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While on tour with Beach's Motorcycle Adventures in central Italy.
Sorry, late in the day and hadn't cleaned the windscreen.
It is in HDif you click on the 720 at the bottom RH corner of the frame.
While on tour with Beach's Motorcycle Adventures in central Italy.
Sorry, late in the day and hadn't cleaned the windscreen.
It is in HDif you click on the 720 at the bottom RH corner of the frame.
Last Saturday: 2 minutes of fun with my local riding buddies.
Dave Swider
Marin County, CA
Some bikes. Some with motors, some without.
If you're interested in Europe ..
Spain 2008 (Vienna to Gibraltar)
Corse 2010
Poland 2011 (first time in HD)
Airhead trailriding
Luckies, thanks for posting those videos. Great fun...and interesting too.
Just two minutes of the ride to breakfast last Sunday. The real reason for this video was to play with a new camera. If you've got the bandwidth you can go full screen and click on the HD button for a 1080p version. The quality is not quite where it should because I had some mount issues (failure to test alignment ) and had to rotate and zoom into the image to get things close to the proper orientation.
The camera is the Drift Innovation HD 170 Stealth. It was recently highly discounted by Amazon due to the release of a newer, smaller model from Drift.
MPEG Streamclip is free and you can do some editing with that.
My fleet: 2015 R1200GS, 2017 Toyota Prius Prime (plug-in hybrid)
Not everyone is stuck with winter can't-ride blues. This is from Jan 15th. I might have had to crank the heated liner to 30% from the normal 25% on the way to breakfast around sun-up. After breakfast I shot this leaving Pescadero on my way up to Alice's. Full screen HD available if you have the bandwidth.
Believe it or not, this road is in Pensacola!
[QUOTE=marchyman;744703]Not everyone is stuck with winter can't-ride blues. This is from Jan 15th. I might have had to crank the heated liner to 30% from the normal 25% on the way to breakfast around sun-up. After breakfast I shot this leaving Pescadero on my way up to Alice's. Full screen HD available if you have the bandwidth.
Loved this ride. Gotta know what camera you used - the video was good, but the audio was about the best I've heard on a motorcycle.
I downloaded it in HD, which takes a half hour when you have Internet stuck in you by Time Warner. Then, played it on the HDTV across the room, and it was terrific. It had me leaning into the turns with you. Sound was great, color looked realistic, not 'blown-out.'
This is the kind of video I'd like to be able to shoot, without a bunch of fuss and setup. Just leave the camera mount on my helmet, and click it in place before a good ride.
Please let me know the make/model you used.
The setup looks like this... the fuzzy thing is the wind sock over the recorder.
There wasn't much fuss to take the video. Turn camera 1 on, hit record. Turn camera 2 on, hit record. Turn recorder on, hit record. Take ride. The fuss comes after when I ingest the video and audio, upres the video from the Contour, sync the two cameras and audio, then start editing. The video from the bike mounted camera is close to unusable when the bike is idling and at low speeds in 1st gear. Too much bouncing around. The helmet mounted camera lets me fill in where I can't use the better video from the other camera. That three minutes was extracted from the first half of about 40 minutes worth of video. The audio is about 80% from the Zoom and about 20 % from the Drift. Post processing was done on a Mac using Final Cut Pro X.
Enough video geeking out. Since this is the video thread let me end with a video... it starts where the last video left off.
Here's a short video from a ride near my home.
Nice, Finn.
It looks like for some of that footage you had the camera mounted to your crash bars. Yes? I've tried mounting a camera to the crash bars on my R12GS but the vibration was so bad I didn't get any useable video. Were you using some kind of shock mount or is it just the difference between the R1200 and the F800?
Lostrider: Thanks for the ride!!!
Mike Horne
93 R100R Legend
Thanks fellows!
I use a Manfrotto variable friction Magic Arm + a Super Clamp for mounting my cameras in precarious places to get The Shot. (or at least slightly more interesting angles)
No shock mount, just dead weight. It's a pretty heavy-duty piece, I'd imagine it could help absorb the vibrations.
I doubt the little R has much less vibrations, just that the waves are far higher in frequency. I'm not sure what that translates through the lens, but I'll have to go shoot something like this on my 1200R to see.
Couldn't find any photos of the mount on the 8R, but here it is on my 8GS.
And to keep the video flowing in the video thread, here's a couple short unedited clip from another nearby ride, this time off tarmac and two-up.... I get lazy when it comes to video editing at home for fun.... most of my focus is on still images, I do video at work though more of the playback and live type stuff.
from Lost Rider on Vimeo.
from Lost Rider on Vimeo.
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KENT, Ohio (AP) — Tommie Jo Marsilio is a former union shop steward. She's a single mom. And she's a Mitt Romney voter.
"It's not my job to shatter stereotypes," she says. But she is. Two years ago she became the first Republican elected to the local county commission as part of a Republican wave in an Ohio county that Barack Obama won in 2008.
From the candidates' campaign headquarters in Boston and Chicago, the electorate looks like a series of demographic groups. Voters become bar charts — women and union members for Obama, men and retirees for Romney, all part of the metrics to measure turnout and make educated guesses about outcome. But on the ground in this battleground of battleground states, with early voting well under way, the reality can complicate the science and generalization.
In a race this close, how well Romney and the president target their voters, sway independent ones and get them to the Ohio polls might well determine the outcome of next Tuesday's election. But people often don't match the voter profiles.
Take John Petelin, a 43-year-old skilled tradesman, a white male who voted for a third-party candidate instead of Obama in 2008.
He might be expected to line up behind Romney. But he isn't.
"I'm an autoworker," Petelin said outside the Lorain County Board of Elections building where he had just voted for Obama. "It's been tough out there. And Romney wanted to kill us. I can't go for that."
Or Kris Donofrio, a mother with three children in college. Standing by her car after voting in Lorain, a north-central Ohio city west of Cleveland, she scoffs at Romney's suggestion that kids can borrow for school from their parents.
But her parents, staunch Democrats she said, are voting for Romney. "They're concerned about Medicare," she said. "They think Obamacare is not for them."
Ohio voters like these are steadily making their way into county polling places across the state, casting early ballots that will determine whether Ohio will serve as a Democratic firewall against Romney's advance or a fire pit where the president's candidacy will perish.
Across the country, about 15 million voters already have cast ballots in the presidential contest, according to the United States Elections Project at George Mason University. In Ohio, about a million have submitted absentee ballots or voted in person.
With just a week left before Election Day, Obama holds some clear edges in Ohio, not the least of which is an advantage in the early vote and a robust get-out-the-vote organization. He holds a narrow lead in some public polls in the state, though others show a neck-and-neck race as the campaign tightens in the homestretch.
Obama's political outreach, built on the broad base of support from 2008, is extensive and frequent. The auto industry, boosted by the government bailout, is resurgent.
In an interview with Cincinnati radio station WIZF that aired on Monday, Obama laid out the early vote strategy.
"We really want to bank as many votes as possible," he said. "So the fewer people who haven't voted yet, the better our Election Day operation is going to be."
But Romney, energized and locked in a dead heat nationally with the president, is mounting his own aggressive voter contact effort, partly counting on the inroads Republicans made in the state in 2010 and seeking to capitalize on discontent toward Obama among many independent voters. In county after county, campaign aides say, more Republicans are taking steps to vote early than did in 2008.
In Ohio so far, Democrats have a 31 percent to 24 percent lead among voters who have cast ballots in 50 of the state's 88 counties, according to data collected by The Associated Press. Forty-five percent of early voters in those counties were unaffiliated.
