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Enjoy the youthful benefits of an Infrared Sauna
- Detoxification — Detox on the deepest cellular level thanks to a rise in your core body temperature. Bask in the glow of a deep, detoxifying sweat.
- Relaxation — Infrared is a gentle, soothing, and therapeutic heat that promotes relaxation and improved sleep.
- Lowers Blood Pressure — Sweating increases blood flow, lowers blood pressure, and helps circulation.
- Anti-Aging + Skin Purification — Near infrared waves (also knows as Red Light Therapy) is the most effective wavelength for healing the epidermis and dermis layers of the skin. It stimulates collagen production to reduce wrinkles and improve overall skin tone.
- Weight Loss — Studies have shown that you can burn upwards of 600 calories while relaxing in an infrared sauna. The body burns more calories as it works to cool itself, thereby increasing heart rate, cardiac output, and metabolic rate.
- Pain Relief — Infrared heat penetrates tissue, joints, and muscles to relieve all of your pain, from minor aches to chronic pain like fibromyalgia. It can even speed up injury recovery time.
- Improved Circulation — Regular infrared sauna use can significantly stimulate blood flow up to twice the normal rate.
- Wound Healing — Scientific research proves that near infrared therapy increases the skin's healing process by promoting faster cell regeneration and tissue growth.
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Asus RT-N66U download capped to 64Mbps when QoS enabled
surfer300zx 23 Nov 2015 19:19
I've installed the firmware tomato-K26USB-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-132-AIO-64K on my RT-N66U router. Everything mostly works great.
However, when I enable QoS, my download speed is limited to approximately 64Mbps. My cable internet bandwidth plan is 150Mbps down/12Mbps up. As soon as I enable QoS, my download speed drops to ~64Mbps but when I disable it returns to normal, usually around 135Mbps. I'm not using PPPoE and the CPU is not working very hard during my speed test.
Any help would be appreciated.
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text: iSoccer Indoors ← Quick Tips Quick Tip: iSoccer Indoors Just because winter is keeping you inside, it doesn't mean you need to stop trying to improve your iSoccer scores. Here are two easy ways anyone can play iSoccer indoors, without destroying the house! Foot Speed and Quick Touch: These Challenges are easy to do anywhere. Did you know that we found players with higher Foot Speed scores almost always do better in games? Grab a Tennis Ball: Juggling a tennis ball is a perfect exercise for indoors. Find a spot inside without any breakables, and see what your juggling scores are with a tennis ball. It's a little harder, but a great way to improve your touch. When playing outside isn't an option, it's all about being creative to still get touches in over the winter. So head to the gym, garage, or basement, and use a tennis or size 1 ball to keep raising your level during the off-season. But remember - be safe and don't break anything! Cheers! The iSoccer Team


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In accordance with O.C.G.A. § 42-1-12, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is the central repository for Georgia's Violent Sexual Offender Registry.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation makes every effort to ensure that the information contained in the Georgia Sex Offender Registry is accurate. As the information is provided by other agencies and entities and is continuously changing, the GBI makes no promise or any expressed or implied guarantee concerning the accuracy of this information.
The intent of this information is to inform the public about sexual offenders and predators residing in Georgia. It is not meant to provoke a response against any individual. Any action taken against an offender which is determined to be a violation of law will subject the violator to arrest and prosecution.
Sex offender laws have recently changed in Georgia. Under certain circumstances by Georgia law, an offender may be allowed to live or work wherever he/she chooses. Please continue to report all information or suspected violations of law to the Habersham County Sheriff's Office.


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Lineup :: Bands :: Lenkadu
San Francisco, CA
Hailing from the Czech Republic, by way of Boston, and now based in the San Francisco Bay area, Lenkadu is a mid-tempo live electronica performer. Her sets combine the power of a DJ with the vulnerability of a live performer. She samples her field recordings, makes beats and processes her voice, thumb piano, mouth harp and shaker, while controlling Ableton Live with her feet. Lenkadu music draws from electronic music, avant-garde sound art and progressive metal.
Building on an extensive experience as a VJ, video is an integral element of her music. Lenkadu's shows are ethereal and psychedelic experiences fueled by an empowered yet gentle vision of personal transformation and collective consciousness.
Known for touring nationwide, her notable shows include opening for acts such as Bassnectar and Lotus as well as amazing sets at Miami Winter Conference, Earthdance and The Philadelphia Experiment.
Lenkadu released an EP album Redshift in February 2011. Since then, she has been remixed by producers worldwide. In January 2012, she released 5 tracks in collaboration with various US producers and continues to keep her fans involved with continuous releases of new videos, all gearing up towards a 2012 full-length album.
Lenkadu is more than a singular artist. It is a collaborative platform for fellow producers, musicians, designers and artists whose sensibilities and dedication align with those of Lenka Chludova.
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(Pocket-lint) - Qualcomm has announced Qualcomm AllPlay, a new feature for its processors that will let you replicate the Sonos system in your home without worrying about what brand the speaker is.
For those unaware of Sonos, it is a multi-room system that allows to you manage your music from a central app and then have it streamed to speakers called zones around your house - either opting to play the same music in multiple rooms or different music at the same time in different rooms.
With Qualcomm's new offering, however, which uses the company's technology AllJoyn, the company is hoping that brands will adopt the technology allowing a brand agnostic system to work in your home seamlessly.
In real terms that means the possibility of connecting a Pioneer speaker with a Bose speaker and then to something from Bang & Olufsen and control it all via a single app on your phone.
It's an idea that also replicated Spotify Connect, but goes one step further by allowing multiple device control at the same time.
To give the new feature an extra push, Qualcomm has teamed up with Rhapsody in the US to launch an app that will work with the new tech to show what's possible and encourage others to get on board. The team-up follows a previous trial with DoubleTwist that we checked out in February at Mobile World Congress.
The AllPlay Click SDK before the end of the year says Qualcomm, and will allow developers to add the feature to their own apps quickly and easily.
Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm's CEO, says that the company is already working with a number of major brands to bring the technology to market shortly, although at this time he isn't ready to make any announcements on who or when exactly will be able to buy it.
For now Sonos seems safe, however for how long depends on how quick manufacturers take the new technology on board.


