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(2) Disclosing the telemarketer's return and refund policy to the buyer, orally by telephone or in writing with advertising, promotional material, or with delivery of the products or service; and
(3) Restoring such payment or issuing such credit, as required under subdivision (1) of this section, within thirty days after the date on which the telemarketer receives returned merchandise or notice of cancellation of services. A seller who discloses, in writing, that a sale is made or provided ?satisfaction guaranteed", with ?free inspection," ?no risk guarantee", or similar words or phrases, shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the review and return for refund policy set forth in this subparagraph.
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pitbullgirlbc wrote:Where do you pick up boneless trim? I mean this dog will eat raw chicken breast, and raw stew beef, and loves his raw bones....especially parading in front of the cats with them. In all honesty i think it is the texture of the ground up stuff that he hates and the smell of the veggies.
i don't feed veggies. prey model = no veggies.
most of the boneless trim i have is wild game, and that i got from hunters last season (it was a GOOD season).
i do get a fair bit of boneless pork on occasion, when the pork picnic roasts come on sale. last time they were cheap ($0.77/lb!!!) i got a chunk that was about 27lbs. seriously, it was HUGE. i cut it down into smaller chunks and packed it in the freezer. it was fun to purchase tho. everyone looks at you funny when you buy such large chunks of meat. i mean, what does a 'normal' person do with a chunk that big?! it certainly wouldn't fit in any roaster i've ever seen...
the only ground i feed (which isn't much), i stuff into kongs and freeze.

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Cocktails and Spirits with Paul Clarke: Barrels and Booze
Weekly insight into the world of drinks with Paul Clarke from the Cocktail Chronicles and Imbibe magazine.
"While maturing in oak casks over the course of several years, these spirits come into their own."
I've been thinking a lot about the passage of time lately, and it's not just because another year is drawing to a close. In the world of spirits, age and the maturation process are major factors in the character of spirits such as whiskies, brandies, and rum, and longer-aged and creatively matured spirits are becoming a more common sight on liquor store shelves.
In last Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle, I wrote about several whiskies that have been aged in intriguing ways, and in today's New York Times, Eric Asimov leads a tasting panel through a selection of aged rums, taking a close look at the length of time these spirits have been matured.
What these spirits have in common is that they typically come off the still as hot, brash and assertive creatures, somewhat difficult and sometimes frightening at such a young age, like liquid teenagers behind the wheel of an Escalade.
But while maturing in oak casks over the course of several years, these spirits come into their own as the wood shaves off the rough edges, and as they absorb certain characteristics from the wood—typically flavors and aromas such as vanilla, caramel and chocolate, along with a notable amber hue—even most white rums are aged in wood to tame them; their color is filtered out before bottling.
For the Chronicle, I explored whiskies that take barrel aging in creative directions—spirits such as The Dalmore 15-year-old, which spends a decade and a half in wood from three types of sherry casks, as well as cask-finished spirits such as The Balvenie 17-year-old Madeira Cask, which is first aged in used bourbon barrels before being finished in casks that originally held the distinctive fortified wine.
Used sherry butts and port pipes are becoming popular to cask-finish whiskies, and some of the more interesting spirits on the market are finished in barrels that once held other types of wine, such as a Murray McDavid 1999 Laphroaig, which was finished in barrels that once held Chateau Margeaux, or as Asimov writes in the Times, a Guyanese rum (also from Murray McDavid) that's enhanced by a finish in casks that once held Château d'Yquem.
While the aging process contributes a great deal to the character of these spirits, the practice has its downsides: over-aging can leave a spirit dry, astringent, and dull, and some of the spirit's more intriguing characteristics can be stripped out by producers who stick too close to an older-is-better philosophy.
And while creative aging and finishing can impart unique flavors to a spirit, in some instances the process smacks of gimmickry, contributing little to the character of the spirit in the bottle.
That said, some aged spirits hit the point just right and go into the bottle with exceptional character. Have any cask-finished or creatively aged whiskies caught your attention? Or are there rums, brandies or other spirits that you think are perfect hits on the barrel-aging mark?
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


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China may currently be experiencing an explosion of wealth, but their car prices remain astronomical compared to the U.S. Several entrepreneurs have hatched schemes to profit from this fact — all they had to do was break a bunch of laws in the process.
Automotive News has a detailed story on a scheme to export vehicles from the U.S. to China using hapless "straw buyers." This scheme resulted in convictions for two men in California and charges for another in New Hampshire.
To understand the issue, you have to start with car prices in China. From the story:
High prices and heavy demand for luxury cars and SUVs in China, caused in part by 25 percent tariffs on imported new vehicles, mean scammers can often sell the vehicles for at least double what they would get in the United States. A new BMW X6 costs more than 1 million yuan in China, or about $171,500, compared with a U.S. starting price of $60,725; the Porsche Cayenne has a base price of 922,000 yuan, or about $148,750, in China, and $50,575 at U.S. dealerships.
U.S. law only allows new vehicles to be exported by their manufacturer, the story says. And U.S. dealerships are contractually forbidden by their automakers from selling cars to people who plan to export them.
To get around this, Frank Ku, 31, and Danny Hsu, 33, of California are accused of finding "straw buyers" on Craigslist whom they paid a few hundred dollars to buy and title new luxury vehicles. They did so with buyers in New Hampshire, because it is the only state with neither a sales tax nor a requirement that vehicle owners carry insurance, AN reports.
According to Valley News, the men obtained fake New Hampshire driver's licenses for themselves and their associates using forged leases and utility bills. The cars were sent to California for export, but their registrations in New Hampshire made them look "used" on customs declaration. Then Ku and Shu would export the cars to China.
It seems like a clever plan, and it probably is, but it violates federal law; Ku and Shu were recently convicted of mail fraud and violating customs laws.
All in all, the story says, the two admitted to scheming to export 93 vehicles that they and other people purchased in 16 states worth more than $5.5 million. Ku and Shu only received a fine and probation for their crime, and the unwitting straw buyers — described simply as people they found on Craigslist who needed money — were not charged. Authorities are working to bring the vehicles back.
Police have also charged a Chinese national who lives in the U.S. named Hong Chen with similar crimes, and he faces trial soon.
Chen ran a similar scheme, according to the story, that was uncovered after a town clerk in New Hampshire found that a man was coming in every few weeks to register high end SUVs like the Porsche Cayenne, the BMW X6 and Mercedes-Benz GL350. When confronted by police, the buyer said he did so after answering a Craigslist ad.
