardization of markup, support for multiple providers, and improved viewer
support it is recommended that new publisher and paywall provider implementations
There could be one or more services configured for
amp-subscriptions. There could be a local service or vendor services. A local service is configured fully within the page, including its authorization/pingback endpoints, as well as login and subscribe actions. A vendor service is registered as an AMP extension that cooperates with the main
amp-subscriptions extension.
Product configuration
amp-subscriptions relies on the Schema.org page-level configuration for two main properties:
- The product ID that the user must be granted to view the content.
- Whether this content requires this product at this time.
The JSON-LD and Microdata formats are supported.
JSON-LD markup
Using JSON-LD, the markup would look like:

Thus, notice that:
- The product ID is "norcal_tribune.com:basic" (
"productID": "norcal_tribune.com:basic").
- This document is currently locked (
"isAccessibleForFree": false).
Microdata markup
Using Microdata, the markup could look like this:

 <meta itemprop="isAccessibleForFree" content="false" />
 <meta itemprop="name" content="The Norcal Tribune" /> <meta itemprop="productID" content="norcal_tribute.com:basic" />

A usable configuration will provide
NewsArticle typed item with
isAccessibleForFree property and a subitem of type
Product that specifies the
In this example:
- The product ID is "norcal_tribune.com:basic" (
"productID": "norcal_tribune.com:basic").
- This document is currently locked (
"isAccessibleForFree": false).
The configuration is resolved as soon as
productID and
isAccessibleForFree are found. It is, therefore, advised to place the configuration as high up in the DOM tree as possible.
Service configuration
amp-subscriptions extension must be configured using JSON configuration:

services property contains an array of service configurations. There must be one "local" service and zero or more vendor services.
If you'd like to test the document's behavior in the context of a particular viewer, you can add
#viewerUrl= fragment parameter. For instance,
#viewerUrl=https://www.google.com would emulate a document's behavior inside a Google viewer.
Selecting a service
If no service returns an entitlement that grants access, all services are compared by calculating a score for each and the highest scoring service is selected. Each service has a
"baseScore" (default 0). A value < 100 in the
baseScore key in any service configuration represents the initial score for that service. If no
baseScore is specified it defaults to
The score is calculated by taking the
baseScore for the service and adding dynamically calculated weights from
score[factorName] configuration multiplied by the value returned by each service for that
factorName. Services may return a value between [-1..1] for factors they support. If a service is not aware of a factor or does not support it
0 will be returned.
If publisher wishes to ignore a score factor they may either explicitly set it's value to
0 or omit it from the
score map.
Available scoring factors:
1when a service can cooperate with the current AMP viewer environment for this page view.
1when the user is known to the service and the service has a form of payment on file allowing a purchase without entering payment details.
All scoring factors have default value of
0. In the event of a tie the local service wins.
Error fallback
If all configured services fail to get the entitlements, the entitlement configured under
fallbackEntitlement section will be used as a fallback entitlement for
local service. The document's unblocking will be based on this fallback entitlement.
The "local" service configuration
Two modes of operation are supported for the local service, "remote" and "iframe".
In the remote mode authorization and pingback requests are sent via CORS requests to the specified endpoints. In the "iframe" mode authorization and pingback are provided by messaging to a publisher supplied iframe.
The "local" service is configured as following
remote mode:

iframe mode:

The properties in the "local" service are (remote mode):
- "type" - optional type, defaults to "remote"
- "authorizationUrl" - the authorization endpoint URL.
- "pingbackUrl" - the pingback endpoint URL.
- "actions" - a named map of action URLs. At a minimum there must be two actions specified: "login" and "subscribe".
In iframe mode the
authorizationUrl and
pingbackUrl are deleted
and replaced by:
- "iframeSrc" - publisher supplied iframe
- "iframeVars - AMP variables to be sent to the iframe
- "type" - must be "iframe"
See amp-access-iframe for details of the messaging protocol.
The vendor service configuration
The vendor service configuration must reference the service ID and can contain any additional properties allowed by the vendor service.

See the vendor service's documentation for details.
Authorization endpoint and entitlements
Authorization is an endpoint provided by the local service and called by the AMP Runtime. It is a credentialed CORS GET endpoint. This endpoint returns the Entitlements object that can be used by the Content Markup to hide or show different parts of the document. Authorization endpoint is specified using the "authorizationUrl" property in the config.
The Entitlement response returned by the authorization endpoint must conform to the predefined format:
{ "granted": true/false, "grantReason": "SUBSCRIBER/METERING", "data" : {...} }
The properties in the Entitlement response are:
granted- boolean stating if the access to the document is granted or not.
grantReason- the string of the reason for giving the access to the document, recognized reasons are either SUBSCRIBER meaning the user is fully subscribed or METERING meaning user is on metering.
data- free-form data which can be used for template rendering, e.g. messaging related to metering or article count.
In cases where the access is granted by a means other than the Entitlement response, messaging via the data property may not be seen by the user. Do not use
data for granting/denying access to content, conditional display of content based on user access, or displaying user or account related information.
Notice, while it's not explicitly visible, all vendor services also implement authorization endpoints of their own and conform to the same response format.
Pingback endpoint
Pingback is an endpoint provided by in the "local" service configuration and called by the AMP Runtime. It is a credentialed CORS POST endpoint. AMP Runtime calls this endpoint automatically when the Reader has started viewing the document. One of the main goals of the Pingback is for the Publisher to update metering information.
Pingback is optional. It's only enabled when the "pingbackUrl" property is specified.
By default, as the body, pingback POST request receives the entitlement object returned by the "winning" authorization endpoint. However if the config for the "local" service contains
pingbackAllEntitlements: true the body will contain an array of all the entitlments received, from all services, including those which do not grant access.
Important: The pingback JSON object is sent with
Content-type: text/plain. This is intentional as it removes the need for a CORS preflight check.
Actions are provided in the "local" service configuration in the "actions" property. It's a named set of action. Any number of actions can be configured this way, but two actions are required: "login" and "subscribe".
All actions work the same way: the popup window is opened for the specified URL. The page opened in the popup window can perform the target action, such as login/subscribe/etc, and it's expected to return by redirecting to the URL specified by the "return" query parameter.
Notice, while not explicitly visible, any vendor service can also implement its own actions. Or it can delegate to the "login" service to execute "login" or "subscribe" action.
Action delegation
In the markup the actions can be delegated to other services for them to execute the actions. This can be achieved by specifying
subscriptions-service attribute.
e.g. In order to ask google subscriptions to perform subscribe even when
local service is selected:
<button subscriptions-action="subscribe" subscriptions-service="subscribe.google.com" > Subscribe </button>
Action decoration
In addition to delegation of the action to another service, you can also ask another service to decorate the element. Just add the attribute
subsciptions-decorate to get the element decorated.
<button subscriptions-action="subscribe" subscriptions-service="subscribe.google.com" subscriptions-decorate > Subscribe </button>
Showing/hiding premium and fallback content
The premium sections are shown/hidden automatically based on the authorization/entitlements response. There are two types of sections of this kind.
The premium content is marked up using
subscriptions-section="content" attribute. For instance:

 This content will be hidden unless the reader is authorized.

Important: Do not apply
subscriptions-section="content" to the whole page. Doing so may cause a visible flash when content is later displayed, and may prevent your page from being indexed by search engines. We recommend that the content in the first viewport be allowed to render regardless of subscription state.
The fallback content is marked up using
subscriptions-section="content-not-granted" attribute. For instance:

 You are not allowed to currently view this content.