Those numbers have limitations. Party affiliation is based on the last primary in which someone voted, so new voters and those who don't vote in primaries are listed as unaffiliated.
A poll by Time magazine last week had Obama's advantage over Romney among early voters at 60-30 across the state.
And internal Republican polls also show Obama with leads even in Republican-leaning parts of the state, increasing the burden on Romney to do well on Election Day.
"We have seen a slight Democratic advantage in key districts in early and absentee votes," said Wes Anderson, a Republican pollster who has conducted surveys in congressional races in Ohio. "Those who have yet to vote are clearly trending Romney's way. The question is, is this movement toward Romney happening fast enough and big enough to overcome the slight deficit that he now has in early voting."
Romney advisers say they see signs that outside the big, populous counties, Romney could benefit from a wave of conservative voters as President George W. Bush did in 2004.
"Rural counties are really coming home," Romney political director Rich Beeson said. "You see it in early absentee and you see it in the intensity level. That's where we're going to make some ground."
Obama aides say the early turnout in Ohio is higher in counties that voted for him in 2008 than it is in precincts that voted for Republican John McCain that year.
Yet, a number of counties where Obama won four years ago, including Hamilton County in the Cincinnati suburbs, Stark County south of Cleveland and Portage County where Kent State University is located and where Marsilio is a commissioner, voted for Republican Gov. John Kasich and Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in 2010.
Besides Ohio, the eight other battlegrounds where the candidates are spending time and money are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin.
So far, Democratic voters casting early ballots outnumber Republicans in Ohio, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina and Nevada. Republican voters have the edge in Colorado. No votes will be counted until Nov. 6, but several battleground states report the party affiliation of people who have already cast ballots. Some, like Ohio, have large blocs of unaffiliated voters.
In North Carolina, more than 1.5 million people have cast ballots, 50 percent of them Democrats and 31 percent Republicans. In Iowa, about 471,000 people have already voted — 45 percent Democrats and 32 percent Republicans. About 433,000 voters in Nevada have cast ballots, 45 percent Democrats and 37 percent Republicans.
In Florida, about 1.8 million voters have cast ballots and Democrats have edged in front of Republicans, 42 percent to 41 percent, according to a tally by the AP. Republicans had the early lead among people who voted by mail, but the Obama campaign has made a big push since in-person early voting started Saturday.
About 804,000 voters have cast ballots in Colorado, and Republicans have a slight edge over Democrats, 39 percent to 36 percent.
Ohlemacher reported from Washington; Associated Press Senior Elections Research Coordinator Cliff Maceda contributed to this report.


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This talk will be an improved version of a talk I gave at Melbourne Perlmongers in 2010, with added funny pictures, pop-culture-references, bad puns, and less pointing at big blocks of Perl code.
This talk will cover web application development using HTML::FormHandler, a Perl library that harnesses the power of Moose's object system and combines it with DBIx::Class's ORM system. The result is a terrifyingly flexible, yet powerful, way to present and validate complex forms within your web applications.
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I've had my Charge 2 for several months now and I use it to track my calories burned during workouts. I focus on Barre, Reformer Pilates, Mat Pilates, TRX, and some bootcamp classes, and they are all 1 hour long.
I'm finding that my Charge 2 seems to be logging super low calories burned from the workout compared to others in the class who have Fitbit devices, Samsung Gear devices, and Apple Watches. For example, this morning I did a Barre Cardio class (30 minutes of Barre with 30 minutes of Tabata cardio incorporated) and it's saying that I burned 209 calories while 2 other people in the class said their devices picked up 390 and 420 calories burned. (Another issue of concern is steps counted, but I cannot give an example of that today because I didn't ask, but it said after that class I only took 300 "steps", but after jumping jacks, skaters, squat jumps, burpees, jump rope, and sumo squats jumps I would think it would have registered more than just 300 steps based on the arm movements)
I know that calories burned are not going to be the exact same from person to person, because it depends on heart rate, but for mine to be almost 200 calories lower seems a bit odd.
I have it set in the settings that it is on my right arm (which it is) and I am right arm dominant. It's tight on my wrist for accurate heart rate. I'm at a loss for what to do, I dug through other forms to see if there was another suggestion, but it seems that everyone seems to be having the opposite problem of calorie counting.
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, it is cool to see new faces around! Remember that, most of those activities that you mentioned, aren't step-based activities, so your Charge 2 won't track all of those movements as steps.
What I have not seen mentioned is the condition of MTHFR acronym for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase , which may be the actual root cause for the B12 deficiencies. This is a genetic condition that is rather common (some stats show upwards of 30% of the population), which causes breakdowns in the pathways that allow for adequate absorption of many of the B vitamins.. mainly folic acid and B12. B6 is also affected. There is a saying that MTHFR is not a problem until it is a big problem and many people and doctors have never heard of it. The Big problems usually represent via blood clots, fetal death and thrombosis. It is very important that people with MTHFR take the active form of vitamins including methyll forms of folic acid and B12. It is important to know the root cause as this is a genetic condition that can have life altering problems with a very easy fix (i.e. regulating folic intake and B12 intake.) Women, this is very important if you are of child bearing age and are thinking about getting pregnant. You must be on a methylfolate for more than 3 months at very high does (usually given via a prescription). I found out the hard way loosing two children that I have this condition, which is heartbreaking but a gift to the rest of my family who all have been tested. Such an easy fix and so tragic that it is on so few doctor's radar screens. People suffering from anxiety, depression, joint and nerve pain and a multitude of other issues could in fact have MTHFR as a root cause.
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Its been mentioned several times here however another time for the new readers never hurts. My big sign of low B12 is hoarse sounding voice and CANKER SORES. Several studies show that B12 helps clear up recurrent canker sores.
I suffered all my life with horrible cankers… found I had the MTHFR polymorphism, cured the deficiency with the methyl forms of both B12 and folate and POOF… gone. Haven't had one canker sore in 8 years.
Eve says
Do you know where I can find hydroxycobalamin B12? I cannot tolerate methylB12, am on GAPS and now expecting – so I don't want a huge dose either. Any ideas? Thanks!
Greg's company is in Australia, so shipping from there should be feasible for you. Just waiting for the announcement of his website.
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Resume: How can service companies get their employees to 'live the brand'? This thesis answers this question through a dialogue between practice and theory. It investigates the potential of philosophical-dialogical methods to transform abstract brand values into action in corporate branding praxis at TDC and explores opportunities to apply the methods in context of service companies in general. It develops an understanding of corporate branding as an organisational and cultural project in which collective dialogue-processes serve as the main sensemaking process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7813
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Windham to sell off skate park equipment
WINDHAM - With the town's skate park now permanently closed, the Windham Board of Selectmen voted unanimously last week to place the town's nine skateboarding ramps up for sale.
During the April 22 board meeting, Recreation Committee Chairman Dennis Senibaldi shared the most recent updates of the skate park's status.
The town's skate park in Griffin Park has been closed since mid-September, and earlier this month the board voted to close the park for good due to concerns over vandalism and other inappropriate behavior.
Senibaldi said the recreation committee looked at possible alternatives over the past month and researched the potential costs of relocating the park to another area of town or storing the equipment.
Options such as relocating the park to town-owned property, either behind the police station or between the fire station and library, were considered the but costs proved prohibitive.
Senibaldi said it could cost up to $30,000 to install a new concrete pad on either site, while the actual relocation of the park equipment would cost thousands more.
Possible storage sites were considered, including behind the police station and at the town's landfill, but neither area offers enough storage space to contain all nine pieces of equipment.
"Honestly, neither of those sites would be conducive to our needs," Senibaldi said. "These are large pieces that take up a lot of space."