Be sure and check out the full report at Automotive News and tell us what you think.
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The Road to KDE 4: KWin Composite Brings Bling to KDE
KWin, KDE's window manager, has been around since KDE 2.0 (replacing KWM in KDE 1.x) and has grown to be a mature and stable window manager over the years. For KDE 4, however, there were a few people rumbling about visual effects, and perhaps KWin was feeling a little envious of its younger cousins Compiz and Beryl. While these new effects have created a lot of buzz around Linux and UNIX, long-term KDE users have wished they can enjoy the effects of Compiz/Beryl while still having the tried and tested window manager that is KWin. As a result, for KDE 4, KWin has received a huge graphical upgrade, with composite and GL support. Read on for more details.
KWin has implemented effects in a way that allows a number of different rendering methods to be used, depending on your specific combination of hardware and drivers. These features have brought KWin rapidly into the era of dazzling eyecandy, along with some pleasant surprises on the usability front. This effort has been spearheaded by Lubos Lunak (a man known for his efficient code) and his team, with special mention to Rivo Laks and Philip Falkner for their contributions.
Effects are disabled by default at the moment, although that may change before KDE 4 ships, and distributions may decide to alter this setting anyway. When enabled, the effects are designed to degrade gracefully. If GL is not available, KWin disables GL effects but still allows Composite effects where possible via XRender. If XRender is not available, it falls back to plain X, running in the same fashion as the present KDE 3 version. To get the full array of effects, you need to have a video card (and driver) that supports AIGLX, XGL or use the proprietary Nvidia driver.
Once the effects are enabled, it's simply a matter of choosing which effects you'd like to activate. So far, Rivo Laks has been working on the effects plugin selection interface (see the screenshot below). The new plugin selection widget shown is making its way into various parts of KDE - it does automatic dependency checking, so once the dependency tree is known, it will intelligently enable or disable dependent plugins. This widget is also showing up in other parts of KDE 4.
(as you can see in the image, this dialog is quite new - less than a week old - and is missing all the icons...)
Lubos has been periodically blogging about the effects that KWin is now capable of, and has recorded a number of videos showing them off. Since video capture on my system is rather chunky, I will present his recordings instead. So, without further ado, I present some of the more popular of his flash videos, hosted by YouTube. If you are interested in more, please visit his YouTube User Page
The Present Windows Effect - a very useful effect that falls into both eye-candy and usability categories...
The Desktop Grid Effect - those familar with the Cube effect may note that this is not quite as flashy, but probably more useful. Doesn't mean there cannot be a Cube effect for KWin though.
This one shows the above two effects, as well as the Alt-Tab thumbnails, but it shows that the effects work great, even when the windows contain active videos.
Zoom Effect and Magnifier Effect: some accessibility related features that everyone may find useful, depending on your specific needs.
Effects like this one make people go "Wow". The first part of this video features the Fall Apart Effect, which basically has a window blow up. It's amazing how well this effect can be demonstrated in a low quality flash video...
Aside from Lubos, many of the new effects and underlying core components were programmed by Rivo Laks and Philip Falkner. They are responsible for many of the effects you see in the videos, including the Present Windows Effect, and the improved Alt-Tab dialog. There have been a number of contributions from others as well, and they are always looking for new and interesting ideas. In addition, KWin for KDE 4 builds on the already existing KWin version which has had dozens of people contribute to it over the years.
The window decoration shown above is called 'kwin3_crystal' and is still set as the default in SVN. It is simply a port of the existing KDE 3 Crystal window decorations, however, a new KWin window decoration is still in the works for KDE 4 - it hasn't been made the default yet, so I haven't been featuring it. When it does eventually become the default, you'll be sure to hear about it here (and likely in Danny's KDE Commit-Digest as well...).
KWin for KDE 3.x implemented a very simple composite manager, allowing simple effects such as window transparencies, fading menus, shadows, and so forth. The code was not too complex, but the infrastructure was not in place to seriously extend the effects to GL powered goodness. When the KDE 4 development series opened, it was seen as an excellent time to rewrite some of KWin's internal structures in order to support such effects. There were initial considerations of implementing support for the existing Compiz and/or Beryl system of effects via plugins, but there were technological hurdles that prevented this. I won't go into the technical details as to why this decision was made, however, it is important to note that KDE 4 will still work with Compiz/Beryl should the users choose to use that software instead of KWin.
Additionally, while KDE 4 will be supporting a number of platforms with libraries and applications, KWin is one of the applications that will not be making the switch as it is inextricably tied to X. This should be considered to be a Good Thing(tm), as it ensures that KDE will always be the best looking when used with Linux/UNIX, and hopefully it (and related KDE Workspace technologies, like Plasma) will remain a unique benefit of using a more open operating system.
KWin promises to ensure that KDE get the graphical boost it needs to keep the eye-candy folks happy, while providing new and usable features for the desktop environment that would not have otherwise been possible. Yet, it maintains the rock-solid foundation that a long history as an integral part of KDE has provided. It will still work (with reduced levels of effects) on any system that KDE 3 ran on, so no-one is left out in the cold. It is already the default for KDE 4 in SVN, and will be showing up in future beta releases.
On a personal note, I've found that KWin on my system was dropping down into XRender mode due to some X settings I need to fix, but it has been perfectly stable for me over the last two weeks. In fact, every week when I'm rebuilding KDE 4 to write these articles, I am more amazed at how quickly it is becoming stable and useful. If you are interested in testing it out for yourself, check to see if your distribution has packages available. I am aware of the existence of at least one live CD (where you don't have to risk messing with your system) that is available at the KDE Four Live website. They update the Live CD every few weeks, and currently has the KDE 4.0 Alpha 1 packages. Additionally, if you are brave enough to test the Composite features, and are having problems, have a quick look at the Composite HowTo.. If you have problems, please report bugs using the the KDE Bug Tracker by selecting the KWin program, and the "composite" component.
Until next time.
Only composites?
Ok, it's nice to see, how much kwin have grown on the optical side, and there are very usefull things, but, is this all? IIRC there were plans to implement features like the window-handling as seen in ratpoisen(?), ION and wmii, or tabbed windows like fluxbox have them. Also, there were talks about some layer-things, but i don't remeber if this were for kwin or for plasma.
By Under7 at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
KDE has had "tabbed windows" since the B-II window decoration was created in KDE 2.0. It's one of those nifty features that no one used, so it never really evolved from there. I still think it's kind of neat...
