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State of the Hackage
This summer (2010), I've tasked myself with porting the current Hackage codebase, which is served at hackage.haskell.org to web browsers and cabal-install processes alike, to a newer one which is still in development but nonetheless pretty polished. The older one is known as hackage-scripts, and you can find it here:
$ darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/hackage-scripts/
Its primary goal is to serve both cabal files (package metadata) for the cabal-install tool to parse and package tarballs for it to compile, and the server uses a glorified directory tree to accomplish this. It also has a minimalistic web interface for finding packages, viewing their metadata, and perusing Haddock-generated documentation. hacakge-scripts uses a combination of static files and Network.CGI executables, which are invoked by the web server, read information about the request using the CGI specification, and then print the HTML response to standard output. Not the least of these scripts is the one that uploads new packages, using either
cabal upload or the web interface.
hackage-scripts is portable in that it should run on any standard Apache installation. Unfortunately, it usually doesn't run out of the box. The directory tree and static files have to be set up manually, and the Makefile and source code need to be hardcoded with pathnames indicating where the set up is. Even if you can't get it running on your own, it is happily chugging away on hackage.haskell.org, which your cabal configs (
~/.cabal/config) undoubtedly point to.
The candidate replacement is known simply as hackage-server, and you can get it here in its pre-summer-of-code state:
$ darcs get http://code.haskell.org/hackage-server/
It uses the Happstack web framework to deconstruct URIs by their path hierarchy, rather than letting Apache root through a large directory tree of mostly static files. It also uses the happstack-state package, at present keeping approximately 186 MiB of package data for 8376 package versions in memory to serve requests, falling back to the disk for larger files such as the package tarballs.
This summer's project is particular in that it involves work on a code base which most Haskellers won't install themselves, but provides a service most of us will end up dealing with frequently. This makes it important to get right from an architecture standpoint. Nonetheless, I hope to make it painless to set up a secondary Hackage repository as a drop-in replacement for the main one, potentially allowing you to pull from a variety of sources of varying stabilities. Setting up a server on
http://localhost:8080/ over an empty repository is as easy as changing to the repository's top-level Darcs directory for the repository and running
$ cabal install $ hackage-server --initialise
(albeit not as easy if the dependencies end up failing: I had to change the Happstack dependency brackets in hackage-server.cabal from ==0.4.* to ==0.5.* because I use an older base) Setting up a haskell.hackage.org clone with the current tarballs is a bit more complex, but within the realm of science to solve!
$ cabal install $ wget -P /tmp http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/archive.tar $ wget -P /tmp http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/00-index.tar.gz $ wget -P /tmp http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/log $ echo 'admin:wywGGkc7Qc/6I' > /tmp/htpasswd $ echo 'admin' > /tmp/adminlist $ hackage-server --import-index=/tmp/00-index.tar.gz \ --import-log=/tmp/log --import-accounts=/tmp/htpasswd \ --import-archive=/tmp/archive.tar \ --import-admins=/tmp/adminlist
Be warned: archive.tar is 128MB at the moment! As for
wywGGkc7Qc/6I, it is one of 4096 crypt-salted hashings of the password
admin. On Wednesday I implemented digest authentication, which would instead hash
admin:hackage:admin in MD5 and use a nonce challenge/response for reasonably secure authentication (the current scheme sends your password in near-plaintext with every request). I found a minor Chromium bug in the process, too!
Tersely put, the design goals are for hackage-server to become a more consistent, extensible, modular and (most importantly) runnable Hackage server. This means duplicating the existing functionality, a task mostly done by Antoine Latter and Duncan Coutts in the span of the last two years, and organizing the modules into a URI hierarchy that obeys REST and ROA principles. I've outlined all of the resources Hackage currently provides (partially listed on the trac wiki), and I'm working on a mapping to a new and improved set of URIs.
For the more commonly accessed Hackage URIs (those that have been linked from other websites or hardcoded in cabal), backwards-compatibility is a priority, and mostly already implemented as a series of 301 redirects. Such a legacy redirect system might be considered a "feature", a plug-in functionality which can be enabled and disabled. Part of making the new Hackage modular and hackable is defining a consistent interface for features. Much like lambdabot's Module typeclass, each feature can be defined discretely, and the behavior of the web server becomes the msum of each feature's ServerPart Response.
The above is the state of affairs on Day 1 (well, Day 4, but I'm still getting started with these new-fangled blags!). The title of my proposal is "Infrastructure for a more social Hacakge 2.0", not "A more social Hackage 2.0". I expect that the exact array of social services that Hackage will provide will need a hefty bout of fine-tuning and analysis (see also some insightful thoughts on this), so my job is to provide the technical base to make the shiny new features easy to plug in and modify, as well as implementing as many as possible in a mad rush of coding late July and early August.
If you have any kind of wish list for Hackage features, it is imperative that you let me know—eventually. Duncan and others have encouraged me to concentrate on setting up the infrastructure before building features, so at some point I'll try to facilitate a community discussion about what you all want to see in our favorite package repository. If you need me, you can find me as Gracenotes on the #haskell and #hackage channels on irc.freenode.net. And best of luck to my fellow gsoc-ers, whose blogs I've linked in the sidebar.


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Puzzle Experiences
Cryptos (Hints and Answers)
Cryptos is a puzzle hunt in which you will need to use your brain (and perhaps some cryptography) to decipher the given clues. This puzzle hunt involves an extensive first-person storyline revolving around a private detective and a stolen painting.
http://www.freewebs.com/cryptos/ (external link)
Total Levels: 32Level 1 - 20-25-16-5 19-20-1-18-20 20-15 2-5-7-9-14
Level 2 - It is about 6:30 in the evening when you return to your office. The MacIntyre Private Investigations eye symbol glares coldly down at you from the door, hanging ajar as you enter and hang up your coat. You latest case was a dead end; in fact you have...
Level 3 - -... .-.. ..- . -- . .-. -.-. . -.. . ...
Level 4 - VENTNTFIAHEDNISUOIBUFICUGUMTTTSHYBETIETLEEHOAAORN
Level 5 - NATJCBHNBHSBMBHNATRCMTGTHNIO143JTCLMIHMNLTTN
Level 6 - HCl+NaOH=NaCl
Level 7 - Yo a nosso quartel em numerar dois mil vinte sete Bulevar de Adam Clayton Powell...
Level 8 - A picture of a torn up piece of paper.
Ignore all but the bottom right piece.
Ignore all but the bottom right piece.
Level 9 - STEG EIRI HIHE TOTC MRIT TDTK ETAO ILAT PAEH EIAD
Level 10 - The Spirito Di Italia
Level 11 - The Lakonia is not Greek.
Level 12 - BNH ATG HDE UHB NAR GEI IBI TCR OAA ITP NNE NHH CFR B
Level 13 - You don't have enough money left to charter a boat...
Level 14 - Money troubles...
Level 15 - The paper trail...
Level 16 - A terminal message
Level 17 - Thinking outside the clock
Level 18 - Take the money and run!
Level 19 - A good night's sleep
Level 20 - An advertisement
!Suggest an Answer
Registered users can suggest hints and answers for levels we dont have yet.

subset: commoncrawl


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Driver's strike lifts Houston past L.A.
Carson, CA – Andrew Driver produced the lone goal at The Home Depot Center on Sunday as his 56th-minute strike earned the Houston Dynamo a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The result sees Houston (5-2-2) go level with Red Bull New York, Sporting Kansas City and the Montreal Impact for top spot in the Eastern Conference on 17 points apiece.
Los Angeles (4-2-2) remains in second place in the West with 14 points, sitting level with Real Salt Lake and the Portland Timbers.
The best chance of the opening period in Sunday's affair fell to the Galaxy after Tally Hall's sliding challenge on Jose Villarreal in the 24th minute yielded a penalty for the home side, but the Dynamo 'keeper made amends for his foul by stopping Landon Donovan's ensuing attempt from the spot.
It proved to be a costly miss for Donovan as the Dynamo grabbed the lead on the other side of halftime.
Giles Barnes latched on to a through ball on the right side of the penalty area and pulled it back to the opposite corner of the box where Driver was arriving to hammer a first-time shot past Carlo Cudicini at his near post.