The town's skate park equipment, made mostly of wood, is around 11 years old and it's likely that much of it wouldn't survive being dismantled and moved, meaning the ramps would need to be moved in one piece.
"If they're moved anywhere, they have to be moved to a flat spot if you want them to survive," Senibaldi said. "And if you store them then before you relocate them, it's double the money."
"Once you dismantle them, you might as well throw them out. They're wood construction, and it would be difficult to truly keep them in worthwhile shape," he said.
According to Town Administrator David Sullivan, the town has already received "a sizeable offer" from an unnamed individual interested in purchasing the equipment.
Sullivan said it would be inappropriate to disclose the identity of the potential buyer before placing the items up for bid.
Selectmen agreed that moving the park wasn't an economically feasible option.
"I think the board was very clear on this. We voted to close the park," Chairman Phil Lochiatto said. "Seeing the cost of moving it is exorbitant, I for one don't want to spend any money on the town side to move this."
With that, the board voted unanimously to reconsider its decision to remove and store the park's equipment.
"Based on the quotes we've received, there's really no option to move it," Selectman Roger Hohenberger said. "I had no idea it would cost so much money."
Bids for the equipment's sale will be accepted for 30 days. Upon the closing of the bid period, the sale will be finalized at a future selectmen's meeting.


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Crude oil futures prices breached nine-month highs in early February as improved economic signals from China and the U.S., robust financial market activity and colder temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere buoyed market sentiment. Brent futures last traded at $118.75/bbl and WTI at $97.35/bbl.
Despite signs of improvement in China and the U.S., weak macroeconomic conditions are forecast to keep global oil demand growth capped at around 840 kb/d in 2013, to 90.7 mb/d. The growth projection is 90 kb/d less than estimated last month, as the IMF trimmed their GDP forecast to 3.5%, from 3.6% previously.
Global supplies fell by 300 kb/d in January, to 90.8 mb/d. Non-OPEC production slipped by 190 kb/d from the prior month, to 54.2 mb/d but is expected to increase by 750 kb/d in 1Q13 y-o-y. For 2013, non-OPEC supply is projected to rise by 1 mb/d to 54.4 mb/d.
OPEC crude supply hit 12-month lows in January, off by 100 kb/d m‑o‑m to 30.34 mb/d despite slightly higher output in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. OPEC NGL supply was cut by 100 kb/d for 1Q13, partly due to the effect of a terrorist attack in Algeria. The 'call on OPEC crude and stock change' for 1Q13 was cut by 100 kb/d, to 29.7 mb/d.
OECD commercial stocks edged down by 22 mb in December to 2 688 mb, less than the average draw for that month. Crude and 'other products' led the decline while gasoline and middle-distillate stocks increased. Total products now cover 30.4 days, 0.4 day higher than at end-November.
The estimate of global refinery crude runs has been cut to 75.1 mb/d for 1Q13 but remains up by 515 kb/d on 4Q12. Plant maintenance slashed U.S. runs in January, but Asian runs hit new highs ahead of Chinese maintenance. Strong Atlantic Basin gasoline cracks, resilient gasoil cracks and narrowing fuel oil discounts lifted January margins.
Yesterday afternoon the EIA released their Short Term Energy Outlook. As mentioned above they raised their projection for oil demand growth for 2013. Following are the main oil related highlights from the EIA report.
Market fundamentals and expectations strengthened in January 2013 because of earlier-than-expected cutbacks in Saudi Arabian oil production and greater optimism about economic growth, particularly in China, which have supported higher oil prices. EIA expects oil markets to tighten in the first quarter of 2013, but increasing global supply more than offsets higher global consumption through the rest of the forecast period. Projected world supply increases by 1.1 million bbl/d in 2013 and 2.0 million bbl/d in 2014, with most of the growth coming from outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). North America will account for much of this growth. Projected world liquid fuels consumption grows by an annual average of 1.0 million bbl/d in 2013 and 1.4 million bbl/d in 2014. Countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) drive expected consumption growth.
World liquid fuels consumption grew by 0.9 million bbl/d in 2012 to reach 89.2 million bbl/d. EIA expects that this growth will pick up in 2013 and accelerate in 2014 because of a moderate recovery in global economic growth; consumption reaches 90.2 million bbl/d in 2013 and 91.6 million bbl/d in 2014. Non-OECD Asia is the leading regional contributor to expected global consumption growth.
OECD liquid fuels consumption declined by 0.4 million bbl/d in 2012. EIA projects OECD consumption to further decline by 0.3 million bbl/d in 2013 because of declining consumption in Europe. OECD consumption flattens in 2014 as European consumption begins to flatten in response to higher economic growth.
China's economy has improved since the third quarter of 2012. as key manufacturing indexes and refinery crude oil inputs have increased. Infrastructure investment and consumer spending indicate signs of strong economic growth in China, although not at the high rates seen in recent years. EIA also expects refinery crude oil inputs to be bolstered in 2013 as oil product inventories are restocked and new refining capacity comes on line. EIA estimates that liquid fuels consumption in China increased by 380,000 bbl/d in 2012, and will increase by 450,000 bbl/d in 2013 and by 470,000 bbl/d in 2014.
EIA projects non-OPEC liquids production will increase by 1.2 million bbl/d in 2013 and by another 1.4 million bbl/d in 2014. North America accounts for about two-thirds of the projected growth in non-OPEC supply over the next two years because of continued production growth from U.S. tight oil formations and Canadian oil sands. EIA has slightly lowered its forecast for the growth in Canadian oil production in 2013, due in part to further delays in initial production from the Kearl oil sands mining project.
OPEC member countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, cut production heavily in fourth-quarter 2012, which contributed to an increase in crude oil prices at the start of 2013. Projected OPEC crude oil supply decreases by 0.3 million bbl/d in 2013 from the year before and then rises by 0.3 million bbl/d in 2014. Most of the decline in 2013 comes from Saudi Arabia, which responds to non-OPEC growth and increasing production from some OPEC members, such as Iraq, Nigeria, and Angola. In Angola, output at the BP-operated PSVM (Plutão, Saturno, Vénus, and Marte) development recently came on line. Production at PSVM is expected to build this year and peak at 150,000 bbl/d in 2014.
EIA estimates that OECD commercial oil inventories at the end of 2012 totaled 2.66 billion barrels, equivalent to 57.2 days of supply. Projected OECD oil inventories fall slightly and end 2013 at 2.63 billion barrels (56.4 days of supply). Inventories increase slightly to 2.69 billion barrels (57.8 days of supply) by the end of 2014.


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Big Event 4 with Dave Mirra & Bucky Lasek - Oct. 13 - presented by Gillman Subaru SW
Here we go again!!
Everyone is invited, ...HOU, DAL, SA, ATX, ...all of TXIC, (and more).
The BIG EVENT 4 presented by Gillman Subaru SW
(1) Special Appearances by Subaru PUMA RallyCross Drivers Dave Mirra & Bucky Lasek:
Bucky Lasek:
Best know for his skills on a skateboard, 12-time X Games Skateboard Vert medalist Bucky Lasek began his journey into racing on a shifter kart at his local California track, Moran Raceway.
Soon thereafter, Lasek began driving training at Miller Motorsports park in Tooele, Utah. Consequent racing exposure includes the Skip Barber Racing and Team O'Neil Rally schools, MMRP Mustang Challenge Series, Porsche Cup races, and an intensive rally training regimen at the DirtFish Rally School on Snoqualmie, Washington.