There are other things happening in KWin, it's just not the focus of this article. I have several months of weekly articles still to write before 4.0 comes out, so I need to leave myself some material :)
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
BII has nothing to do, with tabbed windows. It's also really ugly, and seems a bit buggy. The advantage of tabs, is the possibility to group windows, but BII does'nt do this, it handle all windows the same, and waste space.
By Kami at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
Well, that depends on how you define tabs. It has window titles that auto-arrange themselves like the tabs on top of folders, assuming they are lined up to be the same size. Tabs are still just a metaphor for the folder tabs you find in the common filing cabinet, and BII's titlebar arrangement fits this requirement. That said, BII is in a pretty bad state of affairs these days...
By Danny Allen at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
I don't think it's really in bad shape. There are a few things that may be improved, but the only real problem I find in it is when the composite extension is enabled. I just noticed this when trying composite on my new laptop, since composite has never really worked on the desktop PC.
The problem is that BII is the only KWin decoration that can change window shape dynamically, and with composite enabled, the title bar is badly clipped when the window title changes, or it is moved around with shift-click.
Composite also prevents the titlebar unhide code to work.
I'll have to find a fix for those problems, but it's not been high priority for me, and I'd have to find out more about how composite works.
By Luciano at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
B-II is great, I use it on each of my computers since KDE 2.0 and I hope it will still be there (hopefully improved) in KDE4!
By Renaud at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
Not tabbed as in graphical widgets, but tabbed as in functional capabilities with semantic grouping, tagging and scripting. KDE 3.x works well with ion3, by the way, and ion3 provides much of what I wanted that the 3.x series KWin couldn't provide... and I pretty much maxed out the capabilities in terms of scripting and settings for KWin 3.x.
Personally, I don't really think KDE's default Window Manager really needs to have such advanced capabilities. KDE should just to make sure that the apps work well within the X standards so that they work with alternate window managers that do support such capabilities. After all, dcop and ion3's lua scripting is a heck of a powerful combo I'd hate to give up in KDE4 (other than a transition to dbus).
By Evan "JabberWok... at Fri, 2007/06/08 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Konqueor is tabbed. I can view any part of Kcontrol (via "settings:/") in one tab, a text file in another, a video in another, a website in another, any part of my filesystem in another,fish://.. in another (and then some) simultaneously.
By Scott at Sat, 2007/07/14 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
Uhm, we're talking about window management, not browsers, here.
By spoons at Wed, 2007/12/05 - 6:00am
Re: Only composites?
> and there are very usefull things, but, is this all?
Yes, it opens a whole new world of options!
for people with disabilities:
for usability:
And for speed improvements:
Did I miss anything? :-)
By Diederik van de... at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
> Did I miss anything? :-)
Yes, features for advanced users :->
By Chaoswind at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
> Yes, features for advanced users :->
Arguably KWin already has a lot of those.
By Paul Eggleton at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Only composites?
Having some, do'nt mean, having enough.
By Chaoswind at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Another interesting video (appendix)
For an interesting wrap up of the KWin Composite work, check out this video by Rivo Laks:
It is 6 minutes long, and covers configuration, setting up the composite effects, and some more effects in action.
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Another interesting video (appendix)
Hey sweet! thanks for posting this one Troy. ;) It's pretty valuable for those that don't read planetkde.org on a regular basis...
By Danny Allen at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Aquamarine + beryl
Good work everyone on kwin. However, what is the difference between using kwin and using beryl with the aquamarine decorations (this uses the kwin decorations)? I just don't understand why it is better to work on kwin directly rather than build on beryl with aquamarine.
By Bob at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
KWin is a full-fledged WM, well integrated in KDE, with a long histroy and strong codebase; while Beryl/Compiz is it not.
By Chaoswind at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
Well, it's not just about decorations, but features that are built into the window manager. Little things, like mouse focus modes, switching virtual desktops, snapping windows the screen edges, these sorts of things. While many of these features will be in beryl now, they have been in KWin for a decade, and just about every fringe use case has been programmed for. You should try running X without a window manager once just to see how much work a window manager actually does for you.
By Danny Allen at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
the answer is quite straight forward:
- kwin works everywhere (degrades gracefully on less capable hardware), beryl doesn't
and if you care .. s,beryl,compiz,g
By Aaron J. Seigo at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
I'm using Beryl for quite some time now and it works so flawlessly with KDE that it just seems like a duplication of efforts to implement all those effects again in KWin. Everything in Beryl just seems to work. What are those "fringe-cases"? Why is it I never experienced those? Just out of interest: Could you or some other expert give an example of one end-user-understandable thing that wouldnt work right now in Beryl and couldnt be easily implemented? What are "transients"? Please don't get my wrong. I'm not trolling here but I'm really interested in technical behind-the-scenes info on what makes KWin so special so maybe I can appreciate it more in the future ;-)
By Michael at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
> Why is it I never experienced those?
they are called "fringe" for a reason. a production window manager that is relied on as heavily as kwin is needs to be solid in all cases. these include all sorts of things such as the handling of certain types of java windows, apps that try to self-manage their windows, etc.
> What are "transients"?
windows that only exist in conjunction with another window; e.g. a warning dialog associated with a main window.
you also seemed to have skipped over the "works on all hardware" bit.
By Aaron Seigo at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
Your arguments are convincing me, Aaron.
I'm glad to see this feature additions now happening in KDE's own window manager. That's for sure the most logical thing to happen.
But imagine for a moment that something "bad" had happened to Lubos in the last 6 months (the infamous "bus case"... or that he got fed up with KDE4 coding... or $whatever): who would then have taken over kwin maintainership (*and* kept his sanity)??
And would Lubos have felt so much incentive and/or inspiration to defend his kwin territory's supremacy if there would not have been the challengers of compiz+beryl?? :-)
So, to me, it looks like it was not bad at all to have seen that crazyness of the "competing" window managers' speedy feature additions happening in the last year or so (and see them being able to work with KDE3 just fine), and experience a serious "migration" of the more playful and adventurous-minded section in our user base over to the camp the competition (using a non-KDE window manager to run their KDE desktops).
Beryl+compiz certainly didn't hinder kwin's development, and provided a lot of examples (to follow as well as to avoid). So hats off to them!
By dude at Sun, 2007/06/03 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
Some examples of how KWin is better integrated with KDE than Beryl are:
By kwilliam at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
> * KWin has a DCOP interface, allowing other KDE programs to communicate with
Hm, I checked KWin's interface with kdcop, but only found some neat things for configure the desktop and opacity. So, is this really all, or is there somewhere a switch to expose a mighty interface for poweruser and their scripts?