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STOCKTON — The UC Irvine men's basketball team cut a 20-point halftime deficit to just one point late in the game, but Pacific held on for a 70-62, Big West Conference win Thursday night.
Sophomore Travis Souza's three-pointer with 2:45 remaining pulled the Anteaters (17-14, 10-7 in conference) within 59-58, but the Tigers' Tony Gill scored back-to-back baskets underneath to extend Pacific's lead to 63-58 with 1:52 left.
Freshman Alex Young scored on a driving layup to cut the margin to 63-60 with 1:42 remaining before Travis Fulton hit a pair of free throws with 1:25 left for a 65-60 Pacific lead.
The Tigers (18-12, 12-5) hit five of six free throws in the final 36 seconds to pull out the victory.
Young scored 13 points, all in the second half, and added seven rebounds to lead the Anteaters. Sophomore Will Davis II scored 12 points and recorded six boards and three blocked shots for the 'Eaters, who had their five-game winning streak snapped.
Senior Daman Starring scored eight points for UCI and has 1,000 in his Anteater career, becoming the 22nd member of that club. Senior Mike Wilder and redshirt sophomore John Ryan also scored eight points as Ryan tied his career high.
Young, Starring and Wilder each led the 'Eaters with three assists.
Senior Adam Folker, who is tied with Davis as the team's leading rebounder and is UCI's second-leading scorer, did not travel with the team, UCI head coach Russell Turner said.
This was the last Big West Conference game between the schools, as Pacific is moving to the West Coast Conference July 1.
"This was like two different games for us," Turner said. "I am really proud of how our team came back. We got so close, but had some fouls and missed some things because I think we were so excited to have come back so far.
"I am very proud of these guys."
UCI closes out the regular season Saturday night at UC Davis with the final seeding for next week's Big West Tournament at the Honda Center to be determined following Saturday's games.
Long Beach State (14-3 in league) clinched the regular-season title Thursday night. Pacific (12-5) is in second place, Cal Poly (11-6) third, UCI (10-7) fourth, Hawai'i (10-8) fifth, UC Davis (9-8) sixth, and Cal State Fullerton (6-11) and UC Santa Barbara (6-11) are tied for seventh.
BYU 6, UC Irvine 3
PROVO, Utah — A four-run seventh put the game out of reach for the No. 21-ranked Anteaters, who dropped their second series opener Thursday.
Right fielder Kris Paulino and designater hitter Ryan Cooper both went two for three for UCI (11-3).
Anteaters' starter Andrew Thurman pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing single runs in the fourth, sixth and the seventh to fall to 1-2 on the year. The right-hander struck out three and walked one in the effort.
Counterpart Desmond Poulson held UCI to two runs in 6 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking three but did not register a decision in the duel.
Ronnie Shaeffer struck first for UCI in the fourth, hitting a double to right-field to drive in Connor Spencer, who had doubled past diving first baseman Brock Whitney.
Fullerton 5, Orange Coast 4 (10 innings)
FULLERTON — The Hornets, ranked No. 12 in Southern California, upset the top-ranked Pirates in Orange Empire Conference action Thursday.
OCC (14-5, 2-2 in conference) rallied with three runs in the eighth inning to go up, 4-3, but Fullerton (10-6, 2-1) responded with a run in the bottom of the ninth. Kodi Diamond scored the game-winning run after Uriel Salinas laid down a bunt and beat out the throw to first.
Manny Argomaniz, Danny Jimenez and Anthony Virgen drove in one run each for the Pirates.
Cal Poly 76, UC Irvine 36
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Anteaters scored a season-low in the Big West Conference game Thursday.
It was UCI's fewest point total since scoring 24 in a loss to UC Davis on Feb. 12, 2009. The 40-point loss is the largest since Arizona State beat the Anteaters, 75-23 on Dec. 6, 2008. The Anteaters' 14 second-half points is also a season-low for a half.
Forward Camille Buckley led UCI (9-20, 5-12 in conference) with 10 points and nine rebounds followed by guard Anete Klintsone with nine points.
Cal Poly is 19-9, 13-4.
UCI will close out the regular-season at UC Santa Barbara Saturday at 2 p.m.


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Meldrum Park Mural To Be Dedicated July 31 At 6P.M.
The dedication of the new, and very colorful, Meldrum Park Mural is set for Wednesday July 31st at 6 p.m. You are invited to attend.
Meldrum Park is located on the north side of Sixth street, midway between Cliff and Cleveland Ave.
The project was initiated by Whittier Middle School students in 2011. Teacher Lela Himmerich facilitated the effort. Meetings were held with neighborhood residents and students to research, develop, and paint the mural. Three professional mural painters, Dave Loewentstien, Ashley Laird, and Nate Buchholz, were hired to assist and direct the actual painting.
The project is being coordinated by the Sioux Falls Arts Council and is being supported by an "Our Town" grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The completed design was approved by the Sioux Falls City Council. The mural wall is the west side of a Sioux Falls Water Storage Facility in Meldrum Park.


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- Impostor Syndrome, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4: "So just like social capital is unevenly distributed, impostor syndrome is too. For any given person, coping is a fixed resource; when you go through life getting told in subtle and not-so-subtle ways that people of your gender or your race, or people whose bodies look like yours or who think and communicate the way you do, or people with your sexuality or your economic class, just aren't good enough (and must, if they do well, only be doing well because they were given a "handout"), you tend not to have a lot of coping left to sustain yourself in a challenging and often hostile academic environment."
- Moving Past Brogramming « The Official Klout Blog | Klout: Klout's 2013 apology for their 2010 recruiting poster.
- Responses to "Free as in Sexist?" | Open Codex: "It's always gratifying when people read something I've written and point out shortcomings or issues that could be further explored."
- My Thank You Gift to Everyone Who Pledged to the Counteract a Bigot Drive | Whatever: "As a way to show my appreciation, I commissioned a piece of art."
- jenseninman | Blog | Speaking up, it's time: " I learned we have a long way to go in creating a welcoming culture within our industry."
- And Read All Over | Jamelle Bouie: "If the majority of technology users belonged to a select demographic group, this would make more sense, but that's not the case at all: Gadgets are used by everyone."
- Girls Lead in Science Exam, but Not in the United States | NYTimes.com: "For years — and especially since 2005, when Lawrence H. Summers, then president of Harvard, made his notorious comments about women's aptitude — researchers have been searching for ways to explain why there are so many more men than women in the top ranks of science."
- I Don't Have Time For Your Sexism | Lukasa: "Let's fix this. Let's not stay quiet any longer."
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Thanks to everyone who suggested links.


