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Goodbye Motorola. If a pitch for what we believe to be is an upcoming ad campaign on Behance.net is real, then something huge is going on at Motorola.
The pictures, on B.A. Bäkken's Behance page, an online design portfolio page for designers to showcase their work, say it all. Labeled as, "Pitch work," for Motorola, the images tell an interesting story of Motorola going away while they work on something drastic; "New Ideas. New Technologies." The next big thing.
We're not good at goodbyes. No one is. They're hard. And sad. But the time has come. After nearly a century of innovation, we must say farewell. Farewell to the first handheld cell phone. To the Razr. To the game snake. Farewell to the Motorola that has shaped today.
It's time to start building tomorrow. Change is afoot. New faces. New ideas. New technologies. The Motorola that returns will not be the company you once knew. But we have some work to do. So until we're ready, we're going away. No new ads or tweets. No site updates. Just silence until we begin the next chapter.
Until we meet again, goodbye Moto.Ad pitch to MotorolaBehance.net
It's hard to tell exactly what this all means, but the overall message is certainly intentional. Meaning Motorola must sent out a call for mockups fitting the slogan, "Goodbye Moto."
Several of the images feature the date 8.1.13, which could be a placeholder, but previous moto x rumors suggested the device would launch in August.
Is Motorola leaving for awhile to come back rebranded? Will Google completely absorb the company? Are they simply going dark until they can come up with a product that will really, truly, finally wow us all? Stay tuned as we dig for more, and try to find out what's going on at Motorola.


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ASUS GTX 570 Review
Everyone has got to admit that they were at least semi-excited about the release of NVIDIA's GTX 580. What else could be more interesting than a new card taking the crown of the fastest single GPU card. Even so, NVIDIA didn't stop there. The graphical computing beast soon released the GTX 570 core which proved to be more than 20% faster than the GTX 470. NVIDIA then went on to their recent release of the very affordable, extremely powerful GTX 560 Ti. All of these releases, combined with all of ATI's recent releases it can, once again, be very hard to choose which GPU is right for you.
Today we'll be looking at an offering of the GTX 570 from ASUS, simply called the "ASUS GTX 570". This card comes with everything you'd expect from ASUS. This includes voltage tweakablitiy, DX11 support, and of course the modified GF 110 core. So without further ado, let's take a look at what this card has to offer, and how it stacks up against the rest of the competition.
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First up is the box. The ASUS GTX 570 arrives with a green and black color scheme. The front of the box features the very familiar horseman holding a sword. This appears to be the same horseman that ASUS used on their "Dark Knight" addition cards. Flipping the box over reveals some specs about the card as well as a picture of the card's display ports.
Like we've seen with many other cards from ASUS, there is a second black box underneath the initial packaging. This then offers you a fold up flap which reveals three smaller black compartments. The first and second compartments contain the included extras. These are a Molex to 6-Pin connector, a DVI to VGA adapter, an HDMI adapter, and a Driver CD. Lifting up the first compartment reveals the beautiful ASUS GTX 570.
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UH Manoa scientist wins prestigious Landon Prize for International Collaboration in Cancer ResearchUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The American Association for Cancer Research has announced that the 2008 Landon Foundation-AACR Innovator Award for International Collaboration in Cancer Research has been won by a team of researchers led by Dr. Michele Carbone (M.D., Ph.D), Director of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaiʻi Thoracic Oncology Program and Chair of Pathology at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
The award provides a two-year, $100,000 grant to support the work of promising cancer researchers.
Carbone's team of experts in genetics, thoracic oncology, geology and pathology has discovered a unique mesothelioma epidemic in three Turkish villages. They have demonstrated that the epidemic is caused by an interaction between a human gene and the environment. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer where malignant cells develop in the protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs.
Carbone and colleagues have identified that exposure to erionite, a mineral fiber, is the likely cause of the epidemic. They have reduced exposure to that mineral fiber throughout the villages. They will use the AACR Innovator grant to identify the predisposing gene or genes for mesothelioma among this ethnic group and map the genetic risk factors by genetic linkage studies.
Findings from this research have implications far beyond the villages in Turkey. They can be applied to other geographic areas and communities worldwide, with the goal of preventing this deadly form of cancer or finding new life-saving interventions and treatments.
The award supports highly meritorious research being conducted collaboratively by investigators in different countries around the world, and aims to promote international cancer research collaboration as an effective means to accelerate progress against cancer by providing the necessary support to sustain and enhance such collaborations.
