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YHA Manchester
Open 24 hours a day offering recently refurbished 4 bed en-suite dorms as standard. We serve a massive cooked breakfast each morning for just £5.75 We have Wi-Fi, a cafe/bar and canal side restaurant.
Within easy reach of some of the best shopping, sport, nightlife, museums and theatres in northern England. This buzzing canal-side property promises visitors a fun and stimulating stay. Since its extensive re-fit, your city break will be even more comfortable. Enjoy a pre-dinner drink in the bar, then people-watch from the restaurant window, or terrace, while you enjoy a tasty evening meal.
Please note, we do not charge an additional temporary membership fee. Discounts are not available for members of YHA (England & Wales) or IYHF as part of this booking
*All bookings for more than 16 people will not be accepted by YHA and will be cancelled.*
All guests must show a valid photo ID upon check-in. Driver's licence, passport, student ID or similarly recognised national identity cards are accepted.
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- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Bar
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Café
- Card Phones
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Games Room
- Key Card Access
- Late check-out
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Parking
- Pool Table
- Reading Light
- Reception (limited hours)
- Restaurant
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Please note that our breakfast price is £6.25.
• Hand soap is provided next to all sinks. Towels are not supplied as standard but can be rented or purchased from reception. Bedding is supplied in all rooms.
• Free Wi-Fi is available in social spaces
Cancellation policy: Cancellation notice must be given at least one full day prior to arrival date. In case of a late cancellation or No Show, you will be charged the first night of your stay.
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SPRINGFIELD, La. – At the end of the first day and 36 holes, the Lipscomb men's golf team is in 10th place at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate in Springfield, La.
The Bisons were in fourth place after the first round but a 319 on the second time through the course dropped Lipscomb to a 614 total.
"The morning round was very close to where we need to be," Lipscomb head coach Will Brewer said. "Blanton Farmer, Ryan Terry and Taylor Combs were impressive and were focused very well.
"During our afternoon round we made some early execution errors and a couple of poor decisions and those placed more pressure on our putting. We putted very poorly in the second round. It is becoming more redundant, but we are getting closer to putting a good tournament together."
Lipscomb is led by Farmer who is in 24th place. Farmer shot a 70 on the first 18 holes and 80 on the second time through. Ryan Terry is just behind in a tie for 25th after shooting a 72 and 79.
Other Bison scores include Combs shooting a 156 for 43rd place and Paul Klein-Kracht and Dustin Wilder tied for 44th with a 157.
The Bisons return to the course on Tuesday to finish out the 54-hole tournament.
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For decades, retired Cardinal Roger Mahony and other high ranking members of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles made secret efforts to shield child molesting priests. Their aim was to keep their parishioners in the dark and control the damage to the church, church personnel files have revealed.
According to the Daily Mail, previously confidential records filed in a lawsuit against the archdiocese disclose how the church handled abuse allegations for decades. They also reveal that a top Mahony aide criticized his superiors for covering up all the allegations of abuse, rather than protecting children and alerting the authorities.
Notes signed by Mahony demonstrate that he was disturbed about abuse cases being reported to him and that he sent accused priests for treatment, but psychological reports that he received on some priests mention the possibility of many other victims, and there is no indication he or other church leaders investigated them.
'This is all intolerable and unacceptable to me,' Mahony reportedly wrote in 1991 on a file concerning Reverend Lynn Caffoe, a priest suspected of locking boys in his room where he videotaped their crotches. He also ran up a $100 phone sex bill while with a boy.
Caffoe was sent for therapy and removed from ministry, but Mahony didn't actually move to defrock him until 2004, a full decade after the archdiocese lost track of him.
'He is a fugitive from justice,' Mahony wrote to the Vatican's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who is now Pope Benedict XVI. 'A check of the Social Security index discloses no report of his demise, so presumably he is alive somewhere.'
Caffoe died in 2009, six years after a newspaper reporter found him working at a homeless mission two blocks from a Salinas elementary school.
Mahony released a statement on Monday apologizing for his mistakes and saying he had been 'naïve' about the lasting impacts of abuse. Reporters were told he was out of town and unable to make further statements.
Mahony has reportedly met with 90 abuse victims privately and keeps an index card with each victim's name in his private chapel, where he prays for them daily. The card also includes the names of the molesting priests 'lest I forget that real priests created this appalling harm.'
Mahony inherited a list of offending priests from his predecessor when he took over in 1985, J. Michael Hennigan, an archdiocese attorney, told the Daily Mail. Hennigan added that priests were sent out of state for psychological treatment because therapists were not required to report their child abuse offenses to law enforcement as they were in California, he said.
The files reveal that one priest victimized the children of illegal immigrants and then threatened to have them all deported if they told authorities.
When Reverend Nicholas Aguilar Rivera molested in LA, the files allege, church officials waited two days to call police, allowing him to flee to Mexico. At least 26 children told police they had been abused during his ten months in Los Angeles. The now-defrocked priest is believed to live in Mexico and remains a fugitive from law enforcement.
The personnel files of 13 other clerics show a similar pattern of denial and cover-up, said attorney Anthony De Marco, who represents one 35-year-old plaintiff.
The growing tide of abuse and the church's habitual secrecy in response to it saw one memo to Mahony suggest sending a cleric to a therapist who also is an attorney, in the hope that any incriminating evidence would be protected from authorities by lawyer-client privilege.
In another instance, archdiocese officials paid a secret salary to a priest who had been exiled to the Philippines after he and six other clerics were accused of having sex with a teen and impregnating her.
The newly published files offer a startling glimpse at the 30,000 pages still to be made public as part of a record-setting $660 million abuse settlement.
The archdiocese agreed to give the files to the more than 500 victims of priest abuse in 2007, but a lawyer for about 30 of the accused priests fought to keep records sealed. A judge recently ordered the church to release them without blacking out the names of church personnel.
The files demonstrate how church leaders moved 'problem' priests from parish to parish for decades, covering up each report of abuse and failing to contact law enforcement.
Mahony, who retired in 2011 after twenty six years at the helm of a 4.3-million person archdiocese, has come in for particular criticism for his handling of the case of the Reverend Michael Baker, sentenced to prison in 2007 for molestation, two decades after he confessed his abuse to Mahony.
Mahony sent Baker for psychological treatment in 1986 after the priest told him that he had molested two brothers over seven years. Baker returned to ministry the next year with a doctor's recommendation that he be defrocked immediately if he spent any time with minors. But despite several documented instances of being alone with boys, Baker wasn't removed from ministry until 2000.