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Summer is coming to a close here in the Northern Hemisphere, and I'd be lying if I said that didn't leave me a bit melancholy. I consider myself lucky to have had the chance to spend the entire summer back in the saddle, stringing together weeks of consecutive rides after not having ridden more than two days-in-a-row for nearly four years! But as road cyclists, we live for sunny days when we can roll out in short sleeves and the dark Oakley lenses. And soon enough it will be arm warmers and persimmon, before thermal jackets and long-finger gloves. Oh how I dread the winter.
BUT - we're not there yet! Hopefully we'll enjoy the luxury of an Indian Summer, and then it will be off to sunny SoCal (or somewhere warm) for xmas and the new year. Wouldn't that be nice?
Anyone have any experience with Ergon Bike Ergonomics' TP1 Shimano SPD cleat-alignment tool? If so, please leave a comment and let me know what you think.
Mike Creed is feeling unloved. Follow him on Twitter and give the guy a virtual hug, why dontcha?
I love military history, primarily WW2. My father and both of his brothers served in the US Army, and one of my favorite memories from childhood is sneaking up to our attic and discovering my dad's duffel bag. Perhaps I'd never have found cycling if cancer didn't kill him on its third-try, because I'd have chosen national service instead. Probably not, though! One amazing rider who did throw-away a promising career as a top-professional was American Jeff Evanshine, the 1991 Junior World Champion. Had he won worlds in the "Modern Era" (the time in cycling since the widespread-acceptance of the Internet), he might be in a position similar to that of Damiano Cunego, another former Junior WC who just signed a massive contract renewal with Lampre-ISD. Instead, Evanshine joined the Army, only to find that it was not at all what he'd expected. I remember standing with Mike Fraysse in his Victorian mansion in upstate-NY in 1996 when some correspondence or message arrived either directly from Evanshine or on his behalf, asking Fraysse (who was president of USCF and had a seat on the Board of Directors) to try to help the poor kid get out of the service.
Anyway, back to military history: check out this video and tell me if at minute 3:23 you don't think the pilot who's still flying is attempting to murder the downed aviator who's taken to his parachute?! Remember, gun camera only records when the trigger is depressed...
U-Boat, anyone?
Remember the Strock Case?
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Weekend Update - Jeff Evanshine
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Labels: Ergon, Jeff Evanshine, Mike Creed, military history, weather
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If anyone reading this knows Jeff Evanshine, and can get in touch w/ him on my behalf - or if Jeff himself is reading this - I'd like to catch-up with him.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 August, 2010 10:52
Ergon all talk no action. Idea is ok but not complete.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment, Anon.ReplyDelete
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magneticsp needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Magnetic Sponsoring
I'm the ops director for a company called Magnetic Sponsoring. We teach home business owners how to generate leads online. If you wanted to sum up our business into 1 sentence, we teach people to "become the hunted instead of the hunter." In other words, it's attraction marketing.
Target market is individuals that are evolving into leaders. Those that want to change their lives, work from home and be successful.
We're re-positioning our products to our customers and prospects.
Right now, we offer them a series of one time offers after they purchase one of our entry-level products.
The problem is, it's just several products that we offer them without any path or reason why.
We'd like to present our products in a way that shows our customers that there are certain key skills you need to setup a successful online business. Without them, you're not going to get very far.
Those 5 key skills are:
- Leadership
- Traffic
- Conversion
- Monetization
- Continuing Education
So we came up with something called "The Magnetic Sponsoring Success Formula"
We're picturing a "pie" - much like the Trivial Pursuit pie - see here: http://www.eamobile.com/OMStorage/X…ursuit.jpg
But only with 5 pieces rather than 6.
So at the top of the page, when we offer our products to our customers, each product will be "part of the Magnetic Sponsoring Success Formula" with this graphic on top paired with the product that we're offering.
Which means that each pie piece will need to somehow "stick out" or be highlighted in some way - much like the trivial pursuit pie. Each pie piece will be labeled as one of the 5 skills listed above.
Important points:
- Need it to go against and dark and a white background
- Need 5 other treatments with each piece highlighted or "sticking out" – we'll use all of these separately depending on what page they're on to display the graphic that highlights that pie piece.
- All pieces just need to meet together. We don't want to see a central pie – just put the pieces together.
Let me know if you have questions!


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USS Virginia returns home to sub base in sleet and snow
Groton — With a wintry mix falling and the Naval Submarine Base closed on Thursday, the homecoming for the USS Virginia lacked much of the traditional fanfare.
Students from the Naval Submarine School did not march down to the pier to greet the submarine. There was no pizza and country music for the waiting families. The media was not there to document the first kiss.
But Cmdr. Steve Antcliff said none of that mattered, because now, after six months, his crew was home with their families.
"It was more low-key, but the important people were here," Antcliff, the commanding officer, said in a telephone interview shortly after arriving. "Our families that supported us throughout the deployment were here for us."
Seeing them on the pier, Antcliff said, was heartwarming. The timing of the deployment meant that the crew did not spend the holidays with their families.
The Virginia (SSN 774), with a crew of more than 130 sailors, left Groton Aug. 13 to conduct assigned missions near Europe. The submarine stopped in Norway, Scotland and England. Antcliff described the crew's performance as "outstanding."
The base was closed Thursday to non-essential personnel, but families of the crew were allowed to drive onto the base or take a shuttle from the Submarine Force Library and Museum so they could still welcome their relatives home.
They huddled under umbrellas and a tent as the submarine pulled next to the pier. Six babies, including twin girls, met their dads for the first time.
Lt. Timothy Hawkins, spokesman for Submarine Group Two, said the weather did not complicate the sub's arrival, and the submarine group made sure all of the families, especially those arriving from out of town, got onto the base safely.
Antcliff said returning home in the snow, sleet and rain was "definitely an adventure," but having spent the past six months in the North Atlantic, he is used to the cold.
This was the second overseas deployment for the Virginia, which was commissioned in 2004 as the first in the Navy's newest class of next-generation attack submarines. And if all goes as planned, it will likely be the last six-month deployment with an all-male crew.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced in October that the Virginia and the Groton-based USS Minnesota (SSN 783) will be the first two attack submarines that female officers will join as members of the crews. Women have served on ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines since the Navy lifted its ban in 2010.
The Navy plans to assign three female officers to each submarine: a supply corps officer who will act as a mentor, and two nuclear-trained officers. They will arrive at the base by January 2015.
Antcliff said he learned his submarine was selected during the deployment. He did not have many details yet but did say he is confident the female officers will be welcomed to the crew because "everyone is excited" and there is "a great team spirit" on board.
Antcliff will celebrate one year of being in command on Saturday, as well as his 22nd wedding anniversary. He said he is grateful to his wife, Jennifer, and his children, Drew, Ally and Lainey, for their love and support, to the families of the crew for supporting their loved ones, and to the crew, who inspire him each day.
"It was an amazing deployment," he said. "I couldn't have asked for a better crew. They are a well-trained, smart, disciplined and motivated group of guys."
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Extending 164th Avenue NE from NE 76th Street to Cleveland Street completed the connection of another north/south linkage between Town Center and the east end of the Downtown corridor, providing greater choices for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.
The new connection features a roundabout at the intersection of 164th Avenue NE and NE 76th Street and a concrete-printed, pedestrian-friendly corridor between NE 76th Street and Cleveland Street. A new traffic signal system installed at the intersection of 164th Avenue NE and Cleveland Street will accommodate the return to two-way traffic on Cleveland Street in the future.
Sidewalk and bicycle connections were installed along the new corridor. Utility infrastructure additions included storm water, street lighting, and upgraded power, phone and telecommunications.