Dave Mirra:
Mirra became a pro BMX rider in 1992 and holds the records for winning the most total X Games medals as well as the most Gold medals. He is one of the world's best known action sports athletes and is credited with bringing freestyle BMX into the mainstream.
Mirra completed a test and training program with SRT USA in late 2007 and ran half of the 2008 Rally America National Championship, earning 2008 Rookie of the Year honors. He impressed everyone in his rally debut at X Games 14, where he earned a Bronze medal after beating top 2 North American drivers in head-to-head heats.
Competing for SRT USA, Mirra added more driving experience in the Rally America National Championship (2009-2011) and rallycross (2010-2011) to his resume. He finished 4th overall for the season in Rally America, and, while competing at summer X Games 17, he narrowly missed a podium finish. He also competed in two 2012 GRC events, garnering 4th and 6th place finishes.
Bucky Lasek and Dave Mirra will be at the event from:
10:00-11:30 & 12:00-1:30 (tentative times)
Don't forget your Sharpie and any memorabilia you'd like autographed. (we will have lots of goodies as well)
(2) Shop Day:
Rules and Registration:
- There will be a required $20 payment to Gillman for using their bays. With this fee you will get two bands and one t-shirt. One band is for you and one for a passenger.
- If you are going to be in the shop you are required to have a band.
- If you are not working on a car, but want to be in the shop you will need to pay $5 for a band.
- No one under 13 will be allowed in the shop area.
- We are doing this to keep the shop area a little less congested for everyones safety.
- No open toed shoes, flip flops, or sandals.
- There is a 2 hour maximum per car per shop bay. If you run over the 2 hour maximum, you will be charged an additional $20, plan your time accordingly.
- The money collected for working on your car, and entry into the shop will help to offset the additional required safety equipment, and other needs for the day.
Shop Day Registration & info thread:
(3) Car Show
We have many of Houston's local teams bringing a selection of their cars, as well as a "Subaru" only area and awards, including special award presented. This years event will have a Subaru car show and "Open" class show for non-Subarus. All cars pre-refgistered will receive an event shirt and Subaru goodie bag.
Subaru Classes:
Best Impreza 97-01
Best Impreza 02-03
Best Impreza 04-05
Best Impreza 06-07
Best Impreza 08+
Best Legacy
Best Other (Forester, Outback, Tribeca, Brat/Baja, etc...)
Best Subaru (overall)
People's Pick
Bucky Lasek's Pick
Dave Mirra's Pick
Open Classes:
Open Class Street (1st & 2nd)
Open Class Mild (1st & 2nd)
Best Performance
Best Paint
Best Interior
Best Stance
Best ICE
Best JDM
Best of Show (Open Class)
7:00am - 9:00am Registration and load in
9:00am - 2:30pm A whole bunch of stuff (will be updated as needed)
3:00pm Awards Ceremony
Car Show Pre-Registration Thread:
With last years count of cars, we'd like to shoot for 40-50 Subarus in addition to the mix of other reserved tuner cars. All entries will receive a free goodie bag including an Event T-shirt.
To reserve your spot, please post in the above thread AND PM JohnP or glilly.
And be on the look-out for these two SEMA cars to be featured at the Big Event as well!
(4) 2013 Subaru XV CrossTrek debut:
The all new 2013 Subaru BRZ will be on hand. Take a seat, take a pic, place your order.
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— The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications seeks to honor New Hampshire residents who have worked to protect free speech and free press.
Nominations are open for the school's 11th annual First Amendment Award, honoring diligence in protecting free press and free speech liberties. Recipients will be recognized Nov. 12 at a luncheon at the Executive Court Conference Center in Manchester.
A committee of judges chooses recipients from public nominations. First Amendment recipients receive a bronze eagle sculpture created by Mrs. Loeb and a $1,500 award.
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The award and the school are legacies of the late Nackey S. Loeb, president and publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News.
Past recipients include former New Hampshire Attorney General Philip McLaughlin, former Keene Sentinel Executive Editor Thomas F. Kearney, The Laconia Citizen, political activist and former legislator Daniel Hughes, former Dover City Councilor David Scott, Londonderry High School Journalism Advisor Mary Lukas, First Amendment attorney William Chapman, former ConVal School Board member Gail Pierson Cromwell, The Portsmouth Herald and David Lang and the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire.
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Officers Follow Map for Success in Catching Armed Robber
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Some good police work from District 5 that illustrates how officers solve crime:
Each day, a map is developed to highlight violent crimes in District 5 and it serves as a method for which to deploy proactive squads. During his roll call briefing on July 30, 2012, District 5 Sergeant Adam Zieger discussed the deployments and provided his officers with the map for their reference. Sergeant Zieger specifically noted a series of armed robberies in the area surrounding N. 9th Street and W. Ring that shared similar suspect descriptions and time frame. Sergeant Zieger designated this area of patrol to District 5 bicycle Officers Chauncey Harris, Michael Walker and Timothy Gauerke.
Within a short time of being in the area, the officers' attention was drawn to an occupied motor vehicle, which fled upon approach by the officers. Several additional squads responded and a foot pursuit also ensued and the suspect was taken into custody. Immediately following the foot pursuit, an armed robbery was broadcast as having occurred at a business in the area of N. 9th and W. Ring, approximately one block from their foot pursuit.
District 5 Officer Robert Watts was the investigating officer and with the assistance of other officers, developed leads that positively identified one suspect as being involved in the robbery. It was also learned that this same suspect fled from uniformed officers one day prior when they arrived at his residence to conduct a home visit for his probation/parole supervision status.
In the investigation that followed, the suspect that had been taken into custody had been positively identified as being involved in this robbery, as well as three others in the area.
We commend the officers for their diligent patrol in a "hot spot," and Officers Blaine Grabowski and Michael Washington who found the subject fleeing from officers in the yard. Several other officers were able to provide information that positively linked these suspects and conduct follow-up to ensure a successful prosecution. This is a great example of the teamwork on display each day at District 5 and throughout the Milwaukee Police Department, of the concentrated enforcement efforts by officers.
We also commend District 4 officers for their efforts. On July 31, 2012, District 4 officers were able to take the at-large suspect into custody during a foot pursuit. Those officers also recovered the weapon used in the armed robbery offenses.


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Can anybody suggest me an open-source code software that I can use for my research. I have to incorporate non-functional requirements (performance, security, etc.) into the architectural design and evaluate them. For this incorporation I need to extend UML representation. I have tried to do this with ArgoUML, but its latest version does not support sequence diagrams and I don't want to use its older versions. Can anybody help me by suggesting an open-source code software that I can use for my research.
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I want to introduce other open source uml tool.
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StarUML supports sequence diagram..
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The latest beta version of ArgoUML does support sequence diagrams.
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I could do the sidecar, but she's three weeks old and I've been taking half an ambien.. and it doesn't make me do weird things at all. The ambien just helps me fall asleep.
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"Extraordinary Measures," starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford, is a desperate drama of a father racing against time to find a cure for a rare genetic disease that is killing two of his children. So you know going in that the challenge for director Tom Vaughan is how to handle the science and the sentiment -- tear-soaked terrain that has proved difficult for filmmakers over the years from "Love Story" to "Lorenzo's Oil."
Vaughan opts for restraint on both fronts, giving us a life-and-death story that feels brisk, business-like and oddly emotionless as we follow the deterioration of the kids and the difficulties of the research, as well as the business of turning a scientific theory into a life-saving, and as important, profit-generating treatment.
Speaking of profit, the film is also first off the assembly line of CBS Films, created a couple of years ago to put the network in the feature film business with an eye to modestly budgeted movies for grown-ups. If "Extraordinary Measures" is the template, a sort of uplifting drama that neither touches the heart nor tests the brain -- a film that wouldn't make the Showtime (also owned by CBS) or HBO quality cut -- then the venture is at best a work in progress.