Dr. Carbone's team includes Haining Yang, Ph.D., of the University of Hawaiʻi. Also on the team: Nancy Cox, Ph.D., and Ian Steele, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Harvey Pass, M.D., NYU School of Medicine and Clinical Cancer Center; Joseph Testa, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center; Y. Izzetin Baris, M.D., University of Hacettepe in Ankara, Turkey; A. Umran Dogan, Ph.D., University of Iowa; and Salih Emri, M.D., and Murat Tuncer, M.D., Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey.
"International collaborations are essential to addressing the cancer problem on a global scale. To ensure continued progress in conquering cancer, researchers must be willing to share resources and technologies, lend expertise and communicate new concepts, perspectives and methodologies to the worldwide cancer community," said Margaret Foti, M.D., Ph.D., AACR's chief executive officer.
"The work of Dr. Carbone and his team illustrates a commitment to all of these goals and it is a pleasure to recognize him and his team by providing much needed support for promising research that spans two continents," Foti said.
Dr. Carbone will receive the award during the Opening Ceremony of the AACR Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 13, 2008, at 8:15 a.m., in Hall G-H of the San Diego Convention Center.
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Library History
Edward Arthur Mellinger was born in 1874 near Morning Sun, Iowa, where he attended a one-room country school and graduated from the Morning Sun High School. In 1891, he enrolled at Iowa State College (now University) in Ames, where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering.
In his academic work, he was particularly interested in the science of telephone communications, which was then in its infancy. This interest led to a lifelong association with the telephone industry. Mr. Mellinger made significant contributions to many phases of the growing telephone industry, serving as a skilled engineer who supervised the development, manufacture, and installation of telephone systems in many parts of the world. He was also an effective salesman and spent a portion of his career in this capacity.
In spite of demands placed on him by these responsibilities, Mr. Mellinger also found time to engage in experimental work which resulted in his obtaining 17 industry-related U.S. Patents for equipment which is still in use today.
Shortly before his death in 1933, Mr. Mellinger established the Mellinger Investment Company, which he hoped would ultimately be the source of an endowment for educational purposes. Following the stock market crash of the early 1930s, he concluded there would not be sufficient funding for the foundation he had in mind. He subsequently left what remained of the Mellinger Investment Company to his two sisters, Maude Luther Mehaffey and Inez A. Hensleigh. The current library was a memorial gift from his two sisters that was dedicated on May 30, 1937.
Years later, Mrs. Hensleigh, now the owner of all the stock following the death of her sister, recalled her brother's interest in establishing an educational fund. Accordingly, she arranged for the company's assets, plus the residue of her own estate, to be used to create the Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc. upon her death.
Mrs. Hensleigh enlisted the assistance of Robert J. Clendenin, Sr., an attorney, and Lloyd C. Stevenson, a certified public accountant. They served as president and secretary treasurer respectively from the date of incorporation until 1981. When Mr. Clendenin retired, Mr. Stevenson succeeded him as president and treasurer. Mr. Clendenin died in 1983, and Mr. Stevenson, who became president emeritus in January of 1986, died in 1992.
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At Southwestern College, we offer a three level program in Filipino, the language of the Philippines. The Filipino program at SWC includes the following courses:
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"Two Words From the Past"
John Main OSB, in THE HEART OF CREATION (New York: Continuum, 1998), pp. 42-44.
The early monastic Fathers soon discovered that one of the hurdles that every man and woman of prayer must surmount is what they described as acedia. Acedia is a fairly complex psychological concept, but it contains the notions of boredom, dryness, lack of satisfaction, a feeling of hopelessness, of not making progress. I think all of us are to some extent familiar with these manifestations of the ego.
In fact, the concept of acedia is a particularly modern one. People in our society are very easily bored. Boredom makes us restless and inconsistent in our commitments, all of us. Just as the early monks used to saunter off to Alexandria for a little bit of distraction from time to time, so we, in our secular society, are usually on the look-out for distraction. Those of us who have discovered the path of meditation will often feel a contrary tug, to withdraw our necks from the yoke so that we can rest up for a while. We all seek a diversion because we are get a little tired with the sameness of the daily commitment to a pilgrimage that tests us with long periods of uneventfulness
A young man recently came to see me and asked, "How can you bear to look out of your window and see the same thing every day? Doesn't it drive you made?" Perhaps the real question should be, "How is it we can always see so much, looking out of the same window everyday?" The early fathers knew that boredom comes from desire, the desire for fulfillment or fame, for something new, for a change of environment or activity, for different relationships, for a new toy, whatever it might be.