By Chaoswind at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
To use kwin with dcop, just call dcop on an window, not on kwin...
By Cédric Bellegarde at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
I can't call dcop a window. I can only use the interfaces, exposed by the applications, and there is nowhere an advanced window-managing interface to found.
By Chaoswind at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
As far as I know you can't address an arbitrary window. However all kde applications have a dcop module (or whatever that's called) that corresponds to their window.
By tendays at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
Exactly. But not every application is a kde-application. And in fact, there are also kde-application which does'nt offers this interface, ktorrent oder dialogs for example.
So, a complete scriptable interface, for every window, would be nice. I know, there exist wmctrl, but this prog has limits.
By Chaoswind at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
your problem with yakuake not showing up immediately is probably because you first start kwin, and then replace it with beryl at the time yakuake is already up. i had the same problem and i solved it by writing a file ~/.kde/env/use_beryl in which i wrote the single line KDEWM=/usr/bin/beryl . (and remove beryl from autostart after that manually!) startkde will source that file and will read that variable to start beryl instead of kwin. that solved all the windows-are-not-working-for-me problems i had before.
but, nevertheless, i also think it is right to extend kwin instead of using beryl, which still has alot of problems. :)
By litb at Wed, 2007/06/06 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
> I'm using Beryl for quite some time now and it works so flawlessly
What's broken in 0.1:
shall we continue..? :-)
I actually get bug reports for things in my application which are caused by Beryl.. :-|
By Diederik van de... at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
And don't forget all java apps! Beryl simply show a grey window with no widget/text in it.
By Davide Ferrari at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
Try export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit to solve this "grey-windows" problem under Beryl/Compiz :)
By naibed at Tue, 2007/08/07 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
I don't know about what makes KWin better, but Beryl still has a lot of problems. I have been unable to getting is working on my system no matter what driver I use. Having the interface build in as part of KDE without extra setup would be nice.
By Marsolin at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
And may I add that Aquamarine is just a Beryl window decoration that allows you to use KWin window decorations and nothing more. It doesn't magically make Beryl behave more like KWin. It just makes Beryl *look* like KWin.
I guess the greatest loss for me when using Beryl is the lack of integration with KDE. That's a very big loss considering that one of the reasons I use KDE is the integration. Hopefully, KWin 4 will give me that bling I want without sacrificing the features I need.
Kudos to Seli and company! Great job!
By Juan Carlos Torres at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
First of all, KWin is MUCH more advanced. Not on the visual side, but instead it has all those little things that go unnoticed while making the work more pleasant and fast. Clever auto-arranging of windows is only one of those underestimated features. The second reason would be that Compiz/Beryl architecture is a mess. Those WMs were a trip into an uncharted territory, and as such they could not benefit from existing experience in writing compositing managers. The effect is a messy codebase that either way should be rewritten. So if a complete rewrite is needed, why not stick with the good and mature KWin codebase, and extend it to embrace new possibilities given by compositing?
By zonk at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
You could just as easily say why did the beryl developers create aquamarine when they could have added the same features to KWin. I do believe KWin was first. See how that works? :)
Since everyone is accomplishing the same thing, the functionality will eventually be delegated to a shared library that everyone uses, i.e. KWin, Aquamarine, compiz etc will all link against the same lib3DDesktop.so or whatever. I'm not saying it will happen but it could and probably will sometime in the future just for practical reasons.
By josh at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
It would happen if it was possible. But, as Troy mentioned, this was discussed - using beryl and compiz stuff. Sadly, Beryl and Compiz don't really have a proper plugin system, they just expose all of their internals to the so-called plugins. It's bad security-wise, compatibility-wise etc - and makes it impossible to share plugins.
By superstoned at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
I believe you superstoned but maybe there can be made one exception. "Compiz: Screenlets!" are really great, it would be good if Kwin-composite could use screenlets from compiz :D
Then, if it's true that KDE4 could use dashbords from Mac, with additional compiz-screenlets KDE4 would rock!
By kado at Fri, 2007/06/01 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
KDE can't use mac's dashboard applets. This is a rumour, and we don't know where it started...
By Troy Unrau at Sun, 2007/06/03 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
By anon at Sun, 2007/06/03 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
It started from Zack Rusin:
By Kami at Sun, 2007/06/03 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
Interesting that his quote is such that he 'intends' to develop a compatibility layer, not that one exists. *sigh*
By Troy Unrau at Mon, 2007/06/04 - 5:00am
Re: Aquamarine + beryl
That's the way of rumors. On the other side is kde4 a large series of promises, much broken, more realized. So, until it's finished or another message regarding this appears, the people believe in the promise. No one knows what is coming, until it's finished.
By Kami. at Mon, 2007/06/04 - 5:00am
ATI / fglrx?
very nice! Would like to have this on my ATI Mobility Fire GL T2/T2e as well.
Will ATI's proprietary fglrx driver be supported in the near future?
By Jan Mentzel at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
Ask ATI.
By Martin at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
AMD has claimed that they will be releasing ATI drivers as opensource - so I assume that once this happens, it will be supported in short order... I'm pretty certain this works under the opensource driver already, but there may be some speed problems.
I guess as long as AIGLX or XGL work with the fglrx drivers, you should be okay. The reason I mention the nvidia driver directly in the article is that for nvidia, it works without aiglx or xgl, which may or may not be an advantage, depending on your perspective... (one less layer means slightly faster, vs. proprietary driver implementing things in it's own way....)
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
If I'm not totally incorrect, NVidia has implemented something very similar to AIGLX on their own.
By Martin at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
About NVidia: that is correct to the best of my knowledge.
Also, about fglrx, last I checked, it does support Composite, and it does support GL, but not both at the same time forcing you to choose. Normally, users will elect for GL, since you are reduced to using Mesa if you enable Composite.
Not sure about the ATI rumour, but when companies release the source code, they usually try to clean it up somewhat to ensure they aren't accidentally releasing IP that they do not own the rights to... think of the big delays in opensourcing java, for example, or star office :) A driver is a little smaller, but the principle is the same.
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
Troy Unrau, you say NVIDIA's drivers work without XGL or AIGLX. I know XGL is a separate X server, but isn't AIGLX a part of X.org?
"The AIGLX project has been merged into X.Org and is available as of X.Org 7.1."
"Xgl is an X server architecture..."