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I'm developing web sites for quite some time now, started when i was… Young? Yellow? Well, started a long time a go in a galaxy… AARGH! Can't get Star Wars out of my life! Anyway. In the beginning i was using the good old php mess approach:
echo 'ul'; foreach($array as $item) { echo '
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And so on. For onepagers this was enough. So i stumbled accross mambo (former Joomla) and saw the raw power of cms and, well for me, good coding. K, let's make ourselves a content management system. But how? What do we need? The neccesary ingridients where these:
What's the most important? No, wrong, not coffee. Foresight! Without analyzing and planning the outcome can't be good. I started to code. Heavily. Took a good number of different approaches, all ended bit dull and like they couldn't take on serious tasks.
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UNDER THE DOG the MOVIE: Live-Action Short and Music Video
■UNDER THE DOG's next step: UNDER THE DOG the MOVIE, a theatrical release supported by the addition of 2 new features!
The new campaign aims for the production of "OVERTURE to UNDER THE DOG", a live action piece set to further enrich the world of UNDER THE DOG beyond the scope of the original 30 minute "Episode 0" achieved in the previous campaign. A monologue by protagonist Anthea Kallenberg, voiced by voice actress Asami Seto is set to further enhance this work.
The production of a new ending theme for the theatrical version sung by Asami Seto, voice of protagonist Anthea is also anticipated.
Combining these 2 new features with "Episode 0" to create a 50 minute film for theatrical release is the focus of this second crowdfunding project.
The super tag team of Atsushi Isoyama and Shoko Omori will be lending their talents for this project. Isoyama, creator of the music and music videos of hit animations such as "K-On!" and "Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World)" is set to work on the live action piece and theme song. Omori, who wrote the lyrics for the "K-On!" super hits will be writing the lyrics.
■With a theatrical release as its goal, the campaign's funding goal is set at $50,000.
A variety of rewards for project backers, including rare UNDER THE DOG merchandise is also set for release!
The campaign's funding goal of "$50,000" will go towards production costs for the live action piece, theme song, and rewards for backers.
Rewards, based on pledge levels include viewing rights to the finished work and a digital animation keyframe collection, as well as rare goods such as T-shirts and canvas prints autographed by Atsushi Isoyama and Asami Seto.
Special rewards including invitations to the premiere showing and celebration party with the production staff, held in Japan are also planned for interested backers from overseas.
■Young girls, their battles, and the burden of their violent fate.
Looking toward the development of an anime series
UNDER THE DOG was developed through a combination of brilliant action with a thrilling story. There is so much more that could be expressed beyond those first 30 minutes, providing great potential for a future TV animation series. With that in mind, this campaign was created.
The campaign is set to last from October 20th to November 17th, 2017. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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The author and CNN hosts discusses his new Simon & Schuster audiobook and explains why he believes President Donald Trump will lose the 2020 presidential election.
Stimulus Package Update: Why Testing Language Is Holding Up Checks
Negotiations on a second stimulus package are stalled, and language on testing and tracing is at least partly to blame.
Pete Buttigieg Warns U.S. Facing 'Crisis' In New Book, 'Trust': Confidence In Country At 'Emergency Levels'"
The former presidential candidate discusses the 2020 Presidential Election, what a Joe Biden administration would look like and his new Simon & Schuster audiobook "Trust."
'Stimulus Checks Are The Least Important,' When Drafting Aid Package, Says Economist
A second stimulus package is unlikely by election day, but removing stimulus checks entirely would save money and could help the parties make a deal.
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An end to the wool allergy myth
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 15 December 2016 – Like a stubborn stain, the idea that wool is an allergen just won't go away. Recent headlines about the uniforms of American Airlines flight attendants scapegoated the wool in the fabric even though the manufacturer's standard uniform comprises more polyester than wool, and testing by the flight attendants union found detectable levels of chemicals commonly found in pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers.
Moreover, the union reported concerns that the manufacturing of the fabric, not its fibre content, was the source of the problem. Even so, the focus came down to wool "allergy."
What would Martha Stewart do?
First, the facts. It is a common misconception that wool can cause an allergic reaction. Studies show that all fibres, not only wool, can provoke a prickle sensation on the skin if the fibre end is coarse enough. This prickle can be itchy and cause irritation, but it is not allergy.
While fine fibres bend and brush against the skin, coarse fibres tend to be more rigid and can trigger nerve endings in the skin's surface.
The wool fibre exists in many levels of fineness, which is measured in microns. Most of the wool in clothing has an average diameter between 11.5 and 24 microns. Wool over 24 microns is generally used in interior textiles or outer-layer clothing that is not in contact with the skin.
Notably, so-called allergic reactions to wool garments have decreased within the last 50 years, coinciding with reduced use of many products previously used in the finishing stage of textile production.
New research shows wearing wool next to skin has significant benefits
Next, the news. Far from being an allergen, recent research conducted by The Woolmark Company has demonstrated that wearing superfine wool garments against the skin is therapeutic in the treatment of eczema (atopic dermatitis).
Dr Lynda Spelman of Queensland Institute of Dermatology says that participants in a study she conducted showed substantially reduced eczema symptoms when they wore superfine wool undergarments. None of the participants displayed an allergic or irritant reaction.
"We have seen substantial reductions in skin dryness, redness and itchiness and in the measured area of inflammation – and for a number of the patients, this is the first time a real solution to their condition has been presented," Dr Spelman said.
She says the results appear to relate partly to the unique moisture management properties of wool.
"Wool is a hygroscopic fibre which has the ability to absorb up to 36% of its weight in water and create a thermal buffer between the skin and the external environment. The wool appears to be keeping the moisture content of the wearer's delicate skin at the levels it should be, preventing it from becoming too dry and therefore reducing the risks of bacterial infection and the desire to scratch the itch."
These findings are being documented and are due to be published in high-rating dermatological journals following peer review. Once published, The Woolmark Company and the International Wool Textile Organisation will take this message to the wool supply chain and consumer markets around the world.
"Many patients believed they were allergic to wool. However, we didn't have a single patient withdraw from the study due to any types of intolerance of these superfine wools." – Angus Ireland, The Woolmark Company
At a recent IWTO meeting in Biella, Italy, Woolmark Company Fibre Advocacy and Eco Credential Program Manager Angus Ireland described the progress being made in understanding wool's effects on health and wellbeing.
"The traditional advice to eczema sufferers to indiscriminately avoid wool against the skin, based on early commentaries that failed to distinguish between wool fibre types, can now be modified to include superfine Merino as a recommended next-to-skin clothing choice," Mr Ireland said.
"It's interesting to note that in the studies conducted, many patients believed they were allergic to wool. However, we didn't have a single patient withdraw from the study due to any types of intolerance of these superfine wools."
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Wendy Chisholm wrote: > The 30 June 2005 Working Draft of WCAG 2.0 says, "The Working Group > believes that all success criteria should be testable. Tests can be done > by computer programs or by people who understand this document. I'd say the core problem here lies with the "or" in that last sentence. It implies that *all* tests can be done by *either* a computer *or* a person. You would probably want something more along the lines of: "Carrying out the entire series of tests will require people who understand this document. However, some (or even "a small subset of") tests can be automated / performed by computer programs." -- Patrick H. Lauke __________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________Received on Monday, 8 August 2005 20:57:19 UTC
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March 4, 2013
President Obama on Monday nominated Gina McCarthy, a Dorchester native, to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
McCarthy went to UMass Boston for a social anthropology degree, graduating in 1976. She later grabbed a master of science in environmental health engineering and policy and planning at Tufts University.
McCarthy is currently the assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. She previously worked under several Massachusetts governors, including former Gov. Mitt Romney, and before her ascension to the EPA, she was the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
"As a top environmental official in Massachusetts and Connecticut, she helped design programs to expand energy efficiency and promote renewable energy," Obama said on Monday. "As Assistant EPA Administrator, Gina has focused on practical, cost-effective ways to keep our air clean and our economy growing. She's earned a reputation as a straight shooter. She welcomes different points of views. I'm confident that she's going to do an outstanding job leading the EPA."
Jim Hunt, III, the former Secretary of the Environment for the city of Boston, worked alongside McCarthy as an assistant environmental secretary for the state.
Hunt, who now works as an executive for Northeast Utilities, said that McCarthy is "widely respected for her knowledge, her political acumen and her balanced approach to problem solving."
He called her nomination "a great appointment."
According to a UMass Boston profile, McCarthy spoke at the Green Education for the Next Generation Gala in 2010. "I'm not going to debate climate science," she said. "The time has come to act."
Her nomination is likely to catch flak from congressional Republicans and others who say the EPA's raft of regulations hurt the economy.
"Every day in government, you are faced with a constant push and pull of how far and how fast you can move vs. the decision to insist on getting it all and ultimately getting nothing," McCarthy said in 2010, according to the profile. "Paste this on your wall and remember it: Perfection is the enemy of progress."
If confirmed, she would succeed Lisa Jackson, who stepped down from the top job at the EPA in December.
UPDATE: This post was updated with comments from Jim Hunt III. Reporter editor Bill Forry contributed to this report.