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Use Seo To Develop Your Authority
Search engine marketing (also known as Tallahassee SEO) is really a critical element of running any web site that may be trying to generate more visitors. Also, it is considered a form of art that may be challenging to master because there are so many different search engine listings using different search algorithms that you have to account for. However, there are suggestions that can help make seo simpler to understand and utilize. This article aims to share with you a number of these.
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On your website, headings will certainly play a crucial role in organizing information. So you need to use simply a single H1 tag when you are putting your page together. You can utilize various subheading tags, like H2-H6, but keep things neat and clean by only using one main H1 tag.
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Olivia Wilde calls for food donations to aid Sandy relief effort
Actress OLIVIA WILDE has called on fans to donate food and funds to keep non-profit organisations running as volunteers work tirelessly to help feed the victims of Hurricane Sandy as another storm hits America's East Coast.
The TRON: Legacy star's older sister, civil rights attorney Chloe Cockburn, has been helping to raise the profile of the newly-renamed Occupy Sandy group, which has set up camp across New York to provide hot meals for the needy, and the food drive received a much-needed boost from Wilde on Tuesday (06Nov12) when she reached out to her Twitter.com followers and asked them to get involved.
After Cockburn tweeted about volunteers running out of food at Brooklyn's St. Jacobi Lutheran Church, the actress wrote, "Help! Hurricane victims need grub. You can buy food on http://FreshDirect.com and have it delivered to Jacoby (sic) Church, 5406 4th ave., Brooklyn".
The call to action worked as locals offered what they could to the cause, allowing Occupy Sandy activists to keep cooking meals to deliver to residents in the hardest hit areas, while fans from all over the U.S. arranged grocery deliveries for the church.
Wilde still had Sandy victims on her mind on Wednesday (07Nov12) as a new storm hit, and she heaped praise on the public for its generosity as charity donations to the American Red Cross continued to pour in.
She tweets, "Sending warm thoughts to all Sandy victims still without effing power in a freezing snow storm... So great that people have been so generous with Red Cross. I hope that money will go to medical assistance in low income communities today!"


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- Jester's trying to liven up Friday nights in Longmont
- Take Two: Longmont man's medical problem leads to legal run-in
- Carbon Valley Coffee Roasters' owners hope downtown Frederick will become destination
- Take Two: Scott Fraser's work reaches new heights
- Longmont's Crossroads School to move this summer
- Boulder County 'Coffee for Carpoolers' program reduced Diagonal traffic
- Take Two: Longmont says new detectors helped winter road clearance
- Take Two: Longmont teen teaches music, attends Front Range Community College
- Take Two: Frederick High School's main office hole repaired
- Take Two: Fitness for all ages at Frederick's Xtreme MMA
- Longmont's Burch Lake now has 1,800 muskellunge; more to come this year
- Take Two: Niwot High School mascots dedicated to increasing spirit
- Longmont Surgical Mission's free surgeries help uninsured
- Items from Lafayette outhouse show class differences among home's residents
- Take Two: Pacific Auction's new site creates new opportunities
- Longmont musician finds new rhythm after Novus Folium folds
- Longmont lawyer Brandon Shaffer plans to stay in city
- Frederick Recreation Area mural the reel thing: Longmont artist hooking visitors
- Mead High School graduates take on college at CU, CSU
- Longmont's Tyler Hoog continues to make physical strides; eyes college in the fall
- Longmont woman who robbed bank is looking for work, hoping for second chance
- Take Two: Barefoot runner who visited Longmont completes her cross-country trek
- Emma Wallingford: Idol crown propelled singing career
- Boulder County artisans honor champion Hygiene-area cottonwood tree
- Lyons native Rick Hammans carves out masterpieces in new Berthoud home
- Take Two: Longmont to review trash pickup now that some alleys are clear
- Longmont's long-shot presidential candidate withdrew his bid weeks before Election Day
- Longmont man still recovering from pit bull attack in May
- Longmont Symphony Super Conductor William Benedict reflects on stepping up to podium
- Longmont teenager's suicide prevention foundation reaches milestone
- Niwot High custodian faces new health challenge after cancer surgery
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Times-Call's series Take Two revisits people we have written about in the past year. Take Two stories run on Mondays.
LONGMONT -- The Sunset Middle School student who won Longmont's first Hackathon competition in April will be paid this summer to put the finishing touches on his championship "app."
Jackson Roberts, 14, will be one of a number of students working in a grant-funded St. Vrain Valley School District science and technology innovations center, according to assistant Longmont city manager Sandi Seader,
The city plans to get the use of Jackson's mobile phone app, once it's completed, under an arrangement with the school district.
Jackson, who will be a Niwot High School freshman this fall, doesn't think he has much left to do on his invention, an app that will take data from the city's various events calendars and combine them into a single calendar that mobile phone users can conveniently consult when they're looking for things to do.
"It's pretty much a robot that looks at the web pages" of selected government agencies and community organizations "and puts the data on the mobile app," Jackson said.
Jackson said he came up with the idea after finding himself wondering: "What's going on in Longmont?" He became frustrated with the fact that different city government agencies and other local community organizations had separate calendars that weren't all showing up together in one interfaced location that's easily accessible on a mobile device.
"I thiink it's very exciting," Seader said of Jackson's app and its possibilities.
Jackson's first-place finish in April's Hackathon competition -- a three-day event principally sponsored by the city and Western Digital -- has already brought him a $1,500 prize, money he said he expects to save for college.
He hopes to wind up at a university where he can pursue studies in computer programming and technology.
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Rizzoli & Isles... and baby?Last we saw Jane (Angie Harmon) and Maura (Sasha Alexander), Lydia (Alexandra Holden) — aka the ex-girlfriend of both Jane's dad Frank (Chazz Palmintieri) and her brother Tommy (Colin Egglesfield) — had lef… Read more


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New York, October 4, 2001—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly alarmed by the Taliban's announcement today that British journalist Yvonne Ridley will face trial for entering Afghanistan without authorization.
"She will be tried because she broke the laws of our land and entered the country without permission," Mullah Abdur Rahman Zahid, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister, told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). The AIP is a Pakistan-based news agency with close links to the Taliban.
He went on to remark that officials must "determine if she is really a journalist or [if] she had some other intentions," an obvious reference to Taliban accusations that Ridley may be a spy.
Zahid's statement follows ominous remarks made by the Taliban's information minister, Qudratullah Jamal, in an October 3 interview with the Reuters news agency, that Ridley "must have had ill intentions" in coming to Afghanistan. "America and Britain talk of having their special forces in Afghanistan. She could be one of those special forces," Jamal said.
On September 28, Taliban soldiers arrested Ridley, a reporter for London's Sunday Express newspaper, along with two male guides, in a village near the eastern city of Jalalabad. Ridley reportedly was disguised underneath an all-encompassing burqa gown and was not carrying a passport or other travel documents.
On October 2, British high commissioner to Pakistan Hilary Nicholas Synnott met with the Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, to push for Ridley's release. British officials have also provided the Taliban with documents establishing Ridley's credentials as a journalist. Nevertheless, Taliban officials in Kabul seem determined to investigate and try Ridley.
"The Taliban are effectively holding Yvonne Ridley hostage as Afghanistan prepares for a possible American attack," said CPJ executive director Ann Cooper. "The Taliban have ample evidence of Ridley's journalistic credentials, and she has apologized for entering the country improperly. We call for her immediate and unconditional release."
Ridley, 41, is a veteran journalist who has reported from Cyprus, Syria, and Northern Ireland for various British publications, including The Sunday Times, The Observer, and The Independent. According to the Sunday Express, Ridley had failed several times to secure a visa to Afghanistan because the Taliban are currently barring entry to foreign correspondents.
Taliban officials have said that Ridley has been detained in a residential compound in Jalalabad and is being well treated, but British officials have not had direct contact with her. Little is known about the condition of the guides, who were identified as Afghans in some news reports.
Under the laws of the Taliban regime, espionage is punishable by death.