Using Scores to Display Content
The score factors returned by each configured service can be used to control the display of content within dialogs. For example
factors['subscribe.google.com'].isReadyToPay would be the "ready to pay" score factor from the
subscribe.google.com service (also known as
amp-subscriptions-google). Similarly
factors['local'].isReadyToPay would be for the local service and
scores['subscribe.google.com'].supportsViewer would be the score factor for the Google service supporting the current viewer.
Sample usage:
 <button subscriptions-display="factors['subscribe.google.com'].isReadyToPay" subscriptions-action="subscribe" subscriptions-service="subscribe.google.com" subscriptions-decorate > Subscribe with Google </button>
Action markup
An action declared in the "actions" configuration can be marked up using
subscriptions-action attribute.
For instance, this button will execute the "subscribe" action:
<button subscriptions-action="subscribe" subscriptions-display="EXPR"> Subscribe now </button>
By default, the actions are hidden and must be explicitly shown using the
subscriptions-display expression.
Paywall dialogs
The paywall dialogs are shown automatically based on the authorization/entitlements response.
A dialog is marked up using the
subscriptions-dialog and
subscriptions-display attributes:

 This content will be shown as a dialog when "subscription-display" expression matches.

The element on which
subscriptions-dialog dialog is specified can also be a
<template> element in which case it will be initially rendered before being displayed as a dialog. For instance:
<template type="amp-mustache" subscriptions-dialog subscriptions-display="EXPR">
 You have {{metering.left}} articles left this month.
 </template>
The first dialog with matching
subscriptions-display is shown.
subscriptions-display attribute uses expressions for actions and dialogs. The value of
subscriptions-display is a boolean expression defined in a SQL-like language. The grammar is defined in amp-access Appendix A.
Values in the
data object of an Entitlements response can be used to build expressions. In this example the values of
isLoggedIn and
isSubscriber are in the
data object and are used to conditionally show UI for login and upgrading your account:

 <button subscriptions-action="login" subscriptions-display="NOT data.isLoggedIn" > Login </button>

My Account

Sign out

 Upgrade your account

amp-subscriptions extension triggers the following analytics signals:
Triggered when
amp-subscriptionsis initialized.
Data: none.
Triggered when
amp-subscriptionsis able to resolve the instance of the service. A service is free to initialize itself at anytime on the page.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered when a configured service is selected and activated for use. See Selecting a service.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered when the entitlement fetch for a service is complete.
actionof the selected service.
Triggered when the entitlement from the selected service grants access to the document.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered when the entitlement from the selected service does not grant access to the document.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered when the entitlement from the selected service denies access to the document.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered when re-authorization of a service is complete. A service can request re-authorization after any action is performed e.g.,
login. A new entitlement is fetched for the service after re-authorization is complete.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered just before a delegated service action is handed off to the other service. See Action delegation.
serviceIdand the delegated
actionof the selected service.
Triggered when the execution of action
Data: none.
Triggered when the execution of action
ActionNamefails due to any reason.
Data: none.
Triggered when the execution result of action
ActionNameis reported as a success.
Data: none.
Triggered when the execution result of action
ActionNameis reported as a failure.
Data: none.
Triggered when a subscription account linking request is initiated by the selected service.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered when subscription account linking has been completed by the selected service.
serviceIdof the selected service.
Triggered when a subscription account linking request initiated by the selected service has been cancelled.
- Data:
serviceIdof the selected service.
Available vendor services
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We were all set to be wiped off the tennis court. The team we were playing were very strong and hadn't dropped a point over the five weeks of the league but I was looking forward to the challenge.
It all started so well.
I served well, my volleys were working and I was well able to rally with the girls. We won that first game.
The second game started off well with us winning the first couple of points.
Then came the lob...not a problem I thought as I raced back to get it. Unfortunately it was a great lob and landed on the back of the line so I stretched that bit more....that's when I felt it...yep I tore a muscle in my bum.
I continued to play but I was in agony and couldn't put my weight onto that leg.
Of course we lost.
I'm sitting here in a great deal of pain as it's far worse today but at least I have a good excuse to blog all day and I've just booked a spa treatment at this hotel where I'm going for a girls weekend with the tennis girls.
Monday, February 18, 2008
We were all set to be wiped off the tennis court. The team we were playing were very strong and hadn't dropped a point over the five weeks of the league but I was looking forward to the challenge.
26 comments:
- Yvonne said...
Ouch! Keep taking the pills and focus on that spa treatment. Are you going this weekend? Hotel looks lovely!
- 10:20 a.m.
- willowtree said...
Now that really is a pain in the arse!!
Ok, I know that's stating the obvious, but seriously, how often do you get a change to use that in context.
- 10:24 a.m.
- Barbara said...
I'm sorry, you probably are in real pain but I'm laughing. Enjoy the spa
- 11:18 a.m.
- Alix said...
Beccy - oh nasty! Hope you recover fast and enjoy the spa.
- 1:47 p.m.
- laurie said...
wow. when i saw your title i thougth you were referring to your mom's beach pix of the day before.
so sorry about the torn muscle. WT is funny but man i bet that hurts.
a spa sounds like just the thing...assuming you can sit down....
- 2:24 p.m.
- Asha said...
So sorry Beccy! Torn muscles are the worst pain, hope you get lot of rest.I know with 3 kids, it's hard but do try.
- 2:52 p.m.
- thefoodsnob said...
Oh, Beccy, so sorry you're in pain. I know it's no laughing matter for you.
Hope you get better soon, and that getaway place looks wonderful, enjoy!
- 3:11 p.m.
- Beckie said...
I thought you were calling your opponents bums for winning - now I understand!
I know that type of injury hurts a lot. Relax and look forward to your spa treatment.
- 3:49 p.m.
what a pain in the arse, becky. ok. wt said it first, but it bears repeating.
- 3:49 p.m.
- Unknown said...
Looking at your last post, I can't think of a nicer bum to sprain!
- 3:51 p.m.
- ChrisB said...
Beccy sorry you have sprained your 'bum'As you say a good excuse not to do anything! Are you going away this weekend!
- 3:58 p.m.
- Unknown said...
How often does one get to say they pulled a muscle in their bum? :) It's funny but I'm sure painful, hope you'll be able to sit without pain soon. Enjoy the Spa!
- 4:32 p.m.
Sorry to hear about yer arse. It won't get better by chasing after the kids and doing the housework!
Have a great week anyway.
- 4:43 p.m.
- Rachel (Crazy-Is) said...
Ooooh, that hurt just reading about it.
I hope it gets better soon!
- 4:55 p.m.
If I remember correctly - you had a pulled muscle in your last big tournament too.
- 6:12 p.m.
- Julie said...
sorry about the bum!
- 6:27 p.m.
- Steffi said...
So sorry Beccy!But have a great weekend with your tennis girls in the hotel!
- 7:04 p.m.
- frannie said...
what a pita!!!!
- 7:08 p.m.
Good thing it happened after the grease night. I hope you are recovering well. The spa sounds wonderful and will be much appreciated with the pain in your butt.
- 8:02 p.m.
- Alison said...
Yikes Beccy...hope you are feeling better soon...enjoy the spa!!
- 3:45 a.m.
Oh, so sorry.
- 5:47 a.m.
Hope you're all better soon.
- 10:09 a.m.
- Sam said...
is that the same bum I saw on mum's blog?
- 6:36 p.m.
- Debbie said...
Oh dear. I hope you're much better as I write this. Sounds painful.
That hotel looks gorgeous.
- 9:05 p.m.
- Pamela said...
did that a few times when I played racquetball in my 30's.
I had muscles in my legs.
- 7:06 a.m.
- my4kids said...
Sorry about your bum! Hope it's feeling better by now though. I'm jealous of the spa weekend...
- 6:58 a.m.