Church officials also reportedly discussed announcing Baker's abuse in churches where he had worked, but Mahony rejected the idea.
'We could open up another firestorm — and it takes us years to recover from those,' Mahony wrote in an October 6, 2000, memo. 'Is there no alternative to public announcements at all the Masses in 15 parishes??? Wow — that really scares the daylights out of me!!'
The aide, Monsignor Peter Garcia Richard Loomis, noted his dismay over how higher ups were handling the matter when he retired in 2001 as vicar for clergy, the top church official who handled priestly discipline. In a memo to his successor, Loomis said Baker's attorney disclosed the priest had at least 10 other victims.
'We've stepped back 20 years and are being driven by the need to cover-up and to keep the presbyteriate & public happily ignorant rather than the need to protect children,' Loomis wrote.
'The only other option is to sit and wait until another victim comes forward. Then someone else will end up owning the archdiocese of Los Angeles. The liability issues involved aside, I think that course of complete (in)action would be immoral and unethical.'
But Mahony preferred targeted warnings at schools and youth groups to a blanket warning read at Masses, Hennigan said. Parish announcements were only made two years later.
Baker was paroled in 2011 and is alleged to have molested 20 children in his 26-year career. The newly released files show that Mahony worked tirelessly to keep molester priests out of state to avoid criminal and civil consequences.


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Voting for the car giveaways began Oct. 1 and will continue through Nov. 19. Five different nonprofit groups compete each day and the top two vote-getters that day will receive vehicles, according to the Toyota 100 Cars for Good Facebook page. Visitors to the Facebook page can cast two votes for the organizations they feel are most deserving of new Toyota vehicles. The Youth Garden Project is one of the five organizations highlighted in the Oct. 20 voting. A Facebook account is required in order to vote.
YGP is hoping to win a new Toyota Sienna, YGP Director Delite Primus said in a news release.
"If the Youth Garden Project receives the most votes and is awarded the vehicle, it will be used to transport produce and youth program participants as well as transport supplies for events and community programs throughout the year," Primus said in the news release.
YGP uses a 1.5-acre garden to accomplish its mission of cultivating healthy children, families, and individuals through educational programs and the profound act of connecting people with food from seed to table. YGP offers youth programs including a summer day camp, after-school programs and garden classroom field trips. Additionally, YGP manages the Moab Farmers' Market, hosts Weed n' Feed events for individuals of all ages and conducts a Sustainable Agriculture Workshop series.
Toyota established operations in the United States in 1957 and currently operates 10 manufacturing plants employing more than 31,000 people in the U.S. Toyota supports numerous organizations across the country, focusing on education, the environment and safety. Since 1991, Toyota has contributed nearly $700 million to philanthropic programs in the U.S., according to the news release.
For more information about the Youth Garden Project visit www.youthgardenproject.org.


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SALT LAKE CITY — Kobe Bryant started walking off the court with about five seconds left, disgusted by the Lakers' effort, turning around only to see that Metta World Peace missed a last-second shot.
Then he continued toward the locker room, his jersey pulled up into his clenched teeth as the Lakers lost again, 95-86, this time to Utah on Wednesday at EnergySolutions Arena.
Bryant was still seething as he sat in front of his locker, acknowledging he played with an anger and fire he hadn't displayed in a while.
"Just a little bit," he said, practically spitting out the words.
"Nothin' I care to share," he said.
Bad sign for the Lakers. Bryant is mad. Or maybe it's a good sign. It can't hurt at this point.
If Bryant was angry with Pau Gasol, it made sense. The four-time All-Star had five points in 36 minutes, missing seven of nine shots as the Lakers were outmuscled badly by the smaller but tougher Jazz.


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A crop of brightly colored restaurants made from recycled shipping containers recently popped up in London's Southbank as part of the district's Festival of the World, which overlaps with London Design Festival. The culinary cargotecture hot spot features two pop up restaurants - Yalla Yalla and Wahaca - and even a new staircase made of shipping containers!
Yalla Yalla is tucked away in a quiet corner of the Southbank Centre, where it serves Lebanese and other Middle Eastern street food to be eaten either on the move or in the outdoor seating area surrounding it. The first Yalla Yalla, in Soho, was opened in late 2008 by Beirut-born Jad Youssef and his partner Aga Ilska, who is Polish. They met while working in a Lebanese restaurant in London and always dreamed of opening their own business. They have a third restaurant just north of Oxford Street.
Wahaca is also getting in on the shipping container act, with a larger space made from eight shipping containers stacked on top of each other.
The Wahaca Southbank Experiment is a space for Wahaca to test out new recipes and ideas – the most successful of which will be rolled out to the main restaurants.
But perhaps the most interesting use of shipping containers, designed by Lyn Atelier, is a staircase that opens up a whole new route through the Southbank Centre.
Lyn Atelier's shipping container staircase uses pallets and plantings to create an effect reminiscent of a miniature version of New York's High Line.
It's fantastic to see shipping container architecture take off, and we're always excited to see different (re)uses for these ubiquitous items.
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Our regular World Energy Strategic studies provide a 360 degrees view of the energy sector. The World Energy Council monitors the issues shaping the global energy agenda every year while offering an understanding of what energy resources are available, how national energy and climate policies use them and what do energy scenarios hold in the long term future.
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In order to assess the global energy agenda and its evolution over time, the World Energy Council conducts an annual issues survey with the Chairs of its Member Committees who are ministers, CEOs and leading experts in over 90 countries. The survey includes 36 issues covering macroeconomic risks, geopolitics, business environment as well as energy […]
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Subject: Displays | June 17, 2009 - 01:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
At first glance, when you are shopping for an LCD it looks like you have a lot of choices beyond simply choosing a size. There are dozens of vendors with several models in at each display size, which adds up to a fairly long list when you are trying to decide. Look a little closer and you might notice that almost every single one of these displays uses a TN matrix. This means that they have average colour accuracy
and gamut
and a poor vertical viewing angles, along with fast response times and a relatively low price. When gaming, this really doesn't matter too much, even in FarCry 2 you spend far more time worried about the movements of your enemies than having the proper range of greens to make the trees look even better. When you are watching a movie or streamed show on a 30" LCD, or trying your hand at the GIMP, suddenly that average ability to display proper colours becomes a serious drawback.
AnandTech starts a review of the discontinued BenQ FP241VW,
which then takes a sharp right turn into the technology available to make LCD matrices. Learn about the technologies, their limitations and their strengths in this full review.