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Welcome to my park bench from which we can notice and discuss the traces and signs of God's presence and activity in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Have a seat. Relax and take a look around. Something big is happening, and you are invited to participate.
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This week's post comes from Hector Garza (Theatre and Dance), who currently chairs the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee. Professor Garza explores several changes that the WAC Committee has been working on regarding WI courses; these changes are important in the context of the Quality Enhancement Plan: "Write Where You Belong."
The Writing Across the Curriculum committee has been working to create a new, more comprehensive definition of Writing Intensive courses at ECU. Our major source for inspiration in making these changes has been the work of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The "Write Where You Below" initiative is our chance to effect change in a system that has never defined student learning outcomes. As committee, we have endeavored to strengthen the WI program at ECU by redefining what "writing intensive" means at ECU. This redefinition can be seen in the new WI course proposal form that is currently in draft form. At the core of the new proposal is the adopting of the QEP's Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) as the official Writing Outcomes for WI courses at ECU. According to these outcomes, students will
- Use writing to investigate complex, relevant topics and address significant questions through engagement with and effective use of credible sources;
- Produce writing that reflects an awareness of context, purpose, and audience, particularly within the written genres (Including genres that integrate writing with visuals, audio or other multimodal components) of their major disciplines and/or career fields;
- Demonstrate that they understand writing as a process that can be made more effective though drafting revision;
- Proofread and edit their own writing, avoiding grammatical and mechanical errors;
- Assess and explain the major choices that they make in their writing.
This simple step goes a long way to strengthen the WI program. The models that are currently the standard for WI courses will fall by the wayside. If these changes are approved by Faculty Senate and the Chancellor later this spring, all WI courses will be expected to meet these Writing Outcomes. One benefit for faculty is that meeting the Writing Outcomes is not tied to a specific number of pages of writing, which allows for greater flexibility for faculty across different disciplines where final projects vary in length.


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Alleviate anxiety about returning to work
Returning to work after being away from the workplace for a while can feel daunting. But why should the thought of returning to work after months or years away be so anxiety-provoking?
Your reason for being out of work for a while may be one of many. You may have been a 'stay-at-home-mom', deciding that raising the kids was the most important thing for you to do. You may have pursued a self-employed career for a while and dread going back to work for someone else. Whatever the reason, fears about returning to work are usually the same.
Can I still cut it in the world of work?
The trouble with being out of work for a while is that you forget just how capable you are. Working every day gives you constant feedback about your skills and abilities, and without that, it is easy to feel a lack of confidence.
We also find that people fear being out of touch with new technology or feel that younger 'whizz kids' will have the edge on them.
Just because it doesn't look like work...
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If you have spent years parenting children then you have major communication and negotiation skills not available to younger or childless colleagues. You will be able to manage, direct, influence and persuade. You can manage the expectations and emotions of your child and of yourself and possibly other adults as well.
Anything we don't do for a long time can start to feel alien to us but it really is just a question of getting back into it.
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This transmog would be for a Draenei monk, and if I had to choose, I'd say that this was my favorite of the four mogs that I put together for the contest.
My goal here was to choose armor pieces with similar shades of grey and orange that were used in the tabard, and then get kind of a blended look going on. See how the orange on the lower part of the tabard is darker, and it gradually gets lighter as it moves up the tabard? What I tried do do was something similar with all of the armor she is wearing. I used gear with darker shades of orange on her feet & legs and chose lighter pieces (still in the same shade) as they got higher on her body. The orange used on her shoulders & head are almost identical to the shade at the top of the tabard.
What's nice about this mog, is that the items used aren't that difficult to obtain either, and some of the pieces even have identical-looking alternatives.
Items used in this Transmog & Source:
Other-Eye Patch - Quest reward from Our Mortal Enemies
Mantle of Perenolde - Drops from Epoch Hunter, Old Hillsbrad Foothills (Normal Mode)
Time Twisted Tunic - Murozond's Temporal Cache, End Time (Heroic Mode)
Gloves of Holy Might - level 40 - 45ish world drop
Belt of the Unafraid - Quest reward from Supporting the Troops
Scouting Trousers - Most commonly dropped by level 21 - 25 rare spawns
Corehound Boots - Leatherworking (295)
Amber Scythe of Klaxxi'vess - Purchased with gold from Ambersmith Zikk <Klaxxi Quartermaster>
See this transmog on other models: Wowhead item comparison of this set
Mail and Plate entries coming up next!! :)


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Polar Life
Emperor penguins, which delighted audiences of the Academy Award-winning documentary March of the Penguins, could be sliding on the path toward extinction—the victims of climate change, according to a study by WHOI biologists. The key threat to the penguins is diminishing sea ice, an essential platform on which the tall, tuxedoed birds breed, feed, and molt. WHOI marine biogeochemist Mak Saito took this image while working in Antarctica in November 2009. Over the past two years, Saito and his colleagues have been studying phytoplankton to better understand how marine ecosystems work and how they might be affected by climate change. (Photo by Mak Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Arctic Ocean Ecosystem
The Arctic Ocean is one of the planet's most remote and formidable large ocean basins. Much of it is permanently covered by shifting sea ice. Half the year it is plunged into total darkness and it is buffeted by bitterly cold winds year-round. Despite this, life thrives in the far north, enduring some of the greatest extremes in light and temperature on the planet.
Polar bears roam the Arctic ice while pods of orcas hunt beneath the ocean surface. Supporting these top predators is a complex ecosystem that includes a wide variety of fish, birds, mammals, and other organisms. At the base of this web, supporting this surprising abundance of life, are the microscopic phytoplankton and algae that produce organic material using the sun's energy.[ MORE ]
The Arctic's extreme environmental conditions have limited efforts to study this complex food web. Expeditions to the remote Arctic are difficult and expensive. When scientists can get there at all, it is usually only in summer. Such gaps in our observations have limited understanding of the Arctic ecosystem's intricacies and vulnerabilities—at a time when that system appears to be increasingly vulnerable.
Scientists know that warming temperatures are affecting the Arctic Ocean in countless ways, producing changes that may have cascading effects on the Arctic's interlinked and delicately balanced ecosystem. Documented declines in Arctic sea ice is reducing the habitat for bacteria, viruses, unicellular algae, diatoms, ice worms and small crustaceans that live inside the ice. As the ice warms in spring and summer, these tiny organisms are released into the surface water, where they become food for a wide range of fish and shrimp, which in turn become food for larger animals.
Changes in the food web not only threaten life in the Arctic region, they also could have impacts on Earth's climate. In addition to providing the base of the food web in the far north, populations of Arctic plankton also convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into organic matter that eventually sinks to the ocean bottom—effectively extracting a heat-trapping greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.[ LESS ]
Antarctic Ecosystem
Much of the ocean around Antarctica is ice-covered for half the year, and the temperature is near freezing year-round. Yet, the sea here is full of life, from microscopic algae to shrimplike krill to large predators that depend on them. In fact, this is one of the most productive oceans on earth, and its cycle of life is tied to the change in seasons.
Each winter in Antarctica, as the sun disappears and temperatures plunge, ice forms on the sea and extends outward from the continent to cover large areas of ocean. The ice is important to the ecosystem, because microscopic, single-celled algae—the same kinds that drift in the open water as phytoplankton—are trapped inside the ice as it forms and also grow on the ice's underside. Young krill congregate under the ice all winter, and the algae provides critical food for them when there is not enough light to produce food in the open water. Instead of being a hardship, winter ice lets the krill survive until spring.[ MORE ]
In spring, the sea ice melts, releasing the trapped algae into the water. The algae—now living freely as phytoplankton—find all that they need to grow: open water, lots of nutrients (compounds like plant fertilizer, stirred up from deeper water by wind and ocean circulation), and intense sunshine.
What happens next is a bloom, or population explosion, of phytoplankton in the water. Animals, especially krill, consume this abundant food supply, and multiply to astounding levels. Scientists have estimated that the krill in the ocean around Antarctica weigh more than the entire world's human population. The krill, which are rich in protein and fat, in turn become food for large numbers of animals further up the food chain, directly or indirectly feeding penguins, seals, and whales.
Scientists studying the Antarctic marine ecosystem now know that high productivity is largely confined to the edge of the sea ice and a few other areas, rather than occurring throughout the Southern Ocean. In addition, its high productivity may be changing, as the Antarctic climate warms and there is less sea ice to support the crucial base of the food chain there.[ LESS ]