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Back in the mid-80s, Toronto was re-emerging as a musical hotbed with a special focus on a rebirth of the singer-songwriter tradition. The Cowboy Junkies and Blue Rodeo were in their formative stages. Andrew Cash, who had recently signed a solo deal with Island Records, had begun hosting a weekly songwriting showcase at the Spadina Hotel called Acoustic Meltdown, which obtained a cult following among music-lovers in the city.
Future Skydiggers Josh Finlayson and Andy Maize were frequent guests at those shows. They had been friends since childhood, and separately had formed their own bands. Maize fronted Direktive 17, which toured around Southern Ontario. Finlayson played bass in The Ramblers, which had relocated for about two years to the UK chasing the tail end of punk's glory years. By 1984, both bands had run their course, and the two teamed up to play and record as an acoustic duo under the name West Montrose.
The simplicity and portability of the acoustic format was a reaction to their experience with the noise and circumstance of playing in rock bands. As they continued to write and record and occasionally appear on the Spadina stage, gradually the elements of a new group started to fall into place.
Drummer Wayne Stokes was an aspiring home studio purveyor who had done some recording with Finlayson and Maize. Bassist Ron Macey was a professional screen printer who was looking to a new career in music; he met the band through a want ad in a newspaper. Peter Cash, brother of the Spadina Hotel's headliner, worked the door at the venue and an impressive tape of his formative songwriting efforts was slipped to the rest of the band.
When Andrew Cash decided to end his residency at the Spadina, he turned it over to the new musical collective, which had taken the enigmatic name Skydiggers. Some listeners initially likened the band to REM, but Finlayson says the roots of their sound and worldview ran deeper.
"We were always compared to REM, but really it was more a case of having the same influences – the Beatles and the Byrds. The common thing would be the layering of voices. Also, Joe Klein's book about Woody Guthrie (Woody Guthrie: A Life) was passed around between us, and it made an impression. Woody's life and work embodied a lot of the ethos and the ethics of punk music. He was very direct and independent and stood for something about the individual and championing people and causes."
Adds bassist Macey: "For the longest time it was like a skiffle band, very rhythmic and percussive. Essentially, it is two acoustic guitars, four voices and drum and bass. It had to go somewhere from there."
The sound developed at an impressive rate, thanks to the discipline and work ethic the weekly showcase placed on the band. New songs, new covers and a sound that grew to include electric instruments developed in the hothouse atmosphere of rehearsals, songwriting sessions and live performances. The buzz about those early shows reached Mark Smith and Derrick Ross of Enigma Records and they snagged the band for their eponymous debut in 1990.
Although the initial single was the rollicking "Monday Morning," it was the gentle ballad "I Will Give You Everything" which made the group's reputation and garnered substantial play on both radio and music television. Their sophomore effort, Restless, saw them recording at Daniel Lanois' fabled Grant Avenue studio in Hamilton, Ontario, and the sophistication of their recordings grew exponentially. In 1993, they issued the languid, atmospheric Just Over This Mountain, and in 1997 they jumped to Warner for Road Radio, which was recorded mostly live-off-the-floor at the Lighthouse Theatre in Port Dover, Ontario.
Stokes departed after their sophomore release, Restless. Peter Cash left in 1996 after Road Radio. (Cash went on to record and tour with brother Andrew, and in 2005, both would collaborate again with the group on the disc Skydiggers/Cash Brothers). The departures and drafting of new players have fueled the evolution of the group's sound. Desmond's Hip City saw them toying with sampling and looping and dueting with Sarah Harmer, Bittersweet Harmony swung back towards the guitar-based pop influences of their early days and more recently City of Sirens was fortified with the presence of keyboardist Michael Johnston, who has injected novel textures into the Skydiggers' sound.
"We've played with other people, other people have come into this circle and played with us. They've put their stamp on our music. But on the other hand, I think we recognize there is something consistent and something we all value that is threaded through all our records," says Finlayson.
"If you manage to spend this much time making music together, you will find there's some chemistry, some magic that makes it work," adds Maize. "We don't question where it comes from, but this record is our chance to celebrate the fact that we've been part of something pretty special."
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Last night's episode of Glee had me at "Conjunction Junction."
And it could have kept me, too, with just 10 seconds of Brittana, but no. Instead we got Mr. Schuester having sick sex with his ex. (By "sick" I mean an actual virus, not perversion – although on second thought, I mean both.)
We also, fortunately, got us some Kurt and Blaine, and much subtextual gayness as well, but for lesbians, there wasn't much beyond the beautiful Gwyneth Paltrow as substitute teacher Miss Holly Holliday, and Sue Sylvester using the word"bisexual" in a sentence.
Oh, and Rachel and Miss Holliday channeling Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon from Chicago. If that counts, which I'm not sure it does, given their lack of chemistry.
The episode opens with a super-gross scene in which Lauren (Ashley Fink) is prompted by a masked-and-gloved Sue to sneeze an infectious dose of Borneo bisexual primate virus all over Principal Figgins. (I hate when that happens.)
With Figgins incapacitated, a clause in Sue's contract, negotiated when she blackmailed a member of the town council, makes her principal. Her first mission, she tells Will, is to destroy the Glee Club.
"I thought we were friends," he whimpers.
"That got boring," says Sue. (For us too, Sue.)
Will ends up getting the virus, and before crawling home to his bed, he hallucinates the whole class as little grade-school versions of themselves. Naturally this scene was impossibly adorable, and for that reason has already been discussed, video-ized, Facebooked,Tweeted, screen-capped, analyzed and for all I know, had an extensive fan fiction oeuvre developed for it, already. It would most likely be entirely gratuitous for me to add to that beyond saying that, while adult-Rachel is not my favorite character, mini-Rachel was my favorite mini-character.
Anyway, with Mr. Schue out for a while, Rachel steps up to lead New Directions, prompting the show's hottest moment, Santana surging up out of her chair to kill her while her fellow Glee Clubbers hold her back. (Rewind, rewind.)


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We the People that care for and Love Wolves and Nature. Reguest that Wolves be Protected through Legislation that insures there are no cruel hunting methods being used such as gaseing Young pups in the den. No use of hunting Dogs to rip Wolves and there Babies apart. No use of Helicopters and snowmobiles to hunt with semmi automatics, No use of cruel traps or poison that cause suffering to the Wolves and other animals as well as pose a threat to People Young and old that go out in the Woods to enjoy nature. We the People are adressing all Governments Worldwide as well as Media animal shelters. Institutions. Hunters as well as Provincial and State Government Parties Worldwide to Protect Wolves Worldwide through Legislation from cruel hunting methods. We want it to be undestood Wolves are our Friends we care about them and want them preserved for future Generations and for a proper functioning echo System. We are purposley being made to suffer Imotionally by hunters that post Videos and Pictures as well as articles that Show purposfull cruelty being done to Wolves. This is Crimminal as it directly Targets an individuals emotions and causes suffering to that individual. That is Illegal and We the People want Laws that stop that from Happening. The Wolf must be put back on the Endangered specis list and protected through Legislation Worldwide.!
Henry Krauss
This petition closed over 2 years ago
Sighning this Petition is a way to take steps to Change laws in order to protect and preserve wolves and stop cruel hunting methods as well as stop the use of Videos and Pictures and stories being...
Sighning this Petition is a way to take steps to Change laws in order to protect and preserve wolves and stop cruel hunting methods as well as stop the use of Videos and Pictures and stories being posted by media and hunters that target those of us that care through the posting of Cruel Videos and pics depicting the killing of Wolves. That is a crimminal act premeditated.!