"For those that want something better, the choices are far more limited… and far more expensive. Upgrade from a TN
panel to a similarly sized PVA or IPS panel and you can usually count on spending 50% to 100% more - or more! - on
the purchase. That might be perfectly acceptable if the PVA/IPS panels were all universally better, but that's not
always the case. Color accuracy is almost random it seems, with some IPS panels scoring exceptionally well, PVA
panels running the gamut from great to average, and TN panels that likewise fall anywhere from excellent to
mediocre. Viewing angles always favor IPS and PVA panels over TN panels, especially in terms of vertical viewing
angles. Color gamut is tied to the backlight used in the panel, so you can have poor or great color gamut with any
panel technology. Last but not least is image processing speed, and here's where things get interesting."
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After an emotionally-wrenching trial, Jerry Sandusky has been convicted of 45 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. The court list of boys (by number, not name) and the horrors they experienced is difficult to read.
Now, Sandusky – the former assistant football coach at Penn State, thought to have been a loving mentor to many boys – awaits sentencing, knowing that he likely will spend the rest of his life in prison.
But the story is far from over.
• His lawyers say they will appeal the case, declaring that they were not given enough time to prepare for what they say was a rushed trial.
"We told the trial court, the Superior Court, and the Supreme Court we were not prepared to proceed to trial in June due to numerous issues, and we asked to withdraw from the case for those reasons," attorney Joe Amendola told the Associated Press.
• Two former Penn State administrators – athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz – faces charges of lying to a grand jury about an incident in 2001 when then-assistant coach (and former Penn State quarterback) Mike McQueary says he came upon Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a football team shower.
• University trustees are waiting for the report of an investigation headed by former FBI director Louis Freeh. The NCAA and Big Ten may find that Penn State violated their regulations.
"He has already uncovered fresh evidence of potential wrongdoing by administrators and turned it over to the state Attorney General's Office," reports Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist Bob Ford.
• At least some accusers – more may emerge, including one of Sandusky's adopted sons – are likely to sue Penn State for failing to act on early reports of abuse and then of covering them up over the years.
"Already, six of the eight accusers who testified against Sandusky at trial have retained lawyers," the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday. "And two other purported victims who were not part of the state's case have filed suits against the university for an alleged failure to act."
Penn State, with an endowment of $1.8 billion, would prefer to settle such cases out of court.
"The University plans to invite victims of Mr. Sandusky's abuse to participate in a program to facilitate the resolution of claims against the University arising out of Mr. Sandusky's conduct," Penn State President Rodney Erickson said in a statement immediately after Friday's verdict. "The purpose of the program is simple – the University wants to provide a forum where the University can privately, expeditiously and fairly address the victims' concerns and compensate them for claims relating to the University."
Meanwhile, Penn State students, faculty, and administration are trying to sort out their university's scandal, many of them looking to a special website including news and legal sources, perspectives from students and faculty, and discussion materials.
"The Sandusky sex abuse scandal has turned Penn State upside down," the website states, "and many students are struggling to make sense of recent events."
Earlier this month, the institution finalized a new administrative policy "Reporting Suspected Child Abuse." The policy requires that all University employees "must complete mandated reporter training annually."
"In addition," the policy states, "if any University employee willfully fails to report a case of suspected child abuse, it will result in disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal."
The Nittany Lions open their 2012 football season Sept. 1 against Ohio University. A new coach has been named to replace Joe Paterno – one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history – who was fired in the wake of the Sandusky scandal and died less than three months later at age 85.
But it's likely to take more than a new coach – Bill O'Brien, former assistant coach of the New England Patriots – to turn things around for the university.
"Time is going to have to heal the image and perception," former Penn State quarterback Todd Blackledge told the AP. "That's going to happen sooner for some, later for others. It's going to take time for people to think about Penn State and Penn State football without thinking about the Jerry Sandusky scandal."


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Events were staged in Borough Hall itself, spilled down its steps and swarmed around the Court House and down the block. The largest affairs took place in the courtroom inside Borough Hall and auditorium at St. Francis College, just down Remsen Street from Borough Hall. Both venues required free tickets for entry, but the stages revealed themselves to be surprisingly personal. The courtroom opened up the festival with a panel featuring current it-writer Joseph O'Neill, who's Netherland is garnering rave reviews. Temple moderated a panel discussion with musicians Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Ian MacKaye of Fugazi, that he characterized as "a lot of fun" and, if anything, too short.
The festival played up local literary connections, giving away free bookmarks featuring Brooklyn authors such as Isaac Asimov. Special events emphasized local authors, from former literary wunderkind Jonathon Lethem to a group reading - "Brooklyn in the House" - featuring local poets. The Brooklyn Historical Society sponsored a stage that presented local historians and authors throughout the afternoon. Meanwhile, on the Main Stage in the shadow of Borough Hall, actors hammed it up while reading passages from local works such as Gypsy Rose Lee's The G-String Murders and Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
The event also sported over 140 vendors, up from 100 last year, ranging from publishing bigwigs Harper Perennial to local stalwarts The Green-Wood Historical Fund. Court Street booksellers Book Court were featured prominently, peddling works by authors featured at the festival and holding signings after all the events. Drawn & Quarterly, the Montreal-based comics and graphic novel publishers, were featured in what one passerby deemed "the comics ghetto," where local author Adriane Tomine patiently signed copies of his latest work, Shortcomings, in the blazing sun.
The festival was closed out by three headlining events. At one end of the festival, bestseller Russell Banks and Oprah Book Club author Jonathan Franzen drew a crowd in the Borough Hall Courtroom. At the main stage on the steps of Borough Hall, rock critic and pop culture-meister Chuck Klosterman read from his debut novel, Downtown Owl, sharing the stage with up-and-comers Ed Park and Charles Bock. The most eagerly anticipated event of the day was held at St. Francis Auditorium, where the New York Review of Books held a panel discussion on the 2008 Presidential Election, featuring columnists Mark Danner, Ronald Dworkin, Darryl Pinckney, and legendary author Joan Didion.
After Danner speculated on potential scenarios in the next 50 days, Didion read a prepared statement that recalled her best political work, decrying the McCain/Palin campaign's attempt to "downplay their potential for trouble." "We could forget this," she said, "amnesia was our natural state."
Dworkin, a legal philosopher who covers the Supreme Court for the New York Review, expounded on the potential for trouble in the legal realm after the coming election, but it was Pickney who brought down the house. He lauded the coming election not only as "the most important in 40 years," but as a chance to "make up for the political violence of the 1960s." Pickney stated a call to arms for readers to become involved in the process. "Democracy," he said, "is worth fighting for at home - as well as abroad." During the Q&A session, one dispirited booklover asked Pickney for a reason to stay in the United States if the election did not swing the way she wanted it to. He gave what he termed as a typical Brooklyn answer to the question: "There's always next year."