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Superb Tipperary win on first stage of An Post Ras
The Tipperary team enjoyed an amazing start to the 2013 An Post Rás as Conor Dunne rode to an incredible victory on stage one of Ireland's biggest bike race.
The race itself is Ireland's only fully fledged professional bike race and this year's event includes professional teams from Ireland, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, as well as several county amateur teams, most notably the Tipperary Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers Team.
Remarkably, this is not the Tipperary team's first time winning the opening stage of this international event, as 21 years ago the late Bobby Power won the opening stage of the 1992 Rás into Carrick-on-Shannon.
Dunne, an Irish Londoner, who is based in Belgium for much of this season, was successfully drafted into the Tipperary Iverk Produce Team by the experienced Rás team manager Paul Lonergan, a move that has already paid huge dividends.
The opening stage of this year's An Post Rás was raced at break neck speeds, with attacks and break-away groups forming, regrouping and being caught for the opening 100kms of the race. Indeed, Dunne was very active and part of the action from early on, involving himself in a number of break-away attempts that also included former Tipperary Team stage winner, Carrick-on-Suir's Sam Bennett.
However, none of these moves were able to establish themselves, and the peleton remained largely together with 30km remaining.
Then, as the race entered the final 20km, Dunne of the Tipperary Team attacked and went clear of the main bunch, taking Michael Northey of the UK Nord4Giordana Team for company.
The duo opened up a one minute advantage very quickly and with a time check of 1:03mins with 10km to go, they had a fighting chance of taking the victory. As the kilometres to the stage finish in Longford counted down, the leading duo still had 50 seconds with 5km to go and things were beginning to look very good for the county rider Dunne and UK professional Northey.
In the final few hundred metres, Dunne managed to out sprint his break-away companion to take an excellent victory into Longford and bag Stage 1 of the 2013 An Post Rás. In addition to this, Dunne's victory on the opening stage means that the Tipperary Team rider held the race leader's yellow jersey heading into the second stage of this eight day event.


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The interiors are well-furnished with tasteful decor. The palette is soft neutrals with handsome, wood accents. Interiors are defined with textures of hand-cut stone, smooth floors and tall, peaked ceilings. The open living area boasts a 27" flat screen cable TV and stereo system. Beautiful French doors open from the living area to the private pool. For those that enjoy cooking, the kitchen is nicely equipped with stainless appliance and a cozy breakfast bar.
The bedroom is spacious and features a romantic king sized bed. The bathroom is outfitted with dual vanities. French doors open from the bedroom to the pool terrace. Honeycomb shades are a nice touch for those wanting to sleep late.
The lovely, private swimming pool is set on a spacious deck, complete with a gazebo which is perfect for morning coffee or sunset cocktails. The area also boasts a BBQ gas grill for those nights you can't tear yourself away from this elegant retreat. A hammock on the beach provides yet another way to enjoy the island and beach.
The property is located at the Western end of Grace Bay Beach and offers a more secluded feel away from the hotels. However, it is still in a very convenient area and within walking distance to quite a few restaurants.
*With the coral reef so close to the shore, a strip of rock exists between the sandy beach and the water. We suggest wearing water shoes as the rock can sometimes be slippery. A short walk beyond the rocks, however, brings you to a nice, sandy area for swimming. For those that enjoy snorkeling, some of the best snorkeling at Smith's Reef is just outside the cottage's door.
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We recently returned from our honeymoon which was spent at the Nutmeg Cottage. It's a charming and cozy cottage with nice furnishings and appointments. The location on Grace Bay and the beach could not be beat (except maybe having a private swimming pool)!
The Cottage was very private and felt like our home away from home. The location, pool and beach cannot be beat. We especially liked that it was walking distance to some restaurants.


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Three lovely bits-o-creepiness, photographed on a sunny May afternoon.Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: Photos & Video | Tags: Anoka, bits 'o creepiness, digital art, Dr. Kline's Sanitarium, graveyard, Minnesota, photography, Renae Rude, The Paranormalist 11 Comments
It was a busy day: Spent the morning searching the online want ads. Spent the afternoon taking pictures. Spent the evening being a good helpmate. Spent the depths of the night previewing photo manipulation websites. (Yeah, the birds are singing as I type up this post.)
I know some of you are photographers. Maybe you too were heart-broken when Google+ gobbled up Picnik, only to spit out a less friendly, less fun, set of free photo editing tools. If so, check out Pixlr. I happily played with both the photo editor and the cool, "retro vintage effects" section. (The interface on that is fascinating.) For the following photographs, I just used the editor to add a credit line, but it looks like there are lots of other useful things there too.
I'll be doing full posts about these locations later this month, and there will be more photographs. For now, I just had to share my favorites.


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Punjab Govt ties up with TATA Motors to set up driving institute
Chandigarh, May 2 (UNI) The Punjab Transport Department would establish a state-of-the-art State Institute of Automotive and Driving Skills (SIADS) in a joint venture with TATA Motors.
A spokesman of the Punjab Government today said the institute would be set up at Mahuana village in Mukatsar district at a cost of about Rs 13 crore.
The institute would come up on an area of nearly 14 acres which would be provided by the Punjab Government. It would be run by a registered society which would have equal representatives from TATA Motors and the state government.
He added that a high level team of TATA Motors today held discussions with senior officers of the Punjab Transport Department to give final touches for operationalising the institute.