The film was inspired by the very real struggles of the Crowley family, whose two youngest children were born with Pompe's disease (a cousin of multiple sclerosis), and "The Cure," Geeta Anand's book about their plight. It opens on Megan's (Meredith Droeger) 8th birthday as she zooms around the house in her wheelchair, breathing tube at her neck, funny and feisty despite her illness. Though the scene sets a hopeful tone the filmmakers will mostly cling to, the darker reality is never far away. We soon learn that life expectancy for a child with Pompe is 9 years.
And so the clock is ticking, with the tension in the story coming from two sides -- the advancing disease that is draining the life out of Megan and 6-year-old Patrick (Diego Velazquez) and the difficulties of getting any drug developed these days, particularly for such a rare condition. (In Pompe's case between 5,000 and 10,000 worldwide are thought to be affected.)
Written by Robert Nelson Jacobs ("Chocolat"), the film holds closely to the essence of the Crowleys' saga, which means there is a lot to cover. The filmmakers set a breakneck pace with scenes served up quicker than fast food at a drive-through -- we've barely found our footing in Nebraska, where John Crowley (Fraser) has tracked down the leading researcher of Pompe, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Ford), when we zoom back to John's office in Portland. Then we're off to the house or the hospital or some new place that we'll forget before it even has a chance to register. Between the business emergencies and the kids' medical crises, you need a flow chart to keep up.
"Extraordinary Measures" also would have been helped by less corporate intrigue and more character. You feel it especially keenly with Ford, who does a credible job as an eccentric and ornery scientist, but there's not enough meat on the bones for him to really dig in. Meanwhile, Fraser attacks his role like a linebacker, barreling through scenes in a breathless effort to keep up.
One of the nicer turns is by Keri Russell as John's wife, Aileen, who makes you believe her brave front as she stays home and cares for the kids. And young Droeger gives Megan that old-soul optimism that you find in children who have spent too much of their life being rushed through hospital corridors.
The story is poignant and compelling, but ultimately the film doesn't have the heft it needs to fill out the big screen. If CBS Films wants to play in "The Blind Side" arena (a connection they're evoking in ads), they're going to have to step it up significantly to even get in the game.


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An article by Dr. Obbink from TLS:
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Qimmik wrote:An article by Dr. Obbink from TLS:
Two points:
1. "documented legal provenance".
Qimmik wrote:I'm not unconcerned about the widespread looting of items of cultural heritage, but I simply thought it was premature to become vexed over the provenance of this particular piece of mummy cartonage. Some of the antiquities on the market today have legal provenance, as Dr. Obbink asserts this one does--leaving aside whether it was ethical to unearth and export these items before legislation prohibited the practice.
But of course no one thought in terms of the ethical component of archeology until very recently. If they had, the museums of London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles etc. would be empty of antiquities today; the great university collections of papyri would be bare; and Bacchylides, Menander, the Partheneion of Alcman, poems of Sappho, Archilochus, Steisichorus--the list goes on and on--would remain unread.


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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes to conclude deals on the sale of fighter jets and aircraft engines to India next week which could be worth more than $7.5 billion, defense industry sources said on Wednesday.
Putin, who visits India on Monday, has his sights set on selling 42 Sukhoi SU-30MKI fighters and on the long-term supply of 970 warplane engines, one of the sources said.
The source did not put a value on the deals because, he said, the size of the orders had not yet been agreed.
"There is no total figure for the volume of engine contracts. It depends on what they (India) order," he said. But another industry insider said the contracts could bring in at least $7.5 billion for Russia, one of the world's largest arms exporters.
"The deals are expected to be announced during Putin's trip to India," said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Russian defense think-tank CAST. "The price for everything together will be between $7.5 billion and $8 billion."
The Russian Defense Ministry and the Kremlin declined comment.
If concluded, the deals would boost a Russian industry whose export market has shrunk since last year's Arab uprisings.
India, cautiously watching regional rival China's growing military might, has been the top importer of Russian weapons.
The Russian arms industry, nurtured under Putin's first presidency from 2000 to 2008, has sold weapons to post-Soviet states and Cold War allies for decades on the strength of Soviet-era technology.
But the industry has largely stagnated due to a lack of funding since the collapse of the Soviet Union, leaving weapons manufacturers dependent on outdated designs. (Reuters)


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D-backs pull out 4-1 win over Astros
PHOENIX (AP) — Working the black worked out nicely for Bronson Arroyo.
Enticing Houston's aggressive hitters by throwing to the corners and out of the strike zone, Arroyo pitched seven strong innings to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-1 win over the Astros on Tuesday.
"These guys are really aggressive and young, so I don't think they'd change their approach that much," Arroyo said. "It allowed me to stay on the outer half and get a lot of groundballs."
Arroyo (6-4) matched Houston starter Brad Peacock through seven innings before the Diamondbacks scored two runs off Josh Fields (1-4) in the seventh.
Hill hit a sacrifice fly in the inning and Cody Ross knocked him in with a double to right-center after an error by Astros shortstop Jonathan Villar. Hill added a run-scoring double in the eighth inning to put Arizona up 4-1.
Paul Goldschmidt also homered and Addison Reed worked a perfect ninth for his 16th save. Arizona has won six of eight after its latest rally-from-a-slow-start game.
"We've been pushing on, guys staying with their approach," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. "A lot of talking on the bench and we've made some adjustments in-game when we've had to."
The Astros have been superb on the road over the past month, winning eight of their previous nine, including the series opener against Arizona Monday night.
Houston had no answer for Arroyo, though, managing seven hits — three of those by Jon Singleton — while going 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
"He was throwing the ball good," Peacock said. "We've been doing a great job jumping on people, but he's one of the best starters in the game and we just couldn't get to him today."
Arroyo has hit his stride since a spring-training back injury limited his effectiveness early in the season.
The right-hander won his last outing, against Colorado last Wednesday, and has pitched well against the Astros, entering Tuesday's start 9-1 with a 2.05 ERA his last 12 starts against them.
He labored through the first two innings, working around six baserunners while throwing 42 pitches. The right-hander breezed through the next three innings before Matt Dominguez followed Singleton's leadoff double by lining a run-scoring single through Arizona's drawn-in infield to tie the game at 1-all.
Arroyo got some defensive help along the way, including a pair of strike-out, throw-out double plays and a nifty grab up the middle by Hill on a short-hop in the seventh inning.
Arroyo allowed a run on six hits and struck out five.
"He's hitting his stride here, got on a pretty good roll," Gibson said. "He knows how to get guys out."
Peacock won his previous three starts and was sharp in his first game against Arizona.
Goldschmidt splashed a solo homer into the pool in right-center off him in the first inning, but the right-hander allowed two more hits after that — a pair of infield singles in the second.
Peacock walked four and struck out three in six innings.
"Peacock did a great job," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "Six innings, strong, he finally started to use the top of the strike zone, did a good job of keeping us right there."
Notes: The Diamondbacks have hit a double in 23 straight games, longest since club-record 32-game streak in 2006. ... Peacock has pitched at least five innings and has yet to allow more than four runs in nine starts after opening the season in the bullpen. ... Houston LHP Dallas Keuchel will go for his team-leading eighth win of the season when Astros head home to face the Diamondbacks and RHP Brandon McCarthy on Wednesday.