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 15th Jan 2013 21:24 UTC
"I was really excited to write this article, because it gave me an excuse to really think about what beautiful code is. I still don't think I know, and maybe it's entirely subjective. I do think the two biggest things, for me at least, are stylistic indenting and maximum const-ness. A lot of the stylistic choices are definitely my personal preferences, and I'm sure other programmers will have different opinions. I think the choice of what style to use is up to whoever has to read and write the code, but I certainly think it's something worth thinking about. I would suggest everyone look at the Doom 3 source code because I think it exemplifies beautiful code, as a complete package: from system design down to how to tab space the characters." John Carmack himself replies in the comments.
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DailyDirt: Storing Energy In Organic Molecules
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- A copper catalyst system can produce ethanol (and acetate) from carbon monoxide at room temperature and pressure -- without any kind of fermentation. This copper-based system relies on an electrochemical cell and could be a environmentally-friendly way to produce a non-toxic, renewable fuel. [url]
- Scientists have played with Escherichia coli bacteria that can generate propane gas. The process needs a lot more work to become a practical way to produce propane as a fuel, but a bioreactor to make propane could be viable in a decade or so. (Maybe.) [url]
- Some species of bacteria have been found that can consume pure electricity for food. These naturally-occurring microorganisms usually live near hydrothermal vents on the seafloor, but if they can feed on electrons directly (instead of soluble bits of iron), then they might be able to store energy in biomolecules for us and turn electricity into convenient biofuels. [url]


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The host is American actor Arnold Chun. There are probably many Japanese actors who could manage the role, but for some reason they've flown him over twice (nice gig if you can get it) so he could sport an accent and a quizmaster's outfit.On a different topic, can anyone help with the signs? With any luck we can pinpoint them.
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NASHVILLE, TENN. - Tennessee State University athletics made their annual visit to the Nashville VA Medical Center on Valentine's Day with a Mardi Gras themed parade.
TSU coaches, band members and other athletic administrators showed their support by visiting veterans throughout the day on Thursday handing out beads and putting together other Mardi Gras festivities.
"The Mardi Gras Parade was very well received by both staff and patients," said TSU head golf coach Parrish McGrath. "I was surprised by the number of veterans the VA cares for, which were much younger than myself."
The Nashville VA Medical Center is one of two main campuses in the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS), comprised of the Nashville and Alvin C. York Medical Centers and nine outpatient clinics. The Nashville campus offers primary, secondary and tertiary care to veterans living in middle Tennessee and Kentucky.
"If I could take one thing away from that visit it would be the pride so many of our veterans have, still wearing hats and clothing from their particular branch of service and war in which they served," McGrath continued. "Many of the VA personnel made a point to thank us for taking time to put a smile on the faces of those that have given so much to our great country."
TVHS is affiliated with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Meharry Medical College, with active residency programs in all major medical and surgical specialties and sub-specialties. In addition, the Nashville campus supports a vigorous research program of over $26 million annually. The Nashville campus serves as a VHA resource for solid organ and bone marrow transplants.
The VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System is committed to improving the health of Veterans through a comprehensive and high quality system, which focuses on each patient's special needs.
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by Mike Masnick
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There are big debates in both the US and Europe about the reasonableness and legality of requiring massive data retention by ISPs. However in Switzerland, the Justice Minister, Simonetta Sommaruga, has decided to dispense with all of that and has just told ISPs they have to start retaining all sorts of data even if there's no direct reason for it (link is a Google translation from the original French). Apparently various companies are now protesting this, but it takes a special sort of out of touch politician to simply declare such a thing without realizing the widespread legal debates in other countries about the legality and usefulness of this very thing...
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Tor (profile), 2 Aug 2011 @ 1:21amThe article doesn't tell me much. Is there anyone from Switzerland here who could try to explain what this is all about?
Anonymous Coward, 2 Aug 2011 @ 2:41amIt is about massive data retention : All data that goes to or from a swiss Internet connection must be logged, so when (if) a future investigation require the data, it can be accessed.
The big problem is, however, that Simonetta Somarunga didn't asked for the stakeholder's opinion and review (ISP, consumer protection societies, experts...) and that that the decision will not be voted by the population, as normally done when modifying the law because it was passed as an ordinance. In facts, the modification was only an update of the ordinance, which already had some dispositions for post and telephone.
The furtive manner of passing this ordinance and the fact that it is not easily fought by consumers and ISP had raised some protests.
Tor (profile), 2 Aug 2011 @ 3:13am
Re:Thanks for the clarification. I don't understand the exact meaning of "ordinance" in this context. Is this a law that was preceded by a parliamentary vote or just some kind of regulation? (this can make a big difference when determining whether this is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights)
Surely "all data" cannot be logged, so I assume that you are talking about traffic data. It would be interesting to see this aspect being compared to the EU data retention directive.
The eejit (profile), 2 Aug 2011 @ 3:36am
Re: Re:I suspect that it's a by-law, rather than a full-on Bill.
Anonymous Coward, 2 Aug 2011 @ 6:59am
Re: Re:I'm not really sure about which data will be logged, I assume it is traffic data.
In Switzerland, an ordinance is a law written by the Federal Council, in areas where it is competent to do so (because of federal laws or constitutional). This generally rules of application (execution) of federal laws. (Wikipedia [fr])
In contrast with the law, the ordinance does not require a vote from the population in order to be implemented.
out_of_the_blue, 2 Aug 2011 @ 7:07am
Legal basis, HA! We don't need no stinking legal basis.I'm telling you people, you're living in the 20th century. There's still a slim pretense of gov'ts obeying laws, but less every day.
Switzerland is not the bastion of freedom that particularly Americans think: headquarters of international banking, those secret accounts enable much skullduggery around the world besides artificially inflate the touted Swiss prosperity, and the political climate is close to a rigid German model. There's a myth that the Nazis passed it by because every Swiss has an automatic rifle, but in fact, Switzerland was USEFUL to Nazis as destination for stolen gold, and it's still HIGHLY useful to globalists and spy agencies as a way to invisibly transfer bribes.
The eejit (profile), 2 Aug 2011 @ 7:34am
Re: Legal basis, HA! We don't need no stinking legal basis.Then perhaps it's time to set fire to everything, and rebuild from scratch.