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I've come to understand that you should Never Say Never because deleting a Facebook account is like telling Facebook - I'll NEVER return to Facebook until "Thy Kingdom Come" so Facebook, I want you to remove everything concerning my identity from your social network platform entirely and don't keep even a back-up copy of my details.
The reverse is DEACTIVATION, when you deactivate your Facebook, you are telling Facebook to remove all your details from Facebook but please keep a copy in case I have a change of mind.
So Facebook will respond and remove your profile and photos and videos and then backup your details for you.
How can you deactivate a Facebook Account?
Let's get started!
To deactivate your FB account, you must make certain that you truly want to deactivate it and ready to miss your friends.
Up next, follow the step by step tips below to temporarily remove your account from the web.
- How to deactivate Facebook in 5seconds
- How can you deactivate your Facebook account now?
- How to Merge Your Facebook Accounts
Facebook Account Deactivation Step by Step
- Click the account menu at the top right of any Facebook page
- Select Settings
- Click General in the left column: https://web.facebook.com/settings?tab=account
- Choose Manage your account then follow the steps to confirm
Recommended: How to Deactivate or Delete Facebook Account
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Closed Bug 949354 Opened 7 years ago Closed 6 years ago
Provide free database download of collected data
(Cloud Services :: Server: Location, enhancement)
(Not tracked)
(Reporter: qxc, Unassigned)
7 years ago
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/31.0.1650.63 Safari/537.36 Steps to reproduce: Since Mozilla Location Services names itself as free and open project the data collected by users should be provided as free download (not only via API but as database dump/CSV file/etc.) that contains all collected information.
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7 years ago
Thanks for opening the issue. It's good to have this as a tracking bug. We have an ongoing discussion internally and on the mailing list about this topic. I've also blogged a bit more about it with some background at http://blog.hannosch.eu/2013/12/mozilla-location-service-what-why-and.html. It's unfortunately a very complicated topic with no good or easy answers. Since this is an open-ended question, it'd be best to keep discussing in on the mailing list for now.
I don't think this is complicated: in case it is REALLY a free and open project, all data should be opened to the public. That's the usual way in open source. In case it is not, it should be stated clear and non-ambiguous on project page that data usage is secret. I think people that collect these data should know if they contribute to an open project or if the data are collected for some other reason - including the possibility they are sold to somebody. Privacy is not an issue here since the API provides the same data - so either both should be closed or both, the API and the download, should be available. To have only one of both looks nonserious for this project.
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7 years ago
The matter is complicated, because it is unclear whether or not we can legally provide an open data set or what form that data set could have (for example in an anonymized or aggregated form). When we started out with this project we assumed that we would only be dealing with underlying public data sources. Unfortunately that didn't turn out to be the case. In the same way you cannot just publish all existing books in the world (since there's copyright), you can also not just publish all WiFi access point locations or detailed measurements of cell locations, since there are personal rights and privacy regulations to respect. It's a complicated legal / privacy matter with very different views in different countries. Investigating those issues and also figuring out how to balance the privacy concerns for all the involved actors takes time and we are making slow but steady progress on this. Please continue any debate on the mailing list, bugzilla is quite bad for having discussions.
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7 years ago
how can it be legal to collect data while it is (possibly) illegal to provide these data for download? does mozilla exist outside of law or what is the explanation for this strange opinion? so either stop collecting data or provide the data for download but the current state is implausible
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7 years ago
@satzklauer: Consider Google Street View as a similar case. Taking street-side photos is legal in most countries. And Google can provide a service showing the taken photos. But before publishing those photos, they need to remove certain aspects from them, like blur out faces or license plate numbers. In the same way it's legal to collect WiFi and cell data, but certain protections need to be in place, before offering this as part of a service. Everyone else adds those protections as part of a service layer, so this is a known and understood problem. But offering the raw or some part of the raw data is an entirely different matter. You shouldn't be able to use Street View to track and follow the movements of anyone in the photos. And in the same way you shouldn't be able to use a location service to track the movements of anyone carrying a WiFi device or the movements of the persons uploading the data. We've been discussing various approaches and techniques in the meetings and on the mailing list. So far we haven't found a solution to this problem. So for now the best we can promise is to run an open service.
Comparing it with Google Street View is nonsense: when I go to a special coordinate in StreetView I get all the images around this geolocation. Is there a function where I get all APs close to a specified geolocation in your API? No, it isn't. But it's good to have this bug open for the public here, so everyone can see Mozilla is the same nonserious data-grabber like Google, Skyhook, Wigle and all the others that just collect the data, abuse communitys resources but do not give back anything.
Comment 7•
7 years ago
openBmap have collected a similar database and release it for download under Open Database License (ODbL) http://openbmap.org/
OpenWLANMap has collected a similar database and releases it for download under GNU FDL license: http://www.openwlanmap.org/download.php So it seems to be no problem for all of these really open projects.
Comment 9•
7 years ago
From an outsider point of view, it looks like as Mozilla is entering the mobile phone OS market, they are in an urgent need for a map/location service. While building its own loc service, Mozilla is trying to have an open approach but from my point of view this is not really the case: 1) Data collected are not freely available (only at Mozilla own discretion, and through a controlled API). From this point of view the data are as closed as the data of Google, Apple or other location service provider. 2) Limited improvement can be done to algorithm used to calculate position as data are lacking. If people have other idea, they will have to start their own collection to get a data set to work with. 3) Multiple "open" service of the same kind will still compete as some are providing the row data, or have a more open approach 4) Even if some people are trusting Mozilla more than Google or Apple, they still have to provide their position to some controlled server to get an answer, meaning that this data will stay out of their control. 5) Currently there is no point to provide an open source server without the data... 6) The current map is enough to breach on some people privacy, and it doesn't prevent Mozilla to publish it. In the end looking only at half of the problem (how to gather the data) and not how to open it, make this project purpose was mainly to solve an internal Mozilla issue and not really to bring an answer to the question of how to bring an open source approach to localization services.
7 years ago
Blocks: 862827
7 years ago
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Comment 10•
6 years ago
I agree with the above comments: it seems that instead of trying to find ways of publishing the data, you are trying to find excuses not to do so. There are examples above of projects publishing their datasets without an issue. At the moment I do not understand how this service can be called "Open" - even to use the API a user/developer must request the access key. This is as "Closed" as it can get. As you described in the blog post, there's three parties concerned: Contributors, Users and WiFi AP owners. The first category explicitly agrees to submitting data, the second as well (and is not involved when talking about opening up the dataset). This leaves us with only the hypothetical people who will "complain that their BSSID is now tied to lat/lon in some DB on the internet". Is this really a major issue? Is providing coordinates of a HEX string a crime in some country? Can a BSSID be considered personal data if it's hard to even prove "ownership" of one? I believe just adding a page describing how to opt out by hiding the BSSID or appending _nomap to the SSID would make the 1% of paranoids happy, as well as the community that believes in open data.
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6 years ago
FWIW, we currently publish the cell tower database (updated hourly) with a CC0 public domain license: https://location.services.mozilla.com/downloads
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6 years ago
Chris, that's a good start. Is there a way to bring your own location service using sources of the server side and this dataset? That's what I would call a good way to test usefulness of data currently made public. This page describes that it's possible but does not tell you how, and also does not say if that's enough to operate the service: https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/blob/master/docs/import_export.rst
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6 years ago
(In reply to Chris Peterson (:cpeterson) from comment #11) > FWIW, we currently publish the cell tower database (updated hourly) with a > CC0 public domain license: > > https://location.services.mozilla.com/downloads Sorry but this is nothing more than an other approach to stall everything. About a year ago you stated your "discussion is ongoing". This would have been enough time to ask a lawyer / to find a solution in internal or public discussion / to solve the unsubscribe-issue. And it is more than obvious why you are publishing this list: comparing to WLAN networks the number of cell towers is very limited and there are similar public databases already available. So you do not publish anything that is somehow new. If you would be somehow honest, you would tell people clearly and loud, you are not interested in opening these data and you will never do that. You should do that especially for these people, that are collecting the data for you.
Comment 14•
6 years ago
I think that at least it should be possible to get our own data back (instead of forking your app). Currently I don't really think there is a fundamental difference between contributing to this Mozilla project or a similar one from MS or Google.
6 years ago
No longer blocks: 862827
Severity: normal → enhancement
Comment 15•
6 years ago
Is this discussion only about publishing WiFi-Data now? If not it can be closed because cell data can be downloaded now anyways at https://location.services.mozilla.com/downloads
Comment 16•
6 years ago
This bug can be closed. We've gone through this in great length with our lawyers and haven't found any legal loopholes or technical workarounds to share more data. We publicly share the aggregated cell data under CC-0 as stated. We also explain the situation for the other data sets at the bottom of the https://location.services.mozilla.com/downloads page and the https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/FAQ is updated. I urge anyone who disagrees with our stance on privacy to contribute to other projects in this space, like OpenCellID or one of the various WLAN/WiFi mapping projects.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Comment 17•
6 years ago
@Djfe: Cell data are something completely different than WiFi data - it is easy for Mozilla to publish them because they are taken out of an already established and open database. @Hanno: so your lawyers told you it is legal to collect and use all these data but it is illegal to publish thesm? Sorry, but I would gamble my right leg away you never asked a lawyer but made this decision based on marketing reasons only. With other words: Mozilla is the same untrustworthy data grabber like Google, Skyhook,...
Comment 18•
6 years ago
I will agree with Elmi - there is no information presented whatsoever regarding how sharing this could be considered illegal in any country. Why is publishing maps not illegal? It matches physical addresses of people's homes to longitude and latitude. Pretty much the same idea with BSSID if you ask me. I also see no effort happening to try and anonymize the dataset before publishing it. For example what about removing/replacing a couple of leading symbols in BSSID (usually vendor ID) to generalize data yet still leave it useful for geolocation?
Comment 19•
6 years ago
This is just utter nonsense. How can you justify that it is not even possible for someone to retrieve their own data? But I have understood the message. Bye bye Mozilla!
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6 years ago
calm down people... I totally understand that they don't want to publish that data. Criminals could pick certain spots where lots of people live that own routers that are easily attackable. (the bssid contains the vendor id after all) @evgheni replacing that vendor id would make the bssid not unique anymore -> it wouldn't be too useful for geolocation anymore encrypting the vendor id also doesn't make sense to me since you can guess certain numbers/names by the sheer amount @elmi "it is easy for Mozilla to publish them because they are taken out of an already established and open database." -> nope, they have their own database, even for cells, they only look up OpenCellID if they don't know a certain cell tower I'm not sure if it would be entirely against any law, but people could get upset against Mozilla for publishing such data because they promised that data privacy is one of their goals but since wifi bssids aren't publicly unlike cells towers they fall under data privacy "Mozilla is the same untrustworthy data grabber like Google, Skyhook,..." -> why do you think so? and what do you think Mozilla is doing with that data? how does publishing make the service trustworthy? I mean Mozilla/etc. could still whatever they want with that data despite publishing it; this is just you getting upset about it and insulting Mozilla for something unfounded @greatpatton "This is just utter nonsense. How can you justify that it is not even possible for someone to retrieve their own data?" ->just for your information: MozStumbler already allows exporting as a kml file and you can fork/download ichnaea to establish your own service if you want to ;) https://github.com/Mozilla/Ichnaea the complete client-side code is available on github -> you can build your own and exchange the api URL and the devs are working on more (keeping data after upload, public lib with the stumbling functionality and so on) if you have any ideas, leave your feedback here: https://github.com/Mozilla/MozStumbler/issues I don't want to offend anyone, I'm just discussing objectively but if they said they won't do it then there's also not too much left
Comment 21•
6 years ago
There were a few ideas suggested on the mailing list that can mitigate privacy issues. For example * they could hash the BSSIDs, which would make it impossible for someone to find all the access points from a certain manufacturer. * they could only give partial information, e.g. if the last bit of the BSSID is 0 give the latitude, if its 1 give the longitude. People can still locate them selves as long as they can see a few access points, but you can track down a single one. * filter out an wifi point that has been seen in multiple places, to avoid containing locations of mobile phones, or people who have moved house.
Comment 22•
6 years ago
Most important question for me: when the guys at Mozilla would REALLY have SERIOUS doubts regarding legality and privacy of the collected data: why don't they provide a possibility to let people unsubscribe their WLANs? OpenWLANMap has this possibility and provides a database download - with full respect to privacy. Same is true for openBmap.
Comment 23•
6 years ago
(In reply to Elmi from comment #22) > why don't they provide a possibility to let people unsubscribe their WLANs? Add "_nomap" to your WiFi SSID, Mozilla as well as most other mapping services will honour that.
Comment 24•
6 years ago
:hannosch I know that "_nomap" has been on the website before, now I can't find it: pls readd that useful information to https://location.services.mozilla.com/ "* filter out an wifi point that has been seen in multiple places, to avoid containing locations of mobile phones, or people who have moved house." -> Ichnaea is doing that already...
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6 years ago
(In reply to Djfe from comment #24) > :hannosch I know that "_nomap" has been on the website before, now I can't > find it: pls readd that useful information to > https://location.services.mozilla.com/ The homepage has a bullet point about "As the owner of a WiFi access point you can learn more about opting out of this service..." which leads to the /optout page where the _nomap suffix is explained.
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We've already seen this situation countless times on Wii. Yearly franchises have a first year that nails the fundamentals, experiments with control, and gets fans hooked on the Wii experience early, only to ramp up production and improve drastically in the following year. Madden brought more features, depth, and Wii-like options after getting the first one out the door, and that's exactly what we'd expect from SmackDown! vs. Raw. THQ and Yukes pushed to include Wii in this year's release, and while the experience works as a general template, it's obvious the team will do a whole lot more next year. You've got wrestlers from all three brands, WWE legends, and a solid list of match options, but it lacks the polish and overall immensity we've grown to love and expect from previous SmackDown efforts.
With Wii, THQ decided to take this year's WWE effort in a totally different direction, and we commend them on that. The Wii version could have just as easily been a PS2 port with very little unique content, but instead Yukes pushed the time they had to the limit, adding in basic four-direction motion control for moves (all done via Wii-mote), Mii integration during Success Mode, and the create-a-legend tool, which allows for a ton of user-driven content across the board. SmackDown! vs. Raw on Wii is a faster, more intense game of wrestling than we've seen in years, and the direction THQ and Yukes are taking the series on Nintendo is the right one in our opinion.
It's still in its freshman year, though, and it shows. While the game's motion control is certainly a huge leap in the right direction it's also still very basic, using only the Wii remote for simple, button-like gestures. To set an opponent up for a power bomb you'll first grab with the B button, then lift with the Wii-mote to bring them into the air, and them slam down again to smash them to the mat. It works, but there's no additional tracking happening during the move, so it's essentially a drawn out action that's entirely predetermined. What this new control does give the player, however, are options, as you can grab a fighter, lift him into a specific position, and then work from there on the fly. Just because you set up with one move doesn't mean you can't link it together with another on the fly, as any available motion direction (up, down, left, or right) is highlighted with an on-screen cross pad; if it's green, you can motion in that direction. It's simple to use, it adds far more depth to general wrestling than the other console versions, and it's without a doubt the number one area Yukes should attack for next year's version. Motion control will make or break the SmackDown franchise on Wii.
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Introducing Studio MUTT… an architecture, art and design practice based in London and Liverpool. The Studio MUTT collective is James Crawford, Graham Burn and Alex Turner. The underlying aim of the studio is to develop an alternative form of architectural practice: we enjoy working on the fringes of architectural culture, intersecting with other disciplines, blurring boundaries and collaborating with different fields.
What will you be creating for Lakes Ignite 2018?
The Ordnance Pavilion, a monument to the Ordnance Survey and the retriangulation of Britain between 1935 and 1962.
Sounds interesting… tell us more about your artwork
The piece will be an interactive and semi inhabitable sculpture. We're really interested in the almost absurd and laborious process that people went through when remeasuring the landscape over roughly 30 years. Something that seems completely alien in our GPS navigated world of today.
Our Lakes Ignite monument – Ordnance Pavilion – presents different 'scenes' or 'characters' from this tremendous show of human effort.
What are the connections between your artwork for Lakes Ignite and the Lake District as a World Heritage cultural landscape?
Ordnance Pavilion celebrates the world heritage landscape through the lens of the OS Map. As an artefact the OS map data is perfectly ordinary. But it has been a conduit for our human relationship with the landscape in many ways – its geographical conditions as well as the man-made constructions across it.
Ordnance Pavilion celebrates the world heritage landscape through the lens of the OS Map.
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And a few questions about the Lake District… What makes the Lakes a special place for you?
The unique mixture of raw, rugged and traditional postcard beauty in the landscape. As well as the contradictory nature of it. It's a seemingly natural beauty, but much of it has been man-made through the industry that once inhabited the area. In some areas, it's very much a post-industrial type of place.
During a visit to the Lake District what would be your 3 fave cultural hot spots or events?
Ideally, a trip on one of the Ullswater Steamers with some Kendal Mint Cake and a Cumberland sausage.
If you could choose your one favourite view in the Lakes, where would it be?
The views from the top of Kirkstone Pass are fantastic all year round, but we are partial to the view of a pub on a countryside walk.
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Behind Wainwrights' Inn, Langdale Estate near Ambleside, until August
Located in the Langdale Valley, between the villages of Elterwater and Chapel Stile, the Langdale Estate is surrounded by some of the finest Lake District scenery. Find the Ordnance Pavilion behind Wainwrights' Inn, a traditional Lakeland pub that is popular with locals and walkers alike, and try their special Lakes Ignite ale. Why not take your Lakes Ignite break in style by staying at The Langdale Hotel and Spa, a luxury four-star hotel just a five minute walk away from the Ordnance Pavilion.
Wainwrights' Inn: Chapel Stile, Ambleside, LA22 9JD
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Lakes Ignite 2018 presents six specially commissioned contemporary artworks to celebrate the Lake District's designation as a World Heritage site. From January to July 2018, six artists are bringing their creative vision to the Lakes in a unique collection of artworks that are free to visit and explore.
A celebration of contemporary art in a World Heritage landscape
Each installation provides a different perspective on our World Heritage story using very different media including metal, wood, mirrors, inflatables, performance and virtual reality. So, whether you're 8 or 80, come and spark your imagination in 2018 and experience art in our celebrated Lake District landscape.
Tell us what you think about Lakes Ignite and be entered into a draw to win a hamper of Cumbrian goodies courtesy of Rheged!