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KDE::Enterprise Launched
Jono Bacon, perhaps
September 24, 2001 (Internet). The
The aim of the project's website is to create an information repository
Jono Bacon, KDE developer and founder of
"This project is very exciting because it will provide businesses with
The initial release of the KDE::Enterprise website
Jono Bacon added, "Free software has demonstrated it's successful usage
About KDE
KDE is an independent, collaborative project by hundreds of developers
Please visit the KDE family of web sites for the
Trademarks Notices.
Press Contacts:
Jono Bacon
United States:
Andreas Pour
How many developers work for/with KDE? And Gnone?
Are we really conquering the linux desktops out there?
By I want to believe at Tue, 2001/09/25 - 5:00am
That's a double dosis of Enterprise this week!
Since the fifth installment of Star Trek will start on Wednesday if I am correct. Coincidence or timing?
By Rob Kaper at Tue, 2001/09/25 - 5:00am
Re: That's a double dosis of Enterprise this week!
nerd ;)
By Maarten Stolte/... at Tue, 2001/09/25 - 5:00am
WOW! This is exciting news! Does this mean that we'll see some Admin/deployment tools, that will make it easier to deploy and manage KDE in an organization. I can already see a profile editor coming up.
Thanks to the KDE TEAM for making *NIX Desktops a *reality*
By iceman at Tue, 2001/09/25 - 5:00am
does this compete.....
is the plan hear to compete with Ximian for the desktop? is there going to be a similar KDE set up tool like ximian door man and admin tools like red carpet?
this would realy make KDE a more useful environment than Ximina gnome since KDE is lightyeas ahead of Gnome.
kick butt!!!!
By Jeremy Petzold at Tue, 2001/09/25 - 5:00am
Re: does this compete.....
you are dreaming troll.............
[X] i'm a gnome-troll and don't understand that the world choosen 'kde'
[X] I'm a gnome-troll and mean gimp is a gnome-programm
[X] I'm a gnome-troll and mean gtk+ means world-domination
By steve at Tue, 2001/09/25 - 5:00am
Re: does this compete.....
You are a dreamer gnome :-)
If you mean that gnome is better, why are you loosing your time
IMHO, KDE is the Desktop with the biggest potential on the Unix world,
By Filma at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Perhaps best known for his work?
"Jono Bacon, perhaps best known for his work on Kafka and the KDE Usability Study"
If there was any relationship between the number of times I have seen Jono accredited with having done work on the supposedly important/impressive Kafka project and the amount of useful code he has contributed to it, Kafka would by now have overtaken DreamWeaver in terms of functionality, usability and market penetration.
In truth, this project to bring a WYSIWYG HTML editor to the KDE is around two years old now, and has yet to reach its first ever release (as in release early, release often). Jono has now left that project for which he still commands massive publicity, and has started an even more vapourware-like project to create something like Shockwave Flash in KDE. Of course the project website doesn't detail how he hopes to get the industry-wide support needed to get _anyone_ to create content for it, but it does at least admit that he is hoping that someone else will write most of the code.
Perhaps Kafka's problem is that people who know how enough about HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc to make a good job of it would never use a WYSIWYG editor anyway, prefering to hand-code. Most people working on free software are scratching an it, which few suitable hackers have in this case.
I can barely visit a free software news site or open a dead-tree Linux magazine, at least here in the UK, without seeing similar comments, often accompanied by his picture, which is enough to make everyone outside the KDE community think that KDE hackers all look like Marilyn Manson. He even has an opinion column in 'Linux Format', where he is presented as a great leader of the open source revolution. He is often also accredited as having founded 'Linux UK', which sounds like some sort of important, possibly Linus-blessed, national organisation, whilst it is infact just the domain name that he registered for his personal web site, presumably with the intention of catching the eye-balls of those looking for a site that really is in some way official.
In an early fit of self-importance and self-promotion, I remember the time that he came to a LUG meeting and announced that he was the official UK national co-ordinator for an upcoming world-wide installfest day of action. About ten of us spent two or more hours that night discussing how we could go ahead with a local installfest. We uncovered a lot of problems to overcome, and set about over a couple of months trying to solve them (venue, indemnity, ensuring a good supply of expertise, etc). After the initial meeting Jono didn't join in any more, and we eventually abandoned the installfest idea through lack of support. Lots of people all over the country did manage to put on installfests, with some success. And Jono got some of the credit for it.
I was very pleased to see his useability study site. This indeed is a very worthwhile contribution, at last. I hope very much that many reports will come in and good things will come of it. He faces some difficulty with the project, as he has to get people who are not very expert with computers to use KDE and then write about it. I know he has used his media contacts to great effect in getting the word out to those users - so its all been for the good in the end. There can't be many that run Linux or a Unix with KDE but don't have much computing experience. Sun had to pay people off the street to use GNOME for their thorough study. Can the usability project find a way to do similar things?
This enterprise project is very interesting, and I hope that it accelerates KDE's penetration of the business world. These case studies provide great ammunition when trying to put forward a compelling business case for using KDE. I wish it could have come up with a different name though. Perhaps business.kde.org ? The problem is that unfortunately computer science students like Jono, and many other people that haven't yet had their first proper job in the IT world, don't grasp what the word 'enterprise' means in business computing. When articles in magazines and on web sites get titles like 'Is Linux Ready For The Enterprise?' they are not refering to the quality of the end-user experience. Enterprise computing is about the back end systems. Multi-terrabyte databases, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, n-tier web applications, application servers, these are what the term refers to. Products like Oracle 8i, IBM DB/2 and WebSphere, SAP R/3, BEA WebLogic. The articles explore whether the applications are in place, whether the tools exist for easy and cheap development of enterprise applications, and whether the Linux kernel has adequate support for the features needed to deliver these kind of apps, running on serious hardware, with good uptime. I have never heard any suggestion that the KDE project might move from desktop software to server software arena.
I struggled all through my CS degree trying to get a handle on what enterprise computing was all about. It was this that brought me to Linux, as it was such a great way to turn my computer into a powerful system for server-type applications, which I wanted to work on after graduation. Its only since I have been out in industry that I have got a good understanding of how all the various enterprise products fit together, and what their advantages are to business. A project like this really needs some leadership and direction from people that actually use Linux in their businesses - CTOs, CEOs, MDs even. Jono would do very well to encourage the contributors to this project to get their managers involved too, to give the project some serious business credibility.
The danger of having the name of the project wrong in this way is that business people take a look at the site, and go away with the impression that the nearest Linux has progressed towards being enterprise ready is having a decent desktop environment, and subsequently pass straight over all the products I listed earlier. I hope that a good number of them at least go away thinking about the money they can save by migrating their company away from being part of the licensing and subscription revenue stream of their current suppliers.
In summary, I very much welcome this project and its goals. But if I hear one more time about the great work of the famous KDE hacker Jono Bacon and his amazing Kafka project I will scream ;-)
By Mark Roberts at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: Perhaps best known for his work?
>In summary, I very much welcome this project and its goals. But if I hear one more time about the great work of the famous KDE hacker Jono Bacon and his amazing Kafka project I will scream ;-)
Since you can summarize all your post in that one sentence, why did you waste the time needed to type out the other part? :-)
By Carbon at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: Perhaps best known for his work?
The same thing applies to my mother and my girlfriend as well... They can talk for 20 minutes about something that would fit in one or two sentences, without losing content, if you just leave out the unimportant parts. :)
By Per Wigren at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: Perhaps best known for his work?