The Devil's Coachman (profile), 3 Aug 2011 @ 8:30am
Re: Re: Legal basis, HA! We don't need no stinking legal basis.It's worth a shot.
abc gum, 2 Aug 2011 @ 7:28am"I'm telling you people, you're living in the 20th century."
The 20th century is so yesterday
Q�r Tharkasd�ttir (profile), 3 Aug 2011 @ 1:24am
Good girl�
The last few years, Switzerland has been trying hard to be the good girl in the gang: economy, financial activities, policing and of course military cooperation, to name the essential ones, are all domains in which integration with EU-US aka. NATO has been on the agenda. A month ago or so, this has even stretched to Switzerland obeying Israel's injunction to stop visitors to Palestina from flying. So we shouldn't be all too surprised if this pattern now extends to so-called security.
If the growing political/free speech censorship we are witnessing on the European internet � under all kinds of pretexts: copyright infringement or the specious interpretation of diffamation laws � now extends to Switzerland, it might be interesting to watch what will happen with those activists and bloggers (Beppe Grillo is one name that stands out) who either are hosted or have declared their intention to be hosted on Swiss servers.
lrobbo (profile), 12 Jun 2012 @ 10:27amI was not a fan of this. Just ridiculous.


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Paula Klingerman fell in love with Africa during her first safari, so when her travel agent organized another one, she jumped at the chance — on the condition that the agent find her a tent mate prior to the trip.
"I didn't want to have another single," Paula said. The agent suggested her cousin, Dave.
They met for what turned into a six-hour lunch in Boston in July 2011. Six months later the couple exchanged vows in Tanzania during a symbolic wedding ceremony complete with Masai dancers. Back home, they made it legal.
Now the Klingermans are savoring the rewards of their latest adventure — building an upscale custom home in the Castle Heights 55-plus community. Close to Dave's father in Southington, they were hooked by the development's quality, the staff's expertise and the camaraderie of the neighbors.
This past July, they moved in after choosing everything from the open floor plan to the light fixtures.
Paula said Sabrina Santos, sales and design consultant at By Carrier, made it easy.
"I start off by asking about their style," Santos said. "I give honest opinions. If I don't think it's going t to work, I'll say it so you're not stuck with something you don't like."
Particular about lighting, Paula chose a chandelier resembling a gyroscope for the two-story entry way and a crystal chandelier for the first-floor master bath.
Paula claimed an upstairs bedroom as her quilting room, where she stores material on shelves that Dave built in his basement workshop.
"Paula has the top floor and I have the basement," Dave said.
They share the rest of the house, including a sunroom leading to the large deck, and a spacious kitchen where they cook together. With eight grandchildren between them, the openness makes family gatherings easy.
Dave, 64, who was a structural engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft and consultant, and Paula, 65, who was an IT project manager in Boston, plan more traveling in their retirement.
But they are also active in their new community. Dave shoots pool with the guys at a different neighbor's home each week, while Paula socializes over wine and cheese with what she calls a "no-pressure" book club.
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The current stable version of Lyx is the recently released 1.4.4. However, on the 21st of Feb 2007, the team released the first beta of 1.5.0. The development team officially support builds for Linux, MacOSX and Windows. Other users can, of course, build from source.
In this article, I'll give an overview of Lyx and try to cover some of the new features that have been introduced in 1.5.0. Lyx is a very powerful program and contains too many features to list here. In truth, in an article of this length, I wouldn't even be able to cover most of the new features of 1.5.0, so, I'll give you an overview of some of the features that I make use of in my day to day use.
An overview of Lyx
The driving concepts behind Lyx's approach are the separation of content from formatting and structured document creation. Lyx probably isn't the tool for every type of writing. Where is shines is in the creation of documents such as reports, articles and books.
The separation of content and formatting.
Hand editing mark-up such as HTML in a text editor would be an extreme example of separation of content and formatting. When editing markup in this way, the user uses tags to specify the formatting, knowing that the finished document will look very different from the source code.
Most wordprocessors represent the other extreme as they attempt to give the user a WYSIWYG representation of the document while the user is editing it.
I can highlight one weakness of this approach with an example:
What if I wanted to use an unusual font on part of the document? Within a word processor, I would have to actually edit using that font, regardless of its usability. I could solve this problem by using a more neutral font when editing and then change back to desired font for print out. Unfortunately, as you change the font, all of the document layout alters around it. Another problem with this approach is that, in my experience, a procedure of this sort is apt to encourage errors to creep into the creative process.
The preceding example might seem somewhat contrived but a more common problem would be that a lot of people, such as myself, like to use a sans-serif font as a screen font while preferring the look of a serif font on the printed page.
Ideally, the user shouldn't be overly concerned with layout and formatting while he or she is creating the content.
Another weakness of WYSIWYG becomes apparent on projects in which the finished document will need to be transformed from one format to another. In most word processors, the user is free to add formatting that has no real meaning in relation to the content. Such inconsistencies might not even be apparent when editing the document. However, features such as extra spaces and carriage returns are interpreted literally by conversion programs, with potentially baffling results for the reader of the target document.
To use an analogy, often, when teaching someone how to use a word-processor, it is difficult to convince them of the importance of using tabs as opposed to spaces. To the novice they are both equivalent as they look the same on screen.
As I said earlier, Lyx strikes a slightly different balance to that of a word processor when it comes to the relationship between layout and content.
Lyx sits on top of a well-established publishing markup language called Latex. The user is protected from the actual markup language. For example, I use Lyx quite a lot and I can't think of any Latex tags, off hand. However, the user can enter actual Latex into the document (ERT - Evil Red Text, as Lyx calls it) on the occasions when it is needed. One use for this would be that the user might want to make use of a slightly less common feature such as starting a numbered bulleted list with a value other than 1. Latex is vast and the chances are, if there is something you want to do in terms of typesetting, there is a way of doing it within Latex.
Latex is also extensible and there exist many add-ons to do unusual things such as adding Latex commands to handle unusual formatting requirements. For example, if you were writing an academic report for a journal with some weird formatting requirements, you'd probably be able to find a latex class that can support it.
Don't worry, even though it's mark-up underneath, Lyx does reflect things such as font size and weight, visually, onscreen in much the same way as word processor.
As the Lyx editor is not focused around document layout, the text simply re-wraps to window size. This means that you don't have to work full screen all of the time. This comes in handy when, for example, I am taking notes from a web page.