Pure prayer shrinks desire. In the stillness of prayer, increasingly still as we approach the Source of all that is, of all that can be, we are so filled with wonder that there is no place for desire. It is not so much that we transcend desire but rather that there is simply no place in us any longer for such desire. All our space is being filled with the wonder of God. The attention that is scattered in desiring is recalled and absorbed in God. [. . . .]
Meditating, we let go of the desire to control, to possess, to dominate. We seek instead only to be who we are and being the person we are, we are open to the God who is. It is as a result of that openness that we are filled with wonder and with the power and energy of God, which is the power to be and the energy to be in love. [And] when we are in love it is impossible to be bored.
Meditate for Thirty Minutes.... Remember: Sit down. Sit still and upright. Close your eyes lightly. Sit relaxed but alert. Silently, interiorly, begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer-phrase "Maranatha." Recite it as four syllables of equal length. Listen to it as you say it, gently, but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything—spiritual or otherwise. Thoughts and images will likely come, but let them pass. Just keep returning your attention—with humility and simplicity—to saying your word in faith, from the beginning to the end of your meditation.
After Meditation...
The Shvetashvatara Upanishad (verses 3,8, 10 and 12), tr. E. Easwaran, THE UPANISHADS (Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press, 1987), pp. 217-218.
In the depths of meditation, sages
Saw within themselves the Lord of Love,
Who dwells in the heart of every creature.
Deep in the hearts of all he dwells. . . .
The Lord of Love holds in his hand the world,
Composed of the changing and the changeless,
The manifest and the unmanifest.
The separate self, not yet aware of the Lord,
Goes after pleasure, only to become
Bound more and more. When it sees the Lord,
There comes the end to bondage.
All is change in the world of the senses,
But changeless is the Lord of Love.
Meditate on him, be absorbed in him,
Wake up from the dream of separateness.
Know him to be enshrined in your heart always.
Truly there is nothing more in life to know.
Meditate and realize this world
Is filled with the presence of God.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Finding a job in Santiago Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Finding a job in Santiago Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Chile View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sarahnzJoined: 23 Nov 2004Posts: 5Location: nz Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:14 pm Post subject: Finding a job in Santiago I have some specific questions about finding a job in Santiago and would appreciate some advice. 1. Are there many jobs teaching adults? 2. Are North American English speakers preferred? 3. Should I get my CV translated? 4. Can you get a job going door to door? I'm arriving in March but only staying about two months. I'm from NZ, will have a work permit, have a BA in Psyc, Trinity Cert TESOL and two years experience (including time in China). Back to top Dennis ParishJoined: 09 Nov 2004Posts: 18Location: santiago de chile Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject: I mentioned a lot of things you asked about in another post. You sound like a good candidate so you'll find something but whether it's enough is tough to say - but you should have luck. 1) There's lots of work teaching adults but there's lots of competition. 2) North Americans are preferred but not to the exclusion of others; it shouldn' t matter much. 3) No need to get your CV translated because... 4) ...the best method if you arrive here without a contract is going door- to-door. By the way, how did you get a work permit without a job lined up? Most people don't have one here otherwise. Back to top sarahnzJoined: 23 Nov 2004Posts: 5Location: nz Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:32 pm Post subject: Thanks for your reply, I read your other post and it was really useful. About the visas - because NZ has a trade partnership with Chile, NZers from 18 - 30 years old can get a working holiday visa for 90 days. You enter as a tourist (which NZers don't need a visa for either) and get the work permit from a visa office once you're in Chile. I think it's US$37. You can only use this visa once though, after that you need to get a different one if you want to stay and work longer. Back to top mattsnutsJoined: 04 Mar 2004Posts: 5Location: Sydney, Australia Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:05 am Post subject: Regarding the Working Holiday Visa... NZers can get one valid for a year if they apply to the embassy in Wellington. You probably already know that. -Matt Listening to: 'Damaged' from 'Screamadelica' by 'Primal Scream' on Media Center 9.1 Back to top Dennis ParishJoined: 09 Nov 2004Posts: 18Location: santiago de chile Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject: Chileans can go to NZ for ayear by the same route. P.S. TURN THAT SHIT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Back to top Don AlanJoined: 11 Dec 2004Posts: 150Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:03 pm Post subject: Am I right in saying it´s not worthwhile expecting someone to employ you before you actually arrive in Santiago? And given that will it be quite easy for me to get enough hours to keep me going until I get more established. I have already blown my savings on my September Chile holiday. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Chile All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Migrate From RISC/UNIX to Cisco UCS
Enterprise IT continues to spend nearly $15B of their hard-earned budgets every year in RISC/UNIX and mainframe hardware. The upfront expense combined with the proprietary lock-in on these platforms and associated maintenance and licensing costs is a mandate for IT to rethink their long term strategy. Many of these companies are already moving off the RISC/UNIX architectures due to high costs and uncertainty about their futures foreshadowed by missed deadlines, changes in roadmaps and discontinued hardware and software support. There is a strong and on-going market trend to migrate from proprietary architectures to the open Intel Xeon® based architecture, and the Cisco Unified Computing System is particularly well suited as a target platform for this purpose. In partnership with Intel, Cisco has developed a RISC/UNIX Migration Program (www.cisco.com/go/migratetoucs) that includes a complete set of Cisco Migration Services through Cisco AS and Partners to help IT organizations define and realize the business benefits of migrating to Cisco Unified Computing System.