Sorry to hear some of your grumbles. Let me clear some things up:
(1) Kafka was started and I joined the team. I tried to bring Kafka out of the dead, but to no avail...help was thin on the ground (as Niko Zimmerman who maintains it now will confirm). I didnt want to flog a dead horse so I quit it.
(2) Linux UK was a website run by an open source team that is now Think Open. I left that due to KDE interests.
(3) I assume you are from northants LUG. I visited the LUG when I lived in Bedfordshire and left when I came to Uni. No self importance was assumed at all...I came to the LUG because I was interested in Linux. At the time I was helping the Installfest effort. I decided to leave when I realized I didnthave enough time to fullfil the project.
(4) Thanks for your kind words on the usability study. I set the project up to develop a framework for developing usability for KDE. I am not professing at all to be experienced in usability research, but I am developing the site to accomodate it. People have joined the team who are experienced in usability to help the project.
(5) As for the enterprise project, you make some valid points. I encourage everyone including managers, developers, marketing people etc to get involved. Again I am developing this project to provide the framework for demonstrating KDE in the business world. We have had some feedback from people and it is looking interesting.
To clear this up, I have an interest in Linux and KDE, and I like helping these projects. I am in no way inclined to publicize my work more than an announcement. If you look across KDE and Linux there are people *far* more capable and published than I. I try to use my skills (which are mainly web based) to develop frameworks so a project can be run by a team. I have done soem application development in the past, but I am stepping down from that as I dont feel I am particularly suited to it.
Like any open source hacker, they get acknowledgement from people within their community when they do some work. The thing about some of the stuff I have done is that it has been announced in places other than the community which I work in, and hence gets more publicity than it needs.
As for the column in Linux Format...it is just that. It is a column and an opinion, and nothing more. I use it to discuss ideas floating in my head, and that is what the Linux Format team intended it for.
In the open source world we all have a chance to contribute, and I dont want to give off any impression that I have self importance at all. I think the fact that you feel that I am making KDE hackers look like metallers in rubbish...does that mean that mean that other people who are in the public eye every so often are representatives of their community...no it doesnt. I am not a representative of KDE or Linux, and I am merely someone who contributes and has an interest in it.
Re: Perhaps best known for his work?
Hi Jono,
Thanks for the clear ups. I'm sure I keep seeing you attributed (in the press) as the leader of the Kafka project (with the suggestion that it is one of the most excellent applications in KDE), and the founder of 'Linux UK'. I expect this is the common problem journalists have when reporting specialist topics - they like to bump up the seriousness of their sources, and once they find a source they are reluctant to look for any others. Not that I am comparing you in any way to him (that would be terribly insulting, and I mean no offense), but you see this phenomenon a lot concerning John Vransevich - if you believed the major media, the guy is the guru of all security experts, and gets interviewed, quoted and attributed for everything.
As for your photo in Linux Format, I am a fine one to talk (take a look at the photo on the front (and only) page of my web site www.taurine.demon.co.uk). I'm really reacting to the photo the magazine has next to every contributor in the magazine. Its just that they all look like geek stereotypes (just like I do in fact), and I think it plays up to a stereotype that I know isn't true. I must know thirty or more Linux users personally, and myself and Jono are the only ones I know with long hair, aggressive t-shirts, funny beards, etc. I worry that when mainstream computer users, business IT people, etc, pick up Linux Format to find out what lies behind the hype of this Linux thing, they will go away with the stereotype instead of the reality. We all know that geeks are just like everyone else in most ways, but we also know that mainstream people would think 'weirdo' before they would think 'credible' if they saw a picture of RMS (as an extreme example). Its kind of the opposite of the thing about email making everyone equal. Come on, admit it, in the photo you are pulling your best heavy-metal face ;-) Is it from a promo shot for your band?
I greatly admire your recent KDE web projects. You are acting as a catalyst to make something big happen, making good use of your web development skills. The style of leadership by example (I mean putting in a visible effort) is a good one. I would be using it in my current projects if I had enough time and effort. You are very lucky to be at uni at the moment - I wish I still was ;-) Of course it always seemed like I didn't have enough time, but now I look back I realise how relatively free I was...
You really need to find ways to promote the useability project to the people who are least likely to have heard of it because they are just computer users, not /. and .kde readers. I'm sure you have some plans with this regards already. Perhaps you could influence Linux Format to do an article on how to write usability and bug reports? There are an increasing number of places where KDE desktops are available in shared computing areas, particularly in universities and Internet cafes. Perhaps the people that have pioneered these projects could be persuaded to try to survey their users? Indeed, there is a strong synergy between your useability and enterprise projects. The companies that are reporting their case studies of KDE use in mainstream IT type could perhaps be persuaded to survey their employees?
Also, on the useability site, have you considered posting reports of the UI design changes that occur as a result of each usability report. By showing that something really does happen when you contribute to the project, you may inspire more people to take part. Just a thought.
Anyway, the very best of luck with your projects, and I hope I will continue to see your name come up in future press releases!
Best regards,
By Mark Roberts at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: Perhaps best known for his work?
Hi Mark,
Thanks for your kind reply.
The difficult thing in being part of the whole Linux effort is putting across the right impression. I agree completely with the stereotype's of Linux people. It is difficult to get a fair representation.
The last thing I would want to put across is that the stuff I am doing is particularly ground shakingly important. I just try to fill in the gaps, although I suppose a project which gets as much PR as KDE, there is bound to be publicity at all levels.
As for the usability project, we are branching out in a few areas. We have a guy called Matt Clark working on a research part of the project, and we will be posting usability case studies on the site. Some interesting things should be happening with this project over the next few weeks.
Yes, Enterprise is for the Server
I'm afraid Mark is right. Enterprise software is something
By steve at Thu, 2001/09/27 - 5:00am
SuSE is missing
About half of the business cases are currently running under "other Linux" because someone forgot the most popular KDE-distribution.
By Roland at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: SuSE is missing
I assume you mean SuSE. I did not spot this...I will add this today.
Re: SuSE is missing
Was it the bold "SuSE is missing" in the title that gave it away
By me at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Re: SuSE is missing
"(RedHat is Gnome-based and hates KDE)"
What does GNOME-based mean to you?
Anyway, Red Hat doesn't hate KDE. In their latest version, the user has to choose the default desktop and KDE is there as an option.
By Evandro at Thu, 2001/09/27 - 5:00am
Gnome hates KDE
I have spend a lot of time to bring GNOME and KDE people to wrk with each other and to let the best of the two worlds work together. Both are going now the same way and are helping each other on their own. KDE is strong in the technical design and efficiency for big multi user systems, GNOME is strong in the graphical design and speed for small standalone systems. Both have their merits, we should use them in those situations where they are designed for. Both work now together and aren't developing two times the same thing. This reduces the development cycle and the usability for both desktops.
The guy behind the scene...
By Patrick Op de Beeck at Wed, 2001/10/03 - 5:00am
Kafka plus Quanta
I want to know one thing: Why they didnt add Quanta Code C++ features into Kafka? if they do it, they will run faster with the Kafka coding. And other question: Will be Kafka similar to DreamWeaver ? i hope so. I love Dream :-)
By Daniel at Wed, 2001/09/26 - 5:00am
Interesting quote from news.com article
As many obviously have seen already, Mandrake 8.1 has been released with, among other things, KDE 2.2.1.
There is an article on News.com here: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7321032.html?tag=mn_hd
I mention this article because it has an interesting quote:
By Joergen Ramskov at Thu, 2001/09/27 - 5:00am