In those cases, I start by making the Lyx window small. On my KDE setup, each window has a ``stay at front'' control on it and I activate that. I can then work with the webpage in the background and without fear of the Lyx window obscuring things or getting pushed to the back. To do the same in a word processor, I suppose that I would have to change the margins or alter the zoom factor of the document.
I'm not much of a mathematician myself but even I have, on occasion, made some small use of the powerful, integrated math editor.
The structured approach
As it sits on top of markup, Lyx imposes some restrictions, in terms of document layout. For example, in Lyx, the purpose of a carriage return is to end a paragraph and start a new one. Consequently, if the user hits return a second time, nothing happens. This is because, in Lyx, a carriage return is used to mark the end of a paragraph, rather than to create extra white space.
This might seem restrictive at first, but like a lot of structured approaches to creative things, it is a truism that if you can't state why you wanted to add an element - or in other words what its meaning was - it's usually an indication that the idea was not as well conceived as it should have been. When you need a special piece of formatting, impose that as part of the style of the document. It might have been apparent, to you, what you meant by some ad-hoc formatting, but it might not be as obvious to the person who has to use your document.
Document structure
The basic unit of composition in Lyx is the paragraph. Every element of the document should be contained within a paragraph. Each paragraph has, associated with it, a style. For example, a subsection title is paragraph with the style of "subsection". Upon adding a new section header, the document structure is updated; so, if the user has added a table of contents at the start of the document, the new section will be added to the contents.
As you might expect, there are styles for things like quote, quotation, bullet lists and description of terms paragraphs.
The user is able to browse the document structure in the document overview. Lyx features a drop down menu-based structure browser that looks a bit like a dynamically generated version of the bookmarks menu of a web browser.
In addition to this, Lyx offers a pop up browser dialogue. With the advent of 1.5.0, the developers have added the much requested feature of allowing the user to move sections up and down in order to move whole sections around the document. Sections can also be promoted or demoted from within this dialogue.
If the user chooses, the chapters, parts, sections, subsections and subsections can be automatically numbered.
Graphics and tables
When adding a table or graphic figure, you can insert directly into the document. However, a better use of Lyx functionality is to insert the table or figure into a floating frame. Such a floating frame can be moved about the document by the typesetting algorithm when the finished document is exported. Don't worry, the reader won't loose the table or frame as an anchor can be attached to it so that when the text says something like "see figure #6 for an example", Lyx can be told to add something like, "in section 3.2 on page 32" or "on the next page" to the finished document.
Support for file formats.
One of Lyx's strengths is its support for different file formats.
Output formats
Being based upon mark-up, Lyx is particularly adept at exporting to other mark-up based formats such as HTML. You can add nearly any format to Lyx, as a export format, as long as you have a command line tool to convert from latex.
For example, I have my Lyx setup so that I can output modern CSS HTML or 2.0 HTML, depending on what I need. To do this I had to first, within the GUI, add a "file format" that I call "HTML (modern)". I then added a "converter" called "latex to html". I associated with this the command line "htlatex $$i" (htlatex is a command line tool for converting between html and latex). I went through a similar procedure when adding an exporter for HTML 2.0. I use HTML 2.0 in cases in which the submission procedure for an article specifies that only a small subset of basic tags can be used.
If you can find a tool to convert a format from Latex, you should be able to add it as a converter for use with Lyx. As standard, Lyx is set up to export a handful of common formats such as HTML, PDF and RTF. This is how I like to work with the program, and personally, if the developers were to remove printing functionality from them program, I wouldn't miss it.
When outputting to a format such as postscript or PDF, the layout is handled by the time-served TEX engine. This engine gives the finished document a polished, professional look that is uncannily like that of a text book.
In 1.5.0, making a quick check of the document rendered within the PDF viewer of your choice is now as simple as clicking on a toolbar icon.
Input formats
With input formats, things get even better. You can setup converters in order to allow you to import different document types. However, it gets better still as you can set up converters that allow you to actually incorporate various files into Lyx.
For example, I like creating my diagrams in Inkscape. Unfortunately, Lyx doesn't come with SVG support built in. To remedy this, I added the file type and some converters. Subsequently, I can now add SVG diagrams directly into the document. To be rendered onscreen, Lyx converts to into a bitmap format. When exporting to PDF, it converts the source file into a vector format that the PDF converter understands.
If you can find a tool to convert your file into EPS (encapsulated postscript), you can work with it in Lyx.
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NWSB College Hoops beat writer Steve Lee previews which PAC12 teams could make shockwaves in the annual PAC12 Tournament. This year's tourney is at the Staples Center in Los Angeles; as per usual and Steve says the Washington Huskies & California Golden Bears have the best shot at it. Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten should lead the way. His darkhorse? Well you'll have to read on to find out.
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Hood River Valley Christian Church co-pastors Dave and Linda Presley will take a sabbatical.
In April, May and June the Presleys will be on an extended time of rest, renewal and refreshment.
While the Presleys are on sabbatical, Hood River Valley Christian Church will have a variety of guest speakers bringing the message each Sunday.
Serving as worship leaders and presiding each Sunday during the sabbatical are retired clergy and HRVCC member Rev. John Ihle and retired seminary professor and HRVCC member Dr. Rod Parrott.
Hood River Valley Christian Church invites friends, neighbors and visitors to the community to worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday mornings to hear any of its guest speakers.
The church is located at 975 Indian Creek Road. Call 541-386-2608 or email email@example.com for more information.
Guest preacher on April 22 will be Rev. Donnamae Grannemann. She is a retired Christian Church pastor and HRVCC member who now lives in The Dalles.
On April 29, Rev. Dr. Cathy Myers Wirt will preach. She is co-regional minister of the Christian Church in Oregon.
Delta Kappa Chapter hosted 77 bingo guests March 10 at the Best Western Hood River Inn. The event raised $1,800 toward the chapter's annual philanthropic work for local high school scholarships, Special Olympics, Easter Seals and St. Jude Research hospital.
The success of the event was achieved beginning with the support of local businesses and community partners providing product donations, services and monetary contributions. The BINGO participants experienced three ways to win prizes during an afternoon playing bingo, Lucky Bingo and placing generous silent auction bids.
Penny Phelps, event coordinator, along with committee members extend their heartfelt gratitude to the businesses, community partners and guests who came together with a common spirit, to help create hopes and dreams for others:.