I had a conversation recently with Patrick Buddenbaum , Director of Intel's Datacenter and Connected Systems Group, and Cisco's Scott Clark, VP, Enterprise DC Services, to discuss the RISC/UNIX migration program. Read on for a summary of this conversation.
" Scott : Satinder, why is Cisco UCS an ideal destination platform for a RISC/UNIX migration?
SS : Fundamentally, the landscape of the business-critical application market is changing – many commercial, off-the-shelf enterprise applications have been restructured to take advantage of the improved economics of Intel Xeon processor-based servers, with reliability and performance equal to or better than current RISC/UNIX implementations. In addition, IT departments understand that greater agility and flexibility are critical to supporting the business. The Cisco Unified Computing system is a smart infrastructure in which every aspect of server personality is abstracted and can be applied programmatically. This approach does for physical servers what hypervisors do for virtual machines: it provides a pool of abstracted resources that can be quickly and easily configured to be whatever the software stack (hypervisor, operating system, or application) requires in terms of identity, personality, and I/O settings. Reproducible and easy server deployment makes the migration process efficient, smooth, and error-free.
We designed the Cisco Unified Computing System to meet the challenges of mission-critical business computing now and into the future. The architectural advantages of our Unified Fabric, Fabric Extender, Extended Memory, and UCS Management technologies deliver greater scalability and consolidation than traditional RISC/UNIX and x86-architecture servers. These capabilities also enable rapid and accurate deployment of bare-metal, virtualized, and cloud-computing services and applications—giving organizations greater flexibility and performance at less cost than traditional systems.
Patrick , what capabilities does the Intel Xeon processor E7 product family bring to mission-critical applications?
PB : Mission-Critical applications must be available and secure at all times. The Intel Xeon processor E7 product families are designed to offer reliability, security, and availability that can meet the needs of the most demanding workloads. These top-of-the-line processors deliver performance that is ideal for your most data-demanding workloads with improved scalability, and increased memory and I/O capacity, allowing you to handily adapt to changes in short-term business demands, and address requirements for longer-term business growth. Advanced reliability and security features work to maintain data integrity, accelerate encrypted transactions, and maximize the availability of mission-critical applications.
SC: Business demands can change rapidly – how do you see mission critical applications moving into the cloud?
PB : The data center has evolved over the past decade and is still evolving at a very rapid pace. In the past, many organizations trusted their most mission-critical applications to RISC-based server platforms or to the mainframe because of the absolute need for high reliability, scalability and capacity. Today, businesses and organizations are looking at deploying their mainstream enterprise infrastructure in a cloud compute environment, while moving their mission critical applications and services off RISC/UNIX to an Intel-based infrastructure. This provides IT a common, interoperable infrastructure today, that can easily join the cloud compute pool when the cloud infrastructure becomes secure and robust enough to meet the SLAs IT have for their mission critical applications.
SC: Satinder, What benefits can IT organizations expect to experience by migrating to Cisco UCS?
SS : UCS provides unique benefits because it is not just a server, it is a complete computing system architecture that integrates compute, network, storage access, and virtualization resources in a single cohesive system to reduce overall cost and increase data center agility. We have several excellent RISC/UNIX migration case studies located here. We recently helped a leading research university to seamlessly move Oracle applications from a SPARC/Solaris environment to the Cisco Unified Computing System. The University of Colorado consolidated its previous 300 servers on 24 racks down to 10 total servers with Cisco UCS consolidated into two racks. This reduced the university's data center footprint from approximately 5000-square feet to 200-square feet, shrinking the physical capacity of its data center by 96 percent, and consequently reducing power consumption by 90 percent, which saved them approximately $600,000 per year. In addition, the combination of Intel Xeon Processors and Cisco UCS unified network resulted in 400 to 600 percent performance improvement. They were able to run twice the number of transactions using half the number of servers.