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Opinion: Marathon War on Terror
Editorial board member Matt Kaminski on the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... I I ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... the bombing of the Boston Marathon on Monday has reminded America ... that the war on terror is still very much alive ... at last count three people have died ... many are severely injured in more than a hundred and forty ... wounded ... editorial board member Matt Kaminski is joining me now ... and in that our editorial this morning suggested that this ... might be a wake up call for this week ... we doubt that the anti anti terror ... last ... aam ... twenty make of that ... well I think it Avici is a nightmare scenario come true really worried about this ... since nine eleven with a clearly it's been a ... problem and ... will open Western cities so ... you know in Paris and London ... in the nineties and he does well we have open spaces in the places where people gather ... and they're just very tempting targets and variable Hon ... and to um I think you know we've ... thanks to some quick leasing work on some luck frankly we'd burdensome attacks in New York ... most recently in two thousand ten in Times Square ... aam and in other cities ... and pushed me that didn't happen yesterday Qantas right around the corner from from where we sit here on ... how the other countries dealt with attacks like this in public spaces for sample ... of Britain ... during the IRA bombing ... Shirley having both on and I was so ... good and when does a very aggressive policing ... and surveillance system in place with ... a close captioned TV cameras all over the city to reverse a part of it ... on the day our boots police to Sentosa as as you see me knows I'm coming into the city ... on the major thoroughfares to time points in Beckley hundred e and in Paris when there are a couple a win win Algerian group in these goes beyond the nineties ... I stood up some bombs in Paris ... the police had ... ten points at ... every street corner almost ... answer me in the cruise ... day ... and closed all the ... trash bins ... they were they were sealed shut for four weeks in Paris and crashed out of Daimler because they wanted to voice when you look of the bombing in the trash that ... Americans are shown an incredible ... propensity to adapt for example ... and fit the security retaining history airports nowadays post nine eleven ... on t think that we as a call to have the ability to adapt to the kinds of measures that same Britain's adapted to ... you know I mean I think we have so the Ranieri in place a new one comes in Times Square was to be done ... police power right Manila Times Square and increase their Odyssey sitting there and monitoring the ... crowds ... we do use close caption toes in the in in ... in New York ... and people are the people wanted to say ... aam and are some trade offs that come with that but ... it did Bill Smith ... but the most we're still a free society in spite of what happen you know at that nine eleven instead of measures are taken then ... and it down ... he knows it will take a week would have to weensy know what would happen here with the glasses were ... and take the lessons from that even as the police and FBI investigators try to seek did this one certainly says something about the character the American people the sauce so many people ... rushing towards those aam Glassthat or a board member Matt Kaminski ... thank so much for being with us