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This September Keller Williams Portugal celebrated its 4th anniversary and it was good to remember and recognize, as such a short record of life, it can contain so many careers worth having, worthwhile business worthwhile and worthwhile lives to live !
This is the motto of the corporate culture of the brand created by Gary Keller and Joe Williams in Austin, Texas, in 1983 and that still inspires more than 183,000 associates spread across 36 countries on 6 continents of the world.
KW-Keller Williams was the first company to make a difference to the rest of the industry by shifting the focus from the organization to the consultant by introducing a new business model: agent centric, where brand gains with commissions are limited to a ceiling, from which the Caper consultant earns almost the entire commission of the business. This and the other differences at the organization level (large Market Centers where support and training take center stage) have garnered successive awards and records that continue to fuel their growth now outside the US and Canada.
Geographical Distribution by Keller Williams
KW's growth in Portugal has affected the most densely populated urban areas, with emphasis on coastal regions.
The current 1650 consultants are competing for the 2018 goal of reaching the 2500 associates, with the current number of 1932 associates.
To commemorate the anniversary of its 4th year of activity in Portugal, last week more than 700 members gathered in a working day at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon.
A number of speakers were invited, the main highlight being the launch of Gary Keller's latest book: SHIFT, with the presence of James Shaw (one of Keller Williams' most prominent entrepreneurs in the US) to talk about this new book that is condemned to be more a success like the last ones "The One Thing" and "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent".
Keller Williams Portugal Growth Growth
Nuno Ascensão revealed some numbers and graphs that exemplify the growth and success registered by KW Portugal during these 4 years:
As is evident from the analysis of the graphs, the growth of Keller Williams in Portugal has been linear in all variables, but the highlight is the productivity per consultant that has been increasing, as a result of the application of KW models and systems, transmitted through continuous training to its consultants.
The turnover of Keller Williams Portugal grew 60% in the first half, compared with the same period of 2017, to 750 million euros. This represents growth above the market average, whose figures are around 20%.
After last year reached 1,200 million euros of real estate product transacted, the goal for this year is to reach 1,700 million Euros.
The Future of KW Portugal
Nuno Ascensão referred to the goal set for 2018 to exceed 2000 associates and to approach the 2500 , predicted for this year, reaching the 2nd position in the top of the largest real estate franchising companies and surpassing the ERA . And, believes that within 2 or 3 years the company will have about 50 Market Centers in Portugal.
He took advantage to announce that the next 22nd Market Center will appear in Lisbon, more properly in Telheiras , managed by KWSelect that already owns another MC in Lisbon, Av. Duque de Loulé.
During the last three years, KW Portugal was awarded the No. 1 region outside the North American continent and in the words of Nuno Ascensão (Regional Owner of Keller Williams Portugal) in 2018 "goes the same way" .
KW Portugal, franchisees KW Abaco, KW Alfa, KW Area, KW Area Madeira, KW Business, KW Flash, KW Focus, KW Pr1me, KW Select, KW Sol, KW Somos, KW Viva, 22 Market Centers and 1932 members are to be congratulated!
For next year we expect more and better results. I'll do my part :)