Services are key element to a migration, since data centers work better when technology products and services are aligned. Scott, maybe you can share a little more detail about our services capabilities ?
SC: Sure. Cisco's RISC/UNIX Migration Service can be of assistance through each step of the migration process, whether you are evaluating the business case for RISC/UNIX migration or have already decided to migrate from a RISC/UNIX environment. Cisco and our valued partners help define the business benefits and return on investment (ROI), perform test migrations to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of migrating to the Cisco UCS platform, and migrate production applications and data in line with your requirements and timeline. We understand that these applications have higher level Service Level requirements during a transition and will utilize proven processes for migrating RISC/UNIX environments onto Cisco's innovative Cisco Unified Computing System platform safely and securely. Cisco Advanced Services has helped migrate some of the largest oracle database, oracle applications, and mission critical SAP installations to Cisco UCS. "
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Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.3 introduces a virtual multi-touch user interface, supports additional devices and platforms, and provides enhanced networking capabilities enabling developers to virtualize modern post-PC era operating system features while maintaining compatibility with legacy operating systems.
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), visit www.oracle.com.
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The City of Markham's water supply system is robust and efficient ensuring residents have safe, clean drinking water at the turn of a tap. In this section you will learn where Markham's water comes from, how it is treated and delivered to your home as well as how the system is maintained.
Our drinking water source comes from Lake Ontario which is fed by rivers, streams and storm water ponds. Lake Ontario is part of Canada's Great Lakes watershed, which is the largest fresh water system on Earth. Approximately 9 million people in Ontario and New York State rely on Lake Ontario for their drinking water. After years of abuse, Lake Ontario is under stress.
It is very important to protect all water sources within our communities from pollution in order to protect our drinking water source and the natural environment.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 783 million people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water. In Markham, we are fortunate to enjoy clean drinking water straight from the tap.
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Markham's water comes from Lake Ontario and goes through a rigorous water treatment process at facilities located in the City of Toronto and sometimes Peel Region. Water from Lake Ontario contains many impurities that can be harmful to us if ingested without treatment. These impurities can be grouped into three categories:
Treatment is done in compliance with the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, and is continuously monitored for quality.
The City of Toronto's water treatment facilities disinfect source water using chloramine, a chemical compound that contains both chlorine and ammonia. Thus, Markham's water undergoes chloramination.
Chloramination is the process of adding chloramine during the treatment process to disinfect and kill microorganisms (virus, bacteria, and algae growth). Chloramine is used instead of chlorine because it is more persistent within the extensive underground distribution system. This makes the water more resistant to contamination as it travels from Toronto to Markham.
Chlorine has been a safe and reliable tool for over a century, successfully stopping the spread of waterborne disease. To minimize chlorine odour in your drinking water, fill a pitcher and let it stand overnight in the refrigerator.
Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in the environment and is found in soil, air and water. Fluoride is added at the end of the water treatment process to help prevent tooth decay. The addition of Fluoride is encouraged by many Canadian health and dental organizations, and is supported by long term scientific research studies conducted on the effects of fluoride on human health.
Process For a closer look at the treatment process, larger view available in PDF format.
After treatment, the clean water is pumped to York Region. York Region acts as a wholesale supplier of water and provides further testing, storage, and pressure for Markham's system. Markham then distributes water to residents and businesses.
Markham's distribution system provides high quality treated water to approximately 346,000 residents and is comprised of over 1,000 kilometres of watermains, 11,000 watermain valves and 8,500 municipal fire hydrants. Markham is a distribution only system, without additional treatment, pumping and storage facilities. Markham's water within the distribution system is tested for standard parameters, in compliance with Ontario Regulation 170/03. The samples are collected by licensed Waterworks operators and analyzed by the provincially accredited YorkDurham Regional Environmental Laboratory.
Watch "Markham's Water Distribution System" to learn more!
Fire hydrants are owned, operated and maintained by the City of Markham Waterworks Department. A hydrant is a valve connected to the watermain which allows fire services and waterworks operators access to the main water supply.
Hydrants provide a continuous supply of water to fight fires. Fire trucks carry only enough water to make an initial fire attack so firefighters must connect to a hydrant within the first few minutes of a fire emergency.