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Counselor Resources
DeSoto Parish serves its distinguished students to assist them in becoming productive citizens prepared to transform their dreams into realities. In an effort to support this transformation, the counselor resources website has been developed to serve as a vehicle for both students,and their parents, in providing relevant, valuable information to assist with secondary and post-secondary planning.
Who are the Professional School Counselors in DeSoto Parish?
Middle School Counselors:
Mansfield Middle School: Felicia Hensley Whitaker email@example.com
North DeSoto Middle School: Angela Riser email@example.com
High School Counselors:
Logansport High School: Mamie Bush email@example.com
Mansfield HIgh School: Verazee Morgan email@example.com
North DeSoto High School: Casey Hamon firstname.lastname@example.com
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - learn the inside TOEFL, (the reading text etc...) Dave's ESL Cafe's Student 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 learn the inside TOEFL, (the reading text etc...) Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> TOEFL and Other English Exams View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message english fluencyJoined: 30 Oct 2008Posts: 11 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: learn the inside TOEFL, (the reading text etc...) PASS YOUR TOEIC, IELTS, TESL & TOEFL LEARN THE WELL KEPT SECRETS Have you ever noticed the preparation test textbooks never reveal the inside secrets for passing your ESL test (TOEFL, TESL, IELTS, TOEIC)? You just buy the books and hope to understand the exercises in vain. The majority of the time you get the same old advice, develop a positive attitude, visualize, the best study plan, practice, review, read, read and read some more, etc and the list goes on. There is nothing wrong with these advise. They are perfectly okay. Unfortunately, these books dont really show you how to go about passing the tests. Most of the time you struggled to find the right answers to the questions by lucky chances in the preparation textbooks. So you take the test and dont pass. So what do you do next? You go and buy other preparation test textbooks with the hope that the examples and exercises will be much better than the last book. Why do these educators dont want to teach you the TRUTH, the well kept secrets for passing these tests? If they do, then they will be out of business selling preparation test textbooks. And sometime, ESL teachers don't know how to beginn showing students the way. They just go by the text book - from sentence to sentence. Go to www.powertutorials-on-skype.com to learn about reading technique skills for TOEFL. Of course, this example below is somewhat of a shorter version of what I tutor to ESL students._________________english fluency (www.powertutorials-on-skype.com)Last edited by english fluency on Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:47 pm; edited 2 times in total Back to top english fluencyJoined: 30 Oct 2008Posts: 11 Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: a small sample of reading tips I have taught TOEFL for 10 years and have exhausted the research techniques on TOEFL, IELTS ect..., These techniques are secret strategies for passing tests. There strategies and techniques for writing, listening, and multiple choice anwers test. Specific Guessing Techniques Slang Scientific sounding answers are better than slang ones. In the answer choices below, choice B is much less scientific and is incorrect, while choice A is a scientific analytical choice and is correct. Example: A.) To compare the outcomes of the two different kinds of treatment. B.) Because some subjects insisted on getting one or the other of the treatments. Extreme Statements Avoid wild answers that throw out highly controversial ideas that are proclaimed as established fact. Choice A is a radical idea and is incorrect. Choice B is a calm rational statement. Notice that Choice B does not make a definitive, uncompromising stance, using a hedge word if to provide wiggle room. Example: A.) Bypass surgery should be discontinued completely. B.) Medication should be used instead of surgery for patients who have not had a heart attack if they suffer from mild chest pain and mild coronary artery blockage. Similar Answer Choices When you have two answer choices that are direct opposites, one of them is usually the correct answer. Example: A.) Paragraph 1 described the authors reasoning about the influence of his childhood on his adult life. B.) Paragraph 2 described the authors reasoning about the influence of his childhood during his adult life._________________english fluency (www.powertutorials-on-skype.com)Last edited by english fluency on Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:48 pm; edited 2 times in total Back to top english fluencyJoined: 30 Oct 2008Posts: 11 Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter and receive "know-how" tactics, strategies and techniques for taking TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS at www.powertutorials-on-skype or e-mail [email protected]._________________english fluency (www.powertutorials-on-skype.com) Back to top english fluencyJoined: 30 Oct 2008Posts: 11 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: TOEFL TAKER I am a former TOEFL test taker. You can't count the number of times I wanted to just give-up on the TOEFL because I couldn't get my hands on anything that would prepare me. I finally uncovered how to win the TOEFL game after: 'Hair-pulling' frustration, weeks wasted studying the wrong information with 'tranquilizer-like' boring, nose-to-the-book preparation, painfully slow 'trial and error' learning and delaying my graduate school admission and a career position. But, you can discover how to score high on your TOEFL quicker and easier than you ever thought possible from the lesson in my experience below. You MUST read every sentence of this story because I don't want you to miss the one SECRET you need when it reveals itself to you. It was embarrassing to face friends and family and felt like an idiot. I felt humiliated as I watched my friends successfully succeed on the TOEFL test. Listening to them talked about their TOEFL success, quickly finishing courses in their major or getting that super-star job made me feel like a loser. You know its a fact thousands of TOEFL test takers failed due to putting their faith in and mindlessly trusting the well know bookstore study guides. Just thinking outside the box doesnt cut it. You must also take actions that are outside the box I finally realized, if I want a different result than the thousands who failed I need to take different actions. THE TEST TAKERS WAY TO CONQUER THE TOEFL I realized to be successful on this exam I should learn from people who already scored very high. I started talking about to 12 former TOEFL test takers who also knew other TOEFL test takers. I meticulously documented the real content of the exam. Then I got tremendous insights that helped me instantly ramp-up my TOEFL competency. So I them put advertisements in the local school paper to form a special study group. One requirement was that each member must interview 12 former test takers. HOW A TOEFL Failure Discovered a Bran Dead Simple Science To Get a Great Score On The TOEFL When each member of the group shared their findings alarms sounded, bell clanged and the beacon lights of hope was lit. I was an epiphany to discover theres a nearly identical core of test questions and content repeated on each TOEFL test given. You see, the TOELF is a standardized test so each new test must cover the same, closely approximated test questions. This way the required competency can be measured from one test to another. If You Dont Discover The Formula Score High The TOEFL, Youll Hate Yourself Later. With this new discovery and the leverage of other test takers I discovered how to crack the code of the TOEFL once and for all! The TOEFL nightmare" was finally over and I was free. I turned my life around, was in total bliss and soon got admission to the university of my choice and moved on to fulfill my career goals as a paralegal and e university TOEFL instructor) in life. YOU too can ace the TOEFL. I learned the hard way, but you can easily AVOID all the mistakes I made. TRY TO DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF AS A LONE WOLF . Do you try highlighting and memorizing 400 plus page painfully? . pore over generic textbook-like study guides that are usually 3 years out-of-date and written by ivory tower professors who never took or understand your TOEFL test? What an awful bitter taste in your mouth to later find you wasted weeks using mediocre methods and studied the WRONG information thats NOT even on your test! STOP GUESSING WHATLL BE ON YOUR TOEFL TEST You know surfing academic web sites, reading textbooks and hoping it will pan out as genuine TOEFL material is complete self-sabotage. None of these methods helped me or the thousands of test takers I helped. Decide if youll accept the methods used by thousands who failed or use a 100% guaranteed and PROVEN by former TOEFL test takers. Most TOEFL test preparation books were published over 3 years ago. 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I can guarantee you are going to pass your 1st TOEFL test._________________english fluency (www.powertutorials-on-skype.com) Back to top english fluencyJoined: 30 Oct 2008Posts: 11 Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: Writing Essays for TOEFL, IELTS, TEFL In TOEFL, IELTS, TEFL or any other ESL essay writing, you will be judged (this will effect your score drastically) on how well you have organized your composition. Essays or compositions that are incoherent, confused and disjointed will receive very poor scoring. Below is the basic foundation for essay writing. However writing a compelling essay is the cream-of-the-crop and well sought after techniques. A boring essay only scores an average point. Learn with powertutorials-on-skype.com the powerful secrets how to master compelling essay writing and score the top marks. There is more to just writing one paragraph after another. The reading is in the words. Essay Organization An essay or composition is a collection of paragraphs that cover one particular topic. The organization of an essay is essentially the same as a paragraph. It contains an introduction, just as a paragraph contains a topic sentence. The introductory paragraph lets the reader know what the essay will be about. An essay has body paragraphs, which develop the topic stated in the introduction, in the same way that supporting sentences develop the topic sentence in a paragraph. The body paragraphs, usually the longest part of the essay, contain support for the thesis statement. An essay contains a concluding paragraph, just as a paragraph contains a concluding sentence. The concluding paragraph summarizes the information in the essay or may contain the writers opinion or prediction of the topic. For an essay, a topic sentence and a concluding sentence may be not needed for all paragraphs. If the thesis statement contains a predictor, it will clearly show what the topic of the paragraphs will be. Even if no topic sentence is used, the writer still needs to have good transition and unity to tie the paragraphs together cohesively. The Introduction There are two primary functions of the introductory paragraph: 1) to indicate what the essay will be about and 2) to attract the attention of the reader. The introduction may include making an initial general statement and narrowing it down to the thesis statement or explaining the importance of the topic. In addition, the introduction may provide the reader with background information, set the limits of the discussion, or to clarify the meaning of words. Without an introduction the essays begins too abruptly and may cause confusion for the reader. If the introduction does not grab the reader, they may stop reading and seek entertainment or information elsewhere. There are several techniques that can be used in introductions to help get the attention of the reader. These are anecdotes, quotes, surprise with an unexpected view, questions, interesting facts or statistics, background or historical information, or a combination of these. The topic of the essay is contained in the thesis statement. The thesis statement is the most important sentence in an essay, just as the topic sentence is the most important sentence in a paragraph. The thesis statement is similar to the topic sentence and serves the same function in an essay as the topic sentences does for the paragraph. It tells what the essay is about, just as the topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph is about. The thesis statement is the last sentence in the introductory paragraph. It lets the reader know what will be discussed in the remaining paragraphs and expresses the opinion or point-of-view of the writer. It contains the same components as the topic sentence. It contains the topic, a controlling idea, and opinion or point-of-view. The topic is what the essay will be about. The controlling idea is what will be said about the topic. There can only be one controlling idea in the thesis statement. The thesis statement must also contain an opinion. If the thesis statement contains a fact, i t cannot be supported and the writer cannot write an essay about it. Thesis statements may also have additional characteristics. The thesis statement indicates the central purpose for the essay and controls the essay. It gives a plan for the essay and the essay must follow that plan. The thesis statement may indicate how many paragraphs the essay will be, the organization of the essay, and the content of each paragraph. For example, in the thesis statement. The primary causes for the gradual collapse of the British Empire were political differences, economic factors, and geographic distance., one paragraph each will be devoted to explaining the three causes of the collapse: political differences, economic factors, and geographic distance. The order of the ideas presented in the body paragraphs must match the order indicated in the thesis statement. In the above example, the first body paragraph must be about political differences, the second paragraph must be about economic factors, and the third must be about geographic distance. When writing thesis statements keep in mind these simple rules: 1) it must be a statement, not a question 2) it must be complete sentence 3) it must be an opinion, not a fact 4) it must have one, and only one, a controlling idea 5) it must state the writers position on the topic Look at the following thesis statements. Place an X in the space provided if it is an ineffective thesis statement. If the statement is an effective thesis statement leave the space blank. If the statement is ineffective as a thesis statement, indicate in the line under the statement what it is lacking: does it lack a topic, a controlling idea, or an opinion. ___ Computers save time, money, and effort. __________________________________________________________ ___ Habitual gamblers waste resources. __________________________________________________________ ___ The three most common reasons for divorce are economic difficulties, incompatibility, and unfaithfulness. __________________________________________________________ ___ George Washington was the first president of the United States. __________________________________________________________ ___ Are money and religion the two main causes of war? __________________________________________________________ ___ Hawaii is a great vacation spot because of the sun, sand, and surf. __________________________________________________________ ___ There are three qualities that a good secretary must have. __________________________________________________________ ___ Dream interpretation is a major concern for Freudian psychologists. __________________________________________________________ ___ Three popular Disney characters are Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Winnie the Pooh. __________________________________________________________ ___ The only proven methods to lose weight are diet and exercise. __________________________________________________________[/i]_________________english fluency (www.powertutorials-on-skype.com) Back to top english fluencyJoined: 30 Oct 2008Posts: 11 Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: FREE TOEFL LESSONS Learn the strategies for TOEFL etc... 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This page present only how to build Marble on windows. Here is an other howto about using libmarblewidget in a application built for windows. You should also have already read this too.
svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/marble (Note: this is for the development version. You may want a more stable version. So look for the appropriate url)
cd build
cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DQTONLY=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. (add -DWITH_DESIGNER_PLUGIN=ON if you want the MarbleWidget Plugin )(note that the "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" is important because without it you will have trouble like no downloading tiles etc)
mingw32-make (you can add "-j2" if you have a 2 cores cpu)
mingw32-make install (Note: if you are under Windows seven you must be root to install marble in the standard place. See this )
Test it... Yeah!
Tested with CMake 2.8.1, Qt sdk 2010.02.1 ( Qt 4.6.2 ; Qt Creator 1.3.1 ; MinGW 3.15 ; GCC4.4.0 ) and rev. 1128605 of marble for the MingW part, and the Qt SDK 4.6.3 for MSVC.