So how can you work without AIGLX if you run X.org and use NVIDIA drivers?
By Alexander van Loon at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
NVidia's drivers perform the same functions as AIGLX or XGL without their presence. They do it internally within the driver, and as such, will run KWin Composite on X.Org version 6.9, for example, when using the proprietary nvidia drivers.
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Picture: Elle Macpherson and her new boyfriend, financier Roger Jenkins, seem very much in love as they walk around Malibu Country Mart in good spirits Los...
Elle Macpherson's ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Soffer narrowly cheated death in a horrific helicopter crash in the Bahamas on America's Thanksgiving holiday (22Nov12).
Soffer, who split from the Australian beauty in March (12) after a two-year relationship, was heading to a luxury resort on Great Guana Cay for the festive holiday on Thursday when the helicopter he was travelling in crash-landed.
One American passenger, believed to be the owner of the aircraft, was killed and the pilot seriously injured, while Soffer survived along with three others.
The hotel mogul, who owns the famed Fontainebleau resort in Miami Beach, has been flown back to Florida and admitted to the University of Miami Hospital, according to The Miami Herald newspaper.
He reportedly walked away from the crash with minor injuries.
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"When you make up your mind that you will do whatever it takes to get people to come to church, then you will get just the kind of church you deserve: a congregation of fickle religious consumers who will leave you as soon as the church next door opens an espresso bar."
That was one of the better lines from my recent, two-part sermon series called "The End of the Road." I had been talking about how the church in America is in decline, and how some church leaders seem willing to do whatever it takes to get people back into the pews and their dollars into the plates. I followed it with this story:
Not long after I graduated from college I was I was called to serve as a part-time youth minister at a small church in Kentucky. I wanted to have the biggest and best youth group in town and one of the first things I did was weigh every kid who came on Wednesday night because it sounded so much more impressive to say that we had a 1,136 pound youth group than to say we had a group of fifteen kids. I did everything I could to increase attendance: we started our own radio station, held the "World's Biggest Kite Contest," and made regular trips to the amusement park. But I remember the day it changed for me, when I called to invite one of our youth to something we were doing and he said no thanks, that he and his friend were planning to go to a movie. And that's when it hit me that I could never compete: that these kids had all the entertainment they needed and a whole lot more, and the only thing I could give them that they weren't getting everywhere else…was Jesus. So, I made up my mind to do that—to give them Jesus—and to keep it up even if the youth group withered away to less than a thousand pounds.
In one way or another, that's what I've been trying to do ever since.
But what I said in the sermon is this: that "giving people Jesus" can mean more than one thing.
I was reminded of that when I was at the BGAV meeting in Fredericksburg recently. There we were—a thousand Baptists from Virginia all gathered together in a single room. You would think that we all held the same views, wouldn't you? But as one speaker after another talked about Jesus I could tell that we thought about him in different ways, and maybe that shouldn't surprise me as much as it does. After all, there are four Gospels in the New Testament, which means that we have four different accounts of Jesus' life and ministry. And then there are Paul's letters, which are more about the risen Christ than the earthly Jesus, and about what his death and resurrection mean for us. And then there are the other writers, like Peter, James, and the author of Hebrews, who each have their own perspective. And finally the Book of Revelation, in which the risen Christ appears with "hair as white as wool and eyes like flames of fire" (1:14). So if I'm going to "give them Jesus" I have to ask: which Jesus am I going to give them?
Because I think we tend to "cut and paste" when it comes to Jesus. We take what we like about him from the Bible, and from the hymn book, and from the pictures that hang in our Sunday school classrooms, and the songs we learned as children, and we put them all together to make this composite picture we carry around in our heads, and that's "our" Jesus. Sometimes the confused looks I see on your faces when I'm preaching are not because you don't understand what I'm saying, but because "my" Jesus doesn't look like "your" Jesus. My Jesus is always talking about the Kingdom, and urging people to join him in the joyful work of bringing heaven to earth. Your Jesus may be saying, "Go, make disciples of every nation," or, "Come to me, all you who are weary," or, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." I was thinking about that on the way home from Fredericksburg when it occurred to me that even if you put all these cut-and-paste images together you still get the picture that God sent Jesus to love us, save us, change us, and send us. I said it out loud: "God sent Jesus to love us, save us, change us, and send us." And something about that rang so true I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.
Stage One: to Love Us. In John 3:16 we learn that God loved the world so much he gave his only son. I've pointed out to you before that the word world is often used in a negative way in the New Testament, as in, "Love not the world, nor the things of the world" (1 John 2:15). We are led to believe that the world is a sinful, dirty, and unrepentant place, and yet God loves it anyway; he loves it so much he gave his only son for it. And if you read the Gospels even casually you can see that the son he gave loves the world just as much as he does. Jesus is always spending time with the sinners and the tax collectors, always hanging out with the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame. God sent him to love the world and he loved it, he loved it enough to die for it, which makes me think that as the body of Christ we should love it, too. What if we believed that our first responsibility, as Christians, was simply to love people? Not to judge them, or condemn them, or convert them, but to love them? Is this the way Jesus approached his ministry? Did he think, "I've got to begin by loving the world, because that's what my father sent me to do"?
Stage Two: to Save Us. Jesus himself says that he didn't only come to love the world, but "to seek and save the lost" (Luke 19:10). I've told you before that the word save in the Gospels is a bigger word than we sometimes imagine. It doesn't usually mean to save someone from hell; it usually means "to help," "to heal," "to make well," or "to make whole." More often than not, this is how Jesus used it. He said to the woman with the flow of blood, "Your faith has saved you." He said to that one leper who came back, "Your faith has saved you." He said to Blind Bartimaeus, "Your faith has saved you." In other words it has helped you, healed you, made you well, and made you whole. What if we believed the second responsibility of Christians was to do that? To help people, to heal them, to make them well, and to make them whole? One of the most important ways we can do that is to let people know that their sins can be forgiven—those things that fill them with guilt and shame, that cripple them and keep them from becoming all God made them to be. They need to know that all those things can be forgiven, forgotten, washed away, so they can move on to Stage Three.
Stage Three: to Change Us. Marcus Borg says that every major religion is about transformation, and Christianity would be at the top of that list. Jesus didn't think it was enough to save us: he wanted to change us, to help us become what we have it in us at our best to be. And Paul, perhaps more than any other writer in the New Testament, takes up that charge. In dozens of different ways in his letters he describes what a Christian life might look like. In Galatians 5, for example, he talks about giving up the works of the flesh in favor of a life full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—the fruit of the Spirit. Those of you who have tried it know what a constant struggle that can be: the flesh keeps doing its work. And yet, with the help of the Holy Spirit, we are called to keep on trying, keep on changing, until we grow up at last into him who is the head, into Christ (Eph. 4:15). And well before we get there we may be ready for Stage Four.