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As adolescents, nowadays, we have to face many challenges and hardships that adults may never have experienced. This gap has made it, at times, impossible for adults to understand what the younger generation is going through. This gap, coupled with the inability to voice our opinions, has made adolescence in our world today that much harder. For this reason, we believe that it is vital that the world listens to us to learn about what it is to be an adolescent today, what needs to be done and what adolescents can do to create a better place for all, because it is not just games and fun that adolescents care about. And thanks to The State of the World's Children this year, many of those topics have been addressed, and hopefully there will be a difference.
To make this publication a reality, adolescents from all around the globe have shared with us their thoughts, feelings and/or real stories either about themselves or about people they know. Each of the adolescent voices, whether speaking of personal problems or of regional and global issues, has its own strong message to show the world the many diverse aspects of an adolescent's life today. However, it is important to keep in mind that this publication contains a collection of truths, but like each adolescent, each truth is unique and invokes an individual's experience and does not necessarily represent all adolescent experiences or truths.
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Signamancy is one of the three disciplines of the Magic class Hippiemancy; it is aligned with the axis of Fate and composed of the two elements of Life and Matter.Erf-b1-p038a
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Signamancy is one of the three disciplines of the Magic class Hippiemancy; it is aligned with the axis of Fate.Erf-b1-p038a
Natural Signamancy refers to the appearance of units, with some implication that the exterior appearance is tied to an interior predisposition or personality.
Jillian: Became queen and began to lose some of her lean warrior muscle appearance. Looked fuller and more "royal." With the lost muscle tone she acquiring a grace in her posture.
Slately: Claimed that signamancy was a terrible curse. It revealed his true nature, "No unipegataur-riding warrior king was he, no towering leader and orator." Since he avoids battle and allows his chief warlord and other princes run the kingdom for him, he has shrunk, gotten fat, and his hair has turned white.
Also, other leaders appearance reflect a less vigorous lifestyle and may be due to signamancy. Don King and Al Frappacino. What effect if any it might have on Stanley (a non-Noble Infantry Unit promoted up through the ranks to Overlord) are unknown, but his stature seems the same as in flashbacks and he is known to still engage in combat on occasion (such as taming dwagons). It's possible that Stanley's appearance reflects that he acts like a spoiled child.
- Caster abilities: As of yet Unknown
- Jillian states in IP(TSF) 30 that sides with Signamancers tend to have the nicest looking captials, though it is not stated how they accomplish this.
Known Signamancers
- Brother Labeler, formerly of Faq, before its fall.
- Apparently Transylvito has some.
- Delphie Temple uses a cosmetic Signamancy spell as a make-up, probably of her own design.
- A Jetstone caster (presumably Ace Hardware) applies war paint to King Slately in order to give him fearsome Signamancy.
Hippiemancy is the magic of relationships: detecting and altering the forces of opposition and attraction which bind people or units. While no actual Signamancers or Signamancy has appeared in Erfworld canon yet, we can infer some things about the discipline's nature from indirect comments on it. Author and creator Rob Balder has said about Signamancy, "Signamancy. Like the Peace sign, man. Like the protest sign, man. Signs, signs, everywhere a sign. Far out." The precise meaning of this is unclear; however, he is drawing a direct link between a visible symbol or word and a desired result. This is further strengthened by the nature of Signamantic philosophy - that all physical appearances are simply symbolic manifestations of the underlying "truth" of Erfworld.Erf-b1.5-p037 Based on these, it seems that Signamancy is in some way concerned with the relationship between "real" things and the symbols that represent them - the relationship between the map and the territory, so to speak. Signamancy is also a Hippiemancy, which may indicate certain things about the flavor and details of the discipline, but since no other Hippiemancy is adequately described as of now, it is hard to draw concrete conclusions from this connection.
There has been some speculation about Parson being a Signamancer, based on the above clues and Janis's lieErf-b1-p140 that he's some kind of Hippiemancer.
As Signamancy supposedly deals with the relation of what is seen and what is there it's likely that Signamancers are at least good at psychology if it's not actually included in the abilities.
Signamancy may also lend itself to forms of divination, wherein one asks questions and uses APPARENTLY random factors- such as dice rolls, drawing symbols from a container, cards, runes, what have you- and interpeting these as signs of what shall come to pass; if so, this would relate to the fate axis indeed.
Signmancy may have to do with refusing the intangible rules, as in a protest with signs where units seeing it are caused to have to 'roll against loyalty/duty' and on a fail be able to disobey orders without popping out of existence.
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Also, analogous to Buddhist Enlightenment/Awakening in general [1] particularly in light of Signamancy being an discipline of Hippiemancy with a sister discipline of Flower Power. For example that "The Signamancers claimed that all Stuff was Foolamancy." Erf-b1.5-p037 (note capitalized "Stuff" and "Foolamancy") is perhaps a paraphrasing directly the phrase "the world is illusion" as it is often expressed from an Enlightened perspective.


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We will need to collect phone numbers into a daily spreadsheet, everyday you will collect 100-200 numbers and add them to a spreadsheet file for long term project
To read and proofread and check Evaluation assessment sheet
The concept is a realistic sci fi fantasy We need character turnaround + expression sheet for every character. The style need to be exactly as in the attached files. The style is a mixture of hand drawn, digital, realistic, cartoon, anime. You can also see Avatar - the last airbender or Avatar - the legend of Korra as good examples for the style
I need want to prepare scratch from excel. Thanks
I have a list of 73 hotels in Greece (list has already the names), I need to fill up the list with the following info: - web page link - [zaloguj się, aby wyświetlić URL] link - [zaloguj się, aby wyświetlić URL] rate - booking number of reviews - address - phone number - email - google maps link - proximity to the sea ( by the sea, up to 1km, no) - View (see view, other, no) - stars rating ( if av...
Automatically move photo attachments to Dropbox folder (or create folder if doesn't exist) if it matches google sheet. Will be based on addresses.
Love excel sheet for Clinical handover of patients at the hospital . Different doctors should be able to update that excel sheet and it should show date and time of update .
We are using Google Sheet as a CRM to manager some trasport services. Each line of the sheet is the service, while the columns are all the data involved: Service ID, customer email, name, addresses, date and times, driver details, etc. We need the option, for each line (not batch, but e.g. possibile selecting the Service ID), to send some emails following
I am running a production department, I am attempting to create a sheet to take production. It is a bit complicated and needs to be interactive on a certain level. I can give more information upon request.
I am looking for an expert who has some deep knowledge in machine learning to help me set up an algorithm for stock price prediction. Technology : Python using Sklearn module or similar ( Preferred ) Currently, I am using four different trading strategies : 1. Linear regression strategy with HL_PCT and PCT_CHNG. 2. MACD Trading Strategy. 3. MACD
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A simple b&w flyer to hand out describing a basic service we offer
We need to make a site which can get prices of Indian stock markets and mutual funds (using API) from free sources like bse / nse / google finance etc and one can also make portfolio there .. example: ET Portfolio ([zaloguj się, aby wyświetlić URL]) Please bid only if you have made similar sites in past.
Looking for someone to build a mobile application that will read from and write to an excel document that is located on our desktop, or other specified location. I would like for this program to allow me to take pictures with my phone and add several columns to an excel document that will be used for advertising and marketing.
I have inventory excel sheet that only require you to search for products online and find their dimensions (weight/width/length/height) and copy them into the right column. Rest assure I have designed a random check on products to see if the dimensions been inserted correctly. Only and only then I will pay. I will also need it ASAP so please in your
I am looking for a creative graphic designer to create a one page sell sheet for a product I am selling. I have all the texts written for the sell sheet but I need someone who can add designs to the sheet and give it a professional appearance. If you think you can take on this project, send me a reply and I can provide more information. Thanks.