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Medusa piercing (or upbret piercing too, as for this type of piercing most often labret studs piercing jewelry is used, though you may come across rings and huggers) is a piercing made on your upper lip just in the centre. When hearing this phrase, you may ask a question - why medusa?! Well, this name was invented by a hairdresser from Canada and a model, whose name was Kerrick in the middle of the 90s. Medusa piercing (also cleft piercing) is extremely painful, but it doesn't stop the involved ones, as the result is worth this pain. In the end you get a piercing, which lays special emphasis on the beauty of your lips. One should be very careful with this kind of lip piercing, as it must be placed really in the right place, as when it is misplaced, it causes such thing as asymmetry and it doesn't add magnificence and prettiness to your face. So, don't try to make it yourself, make use of piercers' services. One more thing about which you shouldn't forget is aftercare. Medusa piercing demands the highest level of hygiene. We are not talking about such evident things as sterility of all the piercer's instruments. You should realize that you'll have to take a pause with smoking and alcohol till your medusa piercing completely cures, as these two things makes your organism weak and the healing period of an injury grows. 1-2 a day you should clean the wound with salt solution. After every meal you will have to rinse your mouth. If you have an opportunity, it is greatly advisable to suck antibacterial throat lozenges during about 2 weeks after you have your medusa pierced. Usually it takes 2-4 months for medusa piercing to cure. If you keep to all the rules mentioned above, it will minimize this period. As it has already been mentioned earlier oftener than any other piercing jewelry, labret studs are used for medusa piercing. And at this site you have an amazing opportunity not to set bounds to your wishes, as both rich assortment of styles, metals, colours, shapes and affordable prizes are at your disposal. The prices vary in the range of 2$ to 350$, depending on the kind of beautifications you choose - it may be clear neat CZ or turquoise or luxurious deluxe diamonds. Your choice will of course depend on what style you are keeping to and the message you want to send to the others. Your medusa piercing will be always in the limelight, so find a proper 'cutting for your gem' - make your lips look spectacular!
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All Blacks and Hurriances first-five Beauden Barrett revealed the emotional toll of Friday's Christchurch terror attacks, having taken the field just hours after learning of the horrific shootings that left 50 dead.
Barrett and the Hurricanes played out a 23-all stalemate with the Chiefs at FMG Stadium, however both sides were clearly affected by the news of the Christchurch attacks, uniting to observe a minute's silence before kick off.
Speaking to media today though, Barrett revealed just how much of an impact Friday's events had on both himself and the Hurricanes.
"It's pretty tough to have to play a game after that," Barrett said.
"Our thoughts are still with those families, people affected. I think everyone in New Zealand's affected, it's just so obvious, such a tragedy.
"The boys are still shocked and devastated by what happened."
Barrett also praised the coming together in support for Christchurch and the Muslim community, proud to see the unity displayed by New Zealand after the attacks.
"Be vulnerable I think, that's the key message. Be vulnerable to speak out and talk to each other, no matter what background or where you're from. A lot can be learned from this, but it's such a shame that something like this has to happen before we open up."
While the Hurricanes may have been affected, the Wellington side will return to the field this week, taking on the Stormers at Westpac Stadium on Saturday, with Barrett saying his side have a job to do.
"It's important [that] as athletes we learn to be able switch on and off. To be able to do the job at hand.
"I'd be lying if I said that I didn't think about it on Friday night, something so tragic.
"I questioned whether we'd even be taking the field, but we've got to push on with life.
"We have the power as athletes, as sportspeople in New Zealand to continue to entertain and make people happy by doing what we do best, and play a positive game of footy hopefully on Saturday night."