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Helen Brasinika-Bojo Multi-Function Modular Furniture
At Design Interviews
Interview with Helen Brasinika : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Helen Brasinika : The inspiration came out of a plastic toy from my youth. The basic idea was to let simplicity and low cost, provide a design of ultimate versatility, modularity and flexibility in applications and compositions. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Helen Brasinika : We wanted to keep it simple, easy to assemple and allow it to change according to future needs and desires at a minimal cost, time and effort. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Helen Brasinika : Our first priority is to see it realized, in cooperation with a manufacturing company abroad, and then start promoting it in order for our design to find a niche in home or office interiors. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Helen Brasinika : It took about one month from September to October 2011. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Helen Brasinika : We wanted to pursuit our first inspiration, and then we realized that it would be ideal as an entry for A' design Award contest. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Helen Brasinika : It is still a concept design, not in production. We might sell the production rights, or agree its manufacturing and promotion on royalty basis. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Helen Brasinika : A fascination that started about one and a half year ago to design works that adapt to time, mood and need changes. Even multiple uses or different applications of the same design. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Helen Brasinika : There might have been, but i cannot recall a name at the moment. Information technology and social networks certainly have a strong influence on design aspects and attitudes. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Helen Brasinika : I can see a very wide target group. I think this design has no age, culture, or border limitations. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Helen Brasinika : I have been contacting market search for private and commercial projects for many years. I don't think there is something similar.Do you? .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Helen Brasinika : Bojo, is a funny word in Greece we used this expression as kids to describe somebody that makes you laugh, like a clown.I think the design is very cheerful and colorful, and if something makes your life easier it can certainly add some joy and happiness. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Helen Brasinika : 3D Cad Pytha, modeler and renderer, photoshop, my pantone color sets and thick model paper to check out dimensions and compositions. Then some tests were run with plywood boards cut with CNC machinery for scale models. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Helen Brasinika : While it starts from a simple square module, it is so versatile that develops like a living organism and expands in space. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Helen Brasinika : The design was developed by BllendDesignTeam members (me and Anastasia Rokkou), previous experience in design, material research and manufacturing know-how enabled its realization. Our engineers gave their feedback for various manufacturing and stability issues. We consulted of course manufacturers working with the materials, since it is a common practice for our office to consult experienced manufacturers and their feedback is always an invaluable asset. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Helen Brasinika : We tried to keep it as simple and common in every place as possible. Sustainability approaches, low transportation and manufacturing cost were prerequisite in order to allow for our design to be mass produced and reach every corner of the continent. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Helen Brasinika : Research in modular furniture that are available in the market has been contacted. Of course, previous market search conducted for customer projects has resulted in a very rich database of products, materials, designs and designers that we consult every time we need some relevant info. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Helen Brasinika : Keeping it simple. It is always very tempting to design something with a view to impressing. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Helen Brasinika : It is the only opportunity to address a wider community of manufacturers and promotion comes easier. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Helen Brasinika : "Less is more", and this design can prove it. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Helen Brasinika : We hope that this design will be loved as much as we do. In case this happens, A' design award will have played the most important role. Even if not, we are still grateful and we thank you for this award. It certainly gives us the strength to try harder. .
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This safari from Kenya to Israel passes through Egypt – Cairo. The pilgrims will cross by road to Israel though Mt. Sinai – St. Catherine.
Meet at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport to start our journey together to the land of the Pharoahs as well as the Holy Land. Say "Kwaheri" to Kenya as we take on the clouds to Cairo – Egypt through the night.
Arrive at the Cairo International where you will be met and assisted through immigration formalities and Creek Tours & Travel will transfer you to your hotel for check in. You will rest in the hotel and in the afternoon a visit to the Egyptian museum where the treasures of Pharaoh Tut Ank Amon are displayed. Egypt is where Abraham took refuge when there was drought in Canaan (Genesis 12:10),
Visit the Pyramids, the Sphinx and then on to the old Cairo where you will visit the hanging church (AL MUALLAQA). This was built in the 4th century over southern gate of the fortress of Babylon .Dedicated to Virgin Mary, its treasures includes a 14 the century wall painting of the Nativity, Church of St. Sergius (ABU SERGA) A 5th century basilica built over crypt where the Holy Family is believed to have stayed during their flight into Egypt, Church of St.Mercurius (ABU SEFEIN) – boasts a unique collection of Coptic art including the 175 icons that depict scenes from the old and new testaments, wall paintings, etching and stained glass. Meals and Overnight in Cairo.
Depart Cairo via the Sinai desert, past Sharm el Sheikh on to Taba Heights. Overnight Taba. .
Early morning climb to the summit of Mt. Sinai. Descend for breakfast. Visit St. Catherine Monastery. St. Catherine, is the place where Moses climbed up the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments and the Greek Orthodox Monastery, which is built around the Burning Bush
Then continue to the Wilderness of Sin where the miracle of Manna and Quails took place and view the seventy-two palm trees. Next stop is in Rephidim where the Israelites fought the Amalekites. During this battle, whenever Moses put his arms down, the Israelites lost and whenever he put his arms up, the Israelites were winning. (Aaron and Hur held Moses' arms up as he started getting tired.) After all that proceed to the Springs of Moses where Moses hit the rock and twelve water springs appeared. Here, there are remnants of the springs and a group of Bedouins still lives there. Afterwards drive to Taba border to cross to Israel .
Visit the Dead-Sea, time for a swim and floating. This is the lowest point on earth after which you will visit Qumran caves where the Dead-Sea scrolls where found. Drive to Jerusalem via the Good Samaritan's Inn. Overnight in Jerusalem / Bethlehem
This day after breakfast you will visit Jericho (the oldest and lowest city in the earth ) , view and visit the Mt. of Temptation by the cable car , remains of the walls of the old Jericho and Zaccheus tree (Luke 18:35-42)..will proceed to Mt. of Olives in Jerusalem. Here you will see the panorama of Jerusalem and also will visit the Ascension Chapel where Jesus ascended into Heaven. Visit the Church of Pater Noster to witness the "Lord's Prayer' written in several languages . Other highlights; Garden of Gethsemane, Church of All Nations, Church of Nativity and the Shepherd's Fields, Cross the Kidron Valley to Mt. Zion. Visit the room of the Last Supper. Overnight in Jerusalem.
Visit the Model of Jerusalem from the times of Christ. Proceed to enter the walled city of Jerusalem. Start with the Pool of Bethesda and Church of St. Anne. Via Dolorosa 14 Stations of the Cross, the Church of the Holy Sepulture. The Cardo in the Jewish Quarter.
Depart Jerusalem via the Jordan Valley. Drive North along River Jordan. Visit Nazareth and the Church of Annunciation, Nearby Cana, site of the first miracle. Overnight in the Galilee.
Begin with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, visit Capernaum, Tabgha and Mt. of Beatitudes, Drive around the Sea of Galilee to the Baptism Site in the Jordan River. Overnight in the Galilee.
Depart Galilee to visit Muhraka and Caesarea. Then drive Eilat for overnight near the border.
Transfer by land to Cairo for the evening flight back to NBO.
The cost of the trip includes
• Return Flight to Israel from Nairobi – Arrival and departure transfers.
• Full day's luxurious air conditioned bus in Egypt and Israel.
• Departure Taba border tax.
• English speaking guides in Egypt and Israel.
• Accommodation 4-5* Hotels on Full board (Lunch, dinner and breakfast)
• Entrance fees according to the itinerary.
• Boat ride on Sea of Galilee.
• Egypt and Israel visa fees.
• Portage at the hotels
• Travel Insurance
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2 Texas billionaires give $20M to super PACs
Two Texas billionaires are now the largest donors to active federal super PACs, or political action committees, together giving more than $20 million in support of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the GOP since the fall of 2010 through May 31.
Harold Simmons of Dallas — owner of Contran Corp., a holding company — is the largest contributor nationwide to give to super PACs still active in the 2012 presidential election. Simmons and his company gave $13 million to pro-Republican group American Crossroads and $800,000 to pro-Romney Restore Our Future, federal campaign finance reports show.
House builder Bob Perry of Houston comes in second for GOP-related campaign contributions. Perry gave $2.5 million to American Crossroads and $4 million to Restore Our Future.
Such sizable donations are made possible by a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that eliminated the cap on contributions from corporations and unions in national elections and allows them to pay for political advertisements in the waning days of campaigns.
In a 2010 ruling, the Supreme Court decided it could not limit contributions to organizations that only made independent expenditures "uncoordinated" with a candidate's campaign, leading to the rise of super PACs.
This is the first federal election with no cap since the early 1970s. Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson said it would have a dramatic effect in the process, especially from Texas donors.
"Texas has long had a history of big money affecting Texas elections, and before campaign finance came in the 1970s, national elections," Jillson said. "Oil money has always played a large role."
In state elections, Texas has not had a cap on donations, so Perry, Simmons and San Antonio donor James Leininger have historically given hundreds of thousands to campaigns and causes, Jillson said.
Leininger has donated to other campaigns, but has not contributed to the federal election this year, aside from a $2,500 donation to Rick Santorum in March.
Although there are several other states that have no donor limits, they have not yielded the same effect.
President Barack Obama opposed the 2010 decision, calling it a major victory for powerful interests, including big oil.
Although Priorities USA Action, a pro-Obama super PAC, has now raised more than $14.5 million, super PACs still are primarily utilized by the right.
"Republican super PACs likely will outspend Democrat-related super PACs by a multiple of four or five to one," Jillson said.
Jillson said GOP operative Karl Rove's group, which organizes American Crossroads and other Republican PACs, set a goal to raise $600 million this election and will spend most of the money on negative advertisements.
Campaigns, on the other hand, will spend most of their money on voter registration and turnout.
So far, American Crossroads has raised almost $35 million, with more than $19 million from Texas donors, including $50,000 from two San Antonio donors.
Restore our Future has raised more than $60 million, with more than $8 million from Texas donors, $50,000 of it from San Antonio donor James Cowden, who is self-employed.
Robert B. Rowling of Irving gave $2 million to American Crossroads, half of it from his company, TRT Holdings.
Jillson said big donors might also plan on giving more money right before the election or right after it, known in Texas as "the late train."
Calls and emails to Simmons, Perry, American Crossroads and the Obama campaign were not returned.
In March, Simmons told Politico he planned to spend $36 million total during this campaign.
This is not Perry's first time as a super PAC contributor at the federal level. In the 2003-04 election cycle, Perry contributed almost $8.1 million to 527 groups, according to OpenSecrets.com.
In 2004, he was the largest donor to the Swift Boat group, which challenged Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War record when he was the Democratic presidential nominee, according to a 2010 New York Times article.