Stage Four: to Send Us. After Jesus rose from the dead he appeared to his disciples and said, "As the Father has sent me, so I send you" (John 20:21). As I've said before, this is the moment when the disciples became apostles: when they were no longer "learners," but "sent ones." And you've also heard me say that I think Jesus intends for us to do the same: to graduate from Sunday school and go out into the streets, to be sent as Christ was sent to love the world God loves. Don't get me wrong: I don't think we need to give up gathering for Sunday morning Bible study, but when we stand before Jesus I don't think he is going to ask us where Paul went on his second missionary trip; I think he's going to ask us where we went on ours. That's what KOH2RVA was all about, and that's what we hope to accomplish with KOHx2 as we look for partners who will work with us to bring heaven to earth, in Richmond and around the world. We believe that we too have been sent, that we are on a mission, and that we can't give up until it is accomplished.
Which stage are you in? Which stage are you in today? Which stage will you be in tomorrow? And which stage will that person be in you encounter on the street, the one who shuffles along with her head down, wondering if there's any reason to go on?
Which Jesus will you give her?


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Yangervis Solarte was one of 12 Twins minor leaguers who were allowed to become Six-Year Minor League Free Agents five days after the World Series. Solarte signed with the Twins from Venezuela in June of 2005. In 2011, he hit .329/.367/.466 with 36 doubles, three triples, seven homers and 49 RBI. Not bad for a 2B. For a team that has struggled with middle infield development, it's hard to believe that Solarte would not have been added to the 40 man roster before becoming a free agent. He can now sign with any team, and it wouldn't shock me to see him get a 40 man roster spot with another team. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if he re-signed with the Twins still.
Here are the others who became six-year free agents:
- RHP Andy Baldwin – The Duluth native pitched in Rochester last year.
- LHP Dusty Hughes – Spent time with the Twins early in the season and pitched alright in Rochester the rest of the season.
- LHP Chuck James – The #FreeChuckJames campaign, and his tremendous early-season pitching, got him a couple of very brief looks with the Twins.
- LHP Jake Stevens – The Naples native pitched in New Britain and Rochester. Following the season, he mentioned that he was called in to the Twins minor league offices, was given a ring for his part in throwing a no-hitter in Rochester, and then told his services were no longer needed with the Twins.
- C Jair Fernandez – The catcher came to the Twins from Seattle for RA Dickey, and played pretty well. He was just too injured in 2011.
- C Allan de San Miguel – The Aussie catcher signed when he was so young. Great defense. Struggled with the bat. Elbow surgery in 2011.
- 1B Jeff Bailey – Brought in quickly after becoming a free agent last year to help the Red Wings, he struggled mightily the first couple of months of the season.
- IF Toby Gardenhire – The manager's son has been a utility infielder throughout his minor league career. Great teammate and leader, not much of a hitter. Can't help but assume he'll be back. Should be.
- 3B Chase Lambin – 32 year old came to the Twins last offseason as a free agent. Struggled early.
- SS Paul Kelly – 2nd round pick in 2005 from Texas high school. Solid debut in 2005, and played well for half of 2006 before he was hurt. Since 2007, he has played a combined 24 games in five seasons with various injuries. If healthy, he probably (maybe?) could have been the Twins shortstop the past few years already. After three games this season, they found a blood clot in his neck and he missed the rest of the season. What could have been!? And, hopefully he can continue to play!
- OF Brandon Roberts – Came to the Twins in the Kyle Lohse trade, the speedy outfielder had too many knee issues and missed a lot of time.
It's possible some of these guys will be back. It's possible some of these guys won't play again.
Here are some other names you may recognize that became free agents for other organizations:
- Michael Restovich – Arizona Diamondbacks
- Armando Gabino – Baltimore Orioles
- Brendan Harris – Baltimore Orioles
- Matt Fox – Boston Red Sox
- Jose Morales – Colorado Rockies
- Matt Macri – Colorado Rockies
- Alex Romero – Florida Marlins
- Ryan Rowland-Smith – Houston Astros
- Gil Velazquez – Los Angeles Angels
- Anderson Machado – Milwaukee Brewers
- Boof Bonser – New York Mets
- Mike Lamb – New York Yankees
- Steve Singleton – Philadelphia Phillies
- Jeff Clement, Brandon Wood – Pittsburgh Pirates
- Steve Tolleson, Bobby Kielty – San Diego Padres
- Casey Daigle – San Francisco Giants
- Doug Deeds – Texas Rangers
- Yohan Pino – Toronto Blue Jays
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STERLING – Sterling Township spends nearly three times more on travel per employee than does the city of Sterling.
In the past fiscal year, Sterling Township, which has 20 employees and elected officials, spent $19,586 for travel. That figures out to $979 per person.
The city of Sterling, which has 126 employees and elected officials, spent $47,445 last fiscal year, which is $376 per employee.
Sterling Township has budgeted $18,000 for travel in 2013 – $7,000 for the road district and $11,000 for the rest of the township government.
Township Supervisor Matt Howze said employees and elected officials benefit from the training and conferences, which are under the travel line item.
The township assessor must receive continuing education, Howze said, and the township needs to be trained on its general assistance program, which aids the poor.
"We choose to get educated," he said. "Some townships may not go to conferences. We want to be educated about our jobs and how to serve."
Dixon Township, which is about the same size as Sterling Township, has $3,000 budgeted for travel this fiscal year.
Townships maintain roads, assess properties for tax purposes, and provide general assistance.


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News Reports and Articles
NASA's Pilot John B. McKay - Objects That Appeared To Be UFOs Over Edwards AFB
HBCC UFO Research Note: I received an email from Mr. John B. McKay's daughter, who related "just" what was told to her by her Father. No more, no less as she mentioned. I also asked Mr. McKay's daughter about what to do about her name, should I remove it, or leave it in the report. She told me it was fine to leave her name in this report. I thank Sheri very much for her kindness in writing to me and for the information she provided in her report.
I would like to request if anyone else from the Edwards AFB was witness to anything while on duty, or heard of anything unusual would they please contact Brian Vike at HBCC UFO Research. Thank you.