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Future lead singer of a happy hour tribute band Guy Fieri appeared on NBC's Today to defend his restaurant after a particularly scathing review by the New York Times went viral yesterday. I took an iPhone video of the interview (hence the mediocre sound and why you can see pumpkins in the bottom half of the screen), which you can watch above, or just know that Fieri's response to the take down was: "You're welcome." (Via)
Bad Taxidermy Photos Are The Potato Jesus Painting Of The Animal World — (Uproxx)
Let Gustavo Almodovar And His Glorious Name Burrow Into Your Brain Forever — (WG)
VIDEO: Comedian brings heckler on stage, finds cocaine on him — (Film Drunk)
Meme Watch: 'Idiot Nerd Girl' Is Taking The Meme Back — (Gamma Squad)
Hoo Boy, The Internet Really, Really Hates Miami Marlins Owner Jeffrey Loria — (With Leather)
The New GTA 5 Trailer Makes You Wish it Was 2013 Already — (Smoking Section)
Was Mike Shanahan Trying To Flee The Country? — (KSK)
10 of Hollywood's Most Unpredictable Career Arcs — (Pajiba)
The Science Of "Morning Wood" — (BuzzFeed)
11 Weirdly Spelled Words — And How They Got That Way — (Mental Floss)
Carrie Mathison's OKCupid Profile — (College Humor)
Channing Tatum 'Sexiest Man Alive,' But Who Is Sexiest Man Dead? — (Hyper Vocal)
More Awesome Behind the Scenes Pics from Raiders of the Lost Ark — (Unreality Mag)
Jon Bon Jovi's daughter takes some bad medicine, gives heroin a bad name — (Fark)
Want to See the Absolute Worst Flash Mob Ever? — (Bro Bible)
The Bond Film Alphabet — (The High Definite)
Watch Jeremy Renner and Kenan Thompson Be Tough Guys in These SNL Promos — (Splitsider)
To get all that Guy Fieri bleached out of your mind, here's Summer Glau kissing Serenity:


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There are some people in Second Life that have that creative spark that makes me so happy to know them. Amadeo Dubratt is one such person, he is endlessly creative and so very sweet, I will admit to having a bit of a friend-crush on him. He sent me over some of his latest releases, and I had to show you why he makes me smile so. Not only are his Nail Polish appliers fabulous, like this brand new Ama. Aloha set, made especially for the The Aloha Fair 2014 which opened today, but he is very gifty, and has put out a great Ama. Sandy Feet Slink foot applier for all of you to grab up too. Just take a look at how he burned me but good, and he can burn you and all your mesh bits just as well with his new Ama. Sunburned set. It is a full body tattoo layer burn in two extremes (I chose the Full Lobster) for various different 'clothed' parts. I went with the Bikini burn, but there are bare and even shorts options in the pack. Available now exclusively at The Aloha Fair 2014, the set comes with appliers for all your mesh body parts (hands, feet, bewbs and azz) and full bodies (wowmeh and physique), and also includes non-tattoo system layer options as well. It is really well done, and I think I can say I have rocked this look in my real life and once was enough to keep me out of the sun forever. Which is why it's wonderful to fry up my avatar for fun, no worries about sun damage here, just some hilarious photo ops! Thanks sweet Mr. Dubratt for the ouch free fun of getting burned but good!
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Skin - Swallow Alice Porcelaine (6.Spring) Black
Freckles - .Pekka. Light freckles + heart upper cheek **New@Cosmetics Fair Beach Party**
Facelight - *League* Windlight Facelight Softer
Eyes - [Buzz] Arcane Eyes - Poison **New@The Season's Story**
Hands - Slink, Avatar Enhancement Hands - Elegant1 R & Flat L
Feet - Slink, Avatar Enhancement Feet - Flat Height
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Lashes - [ glow ] studio, Innocent. eyelashes - gentle,
Nails - Ama. : Slink Polish: Aloha : Hands & Feet **New@The Aloha Fair 2014**
Body Tattoo - Ama. : Bikini Sunburn : Full On Lobster w/ Slink Applier HUD **New@The Aloha Fair 2014**
Shoes - [L.Warwick] Flup-Flops (Female) Light Blue **New, Coming Soon@UBER, July 31st - Aug. 29th**
Swimsuit - -Pixicat- Swimsuit Orchid Set - Top & BottomsGlasses - loveme. Love wings glasses / pretty orange **New@Okinawa Summer Festival**
Drink - AMITOMO. Summer Tumbler #Slowly 36.5 [Gacha Prize] **New@Okinawa Summer Festival**
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Inappropriate gesture by a TV presenter during a story about the death of "Boeing" recognized as blasphemy
Restoring the picture of the crash of Boeing 737 MAX 8 in Ethiopia and using the screen on which the plane crash was modeled, the NTV presenter Dann Mwangi made a gesture that was considered inappropriate. At that moment, when the liner on the screen collapsed on the ground and exploded, Mwangi pretended to wave off smoke and disappeared from the frame.
Spectators NTV and colleagues in the shop harshly criticized the leader in social networks. His behavior was called blasphemy. Here are a few lines from the comments: "Disgusting", "From" on NTV "such characters", "Kenyan fellows died in this accident, and he had the courage to joke about it.", "Heartless, to say the least".
The TV channel, which showed the performance of Mwangi, called "vile" and "shameful", was described by users of social networks as unethical and immoral. The next day, Mwangi posted his letter online, in which he apologized for the inappropriate gesture.
In the disaster that occurred in Ethiopia, the death toll reached 157 people. These are citizens of 33 countries. Among them are three Russians - Sergey Vyalikov, Alexander Polyakov, Ekaterina Polyakova.
Over the past five months, this is the second Boeing 737 MAX 8 disaster. After the incident, airlines around the world began to abandon this model.
until a person understands that it is already necessary with great respect to treat programmers, webmasters, sysadmins, and so on. in short, those People who are somehow "fiddling" with the System. Why, for example, they do not give a state award for creating something in this field, etc. (or, for example, roughly speaking - the shortcut disappears from the desktop; .P. ); I will say that in the future everyone needs to rebuild the criteria for assessing the ability of a person. I think this way: On board the product, whether it is air, sea or b .. overland, there must be a specialist who, if necessary, could somehow cope with the System, in this case pilots are not as necessary as they seem. Why all the laurels b..d get not to those who need it. read between the lines, may not intelligibly formulated.