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Millions of young adults in this country are facing social and economic injustice. Despite talent and motivation, they lack access to higher education and careers that provide them with a living wage. At the same time, our economy needs help. U.S. businesses are calling for more and better-trained talent to compete on the global stage, but there will not be enough skilled workers to meet that demand.
Economic justice = Economic prosperity.
These are troubling realities, but they represent a tremendous national opportunity. Providing underserved young adults with the skills, knowledge and experience today's businesses demand ensures those young adults will begin successful careers and earn a living wage. In return, employers gain access to a wider pipeline of well-trained talent than ever before —the talent they need to compete across the globe.
A hand up, not a hand out.
This is not charity, nor a handout. This is good sense. Economic justice for young adults equals economic prosperity for U.S. businesses, and the nation at large.


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The star-packed lineup for "The 46th Annual CMA Awards" launches with today's announcement that Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Kelly Clarkson and Little Big Town are the first group of performers confirmed for "Country Music's Biggest Night™." "The 46th Annual CMA Awards," hosted for the fifth year by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, will air live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
Aldean holds the current title for CMA Album of the Year for "My Kinda Party," and Musical Event of the Year for "Don't You Wanna Stay" with Clarkson. This year he picked up nominations for Entertainer, Male Vocalist and Single of the Year for "Dirt Road Anthem," produced by Michael Knox.
There was no place like "Home" for Bentley. He received three nominations for Album of the Year for "Home," produced by Brett Beavers, Luke Wooten and Jon Randall Stewart; Single of the Year for "Home," produced by Beavers and Wooten; and Song of the Year for "Home," written by Bentley, Beavers and Dan Wilson, lead singer of Semisonic.
Clarkson, who shares the current CMA trophy for Musical Event of the Year with Aldean, makes her debut in the Female Vocalist of the Year category this year. Clarkson has a previous nomination for Musical Event of the Year with Reba McEntire for "Because of You" in 2007.
Little Big Town made a splash with "Pontoon" in 2012. The popular group was nominated for Vocal Group of the Year in addition to capturing nominations for Music Video and Single of the Year for "Pontoon," directed by Declan Whitebloom and produced by Jay Joyce, respectively. Joyce has produced albums by a diverse roster of artists including Audio Adrenaline, Cage the Elephant, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, The Wallflowers and The Whigs.
Winners of "The 46th Annual CMA Awards" will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of the Country Music Association. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. The third and final ballot will be emailed to CMA members Thursday, October 4. Voting for the CMA Awards final ballot ends Monday, October 22 (5:00 p.m., CT).
Tickets for "The 46th Annual CMA Awards" go on sale to the public Saturday, September 29 (10:00 a.m., CT). Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster outlets; by calling (800) 745-3000; or at the Bridgestone Arena Box Office, located at 501 Broadway (corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, Nashville). Ticket prices for the CMA Awards start at $110 for Upper Level seating. Ticket prices include tax, but exclude applicable service fees. Purchase tickets early for the best available seats. The CMA Awards have sold out in advance the past three years.
Full 2012 CMA Awards details, including nominations and performers, are available at CMAawards.com, which also includes CMA Awards history, a searchable database of past CMA Awards nominees and winners, host information and much more. Fans can connect with CMA online at Facebook.com/CMA, Twitter.com/CountryMusic (#CMAawards), YouTube.come/CountryMusicAssoc and Pinterest.com/CMAworld.
The CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by the 11,000 industry professional members of CMA, which was formed in 1958 as the first trade organization to promote an individual genre of music. The first "CMA Awards Banquet and Show" was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA Awards was broadcast on NBC television for the first time – making it the longest-running annual music awards program on network television. The Awards aired on NBC through 1971 and on the CBS Television Network from 1972 through 2005. The CMA Awards moved to ABC in 2006, where it will remain through 2021.
"The 46th Annual CMA Awards" is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the executive producer, Paul Miller is the director and David Wild is the writer. The special will be shot in high definition and broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound.
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I've always advised nonprofit communicators to put key content up top on website pages, so users don't have to do anything to see (or act on) it. It's part of my "make it easy for your base" philosophy. In other words, your want to shape your nonprofit website to generate the actions you need.
So I was thrilled to discover the hard data in website usability guru's Jakob Nielsen latest research findings: Web users do scroll down to the next "panel," but only after investing 80% of their focus on what was first visible on the page. That means that content below the fold gets only20% of users attention. In a time of overall attention deficit, starting with 20% isn't enough.
But but defining the fold is a real challenge: This approach works only if you know where the fold is. And that differs widely depending on browser resolution, screen size and other demands on onscreen vertical space. For those who use your site via smartphone, all bets are off.
My advice to your organization is do what you can to place key content in the first and second paragraphs on every web page — that's first on the writing for the web success list anyway, to increase content digestion. Your thoughts? Please email me or comment below.
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Mitt Romney's foreign policy speech to the Jerusalem Foundation in Israel on Sunday qualified him to be President—of Israel. His observations were as remarkable for what he didn't say as for what he did. They could have been written by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, for they parallel his thinking almost exactly, and they were sharply at odds with current U.S. policy toward the region.
Mr. Romney didn't mention the Palestinians (although he later made an invidious comparison of Palestinians to Israelis that was deemed racist by Palestinian officials), nor did he offer any remarks on the settlements in the West Bank—arguably Israel's most pressing problem. Indeed, he explicitly called for Americans not to engage in any criticism of Israel at all, since Israelis seemed to be capable of self-critique.
What Mr. Romney did do in his talk was primarily to lambaste Iran.
He trotted out a laundry list of accusations against Iran, virtually all of which have been discredited fabrications or shown to be wildly exaggerated caricatures of Iranian thought and behavior. Among these was the hoary old accusation that Iranians had threatened to "wipe Israel off the map"—a fabrication so well known that it has its own Wikipedia page. He also repeated the old saw that Iran is the "chief State supporter of terrorism," an unsupported assertion left over from the Bush administration. He also cited the discredited claims that the Iranian government supplied weapons used to attack Americans in Iraq—something the U.S. military tried desperately to prove with absolutely no success.
He said, "When Iran's leaders deny the Holocaust . . ." branding them as Holocaust deniers. Iran's leaders, in fact, have never denied the Holocaust. To be sure, they have questioned its causes and results in ways that are inaccurate, but they never denied that it happened. There was even a widely applauded popular film in Iran dealing with the Holocaust and an Iranian historical figure who saved Jews from being killed.
Of course, no one denies Iran's dismal domestic human rights record—something that should be of concern to the whole world—but Mr. Romney barely touched on this one legitimate accusation of wrongdoing on the part of the Iranian government.
These broad swipes at Iran would be just garden-variety neoconservative palaver if it weren't for the additional steps Mr. Romney took in advancing a case for armed conflict against the Islamic Republic—steps that were both reckless and ignorant. The case is based on the favorite neoconservative hobby-horse: Iran's nuclear program.
Mr. Romney hinted broadly that the United States would support a military strike against Iran. This would not be to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as is current U.S. policy, but rather to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capacity. This is code for shutting down or destroying Iran's entire nuclear development program.
Mr. Romney seems unaware of the complexities of the Iranian case. Iran is signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) along with all other states with nuclear development, except for Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea. The treaty grants all signatories the inalienable right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Iran is engaged in uranium enrichment to provide fuel for nuclear generation of electricity. However, Iran is not alone in doing this. Nineteen other world states who are signatories to the NPT do so as well, and at least two, Japan and Brazil, have stated openly that they are prepared to manufacture nuclear weapons if the need arises. Even if there were any proof that Iran had a nuclear weapons program, they are far from producing even nuclear reactor fuel. Mr. Romney said, cagily, they are "five years closer" to producing a nuclear weapon—but those attacking Iran have been saying this every year since 1990, and Iran is no closer.
The history of nuclear development in Iran also involves the United States directly. The U.S. government urged the Iranians to start their program in 1970 as a move toward modernization. The nuclear facilities they are now developing are a direct outgrowth of those mutually approved plans.
The complexity of this issue is apparent to the Obama administration, which is why diplomacy has been urged by every foreign policy adviser as a means of creating confidence and settling misunderstandings and differences between Iran, the United States and its allies. Brute force designed to damage Iran's nuclear facilities has been decried as dangerous and useless by American and Israeli military and intelligence officials.
The most ironic part of Mr. Romney's speech came toward the end when he stated: "If you want to hear some very sharp criticisms of Israel and its policies, you don't have to cross any borders. All you have to do is walk down the street and into a café, where you'll hear people reasoning, arguing, and speaking their mind. Or pick up an Israeli newspaper – you'll find some of the toughest criticism of Israel you'll read anywhere. Your nation, like ours, is stronger for this energetic exchange of ideas and opinions."
If Mr. Romney had taken this observation to heart and showed even a modicum of nuance in his remarks, he might have appeared statesmanlike. As it was, his speech was little more than a screed of right-wing slogans designed to please his Israeli host, and the Americans who support the most extreme right-wing policies of the Israeli government. His need to pander may go even further. Part of his live audience in Jerusalem was Israeli-supporter, billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who is bankrolling Mr. Romney's campaign with unlimited amounts of money.
William O. Beeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. He has lived and worked in the Middle East for over 40 years. He visited Iran last November, and Israel in June of this year. He is the author of The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs": How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other. (University of Chicago Press, 2008)