Accessing a hydrant without delay ensures that firefighters who are already inside a burning building tasked with search and rescue or attacking the fire can continue for as long as required.
Often firefighters find that hydrants are hidden or have been broken by unauthorized use and tampering. Remember, seconds count! This can delay firefighting efforts and can lead to serious consequences.
Remember: Only the City of Markham Fire and Waterworks Departments are permitted to use hydrants. Any others can be charged and/or fined.
Markham's water comes from Lake Ontario and is treated by the City of Toronto and Peel Region. Water is carried by large regional pipes to municipal watermains for storage and distribution to Markham's homes, schools, and businesses. Markham has over 100 sampling stations where Waterworks staff test water quality, in addition to the testing done by Toronto and York Region.
Overall, Markham's Water Department maintains about 1000 kilometres of water mains, conducts thousands of water quality tests, and distributes over 36 billion litres of water annually.
Drink Markham's Tap Water Because It's…
Bottled water is a common product today that only a few decades ago was a luxury. One contributor to this shift in our habits is an enormous investment in advertising by companies that sell bottled water. Markham provides water that always meets the highest standards of quality, so why pay more for a resource that we can access free of charge at public facilities, or for less than a penny per litre from the tap at home?
Choosing to drink tap water shows your support for a cleaner environment. We are proud to supply clean, safe, affordable water to all Markham residents.
"Our top priority is providing high quality drinking water to all our customers. We are constantly testing to ensure all standards and regulations are met for a safe, clean and healthy drinking water supply".
Eddy Wu, Manager, Operations and Maintenance
Waterworks, City of Markham
Instead of bottled water....fill a refillable water bottle and bring it with you!
Myth: I need to boil my water to make it safe to drink.
Fact: Markham tap water is welltested and safe. It does not need to be boiled or filtered. Drink it straight from the tap!
Myth: There is plenty of drinking water on the Earth…
Fact: About 75% of the earth's surface is water. 2% is drinkable but of that amount, only 1% is accessible.
Myth: I recycle my water bottles, so it's not a problem to drink bottled water.
Fact: Only a small percentage of bottles are recycled. Many end up as litter or in the garbage. Even if you recycle plastic bottles, the resources and energy required to produce and then remanufacture them is unnecessary. Municipal water provides drinking water for far less energy and cost.
Myth: Bottled water tastes better.
Fact: Do your own blind taste test at home – you may be surprised at what you find. Markham tap water compares well against brand name bottled water, in fact, many bottled water brands are sourced from municipal tap water. There are also easy ways to add some zest to tap water. Add slices of citrus fruits, cucumber, or berries for a refreshing drink. Keep a pitcher of water in the fridge to save running the tap till it is cold.
Myth: I should avoid drinking my tap water if it is cloudy.
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It's been eight years since Daft Punk's last album, seven since its last brain-melting performance at Coachella, and less than a week since the band's advertisement for the forthcoming "Random Access Memories" sent Indio-goers into a collective swoon. So after all that anticipation, the real star of its return single is...Nile Rodgers of Chic?
That's no knock on the song. The disco maven Rodgers offers up some seriously tasty funk licks on "Get Lucky," the retro-futurist track and first full cut from the album to emerge in the wild (and as of now, iTunes). But it does suggest the degree to which Daft Punk is curating as much as crafting "Random Access Memories."
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The now public list of Daft Punk's album collaborators -- Rodgers, Pharrell Williams (who sings on the track), house producer Todd Edwards, Animal Collective's Panda Bear, "Rainbow Connection" songwriter Paul Williams and a whole flock of '70s and '80s session ninjas -- is formidable, and was perhaps cause for some fears of musical outsourcing. But "Get Lucky," which sort of debuted in pieces in a few well-placed TV and Web advertisements, shows just how deftly the French duo put all those pieces together.


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So I think its worthwhile for us to ask each other "Are you OK?" and provide a protected space where members can answer honestly.R U OK? is an independent, not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to provide national focus and leadership for ending suicide in Australia by empowering people to make a difference, encouraging open and honest communication and driving real connection. Our vision is for a society that can openly discuss suicide, and that has taken responsibility for maintaining the connections that prevent it.
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Connecting people to stop little problems turning into big ones
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We're reposting this project due to a time waster. It's a simple sql database building project that we'd normally do ourselves but our tech guy is 'rusty' on sql. We already know it'll take no more than 3 days, DO NOT APPLY if you can't do it in this time period, it's very generous already. It's a simply sql database (6 tables) and a dashboard, with links from initial membership forms. You get the idea, simple.