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Innovation Awards 2020
Finalists Announced
EDGE 2020 Goes Virtual

SYDNEY, Australia – 17 June 2008 – To help customers further address their encryption needs, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) has joined the Oracle Enterprise Security and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Initiative. By working closely with Oracle, NetApp will be better positioned to offer Oracle customers its proven NetApp® Lifetime Key ManagementTM technology, helping them meet regulatory compliance requirements and protect intellectual property.

Enterprises today face a growing array of compliance requirements such as PCI, HIPAA, SB1386, and the EU Data Directive. In addition to external pressure from regulations, organisations also face internal drivers to protect intellectual property and other sensitive information. Recent publicised instances of enterprises losing data have only heightened the importance of maintaining secure corporate databases. NetApp is helping to address this important customer issue by expanding the reach of its established Lifetime Key Management system, a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified hardware-based key management system with which customers can centrally and securely store, back up, and replicate cryptographic keys.

Available to select members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork who deliver security and/or compliance solutions or services complementary to Oracle's, the Oracle Enterprise Security and GRC Initiative creates a partner ecosystem offering world-class, integrated, comprehensive solutions and services for access control, data protection and privacy, and compliance management, based on Oracle® applications and infrastructure software.

"NetApp and Oracle share a long-standing relationship and, as a result, numerous joint customers," said Vipin Samar, vice president of Database Security, Oracle. "We look forward to working with NetApp to integrate their key management products with Oracle Database 11g™ and the transparent data encryption capabilities of the Oracle Advanced Security option to meet our customers' key management requirements."

"Enterprises today must integrate and manage encryption capabilities from many sources, and our customers have made it clear that unified security is a priority for them," said Tim Russell, vice president and general manager of the Archive, Compliance, and Storage Security business unit at NetApp. "NetApp is pleased to work with Oracle on enterprise security and GRC initiatives to offer joint customers a proven key management system to address their security and compliance needs."

About NetApp OpenKey and Lifetime Key Management

The NetApp Lifetime Key Management system offers a secure, automated, customer-proven platform to manage encryption keys from NetApp DataFort storage security appliances as well as keys generated by other encryption systems. Lifetime Key Management is highly scalable, and supports distributed deployments over time and across an enterprise. The NetApp OpenKey™ API provides an interface so third-party encryption systems can leverage Lifetime Key Management across various geographical locations, making it easier to deploy advanced security for distributed databases, including Oracle Database 11g. For more information on NetApp Lifetime Key Management, visit www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/lifetime-key/.

About the Oracle Enterprise Security and Governance, Risk, and Compliance Initiative

The Enterprise Security and GRC Initiative is one of the first global technology vendor and service provider initiatives of its kind. The initiative will help partners further develop and promote their unique value-added products and services that are critical to meeting customer requirements. Available to select members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork who deliver security and/or compliance solutions or services complementary to Oracle's, the initiative helps create a partner ecosystem offering world-class, integrated, comprehensive solutions and services for access control, data protection and privacy and compliance management, based on Oracle Applications and technology. For more information, visit www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2007_nov/11-8-07-grcpartnerstrat.html.

About NetApp

NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Discover NetApp's passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.

NetApp, the NetApp logo, Go further, faster, Lifetime Key Management, and OpenKey are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle11g is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

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21 Sep #KPMSpeaks to Beta Alpha Psi & KCASBO This Week!
Posted at 12:30h in Featured, KPM Speaks, News
What a great week for #KPMCPAs! Yesterday, Shareholder Randall Moots and Manager Jessica Stokes had the opportunity to speak about hot topics in the education industry at the Kansas City Area School Business Officials meeting! In addition, Manager Keith Seiwert, is participating in Missouri State University School of Accountancy's Beta Alpha Psi Alumni Panel tonight where he will answer student questions and talk about his career path in accounting. #KPMSpeaks


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By R.T. French. Since 1904. Made with real honey. Made in USA.
Distilled Vinegar, Water, No. 1 Grade Mustard Seed, Sugar, Honey, Salt, Spices and Carrot Oleoresin (Color).
Product Features
Shake well before using. To open, unscrew cap and peel off inner freshness seal. For best flavor, refrigerate after opening.


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µMurmur or uMurmur is a minimalistic Mumble (software) server primarily targeted to run on embedded devices with an open OS like OpenWrt.
Project page for more info and most up-to-date documentation at https://github.com/umurmur/umurmur
So far there are two uMurmur packages available in the repos, one compiled against the PolarSSL library and one against the OpenSSL library. The PolarSSL variant needs less storage and less RAM:
opkg info umurmur-polarssl opkg info umurmur-openssl
Firewall: The default ports are 64738 tcp and 64738 udp. open them up in
The following list specifies package versions for latest stable release of OpenWrt. At time of writing Backfire 10.03.1.
|Minimalistic Mumble server daemon. Uses the PolarSSL library for SSL and crypto.
|Embedded SSL (library)
|Libconfig is a simple library for manipulating structured configuration files. This file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string parsing in application code. Libconfig is very compact – just 38K for the stripped C shared library (less than one-fourth the size of the expat XML parser library) and 66K for the stripped Cshared library. This makes it well-suited for memory-constrained systems like handheld devices. shared library. This makes it well-suited for memory-constrained systems like handheld devices.
On Linux you need to install the
mumble package, like this one. On Windows or MacOSX you have to download it: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/.
Note that uMurmur version 0.2.x is compatible with Mumble version 1.2.x series. Mumble version 1.1.x series is not compatible.
Example using shell access:
opkg install umurmur-polarssl vi /etc/umurmur.conf /etc/init.d/umurmur enable /etc/init.d/umurmur start logread
Check log output that the
uMurmurd started up OK.
open port 64738 for TCP and UDP in
vi /etc/config/firewall /etc/init.d/firewall reload
You should now be able to connect via the mumble protocol.
cat /etc/umurmur.conf
max_bandwidth = 48000;
welcometext = "Welcome to uMurmur!";
certificate = "/etc/umurmur/cert.crt";
private_key = "/etc/umurmur/key.key";
password = "";
max_users = 10;
# Root channel must always be defined first.
# If a channel has a parent, the parent must be defined before the child channel(s).
channels = ( {
name = "Root";
parent = "";
description = "The Root of all channels";
name = "Lobby";
parent = "Root";
description = "Lobby channel";
name = "Red team";
parent = "Lobby";
description = "The Red team channel";
name = "Blue team";
parent = "Lobby";
description = "The Blue team channel";
# Channel links configuration.
channel_links = ( {
source = "Lobby";
destination = "Red team";
source = "Lobby";
destination = "Blue team";
default_channel = "Lobby";
To enable/disable start on boot:
/etc/init.d/umurmur enable this simply creates a symlink to umurmur in "
/etc/init.d/umurmur disable this removes the symlink again
There is no privilege system implemented in uMurmur version < 0.2.10 meaning that users cannot be kicked, banned or muted by other users. If you have a need for this kind of functionality the options are:
Since uMurmur 0.2.10 there is a password based administration scheme. A package is available in OpenWRT trunk. For this to work you'd need to install the dependencies from trunk as well if you are running Backfire.
The most common error is the firewall. Double check connection problems with
iptables -n -v
and check those counters.
If users cannot connect and you get this error in the log
WARN: SSL handshake failed: -28672
you're probably running Backfire 10.03.1-rc4 with Polarssl 0.14. Upgrade to Backfire 10.03.1-RC5 or later.