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Hope and fear as class action lawsuits get the go-ahead
The framework has been set for the launching of class action lawsuits within the South African legal system after a landmark ruling was handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein last week.
Legal experts and practitioners on Monday hailed the court's overturning of a 2011 Western Cape High Court decision not to provide a class certificate to litigants seeking a class action legal case against bread cartels found guilty of price fixing in 2007.
Premier Foods, Tiger Brands, and Pioneer Foods were all fingered for collusion in setting the price of retail bread in the Western Cape, after then independent bread distributor Imraahn Mukaddam blew the whistle on the trio's crooked activities.
A week before Christmas in 2006 three separate bakeries linked to each respective company simultaneously raised bread prices by 35c per white loaf and 37c per brown loaf.
After an exhaustive investigation by the competition commission, all three companies were slapped with multimillion-rand fines for their roles in the price fixing.
In law, a class action is a form of lawsuit whereby a group of people can collectively bring a claim to court against a single or group of defendants in the hopes of them being sued.
Until now there was no monetary or legal basis in South Africa for those personally or professionally affected by collusion to be reimbursed or compensated.
Holding businesses to account
But Mukaddam – now coordinator for the Western Cape consumer forum – along with representatives from Black Sash, the Children's Resource Centre, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the National Consumer Forum and several individual bread consumers are hoping this ruling will change that.
Mukaddam told the Mail & Guardian that while any monetary incentive realised through a class action lawsuit will be managed by a trust that will aim to support small to medium bakeries in the Western Cape, as well as uplifting poor people through feeding schemes, this legal battle was more about holding big business to account for their actions.
"This isn't just about the money. It's about setting a precedent whereby we tell companies that consumers can't be taken for granted and taken advantage of ever again," he said.
Dali Mpofu, secretary general of Advocates for Transformation, said the group's crusade will go a long way in determining the future of class action legal cases in the future.
"While the general view of our courts has been to encourage class action lawsuits, there has never been a firm legal precedent set with a view to bringing them into action, and this ruling could change that," he said.
Mpofu added the case has an opportunity to set a constitutional precedent in terms of upholding the rights of South African citizens.
"The Constitution introduced the concept of rights to legal recourse in this country, so this has the potential to deepen the reach of the Constitution by actually seeing it in action," he said.
Challenges and problems
But while the introduction of class action framework to the South African legal system could be seen as a positive move, it brings with it possible challenges and problems too.
The abuses that have arisen in the United States's legal system with mass and class actions have been largely driven by the potential payoff for not only the litigants affected by the actions of those being sued, but also by their legal representative.
A study by the research firm Tillinghast Towers-Perrin estimated that class action litigation system in the US amounts to $252-billion annually – putting massive pressure on companies forced to allocate billions in potential legal fees every year.
Additionally, exploitations that have arisen in the US with class actions have resulted in massive fees being awarded to lawyers as the more plaintiffs a lawyer can recruit, the greater the potential payoff.
Chris Hart, chief economist at Investment Solutions, said that while class action lawsuits provided the opportunity to challenge "otherwise untouchable monoliths", it could be abused.
"It's all fair and well allowing this into law to promote good service delivery and performance. But how can we assure it doesn't become a vehicle for extortion as it has done in other international legal systems?" Hart told the M&G.
Hart said that if class action legal challenges become more common in South Africa, they would have to be monitored to ward off exploitation.
But Mpofu dismissed Hart's suggestion, saying the positives of this development outweighed the negatives.
"Maybe the floodgates should be opened," he said.
"We can't justify a conservative approach to the law when the access to legal recourse and justice is enshrined in our Constitution.".


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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day....—2 Timothy 4:7-8
After more than thirty years of observing the religious scene I have been forced to conclude that saintliness and church leadership are not often synonymous....
Were the church a pure and Spirit-filled body, wholly led and directed by spiritual considerations, certainly the purest and the saintliest men and women would be the ones most appreciated and most honored; but the opposite is true. Godliness is no longer valued, except for the very old or the very dead. The saintly souls are forgotten in the whirl of religious activity. The noisy, the self- assertive, the entertaining are sought after and rewarded in every way, with gifts, crowds, offerings and publicity. The Christlike, the self-forgetting, the other-worldly are jostled aside to make room for the latest converted playboy who is usually not too well converted and still very much of a playboy....
The wise Christian will be content to wait for that day. In the meantime, he will serve his generation in the will of God. If he should be overlooked in the religious popularity contests he will give it but small attention. He knows whom he is trying to please and he is willing to let the world think what it will of him. He will not be around much longer anyway, and where he is going men will be known not by their Hooper rating but by the holiness of their character. Man: The Dwelling Place of God, 97-99.
"What a sad statement, Lord, that 'saintliness and church leadership are not often synonymous.' Again we're forced to recognize that if we serve You as You want, we may have to wait for recognition. Help me today to focus on 'holiness of... character' whether I'm valued by people or not. Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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