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Chunin (中忍, Literally meaning: Middle Ninja, Meaning (Viz): Journeyman Ninja) are ninja who are qualified to guide other ninja and lead missions. Chūnin have reached a level of maturity and ability that primarily consists of leadership skills and tactical prowess. Genin who do not have the skills to become chūnin are weeded out in the Chūnin Exams. Some of them, like Iruka Umino, Daikoku Funeno, Shino Aburame and Suzume move on to function as Academy teachers and others, like Shikamaru Nara, serve as team leaders in charge of small teams who need to make decisions and utilise the skills of the shinobi under their command to the maximum effect. Chūnin are typically sent on C-rank or B-rank missions.
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No lyrics, no vocals, not even any song names. The Good The Bad are back, clocking up their fiftieth released song and ploughing on much the same as ever. They're still methodically naming their tracks in numerical order, and the album cover's still adorned with naked ladies (though this time there's also a leopard). The Danish trio are styling their current sound 'new school surf and flamenco' – but it's more bluesy and rocky than that. With crunching Queens of the Stone Age style riffs alternating with lilting guitars straight out of Spaghetti Western soundtracks and the odd bit of wah-laden surf rock, From 034 To 050 is an album that glories in all the different sounds you can make with two electric guitars, a drum-kit and not much more.
With no vocals and many an atmospheric track (whether the slightly sinister '040' or the warm, fuzzy surf pop of '041'), the album inevitably retains a soundtrack-like quality, with the music telling an unseen, unexplained story. Much like Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi's Rome, the predominant genre invoked is the Western soundtrack, but there is an underlying sense of threat that wouldn't be out of place in a Tarantino flick, as well as more Beach Boy-esque moments which would slot into most teen rom-coms. All in all, if From 034 To 050's cinematic vignettes are telling a story, it's not one easily guessed.
Taking the anonymity even further, there are rarely any distinguishing features to allow you to differentiate between songs and, as such, picking highlights or favourite songs is pointless. Inevitably everything blurs together, and even if one song does particularly grab you, you'll struggle to remember if it was '035' or '037' – it's not quite as impossible as ¡Forward Russia!, but definitely harder than Three Trapped Tigers (maybe that's just me, I seem to find lower numbers more anthropomorphic somehow). I imagine that the band themselves look at their set-list in panic at times, wondering if '047' was the one with or without the overdrive.
Ultimately though, the lack of titles suits the tracks, which blend together beautifully, with one lick leading into another seamlessly and lending the record an enduring sense of a particularly smooth jam session. There's a broad consistency of ambience and tempo throughout, and a very consistent sound. Though there's some variation, it retains a restrained simplicity, rather like the self-set limitations of the White Stripes. At times head-bangable, at others pure sunny pop, it's a straight-forward guitar album and there's little doubt that it would be an extreme live experience.
All in all, it's a lot of instrumental guitarring to take in. The most successful tracks are the warmer, Western jams; amongst them the lolloping, oozing slide guitar of '045' and the lilting Mexican stand-off '048'. Elsewhere, the flamenco, finger-bendin' goodness of '039' and the warm, noodling surf guitar of '041' also work very well.
The playing is exemplary, but the indistinguishable nature of the tracks eventually holds the album back. The band are clearly having a blast, but it doesn't entirely translate to the listener. With the triple digit numbering, they're obviously not planning on stopping any time soon, and if you've liked their past efforts, it's pretty certain you'll like what's to come; little has changed. There's not much it can be accurately compared with and it's indisputable that they've chosen their guns and stuck to them- the only question is whether they wouldn't be better served writing actual soundtracks.
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In the bromantic comedy "That Awkward Moment," Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan are three almost-30 best buds who make a pact to stay single.
In the bromantic comedy "That Awkward Moment," Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan are three almost-30 best buds who make a pact to stay single.
About relationships, finding love and figuring out who you are, the film's flimsy premise is fine, if overfamiliar. But, first-time writer/director Tom Gormican makes rookie mistakes. His tonal shifts, writing and style are an eye-rolling mess, in spite of a cast that features some of young Hollywood's rising stars in Jordan ("Fruitvale Station"), Teller ("The Spectacular Now") and Imogen Poots ("Jane Eyre"). She charms as Efron's love interest, but that's about the only appeal the movie offers.