Supporting businesses were:
NW Natural; Columbia Gorge Hotel and Spa; White Buffalo Wine Bar and Bistro; Hood River Jewelers; Expertec Automotive Repair; Rivers Edge Towing and Automotive; Les Schwab Tire Center; E&L Auto Parts and Machining; Paddocks Appliance Electronics; Dream Street; Walmart; Grace Su's China Gorge Restaurant; Rosauers Supermarket; Salon Don' Ya; Willow Salon; Up Front Hair Salon; Laurie Nail Spa,; Judy's Hair Cottage; Pietro's Pizza; Papa Murphy's Pizza; Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant; Tricycling Along Antiques; Dairy Queen; Chris Vail Park, Lane Jewelry; Janet Hawkins-Mabrey, Passion for Purses.
Community partner donations were made by: Rob Norton, Rube Landsiedel, Betty Sollman, Penny Phelps, B.G. Brackman, Debbie Sanguras, Marj Baker, Betty Blake and Sue Inman.
The family of Jim Weseman writes: "Thank you to those who were able to attend Jim's funeral at the Parkdale Elementary School. A special thanks to Kim Vogel, principal at the school, for assisting us in setting up and letting us in the school early on Sunday morning.
Thanks to the Parkdale community for coming together with food and support afterwards at the Parkdale Fire Hall; Mike McCafferty for preparing the ham and his mom, Martha, for helping organize the potluck dinner.
A very special thanks to Bob Huskey for coming to Jim and Cleo's home to meet with the family and help organize the service. Bob's funeral message captured the spirit of Jim and his family and honored Jim with heartfelt words.
Thanks to Jacalyn Hill Carr for the hours she spent preparing the picture presentation and music for the service. We would also like to thank our friends, family and community for coming together during this difficult time.
Please make donations to the Parkdale Fire Department or to the Parkdale PTO for bleachers for sporting events held on the outdoor field."
Minnie Lee Herman celebrated her 101st birthday surrounded by her friends at the Mosier Senior Center.
Minnie Lee Talley was born on March 26, 1911, in Oklahoma where she grew up with three sisters and three brothers. She has an "older" sister still living in Oklahoma City as well as a younger sister in Arkansas. Minnie and her husband, Sterling Herman, moved to Mosier in 1947 and she has been a resident of Mosier ever since.
In addition to a son and grandchildren, Minnie has two ladies who give a lot of time helping her: Connie Zuba and Kathy Long.
In the Community Easter Egg Hunt in Cascade Locks, 95 kids enjoyed a free event for the locals, sponsored by Cascade Locks Recreation.
The kids had a great time and their parents spent time with friends, writes Pamela Morse of Cascade Locks Parks and Recreation.
"We were visited by the Easter Bunny and Gerry Tiffany. Gerry helped hide the eggs behind the Cascade Locks School. The Easter Bunny welcomed photos taken with the kids and gave each child an Easter sucker."
"The city's Parks and Recreation Committee have sponsored this event for about 25 years. We have always had a great turnout and a good old-fashioned good time."
The Lions, Lionesses, the Port of Cascade Locks, Columbia Market and Papa Murphy's helped provide the prizes.
Winter's wind damage meant a load of firewood for needy family, courtesy of Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital.
A tree on the May Street side of the hospital was weakened as a result of the large branch that came down in the storm and was deemed unsafe to leave standing, according to Christina Vanderwerf of Providence. The hospital located a family via Community Action Council.
The Hood River Chamber of Commerce "Travel to Learn" series continues through April 22. For details go to www.hoodriver.org/travel-to-learn. Classes include exciting experiences in culinary arts, fine arts, outdoor recreation, and many more.
The next Hood River Chamber Coffee Clatter will be at Glassometry Studios, 3015 Lower Mill Drive, Hood River, 8-9 a.m. on Friday.
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Crossfire vs SLI Performance Comparison Review
As single GPU video cards continue to get faster and deliver even more performance, are dual video card setups still a viable option for those looking for more performance? If one is good, two or more have to be better, right? In most cases two is better than one, and four is better than two; in most cases, not all. It would be nice to slap in another video card and see double the performance, but again that's not always the case. The cards will scale, and in some games you will see tremendous scaling, but in others you will wonder why you even bothered with the additional purchase. So what does it take to run a two, three, or even four GPU system? First off, you need to choose your video card and manufacturer, and then choose the motherboard that will allow you to run a multi-GPU setup. Sometimes that choice is made for you, if you just have to have a specific motherboard. But systems that were set up for Nvidia's multi-GPU solution SLI, or Scalable Link Interface, you needed a motherboard with an Nvidia chipset that supports the technology. For CrossFire based systems, you had to have a chipset that supports CrossFire technology. Simple enough! What if you already owned a motherboard that only featured a CrossFire capable chipset, and wanted to use Nvidia's multi-GPU solution? Well my friend, you were stuck buying a new motherboard. The solution was much the same for someone who wanted to run CrossFire and had a motherboard that only supported SLI. You get the drift. With the advent of the X58 chipset from Intel, you can have your cake and eat it too, since both technologies are supported.
There are two current technologies in use today. Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface, and ATI's CrossFireX technology. Both have their advantages, but the ultimate decision on which to buy and use is made by you, the consumer.
Both technologies offer improved performance, and will increase the cost of your system build. As part of that build, consider a monitor that is capable of running resolutions that can take advantage of the graphics horsepower delivered by these solutions. A 24 inch monitor capable of 1920x1200, or even a 30 inch monitor capable of resolutions up to 2560x1600, should be considered one of the minimum requirements when running a multi-GPU setup. If you are going to spend $1000 or more on video cards, another grand for a 30 inch monitor should be part of your build's budget. Enough chit-chat, let's see what kind of performance these kinds of setups can deliver. This comparison is not so much about the technology, but the performance you can expect for a system built with a multi-GPU solution.


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With millions of devices already sold, the iPad 2 merely reinforced Apple's position as the leader of the tablet market. While Apple is busy selling the latest iPhone 4S, Amazon is having a tough time keeping up with the insane demands for its upcoming tablet called Kindle Fire.
Touted as the iPad-killer, Amazon's Kindle Fire comes packed with almost the same amount of features as the iPad 2 but at an unbeatable price of $199. Many experts have predicted that once it is out, Kindle Fire might do to iPad what the Android did to the iPhone.
Here's why we, at Tech Source, believe that this Amazon's latest offering might make a huge dent in the tablet market by surpassing the dominant iPad 2.
Unbeatable Price
Prices for iPad 2 start at $499. At $499, what you get is a Wi-Fi-enabled iPad 2 with two cameras. Amazon's Kindle Fire on the other hand, comes at an incredibly low price of $199, which itself, is its biggest selling point. I know, many people argue that the Kindle fire doesn't have camera or 3G, but folks, do we really need a camera on a tablet? People look ridiculous when they take pictures with their iPads.