HBCC UFO Note: I would like to add that yet another hero, Mr. John B. McKay served his country with "honor".
Also I would like to mention that the reason why I received her nice letter today, January 28, 2008 was due to the recent article I posted which was entitled Lt. Col. Roy Jack Edwards Tells His Son Of His UFO Encounter As A Test Pilot and the story on this can be found here on UFOINFO and at: http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3608
John Barron McKay American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 8 December 1922. Died 15 April 1975.
Personal: Male, Married, Eight children. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. Liver failure stemming from X-15 crash injuries.
Astronaut Career
Astronaut Group: http://www.astronautix.com/astrogrp/mant1958.htm Man-In-Space-Soonest - 1958, Test Pilot (NASA). Deceased Entered space service: 1960. Left space service: 1962. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.0083 days.
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia; married with eight children. US Navy pilot in World War II. Received a BS from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1950. He joined NACA in 1951 as a D-558 and X-1 test pilot. Project pilot on F-100, F-102, F-104, F-107 NACA test programs before being assigned as third NASA X-15 pilot on October 25, 1961. Made 29 X-15 flights, reaching an altitude of 90 km and obtaining astronaut wings, before being seriously injured in the 1962 X-15 crash near Lancaster, California. Died of liver damage stemming from his crash injuries at the age of 52.
NASA Official Biography
John B. McKay was one of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. As a civilian research pilot and aeronautical engineer, he made 30 flights in X-15s from October 28, 1960, until September 8, 1966. His peak altitude was 295,600 feet, and his highest speed was 3863 mph (Mach 5.64).
McKay was with the NACA and NASA from February 8,1951 until October 5, 1971 and specialized in high-speed flight research programs. He began as an NACA intern, but assumed pilot status on July 11, 1952. In addition to the X-l5, he flew such experimental aircraft as the D-558-1, D-558-2, X-lB, and the X-lE. He has also served as a research pilot on flight programs involving the F-100, F-102, F-104, and the F-107.
Born on December 8, 1922, in Portsmouth, Va., McKay graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 195O with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. During World War II he served as a Navy pilot in the Pacific Theater, earning the Air Medal and Two Clusters, and a Presidential Unit Citation.
McKay wrote several technical papers, and was a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as well as the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
He died on April 27, 1975. (Credit: NASA) http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/Biographies/Pilots/bd-dfrc-p010.html
Sheri's Email To Me.
Dear Brian, I just received the UFO article from my cousin.. I am writing to say that my father, John B. McKay, who had a twenty year career as a test-pilot at Edwards Air Force Base starting in 1951, told me that he had also seen, while flying, objects that appeared to be UFO's. My father did not work for the military, he worked for NASA, and has an astronaut rating for going into space in the X-15 rocket plane. These are the details of his conversation with me, nothing more or less to it:
What Sheri McKay was told by her Father
One night while I was home for a visit, in the early 1970's, after my father was retired from NASA, he and I were having a conversation in the evening hours after dinner. I don't recall how the subject came up, but he told me that during his flying career, and on more than one occasion, he had seen objects in the sky, while flying, that appeared to be UFO's, that some other pilot's had also seen what appeared to be UFO's, and that they were not allowed to talk about it. He did not go into any further detail, and I don't remember asking any questions, but I did get the feeling that he wanted to tell someone, and I think the fact that he was already retired, and had just had a couple of gin martinis that evening made it easier to do so. And after reading about the experience of Mr. Edwards, and how he was treated in such an unkind manner by the military, I don't mind telling someone myself. As for my personal views, I am neither for or against the idea of UFO's. But I do think that the subject should be stripped of all sensationalism and cover-ups, and be approached on the highest level of scientific inquiry. Sincerely, Sheri McKay Lowe.
I would like to extend my many thanks to Sheri McKay Lowe for writing to me, and as I mentioned to her in a letter. I have always been a fan of her Father and sure respect his bravery and courage for all he done.
Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research.
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: http://www.hbccufo.org
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HBCC UFO Research, Box 1091 Houston, British Columbia, Canada - VOJ 1ZO
[UFOINFO thanks Brian Vike for passing this report on.]


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In addition to the IRL racing on Belle Isle, we also had the fun and hard-charging swagger of ALMS racing. We has the opportunity to tag along with Corvette Racing, who snagged a swank chalet location right on the corner of turn seven this year, a perfect spot to watch the Jake-emblazoned Corvette C6.R's doing their thing. The American LeMans Series runs four different classes simultaneously; GT2, GT1, LMP2 and LMP1, each with escalating levels of financial backing. With a crowded track and hugely varying performance capabilities, it can be a treat to watch.
LeMans Prototype 2 (LMP2) saw great success for Andretti Green Racing and the Acura racing program as the AGR team finished first and Acura took all three podium spots. The one, two, three finish also catapulted Acura past Porsche in the manufacturers championship as well. We're betting there was a fair bit of off-colored language amongst the Porsche teams following that result. This year's race provided a little post-race drama to go along with the action on the track. The first car to cross the line in the LeMans Prototype 1 class (LMP1) was, no surprise, the diesel-powered Audi R10, the beastly dominator of the class since it's debut. However after the post race weigh in, the car was disqualified after it was discovered to be 2 pounds under weight. No surprise in the results in the GT1 races; with the only four entries being two Corvette C6Rs and two Aston Martin DBR9s, the result was almost over before it began. One of the Astons nosed into the wall on the first lap and for the remainder the C6R's dominated. Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta bested teammates Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen for the first time since late March, and the DBR9 of Terry Borcheller finished third. GT2 saw a one-two finish this year from Flying Lizard racing, the guys who ended up with a Porsche 911-flambe last year. Their win comes as the third one-two finish of the year and pushed them further ahead into the season points lead. A couple Ford GT40's are in the pack this year and while they sounded great, one nailed the wall and the other finished slow.