Gormican might think he's making an original romantic comedy by telling the story from the male perspective. He's wrong. Just because the anatomy is different and there are a few sophomoric laughs about discolored penises, the results are still weighed down by every cliche in the genre. Big third act declarations of love? Yup. Friends who become lovers? Check. Sex with the ex? Certainly. Commitment issues? Without fail. Manhattan setting? Naturally. Contrived plot devices? You betcha. Secrets revealed during holiday celebrations? Of course.
When we catch up with the boys, Mikey's (Jordan) a doctor who's been dumped by his wife. Friends Jason (Efron) and Daniel (Teller) prescribe booze-fueled nights and hook ups with random women to cure his broken heart. The guys – straight-laced Mikey, pretty-boy Jason and clownish Daniel – strike a deal to stay single. If a girlfriend starts a relationship talk with "so," they bail, because their belief is that when it comes to girls, nothing good follows the word "So." As in, "So, where is this relationship going?"
All of them eventually ignore their own rules and are most content when they're secretly "girl happy." Teller's Daniel is the film's funny bone, a hilarious motor mouth, who falls for his female wingman (Mackenzie Davis). Efron's Jason becomes smitten after a one-night stand with Ellie (Poots). Jordan's Mikey spends the film trying to rekindle the romance with his cheating wife.
What Gormican seeks is to be "The Hangover" with heart for the 20something set. He relies on a running joke involving Daniel's bowel movements, and other testosterone-fueled antics that flail. Most of what flies on screen is painfully predictable, unfunny and misogynistic. Treat a girl like crap, and she always comes back. That's a super message.
When it's time for his characters to get serious, the director handles the shift in tone more awkwardly than any of the titular moments the film promises.
Movie review: THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (R for sexual content and language throughout). Cast includes Efron, Imogen Poots, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Mackenzie Davis, Jessica Lucas. Grade: C.
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March 3, 2007
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The Lady Bisons closed out the Buzz Tournament hosted by Georgia Tech with a pair of losses/
They fell 6-0 to Indiana State and 11-1 to host Georgia Tech Saturday in Woodstock, Ga., outside of Atlanta.
The Lady Bisons managed only four hits against Indiana State/ Shortstop Abby Keese slammed a double. Designated hitter Niki Bails was credited with a pair of singles/
Christen Campbell pitched a complete game, allowing 13 hits and five earned runs. She struck out nine and walked one.
Indiana State scored two runs in the first, two in the fourth and two in the sixth.
The Lady Bisons scored one run against Georgia Tech, but did not get a hit.
In the first inning Lauren Dortwegt led off by reaching base on a fielding error. Bails walked. Campbell walked. And first baseman Heather Collins walked to bring in Dortwegt.
Kim Jacobson started on the mound for the Lady Bisons. She gave up nine hits in 3 2/3 innings. She also allowed seven runs, five earned. She struck out one, but did not walk a batter.
Christy Grisham closed out the five-inning game for the Lady Bisons. She allowed four hits and four runs, all earned. She recorded no walks or strikeouts.


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After the customary six months of incubation, Ubuntu 13.10 - codenamed Saucy Salamander - has hatched. The new version of the popular Linux distribution brings updated applications and several new features, including augmented search capabilities in the Unity desktop shell.
Although Saucy Salamander offers some useful improvements, it's a relatively thin update. XMir, the most noteworthy item on the 13.10 roadmap, was ultimately deferred for inclusion in a future release. Canonical's efforts during the Saucy development cycle were largely focused on the company's new display server and upcoming Unity overhaul, but neither is yet ready for the desktop.
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Kuranyi brace lifts Dynamo past Terek
Moscow - Ex-Germany striker Kevin Kuranyi struck twice Sunday as Dynamo Moscow pulled out a 2-1 win at Terek Grozny, continuing their impressive revival under coach Dan Petrescu in the Russian football league.
A fifth consecutive victory raises Dynamo to eighth in the league, just two points behind fourth-placed FC Kuban, while Terek remain fifth with 32 points.
It was sweet revenge for Dynamo after suffering home defeat to the Chechens with the reverse score in August.
Kuranyi scored the opener on 12 minutes, lashing home Christian Noboa's flick-on from a corner.
Brazilian striker Ailton equalised in the middle of the second half with an accurate header off a left-wing cross from Fyodor Kudryashov.
It took Dynamo only four minutes to restore their lead, as Kuranyi sent a bullet header into the top corner of the goal after another corner from Austrian winger Jakob Jantscher.
Petrescu opted to play experienced goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky over Anton Shunin, who had fully recovered from burns to his eye when a flare was thrown onto the pitch during a game against Zenit St. Petersburg in mid-November.