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Honolulu has pleasant temperatures throughout the year, though spring and fall are especially good times to visit for affordable accommodations and smaller crowds. Winter is the peak season for surfing. The three-day Honolulu Festival, held annually in March, showcases arts, crafts and food, and ends with a large parade at Waikiki Beach.
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Most iPhone 5cs will be selling for $99 for a two-year contract, but both Target and Walmart are offering the colorful plastic phones for $79, according to reports.
Walmart was the first to offer the $79 pricetag on preorders, according to 9to5Mac, but Target followed soon after. (Target REDcard holders can also receive an extra 5 percent discount.) Both stores will sell the models as well as the $199 32GB models.
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In response to what it believes are state efforts to seize control of RESTORE Act funds, representatives of eight counties in the Panhandle have scheduled an emergency meeting Monday in Tallahassee.
In response to what they believe are state efforts to seize control of RESTORE Act funds, representatives of eight counties in the Panhandle have scheduled an emergency meeting Monday in Tallahassee.
The Gulf Coast Consortium Committee of Eight Disproportionately Affected Counties will meet at 1 p.m. in a cabinet meeting room in the Capitol on the same day the Senate is to debate controversial Bill 1024.
�We�re hoping we can get a floor amendment introduced to eliminate any reference to the RESTORE Act,� Okaloosa County Commissioner Dave Parisot said.
Officials from Okaloosa, Walton, Santa Rosa, Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf and Wakulla counties say the Senate�s attempts to create an endowment to hold BP fine money actually is a covert effort to get control of millions of dollars from the RESTORE Act that federal law says should be distributed to directly to the counties.
An amendment to create the nonprofit Triumph Gulf Coast was slipped into the bill recently late in a Senate committee review.
�I have grave concerns about it,� Franklin County Commissioner Pinki Jackel said. �This is so rushed and hurried.�
Senate President Don Gaetz has denied the allegations that the state is looking to control RESTORE Act funds. He said the Senate simply wants to establish the nonprofit Triumph Gulf Coast as a distribution center for BP funds coming to the state, not to the counties.
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Popular group buying web site Groupon.com is heading to the movies.
The site plans to offer $6 tickets to the upcoming Lion's Gate Entertainment film, "The Lincoln Lawyer," before it opens in theaters.
It's the first time Groupon has partnered with a movie studio to offer a deal on a specific film, and could mark a shift in the way films are marketed and purchased.
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Under the deal, the web site Fandango (which is owned by NBC's parent company Comcast) will not be listed as the merchant. Lion's Gate will act as the direct to consumer merchant, and Fandango will offer a field for a coupon code from Groupon.
Part of the deal includes Groupon distributing the movie trailer to its clients. Groupon will also produce an exclusive interview with the film's star, Matthew McConaughey.
The Linoln Lawyer features McConaughey as Mick Haller, a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan but unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime: defending a rich Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Phillippe) who is accused of attempted murder.


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Has anybody heard of the Graffiti Artist Banksy? Supposed to be from England area.
He is known for his controversial and political statement art which usually ends up on external building walls. There is a film called "Exit through the Gift Shop" which becomes a story about the man (named Thierry) who was doing a story on Banksy!


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We disassembled the pulse watch, and found the sensor part consists of a little LED + photo diode part, with 4 wires.
We tried to use the watch on our necks, and it did sometimes show a beat pattern, but it was irregular and the watch would not return a bpm reading. It didn't matter whether we had the clear "window" part or not.
We measured the voltages. The LED has a voltage drop of .6V, and V+ of 2.8V. The photo diode had a reading of 1.2V without finger, 1.073V with finger. Whatever the pulse signal is with finger, it's too small for the multimeter to read. Clearly we'll have to build an amplifier circuit.
Try using the conductive epoxy to attach conductive thread to a SM LED. It look a few attempts, but we did find a way to attach it that wasn't too much trouble. The epoxy takes a lot longer than 5 minutes to dry though - probably more like several hours. Method we used: "wet" the ends of the thread, and press them against the pads of the LED. Generalization: wet a whole bunch of thread ends in an array, press the LEDs down against them. Do it on wax paper or similar that the epoxy doesn't stick too.


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Acclaimed local chef Todd Hogan is planning to open a new restaurant in Forsyth County's Vickery Village.
The concept, called Branchwater, will be at 5820 South Vickery Circle. This location was most recently the home of Dunwoody Restaurant Group's Robin Hood Tavern. Expect an opening in late May.
Hogan drew inspiration for the name from the small streams used by whiskey distillers in the American south. As such don't be surprised to see an extensive bourbon offering at Branchwater's bar. The kitchen will serve steak and seafood and will only keep dinner hours.
Hogan, a Cherokee County resident, chose Vickery in part to be closer to home. He also wanted to give back to his local community by offering residents a fine dining experience without having to drive into town.
Hogan's resume is deep. He's a graduate of Johnson & Wales in Charleston and has cooked at the James Beard house in New York City. He owned the Indigo restaurant in Roswell and consulted on concepts including Slate Table and Tap and Farm Burger in Dunwoody. His most recent restaurant gig was executive chef at Vinings Inn.
The Vickery development's residential, retail and restaurant business all struggled through the recession. The addition of Branchwater and craft beer brewers Cherry Street Co-Op may be the shot in the arm this area needs.


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How much is something like that worth?
What is the advantage in having it?
Why cain't they find me now?
With FixYa going under, I was wondering if maybe I could combine a bunch of knowledge under one canopy and keep it in the Major Appliance category.