It's all about the content
A tablet device is all about the content. You can make a cheap $200 Android tablet and sell it to say 10,000 people. But when you have to sell it to millions, the content becomes the prerogative. The iPad sold millions of devices because it managed to bring engaging content directly into the consumers' hands. In order to outmatch content like that, any competitor needs to have a huge repertoire of quality content. And, Amazon currently has more quality content than Apple. The Kindle Fire offers unlimited streaming of movies and music to its Prime customers. They've also announced high quality Whispersync-enabled magazines for the device, making it even more lucrative to the consumers. Furthermore, with millions of books to choose from, Kindle Fire also doubles up as a great reading device.
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Apple has millions of apps in its App store but Kindle Fire, as of now, suffers from a dearth of quality apps. That may change however, as once the device is released, many app developers will definitely come up with some quality apps. Remember that Android too came in late, but now it has taken over Apple in the number of apps downloaded.
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The Kindle Fire features a super fast web browser called Silk that crunches web pages using the cloud. The result is that pages load way faster than they would usually load on a normal browser like Safari or Chrome. Here too, Kindle Fire wins the round, because, after all, who doesn't love speed?
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Although Nicholls students voted in 2003 to pay a $74 rec center fee to cover construction costs for the new facility, then estimated at $9.5 million, land negotiations stalled the center's construction. Now the estimated construction cost is $18.7 million, and officials said the funds from the original fee will not cover the cost of construction and operations.
"The only way we can generate a source to build the facility is a student-assessed fee," Eugene Dial, vice president of student affairs and enrollment services, told student reporters. He noted that Nicholls is the only public, four-year university in Louisiana without a student recreation center.
School officials said they will continue collecting the previously approved fee until the university has collected enough money to pay for the facility's construction. Nicholls has collected $6.6 million since the fee was assessed in 2003. Graduates who paid the original fee will be given access to the new rec center for as many semesters as they paid the student fee, officials said.
The university will not start collecting the new fee until the semester the student recreation center opens, which is slated for fall 2012. Once construction bids are gathered, the project is expected to break ground this November.


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This election cycle, Georgia voters will decide whether we amend our state Constitution to allow the state to authorize and fund "special schools" that are not approved by the elected school boards serving local communities.
Unfortunately, most voters will not delve into the language of the authorizing resolution or discuss with legislators the intent of the amendment they voted for or against. They will listen to the "Yes" and "No" campaigns' talking points, which seem to frame the question as being either in favor of charter schools or against them.
The results from many charter schools are outstanding. I think that they can be very innovative and an alternative for those who are able to attend them. These schools' students excel because the charter petition seeks to waive many of the mandates and minimize bureaucracy. The same can be said of tuition-based school students and students who receive their education at home, who also excel without the hindrances preventing the same excellence in government-run schools. Am I the only one seeing a pattern here?
To me, the question becomes why limit our students' potential to those who attend the "special schools" authorized by the amendment? If charter schools are the panacea to our woeful education results, where is the burning desire to waive the mandates, bureaucracy, and administration at every school for every child? Why not work to relieve our schools, teachers and communities of the burdens imposed by those who think that we can achieve by aiming to have each child taught in the same "one size fits all" manner?
Year after year, new regulations and mandates come from Washington and Atlanta regarding how local communities educate their children. These mandates come in two forms: unfunded mandates that restrict a local community's ability to adopt an educational standard they accept, or additional funding tied to the local system undertaking certain activities. If now is the time to amend the state Constitution regarding education, why was this amendment the only option being considered? Perhaps we should have an honest and comprehensive discussion about education before we amend the state Constitution to serve a very small population.
As written, the amendment authorizes a new state-level body of unelected, unaccountable appointees. Perhaps it is a mistrust of government that tells me that those appointed are "paid back" for whatever favors they provided the elected official who appoints them, regardless of whether at the federal, state or local level. Unfortunately, the amendment appears to be another move to centralize educational decision-making at a level further away from those affected. I do not believe in top-down solutions for local priorities.
At the local level, voters elect the school board members. A voter's choice at the ballot box is an endorsement of the actions that elected board member takes for the duration of his or her term. Poor representation can be remedied by the voters at the next election or through a recall petition. In fact, I welcome an engaged community concerned about the education and direction of our community.
As an individual and a Libertarian, I think that more choices are better than fewer choices. This amendment's passage will not move the needle for Georgia's education statistics. That will only happen when engaged parents and active communities demand a real choice about education and real, in the home, local control over their children's education needs.
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Ambrym Island is the Jewel of the Pacific. The island is located in central Vanuatu, South West Pacific. Explorers to the region in the 1800's were impressed by the majestic islands and dramatic eruptions from Ambrym volcano.
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Colony: Issues https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/ https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/redmine/favicon.ico 2010-11-12T02:37:38Z Robotics Club Redmine Bug #1574 (Assigned): wl_basic_do_default(int *length) doesn't set *length to zero if no packet r... https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1574 2010-11-12T02:37:38Z Alexander Lam firstname.lastname@example.com
Either need to add code to preset &dataLength = 0 in /home/lama/projects/colony/trunk/code/projects/traffic_navigation/main.c (rev 1867) before calling wl_basic_do_default, or change wireless lib to set *length to zero.
 Bug #960 (Assigned): xbee id https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/960 2009-12-05T07:05:22Z David Schultz firstname.lastname@example.com
The xbee id should be set to the robot id (which is in the eeprom) on init.

The xbee currently just uses the last stored address in xbee memory, which works most of the time but is not failsafe.
 Bug #852 (Assigned): Xbee Documentation https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/852 2009-10-30T19:41:35Z Dan Shope email@example.com
Make a page on wiki w/ Xbee setup/config commands

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 Bug #790 (Assigned): XBee/Wireless Initialization https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/790 2009-10-20T01:38:01Z John Sexton email@example.com
XBee and Wireless Init functions seem to conflict. dragonfly_init() appears to call xbee_init() [found in serial.c in libdragonfly], while wl_init() appears to call xbee_lib_init() [found in xbee.c in libwireless]. The two functions appear to be arguing over what to assign a few registers.

We found that to get the XBees to work, xbee_init() needs to be called again after drangonfly_init(), but before wl_basic_init_default() [which basically just calls wl_init()].

We also are not confident that calls to wl_set_channel() are working correctly, or if the channel is getting re-initialized by calls to xbee_init()/xbee_lib_init().
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assert would be nice
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