Belle Isle Grand Prix Results 1. (5) James Rossiter, England; Franck Montagny, Brignoles France; Acura ARX-01B (1, P2), 104. 2. (1) Scott Sharp, Jupiter, FL; David Brabham, Australia; Acura ARX-01B (2, P2), 104. 3. Simon Pagenaud, France; Gil de Ferran, Brazil; Acura ARX-01B (3, P2), 104. 4. (6) Romain Dumas, France; Timo Bernhard, Germany; Porsche RS Spyder (4, P2), 104. 5. (7) Patrick Long, Oak Park, CA; Ryan Briscoe, Australia; Porsche RS Spyder (5, P2), 104. 6. (3) Guy Smith, England; Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Porsche RS Spyder (6, P2), 103. 7. (11) Ben Devlin, England; Gerardo Bonilla, Orlando, FL; Lola B07 46 Mazda (7, P2), 103. 8. (10) Marino Franchitti, Scotland; Butch Leitzinger, State College, PA; Porsche RS Spyder (8, P2), 102. 9. (17) Oliver Gavin, England; Olivier Beretta, Monaco; Corvette C6.R (1, GT1), 100. 10. (13) Jan Magnussen, Denmark; Johnny O'Connell, Flowery Branch, GA; Corvette C6.R (2, GT1), 100. 11. (14) Wolf Henzler, Germany; Jörg Bergmeister, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (1, GT2), 98. 12. (18) Patrick Pilet, France; Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (2, GT2), 98. 13. (15) Jaime Melo, Brazil; Mika Salo, Finland; Ferrari F430 GT (3, GT2), 98. 14. (22) Lonnie Pechnik, Pacific Grove, CA; Martin Ragginger, Austria; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (4, GT2), 98. 15. (19) Robert Bell, UK; Harrison Brix, San Jose, CA; Ferrari F430 GT (5, GT2), 98. 16. (26) Jim Tafel, Alpharetta, GA; Alex Figge, Hollywood, CA; Ferrari F430 GT (6, GT2), 95. 17. (28) Joel Feinberg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Chris Hall, Daytona, FL; Dodge Viper Comp Coupe (7, GT2), 94. 18. (20) Terry Borcheller, Vero Beach, FL; Chapman Ducote, Miami, FL; Aston Martin DBR9 (3, GT1), 93. 19. (16) Dominik Farnbacher, Germany; Dirk Mueller, Germany; Ferrari F430 GT (8, GT2), 92. 20. (27) David Murry, Cumming, GA; Andrea Robertson, Ray, MI; David Robertson, Ray, MI; Doran Ford GT-R (9, GT2), 89. 21. (21) Tom Milner, Leesburg, VA; Tom Sutherland, Los Gatos, CA; Panoz Esperante Ford (10, GT2), 87, Accident. 22. (12) Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Clint Field, Dublin, OH; Richard Berry, Evergreen, CO; Lola B06/10 AER (1, P1), 83. 23. (4) Luis Diaz, Mexico; Adrian Fernandez, Mexico; Acura ARX-01B (9, P2), 83. 24. (25) Tim Pappas, Boston, MA; Anthony Lazzaro, Acworth, GA; Doran Ford GT-R (11, GT2), 49, Accident. 25. (24) Marc Basseng, Germany; Nicky Pastorelli, Netherlands; Francisco Pastorelli, Netherlands; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (12, GT2), 38, Mechanical. 26. (8) Lucas Luhr, Germany; Marco Werner, Germany; Audi AG R10/TDI (2, P1), 21, Accident. 27. (23) Paul Drayson, London, UK; Jonny Cocker, UK; Aston Martin Vantage (13, GT2), 1, Accident. 28. (9) Emanuele Pirro, Italy; Marcel Fässler, Switzerland; Audi AG R10/TDI (3, P1), 104, DQ.
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Open Automated Demand Response Dynamic Pricing Technologies and Demonstration. CEC/LBNL, 2010. LBNL-3921E. .
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Sony has revealed a Gran Turismo 5 collector's edition that is even more elaborate than the American one. It's a lot more expensive, too.
You get the following:
* Metal sculpted box finished in SLS AMG Obsidian Black
* Exclusive GT branded SLS AMG 1:43 model car
* GT leather wallet containing Signature Edition competition entry card
* Branded USB key with Polyphony/Mercedes-Benz trailer
* GT branded metal key fob
* Signature Edition coffee table book featuring the beautiful cars and locations of Gran Turismo 5
* 200 page Apex drivers magazine with hints on driving technique, car tuning, future technologies and more
Along with that, you'll also get a number of exclusive in-game vehicles. Which is a lot! And it'll cost you, with the pack running to €180. That's not a typo. That's €180. Or £150. Or USD$240.
A "cheaper" collector's edition will sell for €80, and include the game, Apex magazine, art cards and in-game vehicles.
If you thought this news would be accompanied by a release date for the thing you're buying...sorry, no, no release date yet.
For more information, and to see some of the in-game cars you'll receive (or real-world cars you could win) when you buy them game, see the link below.
Gran Turismo 5 – Something Special [PlayStation]


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The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) is composed of biologists, statisticians, toxicologists and other experts who provide independent scientific advice to the EPA on a wide-range of health and safety issues related to pesticides. The expertise of the seven members of the FIFRA SAP is augmented by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Science Review Board (SRB), a pool of scientists who assist in reviews conducted by the Panel. The Federal Advisory Committee Act governs the panel formation process.


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Urban_Caroline necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 69 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Urban Paw Print
Starting my own dog walking/ pet sitting business after 10 years of working in the financial sector. Educated in England, with a degree in Psychology. Have always loved animals and wanted to work with them. Am a soft spoken gentle person, image trying to get across is I am a educated professional who is trustworthy, knowledgeable, caring, flexible, fit, will cater to every needs of the client's pet. Want my target clients to perceive and think that I could be part of their social circle and their trusted friend. How does the logo do that? My logo needs to be just as good/ cool as my clients' company logo if not better and cooler.
Tap into existing market.
Yuppies including the gay community in upscale Boston neighborhood.
Entrepreneurs, Workaholics who travel a lot. People who love their pets like they are their children. Target age group will be 30-50, not exclusive.
Bad economy does not affect these people.
- Final result needs to be in Vector Format.
- please feel free to be creative.
- hip and cool. Has to look good on black and white.
- eye catching logo, different from all the other dog walking business generic logos. The paw print must be part of the logo, but does not have to dominate it.
- Logo will be used on the Website as well.
- am particularly attached to the idea of the logo being a well designed manhole cover, images I found that I like attached. If the design is a manhole cover, the paw print should dominate it.
- can include Celtic knot design in the manhole cover.
- manhole cover design not a must.
- typeface, artistic not fancy or elegant
- photos of the neighborhood, to give you an idea of where my clients live
- Boston is a historic city. Combine old and new, logo can look historic with funky font.
Please feel free to contact me with questions and ideas. Thank you.
Things to avoid:
- to look like a typical dog walking logo
- cartoons/ childlike
- too cute.
- bones
- pastel/ feminine colors
- clip art
- too colorful
- image of dogs or cats
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