Specific design for an inspection sheet, using aspx, bootstrap and sql server
We are looking for someone to design our website using the WebFlow platform. We want the site to give users a test and based on their answers redirect them to a page with a list of political candidates that match their beliefs.
Need a work report sheet in pdf. The report will contains the patrol details of my employee with location and timings. Time Period Aug 20 to Sept 20. Mostly copy, paste and edit work. Pretty simple. Please Note: I want exact same design, colour, fonts, front size. EXACT SAME. So kindly check the attachment before bidding. Thanks I need the report
Need to let buyer add in the price instead of admin to set the price in Opencart front end. 1) User add in the price in a text box on a particular product 2) User add to cart 3) User checkout like normal as per price 4) Direct to payment gateway 5) Send notification through email to user and admin once done Item 2 to 4 is basically Opencart basic function
...every day. We would like this dropped into a Google Sheet so that we can have an Automatic Daily updated report (dashboards are linked to this Google Sheet). The output required is: Column A: Date Column B to F: Product Sales Then each day, a new line gets added to the bottom of the Google Sheet when the email comes through There are only 18
...displays some data in a table ([zaloguj się, aby wyświetlić URL]!/app/reports/media) 4) Change some drop-down parameters (e.g. to show yesterday's data only AND select the option to display the tracking code) 5) Extracts the data displayed in the table and paste it into a Google Sheet. This must be outputted in the Google Sheet as shown below
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Need Google Sheet customization. Please address this project only if you have good experience with this tool. We will need assistance with it and extra features on demand for a long period of time. Need quick TAT and immediate availability.
I need someone to create a PR sheet for music promotion for me. This will include emails from artists and blogs/ music promotion youtube pages
We have multiple lasers that cut out acrylic sheet. Everything is drawn on AI and imported into the laserworks. Our AI drawer gets backed up sometimes and I need help with additional drawings. I can email a hand done drawing with specs, and then I need it drawn in AI in 2 dimensions to easily be converted for laser cutting. (Sometimes engraving also)
...with google Sheet API. If you do not, please do not bid on this. From a chrome extension, we need to send data into a google sheet. We have a shell chrome extension already built so you can focus on the sheet export. Attached to project is example data in json format. Cut & paste will not work. Cut/paste is not accurate enough to get data into...
The Input File contains one single sheet with Multi-Level BOM - i.e. Multiple BOMs linked to each other. The output File is One file with Multiple sheets - each containing one single unlinked BOM.
integration with google sheet live with software
I have some work, in an Excel spreadsheet.
Greeting, You need to create a script for spreadsheet (google sheet) to automatic sending e-mail at the end of the day. The spreadsheet is filled out all day by the users. At the end of the day, an email with basic information (columns A, D, E, H) is automatically sent to the emails listed in column I. Email is sent every day at 15:00 no matter if it
Hello, We are building a 2d Game initially(and then more projects like 2d, 3d games and animation series)...initially(and then more projects like 2d, 3d games and animation series) . We are looking for an artist who can work with us. This project is: Build a 2d Character sprite Sheet of a warrior princes and princess from India. Best Regards, Vinay
Hi, we run a health and lifestyle consultancy business. We want to create a google sheets based tracker to track lifestyle habits and behaviours vs goals, plus subjective ratings for things like sleep and energy levels. The idea is to provide scores and "gamify" managing your lifestyle. It will need to have daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly summaries in the form of charts a...
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Re-create the attached excel spreadsheet into a new excel spreadsheet template that I can use. Each column will have a value. At the end of each column there needs to be an AVERAGE of all the values in that column. Give me one chance to do work with you.
I need to edit a macro which controls an export functionality on a spreadsheet to update the base data and the format of the export file.
Re-create the attached excel spreadsheet into a new excel spreadsheet template that I can use. Each column will have a value. At the end of each column there needs to be an AVERAGE of all the values in that column.
1. Cluster stocks based on the price momentum by generating association rules 2. Use the clusters or association rules to determine the price momentum pattern 3. Develop a predictive model using SVM
hi .. I need to create a one page price sheet for DevSecOps. we will pay for the hosting all of the software. please use hosting, Jenkins, Checkmarx and then integration cost Thank you


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Weekly Wire:the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Corruption Perceptions Index
Transparency International
"The Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 serves as a reminder that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world. The Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). No country has a perfect score, and two-thirds of countries score below 50. This indicates a serious, worldwide corruption problem. Hover on the map above to see how your country fares. The world urgently needs a renewed effort to crack down on money laundering, clean up political finance, pursue the return of stolen assets and build more transparent public institutions." READ MORE
How to Measure a Post-2015 MDG on Good Governance
Global Integrity
"There's been plenty of chatter in recent months about a possible post-2015 Millennium Development Goal on governance following the release of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The report called out "good governance and effective institutions" as one of 12 "illustrative" goals that nations might consider when adopting new development targets for the post-2015 era. This is potentially big news for transparency and accountability boosters; enshrining good governance in the post-2015 MDG process could provide significant political cover for continued reform efforts while simultaneously unlocking new resources for the work.
A chief risk to the prospect of a good governance goal is the data problem. How would we measure countries' progress towards "good governance" in a post-2015 framework? Whose data should be used? Is it accurate and robust enough for such an august task? Is it possible to generate quality data on a global scale, regularly, that could be used for tracking?" READ MORE
Internet Giants Like Google Take On New Roles In Indian Elections
Tech President
"Last week Google India launched an online portal for all things election-related. The portal is meant to educate voters about the electoral process and provide information about political parties and candidates. A press release describes it as a "one stop destination" to help voters make an informed decision.
The portal home page aggregates election-related news, and potential voters can refine their search by different parties and/or states. There are additional pages for 'Videos,' a collection of Google hangouts and YouTube videos, and for information on 'How to register,' which helpfully addresses frequently searched-for questions and links people to online registration forms." READ MORE
Austria and Bosnia Introduce Budget Transparency Portals
International Budget Partnership
"Public availability of municipal spending data is nothing new in Austria. But despite the existence of an Austrian Open Government Data portal (http://data.gv.at), local budget data is not entirely accessible. Data is often locked up in PDF documents, and thus not machine readable, which makes it more difficult to use in analysis or for the creation of data visualizations. But now, spending data for Austria's municipalities is only a click away.
The Centre for Public Administration Research (KDZ) is an NGO in Austria with sound knowledge of public finances. In a project funded by the Bank Austria, KDZ recently launched the portal www.offenerhaushalt.at that provides access to the spending data of all 2,356 municipalities in Austria. However, it is the responsibility of each municipality's mayor to publish the budget data via the new portal." READ MORE
Will e-publishing help Africa switch on to reading?
BBC News Africa
"Publishers have long bemoaned Africa's lack of a "book culture" but some hope that the advent of smartphones and the Internet could help change this, writes journalist Chris Matthews.
The 566% increase in worldwide Internet usage since the start of the millennium might appear staggering but not when compared with Africa, where online activity has grown by an astonishing 3,606%.
More than 160 million people are now connected throughout the continent, mostly on mobile phones." READ MORE
5 Steps to Social Innovation with ICT
ICT Works
"IICD uses a distinctive participatory and multi-stakeholder approach in developing social innovation programs with information and communication technologies.
Whereas many ICT for Development (ICT4D) projects focus on the transfer of new or innovative technologies, IICD focuses not on technology, but on people. More than 15 years of experience has proven that this approach works. In 80% of IICD projects, partner organisations succeed in integrating ICT into their core business by the end of the project period. This is an impressive track record compared to the average sustainability figure of 15% for ICT4D projects.
IICD's focus is on strengthening individual, organisational and institutional capacities so that people and organisations in developing countries can use ICTs effectively and independently to achieve their development goals. In a period of about three to five years, we guide our partners through a participatory process in which they work together in a network of like-minded organisations, experts, government agencies and private sector actors." READ MORE
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I will describe our recent work on a new topological phase of matter: topological Weyl semimetal. This phase arises in three-dimensional (3D) materials, which are close to a critical point between an ordinary and a topological insulator. Breaking time-reversal symmetry in such materials, for example by doping with sufficient amount of magnetic impurities, leads to the formation of a Weyl semimetal phase, with two (or more) 3D Dirac nodes, separated in momentum space. Such a topological Weyl semimetal possesses chiral edge states and a finite Hall conductivity, proportional to the momentum-space separation of the Dirac nodes, in the absence of any external magnetic field. Weyl semimetal demonstrates a qualitatively different type of topological protection: the protection is provided not by the bulk band gap, as in topological insulators, but by the separation of gapless 3D Dirac nodes in momentum space. I will describe a simple way to engineer such materials using superlattice heterostructures, made of thin films of topological insulators.
References: arXiv:1110.1089; Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 127205 (2011); Phys. Rev. B 83, 245428 (2011)."


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Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board Announces Increases in Ethics Requirement and Distance Learning Options
News Article
February 5, 2014
The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has announced changes in rules and regulations that will permit more credits to be earned via distance learning, and will increase the annual ethics requirement.
By Supreme Court order, Pa.R.C.L.E. Rule 108 (e) has been changed to increase the amount of credits lawyers may earn via alternate delivery methods from four (4) to six (6) credits annually. The board also adopted a regulation change to increase the ethics component of the annual CLE requirement from one (1) to two (2) credit hours. The total number of CLE credits required annually will remain 12 hours.
The amendments to the rules and regulations will take effect with CLE compliance periods that have requirement deadlines in 2015.
The ethics credit increase marks the first significant modification to the CLE requirement since 1996 when the total requirement expanded from nine credits to12. The new provisions for distance learning will provide lawyers the option of completing up to half of their annual requirement through distance learning and computer-based education.
Both changes are the result of considerable research and consideration by the PACLE Board.
"These updates to the rules and regulations for CLE in Pennsylvania recognize the changing needs and realities of modern law practice," said Kenneth Argentieri, CLE Board Chair. "We hope that these changes will help lawyers to better serve their clients and the administration of justice in our Commonwealth. Ethics and professionalism is at the heart of what we do. Since accredited providers of CLE in Pennsylvania continue to do an excellent job of offering ample quality ethics and professionalism training, attorneys should easily be able to meet the new ethics requirement.
"This is even more so with the increase in the amount of credits that can be earned through distance learning programs," Chairman Argentieri added. "Participation through distance learning has been an option for Pennsylvania lawyers since 2003. Since then the Board has received feedback from attorneys to consider increasing the amount of distance learning credits that may apply to the CLE requirement. The Supreme Court's decision to amend this rule responds to these requests and recognizes evolving comfort levels with the online delivery of professional education."
The CLE board is responsible for administering the rules pertaining to continuing education for attorneys. This responsibility includes monitoring each attorney's compliance with the requirements, notifying attorneys of CLE status, and accrediting CLE providers and courses.
The board's website is home to several online tools that help attorneys locate educational opportunities and track their CLE compliance. To access these services, and for more information on Continuing Legal Education in Pennsylvania, please visit: www.pacle.org.
For more info, contact PACLE: (800) 497-2253
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On Monday night, the St. James School Board elected offices at its first meeting of 2013.
Bill Brown was elected Chairman and Michelle Mohlenbrock was elected Vice Chairman.
Jennie Firchau was elected the Board Clerk. Mark Anderson was elected Treasurer.
On Monday night, the St. James School Board elected offices at its first meeting of 2013.
Bill Brown was elected Chairman and Michelle Mohlenbrock was elected Vice Chairman.
Jennie Firchau was elected the Board Clerk. Mark Anderson was elected Treasurer.
The School Board has 27 committees. There were some movements in committee assignments, but generally the board members were assigned to the committees they had been on the previous year.
New board member Luisa Trapero took over many of the committee assignments previously held by former board member Tammy Stevens.
The Plaindealer was named the official publication of the Board.
Steven R. Sunde was approved as the school attorney.
Official depositories of the District were appointed. They were The First National Bank, Pioneer Bank, MN School District Liquid Asset Fund and Wells Fargo Bank.
The Board also approved several other administrative resolutions relating to the day to day operation and administration of the District.
The Community Connection period before the scheduled Board meeting was used by Craig Popenhagen of Clifton Larson Allen, which is the accounting firm used by the Board.
He reviewed the findings of the annual audit of the District. He said there were no problems with the District's books. There were some minor coding issues and process problems that needed to be addressed, but these did not negatively impact the overall accuracy of the District's financial statement.
Popenhagen compared the St. James School District to districts of similar size. St. James' expenditures are generally in line with the expenditures of those districts.
In the end the CPA said it had been a 'good year financially' for the District and that the District's current position means it has a good basis from a financial/accounting position for moving forward.
In their reports both Principals, Ted Simon of the High School and Karla Beck of Northside, talked about the review of safety policies and procedures they have conducted and continue to conduct in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass murder.
Beck said Northside is now adhering to the pick-up and visitors policies from the school's safety and emergency preparedness plan. These are not new policies, but the school is enforcing policies which were not being adhered to in the past.
This included parents who arrive to pick up their students at the end of the day must enter the main entrance and check into the administrative office, or wait outside of the building until the school is dismissed.
Simon said the current status of door entrances was being reviewed at the high school.
The Principals and Superintendent Becky Cselovszki held a meeting with two law enforcement officers from the community to exchange ideas and review current procedures.
The Board approved the amended budget for the 2012-2013 school year. Mary Richard gave a detailed presentation of how adjustments were made in the budget to get to the numbers presented to the Board.
The Board also approved the payment of the December bills in the amount of $1,053,891.71
Mike Tonsager, gave a report on how a committee created after the November Board meeting has proceeded in considering if St. James Area should move to another conference for football.
Tonsager said one possible idea is that SJA and perhaps some other SCC teams would move to the Southwest Conference for football only.
Marshall has left the Southwest Conference. This leaves JCC, Luverne, Redwood Valley, Windom Area and Worthington in the SWC. The general idea is that the two conferences would merge for football with the conferences being split into two divisions along size and competitiveness.
Both conferences are aware of this project. If an agreement is reached, football could begin playing in this new alignment as early as 2014. This is for football only and is not expected to affect conference affiliations in other sports.
The Board also approved the implementation of a shotgun trap shooting league. Students could participate in what would be a team sport. The students would participate against schools in Minnesota who had similar members.
There would be no cost to the school and no travel, except for the state championship, would be involved. All students would have to pass a gun safety class before participating. The sport would be conducted in the spring and the fall.
Beck gave an update on how the program to improve Northside is progressing. She detailed the metrics she and the professionals at the school are implementing and following. Regarding this project she said, "We have to improve."
The Board also approved an amended memorandum of understanding on early retirement, an actuarial study on the District's cost of it's health insurance program and a $3,000 expenditure plus $85 per Board member cost for a shared services agreement for strategic planning with the South Central Service Cooperative.


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Student On-campus Visit for ESF in the High School Campus Calendar
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location: Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge
Event Description:
The ESF in the High School students will visit campus. The program includes Dr. Beal's "Design Your Future", an orientation for their future research and campus tour.
R. Beal
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